All 4 Sunday matches produced plenty of returns from the fantasy favourites, so I guessed almost everyone should be pleased with their totals this week. I'll ignore the major talking points from the men in black & focus on the players in the following reports
Everton 2-2 Liverpool
- Luis Suarez's goal and assist pushes him to 33 points this season, tied-best striker with Newcastle's Demba Ba (more on him later), and even produced the Celebration-Of-The-Week.
- With all the attention on the Uruguayan, captain Steven Gerrard somehow went unnoticed. His 17 points in TFL makes him the 6th best midfielder, although being the most expensive midfielder meant that he'll be overlooked by cheaper options.
- In lieu of Steven Pienaar's absence, it was down to Marouane Fellaini to provide the spark for Everton's midfield, and he rewarded those managers who kept him with an assist.
Newcastle 2-1 WBA
- Be warned: Demba Ba was subbed out due to a nerve problem. As Newcastle manager Alan Padrew mentioned
"He just feels like there is a nerve issue going on, so we are going to have to inspect that and see what it turns up this week."
Even though the injury might not be serious, fantasy managers should wait and see before jumping on this bandwagon.
- Papiss Cisse was named as a substitute for the game, and only came on in the 61st minute. Until he regains his spot in the team, one should be wary on selecting him based on the gamewinning goal, his 1st for the season.
- After their bright start to the season, WBA find themselves with down to 9th spot, and no clean sheet in last 5 matches. Do note that their next 2 matches are against Southampton & Wigan, so you might want to keep your WBA defenders for a while longer.
Southampton 1-2 Tottenham
- If you have selected Maya Yoshida from the start, congratulations, he have earned you -6pts.
- I was right about Gareth Bale scoring, though I should have expected his celebrations to be muted, due to him facing his former club.
- This is Clint Dempsey's 3rd game in 4 matches which he produced attacking returns. At £5.2mil, he is £0.2mil cheaper than Bale, and might be a worthy alternative in the next game against Wigan, though the next 6 fixtures after that looks tough.
Chelsea 2-3 Man Utd
- Is Mark Clattenburg in the database yet? (Sorry, I couldn't resist...)
- Fantasy owners of Wayne Rooney take note: in this away fixture, he only has 10 touches in the final third of the pitch (from OPTA stats), as compared against RVP who has 33. So one can tell how deep Rooney will be deployed in away games.
- Juan Mata is on fire. He's the highest points scorer in TFL with 36pts from 4 goals and 5 assists in just 5 games. With him firing away against tough opponents like Spurs & Man Utd, he looks to be a fixture-proof player.
- ADDITIONAL NOTE: Ivanovic and Torres are only suspended in the League Cup, and will appear in the next Premier League game.
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