A World War Two classic match, the French painter Genskof, Roy Hodgson’s bedtime drink of choice & much more! Let’s review GW7 for all its goals, VARsical decisions and I believe Arsenal had a game? Written by @JackAGoodwin in a timely fashion Wolves 2-0 Crystal Palace 5ft 4 Daniel Podence and new chap Rayan Ait-Nouri […]
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GW6 Review: Posted After The Final Whistle & The GW7 Preview
Oct 30
GW6 Review: Posted After The Final Whistle Written by @JackAGoodwin GW6 Review: Quick quick, read this review! It will surely help you out in your last minute GW7 decisions. Fun fact – I am sitting at 126k overall in FPL, quite a stunning display if I do say so myself. I do […]
Fantasy Football GW7 Preview: EARLY DEADLINE
Oct 30
Written By Niall Hawthorne Communication… In the history of mankind, we have never had more methods of communicating with others. The advent of t’internet and mobile phones have expanded our options beyond those of shouting out the window and, err, carrier pigeon. Yet, in this year above all others it seems, more and more of […]
Written by @NiallHawthorne
The year 2020 is so far beyond weird that it’s laughable. It’s completely bonkers.
Who would have foreseen that the toughest opponent Marcus Rashford would face this season would be Boris bloody Johnson?
Who would have contemplated an entire nation going into mourning because a dolphin has gone off for a swim for a couple of weeks? (If you’re not Irish, google ‘Fungie’ and don’t judge us)
Who would have thought that the fabled Leicester City miracle season would be replicated within five years? Escape relegation by the skin of your teeth, start the next season like a steam-train, get talented yet under-achieving midfielders playing to their full potential, and unearth a lethal striker from the lower leagues….Aston Villa are willing the title this year…
As I said, bonkers! Onto GW6!
Defender: Max Kilman, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Nominative determinism is a powerful force. This is the term applied to people who end up doing for a living what their name has always suggested they should do.
- Hubert Legal is a solicitor for the EU Council.
- Daniel Snowman wrote a book about the polar regions.
- A.J. Splatt and D. Weedon wrote a paper together about incontinence.
I’m not sure where the future is going to take Max Kilman, but if he turns out to be the world’s most prolific serial killer, it’s not really his fault, is it?
Before he heads down that road, he’s made a promising start to his Premier League career, with two clean sheets and an assist to his name in his first two appearances. He’s only £4.1m and owned by less than 7% of FPL players, so let’s all enjoy him before he develops a taste for a nice chianti and some fava beans.
Midfielder: Ross Barkley, Aston Villa
Ross Barkley has been holding onto the ‘promising’ tag longer than Boris Johnson has been holding the ‘buffoon’ tag. Eventually though, the tags change.
Ross is entering his TENTH premier league season, so we need to stop calling him promising, and admit that up to now he’s over-promised and under-delivered. Boris Johnson has stopped being bumbling and evolved into pure undiluted evil.
Barkley seems to have licence to bomb forward in this Villa system, and has plundered two goals in two games since he departed Stamford Bridge. He’s got three straightforward home games in the next four GW’s, and is owned by fewer than 3%.
Forward: Sergio Aguero, Manchester City
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
This tip has a 50% chance of getting you 20+ points.
This tip has a 49% chance of getting you 1 point after an 89th minute cameo from the bench.
This tip has a 1% chance of getting you 0 points after Sergio Aguero is revealed to be a surprise entrant in ‘I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here’ before the weekend.
However, he’s owned by 2.1% of players, Manchester City have no fit strikers available, and you can just smell the potential.
You damn fool.
Captain: Mohamed Salah, Liverpool
Six goals and an assist. Two double digit hauls. One 20-point haul. All in just five games.
This weekend Liverpool welcome Sheffield United to Anfield, and this is a very different Sheffield United to last season’s Sheffield United. The Blades appear dull and blunt.
Much has been made of topsy-turvy start to the season by the reigning champions, however they have played five league games and never failed to score less than twice. Salah and friends were hauled off en masse before the hour mark in Amsterdam, surely with an eye on this clash. Liverpool may also, on a sub-conscious level at least, adopt a motto of ‘we’ll score one more than you’.
This could get very, very messy.
Outsider: Michy Batshuayi, Crystal Palace
Who else could I tip in a column that elaborates on how batsh*t mental this year is, than a player they call Batman?
With Jordan Ayew being all COVID-y, there’s a window of opportunity for Batshuayi to stake a claim for a permanent spot alongside Wilf Zaha. He threw in a cheeky assist in his first start last weekend, costs under £6.0m and is owned by less than 1%.
If you back Batman, you could be Robin a lead on your opponents.
I’ll get my coat.
Written by Niall Hawthorne.
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GW5 Review: Posted After The Final Whistle
Oct 22
GW5 Review: Written by @JackAGoodwin INSERT INSIGHTFUL AND INTERESTING INTRO PARAGRAPH HERE TO SET THE SCENE FOR THE GW5 REVIEW…naaaaaahhhhhh – let’s just wing it. Everton 2-2 Liverpool Whilst Labrinth was singing “Beneath Your Beautiful” and Skyfall was just released in cinemas (remember those?), over at Goodison Park we were also seeing the last time […]
Gameweek 5: Spurs, Sheffield United and WBA make the Preview
I think it’s fair to say that we are living through unprecedented times.
