Boards.ie Premier League Fantasy Football 08/09

Mr. Incognito · 01-10-2008 10:14am

Delighted to see Denilson play the full 90 mins last night- Good sign

ibh · 01-10-2008 10:36am

The Gambler 101 wrote: »

would you buy in jo this week with the pool arriving in city?

ive got Agbonlahor in my team with want him out as villa playing chelsea, who would you buy, also have defoe and berbatov up front.

I was thinkin yakubu?

Adebayour??? Yak is also a good buy. I'm pretty happy with 2 of my CF's; Yak and Owen. Bent has been rubbish for me and is on the way out..

Juan Pablo · 01-10-2008 11:18am

The Gambler 101 wrote: »

would you buy in jo this week with the pool arriving in city?

ive got Agbonlahor in my team with want him out as villa playing chelsea, who would you buy, also have defoe and berbatov up front.

I was thinkin yakubu?

Buy Zaki and use the extra funds to upgrade one of your defenders/midfileders.

Charlie · 01-10-2008 11:28am

Michael Owen has scored in every match he has played in this season, bar the trip to the Emirates.

ibh · 01-10-2008 11:44am

charlie mchugh wrote: »

Michael Owen has scored in every match he has played in this season, bar the trip to the Emirates.

Sshhh!! FFS don't tell everyone..:D

BaZmO* · 01-10-2008 11:51am

charlie mchugh wrote: »

Michael Owen has scored in every match he has played in this season, bar the trip to the Emirates.

He didn't score against Hull.

Charlie · 01-10-2008 12:34pm

BaZmO* wrote: »

He didn't score against Hull.

You're correct, I have tried desperately to etch that game out of my memory. Still, his scoring record is superb, and coupled with the fact that he takes pens, he is a very valuable little goal machine.

BaZmO* · 01-10-2008 12:45pm

charlie mchugh wrote: »

You're correct, I have tried desperately to etch that game out of my memory. Still, his scoring record is superb, and coupled with the fact that he takes pens, he is a very valuable little goal machine.

A goal machine that is in the repair shop more often than not

NabyLadistheman · 01-10-2008 1:02pm

BaZmO* wrote: »

A goal machine that is in the repair shop more often than not

It's opinions like this that will seperate the men from the boys in Fantasy Football! Only time will tell!

Charlie · 01-10-2008 1:09pm

BaZmO* wrote: »

A goal machine that is in the repair shop more often than not

Hence you sub him out if he's injured, and you capitilise when he is fit. I assume you don't just pick your FF team in Aug, and leave it unchanged for the whole season??

BaZmO* · 01-10-2008 2:12pm

torresistheman wrote: »

It's opinions like this that will seperate the men from the boys in Fantasy Football! Only time will tell!

Ha! We'll see!

charlie mchugh wrote: »

Hence you sub him out if he's injured, and you capitilise when he is fit. I assume you don't just pick your FF team in Aug, and leave it unchanged for the whole season??

Of course not, but Owen is 8.5 million with 3 goals from 5 games, but Zaki is currently 6.6 with 5 and an assist from 6 games, Defoe has the same as Zaki and costs less than Owen. Carew, 4 + 2 and only cost 7.2 and there's plenty of others to choose from that cost less than Owen.

The thing is, I'm not denying that Owen gets goals but from past experience in the FF he just gets injured too much and when you add up the fact that he doesn't really get that many assists or bonus points and his high value there's always better options than him imo.

02-10-2008 3:38am

Agree with Bazmo.Zaki woul be a better buy.

Xavi6 · 02-10-2008 4:30am

The Zaki bubble will burst sooner rather than later though, a la Bobby Zamora two season ago.

jesus_thats_gre · 02-10-2008 7:37am

Xavi6 wrote: »

The Zaki bubble will burst sooner rather than later though, a la Bobby Zamora two season ago.

Tis somewhat inevitable.. There are more points to be made from the likes of Zaki or Denilson at the moment than there are to be made from Torres and Fabregas. My worry is what to do when Torres et all kick into gear.

BaZmO* · 02-10-2008 8:36am

Xavi6 wrote: »

The Zaki bubble will burst sooner rather than later though, a la Bobby Zamora two season ago.

Maybe, maybe not, it's his first season. But anyway, the whole point of the game is to pick the cheapest form players when they're actually in form.

