Before I dive into Sunday's review, I'd realised that I've been cruising the past few days, churning out contents just because I felt the need to.
So I've decided to try to revise into scheduled columns instead:
Sundays & Mondays - Gameweek Review on the happenings on Saturday & Sunday.
Tuesdays (or after a gameweek ends) - Scoreboard Update on the movement in TFLTalk league & Overall Standings after the gameweek is complete.
Fridays - Picks of the Week, a selection of picks who might do well in the upcoming gameweek.
Saturdays - Weekly Roundup on team news & injuries for your selection prior to a gameweek.
2nd week of every month - Fixtures Scan 444, for look ahead at the next FOUR gameweek to see which FOUR teams have easy fixtures, and which FOUR teams might have a tough month ahead.
Hence, Wednesday & Thursdays will be my rest days, unless there's any midweek fixtures or trends to note. If anyone has any interesting ideas, do drop me an e-mail at TFLtalk-at-gmail-dot-com or tweet me at @TFLTalk, which I'll be having more up-to-date fantasy news.
& let's get to the main story on Sunday!
Revisions from yesterday's post
- Swansea's Nathan Dyer will be available for next week’s trip to Stoke, though, as he will serve his one-match suspension in the midweek Capital One Cup clash with Crawley.
- Since Southampton's 3rd goal was attributed to a Ciaran Clark's own goal, Rickie Lambert was credited with only 2 goals instead. This is Ciaran Clark 2nd own goal this season...who is his mentor anyway?
Oh.
(For those who are wondering, Richard Dunne scored a record total of 9 Premier League own goals)
The case of the missing Centrebacks
2 defensive stalwarts were missing in today's game, as Arsenal's Thomas Vermaelen was out due to flu, while Nemanja Vidic was rested for...Carling Cup? Then again, Vidic has seen four red cards against Liverpool, so it might be a tactical decision after all.
This shows that even with all the team news you received on Saturday, you can still be screwed by a last minute decision.
Can we play 4 fullbacks instead?
With Rafael getting on the scoresheet & Glen Johnson getting an assist, fullbacks have already accounted for 7 goals & 6 assists, while Joleon Lescott & Laurent Koscielny is the only centreback scorer in these 2 weeks. Fantasy managers have to wonder if it's worth it to splurge their budget on top centrebacks when one can only hope for clean sheets at best.
Perhaps TODAY can either consider grouping all defenders next season, or to give a higher scoring weightage to Centrebacks.
Demba Ba
Looks like he got something to prove to his manager, as he scored his fourth goal for Newcastle. He might be taking on penalty duties soon, as Papiss Cisse's penalty miss meant that the last season on-form striker have yet to score in the past 6 games. Managers who have selected the wrong Newcastle striker might be slightly relieved that they do not get penalized for a penalty miss.
RVP
& talking about penalties...
RVP's ownership dropped from 51% to 49% this weekend. The experienced fantasy managers would know that dropping RVP last season was a deadly blow to their fantasy team. Would it be a similar case this season?
Adebayor who?
I admit, I'm one of the people who was skeptic when AVB said Jermaine Defoe will be a key player for Tottenham this season. Knowing his penchant for playing a lone striker, it was hard to see how a diminutive striker can lead the line. 4 goals and an assist so far, and he's only 1 off from his 200th Premier League goal, but be warned that he'll be facing Man Utd, Chelsea & Man City in their next 6 games.
Man City concedes again...and who's next?
Manchester City have let in 12 goals in their last seven league and cup games (including the Community Shield).... and next up, they're gonna face Dimitar Berbatov.
Uh oh.
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