Tuesday 30 November 2010

Goalkeepers: My Story So Far

We all know it's been a tough season to pick keepers thus far, so as I was bored this evening I had a quick look through my own record after the first 15 weeks.

As expected, it does not make pretty reading...

Week 1: Kirkland -10
Week 2: Jaaskalainen +23
Week 3: Cudicini -1
Week 4: Harper -2
Week 5: Foster -3
Week 6: Foster +18
Week 7: Foster -6
Week 8: Krul -3
Week 9: Kirkland 0
Week 10: Fabianski +14
Week 11: Fabianski -3
Week 12: Krul -5
Week 13: Green +13
Week 14: Carson -10.5
Week 15: Howard -12

4 +Positive Scores
10 -Negative Scores
1 Zero

Total Keeper Points = 12.5 (corrected, thanks rwl)

I'm actually surprised my overall keeper points was a positive score...but it's still an absolutely dreadful record and I'm shocked I've been able to stay in the Top 500 with such a rotten run. I'd be interested to see how others have done (if you can be bothered to scroll through 15 weeks and work it out!)

Week 16 Player Picks will be up tomorrow night.

Cheers,
AM

97 comments:

Anonymous said...

Total Keeper points = 77

Anonymous said...

ovy_009 i am first with 77:).i don't know how to make to write my name:)

Mehicoradio said...

if I did it right, mine looks to be 69 points. Held Hart for a long while though.

From week 15 down:
Howard: -12
Kingson: 17
Cech: 1
Kirk: 0
Fabi: -3
Fabi: 14
Hart: 5
Hart: 2.5
Hart: 5
Hart: 18
Hart: 10
Hart: 2
Hart: -1
Foster: 20.5
Kirk: -10

I wish i kept Kingson for week 15 :/

MPFC/KPM said...

1 Kirkland -10
2 Foster +20.5
3 Cudicini -1
4 Harper -2
5 Green +3
6 Foster +18
7 Foster -6
8 Krul -3
9 Kirkland 0
10 Krul +9
11 Foster +9
12 Begovic +10
13 Carson -.5
14 Robbo +18
15 Green +15

I believe that comes to an even 80 points. Considerably higher than I expected. Although MOST of those points have come in the last 6 weeks. The first 9 were a bit of a cluster.

Anonymous said...

I did this three weeks ago for my team and I was averaging about 2 points from keepers to that point. In the last three weeks, I've had a nice little run with Al-Habsi (CS + win), Robinson (CS+win), and then Jussi (Draw, 2 conceded but enough saves to return 3.5). So it's been better lately for me.

I really find the keeper selection the most interesting aspect of the game. There are several different theories as to how to go about choosing your keeper.

Theory 1: Pick the keeper for a top team and let it ride. (problem with this strategy is that there is usually not as big of an upside due to high prices and often times, not many chances for saves)

Theory 2: Pick the keeper with the best matchup of those who cost less than 6 or so. This is the high risk high reward group. I've traditionally been in this category because I like to spend most of my money on outfield players.

Theory 3: Then there are people who try to lock in a solid keeper at a good low price and hold on as long as possible. Ben Foster springs to mind.

The biggest problem with selecting a keeper is you're not really choosing the keeper for his abilities per say. You're choosing the keeper becuase you like the team's matchup. Personally I couldn't care less how good the keeper actually is (otherwise I'd pick Pepe Reina practically every week). It's all about the team and in this season, when team's results have been inconsistent so too have the points production of the keepers.

-lfcinpa

Anonymous said...

My keeper points are 61.5 for the season.

-lfcinpa

Gunnison Jones said...

Week 1: Kirkland -10
Week 2: Foster +20.5
Week 3: Cudicini -1
Week 4: Kirkland 0
Week 5: Kirkland 0
Week 6: Foster +18
Week 7: Kirkland 0
Week 8: Fabianski +7
Week 9: Kirkland 0
Week 10: Fabianski +14
Week 11: Fabianski -3
Week 12: Fabianski +18
Week 13: Green +13
Week 14: Kingson +17
Week 15: Howard -12

7 +Positive Scores
4 -Negative Scores
4 Zeros

Total Keeper Points = 81.5

Ban said...

Wow, AM! I am that lucky one too!
15 games and get 30.5points for GK!

5 positive
1 zero
Others NEGATIVE!

kwyjibo said...

My keeper record hasn't been great, but not too bad, either. Stuck with Jussi for most of the year, he gets mostly positives, but not too high scoring:

Week 1: Kirkland -10.00
Week 2: Jaaskalainen +23.00
Week 3: Jaaskalainen -5.50
Week 4: Hart +2.00
Week 5: Foster -3.00
Week 6: Foster +18.00
Week 7: Jaaskalainen +7.00
Week 8: Jaaskalainen +5.00
Week 9: Jaaskalainen +8.50
Week 10: Hart -4.00
Week 11: Foster +9.00
Week 12: Foster -5.00
Week 13: Jaaskalainen +4.50
Week 14: Jaaskalainen +3.00
Week 15: Jaaskalainen +3.50

10 +Positive Scores
5 -Negative Scores

Total Keeper Points = 56.00

Ban said...

