Friday 22 October 2010

Week 9 - Update

All eyes on Carlo Ancelotti as we await his press conference at around noon today - praying he names his team as he has done on multiple occasions during his Chelsea career. This post will be updated as soon as I hear more.

UPDATE: Bosingwa to start at right-back, Drogba also starts, while Alex, Lampard & Ramires are out...waiting on more news but this could mean a start for Zhirkov alongside Essien & Mikel in midfield.

Wayne Rooney has done a giant U-turn and has signed a new 5 years deal at Old Trafford days after saying he wanted to leave. I honestly didn't think it was all about money but it turned out I was wrong, as he bluffed his way to an even bigger salary. I'll be interested to know what the Man Utd fans make of all this. He's out for 3 weeks with an ankle injury by the way.

Redknapp has revealed Sandro and Van Der Vaart will come back in but has suggested Bale is "running on empty", which could point to him being rested. My personal opinion is Bale will start, he's in the form of his life and he's a young lad who should be raring to go after 48 hours rest.

In other news I feel I must reiterate this point - Chris Kirkland WILL PLAY this weekend as Al-Habsi cannot play against his parent club Bolton, so if you are picking him @ 1.00 with the plan to take zero you'll need to think again. I'm taking the risk with him as are many others, but some of the comments in my player picks post suggested some people hadn't yet realised the Kirk will be back in the Wigan team...no harm in clarifying!

Peter Odemwingie was one of the most interesting Week 9 picks, but apparently he's still struggling with injury so it's unlikely he'll be ready to face Fulham.

Adebayor scored a hat-trick for Man City last night and Mancini has suggested he may go 4-4-2 vs Arsenal giving K2 the chance to be paired with Tevez against his old club. We all remember how that ended last season. To add to the confusion, both Silva and AJ played last night, so we really don't know which one starts. Silva's form has been good so he could get the nod (I'm assuming Milner gets one of the winger spots after he was rested).

Cameron Jerome could return for Birmingham, and if he does it's possible Zigic drops to the bench despite his first goal last weekend.

Arteta is doubtful, while Osman joins Louis Saha, Victor Anichebe, Marouane Fellaini, Jack Rodwell and Steven Pienaar on the sidelines. This means Bily could get a rare start.

That's it for now - please keep checking back throughout the day as I'll be adding any important team/injury news to this post. If you read/hear anything you feel may be of use please add it to the comments section below.

How's your team coming along? What news are you waiting on? Please remember you still have time to vote, poll closes at 4pm UK time: http://www.misterpoll.com/polls/505502

Cheers,
AM

96 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for all the hardwork AM!!

Anonymous said...

We love you AM!!! Yaw soooo prrrrrreety....

Anonymous said...

Yeah we love you AM, the world would be a tougher place without you around.

tenno said...

terry? good or bad?

roonaldo said...

C. Kirkland


Defenders
M. Skrtel
G. Bale
J. Boateng

Midfielders
F. Malouda
R. Van der Vaart
Nani
C. Adam

Forwards
C. Tévez
Victor Obinna
F. Di Santo

pls comment on my team. planning to sell di santo replace midfield. any suggestion ?

Ian Sanderson said...

@roonaldo
di santo to zhirkov (awaiting team news)

1998jjb said...

If anyone's interested (and has the time!) Ancelotti's press conference is now at 12.30 and can be seen at http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LivePressConferences/0,,10268,00.html

C'mon Drogs!

1998jjb said...

Drogba fit!!

Ian Sanderson said...

Rooney signs 5 year deal to stay at Man U.
What a kerfuffle about nowt.

Anonymous said...

AM, Baird is set to start at MF, is a good option?

Anonymous said...

boswingwa starting tomorrow

Anonymous said...

Roo-turn !!

will rooney now miraculously recover from his injury . ?


S.P.

Anonymous said...

poor city. muppets for rooney's cynical greed! please tell me you didn't see it coming. 260K per week? you're having a laugh! shades of ronaldinho's flirtation with utd a few years back...

Nuno

Azree said...

