Week 28 - My Team
Myhill
Ferreira Berra Bale
Arteta Modric Bullard Malouda
Bendtner Tevez Torres
I found it quite tough to pick my team this week, especially after news of Pavlyuchenko's tight hamstring ruined the plans for my strike force, but I've settled on a team I'm quite happy with.
Myhill has a chance of a win against a tired Fulham team, so at a under £2m he was a no brainer for me. I think a lot of us have been burnt by spending big on keepers (e.g. Friedel) so I decided not to spend the 7.5 on Given & expect others will do the same.
Bale at 2.xx needs no explanation, I barndoored Ferreira as he's set to start as Chelsea's right back for the next few weeks, costing me just 6.5 & the final pick is a real stab in the dark. I had 6.9 to spend on one defender & settled on Christophe Berra, who seems to get a lot of blocks in & score ok even when Wolves lose.
Arteta & Malouda were always staying after last week's performances, which meant I had 2 spots to fill. I wanted a Spurs midfielder but couldn't stretch to Bentley, so I'm hoping my boy Luka Modric will do the business at home to Portsmouth. Final spot goes to Jimmy Bullard, who should be bang up for Hull's vital home game, shoot from distance & generally run around like maniac winning tackles & getting crosses in.
You may be surprised to see I've gone without a Spurs striker, but I decided I didn't want to lose Bendtner once Wenger confirmed he was fit for the Birmingham game. He's held at 5.xx & is the focal point of an attack that features Fabregas, Arshavin & Nasri. Had he been injured I would've brought in Gudjohnson, but if Eidur or Crouch score I'll be delighted, so it's a no lose situation!
Tevez was barndoored at 15 & should do well at home to Wigan, while my final spot goes to Fernando Torres, who is hitting form when it matters & should get plenty of chances at Anfield vs Sunderland.
So that's my team - not perfect but it has a chance of a good week.
On the barndoor I'll be looking at Arsenal, Man City & Everton players given it's a single week containing the following fixtures:-
Saturday, 3 April 2010
Arsenal v Wolverhampton, 15:00
Bolton v Aston Villa, 15:00
Burnley v Man City, 17:30
Man Utd v Chelsea, 12:45
Portsmouth v Blackburn, 15:00
Stoke v Hull, 15:00
Sunderland v Tottenham, 15:00
Sunday, 4 April 2010
Birmingham v Liverpool, 15:00
Everton v West Ham, 16:00
Fulham v Wigan, 15:00
Good luck to all, especially if you're still in the Blog Cup! Let me know the team you settled on...
Cheers,
AM
49 comments:
Berra, interesting!!
Myhill Hutton/Foley/Jagielka Valencia/Gerrard/Arteta/Modric/Bullard Tevez/Crouch
My team
Given
Bale - Jagielka-S. Mouyokolo
AJ-Areta-Modric-Bullard
Torres-Tevez-Crouch
My team:
Myhill
Bale Jagielka Ferreira
Arteta Modric Bullard Malouda
Bendtner Tevez Rooney
There are 2 difference from AM!
Hope it is a good pick for me!
Any suggest to bd for next week?
Hi AM
Myhill
Jags Bale Ferreira
Malouda Arteta De Jong! Kilbane!
Bendtner Tevez Drogba
Not great - we will see
7 pts ahead of you at the mo - hope to stay ahead.
Cmon you Gunners
S. Given
Bale Baird Jagielka Alexander
Modric Bullard Gerrard
Tuncay Rooney Drogba
Mine is:
Green
Ferdinand Bale Campbell
Arteta Modric Gerrard Malouda
Bendtner Crouch Tevez
All in AM's list... Thanks AM and good luck guys,
-Cuy
Very similar to mine AM. Your Myhill/Berra/Ferreira/Torres for my Given/Jags/Agger/Rooney...!!!
Good Luck
I thought it was time to do something a little bit different:
Given
Bale Jagielka S.Campell Salgado
Gerrard Modric Arteta
Torres Saha Bendtner
Myhill
Hutton Agger Zabaleta
Bentley Arteta Gerrard Mokoena Malouda
Drogba Gudjohnsen
Whaddayathink?
May the weekend begin!
There we go:
Myhill
Bale Bassong Elokobi
Arteta Malouda Modric Bullard -> seems like a popular midfield
Bendtner Tevez Drogba
Go go spurs cleansheet and chelsea scoring lots ;)
Myhill
Bale, Kaboul, Mears
Modric, Malouda, bullard, Elliot
Torres, Adebayor, Crouch
Hope Elliot & Adebayor to score! :-)
Looking at Fox, Adebayor, Fabregas/Arshavin, Etherington on the barn door. What are others thinking for next week??
Crouch Modric Gerrard Valencia out
Kalanic Fabregas Etherington Adebayor in
Also thinking about James for Myhill (can't believe it but I am) and Duff for Adebayor...
Steering clear of Chelski and ManU but if I had Drogs and 10 and Rooney at 16 they would, of course, be in...
