Week 4 - My Team

Harper

Kompany  Koscielny  Bale

A.Johnson  Adam  Barton  Malouda

Chamakh  Carroll  Drogba

I hate having money left over, but this week I have 2.92 remaining in the bank, probably the most I've ever left unused. I was on the verge of making some changes in order to use up the remaining funds, but after some discussions in the chat room last night I realised I shouldn't be making changes just for the sake of it, so I stuck with what I had.

Harper covers the potential Newcastle clean sheet, Koscielny Arsenal's v Bolton (although with Verm out it'll be tough defensively for the Gunners), Kompany (in great form) covers City's vs Blackburn & Bale is simply undroppable. The only thing missing is a Chelsea defender, but the doubt over who would start between Ferreria & Ivanovic meant I couldn't risk it.

In midfield I stuck with Charlie Adam - he's averaging almost twice his cost at the moment so I felt he deserved another week in my team, and I decided to keep Barton for Newcastle's game vs Blackpool. The Barton v Nolan decision could be a big factor in this week being a success or a failure so I'm really hoping I've got it right. There was the option to have both, but it's putting all your eggs in one basket - it may work this time but over a season that strategy has proven to backfire, so I stayed away. I also wanted a City attacker so Adam Johnson replaces Walcott, and Malouda isn't going anywhere for the foreseeable future,

My front-line will be a popular one with many mangers, Carroll has had a superb start to his season and I hold him at under 6, which meant he had to stay once it was confirmed he was fit to face Blackpool. Chamakh will spearhead Arsenal's attack v Bolton, although by putting a picture of him up at the top of this post I've probably jinxed him and Drogba vs West Ham was never in doubt, especially with Ancelotti confirming Lampard misses out...hello all freekicks and penalties!

So that's my team for Week 4 - I'm ok with it but I have a nagging feeling that I've made some errors. I can't put my finger on it, but it might just be the left over funds....or might be the lack of Arshavin/Fabregas. We'll have to wait and see.

For the Blog Team, we made the big decision to drop Drogba...you can see the result here: http://uk.premiership.fantasysports.yahoo.com/football/13060

Now a quick look at the barndoor in preparation for Week 5 and I imagine everyone will be loading up on Chelsea - they face Blackpool at Stamford Bridge. Spurs play Wolves at home, Aston Villa are home to Bolton, Stoke host West Ham and Man City travel  to Wigan, so I'll be focusing on players from these teams.

Let me know what you settled  on for Week 4 - who are you looking at on the barndoor?

Cheers,
AM

p.s. Just read Wayne Rooney has been left out of the United squad to Everton today.