We all thought Nani was out with a groin injury after Ferguson told us so on Tuesday night, then Nani himself revealed yesterday that he might have chance for the Wolves game. However, news today from the Manchester United Press Conference has confirmed Nani is definitely out and could even be a doubt for the Manchester derby. I'm leaning towards dropping him because...
...I'm definitely keeping Van Der Vaart, even though he is is out (update from Redknapp press conference) of the Bolton game because of his hamstring injury. I'm prepared to take a zero for him at a cost of £6m, but not Nani as well. Hopefully VDV will be fit for the midweek game. Aaron Lennon also doubtful for tomorrow.
Malouda is fit for Chelsea at Liverpool, meaning Kalou may have to settle for a place on the bench. Lampard is still out and Essien is doubtful.
Guaranteed starters according to Fantasy Football Scout are Cech, Ivanovic, Alex, Terry, Cole, Mikel, Zhirkov, Anelka, Drogba...with Ancelotti to decide between Malouda/Kalou and Essien/Ramires for the final 2 spots. Great news for Zhirkov owners...I'm obviously dropping Bosingwa,
Benjani has recovered from his knock and is training again, so is almost certain to face Wigan and he's an absolutely bargain at under £4m.
John Carew joins Emile Heskey on the sidelines for a few weeks - who plays upfront for Villa now?
That's all we have at the moment, but I'll keep updating this post as the day goes on, so please keep checking back.
How's your team shaping up? Are you dropping Nani, and if so, what discount will you be losing?
Cheers,
AM
Mame Diouf was great against Chelsea. Do you think he 'll do well this weekend with or without Benjani in the starting lineup?
ReplyDeleteMy team so far is: FlappyHandski/ Bale, Squillaci, Boateng / Adam, Fabregas, Nasri, T.Cahill / Chamakh, Adebayor, Benjani.
ReplyDeleteI'm not really sure though. Can anyone help by telling me his/her opinion?
Cant afford to take a 0 for VDV - I often have money left over so will drop him for 1 week.
ReplyDeleteMalouda will defo be dropped for Adam probably - already got Barton and Fabregas so dont know who else to stick in?
Forwards, leaning towards Chicharito but might stick Benjani in Dembele's place? Decisions decisions :-)
Good shout AM btw YIDS!!!!
hi guys..need help on a dilemma..walcott/dembele or fabregas/gyan??
ReplyDeleteFabs/Gyan def
ReplyDeleteI for one will be rolling the dice on Stevie G this weekend.
do u think VDV will be back for the midweek game?
ReplyDeleteI would definitely not sell VDV, if we had no midweek games.
ReplyDeleteBut as @1.35 says, will he still not be ready for tuesday?
If that is the case, two games is a lot to miss for a discount of 3.6m?
As for me, I'm not thinking of dropping Nani because that would mean losing a discount of £6.5m and I'm not ready/stupid to do that. I also have VdV at £6m so I'm gonna keep him as well, and if this wasn't trouble enough I also have Fabregas whom I really want to keep but, under these circumstances, if there is only 1% doubt I will have no choice left but to drop him (does anyone here have Arsene Wengers phone number?).
ReplyDeleteAnyhow, I'm confident that in the long run this is the best decision. RIGHT?????
With the Villa 'forwards crisis' do you think Stewarty Downing will be where the goals will come from. Or should I opt for an opposite number such as Clint Dempsey?
ReplyDeleteNo Van der Vaart no Nani, already a bad week even before it's started.
ReplyDeleteNo VdV no Nani No Problem. Theres other players to be picked up for a way lower price and are expected to do the same damage as those two.
ReplyDeleteAlso,
ReplyDeleteAlex/ Hernandez
OR
Squillaci/ Berbatov
?
I would go for Alex/Hernandez..
ReplyDeleteBerbz performance isnt the greatest lately and Squillaci doesnt go all out
@stevie g - looks like the same choice i have that!
ReplyDeletei have spare money so i could drop VDV @ 6 and still get him back easily but if i drop him - will i buy him back? there's loads of choices for players at 7-10.
anyone watching FC United tonight? I'll be the one in red signing as loud as i can.
After losing discounts on Bale, Malouda and Drogba, i'm leaning towards taking the zero on VdV and Nani even for 2 weeks.
ReplyDeleteim hanging on to nani..
