Showing posts with label #GW18. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #GW18. Show all posts

Saturday, 27 December 2014

Fantasy Premier League Gameweek 18: Boxing Day Actions


It’s always exciting to witness all Premier League clubs facing off each other on the same day, moreover being a festive yet compacted period. For football fans it was the finest game day which embraced power-packed actions, hard earned victories, horrid fouls and couple of records accomplished. If you’ve missed the appealing matchups, don’t worry, just drill down:

Strikers


Raheem Sterling – The winger was monotonous in the opening half in an unfamiliar role, yet scored the winning goal by rounding the goalkeeper using his pace.
Diego Costa – The powerhouse forward assisted John Terry with a flick of his head, and then went on arrowing a grounder that sealed a comfortable 2-0 triumph over West Ham United.
Wayne Rooney – The magician of the red half of Manchester clinched a well-taken brace for himself plus assisted Robin Van Persie for the third goal of the day.
Harry Kane – The dazzling wonder-kid of White Hart Lane opened the scoring at The King Stadium within two minutes of play with a nifty first touch and lashing his strike into the net.
Nikica Jelavic – The former Evertonian fired Hull City’s third goal against The Black Cats with a composed finish.
Radamel Falcao – The Colombian star contributed with a phenomenal assist to Wayne Rooney for the first goal at Old Trafford against Newcastle United.
Charlie Austin – The prodigious forward scored his 12th goal of the season against The Gunners!

Midfielders


David Silva – The Spain international is on rampage form, netting his fourth goal out of six matches at The Hawtorns.
Philippe Coutinho – The Brazilian produced the classiest moment of the match when his magnificent flick pass found Raheem Steerling who put the ball into the back of the net.
Gylfi Sigurdsson – The Iceland playmaker whipped in a spectacular free-kick that had Brad Guzan no chance of saving. A goal worth watching numerous times!
Gaston Ramirez – The underrated midfielder long strike goal started off Hull City’s much needed comeback victory against Sunderland.
Christian Eriksen – The former Ajax star once again rescued his side with the winning goal in the 72th minute of the match.
Tomas Rosicky – His Premier League start of the season and he contributed with the winning goal of the game.
Alexis Sanchez – The Chilean winger amended his penalty miss with a header opener and assisted Rosicky for the second goal.
Bojan Krkic – The former Barcelona starlet won and converted a controversial spot kick in style at Goodison Park.

Defenders


Mamadou Sakho – The Frenchman’s return to Liverpool’s starting lineup is fantastic. He was robust and organized at the back with 100% tackles won.
Mathieu Debuchy – He was dominant at the back with numerous attacking bursts, whereas was unlucky for conceding the penalty as he clearly got the ball.
John Terry – Chelsea’s leader finished his second goal of the season from close range in the opening minutes at Stamford Bridge.
Ryan Bertrand - A thunderous shot from the former Chelsea full-back for the second goal for The Saints.
Toby Alderweireld – The Belgian center back’s strong header found the back of the net from a resulting corner kick.

Goalkeepers


Lukasz Fabianski – The Poland international was resilient at the back, clinching his 8th clean sheet of the season. Strong contender for the fantasy premier league!
Thibaut Courtois – The big Belgian has a relaxed afternoon, The Blues 7th clean sheet this season.


Friday, 26 December 2014

Chief's #FPL Team - Gameweek 18




Latest Rank: 6,872 (10k rise)
 
  Transfers:
  Duff/Rooney OUT (-4*)
  Zabaleta/Giroud IN
New Bank Balance: £0.0M

*The former is injured, whereas the latter is playing as a CM (negative OOP)

Why have I purchased
Giroud and captained him?

The stats don't lie...

Giroud has scored the most FWD FPL points since GW16 (19).
Has the 3rd highest number of FWD final third passes since GW 16 (23)
Giroud has scored a goal once  every 51 minutes since GW 16.
QPR have conceded 20 goals in 8 away PL games this season.
Giroud has form on his side and likes scoring at the Emirates.
 
 Why did I buy Zabaleta?

Joint 4th highest potency (ALI rating) of any defender this season.
10th best number of key passes of any defender this season.
 10th best number of final third passes of any defender this season.
7/12 Fantasy returns since Gameweek 1, despite missing some games.
 
 Source: Asliga
 
Coming back to Giroud, he is Arsenal's most in-form FPL forward:

www.asliga.com

Finally, Arsenal are averaging 2+ goals at home this season and need a win!


 Source: Asliga
 
On a side note, I WON Fan Feud's #MNF game by one point in #GW15 and won their top prize:

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 Can you outdo me on their game-by-game platform?
Feel free to sign up and try to beat me this weekend!

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Wednesday, 25 December 2013

#CalledIt Differential Pick - GW18

The identity of the person who invented the wheel remains a mystery to this day, simply because of the fact that it wasn't invented instantly, overnight. It was more of a process. While the oldest wheel discovered dates back to 3,500 BC, it is believed that it was invented already in 8,000 BC. Early men used to place rollers underneath heavy object so that they could move it easier over long distances. Over time, men invented the sledge, placed it on rollers as well and soon realized that the rollers became grooved with use, effectively making it even more effective. This realization led to the creation of wheels and axle in one piece and later on to what we know today.

I have often wondered what I would have been able to show if I was somehow transported back into the past (which is not physically possible, at last according to some guy called Einstein, but let's just assume we can, for the sake of this paragraph) and I had to persuade people I was from the future. Sadly, I realized, not much. Which bummed me out a little*.

The good thing is that I don't have to neither invent nor re-invent the wheel for this week's #CalledIt and I will be going for an "obvious" choice. He went from zero to hero in one GW and secured his interim manager a brand spanking new 18-month contract. Not bad. With Tottenham playing a WBA team that concedes roughly 2 goals on average lately, I believe he has a good chance of adding to his goal tally from previous week AND could help a certain Spanish forward re-emerge as a viable FPL choice. A former FPL heavy-weight, this week's #CalledIt, Emmanuel Adebayor!

With Mirallas in GW16 and Welbeck in GW17 I will be looking to make it a 3 GW streak this week. And, if Welbeck slots back into the Manchested United starting 11 this GW, he could potentially add to his latest emergence in FPL. At least until RVP is back. But by then you will already have your wildcard to play with.

* I have added "Learn how a radio works and build one from scratch" to my bucket list. While it may not work in 1256 AD, it could still look cool. Does anyone where I could get some electricity back then?