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My apologies to one and all, my setting seem to have hidden replies
Slinks off with a very red face
Lol
I must have accidentally unticked the box "show comments by default"
Thooughht i had been sent to coventry
😆
Thought it seemed a little too quiet
Simple mistake.
I'm having internet problems too. 🙂
You're no organ grinder 😉
Even TL himself is trying to avoid his comments! 😆
ffs! Will you just acknowledge one of ricardinho's posts? The guy is desperate for your attention.
True, I live for TL's loving attention
Woof woof
Morning all,
You reckon it's worth disrupting this midfield to get Yaya in?
A) Yes
B) No, Dzeko -> Austin
C) No, Chambers -> Zaba
D) No, save transfer
Hart
Terry, Yun, Chambers
Sanchez, Hazard, Downing, Eriksen, Siggy
Costa, Kane
Krul, Dzeko, Wisdom, Hutton
Bank 3.4m, 1 freebie
Just do B imo.
With 4 yellows and the upcoming African CoN, no
No, it's the other areas that needs work
B
nah, if i had eriksen i would keep him for sure. Nice team.
Would 100% do C... you need to fix that defense. Alternatively do B, but that creates a benching dilemma so is less of a priority for you
Any Suggestion to replace duff for 4.5?
Ive shortlisted to Yun Chester Coloccini Revirelle? (have hutton and wisdom)I'd probably go Yun
When will he leave for ACON though?
Have I missed something here...?
Asian Cup, not ACON
My bad 🙂
Reveillere or O'Shea
I have panti. Wortg doubling up?
Nah
Ummm... Bit risky but worth a shot imo. Decent fixtures 🙂
Chester on 4 yc too. Slim pickings
OK folks, let's have a discussion on a topic I haven't seen raised in a while. We've had a quiet couple of winters the past 2 seasons. But 3 (I think) seasons ago, winter havoc determined many a fantasy season.
So with that said, and given the relegation/promotion of the past few years, I am unfamiliar with which teams' are most at risk of winter game cancellations. Any knowledge amongst the DZ here?QPR. They don't have undersoil heating.
Pretty sure they do.
Someone was going to ruin the good spirits in here with a weather related question sooner or later. Someone always does!
On a serious note though, I seem to recall Sunderland, Newcastle, Liverpool, Everton, City, and United having several games called off, at least more than others. Perhaps the Welsh teams (swansea) as well.
Always d teams in d north Newcastle and Sunderland
also no idea if burnley has d pitch heating system
games in london always are a risk as well, since none f d big clubs have "local support" putting an emphasis on travel safetyManchester as well
Weather is more likely to affect games where access or transport to the ground is disrupted.
Albrighton > Yaya
Dzeko > 6.9*
* Who to get? Kane?
Team:
Hart 4.0
Baines Naylor Dummett Hutton Wisdom
Sanchez Yaya Hazard Siggy Downing
Rooney DZEKO Austin
Cisse has 3 out of 4 at home including Arsenal rematch, Sunderland derby & Everton
No Arsenal on the ticker.
right you are
better than that
Sunderland derby, Burnley & Everton
cross eyed i amNot the best fixtures imo and will be rotated.
Not interested in Cisse, really.
If Kane shows that he can score today, he's a good candidate.
Very much on my radar. (BUR/lei) up next.
You would then have the same MF as me! 🙂 And a benching headache.
I'd say Carroll but he is now £7m. Sakho?Got Downing and don't fancy a double up.
You need him to play this week? Crouch maybe?
Crouch? 😯
Why him?
Sorry, somehow missed your post when scrolling around 🙂
I like to look at the longer-term as well as immediate fixtures, to ensure that players don't become a burden... With that in mind, Kane has pretty decent fixtures until the Jan WC so you could own him and play him in any given game, or just keep him rooted to the bench as permanent 8th forward, as you see fit.
