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Matchday Open Thread

Sat Mar 29 05:39AM by Jeremy

General view of Pride Park, home of Derby County

From Super Sunday to Strugglers Saturday.  All eyes will be on Pride Park as Fulham visit Derby - two teams who if you combined their point total would still be in the bottom half of the table!  It's one of those matches that will most likely end scoreless, but if someone gets an early goal the floodgates could open.

It's the last set of matches before the Champions League resumes and the top four Engllish teams are all still involved.  Arsenal have already hinted that they're going to rest K2 and we'll see what the other clubs do. I'm developing a theory that if Liverpool can beat Everton that they're best strategy will be to tank the league match with Arsenal and concentrate on the Champions League matches against the Gunners.  If they can open a five point lead over Everton they'll have the breathing room to not sweat a loss at Emirates.  And if Arsenal can stay in the race for the league title than not only will their attentions be divided but Chelsea and ManU won't be able to focus on the Champions League alone either, should Liverpool meet them in the next round.

But I could be wrong.

Continuing our look ahead - our barn(es) door report, if you will - Everton get their home match against Derby.  So by hook or by crook you have to get the Yak and Arteta on your team.  AJ, Osman and any defender in your budget should also be considered and corralled.  A lot of the other bottom teams match up with each other and I'm not sure any are worth backing.  Villa get Bolton at Villa Park and could use the chance to break out of their slump -assuming it continues this week at Old Trattford.  Chelsea visit Citeh and ManU visit Boro but too much depends on who gets rotated because of the Champions League matches.

So basically, get Everton.  And Jummy home to Sunderland.  But mostly Everton.

But let's not look too far ahead, we have a lot of matches this weekend.  Who you got, who you watching, and how are they doing for you?  This is your matchday open thread. 

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  • (11)

    When will AJ be back? I'm thinking of Anichebe, who got around 15 pts last week. Still affordable at 6+ bucks (if I'm not mistaken). CRon might be rested at Boro next week, another CRon headache. Drop him for Arteta?

    Posted by: zzzeclipse on Sat Mar 29 01:53PM | Report abuse
  • (12)

    Even if Ronaldo doesn't start, he has played in every game. He came off the bench twice. And we know what he can even in limited time.

    Posted by: gentrykirby on Sat Mar 29 01:59PM | Report abuse
  • (13)

    alex.ayre, good call on santa - always have faith in the cruz.

    Posted by: wsuliman88 on Sat Mar 29 02:50PM | Report abuse
  • (14)

    also, Jeremy you're a ledge - adebayor is on the bench - and thanks to you, i got rid. AS IF you worked that out just from the preliminary team sheet's order.. impressive

    Posted by: wsuliman88 on Sat Mar 29 02:52PM | Report abuse
  • (15)

    Wonder why M.Petrov didn't start for ManCity:(

    Posted by: amyteoh on Sat Mar 29 02:55PM | Report abuse
  • (16)

    Yes, Portsmouth plays West Ham on Tuesday, April 8. That said, don't dump Defoe based on the Yahoo sheet. Hope they adjust it soon.

    Posted by: the_burning_pen on Sat Mar 29 02:59PM | Report abuse
  • (17)

    MPet not even on the bench?!?!?! WTF!?!?! ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! YOu're kidding me!

    Posted by: jspitzberg on Sat Mar 29 03:04PM | Report abuse
  • (18)

    arrghhhhhhhh. mcEvely (DER)and volz(FUL) not even in the bench. earnshaw (DER) and long (BIR) not in starting line up. this is may be my worst week.....

    Posted by: atrofu on Sat Mar 29 03:37PM | Report abuse
  • (19)

    Must've missed the headline...Gardner hurt for Bolton.

    Posted by: roberts_dustin@sbcglobal.net on Sat Mar 29 03:41PM | Report abuse
  • (20)

    RSC in the line-up... :( Just trade him (+5) with Berb.

    Posted by: sunaryohadi on Sat Mar 29 03:47PM | Report abuse