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Fantasy Football Preview GW36: Double up on Aguero as finish line looms
Well we’re nearly there aren’t we?
As the season’s finish line looms large over the horizon each and every point becomes vital in your head-to-head, mini-leagues and of course the #FYCup, the fact that six teams are playing in a double Gameweek shouldn’t be ignored.
More important still, is that three of those teams happen to house three of this season’s Fantasy favourites.
Okay, maybe Sergio Aguero (£11.0m) doesn’t have the ownership percentage he deserves following a campaign which has been blighted by injuries, but there should be little doubt that he is Manchester City’s best forward when on form, and after a goal against West Ham last week and with an FA Cup final place to play for he is sure to be ready to impress as City go to Swansea and then face a home game against West Brom in the next week.
As usual with Roberto Mancini you have to be careful when selecting his forwards, but with the Italian likely to go with a front two of Aguero and Carlos Tevez (£9.2m) for the showpiece final against Wigan next week then he’d be wise to give them as many minutes on the pitch together as possible ahead of Wembley.
That should mean they play the vast majority of the fixtures against Swansea and the Baggies, and although the threat of Edin Dzeko (£6.8m) can’t be ruled out the Bosnian has failed to score in City’s last eight matches, of which he only featured in five.
Whilst City’s two opponents this week do possess popular players on double Gameweeks in Michu (£8.2m) and Romelu Lukaku (£6.6m), our next port of call is the Champions League-chasing Tottenham Hotspur.
Gareth Bale (£10.6m) received much Fantasy Premier League attention before, during and after Spurs’ visit to Wigan last weekend – from which he eventually emerged with a goal, an assist and two bonus points.
The PFA Player and Young Player of the Year will be looked to by many as a solid captaincy choice ahead of Tottenham’s matches against his old club Southampton and then a trip to Chelsea which is likely to go a long way towards sorting out those all-important top four places.
Bale is almost certain to be joined by Jermain Defoe (£7.9m) in both of those contests, and the form of both could well be key to just how Spurs do now the pressure is on. The good news for them is that Bale has responded well to pressure all season.
The impressive form of Wigan’s Shaun Maloney (£5.2m) is an aspect to consider ahead of the double Gameweek for the FA Cup finalists which sees them face must-win matches at West Brom and at Swansea in their battle to stay up, but it is Chelsea we focus on for our third key pick.
The sixth of the teams facing this crucial double header, the Blues have tricky fixtures away at Manchester United and at home to Spurs.
The likes of Juan Mata (£10.0m) and Eden Hazard (£9.6m) will of course be looked to to shine in both of those fixtures, but the recent goalscoring form displayed by their teammate Oscar (£7.8m) surely makes him worthy of recognition.
The Brazilian struck in the draw at Anfield and the win over Swansea in Chelsea’s last two Premier League fixtures – matches that he picked up 18 Fantasy Premier League points from.
Crucially cheaper than the rivals he battles for a Chelsea starting berth with, Oscar seems to be coming into form just as the season draws to a close and can take these good performances into Chelsea’s double Gameweek.
He could just be a handy addition as the clock ticks down on your campaign.
Fantasy Football GW35: Nothing but BONUS POINTS!!
After Suarez went all Hannibal Lecter on us last week GW34 was always going to be a tough act to follow…
Little did we know the drama, the wait… the sleepless night over the carry on that was the Gareth Bale assist! (We acknowledge we need to get out more)
Essentially the kind chaps at the Premier League were kind enough to review the footage from the 2-2 draw between Wigan and Tottenham and retrospectively declare that the ball did indeed touch (barely) Mr PFA player of the year. Great for us #FPL Managers who have him in our team.
This late change transformed a 7 point performance into a 12 as with the assist came 2 bonus points also. Boyce still managed to pick up the 3 Bonus points despite his own goal once again raising a question mark over the bonus point system…
- Elsewhere, Yaya Toure smashed his way through midfield again to collect the maximum in a 2-1 win for City over West Ham.
- Pienaar picked up the maximum bonus allocation as he reminded us that there are alternative options for your #FPL team if you would like a midfielder from Everton.
- Lukaku repaid the faith of thousands of FPL managers who have brought him in for DGW36 with all 3 bonus points to go alongside his goal.
