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25 October 2010 743 comments
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Is it time to get rid of Berbs? Im just worried because if he finds form again I wont be able to afford to buy him back.
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Im getting rid after his next 2 games. Lets just hope he gives us a good leaving present against tottenham and wolves. Both at home.
Open ControlsYe heres hoping think Ill have to either sell him or Tevez to get the money for Fabregas. Hopefully he'll perform against Wolves not sure about Spurs though
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does anyone know if zhirkov was playing in defence or midfield for the match vs wolves on saturday and the same for seamus coleman vs totenham.
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Zhirkov was playing in MF as was Coleman.
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Why are Fabregas & Drogba price protected?
Open ControlsBecause both are returning from injury.
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They are sponsored by Durex.
Open Controlshehe, I like that one 🙂
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yeah but they both played this weekend, how long will they be protected?
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Preffered combination:
Foster, Ferguson, Varney, Konchesky.
Gilks, Adam, Carroll, Foley.Open Controls
Right, what do you think of this for this week:
Foster (Carson)
O'Shea Coleman Konchesky (Elmo Foley)
Malouda Arshavin VdV Nani (Ferguson)
Drogba Berbatov Carroll
Thinking of O'Shea > Simpson and Arshavin > Fabregas which will be a 4 point hit and leave 1.3 in the bank. Is there any glaring errors in my team?!Open Controlshey! 🙂
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http://fantasypremierleaguetransfers.com/fantasy-football-defenders-deliver-saturday-review/#more-2720
"A cheap alternative to Cole is the comeback of Bosewinga at £5 million he is a real bargain." lolOpen Controls
Bosingwa got me 6 points this week 🙂 - Hope he keeps a starting place - Does anyone think he will keep Ferreira out of the team?
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does anyone think alex will get his place back in the chelsa team and if so who will get dropped.Should i think about a swap for zhirkov.
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zhirkov has done well but the second ramires or lampard are back he'll be back out the side, ramires is expected back next game, and lampard the game after.
as for alex regardless of what anyone says they are just guessing. next match, due to blackburn's very aerial style there is a good chance alex will be straight back alongside terry with ivanovic at rb. after that against liverpool bosingwa would come back in i imagine putting alex back under threat from ivanovic.
if in doubt about alex i wouldn't go for another player under doubt like zhirkov or bosingwa right now.Open Controlspoint taken but if he does play he gets more points for a clean sheet and a better chance of a goal or assist as he plays midfield and is down as a defender
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Point taken? He's more likely to be sitting at the middle of the substitute bench than playing midpark... Please take the point this time and forget about Zhirkov. Quality player, too much competition...
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8429863.stm
Repeat performance anyone?Open Controls
I remember that game well. City nearly scored one of the best goals I've ever seen.. A ridiculous counter attack led by Petrov and Tevez. Unfortunately Tevez missed an absolute sitter at the end of it all!
Open ControlsI remember it well to. Listened to it on the radio round the aunties, I had Tevez (C) that GW 🙂 Those were the early days of my FFSness. What GW was that in anyone?
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Worth doubling up on Arsenal for next 2 weeks? One way of freeing cash for Fabs also.
Gerrard to Fabs and then for next 2 weeks maybe Tevez to Chamakh?Open Controls
Thinking bout the same swaps but malouda 2 fabs. or mite double up on fab,nasri for nxt 3 games.
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Hi all
Already done my free transfer of the week: Crainey in for Rio. Made that in order to have founds to do a Nasri to Fabregas for 4 point hit.
The problem is that i made the Crainey move before the Man City-Arsenal (almost once Tuncay scored...) game and before the display of Nasri (wich i appreciated but...)
So, that leaves me with a few options now:
A- Do the supposed Nasri to Fabregas for 4 points hit
B - Malouda to Fabregas for 4 pt hit (keeping Nasri and is current run of form)
C - Tevez out (maybe injured, don't know yet) to Drogba + Malouda to Fabregas, for 8 pt hit.
D - Do nothing, keep Nasri, Tevez and Malouda and hope Fabregas does nothing next week and Drogba as well.
Need some help.
Thanks
Cheers.
PS - My current team is:
Cech; Gilks
Coleman; Jara; Crainey; Emrique; R Johnson
VdV; Nani; Malouda; Nasri; Albrighton
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What do people think about this team for GW10?
Hart (Carson)
Samba A.Cole o'Shea (Bramble Dann)
Nasri(c) Essien Nani N'Zogbia (Brunt)
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New post guys
Open ControlsRead what applebonkers says above, he's got it bang on... Aside from the under-hyping of Alex! 😉
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how long is tevez out for?
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Guys, from the following, which three midfielders do you think will perform the best over the season - or at least the next 5-10 weeks :p
Arteta
Nani
Fabregas
VDV
Nasri
Gerrard
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1)Adam vs West Brom
2)Bale vs Man Utd
thinking of putting adam ahead of bale for gw 10
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Just taken a wait for it, 24 point hit. Kneejerked like mad but I think I am happy with this team being a season long one, barring one or two players and injuries.
Robinson Mignolet
Distin Coleman Alex Boswinga El-Mohamody
Nasri Nani Malouda VDV Fabregas
Tevez Hernandez Varney
Previous team was
Robbo Mignolet
O'shea, Coleman, Alex, Perch, Jones
Nani Malouda VDV Adam N'zog
Berb Drogba Tevez
Although I don't have Berbatov+Drogba, I feel my defence looks much stronger and that Fab and Nasri are worth extorniate points hits.
