Mel’s Fantasy Team Selection - Week 18

Had a glorious Week 17. Lloris, Vert, Cazorla, Gerrard, Taarabt and Snodgrass contributed hugely to my 148.50 pts total. Just about 30 points from the leader now. Utterly disappointed with Liverpool though. Losing 3-1 to 17th place Villa at Anfield. Just when I thought that they could go on a good 4-5 games winning streak, before meeting the Mancs in mid Jan. Lets hope they start with a win vs Fulham over the busy festive period.

Week 17 team atm...

Lloris
Vert Piscu Fabio
Cazorla Michu Gerrard Nolan
Suarez Defoe Aguero

Season keeper Keeper Lloris, won’t be going anywhere. WBA and Southampton are playing at home. Myhill and Boruc can offer dirt cheap rates with winnable games, possible clean sheets and many saves for you. WBA plays on-form Norwich and is due a win at home, while the Saints host Sunderland without the influential Lallana. Reina at 7-ish, playing at home, and vs Fulham seems like another potential clean sheet, for the Reds faithful at least.

I’m still on the cheap defenders trail. Piscu and Fabio fit in nicely for now. Will be looking out for the Citeh team news to see if Kolo Toure makes it into the first 11. Will also be checking out late news on Bertrand or Romeu(looks like he is out). You never know with Mr Tinker around. Nobody should be selling Vert.

Oscar, along with Lampard, has the most SOTs in the Chelsea midfield group. He has yet to score a goal, but with Villa visiting he will look to register his first and more. With Lallana out, Ramirez will be the main set piece taker and creative link behind the Saints attack. Bale is back in contention, but his price is still too high for me. Lennon seems to be on some sort of a revival recently and is reasonably priced for the home game. Nolan will be facing Fellaini-less Everton. Everytime I pick Nolan, he will not disappoint. Gera is finally free from his injury prone days and has cemented his place in WBA’s midfield. He is also looking the most likely to score. I have Gerrard in my team, but may replace him if Sterling makes it to the team. Age is catching up, and I don’t see Gerrard performing in two consecutive games (ok not that great vs Villa, but he scored a goal). I’m stuck with Cazorla and Michu.

Citeh will be going on a long long winning streak after defeating Newcastle 3-1 away last week. I think the lost to Man U 2 weeks ago have woken them up. Reading will be training ground practice, so grab either Aguero or Tevez. I would prefer the cheaper option. Long, Cole and the pricier Lambert are all good for a goal. And if you think Villa will crumble at Stamford Bridge, (like how I thought they would at Anfield last week), Torres or Hazard should be in your team. Suarez was disappointing last week, but he is seldom quiet for 2 games straight. I’m expecting him to silence Fulham. Defoe to be in my team for a while.

With 2 in the bank, I’m thinking of replacing either one of Piscu or Fabio, and maybe Gerrard too. Quite comfortable with the rest. Here’s to another glorious week!