General Fantasy Football Chat

Easy Rod

Made my transfers at 6.30am...do not think this week will end well for me.

Dempsey

I have 3 Newcastle and 3 Swansea players, do I back the form team, the home side or hedge my bets?

manual_man

Dempsey wrote: »

I have 3 Newcastle and 3 Swansea players, do I back the form team, the home side or hedge my bets?

I fancy btts

carlcon

Dempsey wrote: »

I have 3 Newcastle and 3 Swansea players, do I back the form team, the home side or hedge my bets?

Knowing that everyone is firmly on the Cisse wagon right now, I've put all my faith in Swansea having one of their good home games.

FutureGuy

I think Dempsey to Wallcott is on alot of people minds, but the question is whether to do it this week or next week?

Surprisingly, Paddy Power has Dempsey as better odds to score than Wallcott this week.

Mr. Guappa

FutureGuy wrote: »

I think Dempsey to Wallcott is on alot of people minds, but the question is whether to do it this week or next week?

Surprisingly, Paddy Power has Dempsey as better odds to score than Wallcott this week.

I have been back and forth on this for the past hour.

Planning A.Young to Valencia and Dempsey to Walcott but unsure whether to do them this week or next week. I've decided to save Young to Valencia for next week, but the Dempsey/Walcott one is still up in the air.

Jimmy Iovine

Another player update. MON says he is hoping to give Craig Gordon a go in goals before the end of the season. Could play havoc with those who have Mignolet.

It's a pity that Sunderland aren't one or two places higher in the league. They can kind of afford to try out new players now for the next few games. Hopefully it doesn't happen with too many teams.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11661/7653699/

carlcon

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Another player update. MON says he is hoping to give Craig Gordon a go in goals before the end of the season. Could play havoc with those who have Mignolet.

It's a pity that Sunderland aren't one or two places higher in the league. They can kind of afford to try out new players now for the next few games. Hopefully it doesn't happen with too many teams.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11661/7653699/

I had planned on having Bendtner coming in soon so I'd have him against Wolves for GW33... but with all that talk from MON, I had to look elsewhere. It's a shame, because a good Sunderland player could be a great asset that week.

darego

what do you guys think about gallas for the spuds double gw? and maybe to last the season. 4.6 could be a bargin

Jimmy Iovine

carlcon wrote: »

I had planned on having Bendtner coming in soon so I'd have him against Wolves for GW33... but with all that talk from MON, I had to look elsewhere. It's a shame, because a good Sunderland player could be a great asset that week.

I'd avoid him. He has mentioned getting in Connor Wickham and that Ji chap. Bendtner would be my pick to be the one dropped anyway.

grohlisagod

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Another player update. MON says he is hoping to give Craig Gordon a go in goals before the end of the season. Could play havoc with those who have Mignolet.

It's a pity that Sunderland aren't one or two places higher in the league. They can kind of afford to try out new players now for the next few games. Hopefully it doesn't happen with too many teams.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11661/7653699/

I was against having Mignolet all season because I thought this might happen and as soon as I take the plunge it happens. Typical.

I think Gordon is the better player too so if he stays fit I'd say he could keep the spot.

dahat

carlcon wrote: »

Knowing that everyone is firmly on the Cisse wagon right now, I've put all my faith in Swansea having one of their good home games.

Which is why i have decided to bench him this week,3-5-2,Futureguy kind of helped me along with the decision....
Hopefully Swans keep Cisse quiet.

dahat

FutureGuy wrote: »

Who are your front 3? I'm going 3-5-2 this week with Bale, Valencia, Dempsey, Siggurdsson and Sessegnon (this weeks transfer once made). Next week, it's Wallcott in for Dempsey and Caulker in for Enrique the following week.

Cisse,Rooney and RVP are my 3 but not starting Cisse now,3-5-3 as most will go this week i think.
Have 9 at home with 2 in the same game so hopefully i can get a reasonable score.
Worst case is a 0-0 between Swans and Newcastle as i have benched Simpson.

Dempsey

carlcon wrote: »

Knowing that everyone is firmly on the Cisse wagon right now, I've put all my faith in Swansea having one of their good home games.

