Gameweek 32 my team review

Simply fantastic. My team score 11 goals and break 100pts for the second time this season. A double transfer on Malouda and Torres prove to be a good move. Too bad I switch my captain to Torres who only scored 13pts compare to Lampard with 28pts. The good score for this week made up for the dismal gameweek 31, which I only managed 71pts even though there are 15 games being played. I was still regretting that I did not swap Drogba for Rooney that time.

Next gameweek will be difficult. We have Man Utd against Chelsea and It will be hard to predict, though Man Utd have to concentrate on Champions League game as well. Arsenal seem to have the easiest opponent, but I need to figure out how to fit Fabregas into my team as I do not have enough team values. Everton and Fulham are the next two team I would consider and their players are much cheaper.

Gameweek 30 my team review

The last 3 gameweeks saw my team ranking went up to 33747 and once again within range of my target finishing position. Good captain choice helped a lot, with Fabregas in gameweek 28 and Rooney in gameweek 30. Meanwhile gameweek 29 is saved by Darren Bent's long waited hat-trick. With 15 matches for grab in gameweek 31, everyone is ready to score three figure score! I currently have 7 players whose team will play 2 games. Aston Villa is certain to own so hopefully you have 3 Villa players already.

One dilemma is whether I should swap Rooney with Drogba. Chelsea play 2 games while Man Utd are against tough Liverpool side. Will their score difference enough to cover the 4pt transfer penalty? Another cheap striker you might consider is Nicklas Bendtner, who has recently become first choice striker and scoring a lot points.

Gameweek 27 my team review

It's Chinese New Year period and I had not checked out the Premier League for quite a long time. My ranking also dropped from 20635 at Gameweek23 to 67008 now. The complicated schedule (with teams skipping gameweek and some playing two games) means you will need to make more observations to be able to make good transfer decisions. With the league cup final coming this weekend, 4 teams will skip this gameweek, with Man Utd again one of them. Rooney has been in such a great form that he will surely win this season's Premier League best player award. Too bad with the current schedule we can't field Rooney in every gameweek. 2 other players who is sure to shine till the end are Fabregas and Drogba. I believe all top managers will have these 3 players in their team now. This is why we need to raise our team value so that we can afford expensive players now.

Attached is the players total score for the second half season.

Gameweek 22 my team review

I'm glad to break 100pts margin for the first time in this fantasy game, but actually it's not a good score, comparing to others. It's good that I have Rooney, the top scorer of this gameweek at a whooping 32pts; but I do not have Fabregas, nor Arshavin, Lampard and Anelka who also got good points and own by many other fantasy managers.

Here comes a new problem. Should we get rid of Man Utd players? They did get us a lot of points over the last 2 weeks, but they will miss gameweek 23 and will face Arsenal on gameweek 24! Chelsea seem to have easier opponents which is Birmingham and Burnley over the same period. This tempted me to switch Man Utd players for Chelsea players. Besides this I still have a very serious midfielders problem going on. Reid and Dempsey are injured, and Bowyer seemed to have run out of his form. I'm afraid I will need a longer time to have all of them changed.

Gameweek 21 my team review

13 gameweeks passed and I'm back into top 30000 in the overall ranking! It sure was a great gameweek for me (and all those who choose Tevez as captain!) even though only 7 of my players played, in a gameweek where only 3 games were played.

Nothing much to say, I believe it's either pretty happy or damn frustrated for you depending on whether you have Tevez in your team. Next up Man Utd will play 2 games and I'm sure you know who to pick as captain next week? Hehe.....

Gameweek 19+20 my team review

Gameweek 19


Gameweek 20


We already had two league cup semis called off due to heavy snow. Now we had a premier league game called off. The weather condition is making the fantasy game at this moment even harder. Although this means we might have more double gameweek in the future, the packed schedule means teams will make more player rotations to keep players fresh. I hope you are well prepared for the worst.

I had a very poor gameweek 19 score which also caused me to get knocked out of the fantasy cup competition. To worsen the condition I made transfer for Fabregas (immediately after seeing him score a brace against Villa) only to realize that he'd aggravated his injury condition and may not play for an even longer period. However I was surprise that my luck turned around at gameweek 20 where all three of my strikers scored more than 10pts. I also had the weekly top point scorer Valencia in my team. If only I made a good captain choice, I would have made more than 80pts for the first time this season!

