I gambled last weekend and it didn’t pay off, as a result I took
my second heaviest defeat of the season. Unfortunately, because I hoped that
Memphis Depay would use any minutes he got against Leicester City to good
effect, I left Schweinsteiger on the bench, who then goes and scores. I also
left Fabian Delph (goal) and Joshua King (assist) on the bench. With these
players in my starting line-up I could have overcame @RotoZdroik and the goals
his team got from Lukaku and McArther.
This week I’m pitted against the most in form team in the
league in @Smokey_Loogy. He has managed to rattle off five wins on the bounce.
Thanks again fixture gods!! It is a tough matchup because his team is built on
scoring goals. One of his Forwards has more goals than my three forward players
combined. Plus, the rest of his team ain’t too shabby either.
@Smokey_Loogy’s Team
Up front he can play both Watford forwards, who are bang in
form at the moment. Ighalo and Deeney have 12 goals and five assists between
them. They are at home on Saturday against a Norwich team yet to keep a clean sheet on the
road this season, so they will be fancied to get on the scoresheet
again. @Smokey_Loogy has four Crystal Palace players in his squad. Yannick
Bolasie averages the most points per game for his side with over 7. Palace
travel to Everton for a three o’clock kickoff on Saturday too. A tricky
fixture, but you never know what Alan Pardew has up his sleeve and Palace have
a pretty good away record.
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His defensive options all average over 5pts a game. He could
well go with two Palace defenders, but would he be confident that they could
keep Lukaku, Barkley and others quiet? He probably has more confidence in his
Liverpool players. The Reds travel to lowly Newcastle United on Sunday. Jürgen Klopp
has turned Liverpool into one of the form teams in the Premier League. Mignolet in
goals should be fancied to frustrate the Toon, while Philippe Coutinho (if fit)
is a constant threat at the other end of the pitch.
What I Need To Happen
If Norwich could somehow keep Watford’s two hot strikers
from scoring this weekend that would be great. If Newcastle could upset the
form book and overturn Liverpool, with perhaps Wijnaldum getting on the score
sheet, that would also be great. Everton are surely too hot for Palace to
handle at the moment, so a nice boring 1-0 Toffees win would be good in that match-up,
as long as Seamus Coleman doesn’t score!
As for my side? Well…. Who to pick? My selections were all wrong
last weekend, but should I stick with some of those players? Memphis will
surely get some proper game time now that Wayne Rooney has been ruled out with
injury. Schweinsteiger was Man Utd’s player of the month for November, so
should surely be starting for my team in a game at home to out of sorts West
Ham. Chelsea have finally started to keep some clean sheets and will be
expected to do so again at home to Bournmouth; so I would anticipate Begovic to gain
some points. While leaving Joshua King on the bench for my side.
Which player to play in my remaining M and OF positions?
Delph may start for Man City against Stoke, but should I be playing Arnautovic
in that game, as the Potters are the home team? That game is the early
kick-off, so it could set me up for the remaining games, or, it could set me
back.
Predictions
Four correct and three incorrect last week. Some games were
mighty close, while others were less so. @nealjthurman would have beaten my
side last week, but he ended up losing to @Smokey_Loogy by nearly 30 pts! Gulp!
How are you supposed to predict games when that kind of thing is going on!
Regardless, I’m going to try again this week. Remember to follow @THE_IEFSA on
Twitter to keep up with all of these matchups and also to follow me!
@GarrryIrwin.
@wrigavin over @DanRiccio590
@FantasyYIRMA over @nikarg
@cjradune over @FuzzyWarbles
@RotoZdroik over @nealjthurman
Good Luck Everyone
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