Seem like Picking Kirkland in Zero condition is better than risking every pick on GK

lbarroso said...

1 Kirkland -10
2 Carson 14
3 Jääskeläinen -5.5
4 Harper -2
5 Kirkland 0
6 Kirkland 0
7 Robinson 8
8 Krul -3
9 Kirkland 0
10 Fabianski 14
11 Foster 9
12 Krul -5
13 Al-Habsi 16
14 Robinson 18
15 Green 17

Positive Scores 7
Negative Scores 5
Zero 3

Total Keeper Points 70.5

I actually thought it would be much worse but the last 3 weeks have really helped out...

Dead Leg United said...

Kirkland -10.00
Hart +20.00
Hart -1.00
Hart +2.00
Hart +10.00
Foster +18.00
Foster -6.00
Jussi +5.00
Kirkland 0.00
Fabianski +14.00
Fabianski -3.00
Carson +1.00
Hart +15.00
Jussi +3.00
Green +17.00

7 different keepers
4 negative weeks
1 zero week
10 positive weeks

Net points = +88.00

Average per week = +5.67 (would be interesting to know average cost per week too)

chelsea fan said...

i had net +59.5 or an average of 4.0 per game; which does not sound that bad until you compare to the average cost of approx 9.0 per game. this is not an acceptable rate of return.

i got burned badly by kirkland in week one (-10) and howard in week 15 (-12); the best were cech in week 9 (28) and week 12 (16).

if i had to do it all over again, i would have kept a benched kirkland @ 1 and let it ride for the season. too late for that now though.

alternatively, foster held at 6 all season for 140.5 pts or hart held all season at 9 for 132 pts (each an average of approx 9 pts per game) would have been reasonably clever. so maybe this is the way to play the keeper position. pick a decently priced good one -- assuming you get the right one -- and stick with him.

rwlwhite said...

Week 1: Kirkland -10
Week 2: Jaaskalainen +23
Week 3: Hart -1
Week 4: Hart +2
Week 5: Kirkland 0
Week 6: Kirkland 0
Week 7: Foster -6
Week 8: Hart +2.5
Week 9: Kirkland 0
Week 10: Fabianski +14
Week 11: Foster +9
Week 12: Krul -5
Week 13: Krul +17
Week 14: Kingson +17
Week 15: Green +17

Up until (and including) week 9:

AM = +16 pts
rwlwhite = +10.5 pts

Week 10 onwards:

AM = -3.5
rwlwhite = +69

Totals:
AM = 12.5
rwlwhite = 79.5

Can anyone spot the point where I stopped picking similar keepers to AM?

Also, AM, you forgot to subract the last score of -12 from your total...your on 12.5 overall from keepers!

Dead Leg United said...

Oops - +85.00 overall. Still not bad, though!

Rawad said...

Week 1: Kirk -10
Week 2: Howard 0
Week 3: Hart -1
Week 4: Hart 2
Week 5: Kirkland 0
Week 6: Cudicini 7
Week 7: Kirkland 0
Week 8: Fabianski 7
Week 9: Reina 2
Week 10: Schwarzer 16
Week 11: Mignolet 12.5
Weel 12: Green 1
Week 13: Krul 17
Week 14: Reina 12
Week 15: Jussi 3.5

Total: 69 Points for TONS of MONEY PAID :P

Rawad said...

Well the good thing i guess is that i haven't had a negative week since week 3... :)

Anonymous said...

i am keeper expert i guess! : ))
Week 1: Kirkland -10
Week 2: Jaaskalainen +23
Week 3: Jaaskalainen -5.5
Week 4: Harper -5.5
Week 5: Foster -3
Week 6: Foster +18
Week 7: Foster -6
Week 8: Hart +2.5
Week 9: Foster +23.5
Week 10: Foster +13.5
Week 11: Foster +9
Week 12: Foster -5
Week 13: Foster +19
Week 14: Foster +28
Week 15: Foster +6

6 (-) week
9 (+) weeks
Net 111 pts!
i am not a big believer and changing goalies unless injured.. i was wanted to stick with Jaaskalainen but due to red card i got rid of him.. then i got off HART bandwagon.. i am staying with foster.. 106 of my (+) pts are HIS..

skip
deportivo de gonzalez

Anonymous said...

ooh forgot
i have foster at 5.85!

capiTeno said...

+57 for me

the reason why is we scrimp on keepers to spend on strikers.
AM, I notice that apart from 2 weeks of Fabianski there's no "top 4" keepers, and I wouldn't call any of them international standard

I'd go Drogba+Hahnemann before Chec+Doyle any day

AdmiraLord Nelson said...

