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The Numbers Game – Gameweek One vs 2010/11 Average

17 August 2011 2537 comments
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Before we draw a line firmly under the first Gameweek, we’ve decided to analyse some individual performances over the weekend. By looking at the Opta stats of Fernando Torres, we can see what his Sunday showing at the Britannia offered in comparison to his average displays for the Blues last term. The same applies to Robin Van Persie- no goals from the Dutchman at St James on Saturday night, but how did his game hold up?

In this first Members article of the active Fantasy season, we also take a look at Victor Moses and Ashley Young’s Man United league debut, weighing up what the pair’s new roles this season have offered so far…

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  1. timmy56
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    RMT Guys, I think its about right:

    Given (Vorm)
    Cole, Kompany, Senderos, (De Laet, Simpson)
    Cahill, Moses, Yaya Toure, Sinclair (N.Dyer)
    Torres, Suarez, Aguero.

    1M Left.

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  2. G4L
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Thoughts on my team:

    Given (Ruddy)
    Boswingwa, Baines, Kompany (simpson, gibbidon)
    Lampard, Silva, Moses, Tiote (ferguson)
    Zamora, Rooney, Suarez

    Should i switch rooney to aguero and silva to young?

    thanks

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    1. Manamongst
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Tiote? Baines, Fat Frank and Rooney have drained your squad...

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      1. G4L
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        yeah true
        decided to downgrade lampard to nzog an silva to yaya and upgraded zamora to torres with 0.5 in bank

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    2. Manamongst
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Don't like Young this week, Silva is more likely to put in work every week more than Young. I could ever tell you to dump Rooney over Aguero, but I don't think Rooney will maintain that consistencies his price-tag is asking for.

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  3. The Laughing Man
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Can't tell you how happy I am to finally get my team done for the week. Theres a few players that I definitely wanted to keep but I was having a hell of a time trying to make the rest of my squad fit around them but I just got it to work.

    Hows everyone else doing with there teams?

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  4. Twelve years a slave
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    New team ditched Lampard idea

    Given Vorm

    Senderos Brown Kompany (simpson Enrique)

    Sessegram Sinclair Silva Moses (Taabaat)
    Rooney Torres Bent

    Cover all the bases except Everton , but i never bother with them anyway
    Will probably phse out bent and torres for suarez and kun , or maybe van persie if he starts shaping up

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    1. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      I like it much more 🙂

      Not much to say except watch your midfield. Quite a few punts in there with Sessegnon, Taarabt and Sinclair, but I think all 3 are good choices and should come through.

      Defense is great, if a little cheap, but all are starters and are solid.

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  5. Zoom Zoom
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Think I go it... anyone willing to RMT?

    Vorm (Ruddy)
    Baines, Wes Brown, Jose E (Simpson, De Laet)
    Nani (C), A Young, Adam, Larsson (Tiote)
    Suares, Torres, D Graham

    1M to upgrade to Rooney, VP, or Shay G next week (depending on performance). Missing Man City players, but will likely trade Nani for Silva next week once Valencia returns (and I see how Silva performs against a stronger opponent). Have a feeling Baines will have a killer weekend... and Nani is due for a brace (or a handball goal against his favorite team - Tottenham)

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    1. LarkyTown
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Over the next few weeks, I think a 5.0m Villa defender (ie Young/Warnock) might have better chances of clean sheets than Enrique. Depends if you think you will have the spare transfer one week to change them back if you're keen on Enrique long term

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      1. Zoom Zoom
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        Thinking if Enrique starts and Liverpool keep a clean sheet against Arsenal (even a weakened Arsenal) on the road, that his price appreciation potential will be significant. Trying to balance between high points in the ST and arbitrage opps.

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  6. Valar(Keith)
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    team done.. gonna leave it this way incase i get blocked out tomorrow night..
    Given (Vorm)
    Bosingwa Kompany Brown (Senderos Simpson)
    Cahill Nzogbia Sinclair Sessegnon (Moses)
    Rooney Suarez Torres(c)

    gonna be doing bosingwa to enrique, torres to aguero in 2 weeks so don't mind bosingwa being a short term option.. got a good bench if he does'nt play too..
    only worry is benching moses.. looking at the rest of my squad i just have to.. swansea have a pretty good home record though
    Cahill will leave in 4 weeks.. not gonna touch him till then(unless injured)

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  7. donners
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    What's the go on Larsson v Sess then?

