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| One for two: Joey Barton (right) will be hated by all Arsenal fans following his great "performance" for making both Alex Song and Gervinho match-banned for three games. |
Overview
Only three games ended with difference on gameweek 1 and that was a rather boring season opener for Premier League. It was also a very turbulent fantasy season opener as well due to the massive technical problem and also the lack of production in terms of goals.
One thing worth noting is that two Arsenal players involved in Barton's incidents will be banned for next three games, namely Song and Gervinho. Be sure to KICK THEM OUT of your squad.
Also, The Scout at FPL official website now offers some good piece of information - it is now a very helpful guide compared to past pundits which have little use. Be sure to read that apart from fantasy blogs.
And most importantly, remember that you have UNLIMITED TRANSFERS this week so utilize this to your very best.
On EA Sports Index
Still has little information about the distribution of points, but it does seem like goals have a strong weight in determining the points. My assumption is that each goal gives approximately 10 EA points or even more - otherwise Aguero won't be sitting at the top comfortably.
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| Is Modric suffering from a groin injury or forcing a transfer? |
In any ordinary day I would put Arsenal v Liverpool as the game of the week, but I guess all of you know how much of disadvantages Arsenal is having at this time.
That's why I am more interested in Tottenham's upcoming first Premier League game of the season - a visit to Old Trafford. Spurs have been historically poor against the Red Devils, losing all 6 past meetings with the Manchester side at Old Trafford. However, following United's injury crises at the back and De Gea's dismal display, the London team starred by Van der Vaart has the chance to break the duck.
Offensively I think both sides will leak - stay away from defenders. Van der Vaart is the obvious and the safest pick from Tottenham, followed by Bale. Playmaker Luka Modric is doubtful due to groin injury - stay away from him.
As for the Red Devils, Rooney, Young and Nani are still the best selections from the team, with Cleverly the cheap access point from the defending champions. I am looking for a goals galore here, with the home side the victor.
Prediction: MUN 3-1 TOT
Pick and captain: Rooney
Pick: Young, Nani, Cleverly, Van der Vaart
Drop: Modric, ALL defence
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| Much expectations on Fernando Torres after the Spaniard have a good game finally with Chelsea. |
AVB made a surprising decision last week against Stoke by dropping Drogba and starting the "thought-to-be-out-of-form" Torres. More surprisingly though was the fact that Torres actually played pretty well despite not scoring any goals. If you want some fantasy differential I think he is the man for you this week. I just have a feeling that he will score.
Mikel is expected to be out following the kidnap of his father - it remains a mystery who will fill his spot. There is also a big question mark on the defending line: will AVB favour for Bosingwa for his offensive ability from the back and sacrifice Ivanovic/ David Luiz for him? I expect this to be answered this week with Ivanovic deemed to be fit (Luiz is still unavailable by the way). As for the moment, stick with Ashley Cole or Terry if you have money to splash or wait for another gameweek to determine which player has the cheapest access to Chelsea's clean sheet points. Malouda continues to be the safest selection with no competitor to challenge his LW/ LAM spot.
UPDATE: Cech injured himself during training and is expected to out for 4 weeks. Stay away from him as Hilario and Turnbull (both at £4.5m) look to be decent fantasy picks for the next few weeks.
West Brom had an okay game against Manchester United last week, but I don't think the worst defence last season can hold the marching Blues - bench the Baggies if you happen to own them.
Prediction: CHE 2-0 WBA
Pick and captain: Torres
Pick: CHE defence, Malouda
Drop: WBA players, Cech
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| It seems like McLeish's rather unnatural formation is limiting Bent's goalscoring potential. |
- Bent - Looks good on paper against Blackburn, but be wary after his disappointing first game.
- Carroll - Yes it's at Emirates, but I found it hard to resist him due to the fact that the Gunners have been very poor in dealing with tall players.
- Holt - The leadscorer of the Canaries has a point to prove with traditionally poor at away Stoke City to "help" him.
- Saha, Tim Cahill - With QPR shadowed by a 4-goal defeat, they could add salt to their pain.
- Larsson - A home game will help Sunderland's new ace to extend his supremacy.
- Sinclair - If he fails to impress this game, you can drop him for the rest of the season.
Drop:
- BLA players - Villa's defence is fundamentally solid, which is the opposite of Blackburn's.
- ARS defence - I expect the naked Arsenal squad to be oppressed by Liverpool throughout the game. Expect leaks with Song not around as the first defensive line.
Transfer Traffic
GW 2 special: recommended squad revamp
Given -- Al-Habsi
Kompany -- De Laet -- Enrique -- Hughes -- Brown
Young -- Silva -- Larsson -- Moses -- T Cahill
Torres -- Suarez -- Holt
Budget: £100.0m
Good alternatives
GK: Hart, Vorm
DF: Luiz, Simpson, Shawcross
MF: Van der Vaart, Downing, Adam, Malouda, Sinclair, Yaya Toure
F: Aguero, Rooney, Carroll, Bent, Fletcher
Gameweek 2 Dream Team
Given
A Cole -- De Laet -- Jagielka
Malouda -- T Cahill -- Larsson -- Sinclair
Torres (C) -- Rooney (VC) -- Bent
Subs: Vorm -- Jarvis -- J Evans -- Ward
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