Keep in mind that Yaya is on 4YC's, so you'll want someone good who can cover that inevitability, and Kane is a perfect cheap stand-by option if nothing else.I think the Yaya/Kane option looks the most promising, in terms of both short term fixtures and up until the January WC.
If Spurs look decent, I'll make the moves. Hopefully he doesn't score, though. (Playing Naylor)Fwiw, I did Boyd>Yaya + Costa>Kane (-4) two gw's ago. Probably didn't earn any points yet from it due to Boyds goal, but I'm confident it'll pay off in the next 3-4 gw's
Is it a good idea to play Chambers against Liverppol with Kos out??
not for me all depends on other defenders ofcourse
Terry Clyne Saylor Jenko
Rest of team?
better combo. feel sigg/bertrand got to go who to replace them with?
a) Silva\city defender (Play every game)
b) Yaya\ Oshea (Rotates well with other defenders)B because right now no city defender is nailed for a start
Il leave till end of week wait on kompany news
Why does Siggy need to go?
he doesnt need to go just right now feel he a weak part of my team
i have to agree..ultimately we can only play 11 players at a time..if downing outscores siggy consistently then we just have to swap
yep i need to lose downing or sigg to get silva/yaya and for me downing better value right now
I did Downing -> Yaya for a hit before gw 16. Do you i should get downing back?
Foster, McCarthy
Ivanovic, Baines, Naylor, Moore, Saylor
Yaya, Sanchez, Hazard, Siggy, Boyd
Costa, Benteke, AustinNot the worst idea but who for?? Boyd?
No yaya 😛
no way id get rid of yaya or are you joking?
if want downing bad id lose sigg never yaya with this running coming upNo Way... if you were serious that is.
Benteke > Carroll?Only .1 itb
Isn't Benteke more expensive than Carroll?
Could also save ££ by Ivan > Azpi
Id do sigg to downing.
sigg leaving my team this weekSame boat. And brought Dzeko in too. FFS.
Hard luck fella. Was on a WC this week and decided not to stick with Baines and Sakho and not get Dzeko and Azpi. 🙂
I was thinking that now with no first team strikers avl , ManC are probably not gonna score as many goals they want , which perhaps puts an emphasis on defensive solidity to win games.
So their defense becomes very good options now. Bad thing personally that d only city defense I can afford is Clichy..
Thoughts??
I might agree...but Yaya is now going to be the main man at city. In close matches, and they should be closer now without a proven striker, he will be the one called upon to join the rush and get into the box. He is about to explode!
Agree. An absence of strikers puts more emphasis on the mids to get in the box, and no one likes doing that more than Yaya (except lampard, but he's not nailed on).
With no need to pass anyone in front of him I think Yaya could shoot a lot more in coming weeksI think yaya might even get pushed to stirker in those matches or periods of matches where a physical presence is needed up front.
Tbh I don't think he would be effective. He'd just do what Balotelli does and come short all the time without making smart runs
If Rooney Bags a goal or better would this be a wise move... Costa > Rooney ??
I am a little leary about Rooney now that RVP has hit form and Falcao is nearing full fitness. Costa will explode eventually and with 60% ownership, it will hurt if you do not own him.
Leary about Rooney because goals are bound to be spread.
I am Leary too
Costa's ownership is 81.5% in the top 10k this GW, not 60% 😉
even worse
Keep in mind also that as bad as Chelsea were today, they get Fabregas back into the team (for the useless Obi Mikel) and Costa is now match-fit according to Mourinho and might take some confidence from his goal.
It's pretty clear that Remy or Drogba will play vs Derby, so I don't think there are any doubts that Costa will start against Stoke, which was a concern ahead of Hull.Stoke are no bullies at home though. Think they'll target costa nd make it hard. Plus cant see him playing 2 games in 3 days in festive period
I agree. Don't think any of the popular strikers have great fixtures though, so Costa at Stoke is as good a bet for goals as anyone.
I will probably be selling ahead of the GW19-21 fixtures in any case due to the rotation risk, probably for Benteke (SUN CPL lei iirc)Austin is one of the 'popular strikers' surely? He has great fixtures.