78.5 points from my goalkeepers! Thanksmostly to Foster, Al-Habsi, and VdS.

Ken said...

120.5 Points for goal so far.

Pick & choose week to week for the most part. Whoever will fit for the price I have to work with. Had Kirkland for 2 of those weeks for a zero.

Guess I have been somewhat lucky...

As of now, mine for this week is Fabianski. (so far)

hfs said...

Week 1: Hahnemann 7
Week 2-5: Hart 20, -1, 2, 10
Week 6: Reina -2.5
Week 7,8: Hart 5, 2.5
Week 9: Kirkland 0
Week 10-15: Hart -4, 16, 13, 15, 3, 4.5

Total: 90.5

My first season in YFF and I didn't know the blog then so started off with Hahnemann and got pretty luck considering the season the guy's having.
Decided to go with Hart afterwards, but couldn't start him vs. Chelsea in week 6, which was a mistake because I had him at 8.xx. Bought him back later on, but decided to go big with Drogba in week 9 which turned out to be a total bust.

Considering how every decision I've made that resulted in selling Hart turned out to be a mistake I'm definitely sticking with him. Imo at 9.1 he's good value and has a chance of a CS in every given week.

Imo the variance with goalies week in week out are the biggest in YFF, so you can either make up a lot of ground or screw up your whole team.

Jeremy Spitzberg said...

A "fun" look back.

kirk -10
tho 0
hart -1
hart 2
foster -3
foster 18
foster -6
hart 2.5
kirk 0
fab21 14
probbo 9
begovic 10
hart 15
gordo 3
jussi 3.5
-------------
57 pts

9 positive
4 negative
2 zeros (one intentional)

==========================

Jeremy
fantasyepl.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

87 for me. Rode Hart for a while and got lucky with Reina and Hart within the past few weeks.

All the best...Vancouver Whitecaps! (future home of Robbie Keane??...doubtful, but fun to think about)

Neal Thurman said...

So, I'm at 95 points from my keepers over the course of the first 15 weeks. That makes my selections (mostly a combination of Foster, Hart, and Fabianski with some random weeks of Cech and Howard thrown in) the equivalent in production of having had EvdS for the entire season at a lower cost. That said, for those who are reporting low numbers, it might make sense to pick someone like Robbo who is price low and stick with him through the big minus numbers. If you'd had him all year (including the blowout last weekend), you'd at least have 58 points to the good for your entire season.

Just something to think about.

Cheers - Neal
http://fantasyepl.blogspot.com

Assistant Manager said...

Great response guys, and some really interesting patterns emerging. I notice not one single person has a lower keeper total than my own 12.5 points so far...can anyone do worse? :)

BS said...

1. C. Kirkland: -10.00 points
2. S. Carson: 14.00 points
3. J. Jääskeläinen: -5.50 points
4. S. Harper: -2.00 points
5. C. Kirkland: 0.00 points
6. B. Foster: 18.00 points
7. B. Foster: -6.00 points
8. T. Krul: -3.00 points
9. J. Reina: 2.00 points
10. T. Krul: 9.00 points
11. B. Foster: 9.00 points
12. T. Krul: -5.00 points
13. H. Gomes: 10.00 points
14. S. Carson: -10.50 points
15. R. Green: 17.00 points

Total:
37

Anonymous said...

lol rwlwhite

"Can anyone spot the point where I stopped picking similar keepers to AM?"

all ur keepers since week 10 were in AM's player picks list, so seems a lot of time he just unlucky pickin the wrong one of his own picks!!!!!!! (:

Anonymous said...

From week 15 down:
Hart: 4.5
hart: 3
Hart: 15
Hart: 13
Hart: 16
Hart: -4
Hart: 5
Hart: 2.5
Hart: 5
Hart: 18
Hart: 10
Hart: 2
Hart: -1
Foster: 20.5
Kirk: -10

3 neg (-15)
12 positive (+114.5)

Total 99.5

Except for Kirk in week one, very happy, steady with Hart.

Anonymous said...

Weeks 1-9 total points = 7
Weeks 10-15 total points = 39

What's the difference? I bought Fabianski @ 6.32 in Week 10 and kept him for an average of 6.5 pts per week for 6 weeks.

Guess what I intend to do from now on?

Ming/ team Zozo

Anonymous said...

I think i win
8 negative -42
2 zeros
5 positive +50.5

Total +7.5 points

Anonymous said...

Been keeping Foster since Week 2 till now

Got around 140 pts

Choose a good season keeper for this position is another good option :)

Ian Sanderson said...

5 zeros
4 -ve (29.5)
6 +ve (73.5)

Total 44 points

Anonymous said...

Well, mine's easy being that I have had Hart the entire season. So that would be 132 points.

STLRam01

Bradley said...

