Fantasy Football 2011-9-23

Game week 7

barcaRONAN’s last game week Score – 43 // Average Score on site – 45

Highest Haul – 6 // Lowest Haul – 1 // Average Score Per Player 3.9

Accrued Score – 260 (inc gameweek 1 score)

Place in my own fecking league - 67

State Of Play

I’m beginning to ticket that the managers in the premiership wait till I post my team on this blog, and they open up the latest update in trepedation every Friday evening to see who I’ve cursed with my selection for that weekend. Last game week, only 3 players of my players did their primary task, in this case it was 3 defenders managing clean sheets. No assists from any of midfielders and none of my strikers hit the onion bag.

Vindication

I picked the right keeper out of the two choices, that’s the only thing to stand by. “It could have been worse” can never be used as a vindication can it? (no need to answer that, I know); I also put the eventual own-goal scorer Johnson on the bench.

D’oh

Once again it was just an all round shit day at the office, two point BELOW the average score is always a bad sign. I’m down to 67^th in my league. Ballllllllls.

Here’s the screenshot of my team from last game week

Questions / Hunch / Drama / Dramatic Narrative this game week before Sky Have Spotted it

Last week’s Liverpool hunch turned out to be misguided, they showed me. I am still wary of their next two games so I won’t bring in Enrique (yet!)

I’m not bringing much to the table this week either, all my notes for this weekend (while come up with independently) are jusr rehashes of the fantasy football scout’s suggestions. The well is dry today, unlike the weather here.

The Rooney question got settled today when Alex announced his is fit. (as in Sir ALex Ferguson, not the Brazilian third choice Chelsea centre back)

Transfers/Theory/Selection

I spent 8 points, making 3 transfer last game week, and I’m gonan make no changes this week. Bascially because all my tinkering keeps backfiring, I’m just gonna leave it as is. My entire midfield is playing  away does weekend [insert obvious joke about unnamed premiership footballers here].  Everyone is saying “Nani -Captain – Nani - Captain - Nani - Captain”, but I’m just gonna hold back.

There might be a chance in direction with my thinking though as I mull over this point made here - http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/clean-sheet-points-is-severely-under-rated-t90409.html

I’m wary of Stoke conceding at Swansea, just out of tiredness rather than on a talent level, so Huth on bench, Long is on the bench because WBA seems to be low on steam and they are away at Sunderland, who did very well when they played Stoke at home 2 weeks ago. I’m gonna with the opinion that Johnson will really shine this week as a reaction to his travails last week. I’m slightly wary of Man City conceding a goal at Blackburn, so I’ll just play one of the two. So that sets up my team.

The questions who to captain is annoying me, it’s between Rooney and Agbonlihor. I’ll go with Wayne this week.

My Team this week

Keeping An Eye On

I’m looking at Stoke and Fulham’s tiredness levels (apparently it is the latter’s 16^th game of the season this week).

Ben Arfa, has been coming back from injury, he was in great form before his injury last season. Also Holden for Bolton should be back soon.

Barry Bannan, 5 million is a great price and he seems to be a first teamer with Villa.

Captain's Corner with Phergal

The captain is on holiday at the moment. Next week he’ll be back, rested I hope.