Bale Jacobson Salcido
Van Der Vaart Adam Barton Malouda
Obinna Drogba Odemwingie
Not a long post this week as I've got very little time...to explain briefly I decided to give all my big discounts another chance, with a plan to make major changes before Week 8 (two weeks away because of internationals) if it all goes wrong.
As a result my team is the same as last week with the exception of Jacobson for Koscielny, Odemwingie for Jerome & Obinna for Chamakh. I resisted the temptation to bring in Silva, Meireles or Cole and stuck with Barton as he averages 9 points per game while the other three mentioned average between 0 and 2. Not having a 'Pool or City player could backfire, but it's a risk I've decided to take.
On the barndoor for Week 8 (which I won't actually be able to take advantage of unless it stays open till Monday) I'd be looking at Man Utd home to West Brom, City @ Blackpool, Arsenal home to Birmingham and Newcastle home to Wigan.
That's it - I'll leave it to Mike & Hans to comment below with the full Blog Team line-up as I left it in their very capable hands this week :)
What did you settle on for Week 7? Any early barndoor ideas?
Cheers,
AM
Al Habsi
ReplyDeleteBale / Salcido / Faye
Adam / Vav der Vaart / Etuhu / Holden
Berbatov / Drogba / Odemwingie
City looking very solid at the back-- they've only let in 2 goals this season, and i'd like to think of the one against sunderland as a fluke. Unfortunately i couldnt fit in any of their players this week >.>
--neoncoffee
Foster
ReplyDeleteBale Jacobson Salcido
Van Der Vaart Adam Barton Malouda
Obinna Drogba Berbatov
10 players the same. I might bring in silva and boateng to replace barton and jacobson.
Green
ReplyDeleteBale Salcido Da Costa
Adam Ben Arfa Van der Vaart Gerrard J. Cole
Torres Odemwingie
Brought in Ferdinand/Nani/Tevez for DaCosta/Gerrard/Torres
Foster
ReplyDeleteBale V. Kompany Salcido
Van Der Vaart Adam Barton Malouda
Berbatov F. Piquionne A. Carroll
I hope 100 point :D
@AM hold on to the discounts, i've dropped all of mine but surely their prices won't ever come down, Adam and Barton will never fall to 7 again and would be around 10 in no time.
ReplyDeleteHey AM, we share 10 players. Be afraid, very afraid...
ReplyDeleteFoster
Bale Jacobson Salcido
Van Der Vaart Adam Yaya Malouda
Obinna Drogba Odemwingie
Two decisions I made last week backfired badly (short version: I traded 3 goals for 1 RC). Hopefully fortune will smile upon me this time.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI have 7 same players as AM Manager:
Foster
Bale/Jacobson/Salcido
Van Der Vaart/Brunt/Kuyt/Gerrard/YayaToure
Obinna/Odemwingie
BD 7 new players:
Foster -> Krul
Jacobson -> Vidic
Brunt -> Etuhu
Kuyt -> Barton
Gerrard -> Nani
YayaToure -> Chamakh
Odemwingie -> Berbatov
Berbatov on the bench today. Fergie must be losing his mind. Thank god I got rid of him.
ReplyDeleteManU upfront : Macheda and Owen..no Berba..hehe
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping for an early substitute for Berbs
ReplyDeleteAfter trying to get Owen into my team, I was persuaded out of it. Also swapped Alcaraz (CS) out for Jacobsen. I hope I don't regret it.
ReplyDeleteHart
Bale Coleman Jacobsen Saicido
Adam VdV Nani Gerrard
Odenwingie Kalinic
Sold Malouda, Chamakh and Nasri on great discounts. If there is a week where everything can massively backfire on me, it might be this one.
burst pipe at sunderland :))
ReplyDeleteDropping Berbs at the last minute seems to have been a good move! But I have a feeling he'll be on in the second half, considering that Man U were completely ineffective so far.
ReplyDeleteKwyjibo: Why is dropping Berbs at the last minute "a good move"?
ReplyDeletewoah that was fast, Wigan v Wolves poinst are updated already
ReplyDelete--neoncoffee
@Anon - Because he wasn't playing, and at 13+ that's a lot of money to pay for a zero score. Of course, he's playing now...
