Granville and I get cosy on a two-seater sofa – within touching distance – just how he likes it.
In truth, my-host is getting too close for comfort: the mini-league gap is down to just 42 points, with Granville relentlessly chiping away at my previously unassailable lead.
We review Gameweek 16’s events, including my oh-so bitter Dzeko pill, before discussing De Gea’s uncanny form, the demise of Leighton Baines and my latest set-to with Jonty: are there better options than Diego Costa up top?
The regulars wrap themselves around that lot, while Granville, thankfully, keeps his hands to himself.
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9 years, 4 months agoThing about Baines is that even if Mirallas takes the assist potential away from him ,he is still on penalties .. And Everton havent started of well but they are not the worst defensively . So even if we consider very conservative number of 5 more cleansheets and 3 more penalties in the remaining 22 games . Assuming 10 bonus points , Baines will still score around 90 more points . If things go a bit better and we throw in one more penalty , a couple more cleansheets and a couple of assists this can be 110-120 points . And this is very very possible . So this is somewhere aroung 4.3 to 5 PPG for the remaining games . To put this into perspective , someone like Sanchez who has done really well so far has given 6.7 PPG and he costs 60% more than Baines with around 30-40% PPG more than Baines .
So , to Summarize , Baines still provides exceptional value .. Think again before you sell him !!