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Game Week 3 August 26, 2006

Posted by Ed in : fantasy footy , 4 comments

The Game Weeks just keep coming fast and furious.

Game Week 2 saw me score 53 points not too bad considering only nine of my players played.
The FPL Blog League is taking off now. There are 18 teams now and rising! Our current leader is MG Saddle Repairs with a super 129 points already thats good enough for 2,737th overall! Well done mate! You can join the league at any time code available here. I will mention the current leader every game week in the blog and hopefully some of the players will comment here and in the league forum.
Game Week 3 team

Out
Albert Luque Looked good in pre-season and scored a couple of goals. With the Arrival of Martins I expect him to get even less chances this year.
In
Louis Saha Has played some exceptional football this season so far and appears to have recaptured his form from his Fulham days. Definite player to watch if he stays fit.
Captain of the week
Louis Saha Same reason as above plus, Man Utd are playing Watford this weekend. Can the newly promoted sides defence cope with Saha’s pace and power?Louis Saha
Players to consider

Wayne Bridge Just as good a buy this week as last, another assist 3 bonus points, still only £4.7 million.

Other players to look at are

Bobby Zamora The leagues top scorer at the moment, full of confidence and looks likely to continue in that vein of form a bargin at £6.2million.

Kevin Doyle Practically stolen from Cork City 12 months ago for £50,000 the Republic of Ireland International has made remarkable progress under Steve Coppell. With a goal, an assist and 2 bonus points in his first two games is pretty good value at £6.5million.

Matt Taylor Pompey are playing him on the wing, had the best chance against Man City on Wednesday.

Obefami Martins Could be a gamble as he is only new to the premiership, but his pace will cause defenders problems this season.

Gamble of the Week

SEOL Reading bought the South Korean international from Wolves this summer and his game really seems to suit the premiership. If he continues his fine form so far he will be a good value player this season.

This upcoming games

Saturday, 26 August 2006
Charlton v Bolton, 15:00
Fulham v Sheff Utd, 15:00
Liverpool v West Ham, 12:45
Man City v Arsenal, 17:15
Tottenham v Everton, 15:00
Watford v Man Utd, 15:00
Wigan v Reading, 15:00
Sunday, 27 August 2006
Aston Villa v Newcastle, 14:00
Blackburn v Chelsea, 16:00
Monday, 28 August 2006
Middlesbrough v Portsmouth, 20:00

Good Luck everyone!

Game Week 2 August 22, 2006

Posted by Ed in : fantasy footy , 8 comments

Well gameweek 2 is upon us very quickly and not all teams are playing midweek.

Liverpool, Newcastle, Arsenal and Wigan do not play this gameweek so any players you have from those teams will not score you any points.

I have to admit I picked quite a few players from three of those teams at the very begining. Why? I hear you ask! Well the way I saw it was, if I were to leave out the players I wanted from all those 4 teams at the begining, then it would have taken me at least 5-6 gameweeks to get them in after this. So i picked a bench of players that play all the time to minimise the “damage”.

Kenny, Ifill, Tonge and Pearce are usually first team selections. Which means only one of my players will not play this week. Sure I may loose a few points over the first couple of weeks, but I will be better placed for the lung run of games from gameweek 4 onwards.

Here is my team for the coming gameweek

Gameweek 2 team

Out
Jamie Carragher Injured his ankle on Saturdays opener and is due to be out for 3-4 weeks. The key member of the Liverpool defence.
In
Wayne Bridge Looked very lively against Manchester City and at only £4.6 million is by far the best value Chelsea defender if he plays.

Captain of the week
Andreiv Shevchenko The 29 year old is one of the deadliest strikers in the last 20 years. He showed his class against Liverpool in the Community shield with deadly finishing for his goal. It’s only a matter of time before he finds his scoring touch in the premiership, with Middlesbrough looking fragile at the back, it’s a risk i’m willing to take.

Players to consider

As stated before, Wayne Bridge would be a good buy this week, very cheap and playing in what was the best defence in the league last season. Other players to look at are Louis Saha who looks to start a lot of games for Man Utd this season, Bobby Zamora with Dean Ashton out for 12 weeks he will be looking to start a lot of games, Matt Taylor in the game as a defender but looks to be playing as a winger this season (usually takes the pompey penaltys too). Other members of the Portsmouth Defence may be worth a look also.

The upcoming games

Tuesday, 22 August 2006
Tottenham v Sheff Utd, 20:00
Watford v West Ham, 19:45
Wednesday, 23 August 2006
Aston Villa v Reading, 19:45
Blackburn v Everton, 20:00
Charlton v Man Utd, 20:00
Fulham v Bolton, 20:00
Man City v Portsmouth, 19:45
Middlesbrough v Chelsea, 20:00

Keep the comments coming and Good Luck everyone !

Quick buy alert! August 20, 2006

Posted by Ed in : fantasy footy, quick but alert , 19 comments

Wayne Bridge

If you don’t already have Wayne Bridge, buy him quickly.

His price is way below any other Chelsea players at £4.5 million (Robert Huth is £5.5 million!)