Currently I have 2 injured players in my first team which are Fabregas and Reid. I plan to sell one of them but it was hard to decide. Anyone can help me with it?

Gameweek 17 my team review

It was a big disappointment that Drogba and Fabregas were both down with injuries. I'm actually very happy to be still able to get more than 50pts for this gameweek. Big thanks to Rooney who scored a penalty and also Lennon who provide an assist.

I've already switched Lennon with Milner before knowing the extent of Fabregas injuries. Seeing already more than 100000 transfer out leave me no choice but to sell him as well to avoid loss of team value in the transfer market. Could be a good thing too as this will make out a lot of team budget to strenghten my defence line-up for coming weeks.

Gameweek 16 my team review

A very wise choice of captain select means I'm assured of good points again this week. Too bad I've put any hope on the disappointing Tottenham. 4pts wasted on making multiple transfer. But defender Scott Dann are on a good return of 6pts while costing only 3.9. I'm so glad to see Hull City and Birmingham both kept a clean sheet, bringing me full 19pts.

Things look pretty good for gameweek 17 too as 8 of my first team players will play at home, which I see it as a significant advantage. I made only one transfer for this time, switching Dunn for Bowyer, the player who contributed the most to Birmingham's 4 successive wins.

So what had you planned for this gameweek? Hope you make the right choice!

Gameweek 15 my team review

It's another fine week for me, having ranked up to 59451 and also improve my rank in many of my private leagues. Too bad I made a bad transfer on Scharner who only got 1 pt. The defenders did pretty well, Especially Dunne who finally scored his 3rd goal of the season after a long wait.

The fact that Man City finally break their drawing spell and beat Chelsea did surprised my a bit. I did not dare to take the risk on Man City players as they cost quite a lot too.

Gameweek 17 will se four teams taking rest due to Europa League fixture, which are Stoke, Fulham, Hull and Everton. For this reason I'll offload Baines and Dempsey from my team. Tottenham and Birmingham players will be in my watchlist.

Gameweek 14 my team review

I would consider myself rather lucky for this gameweek, as Rooney hit a hat-trick with 2 goals coming from penalties. That made up more than half of my gameweek score. A brace from Drogba (which claimed by Wenger as opportunistic) and a clean sheet by Hart are all the other bright results I had. With the average score stands at 45pts, 62pts is considered pretty good score. It also help raise my rank to 67431.

Next week I'll hope for Arsenal and Villa to play to their full potential as I'll depend on both teams heavily to get points. Transfers for this week is not decided yet, but I shall look into long terms for the decision making.

Gameweek 13 my team review

It's been a pretty bad week for me, especially seeing a lot of people get triple figures, thanks to Defoe milestone feat. I've thought I can earn a lot through van Persie and Drogba, but it turned out both were injured over the international week. Luckily I bet correctly on Dempsey (though there are a lot more good choice for team's playing two games) and Darrent Bent continued his scoring way.

Kamil Zayatte scored his second goal of the season and helped Hull City to pull out of relegation area. It was good that I'd bought him since the first week. Andy also continue too get good points, and more remarkably, scored bonus points in 7 consecutive games!

My rankings has dropped to 90034, But I'm still optimistic for this season. Christmas is coming soon and hopefully I can pick out some form players to help improve my team score.

Gameweek 11 my team review

74pts should be a good GW score, but I've spent 8pts for changing 3 players: Foster, Saha and Huddlestone for Friedel, Reid and Bent. In the end I had my rank dropped to over 70000. But it's still very satisfying to see my 3 Arsenal players brings me a total of 42pts.

I'll make it open on my next gameweek plan: I've swapped Adebayor for Torres, as Adebayor is injured and I'm not sure if he will play the next game. On the contrary Torres had a bright chance to score, the problem is just who will become the provider in the absence of Gerrard.

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Now for this week's performance analysis:

Friedel: 5pts from 2 games. Too bad Villa didn't have any clean sheets.

Distin/Baines: 2/3 pts as Everton managed a 1-1 draw with Villa.