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    1. Valar(Keith)
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      prefer sess.. playing oop and is a better player imo.. if kranjcar comes in he'll steal some of larsson's set pieces too

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      1. teddy.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        Where's Elmo?

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        1. Christina.
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 5 months ago

          With his Mummy.

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  8. CFCTom
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    🙂 Modric to Chelsea looks very very likely now, how will that affect people's fantasy teams? If at all? He'd be going straight in my team.

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    1. LarkyTown
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Modric is a great player in real life...but I don't think he is a great FF player

      He is like Alonso was at Liverpool, engine room, making things happen and starting moves - assisting assisters to make assists (if that makes sense?). I don't see that role changing much if he goes to Chelsea

      Doesn't score that many goals or even get that many assists. His historic points totals arent that great

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      1. Jönny
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        ^ This.

        However if Benayoun and/or Kalou go in the other direction that would certainly be interesting.

        Adebayor on loan at Spurs would also be one to watch if that does happen. Shame he's not already in the game as a cut-price City forward.

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    2. MeandYouSittingInATree
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      No. He's not a FF pick. He's the magic maker, slices up defenses so others can assist and score.

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      1. Joga Bonito®
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        Might be different at Chelsea though. He actually made quite a lot of good goal scoring chances last year but everytime he did, fools like Defoe kept missing. I remember watching a number of times because my mates had him in their teams and they were going crazy about it.

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        1. MeandYouSittingInATree
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 5 months ago

          Then it'll be better to wait and see!

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  9. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Malouda AND Torres 8)

    Who's feeling like taking a risk?

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    1. Valar(Keith)
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      not convinced malouda will start.. torres(c).. that's a risk

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      1. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        Might not captain either xD Go with Rooney instead.

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        1. The Laughing Man
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 5 months ago

          I'm going with Lampard and Torres for GW2 and 3 with Lamps as my (C). Feeling pretty confident about it paying off, especially with so few having Lamps.

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    2. teddy.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Then which other team's attacking potential are you going to ignore?

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      1. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        Any heavyweight choice I go for will be doubling on a team. Doubling on City or United doesn't look as good as doubling on Chelsea. At least one of them will come good right?

        Easy swaps from there too.

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        1. Valar(Keith)
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 5 months ago

          you sure malouda'll start? pretty average first game and anelka waiting in the wings..

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          1. Camzy
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 5 months ago

            Yeah I think Malouda will start. Can't see him being dropped. Not for Anelka or Kalou.

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      2. Jönny
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        I'm ignoring Liverpool and Arsenal at the moment. Axe has gotta fall somewhere.

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        1. The Laughing Man
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 5 months ago

          Arsenal for GW4

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    3. donners
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Fixtures are certainly good enough to accomodate both.

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    4. dizzle
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Currently only going with Torres. Chelsea large amount of options together with Malouda only playing around 60 mins each week I cant seem to justify it.

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    5. Jafalad
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Malouda and Boswinga-yes. Torres takes too much dosh out of my team and weakens my midpark. Esp. with a fwd line with Aguero and Suarez in it.

      Two CHS players as investment is a necessity I feel with these fixtures they have coming up.

      Just hope Boswinger takes to the field 😕

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      1. Valar(Keith)
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        again.. malouda may not even start.. else he'd be in my team straight away

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        1. Billy Ketsu
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 5 months ago

          Why would he not start?

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        2. Jafalad
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 5 months ago

          Can't see how someone who scored 13 goals last season getting benched imho 😕

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          1. Christina.
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 5 months ago

            New Manager. Cr*p first game?

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            1. teddy.
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 16 Years
              14 years, 5 months ago

              Crap towards the end of last season too.

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              1. Joga Bonito®
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                14 years, 5 months ago

                What other wide players can they use at the moment though? May be Kalou?? That's about it. Malouda will play.

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            2. Camzy
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 15 Years
              14 years, 5 months ago

              He wasn't that bad.

              Besides, he fits the Chelsea formation AVB is using. Better fit than Anelka or Kalou anyway.

