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GW13: Happy Spanksgiving!

    
I've got a feeling. Woooooooohooooooooo. That this Gameweek's gonna be a good Gameweek. 

Admittedly, not as catchy as Fergie's version but significantly more topical. 

There's scope for some serious spankage this weekend - the rubbish teams are starting to realise just how relegation threatened they are and it could spell c-a-p-i-t-u-l-a-t-i-o-n. Having quaffed too much turkey and with Xmas in sight, legs are tired and goals could be calamitous and abundant. 

Liverpool v Sunderland, Man Utd v Wham and Arsenal v Bournemouth could all be absolutment goal fests. 

Bone app the teeth. 





Buy Low

Juan Mata (7.5) -- Manchester United | West Ham (H)

Mourinho hates admitting when he was wrong. Mourinho is incapable of admitting when he was wrong. But perhaps he'll just sneakily continue to allow Juan Mata to recreate the form which made him Chelsea's best player two years running and hope no-one notices it was Jose who flogged him from Stamford Bridge. 

A quality finish against Arsenal last weekend was a reminder of the composure Matalan can demonstrate. He creates a chance every 41.1 minutes - that's better than Hazard, Sanchez, Mahrez, Walcott or Sterling. He also gets a decent amount of chances himself - one every 35 minutes. At just 7.5 Mata could be a Black Friday bargain if United continue their purple patch. 


Don't Sell Yet

Heung-Min Son (7.3) -- Tottenham | Chelsea (A)

There's a clamour to sell Son and I can understand why after he was benched against Wham but in 19 minutes he made the difference and pulled Spurs back from the brink of an embarassing defeat to Championship fodder Wham. 

It may have been Kane who grabbed the plaudits for his brace but it was the Son what won it, with two doggely-earned assists.  He's been Tottenham's most influential player in recent months and with Janssen misfiring and no Champions League with which to contend, 

Son could retain his regular starting position and become a fantasy starlet again. Don't lose faith - do bench him this weekend, though. He's busy not scoring against Chelsea this weekend. 




Fool's Gold


HarriKane (10.8) -- Tottenham | CHE (A)

Haroldo has steamed in with four goals in three games since his injury lay-off, and given his immense pedigree the golden boot holder should go straight back into your FPL team, right? WRONG. Three of those goals were penalties and one was a tap-in. Spurs haven't unleashed the HurriKane in all his glory yet and are firing on precisely zero cylinders at the moment.

A trip to Fulham Road, where Spurs historically balls up big time isn't exactly the best opp to debut HK in your Fantasy team. Steer clear until fully fit and the goals o'erfloweth. All pelanties and no real production - Tis but an illusion.

Tis a but illusion


Lyric of the Week


You've had it stuck in your head since the intro... and now... for your intellectual stimulation... are the lyrics to that wonderful choon by musical savants Black Eyed Peas:

I gotta feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good, good night
A feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good, good night
A feeling, woohoo, that tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good, good night
A feeling, woohoo, that tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good, good night

Banging, innit?

Happy Thanksgiving, folks.


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