- Crouch was tipped by FY this week as picking up form and while he didn’t get the goal his performance perhaps deserved, he did pick up the maximum 3 bonus points.
- Reading and QPR both were relegated in a drab 0-0 match. Really was not a great game to watch and no players on the pitch stood out. The panel drew straws and decided Guthrie was the stand out player however I’m sure 3 bonus points for him will be no consolation what so ever for relegation.
- The Arsenal – Manchester Utd game may not have the same intensity of previous seasons but was a close fought affair. RVP started so RVP picked up 3 bonus points. With Walcott, Evans and Rooney picking up 2 points each also.
- Frank Lampard is inching closer and closer to the Chelsea all time top scorer record and picked up 2 bonus alongside his goal from the penalty spot with the ever improving Oscar picking up the maximum.
- Newcastle 0-6 Liverpool… Hands up if you had a £5 bet correct score on that?? No.. Didn’t think so. With Suarez out now for the next 10 games I think there was a level uncertainty over which Liverpool team would turn up, yet this was as accomplished performance as you will see all season. Henderson scored twice and picked up the maximum. Downing provided a brace of assists but couldn’t manage to get a bonus point, shame.
As I write this Aston Villa have just put 6 past Sunderland in a mammoth 6-1 win, Di Canio did not knee slide this evening. The bonus points have yet to be announced at time of writing although after smashing in a hat-trick i expect Benteke to be nailed on for the maximum bonus. A goal and 2 assists puts Agbonlahor in the mix for 2points also.
@ryano83
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| 27 Apr 12:45 | Man City |  |
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West Ham |
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| 27 Apr 15:00 | Everton |  |
1 – 0 |  |
Fulham |
| 27 Apr 15:00 | Southampton |  |
0 – 3 |  |
West Brom |
| 27 Apr 15:00 | Stoke City |  |
1 – 0 |  |
Norwich |
| 27 Apr 15:00 | Wigan |  |
2 – 2 |  |
Tottenham |
| 27 Apr 17:30 | Newcastle |  |
0 – 6 |  |
Liverpool |
| 28 Apr 13:30 | Reading |  |
0 – 0 |  |
QPR |
| 28 Apr 15:00 | Chelsea |  |
2 – 0 |  |
Swansea |
| 28 Apr 16:00 | Arsenal |  |
1 – 1 |  |
Man Utd |
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| 29 Apr 20:00 | Aston Villa |  |
6 – 1 |  |
Sunderland |
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Fantasy Football GW35 preview: Defoe to take a bite out of Wigan?
Well he was never going to exit quietly was he?
Sunday saw the last action of one of the Fantasy Premier League stars of 2012/13, with Liverpool’s Luis Suarez leaving the game for the season with a goal in the 97th minute of what was an 11-point performance against Chelsea – not that everyone was talking about that come full-time.
In his absence, forward options are being scoured and teams are being altered, but perhaps his direct replacement was seen earlier on Sunday afternoon.
After failing to start since the 3-2 loss at Liverpool last month, Tottenham’s Jermain Defoe (£7.9m) – another with a history which includes biting opponents – came off the bench to score in Spurs’ fantastic comeback to beat Manchester City at White Hart Lane last weekend.
With Emmanuel Adebayor (£9.0m) struggling having scored just three league goals all season, Defoe’s return to fitness could be perfectly timed for Andre Villas-Boas’ side as they chase the Champions League.
As far as the Fantasy game goes, Spurs head for Wigan at the weekend before a double Gameweek next week when the north Londoners face Southampton and Chelsea, meaning that Defoe is likely to get plenty of playing time as the campaign draws to a close.
The England forward could prove to be a key man for both Tottenham and for your team as the scramble for league positions becomes more intense, and he could just be the forward to trust in Suarez’s absence.
Those fixtures for Spurs and the return to fitness of Gareth Bale (£10.5m) mean that the Welshman is sure to find himself thrown back into plenty of teams following his recovery from injury, whilst defensively the likes of goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (£5.8m) and defender Jan Vertonghen (£6.6m) could also offer much.
Elsewhere, the battle for the Champions League places will go up a notch at Stamford Bridge where Chelsea entertain a Swansea side who seem to have been on a downward spiral ever since they won the Capital One Cup.