Zayatte: 2pts. Brought in to replace injured Adebayor.

Dunne: 5pts from 2 games, bagging 2 bonus pts from the first game.

Vermaelen: 5pts, gaining points from clean sheet.

Fabregas: 11pts from a goal and 3pts bonus for a brilliant at the restart after van Persie's goal.

Reid: 10pts from a goal and 3pts bonus. This is the second time he get 10pts and above.

Elliott: 2pts. Though Burnley won, he didn't earn any performance point.

Bent: 4pts. There was an injury scare, but in the end he still played, and managed an assist.

van Persie: 15pts from 2 goals and an assist plus 2 bonus pts. He's in the form of his career and now just behind Drogba and Fabregas in fantasy points.

It was until the last minute that I found Torres has a groin injury concern. Hopefully he'll still play on Sunday or Liverpool really had to give up their title chase or even a top 4 finish.

Gameweek 9 my team review

I've started to feel more and more regret over my decision to use the wildcard during GW8. The teams that I expected to win comfortably did not go so smooth as I thought. And the key player of the lower teams kept performing consistently. It looks like the "must have player" are no longer the privilege of Big 4 teams. Another score less than 40pts in 3 gameweeks has made me more impatient. Yeah, some players I expected to grab points over October had failed me. Should I continue to hold on, or shift to other in-form average players?

As usual, I prefer to make early transfer after every gameweek. There are a lot of options available and I've choose to switch a defender this time. Yeah, the one who get 11pts in two successive games!

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Now for this week's performance analysis:

Hart: 1pt. I put Foster as my first choice keeper, but with Van der Sar back looks like he'll not get too many chances again. Birmingham lost expectedly, and does not look like able to keeping a clean sheet in the coming games. I'm thinking of switching Foster to another cheap keepers. You can't blame me for losing faith in keepers, with only Sunderland and Fulham managed to clean sheet in this week's 9 games.

Distin & Baines: 2pts each. It surprises me that they can't even win Wolves at home.

Evra: 2pts. Also injured during the match. With a 6.7 price tag I can't afford him on the bench. He needs to go.

Vermaelen: 2pts. I saw some people bet him as captain. The magic didn't happen this time, but we can always count on the next time...

Fabregas(C): 8pts. An assist and full 3 pts bonus saved me from breaking record low GW score for this season. He's definitely a great buy.

Huddlestone & Lennon: 2pts. Tottenham won but too bad the usual faces didn't score.

van Persie: 6pts from a goal. He's one of the most consistent players for this season. I'll continue to hold on to him.

Saha: 3pts, including 1 pt bonus. Everton did not win their last 2 home games, a real big waste. I thought they should have done better.

Adebayor: 2pts. I bought him in to replace Rooney. Should have bought Darren Bent. He's so cheap and had scored 6 goals in the last 5 games, successively.

A very poor week, but as least I've figured out which part of my team needs improvement. However I think I need a few weeks time to be able to make all the changes.

How did you do? I hope not as bad like me...

Gameweek 8 my team review

Honestly I expected more than this. The wrong captain choice costed me too much. However, considering the average score for this gameweek is only 40pts, maybe I should be happy that I'm still above average and managed to get a rise in overall ranking.

The gameweek also saw team "IDoDisDisDis...Gol!!" took over the lead from "Liverpool's No. 9..." with 594pts to 588pts. This is the first leader change in 4 gameweeks. It also proved that the players' form will keep changing and everyone has a chance to get good results from their team selections.

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Now for this week's performance analysis:

Foster: 1 petty pt. Perhaps he's the one pundits had not been able to predict correctly... right, he may be unreliable yet, but United's midfield had not done good enough to provide the win. It might even be a 0-0. People had been criticising his performance, but I want to try believing in him once more.

Distin: 2pts. I thought Everton should be taking this easily but Sorensen was doing his job too. Too bad. Anyway, we got Wolves coming next. Might be somethig good.

Baines: Same 2 pts.

Evra: 4pts from the "assist" on own goal. He didn't get on target, but it was a nice shot.

