Walker Kolarov Bridge
Nani Adam VDV Bentley
Dzeko RvP Rooney
What do Jeremy, Neal & myself always tell you? NO LAST MINUTE CHANGES. And what did I do at 11:55am this morning? Made four changes of course.
S.Caldwell, Kelly, Lampard & Keane were traded to Walker, Bridge, Bentley & Dzeko.
It's the first time I've done it this season, but I decided my defence was just far too weak & Lampard was eating up £13m with a tough game against Liverpool. With a double week next week (more on that in a minute) I was unlikely to hang on to him anyway, so upgrading my defence made sense & Bentley is still a good pick. After making those 3 changes I had enough to go back from Keane to Dzeko and decided that was smart seeing as City had one of the stand-out fixtures this week. Will these moves pay-off or backfire? We'll have to wait and see!
Now a quick word on Week 27, and as we can see from the team page it's a big one...
Week 27 (deadline: Sat 12 Feb 12:00 GMT, for games Feb 12 to Feb 25)
But please note that the fixtures on Yahoo's page are WRONG. These are the fixtures included...
Saturday, 12 February 2011
Man Utd v Man City, 12:45
Arsenal v Wolverhampton, 15:00
Birmingham v Stoke, 15:00
Blackburn v Newcastle, 15:00
Blackpool v Aston Villa, 15:00
Liverpool v Wigan, 15:00
West Brom v West Ham, 15:00
Sunderland v Tottenham, 17:30
Sunday, 13 February 2011
Bolton v Everton, 16:00
Monday, 14 February 2011
Fulham v Chelsea, 20:00
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Birmingham v Newcastle, 19:45
Sunday, 20 February 2011
West Brom v Wolverhampton, 12:00
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Arsenal v Stoke, 19:45
Blackpool v Tottenham, 20:00
So that means double games for Birmingham, Newcastle, West Brom, Wolves, Arsenal, Stoke, Blackpool & Spurs.
Birmingham do NOT have a triple week, despite what Yahoo have listed. I have checked BBC Sport & The Official Premier League site to confirm the correct fixtures & the Everton game has been moved to 9th March.
Arsenal, Birmingham, Blackpool & West Brom have TWO home fixtures, so you'll want players from these teams, but remember that there are FA Cup & Champions League games in between the two sets of matches, so players will be at risk of being rested....something to think about.
I'll leave it there! What did you end up with? What do you think of my trades? Who's coming in for the double?
Good luck!
Cheers,
AM
first ahahahaahahah
ReplyDeleteAM - unless I'm missing something I always see this on the fixture list for next week:
ReplyDeleteWed, Feb 23 Everton v Birmingham
So it would actually be a *triple* week for Birmingham.
Thu, Feb 24 Everton v Birmingham
ReplyDeleteis birmingham having triple games? AM.
I made last minute changes too :)
ReplyDeleteSzczesny
Koscielny, Bidgr, Caldwell
Adam, Lampard, Bentley, Arshavin
RvP, Rooney, Bent
Please read the post, there is NO triple for Birmingham!
ReplyDeleteEverton-Birmingham is NOT on Feb. 24, as AM mentioned. It's been rescheduled for March 9. Check the Everton site, EPL site, etc.
ReplyDeleteSo, for the double week, lots of good looking picks - enough to make me dump almost all my discounts (ie: Nani, Tevez, etc). So, looking at this:
Kola, Bale,
VDV, Adam, Bentley, Brunt, Fab
Odem, Defoe
Though Barton, Etherington, and Oba Martins could be interesting too....
My team for week 26
ReplyDeleteSzczesny
Kolarov Bridge Coleman
VDV Adam Nani Bentley
RVP Dzeko Keane
Next week's DGs are interesting. Some discounts will be lost for me. Lots to think about as usual. Good luck everyone!
bengoh91
some people have the cheek to comment without reading first lol
ReplyDeleteRemember that there are FA Cup & Champions League games in between the two sets of matches, so players will be at risk of being rested....something to think about.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nik, you're the best. I was loading up on Everton and birmingham
ReplyDeleteWednesday 23rd February 2011
ReplyDeleteBarclays Premier League
Everton v Birmingham 20.00
Postponed - now being played Wed, Mar 9
I like the changes Nik, Lampard was a one-off last week surely and Bentley could be a season keeper...
ReplyDeleteI guess your problem this week will be whether to drop Nani/Rooney at discount or just to go with the DG week...
When there are big DGs we all know that they pay off, so personally I am 99% likely to be dropping Nani (don't have Rooney) and going with the DGamers. Currently, I think my only keeper will be Kolarov (4.x just too good to drop)
Currently very similar to AM team with a Midfield most people have!
