The IEFSA Fantasy League on Fantrax lets
you use one goalkeeper and eight outfield players in any given gameweek. So,
imagine me rubbing my hands after the early game of Gameweek 16 when my bitter rival
@TAMc10 started off by shipping three goals against his goalkeeper and getting
a red card in the shape of Wilfred Ndidi. I smelt blood in the water, and
swiftly moved to make sure I had enough players playing to scrape together the
90 odd points I was sure I needed for victory. In came Alex Iwobi and out when
Gareth Barry (Barry scored a goal against Manchester United); Ciaran Clark of
Newcastle was sent packing and in came Sebastian Prodl of Watford (Clark as I guessed,
didn’t play. Prodl shipped four goals at home to Huddersfield). Prodl was
joining his Watford teammate Kabasele at the back, and my trio of defenders was
completed by Steve Cook of Bournemouth. The Cherries let in four goals against
Liverpool, though mercifully Cook was only on the field for one of those. Two
more of my players didn’t get any minutes and I slumped to an embarrassing fifty-point
defeat.
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| Barry scores, but not for my side |
This week the IEFSA/Fantrax fixture
computer has me facing @EPL_MOstradamus, one of the few sides I can claim a
victory over earlier in the season. He also lost last time out, but with a
score that would have comfortably beaten my side. It looks like he will be out to exact revenge.
@EPL_MOstradamus’s Team
His three highest scorers face tricky away
ties this week, which means I may have a slight chance! Roberto Firmino goes to
Arsenal who have one of the best home records in the league. Charlie Daniels
will have to head to Man City, who have the best overall record in the league. While
Heung-Min Son faces a trip to high flying Burnley.
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| Firmino could outscore my whole side |
My side has 11 goals to @EPL_MOstradmus’s 22.
As I always say, goals win games. I’ll be hoping that his in-form players have
a bit of an off week, while I can perhaps sneak one in off of Tammy Abraham’s
elbow or something. His side have also registered 21 assists, compared to my
sides paltry four.
What I Need To Happen
Iwobi was actually one of my highest
scoring players last week, so perhaps he can keep his place against Liverpool
on Friday night. Although if he spent the whole game shadowing Firmino, I wouldn’t
be against that. Steve Cook will be looking to regain his place for Bournemouth
meaning I can perhaps drop Prodl and go searching to bolster a different part
of the team. Watford seem to be on a downward slide at the moment and I wouldn’t
fancy them to keep a clean sheet. Maybe I should look to offload Christian
Kabasele also!
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| Iwobi will find the Liverpool Midfield more of a handful this week |
Zlatan scored in the league cup midweek,
and I am desperate in my need for him to stamp his authority on the league
side. Manchester United play Leicester City in the late game on Saturday. And
when I say late, I mean late. It will kick off at 7:45. Which is a ridiculous
time for all us sushi and prawn sandwich eating fans forced to get up at four
am to watch it!
Predictions
Only four correct predictions last week as
the ‘crazy’ Christmas fixtures play havoc with sides and therefore my normally
sage-like predictions. With all the fixtures coming thick and fast, there are
also midweek games which means the IEFSA Cup comes around again. It’s the quarter
finals and my side will play @FantasyYIRMA, but more on that in a post during
the week. Please follow @THE_IEFSA on Twitter to keep track of every match-ups' scores.
Here are this week’s predictions. Good Luck
Everyone.
@RotoZdroik over @nikarg
@TRKingston over @FantasyYIRMA
@FuzzyWarbles over @wrigavin
@jasonuk17 over @jforquer11
@cjradune over @nealjthurman
@BenDinnery over @FPL_MNOP
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