GK is a wacky position. The best option (for me at least) would be to pick up a good keeper cheap after a thrashing and keep him for the rest of the season (as Neal suggested). I intended to do just that this season but stupidly wound up playing keeper roulette anyway. Looking at the keepers averaging around where you are can be instructive.

Kirkland -10.0
Foster 20.5
Cudicini -1.0
Hart 2.0
Robinson 4.0
Foster 18.0
Foster -6.0
Krul -3.0
Foster 23.5
Fabianski 14.0
Fabianski -3.0
Krul -5.0
Jääskeläinen 4.5
Reina 12.0
Howard -12.0

Total: 58.5
Average: 3.9

Negative: 7
Positive: 8
Zero: 0

Anonymous said...

I had a terrible first three weeks, but have been pretty strong since that time. I've had Joe Hart for the last 8 weeks. He is averaging 7 points per week over that time, which is just fine for me at his price.

Kirkland -10.0
Howard 0.0
Hart -1.0
Hart 2.0
Cech 14.0
Foster 18.0
Green 6.0
Hart 2.5
Hart 5.0
Hart -4.0
Hart 16.0
Hart 13.0
Hart 15.0
Hart 3.0
Hart 4.5

First 3 weeks combined for -11.0 with two negative weeks and zero week.

Since that time (last 12 weeks), I've posted a +95.0 with only one negative week.

Cech's Mates

Maxer said...

mine..

kirkland: -10
carson: 14
reina: 16
reina: 11
hart:10
krul:-8
kirkland:0
krul:-3
kirkland:0
kirkland:0
mignolet:12.5
krul:-5
kirkland:0
kirkland:0
kirkland:0

total: 37.5

just realise i always get -ve whenever i pick krul.. well he's on my dead list now.. and i don't barndoor so i'm keeping kirkland @1 until i have enough fund to buy someone else.. :)

Maxer

Arsenal_Bergkamp said...

23.5pts Second Worst so far in this Blog

Spent Total of $87 and returned 23.5pts (27%)
My worst decision came from last 4 weeks. Spent $24 and returned -22.5 in 3 weeks.

5 positive
7 negative
3 zero

greginho said...

week 1: kirkland -10
week 2: ben foster +20
week 3: foster +1
week 4: foster +13
week 5: foster -3
week 6: foster +18
week 7: foster -6
week 8: robinson +15
week 9: foster +23.5
week 10: foster +13.5
week 11: foster +9
week 12: foster -5
week 13: foster +19
week 14: foster +28
week 15: foster +6

11 positive weeks
4 negative weeks
for a grand total of 142goalkeeping points. i would say that is a very good score.

i made the decision to go to foster in week 2 after he had -.5 points. his price was nice. my intention was to alternate robinson and foster for the home games and matchups, but robinson got too expensive. this year i am trying to pick week to week point earners and it has improved my rankings from top 2000 or top 1000, usually, to top 250 at one point. now i am 441th.

Skippy11 said...

I am rocking a +15pts for keepers all season so far. gone from the 300's down to about 4,300 in the last month. Sad Sad Sad

BFAR said...

for my team...

mine is total +72 from all 15 weeks. looks ok for me so far.

but i do agree its kinda hard to pick goalkeeper... and kirkland is no more 1.00 .... sometimes u just wanna stick with kirkland and boost you attack!!

week 1: kirkland -10
week 2: s.carson +14
week 3: cudicini -1
week 4: s.harper -2
week 5: cudicini +1.5
week 6: foster +18
week 7: kirkland 0
week 8: fabianski +7
week 9: kirkland 0
week 10: fabianski +14
week 11: fabianski -3
week 12: begovic +10
week 13: t.krul +17
week 14: s.carson -10.5
week 15: green +17

BFAR said...

someone mentioned about (Drogba + Hahneman) vs (Cech + Doyle)

well..here are the points that i compiled...

Drogba (196) + M.Hahnemann (6) = +202 pts
Cech (144) + Doyle (74) = +218 points..

Cech + Doyle wins!! lol...

Angelos said...

I am a semi-professional keeper in Greece and collecting only 80.5 points from my... colleagues isn't what I wanted, but at least I know it is better than your summary dear AM...

Week 1: Howard -2.5
Week 2: Foster +20.50
Week 3: Cudicini -1
Week 4: Kirkland 0
Week 5: Kirkland 0
Week 6: Foster +18
Week 7: Foster -6
Week 8: Krul -3
Week 9: Kirkland 0
Week 10: Fabianski 14
Week 11: Fabianski -3
Week 12: Carson +1
Week 13: Jaaskelainen +4.5
Week 14: Kingson +17
Week 15: Green +17

Total: +80.5

Anonymous said...