ReplyDeleteMade wrong decision to drop adam and lose the discount. Can afford to lose any discount any more as the price for good player keep increasing.
ReplyDeletecheers guys!
ReplyDeletealso does anyone think dropping Fabianski --> Robinson is worth it to fit Salcido into my team? With Villa looking toothless atm, Salcido could very well score big points again with a potential clean sheet/SOT/assist..
I have Fabianski at 9.77 so not that big a discount..and i'll be getting Salcido at full price too.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
TGIF, lads...crazy fantasy Friday surely ahead of us!
ReplyDeleteNani definitely goes. VDV definitely stays. Here is the rationale. Those two players are relatively speaking equal in terms of fantasy production...but VDV is much, much, much more valuable to your YFF side overall because of his cheap price. Not only does he give you production but he also has a carry-over effect throughout the rest of your line-up, allowing you to afford other higher priced players. The same can't be said for Nani (great player but bloody expensive) and so it is easier to drop him.
My biggest quandary is whether to pick Baines or Arteta this week. Interestingly, if you analyze their stats the two essentially give you the same production (more or less same CW, FW and PI...Arteta with more SC but Baines with more TW...Arteta scores more but Baines has the CS potential). Very tough call for me...love the idea of having both Arteta and Fabregas in my MF but, following the numbers, going with Baines might make more sense.
My other issue/concern is how much Larsson's production is going to be curtailed by Gardner's return.
Definitely playing Chicharito and Gyan up front (Gyan and Zigic = super value this week)...trying to decide whether or not I play not-so-super Mario as well.
the fog is clearing ! .thankfully as these injuries have killed my orig team , holding nani, vdv, bosingwa & fabregas. selling nani even with 3 disc. selling vdv at 9 ( not at 6 ) so virt no disc. sold bosingwa too- that hurt a bit even though i've only got 1'ish disc ,but maybe he isn't a true season keeper is C.A's gonna keep rotating ivanovic around. will give walcott a try. not certain to start but he looks in very lively form.
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I'm a little bit confused with all these injury news (VDV, Nani, Lamps and rest out; Malouda and many other doubts). Or wait i'm really confused. I dont really know what this week will be for fantasy manager but i predict big swings.
ReplyDeleteMy current team (nearly accepted):
Fabianski (Fab21)
Bale, Ferdinand, Ridgewell
Adam, Silva, Nasri, Brunt
Hernandez, Chamakh, Dembele
any score over 90 will be big success :)
GL
i have a bad feeling also with all the uncertainties..damn it..
ReplyDeleteberbatov or torres?
ReplyDeleteTaking a major (read: stupid?) risk this week and dropping both Nani and VdV at discount. I have usually had cash left over, and the VdV discount wasn't enough to convince me he was worth the zero. I figure it's a risk-takers game, and I felt like taking a risk. Anyway, here's my team:
ReplyDeleteFoster
Bale, Coleman, Zhirkov, PJones
Nasri, Silva, Fabregas
Gyan, Zigic, Hernandez
Hopefully my risk pays off. Good luck everybody!
Some weeks I'd like a few more formations to play around with... how about 2-6-2 or 2-5-3 lol
ReplyDeleteIt seems I dropped all of the doubts except for Fab4 since I watched Wenger's interview and he said that he will have late fitness test on Saturday.
ReplyDeleteCurrent team:
Fabianski
Bale,Zhirkov,Salcido
Park,Silva,Fab4,Adam
Berbs,Chicha,Gyan
Any comments would be appreciated and please help with my decision dilemma how to upgrade my team if I drop Fab4 tomorrow. If i drop him I might opt with Milijas who is due a few SOT tomorrow and upgrade somwhere! Decisions decisions
Team name: DIMITAR BERBATOV FC [AM.Blog]
Wish you all good luck and THANK YOU AM!
From what i gathered the only doubt's Essien
ReplyDeleteI can give you 9 men he confirmed
Cech
Ivanovic Alex Cole Terry Mikel
Zhirkov Anelka Drogba
Malouda or Kalou, Essien or Ramires
Ancelloti
will walcott start? please help
ReplyDeleteCARLOS TEVEZ IS BACK!!! anyone can confirmed this?
ReplyDeletehttp://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=839115&sec=england&cc=4716
'ZZZ'
Fabregas, Chamakh, Silva. Pick 2 please, someone?