Juan Mata (£9.8m) took his tally to 16 assists for the season after being credited with laying on both goals in the draw at Anfield, and with the Spaniard so key to everything his side do then Rafael Benitez surely won’t risk leaving him out for the clash with the Swans.
The form of both Eden Hazard (£9.6m) and Oscar (£7.8m) has been encouraging in recent weeks, but it is still Mata who makes Chelsea tick and who they’ll be looking to in a contest that the hosts will really need to win in their challenge for the top four, especially given that Suarez took a bite out of their hopes on Sunday.
Arsenal are the other one of three clubs that cannot go into the two still available top four places, and they’ll be hoping that champions Manchester United will have taken their eye off the ball as they visit The Emirates.
The absence of Olivier Giroud through suspension means that Lukas Podolski (£8.1m) is likely to come in from the start for the Gunners, whilst Theo Walcott (£8.8m) could also be restored to the central forward role that he so enjoyed earlier in the campaign.
A little higher up the table than Arsenal, Manchester City host West Ham in a contest in which Carlos Tevez (£9.1m) will be looking to keep up recent form against his former club. Having kept six clean sheets in their last seven home games, the likes of Joe Hart (£6.8m), Pablo Zabaleta (£6.2m) and Vincent Kompany (£7.0m) will be confident of keeping West Ham out.
Having scored only a second goal in 26 games at QPR last weekend, Stoke’s Peter Crouch (£6.0m) could be fancied for another strike at home to Norwich, whilst Christian Benteke (£7.3m) will be confident going into Aston Villa’s clash at home to Sunderland.
At Goodison Park, Everton will be going for a sixth home win in seven games as they host Fulham.
Marouane Fellaini (£7.4m), Kevin Mirallas (£6.9m) and Leighton Baines (£7.8m) are likely to garner the most attention, although for a cheap choice it could pay to go with Victor Anichebe (£4.4m), who has started the last six Blues games and is sure to have chances against a Fulham side who have kept just three clean sheets on the road this season.
#FPL Luis Suárez gets maximum Bonus with snappy performance.
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9 of the 10 games from GW34 have been played so far with only Man United taking on Aston Villa in the Monday night match remaining.
Luis Suarez will make the headlines this week, no doubt on both the back and front pages thanks to what looks like an attempted bite on Ivanovic.
Unquestionable talent as a footballer- Suarez is excellent, however the other side of his game appeared today in Liverpool’s 2-2 game with Chelsea. I think I can sum up his performance as follows.
Assist, handball, yellow card, spot of lunch, last gasp equaliser.
From a #FPL perspective this was enough to see him bring home all 3 bonus points and 11points in total. It would seem that the FA will have to take action so if Suarez is in your team at the minute.. you will need to start looking at replacements. Hopefully the FA will make a decision on any retrospective action within the next 24 hours.
Elsewhere… and yes other games have taken place this weekend, Gareth Bale came back where he left off with a goal, assist and all 3 bonus as Spurs came from a goal down to beat Man City 3-1.
Per Mertesacker scored the only goal of the game and fantasy owners that held onto Big Per after he was suspended have been rewarded with over 20 points in the last 2 games alone!
Crouch scored the first goal for Stoke on Saturday against his old club QPR taking all 3 bonus points and ensuring that QPR are all but relegated pending Steve Mc Queen signing on an emergency loan in the next few days.
Sessegnon for Sunderland was a very popular selection last year, not so much this season. Di Canio’s arrival seems to have revitalised him as he bagged another goal and takes all 3 bonus points in their impressive win against Everton.
Elsewhere, Kevin Nolan showed us some of his early season form with another goal and a 3pt bonus haul, Ryan Bennett took the plaudits for Norwich, Jack Cork for Southampton and Newcastle forward Gouffran all with maximum bonus point allocation.
