The Fantasy Flutter with Paddy Power – Gameweek Six
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Swansea made history last week, as Scott Sinclair blasted from the spot a goal that marked the first scored in the Premier League outside of England. It’s also befitting that his conversion brought our first win in the Fantasy Flutter.
Each week we take a crisp ten sheet to our friends at Paddy Power as they whip up special markets, with prices aligned to Fantasy managers’ thinking. We may not be ready to retire to Tahiti quite yet off the back of Sinclair’s winnings, but, at the same time, we have our tails up going into this weekend’s offerings from our bookie buddies.
And tasty offerings they are, with Ryan Taylor and Yohan Cabaye priced up to continue Newcastle’s impressive start to the season against Blackburn, joined by Chelsea new boy Juan Mata at home to Swansea and the reborn Shaun Wright-Phillips at home to Villa. Read on to find out how the markets shape up this week…
Last gameweek saw perhaps one of the most ridiculous games of football the Premier League has seen to in quite some time. Arsenal scored five goals to Blackburn’s two, yet lost the game four-three. Credit is certainly due to Junior Hoilett and Yakubu, who turned in exceptional performances for Rovers, but the limelight was stolen by Arsenal’s shoddy defending. Are Blackburn then a side on the up? Or were they just in the right place at the right time?
Our first two bets rest squarely on the answer to this question, with Rovers at St James’ Park on Saturday. Newcastle’s Ryan Taylor has only netted once this year, with a curling right footed curler from outside the box in Tyne and Wear derby. Paddy are offering 12/1 to replicate that strike and score from a free-kick, and with Blackburn conceding three even when they win, it’s an easy £1 stake for us.
Next up is Yohan Cabeye – an unknown prospect for a good deal of Fantasy managers, the Frenchman has been unfortunate not to have registered more strongly on our Fantasy radars so far. Growing performances, highlighted in Sir Paulos’ recent Watchlist article, and a strong scoring record in France, suggest that Cabaye could be close to opening his account. Paddy have handed us some tempting odds for midfielder to score from outside the box and to score and have an assist, but Cabeye to notch anytime at 4/1 is a must for us with a £2 stake.
Shaun Wright-Phillips has spent the majority of the last two seasons gathering cobwebs on the Man City bench. In only two games he has not only blown those cobwebs away, but rekindled some of the quality he displayed in his first City, many moons ago. His pace and goal threat have been in evidence and clearly guaranteed starts at QPR have given his confidence a massive boost. Aston Villa’s ageing defence could struggle to keep up with his tireless energy and Paddy are offering 14/1 to score a goal and assist, which deserves £2. In fact, we’re so confident in Wright-Phillips this week, we’re going to place a further £3 on him to score anytime at 100/30.
We have come now full circle to our aforementioned history makers Swansea City, or at least Juan Mata’s potential in opposition. Although the Swans have only netted three this season, they have looked pretty tight at the back, battling to two nil-nil draws during their opening four game goal drought. However they have looked consistently weak when they’ve had to cross the misty Severn bridge and play on English soil. Juan Mata is set to take advantage of that, and with the likes of Daniel Sturridge and Fernando Torres hovering with intent, an assist for the Spaniard also seems a worth prospect. Paddy’s market ‘Juan Mata to score and assist’ at 11/2 seems worth a punt for our final couple of quid.
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September 24 at 9:10 am
Gaz Downright says:
last chance saloon:
given, vorm
bosingwa, brown, simpson, gabbidon, boyata
nani, silva, arteta, moses, ndyer
rooney, aguero, adebayor
or: ruddy/swp instead of given/moses
September 24 at 9:12 am
Randomtask says:
Hi Chaps
Which of these <5.1 midfielders do you think could get me points this week?
B. Johnson
Obertan
Faurlin
Moses
September 24 at 9:12 am
RossyB20 says:
repost for new page:
Krul (Vorm)
Bosingwa Saylor Richards Traore (Brown)
Silva Anderson Young (Moses Obertan)
Adebayor Dzeko Rooney(C)
free transfers:
Baines -> Traore
Graham -> Adebayor
Good business?
Also Rooney or Adebayor to captain?
September 24 at 9:22 am
Jason_Dozzell says:
Seems decent. Rooney to captain outa those two
September 24 at 9:20 am
Jason_Dozzell says:
Sorry for repost…got lost on lp
MINI CAPTAINCY POLL
A) RVP
B) ROONEY
C) AGUERO
Could do with 5 votes for a player to help my decision. Currently have RVP
September 24 at 9:20 am
khizer95 says:
rvp, u won’t regret it boy
September 24 at 9:25 am
jumbokevin says:
rvp
September 24 at 9:25 am
jumbokevin says:
can someone tell me if lampard or mata is first choice for corners and free kicks?
September 24 at 9:26 am
Jason_Dozzell says:
I’d suspect lampard
September 24 at 9:30 am
jumbokevin says:
in that case would you rather have mata or lamps if they were priced the same
September 24 at 9:31 am
Jason_Dozzell says:
Lamps without doubt.
September 24 at 9:30 am
Demi says:
I’d say Mata is now.
September 24 at 9:32 am
jumbokevin says:
hmm this is confusing. If you had no Chelsea players, and you had Rooney and Young in your team, would you rather have Nani, Mata, or Lampard?
September 24 at 9:33 am
Demi says:
Mata
September 24 at 9:49 am
Jason_Dozzell says:
Lamps this week. Nani next
September 24 at 9:49 am
jumbokevin says:
ah i wish i could, but this is going to be a change for the long term (im low on transfers)
September 24 at 9:38 am
jumbokevin says:
Im getting conflicting messages here. Help me out. I have Rooney and Young, but no Chelsea players. Do I get
A) Mata
B) Lampard
C) Nani
First to 3 votes and I’ll change it. Thanks
September 24 at 9:45 am
waaaheyyy says:
id keep nani and put mata taking young out…im struggling to have both mata and nani cs i have silva
September 24 at 9:48 am
jumbokevin says:
This isnt helping. Currently 1 vote each to Mata, Lampard, Nani.
September 24 at 10:41 am
marr says:
Safe – Nani
Semi-punt – Mata
Punt – Lamps
September 24 at 10:25 am
DB_Iceman says:
Mata for a different option
September 24 at 9:44 am
waaaheyyy says:
Nani or mata this week? or have both (somehow O_o )
September 24 at 10:23 am
DB_Iceman says:
Arteta, Ade or Silva to Captain ?
Also is Holt to Best worth a 4pt hit…
September 24 at 11:11 am
khizer95 says:
not this week(4 pt hit) norwich have a simialr kind of fix compared to n’castle so i dont think best will score 4 points more than holt
September 25 at 10:52 am
GreenDreams11 says:
Anyone think Drogba will start against Bolton next week ? 10.1 is a great price
September 25 at 3:43 pm
CarelessGenius says:
i reckon he must…..
Has come back at just right time….
September 25 at 12:59 pm
God i love my penis says:
Ramieres, anderson or SW Philips?
September 26 at 6:37 pm
brollywally says:
Midfield of Nani, Mata, Nzogbia, Etherington and Brunt. Looking to remove Nzogbia for a spurs midfielder:
(a) Straight swap for Modric
(b) Straight swap for Bale
(c) Take out Etherington and Nzogbia and replace with VDV + £4.5m midfielder. I Would take out Brunt, but £ limits
Thoughts?