Tottenham 2-2 Manchester United
Super Sunday started off with a mouth watering clash as both Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur were looking to bounce back from disappointing results last weekend. A win was needed by both sides and they gave it a good go. It was Spurs who opened the scoring in the 18th minute as Kyle Walker cleverly blasted the ball under the jumping United wall from a free-kick after Paulinho had been fouled by Jonny Evans. It was then the turn of United’s man in form, Wayne Rooney, who poked home the equaliser in the 32nd minute after Walker made a complete mess of Phil Jones’ clearance and allowed the ball to drop at the feet of the striker. The teams went in level at the break and the match was poised for a tight second-half affair. No one would have expected Spurs second goal scorer but a moment of pure brilliance saw Sandro smash the ball into the top right corner of the United net and send the White Hart Lane faithful into raptures. Moussa Dembele was credited with the assist but it required a mazy run from Sandro to produce some space for the shot. The lead, however, was short lived as Danny Welbeck was brought down in the area by Hugo Lloris and a penalty was awarded. Up stepped Rooney again to get his second of the game and keep up his brilliant run of performances. That was how the scores remained, neither side happy with the result but a pulsating affair which could have gone either way.
Bonus Points: Rooney (3); Walker (2) Sandro (2) Dembele (2)
Hull City 3-1 Liverpool
With the news that Daniel Sturridge is out for between 6-8 weeks, the mood in the Liverpool camp was a bit sombre prior to kick off, and their day did not improve from there. An absolute shambles of a performance saw them slump to their second away defeat. Credit must be given to Hull however as the tactics of Steve Bruce were spot on. Jake Livermore opened the scoring with an ambitious effort that looped in over Simon Mignolet in the 20th minute, with David Meyler being credited with the assist. Liverpool then bounced back seven minutes later with a well worked free kick that saw Steven Gerrard curve the ball into the bottom of the Hull net. With 18mins to go, The KC Stadium went into overdrive as Meyler turned into goal scorer to notch his first goal for the Tigers. Insult was then added to injury in the 87th minute as a Tom Huddlestone shot which was clearly going wide was turned into the net by Martin Skrtel and confirmed the three points for Hull. Those fantasy managers that captained Luis Suarez would not have been happy.
Bonus Points: Meyler (3); Gerrard (2); Livermore (1)
Chelsea 3-1 Southampton
What a crazy start to this one as Southampton opened the scoring after just 13 seconds of play. It was Jay Rodriguez who latched onto a loose pass from Michael Essien to slot home past Petr Cech. A forced change then saw the injured Oscar replaced by Frank Lampard just before the half time break. Second half and it was up to two Chelsea defenders to get them on top of this game. On 55mins, Chelsea equalised through a close range headed finish by Gary Cahill after a scramble in the box, which saw Demba Ba hit the post and the rebound put in by the defender. In the scramble, Saint’s keeper Artur Boruc suffered a dislocated finger and had to be withdrawn, being replaced by Paolo Gazzaniga. Seven minutes later, a Juan Mata cross was headed home by John Terry to put the Blues into the lead, which they didn’t surrender. The game and three points were then sealed in the last minute as Demba Ba scored his first goal of the season after striking home Ramires’ ball into the box. The result takes Mourinho’s men into second place, four points behind Arsenal, though many fantasy managers will be more concerned about the injuries to Oscar and Boruc.
Bonus Points: Terry (3); Ba (3); Mata (1); Rodriguez (1)
Manchester City 3-0 Swansea
Alvero Negredo got things up and running in the 8th minute as he converted a free kick to give City the lead. That was how the score remained going into the break, although Jonathan De Guzman had a fantastic opportunity to level things up. From then onwards it was plain sailing for City and they got their second and third through Samir Nasri, rewarding fantasy managers who held onto him. The first coming from an assist from Yaya Toure and then the second to wrap up the game was provided by Pablo Zabaleta in the 77th minute. For once fantasy managers were left utterly disappointed as Sergio Aguero’s only telling contribution to fantasy managers was to pick up a yellow card.
Bonus Points: Nasri (3) ; Zabaleta (2); Yaya Toure (1)
This article was written by Migs
I’m going to bed to dream of my new keeper, maybe – Gazzaniga!!
Good stuff!!
Is Cahill nailed on?
Ripcurl82 – I’d say so until Luiz is fit again,then there might be rotation issues.
Thanks Nin
Can you RMT please 1FT 1.0 Bank
Mignolet (Boruc)
Vlaar, Dawson, Coleman, Ridgewell, Rosenior
Lallana, Yaya, Hazard, Ramsey (Ravel)
Remy Suarez (C) Aguero (V)
Thinking Ridgewell – Cahill
I was going to jump in the Rooney bandwagon but it would involve a hit for Yaya. I decided on the differential Remy offers.
