Week 6 - My Team

Foster

Bale   Koscielny   Salcido

Van Der Vaart   Adam   Barton   Malouda

Chamakh   Drogba   Jerome

No Berbatov. No Arshavin. No Gerrard. No chance?

It all came down to the Chelsea boys in the end. They may have a tough game but Malouda is the top scoring midfielder by a clear 20 points despite playing in just 4 of his side's 5 matches this season. If he hadn't come on for one minute at the end of the West Ham game his average would be 21.25 points per game - I hold him at a £4 million discount so there's no way I want to get rid after just 5 weeks....in current form he's a season keeper.

Drogba will end the season as the highest points scorer on the game, I also hold him at a £4m+ discount and with Lampard out he'll be taking everything. Once I decided the most important thing was to keep them both for the long term (and that I didn't want Kirkland) it meant Arshavin & Gerrard were out of reach. I could've got Berbatov in Jerome's place but would've had to downgrade Koscielny to a filler, so went without him. I feel nervous about all of these decisions which could be a sign that I've made an error, but we'll have to wait and see!

I'm praying my goalkeeping nightmare ends this week as I put my faith in Ben Foster for the 2nd time in a row. It doesn't get much easier than Wigan at home (cough...Spurs 0-1...cough) and Birmingham have the longest unbeaten home record in the Premier League, so if he returns negative points again this week I'll have to accept that I'm jinxed and may need to reassess my current stand point on taking a certain zero.

Let's hope we still see Bale attacking vs West Ham despite the fact he could be moved back to left back, which is where Fulham's new boy Salcido will line up vs Everton - from what we've seen of him so far he could be a great fantasy point scorer. The final spot goes to Koscielny, who has a great chance of a clean sheet at home to West Brom.

Adam and Barton (both at 5.4) have been outstanding for my team so far and I'm going to stick with them for the foreseeable future - hopefully they'll provide some more great points at home to Blackburn & Stoke respectively. Van Der Vaart was rested midweek so should be fresh to return at West Ham - another player on set pieces and penalties. As already discussed Malouda at Man City will be tough, but I'll accept a low score - it's a long term decision.

I'll be shocked if Chamakh isn't in everyone's team this week given his price and match-up, while I've already discussed Drogba. My final striker is the one I hope will separate me from the crowd this week. Cameron Jerome only has one goal so far this season but I've seen him three times and he's been really impressive. Only a Reina super-show stopped him from a double against Liverpool and I can see him grabbing a goal vs Wigan today.

So that's my Week 6 Team...next week we have a huge number of "tough to call" fixtures, but the more attractive games include Liverpool hosting Blackpool, Man City hosting Newcastle, Man Utd travelling to Sunderland and Stoke hosting Blackburn, so keep that in mind for the barndoor. We also have another cracker in Chelsea v Arsenal, can't wait!

Blog Team: Foster, Koscielny, Bale, Salcido, Henry (filler), VDV, Malouda, Arsh, Chamkah, Berbs, Carroll

Please let me know what you ended up with for Week 6...who are you looking at on the barndoor?

Cheers,
AM