Fantasy premier league Thread

Lemlin

I had him but not as captain. Looks like him and Lampard are now both essential signings.

shepthedog

Didnt put him as captain.. NIGHTMARE.. had lampard.. Misery.. Bringing in Crespo paid off tho.

Lemlin

shepthedog wrote:

Didnt put him as captain.. NIGHTMARE.. had lampard.. Misery.. Bringing in Crespo paid off tho.

Yep, I brought in Crespo too. Had a good weekend. All three of my strikers scored, one of my defenders and my goalkeeper kept a clean sheet, and one of my defenders had an assist.

wardie

What score is leading your league ? I am already in 5 so cant join it.

I have 1305 andam in 29th overall.

thewools

wardie wrote:

What score is leading your league ? I am already in 5 so cant join it.

I have 1305 andam in 29th overall.

No. 1 Cavan Commandos Noel Brady 1226 AKA: Lemlin

U sure would be kicking ass in the boards leagues anyways....fair play!!! any chance of a screenshot of ur team!!

wardie

Here ya go,

If ya go to the overall table you can see it in 29th spot anyway.

besty

ugh, nightmare week. had a bit of a knee jerk reaction there. sold lampard and brought in henry. alonso into midfield. hope henry keeps up this scoring run. all i need now is a good result on saturday between liverpool and united and i should be ok. :v:

thewools

besty wrote:

ugh, nightmare week. had a bit of a knee jerk reaction there. sold lampard and brought in henry. alonso into midfield. hope henry keeps up this scoring run. all i need now is a good result on saturday between liverpool and united and i should be ok. :v:

eh bad idea sellinG lampard :eek: :eek: :eek: .....u will regret that one!!!

6ix

wooly69 wrote:

eh bad idea sellinG lampard :eek: :eek: :eek: .....u will regret that one!!!

You think? I sold him a few weeks ago, got in Gerrard. Havent regretted it yet, Gerrard has outscored him since the transfer. I'd like to have kept Lampard, but exchanging him for Gerrard freed up around £3 million.

You might be right, but I hope not.

Lex Luthor

6ix wrote:

You think? I sold him a few weeks ago, got in Gerrard. Havent regretted it yet, Gerrard has outscored him since the transfer. I'd like to have kept Lampard, but exchanging him for Gerrard freed up around £3 million.

You might be right, but I hope not.

I've managed to have both in my team and not made any sacrafices

Lemlin

Lex Luthor wrote:

I've managed to have both in my team and not made any sacrafices

I managed to get Lampard and Henry. Happy to have the two of them.

Triton

I heard Henry went off injured the other night. Anyone know how long he's out for?

wardie

He only strained his hamstring and as he is being rested this weekend (easy game v Bolton...:eek: ) he should be fit for next Wednesday.

Here's hoping anyway !!!

Lemlin

Any news on if he'll be back?

gimmick

With Joey Barton handing a transfer request, it might be wise to get rid of him if you have him. I do, though I am unsure whether Pearse will drop him?

p.pete

Yeah, think I'll drop Barton myself. I'm looking at Matt Holland but I'm not sure about him. He's played all of the last four matches but that is possibly due to injuries, Romendahl and Murphy could displace him easy enough. If he keeps his place though they've two double game weeks coming up - any suggestions?

Lex Luthor

Ditto, dropping Barton this week in favour of Nolan as he is going to have 2 games in week 25. There are a few teams with double games coming up in the next few weeks, so maximise your team with players from these teams and make one of them captain.

I see in Week 27 Man U have no games.

wardie

Week 27 is the carling cup final so Utd and Wigan and whoever they were due to play wont have a game that week.

Lot of double weeks coming up, Liverpool, bolton, charlton, Birmingham all have 2 games next week

Triton

Any news on Thierry?

wardie

It appears he is fit. Most places are saying he will be back tomorrow night. With reyes out they dont have much cover !!!