I personally think el nino might give some great points this week when they meet Blackburn at Anfield. I will put my money on him. My current team look like this:

KIRKLAND

BALE
SALCIDO
KOCHENSKY

VDV
C. ADAM
ZOGBIA
MALOUDA

CHAMAKH
EL NINO
OBINNA

Anonymous said...

azree, same as 2 weeks ago when liverpool hosted blackpool...well rested but after 5 minutes he came off due to injury...think twice :)

1malaysia

Azree said...

we wont know what gonna happen tomorrow. Sometimes we should take a risk to win this competition. Nobody can predict what will happen. Maybe Drogba just can play a few minutes and injured himself. Or maybe he can score 5 goals against Wolves. Same goes to El Nino. I never put him in my team. Just wanted to try my luck.. Just my 2 cents :-)

1malaysia

kwyjibo said...

I'm hung up on just one last forward pick. Currently have Chamakh(@7.52), but have 2.05 in the bank. Considering any one of:

Elmander
Carroll
Kalou (not starting, it seems)
Obinna
Dembele
Pavlyuchenko
Chicharito

Although, Cesc is set to start, so it might mean more chances for Chamakh.

Any thoughts?

Currently:
Jussi
Boateng-Jacobsen-Zhirkov
FloMa-Adam-VdV-Nani
Drogba-Chamakh-Piquionne

Also, should I switch Jacobsen for Bosingwa and risk 2 Chelsea defenders? Unfortunately I'm 0.02 short of switching Zhirkov to Bosingwa.

Anonymous said...

I wish somebody will pick my team for me

Ebi

OneUnited fan said...

Rooney FTW!!

Was really mad at him when he said he's gonna leave but now that he's staying.. get your form back and all is forgiven!

Anonymous said...

I'm not too keen on Zhirkov cos i see him coming off for Kalou before the 75th min, i also believe Man City will concede against Arsenal.

Ebi

Anonymous said...

azree, u r rite...wish u all the best...

malaysian boleh :)

Anonymous said...

Drogba / Bent / Nani / Malouda or
Drogba / Tevez / Nani / Brunt or
Drogba / Tevez / Brunt / Malouda?

Please help!!!

Tayo said...

@ Please help!!! (what a name?):

You're really lucky to have such a choice to make... Sincerely, all the options are great but I lean more towards Option 2.

Hope that helps...

My team:
CaptainKirk/Bailout,Companyman,Perchingbird,Skiller/vanderSomething,Adam&Eve,Nanny,Bluntly/ClaassADrug,Father'sheart.

Rate my team, IF you can...

Bon week-end, les gars!!!

Birty said...

rooney, don't care he's going: don't care he's staying. just so long as he's not a city player!

@kwj i'm in the same boat 10 and a bit for a striker:
odemwingie - injured?
dembele - not a good match up
obina - everyone has him
carroll - inconsistent
kalou - unlikely to play
elmander - dead to me
i like your idea for hernandez then i can upgrade elsewhere.

Naning said...

This week litteraly sucks...

I'm tempted to drop FloMa since I have no fucking idea if he's going to play. However, if he plays he is a must have.

Same goes with Zhirkov.

I'm holding on to Obinna up front, paired with Drogs. But I need a third option for less than 10. However, there are no good options. As seen above, Odem injured, Dembele naaah, Carroll naah, kalou on the bench, elmander is my least favourite player out there. He's just rubbish(yea, I'm Swedish).

On the other hand, it's weeks like those I usually score high... But I still hate them.

Anonymous said...

agree with Naning. ancelotti's silence is worrying. you can only assume some big players will be rested. anelka or malouda etc. i've switched malouda to gerrard due to certainty of playing. just gonna have to cross fingers on anelka. can't risk zhirkov either .

S.P.

Anonymous said...

kirk
bosingwa-ivanovic-terry-zhirkov
nani-VDV-adam-malouda
tevez-sturridge

out on a ridiculous limb here, but chelsea havent let a goal in for almost 700 minutes at the bridge and I have a feeling zhirkov will play. drogba not going to be back on top fitness and sturridge to come on for him and score a brace. absolute bollocks, but you never know.

help!

Anonymous said...

Having a hard time on my front line - Love my midfield

Kirk
Bale Boateng Zhirkov
Nani FloMo Adam VDV
Hernadez Anelka Adebayor

I could drop Anelka and FloMo and put in Drogs and a filler

Anonymous said...

Will Malouda start?

Staffer84 said...

Thanks for the updates AM! I love your blog!

Team name: DIMITAR BERBATOV FC [AM.Blog]

I'm really unhappy to have dropped out of the Blog cup but I will bounce back! After the first week I was in the top 100 but currently I'm just outside of the first 1000! Since the differencies are really small I hope to join top 500 this week.