He kept a clean sheet and got an assist. He will probably get a performance bonus too. You will probably make a few quid on him if you get in quick!

Game Week 1 Team August 19, 2006

Posted by Ed in : fantasy footy , 6 comments

I’m not going to make any recommendations for the first week as there are far too many players to choose from.

My advice is to try stick with well known performing premiership players where possible. Very often there is a settling in period for new players from the championship and from new foreign transfers. The only problem with this advice is that most of the established players cost a lot of money!

I have gone a little risky up front and totally ignored my own advice. Shevchenko, Luque and Doyle are not proven in the premiership, but I just have a feeling :)
Game Week 1 Team 06/07

Good luck everyone.

Game Week 14 Review December 1, 2005

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Gameweek 14 is all over and done now, Liverpool continued their great run of form and kept two clean sheets this game week.
Having Jaime Carragher as captain netted me 24 points this week, however other players haven’t done quite so well.
Drogba has not played for two weeks so was substituted for Chimbonda who once again conceded on Wigans tough run into christmas continues.
Lampard is consistent as ever, Henry continues his spectacular form on recovering from injury.
All my other players underachieved for the week, which has not helped me gain on the leading pack.

Game week 14 points 57
game week 14 points

Game week 14 preview November 25, 2005

Posted by Ed in : fantasy footy , 1 comment so far

Well this is the first double gameweek we have had this season and by double gameweek I mean some teams are playing twice (Sunderland and Liverpool).

Liverpool have been in good form lately and have a superb defensive record, if you are going to buy a player this week then perhaps Carragher, Hyypia or Gerrard would be good choices from Liverpool.
From a Sunderland point of view Dean Whitehead takes all the corners and penaltys so may be worth the money.

Something for all fantasy managers to keep in their heads is that quite a few players will be leaving the premiership to play in the African cup of nations in the new year. Don’t buy more African players then you can transfer out before the Competition starts.

This weeks fixtures

Saturday, 26th November
Arsenal – Blackburn
Aston Villa – Charlton
Sunderland – Birmingham
Man City – Liverpool
Wigan - Tottenham
Portsmouth – Chelsea

Sunday, 27th November
Everton – Newcastle
Fulham – Bolton
Middlesbro – West Brom
West Ham – Man Utd

Wednesday, 30th November
Sunderland – Liverpool

Transfer of the week

Out
Rooney Rooney at 11 million can be worth the money on occassion, but really is not performing week in week out.

In
Henry Back from injury the Arsenal captain is back to his usual devestating form, scoring 4 goals in 2 games in the premiership. The question is not “can you afford Henry?” the real question is “Can you afford not to have Henry?”

Captain of the week
Jamie Carragher Playing two games this week and if he keeps two clean sheets will net me 24 points.

Buy of the week
yakubu of middlesbrough
Yakubu Yakubu has scored 7 gaols in 12 premiership games for middlesbrough this season and looks set to continue his fine goal scoring form of recent years in the premiership. Yakubu is also getting assists and bonus points. A great striker for those who can’t afford the likes of Henry, Owen and Drogba.

Other players to consider
Liverpool and Sunderland Players with the teams playing twice you have a good chance of scoring high points if you go for one of the on form players from Liverpool(defenders or Gerrard) or Sunderland(Whitehead)

Thierry Henry Scored another two goals last weekend against Wigan (who have the best defensive record in the league). Set to continue his scintilating form, worth it if you can afford him.

Gamble player of the week
Colins Mebsuma will Portsmouth caretaker manager Joe Jordan throw him into the fray? Mebsuma scored 49 goals in all competitions last year for the Kaiser Chiefs in South Africa. Alain Perrin brought him in but thought he was “too fat” and placed him on a serious training program to get him upto speed for the Premiership. Now Perrin is gone and Mebusama is ready to make an impact, will he get his chance at the weekend?

Game Week 13 Review November 24, 2005

Posted by Ed in : fantasy footy , 25 comments

The Bolton -Vs- Birmingham game was called off this week(due to fog) and for some managers this may have impacted their scores. I was lucky this week as I did not have any Bolton players in my team.

Some results this week did not go my way as I have had an average week. Spurs conceded a late goal against West Ham costing me 4 points and Arsenal -Vs- Wigan while great to watch was not a good day for Chimbonda as Wigan conceded 3 goals.

Players that saved me this week were; Whitehead, Lampard (or ol’ faithful as I now call him), Bent and Rooney. My goalkeeper Friedel and also Carragher collected 12 points between tham. Liverpools defence is looking very solid at the moment as is Blackburns.

Game week 13 points 47
game week 13 points

Not a bad week, but not the best week either.

Game Week 13 preview November 17, 2005

Posted by Ed in : fantasy footy , 7 comments

With the internationals out of the way and a few premiership players proving their ability in front of goal, I thought I would bring you through this weekends games and some hot picks for the weekend.

Internationals
The pick of the premiership players during this international break has to be:

Luis Garcia scored a hat-trick against Slovakia that secured their place in Germany next summer. Garcia is a frustrating player to watch at times but does popup with some vital goals on occasion.

