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Glico Man · 14-12-2009 02:08PM

Tusky wrote: »

What are peoples opinions on dropping Rooney for Torres now that he is fit again ? Rooney doesnt have many more points than Torres, which is surprising since he has played a lot more games.

You have to consider the fact that Liverpool are playing quite badly. Will Torres be getting the kind of service Rooney does?

I'm also considering this. It will be an eenie meenie decision saturday morning

Tusky · 14-12-2009 02:10PM

aaronh007 wrote: »

You have to consider the fact that Liverpool are playing quite badly. Will Torres be getting the kind of service Rooney does?

I'm also considering this. It will be an eenie meenie decision saturday morning

Liverpool will turn it around though, its just a matter of when. They are going to hammer someone soon, and Torres is going to be amongst the goals when they do. Could well be Wigan on Wednesday.

Also, with Gerrard, Torres, Johnson, Aquilani and Aurelio coming back to fitness, I think we will see a different Liverpool over Christmas.

Only thing holding me back is that Man United have slightly better fixtures over the next 5 games than Liverpool.

Royale with Cheese · 14-12-2009 02:12PM

Liverpool have a handy run of fixtures coming up, next 7 or so games are all easy enough. United do too, but Rooney's always been too patchy for my liking. He'll be amazing for 5-6 games and then do very little for a month or so. Maybe that's changed this season but I'd rather go with Torres.

Tusky · 14-12-2009 02:17PM

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Liverpool have a handy run of fixtures coming up, next 7 or so games are all easy enough. United do too, but Rooney's always been too patchy for my liking. He'll be amazing for 5-6 games and then do very little for a month or so. Maybe that's changed this season but I'd rather go with Torres.

Yeah. **** it, I'll go for it so.

Heres my team for Wednesday. Had to drop Sorenson, Shawcross and Dempsey as they arent playing.

Bounty Hunter · 14-12-2009 02:22PM

FutureGuy wrote: »

Personally, I'd get rid of Kuyt. Ok he scored 2 in 3 but is having a very underwhelming season. You could easily downgrade him to Bowyer or Reid and upgrade Adebayor to Drogs/Torres

thanks is kinda along the lines of what im thinking although tbh only got Kuyt a few weeks ago so he has been good for me. Dont wanna not be picking Drogba but i think ill go for Torres due to the looming ANC and the fact that Torres scores so consistantley i mean he is still up near the top forward points scorers despite having missed so much of the season. Might leave me enough cash to upgrade aa defender the next week also.

Keano · 14-12-2009 02:23PM

Queue a Rooney hat-trick :P

Tusky · 14-12-2009 02:29PM

Another thing to think about - I think once Torres gets a couple of goals everyone will buy him and his price will go up. Might be a good time to get him in before that happens.

Keano A Legend wrote: »

Queue a Rooney hat-trick :P

I would bang my head against the wall. If I was really brave, Id stick Torres as captain!

mudokon · 14-12-2009 02:38PM

FutureGuy wrote: »

I think Giggs is a doubt for the next game...need to check that.

The Times is saying that Giggs is a doubt for Tuesday.

Anyone heard anything about Dunn being fit for Blackburn tomorrow?

carlop · 14-12-2009 03:23PM

I need to get rid of the disaster that is James Beattie. He has never got going this season and the headbutt incident was the final nail. I can spend up to 7mil, though ideally I'd like to save some of that money to improve other departments.

I'm looking at Klasnic at the moment. Bolton have 4 easy games coming up and cruciallly are playing in the midweek gameweek, but I'm not convinced its the right move. Anyone have any other suggestions?

Bounty Hunter · 14-12-2009 03:25PM

Saha or Rodadellega would be the obvious choices for around or just under the 7m mark imo and i wouldent get a bolton player simply cos i have no faith in bolton players at all or bolton as a team in general

Xavi6 · 14-12-2009 03:57PM

Even though I had a great week I've gone for the wildcard. Had some dead wood like Jaaskelainen and Noble that had to go. Ended up with the squad below with .4 mil change. Any thoughts?

carlop · 14-12-2009 03:58PM

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

Saha or Rodadellega would be the obvious choices for around or just under the 7m mark imo and i wouldent get a bolton player simply cos i have no faith in bolton players at all or bolton as a team in general

I have Rodallega already:pac:

If I knew Saha would stay fit he'd be straight in, problem is I can just imagine him getting injured again. Everton also don't have a match this GW, but they do seem to be putting a little bit of form together.

carlop · 14-12-2009 04:03PM

Xavi6 wrote: »

Even though I had a great week I've gone for the wildcard. Had some dead wood like Jaaskelainen and Noble that had to go. Ended up with the squad below with .4 mil change. Any thoughts?

