The Final Push

Last week was a bit of a let down for many fantasy owners, with many - including me - struggling to top 40 points. The big name players continued to hurt owners with Torres sitting this week to join the likes of Rooney and Fabregas on the sidelines. With Liverpool all but out of the Champions League race and Torres focused on facing his former club Athletico in the Europa Cup, I am skeptical as to how much he will figure in the league from now on.

Rooney might return this week but is a risk due to both the unpredictability of big games (nevermind big derby games) while Drogba and Lampard face a tough derby of their own as they travel to Spurs. The team of the week is therefore Villa by some distance who not only enjoy a double gameweek but also have two decent fixtures - @Portsmouth and @Hull. While I am not condoning selling Rooney for Carew straight up, if you have a high priced player and a scrub, it might be worth splitting your cash and getting a pair like Young and Agbonlahor.

The wildcard is Van Persie but his return might be too little too late to help fantasy owners this season.

After that I like City's pair of Tevez and particularly Adebayor as your top premium strikers for the final few weeks of the season. They get the double in week 37 along with a decent run in aside from the Manchester derby this week.

For the final 4 weeks of the season I therefore rank the top line strikers as below:

Gameweek 35

1. Didier Drogba
2. Emmanuel Adebayor
3. Carlos Tevez
4. Wayne Rooney
5. Fernando Torres
6. Robin Van Persie

Gameweek 36

1. Wayne Rooney
2. Didier Drogba
3. Fernando Torres
4. Emmanuel Adebayor
5. Carlos Tevez
6. Robin Van Persie

Gameweek 37

1. Emmanuel Adebayor
2. Carlos Tevez
3. Wayne Rooney
4. Didier Drogba
5. Fernando Torres
6. Robin Van Persie

Gameweek 38

1. Didier Drogba
2. Emmanuel Adebayor
3. Carlos Tevez
4. Fernando Torres
5. Robin Van Persie
6. Wayne Rooney