ReplyDeleteFab & Silva
ReplyDeleteOnly the strong should read past this point!!!
ReplyDeleteHave gutted my team removing not only Nani but V.D.V. and Chamakh all at fair/good discounts.
My crash & burn team for the week...
Cech
Squillaci...Salcido....Zhirkov...R.Johnson
Brunt....Adam....Nasri....Albrighton
Varney.......Hernandez
I need a beer!
What I have so far:
ReplyDeleteFabianski
Zhirkov, Bale, Sagna
nasri Fabregas Silva Walcott
hernandez Chamakah
Questions:
Should I keep Walcott?
Should I keep Chamakah?
Should I keep Fabregas?
Should I possibly look to pick up Park for Man U in the midfield since nani and a few others are a no show for United this weekend?
Thanks, any help would be great!!
Like many people I've gutted my team this week with 6 changes. Once I decided to drop Drogba and not take zeros for VDV and Nani I had a lot of cash to play around with and I gone with some hunches and, I think for the first time this season, chosen a team that has representativs from 11 different teams.
ReplyDeleteFoster
Bale Salcido Zhirkov
Adam Cleverly Fabregas Silva
Bent Hernandez Benjani
No idea how this is going to work out!!
Fabianski
ReplyDeleteZhirkov / Bale / Salcido / Vidic
VDV / Adam / Barton / Nasri
Chamakh / Hernandez
Have $3 to spare
Thinking of exchanging:
Nasri, Hern, Chamakh or Zhirkov... (I have none at a discount)... thoughts?
i decided not to drop nani because i remember last year lots of ppl droped Drogba because he was out for a month playing in afcon. I know his discount was a lot larger than nani's but still, nani is a week in and week out consistent points gatherer and i feel buying him back for 17.62 is stretching the bank a bit!
ReplyDelete3m discount is tough to lose, but I think Nani will go, and VdV stay. This allows me to bring in Bale, who should get some of his phantom points back with VdV out, right?
ReplyDeleteThis is the lineup I'm thinking of:
Foster
Boateng-Salcido-Bale
Adam-VdV(@6m)-Fab-Arteta
Chicharito-Gyan-Benjani
Cheap up front, hope it pays off. The only question:
Arteta or Walcott?
Walcott probably won't start, but he seems to be playing brilliantly when given the chance. What do people think?
Ok tough week
ReplyDeleteFoster
Bale Boateng Zhirkov Salcido
VDV Adam Arteta Gerrard
Hernandez Benjani
Fernando or drogba????? Or should I stay away all together maybe lean toward bent
ReplyDeleteTeam saved... had a hard time pressing that save button
ReplyDeleteCech
Squillaci Jones Salcido Zhirkov
Silva Gardner Dempsey Adam
Chicharito Gyan
Hope for over 100 pnts. Good luck everyone!
Currently am 172 overall (best ever and mostly thanks to this blog -thank you AM)however it's all about to go Pete Tong due to VDV and Nani - going for spread my risk gamble with...
ReplyDeleteKirky
Zirky Squillaci Bale
Adam Nasri Walcott Downing
Adebayor Berbatov Caroll
Have taken the Kirk hit a couple of times and been happy with it and I'm kind of hoping Caroll gets a consellation hat-trick at the emirates BUT any sensible changes ??
Sputnik (and his mighty warhorses)
walcott obertan and onuoha OR gardner (birmingham) park samba???
ReplyDeletegardner was close on my list !
ReplyDeletewalcott or cahill...please help me!!!!
ReplyDeleteDO we know if VDV is out on Tuesday. How bad is his hamstring?
ReplyDeletei will be taking the zero on both van der vaart and nani. i am hoping to have minimal damage and get to 100 points.
ReplyDeleteJuggernaut here...
ReplyDeleteHere goes everything - dropped malouda VDV bosongwa and silva. Gonna wait and see about malouda tho.
My team this week is:
Fabianski
Boateng Zhirkov Salcido
Adam Nasri T.Cahill Fabregas
Yakubu Benjani Hernandez
Could be great but could so easily go horribly wrong :(
robinson
ReplyDeleteboateng/zhirkov/salcido/bale
vdv/fabregas/c.adam
dembele/hernandez/d.bent
could this line-up BREAK 100 pts? pls comment.
fabianski
ReplyDeleteBale/Salcido/Hutton
VDV/Nasri/Silva/Walcott
Hernandez/Tevez/Amoebi
I saw someone dropped Silva. Why? I don't see any injury information on him.
