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This coming week for Barclays Fantasy Football Managers offers a sit wait approach. There are realativley no injuries to say which normally make it a bit easier to pick you fantasy football team. It’s at this point where you need to see who has been playing well and have them on and hope they play well.
What I like to do is to look back at the history of the last time the two teams playing to see if we can get clues about who will play well. You can see this example in my last “Barclays Fantasy Football Tips” post where I picked up Graham based on his previous performance. And for those who follow my posts you saw how that resulted in ten points.
If I use that method to select who will be my captian, the best player becomes Graham who scored that last time he played Stoke. Then I would have Silva,Mata,Bale and Adebayor all who had one assist each in their respective games. So, sometimes it’s not a good indicator to use. So since I’m not looking to transfer anyone right now it will be a crap shoot. Put the players on who you think will do well against weak or struggling teams and hope for the best
Barclays Fantasy Football League Tips Gameweek 26
Forwards
Van Persie – Playing against Tottenham at home he will have the home field advantage. So as a result I’m going to have him as captain
Adebayor – listed as injured it may be a way for the spurs to get under Arsenals skin. If. He is in can rely on my bench.
Graham – Playing Stoke away if The swans want to keep or get back into a good rhythm they’ll have to be able to win away
Midfielders
Bale – Arsenal away won’t be easy but he should be able to get some chances.
Mata– Bolton at home will provide some entertainment and some good chances to score or at least assist.
Silva – After losing to Aston Villa city will be gunning for some much needed offense and a better result. This will give him more chances to assist.
Johnson – Back to the bench as he failed to book any minutes last week.
Sessengnon – West Brom away isn’t really easy but Sessengnon and McLean will provide some needed offense.
Defenders
Kompany – Part of helping the team win will take some much needed defense and Kompanys job will be to shut down Yakubu…who’s started to be on my radar
McAuley – My second bench player this weekend gets a chance
Jose Enrique –He’s back on his grind but Liverpool aren’t playing football this Saturday
Taylor R – You can’t get anything decent for him unless it’s a two player trade…hold for now
Simpson – Playing the Wolves at home will boad well for Simpson who tends to play better at home.
Goal Keepers
Vorm – Even though they are playing away I feel that Stoke aren’t too much of an offensive team
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as a test we’ll see who points it out first….
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As always Tuesday brings that chance for Barclays Fantasy Football managers a chance to look back and see if their choices during the week paid off. Let’s take my best player for gameweek 25 Emmanuel Adebayor, over the last five weeks he has dropped 300K in price and over two hundred and eighty nine thousand Fantasy Premier League managers had dropped him. All of which just missed his twenty one point performance. This just goes to show that there is a bit of luck and patience that goes into being a fantasy football manager.
Speaking of a bit of luck, take a look at my second highest point player. Danny Graham on Swansea, the first week I pick him up he scores two in a losing match against a strong Norwich team. Now you can’t predict how players will play or even if they will play and that is where a little deductive/common sense research comes into play. When I was considering picking Graham up I looked at the last time he played Norwich. They lost three to one in that game but Graham played all ninety minutes and scored their only goal. That was also an away game too. With all those factors it seemed logical that graham, who would be playing at home now, would have a similar performance. These are all factors any Barclays Fantasy Football manager should be looking at when transferring players.
Now on my midfield a little patience is needed. The only performer was Silva and that was simply due to a generous bonus given to him. Otherwise it would have been a full house of two’s and three’s. which just shows that even some times close to forty million pounds isn’t put to work like it should be.
Fantasy Premier League Results Gameweek 25
Summing things up for this weeks Barclays Fantasy Football League my defence. The three of them which are some of the top three defenders didn’t have a good week either. Simpson and Jose Enrique had one point between the two of them. Not good. A bright spot was Kompany’s full ninety minutes in a clean sheet performance.