Howard
Kolarov Bridge Figeroa
Nani Adam Bentley VDV Fabregas
RVP Keane
With the DG in mind have switched to
Chesney
Kolarov (Bridge) Squirrel
Adam Bentley VDV Fabregas (Nani)
RVP Carew (1.97 and just scored so will go up!!)
Bridge and Nani I will change after I see what happens to them this weekend...
Szczesny
ReplyDeleteBos Evra Kos
Adam Van der Vaart Fabregas Silva
R. van Persie Dzeko Rooney
can we have another week of "birmingham have a triple week" like we had "torres is banned for 5 YC" a few weeks ago, that was hilarious...
ReplyDeletedon't bite the bait Nik ;-)
Foster,
ReplyDeleteBardsley, Coleman, Rafael
adam, nani, fellani, albrighton
gyan, odem, rooney
having the fixtures wrong makes it tough to plan but for next week my 4 changes are
Coleman & Rafael to Jara & Djourou (maybe R-Jo)
Fellani & albrighton to Brunt & Gardner
Will these moves pay-off or backfire?
ReplyDeletedzeko not starting!
yep, not a great start!
ReplyDeleteno Dzeko ahahahhahaha Nik AHAHA
ReplyDeleteOh..I forgot I dumped Carew/Hart for Dzeko/Howard in the very last mitnute...
-ryan
Actually birmingham are listed as having a triple week! Prove me wrong its in the list!
ReplyDeleteBirmingham have 3 games but they will not be strong because they have Torres suspended with too many yellows .....
ReplyDeleteI have both Rooney and Nani on ~4 discount each. Should I ditch them for DGer next week? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
ReplyDeletetaking the advice of you guys, dumping old plan (building as much value as possible) for new plan (aside obvious value holds, pick matchups) here's the barn door squad for week 27:
ReplyDeletefoster (@5.2)
kolarov (@5.3) - olsson (WBA) - djourou
VdV (@5.5) - nani (@15.2) - fabregas - bentley
van persie (@9.3) - sturridge (@2.8) - odemwingie
thinking even about chucking nani for adam...
stunning to see dzeko on the bench and *kolarov* playing as attacker!! mancini serious about their defensive problems, apparently....
So pissed right now. I had Tevez and Huth but decided to reshuffle my team to Rooney, Walker and Young instead. 5 Goals right there. I only hope Rooney scores a brace to make up for it.
ReplyDelete"Birmingham do NOT have a triple week, despite what Yahoo have listed. I have checked BBC Sport & The Official Premier League site to confirm the correct fixtures & the Everton game has been moved to 9th March."
ReplyDeleteconfirmed here:
http://www.premierleague.com/page/FixturesResults
no doubt, Yahoo made another mistake
gosh...4 goals from Saha...3 for Tevez..
ReplyDeleteDrA
Anyone know why VDV was replaced at half-time?
ReplyDeleteMotty
38 goals so far!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately I only have 3 of them...expecting a drop...
Some crazy games, though, so many goals in just a few minutes.
@ Anonymous 4:08 PM, February 05, 2011
ReplyDeleteTalk about sour grapes! The guy sounds like he needs to be on suicide watch....
Talking of last minute changes, I persuaded myself to drop Carew from my team at around 11.40am - thought he was too much of risk of a negative score. Only 21 points missed as a result...
ReplyDeletePhilip Dood Really Suxxxxx.... Does he have eye????
ReplyDeletetim howard - absol joke. blackpool had 3 shots, and he lets the lot in. not a single save !
ReplyDeleteS.P.
who the hell is abdul razak??
ReplyDelete@ Anon 4:08:
ReplyDeleteYou don't need to barndoor week in week out to be successful. My time difference makes it difficult to buy/sell players when games are often going on, so I may miss it. I also realized that I end up keeping only ~30% of the players I have BDed. I am currently in the top 100, and I can attest that what is holding me back from a top 10 position is whether I am picking option A, B, or C. For example, if I kept the lineup I had sometime last night, my team would have scored 10 goals this week. Instead now I have 6 goals + Rooney left.
yeah having RvP at 9 and nani at 15 each scoring 20 pts a week doesn't help at allll
ReplyDelete/sarcasm
and as I say that my rival for first place scores with nani and I lose my cs with vidic in a nice 8 minute window. lose about 50 more pts between not having nani or rvp.
ReplyDeleteWow! Although my team (Raf, Nani, Rooney) may have taken a big hit I am covered in goosebumps from that game.
