For all those following @THE_IEFSA on
Twitter, you will have seen a brief rundown of how all the teams in the league
are doing with a third of the season completed. My side was encouraged to find
some attacking talent in order to improve. But do they not see
that I have Swansea’s top scorer Tammy Abraham in my team! I also have Crystal
Palace’s second highest scorer of the season! Milivojevic has 33% of all Palace’s
goals this season. In addition to all this, in Ciaran Clark, my side also
boasts Newcastle United’s joint third top scorer! So, with that slightly
optimist take on how my squad is doing, let’s check in on who they face this
gameweek.
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| You asked for goals.. step forward Tammy Abraham |
Ooooh it’s @FantasyYIRMA. A side that was
described in @THE_IEFSA recap as a Top 2 side languishing with a 5 - 5 record.
A side that is sure to climb the table soon. To make sure this prediction
sticks, the biased IEFSA/Fantrax fixture computer pits him against my side this
weekend. YIRMA has won his last three fixtures after a run of three defeats. Those
defeats were to sides that had to post the highest points totals that gameweek in
order to get the win. If my side has to have any chance, it looks like they will have
to score more points than they have ever scored before!
@FantasyYIRMA’s Team
His side has scored 21 goals, spread across
eight players. Top scorer Jamie Vardy has six, and Wayne Rooney has four. If needed,
he could also call on Daniel Sturridge in the Forward position. With Rooney
missing out on the Europa League game on Wednesday, he should be fresh for the
fixture against Watford. It’s then up to @FantasyYIRMA to play Vardy or
Sturridge away to Stoke or West Ham respectively. In Midfield most of the goals
have come from Tottenham’s Dele Alli, who has contributed three. Mesut Ozil has
chipped in with one, and Robbie Brady has only contributed one assist but does
average nearly 12 points per game.
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| FantasyYIRMA has a Vardy party most weeks |
His highest scorer though has been his
goalkeeper David De Gea. In fact, it was largely thanks to De Gea in Gameweek 2
that YIRMA managed to get one over my team by a measly five points. The
Spaniard averages over twenty points a game and has kept eight clean sheets in
ten games. In front of De Gea, @FantasyYIRMA has a back-line that are no
strangers to finding the net. Nacho Monreal has two goals this season, as has
Jamaal Lascelles. Jonny Evans is the man bringing up the rear at the back, with
only one. That came from his only shot on target this season. Evans is probably
as deadly as Sergio Aguero, if only Tony Pulis would take the handbrake off his
team.
What I Need To Happen
Nick Pope has been on a one-man mission to
keep the scores of these matchups respectable of late. Last weekend he scored
over 30 points, meaning my side only lost by 20 points to @RotoZdroik. Did I mention
my side also got their second highest total of the season in Gameweek 10 too.
Things really are looking bleak. If goals are needed, Zlatan Ibrahimovic can’t
return soon enough to guide my side to safety. Seeing as this weekend won’t see
the return of the Swede, Tammy Abraham will have to be the one who scores the
goals that fire my side to victory. The youngster will be up against Brighton
at three o’clock on Saturday. The Seagullls against the Swans is one of the
highlights of the Premier League and Bird Watching Magazine calendars.
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| A battle as old as time.... but who will win this weekend? |
My side is facing another injury crisis.
Micheal Keane is still side-lined for Everton with a foot injury. Renato
Sanches is nursing a thigh injury and the game against Brighton is perhaps too
soon for him. Ciaran Clark is still waiting on a recall to the Newcastle side,
meaning it looks like I will struggle to get three defenders onto the field
this weekend. Without a full roster playing, I will just be cannon fodder to
the big guns of @FantasyYIRMA, which will delight the Fantrax computer no end!
Predictions
Two predictions wrong last weekend, as ruining
the slate were @BenDinnery and (of course) @FantasyYIRMA getting big wins. This
weekend in the tie of the round my previous weeks conqueror @RotoZdroik will
get the opportunity to upset table toppers @FuzzyWarbles, and a chance to prove
he didn’t just raise his game against my side!
Here are this week’s predictions. Good Luck
Everyone.
@FuzzyWarbles over @RotoZdroik
@cjradune over @SmokeyLoogy
@BenDinnery over @neajthurman
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