Fantasy Premier League

Movers and shakers: Frank exchange

Tue Oct 27 01:49PM

During the season our regular feature will detail whose value is rising and falling.

UP

Steve Simonsen (GK, Stoke, 10.00) +3.85
Blimey, bet you didn't see that one coming. A late stand-in for Thomas Sorensen, Simonsen bagged 26 points at Spurs.

Hugo Rodallega (FW, Wigan, 14.43) +3.63
The Colombian's excellent two-goal salvo at Burnley pushed his price into the stratosphere. Better to stay away now.

Ivan Klasnic (FW, Bolton, 8.35) +3.59
The Croatian could be a Fantasy gem if he manages to nail down a refular starting place for the Trotters.

Frank Lampard (MF, Chelsea, 21.87) +3.22
That's more like it. Lampard ended an uncharacteristically barren spell with two goals in Chelsea's 5-0 rout of Blackburn.

Cameron Jerome (FW, Birmingham, 8.63) +3.11
He has been a bit-part player for Birmingham this season, but an assist and an interception were enough to send his price skywards.

Fabio Aurelio (DF, Liverpool, 13.32) +2.88
Aurelio's set pieces and eye for an interception made him a stand-out Fantasy performer against Manchester United.

James McFadden (FW, Birmingham, 10.98) +2.81
He only does it three or four times a season, but just occasionally McFadden looks world-class. This is not a new dawn.

Clint Dempsey (MF, Fulham, 11.39) +2.48
Prior to Sunday, the American had the most shots on target of any player in the Premier League without scoring. Not any more.

Gael Clichy (DF, Arsenal, 13.17) +2.44
Despite Arsenal's late meltdown, Clichy had four tackles, four blocked shots, three interceptions and a last-man saving tackle.

Fernando Torres (FW, Liverpool, 20.48) +2.43
Liverpool won't mind being over-reliant on the Spaniard as long as he stays fit. Finished ruthlessly against United.

DOWN

Heurelho Gomes (GK, Tottenham, 7.67) -3.48
Stoke's smash-and-grab win at White Hart Lane was galling for owners of Gomes, who did not even get to make a save.

Francesc Fabregas (MF, Arsenal, 17.33) -2.64
A surprising off-day for the Arsenal skipper, whose price drop will make him a popular pick for the North London derby.

Vito Mannone (GK, Arsenal, 7.67) -2.19
Ditto Mannone, but you have to wonder if two dodgy performances might see his dropped for Manuel Almunia this weekend.

Dimitar Berbatov (FW, Manchester United, 11.23) -2.07
The Bulgarian was a monolith ofr ineffectiveness against Liverpool, and managed to get himself booked to boot.

Darren Bent (FW, Sunderland, 11.84) -1.88
The Black Cats striker had a rare off-day against Birmingham that saw him return to respectable affordability.

Tim Howard (GK, Everton, 8.32) -1.86
Paid the price for Everton's defensive nightmare against Bolton, shipping three goals. Faces Aston Villa this week.

Edwin van der Sar (GK, Manchester United, 11.18) -1.76
Any keeper that is beaten by David Ngog deserves to lose value, and that is just what has happened to Van der Sar.

Ryan Giggs (MF, Manchester United, 12.07) -1.74
Well, he had to stop being brilliant at some point, but United's Welsh veteran picked a bad time to lose his mojo.

Diego Penny (GK, Burnley, 4.51) -1.64
Poor old Penny came on for the injured Brian Jensen, conceded twice and saw his value drop. Jensen should return against Hull

James Collins (DF, Aston Villa, 11.54) -1.53
We told you he was too expensive, and the Villa centre-back shed over 1.5 million despite an OK showing at Wolves.

Comments1 - 21 of 21

Do people actually play this terrible and extremely unbalanced game? Theres a much much better version at the Barclays official site...
From fionnualagallagher on Tue Oct 27 02:13PM
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what about Agbolanhor, Dunn and Milner for next week?
From staffer84 on Tue Oct 27 02:14PM
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what do u want from Berbatov seriosly???
From jabsshere on Tue Oct 27 02:37PM
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absshere - what do you mean?
From staffer84 on Tue Oct 27 03:10PM
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Re: fionnualgallagher (4).
But why are you here then?
From iansanderson197 on Tue Oct 27 03:35PM
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van der sar made superb saves you @#$%.
From shittymcgee on Tue Oct 27 04:03PM
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Which place do you, Fantasist, take in the overall ranking? Could you include that in some of the posts you do?
From v.asko on Tue Oct 27 05:10PM
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any news on the double fixtures??? west ham and villa?
From bungochub on Tue Oct 27 05:11PM
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any news on the double fixtures??? west ham and villa?
From shadowgex on Tue Oct 27 09:47PM
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@11) I think the Fantasist is a character created by Yahoo, played by some random employee that does nothing but state the obvious with no insight into the games. I LOVE the game and really don't pay attention to the blog too much anymore.
From gngwarrior on Tue Oct 27 10:33PM
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the fantasist = paul parker!!
From sjvjaguar16 on Wed Oct 28 01:00AM
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@16:
If this is true, then little wonder...
From kukuski on Wed Oct 28 07:45AM
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Why isn't Ricardo Carvallho not given points for a clean sheet?! Chelsea won 5-0!!
From chirag_eragon on Wed Oct 28 08:09AM
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Why isn't Ricardo Carvallho not given points for a clean sheet?! Chelsea won 5-0!!
From chirag_eragon on Wed Oct 28 08:09AM
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Why isn't Ricardo Carvalho given points for a clean sheet?! Chelsea won 5-0!!
From chirag_eragon on Wed Oct 28 08:09AM
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@18, 19 & 20: Carvalho was subbed on 67', so no clean sheet point for him.
From tommy_13th on Wed Oct 28 12:19PM
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@12 & 13. And good news to everyone!!!! West Ham united - Aston Villa match has just been added.
From willhebben on Wed Oct 28 12:25PM
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@22 - Does that mean we will have a double week featuring Villa and West Ham?
From staffer84 on Wed Oct 28 02:18PM
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Why isn't Lucas Neill in the database????????? He got an assist for Saha on the weekend in an improving Everton team. CMON GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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From koparoma on Wed Oct 28 02:35PM
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@23. Yes, that's what it means. You should at least put some players of both WHU and AST in your team as they can score points for you in 2 matches. Good thing that i barn doored Gabby and Diamanti last weekend!
From willhebben on Wed Oct 28 08:34PM
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@21 Thank you!
From chirag_eragon on Thu Oct 29 06:55AM
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