1. Kirkland -10
2. Foster 20.5
3. Cudicini -1
4. Harper -2
5. Cudicini 1.5
6. Krul -8
7. Cudicini 0
8. Evds -3
9. Kirkland 0
10. Fabianski 14
11. Fabianski -3
12. Fabianski 18
13. Fabianski 11
14. Fabianski -7
15. Howard -12
total = +19

very lucky to get total +19 points. it was mid week round, week 12. i bd'ed krul(-5) but i forgot to hit the save button, i got fabianski(18points) from my last week team instead, so i kept him for week 13(11points) as i got him very cheap.

my rules on picking a goalie are:
1. home match
2. against weak opponent.
3. cheap
4. big team.
tell me if im wrong, it just doesn't work for me this season.

-infidel-

Anonymous said...

Just realised i've not done so well
Kirkland -10
Carson 14
Gilks 1
Soresenson 9
Cudicini 1.5
forster 18
Kirkland 0
Krul -3
kirkland 0
Fabianski 14
fabianski -3
Hart 13
Hart 15
Kingson 17
Howard -12

74.5 total

Anonymous said...

Looks like a lot of people were bored this evening ;)

Owen_Williams said...

Ok, Wife is watching Glee, so I'm gonna join the fun.

Kirk -10
Jaaskelainen 23
Hart -1
Hart 2
Hart 10
Foster 18
Foster -6
Krul -3
Reina 2
Kirk 0
Hart 11
Kirk 0
Kirk 0
Kirk 0
Kirk 0
Kirk 0

46 total. As you can see I've gone with Kirk at 1.00 for the past few weeks. It actually hasn't gotten me better results by having money to spend picking 'better' players. BUT I'd much rather do this method than shell out 5-8 points and potentially get a -10 or something.

Anonymous said...

It would be wise to focus on the possibility of game being postponed due to the cold snap.

ToxtethTerror9 said...

Below is my 'keeper story so far;

Wk 1: Hilario v WBA 0.0 pts
Wk 2: Foster v Bla 20.5 pts
Wk 3: Gilks v Ful 1.0 pts
Wk 4: Harper v B'pool -2.0 pts
Wk 5: Bogdan v @Ast 0.0 pts
Wk 6: Foster v Wig 18.0 pts
Wk 7: Foster v Eve -6.0 pts
Wk 8: Krul v Wig -3.0 pts
Wk 9: Kirkland v Bol 0.0 pts
Wk 10: Fabianski v W'Ham 14.0 pts
Wk 11: Fabianski v New -3.0 pts
Wk 12: Fabianski v @Wol 18.0 pts
Wk 13: Al-Habsi v WBA 16.0 pts
Wk 14: Jaaskelainen v New 3.0 pts
Wk 15: Jaaskelainen v B'pool 3.5 pts

Total: 80.0 pts or 5.3 pts/wk

Not a bad result after all, in my opinion (considering I've been spending so little in this department so far) :-)

madness said...

+32 pts total for my keepers

Anonymous said...

Hello Nik & AMers!

So far, i've got +71 for my GK position. quite okay but in overall ranking, i'm standing far2 away from most of u guys..18,860 with week1 game missed..my aim to be in the top 10k at the end of the season..

Anyway, this is my 1st time of playing YFF. Really enjoy your writing Nik! Awesome & very helpful =)

Cheers,
MySL

Anonymous said...

1. turnbull 0
2. jaaskelainen +23
3. reina +16
4. reina +11
5. cudicini +1.5
6. gilks +1
7. al-habsi +10
8. robinson +15
9. carson +0.5
10. schwarzer +16
11. robinson +9
12. begovic +10
13. green +13
14. carson -10.5
15. green +17

total = 132.5

Anonymous said...

Wk 1: Kirkland -10.0 pts
Wk 2: Harper 6.5 pts
Wk 3: Harper -2.0 pts
Wk 4: Harper -2.0 pts
Wk 5: Cudicini 1.5 pts
Wk 6: Foster 18.0 pts
Wk 7: Foster -6.0 pts
Wk 8: Krul -3.0 pts
Wk 9: Kirkland 0.0 pts
Wk 10: Fabianski 14.0 pts
Wk 11: Fabianski -3.0 pts
Wk 12: Fabianski 18.0 pts
Wk 13: Carson -0.5 pts
Wk 14: Carson -10.5 pts
Wk 15: Gordon -2.5 pts

Total: 18.5 pts

I'm shellshocked....

Paphos Toffee

Anonymous said...

kirk = -1

Anonymous said...

Nothing to do with Goalies,

Zhirkov it seems may be avail this week according to

http://eva-news.com/chelsea/chelsea-injury-update-ahead-of-the-newcastle-match/215267
(26 november)

"Ancelotti told the club’s official website: “Bosingwa is fit and is able to play. Not able to play are Terry, Lampard, Essien is suspended and Zhirkov will be able next week.”"

Eva

Anonymous said...

This is DownSouth. I think I have a winner here: +5 points total.