Forgot completely about the deadline being today :eek:

Luckily I usually setup my team early in the week and tweak based on team news etc

I've tripled up on Swansea players, 3 Newcastle players, including Cisse on the bench and Kompany. I dont see either Arsenal or ManC keeping a clean sheet. I've no ManC attackers though, hard to see any value in ManC player at the moment.

Sticking with RVP as captain as he's a big match player and up against a backline thats all over the place and players only recently back from injury so I think he can exploit this be it set piece or a bit of individual magic.

EDIT

I was actually giving serious consideration to playing Vorm, Caulker & Cisse. If Swansea were going to lose their CS today it will be to a Cisse goal imo, unless its a penalty they concede from. As Burley and Curbishley were saying there, Siggy will struggle to find space today

thunderdog

Anyone else having trouble logging into FPL?

carlcon

thunderdog wrote: »

Anyone else having trouble logging into FPL?

Everyone. It's closed off for it's usual pre-GW fixing. This week began at 4pm today, with Swansea-Newcastle kicking off in 15mins.

Dempsey

thunderdog wrote: »

Anyone else having trouble logging into FPL?

Deadline has passed

thunderdog

Ah right cool Im usually working on Saturday mornings so I didn't realise that was the norm. Yeah transfers all done.....and wasted! The one week I transfer A Cole in and he's injured :rolleyes:

DazzlerIE

It might only be temporary, but i'm sitting 20th in the world

target achieved

grohlisagod

Salvaging FPL gameweeks isn't Clint Dempsey's only talent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1eu7opg6UE&feature=related

manual_man

grohlisagod wrote: »

Salvaging FPL gameweeks isn't Clint Dempsey's only talent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1eu7opg6UE&feature=related

the man is beyond legendary

I'd shed a testicle to see him in a Liverpool shirt

carlcon

That would require Kenny making an outstanding purchase. I think we'd all be shocked if that happened.

Plus I reckon any one of the big 5 (except maybe City) would be interested if there was talk of him wanting to leave Fulham, which would be more his place, IMO. His talent deserves a taste of Champions League.

There's certainly a hole in the United set-up that he could fill, anyway. As good as Scholes and Giggs can be, they need to be replaced ASAP.

Then you've got VDV at Spurs who is never certain of fitness, or Lamps at Chelsea who's not the same as he was...

I genuinely think he'd be a great buy for anyone.

Special Agent Oso

Hi all,

Only new to boards, so bear with me. I've been a big fan of fantasy football for a couple of years now and love having the crack with my mates about it - anyway im delighted with my transfers for the current gameweek. I had 2 transfers to make so out went Reina and Danny Graham and in came Migolet and Papis Cisse but raging i left Simpson on the bench :rolleyes: - i currently have Rooney RVP and Cisse up front but Jelavic looks like a decent buy for somebody that is looking for a 6m striker if fixtures are on Evertons side.

Hope im not rambling

smokingman

Special Agent Oso wrote: »

Hi all,

Only new to boards, so bear with me. I've been a big fan of fantasy football for a couple of years now and love having the crack with my mates about it - anyway im delighted with my transfers for the current gameweek. I had 2 transfers to make so out went Reina and Danny Graham and in came Migolet and Papis Cisse but raging i left Simpson on the bench :rolleyes: - i currently have Rooney RVP and Cisse up front but Jelavic looks like a decent buy for somebody that is looking for a 6m striker if fixtures are on Evertons side.

Hope im not rambling

Good transfers for the week alright...and welcome to the site ya big yellow teddy bear! (I'm guessing you're a dad to a toddler and have to watch that show too ). I have Mignolet too but I need to get rid of him quick for Friedel as Martin O'Neil has indicated he's going to give the other keeper they have a few goes before the season ends.

Special Agent Oso

smokingman wrote: »

Good transfers for the week alright...and welcome to the site ya big yellow teddy bear! (I'm guessing you're a dad to a toddler and have to watch that show too ). I have Mignolet too but I need to get rid of him quick for Friedel as Martin O'Neil has indicated he's going to give the other keeper they have a few goes before the season ends.

haha i knew i wouldnt be the only one .....never heard that about Migolet, need to do something about that one if thats the case

smokingman

Special Agent Oso wrote: »

haha i knew i wouldnt be the only one .....never heard that about Migolet, need to do something about that one if thats the case

I've used this weeks transfer on Cisse - it wasn't in my plan for the rest of the season but as said previously by one of the other lads here, Cisse could easily get 10 more goals before the end of the season and Newcastle seem to be hungry for that uefa spot.

