Southampton 2-3 Spurs
Managerless Spurs made the trip to St Mary’s to take on a Southampton side that have lost a bit of form of late. With no AVB in sight, it was up to Tim Sherwood to try and turns things around for Spurs and attempt to get them back up the table. Things did not start well for them though as after 13 minutes Adam Lallana opened the scoring for the Saints with a lovely turn and clinical finish. Danny Fox was credited with the assist as he passed the ball to his skipper to open the scoring. Then from absolutely nothing, Spurs equalised as Roberto Soldado chased down a pass from Adebayor that was heading for the corner flag, he then delivered a swirling right foot cross that perfectly found Adebayor again who stabbed the ball home in mid flight.Just a note here, this was Spurs’ first goal by a striker in their last 665 minutes of premier league action. Frightening that! After the break and Spurs took the lead as Danny Rose fizzed in a low cross which Jos Hooiveld turned into his own net. Soon after however and the scores were level once again as Rickie Lambert passed the ball easily into the net, this after Lloris made a horrible mess, misjudging a cross by Jack Cork which then fell to the feet of Lallana at the far post who squared it up to Lambert. The scoring was not over yet though as Adebayor got his second of the game and the three points for Spurs. He found himself free on the right hand side and made his way into the box before neatly finishing into the far corner from a narrow angle. Spurs really could have made it more after that but Soldado missed a couple of very good chances. It was enough to see them over the line though in what was an entertaining five goal thriller.
Bonus Points: Adebayor(3), Lallana(2), Lambert(1)
Swansea 1-2 Everton
Another great opportunity here for Everton to carry on with their remarkable form and keep up with the front runners in the league. It was a bit of a slow start with a couple of chances here and there for both teams but nothing too concrete. In fact that was the theme of the half as it seemed both teams were a bit tentative and as a result a number of passes went astray. The only potential talking point was a tackle by Ashley Williams in the Swans box on Ross Barkley that could actually have resulted in a penalty but nothing came of it. Things got slightly better in the second half as a lot more chances were created but still no breakthrough. Then up stepped the most in form defender at this time, Seamus Coleman, with an absolute screamer of a finish. He picked the ball up from James McCarthy, drove forward a little bit and then unleashed a thunderbolt from far out which flew into the top corner. All of a sudden this game kicked into another gear. Soon after that Swansea found the equaliser, as a cross found Tiendalli at the far post and his effort deflected off Everton’s Oviedo and crept into the goal. This could well go down as an own goal which now puts own goals as Swansea’s highest goal scorer for the season. Everton then found themselves with a breakaway which resulted in James McCarthy being fouled. Up stepped Ross Barkley with a peach of a free kick that deserved to see the three points go the way of the blue side, and see them move into the top four.
Bonus Points: McCarthy (3), Barkley(2), Williams & Tiendalli (1)
This article was written by Migs
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Great stuff Miggsy Boy, lovely write up and much appreciated.
RMT please 1FT 2.9 Bank
Marshall
Coleman, Distin, Dawson
Lallana, Hazard, Yaya, Ramsey
Lukaku, Negredo, Suarez
Subs: Morrison – Ridgewell – Rosenior
A, Keep Lukaku? Or get Rooney (limits cash for the mid)
B, Change Mignolet? Or just rotate until WC
C, Lallana – Walcott ( could hold until after Cardiff)
D, Change Ridgewell or Dawson – Mertesacker
E,Save the transfer
Thanks
A – get Rooney
B – change
C – not for hit but yes
D – yes
of your list , Rooney seems the best one
Ripcurl – do u have the funds for a straight swap Negredo-Rooney ?
The rest of the team looks very solid…
p.s. option B says “change Mignolet” – I don’t see Simon in your squad, though :oogle:
Thanks Hannibal, he would be a sub
I can afford Negredo – Rooney but got Negredo for Aguero last GW
Just Lukaku ain’t performed or hold until after Jan WC
Ah, sorry – thought that was the case, but was not sure…
In that case – option E, for me…
save it…
:beer:
Then Man C have palace and I can double up with silva & Yaya
+ another transfer
Exactly 😉 …
Since both Everton and ManUtd have good fixtures, and you already have City cover in form of YYT, id suggest a transfer from Negredo to Rooney.
Thanks
Im really starting to get frustrated with Lukaku. I think its time to switch to 3-5-2. How does this team sound?
Guzan, (Daniels)
Coleman, Flanagan, Debuchy (Chambers, Chester)
Walcott, Silva, Hazard, YYT, Henderson
Rooney, Suarez (C), (Chamakh)
Leaves me with .3mil in the bank
Lukaku is not the problem, it’s the team. They’re totally ignoring him when he is as free as a bird they go for their own ego (today again with Mirallas/Barkley). Things are going wrong when Lukaku has to give the last pass as he did with Barkley, whom should’ve passed it to Mirallas but took a shot on target himself. Really annoyed by the team not Lukaku. I understand your frustation but it’s not fair towards Lukaku since the team is being to selfish and they ignore hm too much.
Repost, sorry posted it at live section. Which isn’t active anymore.
”Really wanted to replace Brady but now when I think about it it wasn’t really necessary. Usually I never doubt my choices, but this time I can’t back my decision all the way. It’s kind of a risk. Sterling…when Henderson is in form (also 1m more expensive).
What do you guys think?
How is/was your gameweek? 64 points here, with 2 coming from bench (subs) and 3 to play (Terry, Hazard, Ramsey).”
I dont like Sterling. His game play isnt that impressive.
My GW? Too average. 54 after the hit i took, with RamZil and Hazard to play.
tied right now with my match up in the banterbury H2H.
i have walcott, hazard and ozil to go (+1 point to come in by auto sub)
while he has walcott, hazard, ramsey and szczesny
gonna be close one.
who do you guys reckon will win?
Jas i have replied got to comment 15