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Mr Moon

keano_afc wrote: »

Not sure what to do with my midfield this week. Gonna start Silva, Bale and Tony V but my other 2 are Siggy (v Bolton a) or Ben Arfa (v Stoke h).

Opinions?

I'd nearly drop Tony V against Everton, I don't see Utd running riot.

Or depends on your strikers, 5 man mid with them players seems like a nice plan!

keano_afc

Thanks lads. Front 3 at the moment is RvP, Rooney and Cisse. Looking to shift one of the big 2 for Tevez and play 3 strikers, hence the dilemma in midfield. Really not sure what to do. Siggy is great away from home and Bolton have lost their last 2. Ben Arfa is in great form. But so are my front 3!

No idea what to do.

miller82

this drop RvP or Rooney for Aguerro or Tevez scenario is killing me. I have a wildcard which i'm going to play next week so i'm looking purely at this week

Thanos

miller82 wrote: »

this drop RvP or Rooney for Aguerro or Tevez scenario is killing me. I have a wildcard which i'm going to play next week so i'm looking purely at this week

Yep this is going to make or break people as much as the double game week I feel.

Firstly if you drop the wrong one you will be down a load of points and then if you pick the wrong city striker you will be down another load of points

So you will either be lucky and pull away at the top/move a lot closer to the top
or
drop your lead at the top/fall away from the top

It really is a coin toss this one, no amount of stats are going to help I feel sadly

miller82

I just need someone on here to confirm 100% which is the correct move to make

Thanos

miller82 wrote: »

I just need someone on here to confirm 100% which is the correct move to make

No problem !

will do so at 6pm on Sunday

John83

I'm staying away from the whole City beating Wolves into the middle of next week bandwagon. I've kept Rooney and RvP and instead have brought in Cisse for Torres. He's at home to Stoke and has a DGW next week. Silva is my captain so when City do hammer Wolves hopefully he gets in on the act.

In my opinion there's more to be gained from the DGW coming up than making a 50/50 call Rooney or RvP.

miller82

done - Rvp and Sessgnon out

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> Aguerro and Dempsey in

jimbling

Who would the best cheap midfielder be to bring in? I'm making the Aguero leap, but trying to keep RVP and Rooney too. So dropping Walcott and haven 5.8 for a replacement. Already have McLean and Sigurdsson.
Was thinking of Petrov for Bolton as they play twice next two game weeks. Any other options I'm missing?

Dempsey

Did Pardew give a press conference today? Any update on Krul's injury?

del fuego

jimbling wrote: »

Who would the best cheap midfielder be to bring in? I'm making the Aguero leap, but trying to keep RVP and Rooney too. So dropping Walcott and haven 5.8 for a replacement. Already have McLean and Sigurdsson.
Was thinking of Petrov for Bolton as they play twice next two game weeks. Any other options I'm missing?

Cabaye has a double next week, and costs 5.8.

SickBoy

Fulham's Stephen Kelly has just been red flagged with an expected return date of the 28th.

grohlisagod

I'm taking the if in doubt do nothing approach to the Aguero/Tevez problem. Going into this week with no City attack is going to be terrifying though.

Juxtapose

already did rooney - aguero but thinking walcott - dempsey for a 4 point hit might be worth it.
cant afford him doing well against wigan as 2 teams chasing me have him. take the hit now or wait till next week?

manual_man

finding it VERY hard to pick a starting 11 this week... currently have Valencia and Evans benched

grohlisagod

Juxtapose wrote: »

already did rooney - aguero but thinking walcott - dempsey for a 4 point hit might be worth it.
cant afford him doing well against wigan as 2 teams chasing me have him. take the hit now or wait till next week?

If your getting him next week anyway, do it this week. This week and GW37 are the appealing games for Dempsey. I don't expect too much from the double.

mailburner

manual_man wrote: »

finding it VERY hard to pick a starting 11 this week... currently have Valencia and Evans benched

same as that
keep changing my bench

sess, bae skrtel and reina are there at the min
but i dont see valencia or mig doing much, unsure bout walcott or caulker too
but i tend to go with swansea if im not sure anymore
not sure bout arsenal this week, depends on what kind
of team chelsea put out but id imagine after the midweek
heroics that itll be good for arsenal

manual_man

mailburner wrote: »

manual_man wrote: »

finding it VERY hard to pick a starting 11 this week... currently have Valencia and Evans benched

same as that
keep changing my bench

sess, bae skrtel and reina are there at the min
but i dont see valencia or mig doing much, unsure bout walcott or caulker too
but i tend to go with swansea if im not sure anymore
not sure bout arsenal this week, depends on what kind
of team chelsea put out but id imagine after the midweek
heroics that itll be good for arsenal

yeah I have rvp and walcott starting. I have Shawcross as my third defender. just have a feeling that could be a bore draw

shadowcomplex

How bad is the wolves keeper de vries who will be playing on sunday

dahat

shadowcomplex wrote: »

