Gameweek 38 Preview

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It's a sad day when the season ends, particularly when the title race is over. However, for me, the excitement is just as high (or higher) at the other end of the table and so there's plenty to keep watching for. Oh, and there's the small matter of the last fantasy gameweek to deal with. Hopefully everyone has their mini leagues wrapped up by now (okay maybe not) but just in case, the weekly rankings are below.

Clean Sheet Rankings
  1. Man Utd
  2. Stoke
  3. Tottenham
  4. Aston Villa
  5. West Ham
  6. Chelsea
  7. Bolton
  8. Newcastle
  9. Wolves
  10. Everton
  11. Sunderland
  12. Man City
  13. Liverpool
  14. Arsenal
  15. Fulham
  16. Wigan
  17. Birmingham
  18. Blackburn
  19. West Brom
  20. Blackpool
 Attacking Rankings
  1. Man Utd
  2. Tottenham
  3. Chelsea
  4. Arsenal
  5. Liverpool
  6. Wolves
  7. Aston Villa
  8. West Brom
  9. Fulham
  10. Man City
  11. Sunderland
  12. Newcastle
  13. West Ham
  14. Blackburn
  15. Wigan
  16. Stoke
  17. Bolton
  18. Blackpool
  19. Everton
  20. Birmingham
I will have to cut the preview short this week as I head down to Florida for a few days, but I would like to take the chance to thank everyone for reading and commenting this year. I have some plans to make the site better for next season so hopefully the stats will be updated quicker and more often so keep checking back over the summer for reviews of the season, general strategies and eventually predictions for next season.

Comments

Doc Häagen-Dazs said…
Thanks for your efforts!
May 21, 2011 at 10:27 AM
Steven said…
I agree, thanks for the efforts Chris! Have a great "off season" :)
May 23, 2011 at 8:50 AM
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