Last weekend my side was unable to topple @wrigavin from the
summit of the IEFSA Fantasy League, and he remains three points clear of his
nearest rival coming into Gameweek 23. My team struggled to an almighty 36.3
points as a goal and assist for @wrigavin’s RobertoFirmino put the gloss on an
easy victory. An immediate reaction will be required from my players this week
as they face a @SportsByGotti side which sits six points and only three places
below them.
A number of his most dependable starters are red flagged to
be missing this week, most notably Kevin De Bruyne, but he still has some more
than capable reserves in which to call upon. My reserves on the other hand have
usually been hugely disappointing when they have had to be thrown into the deep
end of competitive Premier League action. None more so than Memphis Depay, who
has developed some sort of bizarre footballing version of a reverse Midas touch.
If he hadn’t been signed for so much money, he surely would have been loaded
out to Preston North End or somewhere by now!
@SportsByGotti’s Team
Mike’s team could almost boast a whole starting eight of
players who have gained over 100 points for the season. My side on the other
hand would have to make do with only four such players. Recently he has been
picking up more defensive points through the efforts of his goalkeeper, Swansea’s
Fabianski, and his Southampton defender Cedric Soares. Arsenal’s Laurent Koscielny
has been his star at the back though, with three goals and nine clean sheets.
In a normal season you would expect the Gunners to shutout the Foxes this
Sunday lunchtime, but this has been anything but a normal season.
At the other end of the pitch, @SportsByGotti has mainly
been relying on De Bruyne to get the goals (yet he still only has five). If we
look around the fixtures this weekend in search of where the goals should come
from, you would perhaps pick out Oscar at home as Chelsea host Newcastle, or if
Nathan Redmond can find his way back into the Norwich starting 11, (and if you
can’t get into the current Canaries side you should really be taking a look at
your career!) perhaps their home game with West Ham will supply some goals.
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| Redmond & Gueye met on the pitch last weekend, but will battle on Fantasy turf this gameweek. |
If Newcastle can keep Chelsea quiet at Stamford Bridge it
would be a bonus, as @SportsByGotti will have both Oscar and Willian looking to
get on the scoresheet. But I wouldn’t want the Magpies getting too cocky, as I have
Courtois in between the sticks and he’s due a much needed clean sheet. Only
Courtois and Rangel will be playing at home this week for my defence, therefore
clean sheet points will perhaps be thin on the ground.
As the old mantra goes, ‘Goals win games’. Now, I’ll be
honest, I can’t even remember the last time one of my players found the old onion
bag. In Wijnaldum, Arnautovic and Ayew, I had three players who were finding
the net regularly up until the New Year. They each face tricky defences this
weekend, so perhaps my best hope is that Idrissa Gueye scores his first goal of
the season against Liverpool on Sunday. Although three shots on goal in 22
games means I won’t be rushing down to the bookies to put the house on it.
Predictions
Five from seven last time, out as both @TomSunderland_ and
@DFS_hambazaza enjoyed highscoring weekends to gain victories against opponents
far above them in the table. If you want to see a larger preview of these
predictions, then please head over to FantasyYIRMA. And as always, follow
myself @GarryIrwin and @THE_IEFSA on Twitter.
@BenDinnery over @nikarg
@cjradune over @DanRiccio590
@wrigavin over @FuzzyWarbles
@RotoZdroik over @GalinDragiev
Good Luck Everyone.
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