Monday, Monday . . .

Another week, another captain selection fail.  The side currently -
Vorm/Schwarzer
Boswinga, Enrique, Woodgate, Simpson, Monk
Nani, Silva, Ramires, Ramsey, Moses
Aguero, Suarez, Adebayor.  0.8 in the bank.
I like the team but there are some serious question marks - Woodgate, Monk, Moses. Plus the issue of banking a little more money so the team has the flexibility to bring in van Persie/Rooney/Torres/Van der Vaart as necessary.

Anyway a few notes on GW9 - 

1. The Bonus Point system is a mess.  I get that it's all statistically based, but when Dzeko gets BPs for 2 meaningless goals in a 20 minute cameo and Ballotelli gets no BPs after scoring 2 goals at critical junctures of the game . . . something is a miss.  Or Crouch gets a BP for a goal in a 3-1 loss.  Or Holt gets 3 BP for a goal in a 25 minute cameo in which his team is completely and utterly dominated . . . well, strange.
2. Swansea continue to give up goals away, but their budget midfielders and Danny Graham look like they are coming round as good values.  I mentioned Joe Allen(4.5) in Part 3 of my early season review and with a goal in GW9 he looks a good short term value.
3. Gerrard's back to hoover up the BPs for Liverpool . . . which makes Suarez a lot less valuable in my opinion.  Suarez has a remarkable game, is denied by 3 terrific Ruddy saves, and created several chances on his own but Bellamy and Gerrard get the BPs.  Another point worth mentioning is that Suarez has 4 goals but no double figure GWs.  I'll probably stick until after the home match v. Swansea but I think the introduction of Gerrard makes Suarez significantly less valuable.
4. In my desperation to bring in Aguero a couple of weeks ago I ignored the FF force that is Robin van Persie.  Aside from visits to Chelsea this week and a visit to Man City in GW16, Arsenal have a terrific schedule through to the New Year.  If you don't have RvP, you might think about how to get him in.
5. Clean Sheets seem random.  Chelsea have one, Man Utd are an ongoing disaster in back, and Liverpool have 2.  Man City seem the only consistent CS bet.  Meanwhile, sides like Swansea, QPR, and Newcastle have their share.  So - why not play it cheap in back and invest in heavy hitting attackers ?
6. I don't put a lot of stock in the final score in the Manchester derby - and I wouldn't sell my Man Utd assets because of it.
7. Moses continuing failure to provide FF returns has simply made me more determined to keep him.  After all Sessegnon came good this week.  There is hope. 
8. Bolton.  WTF ?  Tough early schedule but home losses to Norwich and now Sunderland raise question marks about the side.  They can't keep other teams from scoring.  Unfortunately, they don't have a widely sought after international center back to hold the defense together.  Er . . . .Speaking of widely sought after internationals, Gary Cahill has 19 points on the season, 13 from GW1 - which means he has 6 points in the last 8 GWs.  But is owned by over 25% of teams.  Which suggests how many managers actually pay attention.