My saved team is:

Kirk
Coleman,Bosingwa,Salcido
VdV,Adam,Mereiles,Silva
Berb,Drogs,Torres

I love my team and I won't change it!

Wish you all good luck!

Anonymous said...

@Anon 4:32 - I've been wondering that myself. I read chelseafc.com, and it doesn't mention anything about Malouda. But, according to FantasyFootballScout, they say Ancelotti announced the starting 11, and they have Malouda listed.

Where do they show the starting 11? I don't see it anywhere, so I'm not sure. All I see is a press conference video, but when I click play, it just says 'buffering' and never starts.

Anonymous said...

harry seems to suggest that bale would be benched...

Jerinho said...

Love Boswinga, but will he play the whole 90?

Anonymous said...

Chamakh or Silva for this week?

Anonymous said...

@Jerinho

Doubt it... think Ferreira will be subbed in around the 60-70 min mark.

Anonymous said...

Berba/di santo -> Hernandez/obinna

Any opinions?

- @NG

Anonymous said...

@NG

Hernandez/obinna

Anonymous said...

Will Boateng play?

Tayo said...

My team for Week 9:
Kirkland / Bale, Kompany, Perch, Squillaci / VDV, Nani, Brunt, Adam / Drogba, Obinna / 99.99

Please rate my team...

Anonymous said...

I hate this week, I'm all over the shop.
Have reshuffled team at least 8 times today

Foster
Kompany Boateng Zhirkov
FloMo VDV Adam Nani Nolan
Hernadez Tevez

Anonymous said...

Looks decent Tayo.

My team is looking like this:

Foster
Boateng Zhirkov Bosingwa
VDV Nani FloMo Adam
Bent Obinna

Could upgrade Bosingwa to Ivanovic or Obinna to someone at 13pt mark.

Juggernaut

Anonymous said...

I believe Kalou will start while Malouda/Zhirkov battle for the last midfield slot, i hope so

wk9-team chelsea
Kirkland
Ivanovic Boateng Cole Bosingw
VdV Nani Adam Essien
Tevez Kalou

Ebi.s

kwyjibo said...

According to Fantasy Football Scout, Chelsea's starting lineup is:

Cech, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry, Cole; Zhirkov, Essien, Mikel; Anelka, Malouda, Drogba

Anyone have any confirmation of this?

Anonymous said...

oops Silva also in midfield :)

Juggernaut

Anonymous said...

My current team & maybe no more changes after this..

Foster
Salcido Zhirkov Hutton Bosingwa
Adam VDV N'Zogbia Silva
Tevez Drogba

Any comment guys?

Thanks
-MySL

Anonymous said...

I made risky action to get rid off Bale from my team. I brought in 5 Chelsea players. And my team look like this:

KIRKLAND
BOSINGWA, ASHLEY COLE, ZHIRKOV, JACOBSEN
VDV, C.ADAM, MALOUDA
DROGBA, CHAMAKH, OBINNA

I am thinking to bring in Mikel for Jacobsen! what do you think? need some comments.

Thanks

Anonymous said...

craig gardner comes back after red card and as birms top scorer surely a good pick?

Anonymous said...

if i am not mistaken, c. gardner still on suspension.

Anonymous said...

C.Gardner is not back and there's no news on Chelsea line-up besides the fact that Bosingwa will start. No Mis-information Pls.

Anonymous said...

what about Carroll ??? Is it Ameobis time again??? or is Carroll playing?

and what about Zhirkov??


i don't know what to do...


SaX.-

Dave said...

@anon 7:38--Gardner has one more game to serve on his suspension before he can return. He will not play this weekend.

@anon 7:35--Mikel's returns are low even when Chelsea demolish their opponents, so stick with Jacobsen.

@Jerinho: Because of his attacking style of play, Bosingwa is likely to bring decent returns even if he does not qualify for clean sheet points.

Anonymous said...

It is a full moon tonight, so I am going with this bizarre configuration:

Foster
Jacobsen-Zhirkov-Boateng
VDV-Malouda-Nani-Brunt-Adam
Drogba-Hernandez

What do you think?

rwlwhite said...

@anon 8:09pm

I can match your bizarre configuration:

Kirkland
Boateng, Cole, Bale, Jacobsen
VDV, Adam, Silva
Carroll, Tevez, Bent

SfSS said...

obinna or brunt?

Gavin said...

I'm torn like SfSS, except between Obinna, Elmander, and Brunt. Any suggestions? Thanks

donut said...