Mine lineup this week will be
Myhill
Bale , Salgado , Agger
Arteta , Malouda , Gerrard , Arshavin
Bendtner , Drogba , Gudjohnsen
Not really happy with the lineup as i rushed and choose player at the last 30 min b4 deadline ... if drog n malouda didnt perform well will still be happy as it might open way 4 arsenal .. hehe
~KirageNation
Very similar to yours AM
Myhill
Bale Ferreira Salgado
Arteta Modric A.Johnson Bullard
Bendtner Tevez Torres
Only diff is your Berra/Malouda and my Salgado/A.Johnson
no one has dunn or cesc. that hopefully gives me an advantage. now i am hoping for a brace and 2 assists for each one. i have
j.brown
vermealen, bale, salgado
cesc, dunn, arteta, malouda
bendtner, carlton cole, tevez
wtf, arteta is not playing
i don't make it before deadline to switch, so mine is:
Myhill
HUtton, Jagielka, Vidic
Malouda , NZogbia, Modric, Dunn
Bendtner , Tevez , Gudjohnsen
-goeng-
Myhill
Bale Jagielka Zabaleta
Arteta Modric Jarvis Malouda
Bendtner Tevez Rooney
I picked Jarvis over Bullard on the off chance Everton had to field a backup keeper (which they're not). I was too confused by Spurs, so I went just with Modric as a sure thing (of course, Kranjcar, Bentley, Crouch, and Gudjohnson are all starting and will probably bag a goal apiece). And we apparently get a non-starter out of nowhere: Arteta. Looks like he's not even on the bench, usually a sign of the dreaded, unannounced late injury during training.
@ anon 2.30
why do have to wait till the last minute to announce these injuries...... dammit
Why isn't Duff playing? Any ideas guys?
Drogba's a sub...
My homework for this week is to write out 100 times: "I will not pick injured strikers"
Unless Pav comes off the bench and scores the winner, then I look like a genius. But knowing my luck its more likely that Agbonlahor will start scoring.
wow.. lots of unexpected MIAs ....
i am glad i dropped drogba for tevez then. there is no way i would have dropped arteta at his huge discount with the run-in of games for everton. whom else is missing
Howard (thigh) & Bendtner (ankle) are playing?!
What a bad omen, Arteta and Drogs both not making the start.
I've sold Drogba to BD'd K2 and Given for next week. Gonna avoid the Man U v Chelsea match. I'm tipping City and Arsenal to win next week.
Bullard scores!
Crouch scores!
Ancelotti need to bring in Drogba asap.....
no worries for arteta, coz everyone has him
FUNG
WHY ISN'T DUFF PLAYING? :S
Niko Kranjcar scores!
Sigh, I regret dropping Niko for Luka now.
Lampard two goals at the 1st half, think not many have him.
Who is "K2"?
Who's got Lampard? He just scored his 4th goal!
4 goals from Lampard!
Myhill 4 saves + CS + win = 8+6+4 = 18pts
Wow! Chelsea just thumped Villa 7-1 with Lampard (4 goals) and Malouda (2 goals) Didn't expect them to win that big
How many minutes to qualify for cleansheet?
rooney's not even on the sub bench....
haha i lost points on Drogba (not playing) plus West Ham lost so Green expect a lot of negative..should trust my instinct on Myhill
AM good pick on ur squad..good luck this week
Great choice by not picking drogba and rooney this week AM! i didn't pick either of them either but most my my mates in my private group picked either one or even both of them.
Myhill pick was really a good one too! Thanx
Well AM - dropping the drog was Nostradamus-esque - hats off to you. I really wanted crouch today but went with discounted (22ish) drog & very discounted Bendtner for a combined total of zero. Bullard/myhill/elikobi rescued my week.
I see a torres hattrick coming - really wanted him this week but it was torres vs tevez and carlito got the nod... if the drog had gone it was torres all the way. Monday night will no doubt deliver it's normal drab 1-1 points drought...
OS
shitty week.. at 27 points with all 3 of my forwards got zeros.. what's up with rooney and drogba.. and a zero for striker who plays;bendtner.. wth..
Maxer
no any idea in week 29..
gkinz
Bagged 101 points from saturday's games with due thanks to Flo-mal,Bully,crouchie,Myhill with Gerrard,Tevez, Zabletta set to improve my standings.Would have been even better only if I had resisted my advennturous self from deadline trading. Swapped Berbs\dunn for Crouchie\Gerrard. So far the effect is MINUS 11.
So Here's hoping for a brace from Stevie-G and dunn to score a yellow after coming from the bench( BD material)
Great work there,AM. It's a shame you haven't recommended Berbs( despite Rooney's injury news), I might have gone with him. Seems like your Berra pick clicked.
Does anyone of u play the Fantasy IPL?
Cheers,
Keshari.
(Mumbai,INDIA)
Well am impressed, hot on the heels of last weeks 237.5 I am on 120 for this week with Zabeleta, Johnson and Tevez to come tonight.
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