Cahill is a way into the Chelsea defence with a good run of fixtures and offers a Mertesacker differential.
Ideas please
Thanks
Ripcurl82 – Squad looks good,how about holding your FT for the busy schedule?
I have thought that as well.
Just didn’t like the thought of playing Coleman against Man Utd
Thanks Nin
NIN – did you finally put Benteke to rest? I did…. No remorse or sympathy whatsoever….
blue_moon – Yes mate,he’s gone..he was an utter disaster.
You don’t think you could have / should have given him just one more week?
Talented fella and all…
blue_moon – Who did you replace him with? I brought in Lambert,going to carry my other FT over,could come in handy.
NIN – not a bad call mate. I caved in to the pressure and went Lukaku. Was tossing up between him and Remy. My thinking was that Lukaku can score against anyone (hoping for another hat-trick against United as he did last year!). Lambert is a nice differential.
By the way, thanks for your advice about 3 weeks ago re. Nasri. He saved my week, which was looking disastrous. I transferred in Cazorla in haste 2 weeks ago which I may regret. I think I need Chelsea coverage, but am nervious about rotations. What do you reckon?
I have my eye on Lukaku for GW16 onwards,they have a great run from then,Chelsea are an iffy one,i’m not liking having two of them at the moment,they have good fixtures though, Hazard is the least likely to be rested i think so he’s probably be the shout,not sure on the extent of Oscars injury yet..logging off now folks,happy tinkering.
Thanks NIN – all the best
NIN – it’s almost poetic that you’ve brought in Lambert for Benteke at the time that Saints play Villa
Yep,i think Southampton will do them i think..here’s hoping,night.
NIN
I’m thinking more about Ramsey after our chat last night. My latest plan is to keep Ozil and play both (scope for Walcott to replace Ozil to raise funds in a week or two). Thinking to bring Ramsey in for Oscar.
Feel that I can also go Ozil to Oscar at any point if need be.
Januzaj to Brady and Oscar to Ramsey I plan to do before bed tonight.
TGP – glad to see I’m not the only one here without Ramsey up til now..
..though I wish I wasn’t. What’s your incentive for getting him in?
Tough fixtures and 60% ownership puts me right off the bandwagon idea
Simmo – He’s been firing for 13 GWs. Certainly not a “flash in the pan” which has undone most “bandwagon” followers this season. In a relative sense, he is still outstanding value even at his current price.
James
I said the very same thing to NIN last night. The bandwagon thing doesn’t worry me -it’s long gone! The percentage ownership did. BUT. He isn’t going to stop scoring or playing just because any one of us brings him in, he clearly is a classy player who is racking up points and I don’t see him being rested by Wenger, one game at most. But at 7.4 he is still very well priced for what you get in a game from him. He also plays for the current best team in the league so he has class around him too.
I also can use the 1.6M to gat effect elsewhere in my team.
TGP – Ramsey in is definitely an improvement,a little risky having both with one or two tough games coming up though..could work out nicely for the next two though..
NIN
My thoughts exactly. Like the next two fixtures so the double is not an issue. But if I see it through the City and Chelsea games, they have fair fixtures again until February.
TGP – Maybe so,whether you do keep them both or not,bringing Ramsey in is the main thing.
NIN
Sometimes the best answer is the most obvious one.
Cheers matey.
No problem.
Gallant
That’s ocham’s razor mate.
look it up.
Aguero (my captain), Oscar, Lovren, and Mignolet all got me just one point each. I still managed to finish on 67, and my overall rank moved up to 68,084. How did you guys do?
Hi Veer, if you’d have told me beforehand my front 3 would have got 7 between them (inc captain) I’d have had a heartattack, but luckily ended up on 69. Moved up 120 thousand places to boot, but alas it still leaves me around the 620 thousandth mark..
from 98,000 to 240,000 this gameweek.
fpl can be really cruel sometimes.
8 point hit means you actually started the GW in about 133000 instead of 98000. And unfortunately your GW score was way below average. No matter, you can get it all back. Just be careful with your transfers, 3 of your 4 were for defensive players. Taking hits for defenders/ keepers is usually a recipe for disaster.
I love these stats Mito, they make me feel so much better about my reluctance to take hits!
Very interesting stuff mito.
Puts it all in perspective.
I keep slowly improving my overall rank by a few hundred a week.
8k ish.
I may screw up, obviously, but if not, a huge week is always possible with my firepower, and could put me up there, but I’ve not looked at the points to places ratio at my ranking.
Any insight / thoughts appreciated.
don’t look to hard – keep doing what you’re doing.