How bad is the wolves keeper de vries who will be playing on sunday

I hear he is 8 feet wide and 10 foot tall,moves like a cheetah with hands the size of cars..........defo going to stop a City goal fest i reckon

Dempsey

shadowcomplex wrote: »

How bad is the wolves keeper de vries who will be playing on sunday

He's handy enough, solid enough in the SPL and he was the Swansea keeper when they were in League One to promotion via playoff. Hasnt played a EPL match though, he could stop bullets or pull a Ruddy

skippy15

thinking of Walcott to demps and captaining demps- Y/N?

Dempsey

skippy15 wrote: »

thinking of Walcott to demps and captaining demps- Y/N?

Wigan have been playing well in recent weeks but Fulham will be more patient than the big teams have been and will be well aware of them after the Arsenal match. I think it will be a close match, who else do you have?

Dempsey

Is that my strongest 11?

Still not convinced that Newcastle or Swansea will keep a clean sheet

shadowcomplex

Dempsey wrote: »

Is that my strongest 11?

Still not convinced that Newcastle or Swansea will keep a clean sheet

yea that what id go with too

Blatter

I put Tevez and Aguero in for next week because I think City will run riot at Wolves and score 5 or 6 goals. A gamble, but one I'm prepared to take.

Juxtapose

skippy15 wrote: »

thinking of Walcott to demps and captaining demps- Y/N?

Im still debating doing this transfer.. would be for a 4 point hit and both people behind in my league have dempsey.

dont think i want to take the hit as i will prob take one next week, but its so tempting especially as ill be getting him next week!
wigan have to crumble eventually right?

cup of tea

Martin Jol said that Pog and Aj are back fit so that means by the time the DGW comes around Demps will be pushed back into midfield again more then likely

manual_man

Any early lineups for the Arsenal game??

Mr Moon

I'll be the Wolves City match will be a dull 0-0 now after everyone stocking up on City players expecting a route!!

manual_man

Mr Moon wrote: »

I'll be the Wolves City match will be a dull 0-0 now after everyone stocking up on City players expecting a route!!

Down with that sort of thing :mad:

5-0 to Cit-eh with a brace from Silva! :pac:

Mr Moon

manual_man wrote: »

Down with that sort of thing :mad:

5-0 to Cit-eh with a brace from Silva! :pac:

I've captained Tevez so I'm hoping for a route too, but it'd be typical if that happened

manual_man

Mr Moon wrote: »

manual_man wrote: »

Down with that sort of thing :mad:

5-0 to Cit-eh with a brace from Silva! :pac:

I've captained Tevez so I'm hoping for a route too, but it'd be typical if that happened

Haha. Well who knows. Nobody expected them to get a cs against Sunderland! Though with the form City are on I'd expect them to destroy them

jimbling

del fuego wrote: »

Cabaye has a double next week, and costs 5.8.

Why thank you good sir

del fuego

jimbling wrote: »

Why thank you good sir

Glad it's worked out for you. Now anything he does next week will be a bonus.

OctavarIan

Anyone else find that money is not really an issue right now? Just played a wildcard to set myself up for the double gameweek and the two weeks after, and I have £8.4 million left in the bank. Feel kinda bad having it just sit there, but the in form and favourable fixture players right now aren't that expensive.

KevIRL

OctavarIan wrote: »

Anyone else find that money is not really an issue right now? Just played a wildcard to set myself up for the double gameweek and the two weeks after, and I have £8.4 million left in the bank. Feel kinda bad having it just sit there, but the in form and favourable fixture players right now aren't that expensive.

Course it doesnt, pretty much irrelevant in the last few GW's. Thats before we get into the madness of the last GW of the season where form often goes completely out the window unless the team has something to play for or is playing at home

Thanos

Thanos wrote: »

No problem !

will do so at 6pm on Sunday

So..........................
It seems the way to go was drop RVP and keep Rooney (I did I the opposite :mad:)
And to go with Aguero over Tevez (of course I went with Tevez)

DazzlerIE

Anyone thinking of loading up on Spurs players, there's big rumours of unrest in the camp, so you may be better served looking elsewhere

Panthro

DazzlerIE wrote: »

Anyone thinking of loading up on Spurs players, there's big rumours of unrest in the camp, so you may be better served looking elsewhere

Yeah I had planned on getting in VDV now I'm thinking Pineaar instead. Might take an 8 point hit
Valencia, Sig and Greham out, Pineaar, Cabaye and Cisse to come in.

