My team might be sitting in 10th and nine points
off the top of the table, but things are looking up after winning last week. A
first Memphis Depay goal coupled with a Wijnaldum strike against Chelsea saw me
overcome @nealjthurman and leapfrog him in the table. My hope for a clean sheet
from any of my defenders never came to pass, but it did not hamper my team too
much. Begovic continued to leak goals, as Chelsea struggle to recapture the
defensive stability that was a feature of their league winning campaign. I’m
starting to think that Chelsea will not fix this problem anytime soon and any points
that I can gain are a bonus at the moment.
This week, in an effort to get to .500 and move up the
table, I face @SportsByGotti. A win is never assured in this league, and Mike’s
team may sit below me in the table but he has scored 14 more points than me
this season so far. He had a heartbreaking loss to @RotoWireAndrew in week 7
and will be determined to bounce back this week and move ahead of my team at
the same time.
@SportsByGotti’s Team
Mike’s team averages 46.5 points every gameweek. But digging
a bit deeper; since the signing of Kevin De Bryne and the goalscoring form of
Redmond and Sakho, his starting team average 58.5 points. So I’m hoping he
leaves some of those points on the bench this week. One player who he will have
to leave out is Koscielny as the defender picked up a hamstring injury in the
Champions League midweek. This will mean he has to play Janmaat at the back, as
the Newcastle man visits Man City.
@SportsByGotti is strong up front. His players have 13 goals
between them, while my team only has nine. Sahko of West Ham heads to
Sunderland and he would hope to continue his goalscoring form there. The Black
Cats have yet to keep a clean sheet in the league and have let in five goals in
their three previous games at home. West Ham also seem to play better away from
home, they have a 100% record away from Upton Park and have only conceded one
goal in this time, and that was away at Man City.
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| Will Falcao or Remy start in place of the suspended Costa? |
Three Chelsea players make up a big chunk of his squad.
Falcao, Oscar and Willian could all start at home to Southampton this Saturday
evening. Falcao has yet to start a league game for the Blues and is probably
the biggest gamble of the three. A number of his forward players will be
involved in games prior to the Chelsea v Southampton kickoff, so his Forward
and OFfensive slots will be more than likely filled before then.
What I Need To Happen
To beat @SportsByGotti this week I’m going to need to score
goals, Depay will continue up front for me. United play Arsenal on Sunday, and
while I’m fairly confident he’ll start against the Gunners, I’ll be hoping that
I’m not too far behind Mike’s team going into Sunday’s games because if I’m
relying on Memphis to drag my team over the line, it could be a long wait.
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| Everyone could well know this guys name come Saturday evening.... |
I also need Tim Sherwood’s Aston Villa to start picking up their performances. I have three Villa players and with them playing at home to Stoke City, a Stoke side that have yet to pick up a win away from home, if any of my three players start, and I’ll be sweating over the fitness of Idrissa Gana Gueye, they will be in my starting team. While needing a Villa win, I’ve decided to drop Arnautovic to the bench and bring in Ola Toivonen of Sunderland instead. I’m aware that this could easily backfire on me too because Sunderland are Sunderland!
Predictions
Oh dear! 2 from 7 last weekend was an abysmal return. A lot of sides put up some impressive numbers last week which totally surprised me.
@wrigavin had a Hennessey clean sheet and five goals as he put up a season high
of 82.4 points. Most of his players will be playing away from home this week,
so surely that number won’t be possible again? Either way, @FuzzyWarbles will
have to worry about that!
@RotoZDroik over @GalinDragiev
@cjradune over @DanRiccio590
@nikarg over @BenDinnery
@wrigavin over @FuzzyWarbles
Enjoy all the football this Saturday and Sunday everyone,
and don’t forget to follow @THE_IEFSA on Twitter to keep up with the goings on
in all the matchups.
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