Monthly Express: January

Transfer season reopens this month! Will it be a turning point for your fantasy performance?

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Fantasy Hotshots: Evaluations

The review of last month's fantasy hotshots.

Patrice Evra (£6.8m)

22 pts, +£0.1m

Not really a hotshot, but can still be said decent.

Fernando Torres (£11.5m)

19 pts, +£0.1m

A little bit disappointing, but it's acceptable given Liverpool's awful run of form.

Wayne Rooney (£11.8m)

44 pts, +£0.4m

Super hotshots. Superb performance, superb value rise.

Aaron Lennon (£8.3m)

30 pts, +£0.3m

Quite good in general but he ended up with an injury on his last game.

Matthew Taylor (£6.6m)

19 pts, -£0.1m

Too bad to have a fall in price.

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Team Focus

A focus on the must see teams.

Arsenal

Games: EVE (H), BOL (A), AST (A), MANU (H)

Expected points: 9

Comments: I recommend you to sell everyone except Fabregas after Bolton's game since they will have hell fixtures until the mid of February.

Birmingham

Games: MANU (H), POR (A), CHE (A), TOT (H)

Expected points: 4

Comments: I certainly don't think that the Blues can extend their unbeaten run throughout January with such powerful opponents. Keep their defenders in you fifth spot or sell them if you want.

Chelsea

Games: HUL (A), SUN (H), BIR (H), BUR (A)

Expected points: 10

Comments: They must be lucky not to face any tough matches during this month where many of their key men go to Africa. Lampard, Ivanovic and Sturridge should be great prospects.

Liverpool

Games: TOT (H), STO (A), WOL (A), BOL (H)

Expected points: 9

Comments: A good time to get in our fantasy favourite Fernando Torres. Liverpool seemed to have bounce back from the bottom of their form and luck.

Manchester City

Games: BLA (H), EVE (A), STO (A), POR (H)

Expected points: 12

Comments: What a great fixtures for them. Continue to place your bets on Carlos Tevez! Have an eye on Petrov as well.

Manchester United

Games: BIR (A), BUR (H), HUL (H), ARS (A)

Expected points: 7

Comments: A tough month for them. See how Rafael is doing, he might be a great bargain.

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Fantasy Hotshots

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

Carlos Tevez (£8.8m)

He will continue to bang and bang with out of form opponents ahead.

Fernando Torres (£11.5m)

Liverpool will need his great class to revive their top 4 ambition.

Frank Lampard (£12.9m)

He'll reclaim his ace status with Drogba absent this month.

Martin Petrov (£6.5m)

Cheap and reliable under Mancini's era.

Branislav Ivanovic (£5.9m)

His header is always a big threat.

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.

Monthly Express: November

Remade monthly express again to focus on must-pick teams and must-avoid teams. Enjoy~

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Luke's Dream Team of October

Jensen (11)

Alexander (24) Bramble (6) Baines (7)

Elliott (11) Giggs (6) Barry (12) Lennon (6)

Rooney (13) Adebayor (12) Van Persie (37)

Total Score w/o Captain: 145

Average Score Per Gameweek: 36.25 (LOW!)

Value as at 28/9/09: £78.7m

Value as at 5/11/09: £79.6m (+£0.9m)

Verdict: Not really good in both point scoring and value adding. Should have picked Drogba and Fabregas. =(

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Teams with Great Fixtures

Teams	Next Five Games
Real Deal of the Month

Blackburn	Portsmouth(H), Bolton(A), Fulham(A), Stoke(H), Liverpool (H)
Dunn - The most consistent performer of the team.

Fulham	Wigan(A), Birmingham(A), Blackburn(H), Bolton(H), Sunderland(H)
Duff - The major source of creativity of Fulham. Defenders - Quite possible to grab several clean sheets.

Portsmouth	Blackburn(A), Stoke(A), ManUtd(H), Burnley(H), Sunderland(A)
Dindane - Found his scoring touch. A good bargain to be your third striker. Boateng - The playmaker of the team.

Stoke City	Hull (A), Portsmouth (H), Blackburn (A), Arsenal (A), Wigan (H)
Etherington - Good in attack. Sorensen - Cheap yet too good. Faye/Shawcross - Always get bonuses when win.

Wigan	Fulham(H), Tottenham(A), Sunderland(H), Birmingham(H), Stoke(A)
Rodallega - Consistent than any other Wigan players.

