The weekend started badly with Spurs' pathetic capitulation at Bolton, but we weren't alone as the Champions League teams all struggled - Manchester United were very lucky to beat Wolves, Arsenal were awful at home to Newcastle & Chelsea lost to a resurgent Liverpool (and a resurgent Fernando Torres). These unexpected results were the main cause of the very low scoring week, with many people loading up on the big teams and getting poor returns. There were also some "MIAs" as Berbatov, Bent & Drogba all failed to start, or appear at all - ouch.
The good news is we don't have to wait long to put Week 11 out of our thoughts. Week 12 is just around the corner so we'll all have the chance to bounce back - the deadline is tomorrow: Tuesday, 7pm UK Time, so I'll put together a quick player picks post later today (no poll this time). Please keep checking back and remember, it is the 3rd Round of The Blog Cup!
How did you do, who came in on the barndoor and what are you looking at for Week 12?
Cheers,
AM
A big thanks to AM for all his hard work.
ReplyDeleteI luckily did have Park and Gyan.
I also have moved up to 484th. Thats my best position ever.
Fingers crossed i can keep it going.
BD'd Gomes, Torres and Bale.
Not sure what i will end up with yet though, but many thanks AM and to all the bloggers.
I wouldnt be where i am without you guys.
Thanks
LC
1st..
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yeah, luckily had gyan and coleman, so did ok, up to 190 or so. really bad week in general by the look of things though.
ReplyDeletegot torres on the bd, in comes VDV back as well, but we'll see what happens there.
it's been a pretty strange season so far...!
While i was messing around not knowing who to really BD with one eye on the Chelsea match, Yahoo updated the prices. Even dropped Balotelli and lost the discount but got
ReplyDeleteNzogbia, coleman and Hart, dropped fab21
Hart
Boateng Zhirkov Coleman
VdV Nani Nzogbia
Albrighton
Torres Yak Balotelli
4.35 left n i'm ok with this team
gyan and coleman saves me.. while my big spending player sucks, arteta, fab and bale.. end up with 99 points, great for this week i think.. after 2 consecutive bad weeks, finally i turn it around.. moving me back to top 200.. 121 overall!! thanks for the great work AM also the others for the comment and suggestion in the chat room..
ReplyDeleteI thought about Gomez too but in nearly all their matches, Spurs have conceded an early or have conceded first.
ReplyDeleteWhat the hell does it take for Drogba's price to fall... he's scored poorly for the last few weeks, culminating in a pathetic 2.5pnts for the 22 I shelled out for him vs LIV... surely his price should dip more than 1m as a result???
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@OS
ReplyDeleteI think the price is fluctuate depending on the points scored + the percentage (%) of people owning the player.
i believe there's a lot of people still owning drogba including me.
any1 will go for RVP?
ReplyDeleteRVP is very risky..
ReplyDeletehe wont start for a couple more games and there is always the possibility that he will get injured again quickly.. Id stay away until he becomes more settled...(if he is lucky enough)
Yet another low scoring week for all, it seems. With 78 points I moved up 450+ places to an unheard of 501! And, I owe it all to this blog...thanks everyone.
ReplyDeleteHad Gyan, but Foster and Boateng also made back their points.
I BD'd Balloteli, then right after I clicked 'save', he got a red card! Oops! So instead I dropped him and Fabs to BD Torres. Now watch, Fabs wakes up and gets 30 points...
Oh well, good luck everyone in the next round of the Blog Cup!
i've got a bad week too..
ReplyDeleteonly get 44 points, di santo, berbatov and bent not playing @_@
it drag me down about 900 rank to 51++ >_<
this week, i only get caroll and torress in barndoor..
my team right now..
Gomez
Bale, Boateng, Zhirkov
Gerrard, Nasri, Adam, Scholes
Carroll, Torres, Di Santo
while bale still depends on VdV
zhirkov, gerrard, adam, scholes still removable..
while di santo only for make it 11 players :)
FloMal or Arshavin? I'll go with the first answer i get lol.
ReplyDeletethanks AM.. now my rank is 215.. but i;m not depend on this blog only. just do reserch myself.. for week 12,
ReplyDeletegomes
stearman skrtel luke young
gerrard cahill adam fab4
gyan delf carrol
usually 3 players n above will score like week 11- park, gyan , balotelli
ohh.. forgot...
ReplyDeleteMY NAME IS HANN
Fabianski
ReplyDeleteZhirkov / Coleman / Bale
Nasri / Albrighton / Park Ji Sung / Van Der Vaart
Gyan / Tevez / Odemwingie
OR
Fabianski
Zhirkov / Coleman / Coloccini
Nasri / Albrighton / Park Ji Sung / Behrami
Gyan / Tevez / Torres
neither ;)
ReplyDeletemissed obinna on bd...
ReplyDeleteShould I give Drogba + Malouda another game at home to improve? Or should I pick up Odemwinge/Nando/RVP/Theo etc?
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ReplyDeleteI drop VDV and his price has gone up? Less people owed him this week, than last.
Even worse Bosingwa goes up nearly a million, gets 1.5 points, and also less people owned him this week.
I just don't understand Yahoo market values for players.
just want to show i don't hide when things go sour like so many. i had my first bad week, and it was really bad. i had 45 points.
ReplyDeletei knew going into the week that i was going to take two zeros with van der vaart and nani. i decided that since they were part of the reason i was in the top 250, i was going to weather, what i hope is only one week of zeros. i looks like my plan worked out ok, because i just lost 101 spots to 349th. it was so bad i had no players in double digits, 2 with 9 and 2 with 7.
foster
boateng/ squillaci/ zirkov
van der vaart/ nani/ cesc/ nasri/ adam
chamakh/ hernandez
i replaced boateng with onuoha, nasri with elmander/ chamakh with gyan/ hernandez with yakubu.
i was torn between nasri, kalou, milijas, and brunt. none were much better than nasri, which is pitiful. if i would have dropped nani, i would have picked up brunt and he only got 2.5 so in a way i am glad i didn't waste nani's price on 2.5 points.
i talked my son into changing obinna with gyan. obinna had his best game, but gyan had better.
cant wait for this mid week games!! tevez will score hattrick!!
ReplyDeleteI notice a lot of people still have Bosingwa. Is he definitely starting against Fulham. Did he play really well when he came on or something that he has to start tomorrow?
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