Friedel, if you can afford him, is probably the best bet for the rest of the season but I'm watching for when Mignolet is likely to be dropped - I'm hoping it's not game week 34 when I'll have just about 11 players due to play!
Friedel will have a double week two weeks later against crap opposition so that's a must to get transferred imo.

Kids in bed, watching match of the day with a pint...three special steps achieved!

DazzlerIE

Bale is a "major doubt" for the Norwich game with an ankle injury

balls

manual_man

DazzlerIE wrote: »

Bale is a "major doubt" for the Norwich game with an ankle injury

balls

That is a balls. And I was going to captain him too

Special Agent Oso

Bonus points up very early this gameweek lads:

SWANSEA V NEWCASTLE
Ben Arfa Cabaye (2) Cisse (3)
SUNDERLAND V SPURS
Turner (2) Bardsley (3) Gallas (2)
BOLTON V FULHAM
Duff Dempsey (2) Diarra (3)
CHELSEA V WIGAN
Cahill Ivanovic (2) Mata (3)
LIVERPOOL V ASTON VILLA
Bannan Herd (2) Swarez (3)
NORWICH V EVERTON
Howson (2) Holt Jelavic (3)
WEST BROM V BLACKBURN
Foster Ridgewell (2) Fortune (3)
STOKE V WOLVES
Shawcross Huth (3) Whitehead Whelan (2)
MAN UTD V QPR
Rafael Scholes (2) Rooney (3)
ARSENAL V MAN CITY
Szczesny (2) Sagna (2) Song (2) Arteta (3)

carlcon

I'm going to play Bale anyway, safe in the knowledge that if he's out, I have the mighty Hoilett at home to the ever-leaky Liverpool, ready to pounce from the bench.

darego

Shotton lescott or evans for cs this gw lads? Already starting gallas and simpson. Was thinking lescott and benching evans and shotton with evans to come on for bale if he doesnt play

Nalz

Special Agent Oso wrote: »

MAN UTD V QPR
Rafael Scholes (2) Rooney (3)

Not complaining but Rooney (3) is a joke imo. He had a poor second half. Scholes should have got all 3 and for once Evra had a really good game.

FatRat

Trilla wrote: »

Not complaining but Rooney (3) is a joke imo. He had a poor second half. Scholes should have got all 3 and for once Evra had a really good game.

Ah yeah but rooney had over 3 shots on target apart from the goal. That was Scholes' only shot in the game I'd say so that's probably why Rooney got it. Rooney got a monster PPI despite only scoring 1 goal. He got 41. To compare to that, Cisse got 45 with his 2 goals, as did Dempsey.

Jimmy Iovine

Just checked my private league there. My main rival has given up. I'm beating him by around 80 points and he's after taking a 16 point hit just there. Ha

FutureGuy

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Just checked my private league there. My main rival has given up. I'm beating him by around 80 points and he's after taking a 16 point hit just there. Ha

Given up? Far from it man. Would love to see what transfers he has made. 9 times out of 10 you have him beat by a mile, but he's clearly going to try and go for your throat.

But 100 points is probably a bit too much and I feel that if he was going to take a 16 point hit, Gw35 was the best time.

manual_man

FutureGuy wrote: »

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Just checked my private league there. My main rival has given up. I'm beating him by around 80 points and he's after taking a 16 point hit just there. Ha

Given up? Far from it man. Would love to see what transfers he has made. 9 times out of 10 you have him beat by a mile, but he's clearly going to try and go for your throat.

But 100 points is probably a bit too much and I feel that if he was going to take a 16 point hit, Gw35 was the best time.

maybe he's loading up for an all-or-nothing gw36

watch out Jimmy :pac:

eh i dunno

Lads in the league tables if you stay the same in the league you get a little arrow pointing to the right dont you? So is a straight line a new entry cus some lad has come from nowhere to lead a league im in :eek:

FutureGuy

eh i dunno wrote: »

Lads in the league tables if you stay the same in the league you get a little arrow pointing to the right dont you? So is a straight line a new entry cus some lad has come from nowhere to lead a league im in :eek:

yep. Closed leagues ftw.