Brunt both Gavin and SfSS
rwlwhite I like it except Kirkland scares me big time, I can't pick him even though I know everyone else is. I would pick him if I knew he wasn't playing!!

anon 8:09 I like that team, getting malouda, nani AND drogba in can't be easy!!

I have 2 options and I would value advice!!

Carson
Bale Zhirkov Bosingwa
VDV Adam Silva Brunt Gomez
Drogba Adebayor

OR

Carson
Bale Zhirkov Boateng
VDV Adam Silva AJ Reo-Coker
Drogba Tevez

any thoughts?

SfSS said...

@Donut

Don't know about your funds but i like forwards from 2 line-up, but midfield from the 1st. AJ Silva - one of them should definitely be on the bench, in case of 1st line-up you also can end up with 2 city players not starting, or at least one + zhirkov not a clear starter, though i have him in my lineup, if you could fit brunt into 2nd lineup, i would definitely go with that

Emperor said...

mikel/heskey/boateng/obina/drogba

or

bassong/jacobsen/torres/malouda/hernadez ??

Yanou said...

CECH
BALE IVANOVIC KOMPANY
NANI MALOUDA FABREGAS VDV
DROGBA TEVEZ TORRES

in my dreams

and now for real :

Captain Kirk
Bale Bosingwa Zhirkov
Nani Adam VDV Mikel Muamba
Drogba Obinna

Anonymous said...

out of the blog cup so i'm throwing caution to the wind first time i going 3-5-2 and i actually like how it looks
Ac Trinidad wk 9 team
Carson
Bale J.Bo Zhirkov
Malouda VDV Gerrard Nani J. Thomas
Adebayor Chamwow
Red Eyes

Anonymous said...

Shakanorbs...Wish I had more certainty about jerkoff. Can't afford Coleman. So here is the team.
The Captain
BoBaBo (guess)
Mal/VDV/Nasri/Adam
Tevez,Drogba,X-Mas Carol

hope it works

Anonymous said...

bobabo of bosingwa bale boateng.

Carson (a hunch)
Bale Boateng Zhirkov
Nani VDV Barton C.Adam Meireles
Drobinna

Anonymous said...

@Emperor- i'll go with first option.

Anonymous said...

My final team look like this:

KIRKLAND
BOSINGWA, J.BOATENG, ZHIRKOV, JACOBSEN
VDV, C.ADAM, MALOUDA, NANI
DROGBA, OBINNA

Anonymous said...

Final question for wk9
a.
Kirkland
Ivanovic Boateng Cole Boss
VdV Nani Adam Essien
Tevez Kalou

or
b.
Kirkland
Ivanovic Boateng Zhirkov Boss
VdV Nani Adam Hleb
Tevez Drogba

Ebi

Anonymous said...

Guys, i hv 2 option and i nees some advice!

Kirk
Bale Bosingwa Boateng
Adam VDV Nani Silva Brunt
Drog Obinna

or

Kirk
Bale Bosingwa (Zhirkov)
Adam VDV Nani Brunt (Meireles)
Drog Obinna

YK

SK said...

@Ebi - 2nd one. But if you can fit both Essien and Drogba by dropping one Chelsea DF it would be nice

Anonymous said...

unable to finalize my team... need help here people...

hart
skrtel, alcaraz, enrique
barton, vdv, c.adam, nani
drogba, chamakh, pavlyuchenko

kinda worried about enrique and Pavlyuchenko... should i change them to baird and harnandez?
or sell nani and get torres?

~P.K~

Anonymous said...

@ Sk- thanks! Only Ivanovic would make the Essien switch possible and he's the one who's sure to get the 90 but i just might do it cos i'm liking the Essien pick this wk.

Anonymous said...

I've got 2 options now...

hart
skrtel, alcaraz, enrique
barton, vdv, c.adam, nani
drogba, chamakh, pavlyuchenko

or

hart
skrtel, alcaraz, baird
barton, vdv, c.adam, meireles
drogba, chamakh, torres

which is good?

Ganja said...

Anyone have thoughts on Malou or Kalou starting? Drop him for a Nani guaranteed start? Any thoughts on a Varney or T.Fletch pick? Having trouble choosing...Here it is:

Kirky
Bos (will he play for 75 his 1st game back?) Zhir/Evatt
Malou/VdV/Essien/Gutierrez
Drogs/Kalou& ????? I am thinking Varney or T.Fletch???PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!