I probably should have said "other than Austin" as I already own him 😉
Costa has shown absolutely no signs of exploding. He was terrible again yesterday. Quite happy that so many own him.
He doesn't need to explode. I'd happily take his consistent return for the 1-2 gw's that i'll own him while there are no stand-out options up front instead of him, before selling for Benteke or someone else more worthy. In the meantime I cover my arse from the 80%+ around me in the OR who own him 😀
Consistent 1s and 5s?
I'd rather have a consistent 5 for 3 gw's, when the alternative is a punt on dzeko or leaving a bunch of money in the bank...
This
This.
Decided to get rooney over costa when aguero got injured. Hazard/fab nd chelsea def will do nicely
Yeah I see the wisdom in it. £11m is steep when others costing far less are outperforming him FPL wise.
if you have the money then he's worth the money though, however small the points benefit is. He's a safe pair of hands, as he proved against Hull with a goal.
Gotta count the cost of what other transfers he is stopping you from making though. With him I cannot afford Sakho > Bony/Lukaku and Dummett > Zab.
Sure. I wasn't planning on keeping him longer than 2gw's anyways, and by the time i sell him someone like giroud, benteke, bony, lukaku, etc will have stood up and demanded my attention
65p with Rvp, Kane, Siggy and Taylor left to play. Jumped straght to 50k. Not bad ^.^
Loverley.
Thank you :).
I'm considering to get either Baines or Cahill to strength my defense.
Currentely with Bertrand, Moore, Taylor, Wisdom and Dummet.Yeah that defence is pants. Not sold on Baines myself. Think the defenders to get are Zab and Azpi.
yep Azpi was great for me today.
He's had his rotation... Ivan et al yet to get theirs... but they will.
Great going mate!
Anyone think Yaya will play in the hole to try and support Pozo from now on?
I don't think he'll play in the hole, but I doubt he'll have much defensive responsibility now that City are at home and bound to keep teams hemmed-in as they usually do against the bottom-feeders.
I.e. He'll have Silva and Nasri "ahead" of him, but it hardly matters as he gets in the box enough anyways.I think I'll get him. Mind having a look at my post above, Rick?
Get him Davies.....really required between now and Jan 1. Then, you will be able to free up some cash when he leaves for ACON. This will occur around the same time Aguero returns!
I'm 90% sure I'll get him.
I've already got Yaya>Eriksen pencilled in for GW21 which should give me a nice wad of cash. He could very well be the top scoring mid in the next 4 games though, and it might not even be close.
Think he'll play further forward and shoot more with no senior striker available
= goals. 😉
Hope so. 😉
Or frustration and a yc
Love it 🙂
Should've been booked yesterday 🙁
It'll come.
Hopefully
What's your plan with Dzeko?Haha just saw £9.5m itb. Rolling in it 😀
Sad but true, and doing terrible this week.
No idea at the mo. I have 9.5 itb so I can do anything... but nothing looks attractive
Yeah, fecked if I know what I'm gonna do with him. It was too good to be true with those fixtures... 😕
Yaya? Nooooo... 😥 😉
Hey guys, yes I am one of the people who jumped on Dzeko!! 🙁
So:
Dzeko - ? (Bony and Giroud are my main candidates. I have Costa and Austin already)
Opinions much appreciated. 🙂watch bony today
If he blanks, pull trigger on Giroud? Set to rise soon.
he rose
Very unlucky there Joker.
I would go Giroud , fresh and firing ( ignore the donkey talk .
I have Bony , so will probably stay with him though - perhaps to Giroud for the QPR game
Anyone else here cap Austin this week?
VC.
Rooney (C).Ooh, good choice.
Might opt for him if he shines todayHe's scored against Villa more than any other club.
Out of 25 games, he's scored 14 and assisted 6.
Scored more goals at Villa Park than any other ground.Wow, that some solid info, cheers mate.
