A Bag Full Of Lemons – Week 12

Another bad week for almost everyone, with an average score of 46, which means I am not too disappointed by my miserly 40 points. The big concern for me is Coutinho getting injured and Shawcross being ruled out with a calf injury. Let’s hope The Captain is back for the Burnley game!

After another low scoring week my Giraffe of the Week goes to Victor Moses, who seems to have nailed down the right wing back spot at Chelsea and who was the beneficiary of some woeful defending by Spurs. There were a few nominees for this week’s Lemon of the Week, including myself, but I have decided to award this dubious honour to Romelu Lukaku, a player who runs hot and cold and is currently running sub-zero.

With Sobhi and Bony not getting onto the pitch I have decided to rejig my compulsory three Stoke players and, for this week only, I will have only two. With the uncertainty over Wilfried’s future at Stoke I have decided to transfer the Ivorian out and replace him with Charlie Austin, who’s Saints play Crystal Palace at the weekend, a team who after watching them against Swansea are going to have problems with the type of threat Austin provide.

A Bag Full Of Lemons – Week 10

As hinted at last week I have decided to play my wildcard this week to freshen up my team, hopefully in a bid to continue rising up the charts.

With Lee Grant now Stoke’s caretaker number one I have decided to bring in the other wonder fantasy football keeper Tom Heaton. This means I have a Stoke City player free and I have gone for the captain, Ryan Shawcross, who I feel is a lucky break away from going on the sort of goal scoring spree that helped Stoke win promotion to the Premiership. Also in defence I have decided to swap Azpilicueta for his Chelsea team mate Marcos Alonso who I expect to be the player most fantasy football managers bring into their team between now and Christmas. Joining Shawcross and Alonso as a newbie and my fifth choice defender is Simon Francis has the dual attributes of playing every week and also being cheap.

In midfield I have further tied my fortunes to Chelsea’s defensive prowess by swapping out Capoue for Victor Moses, who will probably be on my bench most weeks but is almost guaranteed to pick up points if one of my bug guns is not playing. With most of my midfield settled I still had to get rid of Pogba and so I have decided to pair Firmino with Phillipe Coutinho, this season’s second highest point scorer whose Liverpool team have a juicy set of fixtures between now and the end of the year.

After bringing in Moses I am forced, for now, to replace Diego Costa, let’s see if Conte buys another full back in the January transfer window. In deciding who to replace Costa with I am listening to an old adage, Harry Kane never scores at the start of the season but once he does start he never stops. I just hope his goal against Arsenal is the one which kick starts his season.