1. Kirkland -10
2. Kirkland -16
3. Kirkland 0
4. Kirkland 0
5. Kirkland 0
6. Foster +18
7. Foster -6
8. Krul -3
9. Kirkland 0
10. Fabianski +14
11. Robinson +9
12. Fabianski +18
13. Carson -0.5
14. Carson -10.5
15. Friedel -8

4 positives
7 negatives
4 zero's

Total score: +5
average score: 0.33 pts per week.

Clearly I like to spend my money on field players, but still, you'd think I could do better than this!

motyl said...

35.5 in total ;(

Anonymous said...

fun..... +56.5 with starting the year with Kirkland (-10) and this last week Howard (-12). 7 positives, 2 zeros, and 5 negatives

Going with Fabianski this week.... or Robo.

Ole'
Tigers

Anonymous said...

to put it in perspective.... my score sucks as 10 starting keepers have scored more than that for the season. I guess picking a keeper and sticking with him instead of changing from time to time may be the way to go?????

Tigers

Anonymous said...

i love u AM..

Miec said...

1. Kirkland -10 (standard as i assume)
2. Howard 0 (average, isnt it?)
3. Reina 16 (magnificient score and it's REINA!!)
4. Reina 11 (it's REINA againa !!)
5. Hart 10 (i'm pro =)
6. Foster 18 (do you want to cope with me?)
7. Foster -6 (ok, you have little chance)
8. Krul -3 (real chance)
9. Reina 2 (this time it didnt work out with Pepe)
10. Fabianski 14 (is it back to form?)
11. Fabianski -3 (no it isnt)
12. Fabianski 18 (maybe it is)
13. Fabianski 11 (definetly it is)
14. Fabianski -7 (never pick this same keeper 5 times?)
15. Green 17 (i like it!!)

Total: 88 (incredible score :D)
average: 5.87

If you want any keeper advice call me now.
(only 5$/min)

Anonymous said...

Week 1: Kirkland -10.00
Week 2: Foster +20.50
Week 3: Foster +1.00
Week 4: Harper -2.00
Week 5: Robinson +4.00
Week 6: Robinson +7.00
Week 7: Robinson +8.00
Week 8: Krul -3.00
Week 9: Carson +0.50
Week 10: Fabianski +14.00
Week 11: Fabianski -3.00
Week 12: Fabianski +18.00
Week 13: Hart +15.00
Week 14: Reina +12.00
Week 15: Howard -12.00

10 +Positive Scores
5 -Negative Scores

Total Keeper Points = +70.00

Not bad, considering I'm 5600+ in standings :(

Anonymous said...

73 for the season so far.

Keepers are a real lottery. Last season I went on a run when I had 4consecutive clean sheets for my keepers. This season it is much harder to choose the right one each week. I've been chopping and changing weekly woth mixed results. This week i got robbo in and I may just stick with him for the next few games, if not maybe the whole season.

Anonymous said...

Week 1 Brad Friedel -> 12.00 points
Week 2 B. Foster -> 20.50 points
Week 3 J. Reina -> 16.00 points
Week 4 J. Reina -> 11.00 points
Week 5 P. Robinson -> 4.00 points
Week 6 B. Foster -> 18.00 points
Week 7 B. Foster -> -6.00 points
Week 8 T. Krul -> -3.00 points
Week 9 B. Foster -> 23.50 points
Week 10 B. Foster -> 13.50 points
Week 11 B. Foster -> 9.00 points
Week 12 B. Foster -> -5.00 points
Week 13 J. Hart -> 15.00 points
Week 14 J. Hart -> 3.00 points
Week 15 R. Green -> 17.00 points

total: 148,5 (Its great!, I guess I am lucky ;))

Zapatistan

Anonymous said...

Anon 9.59 bengoh91

Bojan said...

howard: -12 vs WBA 1 save/4GC
vds: 18 vs Wigan 4 saves/CS
habsi: 16 vs WBA 3 saves/CS
green: 1 vs WBA 3 saves/2GC
fab21: -3 vs Newcastle 1 save/1GC
fab21: 14 vs WHU 2 saves/CS
reina: 2 vs Blackburn 0 saves/1GC
krul: -3 vs Wigan 1 save/2GC
kirk: 0 DNP
almunia: -5 vs WBA 2 saves/3GC
probo: 4 vs Fulham 1 save/1GC
hart: 2 vs Blackburn 2 saves/1GC
reina: 16 vs WBA 3 saves/CS
howard: 0 vs Wolves 1 save/1GC
kirk: -10 vs B'Pool 2 saves/4GC

it seems that i always picked home game GK...

40 points combined...