From Arsenal.com
Arsene Wenger will welcome back Thierry Henry, Robert Pires and Jens Lehmann for the clash with West Ham on Wednesday.
Wenger has said his side will concentrate on getting a Champions League place after seeing his side go out of both the Carling Cup and the FA cup last week.
Despite the recent disappointments, Wenger believes the youngsters at the club have shown what they are made of in recent matches and that there are a lot of positives to be taken from recent performances.

"It is frustrating to go out of the Carling Cup and the FA Cup in the last minute in matches but you could not say we had especially bad games. We had room enough to win it both times.

"Still I feel there are a lot of positives. The young boys showed they have character, spirit and quality. We must continue like that.

"We will fight like mad for this [Champions League] place. But at the moment we have to focus on the priorities ? coming back in the Premiership for a decent position.

"And we must be inspired by the type of spirit we have seen," he told the club's official website.

Atlas_IRL

damn bought danny murphy cause charlton had 2 games then he goes and joins tottenham a few hrs later!!

ronbyrne2005

why wasnt yakubu started yesterday? is he out of favor?? im gonna selll him i think.

Lemlin

Anyone notice a bit of a glitch. Dawson got sent off but still got 3 points, even though the rest of the Spurs defenders only got 2. That's because he got the 4, because they hadn't let in a goal before he was sent off, and got deducted 3 because he was sent off.

Bit of a glitch if you ask me. Surely he shouldn't get the 4 for keeping a clean sheet if he's sent off.

shepthedog

Doubt Dawson will keep those points..
As for this wkend, anyone going to bring in any Liverpool or Charlton players this wkend? Gonna look at bringing in maybe Darren Bent or Morientes or possible even fowler..

Lemlin

shepthedog wrote:

Doubt Dawson will keep those points..
As for this wkend, anyone going to bring in any Liverpool or Charlton players this wkend? Gonna look at bringing in maybe Darren Bent or Morientes or possible even fowler..

I have Bent, Carra and Reina anyway. Liverpool have two games this week and two next week as well.

They've a fixture backlog after going to the World Club Championship.

wardie

Is Kewell likely to play both games or will he will rested for one ?

Some of the charlton players are cheap, Fortune at the back, hughes in midfield and M bent up front.

shepthedog

Why was Carra dropped last match? Was it just to give Agger a game or what??

thewools

shepthedog wrote:

Why was Carra dropped last match? Was it just to give Agger a game or what??

Carra given a rest, however this could start a squad rotation plan from raffa, especially now that the pool have a hectic few weeks coming up....:mad:

Already have Hyypia, Stevie G, and Reina along with D.Bent. A few Blackburn players for the next gameweek should come into play fairly nicely too (Gray and pederson) :cool: And perchaps a few "TOP SECRET" inclusions in the weeks to come!!!

CATCHING UP.............:eek: :eek: :eek:

ishnid

shepthedog wrote:

Doubt Dawson will keep those points..

Nah, he will. Something similar but even more ridiculous happened last season. In a Man City match, Danny Mills gave away a penalty with about 20 minutes to go. At that point, they hadn't conceded a goal, so Mills got points for playing (2) + clean sheet bonus (4) - sending off (-3) = 3 points for the game. The peno was scored, so every other city defender (plus goalkeeper) just got two points, even though Mills (unlike Dawson) was directly responsible for them conceding the goal. He just wasn't on the pitch when the ball went in the net.

It's a bit of a silly situation alright!

PHB

Started off very slowly I did, being in the second half for quite some time, but now i'm gaining ground rapidly as the players who should be coming to form are coming to form
Ronaldo is going to get me ****loads from now on, a great buy for anyone.

Ruud with his 18 goals and 5 assits is just great as captain, then Lampard with his 13 goals and 7 assists is just unreal Although I'm strongly considering dropping him unless he preforms against Liverpool this week, hasn't been doing great lately at all

Lemlin

What's anyone planning to do that had Reina? Transferring him out will cost .4 million.

Its a pity he got sent off. Not only did he get -2 points this week but he misses a second game for Liverpool, and there two games next week.

