Fantasy premier league – my GW5 imaginary wildcard team

• Minutes per point:  11.25    Team clean sheets:  3    fixture ease rank:  3

3 clean sheets from 4 games and and by 8 points the highest scoring GK.   Agger and Enrique are more expensive.  Wisdom is short term and the other CB position is yet to be nailed down so Mignolet continues to be good cover for the Liverpool defence

• Minutes per point:  16.9 mins .  Team clean sheets:  2    Rotation risk: medium   fixture ease ranking: 12     Bonus points to date 4

Only 2 clean sheets  and a bit of a defensive disaster in the Champions League yesterday but underlying stats have been good and really juicy home fixture next to Fulham.  Cole is the less rotatable Chelsea defender with only Bertrand as cover who appears completely out of favour.      Ivanovic may have the  best attacking potential of the Chelsea defenders but potentially does have cover in Azpilicueta.     With 4 bonus points Cole seems to be better suited to the new bonus system than Ivanovic with 2 which came when he scored.

• Minutes per point:  18 mins .  Team clean sheets:  3    Rotation risk: medium.   fixture ease ranking: 15     Bonus points to date 1

Home to Everton and the start of more difficult fixtures especially if Lukaku lines up.  However you cant argue with their defensive resolve especially at home. The bonus system really doesn’t like him though with only 1 bonus point from 3 clean sheet.  West Ham are top 3rd of teams in the underlying stats

•   Minutes per point:  17.1 .  Team clean sheets:  3    Rotation risk: medium.   fixture ease ranking: 8th     Bonus points to date 1

Not really liked by the bonus point system but you cant deny his value for 3 clean sheets out of 4.  We will soon see if new CB Chiriches takes his place.  Personally I’m banking on him holding his place over the 23 year old Romanian who has yet to play club football outside his country.

•  Minutes per point:  41.2 mins .  Team clean sheets:  1    Rotation risk: Low.   fixture ease ranking: 1st     Bonus points to date 0

I’m still keeping the faith in the Arsenal defence despite the only 1 clean sheet so far.  Underlying stats could also be better but if there’s ever a chance to get a clean sheet Stoke at home has got to be an excellent place to start.

• Goals and assists:  1 goal 1 assist.  Time per point scored:  22.5 mins .  Rotation risk: low.   fixture ease ranking: 4th.  Consistency 2/4    50%

A game against Crystal Palace is always going to be a good time to BUY and that’s what’s facing fantasy premier league managers with Michu this week.  Very good underlying stats and like last year still seems to score even when playing behind the striker.  Bizarrely though  his average position was higher than Bony’s.  Has even started to create chances.  The only negative is his price.   £8.9m for a non top 4 challenging player is really expensive but you have to look at it as a short term investment for the good fixtures coming not as any long term hold. Wouldn’t buy him at the sacrifice of expense on a  forward though

• Goals and assists:  0 goals 2 assists  Time per point scored:  23.9 mins .  Rotation risk: low.   fixture ease ranking: 1st.  Consistency: 2/4   50%

Has the best underlying stats of any midfielder just couldn’t turn his chances into goals in the game against Sunderland. Still the top ranked midfielder for me and only issue is whether you want to limit your Arsenal exposure to one player and just have Giroud.

• Goals and assists:  4 goals 0 assists.  Time per point scored:  12.4 mins .  Rotation risk: low.   fixture ease ranking: 3rd.  Consistency 4/4   100%

Underlying stats don’t really support 100% consistency but you cant deny his finishing.  Doesn’t have pens which is a bit of a disadvantage  but still good fixtures make him an attractive proposition.  Imminent return of Suarez needs to be monitored

• Goals and assists least year:  4 goals 1 assists.  Time per point scored last year:  9.5 mins .  Rotation risk: low.   fixture ease ranking: 1st.  Consistency 4/4   100%

Fantastic start and now has Ozil to create even more chances for him. Still good fixtures and underlying shooting stats are only bettered by RVP.  However Giroud has been creating chances unlike RVP and should also take pens in the absence of Arteta and Podolski.