I'm holding VDV for 0.9 disc so not so painfull to let him go. I got Nani for 14+ but i think not worth to hold him for two games of zero.
ReplyDeletemy current team:
Fabianski
Salcido/Squilac/Bale
Fabregas/Milijas/Silva/Adam/Holden
Hernandez/M.B.Diouf
back 3 seems too expensive for me and the forward seems too light. lost adam last week and paying the full price this week T_T.
For those who opt to have VDV and Nani for another 0 two weeks may i know the strategy to compensate the points??those two have been my main point contributor so far.
Hopefully not many surprises this week ^^.
any thought??pls comment.
NaD4123
with all the injury news on villa midfielders and strikers sidwell @3+ seems like an interesting filler.
ReplyDeletePlease comment!!
ReplyDeleteFabianski
Zhirkov, Sagna, Bale, Boateng,
Silva Nasri Wallcot Adam
Hernandez Chamakah
Smart to go with Wallcot and silva?
Guys,
ReplyDeleteTevez is back? Anyone picking him? I feel he is too valuable to be left out by mancini esp after two straight losses.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=839115&sec=england&cc=4716
My team at the moment. Any comments welcome:
Robinson
Boateng Zhirkov Coleman
Silva Fabregas Walcott Cahill
Gyan Hernández Tévez
Mignolet
ReplyDeleteColeman Evra Onuoha
Fabs Nasri Obertan Brunt
Chicarito Bent Chamakh
Any thoughts especially on Brunt West Broom has been great at home and city slumping???????
after a bad point last week, cannot afford anymore to get 0 point from kirk, Nani and VDV...
ReplyDeleteAlready sold Nani, VDV & Kirk...
Already saved my team..
Mignolet (hope to get +ve point)
Bale Boateng Kompany
Malouda Nasri Adam Nolan
Hernandez Bent Carrol
Any advice? Hope to get more than 100 points to keep my place in my group..
-JACK-
Fabianski
ReplyDeleteBale Boateng Zhirkov
Adam VDV Nani Fabregas Albrighton
Chamakh Hernandez
Dropped Bosingwa as I couldnt afford another zero after keeping Nani and VDV.
Any news on Fabregas? Ill swop him for Nasri if he's not fit and possibly upgrade Albrighton.
I went back and forth several times, but finally pushed save on dropping Nani. It's a risk, but I've got the funds to buy him back. And, it allowed me to fit in Bale, who should gets some of his points back now that VdV is out. That should hopefully make up for the VdV zero:
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Boateng-Salcido-Bale
Adam-VdV-Fabs-Brunt-Walcott
Chicharito-Gyan
I sure hope Fabs and Walcott play...I feel uneasy about them...
Picking Bale after back after 6 game wks
ReplyDeleteFabianski
Boateng Salcido Bale
VdV Nani C.Gardner Walcott
Bent Chicarito Balotelli
If i drop Balotelli i have 6.78 and seem to get a suitable replacement
I have a feeling Kevin Davies will score but a yellow could reduce his returns
ReplyDeletebale or walcott??
ReplyDeletewho is more valuable?
guys,coment my team please
ReplyDeletefoster
zhikov,boateng,squillaci
walcott,nasri,gerrard,nani,vdv
heskey and adebayor..
Heskey is out... Drop him as you are already taking 2 zeros from Nani and VDV, and Nasri and Walcott are starting risks too
ReplyDeletefabianski
ReplyDeletebale zhirkov salcido
obertan walcott dempsey gera
hernandez berbatov benjani
1.2 in the bank
any comments to make it better? thx!!
will Mignolet play today?
ReplyDeleteyk
I'm dropping Nani with a 1.7m discount but keeping VDV because I think most other people will take a zero for him too.
ReplyDeleteDebating whether to stick in Berbs, and hope he rediscovers his scoring form, or Hernandez, although Hernandez doesn't score phantom points, he just scores well if he scores a goal.
Maybe I'll avoid altogether and go with a Brum forward or something crazy like that...
Looking forward to the double-but-not-double gameweek(s) though ;o)
anon@ 6:15, Take Bale coz VDV is out so h's back on set pieces, almost guaranteed 15 pts without a goal. Walcott isn't a guaranteed starter.
