Both my top scorers scored in the last gameweek
to help my side to victory over @DFS_Hambazaza. Pedro and Joe Allen have six
goals each this season, and thankfully both have fixtures this weekend. With
the League Cup final on Sunday, four sides don’t have a match this gameweek.
Man Utd, Southampton, Man City and Arsenal. That means four IEFSA managers will
be without goalkeepers this week, while a number must start looking deep into
their squads in order to find eight outfield players. Some managers have been
hit harder than others. @RotoWireAndrew only has five fit outfield players,
with only two likely to start for their clubs. But I’m not facing Andrew this
week. No, the IEFSA Fantrax fixture computer made sure I was facing a side that
could get a full team out, and one that scored the highest points total in the
previous gameweek. That side is the in-form @SportsByGotti.
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| Joe Allen would be a late call up to Welsh Six Nations squad if needed |
@SportsByGotti’s Team
Mike may be missing his highest scorer in
Kevin De Bruyne, but he has many capable replacements. In fact, @SportsByGotti
has the only team in league where every one of his outfield players has found
the net. He has a very dangerous squad indeed. Outside of De Bryne, the goals have
come for Mike in the shape of Matt Phillips of West Brom (facing Bournemouth at
home this weekend), Willian of Chelsea (Swansea at home), and West Ham’s
Michail Antonio (Watford away). Swansea and Bournemouth have the worst two
defences in the league, so @SportsByGotti should be confident of returns in
front of goals again this weekend.
Mike appears to have luck at both ends of
the pitch. As his goalkeeper, Everton’s Joel Robles, gets to face one of the
lowest scorers away from home this season, Sunderland. Everton are also the
most inform team over the last eight games, and @SportsByGotti recently snapped
up their exciting young Forward Ademola Lookman. The nineteen-year-old averages
a shade over one goal every five games in his fledgling career, and guess what? He hasn’t scored in his
last four appearances for the Toffees. I keep telling you the IEFSA Fantrax
fixture computer has it in for me, but no one believes me!
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| Lookman could deal my team a big blow by keeping Mirallas out of the side |
What I Need To Happen
After all I’ve mentioned it seems like
wishful thinking that @SportsByGotti will be kept scoreless. My side will just
have to go toe to toe and knock in an extra goal or two. One of my top scorers,
Joe Allen, has to try and get past the Spurs defence though. Tottenham have
only conceded five goals at home all season, and only one goal at home in over
three months. Which probably means I shouldn’t rely on Marko Arnautovic or
Ibrahim Afellay to be scoring too many goals either.
Four of my squad have red flags by their
names at the moment, while a further four could be considered to be
questionable as to whether they will get the start for their teams. I could
pull the plug on the Ibrahim Afellay experiment and draft in a player from Free
Agency. Mark Hughes seems to have pulled the plug on the Ibrahim Afellay
experiment too. Deploying Ramadan Sobhi in his place of late. Do I dare drop
Jack Wilshere, when he is just about to find that first goal of the season?
Perhaps it would be best to just get rid of Jesse Lingard? Manchester United don’t
have a fixture this week, and Lingard doesn’t seem to have a fixture most
weeks.
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| Lingard does most of his dabbing on the bench these days |
Predictions
More correct than incorrect was the positive
to take form the predictions in the last gameweek, five to four. My tie with
@SportsByGotti is clearly the glamour fixture this weekend, second facing third.
Another match-up to keep an eye on is leader @RotoZdroik, trying to prevent a
third loss in a row, against @cjradune. C.J. will be out for revenge in this
one, having lost their last encounter by less than two points. Remember to
follow @THE_IEFSA on Twitter to see how all these match-ups pan out.
Here are this week’s predictions. Good Luck
everyone.
@TAMc10 over @DFS_Hambazaza
@RotoZdroik over @cjradune
@FantasyYIRMA over @BenDinnery
@SmokeyLoogy over @jasonuk17
@nikarg over @nealjthurman
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