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| Defenders period: Hectic fixtures usually create more clean sheets. |
The fast and furious Christmas fixtures will begin and results from this period will be certainly crucial to both Premier League and fantasy teams. Spend your wild card if necessary. You wouldn't want to lose over 100 points to your rivals in less than 2 weeks.
Game of the Week (Gw 17): TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR v CHELSEA
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| Petr Cech was partly responsible for Wigan's equaliser last week. |
The Blues were surprisingly held draw by Wigan last Saturday thanks to ridiculous mistakes by the whole defensive unit of theirs. Still not the team you can trust on defensively.
Thus, Andre Villas-Boas can only rely on attack to compensate for their defensive problems. Sturridge has been in good and ultra consistent form (amazingly consistent for a youngster of his age) and will be relied upon again to earn league points for Chelsea alongside with resurgent Drogba and tricky Mata.
But Tottenham will be hopeful to bag the three points. Players such as Adebayor, Van der Vaart, Bale and Lennon are all on form and should terrorise Chelsea's defence at ease. It will be a classic victory for Spurs in my opinion.
Prediction: TOT 3-1 CHE
Pick: Adebayor, Bale, Van der Vaart, Sturridge
Drop: CHE defence
Fantasy Game of the Week (Gw 17): WIGAN v LIVERPOOL
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| Bellamy's second spell at Liverpool is currently a success. |
The Reds boast the best defence in Premier League, conceding only 13 goals. Barring the terrible 0-4 defeat against Tottenham, they had never conceded more than a goal to any opponents. With Agger and Skrtel currently forming the best CB partnership in the league, it's a big task for Wigan to score against them.
Offensively, Liverpool are doing pretty well too. Bellamy is clearly enjoying his second stint at Anfield and is combining very well with Suarez. A dangerous man in offence.
Jordi Gomez has scored 4 goals in the last 5 games, but I believe that tally will not be improved in this game.
Prediction: WIG 0-2 LIV
Pick and Captain: Bellamy, Suarez
Pick: Adam, LIV defence
Drop: WIG defence
Pick and Drop (Gw 17)
Pick and Captain:
- Van Persie - Clearly Villa is on a slump for him to take advantage from.
- Ba - Played a fabulous but unlucky game last week. He should get something this time.
- Rooney - He scored, and scored again, and should score again for three games in a row.
- Valencia - Played very well and should start again.
- Yakubu - Bolton looks very terrible now and he should really score one or two.
- Holt - Find his form at the Championship.
- Aguero/ Silva - Without Shawcross it will be less organized at Stoke's backline.
Drop:
- AST defence - Not resolute enough to hold Gunners.
- Shawcross - Suspended for his fifth yellow.
- Cabaye - Also suspended for his fifth yellow.
Game of the Week (Gw 18): SWANSEA v QUEENS PARK RANGERS
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| Michel Vorm is a nightmare for every striker. |
Swansea has been defensively magnificent at home and with Vorm never failed to impress with his superb reflexes. A tough challenge for Helguson and co to take on.
QPR is goalless for 2 consecutive games and I believe it will extend for yet another game. I am predicting a 0-0 score.
Prediction: SWA 0-0 QPR
Pick: SWA defence
Fantasy Game of the Week (Gw 18): LIVERPOOL v BLACKBURN
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| Jonjo Shelvey is only £4.8m in fantasy. |
Blackburn still stuck deep deep within the relegation zone and it won't be helpful travelling to Anfield.
The Rovers might be able to struck a goal or two, but I believe it will be a total annihilation by the Reds.
Prediction: LIV 3-0 BLA
Pick and Captain: Bellamy, Suarez
Pick: Adam, Downing, LIV defence
Drop: BLA defence
Pick and Drop (Gw 18)
Pick and Captain:
- Van Persie - Should really blast the Wolves.
- Rooney/ Nani - Wigan wouldn't be able to hold in form United.
- Silva/ Aguero - West Brom's defence is just too shaky.
- Adebayor - Surely Norwich's backline won't be able to break all the supply points to him.
Pick:
- Walters/ Crouch - Both are offensive pillars of Stoke.
- Larsson - His set pieces are always a threat.
- MUN defence - Ferdinand is showing some great form.
Drop:
- WIG defence - It's such a problematic line to be exploited by Man Utd.
- WBA defence - Another problematic line like Wigan's.
- BOL players - Out of form at the moment.
Transfer Traffic
Green light (buy):
- Bellamy - Gained Dalglish's trust and is performing well at the moment.
- Jones - Plays like a warrior and scores occasional goals.
- SWA defence - A good place to search for cheap and effective fourth or fifth defender.
- Sturridge - Incredibly consistent for his low asking price.
- Adebayor - Ultimately influential upfront.
- LIV defence - Great fixtures awaiting for the next two weeks.
- MUN defence - Great fixtures awaiting too.
- Valencia - Locking his place against competition from Ashley Young.
- Holt - Found some superb form.
Yellow light (watch):
- Suarez - Whether he gets suspended or not is the key of buying or selling him.
- Agbonlahor - Losing the sharpness recently.
- Ruiz - Broke his duck and could get some scoring streak on.
Red light (sell):
- BOL players - In a big slump.
- Schwarzer - Injured.
Gameweek 17 Dream Team
Krul
Enrique -- Vermaelen -- Kompany -- Simpson
Adam -- Valencia -- Silva
Bellamy -- Adebayor (VC) -- Van Persie (C)
Subs: Vorm -- Larsson -- Drenthe -- Evans
Gameweek 18 Dream Team
Vorm
Enrique -- Jones -- Vermaelen
Adam -- Nani -- Silva -- Larsson
Van Persie (C) -- Bellamy -- Rooney (VC)
Subs: Sorensen -- Walters -- Neil Taylor -- Simpson
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