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
hi guys
hows everyone done? im on 70 with terry, hazard and ramsey to play. gutted lallana was on the bench- i was cheering throughout the game, waiting to see my big score on the computer, then saw he was on the bench-absolute mare, missed out on 12 pts!!!
Same as, 70 points with hazard and Ramsey. Congrats to IFC palmero as despite my good week so far he’s still going to beat me in the h2h
nice
think its a decent score- average was 42!!!!
I reckon 20 better than avg is good week
yeah i agree!
Some thoughts on keepers for the next few weeks? Thinking of ditching eiether Mignolet (next two fixtures are tough or Boruc (injured) but unsure what to do for the short to medium term. Team is
Mignolet – Boruc
Dawson – Olsson – Evans – Coleman – Johnson
Jan – Redmond – Oscar – Barkley – Walcott
Lukaku – Negredo – Suarez
£1.3m in the bank so possibility of bringing in any keeper for Migs or anyone from De Gea down for Boruc. Guzan given his two home games???
id say guzan for boruc, good 2 fixtures, migs has some good games after these 2 weeks. scsezsny is also a possibility.
tbh id just deal with the 2 hard games migs has to play, its unlikely anyone is gonna keep a cs atm!!- id look to strengthen midfield. look to bring the likes for yaya/silva. maybe even henderson.
Yeah i’m planning on sorting my midfield out properly in Jan, just looking to collect a few points from a keeper until then. If it wasn’t City i would probably go with Migs, may still do hoping he picks up save points.
yeah im gonna stick with migs, already done my ft. terry—->mert, so not gonna -4, cause if i do get a cs, then ill end up with 2, which is what ill end with anyway probably!
Guzan should be the best choice, according to me.
Or maybe Stekelenburg.
Both have good fixtures.
i wouldnt bank on fulham keeping a cs anytime soon though!!!
Yeah, true. Considering the fact that Fulham has only 1 less clean sheet than Chelsea has this season.
He does look like the bets option if i’m just swapping for Migs two tough one’s.
remember you don’t need long term, just until wc
Exactly, looking like Guzan is the man for the next two GW’s or just go with Migs and hope he gets save points.
Evening guys!
Best replacement for Arnautovic up to 5.9 until GW20?
I’ve Ramsey, Wally, Oscar and Ravel and right now I’m between Barkley, Whittingham and Januzaj.
Id say go for Januzaj. Hull, Norwich and Spurs are next 3 fixtures, and we all know how leaky the defences of these teams can be.
(Excluding Hull, i really respect that team. Tough at home.)
Cheers The B.
Hull’s quite tough at home but could be a good game for Januzaj nevertheless and he’s cheap, could be a good move. Only concerned with Oscar game time, if he doesn’t play tomorrow maybe it’s time for him to go.
+1 if your looking long term, might even throw sterling in there- its not hard to get assists- give it to suarez!!! he’ll grab the odd goal aswell!
Cheers hazardeden, I’ve also thought about him but I already have Suarez and Migs and I’ll play my JanWC quite early so it’s really for 3 gws and ManU and Everton fixtures are much better.
yeah v true, didnt see the up until gw 20 bit, jan is best then.
so whats the thinking on Jussi?
did my ft. bit earlier than normal. its a good trf in debuchy for martin as martin hasn’t been playing but….
thoughts please?
I know Debuchy has a goal to his tally, but id always prefer Williamson. He is 0.4M cheaper.
The upcoming fixtures are good, so good luck.
the B – whats the story with Taylor v Williamson?
I think Steven Taylor is fit. Is he? I dont know why he isnt starting.
he is fit, just don’t know since when – so I guess a useless post is the short of It
is everyone gonna captain suarez, ill think man city will have kompany on him tight, and will have a good game plan to stop him. hes a class player though?
that’s the plan at the moment hazard
I am fancying Lukaku/Remy.
both been quiet The B. Lukaku assists been poxy to say the least