In fact, I can’t remember back to a time when things were precedented. I often find myself wondering how historians will view the times we are currently experiencing. How will they view the decisions made by our leaders and ourselves?
I have no doubt that one of the things that will confuse the bejaysus out of them is the decision to proceed with international football during a global pandemic….
The logic behind sending footballers out of their club ‘bubble’ around the globe to play international games that are as important as my opinion on Masterchef Australia (No Poh! No!), leading to an inevitable surge in positive COVID-19 cases which are then brought back into the club ‘bubble’, therefore possibly bursting the bubble of professional football happening at all….
Yeah, onto GW5!
Defender: George Baldock, Sheffield United
I’m not saying that The Blades have had a ropey start to the season, but right now Richard Osman has them written down as an answer on his desk. Yep, they’re pointless.
This weekend they face the only team below them in the table, as Fulham come calling. While The Cottagers racked up three goals at Elland Road in GW2, they’ve been firing blanks elsewhere.
I’ve had to ignore the fact that George’s surname references a very niche fetish, and focus instead on the fact that he has a knack of adding goals and assists to his clean sheet hauls. He’s already notched an assist this season, and he’s due a clean sheet.
Midfielder: Matheus Pereira, West Bromwich Albion
West Brom welcome Burnley to my gaff this weekend, so I may open the curtains to watch them in the garden.
Pereira has started the season strongly with a goal and a brace of assists thus far, and he faces Sean Dyche’s men who have conceded SEVEN goals in their two away games. SEVEN! Imagine conceding that many goals in two away games! What eejits!
Oh….
Forward: Neal Maupay, Brighton And Hove Albion
Here’s a player who is smashing it while flying under the radar of many.
Four goals and an assist already this season, adding to his ten-goal haul last season. He travels to Selhurst Park as The Seagulls take on The Eagles.
Based on knowledge of ornithology alone you’d fancy the Eagles, but have you seen how rowdy the Seagulls have become in recent years? They’d have your fish supper out of your hand and slap you across the face with their wing if you don’t have your wits about you.
Neal Maupay is a French seagull. Just imagine the attitude…
Captain: Harry Kane, Tottenham Hotspur
I’ve seen plenty of stats during this interminably daft international break about West Ham United and how sound defensively they have been. Their xGA is tiny, apparently. Their xGF is decent. Their xGEEKS is as yet unknown.
My fantasy football methodology is far more straightforward. Old Moyesey has self-isolated and rid himself of his COVIDness, so he’s back on the touchline and The Hammers are going to hell in a handcart once more.
Harry Kane will profit handsomely
Outsider: Rhian Brewster, Sheffield United
Whether you’re one of those (like me) who has had Rhian tucked up safely on the corner of your bench since the season started, or you’ve taken the plunge once you saw him move to Bramall Lane, welcome to the beginning of the ‘£4.5m Bloody Hell He’s A Bargain At That Price’ adventure.
The kid is a talent, and his first big chance is against at home to a team that has a habit of conceding three goals in every game.
All aboard!
Written by @NiallHawthorne
Written by Niall Hawthorne.
Drop Niall a follow on twitter. Good thing about Twitter – you can always unfollow again later!
Niall Hawthorne has a strange view on most things.
Check out his blog for proof rantsofarebel.wordpress.com.
GW3 Review: Posted After The Final Whistle
Sep 30
GW3 Review: Putting my “big coat” on, a discussion with the wife whether it’s time to turn the heating on, browsing soup recipes, the sky going black at 4pm, Summer is finally over isn’t it? But the football season has just begin and the beautiful side of Covid (if at all) is that fixtures are […]
Liverpool, Manchester United and Christian Benteke (Yep) Make the Preview
Jul 10
The Gameweek 35+ Preview Written by Niall Hawthorne. If you thought that the pace of FPL GW’s was incessant in recent weeks, you ain’t seen nothing yet! Saturday marks the beginning of TWELVE CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF PREMIER LEAGUE ACTION that will encompass THREE GW’S! Never fear however as we won’t miss a beat and […]
Fantasy Football Review: Manchester United – the most in-form team in the Premier League??
Jul 10
Gameweek 32+33+34+ Review Written by @JackAGoodwin Six Things from the last few Gameweeks… (Ed: You did seven) The Aubameyang Yoyo After 3 straight blank GW’s after the restart most gave up on him much like Ozil with his footballing career. Then straight out of Randy Orton’s playbook Auba came back outta nowhere! 16pts, 2pts, […]
Manchester United, Spurs and Watford Make The Preview
Jul 6
The Gameweek 34+ Preview Written by Niall Hawthorne. I’ll be honest with you, I’m communicating with regular readers of this column more than with my own family over the last few weeks, such is the sheer enormity of the FPL tidal wave that has roared towards us. Fear not however, we have you covered. Fresh […]
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