Great Dzeko replacement this week if he performs
might do if I could find someone to drop for him
How's your team doing HoH?
captain fail & azpi will lead me to be a wee bit above average yet not good
At least now Azpi will leave you relatively at ease with his rest outta the way no?
No biggie pal, your team is great for this w/e, it's all for the good of Gw17 😉
Yep. Only other guy I am looking at is Yaya.
Yaya? Really, interesting call there.
If he's in the hole, I'd cap for sure 😉
Thinking about a Yaya cap for next week, myself
Yeah I think he will be the goal threat par excellence for City until they sort a striker.
barring injuries, I think I've got nothing to do this week
Foster (Myhill)
Zabaleta Baines Azpi (Coleman) (STaylor)
(vc) Yaya Hazard Siggy Downing (Boyd)
(c) Costa Bony Benteke
yawn...Same situation, boring! 😀
Me three.
PS. I love Sherlock! Such a good show.Pretty jealous mate, that's a solid side.
benching Coleman will surely end in tears
hasn't yet
1.5m GW rank last week = Green at Rank 100
250k GW rank this week = Red for 100 places!
🙁Last weeks looks red & this weeks includes a hit.
You got a red last week and you took a hit this week, so that 250k is probably more like 500k
So I did. Only 4 places mind.
Did I not take a hit last week? Can't remember.
Got 4 to go tomorrow anyway!it really depends on how well the people near your rank does
Weeks since I sold Costa: 3
Green arrows since I sold Costa: 3
🙂+1
🙂so you've had red arrows every single week you owned costa? well done 😛
Most weeks!
Great job Diva 😉 Proactive's the way to go eh?
Costa has been poor on all fronts, can't believe the total NTI on this guy
11.1m card magnet, no BAPS, big nose, poor skipper, can't dance.Thanks. I'm happy at the minute to leave him to him to others. I'm enjoying mixing things up.
That's the spirit 😉 Gotta know when to get rid & move on
And dancing ability, or lack thereof, is important! 😆
Costa hasn't even show his samba moves when he's scored, that's the worst part of it all.
More dancing = less yellowsThrow shapes, not elbows. 😆
Can anyone see Chelsea actually keeping a cleanie anytime soon? Fixtures include:
sto, WHA, sou, tot, NEW, swa, MCIit's chelsea, they could keep cleanies in all of those
True. But, I mean, on paper. Some difficult fixtures.
Not me. Only 4 cleanies in that fixture set
This set has the potential to be a major stumbling block.
Chelsea seem like they're going through their "rough patch" in the season now too. Really poor today, after being poor vs Sunderland and Newcastle as well. ..
Hazard and possibly a defender is enough Chelsea, imo.
Ignore Fàbregas at your peril...
Will do.
Until the WC, that is.
Haha. A seed of doubt, I like it. At least you're alive to the power of the mighty Fàb! 😀
Consistency is key.
I've never owned him, looking forward to it.can't say i miss him much. got sanchez for him, and went towards oscar and then hazard instead, all of whom have performed for me
You're right that others can out perform him in any given gameweek, which why a) I also own the two biggest current threats (Hazard & Sanchez) and b) you need to be confident your other options can beat or match his metronomic 5.6 PPG in the period you own them.
I think what clinches it is the captaincy. Hazard for example might not beat his average per se, but he is a reliable captain in home games, whereas Fabregas isn't, so could outscore him heavily.
You're unlikely to have or need more than about four solid captaincy options in your team, so there's room for them and a 9m consistent points machine.
there is no room in my team for fabregas.
downing is my fabregas 😉Fair enough. Downing is my second Fàbregas. 🙂
Yes. The tougher the fixture, the more cagey Mourinho tends to make his team.
In previous seasons, yes.
Did it against United this season (possibly unnecessarily).
Yeah, but he's still got to be on the front-foot in those games, and that's where the GC come from. I'm quite tempted to do Terry>Zabaleta tbh
A Baines injury (in the 65 min after securing a CS and goal, after which everton concede) wouldn't be the worst thing in the world as it would sort out my Zabaleta-connundrum 😛
This^
Actually no. I don't want anyone to get injured.