ReplyDeleteLee (Realronaldo)
nasri/adam/gyan or fabregas/obertan/benjani ?
ReplyDeleteadam/reo-coker or obertan/park ?
ReplyDeleteHad to bring Bale back in, but i'll be taking the zero for VDV.
ReplyDeleteMing
Bale, Boateng, Squill
VDV, Fab4, Cahill, Walcott
Chich, Zigic and Cham.
Any thoughts, worried about Fab4 and Walcott?
Lee Realronaldo
What about Kolarov for City? I see him moving into left back with Richards making way and Boateng at right back.
ReplyDeleteguys,give suggestion forward limit on 4++
ReplyDeleteodemwenger will play?? c'mon lad,help me pls
ReplyDelete@kwyj - don't feel uneasy about Walcott, I've just replaced him with A-Ash and Walcott has a history of scoing high when I drop him!
ReplyDelete@everyone wanting feedback on their team: Its great, go for it!
@everyone deciding between two players, always pick the first one.
I had to drop Nani for a big discount because i was already taking a zero for VdV and couldn't afford another one. Im trying something different in hope of improving my ranking.
ReplyDeleteMy final team:
Schwarzer
Zhirkov-Squillaci-Boateng
VdV-Adam-Fabregas-Obertan
Chicharito-Chamakh-Drogba
Hoping Obertan will start, and if he does he'll want to seize his opportunity given he's already scored in midweek, he'll be trying to keep his good form. Also, I have a feeling it's gonna be Drogba's week. Adam is providing consistent points. If he plays, Fabregas is almost certain to score big against a very inconsistent Newcastle side. Chamakh can get on the end of great spells of passing and might have a few chances at goal. Hernandez is overscoring Berbatov in the past weeks and hopefully he'll continue his superb scoring form. In defence Squillaci might get a clean sheet and might score of get a SOT given his aerial threat. Boateng has played almost in every position for City and he has a possible clean sheet and maybe a few blocked shots. Zhirkov has gotten a few SOT as well as a couple of assists, and might get a clean sheet against a struggling Liverpool side. Schwarzer's great performance last week, has guaranteed him a spot on my team. Van der Vaart is a season keeper and i dont mind getting a zero from him.
That's all for this time.... GL to all
@anon 9:40
ReplyDeleteYou could make your own blog that was a great article.
anyone though about Kolarov?????
ReplyDeletekolarov may be need to settle his place on the bench
ReplyDeleteLast Week Succeded grab 96 points with :
ReplyDeleteChech
Bale-Kompany-Kyrgiakos
Adam-Barton-Vandervart-Nasri-Nani
Hernandez-Carol
This Weesk, i prefer to change Nani for Milidjas, and Carol for Bent
So these are my squad this week :
Chech
Bale-Kompany-Kyrgiakos
Adam-Barton-Vandervart-Nasri-Milidjas
Hernandez-Bent
So how's bout my team guys :D
Laperpool
not wanting to sound daft but should this not be a double week with the mid week games???
ReplyDeleteHi Kendo,
ReplyDeleteTake a look at FL main page and AMs posting.
Not a double but two singles.
Changed my team loads but didn't have lots of discounts with injured players - lost about 7 million.
Hoping Fab plays though
WHAT TO DO YOU THINK OF WALCOTT? STARTS OR WHAT?!
ReplyDeletefoster
ReplyDeleterobo
fabianski
hart
howard
p.jones
sagna
baines
bale
zhirkov
kompany
boateng
gardner
N'zogbia
downing
young
vdv
milijas
walcott
D.silva
fabregas
drogba
gyan
zigic
dembele
berbatov
hernandez
my week11 player pick and could be earn huge points, just imo
good luck
gkinz
foster
ReplyDeleterobo
hart
howard
p.jones
baines
bale
zhirkov
kompany
boateng
gardner
N'zogbia
downing
young
milijas
walcott
drogba
gyan
zigic
dembele
berbatov
hernandez
gkinz
walcott or nasri???
ReplyDeleteI'm not an Arsenal or England fan but i'm hoping for the good of England, the sacrifice is made elsewhere and walcott is giving a deserved start.
ReplyDeleteEbi
Thanks Stato duh wot a plonker I am I've just see AM's earlier post! I thing the mid week choice is better as it gives us more games to play! Possibly abit fairer as well! It will be interesting in the winter when matches get called off!
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