Due to some circumstances beyond my control (namely being up the walls in work and the fact i was slightly lazy) i put my hands up for not keeping everyone up to date in the exciting world of my fantasy football team.
Game weeks 8 & 9 brought mixed fortunes which neither pleased nor dis-pleased.
Following my humiliation in gameweek 7 (35 points) i decided to take drastic action for gameweek 8 and incur a 4 point penalty for making an extra transfer. As 2 of my starting 11 were out for the gameweek i decided to ship them out and bring in some new faces. The 2 to go were Drogba (virus) and Sagna (injured). In their places i brought in the greatest player Chelsea never signed in Carlos Tevez and Nemanja Vidic (one of the best defenders in the game but a tad expensive at 7.1 million).
I elected to make Tevez my captain whch paid off with 2 goals and 3 bonus points bringing in a whopping 24 points by himself. Vidic didnt fare as well only managing a solitary point for conceding 2 goals.
Alongside him in the heart of defence Chris Samba only went and got himself sent off. -2 points. Thanks Chris. All in all I finished GW8 with 50 points but it should have been so much better!
Gameweek 9 was a different kettle of fish with a few sticky fixtures to make it a bit more complicated.
The first order of business was to reinstall Drogba as captain which meant saying goodbye to little Carlos, this however brought its own problems. As Tevez was only valued at 10.3 million and i only had 0.6 in the bank, Drogba at 13.1 million was out of reach. Another 4 points had to be sacrificed. I decided after much deliberation (about 3 minutes really because the children wanted their breakfasts) that Vidic would go also. Replaced by Evertons Phil Jagielka. In a complete reversal of GW8 my new defender bagged me a healthy 5 points courtesy of 3 bonus points while my captain only managed 4. (To clear up any confusion, captains score double points)
Player of the week from Useless Team FC was split between two defensive legends.
First Liam Ridgewell of Birmingham for an altogether smashing haul of 13 points for a goal, a clean sheet and 1 bonus point.
Point of note, a score of anything over 3 or 4 points for any defensive player is usually something to bring out the champagne and cigars for. So 13 is truly outstanding.
A worthy mention also goes to my goalkeeper, Joe Hart, who, having had a defender in front of him sent off before a ball had hardly been kicked, had to hold the Arsenal battering ram at bay for 85 minutes. Although 3 goals were conceded he still managed 1 bonus point plus a penalty save bringing his GW9 score to a satisfactory 7.
So, I finished GW9 with 53 points but dropped 1 place in the 3rd Annual Dictatorship Cup leaving me in 8th place.
Who knows what wonders Gameweek 10 will hold?
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