Point Total (GW28)

Honestly, I wasn’t expecting a great Gameweek 28 anyways. I earned 36 points, just 1 above the average. This resulted in a small red arrow of about 4,000 places and my overall rank fell to about 105,000. I was hopeful that a green arrow this week would put my rank below 100K but that will have to wait for another week.

Bit of a confusing gameweek. I expected Vardy and Mahrez to have some big returns against Norwich, but only came away with a Mahrez assist and a Vardy captain blank. I was between Vardy, Ozil, and Aguero for my captain this week, but they all blanked so that dilemma didn’t end up hurting me.

Payet and Sanchez both got an assist which rewarded me for being faithful. Sanchez hit the post twice and is starting to look really threatening. It’s a risk for me to try to offload him when he seems to be hitting form, because Alexis is a player who scores in bunches!

The biggest problem in my team is Ighalo. He’s gone completely cold as of late. He’s blanked in I-don’t-know-how-many gameweeks. With a blank GW30 on the horizon, there’s absolutely no reason for me to still own him. He’ll be making way for Kane this week, so the decision is who I want to bring in for Sanchez.

I also wanted to give a shout out to my favorite transfer of the year, Charlie Daniels. In the four weeks I’ve owned him, he’s given me two clean sheets and an assist with some bonus points sprinkled on top! He’s a points magnet and he’s really helped my rank out!

My Transfers (GW29)

FREE TRANSFERS 1 OUT Ighalo, Sanchez IN Kane, Sigurdsson IN THE BANK £2.4

It’s going to be a double move from me. I’ve put off having Kane in my team for way too long. I think he’ll play a pivotal role in the Spurs Arsenal darby this weekend. These rival games can get scrappy, which can mean penalties and goals. Knowing that I have a proven striker who’s on penalties is valuable. Glad to rid my team of Ighalo as well. He can’t score anything lately.

I’m a bit nervous about getting rid of Alexis this week after he grabbed an assist. I was really impressed by his play in GW28 against Swansea. He was unlucky not to score a goal and was denied by the woodwork twice. Alexis has always been the type of player to score in bunches, so I’m worried that I may be getting rid of him at the wrong time. But Sigurdsson is on red-hot form. He is the maestro of Swansea’s midfield and is deadly from free kicks. Swansea’s schedule is very tasty. Norwich, Bournemouth, and Villa in their next three should mean goals and points for Siggy.

Locked In (GW29)

Gameweek 29 is shaping up to have some tough decisions for me to make. I’m really wishing I had saved my All Out Attack chip for this week, but you live and you learn. Here’s my team for Gameweek 29:

Going with Payet over Alli at the moment. Everton have been leaking goals all season, and Payet grabbed an assist last game. I feel like he’s always just one free kick away from a double digit week and this could be the one. Also, Arsenal will be a tough match for Alli. Although they are without Koscielny and Petr Cech, Alli’s home record is abysmal. I think Payet’s the safe choice.

An interesting battle for a defensive position in my team is going on between Ashley Williams and Ivanovic. Both have the potential to score goals. Ivanovic had one last week and Williams scored this week. Chelsea have tightened up in defense lately, so right now I’m going with Ivanovic. Even though Swansea are playing Norwich, I feel that the Canaries could slip a goal by the Swans. That’s the main reason why I’m starting Ivanovic over Williams.

As for captaincy, there aren’t a ton of great options. The most standout is Aguero at home to a bedraggled Aston Villa side. I can easily see Aguero scoring multiple goals this week, so the armband just has to go on him. There’s rumors that Aguero won’t start this week. I couldn’t believe them any less. City are in a race for the title, but also need to make sure they don’t fall out of Champion’s League spots.

That’s it. Good luck in Gameweek 29!