5 negative, 2 zeros and 8 positive but my GK got only 26 saves in 14 games with 20 goals conceded...

it looks like my main problem is that i am picking gk to get win and CS and not saves... so season with so many unexpected results gave me this... but the main problem is that my gks give me very bad performances... from this 20 goals at least 7-8 are big gk mistakes kirk vs blacpool, hart vs blackburn, almunia vs WBA,reina vs blackburn,fab21 vs newcastle...

next week - new pick... hoping for good one ;-)

Anonymous said...

I managed a grand total of 71.5 points although I feel a bit better as I did have 5 zero point weeks but that was mainly by using Kirkland to increase spend elsewhere.

I think I can see a golden trie this weekend, Drogba, Vidic and Nasri......

Anonymous said...

Not even going to dare to look at my GK scores, as I've only had 2 positive results all season.
Thats probably why Im not even anywhere near the top 10000, let alone the top 1000!
If you want to know who NOT to pick, just give me a call & I'll tell you who I've chosen...
It's time to hang up my gloves and buy Capt Kirk back maybe, although Im still having nightmares about Kirk's first match of the season.
*Sigh*

Pauly

Bojan said...

@ Pauly - Harper is also good bet...

Anonymous said...

hi everyone, i'm imad, from morocco
Week 1 : J. Hart +23
Week 2 : J. Hart +20
Week 3 : J. Hart -1
Week 4 : J. Hart +2
Week 5 : J. Hart +10
Week 6 : T. Howard +11
Week 7 : P. Cech +19
Week 8 : P. Cech +11
Week 9 : P. Cech +28
Week 10: P. Cech +7
Week 11: P. Cech 0
Week 12: P. Cech +16
Week 13: P. Cech +1
Week 14: P. Cech -4
Week 15: P. Cech 0

Total points 144
and i feel like i'm gonne keep P. Cech for the rest of the season, i expect him to keep many clean sheets and win many games yet...

Pop Thy Collar said...

Net keeper score = 46.5

Time to up my keeper investment methinks!

Anonymous said...

let's look ahead to week 16th...hopefully will be a good one

Anonymous said...

Pls share your thoughts on Odemwingie...I barndoor him for this week but just not sure...what do u think AM?

Anonymous said...

WTF.... Spector scores TWICE against MU in the Carling Cup.... this IS a crazy year!

Ken said...

Picked Berbatov up on the door (11.64)

Just don't feel like I made that great of a move.

Keep?

My gut says no.....

Any suggestions?

Birty said...

don't think i'm too far off the top with 143.5. Mainly due to having Foster at 6. Can't see any reason to let him go, unless birmingham go down the toilet

Anonymous said...

I have 79.5 but had Foster at 6 and let him go before the City and Chelsea games :(

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown in to the sea."

BCB

meyo said...

TKP = 79.5 pts

Anonymous said...

49.5 pts. some small negatives at start. one great score from foster in wk 6. few more small negatives. then got fabianski in wk 8 up to wk 13 to get several good scores. then been kirkland ever since. bit bad that he moved up from 1.00 as can't skip in & out of him. my worst score was only -4.50 by Green in wk 2. cudicini throwing away the banker home game vs wigan in wk 3 was probably most annoying even though it was only -1. feel bad for AM ; last sat must have been gutting esp with a rob green pen save. getting almost funny now as he's cursed ! let us all know in well in advance who you fancy Nik, then we can all give him a swerve ! ;).
for this week, Carson looks nice going on win pt's alone- but his goals conceded/saves ratio of 26/41= 0.63 is just awful. worse than p robbo ( admittedly in better form this season, last sat excepted ), WORSE than rob green, an off- form tim howard, & almunia. Krul is also pretty bad with a ratio of 0.61 & he gave AM 2 negatives.
3 of the 4 keepers who gave AM positives, have signif better ratio's foster= 18/67= 0.27. jussi = 16/44= 0.36 & fabianski =10/28= 0.36.

S.P.

kwyjibo said...

Is it just me, or does it seem that, in general, people who stuck with one keeper did better than people who jumped around more? Even in my case with Jussi, who didn't score much, if I never changed (apart from when he was out), I would have scored 22 more points overall.

Interesting...

OFF TOPIC:

Points adjustment time again...gained 0.5 points and went up 2 places! Woo hoo!!!

Anonymous said...

hi AM,
mine is only 8.83 average, 132.5 total. Only recent on double digits scoring begining from VDS/Hart/Cech/Fabi/Begovic/Green. See... ur luck is better than mine.

@MU

Anonymous said...

oops, see wrongly, thats total vs average.... but nevertheless ur other departments is doing better. My team has been in goal drought for some time....

@MU

SouthCity said...

73.5 for me, more than half earned in last six weeks when i picked up fabianski at 6+ and have held him. was a dog's breakfast of kirkland/hart/foster/green before then. biggest regret: had foster's 20.5 in week 2, then dropped him.

Anonymous said...

