Sometimes you ride your luck a little bit,
you get the rub of the green, the bounce of the ball, and no amount of
IEFSA/Fantrax ‘scoring’ can prevent an upset victory. One such victory occurred
last weekend when my side topped the high flying @FuzzyWarbles by a score of
105.3 – 102.6. I had clung onto the lead going into the Manchester Derby on Sunday,
knowing I had one player to play (whoever might take the field out of Zlatan,
Rojo and Lindelof. It was Rojo who started), yet @FuzzyWarbles still had Aguero
to play. But the skillful Argentinian was sitting on the City bench. As the game
was going on, Rojo was booked and taken off injured at half time. My lead was
slim. If Aguero was summoned to the fray I was surely looking at defeat. City were
always in the lead though and were never chasing the game which might have improved
the chances of Aguero seeing some action. Ninety minutes came and went, Aguero went unused, and the
three points were mine.
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| Aguero has often sat out the easier games this season |
I don’t have time to celebrate that victory
though as my team will be thrown straight in against @TAMc10 in a fierce relegation
six-pointer. Both our sides have four wins and twelve points. The only thing separating
our sides at the moment is fantasy points scored. Oh and @nikarg in ninth
place. The last time we faced each other was in Gameweek nine, where @TAMc10
beat my side by over 70 points! I’ll be hoping for something closer this
weekend.
@TAMc10’s Team
An Alexis Sanchez goal and assist, as well
as a Shane Duffy clean sheet, did the damage that day. He will be hoping for
more of the same, Sanchez plays against Newcastle at home and Duffy hosts low
scorers Burnley. He can also call on the return recently of Forward Callum
Wilson of Bournemouth. The Cherries entertain Liverpool on Sunday, and Klopp’s
side have been known to leak the odd goal or two when playing away from home.
@TAMc10 may be streets ahead come Sunday though. In fact, he could be out of
sight by the time the Saturday three o’clock kick-offs are in view.
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| If Duffy scores against Pope, @TAMc10 is almost assured of three points |
The early kick-off is between Leicester
City and Crystal Palace. Normally I would have the ever-reliable Luka Milivojevic
in my side, but after collecting his fifth yellow card of the season, he will
be suspended for this game. That leaves Tate with two players playing where he
can build up a sizable lead. Under the right conditions of course. Kasper
Schmeichel will be keeping goal, averaging nearly 17 points per game. While Wilfred
Ndidi will be bossing the Midfield scoring an average of over 13 points per
game. I expect to be 30 points down before my first player has even laced up
his boots.
What I Need To Happen
I need Palace to halt this winning streak
that Leicester have been on lately and come away with a victory. Yes, it looks
again like I will have to hope that my opponent has a bad day at the office
rather than that my players will run up an unbeatable score. The vast chunk of
my players are playing with sides struggling in the bottom half of the table,
and if they are not, they are not an automatic choice to get into their teams starting
eleven. Now would be a good time for managers to start rotating their squads
for the busy Christmas New Years games. Fingers crossed some of my squad get
rotated into teams, rather than out.
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| Sanchez is due a good game. Please be due a good game! |
If I am within spitting distance of @TAMc10
after Saturdays and Sundays games, I could have three players gaining me points
in the Monday night fixture between Swansea and Everton. This includes my top
scorer, 4 goals, in Tammy Abraham. My top Fantasy Points scoring player is my
Goalkeeper Nick Pope. The Burnley stopper has kept seven clean sheets, and if
he can do so again against Brighton, then my side may have a fighting chance.
Predictions
Seven from nine last weekend in what was a
very entertaining round. @nikarg scored a week high 164 points, which got him
the win and kept my side on the bottom of the table. I only managed to correctly prediction one of
the four midweek cup ties. So, the less said about that the better. The magic
of the cup eh?
Here are this week’s predictions. Good Luck
Everyone.
@TRKingston over @jwl_15
@FuzzyWarbles over @nikarg
@RotoZdroik over @wrigavin
@cjradune over @jforquer11
@FPL_MNOP over @nealjthurman
@BenDinnery over @jasonuk17
