Fans league Gameweek 17

Man City 3-1 Leeds
Arsenal 4-2 Wolves
Southampton 0-2 Chelsea
Spurs 2-1 B'mouth
Newcastle 2-1 Leicester


Reports

Man City vs Leeds

—————————— Souza
Hakimi — Koulibaly — Lenglet — L.Digne
—————————— Witsel
————— Ndombele —— Pogba
Dembele ——————————— Son Heung-M
—————————— Lukaku

Vs

--------------------Neuer

Walker----White----Hermoso---Hernandez

------------------Jorginho

-----------SMS------------Brozovic

Chiesa--------------------------------Foden

-------------------Depay

Close match this, on paper, Lubo is slowly closing the gap but with home advantage and form giving City a 5 slot head start it’s always a tall order. Rof’s side is well balanced I like pretty much all of it. Lubo’s side is getting there I like the midfield and the front-three – obvs Kane is a big gap to fill but you do it well. The only thing im not sure on really is White. But the tactics and game plan read well, just handicapped by the slot advantage to start with

Redcard – Witsel
Slots – 13/7/5
The fruity says – H/H/H

Man City 3-1 Leeds
Lukaku (Pogba) Pogba (son) Dembele (Lukaku)
Foden (SMS)

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Arsenal vs Wolves

----------------------B.Leno ----------------------

------- Mukiele -- J.Kounde -- Tierney --------

CHO ------ T.Partey -- Gundogan ----- B.Saka

S.Gnabry ----- Calvert-Lewin – Aubameyang

Vs

------------------------ Martinez -------------------------
---------- Pavard ----- Skriniar ----- Konate ----------
Coufal -------- McTom ------- Prowse -------- Gosens
------------------------- Grealish -------------------------
----------------- A.Silva -------- Werner ----------------

Another game where the away team are right up against it by starting off sub 5 slots. What strikes me most about the line-ups is how fast and mobile Arsenal look compared to a pretty pedestrian looking wolves side. I liked the clash of styles – the width of arsenal stretching (or trying to the narrowness of Wolves) and Wolves front two (or 3 inc Jack) lining up against the Arsenal defence. Can see both attacks getting a fair bit of joy. As a side note – Jet won the tactical battle mostly cus he pondered on what Wolves would do rather than just generic sounding tactics (not digging anyone out in this game or any other but as slots are given for game plan thought it was worth mentioning)

Slots – 14/7/5
The fruity says – H/H/H

Arsenal 4-2 Wolves
PEA x2 (Saka,DCL) DCLx2 (Gnabry,Tierney)
Silva (Werner) Grealish (no assist)

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Southampton 0-2 Chelsea
Bernardo Silva (Greenwood) Giroud (Mbappe)

Sports gaming’s first billionaire forgot to even put a side out

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Spurs vs B’mouth

-------------------- Mendy -------------------
Cancelo -- De Ligt --- Ramos -- Reguilon
------------------ Casemiro -----------------
L.Sane -------- De Bruyne ------ E.Hazard
----------- A.Morata --- P.Dybala ----------

Vs

-----------------Rodak
Molina--Ibañez--Araújo---Olivera
-------Zubeldia----Guimarães
---------------Gonçalves
Veron-------------------------Suárez
------------------Núñez
Is there a tougher place to go right now than White hart Lane? I don’t think there is, home adv and the most inform side in the division stacks the odds against Elsie with his minus 5 handicap.
Tab shuffles the pack and after bringing the party last week he’s gone Mr Sensible this week but that’s a bloody a strong side with no discernible weaknesses, strong defence and frightening attack, that said the midfield can be gotten to and Elsie has a pretty good midfield so they can get footholds in this game, LC I liked the double-pivot it gives a nice protective shield as well as a platform to build from, defence is strong and the attack is decent enough. But for all that Spurs additional quality makes them just too strong.
Slots – 14/7/5
Fruity says – H/A/H

Spurs 2-1 B’Mouth
Dybala (KDB) Morata (Sane)
Nunez (Veron)

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Newcastle vs Leicester

______________Stegen
Trent___Hummels___Boateng__Zinchenko
______________Fabinho
___________Kroos___Modric
Kulu___________Salah__________Jota

Vs

——————————— Allison
Carvajal — Marquinhos — Laporte —— Alaba
————————— Rodri—— M.Mount
—- B.Fernandes ——————————- Mane -—
———————— J.Felix —— M.Cunha

First can I just say “Up top new Rui Costa also offering exuberance in front. Cunha" I met the old Rui Costa once whilst in Florence.
I really like both of these sides, Lesta are clearly one of the top 2 sides in the division but the loss of the new Batigol hurts them today but the rest of the side has a good feel to it. Ludy has shuffled again and I like the fluidity of the side. That midfield is quality if not the kind that will cover inch of glass, but then that’s not the game-plan so. I can see Newcastle controlling possession but I also see Lesta’s defence being able to close them out and in Rodri they have a very good defensive shield.
Slots – 12/9/5
Fruity says – A/H/H

Newcastle 2-1 Leicester
Salah (Modric) Jota (Kroos)