Week 29 - My Team

Howard

Bale  Campbell  Garrido

Malouda  Nasri  Bullard  Etherington

Bendtner  Tevez  Saha

I've been in deep thought since my Player Picks post & I ended up making quite a few changes for Week 29.

Having seen West Ham a few times recently they have been wretched - I can see a comfortable Everton win so had no qualms over spending £9m on Tim Howard...I didn't fancy keeping Myhill, Given was away from home & I read Robinson was back in Brown's place, so I had few other options.

Bale stays always, Campbell has a decent chance of a clean sheet at home to Wolves & was a bargain at under 6, with the final spot going to Garrido for Man City at Burnley. I was all set to go with Jagielka but realised I had the Everton clean sheet covered with Howard, plus heard brief rumours that Moyes may give him a rest, so it made sense (I think he'll play tbh)

I toyed with the idea of dropping Malouda, but he's been in great form, he's going to be attacking Gary Neville today & I'd also like to keep him for Chelsea's game vs Bolton next week. I am slightly concerned that Nasri could be rested for the Barcelonda game so Walcott nearly came in, but I decided to stick & hope Wenger decides to play him in the Fabregas role. If he starts he'd be on set pieces so could be in a for a very good week. 

I've decided to keep Jimmy Bullard for the season - a free kick taker, penalty taker, playing for a team with so much to play for, he should put up good points over the next 6 weeks as everything goes through him. Matty Etherington completes my midfield, another set piece taker / penalty taker having a fine season.

The major decision I made yesterday was to drop Torres for Saha. Birmingham could prove tough opponents for Liverpool despite the Spaniards hot form & Saha could hammer West Ham. Its also a move that freed up £10m for me to field a stronger midfield/defence/keeper, so I think it was the correct decision (queue Torres hattrick).

Tevez stays after his hattrick last weekend, with Burnley sure to give him plenty of opportunites to add to his goal tally & the final spot goes to Bendtner. Home to Wolves, he needs to repay us all for the goose egg he laid last weekend.

That completes my Week 29 Team - I'm not completely happy with it, but then I hated my team last week & scored 150+, so you never know!

As for the barndoor, Week 30 is the Semi Finals of The AM Challenge & is at the moment it's a double week for 2 teams:

Saturday, 10 April 2010
Hull v Burnley, 15:00
West Ham v Sunderland, 15:00

Sunday, 11 April 2010
Blackburn v Man Utd, 13:30
Liverpool v Fulham, 15:00
Man City v Birmingham, 16:00
Wolverhampton v Stoke, 12:00

Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Chelsea v Bolton, 20:00

Wednesday, 14 April 2010
Aston Villa v Everton, 19:45
Fulham v Stoke, 20:00
Tottenham v Arsenal, 20:00
Wigan v Portsmouth, 19:45

Fulham & Stoke are scheduled to play twice, so you'll be looking to bring in a few of their players, and then we have Chelsea at home to Bolton as the stand out single game. Hull will fancy their chances at home to Burnley, as will Wigan at home to Portsmouth, but other than that there isn't too much to get excited about.

Sunderland could probably do West Ham but United (like Chelsea) are likely to find things tough at Blackburn. Liverpool should beat Fulham,Man City SHOULD beat Birmingham at home (but remember, this is City), Villa v Everton & Spurs v Arsenal are very tough to call.

That complete the post - please let me know your team & any barndoor ideas you might have. Good luck!

Cheers,
AM