Young, Alli, Bong, @FantasyYIRMA, your boys
took a hell of a beating! Burnley and Bournemouth were the architects of your
downfall; a Steve Cook winner and a Nick Pope clean sheet were your undoing.
How does it feel? How does it feel when Gareth Barry does a whole lot of
nothing, except get booked, and gets more points than your Vardys and your Rooneys
and your Ozils. How does it feel?????
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| Only one Cook needed to spoil Newcastle's day |
This was my side’s second victory of the
season. The first victory strangely enough also came before an international
break. Perhaps my players up their games in order to cement places for their
countries at the very highest level of competition. If this is true, the next
international break can’t come soon enough. *checks fixtures* The next
international break is in March…. Bugger. I’m not sure how the IEFSA/Fantrax
fixture compiler swung that one, but it’s surely just further proof of the
uphill struggles my side must face. And struggle it will, as this week sees a
fixture against @nikarg, the only other side with two wins to his name. This is
surely the match-upnic of the weekend. Nik has been eyeing up this fixture for a
while now. So much so, that he has lost his last nine games in a row in
preparation.
@nikarg’s Team
We last met in Gameweek 1, where Nik picked
up the victory thanks to two Christian Eriksen assists. It’s hard to believe
but Eriksen has not provided an assist since then and he scored almost a fifth
of his season’s total points in that opening game. The Dane is coming into the
North London Derby in great form though, having scored three goals midweek
against Ireland in the World Cup playoffs. Arsenal’s defence are not going to
be as generous as the Irish were in Dublin though.
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| Christian Eriksen ran riot midweek. (also pictured, Ireland's answer to Eriksen; Aiden McGeady) |
The rest of @nikarg’s players, apart from
perhaps Riyad Mahrez, will have somewhat favourable fixtures this weekend. Sam
Vokes at Forward will face Swansea at home. He could also rotate in Defoe or
Chicharito who are playing Huddersfield and Watford respectively. That’s
providing either of them start for their clubs. Andros Townsend in Midfield
will be up against Everton on Saturday. The Toffees haven’t kept a clean sheet
since the opening day of the season. Unless you count a game against Sunderland
in the Carabao Cup in September, but no one counts a game against Sunderland!
At the back he has Scott Dann of Palace, and a couple of players who face off
on Monday night. Lewis Dunk and Ryan Shawcross both average over 15 points a
game. If @nikarg is behind in our match-up going into this Monday night fixture,
just watch as Brighton and Stoke play out a nil all draw.
What I Need To Happen
I have no less than five players who will
be sweating over late fitness tests and are basically game-time decisions for
their managers. But….. But….. if the stars align for my side, then this man is
back…
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| Zlatan is back. Quick, everyone look busy! |
You may as well hand that IEFSA Primary
League Trophy over to me now if Zlatan returns this week. He inspired his own
nation Sweden into knocking out Italy in the World Cup Playoffs and he didn’t even
have to play! Everyone had an eleven-week head start, but playtime is over. Manchester
United play Newcastle United at home in the evening kick-off on Saturday.
Zlatan could well be the Premier League’s top scorer come Saturday night.
Predictions
Six correct predictions last gameweek, as several
tight fixtures went against me. There is no doubt as to the tie of the round
this week, it’s my side against @nikarg. While the Secondary League has a
rather intriguing set of fixtures because the top four all play each other.
Remember to follow @THE_IEFSA on Twitter to keep abreast of the goings on in
the league. Here are this week’s predictions.
Good Luck Everyone
@TRKingston over @RotoZdroik
@jwl_15 over @FantasyYIRMA
@cjradune over @SportsByGotti
@jforquer11 over @nealjthurman
@DFS_Hambazaza over @jasonuk17
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