So we’ll look to see what Gameweek 26 of the Barlclays Fantasy Football League has in store for us
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Welcome to this weeks Barclays Fantasy Football League post helping Fantasy Premier League managers jump over one another to get to the top of their respective leagues. With top table fixtures with Liverpool visiting United and the Spurs Hosting Newcastle there will be plenty of good football to watch. Away form will play into consideration for Managers who have Chelsea, Man City and Arsenal players.
Looking back at last weeks addition to the Dead Rabbits it was a pivotal week. You may say but you didn’t move anywhere in position. Sometimes not moving is better than moving at all. After buying Van Persie and selling Rooney if I had of picked anyone else like Ba or Aguero(who both had decent gameweeks) I would have moved down and almost out of the race for any of my leagues. I say it was blind luck but I’m thankful I caught those points
If last week was an indication of anything defense and clean sheets will be hard to come by as only five of the twenty clubs managed to keep one last week. One Match to keep an eye on is between two promoted clubs Swansea hosting Norwich. These are two teams who have been climbing the league table with confidence. With half of all home matches resulting in a clean sheet Swansea look ripe to avenge their three one loss.
With names like Taylor R, Terry, Jose Enrique, Kompany, and Jagielka on all showing injured or doubtful Fantasy Football Managers can look to scoop up points from hidden gems and get away from the dynamic of having the same team as everyone else.
Fantasy Premier League Tips Gameweek 25
Forwards
Van Persie – well I hardly expect a repeat of last week but you know he’ll be called upon in a fixture against Sunderland who are hot right now.
Adebayor – To be honest seeing him subbed off last week for Saha has me a little worried, if the goalless substitution trend continues I will have to put money else where
Best – Now subbed out for Graham, who is Swansea’s go to guy up front and with a healthy eighty eight points and valued at four point nine he’s a bargain
Midfielders
Bale – Last weeks performance was a little underwhelming but it will be a good fixture to watch and we can expect a good match
Mata– Just like Van persie I don’t expect a repeat but playing Everton away may open an opportunity to do so.
Silva – last game of the weekend I’ll probably watch from a pub but when everyone has him, his points don’t really matter.
Johnson – Back to the bench as he failed to book any minutes last week.
Sessengnon – In a game against Arsenal any hope of a draw or win will fall to both him and McClean
Defenders
Kompany – Nursing a knee injury and showing a seventy five percent chance of playing I’ll field him in the expectation of him playing.
McAuley – I’ll start him on the bench but wouldn’t be surprised if called upon due to injuries. Hopefully the Wolves will take it easy on him
Jose Enrique –I’m going to start him but I HIGHLY doubt he’ll play
Taylor R – After last week and being sent off on a stretcher it was confirmed later that there is no broken bones and it is all soft tissue damage
Simpson – Playing against the spurs he’ll have a big challenge in front of him.
Goal Keepers
Vorm – Vorm at home… nothing else really needs to be said.
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This was one of those pivotal game weeks for Fantasy Premier League Managers, I consider myself lucky this week as I said in my previous Barclays Fantasy Football League Tips post I would treat myself to a player who had not been on the dead rabbits roster. That player was Van Persie, who, this week had an astounding twenty three point performance, forty six if you had him as captain. The only unfortunate problem with that is 37.3% of managers have him.
The player swapped out for him was Rooney who also had a good week scoring two penalties in a great match to watch against Chelsea with twelve points including bonus. The other counterpart to that game was a player I have Juan Mata who had thirteen points with a goal and an assist (bonus included) A great game to watch as United came from behind to draw at three. That speaks volumes about how Chelsea seem to slack once they get a lead even if it’s one goal. That is why I have always been hesitant to pick up Chelsea defenders.
Barclays Fantasy Football League Game Week History
You can see that in the last five game weeks my average gameweek score has been 63.6 which is the kind of pace you need to keep up when trying to win your fantasy football league. We all want the bragging rights and the trophy if your league has one. Which ours does.
