Review GW 7

Shock of the week: Liverpool 1 - 2 Blackpool


(You better think hard how to turn things around)

Liverpool's nightmare continues, what can be more worst now; 6 points in 7 games into the new season, dropped to 18th place in the table and Torres is out after 10 minutes on the pitch. (For those who captained Torres, just accept that it is a bad day)

At first Steven Gerrard & Co. said they are aiming top four, then Roy Hodgson who deployed some sh*tty formation again said they will go as far as possible in Europa League (then crashed out in Carling Cup by Northampton at Anfield)

Now Liverpool is in 18th placed and facing relegation crisis, what can be more worse? When will Liverpool regain their feet on ground?


And the trend continues: Drogba's 13th in 11 games against Arsenal


(Alex scored a stunner+clean sheet+2 bonus, congratz to FPL
managers who have them both)

Drogba's scoring run continues against the Gunners; 13 goals now in 11 encounter against Arsenal. He just love to score against them, he can score even by not looking at the goal.

Alex took the free-kick and scored a stunning goal that swinged outwards the goal, making it too fast and powerful for Fabianski to stop. I really thought Drogba will take that, but Alex's a talented free-kick taker too when it comes to long-range free-kicks.

Nuff' said, 2-0 to Chelsea in an interesting match with many efforts in building up attacks in both teams...


And, it ended out as MC's cheapest signing (£8 million from Middlesbrough) is the most prolific and effective one....


(He scored in the last 2 games for England and last 2 games for MC)

Adam Johnson did it again like what he did against Sunderland last season, where he scored a stunner and save a point for MC. But this time, he scored a beauty to salvage all 3 points for MC.

19 minutes on the pitch only, came out as a substitute and scored a beauty; after dribbling pass Williamson and drilled in a left-footed shot pass Joey Barton into the left end corner of the goal. Grabbed 9 pts including 3 bonus pts.

Despite his talents and goal creating/scoring abilities, he is still a pain-in-the-ass fantasy option as he is prone to rotation and not an automatic starter in the multi-million MC squad.

Hey, since when Mancini turned to attacking football to turn things around? It paid off didn't it? (He swapped Yaya Toure and Barry out and brought in Adebayor and A.Johnson to turn things around and it worked)


Others:

• Sunderland 0 - 0 MU - Sunderland held another big team again, this time is the Red Devils who are away at Sunderland.

• Birmingham 0 - 2 Everton - Everton grabbed their first win of the season in an away game, which is unpredicted as Birmingham is normally strong and tough at home.

• Wigan 2 - 0 Wolves - There are not much team that Wigan can beat, and they did take their chance to do all they can in this match.

• Tottenham 2 - 1 Aston - As predicted, Tottenham is too tough for the current Aston Villa team to play against. Van Der Vaart anyone?

• Stoke 1 - 0 Blackburn - Walters who? Nevercaptainnickybutt's author is a great predictor..

• West Brom 1 - 1 Bolton - Odemwingie and Elmander continue their great forms.. Cheap options and bargain buy..

• West Ham 1 - 1 Fulham - I expect West Ham to win this one though, anyway, West Ham started to gain momentum. Avram Grant brought Piquionne to Portsmouth and now West Ham for some reasons..

Gameweek Preview - GW 7

It's gameweek 7 tomorrow and there will be no BPL next week until 16th October. So try to climb as high and grab as much points as possible this gameweek.

GAME of the week - CHELSEA vs ARSENAL



- Chelsea did a double over Arsenal last season and I expect a win at Stamford Bridge over the Gunners who just back from their Champions League match. Compared to Chelsea who played at home and won Marseille 2-0, a game where Drogba did not feature due to suspension, he is FRESH and looking forward the Arsenal game. A record of 12 goals in 12 matches against the Gunners shouldn't be overlooked. Expect him to do some damage to the Gunners' defences.

- Arsenal's captain and maestro Fabregas might not make it in time to return from an injury. Almunia is out too so Fabianski, the blunder-young-keeper-who-did-well-in-Champions League will be the first choice goal keeper Arsene Wenger only have. Can Squillaci and Koscielny handle the menace of Drogba & Co.? Doubt that.. but Arshavin is banging goals lately, well in Carling Cup and UCL but misfiring in the BPL.. Nasri and Chamakh will be the obvious attacking choices too, so if you do have them, play them as they have the abilities to inflict some damages too.


"Friendly" Liverpool vs Blackpool



- Gerrard's and Torres' prices are increased by 0.1 for both of them. Well, we can expect many to transfer them in as they have quite an easy features ahead compared to other big teams. But, are Liverpool now a "big" team material? They seems to be "friendly" and goal-shy.. or should I say, failed to create chances? Soon, they are not one of the "Big Four" anymore and will be replaced by Tottenham or ManCity if they still do not sort out a buyer and bring stability to the club.

- Anyway, Gerrard and Torres are still Liverpool's source of goals and with Kuyt returned from injury, a win for Liverpool is a must to keep their games and name alive. Although Hodgson deploys some shitty formation even against team like West Brom where 2 holding midfielders are used, and seems like not effective in maintaining possession, but as long as Gerrard and Torres is there, goals will come I believe. Joe Cole and Raul Meireles are doing great too.

- For Blackpool, a great start they might have since their promotion to the BPL, but it's time to get some real lessons here at Anfield.


