A fifth loss to start the season would make
you believe I’m feeling the pressure. But things have been positive this past
gameweek, as my side posted their second highest total of the year and everyone
got on the pitch and contributed their little bit. Beating @wrigavin was always
going to be a tough ask, and a Xherdan Shaqiri (of all things!) goal was the
difference between the two sides. Harry Kane had a quiet game but still put up
13 points, which would have been the third best score if he was on my team.
Which basically means if @wrigavin wanted to trade Kane for any of my better
players, then my door would perhaps be open.
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| Shaqiri loves a long range shot or two |
With performances slowly on the up I can
look forward with optimism to this week’s matchup. So, who has the
IEEFSA/Fantrax fixture computer decide to pit my side against? Oh it’s
@FuzzyWarbles. *checks IEFSA league table* Oh…… oh…. @FuzzyWarbles just happens
to be top and has scored the highest amount of points in the league. He has scored
almost three hundred points more than my team and scored the highest amount of
points last weekend. Surely this fixture is just further proof of the IEFSA/Fantrax bias
against my side.
@FuzzyWarbles’s Team
Steve has a player who has already scored
more goals than my whole squad put together. Liverpool’s Sadio Mane. He has a
player who would be my top scorer (2 goals) if he was on my team. Burnley’s new
signing Chris Wood. In Midfield things don’t get much better when you compare
our sides. The best passer in my side is, obviously, Joe Allen, with 144 accurate
passes in Midfield. @FuzzyWarbles’s players would laugh at this stat though. After
five games, his three midfielders of Tom Carroll, Andrew Surman and Eric Dier post
numbers of 200, 247, and 316 accurate passes respectively.
At the back things look equally as grim. I
somehow have six defenders in my squad and between them they’ve played 15 games
and have earned a total of three clean sheets. @FuzzyWarbles also has six
defenders in his squad, yet they have managed 13 clean sheets between them.
Phil Jones (4) on his own has more clean sheets than my whole team! Steve’s
goalkeeper is Spurs’ Hugo Lloris, and the Frenchman has three clean sheets this
season. I on the other hand have whoever mans the sticks for Burnley, currently
Nick Pope, and that side has yet to stop an opponent from scoring.
@FuzzyWarbles also has another player he can call on if he needs a bit of a goal threat.
@FuzzyWarbles also has another player he can call on if he needs a bit of a goal threat.
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| @FuzzyWarbles will rest him right? |
What I Need To Happen
Not many sides can boast a Golden Boy award
winner in their squad!
Well, six sides can boast that, including
@FuzzyWarbles, doh!
But moving on… I secured the talents of
Renato Sanches for a steal of only $45 a few weeks ago. The Swansea midfielder
has yet to find his feet in Wales, but surely will find things easier going
when he faces Watford on Saturday. This should also be the game where Tammy
Abraham bags (conservative estimate) a brace. Looking elsewhere for goals. My
best hope is probably Tom Ince. The Huddersfield man has taken 19 shots this
season and is yet to find the net. It would be just my luck that he finally
pops one in when he is up against my Burnley goalkeeper.
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| Izquierdo is Brighton's record signing #TheMoreYouKnow |
Jose Izquierdo managed 104 minutes for
Brighton during the league cup in midweek. Unfortunately, he didn’t use this
time by scoring any goals and probably missed his side’s best chance of the
game, as the Seagulls were knocked out. Using my crystal ball, I’d say that the
Colombian will fail to break the starting line-up again for some time. This
means I may have to offload the winger for another promising player on the Free
Agency list. I’m hearing good things about this Marko Grujic, maybe I’ll pick
him up…
Predictions
Five from nine last weekend, as a number of
tight games didn’t fall the way I had expected. @wrigavin against @TRKingston
is the tie of the round. Both teams have a record of 4-1 and the winner of this
tie could go top if @FuzzyWarbles has a below par performance. *crosses fingers*
To keep track of all the goings on of this gameweek, please follow @THE_IEFSA.
To hear tales of woe, heartache, despondency, misfortune and the occasional cat
meme, please follow @GarryIrwin on Twitter.
Here are this week’s predictions. Good Luck
Everyone.
@EPL_MOstradamus over @TAMc10
@RotoZdroik over @FantasyYIRMA
@TRKingston over @wrigavin
@jasonuk17 over @SmokeyLoogy
@cjradune over @DFS_Hambazaza
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