Week 16 - Double Trouble

Apologies that I have been missing for a couple of weeks due to many reasons (or excuses). But I must say that it was partly because of poor performing fantasy team and I really don't have that wee bit of motivation to write a post. Seems like almost every player that I picked ... is dead! Why? Why always me?

I saw this quote by  Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture and he said this ...

“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”

Hmmmm ... if I was going through hell, I will make sure that I will get out from it.

Look forward .. not back.

Week 16 ... my new start.

Reading and Sunderland will be playing two games this week so it is definitely wise to have some of their players in your team. Sunderland will be playing two home games while Reading will be playing two away games. Statistically, home teams do perform better than away teams so it will make more sense to go slightly heavier on Sunderland players but fingers crossed that things don't go otherwise.

Sunderland:
Simon Mignolet: if you have not gotten Lloris on the cheap or you decided that he isn't the season keeper sort of player
Carlos Cuellar: definitely a threat during set pieces / corners and some chance of clean sheets for this week
Adam Johnson: a player with quality and potential if given the room to roam
Stephane Sessegnon: has always been playing behind the striker and as we have seen in past seasons, definitely able to rack up fantasy points
Steven Fletcher: if he is fit ... so i am now awaiting team news.

Reading:
Nicky Shorey: must be in your team. plentiful of attacking points via his excellent crosses and set pieces
Adam Le Fondre: definitely starting compared to Fletcher and he has been repaying his owners with goals recently

For me, I am holding on to Lloris, Vert, Bassong, Carzola on the cheap and they will probably stay for as long as the season. The rest of the team should probably be my suggestions above.