Last week my side's unbeaten run, if you
could call it a run, was brought to a screeching halt by @wrigavin with goals
from Harry Kane and Xerdan Shaqiri. My side didn’t manage to find the net, but
they were still a Nick Pope penalty save away from victory. A penalty save
which didn’t materialize as Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez scored and condemned my side
to an eight-point loss. @wrigavin stays in the top four while I’m still second
from bottom.
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| If you're thinking,encroachment. Should be retaken! You're right. But there's a conspiracy against my side! |
This week my team is up against a side
which beat them handily back in gameweek four. @jwl_15 suffered a cruel 0.2
point defeat last weekend at the hands of @RotoZdroik. (scoring 33 points more
than my side in that loss by the way) So this week he will be hurting and
determined to get back to winning ways as he attempts to climb into the top 2
in the table.
@jwl_15’s Team
His two highest scoring outfield players
will be facing each other this week in Aaron Ramsey and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Ramsey has three goals and five assists on the season so far, while Mkhitaryan
has one goal and five assists. He also has Jesse Lingard in that Arsenal versus
Manchester United fixture. The midfielder scored his first league goal of the
season against Watford in midweek. Ramsey is his joint top scorer with
those three goals. Also sitting on three goals for Jake are Manolo Gabbiadini
of Southampton and Mame Biram Diouf of Stoke City.
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| I'm not sure how many points this is in the IEFSA/Fantrax scoring system. |
It’s actually between the sticks where @jwl_15 gets a
good percentage of his points each week. Swansea’s Lukasz Fabianski may have
only five clean sheets in fourteen, with sixteen goals conceded, but he has
racked up 60 saves and averages over twenty points a game. Swansea travel to
Stoke on Saturday. At least if Diouf finds the net it will take points
away from the Swans goalkeeper. Other players who chip in with points for @jwl_15 are
Jordan Henderson of Liverpool (over 14 points per game) and Harry Maguire at Leicester
City (who also averages over 14 points per game).
What I Need To Happen
While it is good to see Victor Lindelof
getting starts and seeming settling into the Man Utd side, I would prefer if he
kept more clean sheets. Also returning to the United backline was Marcos Rojo
after a long injury absence. Do I risk playing both in a game away to in-form
Arsenal? That decision may well be made for me depending on which eleven Jose Mourinho
chooses to play in the Saturday night game. Hopefully Jose does indeed decide
to finally start a game with Zlatan up front though. The big man could well be my best
hope of victory (Hell, he could be the only think keeping me from relegation!)
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| Jose hopefully telling Rojo to keep his head and not get booked. |
The Defence was a bit of a sore point last
weekend. Ciaran Clark and Michael Keane both saw three goals fly in behind them
as they combined for 16.3 points. On the bench was Watford’s Christian
Kabasele, who thanks to a clean sheet scored nearly 25 points. A total, which
if he had played instead of either Clark or Keane, would have secured victory
for my side. With Keane now injured, and the uncertainty around starts for
Lindelof and Serge Aurier of Spurs. I will probably be forced to just play any
player who starts for their club regardless of fixture.
Predictions
Lots of tight games going against me saw my
predictions slip to only four from nine last weekend. But if you factor in the
midweek cup games, I actually had a respectable seven from thirteen. The tie of
the gameweek in @THE_IEFSA is surely the clash of the top two in the Primary
League. @FuzzyWarbles is three points ahead of @TRKingston and is looking to gain
his tenth win in a row. He will be tough to stop.
Here are this week’s predictions. Good Luck
Everyone.
@FuzzyWarbles over @TRKingston
@FantasyYIRMA over @TAMc10
@cjradune over @RotoWireAndrew
@BenDinnery over @jforquer11
@jasonuk17 over @nealjthurman
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