Fanfan · 02-10-2008 9:20am

Here is what I hope to be my last dilemma of using my wildcard.....

Who should I pick...

Kirkland / Arbeloa / Carlton Cole

Or

Hart / Alex / Zamora

Cheers for any help

02-10-2008 9:52am

Fanfan wrote: »

Here is what I hope to be my last dilemma of using my wildcard.....

Who should I pick...

Kirkland / Arbeloa / Carlton Cole

Or

Hart / Alex / Zamora

Cheers for any help

I'd pick the first threesome.I don't rate Alex at all.
I think Cole will score more than Zamora this season as well.

Fanfan · 02-10-2008 10:04am

Is wonder tho will Alex price shoot up with Carvalho being injured which will surely mean him starting every game....plus he can score? Also concerned with the fact Bellamy is back will this mean Zola will start Di Michele and Bellamy ahead of Carlton Cole?

FutureGuy · 02-10-2008 10:21am

Alex has an injury worry for Chelsea. Also with Drogba out and Terry looking very doubtful (and not even considering Joe COle and Deco), I may even consider benching Bosingwa! FanFan, I'd go with your first pick.

jimbling · 02-10-2008 12:17pm

jimbling wrote: »

Reina
Bosingwa
Skrtel
Figueroa
Ronaldo
Ireland
Valencia
Lampard
Carew
Defoe
Zaki

Subs:
Turnbull
L Young
Olsson
Marney

Right, I've changed my team a bit again. Some of it due to Chelsea's sudden loss of half they're team.. thought i'd drop Bosingwa for a while.

Reina

Laursen

Skrtel

Evra

Figueroa

--Ronaldo

Etherington

Denilson

Lampard----

Cole

Zaki

Subs:
Turnbull
Carew
Olsson
Marney

I'm a bit worried about the cole aspect at the moment, due to Bellamy's return, but we'll see how it goes. I still have 1.1 in the bank with this team.
I don't think I'll keep Etherington for long, but like him against bolton. Will prob switch him back for Valencia in two weeks.

FutureGuy · 02-10-2008 2:39pm

Bit of a keeper dilemma...who should I start with

Hart at home to a Liverpool side beginning to find goals.
Schwarzser away to WBA

james123 · 02-10-2008 3:09pm

Is nasri injured now guys? and for how long if so ?

Sherifu · 02-10-2008 3:57pm

I'm thinking of bringing in Robbie Keane and selling Defoe.

Jugs82 · 02-10-2008 5:15pm

Took out Wright Phillips for Noble at West Ham - hope i can use the excess cash next week to bring in Torres

Well thats the plan anyways...

Team for this wk:

Green;
Boswinga, Sagna, Evra;
Bullard, Noble, Fabergas, Ronaldo (c);
Zaki, Zamora, Robinho

Banking on Fulham delivering against WBA - Fingers crossed

Anyone think Spurs might be worth a punt?? - 2 next games vs Hull & Stoke

jesus_thats_gre · 02-10-2008 5:58pm

Made another change and have the following for this week:

Reina

Gordon

Johnson

Carra

Laursen

A.Cole

Sagna
Etherington

Arteta

A.Young

SWP

Denilson

Zaki

Yakubu

Carew

At the moment, it is looking like I will have Gordon, Laursen, A.Young and SWP on the bench.

Will prob make Yakubu or Arteta captain.

02-10-2008 6:36pm

Ollsen worth a punt at 4 million for a reserve defender?

02-10-2008 6:42pm

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

Made another change and have the following for this week:
Reina
Gordon
Johnson
Carra
Laursen
A.Cole
Sagna
Etherington
Arteta
A.Young
SWP
Denilson
Zaki
Yakubu
Carew

At the moment, it is looking like I will have Gordon, Laursen, A.Young and SWP on the bench.

Will prob make Yakubu or Arteta captain.

Jesus.That team is very good.It will be interesting to see how you do without Ronaldo.

Fuzzy_Dunlop · 02-10-2008 7:03pm

james123 wrote: »

Is nasri injured now guys? and for how long if so ?

Nasri is fit again. He played about 65 minutes against Porto the other night and was grand.