*R
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| 20 Apr 15:00 | Norwich | |
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Reading |
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| 20 Apr 15:00 | QPR | |
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Stoke City |
| 20 Apr 15:00 | Sunderland | |
1 – 0 | |
Everton |
| 20 Apr 15:00 | Swansea | |
0 – 0 | |
Southampton |
| 20 Apr 15:00 | West Brom | |
1 – 1 | |
Newcastle |
| 20 Apr 15:00 | West Ham | |
2 – 0 | |
Wigan |
| 21 Apr 13:30 | Tottenham | |
3 – 1 | |
Man City |
| 21 Apr 16:00 | Liverpool | |
2 – 2 | |
Chelsea |
| 22 Apr 20:00 | Man Utd | |
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Aston Villa |
Fantasy Football GW34 preview: Has Michu’s magic returned?
The sun is shining and Michu (£8.0m) is scoring goals. It suddenly feels like August again doesn’t it?
Swansea’s Spaniard made one of the most spectacular entrances into Fantasy Premier League that we can remember, scoring four goals in his first three games and finishing the year 2012 on 13 strikes. All whilst handily listed as a midfielder.
The goals saw his Fantasy price rocket up from an initial £6.5m, with his ownership percentage increasing each week as a result. However since a goal against Manchester United just before Christmas, Michu has scored just four in 12 games since then. As a player who doesn’t contribute many assists (just two in that time and three all season), the Spaniard started to lose support.
The early season additions to many teams still sees his ownership percentage at a huge 44.1%, above the likes of Luis Suarez (39.8%), Robin van Persie (37.8%) and indeed everyone else, and after a recent return to goalscoring form there will be even more managers who are willing to take him on board in the closing weeks of the season.
Strikes against Tottenham and Norwich in the past two weeks have taken Michu’s tally to 17 goals this campaign, and after Swansea missed out on playing last weekend he has a double gameweek on the horizon in a bid to find even more.
This weekend though he faces a home game against a Southampton side who have failed to win away at a team ranked above them in the table all season, and so Michael Laudrup’s side will be confident of delivering a victory which will keep them in the top half of the table.
Michu is almost certain to be key to those hopes.
Elsewhere on a Saturday which is likely to go a long way towards determining who will be relegated this season, Norwich host a struggling Reading outfit who still look set to go down despite goalkeeper Alex McCarthy (£3.9m) earning them a point from a goalless draw with Liverpool last weekend.
Like Michu, Robert Snodgrass (£6.3m) scored in the last game at Carrow Road – Norwich’s 2-2 draw with Swansea – and the Scottish midfielder is likely to be a key element to the Canaries’ attempts to break down the Royals on Saturday, when Snodgrass will be looking to improve on his record of five goals and six assists this season.
FA Cup finalists Wigan are another side battling the drop, and although they could find it tough this weekend as they return to London to face West Ham, they do so offer intriguing cheap forward options in Arouna Kone (£6.6m) and Callum McManaman (£4.5m).
QPR simply have to beat struggling Stoke if any hope of them staying up is to remain, and so Loic Remy (£5.9m) is certain to be one to watch, whilst Sunderland’s Adam Johnson (£6.7m) is sure to be key to his side’s hopes of a second successive win as they host a strong Everton outfit.
Sunday’s matches bring together four of the top seven in a couple of big-hitting clashes, and whilst Tottenham will be hoping for the return to fitness of Gareth Bale (£10.5m) ahead of their match against Manchester City, it is a return to form that Suarez (£11.1m) will be after as Liverpool host Chelsea. After hitting 11 goals in 10 matches, the Uruguayan now hasn’t managed any in his last four.
Monday night will see Manchester United expect a victory from their home clash with Aston Villa, and whilst Van Persie (£13.6m) managed to find the net for the first time in 12 and a half hours of football for United against Stoke last weekend, it could be Wayne Rooney (£12.1m) who steals the show this time.
Stationed in a deeper role against Stoke, Rooney will be determined to return to a position further forward here, and he could just make struggling Villa pay.
Premier League Results: STAT-TASTIC!
GW33 Match Centre (Part One)
From @Shots_on_Target
With another 360+ of Premier League football to come it could still all happen for your players.
This was about to be the biggest shock of the weekend until a strange and unfortunate penalty decision allowed Arsenal to get back in it at 1-1. After then the floodgates opened, and in truth they probably would have anyway. Oliver Giroud (my hero) absolutely stole the show from the much fancied Cazorla here. He managed an assist (not shown in data) as well as his goal and his key stats tell you the story.
