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General FPL Chat 2014/15 MOD WARNING POST 1839

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    #62
    Shedite27
    Registered Users Posts: 9,364 ✭✭✭Shedite27


    Lucas Hood wrote: »
    I can't believe Ffs do not have a mobile friendly site in this day & age.

    I do 90% of my browsing on mobiles and it's a nightmare looking at stats and such on their site this way.
    Think they want you to buy the app


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    #63
    shadowcomplex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,097 ✭✭✭shadowcomplex


    Gatame wrote: »
    Who is your 5th midfielder? I think I'll be picking a 5th midfielder/3rd striker that rotate well with each other:



    I like Arfield @ 5.0 (Burnley) / Jelavic @ 6.0 (Hull). Wickham and Austin both look ok at 6.0 too.

    My midfield Mata, Sanchez, Eriksen,de jong and tadic , de jong is my cheapest at 7.0 and a lot of people are oblivious to how good he is the, the same with tadic, the both of them scored a lot of goals in Holland and are more forwards than anything else


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    #64
    8-10
    Registered Users Posts: 13,322 ✭✭✭✭8-10


    shadowcomplex wrote: »
    My midfield Mata, Sanchez, Eriksen,de jong and tadic , de jong is my cheapest at 7.0 and a lot of people are oblivious to how good he is the, the same with tadic, the both of them scored a lot of goals in Holland and are more forwards than anything else

    Do you rate Tadic above Markovic?


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    #65
    Lemlin
    Registered Users Posts: 22,249 ✭✭✭✭Lemlin


    shadowcomplex wrote: »
    My midfield Mata, Sanchez, Eriksen,de jong and tadic , de jong is my cheapest at 7.0 and a lot of people are oblivious to how good he is the, the same with tadic, the both of them scored a lot of goals in Holland and are more forwards than anything else

    Lads like Alfonso Alves also scored alot of goals in Holland!

    It's a fairly weak league from what I know if it so I'm always sceptical of lads coming from there.


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    #66
    Gatame
    Registered Users Posts: 321 ✭✭Gatame


    shadowcomplex wrote: »
    My midfield Mata, Sanchez, Eriksen,de jong and tadic , de jong is my cheapest at 7.0 and a lot of people are oblivious to how good he is the, the same with tadic, the both of them scored a lot of goals in Holland and are more forwards than anything else

    I have De Jong in my team as well. I'm wary of southampton players until we see how they perform pre-season and how they start of. You could switch tadic for Sidwell and have enough for Bony, (Swansea rotate with Stoke, and stoke at home are very tough to beat, if sidwell's playing every game 5.5 isn't bad at all).


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    #67
    Shedite27
    Registered Users Posts: 9,364 ✭✭✭Shedite27


    Lemlin wrote: »
    Lads like Alfonso Alves also scored alot of goals in Holland!

    It's a fairly weak league from what I know if it so I'm always sceptical of lads coming from there.

    Yeah that Dutch league is very hit or miss. Wouldn't read much into records there. There's as many flops as successes


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    #68
    Gatame
    Registered Users Posts: 321 ✭✭Gatame


    Taking the chance on De Jong for now anyway. Will be easy to ship him out for someone .5 cheaper e.g Johnson (Who I think could be decent value @ 6.5) or one of the stoke boys. He scored in their pre-season game this week and looks like he will be on penalties for the year. I know the dutch league is pretty weak but he did captain Ajax the last two years (4 year win streak in the Eredivise) and Pardew obviously thinks highly of him giving him vice-captaincy right of the bat and with Riviere on his own for now he should be playing fairly far forward. It's still very early but I'm very optimistic for Newcastle this year, especially if they can follow through and sign another couple of players. (To go with Cabella, Rivierre, Janmaat & De Jong)


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    #69
    Ziegler1988
    Registered Users Posts: 8,747 ✭✭✭Ziegler1988


    Lovren expected to finalise move to Liverpool
    Hmm, I wonder who will start out of Skrtel, Lovren, and Sakho


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    #70
    dahat
    Registered Users Posts: 16,633 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    I'd imagine Lovren will be first choice IMO, likes a goal or two as well.


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    #71
    the incredible pudding
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    Any Villa fans think that Bent might get much game time this year? Will Benteke be fit by the time the league starts?


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    #72
    manual_man
    Registered Users Posts: 15,262 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    dahat wrote: »
    I'd imagine Lovren will be first choice IMO, likes a goal or two as well.

    goals stats for him arent that high (actually)! 2 last year then 2 in 70 odd apearances before that. big lump of a lad he should be doing better!


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    #73
    KevIRL
    Registered Users Posts: 39,498 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    shadowcomplex wrote: »
    what striker for 6.5m is the best option

    Diouf


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    #74
    Gatame
    Registered Users Posts: 321 ✭✭Gatame


    Wickham's rejected a new contract and doesn't look at all keen on staying at sunderland, where might he end up?


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    #75
    Lemlin
    Registered Users Posts: 22,249 ✭✭✭✭Lemlin


    the incredible pudding wrote: »
    Any Villa fans think that Bent might get much game time this year? Will Benteke be fit by the time the league starts?

    Bent won't play under Lambert no matter what.


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    #76
    the incredible pudding
    Registered Users Posts: 1,369 ✭✭✭the incredible pudding


    Lemlin wrote: »
    Bent won't play under Lambert no matter what.