I have a feeling they'll rest Gerrard tomorrow night, I heard he limped for a bit in the Chelsea match with a slight problem.

digiman

Lemlin wrote:

I have a feeling they'll rest Gerrard tomorrow night, I heard he limped for a bit in the Chelsea match with a slight problem.

I hope you are wrong about that, I have him as captain and I really need him to play.

Lemlin

digiman wrote:

I hope you are wrong about that, I have him as captain and I really need him to play.

I have him as captain too. Liverpool have 3 games in the next week though, so I can see him being rested for one. They're playing Charlton at home, Wigan away and then Arsenal at home.

They've a game Saturday week against Man City too.

6ix

He'll be rested unfortunately.

http://www.physioroom.com/news/english_premier_league/epl_injury_table.php

6ix

Anyone have an opinion on whether Mido will play this weekend?

They've got 2 games, and I reckon he'll score if he's playing. I want a new striker and he's around the money I can afford.

I'm just not sure he'll play though.

BaZmO*

I suppose it depends on how Jol feels about how the travelling has affected him. Plus they're playing away from home and it's only Sunderland so heorethically they shouldn't need to play him. But you never know.

Trampas

Still no bonus points in.

I thought they would have them in by now

digiman

Trampas wrote:

Still no bonus points in.

I thought they would have them in by now

They are in now

shepthedog

Looks like 7 of my squad are out for this gamewk, balls..
Upson with knee injury, Morten Gamst is doubtful, Tainio out, Yobo African nations, and both my keepers are out, Reina suspended and Carroll out with back injury..
Fowler going to get first start for pool.

PHB

Ronaldo is going to get me ****loads from now on, a great buy for anyone.

People should get him before his price goes up, go go go!

Lemlin

United have no game for the next two weeks. Its a bit pointless to buy him now.

carpothepunk

Im 298th,wooo,but i hadnt touched my account in months,reckon i have a good set up now

gimmick

Christ sake, Gallas and Cunningham didnt play today, nor did Crespo, and I took the captaincy away from Lampard (though Gerrad will hopefully do a job tomorrow). What a balls.

evilhomer

My team are starting to get some really good points lately, got the most points in the €50 amazon voucher league this months and plan to push on from here

Only 160 points behind first place

shepthedog

With Morten Gamst looking like being out for 3 wks who are ppl looking to bring in?

Thinking of bringing in Gerrard and buying lower priced striker.

besty

good god, a 15point week. this is pathetic.

Lemlin

shepthedog wrote:

With Morten Gamst looking like being out for 3 wks who are ppl looking to bring in?

Thinking of bringing in Gerrard and buying lower priced striker.

3 weeks!? Where'd you pull that from. According to the official Blackburn site, he's in contention for Spurs next weekend. He only has a slight strain of the hamstring.

wardie

This is on the sporting life website:

One problem Hughes has is the loss of Pedersen for at least a fortnight after the midfielder pulled a hamstring in scoring on Saturday.

"We have lost him for a couple of weeks now with a hamstring injury," said Hughes after Pedersen pulled out of Norway's friendly with Senegal in Dakar on Wednesday.

"He is a fit lad and I don't think he's ever pulled a muscle in his life so he was a little bit shocked about that.

"Hopefully it is not too serious. The minimum he will be out for is two weeks but it is likely to be three."

Lemlin

wardie wrote:

This is on the sporting life website:

One problem Hughes has is the loss of Pedersen for at least a fortnight after the midfielder pulled a hamstring in scoring on Saturday.

"We have lost him for a couple of weeks now with a hamstring injury," said Hughes after Pedersen pulled out of Norway's friendly with Senegal in Dakar on Wednesday.

"He is a fit lad and I don't think he's ever pulled a muscle in his life so he was a little bit shocked about that.

"Hopefully it is not too serious. The minimum he will be out for is two weeks but it is likely to be three."

Damn. The official site said a week. I wouldn't transfer him out anyway, you'd lose too much on his transfer.

wardie

Blackburn only have 11 games left though so is it worth keping him if he is only back for 8 of those ?

You would not be able to afford to get him back but may be better to have someone who is playing.