I've resorted to the wild card now after my reasonably poor start, despite some mild glimmers of hope in Torres and such last week. My team now is

Green

Bosingwa

Skrtel

Laursen

Clichy---
Arteta

Ireland

Fabregas

Nasri

Young

Defoe

With Sorensen, Zaki, Carlton Cole and Melchiot on the bench. Will almost certainly make some more changes now though

bUILDERtHEbOB · 02-10-2008 10:39pm

Does anyone want to pick a captain for me? My choices have not been good lately at all, he can't be English or cRonaldo though.

kmart6 · 03-10-2008 12:38am

bUILDERtHEbOB wrote: »

Does anyone want to pick a captain for me? My choices have not been good lately at all, he can't be English or cRonaldo though.

So your not looking for a lot of points off your captain then!:pac:

ibh · 03-10-2008 9:07am

Heard Yakubu was rubbish last night. Wonder will Moyes drop him for the weekend now that they have another decent centre forward in Saha???

Have him as captain so i really don't want to get caught out on this one..

Xavi6 · 03-10-2008 9:11am

Hmmmm well I listened to the interview with Moyes after the game (it's on the BBC site) and seemed very pleased with bith Yakubu and Saha. Said they played well but were well marshalled by the Liege defence. I'd say he might start both at the weekend.

SickBoy · 03-10-2008 9:48am

ibh wrote: »

Heard Yakubu was rubbish last night. Wonder will Moyes drop him for the weekend now that they have another decent centre forward in Saha???

Have him as captain so i really don't want to get caught out on this one..

With Cahill being suspended it's almost certain that Moyes will go for 4 4 2(Yakubu & Saha) at home to Newcastle..

ibh · 03-10-2008 9:56am

Xavi6 wrote: »

Hmmmm well I listened to the interview with Moyes after the game (it's on the BBC site) and seemed very pleased with bith Yakubu and Saha. Said they played well but were well marshalled by the Liege defence. I'd say he might start both at the weekend.

SickBoy wrote: »

With Cahill being suspended it's almost certain that Moyes will go for 4 4 2(Yakubu & Saha) at home to Newcastle..

Forgot about Cahill. Just heard a brief report on the game that said he was poor. I know he's a fan of 1 up front usually, but makes sense to go 4-4-2 when Cahill out.
Darren Bent is being axed from my squad, so expect him to get a hat-trick at the weekend!!!

token56 · 03-10-2008 11:56am

Right so decided to use my wildcard
Old team was

token56 wrote: »

Cech
--Bosingwa
Ferdinand
Laursen
Wheater
Eboue
Ireland
Wright Philips
Berbatov
Adebayor(c)
Santa Cruz
Subs - Schwarzer, Arteta, Brown, Miete

New team:

Cech

Bosingwa

Arbeloa

Laursen

Ronaldo

Arteta

Denilson

Morrison

Zaki

Adebayor(c)

Defoe

Subs - Schwarzer, Figueroa, Hamann, Pele

Thoughts at the moment are, happy with defense, midfield is ok but has a chink in the armour with morrison, strike force is good altough at some point Zaki will probably calm down. I could get ride of Adebayor and try to better my midfield either way I am still not fully happy with it.

Juan Pablo · 03-10-2008 12:54pm

token56 wrote: »

Right so decided to use my wildcard
Old team was

New team:
Cech
Bosingwa
Arbeloa
Laursen
Ronaldo
Arteta
Denilson
Morrison
Zaki
Adebayor(c)
Defoe
Subs - Schwarzer, Figueroa, Hamann, Pele

Thoughts at the moment are, happy with defense, midfield is ok but has a chink in the armour with morrison, strike force is good altough at some point Zaki will probably calm down. I could get ride of Adebayor and try to better my midfield either way I am still not fully happy with it.

Glen Little might provide a better alternative to Hamann for your bench. Pompey are light of bodies in midfield at the moment so expect him to play, they also have an easy enough run of games coming up. he takes frees and could prove to be a nice bargain buy.

token56 · 03-10-2008 1:54pm

Juan Pablo wrote: »

Glen Little might provide a better alternative to Hamann for your bench. Pompey are light of bodies in midfield at the moment so expect him to play, they also have an easy enough run of games coming up. he takes frees and could prove to be a nice bargain buy.

Thanks, yeah my bench its pretty weak, but I guess thats a price I have to pay for having both Ronaldo and Adebayor. Although I might take your advice.

