Monthly Express: December

The key month of the game with six fixtures. Are you ready???

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Luke's Dream Team of November: Results

Schwarzer(11)

Faye Ab(-1) Zayatte(12) Hangeland(12)

Fabregas(16) Benayoun(10) Dunn(20) Reid(10)

Drogba(13) Van Persie(7) Torres(0)

Total Score: 110

Average Score Per GW: 36.7

Team Value as at 6/11/09: £83.8m

Team Value as at 4/12/09: £84.3m (+0.5)

Verdict: Not really a good indicator for predicting monthly achievers due to unexpected injuries.

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Team Focus

New section which now focuses on the must see teams.

Arsenal

Games: STO (H), LIV (A), BUR (A), HUL (H), AST (H), POR (A)

Expected points: 13

Comments: A combination of difficulties in this month. May easily drop points to Liverpool and Aston Villa. Sell the rest of Arsenal except Cesc Fabregas in your team as the team is now underperforming without Van Persie who is out for five months.

Aston Villa

Games: HUL (H), MANU (A), SUN (A), STO (H), ARS (A), LIV (H)

Expected points: 7

Comments: Other than Hull City, all of their opponents this month have much capabilities to suck some points from them. Richard Dunne should be sell if you've yet to do this.

Bolton Wanderers

Games: WOL (A), MANC (H), WHU (H), WIG (A), BUR (A), HUL (H)

Expected points: 6

Comments: With such easy fixtures, Megson will be fired if he can't take his team out of relegation zone before 2010. Matthew Taylor may be a good gamble.

Liverpool

Games: BLA (A), ARS (H), WIG (H), POR (A), WOL (H), AST (A)

Expected points: 14

Comments: With Torres coming back soon and Aquilani will soon on the starting 11, they've no excuses to drop many points this month unless injuries haunt them again. Fernando Torres must be closely monitored.

Manchester United

Games: WHU (A), AST (H), WOL (H), FUL (A), HUL (A), WIG (H)

Expected points: 16

Comments: High possibility of collecting full 18 from 18 if they can pass the tests of Villa and Fulham. Wayne Rooney should start his second scoring streak of the season following his hat-trick against Portsmouth.

Portsmouth

Games: BUR (H), SUN (A), CHE (A), LIV (H), WES (A), ARS (H)

Expected points: 3

Comments: Such a hard month coming by. Anything more than three points is a success as Burnley is the only opponent they can demolish.

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Fantasy Hotshots

The list of must haves to earn both points and values. Unsorted.

Patrice Evra (£6.7m)

With moderate to easy fixtures coming ahead, several clean sheets should be bagged by him.

Fernando Torres (£11.4m)

Top class if he can get rid of injury. A good month for him to bang plenty of points.

Wayne Rooney (£11.4m)

You missed the train if you haven't bought him earlier to boost value. But don't worry, he can still assure you a lot of points with such easy month.

Aaron Lennon (£8.0m)

A lot of sloppy defences for him to tear down this month.

Matthew Taylor (£6.7m)

Surprise? I do hope he can bring surprise to me.