I am a +6.5 :( - keep in mind that I had captKirk at 1 unit for all but 3 weeks

Kirkland -10
Carson +14 2nd week
Cud -1 3rd
Kirk +-0 for 11 weeks straight costing 1 unit
Jaak +3.5

Who's to say that the spare units were worth the bunches of zeros seeing that I am still just inside the top 2000 total and being as hight as 7000th place.

Now that I've lost the 1 unit Kirk pick I will be back to the strategy of cheaper keeper with best matchup. Risky business for sure, but so goes it with all yff selections. Thank you Berbs!

Does colder weather favor the defenses or offenses generally speaking? I don't know. And will Drogs ever get his scoring touch back?

It's been the strangest of my 5 seasons thus far.

Good luck to us all.

- Naughty Raiders

Shiv Morjaria said...

+13 because I'v had Kirkland the whole time :)

Anonymous said...

when i read this post, i want to count my GK score too haha..
so this is my score

1. Kirkland -10
2. Foster 20,5
3. Reina 16
4. Reina 11
5. Cudicini 1,5
6. Foster 18
7. Foster -6
8. Krul -3
9. Kirkland 0
10. Gilks 7
11. Mignolet 12,5
12. Gomes -3,5
13. Krul 17
14. Carson -10,5
15. Howard -12

Positive +8
Minus -6
Zero 1

Total +58,5

i'm never want to have zero point GK haha..
but lately, my GK choice is suck @_@

Anonymous said...

1. Kirkland -10
2. Hart 20
3. Hart -1
4. Hart 2
5. Hart 10
6. Hart 18
7. Hart 5
8. Hart 2.50
9. Green -1.50
10. Hart -4
11. Hart 16
12. Hart 13
13. Hart 15
14. Hart 3
15. Hart 4.50

Total: 107.5

Average: 7.167

That means that I'm overpaying for goalie a bit right now but I can't complain. I'm keeping Joe Hart for the season considering City is turning into a pretty stingy team defensively.

J0J0

Anonymous said...

1. Kirkland -10
2. Jaaskelainen 23
3. Jaaskelainen -5.5
4. Harper -2
5. Kirkland 0
6. Foster 18
7. Foster -6
8. Hart 2.50
9. Kirkland 0
10. Cech 7
11. Foster 9
12. Carson 1
13. Hart 15
14. Reina 12
15. Jaaskelainen 3.50

Total 67.5

Dens

Puven said...

keepers ... interesting

1. Reina 1.5
2. Harper 6.5
3. Harper -2
4. Harper -2
5. Harper 6.5
6. Kirkland 0
7. Kirkland 0
8. Krul -3
9. Kirkland 0
10. Fabianski 14
11. Fabianski -3
12. Krul -5
13. Kingson 3
14. Kingson 17
15. Kingson 11

keeper points = 44.5

aint so bad i guess

Anonymous said...

Hart,all season = 132 points

Anonymous said...

im on 134.5
had foster in all season except week 1 and 8 in which i had hilario and krul respectively did some quick sums and i got 134.5 should be one of the highest with foster being the second highest scoring keeper in the game.

Anonymous said...

I have 88 keeper points. Scored better with cheap options than with more expensive ones. I'll probably stick to my strategy of picking the best matchup out of the inexpensive keepers. Every time I splurge I get burned.

Jeff

Banned In DC said...

Ooohh... fun with numbers:

Week 1: Kirkland -10 (3.81)
Week 2: Howard 0 (7.86)
Week 3: Hart -1 (11.04)
Week 4: Hart +2 (10.29)
Week 5: Carson +5 (6.08)
Week 6: Foster +18 (6.24)
Week 7: Foster -6 (6.24)
Week 8: Jussi +5 (7.66)
Week 9: Foster +23.5 (6.35)
Week 10: Hart -4 (10.20)
Week 11: Foster +9 (9.63)
Weel 12: Hart +13 (9.10)
Week 13: Hart +15 (9.10)
Week 14: Hart +3 (9.10)
Week 15: Schwarzer +2 (8.38)

10 positive
4 negative
1 zero
74.5 total points
4.97 points avg for average cost 8.50
Not great value for money but better than I'd expected.

Laperpool said...

My GK total poin so far : 132

And still got Cech in my team..
Who's next..?? :D

Maminjo said...

AM I really tought you had bad luck with goalkeepers but then I calculated my GK score and it's.. 8.5!!!
And with that i'm in top 1000 so I'm really happy with that

Maminjo

Anonymous said...

Wow, not good:

1. Kirk <10>
2. Foster +20.5
3. Cudicini <1>
4. Harper <2>
5. Kirk 0
6. Kirk 0
7. Green +6
8. Krul <3>
9. Kirk 0
10. Al-Habsi <2>
11. Foster +9
12. Carson +1
13. Carson <0.5>
14. Carson <10.5>
15. Carson +5

total = 12.5 points
7 negative weeks
5 positive weeks
3 Kirk 0s (2 intentional)

current rank: 678

pogo

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