Mel’s Fantasy Team Selection - Week 17

Week 16 started poorly with only 50+ points after the weekend games. Most of the double gamers didn’t do well, and I had 7 of them! Fletcher was left out of the team and Lloris returned with -2. Luckily for me, the Wednesday game between Sunderland and Reading pumped up the points to 114.5. It turned out to be a worthwhile risk in the end. I’m now 2nd in the league and about 50 pts behind the leader.

I’ll be keeping Lloris for Week 17 since I had him on the cheap. His current price tag at 6-ish is still reasonable. As I’d mentioned before, Spurs are picking up their form and will be going on a string of easy and winnable games from this weekend through Christmas and to the New Year - a flurry of 5 games in 2 weeks! That will be Swansea, Stoke, Villa, Sunderland, Reading and QPR in mid Jan. If for some crazy reason you decide not to pick Lloris, you may want to consider Bunn and Myhill. Norwich lost in the previous game and will be looking to bounce back at home vs Wigan. High flying WBA started the season brightly, but seemed to be losing steam. Clarke will be plotting to turn things around this week at home vs West Ham and I believe they will get their 3 points after their 3 games losing streak.

Vidic at 6.24 or Jones at 4.70 with Man U at home vs Sunderland, are 2 great defensive options. Other cheap alternatives - Toure at 4-ish, Piscu at 3-ish, Popov at 3-ish or Fabio at 2 if you are really cash strapped like me. And Vert.

With desperate QPR playing at home, you can always count on Taarabt to provide the SOTs. Granero at half Taarabt’s price if you need the funds elsewhere. Sterling has been creating havoc down the flanks for Liverpool this season, and if you had him on the BD last week keep him for this week vs Villa. Valencia’s price seemed to have dropped by quite a bit after coming back from injury. Man U will be counting on his dangerous runs and crosses into the box from the right. Cazorla and Michu forms the spine of my team.

What a game by Snodgrass on week 16. 37 points! Grabbed him before his price went up last week. Will be hoping that he can reproduce the same performance at home this week vs Wigan. Not much funds for Rooney or RVP, even though I think they will get a good run vs Sunderland. Got Defoe instead. Will be keeping him till Jan if possible. Suarez...oh Suarez! He’s back after the  suspension and will be hungry. Very hungry. Villa playing at Anfield should be easy pickings.

So my team atm with 6 more in the bank to splurge...
Lloris
Vert Piscu Fabio
Cazorla Michu Sterling Taarabt
Suarez Defoe Snodgrass