Vermaelen: 7pts from a goal. Should have brought him in instead of Johnson 4 gameweeks ago. Or even from the beginning. Just I didn't know him well enough to take the 6.5 valued player from the season start.

Fabregas: My proudest transfer of this season. Just brought him in in time to take the jackpot. 1 goal and 4 assists plus 3 bonus pts makes 22pts. Now he's just one point behind fantasy score leader Drogba!

Elliott: 2pts. Burnley did won, but not with his help. Too bad.

Lennon: 2pts. Tottenham even struggled to make the draw. Now I'm doubting if they can hold Arsenal and Liverpool behind them at the EPL chart any longer.

Rooney(C): 2pts. Didn't take his chances well. Seriously he need to end his goal drought if he wants to stand in Ronaldo's boots.

Saha: 2pts. Some say he is subject to rotation as well. Maybe I should be happy that he still made the starting lineup?

van Persie: 7pts from a goal. One of the most consistent performer so far. Takes part in every Arsenal's wins.

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What would it had been if I hadn't use the wildcard?

Hart 2
Evra 4
A.Cole 6
Johnson 1
Zayatte 12
Lampard 3
Rodwell 2
Delap 2
Rooney(C) 4
Saha 2
Drogba 8
Total:44

If I replace Lampard with Fabregas I would have got 63, which is higher than the points i got now! Maybe I have used my wildcard at the wrong timing?

But actually the use of wildcard is decided based on October's fixtures. I may have done badly for this gameweek, but I'm confident to get a better score on GW9. I have all the players from the team I expected to win in the next gameweek (MU, Ars, Eve, Tot). This also means I won't be making any changes for next gameweek. Anyway, let's see how true it is.

Gameweek 7 my team review

It's been a disastrous week for me, scoring way below the average score, even after making 2 transfers. (which i thought was a good one) Having my overall ranking dropped from 3598 to 38104, and with my team unlikely to score high in the next gameweek, has raised the alarm. Maybe it's time to utilize my wildcard! One more slump will see my team ranked below 100000 and it'll be hard to accept after the early season's good work.

The main problem in my team is that the midfielders are very weak and overdependent on Lampard's performance. So I'm going to spread the value abit to bring in more quality midfielders. But forwards remain my top priority.

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Now to analyze this week's failure:

Hart: I expected Birmingham to win the home game, but looks like I was wrong. In fact, their only home win was against bottom club Portsmouth. I think it's time to bring in a good keeper.

Evra: The only player who got clean sheet in my team.

Johnson: Had not performed since I brought him in. Vermaelen looks to be a great replacement.

Lampard: 2pts is just not acceptable for the most expensive player in fantasy game. I'm offloading him.

Rodwell: Due to his defensive position, maybe I should not expect too much from him, but the yellow card doesn't help.

Muamba: He's in the team purely because he's cheap.

Delap: replaced absent Zayatte. But only score a mere 2pts.

Rooney(C): a very disappointing outing with only 2pts. But I believe he will bounce back next week.

Saha: scored the sole winning goal, though I expected more from him. But 9pts is just fine.

Drogba: continued his scoring streak and held on to his top fantasy scorer place. But having perform in 7 successive games, I worry that his form could come to an end anytime from now.

Plans for GW8: Most certainly I will use my wildcard and restructure my team. October fixture will be a very important reference as I would like to hold my changed squad for a longer period.

Gameweek 6 my team review

Having scored only 20pts on Saturday, I'm glad to be still able to get more than 60pts for this gameweek. However, with GW average pts as high as 54, marking a high scoring GW, my overall ranking has dropped from 2725 to 3598, 91pts behind overall leader, adn 35pts from top50. My last week transfer (Carragher for Glen Johnson) didn't help much as Liverpool continued to concede goals. Would have been great if I had bought Vermaelen!

With most of my team value spend on the trio of Lampard, Rooney and Drogba, I'm now short of money for more quality midfielders. May consider selling on of them in coming weeks to spare out more money.

Please tell me too if you have any good ideas to help improve my team!

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I had 3 GW dream team players in Hart, Ashley Cole and Drogba.

Hart: great keeper choice as he got 8pts compare to Sorensen's 3pts.

Zayatte: only 2 pts as Hull lost to Birmingham 0-1.