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Woww....ranked 2280 and feel need a 24 point hit???
Open ControlsI've been taking lots this year, if played correctly, you can gain good value on players which will come in handy later on in season.
Although 2280 wasn't bad my defence hadn't been performing well for 3/4 weeks so went for total revamp and I though Fab is a must have and on form/fixtures so is Nasri. To make 5 changes to defence/mid, I needed to downgrade two forwards.Open Controlstaken a few 8 pointers in past (last one gameweek 8 which paid off)but never felt the need to go that extreme... good luck with it though! agree fabs and nasri look great for next couple of weeks. have nasri and will probs spend 8 points myself this week again to downgrade tevez and L young and get fabs and coleman
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no offence but there was absolutely no need for a 24point hit with the team you've got!
Open Controlsprobably not in the short term but wanted to catch price rises for some long term players i.e. elmo, fab and boswinga.
With captaincy points in the next two weeks, hopefully fab can make a big chunk up with two very easy home games.Open Controls
aye I like your team, we have identical midfields now.
Open ControlsI would, cheaper, better fixtures and if he get's dropped when Almunia is back he will have still probably given you 4 more points than Gomes in that time period anyway.
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your team look good. i love the idea of doing well without Drogba. do you plan to have him in future?
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Poor decision mate, could have been worked out over a few weeks without all these hits. Could easily have taken just a 4 point hit to get the one or two players you wanted the most this week and then worked from there.
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What's the theory behind Alex and Bos in same team? You believe that Ivanovic is going to be relegated to the bench from now on? Seems quite risky for a 24 point hit.
Also what is the theory behind two chelsea and two Everton? They both play Away at the the same time over next 5 game weeks.Open Controlseven away I will play the two chelsea defenders but at home everton defenders are home. it is very risky but I can use a free transfer to take out alex if needs be, I believe Boswinga will start pretty regularly.
As for over a few weeks, I looked at it and it would have been hard, I wanted Fabregas in and I had to change the whole team structure or lose Malouda, which I wasn't prepared to do. Some transfers weren't essential i.e. bring elmo in but I couldn't have afforded him in future due to price rises.Open Controls
It's you.
You were the one who took a 20 point hit when you were top 100, and I was telling you not to. Now look where you are...
I can safely say that my policy of no more than 4 point hits is creaming yours. My team was no better than yours back then, but without those hits, I'm looking much tidier than you are now.
Watch that jerky knee!Open ControlsAllow the point hits!!! I took a 16 point one towards the end of last season, when I was in the top 80, and I got a green arrow! And it wasn't a double week or anything....
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my defence is elmo cole williamson jara and alcaraz....is it necessary to bring in someone new for this gw???....if not whom should i play???
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A) Fabs/Malouda/Nani/VDV/Adam -8pts (-Terry +Elmohamady)
(-Tevez +Elmander)
Drogba/Elmander/Odemwingie
OR
B) Fabs/Nani/VDV/Adam/Etherington -4pts (-Terry +Elmohamady)
Drogba/Tevez/Odemwingie
OR
C) Fabs/Nani/Malouda/VDV/Adam
Drogba/Chamakh/Odemwingie -12pts (-Terry +Gohouri)
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Anything wrong with having Fabs & Nasri? I have no other Arsenal coverage...
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No-one questioned having both Drogs and Malouda earlier on when Chelski were scoring for fun. If L'Arse continue as they did yesterday then having two makes sense.
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For those who haven't already given up on the Carroll assist, I gave up after 24 hours but just got the following in reply to my drunken Saturday night email to FPL towers:
"Carroll was not awarded an assist for Nolan's goal because the defender's deflection after Carroll's touch was significant enough to change the intended destination of the ball."
Fair cop. Though he'd have been given it and some bonus points to boot if it wasn't for his bad press recently.Open Controls
Krul,Mignolet
Vidic,Hutton,Coleman,Djourou,Enrique
Nani,Nasri,A.Johnson,Albrighton,Arteta
Drogba,Tevez,Elmander
1.8 in bank
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Just bothered to look at my metro team for the first time in a while - players such as Valencia etc still littering it. Pissed around and my first XI now reads
Cech
A.Cole, Baines, Boateng, Bale
Fabregas, Malouda, VdV, Nani, Arteta
Drogba
If only that were possible on FPL!!!!Open Controlsok lads how long is tevez out for! if its more than 2 wks im bringing in dembele
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Muscle knock - should be back this weekend. Most goals in Premier League in 2010 calendar year. Even if he is out this weekend, I'm keeping him since I bought him at 10.4M and he's 11M now. Will rival Drogba for Golden Boot and score 20 league goals in my opinion.
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What do you guys think of hernandez? Time to shine?
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Ridgewell, Elmo, Terry,
Nani, VDV, Bale, Malouda, Adam
Berb, Drog (Carroll)
Option A:
Terry - Cashley
Bale - Nasri
Berb - Elman
4 point deduction
2.2 mil to spare
Option B:
Terry - Coleman
Bale - Nasri
Adam - Fab
Berb - Varney
8 point deduction
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