ReplyDeleteI'll probably pick him up on the BD for the favorable match-ups they have coming up.
Boo Foster again!
ReplyDeleteOdemwingie and Brunt seem to have had active games - BBC text commentary - VdV scored but loads of peeps had him so not much gained. Only 2 clean sheets with 12 to go in the United game. Still holding out for Berba to score the winner.
@kwyjibo - that's a cracking name!
Forster>Kirkland and i'm happy i did that.
ReplyDeleteEbi.
@Birty - Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI'm assuming you know where it's from...:)
wow i remembered when i pick VdV for
ReplyDeletethe 1st time at 5.XX,
and now his price goes up to 12.26.
definitely don't wanna get rid of him :)
pick up 70 points so far.
kompany,skrtel,c.adam,and drogba to go.
59.5 pts w/ Drogba, Malouda, Mierales to go. Hoping for a decent return around 35-40 pts from these 3.
ReplyDeleteCurrent BD Team:
Krul,
Bale, Salcido, Squillaci, Boateng,
Malouda, Nani, Mierales, VDV
Drogba, Chamakh
Just to let everyone know that the Blog team this week was as follows...
ReplyDeleteFoster / Jacobsen, Salcido, Bale / Nani, Van der Vaart, Meireles, Silva / Odemwingie, Berbatov, Obinna
61.5 points with kompany, adam, gerrard, merrieles and tevez to go. Fingers crossed on hitting 100 this week.
ReplyDeletebengoh91
Week 7 Team
ReplyDeleteKirk
Bale, Salcido, Kompany
FloMal, Adam, VDV, Brunt, Pennant
Odem, Torres
(73.5 so far with Kompany, Malouda, Adam and Torres to go)
And here's how my early set-up is looking:
Krul
Bale, Salcido, Boateng
Malouda, Adam, VDV, Nani, Arshavin
Carroll, Chamakh
What do you guys think? I haven't hit save yet...
Was thinking of possibly going with Berbatov, or Tevez... but that midfield looks pretty sexy right now.
I'm slightly hesitant to drop Brunt since he's been doing so well the last few weeks. Pennant seems to be performing as well.
Chamakh has disappointed us all a few times already so I'm not sure about him either.
Foster become nightmare again :)). VdV was so outstanding :x.
ReplyDeleteNext week is for MANU team.
RD,
Current team
ReplyDeleteRobinson
Bale Carr Boateng
Malouda Nani Adam VDV Silva
Berbatov Odemwingie
Last minute swop out Albrighton for Silva so he better do good.
BD Team:
Krul
Bale Boateng O'Shea
Malouda Adam VDV Nani Silva
Berbatov Obinna
Not much changes except for Krul(home to Wigan) in for Robinson, O'Shea(home to West Brom) for Carr and Obinna(against free-falling Wolves) for Odemwingie.
My midfield is pretty stuck right now as I'm reluctant to drop Malouda, Adam, VDV and Nani
What to do about BFGB?
ReplyDeleteWe have two weeks to get it sorted.
Points since the start of the season are:
18.5/33.5/11/9/15.5/5/8.5.
VDV played in last 4 with Bale averaging 38 points in 4 games = 9.5.
Personally, 57 points so far with Stevie G, Joe Cole, Charlie A and FloMo to come - so not too bad.
Concerned about a Drogba goal fest so have BD'd him by taking out the L'Pool players.
Should Bale go?
for next week do i go with bale/odemwingie, or boateng/tevez?
ReplyDeleteLiverpool vs Blackpool, upset of the week, 0-1 already. Ebi
ReplyDeleteI think Coleman had a good week, outscored Bale and is playing at RM too. My defence is currently:
ReplyDeleteBale Salcido Coleman Boateng
Piquionne or chamack for next week??
ReplyDeleteWhy Chamakh, with all the options available?
ReplyDeleteBoateng is currently at 4.xx. Should I drop Kompany for him?
ReplyDelete@Dave i've done that already.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that Yahoo are actually listening to all the complaints...the updates this weekend were FAST! It left almost no BD time. Of course, the positions haven't been updated yet.
ReplyDeleteI finally broke 100 again...barring another post-weekend adjustment. 106! Now I can go into the break happy.
Malouda didn't score well again...maybe it's time for a replacement?
