TFF chit chat 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th April

[morganb]

FRIDAY 16TH APRIL

Everton 20:00 Tottenham

The weekend starts here with a game at 8pm on Friday between Everton and Spurs at Goodison. The Toffees played out a bore draw against Brighton last time out and Calvert-Lewin was missing and will be out for this game. Spurs are in 7th, one place and one point ahead of Everton.

SATURDAY 17TH APRIL

Newcastle 12:30 West Ham

Saturday's early match is Newcastle v West Ham. The Magpies are still too close to the relegation zone for comfort but put in a spirited performance last time out when St Maximin was the star. West Ham are good at scoring three goals then conceding at least two. Lingard is in fantastic form. Bowen played as striker v Leicester.

SEMI-FINAL

Chelsea 17:30 Man City

The first of this weekend's FA Cup semi finals is at 5:30pm and is between Chelsea and Manchester City. Chelsea lost in mid week but won convincingly last time out in the league. City won in the Champions League on Wednesday but lost last weekend against Leeds.

Wolves 20:15 Sheff Utd

Saturday's late game kicks off at 8:15pm and is Wolverhampton Wanderers against Sheffield United. Wolves got a late winner last weekend and Traore is in good form. The Blades lost again last time out and are all but down.

SUNDAY 18TH APRIL

Arsenal 13:30 Fulham

Sunday's early match is a London derby between Arsenal and Fulham. Arsenal were in Europa League action on Thursday and recorded a comfort win. Aubameyang has malaria. Fulham are 6 points away from safety having played a game more.

Man Utd 16:00 Burnley

At 4pm, Manchester United versus Burnley at Old Trafford. Man Utd played in the Europa League on Thursday night, Cavani scored. Burnley have thrown away a lead in their last two outings and United like giving teams a head start.

SEMI-FINAL

Leicester 18:30 Southampton

The second FA Cup semi final takes place at 6:30pm and is between Leicester and Southampton. The Foxes have lost their last two League games but the Saints have won more FA Cup games than League games this year.

MONDAY 19TH APRIL

Leeds 20:00 Liverpool

The Monday night fixture is Leeds v Liverpool at 8pm. Leeds recorded a famous victory over Manchester City last time out. Liverpool dropped out of the CL with a nil-nil draw in mid week but won last weekend in the league.

No Palace, Wolves, Brighton, Villa but there are more games on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday plus next weekend.

[murf]

No Palace, Wolves, Brighton, Villa but there are more games on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday plus next weekend.

Brighton & Villa play midweek so effectively only Wolves and Palace without a game & 6 midweek teams with bonus games..

TUESDAY 20TH APRIL
Chelsea 20:00 Brighton & Hove Albion
WEDNESDAY 21ST APRIL
Tottenham Hotspur 18:00 Southampton
Aston Villa 20:15 Manchester City
THURSDAY 22ND APRIL
Leicester City 20:00 West Bromwich Albion

Next weekend is the Carling Cup Final so no games for Spurs, Man City, Fulham and Southampton. 3 of those play in midweek. Fulham don't.

So, over the 2 TFF weeks:
1 game - Wolves, Palace, Fulham
2 games - most clubs
3 games - Chelsea, Leicester, WBA

[Darbyand]

Curious move from the TFF Twitter account to publicise FPL

[Moon Knight]

Also on Facebook.

Directing the last stragglers towards another game for next season?

[theo29]

in the meantime if you are in Tff FISO LEAGUE why not join the end of season thrash ( 15th April thread)

[happyhoppy]

Thinking DCL to Mount probably safer than Havertz.

[murf]

Curious move from the TFF Twitter account to publicise FPL

Weird

[Jester]

Curious move from the TFF Twitter account to publicise FPL

Weird

Extremely!

[brencarr]

Goal - KANE
Assist - NDOMBELE

Everton 0-1 Spurs (27 mins)

[brencarr]

Goal - SIGURDSSON
Assist - RODRIGUEZ

Everton 1-1 Spurs (31 mins)

The game has suddenly warmed up

[murf]

Goal - SIGURDSSON
Assist - RODRIGUEZ

Everton 1-1 Spurs (31 mins)

The game has suddenly warmed up

Can it cool off now?

I went for 1-1 in FISO Goals.

[brencarr]

Excellent finish by Siggy ....

Goal - SIGURDSSON
Assist - COLEMAN

Everton 2-1 Spurs (62 mins)

[brencarr]

Another gift for Kane from the Everton defence ....

Harry Kane hits back!
Michael Keane makes a mess of his clearance and Kane is there to fire home.

Everton 2-2 Tottenham

[Canaryfan]

Trying to decide whether to replace DCL, but now Harry's done his ankle again.

[buttonphobic]

Trying to decide whether to replace DCL, but now Harry's done his ankle again.

Is it normally his ankle? Everyone has him so in the same boat I guess

[Canaryfan]

Trying to decide whether to replace DCL, but now Harry's done his ankle again.