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Teams with Awful Fixtures

Chelsea - Man Utd (H), Wolves (H), Arsenal (A), Man City (A), Everton (H)

Everton - West Ham (A), Man Utd (A), Hull (A), Liverpool (H), Tottenham (H), Chelsea (A)

Liverpool - Birmingham (H), Man City (H), Everton (A), Blackburn (A), Arsenal (H)

Man Utd - Chelsea (A), Everton (H), Portsmouth (A), West Ham (A), Aston Villa (H)

Wolves - Arsenal (H), Chelsea (A), Birmingham (H), Bolton (H), Tottenham (A)

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Teams Playing Two Games on Gameweek 13

Blackburn - Bolton (A), Fulham (A)

Everton - Man Utd (A), Hull (A)

Fulham - Birmingham (A), Blackburn (H)

Hull City - West Ham (H), Everton (H)

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Bargains of the Month

First Tiers - The Musts!

Fabregas - Too strong to leave him out of your team.

Van Persie - As fearful as Fabby.

Drogba - No centre backs in BPL can stop him.

Benayoun - The focal point of Liverpool's offence before Gerrard is back.

Reid - More and more influential in Sunderland's offence.

Dunn - Great return for his price.

Etherington - Same as Dunn.

Second Tiers - The Slightly Doubted Ones

Torres - Still not fully recovered. Fear for repeated injuries.

Lampard - Not the primary attack point of Chelsea anymore.

Dindane - Not so sure about Portsmouth's attack yet.

Adebayor - Misses games frequently.

Valencia - Looks more and more threatening.

Deco - Unsure of his time on the pitch.

Hines - Has a bright future but limited time on field.

Shawcross, Faye - More away games than home.

Boateng - He propels the team.

Dindane - I doubt the number of quality supplies for him to score goals.

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Luke's Dream Team of November

Schwarzer

Faye Ab Zayatte Hangeland

Fabregas Benayoun Dunn Reid

Drogba Van Persie Torres

Team Value as at 6/11/09: £83.8m

Monthly Express: October

Hiya, folks! Another month had passed and so did four fantasy gameweeks. How are your team going on? Did my guides help you? If so, follow on and see my October guides below!

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Results of Luke's Dream Team of September

Cech(8)

G.Johnson(12) G.Cahill(14) Turner(12) Warnock(13)

Hunt(5) Ballack(10) M.Taylor(19) A.Young(9)

Bent(34) Torres(32)

Total Score (w/o Captain): 168

Average Score per Week: 56

Value at 9/9/09: £75.4m

Value at 28/9/09: £76.1m (+£0.7m)

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Team by Team Guides

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Arsenal

October's fixtures: Blackburn (H), Birmingham (H), West Ham (A), Tottenham (H)
Difficulty: Easy

Must "In"s:

1. Robin Van Persie - He's the top gun among the gunners' forwards who is also a good bonus magnet.
2. Fabregas - His price makes him worthier than the degraded Frank Lampard.
3. Vermaelen - High probability of getting clean sheets with 3 fixtures at home, not to be forgotten his ability to head in goals.

Must "Out"s:

1. Rosicky - He's not in the starting list of Arsenal, opposing what people had predicted.

Watch Lists:

1. Arshavin - He's still yet to unleash his best.

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Aston Villa
October's fixtures: Man City (H), Chelsea (H), Wolverhampton (A), Everton (A)
Difficulty: Hell

Must "Outs":

1. Aston Villa? - Hell fixtures dude.

Watch Lists:

1. Milner - Maybe he can still score goals from set pieces.

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Birmingham City

October's fixtures: Burnley (A), Arsenal (A), Sunderland (H), Manchester City (H)

Difficulty: Hard

Must "Out"s:

1. Birmingham - They hardly score goals, and look very likely to concede many this month.

Watch List:

1. Hart - How many will he save?

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Blackburn Rovers

October's fixtures: Arsenal (A), Burnley (H), Chelsea (A), Man Utd (A)

Difficulty: Hell

Must "Out"s:

1. Blackburn - Unless you are aiming for lowest points of fantasy history.

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Bolton Wanderers

October's fixtures: Tottenham (H), Man Utd (A), Everton (H), Chelsea (H)

Difficulty: Triple Hell

Must "Out"s:

1. Bolton - Refer to Blackburn for this.

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Burnley

October's fixtures: Birmingham (H), Blackburn (A), Wigan (H), Hull (H)

Difficulty: Heaven

Must "In"s:

1. Alexander/Bikey/Mears - High chances of getting clean sheets this month with three home games.
2. Elliot - His best period to get loaded with plenty of fantasy points.

Watch Lists:

1. Blake/Fletcher/Nugent - Maybe they can get some number of goals with such run of easy fixtures.

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Chelsea

October's fixtures: Liverpool (H), Aston Villa (A), Blackburn (H), Bolton (A)

Difficulty: Moderate

Must "In"s:

1. Drogba - Goals+Bonus=Fantasy Leader.

Must "Out"s:

1. Cech - So you want a negative pointer in your team?

Watch Lists:

1. Joe Cole/Zhirkov - Can they claim a starting position after coming back from injury?

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Everton

October's fixtures: Stoke (H), Wolves (H), Bolton (A), Aston Villa (H)

Difficulty: Easy

Must "In"s:

1. Baines - If you wanna get an Everton player, grab him first. He takes set pieces.
2. Heitinga/Distin - Their defence looks good.
3. Saha - He scored 5 goals in 5 games.

