A 20-point haul from 'Player of the Year' Joe
Allen was enough to help my side to victory over @nikarg. That win means I am
guaranteed a top five finish. With @RotoZdroik having wrapped up the title with
a few weeks to spare, the next four teams are separated by only three points,
with @TRKingston being the man in form after winning nine games in a row. That
is a ridiculously good run, when you see that the second-best run in the league is only four wins, by my side of all teams!
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| Bournemouth players all crowd around Joe Allen asking to swap shirts |
This week the IEFSA Fantrax fixture computer
throws my side up against @TomSunderland_. Tom would have beaten my side in the
last gameweek as he posted one of the highest scores in the league thanks to a
Kasper Schmeichel clean sheet and a Marcos Alonso goal. @TomSunderland_ might
not be able to rise out of the bottom half of the table with two games to go,
but he will be out for revenge after he lost to my side in Gameweek 18.
@TomSunderland_’s Team
Alonso of Chelsea in defence has been
averaging over 16 points a game for Tom this season. Chelsea have a favourable
fixture against West Brom this Friday and he should get close to that average
again, and he might even add to his six goals and three assists this year.
Alonso is only Tom’s second highest averaging player though. In Midfield
Philippe Coutinho averages just shy of 20 points per game. The Liverpool player
travels to West Ham on Sunday, as the Reds try to cement a top four finish.
Coutinho has 10 goals and six assists in 29 games so far in 2016/17.
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| Jermain Defoe checks the year on the clock as he scores against Hull |
Elsewhere on @TomSunderland_’s team you
have some solid performers. In Defence, Hull’s Ranocchia and Stoke’s Bruno
Martins Indi get double points every week and should be fancied to do so again
this week. Patrick van Aanholt of Crystal Palace will face Hull on Sunday, and
a nervy relegation battle could conceivably end up scoreless, earning him lots
of points. Tom’s top scorer is Sunderland’s Jermain Defoe. He has 15 goals this
season and even managed to score last week. Which was a surprise to Tom, who
had left him on the bench.
What I Need To Happen
Not many goals around last weekend as sides
are winding down the season, or are trying to avoid defeat in an effort to
scrape 40 points and probable survival. Tom has lots of good defenders, so an
improbable goal-fest would surely only help my team. Gameweek 36 saw a last
minute change in my Defence as I was forced to bring in Kevin Long who played
for the injured Michael Keane. Keane may return for Burnley’s game against Bournemouth though, so Long will be
sent back to Free Agency, despite a commendable 12.6 points scored last week.
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| Kevin Long (28) queues up to play Rock, Paper, Scissors against West Brom |
Superstar Joe Allen gets to roam the midfield
against Arsenal this week. But as always, it’s goals that win games in IEFSA.
With that in mind, I will look to my top scoring players to perform. This could
be a struggle though as both my Stoke City players are some of my top scorers
and will have to crack an Arsenal defence who have kept two clean sheets in a
row. Joe Allen and Marko Arnautovic have six goals each. My top scorer is
Chelsea’s Pedro. He is probably a rotation risk as Chelsea have three games
remaining, but only need one win to secure the title. Henrik Mkhitaryan has
four goals this year, but is an even bigger rotation risk with Manchester
United throwing all their eggs in the Europa League basket. United also have a
tricky fixture away to Spurs, who have the best defence in the league.
Predictions
A horrible week for predictions last week
as only three ties were correct. Lots of upsets at this stage in the season.
Who would have though Sunderland would win? Who though @RotoZdroik would lose! Lots
of interesting ties this week, so make sure you are following @THE_IEFSA on
Twitter to keep tabs on all the action. Here are this week’s predictions.
Good Luck Everyone.
@EPL_MOstradamus over @nikarg
@TRKingston over @nealjthurman
@FuzzyWarbles over @jasonuk17
@jwl_15 over @jforquer11
@RotoZdroik over @SmokeyLoogy
@wrigavin over @DFS_Hambazaza
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