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              1. Jafalad
                • 16 Years
                14 years, 5 months ago

                Noticed from the Guardian chalkboard that Malouda is playing much wider and less inclined to come inside more.

                Just wondering if this will affect ff output?

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  10. Valar(Keith)
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Anyone else tempted by cahill for 4 fixtures.. surely he'll score atleast 1 or 2.. and with the new ppi system that means 3 bp.. he does'nt take many shots off target so no points'll get deducted either.. perfect guy for 24odd points over the next 4 weeks

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    1. Valar(Keith)
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      tim cahill

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  11. CFCTom
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Meireles? Meireles!? No Andre! No!

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    1. Valar(Keith)
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      he seems to be biased towards portuguese players(however average).. very reason i strongly believe bosingwa will continue at RB for us for some time

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      1. MrsVorheesLilBoy
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        Where's this Portugese bias thing come from? Ivanovic & Luis were crocked. Be fantastic if Bosingwa gets game time but Ivanovic & Luis could easily come back in the team real soon.

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        1. Valar(Keith)
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 5 months ago

          ivanovic was on the bench right? he's bosingwa's only competitor..

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          1. teddy.
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 5 months ago

            Er... and Ferreira. Who's Portuguese, no?

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            1. Valar(Keith)
              • 16 Years
              14 years, 5 months ago

              quit poking holes in my theory:).. ferreira sucks at attacking though.. bosingwa fits more into AVB's system

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      2. CFCTom
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        Hopefully he wont let it cloud his judgement too much, and I do too, had him in my team from GW1, though I think it's more to do with him being the style of RB AVB wants than being Portuguese. A 'RWB' so to speak.

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  12. Maniche
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Which two would you play this week?
    Moses(swa) Sess(NEW) or Sinclair (WIG)

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    1. Valar(Keith)
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      sess and sinclair

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    2. Billy Ketsu
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Sessegnon and Sinclair.

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      1. Maniche
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        Just looking at the average position from Wigan v Norwich, Moses was the highest up on the pitch. He's also gotten so many goals in preseason..

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  13. wHiPpiNG_BoYs
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    when price rises come back into play will players like augero be jumping up by 0.2 straight away or just 0.1????

    cheers 🙂

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    1. teddy.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Just point 1. The wildcard transfer won't be factored in I believe.

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      1. wHiPpiNG_BoYs
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        thanks mate, I reckon your right!

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  14. Joey Millions
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    How long we reckon Bosingwa will be playing?

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    1. teddy.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      90mins

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    2. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      He won't play again

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  15. MeandYouSittingInATree
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    No Formica love? Any reason why?

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    1. Christina.
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      We prefer granite.

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    2. MrsVorheesLilBoy
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      He plays for Blackburn?

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    3. MeandYouSittingInATree
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Cheeky!

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  16. Mr Smith
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    I realise i am scraping the barrel here with this question but need a reliable bench warmer so whats the best mid for 4.5m?

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    1. Maniche
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Dyer (Swansea) imo

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  17. LawnDart
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    One Q

    Young or Nani?

    One more thing... It's all about Rvp he is the main and only target man for Arsenal. Rooney barely saw the ball la st game.

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  18. Jafalad
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Think I'm quite happy with my midpark of Moses, Sess, Malouda, Silva and Cleverley.

    Which one would you bench?

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    1. Christina.
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Boas will decide.

      😉

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      1. Jafalad
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        Mornin' 🙂

        For de bench?

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        1. Christina.
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 5 months ago

          Yes. Boas will bench Malouda for you. Sorted.

          😉

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          1. Jafalad
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 5 months ago

            Hope not. 10.5 mill is a lot of doshery 😡

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      2. Jönny
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        More likely that Ferguson will decide I reckon.

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    2. CFCTom
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Cleverley

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      1. Jafalad
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        Home game Tom that usually produces goals?

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        1. MeandYouSittingInATree
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 5 months ago

          It won't be Cleverley assisting or scoring though.

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          1. Jafalad
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 5 months ago

            Why not - he's an attacking sort of chappy?

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            1. MeandYouSittingInATree
              • 14 Years
              14 years, 5 months ago

              Not exactly. I can see most of the assists coming in from the wings or from Rooney going to Wellbeck.

