Here’s an imaginary fantasy premier league team solely picked for GW8, No other fixtures taken into account, just gameweek 8. Its also purely theoretical and costs too much to be a real team. The reasoning? Just to help you pick a player if you’re a little unsure who to pick. The chance of immediate points with someone from this team may sway you. Please excuse the fact that I’m only doing the briefest of comments. Some of the players are covered in previous articles this week in my “ones to watch” articles and defenders in my clean sheet article. By the way I wont pick 2 strikers or 2 midfielders or 2 defenders from the same club
Here’s the team then with some brief comments:
- Mignolet
- £5.6
- The Liverpool defence haven’t been in great form but with 6 defensive places to fill i still see mignolet as a good pck for the fixture
- Myhill
- £4.5
- Stoke don’t seem to have any sort of striker in form at the moment so I’ve banked on a WBA clean sheet and gone for Myhill as the value option
- Terry
- £6.3
- Has to be a nailed on clean sheet and in my mind with no international duties Terry should line up even with the Champions league home game to Schalke on Wednesday. Has to be a good goalscoring threat
- Mertesacker
- £5.5
- Hopefully Arsenals inability to get a clean sheet out of a good defensive performance will come to an end. Mertesacker has the best chance of scoring for any defender
- Baines
- £7.7
- Remember this team has no budgetary options which is why if you are swimming in cash Baines is the man to go for in the Everton defence
- Wilson
- £4.5
- Whatever Hughes aspirations are with Stoke with no striker in form he will have to play it tight and I give them a good chance of a clean sheet at home in those circumstances. Huth could also be the Rolls Royce option
- Nastasic
- £5.5
- Similar to WBAs position West ham have no strikers in form so this is my 6 th next best choice for a clean sheet and Nastasic is the only defender I feel comfortable in saying will play
- Michu
- £9.0
- Has to be a great chance of scoring against the rather hopeless Sunderland defence
- Januzaj
- £4.7
- A budget option in great form for United. Should start after his exploits at Sunderland
- Ramsey
- £6.6
- Cant be ignored whether on the right or in the double pivot especially against such ordinary opposition as Norwich
- Mirallas
- £7.2
- Surely all the opportunities have to be converted to goals sometime. I’ve just squeezed him in instead of Barkley but both would be good choices
- Mata
- £9.6
- A bit of a punt but home so Cardiff is time to do it. Oscars international break travels have to give him a good chance of the number 10 spot plus set pieces and its here we he can be so dangerous for assists and goals
- Giroud
- £9.2
- Even with Arsenal potentially shorn of creativity with Ozil and Cazorla potentially out I still think arsenal will create enough chances to comfortably put Norwich away with Giroud bound to be a beneficiary
- Sturridge
- £9.7
- In great form. Newcastle conceded 3 at home to Hull so you have to be confident that Liverpool and Sturrdige will be in the goals