Micheal Owen with two late goals against Argentina Owen was Englands hero this week. Can he carry this form into the big weekend match of Chelsea Vs Newcastle? I say yes.

Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard both also had great games for England with Gerrard showing fantastic versatility, playing in three positions. Rooney played sublime football at times and also weighed in with a great goal.

Thierry Henry do I need to say anymore?

Djibril Cisse scores regularly for his country, will Benitez give him the chance to repeat his goal scoring against Portsmouth?

Petr Cech pulled of a magnificent save against Norway’s John Carew to seal the Czech Republic’s place at the world cup.

Saturday, 19 November 2005
Charlton v Man Utd, 15:00
Chelsea v Newcastle, 15:00
Liverpool v Portsmouth, 15:00
Man City v Blackburn, 15:00
Sunderland v Aston Villa, 15:00
West Brom v Everton, 17:15
Wigan v Arsenal, 12:45

Sunday, 20 November 2005
Middlesbrough v Fulham, 16:00
Tottenham v West Ham, 13:00

Monday, 21 November 2005
Birmingham v Bolton, 20:00

Some very big games this weekend, with top of the table clubs meeting.
Players to watch out for are
Scott Parker and Clestine Babayaro going back to play their former club Chelsea, both will no doubt have a point to prove.
Darren Bent -Vs- Wayne Rooney I have both in my team, so i’m hoping for a high scoring game :)
Pascal Chimbonda playing a rejuvinated Arsenal side this week, can Chimbonda deal with Henry?
James Beattie seems to be finding his scoring boots once again.

Lock of the week!
Bolton Wanders Crest
Kevin Nolan and the entire bolton defence Playing a struggling Birmingham who have only scored 7 goals in 12 matches!!!

Good Luck this week football fans!

Game Week 12 Review November 11, 2005

Posted by Ed in : fantasy footy , 1 comment so far

Chelsea had a poor week this week, despite playing some good football against Manchester United they once again conceded and unfortunately for most fantasy managers Frank Lampard didn’t score or get an assist.

Teams to keep an eye on are Bolton with five straight victorys and Wigan who continue defy the odds and sit in second place in the league.

A very average week this week with 46 points. Mainly due to Frank Lampard (Captain not scoring two goals in a game as he has done so often lately. Emre is starting to show his class with a 10 point haul this week from a goal and 3 bonus points.

Game week 12 points 46
Game week 12 Team

Transfer of the week

Out
Gallas: Chelsea’s defence is looking a little shakey at the minute Chelsea haven’t kept a clean sheet in the premiership in 6 games.

In
Chimbonda: This week I went for a “money buy” as I like to call them, Chimbondas goal scoring prowess and Wigans staunch defence will make him an attractive buy for a lot of teams this week. So on Sunday after the Chelsea -Vs- Man Utd match I bought Chimbonda knowing that his price would soon go through the roof. It’s also worth noting the games that Wigan have coming up in the next few weeks.

Wigans Premiership run

November
Sat, 19th H Arsenal
Sat, 26th H Tottenham

December
Sat, 3rd A Liverpool
Sat, 10th A Chelsea
Wed, 14th A Man Utd
Sat, 17th H Charlton
Mon, 26th H Man City
Wed, 28th A West Ham

Captain
I’m going to play it safe this week and keep Frank Lampard as my captain of choice

Buy of the week

Kevin Nolan of Bolton
Kevin Nolan In superb form recently and a prolific scorer with 7 gaols in 14 games this season in all competitions.

Other players to consider

Chimbonda Proved again that he can come up with the goods when required. But beware of the run that Wigan have coming up (see above)!

Steed Malbranque for some of the veterans of FPL you may recall that Malbranque had a superb season 03/04 and finished the season with the highest assist total of any player in the league, it looks like he is getting back to that mercurial form again.

Gamble player of the week
Peter Ramage Young Newcastle defender who has played very well since making the breakthrough into the senior team. He is fairly cheap at 3.6 (at time of writing).
Now here comes the gamble part, he may not play after the international break. Stephen Carr is back in training after have a herniea operation in germany and will likely be fit in two weeks. So what you are betting on is “Will Souness persist with Ramage at full back” You decide :)

This weeks predictions a subject to change based on injuries during the international period.

Game Week 11 Review November 7, 2005

Posted by Ed in : fantasy footy , 19 comments

A pretty good week overall for me last week with 74 points

Game week 11 points 74
Game week 11 Team

Transfer of the week

Out
O’Shea: in for a lot of criticism for his recent performances and a -1 just sealed his exit.

In
Carragher: Liverpools defence is looking very strong at the minute and with the and Carragher is always likely to pick up a bonus point or two along the way.

Captain
With his current goal scoring form Frank Lampard still has to be the captain of choice

Buy of the week

Jamie Carragher of Liverpool
Carragher

Other players to consider

Chimbonda with Wigan the suprise package this year and a defensive record second to none in the premiership, Chimbonda has to be worth a punt.

Gamble player of the week
Mendieta scored two great goals against United and looks like getting back to the form which helped Valencia to the Uefa Cup and Champions league finals.