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[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: th1207

My starting 11. (most probably. Hopefully Agger can play. Also not sure about Jagielka, but Mertesacker got some bad reviews after playing with the "Deutsche Nationalmannschaft" against 'Paraquay.)

One question about the automatic substitutions btw. What will happen, if one of my strikers will get injured, before or during the game? Will then Shawcross enter the field?

Looking forward to your comments and advices.

If he is injured before the game then he'll be subbed for the first available player who played that week. If he gets injured during a match then no substitution, he'll get the points he's earned up to his leaving the match. So if it's 10 seconds after kick-off then he'll earn one point.


As far as your team goes, I think there's some promise in there. Mertesacker should earn some points, despite Arsenal's reputation to the contrary they were quite good defensively last season. Jagielka is a risk IMO, Martinez (the new Everton manager) has not managed to build any sort of defence with Wigan which culminated in their relegation last season. Picking any Everton defender could be a gamble, which is why I left Baines out of the team. Of course, he could pull it off and I'll be left looking daft.

The only other 'maybe' player is Johnson IMO, he's capable of good games but he runs hot and cold. He just doesn't seem to be able to knuckle down and perform every week.

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

I like what you have been able to do without having van Persie. The back three look particularly strong. I just can't decide what to do with the Dutchman [&:]

RVP is just too much money really, a lot of people pick him and he wills core points. But he costs almost as much as Berbatov and Lambert combined, those two have more points than RVP so he's gone. Leaving RVP out means I get three (hopefully) decent strikers and I can put two good (excellent) midfielders in and I feel Mata and Cazorla will rake in a good few points each again.

Seeing as van Persie features in about 42% of teams I'm hoping that my selections of less popular players will result in me gaining points where others don't. Wolfswinkel (great name) has only been picked by 4% of teams, so when he turns out to be a superstar I'll be gaining points that 96% of people are missing out on!

It's a great feeling finding the player who has a storming season that no-one else picked. Clint Dempsey was my first pick when he was at Fulham, hardly anyone picked him as he was under the radar a little at Fulham.


P.S. It's interesting to see most of our participants have gone with the 3-4-3 formation. I'm claiming the glory on this one and declaring myself a trendsetter! [:D]

[Zeta16]

Try the 950499-238897 code but won't work. Any way I can still get in. My team name is Zeta16

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Zeta16

Try the 950499-238897 code but won't work. Any way I can still get in. My team name is Zeta16

warspite1

Zeta16 have you input manually or copied and pasted? If the later it does not work - you have to do it manually.

[Dixie]

If you're copy and pasting make sure that there aren't any spaces sneaking in at the ends of the code. Manually inputting the code is the other option.

[warspite1]

Come on gents - I can't believe we only have 6 or 7 signed up [&:]

You still have until 11.30 UK time tomorrow to join (see Dixie's instructions posts 1 and 6 of this thread).

[Zeta16]

Ok worked, now time for you guys to kick my butt. Only see part of one or two games a week, but will try my best.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Zeta16

Ok worked, now time for you guys to kick my butt. Only see part of one or two games a week, but will try my best.

warspite1

Nice one Zeta16 [:)] If you recall my performance at predicting the Euro Championships a few years ago, I don't think you have much to fear from me [;)]

[Dixie]

Welcome to the madhouse Zeta!

[warspite1]

...more tinkering...[8|]

Why can't I have Cazorla and Van Persie and Nevas and Hazard and.... not fair...stamps feet and exits stage left....[&:] [:D]

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

...more tinkering...[8|]

Why can't I have Cazorla and Van Persie and Nevas and Hazard and.... not fair...stamps feet and exits stage left....[&:] [:D]

You probably could, but it would mean having Hull players in your team


I'm resisting the urge to tinker with my team. I've found a way to fit Cazorla, Mata and Hazard into my team which is darned tempting. With v.Wolfswinkel, Berbatov and Lambert in attack it could work...

[Dixie]

Behold! It would need a bit of management over the next few weeks though and the defenders and reserve keeper are a bit meh, but the thing that's stopping me going for it is Chelsea's match against Man Utd in week 2 and the fact they don't play at all in week 3. The idea was nice though.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Dixie

Behold! It would need a bit of management over the next few weeks though and the defenders and reserve keeper are a bit meh, but the thing that's stopping me going for it is Chelsea's match against Man Utd in week 2 and the fact they don't play at all in week 3. The idea was nice though.

warspite1

Mmmm look a tad eggs in 4 baskets [:)].... The midfield looks tasty though [8D]

Right I'm going round in circles now.. I'll sleep on it and then post my final team in the morning....

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Dixie

ORIGINAL: warspite1

...more tinkering...[8|]

Why can't I have Cazorla and Van Persie and Nevas and Hazard and.... not fair...stamps feet and exits stage left....[&:] [:D]

You probably could, but it would mean having Hull players in your team


I'm resisting the urge to tinker with my team. I've found a way to fit Cazorla, Mata and Hazard into my team which is darned tempting. With v.Wolfswinkel, Berbatov and Lambert in attack it could work...

warspite1

Might give that route a miss [;)]

[Dixie]

I'm quietly confident that my team from a few days ago will do the business. If Chelsea's gameless week was further away then I'd go with the new team, but there isn't enough time to switch the players about and Fulham are playing Arsenal next week so I'd need to change my keeper as well.

If the fixture list had Chelsea playing a better team than Villa and Hull then I wouldn't even have considered sticking those three in together.

[Frido1207]

Ok, followed Dixie´s advice and scrapped Johnson. Picked Sessegnon instead. Hmh, there must be something about Sunderlands midfielders.

[Zeta16]

How do you change from a 442 to a 343?

[JeffroK]

Just move a defender to the bench and replace them with a midfielder, the site does the rest.


Ive done a lot of fiddling, Bale will just have to wait until he is fit.

Dont dis defenders, look at the prices, last year, Van Persie cost 14 for 262, Liverpools Johnson cost 6 for 142, Sunderlands Johnson cost 7 for 146. Both Johnsons are better value

[JeffroK]

My Team for the week, at the moment, subject to late change:

de Gea,

Evra, Hangeland, Ivanovic, Johnson(Liv)

Mata, Gerrard(vc), Routledge, Colback

van Persie(c), Lambert

Bench Davis(gk) Johnson(Eve), Chico, Naismith

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: JeffK

My Team for the week, at the moment, subject to late change:

de Gea,

Evra, Hangeland, Ivanovic, Johnson(Liv)

Mata, Gerrard(vc), Routledge, Colback

van Persie(c), Lambert

Bench Davis(gk) Johnson(Eve), Chico, Naismith

warspite1

Mmmmm Man Utd players remain severely lacking in my team.... One thing David Moyes did at Everton was make them hard to beat so having two United defenders may be a good idea.....

Still concerned I should be going with van Persie... thanks alot JeffK you've just made it a whole lot harder to decide again [;)]

Back to the drawing board.....