We cast our analytical eye over the weekend’s data after last night’s match at Selhurst Park drew a line under the numbers from Gameweek 8. Plenty of big names impressed – Arsene Wenger’s new playmaker, City’s attacking twosome, a revitalised Belgian’s display at the Bridge and a certain Uruguayan all come under the spotlight…
Morning,
UCL captain
a) Robben - is he certain to start?
b) Ronaldo - tough game
c) Drogba - punt
d) Alaba - high risk, high rewardOpen Controls
Would anyone here go Oscar -> Hazard? Or too sideways?
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Vidic still not flagged.
Great system they got there.Open Controls
Early transfer done.
Boruc
Rafael,Terry,Burner
Michu,Oscar,Silva,Ramsey
Suarez,Giroud,Lukaku
4m,Ravel,Nasty,Faye
1.9m in the bank. Nasty>Clyne/Chico worth a hit?Open Controls
With so many lucrative options in strikeforce , I keep looking at Benteke/Lukaku and have a strikeforce of Giroud ( from week 1)/Struidge ( same as Gru)/ Suarez ( from GW7). As it seems high priced MID's are starting to show their caliber , If when you need to get rid of one of strikers for being able to afford the 3rd high priced MID, which one would you swapout for benteke/lukaku...
Suggestion/comments
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I think if you want to save money to bring in big mids you'll have to ditch Suarez and keep Sturridge. Though it's looking like Suarez will outscore him at this rate.
Open ControlsI would consider Giroud to Lukaku too if he his form drops.
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Reading up I am very pleased to see that abishek has now learnt a lesson in politeness!
I live in Hong Kong and spend a lot of time (teaching English) hammering into the kids to say please and thank you! I guess it is different rules for different countries.
Worst thing is when I hold a door open for someone and they walk through it without acknowledgement
BLOOD BOILING!Open ControlsPlease and Thank you and lot of other courtesy expressing words are similar in most countries and most of times English could be second language used there so this things could be preconceived opinion of some people. Though i would like to point one thing , some people here do go overboard with English thing and forget its a FF site not some Blog writing coaching. And teaching is a very nice profession.
Open Controlsyes I agree it is a cultura difference so it is good to explain to people that if they are speaking English to English speakers it is expected.
Here in China there are some rules of politeness that I find strange too. I should always greet someone by the correct title, especially family member. E.g. I shouldn't say "hello" to someone, but "hello boss" or "hello uncle" etc. (Obviously using the Chinese terms if I'm trying to speak Chinese).
I'm glad someone explained this 'rule' to me too.
there are many others, like if someone pours tea for me I should tap the table in thanks, if I am a guest at someone's home I should eat continuously until I'm close to exploding, and then eat one more bowl 😀Open Controls
that seems a bit too formal, the Hello XXX part...
here in my country, we also like our guests to have their stomach filled with food because we feel the guests might be shy eating much... so, we have to encourage them about eating more....Open Controlsi like the last one 🙂 , wonderful thing to have . Talking in general terms i do agree with you , but as far as speaking to people of FF site is concerned, I think people go too far. If for case as your in CHina you would obviously need to learn this things to mingle with people around you , which is very important part of socializing. Same thing would happen to many a people who travel out of their homeland for job/studies , but over a period of time most of them generally get used to this things.
Open ControlsWhy thank you kind sir for your excellent response. Most apreciated. I am honoured
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you shouldnt expect much courtesy from others... might get disappointed...
when I do something like these (which should get me an acknowledgement as you're saying), I do it out of my humbleness....
Having said that, i think Abhishek thought, everyone here are friend like and in some countries people dont say thank you or please.... I don't support it; but, it does happen...
please let this bygones be bygones ....Open ControlsTrust me if you open a door for someone and they walk through it with a blank face ir worse a grumpy face it will eventually annoy you 😀
Open ControlsI sure it will.... then again, I Don't Expect it from them, as I've seen many who turn out to be manner less [sounds too harsh 🙂 ] people
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oh.. I forgot to mention one thing there....
since I don't care if anyone says thank you or not, I failed to say welcome when a person thanked me for opening the door.... what will you say about that.... 😉Open ControlsJust a smile will do. Or if it is a hot girl you can wink. 😀
Open Controlshmm...
my culture doesn't allow winking a girl let alone a hot one.... 😉
but, would try that with the riskOpen ControlsYou are running people in serious risk , is it the same you teach budding teenagers back in school :-)).