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        2. LarkyTown
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 5 months ago

          With such an inexperienced defence, I reckon Fergie will replace Cleverly with a more experienced head (ie Giggs / Carrick / maybe even Fletcher if he's recovered) for one of the bigger games of the season

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          1. Joga Bonito®
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            14 years, 5 months ago

            I agree.

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  19. Christina.
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    I have 500K in the kitty and no idea where to spend it...

    😕

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    1. teddy.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      New house?

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      1. Christina.
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        Just moved into a new house a month ago.

        😉

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    2. Jafalad
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Give it to Mrs Inze? 😕

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      1. Christina.
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        No problem. Come and fetch it.

        I will open a nice bottle of Kanonkop red wine from Stellenbosch. Bring MMW as well.

        We can watch the AB's smash the Boks.

        😀

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        1. Jafalad
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 5 months ago

          Haha. Not sure if MM Dubya would watch the rugby - he'd be too busy swilling the vino. 🙂

          Why not give it your other half-looks quite an expensive sort of woman to keep 😉

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    3. Joga Bonito®
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      I have the same and I'm happy with it in the bank. Helps if something goes wrong.

      I have Silva, so if I don't like his run of fixtures or he gets an injury he can be changed with VDV, Nani etc. Quite handy to have spare cash.

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      1. Christina.
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        True. I'm trying to get thru gw 2/3 without any trades. Will then use 2 free trades(unless we get another WC!) in gw 4.

        You never know when the extra 0.5m might come in handy.

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        1. Joga Bonito®
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 5 months ago

          Yea. The way I see it is if you're happy with your team, you're happy with your team. If there's money left over then all the better.

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  20. The Laughing Man
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Finally got my team done, can you please RMT

    Given
    A.Cole/Brown/Kompany
    Lamps/N'Zog/Dyer/Moses
    Torres/Aguero/Suarez

    Bank: .5

    Subs: Vorm/S.Taylor/De Laet/Ferguson

    Before you say anythinng about Dyer and Ferguson, please note that I wont be playing Fergs and that I am planning on doing the following transfers GW4,

    Suarez>Holt
    Torres>RVP
    Ferguson>Ramsey

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    1. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Dyer AND Ferguson is crying out to be punished.

      Downgrade N'Zog for the money to upgrade Ferguson. You don't want to have such elaborate transfers planned for GW4. Guaranteed it won't play out so nicely for you.

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      1. The Laughing Man
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        Thanks for the feedback but if I can ask, what risk is it that you are alluding to with regards to making 3 transfers in GW4? I thought it was pretty safe with it only being for 2 GWs.

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        1. Christina.
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 5 months ago

          There is something wrong with your team if you are going to do 3 trades and lose 4 points in gw 4.

          You are on a WC, need to select a team that can get you thru a couple of weeks without losing points due to trading.

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        2. Horizontal
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 5 months ago

          He's referring to events, dear boy, events. 🙂

          Injuries/transfers/food poisoning/viruses etc.

          If you had captained Zamora and Zigic for their double gameweeks last season, like I did, then you will understand the sheer horror of things like events.

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          1. Christina.
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 5 months ago

            That BZ(c) cost me a top 1000K finish.

            😡

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              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 15 Years
              14 years, 5 months ago

              That BZ and NZ captaincy was just sodding annoying. Especially since my arch rival had Dempsey (c) when he scored bazillions of points in his DGW and I had BZ.

              2 points. And that's AFTER doubling his points.

              Zigic strained his groin during the warm-up. Another 2 point DGW captain.

              Those two probably cost me a top 10000 finish.

              (1000K is a million BTW) 😉

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              1. Christina.
                • 15 Years
                14 years, 5 months ago

                😳

                Let's just move on. I have just finished my sessions with the psychiatrist due to gw 34 in 2011 season.

                I was telling everyone on FFS to get Dempster, only to somehow get in BZ on the Saturday morning.

                To make it worst, I then sold BZ in gw38 just for him to score, Coleman got a red and I lost my league with 4 points.

                I need a drink.

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  21. tezzaboy7
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    What do you guys think of this?

