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As the Premier League returned after almost 3 weeks; because of International break and an FA Cup weekend; we can all breath a sigh of relief that we have some good football to watch again. I think we can all agree, that if it's not a major tournament like a World Cup, Euros, AFON or Copa America it's quite shite. Back to it, and back stronger.
Well I thought I was going to be back stronger with my Fantasy Football team, and from start to finish of this game week it was poor to say the least. My opponents in my leagues either gained ground on me or pulled away from me. I went down in the overall league, just when I was about to break into the top million and I couldn't wait for the game week to be over.
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My team starts as it means to go on. The goal keepers. Well my goal keeper this week was Alisson Becker of Liverpool. One of the best keepers in the world and showing to be in top form. He didn't play. Apparently, he was concussed on International duty for Brazil, but I didn't know this until watching the build up to the Merseyside derby. Shocker from the start. Then to add insult to injury, I didn't want to receive a 4 point transfer deduction for changing Fabianski to a keeper who actually plays so I got 0 points from my keeper this game week.
In defence, I'd made a couple of changes but might as well hadn't. Trent Alexander-Arnold and Lewis Hall; as planned; were both transferred out due to injury and in came Kieran Trippier and Milos Kerkez. Trippier blanked with two points but scored double the points of my other 2 defenders Kerkez and Ola Aina. Kerkez' Bournemouth conceded 2 goals against Ipswich (Home); I mean who saw that coming; and Aina went of injured against Man United (Home), when Forest had kept a clean sheet too. Antonee Robinson started on the bench for me, yet as Chris Wood was also injured during International duty, he didn't feature for Forest. Lets hope he's back soon. Still Fulham also conceded 2 goals so Robinson also got 1 point. 5 points between 5 players. The less said about my keeper and defence this week, the better.
In midfield, Morgan Rogers scored well. Well he didn't actually score but he assisted twice for Aston Villa. He accumulated 11 points with 2 bonus points and a clean sheet bonus point too. Not too shabby from a player I'm planning on transferring out soon. Maybe that will change. Bryan Mbuemo scored 8 points, as he scored a penalty against Newcastle United (Away). Salah technically blanked with 3 points. He got a clean sheet point and as he's captain so got us 6 points. Justin Kluivert didn't play this game week, so off the bench came Cole Palmer. He scored 6 points with an assist, and a single bonus point. Stupidly, in his game against Spurs (Home), he was booked for throwing the ball away so should have been 7 points. Every point is going to count from here on in as I try to make it into first position in all my leagues.
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Isak kept his scoring form from the League Cup Final going as he scored against Brentford (Home). Hopefully he can keep that going for as long as possible. He was subbed after 65 minutes and I hope that the reason is that Eddie Howe was only rotating for the weekend game. Another hope of mine is that Chris Wood is back soon as gets back to his scoring ways in his best Premier League season of his career so far. Jean-Philipe Mateta was back as suspected, after his horror tackle in the FA Cup against Millwall. He did only play an hour against Southampton (Away) and I hope that's only because Crystal Palace have had and have a packed schedule at the moment, with league and cup competitions.
It's been a (Keiron) dyer week for my team this week and I really need some bouncebackability for the weekend's game week (31). As I said, the teams around me did a lot better and if I am to win my leagues and finish in the top 1 million in the overall league, with only 8 game weeks left I can't allowed this to happen again. I really hope the weekend will go a lot better points wise.
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