Watch Lists:

1. Rodwell - How many bonus points will he get?

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Fulham
October's fixtures: West Ham (A), Hull (H), Man City (A), Liverpool (H)

Difficulty: Hard

Must "Out"s:

1. Hangeland - His price drop every week.

Watch Lists:

1. Murphy - He has shown signs of coming back to his last season's best.

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Hull City
October's fixtures: Wigan (H), Fulham (A), Portsmouth (H), Burnley (A)

Difficulty: Easy

Watch Lists:

1. Geovanni - Finally scored a goal at last game.
2. Zayatte - Considering these easy fixtures, why not?
3. Myhill - Same reason as Zayatte.

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Liverpool

October's fixtures: Chelsea (A), Sunderland (A), Man Utd (H), Fulham (A)

Difficulty: Hard

Must "In"s:

1. Torres - Red hot form+he doesn't pick teams to score.
2. Benayoun/Kuyt - They guarantee points with Liverpool's ultimate offence.

Must "Out"s:

1. Johnson - Time to cash out for money with Liverpool's bad centre backs.
2. Carragher/Skrtel - Don't waste your time expecting them to do something special.

Watch Lists:

1. Insua - He looked awesome with his run of assists.
2. Aquilani - Recovering soon.

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Manchester City

October's fixtures: Aston Villa (A), Wigan (A), Fulham (H), Birmingham (A)

Difficulty: Moderate

Must "In"s:

1. Adebayor - Coming back from suspension soon.
2. Barry - He's magneting bonus points.

Watch Lists:

1. Bellamy/Tevez/Robinho - Still figuring who will be the consistent starter...

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Man Utd

October's fixtures: Sunderland (H), Bolton (H), Liverpool (A), Blackburn (H)

Difficulty: Moderate

Must "In"s:

1. Rooney - Always a must.
2. Giggs - His passings may change the outcome of Man Utd's game.

Watch Lists:

1. Berbatov - He starts scoring goals.
2. Fletcher - Can he head more goals?

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Portsmouth

October's fixtures: Wolves (A), Tottenham (H), Hull (A), Wigan (H)

Difficulty: Moderate

Must "Out"s:

1. Portsmouth - Unless you want to relegate with them.

Watch Lists:

1. O'Hara - He might shock the world.

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Stoke City

October's fixtures: Everton (A), West Ham (H), Tottenham (A), Wolves (H)

Difficulty: Moderate

Must "Out"s:

1. Beattie - He lost his boots.

Watch Lists:

1. Shawcross/Faye Ab - Might be a good gamble to get them.

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Sunderland

October's fixtures: Man Utd (A), Liverpool (H), Birmingham (A), West Ham (H)

Difficulty: Hard

Must "In"s:

1. Bent - Goals guaranteed.

Watch Lists:

1. Turner - Bet on his offence.
2. Reid - Can he continue his good form against two Top-Fours?
3. Jones - Until when can he start a game again?

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Tottenham Hotspur

October's fixtures: Bolton (A), Portsmouth (A), Stoke (H), Arsenal (A)

Difficulty: Moderate

Must "In"s:

1. Lennon - Most valuable mid-priced midfielder.
2. Defoe - A big threat for any defence.

Must "Out"s:

1. Tottenham defenders - To repeat like what they did to Liverpool? I'm negative about that.

Watch Lists:

1. Keane - Can he score many again?

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West Ham

October's fixtures: Fulham (H), Stoke (A), Arsenal (H), Sunderland (A)

Difficulty: Hard

Watch Lists:

1. Hines - If you are looking for cheapies.

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Wigan Athletic

October's fixtures: Hull (A), Man City (A), Burnley (H), Portsmouth (A)

Difficulty: Moderate

Must "In"s:

1. Bramble/Scharner - Can they challenge Shawcross/Faye golden duo?

Watch Lists:

1. Rodallega - He's Wigan's major bonus points collector.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

October's fixtures: Portsmouth (H), Everton (A), Aston Villa (H), Stoke (A)

Difficulty: Hard

Watch Lists:

1. Kightly - Backed from injury.
2. Doyle - More goals I suppose?

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Luke's Dream Team of October

Jensen

Alexander Bramble Baines

Elliott Giggs Barry Lennon

Rooney Adebayor Van Persie

Value as at 28/9/09: £78.7m