Tottenham vs Aston Villa

- You cant ignore players like Bale and Van Der Vaart, they are doing great!!(just watch how they performed against FC Twente and you won't hesitate). You must play them if you have them. Well, Pavluychenko can be a nice gamble if he is chosen to play as the main striker along Peter Crouch.

- Aston seems rejunevated under Houllier, but, Tottenham are too tough for them at White Hart Lane.


WEST BROM vs BOLTON

- Odemwingie, Brunt and Thomas are studs!! Bargain and cheap options if they can perform like they did against Arsenal.

- Petrov finally shows his quality, but can he did it again? It's worth the gamble as West Brom's defences aren't that tough and Petrov is the set-piece taker. Elmander is a totally different striker compared to last two seasons. He is another striker that you can get if Bolton are playing against lower teams.


MC vs NEWCASTLE

- Tevez, Milner and Yaya Toure (cheaper option) are guaranteed first team in MC's BPL squad. They are the attackings catalyst too. Tevez is a good buy if you have $10+ to spend as MC's next match is vs Newcastle @ home and vs Blackpool @ away. Looking for a cheaper MC defender? Good news, Jerome Boateng is back and only cost $5.8

- Will they performed another 1-0-at-Everton thingy? Not likely.. But if you got Carroll, Barton, Nolan in your team, play them.. they are like 50-50 as they might grab an assist/goal if Newcaslte do score.


SUNDERLAND vs MANUNITED

- hard game to predict.. Sunderland is good at home and ManUnited have 3 successive draws away this season.

Gameweek Preview - GW 6

Well, put aside the League Cup's shocks away that saw clubs like Chelsea (losing to Newcastle), Everton, Manchester City, Tottenham and Liverpool (a disgrace) out of the cup run in such early stage. We'll FOCUS back on the Premier League this coming gameweek.




- Fernando Torres ($11.5) has failed to make impact in games up to date and struggle to fulfill his lone striker role under the formation of 4-2-3-1 deployed by Hodgson which is similar to his predecessor Benitez. Poulsen a.k.a Lucas ver.2 was brought in and being positioned at the same position of Lucas. Mascherano's place will be filled either with the original Lucas or Raul Meireles.

- Anyway I still have great faith in Torres and he will got my captain armband for this coming gameweek against Sunderland. Although Sunderland performed well last week against Arsenal and shown a lot of threat in attacking, I do believe Roy Hodgson still have something left in his pocket and live up his expectation. Still remember the wonder goal Torres scored against Sunderland last season? :)




- It was reported that Mancini's defenders choices are very limited now and only Toure, Zabaleta and Kompany reported to be fit. Well well, $6.4 goal keeper Joe Hart will have a very busy day. Look at the "faster" Chelsea now, without Lampard (injured), they definitely play a faster style of football with Essien filling in Lampard's position. Anelka's and Malouda's swift moves are mouth watering and Drogba's beasty playstyle is threatening. Chelsea is on a goal scoring run (although they lost to Newcastle 4-3 by fielding a weaker side) and I think they can get something out from this game.




- The on-loan Marseille winger scored a stunning goal last week against Everton. He only cost $5 in FPL and definitely a bargain buy if he plays 90-minutes weekly. He has the class of Nani and definitely way more cheaper. Newcastle has gained momentum and on high-morale after defeating Chelsea in midweek's Carling Cup at Stamford Bridge.

- A win for Newcastle against Stoke? Likely... Barton, Nolan and Carroll are the few good choices too. Although it's not worth to get Carroll now ($5.7 now and I have sold him to fund others), Barton is still the set piece taker. Another player to be watched is goalkeeper Tim Krul ($4) who deputize Harper who might be out for up to 12 weeks. He is a good pick as Newcastle is a team who can get clean sheets at home and sometimes away.




- Nuff' said. It's time to bring Berbatov in. He is $9 now and if he can continue the run of form that outshone Rooney ($11.6 now) since GW 1, he can grab about 20 goals + 10 assists for the whole season plus bonus points. ManUnited have easy fixture ahead, don't they? (Bolton @ away, Sunderland @ away, West Brom @ home)




- Arsenal vs West Brom is an interesting fixture and many will bring Arsenal players in, thinking that this will be a free-scoring game and free points for those Arsenal players. But I doubt that, yea, Dranzer!, i really don't see that.

- Fabregas will be out for 2-3 weeks due to a hamstring injury. West Brom was in high spirit after sending ManCity out of Carling Cup in midweek. I know I know, most of you think that Arsenal's free-flow football style will tear West Brom's defence apart like Chelsea's 6-0 thumping.

-But since then West Brom have gained momentum and played well in the BPL. They only lost one goal to Liverpool at Anfield and came back from behind to defeat Birmingham 3-1 which made Odemwingie a player-to-watch. Dorrans did not live up to his expectation though, as I prefer Chris Brunt more if I was to choose a player from WBA.

- Nasri ($7.2) and Arshavin ($9.8) is the obvious choices if you think Arsenal will win like 3-0 or 3-1. But the worry is, will Nasri play 1st team after complete 120-minutes at White Hart Lane on tuesday night? Arshavin is substituted only after 57 minutes last gameweek (although he scored 1 in midweek after brought on as a substitute). They are the pro/con choices as we don't know what will be Wenger thinking =.= duh

- Chamakh ($8.4) will definitely playing 90 minutes so he is the safer choice, he is Bendtner ver.2 and he scores alot from headers. Oh ya.. Wilshere ($5) anyone?? He did shine in the Tottenham game in midweek.