Ah, gameweek one. How much do I love you? How much do I hate you? Now that we’ve all gone back and forth over balancing out the perfect team, the games happen and it turns out we pretty much got it all wrong. Well, everyone who didn’t have Didier Drogba anyway? Did you have him? I thought he was injured and now probably can’t afford to get him on my team. I hope you’re faring better.
The first week is always my favourite time because of this. You don’t know who will do well. Sure there are the people who just kept up with last year’s form, like Drogba. But other than that, you just don’t know. All information pointed to Fabregas starting the season and he didn’t hit the pitch. And then Blackpool goes and thumps Wigan 4-0 with Marlon Harewood notching a brace. Who the bloody hell saw that coming?
So, the million dollar question is, can they keep it up? I think it’s a safe bet to get and keep Drogba. And you should consider as many Chelsea players as you can when you look at their opening few fixtures. Lampard, Malouda, Ashley Cole – these are all people who should do well for your team. Heck even, Anelka would be a decent pickup if you can’t get Drogba and Lampard together. When you consider their next opponents are Wigan, you’d be foolish not to get as many of them on your team as possible.
If you’ve got your starting 11 solidly in place and can’t see where to improve, then try playing with your substitutes. You want to make sure they are likely to play, so cheaper players on bigger teams are usually not a great idea. Heck, it might be worth trying to get Harewood to see if he keeps up his form.
More interesting to me were the non-performances of day one. Where the heck was the consistency usually found in Everton? I generally expect them to get a bunch of points and that’s unlikely to change, but it was a disappointing first week. It’s probably a safe bet to stick with your Everton players but if this goes on too long, it could be time to let them slip from your lineup.
Tottenham and Man City were in a nil-nil draw but there were plenty of solid performances on the field. Both Defoe and Crouch were solid, although it looks like Defoe could be out next week with a groin pull. Gareth Bale has managed to keep his form from the end of last season going into the start of this season. But, by far the most outstanding performer on the pitch that day was Joe Hart. To the point where there’s a lot of transfer talk surrounding Shay Given after only one spectacular game.
Manchester United managed to get more from their old warhorse Paul Scholes and Darren Fletcher proved again that he’s a good value pick in your fantasy team.
This week will be interesting to see how many people rearrange their lineups to include Drogba and how many people will captain him. Will he repeat that performance?
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