DJ please... pick up your phone. I'm on the request line.
Just feel the need for a quick post. Spent the whole day going down every conceivable 2-match rabbit hole I could find. Really the worst of all possible Friday trading. I had been leaning towards getting the "sure" 2-gamers on my team. Cech. Ivanovic. Lampard. I even had Baird and Barmby for that reason. But I started trading... Lamps to Elk. Baird to Garcia. Baird to Fagan to move Barmby to O'Hara. Back and forth. Forth and back. But in the end it was deck chairs, as we like to call it. Just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
So I've canceled all those possible trades and I'm back to a saner place. Cech. Ivanovic. Lampard. Baird. They'll get two matches. Hopefully they'll give me a steady points return for the week.
But.
So tonight... so tonight I'm deciding that there's no upside to Barmby. I'm in a 4-4-2. The least I can do is fail upwards. So I'm switching to a 4-3-3 and trading Barmby for Kamara. I don't know if Kamara starts. He's just coming back from injury and Gera is more likely to take the second/support striker role, playing off Zamora. But I can't afford Gera. So maybe Kamara gets 50 minutes over the course of two games. Maybe he gets a start. But how much am I going to miss from Barmby? On average, 4 points over 2 matches. I'm clearly willing to leave points on the table if I'm not selling Vermaelen this week. So maybe, just maybe Kamara comes up with a goal. Hey, it worked for everyone who took a gamble on Kalinic last week. (And yes, I'm looking at you, Y!AM!)
So my line-up for this week:
Cech
Vermaelen Bale Baird Ivanovic
Malouda Utaka Lampard
Kamara Tevez Donovan
Vermaelen Bale Baird Ivanovic
Malouda Utaka Lampard
Kamara Tevez Donovan
I still don't like the team, but I think I can live with it. At least, I'm not sure I can significantly improve it at this point without running the risk - even the likelihood - of making some really stupid decisions. I mean, I already have Utaka and Kamara... how much dumber do I need to be?
Good luck to all of you. See you on the Barn Door Live chat... daughters permitting.
