Matchday Open Thread
Wed Dec 26 08:12AM
Put down those leftovers, and stop dripping pudding on your keyboard. We've got games to watch! Here's hoping Santa brought you a striker that won't be rotated, a middie who pushes into the attack, and a defender who avoids a yellow card.
Good luck, and condiser this your matchday open thread.
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From rooney_mufc2020 on Wed Dec 26 03:24PMRooney finally scores, when I DON"T have him
From goeasy27 on Wed Dec 26 03:25PMRooney to Saha, 2-0, and this ones already over before 30 minutes are played
From goeasy27 on Wed Dec 26 03:31PMBarndoor Ballack? Hmmm...
From the_burning_pen on Wed Dec 26 03:44PMKuszczak 7.11 (@WHU, BIR) instead of Friedel 8.46 (@DER, SUN) for next week? perhaps more chance of CS with K?
From goeasy27 on Wed Dec 26 03:48PMBallack fool's gold. 7 yellows and 1 red last year. 4 goals and 2 assists in 23 premier league games. He was cheaper last year.
From gentrykirby on Wed Dec 26 04:20PMronaldo is injured!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From matt.chizzy on Wed Dec 26 04:21PMno he s not its a tactical decision
From adeem991 on Wed Dec 26 04:53PMI'm with goeasy27 - will Kusczcak play BOTH games next week? Or will VanderSar be back for the second one? Freidel or K????? PhysioRoom has VDSr at "no return date" so far. Any input???
From geoffmumley on Wed Dec 26 05:11PMI'm picking robinson for next weeks double header--bad choice? I'm liking spurs resurgence with ramos, and I think a couple of clean sheets are in the cards.
Also, with carvalho suspended, will ben-haim finally make some starts?From nugundam142 on Wed Dec 26 05:22PMfirst half of christmas double header i did poorly, second half tho, gerrard, sheva, torres, cahill, bring on the points !!!!
From petegoddard11996655 on Wed Dec 26 05:22PMpoints are updating... SAF said EvDS "out 2 or 3 games" counting today but he may just be being coy. Friedel not a bad pick I think, just wanting to err on the side of caution and points in hand
From goeasy27 on Wed Dec 26 05:24PMAlright. Half way through the midweek matches. The big question has been half answered. The big question, of course, was would a CHE team without Terry, Drog, Cech, etc., find some guys to step up (Shev come out of retirement, SWP to do two things consecutively correctly, defense to, well, play defense, etc.) or would it be a mess like the other non-Terry/Cech weeks. In the end, Shev stepped up. I'm not sold on this long-term, but at the $10 price he was during the game, he's probably worth the gamble next week. $13 seems a bit much. Cech also played, but not well. This means people bargain hunting Hilario have some serious thinking to do.
From mikelanglais on Wed Dec 26 05:53PM...for the dude considering Ballack, good luck with that. Yeah, played. Got forward, etc. Also a good argument for sending him off after the elbow ten minutes in. And the fact Ballack wasn't sent off means he's due in the next match. Speaking of sending offs, I hopped on the Ben Haim bandwagon this week which was clearly too soon. While I am on to Simpson in that slot, I can't see how B-H won't play next week. On the other hand (and the other half of the big CHE question), it has been comprehensively reconfirmed that the CHE defense without Terry is rubbish which is a round'about way of explaining why I am sticking with Simpson at the moment. mmm, donuts.
From mikelanglais on Wed Dec 26 05:58PMmikelanglais, ladies & gentleman! a warm round of applause.
From jspitzberg on Wed Dec 26 06:12PMi'm on the spurs bandwagon. robbo & o'hara. love me those cheap middies taking kicks. of course he's outside of the points. but no more so that convey. now... cesc or bfdb? bfdb or cesc?
From jspitzberg on Wed Dec 26 06:13PMI went with bentley. This is basically because as I was buying Cesc on Saturday morning, his price jumped mid-transaction. Doh. But given BFDB's matchup next week, I am not too worried. It is the rest of the season thereafter where Cesc is too expensive I am worried about.
From mikelanglais on Wed Dec 26 06:25PMI also added Reid on Saturday (swapped out Convey) as well as Kewell. Kewell didn't play today (not even bench) so he's be moved along and reid will stick around until after the bburn match when, hopefully, we have a better sense of what's what. Kewell became McC, but again, I am waiting on the next match before committing to that. RSC would be the best choice given current form, but I don't have the money to match his new price.
From mikelanglais on Wed Dec 26 06:29PMWhat I am most worried about is that Derbyshire will get the start and instantly be promoted to this week's K-fed cupcake.
From mikelanglais on Wed Dec 26 06:35PMHELP! I've no idea who to drop for this coming weekend. I have Torres(+4), Tevez(+5), Ronaldo(+5) and Fab(+4). I'm going to have nightmares till the weekend.
From saruman444 on Wed Dec 26 06:55PMBently or Anelka? Both play the same teams next week. Does the Bolton rule kick in at this point?
From bobfest on Wed Dec 26 07:27PMNo RvP again! Would could have been a great week is turning out to be an average one. If only they had the type of disclosure about their athletes like they do here in the States. Obviously, the press in the UK(and probably the rest of Europe for that matter) don't make much of an effort.
From gentrykirby on Wed Dec 26 08:00PMI vote bentley over anelka. you'll sleep better. bentley gets points every game. bburn could lose both games 3-0 and bentley will still do ok. Anelka is feast or famine with famine being the more common scenario. Plus the current Bolton is half the Bolton of last season and it was the Bolton of last season that did zilch during the Great Bolton Cakewalk. Could anelka do well? Sure. But I tend to put my money on the more consistent option.
From mikelanglais on Wed Dec 26 08:34PMIs someone honestly complaining about having Torres, Tevez, cron and cesc?
I wish I had your nightmares. I have the first three and I am keeping them. I tried to buy Cesc but the price changed quicker than expected. Otherwise I'd have all four and be quite contented. Yeah, it would be nice to load up on Bburn this week, but long term you have top players at a huge discount. After this week Ars has Birm, Manyoo plays NUFC and Pool vs Boro so that's a wash. Then its Fulham, Reading and Villa respectively. In short, I'd keep them for now and pick up a couple of the cheaper bburn guys by finding deals on the keeper or defenders.From mikelanglais on Wed Dec 26 08:47PMIs David Dunn suspended for one of next week's games?
From the_burning_pen on Wed Dec 26 08:58PM"Very few kicks in the game too. Very few opportunities for people to show their shooting abilities." Arsenal/Portsmouth commentary in the 92nd minute. For those of us without Cesc - pure gold.
From mikelanglais on Wed Dec 26 09:39PMDunn is not on the suspension list this afternoon. For the FA list, I look here...
www . thefa . com / TheFA / Disciplinary / SuspensionLists /
Take out the spaces. Spaces added since some blogs don't like URLs. No idea how often the FA updates this thing.
From mikelanglais on Wed Dec 26 09:46PMwow....newcastle cake walk went well......lesson is never bet on or against alardyce, except when you do.
From joshtottenham on Wed Dec 26 10:52PMhey! that's OUR joke!
From jspitzberg on Wed Dec 26 11:46PMwhy oh why didnt RvP play...?? somebody tell me. should i keep him next week?
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