Open Controlshaha of course not 😀
Soon going to start teaching at uni though so things could change 😯Open Controls
Morning
There was some discussion going on earlier this morning between Acqua and Zep regarding (c) choice etc...
Look at this fellow...currently ranked 23rd overall...he had Ozil(c) last week...he had Wilshere(c) gw 1 when chelsea/villa had a DGW.
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1984262/history/
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Lukaku 3rd sub.
Would be in the top 10 with Hazard captain.Open Controlshe got Ozil's maximums each time...
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That is ridiculous, how on earth can you captain Wilshere when Chelsea have a DGW, and then get to be Top 20 in the world? 😡
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Migs (davis)
Vidic walker coleman (wilson chester)
Michu lallana ozil whittingham (jedinak)
Suarez roo lukaku
0.5, no FT
1 do I take a hit somewhere?
2 what transfers would you recommend going forward?Open ControlsWow nice team , 5th sub can be switched to somebody more attacking , though you don't need to be in any hurry about it. Your team shall be ticking along fine for next few weeks , Vidic to some chelsea defender could be move on cards if you look at fixtures...
Open ControlsYeah, I am looking at terry. Also might swith Roo to benteke and upgrade the mids.
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Migs Daniels
Coleman A.Williams Terry Chester Fonte
Oscar Ozil Michu Brady Barkley
Saurez Sturridge Giroud
Whom to captain for the week
Saurez has serve me well for past 3 weeks but someone mentioned WBA concede the less shots in the league making me think of Michu or OzilOpen ControlsHad a quick look at the top 50.
Only 2 with decent history or a previous rank under 20K.
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/535519/history/
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/210371/history/Open ControlsTook 5 minutes whilst eating. 🙂
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this place has been slow for a few hours now....Open ControlsSort out the scoreboard will you. Stopped with 2 games to go?
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On the topic of captaincy options, I usually use william hill anytime goalscorer odds to finalise my decision.
This week all three of my strikers have the same anytime goascorer odds (1.91)
Suarez
Sturridge
Giroud
My current choice is giroud (c), suarez (vc)
Sound about right? I can see arsenal absolutely ripping palace to shreds!Open ControlsI'd go with him if i had him...
Open ControlsHow do the odds compare? Did they make you pick the right choice more often than not? Just curious?
Open ControlsWell the bookings make their odds reflective of 2 things:
1) How likely they think a player is to score
2) How much money people bet on the player
So in some cases it is biased towards favourite picks. Everyone bets on RVP to score so his odds shorten. But regarding 1), they are probably better than most of us in their predictions. For them it is a multi million $ business so they really do their research well and probably have access to more info/ experts/ data than we do.
And yes I have found that when a player is odds on to score, he often does. My captains are doing better than last season - but my overall team is a lot worse 🙁Open Controls
hmmm. is tempting.
Imagine if arsenal had bought suarez 😯Open Controls
i've been using odds all season too.. lead to an average of 6.5 points a captain. not bad
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Morning,
Have 2 ft .... I can spread the rest over the coming weeks but would like to hear your thoughts ?
Out
Rooney
Vidic
Lampard
Lukaku
In
Aguero
Johnson
Paulihno
BentekeOpen ControlsI'm looking at Rooney and Vidic out but I'll wait until after this week I think.
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wow ... nice one
he's a genius with this thing.....Open Controls
What's your team selling value at this point?
102.1m for me.Open ControlsCue people posting their overall team value 🙂 ..
My SELLING value is 101.4Open ControlsMine was indeed my selling value 😀 Team value much higher at 105.7
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102.8
But it seems that i'm doing better in value/ captains and worse overall - so last season I had more differentials and they paid off.Open Controls
102.6
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102.6 for me and my TV is not huge.
Some poor team values on here considering how kneejerk everyone is.Open Controls
Morning all.
anyone keeping Eriksen? Worn his price fall now...
reluctant to triple up on Ars and get Rambo as fixtures slightly stiffen after this week, while Haz or Oscar can maybe wait a week or two as well.
Got two free so can mix it about a bit...Open ControlsWatching the Chelsea replay. 2 minutes until Torres scores his 2nd. 🙂
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Do you think Barkley to R. morisson and Whittingham to Brady are good long term moves, considering Ozil, Oscar and Hernandez are my 3 main mids.? Choosing to move out Barkley since i have both Baines and Lukaku
Open ControlsHaz or Silva is a killer.