PopTarts

eh i dunno wrote: »

Lads in the league tables if you stay the same in the league you get a little arrow pointing to the right dont you? So is a straight line a new entry cus some lad has come from nowhere to lead a league im in :eek:

Yeah new entry! Who let that happen?

Hope it's not a money league.

Jimmy Iovine

FutureGuy wrote: »

Given up? Far from it man. Would love to see what transfers he has made. 9 times out of 10 you have him beat by a mile, but he's clearly going to try and go for your throat.

But 100 points is probably a bit too much and I feel that if he was going to take a 16 point hit, Gw35 was the best time.

manual_man wrote: »

maybe he's loading up for an all-or-nothing gw36

watch out Jimmy :pac:

Ah feck off lads. I can't check cause they're updating. Ye've really put a dampner on my day . Hopefully it's not true ha.

EDIT: I've just seen his team now. He's gone all out on the wrong week, week 34. He can field 10 players I think. For the double week he has Modric, Bale and VDV. I can't see them being a realistic threat. VDV is the only one I'd worry about.

I can see him taking another 16 point hit to get in players for GW36. He has made transfers that have cost him 88 points this season so far. He'll easily reach 100 if he hasn't fully given up and comes back to the site.

roryc

Balls... went on the piss over the weekend and somehow ended up in Morocco. Obviously internet access is a bit scarce so suffice to say I haven't had a chance to change my team.

I tried to sub out Suarez for Cisse yesterday (after he'd already gone up by 0.2) and only found out this morning that it actually worked. Unfortunately I wasn't able to change the rest of my team! Will be lucky to say in the top 10 in boards after this week unless Rooney has a stormer

Jimmy Iovine

roryc wrote: »

Balls... went on the piss over the weekend and somehow ended up in Morocco. Obviously internet access is a bit scarce so suffice to say I haven't had a chance to change my team.

****ing hell. When I go on the piss the worst place I end up in would be the flowerbed outside my house. Remind me never to go on the rip with you anyway :P.

roryc

Haha its not as bad as you think, I live in Gibraltar so its not that far. Still a f**king odd weekend when you don't know what country you've woken up in... You know you have an addiction when you are walking past camels looking for internet access to change your FF team. Ended up trying to sort it on my phone on crap WIFI and somehow managed to get the Cisse > Suarez transfer through but thats it, rest of the team is unchanged.

I'm amazed I haven't slipped further in the rankings tbh, and I'm not really in that bad shape for this week. Rooney v RVP will either save my week or kill me off altogether though!

massdebater

roryc wrote: »

Balls... went on the piss over the weekend and somehow ended up in Morocco.

I am infinitely more interested in this than any fantasy football related story!

thunderdog

I see the top two lads have hit the 2 thousand mark this week

roryc

massdebater wrote: »

I am infinitely more interested in this than any fantasy football related story!

Haha yeh I should save them for a book or some sh*t, always end up in some sort of tangle when I go on the p*ss. Back in Israel next week with work so will keep you lads informed if I drunkenly stumble into Gaza... I'm sure they'd understand if I explained to them that it was a double GW coming up and me getting internet access was of critical importance.

Special Agent Oso

I had Dempsey a while back but got rid of him - regret it now after his last couple of scores but imo Dempsey is somebody you need a lot of patience with as he might get 17 points one week then get 2 points 3/4 weeks running and he doesnt come cheap either. Dempsey is a points monster over the course of the season but at this stage of the season with only 6 weeks left i dont think il be getting him back in just in case he has his normal few quiet weeks. Although the double game week coming up does tempt the sh*te out of me for getting him back in. Maybe im wrong i dunno.

Ormus

I'm thinkin of selling Stephen Kelly and bringing in Aston Villa's Nathan Baker. All I know about him is that he is cheap as chips and has started Villa's last 3 games, anyone know if he is likely to keep his place for their next 3?

TheAlexCrewe

I brought Bendtner in this week getting ready for GW34 and now he's doubtful. Isn't that just dandy. Just realised I don't have any Man City players right now after getting rid of Silva. Anyone worth a look?

roryc

As part of my master plan I currently have 7.2m in the bank

And I wonder why I'm slipping down, down, down...