Neither do I, but I meant that there would be a silver lining.
The first 5 of those are quite possible.
It depends how the opposition turns up, imo.
Stoke, Saints and Spurs could make it difficult, being at home. West Ham and Newcastle have the potential to score against anyone,Certainly not a great set of fixtures but you have to think they are the best defensive team in the comp so they will keep a few CS over any run of multiple fixtures.
Good case to be made for a switch to a City defender though.
Out of those, Downing at the Bridge & City if one of their strikers grabs some form, is menacing for sure.
And I think I'll bench Downing that game, too. 😆
haha, same here
Ha 😉 For what's it worth, his away form is really hard to ignore. Can't believe to the value on this guy
I'm not in a position to bench Terry so I'ma also obligated to play him 🙁thats because his away games have been easier than his home games:
Home: tot sou liv qpr mci avl new swa
Away: cpl hul mun bur sto eve wba sun
Looks like my 3 loans I took in UFPL will work out smashingly this week...
Hazard(c), Sanchez and Lukaku in for Fab, ADM and Kun. Already got me 36 points with Lukaku still to play.
😀Nicely done. What would the 3 players you would have played scored plus the captain?
Coloccini and Robertson were my only replacements. Wouldn't have had 18 to pick. So 1 point from those two (they would've been subbed out today though) and 7 for Costa(c)
In fact my 7 subs still contains Naismith...massive injury/susp crisis this week4 week loan?
Na, just one. Will have Fab back and hopefully ADM too.
Of course. Guess you can look for a good loan replacement for Aguero now.
Yep, it's all I really wanted
Well... 2 players not playing with nobody on my bench to cover.. yay
I had the great Boydinio on my bench to cover two absences. Unfortunately, he didn't chose this first time I needed him to produce a haul worthy of two men. 🙁
looking for some new music guys. Something along the lines of Boy n Bear; Kurt Vile; The Shins... you know, easy listening not doof doof.
??There's a norwegian artist called Philter (you can find him on spotify) who makes really enjoyable melodic electronic music (for lack of a better description). Very easy listening.
Cheers! 🙂 I'll check them out.
Sorry if I have upset the mood with this off topic question.
there's not much discussion anyways so fire away. let me know what you think of that artist.
I like pretty much all his songs (which is rare), but my favourites are Blue Eyes, Robotic Wings, Ocean Floor, Haunting, and Air (in fact the whole Beautiful Lies album is great in particular).Awesome. Thanks a bunch. 🙂
No problem. Another great artist I like is Parov Stelar, the inventor of the "electro-swing" genre. Really great music for a chill but upbeat house party/gathering... not your usual dunka dunka stuff
Hehe.. thank you so much. I will have a good go at it tonight.
Haha, love that doof doof 😀
perfect description isn't it. Just gave me an image of a bunch of chavs driving a makeshift "sports car" with the epic-bass music turned up loud, as they pull into mcD's... doof doof doof doof 😀
😆
Just checked playlist and dont think I can suggest any but following are few songs that arent doof doof 😆
- Mirror by Lil Wayne
- The Memory will never die by Default
- Why not me by EnriqueThanks Benedict... I mean Sherlock.
I will trawl iTunes now. 😀
leonard cohen
wrist cutting stuffGot lots of his stuff as well as Midlake, Two Door Cinema Club and Nick Cave.
Interesting stat:
Chelsea have kept CS's in 4 of their last 5 games (WBA sun TOT HUL), and the Newcastle game aside (Matic was suspended that game), they haven't conceded more than 1 in a game all season (in all competitions) apart from GW3-4 (eve SWA). Quietly very impressive.Essential... 😉
Not if they keep conceding the customary 1 goal.. ditto for Baines....
