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They sound like a law firm. Or maybe estate agents. Or, if you’re feeling adventurous, maybe a detective duo. But the Everton pair of defender Leighton Baines and midfielder Tim Cahill did it again Monday night, scoring a goal each as Everton beat Manchester City 2-1, in Manchester no less.
As experienced 11Kicks fantasy footballers will know, you can pick a maximum of two players from any one Premier League team in your weekly 11Kicks lineup. With some clubs, that’s a problem. Do you leave out Samir Nasri, Marouane Chamakh or Andrei Arshavin. Do you ditch Didier Drogba, Ashley Cole or Florent Malouda. At Everton, no such worries.
Cahill was miraculously unmarked early on to score a near post header, and while it’s usually Baines providing the crosses for Cahill to score, it was Cahill who set up Baines to score a finesse shot (yep, I’ve been playing FIFA 11) for Everton’s second.
Unfortunately, neither Baines’ seven points (five for the goal, two for playing) nor Cahill’s nine points (four for the goal, three for the assist, two for playing) will count, since 11Kicks game week 18 is a victim of the snow monster. But the hypothetical points tallies of Baines and Cahill, plus Phil Jagielka’s own goal and Victor Anichebe’s red card, are helpful pointers for which Everton players you should and should not be picking for game week 19.
Rough week for fantasy football players, with nothing going quite as expected. For example, Newcastle’s (still) insane decision to sack Chris Hughton did not result in a collapse against Liverpool. Instead, it produced another eight point week for Andy Carroll and yet another goal for Kevin Nolan. Just to make things extra weird, Wolves not only won a game, they kept a clean sheet as well.
The 11Kicks All Stars had a less than stellar week, but still managed to scrape into second place in my Silver level mini-league and win $10 in weekly prize money. With too many derbies and big teams facing off, I played it safe for game week 17 by avoiding too many big names, and got my reward with a couple of uninspiring but still valuable clean sheets.
Don’t underestimate assists. They’re worth three points each in 11 Kicks fantasy football, no matter what position the player plays. You could literally pick a fantasy team that scores zero goals between them, and still take first place in your mini-league purely on assists. Provided you pick the right players, obviously. And since we’re 15 game weeks into the Premier League season, I’m thinking that’s a perfect excuse to list the top 15 assist providers (assisters?) in the league.
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