A somewhat professional performance from Everton you could say, doing enough to get a comfortable win without trying too hard, and getting a rare clean sheet in the process. Kevin Mirallas is a genuine quality player and some say the best Belgian at Everton. He and Victor Anichebe are two strong fantasy options from the Merseyside club, Anichebe particularly. I had a good hard look at him myself around January but felt Jelavic would reclaim the striker’s spot, which he did, but Anichebe’s forced his way back into the team on merit and at just £4.3m is an absolute steal. If you own him this DGW well done you.
Fulham scored a goal without having a shot on target, thanks to Delph’s own goal. Fulham puzzle me, It’s rare for a team with an attacking philosophy to register such a low number of shots in a game, something they’ve done many times this season. Charles N’Zogbia has been a fairly steady player of late, and Benteke of course we all know about.
The Mackem fans are in love with Di Canio after this game but they probably got lucky when Pappis Cisse’s goal was ruled out. They certainly had their tails up though and I’m sure a man as outspoken and flamboyant a player as Di Canio would have sent them out on a high. No-one player really stands out though from their team and I think this might just have been a result written in the stars.
Southampton have been playing well recently as you know, but without really setting the world on fire. West Ham too. Here both teams played out for a score draw which would have been an educated guess before hand. Andy Carrol has playing well but comes with a hefty FPL price tag. Gaston Ramirez‘ much reduced price tag now a better option than Puncheon and Scheiderlin in this team, as well as Jay Rodriguez of course, who was benched here due to illness only I believe.
A very rare performance from Carrick here saw him shooting from inside the penalty box three times and scoring a goal, completely outperforming the other so called attacking players in the team. Kagawa, Valencia registering nothing of fantasy interest at all. It’s still about Van Persie for United, despite growing interest in Rooney, again in midfield and not managing to get a shot off inside the box.
If Arsenal was almost the shock of the weekend then this result was the real thing. A phenomenal display in goal from Reading’s McCarthy making 12 saves! The main fantasy story here though is Liverpool and Suarez’ blanks, against all the odds. This is the highest number of shots on target a team has had this season without scoring a goal. Liverpool had that record before this game too, registering 9 SoT without scoring away at Swansea in GW13. On average this season when team’s have 9 or 10 shots on target they’ve averaged 2.95 goals.
As always you can check out @Shots_on_target at http://www.shotsontarget.co.uk . Consistently providing top insight and FPL statistics!!
Fantasy Football GW32: Nothing but Bonus Points!
Well GW32 was a high scoring week…eh?? #Tumbleweed….
Actually, no – not at all – Very low scoring week all round!
Here’s a breakdown of the Bonus points from this weekend and including the Manchester Derby.
Rodriguez deservedly picked up the maximum bonus for a strong performance for Southampton this week. He has now averaged a massive 10 pts per GW from 30-32 (9-9-12) Fantastic return from a budget priced striker who is available at the minute for 5.2m. With less than 2% ownership he has been a huge differential in recent weeks as tipped in our recent preview.
Elsewhere Benteke continues to impress picking up a goal and 2 bonus points in Villa’s 3-1 win over Stoke. He has been steadily consistent in recent weeks.
Rosicky and Gervinho for Arsenal may not be thought of by many as the key attackers at the best of time. Rosicky being unfortunate with injuries and Gervinho’s form being sparadic at the best of times but both performed well against WBA and while Rosicky scored 2 and took maximum bonus points Gervinho has now 2 goals 3 assists and a 9pt average from his last 3 games… Arsenal have a DGW33 coming up. Could this run continue?
Defenders came up tops for West Ham, Everton and Chelsea with Collins, Jagielka and Ivanovic getting the Maximum bonus points on offer against Liverpool, Spurs and Sunderland respectively.
Maloney’s last gasp equaliser for Wigan saw him walk away with an important point for his club and 3 bonus points also.
A fantastic strike from Aguero on as a second half Sub was enough for 2 bonus points with Milner taking the maximum in the Manchester Derby.
What do you make of the Bonus points this week? Did they get them right? Tweet us @FantasyYIRMA with your thoughts!
