barcaRONAN’s last game week Score – 32
Average Score on site – 41
Highest Haul: 6 – Bale (He was my captain, so that was 3 points doubled)
Lowest Haul: Huth – -1 point - Onouoha
Average Score Per Player 2.9
Accrued Score – 1070
Place in my own fecking league – 77, down 1 place
Points Off the top – 379
State Of Play
Well I scored 32 points this week, which is the age I turned this week. So based on these projections in the year 2122 I’ll be on fire in fantasy football again.
Vindication
Like Edwin Starr sung of War and what it is good for, absolutely nothing
D’oh
I think my main d’oh is the gamble I took on a QPR revival; Kenny and Onuoha have let me down. Both their days seem numbered.
Did I get the Keeper right? Subs in general?
No, Ben Foster got 2 points more than Kenny; and yes. I’m surprised to be honest that bridge hasn’t been playing, I assumed he’d be in from the off as he was fit.
Screenshot of my team from last game week.
Questions / Hunch / Dramatic Narrative this game week before Sky have spotted it.
So I suppose the big thing is Mister Adebayor returning to the Emirates, this time in a Spurs Jersey, as we all remember his sprint when he played for Man City towards the Arsenal fans after scoring, he has an eye for drama already.
Also the shambles of Wolves look like it’s going down the swanee fast. So the best option is deemed to be the assistant to the manager who you weren’t happy with it. Saying it was too expensive to pay 2million pounds for Poyet could seem chicken feed to the losses of going down.
What are the odds?
No interesting odds stand out (Man City and Chelsea both being very odds on to win at home, funny considering just how bad Chelsea were at home to Birmingham). Also I’ve heard and read a few places that this is the first time in nearly 20 years that Spurs have gone to play Arsenal and be the favourites as visitors, if they are favourites it is by the tiniest of points. So this is new section I added last game week is pretty pointless this week.
Transfers
2 free transfers to make this week, but making 3. Basically I had to wave bye bye to Kenny and unfortunately cos he was so cheap I had to shake a few quid elsewhere. I also wanted to get rid of Bridge since he hasn’t been performing either. I decided that since Huth is suspended, I didn’t wanna keep Suarez (Since he’s not playing anyway), otherwise I’d have 1 player on my bench. I needed to get rid of one of my big money people, so Suarez just drew the short straw, to replace him I brought in Crouch (3 million cheaper), who is fresh from not playing in Europe, and has two home games in a row coming up. That opened up the funds to bring in Richards in defence (two home games in a row, and a good looking run of fixtures) and then to complete the circle, I brought in Krul at Newcastle to become my new goalie. He makes his debut this week, at home to the toothless Wolves.
Theory/Selection
Right, so my three defenders who are playing at home are in [ideally I’d like to play 2-5-3!, but the rules are de rules], by de facto wanting to use all three strikers, all playing against opposition I could see them scoring 1 or 2 against; so the only real decision to make is which 4 of my 5 midfielders. Because of the strength of Blackburn, I can see Silva being rested or put on the bench, but I’d be a fool to not play him, but if he comes on for just 8 mins at the end….
Ok as much as I wanna play Walters, right now I can’t justify dropping Dempsey or Sessegnon, as it stands I’m going to leave it as I post here.
My Captain, My Captain.
As I touched on, Silva is almost too good an option! If I captain him and he only plays a few mins I’ll go spare, but what with it being a Saturday game Manchini might go for the jugular, so Man United are under pressure on the Sunday. With that in mind, Silva will be my captain. Ba will be my viceman. But don’t think I don’t see you hopping up and down with your hand up Gareth Bale.
My Team this week
Keeping An Eye On
- Stockdale has been very impressive for Fulham (there were whispers of him being brought in as England keeper, sometimes you just need to be English to be linked with that squad!), and while Schwarzer returned for last two matches after his injury spell; I can easily see Jol easing the latter out. They have some very favourable fixtures coming up so it could be a factor.
- Cleverly at Man Utd, has been looking very fresh and I think he’ll end up shadowing Scholes for rest of season (I imagine a chain of events where Scholes is like Danny Glover, and young Tom is Mel Gibson)
Captain's Corner with Phergal
[NB Back Of The Net Boy is not responsible for Captain’s Corner spelling, grammar and basic text layout]
Injuries starting to rear their ugly head again, the highly owned Valencia, Rooney, Assou-Ekotto all doubts this weekend, causing most of us major headaches. Some very captain friendly fixtures this weekend, let's have a look.
Newcastle @home to Wolves - Sad to see Big Mick get the sack and all the best to him. This leaves Wolves managerless but with the well respected Terry Connor being promoted to caretaker manager after 13 years as assistant manager at the club. I hope he does well and gets made permanent. But anyway, Wolves still look dodgy and Ba will be picked by a lot of teams this weekend, supported by the return of the excellent midfield pairing of Cabaye and Tiote.
City @home to Blackburn - City have big players returning too with the Toure brothers looking for starts. Ya Ya will give a lot of stability in the centre, leaving Silva and Aguero to get forward much more comfortably. Aguero should do well, although he "should" have done well in plenty of recent games too, it's last chance saloon for him here for a lot of us, I actually got rid of him for Rooney last week, no doubt this will backfire badly. :(
Man U @Norwich - Not a very convincing display from United last night against a poor Ajax side, but despite Ferguson saying otherwise, it can't be a big priority for them. Rooney is a doubt with a throat infection, must be that cigarette he had on holiday last year. Valencia's only gone and done his hammy too, and with Nani not really producing the pickings are slim. Young?
Arsenal @Home to Tottenham - The great Sky North London Derby is always unpredictable, i reckon it will have goals though. Spurs are possibly missing a few key players though, I'd back RVP for at least a goal here.
Gamble pick? - Mata @home to Bolton. He'll be looking to impress Rafa Benitez/Guus Hiddink/Abramovich/Sky.
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