Looks ok, but after the Blackburn game Birmingham have quite a tricky spell of fixtures coming up that includes Chelsea twice in the space of 7 matches, so if its not too late I'd consider taking out at least one of them. its a tough call though because their players have been scoring very well in recent weeks.

Xavi6 · 14-12-2009 04:10PM

carlop wrote: »

Looks ok, but after the Blackburn game Birmingham have quite a tricky spell of fixtures coming up that includes Chelsea twice in the space of 7 matches, so if its not too late I'd consider taking out at least one of them. its a tough call though because their players have been scoring very well in recent weeks.

Yeah I had noticed that. Roger Johnson will be the guy dropping out for some other random defender. He's only in because Birmingham are at home in this game week, and Sorensen can just share keeping duties with Hart.

NabyLadistheman · 14-12-2009 04:10PM

Looks good Xavi - only worry would be 3 Birmingham players. I think Zayatte is cheap alternative in defense

Xavi6 · 14-12-2009 04:17PM

torresistheman wrote: »

Looks good Xavi - only worry would be 3 Birmingham players. I think Zayatte is cheap alternative in defense

Not a bad shout. I'm trying to field an XI for this week with my entire bench absent and Zayatte has no fixture either but might look at him for the weekend.

Necronomicon · 14-12-2009 04:50PM

I almost forgot about the midweek fixtures.

Am I right in saying the absent teams are Hull, Fulham, Stoke and Everton?

FutureGuy · 14-12-2009 04:57PM

Necronomicon wrote: »

I almost forgot about the midweek fixtures.

Am I right in saying the absent teams are Hull, Fulham, Stoke and Everton?

Correct

Mr_Roger_Bongos · 14-12-2009 05:39PM

Mr_Roger_Bongos wrote: »

Agbonlahor / Torres / Rooney

Atm i have 3 mil in the bank, a front line of;

Agbonlahor - Bent - Drogba

Agbonlahor's been playing well and in consistent form, Rooney not so much.

But utd's fixtures are very nice in the coming weeks.

I don't want to put the 3 mill anywhere else, but at the same time im kinda happy with Agbonlahor.

Any stong arguments for Rooney/Torres (other than Torres being one of the best strikers in Europe!), i just feel Rooney scores in fits and starts and Liverpool are trunks atm.

Any opinions on this?

Y2J_MUFC · 14-12-2009 05:53PM

Really feel dodgy about my midfield. I need to drop Dempsey as I have a few players not playing this week, and he has a couple of tough games coming up.

Its like that situation I had earlier in the season when Gerrard got injured, used the extra money to upgrade to both Kuyt and Arshavin who got me feck all points, and cost me (1 transfer to get them in) and 2 transfers to get rid.. 12 points I really could do with now! Its tight at the top of all my leagues.

I'd be delighted if i could stay in the boards.ie top 40

am i bovvered · 14-12-2009 05:56PM

Mr_Roger_Bongos wrote: »

Any opinions on this?

it looks good to me, I'd leave it alone for now

my line up for the mid-week

1: Friedel

2: Dunne 3: Ivanovic 4: Cole A

5: Fletcher 6: Bowyer 7: Fabregas 8: Reid

9: Rooney 10: Drogba(C) 11: Defoe

Joeyjoejoe43 · 14-12-2009 06:04PM

am i bovvered wrote: »

it looks good to me, I'd leave it alone for now

my line up for the mid-week

1: Friedel

2: Dunne 3: Ivanovic 4: Cole A

5: Fletcher 6: Bowyer 7: Fabregas 8: Reid

9: Rooney 10: Drogba(C) 11: Defoe

Strong team... Not too dissimiliar to my own..

Y2J_MUFC · 14-12-2009 06:05PM

Mr_Roger_Bongos wrote: »

Any opinions on this?

To be honest, I'd keep Gabby, Bent and Drogba for now. Rooney is hit and miss as regards scoring, Agbonlahor can be the same at times (but a lot more hit than miss at the moment - and way cheaper).

Whats your full team?

Mars Bar · 14-12-2009 06:34PM

I thought I had a pretty good team but something has gone horribly wrong the last two weeks with Chelsea's defense. Don't know what to do!
I have two free transfers and 1.3 mil in the bank, what should I do?!

I hope ye can see that...if not, try this. http://www.flickr.com/photos/35838086@N05/4184685309/

Seeing as Van Persie is out for Arsenal, Fabregas is less likely to get a lot of points. Arsenal's gameplan appears to be Arshavin as their main goal threat. Should I bring him in?

