Agenda for this review:
1) Score prediction review.
2) Players who get gameweek score of double figures.
3) Top players performance.
4) Other players looking to pick up their forms.
5) Must-have players.
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Let's start the review by checking your score predictions. And I'll check mine.
Legend: [my prediction] (results)
Blackburn v Wolves [1-0] (3-1) correct outcome.
Liverpool v Burnley [3-0] (4-0) correct outcome.
Man City v Arsenal [1-2] (4-2) wrong.
Portsmouth v Bolton [0-1] (2-3) correct margin.
Stoke City v Chelsea [0-4] (1-2) correct outcome.
Sunderland v Hull City [2-0] (4-1) correct outcome.
Wigan v West Ham [0-0] (1-0) wrong.
Tottenham v Man Utd [1-3] (1-3) CORRECT SCORE :)
Birmingham v Aston Villa [0-1](0-1)CORRECT SCORE :)
Fulham v Everton [0-2](2-1) wrong.
Not bad for my first prediction of the season! Have you done well too?
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Now let's check on players who get at least 10 pts for this gameweek.
A special mention about keepers: Only Reina, Kirkland and Friedel kept a clean sheet and all 3 of them claimed 7 pts.
24pts: Benayoun(7.4)
The second hat-trick of the Premier League season, plus an assist and 3pts bonus earned him an unlikely highest gameweek score of this season. This is also his 3rd hat-trick for Liverpool.
Though not a regular starter, he has appeared in every game so far. Having his price cut by 0.1 means he's not really a popular choice. Thus you can sigh a relief that not too many fantasy managers will get the suprprise advantage. Having proved himself in this game he may have more chance to start from now on and improve his goal tally of 8 lasst season.
12pts: Reid(5.3)
Played an important role in Sunderland's win over Hull City. Finding himself down the pecking order at the midfield so far, Cattermole and Malbranque still look to be better options if you are looking for a Sunderland midfielder.
11pts: Roberts(6.0)
Not advisable to pick him as your main striker, as he won't be scoring too often.
10pts: Anderson(4.8), Wright-Phillips(8.1), Dunn(5.4), Gary Cahill(4.8), Darren Bent(7.2), Duff(5.5)
Many people may have forgotten his existence in the fantasy game as he's tagged at 5.0 price only. (starts at 8.0 in 2007/08 season) While Man Utd is rich in midfielder options, we're expected to see a lot of rotation going on. So it's not advisable to bring in any United midfielders as you main players, but it's a good idea to have him as a sub, if you still have slots for United players.
SWP has been as steady as Adebayor so far and is the best pick out of Man City's midfield. As City's facing United at Old Trafford next game, you may want to wait another week to bring him in.
Dunn has been Blackburn's key player during their better days. However with tough fixtures coming up it's not advisable to bring him in.
Cahill had scored 3 goals and 4 assists during last season and has established himself as an attacking minded defender. It's good to have him as he could rake in some goals, but don't expect him to score from clean sheets too often as Bolton still looks like a relegation favourite so far. Steinsson(4.7) is an equally good option, having scored 3 goals and 5 assists last season.
Darren Bent is looking to be a better option over Jones now, having started every game so far, and scored 4 goals. You should grab him fast as he's sure to price up soon, and Sunderland have two fixtures favoring them coming up - Bur(A) and Wol(H) before facing MU(A) and Liv(H).
Duff scored on his third game for Fulham. The current overall no.2 manager bought him in on GW4 and got a payoff. Maybe you would like to emulate him too.
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Now we'll look at how the top players performed this week. This is important as most fantasy managers will have them in their line-up so you might fall behind when they combined to perform in the same gameweek.
Sorting by price:
Gerrard: 7pts from 1 assist and 1pt bonus.
Lampard: 8pts from 1 assist and 3pts bonus.
Torres: 2pts and subbed at 74th minutes.
Rooney: 7pts from 1 goal and 1pt bonus.
Drogba: 6pts from 1 goal.
Arshavin: Injured and did not play.
Fabregas: 5pts from 1 assist.
Anelka: 4pts from 1 assist, coming on as 63rd minute sub.
Adebayor: 8pts from 1 goal and 3pts bonus, booked for celebrating in front of Arsenal fans. Has scored in 4 successive games.
van Persie: 6pts from 1 goal.
Berbatov: 5pts from 1 assist and subbed at 61st minute.
Kuyt: 8pts from 1 goal and subbed at 68th minute.
Most of the top players has scored good points and it tells you why you should have them in as your main players. It's the best if you can fill them up in your attacking slot! (Impossible, ok :P)
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Are your sub players also scoring as your first team does? Or just filling up the seats? If you think that you already have a good enough first team, maybe you can try improve your sub players quaity so that you can change your team formation to suit the gameweek fixture, especially when lowly teams find their chances to get a rare win.
Pick-up from the lot:
Legend: Gameweek score/Season score
6/18: Kaboul (5.0, Por)
Is a little pricey for his team, but has scored 2 goals so far. He's certainly a player to watch.
5/8: O'Hara (4.5, Por)
Got an assist in his first match for Portsmouth, coming on season-long loan from Tottenham. A great bargain at 4.5 and is good to fill up your subs.
7/14: Cohen (4.4, Bol)
Scored in 2 successive games and could strike again in coming matches against Sto(H) and Bir(A). Also a great bargain. Oh. Maybe you want to bring in Taylor(6.7) if you have more money to spend.
4/18: Cattermole (5.1, Sun)
Picked up 6 bonus pts and 1 assist so far. A popular choice too at 9.1% selection.
5/18 Ghilas (5.0, Hul)
This guy may score again in next game against Birmingham.
9/21 Dunne (5.0, AV)
So far two out of three players that the GW5 pundit suggest is correct. Dunne get full 3pts bonus for his defensive performance. With Villa looking back on winning track he turns out a great buy, even though being dumped by Man City.
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The author has reckoned the following two players as MUST-HAVE players based on the season's progress so far. You may probably have find out this too. For those who hadn't, quickly make your decision now.
Legend: Gameweek score/Season score
9/40: Johnson (7.8, Liv)
Playing as right back, he has constantly joined in his team attack against their oppositions. Having 2 goals and 3 assist under his name so far, he's looking good to match Benitez' expectation on him. 7.8 is still a good price for a top class "attacking" player. I suggest you to get him fast as he's going to price-up more.
7/38: Rooney (11.1, MU)
Joint top scorer with Defoe on 5 goals from 5 games. Now playing at his favourite striker position, he's sure to score more goals than previous seasons. Maybe he's already taken over Ronaldo's task as the club's main goalscorer. Also note that he gets bonus pts everytime MU wins, totalling 10pts now.
Now what about these two?
6/39: Drogba (10.9, Che)
8/34: Adebayor (10.1, MC)
Remember something? Yes. Angola 2010. Most probably both Drogba and Adebayor will be call up for the tournament at the end of the year. Make sure you have this in mind when you pick them. Both are good choices but over long term, I think Rooney will get more points.
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More gameweek reviews to follow after Sunday's game.
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