Star Players
Yaya Toure – Manchester City – midfielder – 17.2m; 9 points The Ivorian midfielder found his form in Saturday’s 3-1 win over West Ham scoring one goal and practically another, which went down as a Robert Green own goal. Toure has started slow at City but this performance suggests he’ll quickly boost his 51 points for the season.
Stuart Holden – Bolton – midfielder – 8.7m; 9 points The American midfielder has arguably been the revelation of the Fantasy season and his late winner in the 2-1 triumph over Blackburn added to his value. At 8.7m he’s a bargain and considering he’s polled 50 points this season, you’d be crazy not to have him.
DJ Campbell – Blackpool – striker – 12m; 8 points If you’re after a value forward than look no further than Blackpool’s DJ Campbell who scored the winner in the 1-0 victory over Stoke City. Campbell, at 12m, has pulled in 43 points this campaign and is finding some consistency.
Disappointments
Samir Nasri – Arsenal – midfielder – 18m; 0 points After a blistering double in the 2-1 win over Fulham last week, French midfielder Nasri returned this week with a score of zilch. Eight per cent of Fantasy coaches own Nasri and they’ll be feeling frustrated by that score, especially after he picked up a yellow card to top it off.
Dimitar Berbatov – Manchester United – striker – 20.5m; 0 points The Bulgarian produced 20 points with five goals in United’s last Premiership match but he could not even get on the field in Monday’s 1-0 win over Arsenal. Painful for the Fantasy coaches who own him. So inconsistent.
Didier Drogba – Chelsea – striker – 21.8m; 3 points The Ivory Coast striker is becoming a regular fixture in the disappointments column, but there’s little doubting he’s proving fairly frustrating for Fantasy coaches. Yes he did score on the weekend against Spurs but his late penalty miss was a shocker.
Special mentions
Goalkeepers
Richard Kingson – Blackpool – 3.5m; 7 points (good value, but will he hold his spot?)
Wayne Hennessy – Wolverhampton> – 4.2m; 7 points (rare clean sheet for Wolves)
Edwin van der Sar – Manchester United – 10.7m; 7 points (finding consistency, worth the money?)
Defenders
Blackpool:Neal Eardley – Blackpool> – 3.9m; 9 points (on the cheap, decent value)
Blackpool:Stephen Crainey – Blackpool> – 4.2m; 6 points (clean sheet for Blackpool, good value)
Nemanja Vidic – Manchester United – 7.5m; 6 points (no way through, but expensive. 47 points this season and getting better)
Midfielders
Park Ji-Sung – Manchester United – 17.2m; 9 points (in fine form, season tally up to 48)
Joey Barton – Newcastle – 9m; 9 points (when he’s on the pitch, he’s consistently scoring points, great value)
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