Everton:
last 10 league games, 10 GC... only more than 1 twice, with only 2 CS's. Not a bad record in real life, but utter frustrating shite in FPL terms
Yep, thought I was onto it by doubling up with Ivan and Azpi 😕
Have patience and you will be rewarded. 🙂
It should work out, but would rather spread the risk back there. I guess it also means you can't have costa+hazard/fab/oscar either which isn't ideal
Hazard is enough
revived my season after jumping 200k places...to 170k 😀
good on you
congratsGood work!
Keep going now.Congrats,
Here comes the fun part of the season. Can really turbocharge your rank if you nail it.This, a thousand times this.
Well done!
epic jump mate!
similar jump here
thanks all
Is there a way to write a word in strike-through? ie. crossed out
yup
christina does it all the timeIs̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶w̶a̶y̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶w̶r̶i̶t̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶w̶o̶r̶d̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶s̶t̶r̶i̶k̶e̶-̶t̶h̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶?̶ ̶i̶e̶.̶ ̶c̶r̶o̶s̶s̶e̶d̶ ̶o̶u̶t̶
😆
don't tell him how to do it 😉[s]test[/s]
feck 😛
Go here...type in the word/sentence...click...BOOM!
http://adamvarga.com/strike/well thats not any fun, thats cheating 😛
lol, i actually forgot what it was i was going to write in strikethrough now.. ugh 😛
Where do we think yaya will play this week?
In Manchester... 😉
And the winner of the comedy award, goes to..... not you! 😉
I'll get my coat. Sorry Patty, I could guess where Yaya will play in the team but like with a few things at City at the minute it would only be a calculated guess at best. So, in the absence of being able to offer a sensible view, I retreated into comedy.
i don't think it matters
without a striker, i expect his main scoring to come from FKs or a PK, and for Man C to not score much
unless Pellegrini plays Lampard up front as striker (like Moyes playing Cahill as the front man some years back)... that's the guy that knows how to finish a passhe'll be in his usual position in deep midfield, but getting into the box more
silver lining to my week will be downing's 9 points coming off the bench at the back end to drive my red arrows to a false green... i'll take it
The real question is what was downing doing on your bench?
Indeed.
this, 😯
Sunderland have been tight at the back
Foster
Baines Coleman Zabaleta Azpi
Yaya Hazard Siggy
Costa Bony Benteke
Downing, 1st subnot bad. i assume you're benching siggy next gw then?
was above, coleman 1st sub
ah right, saints away, probably a sensible choice. I'm someone who has benched Fabregas, Siggy x3, Tadic, Oscar, Downing x2, etc... (for all blanks), so I'm not one to criticize benching an expensive player... its bold but can pay off
siggy & downing to play
i'd probably bench siggy and play coleman tbh
What's with all the weird FPL names now?
Like 'Tom Heaton' and 'Sammy Ameobi'first names are more important... adding more by the day
I think I'll deliberately avoid buying Yun all season so I don't have to see Young-Suk on a daily basis
Hahaha... 😀
Ameobi makes sense, to distinguish him from Shola, but there's not another Heaton is there?
Looks weird, though. Seems totally unnecessary unless you have two people with same surname at same position on same team. Otherwise it is just clutter.
Are we going to put Oscar's full name on there also, just to be consistent?
Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Junior
How did Varela play yesterday?
Interesting signing.Remind me why I sold Downing...
😕you probably fell into the "money is better in the team than ITB so I have to spend it no matter what" trap.
...actually I bought Hazard.
😎nice timing 😉
his owners have been waiting all season for this week 😛
Nice week for you, Tina. Jammy Heaton-owning so and so 🙄
lolPB coming up.
I might have to sabotage my side. Would hate to win that Last man stranding competition...
1st prize could be being a mod for a certain time. Not much of a prize but still. If you win LMS, you'll probably be top 500.
No thanks. I would hate to take your corner office at FFS House.
Might be doing an Evs myself.
Yeah, luck(good). I would have preferred a 0-0 since I own Bertrand. lol
Dzeko was bad luck. Sometimes you gotta hate this game.