    I'm inclined to agree with you, though Lambert did extend some kind of olive branch recently so i'm a little bit tempted by choosing him. However, my head tells me it's not a good idea, even if would be for the position of a mostly unused 3rd striker, better to have one that is guaranteed to play right more than just in the league cup right?

    If I hear good things over the coming weeks I might change my mind. They did spend quite a lot on him and he's only got 12 months on his contract, the whole situation seems a bit nuts to me. I'll definitely keep an eye on it.


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    #77
    Lemlin
    Registered Users Posts: 22,249 ✭✭✭✭Lemlin


    the incredible pudding wrote: »
    I'm inclined to agree with you, though Lambert did extend some kind of olive branch recently so i'm a little bit tempted by choosing him. However, my head tells me it's not a good idea, even if would be for the position of a mostly unused 3rd striker, better to have one that is guaranteed to play right more than just in the league cup right?

    If I hear good things over the coming weeks I might change my mind. They did spend quite a lot on him and he's only got 12 months on his contract, the whole situation seems a bit nuts to me. I'll definitely keep an eye on it.

    He couldn't even get his game for Fulham last season though. His best years appear to be light years behind him.


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    #78
    SlickRic
    Registered Users Posts: 36,058 ✭✭✭✭SlickRic


    Gatame wrote: »
    Wickham's rejected a new contract and doesn't look at all keen on staying at sunderland, where might he end up?

    If that's true, that is complete and utter disrespect to Sunderland.

    he was a waste of space until 8 games ago.


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    #79
    CSF
    Registered Users Posts: 32,825 ✭✭✭✭CSF


    Any 4 million defenders likely to start other than Targett? Looking in the Burnley/Leicester direction


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    #80
    Iused2likebusts
    Registered Users Posts: 17,022 ✭✭✭✭Iused2likebusts


    CSF wrote: »
    Any 4 million defenders likely to start other than Targett? Looking in the Burnley/Leicester direction

    Duff as things stand depends if they sign anyone which I think they will . Burnleys back 4 last year Trippier shackell duff mee.


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    #81
    slingerz
    Registered Users Posts: 5,248 ✭✭✭slingerz


    CSF wrote: »
    Any 4 million defenders likely to start other than Targett? Looking in the Burnley/Leicester direction

    wisdom to complete a loan move from Liverpool to West Brom and he's listed as 4m


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    #82
    shadowcomplex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,097 ✭✭✭shadowcomplex


    8-10 wrote: »
    Do you rate Tadic above Markovic?

    I think Markovic will eventually be the better player but for now Id have Tadic who has a better goal scoring record and is more guaranteed his place


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    #83
    shadowcomplex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,097 ✭✭✭shadowcomplex


    If as expected Sigurdsson moves to Swansea at 6m he has to be seriously considered


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    #84
    SpaceCowb0y
    Registered Users Posts: 4,094 ✭✭✭SpaceCowb0y


    Do people reckon Debuchy will be a regular first team player straight off the bat this season for Arsenal or will he be eased into the squad? Any Arsenal fans want to give some input into this?


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    #85
    Shedite27
    Registered Users Posts: 9,364 ✭✭✭Shedite27


    CSF wrote: »
    Any 4 million defenders likely to start other than Targett? Looking in the Burnley/Leicester direction
    I expect Matt Upson (4.0) to start CB for Leicester.

    First choice back line should be:
    De Laet - Morgan - Upson - Konchesky


    Edit: If he doesn't start it will be one of their other 4.0 centerhalves (Wasilewski or Moore) who seemed to split gametime last season.


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    #86
    Lemlin
    Registered Users Posts: 22,249 ✭✭✭✭Lemlin


    SpaceCowb0y wrote: »
    Do people reckon Debuchy will be a regular first team player straight off the bat this season for Arsenal or will he be eased into the squad? Any Arsenal fans want to give some input into this?

    He'll be straight in. He's to replace Sagna. He has experience of the league so there'd be no reason to ease him in.


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    #87
    Ziegler1988
    Registered Users Posts: 8,747 ✭✭✭Ziegler1988


    SpaceCowb0y wrote: »
    Do people reckon Debuchy will be a regular first team player straight off the bat this season for Arsenal or will he be eased into the squad? Any Arsenal fans want to give some input into this?
    Straight in. Our only backup is Jenkinson, who isn't anywhere near Debuchy's quality yet.


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    #88
    Paully D
    Registered Users Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭Paully D


    SlickRic wrote: »
    If that's true, that is complete and utter disrespect to Sunderland.

    he was a waste of space until 8 games ago.

    He's just trying to get the best deal he can get from the club which any of us would do in his case, but I wouldn't have any hard feelings towards him if things don't work themselves out with a new deal.

    It took 4 years and about 900 managers before he finally got a proper chance. Now, that may not be a coincidence, but looking at it from his point of view I could understand.


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    #89
    hots
    Registered Users Posts: 5,200 ✭✭✭hots


    Does anyone know if there's anywhere to see full fpl stats from last year?


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    #90
    manual_man
    Registered Users Posts: 15,262 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    Remy to undergo medical


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    #91
    Mr.Prodston
    Registered Users Posts: 16,304 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Prodston


    I'm going to make a bold statement here which may or may not be popular:

    I think it would have been better if Alexis Sanchez had been listed as a forward.

    There I've said. With the plethora of midfield options and the distinct lack of great options up front it would be easier to fit him into a team. Realistically you could have 3 Arsenal midfielders in Ramsey, Ozil and Sanchez and it wouldn't be totally crazy.


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