GW18 Review - blank blank

Well, the blank was something of a non-event. Not a great deal of goals, no outstanding points hauls. Nothing remotely interesting really. However, having eleven players on the pitch did mean I got to steal a march on a lot of the casuals. The gameweek average was 30. I finished up with 47. So a small green arrow, which I was very happy to take.

Gameweek Points: 47

Gameweek Rank: 1,170,764

Overall Rank: 214,094

It was just Man City and Rashford that pulled me over the line, and even with them there was nothing overly impressive. I was quite relieved to get the De Bruyne assist, even taking into account the Sterling penalty miss. In fact, when De Bruyne went down for the penalty I felt apprehensive. I thought he looked very tired in that second half, and I had this weird feeling he'd miss it. When Sterling stepped up I thought; "Ah cool, I'll take the assist".

However, when Sterling was stood waiting over the penalty spot he didn't look convincing either, so I wasn't at all surprised to see him sky it over the bar.

In a way this brings me nicely to GW19 and the doubles. I'm forgoing De Bruyne, which seems a big risk. Yet in my gut I'm not too worried. Man City just don't look that free scoring, and De Bruyne, though obviously very, very capable, doesn't look on fire to me whenever I watch him.

I actually mentioned him looking tired in games a few weeks back, so though it was a little odd he didn't take the pen because of "tiredness" it wasn't that shocking to me. He always looks like he's just finished a 12 hour shift at a factory this season whenever I see him play.

Still though, not having him is my real big worry this week.

My GW19 Team

I've been toying around trying to suss out what my transfers will be over the last few days. I've settled on bringing in Antonio & Johnstone for McCarthy & Adams.

Two double gameweek players for two single ones. So those two extra games should pay back the (-4) ..hopefully.

The other player that has been troubling me is Charlie Taylor. He's on the verge of returning, but is still a "doubt". My worry is that he misses the West Ham game then returns to get thrashed by Liverpool. So it could end up being a wasted spot. I've decided it's not worth another (-4) to change him though.

If I get two points from him this week I'll consider it a bonus.

So there we are. Bench Boost active.

I've also updated my graph.

I feel like I'm in the mix now for a good finish. My aim was to be in the top 100k after GW19. No doubt that's out of reach now, but with a little luck hopefully I'll edge further in that direction over the next 8 days or so.

Then the real work starts.

Overall Points: 1071

Overall Rank: 214,094