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Goalkeeper Pairs

The basic premise behind the goalkeeper rotation strategy is fairly simplistic but for further clarification please see the earlier post here . The best pairs for the remainder of the season, ignoring price - to the extent that I only include 'keepers who cost 5m or less (actually 5.2m now Foster's value has gone up) - are as follows: Gordon / Fabianski (9.3m) Gordon / Begovic (8.8m) Gordon / Harper (8.8m) Gordon / Jaaskelainen (9.1m) Gordon / Schwarzer (9.3m) Schwarzer / Fabianski (9.6m) Gordon / Green (9.3m) Fabianski / Begovic (9.5m) Gordon / Foster (9.7m) Fabianski / Foster (10.0m) You might start getting the idea that Gordon is pretty good value using my stats. This to be expected given the fact that Sunderland lead the league in clean sheets with 11, with no other keeper above having more than 7. Given the lack of clean sheets this year and the unreliability of most of the defenses in the league, I would understand if some owners wanted to spend as little a