Evra: got an assist in the Manchester derby match.

Cole: scored a great diving header and got a clean sheet.

Johnson: only 1pt as Liverpool conceded 2 goals at West Ham.

Lampard: got an assist and 1pts bonus.

Young(C): ended with nothing again even though against bottom club Portsmouth. My captain gamble backfired. Am selling him this week.

Koumas: subbed at 56th minute.

Delap: didn't have any expectation on him. Ended up with 2pts.

Rooney: scored a goal and 2pts bonus. Now leads the top scoring chart with 6 goals.

Drogba: a goal and an assist plus 3pts bonus makes him star player of the week. Now leads the fantasy score chart with 51pts. He's making great contribution to Chelsea's 6 matches unbeaten run this season (11 successive matches since last season).

Plans for GW 7: I'm going to bring in a few Everton players as they face some easy opponents in coming fixture: Por(A) ,Sto(H), Wol(H), Bol(A), AV(H), WH(A).

Gameweek 5 my team review

A fine week for me as my overall ranking goes up from 3941 to 2725, though my GW score is only 12pts above average. Managed to get 3 goals and 2 assists, plus 1 defender clean sheet and 2 players with bonus pts. My last transfer (Dunne for Wilkinson) was a bad move as Dunne switched club, got straight into first team and get 9pts for this week. I sold him before he made the transfer. Should have replaced Carragher with Johnson. (Maybe I was short of money that time)

Long term plan will be slowly move my team value towards attacking side, maybe invest on another quality midfielder or striker.

Please tell me too if you have any good ideas to help improve my team!

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As Stoke City face Chelsea, I've put all three of my Stoke players on sub with Murphy who has not played a game yet.

Hart: Almost got a clean sheet, until Agbonlahor broke the duck in 85th minute.

Zayatte: Though Hull lost to Sunderland 1-4, He grabbed a consolation goal which is crucial for my GW score!

Evra: conceded an early goal to Tottenham and only have 2pts.

Cole: conceded a goal to Stoke and also got booked.

Carragher: got a clean sheet as expected, but I wish I have had Johnson. Thus I swapped Carragher with Johnson this week.

Lampard: got an assist and 3pts bonus. Made a correct choice for my captain this GW.

Young: I expect him to score some goals or assists but ended with nothing.

Koumas: got an assist. A surprise for me.

Muamba: didn't have any expectation on him. Ended up with 2pts again.

Rooney: scored a goal to continue leading the scoring chart. Looks to be in great form.

Drogba: scored a goal to keep personal lowest GW score at 4pts up to this GW. Though very expensive, the Rooney-Drogba combination is hard to replace unless one of them get injured or involved in squad rotation.

Plans for GW 6: Am bring in Delap to replace Muamba. Ashley Young will probably be my captain as Villa takes Portsmouth at home. I expect my team to get 4 goals and 64pts for me, providing all predictions go well.

Gameweek 4 my team review

3941 rank is my personal high in 6 years participation. A great achievement. But it could have been higher as Dunne didn't play in Man City's 1-0 win at Portsmouth. Team value is my main concern. The current players don't seem to be popular choice. Is keen to find a solution to reduce the total costs of defensive line.

Was expecting to get 90pts for this gameweek but 68 is a fine score. Carragher conceding goals again and Dunne didn't play are situations that out of my expectations. However Ashley Cole's goal for Chelsea and Rooney's penalty against Arsenal are both bonus results for me and made good compensation for the missing points. The exclusion of Koumas from Wigan starting line-up also surprises me. Might need to remove him from the squad soon.

Premier League will now enter a two weeks break and will resume on 12 Sept. Other Cup fixture:
5,9 Sept - World Cup qualifier and International Friendlies
15 Sept - European Champions League Group Stage 1st match
17 Sept - Europa League Group Stage 1st match
21 Sept (week beginning) - English League Cup 3rd round

Look out for player's form and any injury news.

Gameweek 3 my team review

Liverpool's loss has lowered my gameweek rank. but i think most ppl did too. 9831 gameweek rank and 8873 overall rank is good enough for an inmprovement at early stage. now considering to sell Carragher (7.0) and Valencia (8.4).