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TheODDSbible Fantasy Football Gameweek Six Preview

TheODDSbible Fantasy Football Gameweek Six Preview

Get this lot in your team!

Tom Todhunter

Tom Todhunter

DEFENDER

Like a boarding school matron, I got very excited at multiple clean sheets last weekend. We've struggled for reliable defences this season and Spurs and Everton seem to be leading the way in the goals against column. Tottenham have quietly meandered their way into 3rd place in the league without anyone really noticing. It could be, of course, that they haven't yet noticed they're above Arsenal and when they do we will see nothing but Facebook statuses and poorly worded tweets.

While Kyle Walker is the obvious pick, at 31% he has now risen above his starting price of 5.5m to 5.8m. This isn't huge. After all, what's 300k between friends? But it does have an impact if you are trying to welcome back certain South American strikers. VERTONGHEN therefore provides a good alternative for both a differential and a money saver. He's played 90 minutes in each game so far and with Middlesborough away this weekend, I predict a 1-0 for Spurs. Clean sheets ahoy.

MIDFIELDER

I'm going to keep whispering the words MICHAIL ANTONIO to you until you include him in your fantasy teams. Why only 17% of you have picked the most prolific English midfielder of 2016 absolute baffles me. This isn't lazy journalism, you just won't listen! My Gaffer Tapes co-host is convinced that as soon as he signs him, Antonio will stop scoring. That, firstly, is simpleton hocum and secondly, all the more reason to sign him because the 17% of us that do have him are laughing everytime he scores with his odd square shaped head.

West Ham are not the team they were last season currently. However, it hasn't affected their goal scoring prowess, as they adopt a Kevin Keegan-esque style of just trying to outscore opposition no matter how ridiculous the scoreline gets. Having Payet, Antonio and Lanzini in your frontline and James Collins at the back is like having the iphone 7 and only using it to call people but it makes for high scoring games and we will take that!

FORWARD

It has to be doesn't it? Ok, so it's not an inspiring pick but I'd be an idiot not to mention SERGIO AGUERO here. Swansea look in real trouble to me this season and I should know, I live with a swan. The only man more frustrated by Aguero's ban than Guardiola will be Guidolin who has to watch a well rested and angry Kun start against the most gung ho and rough round the edges defensive pairing since Rocksteady and Bebop. I predict a riot.

Elsewhere I think Charlie Austin must now be forcing his way into Southampton's plans with his cup exploits and Rondon at West Brom was my pre-season pick and I don't see any problems is starting him against a Stoke who must already be picking the Premier League badges off the sleeves of their shirts.

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