GW 8 Projections

More intuitive analysis and projections!!!


First XI, followed by subs

Player	Position	Fixture	Projected Score
Hart	GK	WBA (A)	6
Baines	DEF	QPR (A)	6 at least
Riise	DEF	AVL (H)	2
Davies	DEF	WIG (H)	6
Pienaar	MID	QPR (A)	5 at least
Cazorla	MID	NOR (A)	5 at least
Ben Arfa	MID	SUN (A)	5 at least
Bale	MID	CHE (H)	2
Aguero	FWD	WBA (A)	6 at least
Ba	FWD	SUN (A)	6 at least
Lambert	FWD	WHU (A)	2
Begovic	GK	MNU (A)	2
Kacaniklic	MID	AVL (H)	0
O'Shea	DEF	NEW (H)	2
Wilson	DEF	MNU (A)	2

Begovic (SUN) v Hart (SWA)

I had Hart on the bench?!? Think my GK rotation was a bit off here, which explains me switching allegiance to Krul after this Gameweek. But I'm quite sure most people would've gone with Bego here.

Defence

Looking at attack rankings, looks like Newcastle, Fulham, Everton City Liverpool and United were all projected to concede less than 1, so Riise, Baines, and Davies (with slightly over 1) get the nod here. O'Shea was also slightly over 1, so including him in the first XI was actually a possibility.

Attackers

Based on team attacking rankings, with 3 defenders I should be excluding the injured Kacaniklic. The intriguing decision probably came down to Ba v O'Shea: both play each other, yet Sunderland expect to concede while Newcastle only expect to score 1. Guess I'm not surprised I went with Ba here.

Conclusion: So with a projected total of 51 points, my intuitive projections aren't really making sense (compared to the recent ones at least) or my team management in the past has just been good but unlucky. Will examine in the Verdict later.