Top 5 performers from tonight's games:
D. Aranzubía - Deportivo - Goalkeeper 25.00
I. Rakitic - Sevilla - Midfielder 17.50
Negredo - Sevilla - Forward 17.00
Koke - Athl Madrid - Midfielder 16.50
Pinto - Barcelona - Goalkeeper 16.00
Saturday, 26 February 2011
Week25: Saturday night
Managed to get both A.Madrid goalscorers Koke and Reyes, and Pinto for Barca in goal, also great return from Angel for Gijon. Only Adebayor was a big dissapointment. Wish I had switched Tamudo for Sergio Garcia - I saw that one coming for Espanyol.
Tonights results
Mallorca 0 - 3 Barca
Deportivo 0 - 0 Real
A.Madrid 2 -2 Sevilla
Espanyol 4 -1 Sociedad
Gijon 0 -0 Zaragoza
My points from tonight:
Pinto, Barca, 16 pts
Adriano, Barca, 6pts
Jose Angel, Gijon, 13.5 pts
Ozil, Real, 8pts
Di Maria, Real, 9.5
Koke, A.Mad, 16.5
Reyes, A.Mad, 14
Adebayor, Real, 3.5
Tamudo, Sociedad, 8
Tonights results
Mallorca 0 - 3 Barca
Deportivo 0 - 0 Real
A.Madrid 2 -2 Sevilla
Espanyol 4 -1 Sociedad
Gijon 0 -0 Zaragoza
My points from tonight:
Pinto, Barca, 16 pts
Adriano, Barca, 6pts
Jose Angel, Gijon, 13.5 pts
Ozil, Real, 8pts
Di Maria, Real, 9.5
Koke, A.Mad, 16.5
Reyes, A.Mad, 14
Adebayor, Real, 3.5
Tamudo, Sociedad, 8
Friday, 25 February 2011
Week 25 preview: The Outsiders
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| Barca youngsters Pinto (left) and Bojan (right) playing baseball |
In Goal
The most tempting GKs have to be - in descending order::
1. Pinto, 9.66 - BARCA @ mallorca (playing in the place of injured Valdes)
2. Kameni, 10.46 - ESP v rso (get him while he's cheap!)
3. Catalyud, 10.11 - HER v get (Getafe v poor away from home)
4. Cuellar, 10.68 - SPORTING GIJON v zaragoza
5. Casillas 14.66 - RMAD @ dep. (Returning from suspension in what should be a routine week. A bit boring though)
Really, its hard to look beyond Pinto. Consider he is the cheapest keeper likely to start as well.
In Attack:
A lot depends on who you're holding on to, but for arguments sake, imagine you're starting from scratch this week:
Top outsider picks
1. S. Fernandez, 11.08, MALAGA v alm
Games involving Malaga tend to involve goals. Fernandez has 11 pts two weeks running from a range of areas (corners, shots, assists, yum)
2. David Barral, 6.59, GIJON v zaragoza
Why not reward this impish striker with a run out? Barral is Gijon's second highest scorer with 3 and 2nd highest SOTer with 11. Zaragoza are rubbish too. If you're feeling really brave, why not Nacho Novo too. Valued 4.96!
3. Caicedo, 12, LEVANTE v Osasuna
Caicedo didn't get a sniff at the Bernabeau but the lanky Ecuadorian is solid at home. He has 9 goals in 17 overall. Osasuna are poor away.
4. Trezeguet, 14, HERCULES v getafe
The elegant frenchman has 8 in 14 this season. The scoring onus is on the striker with Nelson Valdes missing.
Midfield
1. Valdo and Juanlu for LEVANTE vs Osasuna.
Both at 8 and Levante's most effective attacking options from midfield.
2. Farinos, 7, HERCULE v getafe
A legend who is being legendary. 16 and 5 in his last two games makes this bargain player a massive temptation.
3. WHOEVER replaces Xavi for BARCA @ mallorca
Could be Affellay, but probably Keita. Both a bargain at 3.
Defence
1. Adriano, 7.33, BARCA@ mallorca
Always does well when he replaces Alves.
2. Botia, 2.66, GIJON v Zgza
3. Ulfalesji, 7, AMAD v sev
4. Any Sporting Gijon or Levante guys.
My team?
GK. Pinto
D. Adriano - Barca
D. Del Horno - Levante
D. Jose Angel - Gijon
M Ozil (5.45) Impossible to drop at this value
M Di Maria (6.11) " " "
M Koke (4.69) a bargain, and a lot of fun
M Reyes (15) solid
(Despite his 400% return (4pts), Almeria's Mbami has to go I'm afraid)
F Adebayor can stay. (at 8.51) He shoots a lot even if he doesn't score. Just hoping Benzema's sudden determination to be good doesn't see the Man City loanee benched.
F Tamudo (11.5, now 15.) An outsider to score at Espanyol but doing a great job up front for RSO and deserves some faith. It will be all about the ex-ESP man.
F Trezeguet (14)
Week 25 preview: Atletico Madrid v Sevilla
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| Ok Koke? |
Atletcio Madrid 9th v Seville 7th
A massive game for two of the liga's most unpredictable sides. Both sides having an up and down season, with inconsistent form, although both scrapped 1-0 wins last week. Some are billing this as a Europa Cup 6 pointer. A win for either side would be a massive boon.
Predictions:
Atletico are favourites.
- Reyes is a persistent threat even when Atletico struggle, and especially at home. Has scored 20+ in three of his last seven appearances.
