Game week 35
barcaRONAN’s last game week Score – 75
Average Score on site – 38
Highest Haul: 26 – Rooney (He was my captain, so it was 13 points doubled)
Lowest Haul: Cisse – 0 points, as he didn’t play at all
Average Score Per Player 6.8
Accrued Score – 1597
Place in my own fecking league – 52, up 9 places
Points off the top – 329, rose 12 points closer to the top.
Points off ‘The First Page’ – 27 points closer to 50th
State Of Play
To use a phrase more commonly used in NBA Jam… Boomshackalacka!!! An amazingly good week at Camp Ro, only 4 teams did better than moi in the BOTNB league this week. Hopefully we can use this as a stepping-stone and have a strong finish to the season. Can’t wait for the Euros now!
Vindication
Nothing particularly inspired to take credit for, even though overall I did very well this week, 6 or 7 prominent players all did what they are well known for doing and I managed to captain a player who did well.
D’oh
Similarly nothing to rue either, 3 players getting 2 points or less was statistically likely.
Did I get the Keeper right?
Moot point, as he wasn’t playing.
Subs in general?
Even mootier point.
Screenshot of my team from last game week.
Questions / Hunch / Trends / Dramatic Narrative this game week before Sky have spotted it.
Wahey! we are officially in the business end of the season that people refer to, so let’s get down to bizness. Couple of slug outs now – The Title; 3rd & 4th place; and the drop, and then there are the other 8 or 9 clubs who really are almost twiddling their thumbs looking at the brochures for sun holidays already.
Having said that not much stands out this week, other than two returning figures, O’Neill returns to Aston Villa as Sunderland manager, it’d be safe to say that both parties probably wish they could rewind the clock two seasons as they have been forgettable for both.
On a smaller note Darren Gibson returns to Man Utd now in the colours of Everton, Gibson was in the shadow of Paul Scholes for a few seasons and now it looks like they will be playing against each other.
Transfers
Making no transfers this week, the only reason would be to bring in the players playing twice this week and there isn’t a Villa or Bolton player interesting me at all. There is no point trying to be clever and get the jump on all the doubles coming up in the next gameweek yet cos there could be a bevy of injuries.
Theory/Selection
Simple really, playing as few defenders as possible (in this case benching Cahill, who is away at the Emirates, and Williams, who is away at Bolton). While Krul has an orange mark against him, I’ll go with him as first choice keeper, and finally my fourth benchee will be Song for Arsenal, my reasoning is basically that my other 4 midfielders are in better recent form.
My Captain, My Captain.
I might go with the safe choice of having Rooney as captain again, might change my mind over the course of the night though, he never really shines against his old club Everton but they are bound to be out of sorts since losing that FA Cup semi final and a visit to Old Trafford is never easy at the best of times.
My Team this week
Keeping An Eye On
Darren Gibson, on a personal note, to see if he scores a 35 yard screamer on his return to Old Trafford. But also Lennon at Spurs, who seems to be fully fit again and his return to the right wing could lead to resurgence for both Spurs as a team and him as an attacking player.
Captain's Corner
[NB Back Of The Net Boy is not responsible for Captain’s Corner spelling, grammar and basic text layout]
RVP disappointed and Rooney looked out of sorts (despite getting two goals!), and City seem to be returning to their early season free scoring form, giving us lots to think about.
Arsenal@home to Chelsea - Tricky to call this one. But i will. 2-2. RVP and Walcott for Arsenal, Drogba could well be rested here for Champions league next week, Torres to deputise. Not a great fixture for your armband though.
Wolves@home to City - This looks mouth watering. Tevez is back with a vengeance and his partnership with Aguero looks deadly. Both are excellent picks. Aguero probably the more likely to get 90 minutes and should be on pens so he's slight favourite imo. Silva is a good shout too. Oh and Hennessey's out for Wolves, uh oh.
(I'm forever blowing) Doubles! - Villa and Bolton have doubles this week, but most will be overlooking this on account of both teams being very poor recently and much bigger double gameweek fish to fry next week. Still though, the likes of Myaichi for Bolton or maybe a Villa defender (2 home games) could be a good bet, but it's risky.
Newcastle@home to Stoke - Cisse and Ben Arfa.
Gamble picks - For the 3rd or 4th time this season, Yakubu! (Yes, I’m a terrible gambler)
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