Showing posts with label Fantasy Football. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fantasy Football. Show all posts

Monday, September 19, 2011

Premier League Soccer goes GW 6

Football is great, fantasy soccer exciting, but some gameweeks you just wish you could forget as quick as you can. I've already had my share of those this season, as it seems my football team has faced it all: injuries, red cards, missed penalties... You name it, my make believe soccer team has done it....And I bet you know the feeling too, odds are you know it right now...

This GW I got 2 red cards (Klasnic, Adam) and a missed penalty by Rooney(also happened to be my captain so...) I'm not exactly happy with the players carrying my fantasy football jerseys. How about scoring a goal once in a while, boys!

Well, luckily there's always another GW ahead in fantasy soccer, so let's stop dwelling in the past and head forward, all the way to GW 6. Here come the tips for Fantasy Premier League!

Manchester City ended up with only a draw from Fulham, which I must say was the biggest surprise of English Premier League last GW. Now they return to their homefield and welcome Everton as their opponent. Everton took a convincing 3-1 win over Wigan but I doubt they'll be able to stop the team with as much goal scoring ability as Manchester City. Aguero really seems to be cashing in on the expectations, and is on his way of becoming another striker who you just have to have in your team to succeed in fantasy Soccer. It's really exciting to see, who will be the top goal scorer this season in English Premier League, Rooney or Aguero. If I was the betting type, I'd bet big on Manchester City, again.

Tottenham Spurs' first 2 matches didn't promise too much, but it seems they are getting the hang of it. Watching their EPL match it seemed Emmanuel Adebayor was all over the field against Liverpool and scored 2 great goals. Also Luka Modric scored along Defoe. Heading against Wigan, I think they'll continue on their newfound game and all three are to be considered for your own fantasy sports football team.

Queenspark Rangers go against Aston Villa, and that match is going to be English Premier League soccer at it's finest. Two teams that are just about getting their game working and both desperately wanting a win. Aston Villa's Agbonlahor has been in great form, and you should surely think about getting him for you Fantasy Premier League football team. Queenspark Rangers also have a few players that are hot picks right now. Wright-Phillips and Joey Barton. Cheap and very capable, sounds like premium fantasy soccer material.

Arsenal's defense is a mess, as you have surely figured out. But their offense is still quite powerfull. As Gunners play against Bolton, there is one player I'd have you check out before confirming your Barclays fantasy premier league football team. That player goes by the name of Mikel Arteta. This very skillfull midfielder scored a goal against Blackburn, and seems to be thriving in his new club. Also he's price of just over £8M is still actually not that bad for a midfielder of his calibre. Hottest tip this week I bet!

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

What's your Fantasy Football Dream Team?

If you had all the money in the world to buy your premierleague fantasy football players, which would you choose. At the time of the writing the team that "would have" collected the most points is on the right.

Goalkeeper is Aston Villa's Friedel

Defensemen Dunne from Aston Villa, Vermaelen from Arsenal and Terry from Chelsea

Midfield consists of Fabgregas from Arsenal, Lampard of Chelsea, Milner from Aston Villa and Kuyt from Liverpool.

And the strikers, Rooney of ManU, Drogba of Chelsea and Tevez from Manchester City

Chelsea and Aston Villa both have 3 players in the Fantasy Premier League Dream Team, Arsenal has 2 and Liverpool, ManU and ManCity 1.

My dream team would be pretty close to the one pictures above. I would however change the goalkeeper to Stoke's Sorensen, and Kuyt(Liverpool) to Arshavin(Arsenal)

There are a few surprises in the above dream team, for example Dunne is playing an incredible season, and so is Aston Villa's James Milner. Milner is unfortunately in a bit of a cold streak as is the whole Aston Villa.

Some might say Tevez is a surprise, but after a slow start Carlos has been playing as good as he can and when he is in top form, he's very able to score goals and collect points in fantasy football.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Can Anelka rival Drogba in Barclays Fantasy Football?

While Didier Drogba is playing for his country in African Nations Cup, Nicolas Anelka will be getting a lot more trust as Chelsea's lead forward. His 2 goals and 1 assist against Sunderland show frenchmans ability to decide games in Barclays Premier League. Anelka is still far from his last seasons 19 scored goals but if he keeps up with he's awesome form, he will be a serious threat for any opponent Chelsea will face this season.
Football - Chelsea v Sunderland Barclays Premier League

Birmingham, Burley and Hull City are his next targets and Anelka surely will be the player to have in your Fantasy Premier League team. With a pricetag of just under £10M he is a little cheaper than Rooney and a good buy at least for the the next few gameweeks. What happens after that remains to be seen. While Anelka and Drogba sometimes show ability to be a really lethal attack pair, Drogba has been stealing the spotlight earlier in the season.

What do you think, can Anelka really rival with Drogba in the end of the season and perhaps top his 19 goals from Barclay's Premier League season 08/09?