Open ControlsIf i could afford Silva i'd have gone him(though prob next week).. was 0.3 short so went for the currently underpriced hazard 🙂
Open ControlsHad Oscar. Thus went for Silva. Easy decision for me.
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Two awful (free) moves made by me this week.
Hazard & Chico IN, for Eriksen & Chico.
Shouldn't have knee jerked on price drop and waitied a week when the INs had better games . . .
Ashely Williams returns soon also.
Grrr.Open ControlsChico in and Chico out. 😯
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Vidic should return for Stoke at home. ManU have kept CS each time Vidic started at OT this year.I'm giving him another week.
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What if vidic plays against stoke? Good chance chance of a cleanie
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Shit did Vidic drop?
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Why am I considering swapping lukaku for Benteke ?
Open ControlsTekkers is 8.8
My thinking is to have front three - Aguero, Tekkers, Suarez
The first two are also pens whereas as the current incumbents - Rooney, Benteke don'tOpen Controls
Don't. One blank doesn't clouding your judgement.
Villa and Palace who have leaky defeses in the next 3 for Lukaku. Benteke needs to find some form before you get him in.Open ControlsI actually think thats a good move 🙂
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Total points- 438
Captaincy points- 142
Captains have scored 32.4% of my points. So that's turned out to be a success
Overall rank- 238k 🙄Open ControlsCaptain points percentage of 32.4% is like very good . Your rest of players seem to have let you down big time in this case .
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Im thinking about bringing ramsey in this week but im a bit worried aboutt the fact that hes been getting 50 odd minutes recently.
IN or NOT IN?Open Controls
Ownership is too high. You have to have him
**though I sold on my WC last weekOpen ControlsI think they have been giving him a little rest, as he played twice for Wales too and non stop since the start of the season.
Have you missed the boat though?
Tough games ahead for Arsenal too.Open Controls
Opinions?
OUT: Vidic, Eriksen, Giroud
IN: Chico, Silva, BentekeOpen ControlsMorning all
I take it everyone has given up on UCL?
I took a 10 point hit, sold Lewandowski and went from 36k to 3k 😯Open Controls
Morning to ya folks.
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FT used and this is my team -
Boruc (FUL)
Zabaleta (che) - Coleman (avl) - Clyne (FUL)
Silva (che) - Ozil (cry) - Whittingham (nor) - Michu (WHU)
Suarez (WBA) - Lukaku (avl) - Giroud (avl)
Looks pretty good but it is ever so tempting to tinker with Zaba/Whittingham/Michu/Giroud > Aguero...Open Controls*giroud (cry)
Open ControlsZaba -> Aguero definitely.
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boruc,mcgregor
dawson,terry,shaw,chico,gabbidon
sigurdsson,michu,ramsey,oscar
giroud,sturridge,suarez
thoughts please...Open ControlsAs I said yesterday, I think I'll play HBA over Morrison this GW. Thoughts?
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Any advice for my team, currently used my free transfer and got -
______________Lloris________________
Coleman_A.Williams_Lovren______Shaw
__Michu____Ramsey_____Özil_________
Sturridge___Suarez (C)___Lukaku_______
Subs - Boruc, Januzaj, Arnautovic, Chester
Obviously Chester is injured but at his price I'm just leaving him in atm as I've not found a good opportunity to get rid yet. I'm reluctant to get rid of Arnautovic cos I've just got a feeling if Stoke start getting a couple of wins, it'll likely be with him getting assist/goal and probably bonus points as a cheap midfielder. Ashley Williams is driving me mad tbh, constantly saying he's gonna be fit and then not playingOpen Controls
Get rid of Williams. He's had an injury that they've been managing for quite a while and it seems like they've decided to try and sort it out properly now. Or at least that's what they were saying on Talksport last week. I used to like Shaw, but he's too prone to niggles and being benched. Looks largely OK though. A Chelsea/City player might be nice though
Open ControlsYeh, I've got 3.2 mill in the bank so I'm tempted to double transfer seeing as City are at home to Norwich and go with Sturridge to Aguero and Williams to Nastasic. I want Benteke in so I'd eventually downgrade Aguero back to him when I'm sure he's fully fit and got a nice run of games. What you reckon?
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