Y2J_MUFC · 14-12-2009 06:55PM

mars bar wrote: »

I thought I had a pretty good team but something has gone horribly wrong the last two weeks with Chelsea's defense. Don't know what to do!
I have two free transfers and 1.3 mil in the bank, what should I do?!

Well, to be fair, City away is a tough game, and Everton were good enough for a European spot last year, so they weren't the easiest of games.

I'd get rid of Carvalho and McFadden. Get in maybe Michael Turner and Darren Bent, if you can afford that. Then long term get in a different defender when they get past the hard games.

Tough to pick a defender now...

Tusky · 14-12-2009 07:32PM

Mr_Roger_Bongos wrote: »

Any opinions on this?

I just sold Rooney and replaced him with Torres. I posted my logic for this on another forum. In your case, I would sell Gabby and buy Torres.

Rooney has scored 5.5 points per game, on average.

Torres has scored 6.8 points per game, on average.

Rooney only has 13 points more, despite Torres being out for a good portion of the season. I think Liverpool may well go on a run over Christmas. They have a good run of games (as do United) and most of their injury problems are over. When Gerrard and Torres play together, they score a lot of goals.

In regards to Rooney, he has scored 4 goals in his last 3 games. But he usually performs in spirts. He went 3 games without a goal, assist, or bonus point not too long ago for example.

It was a tough decision and it may well bite me in the arse, but I had to find a way to make up some ground.

MementoMori · 14-12-2009 09:02PM

On the whole Rooney v Torres thing

Rooney has played 1283 and scored 88 points.
For every 90 mins Rooney plays he scores 6.17 points

Torres has played 904 and scored 75 points.
For every 90 mins Torres plays he scores 7.47 points

Rooney is currently 11.5
Torres is currently 11.4

Utd's next three games are against Wolves (h), Fulham (a) and Hull (a)
Liverpool's next three games are against Wigan (h), Portsmouth (a) and Wolves (h).

Also Rooney is on 4 yellow cards and will face a one match ban if he picks up another yellow before 31st Dec. Torres has one yellow card.

Torres every time for me.

Y2J_MUFC · 14-12-2009 09:12PM

MementoMori wrote: »

On the whole Rooney v Torres thing

Rooney has played 1283 and scored 88 points.
For every 90 mins Rooney plays he scores 6.17 points

Torres has played 904 and scored 75 points.
For every 90 mins Torres plays he scores 7.47 points

Rooney is currently 11.5
Torres is currently 11.4

Utd's next three games are against Wolves (h), Fulham (a) and Hull (a)
Liverpool's next three games are against Wigan (h), Portsmouth (a) and Wolves (h).

Also Rooney is on 4 yellow cards and will face a one match ban if he picks up another yellow before 31st Dec. Torres has one yellow card.

Torres every time for me.

This is all very true, but form counts for a lot. Liverpool are struggling big time, and all the players seem to be low on confidence. Even Stevie G isn't really doing the business which is incredibly unusual, so I don't think all is right at the club. Then theres the question is Torres is really 100% after just coming back.

Having said that, they'll have to turn a corner at some point. If they can give Wigan a good hiding, then it could be worth looking at Torres with the confidence back. Otherwise, I'll be sticking with Rooney for the moment.

Tusky · 14-12-2009 09:21PM

Y2J_MUFC wrote: »

This is all very true, but form counts for a lot. Liverpool are struggling big time, and all the players seem to be low on confidence. Even Stevie G isn't really doing the business which is incredibly unusual, so I don't think all is right at the club. Then theres the question is Torres is really 100% after just coming back.

Having said that, they'll have to turn a corner at some point. If they can give Wigan a good hiding, then it could be worth looking at Torres with the confidence back. Otherwise, I'll be sticking with Rooney for the moment.

Gerrard is only back 2 or 3 games, Torres is back 2 games (1 as sub). So I think we will start to see the best of them over the Christmas period. When they play together, it always results in goals.

Liverpool have been scoring goals this season, even when playing poorly. Most of their problems are in defense. Thats why Ive gone for Torres anyway.

Mr.Nice Guy · 14-12-2009 09:26PM

I wouldn't have Torres in my team for the simple fact I don't trust his fitness record. If I thought he would stay the course I would have him but I always think it's just a matter of time before he faces some sort of lay-off.

I've jumped on the Drogba bandwagon. I don't like the guy and tried hard not to have him but it's apparent he's this year's Ronaldo.

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