Getting back to performances, looking at the Stoke v. Sunderland fixture Sessengon and Mclean worked well again to bolster the three point win and put Sunderland just six points behind Liverpool. A big jump in performance when compared to last year. As we come into the later part of the season I hope the intensity to win will still be there for them.
When looking at my defenders the Jose Enrique and Kompany substitutions kind of hurt as Simpson and McAuley only combining for two points. If they had of played both would have a clean sheet getting at least six points each. This now brings me the injury portion of my team.
Moving forward and talking strategy for Barclays Fantasy Football League I need to now look at who’s injured and who may play. With Best ruled out until March 17th the immediate need to fill spot is upfront. It’s coincidental since I was getting rid of him once Ba returned. What troubles me now is that I have three defenders all with injuries, Taylor R, Jose Enrique and Kompany.
You’ll want to look at the five teams in the bottom as they will all be fighting to stay out or get out of the relegation zone. Fletcher on the Wolves and Zamora on QPR are cheap in price and will be leaned on to perform as the season closes. It’s just a matter if they can perform under that kind of pressure.
From my stand point I’ll be looking at defenders this week and obviously seeking out who has the most clean sheets this season, I’m inclined to say Swansea and Newcastle but with the new premier league site and the EA sports index all the traditional stats are harder to find. I guess that’s fair since doing the research is what wins and winning isn’t easy or we’d all be champions.
Keep an eye out on Thursday Friday, like always, for my Barclays Fantasy Football League Tips for Gameweek 25
Fantasy Premier League Results Gameweek 24
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With Chelsea hosting United and Liverpool Hosting the Spurs not only are we in for some great football this weekend but Fantasy Premier League Managers are racking their brains on how to get the most points possible. With seven clean sheets in the previous mid-week gameweek the offense was obviously lacking. Injuries to Rooney and Nani also add in the “who to replace them with” additive to only make it harder.
These are the gameweeks when the majority of Premier League Fantasy Teams start to shift from looking alike to being different. This is when the moves are made. If you can be lucky enough to seize a players run like Bale or Modric of last week you can definitely jump over Managers ahead of you.
I think for this week with the likelihood of Rooney and Nani not playing I will treat myself to some players yet to make the Dead Rabbits starting roster
Fantasy Premier League Tips Gameweek 24
Forwards
Rooney – As I said above I’m taking the chance to replace him for a week with Van Persie
Adebayor – Not a bad showing last gameweek even though it was overshadowed by Modric and Bale, the Spurs will need to be flying on all cylinders to beat Liverpool
Best – with Ba’s return it’s likely the goal scoring will shift to him but Ba’s is fatigued and may rest and Alan Pardew will keep in mind that Best scored when they last played the Villans
Midfielders
Bale – Top flight player and just like I said with Ade Liverpool is never one to take lightly
Nani – Nani is out this week and in his place will be Juan Mata. Chelsea will be looking to redeem their 3-1 loss from earlier
Silva – Fulham are a team that are mid-table but looking to climb, let’s hope Mancini read the roit act in order to get some offense after that loss
Johnson – Back to the bench
Sessengnon – Stoke will be looking to bounce back at home but I’m sure this will be a hard fought fixture.
Defenders
Kompany – A yellow card first game back… really. Oh well, last time City played Fulham it was a two all draw. Let’s hope for a better defensive presence
McAuley –Back to the Bench with ye…
Jose Enrique – A good clean sheet last week but with hosting the spurs the likelihood of that repeating is slim.
Taylor R – An assist and a clean sheet quite nice and playing Aston, Bent and other will pose a threat.
Simpson – Bench Player number two, I doubt he will be used but I’m confident I can use Simpson if called upon
Goal Keepers
Vorm –The last time Vorm played WBA they had a three nil victory… at home. Looking back at Vorm’s away performance it’s shaky at best. If the Swans want to have a swan song season…pun intended they’ll need to firm their away record up.
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