Gameweek 35 Preview

The end is in sight and the window to make up those final points is closing fast. Though far from controversial or particularly insightful, Villa players having the double this week will give you a chance to make up some ground on your league and it might be worth paying 4 points to bring a couple of these players in.
The Manchester and London derbies (Che-Tot) take away alot of the value to be found in the league and Liverpool's (well, Torres) attention seems to have turned to Europe so he cannot be relied upon from here on in. Hence this week's rankings are a bit up and down and several players I have cut out could end up having decent games if they prove their fitness. I am simply not willing to have another 8m player on the bench after suffering through this several times over the past few weeks.

Clean Sheet Rankings

1. Aston Villa (1.01 and 1.18)
2. Birmingham (0.30)
3. Liverpool (0.49)
4. Fulham (0.57)
5. Sunderland (0.64)
6. Stoke (0.66)
7. Arsenal (0.73)
   
8. Blackburn (0.77)
9. Tottenham (0.88)
10. Hull (1.32 and 1.87)
11. Portsmouth (1.39)
12. Man City (1.44)
13. Chelsea (1.48)
14. Everton (1.56)
15. Wigan (1.60)
16. Man Utd (1.61)
17. Bolton (1.95)
18. Wolves (1.98)
19. West Ham (3.10)
20. Burnley (3.60)

I like the top 4 teams this week a lot and I would try and build your back line from these if you can. All four are worth buying given their decent fixtures and Fulham's double in week 37.

Captain Rankings

1. Ashley Young
2. James Milner
3. Darren Bent
4. Didier Drogba
5. Emmanuel Adebayor
6. Carlos Tevez
7. Frank Lampard
8. Richard Dunne
9. Gabriel Agbonlahor
10. Steve Gerrard

I have excluded Rooney, Torres and Van Persie on the basis that their fitness is too unreliable. If you already own them and don't wish to sell it may be worth captaining Torres and Van Persie as if they play they have very good fixtures; make sure you know who your backup captain will be though. I think

Good luck for the week ahead. Please post your thoughts/questions below or head over to Twitter where you can follow me @plfantasy.