the other reason i didnt buy saha is that i started the season with 3 MU players already: van der sar, ferdinand, and giggs.

van der sar is a safe bet, though costs a lot. freider, carson, james and kenny have get more points so far but on long terms van der sar will be better choice.

ferdinand scores some goals last season, prompting me to start with him. he’s scored a silly own goal in gameweek1, but the best is yet to come. i’ve sold him for Bridge at gameweek4 as i thought he will be injured for a long period. and now i am still regretting it!!

giggs is my secret weapon!! with rooney and scholes sidelined for first few gameweeks, giggs is going to supply most of MU’s attack. too bad i did’t make him my captain in gameweek3. else i will be in top 1000 now. but i finally make him my captain in gameweek4 and the bet works!! and until now he’s proved a better buy than ronaldo, as most of my friends chose.

in the season opener this biggest concern that will affects your team select will be — which top teams will be in form?? i have chosen MU and Tottenham, and tips Everton and West Ham to do well in the first few games. So i included 9 players(3 from MU, 2 each from others) from these teams in my select.

But I only get half correct!! MU and Everton did well but Tottenham and West Ham only did moderately. Meanwhile Chelsea and Portsmouth plays very well and whoever owns their players scores high. and Liverpool and Arsenal still in cooldown period!!—-the conclusion is you have to make the rightest prediction on the form team so that you can scores well in the season opener.

Why I chose a defender from each top teams in the starting? A friend teach me this tactic. Every gameweek one top team is sure to plays well and score a clean sheet. This settings will giv you at least a clean sheet bonus every gameweek, and maybe even more!! this tactic usually works better in midseason, when all top teams are in form.

As usual, I refused to buy the most expensive players in the league!!
last season i was without Henry, and i finished badly (82000 ranked)
This season I will even try it without Lampard and Terry!!(unless I have the money). From time to time you may regret it but if the cheap player also performs, you have nothing to worry about.

One of the worst decision I’ve made is to buy harewood(7.5) instead of Zamora(6.0)??? This is because I reckoned that Zamora is not the first choice player. the return of Ashton will get him to the bench again. Also now with Tevez here he has to keep on performing or find himself back on the bench. Anyone agrees with me?

Frustrating gameweek3!!!—having predicted MU to clean sheet against watford, i made ferdinand my captain. but it turns out watford score a goal! and arsenal beaten, and i put johnson in the bench for berbatov, having thought tottenham will beat everton. i even transferred benayoun for parker, who only score 1 point while benayoun get 6!! counting the loss, i could hav got myself some 59pts instead of pity 39.

Harry Redknapp said he was going to play him much more forward then West Brom did.

He will play until he hits a bad patch, I reckon.
If anyone can get the best out of a player it’s Harry “Houdini” Redknapp

For me, several guys look shoe-ins for the long-term – James, Primus, Stefanovic (until Lua Lua gets back – in fact, most of the Pompey side look good gambles), Bowyer, Arteta, and maybe Zamora until Ashton gets back. There’s also a rake of players who got a game at the lowest possible price, so now’s a good time to lock them in cheap if you think they’re decent prospects for the year.

It is worth noting that they did only increase or decrease 0.1 so unfortunately there wont be too much money made if you have used your transfer wildcard for this round. I will see how things pan out over the next few weeks as to when to use it. I still think it will be put to better use using the wildcard earlier on rather than later, however it could come in handy to make some big changes at the end of the season!

Can anyone tell why the values havn’t changed yet? I bought Zamora very early on, purely to make some cash and despite some 28,000 transfers in there is no change. Frustrating stuff.

So lads for week 2, who should I have as captain, as I see it the candidates on my team are as follows

Berbatov – vs sheffu
Lampard – vs boro
Saha – vs charlton
Ronaldo – vs charlton