    Given, Vorm
    Bosingwa, Baines, Kompany, Enrique, Simpson
    Young, Silva, Moses, Jarvis, Dyer
    Torres, Zamora, Suarez

    My gut feeling is that Drogba will come good this gameweek but my brain says torres.
    WIth that said i have different options.

    A
    Torres, Zamora, Silva (above)
    B
    Drogba, Odemwingie (bench this gameweek), Silva
    C
    Aguero, Drogba, Brunt

    My brain says A but cant get rid of this Drogba feeling.
    Thoughts and other options welcome.

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    1. Jafalad
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Wouldn't worry about Drogs too much as he appears to have fallen down the pecking order.

      That's a mighty expensive deee-fence you have there. 😯

      All need booting bar Simpson and Boswinger. Plenty of 4.0/4.5s abound.

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      1. teddy.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        Don't listen to him Tezza, that's a great defence.

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        1. Jafalad
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 5 months ago

          🙄

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          1. Christina.
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 5 months ago

            So your not on the Baines Boeing then?

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            1. Jafalad
              • 16 Years
              14 years, 5 months ago

              Not yet. Gone back to my original argument re set plays and the return of Micky A.

              The other factor is bonus points which defenders are firmly at the back of the queue for. Hence, the risk of exp. defenders.

              Happy with my super cinque of Bo, Brown, Senderos, Tate and Simpson.

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              1. Christina.
                • 15 Years
                14 years, 5 months ago

                Ah, so you also noticed Tate?

                😉

                Shhh...

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                1. Jafalad
                  • 16 Years
                  14 years, 5 months ago

                  Shhhhhhhhhhhhh...:?

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                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 15 Years
                  14 years, 5 months ago

                  I hadn't noticed Tate. Is he related to Lyle?

                  The factors in Bainse's favour is that he's classified as a defender (which he's pretty shit at IMO) but plays like a midfielder.

                  His completed passes are amazingly good and his crosses are usually very accurate, so under the new EA bonus point methodology I think (maybe hope) that he will be the BP king this season.

                  If the phrase "You can prove anything with statistics" is true, then Cashley getting 3 BPs last week is the ultimate proof.

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        2. tezzaboy7
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 5 months ago

          I agree its a great defense. But its at the expense of my midfield with only the one 'big hitter'.

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  22. YAS511
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Hi First Post,

    any feedback advise would be great

    Thank you

    Vorm (Ruddy)

    Lescott A.Cole Kompany (De Laet Simpson)

    Nani Moses Ohara Sinclair Ferguson)

    Torres Rooney Caroll

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    1. Joga Bonito®
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Ferguson, although he's saving you money is a complete waste of money as he'll never see grass. you might have to tinker to find a playing sub but apart from that I like it.

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      1. YAS511
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        Thank you,

        i was thinking and had N,Dyer in there, However i couldnt fit Kompany in.

        Thought ill try to save on the hits once Man City's fixtures pick up.

        Can bring Bos in but then again no one Knows if he will play or not

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        1. Joga Bonito®
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 5 months ago

          I turned away from Kompany because all he's going to do it get clean sheets. The way the new bonus system works I can't see him getting too many. I changed to Shawcross who will get a lot of clean sheets, is a threat from set pieces and is more likely to get bonus points.

          you have an extra 1.0 available then.

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            • 15 Years
            14 years, 5 months ago

            I like Shawcross but he's too impetuous for my liking.

            The chances are that he'll pick up a few yellows and probably a red card sometime during the season, so he's not in my team.

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  23. Joga Bonito®
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    • 14 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    This is my latest team. One of many this game week.

    I've tried to go for a attacking player from UTD L'pool City and Che.

    I've gone for a rotational defense and I'm happy with the balance. I need somebody to now tell me how I'm wrong. I'll leave that up to you.

    Bank 0.5

    Given Ruddy

    Cashley Enrique Shawcross Senderos Simpson

    Silva Young Sessegnon Brunt Moses

    Suarez Torres Zamora.

    Give it to me.

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    1. LarkyTown
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      As a slight tweak, I think Sinclair has better fixtures than Brunt the next two GWs (although he is maybe less proven) but then defo back to Brunt from GW4

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      1. Joga Bonito®
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        Yea, I agree on the fixtures, Brunt's benched this week. I really like him and don't want to risk any unneccessary price problems

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    2. YAS511
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Good solid team.

      i have a feeling Z will do well

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  24. jimski
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    You decided on the Baines question then, Jafa? Still giving me headaches...

