GW8 Match Day Thread.

ElTel

FHFC wrote: »

I hear Puncheon was very deep today. He's a 'patience' player but mine's wearing thin.

Cabaye is a big negative for Punch.

extra gravy

Both captain and vc ending up on negative points for me...that's a first in all my years of playing.

ElTel

FHFC wrote: »

I hear Puncheon was very deep today. He's a 'patience' player but mine's wearing thin.

Cabaye is a big negative for Punch.

Swiper the fox

McBain11 wrote: »

After much hemming and hawing, I go for Costa captain, sticks one in the onion bag only 10 minutes into the gameweek.




Picked Jakupovic over Stekenelburg. Haven't seen the lineups, Hull 1 down early doors.




Hull getting battered. Check line ups, no Jakupovic. Stekenelburg saves 2 pens and is due to come in to my team.




53 points on the board, 4 players still to play. Happy Enough.

Well done mate, in bad news for you you've now made it into my little black book. I'm coming for you now (starting next week☺)

thewools

McBain11 wrote:

Picked Jakupovic over Stekenelburg. Haven't seen the lineups, Hull 1 down early doors.

Hull getting battered. Check line ups, no Jakupovic. Stekenelburg saves 2 pens and is due to come in to my team.

53 points on the board, 4 players still to play. Happy Enough.

Yip your the leader of the boards money leagues.. Or the jammy p###k to quote what i said last night.. ")

FHFC

IsMiseMyself wrote: »

The literal worse type of humble-brag, now with added gifs and less "happy enough".

Yeah well done and all. But Jakupovic hasn't been playing for weeks. How can somebody be doing so well and not know that!?!?! :eek:

FHFC

IsMiseMyself wrote: »

The literal worse type of humble-brag, now with added gifs and less "happy enough".

Yeah well done and all. But Jakupovic hasn't been playing for weeks. How can somebody be doing so well and not know that!?!?! :eek:

KevIRL

Boring football gods, please look down on the watford-boro game today and make it a 0-0 draw.

Hogey007

34 (no hits) with just Deeney & valencia left to play.
Could do with a nice haul from Deeney today as don't expect anything other than 1 or 2 points from valencia & the lack of Liverpool attacking options could really hurt me.

Cartman78

I see there's two Irish guys in the Top 10 OR.....obviously not from Boards judging by the mood around here :-)

km79

Hazard is getting interesting again

McBain11

FHFC wrote: »

Yeah well done and all. But Jakupovic hasn't been playing for weeks. How can somebody be doing so well and not know that!?!?! :eek:

Tbh, I more or less knew Jakupovic wouldn't start but if he did pre match it was much of a muchness imo between Jakupovic away to Bournemouth, Stekenelburg away to City. Neither were keeping clean sheets.

When I heard Stekenelburg had saved a pen and was still keeping a clean sheet I prayed Jakupovic hadn't somehow got the start. I checked and praise the lord, he hadn't got the start. When Stekenelburg saved the second pen, I prayed that Hull would make their 3 subs asap so the automatic sub was confirmed. Thank Christ Marshall didn't pick up a knock in the game!

Tbh, it was all part of an evil plan and FF trolling process for anyone looking at my points total :pac:

km79

Benteke also won the pen he missed
Sickening

iroced

Rikand wrote: »

This is my 3rd week in a row threatening this - playing it safe has not worked out so far

Ah yeah but I did not mean don't take hits nor risks but don't rage take a 20 pts hits 'cause you feel nothing's working anyway and you have nothing to lose.

Now if it turns out it's "justified" and your team is decimated by injuries & suspensions, even a 44 pts hits could work .


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38 pts so far. Lovren, Holebas, Firmino & Rashford to go.

FHFC

McBain11 wrote: »

Tbh, I more or less knew Jakupovic wouldn't start but if he did pre match it was much of a muchness imo between Jakupovic away to Bournemouth, Stekenelburg away to City. Neither were keeping clean sheets.

When I heard Stekenelburg had saved a pen and was still keeping a clean sheet I prayed Jakupovic hadn't somehow got the start. I checked and praise the lord, he hadn't got the start. When Stekenelburg saved the second pen, I prayed that Hull would make their 3 subs asap so the automatic sub was confirmed. Thank Christ Marshall didn't pick up a knock in the game!

Tbh, it was all part of an evil plan and FF trolling process for anyone looking at my points total :pac:

Dunno whether that's better or worse to be honest.

Meanwhile somebody actually did this....

https://twitter.com/FFPundits/status/787594513669824512

Mr.Prodston

Sometimes I wonder if people actually can either see the future/time travel with decisions like that

spock.

No internet all day yesterday so only seeing what happened now.

The good:

Sanchez captain over Aguero
Lukaku
Foster did ok given the fixture

The bad:

Bringing in Son instead of Walcott
Alderweireld 59 minutes :mad: :mad: :mad:
No clean sheets

32(-4) with Capoue and Austin to play. Not great.

Ziegler1988

#watfordfc line-up v @Boro: Gomes (GK); Kaboul, Prödl, Britos; Amrabat, Capoue, Behrami, Holebas; Pereyra, Success; Deeney (c).
#watfordfc subs v @Boro: Pantilimon (GK), Mariappa, Kabasele, Zuniga, Watson, Guedioura, Ighalo.

Middlesbrough XI vs. Watford: Valdes; Barragan, Chambers, Gibson, Friend; De Roon, Forshaw; Stuani, Ramirez, Downing; Negredo.

km79

Only Holebas today
Won't bother watching
He does seem to be playing wingback though which is very nice

bantee

36 (-4) with Holebas, Heaton, Firminho & Rashford to go. Capoue on bench so hoping he stays quiet.

Father Hernandez

17 with 3 players to play.

Benteke and Aguero (C) got me a grand total of -3 points.

Holebas, Tadic and Firmino to play will surely score a hat trick each?

CSF

If I had Jakupovic and Stekelenburg this week id have started Jakupovic too, if he doesn't play then it autosubs.

iroced

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Sometimes I wonder if people actually can either see the future/time travel with decisions like that

There's always gonna be one. Let's put it this way. Each GW, you create as many teams as there are attack-minded players in the game and you TC 1 distinct player per team. One day you're gonna get the jackpot . That's why there are 4m+ teams in the game :pac:... It just requires patience, cheating the actual rules of the game and... a complete insane mind :pac:.

FHFC

CSF wrote: »

If I had Jakupovic and Stekelenburg this week id have started Jakupovic too, if he doesn't play then it autosubs.

Aye. Me too. But the OP on this made me think he was surprised Jaku didn't play.

Nobody playing today for me so somehow need nobody to score any points.

Dropped only 50k to 150k yesterday and will be happy if I don't drop another 50k today.

3 playing tomorrow night.

KevIRL

Barragan lucky to stay on the field

Scorpion Sting

That was the most stonewall booking ever but of course the ref bottles it.

Agreed. Pathetic refereeing. He'll be replaced at half time. The player not the ref.

Hogey007

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

That was the most stonewall booking ever but of course the ref bottles it.

When you compare it to Cresswell yesterday and how unlucky he was it makes it even worse!

KevIRL

Yellow for stauni

km79

How's Holebas looking ?
Is he attacking much