Ryan
| 06 Apr 12:45 | Reading | |
0 – 2 | |
Southampton |
| 06 Apr 15:00 | Norwich | |
2 – 2 | |
Swansea |
| 06 Apr 15:00 | Stoke City | |
1 – 3 | |
Aston Villa |
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| 06 Apr 15:00 | West Brom | |
1 – 2 | |
Arsenal |
| 07 Apr 13:30 | Liverpool | |
0 – 0 | |
West Ham |
| 07 Apr 14:05 | Tottenham | |
2 – 2 | |
Everton |
| 07 Apr 15:00 | Chelsea | |
2 – 1 | |
Sunderland |
| 07 Apr 15:00 | Newcastle | |
1 – 0 | |
Fulham |
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| 07 Apr 16:10 | QPR | |
1 – 1 | |
Wigan |
| 08 Apr 20:00 | Man Utd | |
1 – 2 | |
Man City |
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Bonus
Milner 3
Aguero 2
Zabaleta 2
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FantasyYIRMA CUP kicks off tomorrow!!
Firstly – If you are in the #FYCUP congrats – there was a huge demand to be one of the 256 entries. Apologies if you missed out on taking part this time but there will be more in the future.
Best of luck to the teams playing in the competition! Please use #FYCUP throughout and I will retweet as much as possible on twitter. Thanks for your continued support!
Ryan
OK so… down to business. One team per person only. To try and keep it as fair as possible the 1st week matches will be drawn automatically by the Premier League website.
The draw will be made after 11.30am on Saturday 30th of March. Check on www.FantasyYIRMA.com for your official source for #FYCUP information and Fixtures.
After the first week the participants in the Cup go from 256 to 128. From this point on (GW32) I will have to draw the cup matches manually (This is because the PL website would treat it as an 8 Week long Head-to-Head league, and with 256 teams this would clearly not work.)
Each team still in the #FYCUP after the first Knock-out round will be allocated a number 1-128 and we will use a randomiser program online. Fixtures will be released at least 48 hours before the gameweek starts (GW32-28 Only)
Big thanks to both @StanJames and @FFMiphone for putting up the prizes for the #FYCUP
PRIZES
In addition to the already generous prize pot the highest Gameweek score (For teams still in the Cup) will receive a FREE copy of the Fantasy Football Manager app from @FFMiphone
*If the winner cannot use the app prize they can pass it on or ask for us to draw another prize winner.
To clarify :
1. you are still eligible for the one off @StanJames Bonus Prize even if you get knocked out in the first round. I will be tracking scores of all 256 teams throughout the competition.The bonus prize is given to the best individual GW score across all 8 weeks regardless if you are knocked out. Only the 256 original cup entrants are eligible for this prize.
2. The app prize from @FFMiphone is only applicable to the top point scorer who is still in the competition. If the same person wins more than once the prize automatically goes to the 2nd place point score from that gameweek.
Here are all of the teams competing for the #FYCUP title!! Are YOU in???
Tweet me @FantasyYIRMA with your twitter name if you are one of the teams below.
| #Topallyear | Downing Syndrome | Liverpool Red Soxs | SheenArmy #winning |
| #wembleytwice | Dream2Win | Lontong Garasi FC | Siltamäen Pallo |
| @FPLHints (Twitter) | Drubbin United | Los Cogoteros | Slave Feet |
| @Gemmabaggies | Duff & Duffer | Machu Picchu | sliveDdeR |
| 11 Men 1 Cup | Duncan United | Magical 15 | Soggy Busquets |
| A game of Jones | Dynamo Dan Dan | Man Red | Solopsism FC |
| Adonteng FC | EAsoccer | Manchester | Spartonz |
| Alice in Hangeland | Eggys 11 Poachers | Markin Don’t Play Fc | spherebuilders |
| All That Ales You | El Carnero Sagrado | MATTLEE FC | spicy mchaggis |
| AM FC | eL TOrNaDO | McCarthy Dundon Gang | Sporting Lesbian |
| Anural FC | England | Mlowe City | Sporting Lesbian |
