Week 2 - Part 2: Diving in!

Hello again. In this final post for the week we look at Defenders and Keepers, and my own team for the week!

Defenders

As mentioned in my first post for the season, CSes are only worth 2 points. One YC and you're back to zero again. So you need to look for attack minded players to help improve your score.

Darmian of Man U should be right up there. Very comfortable against Spurs and looked like he had been playing competitively in England for a while.

Cedric Soares is someone else who you can depend on for attacking points. A nice assist last week in a team that is bound to attack, especially at home.  He got a yellow card though so the jury is still out.

If you have money to spend then Ivanovic should be in your thoughts. Chelsea will attempt to play a stifling game against City. While CSes are not very valuable, at least Ivanovic is still a goal-scoring threat.

I wish I was confident enough to gamble on an Arsenal full-back. They are generally very attack-minded creatures, but between Bellerin v Debuchy, and Gibbs v Monreal, it’s too close to call, so I’ll be avoiding them in favour of certain starters.

Centreback options include Huth, Terry, Skrtel whom are all capable of a set piece headed goal. Skrtel has the better matchup. 

Goalies

You don't get any points for being a busy keeper. Therefore, Hart, Mignolet, Lloris and Fabiansi for the strong chance of CSs. Begovic for one game is not worth it in my opinion.

My team:

(Those were my goalkeepers from last week, was lucky to minimise the damage with Cech instead of Courtois har har). I brought in Sanchez this week for Ozil, and with my 8.6 spare units I am planning to bring in Aguero in week 4, making it 3 powerhouses in my team by September. For this week,  I have one transfer left and am seriously looking at Coutinho to Firminho, as I'm backing him to explode onto the scene, to the point that I might captain him. We'll see. 

Note: I'm really not sure whether the transfer window will close today or tomorrow. There has been no notification on their FB on the twitter page. I'm not convinced it's worth the risk of bringing in Manchester United (or Villa for that matter) players if you don't have them already, meaning their points might not count.

If I catch any bonus transfers in tonight's Football Countdown, I'll post it in the comments when I can. Feel free to share as well if you're early!

How's your team going? Good luck and all the best!