Ok, now the positions are updated. Up almost 1000 for the week at 1613.
ReplyDeleteBut, 3 AM.Blog tags in the top 10! Congrats!
Kirkland
ReplyDeleteKompany Alcarez Jara
Nani C.Adam N'zogbia Vdv
Drogba Odem Obinna
113 points
i'm happy about all the choices i made and didn't make.
I noticed the big winners this week didn't have Nani Malouda or Arshavin, all their midfielders were 7ish, and they put their weight in Keeper, solid defence and one good striker.
ReplyDeletepretty poor this week. went big on liverpool- talk about backing the wrong horse! reina lets in 2 & gets YC- bastard !!!!!! . yet another negative from him. torres off early injured. gerrard can't even get a sot. thankfully adam got some of the gains. berba was on bench , then rubbish o sot's !. brunt did well . as did alcaraz. & i didn't have drog's or VDV . :(( .
ReplyDeleteoh well- at least malouda didn't punish me too bad,.. as i didn't buy him back.
next week looks easier fixtures to call. definitely going with kirkland. i guess A.M. might do that too after yet another g/k nightmare ! next best would be Ars g/k but you can't be sure who it'll be .
S.P.
@kwyjibo: the best time to drop Malouda was last week before Man City or before this week. If you have him at a discount, I would hold onto him unless you hear something before next game.
ReplyDelete108.5 pts, moving me back up to 139th overall. Selling malouda and nasri seems to be a good choice, but should have opted for Kuyt instead of Gerrard to invest on better striker than Kalinic. Otherwise I'm happy.
Hart
Bale Coleman Boateng Koscielny
Adam VdV A. Johnson J.Cole
Elmander Drogba
Obviously either Boateng or Hart will go depending on if Boateng plays, but I'll bring in an Arsenal player once I know who survived or recovered through the International week.
Week 7 : 93 points , not too bad
ReplyDeleteHere comes my Week 8 :
Krul
O`Shea Kompany Alcaraz
Malouda Barton Adam VDV Albrighton
Drogba Chamakh
Your advise ?
Omg, dont know what to do for my week 8 team!
ReplyDeleteShould I do this:
Drogba -> Berba
Bale -> VDV
Emerton -> Dempsey
Or should I do nothing??
@Anon 9:04pm - Bale -> VDV may be a good choice, although the price difference is no longer as big as before.
ReplyDeleteWell, I had 2 hunches that worked out this weekend.
The first was going for Jussi instead of Foster. I'm surprised more people didn't go for Jussi, considering he was doing so well before his suspension.
The second hunch was dropping Berbs. It allowed me to bring in Obinna and Kompany, who didn't do great, but still better than Berbs' 0. Plus, his value dropped, so I was able to buy him back at a loss of only .55.
Currently:
Jussi
Jacobsen-Mancienne-Boateng
FloMa-Adam-VDV-Scholes
Drogba-Odem-Berbs
A few too many fillers, perhaps, but two weeks now to think about what to do.
Adam and VDV are the steals of the season so far, both averaging FAR above their value if you got them for cheap early on.
it's past BD time and also there is international break week ahead.. so i think it's best to do nothing and wait after int. matches in cases of the injury, before dropping the disc player..
ReplyDeleteBosingwa slated to return Oct. 16
ReplyDeleteJust saying....
Week 8 will be my crazy decision. But still wait for Int matches and suggestion from AM and others.
ReplyDeleteRD,
Horrible Horrible week for me...
ReplyDeleteBerbs out, Torres limped out..my frontline practically returned w 0. Nasri's ineffective and Ben Afa another blow :(...sigh my only saving grace was VDV and also super relieve that this wasnt a blog cup week
International break coming up...so it's obviously too early to commit any team changes. But for some preliminary work, can Fabianski be expected to start again, against Birmingham, in the next gameweek? Or will Almunia be back between sticks?
ReplyDeleteAnd dropping Kompany for a half-priced Boateng...risky, yeah?
How do you guys see Tevez for next week?
-Bombay Blues
my oh my.am i glad to drop malouda and keep drogba.
ReplyDelete119pts overall.
c.adam and VdV totally my season keeper.
unless they're injured or something.
for week 8 probably i'll wait until the int matches over.