| ApacheCommunications | FC Bull Mtn. | Mogganaut Express | Sultans from Sharm |
| Ässad | FC ClumsyWolfsburg | MoneyBull | Super fox, Mr? |
| ATeamOfGaryBreens | FC GRU WWA | MoreSkillThanLuck | Supershri United |
| Babaji | FC Mansås | Moves like Dejagah | Tankilopes |
| BADGEGONE | fc matthews | Mr Sitter | Tastes like FIsh |
| Baldy Rovers | FC Olim | Multiple Scorgasms | Taylan |
| Bamboo XI | FC Siltamäki | nadeem | Team Baba |
| Banana Skin Warriors | Feldinho utd | Nameless XI | Team Elite |
| Banderaši | ffmiphone | Never give up 11 | Team Webb |
| Barcaspoona | Finger Puppet Mafia | New Jack City | Terminaylor |
| Belo Horizonte | Four skins are back | Nice To Michu | TFC XV |
| Benjies Bombers | FourFourTweet | Nico’s Newbies | That’ll Do Pig |
| Bennie and The Jets | fratpack | Norfolk & Hope Again | thatWallace |
| BENTEKKERS! | FreeBar Utd | Norfolk n’ Way | The Agueroplane |
| berbatov-blagoevgrad | Garrens FC | Not obsessed fc | The Ansu Tables |
| Bernie, the bolt! | Gervinhos4head | NOVRISINA PRAJOGO | The Bookies Favorite |
| Bigo1 | GoalkeeperUNION | Numero Uno | The Choc Ice’s |
| Black Magic | Gob’s Chicken Dance | NwcoVictoriousSecret | The Devil’s Stars |
| Black Magic | Golfies 11 | Nyamasville AFC | The Dice Men |
| Blaugrana | goonerdhanus | Oceansx11 | The Dogknobbers |
| Blisters paw | Graham Rix U16s | O-dot | The Doomed United |
| Blueheaven | Gunner Galacticos | oh hewwo stwanger*** | The Entertainers |
| Bongo XI | HappyAnkit | Ollie’sFearlessFinns | The Midget Wrestlers |
| Boo Boys | Hardly Athletic | One Girl, Two Cups | The MLN’s |
| BOO BOYZ | Haynes’s tweeters | Only a Mata of time | The Real Mata |
| Bouf, mange mon but! | He Who Dares Wins | Paling Menangan Dewe | The Special Juan |
| bOUNCEBACKABILITY | Heart Shaped-Box | PANZER | The Team Tinkerer |
| Bridgehill United | High Flying Birds | Papa Fleming | The Untouchables |
| Brown Star Belgrade | Hmmmmee _—/ | Parpy United | Theo Theo Theooo!! |
| Burnley Reserves | Holly George Rovers | Pathetico Madrid | Thunderous Rack |
| CanIgetawhoopwhoop! | I havent a Kalou | patrickdrd | TLB United |
| CANYOUSKORDIS | I Michu Already x | paul26cfc | TobyCats |
| Casterly Rock Rovers | Ice Cream “Kone” | Phil Dowd’s Shroud | TOKNOWTHEGAME.COM |
| Champ19ns | Inter Minaan Bread | Phil Rolex | TOKNOWTHEGAME.COM |
| Champions of Europe! | Iraqi lobster 11 | Pistolero’s | TOKNOWTHEGAME.com |
| Champs | iRed Boys | Postmen Never Learn | Toon Raiders |
| Champs in Champs* | It’s the ball ox | Premier Tykes | Trendy |
| CHANGE NAME | Jenko’s FC | Prosp7r Utd | Trumpton 2nd XI |
| Chirag Sucks | Jimmys pocket rocket | pt96 | Tycho Rovers |
| Chrisy ’63 | Jingle Bale | PunkUndertaker | United > City |
| Cleveland Browns | Jol-ly Good Fellows | Raith Ravers | Vision 2013 |
| Cow Tipping Dwarfs | JT’s Black Stars | Real Ale Madrid | Wareing’s XI |
| Damage limitation | Jumpersforgoalposts | Real Gs Playaz Club | Wayne’s Worldies |
| darc | justalittlebit | Real Mattrid | Waynesidiotsfc |
| Davy Jones’ Locker | Juventarse | Real SoSoBAD | Werder Beertent? |
| Debbie Does Gallas | KAkUNi F.C [GAhEy] | Rebel Rabble Utd | WeWonTheDouble |
| Decos Champs | Katzmajik | Red’s Riders | White Walkers |
| Delstroopers | KTBFFH | robbo | Whoventus? |
| despool | Kucking Funtz | Russells-Rangers | WhyAlwaysTeamMe#DH5 |
| Dirty Jersey FC | Lamb County | school of science | Wonderful Wizards |
| DisLackofSikElephnts | Le Crazy Derps | Scribbles FC | World greatest team |
| Dodgy Dazzlers | Ledge Utd | Seaside Utd | Yourmissusisinmybed |
| Doris FC | lionstroop | Shawlands Rangers | yu_LEO FC |
FPL: GW30 Match Stats
GW30 Match Centre
Stats from all the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) GW30 matches. You can see the Top Ranked players from this week, the last 6, and full season on the Top Players page.