ReplyDeleteCONGRATULATION WOLVES!!!!
Well done wolves...finally!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's quite great as i had only nani in my team n he scored...great week 4 me as i had saha n RVP...hoping a '150 points' week :)
Thanks AM
p/s : seems like your GK jinx still haunting you :)
140 points with Reina and Bridge left, I'm now in 368th place, nice :-)
ReplyDeleteOh and Shrewsbury won away today, a great day all round...
I'm in the top 20 now !! Woohoo !!
ReplyDelete94.5 with 4 left, still climbing up the table, now 1460 and 34/100 in AM Blog Group 1. After my disaster start I feel good, been going up 100 or so places a week. Dunno if there is time to get back to the top 100. I hate double weeks, too many deep discounts now on season keepers-VDV, Kolarov @ 4.4 Charile Adam, Van Persie @9.33 thank god he has a double.
ReplyDeleteOnly thing for certain is I've given up on Rooney, time to throw him under the bus. Problem is at 14.3 who the hell to put in his place. I just dropped Dzecko and BD'ed Suarez, see how tomorrow turns out. Its really the only spot in my line that I haven't figured out yet.
chris m
velvet underground allstars (rising from the dead) maybe I'll change the name to the Velvet Underground Vampires, be au currant and all that.
What a crazy week! Arsenal defensive crisis has finally shown through, and give credit to Newcastle who never stopped fighting and totally deserved the draw. There were 8 PK's given as well, amazing. Congrats to Wolves on their massive win over not so invicible Utd. If Liverpool can some how over come Chelsea that would cap a fantastic week.
ReplyDelete110.5pts with Reina, Bridge, Lampard, Bentley to go.
Current BD Team:
Szczeney,
Bale, Shawcross, Kolarov,
Barton, Pennant, VDV, Adam, Bentley,
RvP, Odemwinngie
I quite like the look of this team, but the biggest question is Bale, who is in training but with AC Milan on the schedule, you have to think he'll be rested at some point. Otherwise my midfield has a set piece taker from each strong Double Game side, and my 2 forwards have the most favorable match ups on paper.
I am looking forward to tomorrow!
Guys, does Man U have a double in Week 28 like they do on FPL. Just want to confirm or deny this before I pull the trigger on dropping Nani this week
ReplyDeleteyes manu have a dg but they play chelsea
ReplyDeleteVDV is injured and will miss the game against sunderland.
ReplyDelete86pts, no player left terrible.
ReplyDeleteBd team
Szszceny
Kolarov jara 4.25
Nana vdv cesc walcott bentley
VanPersie odemwingiev
Of all the mistakes I made, dropping Adam was the most painful.o
ReplyDeleteMorning AM-ers!
ReplyDeleteDecent week for me till now with 96.5 pts with Reina,Kelly and Bentley to go. I made one last minute change and I went from Adam to Silva and it didn't bacfire that much but I regret losing good discount on Adam for the DG week.
I'm adding a lot of DGers for next week. Currently on:
Sczezny,
Kolarov,Baptiste,Sagna
Bentley,Walcott,VdV,Brunt
Berbs,Van Persie,Carew
I moved + 8 places and I'm on 396th place...
Wish you good luck today and clean sheet for Liverpool :)
I had
ReplyDeleteHoward
Kolarov Bridge Coleman
VDV Adam Young Silva
RVP Carew Tevez
I think I'm doing ok with 131.5 pts and Bridge remaining. I took Tevez and Silva over Dzeko/Nani which wasn't a bad idea. But the switch from Walker, Richardson to Coleman, Young was bad. if only I kept Richardon and walker, and use the reamining funds to get Hart, I would be so much happier this week!
Dimateo has been sacked.
ReplyDeleteI'm predicting Martin O'Neill, you heard it here first.
Now, WBA line up will be unpredictable.
ReplyDeleteCurrent BD Team:
ReplyDeleteReina
Kelly / Huth / Walker
VDV / Adam / Bentley / Barton / Meireles
RVP / Carew
7 DG's and 10.5m left to spend...!!!
Any suggestions for the spare money left over to improve that team ?
Wow Reina is a clean sheet machine now. I was so ready to ditch Reina for Sczczney for the dg week but I think a single match of Reina with a great matchup is the way to go. Plus, Arsenal are off Week 28 so I would have to just sell him anyways and then I wouldnt have my huge Reina discount.
ReplyDeleteThoughts on this anyone.
Thanks, jroll
My last minute change was Reina out despite having a huge discount Sczezney in cos obviously Arsenal would keep a clean sheet against Carrollless Newcastle and Liverpool would get hammered by Torres and Chelsea.