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    1. Jafalad
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Baines gone. Boswinger in as a very decent and cheap way in to replace Bad K.

      Baines and Torres were just taking up too much cash. Midpark was a viper's nest of nasty little budgeritos. 😕

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  25. Hapless Hat-Tricks
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    How's this looking?

    Given - Ruddy
    Kompany - Bosingwa - Brown - Senderos - Simpson
    Silva - N'Zogbia - Brunt - Sinclair - Moses
    Rooney - Torres - Suarez

    All did relatively well in the EA Sports index with the exception of Torres and Moses. Don't want to play the fixtures with a super short term mindset because I want to reduce transfers as much as possible. If Torres lets me down I can force a Torres > Aguero transfer in GW4. Longer term I'd probably do Rooney > Hernandez which would allow an extra 2.0m in the bank for a defensive upgrade if Bosingwa loses his spot.

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  26. Esky1982
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Given
    Baines, Bosingwa, Senderos, Kompany
    Young, Moses, Sess
    Torres, Bent, Suarez
    Vorm, Brunt, Simpson, Surman

    I have covered the essentials Chelsea (attack and defence), Man C defence, and i think Baines will be the buy of the year this season.
    Mid field is weak, but there is not anyone really screaming out. Plenty of room to move in the following weeks.

    What do you think??

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  27. teddy.
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    • 16 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Just done some maths on last season's Opta stats in light of the PPI punishment for wasteful shots.

    Strikers with a shot accuracy of less than 40% last season:
    Santa Cruz
    Gudjohnsen
    Kornilenko
    Piquionne
    Beattie
    Euell
    Gueye
    Sanli
    Varney
    Best
    Carew
    Heskey
    Moreno
    Mwaruwari
    Davies (Kevin)
    Crouch
    Ameobi (Shola)
    Zamora
    Jerome

    Those with an accuracy of 60% or more (who took more than 1 shot to rule out some statistical anomalies):

    Sammon
    Johnson (Andrew)
    Sears
    Anichebe
    Noble (Ryan)
    Vela (Carlos)
    Bendtner
    Di Santo
    Agbonlahor
    Fortuné
    Johnson (Eddie)
    Løvenkrands

    The others with better than 50%:
    Saha
    Boselli
    Ebanks-Blake
    Defoe
    Fletcher (Steven)
    Hernández
    Ba
    Aiyegbeni
    Biram Diouf
    Berbatov
    Bent (Darren)
    Tévez
    Ngog
    Rooney (Wayne)
    Campbell (DJ)
    Odemwingie
    van Persie

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    1. LarkyTown
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Sammon, Di Santo and Fortune it is then....

      Seriously though, good work

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      • 15 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      That's an impressive job, Teddy. Well done.

      I wouldn't pick my forwards solely based on that info but it's very useful to see who has a high percentage of shots on target. I reckon that the new EA stats punish any shot not on target whether it just shaves the post or is blasted into row Z.

      I think I've done my theory about defenders to death but will repost a summary if you can bear the tedium of it.

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    3. wHiPpiNG_BoYs
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      nice...good insight

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  28. JapBen
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Given, (Vorm)
    Richards, Bosingwa, Enrique, (Simpson, Hall)
    Malouda, Silva, Dyer, Moses, (Tiote)
    Suarez, Torres(c), Rooney

    Is this looking decent??

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    1. Joga Bonito®
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      You'll probs need to change Boswinga out soon for some1 else but yes it looks good.

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  29. wHiPpiNG_BoYs
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    when price rises come back into play will players like augero be jumping up by 0.2 straight away or just 0.1????

    cheers

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    1. andy85wsm
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      • 15 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      They will get reset to 0 transfers in after this week so won't be jumping anywhere

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    2. teddy.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Still the same answer as I gave you before.

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      1. wHiPpiNG_BoYs
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        sorry mate only just saw that oops

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  30. Jake9
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Hi all can u answer this question

    Sess,Enrique and Hughes

    or

    O'Hara,Kompany and Senderos

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