Is it normally his ankle? Everyone has him so in the same boat I guess

Pretty sure it's been ankle problems that have kept him out in the past.

On the BBC text Michael Brown said "Harry Kane's really struggling. It looks like his ankle has rolled. He said straight away 'it's gone. Change me.'".

Everyone's got him, but maybe not everyone's got the transfers to swap him. Worst thing will be if it's a "hope he'll just miss a game or two" and then it's the stck or twist dilemma!

[buttonphobic]

Trying to decide whether to replace DCL, but now Harry's done his ankle again.

Is it normally his ankle? Everyone has him so in the same boat I guess

Pretty sure it's been ankle problems that have kept him out in the past.

On the BBC text Michael Brown said "Harry Kane's really struggling. It looks like his ankle has rolled. He said straight away 'it's gone. Change me.'".

Everyone's got him, but maybe not everyone's got the transfers to swap him. Worst thing will be if it's a "hope he'll just miss a game or two" and then it's the stck or twist dilemma!

These situations are made for the tortoises. Ideally you want two spare transfers one to shift him out and another to bring him back if he makes it.. Kane might just be being cautious given the Euros!

[brencarr]

Not only the Euros but the League Cup final is in 9 days - why rush him back for the Southampton game when there's silverware to be won 3 days later?

[cnkp21]

Not only the Euros but the League Cup final is in 9 days - why rush him back for the Southampton game when there's silverware to be won 3 days later?

If it is likely that he is going to miss the Southampton game then surely it is worth taking him out for a 3-0. Ive got 7 transfers left so if I bring him back I will 5.

[SamD]

Footnote to post immediately above, assuming Kane will miss the match against Southampton on Wed.

Replacing him for a Leicester or Chelsea player could result in a 4-for-0 if Spurs play after either of these clubs when Premier League fixtures currently set for Sat May 1 are rearranged.

[murf]

...or West Brom

Fair chance he won't be back that soon (plus I'm low on transfers) so I'll be ignoring 3 for 0 type factors and getting Salah (who I sold a few weeks back and have missed more recently). Someone else can also go for Kane when he comes back.

[murf]

In case anyone cares (or is finally getting Lingard and wants to check that he does indeed start)

Newcastle manager Steve Bruce makes one change to the side that defeated Burnley in their last Premier League outing last Sunday.
Allan Saint-Maximin comes in for Dwight Gayle while Callum Wilson starts on the bench.
Newcastle XI: Dubravka, Murphy, Clark, Fernandez, Dummett, Ritchie, Al Miron, Shelvey, Songstaff, Saint-Maximin, Joe Linton
Subs: Gillespie, Carroll, Gayle, Wilson, Lewis, Hendrick, Krafth, Manquillo, Willock.

West Ham manager David Moyes makes two tweaks to the side that beat Leicester in the Premier League last weekend.
Aaron Cresswell and Arthur Masuaku drop out with Ben Johnson and Angelo Ogbonna both starting.
West Ham XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Diop, Ogbonna, Soucek, Noble, Fornals, Lingard, Johnson, Bowen
Subs: Martin, Trott, Balbuena, Yarmolenko, Benrahma, Lanzini, Alves, Fredericks, Coventry City.

[happyhoppy]

Now Lingard after scoring gets injured. Ffs

[satman]

Why is Coufal showing with 3pts, an assist for the handball penalty, is that possible?

[Buster]

Why is Coufal showing with 3pts, an assist for the handball penalty, is that possible?

Yes, as he is deemed to have "earned" the penalty. When the new game-organisers took over this season and replaced KCs with assists, it brought the game in-line with the approach that the FPL game has to assists. I don't believe it would have earned him TFF points last season.

[Canaryfan]

How many lucky numbers do you have in this week's Man City line-up lottery?

Chelsea XI: Kepa, Azplicueta, Chilwell, Jorginho, James, Kante, Mount, Rudiger, Silva, Werner, Ziyech.

Subs: Caballero, Alonso, Emerson, Zouma, Gilmour, Havertz, Hudson-Odoi, Pulisic, Giroud.


Manchester City XI: Steffen, Cancelo, Dias, Laporte, Mendy, Rodrigo, Fernandinho, De Bruyne, Torres, Sterling, Jesus.

Subs: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Ake, Gundogan, Zinchenko, Bernardo, Mahrez, Foden.

[CITY CASUALS]

My 'main' team (in 1670ish position) has Ederson, Christensen, Stones, Gundogan, Mahrez and Foden all not starting in this game.
Beat that if you can !

[happyhoppy]

So injuries to Kane Lingard and now kdb.

[Moon Knight]

So, it looks like I’ll be down to just one City player (Dias) in my teams tomorrow.

Wouldn’t have believed that a couple of weeks ago.

[Jamjack]

So injuries to Kane Lingard and now kdb.

I missed the Lingard one....This was been an awful week.