ReplyDeleteGroan.
I didn't know I could post on this site! When it first started my puter wouldn't allow me too! I have been suffering in silence for sooo long. Get ready for tons of irritating questions!
ReplyDeleteLong time reader.
-ToeKicker
Currently sitting on:
ReplyDeleteFoster
Carr -- Walker -- Olsson
VDV -- Bentley -- Adam -- Barton
RvP -- Odem -- Carew
Still have 5.6 left which is great but I hate leaving this much on the table at the deadline.
Anyone feel like giving useful advice for upgrade?
-ToeKicker
last minute change was adam to cahill who was benched....lost out on 15pts.
ReplyDeleteweek 27 double gamers... thinking of the following-
szczesny
Kompany / bardsley / carr
VDV / Adam / Bentley / fabregas
odemwingie / defoe / Carew
9 dgers any advice??
Toekicker - restrain yourself if possible. Please don't ask who K2 is. Although, he is gone thankfully.
ReplyDeleteYo gman26, No problem! Been reading this and N&J's blog 4-eva. I aleady know what the BD is and who FBFDB, FBFAR, FBFAY and BFFL are.
ReplyDeleteI'm just worried about Torres being suspended and how to deal with Birmingham having three games this upcoming week. J/K.
Mahalo
- ToeKicker
Ha ha...first dick Anon response! Now I truly feel a part of this blog! Thanks.
ReplyDelete-ToeKicker
Anyone know if Beckham will start for ManU this week?
ReplyDeleteSame time Torres starts for Chelsea ! :)
ReplyDelete17. West Brom
ReplyDelete18. Wigan
19. Wolves
20. West Ham
Wow, not a good year to be a team starting with the letter 'W'...
pennant taking FK now for stoke? not etherington?
ReplyDeletexx
LOL. saw Beckham on the Chelsea vs Liv game last nite. I was enjoying the match until he appeared on the tv and made me say "WTF, Beckham?!?!"
ReplyDeleteThe least person you'll expect to see there! lol.
Cheers,
DarkZero
no points yet boring! I regret selling reina for szczesny in preparation for the DG week already!
ReplyDeletewow...currently on 101 pts with kelly, meireles & bentley points yet to update. dropped reina with great discount for zzny, i'm more regret now after i dropped meireles with great discount for pennant only for meireles to score the winning goal. now i would look stupid for getting him back at 11+.
ReplyDeleteWhen YFF update our point? what takes it so long
ReplyDelete86.5pts with Reina, Kelly, Meireles & Bentley pts still to be added. A good week :)
ReplyDeleteAloha Toekicker.
ReplyDeleteSczeny
ReplyDeleteKos/ Squill/ Carr
VdV/ Fab4/ Brunt/ ?
RvP/ Martins/ ?
I'm keen to get at least one Away team double gamer in to my squad i.e. Tottenham or Stoke really - teams that are more likely to score away from home.
I've narrowed it down to
Vela/ (Pienaar or Pennant)
OR
K. Jones/ Wilshere
Any opinions?
@Martin
ReplyDeleteFrom the two options you listed I'd go with Vela/Pennant. Only because Pennant is taking set pieces for Stoke.
My current team is
Szczeny
Kolarov/Ridgewell/Koscielny
VdV/Bentley/Adam/Walcott/Barton
RvP/Carew
Right now I need to decide whether or not to dump Walcott or VdV and get Meireles before he becomes too expensive. Although he doesn't have DG Pool v Wigan is a very tempting fixture.
I've also invested a lot of points in defence, which I may change depending on how I feel about Carew at the end of the week. Other options would be Jiranek and Shawcross.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Points from Sunday are in
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely Fabregas - 104.5 points, current total 2,234.5, current position 2,278 (+84)
currently on
Szzz; Kola, Kos, R Johnson; Adam, Bentley, VdV, Walcott; RvP, Zigic, Odem with 1.5 in the bank
waiting on news about VdV, and obviously the midweek internationals are going to cause chaos, but i for one am glad that RvP has got man flu and has pulled out of the Holland game. Fabregas also out of Spain squad, so he might be worth a look for the double week ...
157 points, currently 353rd place....
ReplyDeleteAlso now have over a 100 point lead in my private league.
Delighted!
Heard any news on VDV? haha. I am more or less settled with my team except VDV, if he's injured, I might drop him off.
ReplyDeleteDecent week for me, 119 points in overall. Seems like keeping reina was a good choice.
Cheers,
DarkZero
105.5 pts with two players not playing (Suazo and Cahill.) lame
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