- Aguero is back amongst the goals, but expensive at 22.
- One outsider it may be worth taking an inexpensive punt on is Koke. This youngster had a great game at Zaragoza last week and may well have more responsibilities if Forlan misses the game with injury. He's had four appearnaces, averages 3, and got 3 pts last week. Priced only 4.68.
- For Seville, the main temptation would have to be GK Varas, but only if he was drafted in for 4.8 the week before last. He kept a clean sheet and made a few saves to earn 16pts. Palop has a knock.
Fantastic statistical forecast here at Accuscore
Predicted score: 2-0. Goals for Kun and Reyes.
Week 25 preview: Espanyol v Real Sociedad
The first preview for Week 25
Espanyol 6th v Real Sociedad 8th
Predictions
An Espanyol victory has to be a slight favourite, but they have been struggling with goals and can expect fierce resistance from RSO. Many ESP players' value have sunk due to their recent poor run. Tempting bargains include:
Forward, Sergio Garcia, 7.9
Forward, Luis Garcia, 12.95
Defender, E Galan, 1.00
GK, Kameni, 10.
For RSO, there are few temptations to be had with a good solid run of form for the team all round. It seems worth hanging on to Tamudo if you have him for cheap. I got him in at 11 his value has soared to 16. A good shout for a goal against his old side. Prieto is good value but will have to go though after his dissapointing display last week.
Predicted score: 2-1 goals for Callejon for ESP and Tamudo for RSO
Espanyol 6th v Real Sociedad 8th
- Espanyol have slumped to 6th while RSO have been climbing to 8th.
- Espanyol have lost 4 in a row - seeing the once imperious GK Kameni's value plumet to 10.
- But Espanyol have only lost thrice at home to Barca, Madrid and Villarreal
- RSO have lost only 1 in 4 (at the Bernabeau)
- Callejon and Duscher are carrying knocks for ESP
- Tamudo scored for Espanyol the last time that Espanyol lost at home to RSO (8 years ago)
Predictions
An Espanyol victory has to be a slight favourite, but they have been struggling with goals and can expect fierce resistance from RSO. Many ESP players' value have sunk due to their recent poor run. Tempting bargains include:
Forward, Sergio Garcia, 7.9
Forward, Luis Garcia, 12.95
Defender, E Galan, 1.00
GK, Kameni, 10.
For RSO, there are few temptations to be had with a good solid run of form for the team all round. It seems worth hanging on to Tamudo if you have him for cheap. I got him in at 11 his value has soared to 16. A good shout for a goal against his old side. Prieto is good value but will have to go though after his dissapointing display last week.
Predicted score: 2-1 goals for Callejon for ESP and Tamudo for RSO
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Week 24: team of the week - return of the Kun
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| Messi and Kun: http://gol.footblog.fr/ |
Messi was the man of the week, while two of those young talents who live in the star's shadow - Aguero and Benzema - ran him close. Elsewhere, Osasuna, Seville and Real dominated the XI and mystery man Pinillos of Racing Santander made an appearance, as this week's second most deadly defender.
Messi wins the week thanks to his late goal in Barca's 2-1 win over a resolute Atletico Bilbao. Hot on his heels was the heir apparent Sergio "Kun" Aguero, who also grabbed valuable Match Winning Goal bonus points as Atletico Madrid ended their four match losing streak with a 1-0 win at Zaragoza. Real Madrid and Osasuna both had 3 in the week winning 11: Benzema and Carvalho the unlikely goal heros, and Di Maria having a stormer to score 14.5 pts with shots, crosses and an assist as Real eased passed Levante at the Bernabeau.
Osasuna's trio capitalised as they crushed Espanyol 4-0 in the shock result of the weekend. All Osasuna's goals came directly or indirectly from crosses from the right wing. It may be worth keeping an eye on corner taker Masoud Shojaei who earnt a respectable 9 pts from his contributions from the wing this week.
szólj hozzá: Os4-0Es[matchhighlight.com]HL
Varas, who I was adamant would start last week, came in for the injured Palop this week and did the business as Seville got back to winning ways against Hercules through new signing Nekounam.
TEAM OF THE WEEK: 24
player, team, position, wk24 value, wk 24 pts
L. Messi.Barcelona.Forward.47.56 23.50
S. Agüero.Athl Madrid.Forward.23.77 22.50
K. Benzema.Real Mad.Forward.18.03. 20.00
I. Rakitic, Sevilla, Midfielder,7.41, 17.00
J. Nekounam, Osasuna, Midfielder, 10.31, 17.00
Di María, Real Mad, Midfielder, 14.61 14.50
F. Soriano, Osasuna, Midfielder, 7.75, 13.50
R. Carvalho, Real Mad, Defender, 8.49, 17.00
P. Pinillos, Racing, Defender, 8.73, 13.50
N. Monreal, Osasuna, Defender, 11.49, 12.00
J.Varas, Seville, Goalkeeper, 16.00
Forza Futbol Team of the Week
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| Pinillos |
Pablo Pinillos did the business for Racing Santander with a last gasp penalty as Kennedy Bakircioglu's side snatched an invaluable 1-0 win at Getafe. The defender had a stormer with the cyphering a clean sheet, penalty, match winning goal and a couple of tackles to boot.
The odd thing is that the guy hardly seems to play. He's either had a few injuries or been out of favour. Scored minus two weeks in a row before this. He will need to be watched over the coming weeks if he is given PK responsibilities
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