Ganja said...

Am I crazy to think he'll start Kalou over Anelka??? Not much on Kalou starting...just a hunch...

Anonymous said...

Thoughts??

Kirk
Boateng, Bosingwa, Salcido
Adam, Nani, VdV, Gerrard, Malouda
Chamakh, Torres

Hate em but I got a feeling about 'Pool

SK said...

@anon 5:39: Liverpool have disappointed me time after time so if I had a hunch I would pick either one over the other, but why not? I am not so sure about Malouda, though. There's a chance that he won't start, so it might be safer to pick Drogba/Anelka/Essien.

@Ganja: Kalou have been getting quite impressive returns for a guy starting on the bench most of the time. Even if he starts on the bench, if Chelsea gets up early, he's likely to come on in early for Malouda, so maybe he's a good idea

Nich said...

Dear AM and friends

Hope you can help to decide this sigh...

Opt a
kirkland
hutton-acole-bosingwa
vdv-essien-downing-malouda-ashyoung
carroll-kalou

opt b
kirkland
hutton-acole-bosingwa-zhirkov
vdv-essien-adam
carroll-victorobbinna-drogba

Nicholas - tottenham fan

Anonymous said...

@Nich: If i were u, I will pick the 2nd opt. The combination quite good, i like ur DF & MF the most..almost same as mine:

Foster
Salcido Zhirkov Hutton Bosingwa
Adam VDV N'Zogbia Silva
Tevez Drogba

any comment on my team selection guys?

MySL

Ganja said...

Thanks...Not an easy decision...Why can't he give us the starting 11 like the past two weeks??? Would make my life so much easier...I don't know what to do...

Anonymous said...

I'm going all in for Chelsea defenders... ^^

Kirk
Zhirkov Terry Bosingwa
Adam Nani VDV Brunt Gomez
Obinna Drogba

Kindly comment, Thanks.

Nesnie

Anonymous said...

Malouda will probably not start, that`s why I go for Nani

Anonymous said...

Any idea if Di Santo will start ??

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/oct/22/wiganathletic-boltonwanderers

[SAI] said...

Di Santo had 10 stitches in his lip this week after a collision in training. I think it's just slight doubt and he can play

Anonymous said...

Bale is uncertain

"The manager is also wary that Wednesday's hat-trick hero Gareth Bale has had little rest in recent weeks and has hinted at making changes as we return to domestic action. "

Anonymous said...

I have 15.1 to spend on a midfielder and a forward..........advice please

Anonymous said...

Adam and Di Santo

Anonymous said...

KALOU, OBINNA, CHAMAKH OR ELMANDER

Anonymous said...

@aonymous 10:02

my team:
kirk
boateng-zhirkov-kompany
VdV-adam-nani-nzogbia-( )
Drogba-( )

Already have adam

Anonymous said...

@anon 10:08

I have almost the same team, and have Adebayor and Mikel

Good luck to all

Anonymous said...

Piquoinne and Silva

Anonymous said...

So, AM and another managers, any news on MALOUDA?
He will play or not?

-JACK-

Anonymous said...

Yo guys,
Is the chelsea lineup here? And how about Nasri
ive got him with discount but cesc is back.

P.Eter

Anonymous said...

Can't make up my mind. Any thoughts on the following...

Salcido @ 5.87 / Barton @ 5.49

OR

Zhirkov / Obinna

Cheers Guys.

Anonymous said...

obina/mikel/bale/jacobsen

or

zhirkov/malouda/hernandez/heskey ?

@ Emperor

Superfly Jim said...

Currently got

Kirk
Bale/Zhirkov/Bosingwa/Boateng
Malouda/VDV/Nani/Barton
Drogba/Piquionne

Had to go 4-4-2 to fit Drogba in.

Worried there are too many non definitre starters though. Any advice or options welcome.

Thanks guys.

Anonymous said...

my player pick choices for this week:

robinson
alcaraz
baird
da costa
sagna
a.cole
ferdinand
olsson

etherington
bily
gomez

rodallega
bent

gkinz

[SAI] said...

Bale's in line-up and Sandro's bench

Anonymous said...

Reluctantly Bale had to go to bring in Drogba.

Bale won't have the legs to carry a tired Spurs side even against a weakened Everon. After a weeks rest Spurs face Man United and a congested fixtue list.

Hart
Salcido JBo JBo Coleman
Barton Adam VdV
Obinna Tevez Drogba

EveRMarch

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