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« on: March 23, 2009, 04:15:57 PM »
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This week The Pundit looks at three 'kings' of the lesser known scoring methods
Goals, assists and clean sheets dominate the weekly pointscoring and our transfer decisions are usually taken with these in mind. However, there are - of course - many other ways of seeing your weekly total receive a welcome boost or take a demoralising hit.
The Bonus Boys
Bonus points are always a welcome addition to a weekly score and it seems those who receive them can be split into two camps - the eye-catching showmen or the never-say-die 101 per cent-ers.
The first camp is dominated by the game's big names, with Frank Lampard the undefeated bonus champ with 39 - head and shoulders above everyone else. Gareth Barry, Mikel Arteta, Steven Gerrard and Cristiano Ronaldo make up the midfield glamour top five and all have more than 20 bonus points to their names. The surprise high scorer is a defender, however. With 25 bonus points, Everton's Phil Jagielka has the third highest total of any player in the game with only Lampard and West Ham's Carlton Cole above him. In an impressive season for the Everton back four, Jags has taken all three bonus points on six occasions so he clearly has what it takes to impress the judges in the stands. The Toffees season still has much to offer and the former Sheffield United man has not missed a minute yet; expect his haul to get bigger. here is a list of some bonus boys http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/pundit.mc
Reds and Yellows
Nemanja Vidic has rightly won plaudits for a great season which is likely to end with league success and a possible player of the year award, yet his red card against Liverpool was the second of the campaign. The sending-off cost his Fantasy Premier League managers three points from the game total, to go with another two for conceding four goals. It's plainly a bit rich to criticise Fantasy Premier League's top-scoring defender, especially when he has received just three yellow cards, but it proves how damaging a red card can be if it comes to a key man.
So who in the game attracts cards a little too regularly? The undoubted king of the yellow is Everton's Marouane Fellaini who has received 12 throughout a season that began in Gameweek Four. That phenomenal figure works out to nearly one card every other game and has shaved a full 12 points from what is a fairly handy first season total of 72. The only other player in double figures is - surprisingly perhaps - Sunderland winger Kieran Richardson with 10.
90 Minute Men
Some time ago we wrote about the ever present players in Barclays Premier League squads - the guys who are so valued by their managers that they never miss a minute of action. It's handy to know who they are as you can rely on these players to always score two points for playing more than 60 minutes. The list was on the short side back then and it's pretty tiny now. Happily, the highest scorer of those who have played all 2610 minutes of action is one of the cheapest - Fulham's Mark Schwarzer with 134. The Cottager's defence has been key to their success this season and the Aussie keeper plays his full part in that.
This week The Pundit looks at three 'kings' of the lesser known scoring methods
Goals, assists and clean sheets dominate the weekly pointscoring and our transfer decisions are usually taken with these in mind. However, there are - of course - many other ways of seeing your weekly total receive a welcome boost or take a demoralising hit.
The Bonus Boys
Bonus points are always a welcome addition to a weekly score and it seems those who receive them can be split into two camps - the eye-catching showmen or the never-say-die 101 per cent-ers.
The first camp is dominated by the game's big names, with Frank Lampard the undefeated bonus champ with 39 - head and shoulders above everyone else. Gareth Barry, Mikel Arteta, Steven Gerrard and Cristiano Ronaldo make up the midfield glamour top five and all have more than 20 bonus points to their names. The surprise high scorer is a defender, however. With 25 bonus points, Everton's Phil Jagielka has the third highest total of any player in the game with only Lampard and West Ham's Carlton Cole above him. In an impressive season for the Everton back four, Jags has taken all three bonus points on six occasions so he clearly has what it takes to impress the judges in the stands. The Toffees season still has much to offer and the former Sheffield United man has not missed a minute yet; expect his haul to get bigger. here is a list of some bonus boys http://fantasy.premierleague.com/M/pundit.mc
Reds and Yellows
Nemanja Vidic has rightly won plaudits for a great season which is likely to end with league success and a possible player of the year award, yet his red card against Liverpool was the second of the campaign. The sending-off cost his Fantasy Premier League managers three points from the game total, to go with another two for conceding four goals. It's plainly a bit rich to criticise Fantasy Premier League's top-scoring defender, especially when he has received just three yellow cards, but it proves how damaging a red card can be if it comes to a key man.
So who in the game attracts cards a little too regularly? The undoubted king of the yellow is Everton's Marouane Fellaini who has received 12 throughout a season that began in Gameweek Four. That phenomenal figure works out to nearly one card every other game and has shaved a full 12 points from what is a fairly handy first season total of 72. The only other player in double figures is - surprisingly perhaps - Sunderland winger Kieran Richardson with 10.
90 Minute Men
Some time ago we wrote about the ever present players in Barclays Premier League squads - the guys who are so valued by their managers that they never miss a minute of action. It's handy to know who they are as you can rely on these players to always score two points for playing more than 60 minutes. The list was on the short side back then and it's pretty tiny now. Happily, the highest scorer of those who have played all 2610 minutes of action is one of the cheapest - Fulham's Mark Schwarzer with 134. The Cottager's defence has been key to their success this season and the Aussie keeper plays his full part in that.
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