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CFC EPL Draft League Week 2 Preview

And so the first week is over. All the excitement that had built up in those barren summer days has crossed the horizon and a new dawn is upon us, that of a grim realisation that we have to do this every week for the next nine months. A new human life could be conceived and born in the time we're all about to spend making pointless tweaks on a fatuous fantasy football site, week after week just trying not to lose face to a bunch of equally obsessed strangers.

Or that's how Levi's feeling anyway, I'm going to take $100 dollars off you bunch of losers and get myself an Eriksen kit.

To be fair, I am only second in the table at the moment, BSC crept in front of me because that bastard Portuguese troll decided to play Ivanovic instead of his shiny new Brazilian left back and will no doubt continue to do so until I dump Luis onto my subs bench.

The only other player to get over 30 points last week was Spurqueno, which sucked for him because it wasn't enough to beat me (if only you hadn't dropped Naismith at the last minute). Somid will also be ruing his last minute changes, having ditched Berahino to bring back his beloved Distin and leaving Schurrle on his bench.

At one point it did look like being an easy victory for Scrotum anyway, with Polkaroo not living up to the hype for most of the weekend, but like the mighty Spurs he had a debuting player steal a win at the last minute when Fabregas grabbed 8 points for him on Monday night.

Bravespurs was the other winner of the weekend, aided in morale by an early injustice in the first game of the season, Sturridge and Clyne took the momentum and ran with it the following day. Just as well really because OutZen's jets would have blasted him higher than a Honda corner kick if the difference between them had been less than one Phil Jones assist.

In the game I picked as too close to call, Bandit and Smugglers had to split the bounty with 29 points each. A single booking for Charlie Adam would have been enough to swing it but apparently that didn't happen. That's not to say Smugglers had all the luck - his reserve keeper outscored every other player in the league with twelve entirely futile points.

Anyway, on to this week's previews:

Feel Good Lost vs #he'sheatingup

Ah what a wonderful match up to start with - will OutZen finally feel good or will he be heating up again? As if being dubbed the rosterbation king last week wasn't enough, OZ evidently felt that he had a point to prove and has now made significantly more squad changes than anyone else, having had 27 different players on his books already.

This week's new signings are Angel Rangel and James Ward-Prowse, both come up against pretty weak opposition but it does mean two of his three defenders play for Swansea, and Burnley managed to sneak a goal against a significantly stronger defence than that last week.

Raheem Sterling was the star player of the last round (level with Siggy), getting ten points on his own. Ivanovic, Ramsey, Ulloa and Aguero all got goals too so BSC's team is looking pretty damn strong after one round of matches.

Nearly all his players face much tougher teams this week though and neither Ramsey nor Ulloa can score this time without it costing him points in defence as a result.

Spurqueno's prediction: BSC heats up OutZen's jets by winning via stat correction

Bravespurs vs The Draft Excluders

I have to say I was mighty jealous of all Bravespurs' fullbacks after the draft and equally confused last week when he chose not to play any of them. Sadly he seems to have learnt his lesson despite the win.

Further up the pitch we'll all be hoping Ozil and Remy both have quiet games and it would suit me nicely if City can keep a clean sheet against Liverpool too.

I guess I'll ditch Luis, despite it looking like easy points for Chelsea's defence this week (so no doubt he'll start now and set up three goals). That however leaves me with three defenders who in turn are facing Liverpool, Arsenal and their own professional decline.

As well as Kaboul I'm keeping faith with Lennon for now (hey OZ, wanna trade for Januzaj?) but as always I've got a lot riding on City doing well. Not a bad strategy but 'Pool could actually be challenge for them this week, particularly if Super Mario arrives in time.

Spurqueno's prediction: pd impresses again and moves to the top of the table (Ed: He genuinely wrote this, that's not me putting words in his mouth)

Spurqueno vs Late Run into the Box

Spurqeuno was unlucky to lose last round and this week he has RvP back to help take him over the line. Holtby has been benched in favour of Tom Ince, not a bad move given our German charmster played on Thursday and Ince led his team in shots taken last week.

The rest of the Burque line up stays the same but that was enough to place him third before so should do well again.

Gylfi's welsh renaissance wasn't quite enough for Bandit last round so he's tweaked his strikeforce as a result. Lukaku is now joined by Harry Kane and Berahino, not exactly thrilling on paper but likely to grab at least a goal or two between them.

In midfield Lamela will hopefully begin to dazzle but the key battle here looks to be pitting Vito Mannone against Queno's van Persie. Was the Swansea match a blip or are Man U really that bad still?

Spurqueno's prediction: Lamela takes me down single-handedly and I don't even care

Pouchers Suck vs Pouchers Sack

Another match up made in heaven, where one man challenges himself to find out just what it is exactly that pouchers do.

Levi has surely got to do better than last week, when his entire team could barely muster more points than the Hull goalkeeper. His response was to trade Willian for Caulker though so let's all hope that's a dud move for this week at least. Mirallas and Eriksen should prove their worth over the course of the season, but Soldado on the bench makes me sad.

Somid has learnt to put Schurrle in the team but is hedging his bets by keeping Hazard in there with him. To be fair Chelsea play Leicester this weekend, who will probably make them look even sexier than Burnley managed.

It's also a pretty Hull heavy team despite him already trading out Huddlestone for Davis. Three more of them are still in the lineup. Seriously, you want to cut down on your Hull reliance, but you sacrifice The Fro to do so? For shame Somid, for shame!

Spurqueno's prediction: somidscr beats himself (phrasing)

Smugglers vs Polkaroo

Smugglers knows not to push his luck on the Adam front. One whole game without a booking means he's due for a red against Hull, so Morgan Schneiderlin comes in in his place. Don't count that as redemption though, he's still fielding three Arsenal players and not a single Spur.

Costa looks to be a great choice for first pick but with his third draft, Ross Barkley, out long term, the fellow could really do with Shaw and Herrera finding form and fitness soon

Fabregas, Silva and Sanchez got the points for Polkaroo last week and he's going to need them to do it again this time.

Those are three players most of us would be happy to count on but with three defenders unavailable and Walcott and Benteke still out indefinitely, the early favourite's squad isn't looking quite as deep as we all thought.

Spurqueno's prediction: Polk pulls away via Wheelchair and Chesney red cards

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