Thursday, October 28, 2010

Gameweek 10 Preview

I'm putting all the design nonsense to one side to get down to some actual fantasy writing. As I'm sure most of you are chomping at the bit to get into your transfers/lineups so I will get straight down to business.

Clean Sheet Rankings
  1. Aston Villa (0.43)
  2. Arsenal (0.49)
  3. Chelsea (0.56)
  4. Man City (0.69)
  5. Everton (0.72)
  6. Bolton (0.72)
  7. Newcastle (0.72)
  8. Fulham (0.77)
  9. Man Utd (0.82)
  10. Blackburn (1.26)
  11. Wolves (1.26)
  12. Wigan (1.60)
  13. Blackpool (1.72)
  14. Liverpool (1.74)
  15. Stoke (1.93)
  16. Sunderland (1.95)
  17. Birmingham (2.05)
  18. Tottenham (2.44)
  19. West Brom (2.79)
  20. West Ham (4.53)
Captain Rankings
  1. Cesc Fabregas: Arsenal are the top rated team for the week with an expected 4.5 goals. Arsenal have scored 10 league goals with Fabregas on the pitch this season and he has scored or assisted three of them. This would suggest he should notch points this week and I wouldn't bet against him getting one of each, even after his penalty miss last week.
  2. Dimitar Berbatov: 38 points in 4 home games including 5 goals and 8 bonus points. His worst home total is 7 points. That's all I need to hear.
  3. Nani: Almost as good as Berbatov at home: 33 points in 4 games.
  4. Didier Drogba: Not a stellar matchup and he looked a bit slow last week but I can't drop him any lower than this. Played against Blackburn three times last season (twice at Ewood) and notched a goal in each game.
  5. Samir Nasri: I'm a believer. Of the 9 goals the Gunners have netted with Nasri on the pitch, he has scored or assisted 5 of them: better than Fabregas. Why is he below him? You know my unfaltering love for Cesc.
  6. Marouane Chamakh: Yeh I like Arsenal this week. All Chamakh's league goals have come at home and despite the threat of a returning Bendtner, I like him to start this one and provide a huge threat to West Ham's shaky back line (which could be without Upson too). 
  7. Florent Malouda: As with Drogba you daren't drop him too low but I don't love the fixture so I'm holding back a bit on Chelsea this week.
One week tips
These are players who I don't rank as captain options but are good sleeper picks if you need to bring someone in for a weekly play:
  • Javier Hernandez: I'm not as high on him as some but he's in hot form and appears to be a cool finisher.
  • Charlie Adam: Great fixture on paper which should see Blackpool get a couple of goals. Adam is involved directly or indirectly in most good things the Seasiders do so I'd expect bonus points with a decent chance of a goal here.
  • Kevin Davies: With Carragher pushed out to the right, the likes of Kyrgiakos and Skrtel will have to try and deal with Davies and Elmander and I'm not convinced they can. Elmander has scored more so far this year but Davies got a goal and an assist in this fixture last season and I like him here to heap more misery on poor Roy Hodgson.
I will on and off here all weekend trying to improve the usability of the site so any requests or comments are welcomed while I ring the changes. Of course, fantasy questions are also welcomed so please post away below or @plfantasy.

Please cast an eye over the proposed schedule analysis tables and let me know which one people prefer.

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