Week 16 has  seen a couple of teams begin to make a charge on the top 5/10 respectively, however, it seems as if Week 17 the big points were scored all over the park. I think it’s pretty easy to separate those who had a good week from those who didn’t and the difference is named Santi Cazorla. Rich Dulieu’s Dyslexic CF rolled up to 23rd with a cheeky 57 points, with Alex Taylor’s Leave-My-Arse-A-Lona hitting a solid 60 points to take them up to 43rd – however – down in 73rd but apparently not out is Luke Wyborn’s The Wombles who hit a mighty 62 points to make him the manager of the week. If he has another week like this he might even break into the top fifty and you never know with the Christmas period coming up as points come thick and fast.

No huge suprises this week as Newcastle knock a cheeky goal past the big shitter of last week Joe Hart – however Man City do run riot and look good money to stick another 3 past Reading at the Etihad this weekend. Liverpool manage to lose at home again even though they were 1/3 to win it – ironic as they lost by that same scoreline thanks to Bentekkers. Man Utd did indeed silence Sunderland’s resurgence. Norwich pull off a well-fought win against Wigan. West Brom and West Ham play out a stinker of a 0-0 draw – DID NOT SEE THAT COMING. Michu doesn’t score against Spurs – the world must be coming to and end. QPR finally win – which is mental but deserved thanks to a Taarabt masterclass. Everton fail to beat Stoke due partly to Fellaini trying to fvck Shawcross throughout the game.
Arsenal and Reading have another thriller and Walcott finally gets a game up-front and does all right. All round bag of shit for predictions then last week…

Here’s the results from the weekend’s football:

Sat 15 Dec 2012 – Premier League

• Newcastle 1 – 3 Man City FT
• Liverpool 1 – 3 Aston Villa FT
• Man Utd 3 – 1 Sunderland FT
• Norwich 2 – 1 Wigan FT
• QPR 2 – 1 Fulham FT
• Stoke 1 – 1 Everton FT 

Sun 16 Dec 2012 – Premier League

• Tottenham 1 – 0 Swansea FT
• West Brom 0 – 0 West Ham FT

Mon 17 Dec 2012 – Premier League

Reading 2 – 5 Arsenal FT

BIG HITTERS:

A couple of boys could’ve made the big hitter margin of today’s article to be honest with 10 players making it into double figures with their points. The first pick of the bunch is Abel “Fruitcake” Taarabt – although the first of his two goals was certainly deflected in a huge way that should not take away from the fact that this boy did his best to steer QPR to their first victory of the season. He shone brightly in the Championship and has shown glimmers of that over the past two years but hasn’t really lived up to his legend as the man who was nearly bought by PSG a year ago. With two goals and a well earned 11 points for his week’s work I think that anyone who had him in their team will be as happy as old ‘arry was. Important to note that next time QPR are in a London derby it might be worth popping him in as 5 out of his 6 Premiership goals have come in derby games.

Just when you thought Bentekkers couldn’t get any better – the man keeping Darren “Goal Machine” Bent out of the team does it again – and this time convincingly away at Anfield. A game pegged as a sure-fire win for Brendan Roger’s Liverpool was turned on its head with two goals and a beautiful back-heeled assist from the 22 year-old who notched up an impressive 14 points for the week – not bad for one of the lowest priced strikers out there.

Finally, another player battling for the title of buy of the season as Santi Carzola does it again – this time with three fine goals and an assist to boot. Instrumental in Arsenal’s 5-2 thrashing of Reading on Monday night and recuer of many of the fantasy league teams this week with 20 points just for himself. With the next game being an early kick off away at Wigan the real question is will he be silenced again or will he add gravity to his all ready soaring acclaim.

BIG SHITTER:

The saviour of so many fantasy league sides this year and the man apparently on Roman Abramovich’s New Year wish-list to name one of the many admirers – however – this week he had a shitter. Although the majority of football fans out there enjoyed watching Shawcross get a bit of a pasting after the first elbow it became a bit much when Fellaini decided to also headbutt him and punch him in the face on some separate occasions. Even David Moyes came out afterwards and said he was mental. I only just put him in my side this week for Hazard and he’s all ready been banned for 3 games starting this week – so if you got him in you might wanna send him packing until the New Year as he is guaranteed to miss the West Ham, Wigan and Chelsea games. If you didn’t happen to catch the flying Belgian nutter in action here’s a little clip of him doing what apparently he now does best (P.S. you gotta love the cheeky glance he gives to  check the ref ain’t looking):

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Here’s what’s coming up this weekend:

Sat 22 Dec 2012 – Premier League

• Wigan v Arsenal 12:45
• Man City v Reading 15:00
• Newcastle v QPR 15:00
• Southampton v Sunderland 15:00
• Tottenham v Stoke 15:00
• West Brom v Norwich 15:00
• West Ham v Everton 15:00
• Liverpool v Fulham 17:30

Sun 23 Dec 2012 – Premier League

• Swansea v Man Utd 13:30
• Chelsea v Aston Villa 16:00

Arsenal have got to continue this run and do away with Wigan away but not by the same stretch as City do Reading at home – expect goals. Newcastle and QPR will battle it out and although Harry will have them in good spirits I can’t see the Hoops defence keeping Ba at bay – draw. Saints will sneak a win courtesy of Rickie Lambert – cue Martin O’Neil cutting a disgruntled figure on the sideline. Spurs will not succumb to anti-football and win again with Bale back in the team. Norwich put an end to their winning run with a draw away at the Hawthorns. Everton try and try without Fellaini up there but have to settle for a point away at Upton Park thanks to Kevin Nolan scoring, again. Worst home team ever VS worst away team ever sees the Liverpool game end in a 0-0 draw – Suarez hits the post 16 times. Swansea come out fighting against Utd and take the lead only for RVP  to switch it on – Utd win. Chelsea do their best to silence Bentekkers and the boys – just about trudging out a 2-1 win.

Here’s the league as it stands then. Enjoy:

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