Loco · 03-10-2008 2:37pm

team for the weekend:

cech
boswinga evra clichy figuero
ronaldo fabregras ireland
zaki adebayor davies

what i hate about fantasy football is that it makes me want arsenal to destroy sunderland this weekend! if i didnt have fantasy team i would be the opposite!

jesus_thats_gre · 03-10-2008 3:41pm

Hmmm some big decisions to make, think I will go with:

Reina

Johnson

Carra

Laursen

Sagna

Etherington

Arteta(c)

Denilson

Zaki

Yakubu

Carew

Subs: Gordon, A. Young, SWP and A.Cole in that order.

Really am in two minds about Etherington versus A.Young though... Cheslea are weakened and Villa could do a job on them but Chelsea could easily shut them out and win 1 nil and I will get feck all points.

Loco · 03-10-2008 4:34pm

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

Really am in two minds about Etherington versus A.Young though... Cheslea are weakened and Villa could do a job on them but Chelsea could easily shut them out and win 1 nil and I will get feck all points.

i would be inclined to go for SWP over Etherington. he played very well last night

Mr.Nice Guy · 03-10-2008 4:42pm

The players I reckon will do well this weekend are...Defoe, Zaki, Ronaldo, Crouch, Anelka, Lampard, The Pavster, Yakubu and Ireland.

*I will not be responsible for anyone basing crucial decisions on this view!*

jesus_thats_gre · 03-10-2008 5:12pm

Loco wrote: »

i would be inclined to go for SWP over Etherington. he played very well last night

He is defo a better player but I don't think SWP will make much headway against Liverpool..

Sherifu · 03-10-2008 5:18pm

Going to go with

Reina

---Bosingwa---Laursen---Carragher---Figueroa---

Wright-Phillips

Denilson

Arteta

Adebayor(C)

Defoe

Zaki

With the following substitutes:
Cech , Ireland , Corluka, Marney

I may yet decide to swap SWP with Marney.

S.M.B. · 03-10-2008 6:21pm

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

Hmmm some big decisions to make, think I will go with:
Reina
Johnson
Carra
Laursen
Sagna
Etherington
Arteta(c)
Denilson
Zaki
Yakubu
Carew

Subs: Gordon, A. Young, SWP and A.Cole in that order.

Really am in two minds about Etherington versus A.Young though... Cheslea are weakened and Villa could do a job on them but Chelsea could easily shut them out and win 1 nil and I will get feck all points.

Would it not make more sense to drop Laursen to the bench then?

I brought Young back into my squad this week and originally I wasn't planning on playing him. Chelseas injuries and Villas recent good record against Chelsea have forced me to change my mind though.

Skrtel gets benched, A Young starts.

Lex Luthor · 04-10-2008 9:21am

trying to decide between Fab or Arteta for Capt this week.

Everton surely to score a few against Newcastle, but Fab nearly scored 3 or 4 last week.

At moment I have Arteta

Necronomicon · 04-10-2008 11:01am

I'm keeping the faith with Ronaldo as captain, it pays off more often are not. There are one or two candidates that I'm thinking of though.

Hope I'm not jinxing myself, but I like the look of a few of my players' fixtures.

PHB · 04-10-2008 11:24am

I will leave Ronaldo as captain until the end of the year. He's just so bloody consistant it doesn't make sense not to.

besty · 04-10-2008 11:51am

Hart

Bosingwa--Kompany--Painstil---Young
Young---Lampard---Ronaldo(c)--Arteta

Zaki

Tevez

Charlie · 04-10-2008 1:54pm

Real roll of the dice this week. Arteta out (there next 3 fixtures are ghey) Bentley in (there next 3 fixtures are tasty, and I am hoping the UEFA cup result is a corner turner for them), and captained :eek:. Banking on no one else really having him.

Dave! · 04-10-2008 2:01pm

besty wrote: »

Hart
Bosingwa--Kompany--Painstil---Young
Young---Lampard---Ronaldo(c)--Arteta
Zaki
Tevez

Dunno mate, I'd probably play Ronaldo on the right and Young on the left, with Arteta closer to the centre

Made a couple of transfers this maidin, so here's the team for this weekend.....

James
Bosingwa

Distin

Evra

WrightPhil----Ireland--Arteta----Young

---Zaki

Berbatov---Defoe(C)

Pompy should do a job on Stoke really. Delap is out I believe, and Pompy should be buoyed by their UEFA cup win. Just hope they're not knackered after it tbh!

So that could be 2 x clean sheets, and hopefully a couple of goals for el capitan.

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