THE HIGHS
Eden Hazard & Chelsea
The top ranked player overall Hazard created 4 chances and had 4 shots from within West Ham’s penalty box, all on target, scoring 14 points from a goal, assist, clean sheet and 3BP.
Aston Villa & QPR
Despite the defeat for Rangers both teams went for it, the stats will tell you registered decent shot numbers and goals were deserved. Weimann and Benteke Villa’s main output, Remy and Jenas looked likely for the away team.
Southampton
The Saints made Liverpool look very ordinary indeed and will have deflated a lot of the mounting hyperbole around the visitor’s form. Rodriguez is starting to look a nice alternative to Lambert at £5.1m but truth be told it’s probably a little late to go for a player like him, especially with upcoming fixtures. Lallana is back in his stride after injury.
Arsenal and Monreal (15pts) deserves a quick nod of appreciation too.
THE LOWS
Swansea Failing to register a single SoT at home is something I am always keen to castigate. Fair enough Reading didn’t manage to hit the target away at United but even against a top club like Arsenal you’d expect a team to make the ‘keeper work, at least a little. It’s bad news for Michu owners whose had 9 shots in his last 3 games without any on target. A blank GW33 has people selling already.
Also worth a mention: The Stoke attack, but what’s new.
Football Trader App: Fantasy Football meets Wall Street
Last month on FantasyYIRMA we announced the new Fantasy Football game from www.footballtraderapp.com. Football Trader is a new Fantasy Stock Market Game based on the English Premier League. The game has been running for 5 weeks and has 500 users from over 20 countries.
The creators of the game @realtime_sports have just launched a new version of the game today, based on user feedback. The new version of the game is made for the web and is also now a Facebook App. We spoke to the Co-Founder, Sohail Godall, to find out more about the new version!
The creator of the game @realtime_sports had this to say about Football Trader:
FantasyYirma: So remind us again for those who don’t know what Football Trader is about.
Sohail: Sure, Football Trader is basically a new type of Fantasy Football game where you Buy & Sell shares in players on a live stock market. Unlike most fantasy football games, this is played in Real-time, meaning the price of players is changing constantly based on users trading on the market and also player performances. Every user starts with £100M budget and the goal of the game is to Grow the Value of your Players, and therefore your Team, as much as you can. You also get Match Dividend Bonus’s awarded right after matches, based on how players performed, which are sort of like how you would get Fantasy Points, but in cash!
FantasyYirma: So tell us a little about the Beta so far…
We made the first version mobile-first. We have had some great success, 500 users from over 20 countries so far in 5 weeks. However, we realised that the performance of the game on mobile was not great, it struggled on some browsers and 3G networks. Also, we were restricted on what changes we could make to the game. For this reason, we have just built a new Facebook web-version of the game which works much faster and cleaner! We still plan to make our mobile app’s for the new season as we see this as a mobile game.
FantasyYirma: Sounds good! And what new features can users expect from your new version of the game?
Well, the main bit is that it’s made for Facebook so it’s a lot more Social! You can invite friends to compete against and also brag about your Team Value. Beyond that though you can now follow other users and players like a Twitter feed, which gets included in your news feed. So you can now watch other users and see how they play the game. You can also comment on players and put your view of why their prices are changing. Lastly, all users start off as a Rookie Trader and need to work their way up as a Pro Trader for bragging rights. This will be the start of making the game much more Social we hope.
The Beta game is now open Live for users to play till the end of the season at http://www.footballtraderapp.com
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