Juan
Mata is clearly the stand out performer in this match and Fantasy Manager have
taken notice with a £0.2m price rise already this week after 80,000 transfers
in. Chelsea are on to something and Mata
is their main man with both Hazard and Torres well overshadowed in an attacking
respect.
For
Tottenham a rejuvenated Jermaine Defoe rewarded Villas-Boas’ faith with another
goal amid amid plenty of threat and creativity.
From the stats, Spurs had their opportunities to get more from this match
with plenty of chances spread out around the team. Interestingly their poor rate of goal
conversion this year is not too dissimilar from that of Chelsea’s this time
last season with AVB at the helm.
Wayne
Rooney has had a big, big impact to United upon his return to the team. The front three of Rooney, Van Persie and
Welbeck and full of fantasy potential and the key men to consider for your
teams. Which one though? Rooney and Van Persie are probably on a level
in terms of point potential so Rooney’s lower price edges him ahead. If Welbeck keeps getting starts though he
could be a steal. Stoke had a good go
but their defence was uncharacteristically sloppy, with Pulis admitting as much
after the match. Perhaps they didn’t
know how to handle being a goal up, or perhaps United were just too good.
Everton’s
bubble, whilst not quite burst, is slowly starting to deflate it seems. The absence of Fellaini blunted their attack
in this match with Jagielka leading the chances for the Blues, mainly from set
pieces. With Pienaar now suspended for
the home derby with Liverpool the Belgain’s absence may be even more telling. For the home side Hoilett and Granero were
the chief threat, with Taarabt not quite as busy as you’d hope, especially
against ten men. QPR are slowly growing
this season and finding their best system.
Suarez
frustrated Liverpool fans and fantasy managers everywhere with another typical
display, only hitting the target once from 10 efforts. He did get an assist though, there is
that. Young Raheem Sterling stole the
headlines though taking up a much more central role in this match where he saw
plenty of goal-mouth action. Reading
mustered a few efforts but are really lacking as an attacking force so far this
season.
Much
was expected of Fulham, and Dimitar Berbatov in particular, but Paul Lambert’s men spoiled the party with a solid defensive
display. The signs are there that the
Villians are improving under the Scot, at least in a organisastional sense. Going forward is a different matter though, with
only Agbonglahor and Lowton providing anything if note in attack. Berbatov continues to be chief goal threat
for Fulham, and Richardson’s performance is worth a note.
That
Man City came back to win this game despite being a man down for most of the
game is one thing. That they dominated
the game having more shots on target (8) than the Baggies have suffered at home
so far combined is really quite impressive - Liverpool (2), Everton (1),
Reading (1), QPR (3), City (8). Their fantasy options are so clouded by
rotation risk though it’s enough to give FPL manager a headache. West Brom did pretty well overall, although
didn’t really get much going in front of goal until Lukaku’s introduction.
Swansea
are a wonderfully adventurous team under Laudrup, in contrast to their outings
under Brendan Rodgers last season. They
juts seem to lack a bit of quality, which is perhaps evident in the Dane’s
decision to promote Michu to the lone forward role over regular front man Danny
Graham. This obviously is a boon for
Michu owners but also promotes the likes Ki and Guzman into a more attacking
role. Michu again grabbed a goal, and a
header at that, and fantasy managers will now see how he does against a trickier
run of opponents. Wigan created a fair
number of chances in this game.
Martinez’s men are a decent attacking team, probably on a par with
Swansea when on home soil, with Kone, Di Santo and Maloney from midfield the
men to watch.
Southampton
continue to ship goals at an alarming rate. Despite Adkin’s bold claims that
they will continue in their attacking remit, this kind of form is going to see
them going down, in style perhaps, but still going down. Kevin Nolan continued to show he is a major
threat in the box, feeding of Carrol’s aerial play and Mark Noble’s set
pieces. Ricky Lambert’s absence from the
visitor’s starting eleven will have hurt owners, and this is not the first time
this has happened season. Clearly
Adkin’s think he’s team lack a certain tactical facet with their top-scorer in
the team.
The
Canaries pulled off the shock of the weekend with a 1-0 victory against an
out-of-sorts Arsenal. Grant Holt is a
good striker at this level, as he showed last season. He can be counted upon to score at a reliable
rate when given the opportunity and provided the only real threat on offer from
the home side. Who knows what happened to Arsenal in this one. Their defending was poor and neither of
Podolski on the flank or Ramsey in midfield offered very little. The main threat came from Cazorla and
Gervinho, with Norwich doing a good job of limiting the former to long range
efforts. Oliver Giroud was the focal
point of the attack fro Arsenal and should be expected to pick up some big
points soon.
Demba
Ba equals Goal Machine. He couldn’t find
his way through Sunderland’s well drilled defence in this game so put it into
his own net instead. He just can’t help
himself! He had three times as many
shots on target in this game on his own than Sunderland did and is the focal
point of everything Newcastle do going forward. Cabaye continued his recent under-the-radar
form and looks a viable alternative to the over-hyped Ban Arfa. Sunderland are looking pretty woeful in
attack this season. I really cannot get
excited about any team that can only manage 1 shot on goal at home in 90
minutes.
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