WoollyRedHat

With my disappointing week that I've had, having made all the changes I deemed neccesary for the upcoming DGW, I decided that something else which must simply be done to strengthen my team and bring along good fortune, was a change in kit, which I think you'll agree, is rather lovely and ties in with my club name.

Jimmy Iovine

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

With my disappointing week that I've had, having made all the changes I deemed neccesary for the upcoming DGW, I decided that something else which must simply be done to strengthen my team and bring along good fortune, was a change in kit, which I think you'll agree, is rather lovely and ties in with my club name.

Ha I changed my team-name a few months ago and the difference was unreal. I've shot up about 100,000 places.

I used the same name that I had for my team in the American football FF league. It was my first year doing that and I won every trophy in the league and my team was by far the best.

It's obviously a complete and utter coincidence that the change made such a difference for me but I like to think that it played a major part. It gave my players a new lease of life to be fair. They were able to break free from the shackles of the previous regime :pac:.

WoollyRedHat

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Ha I changed my team-name a few months ago and the difference was unreal. I've shot up about 100,000 places.

I used the same name that I had for my team in the American football FF league. It was my first year doing that and I won every trophy in the league and my team was by far the best.

It's obviously a complete and utter coincidence that the change made such a difference for me but I like to think that it played a major part. It gave my players a new lease of life to be fair. They were able to break free from the shackles of the previous regime :pac:.

Yes, it's gives it a breathe of fresh air, I don't think it coincidence at all, it is pleasing to the gods of Football Fantasy, and they in turn have rewarded you well, I only wish I had changed my team kit sooner, for as soon as I had so in December, my team rose greatly and showed no fear, picking up points like there was no tomorrow. It is fate.

roryc

Thanos wrote: »

So..........................
It seems the way to go was drop RVP and keep Rooney (I did I the opposite :mad:)
And to go with Aguero over Tevez (of course I went with Tevez)

Yep did the same moves myself, at a 4 point hit to get Tevez in for Rooney. Coupled with having Rooney as captain the week RVP scored high, and the opposite the following week. Captain choice has cost me a massive amount of points the last 3 weeks and has seen me drop from 3rd to 15th in boards league

keano_afc

A bloody brain fart this week, out went Rooney (who was my captain at the time) and in came Tevez. Decided to stick with van Persie. A net loss of 16 points which saw me slip to second in my league. I wouldnt mind but I'm normally so cautious regarding transfers, and that one was made at 11am on Saturday.

On to next week. Jelavic in for Tevez, giving me 6 DGW players. Jelavic, Cisse, Bale, Simpson, Bogdan and Ben Arfa. Who to captain?

Thanos

keano_afc wrote: »

A bloody brain fart this week, out went Rooney (who was my captain at the time) and in came Tevez. Decided to stick with van Persie. A net loss of 16 points which saw me slip to second in my league. I wouldnt mind but I'm normally so cautious regarding transfers, and that one was made at 11am on Saturday.

On to next week. Jelavic in for Tevez, giving me 6 DGW players. Jelavic, Cisse, Bale, Simpson, Bogdan and Ben Arfa. Who to captain?

I am finding it hard to look past Cisse for the double gameweek.

seriousfizz

Managed to keep my place in the boards league this week. 69 :cool:

grohlisagod

seriousfizz wrote: »

Managed to keep my place in the boards league this week. 69 :cool:

Fitting post tally too!

Stevecw

56 so far, with Martin Petrov to play again tomorrow night.
15 ahead in lge now, and broke thru the 2000 barrier

Other guy in contention has no Bolton/Villa players so hopefully Petrov had the game of his life!

no12

Right guys need your help please after falling behind mate in private league he has a 40 point lead and need to reel him in my team below:

Vorm/Mignolet
Kelly, Enrique, Verm, Evans, Simpson
Sess,McClean, Siggy, Valencia, Bale
Cisse, Aguero, RVP
I've used my transfer this week shipped Walcott for Bale.

His team is and he has 2 free transfer this week:
Vorm/Krul
Cahill, Bardsley, Evans, Kelly, Shawcross
Siggy, Valencia, Demp, Walcott, McClean
Cisse, Rooney & RVP

Is it worth taking an 8 point to get a few more DGW in and if so who do we recommend.. I've had a really good season so far into the top 7k overall. Any tips much appreciated...