Fantasy Football - Week 4 Update

Please find below the points for each team for Week 4 vs Hamilton.


 Player Points

Zwick - -2pts
Dixon - -2pts
McGowan - -2pts
Durnan - -5pts
Donaldson - -2pts
Souttar - 2pts
Rankin - 2pts
Spittal - 2pts 
Erskine- 2pts
Murray- 2pts
Bodul - 2pts

Connolly - 2pts
Muirhead - 2pts

No MOM this week.

 Team Selections

Adam Bremner (@AdamBremner21)   -1pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Morris, Souttar, Sneijder, Dow, Connolly, Muirhead & Bilate.

Alan Alexander (@AKC2PHOTOGRAPHY)   4pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Dillon, Morris, Paton, Rankin, Telfer, Sneijder, Murray & Bodul.

Alan Reid (@AlDo_DUFC_No1)   -1pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Sneijder, Dow, Connolly, Bilate & Muirhead.

Alex Alexander (N/A)    0pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Sneijder, Connolly, Telfer, Bilate & Muirhead.

Alex Mallet (@Eck85)    -7pts

Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Morris, Donaldson, Paton, Rankin, Erskine, Connolly, Dow & Muirhead.

Andy The Arab (@Andy_The_Arab)    -5pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Erskine, Spittal, Connolly, Fraser & Muirhead.

ArabyzeThis (@ArabyzeThis)    -7pts

Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Erskine, Spittal, Connolly, Rankin & Muirhead.

Ben Graham (@BentheGraham)   -3pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Rankin, Erskine, Fraser, Muirhead & Bilate.

Bruce Montgomery (@monty19941   -7pts

Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Rankin, Spittal, Erskine, Bilate& Bodul.

Calum McKeznie (@zilla1984)   -5pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Telfer, Connolly, Fraser, Erskine & Bodul.

Ceres Arab (@CeresArab)   -7pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Telfer, Sneijder, Johnson, Bodul & Muirhead.

Darren Reid (@darrenreid0410)   -3pts

Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Rankin, Erskine, Sneidjer, Bodul & Bilate.

David Syme (@S23YME)   -3pts

Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Sneidjer, Telfer, Erskine, Bilate & Johnson.

David Wilson (@davewilson1980)   -0pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Sneijder, Dow, Erskine, Murihead & Bilate.

Ewan Haldane (@haldanearab)   -3pts

Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Morris, Donaldson, Telfer, Erskine, Dow, Connolly, Bodul & Muirhead.

Ferry Arab(@SamFTD83)   -5pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Fraser, Bodul, Spittal, Erskine & Muirhead.

Graeme Webster (@sneckiearab)   -7pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Telfer, Erskine, Sneidjer, Souttar, Bilate & Muirhead.

Graham Lockhart (@dufc5)   -5pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Spittal, Souttar, Sneidjer, Telfer, Erskine & Bodul.

Helen Young (@loistheliar)   -7pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Telfer, Spittal, Connolly, Murray & Bilate.

Jack (@Jack_Wag17)   -7pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Rankin, Erskine, Sneijder, Bodul & Muirhead.

James Young (@JammieYoungFTD)   -7pts
Szromnik, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Rankin, Erskine, Telfer, Bodul & Muirhead.

Joe Breen (@JBreen8)   -7pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Rankin, Dow, Erskine, Bodul & Bilate.

Kurt Herd (@KurtHerd)   -5pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Telfer, Erskine, Sneijder, Bodul & Bilate.

Liam McGraw (@lmcgraw93)   -5pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Rankin, Telfer, Sneijder, Erskine & Bodul.

Linzi Craig (@linzicraig00)   -5pts

Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Rankin, Erskine, Telfer, Bodul & Bilate.

Lorna Moffat (@lorna_m1)   -5pts

Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Murray, Telfer, Erskine, Bodul & Muirhead.

Mr Silverback (@silverbackarabs)   -7pts

Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Rankin, Erskine, Telfer, Spittal & Bilate.

Oliver Campbell (@OllyCampbell7)   -3pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Sneijder, Telfer, Erskine, Bilate & Muirhead.

Our DUFC (@Our_DUFC)   -3pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Rankin, Spittal, Connolly, Bodul & Muirhead.

Sean Crossan (@seancrossan_)   -5pts

Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Telfer, Erskine, Sneijder, Bodul & Bilate.

Stewart (@BCBX2)   -1pts

Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Paton, Spittal, Erskine, Bodul & Muirhead.

Trio (@triodtk)   -3pts

Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Rankin, Sneijder, Connolly, Dow, Bodul & Muirhead.

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Hamilton Accies vs Dundee United

A catastrophe. Due to such a poor outing, there's no report as I don't want to watch extended highlights of it!

Ratings provided by Ferry Arab.

Player Ratings

Luis Zwick

Position(s) Played: Goalkeeper

Match Rating: 5/10

AZT Season Average: 6.50

Comments:

N/A

Ryan McGowan

Position(s) Played: Right Back

Match Rating: 5/10

AZT Season Average: 6.75

Comments:

N/A

Paul Dixon 

Position(s) Played: Left Back

Match Rating: 5/10

AZT Season Average: 6.50

Comments:

N/A

Coll Donaldson

Position(s) Played: Centre Back

Match Rating: 5/10

AZT Season Average: 6.75

Comments:

N/A

Mark Durnan

Position(s) Played: Centre Back

Match Rating: 5/10

AZT Season Average: 6.75

Comments:

N/A

John Souttar

Position(s) Played: Centre Midfield

Match Rating: 5/10

AZT Season Average: 6.00

Comments:

N/A

John Rankin

Position(s) Played: Centre Midfield

Match Rating: 5/10

AZT Season Average: 5.67

Comments:

N/A

Blair Spittal

Position(s) Played: Left Wing

Match Rating: 6/10

AZT Season Average: 6.75

Comments:

N/A

Chris Erskine

Position(s) Played: Attacking Midfield

Match Rating: 7/10

AZT Season Average: 6.75

Comments:

N/A

Simon Murray

Position(s) Played: Right Wing

Match Rating: 5/10

AZT Season Average: 6.25

Comments:

N/A

Darko Bodul

Position(s) Played: Striker

Match Rating: 5/10

AZT Season Average: 5.50

Comments:

N/A

Substitutes 

Aidan Connolly

Position(s) Played: Right Wing

Match Rating: 6/10

AZT Season Average: 6.67

Comments:

N/A

Robbie Muirhead
Position(s) Played: Striker
Match Rating: 6/10
AZT Season Average: 6.50
Comments:
N/A

Match Analysis

Nope. I'm not watching this one, no way!

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Fantasy Football - Weekly Update

Please find below the points for each team for Week 3 vs Dundee.


 Player Points

Zwick - 0pts
Dixon - 0pts
McGowan - 0pts
Durnan - 0pts
Donaldson - 0pts
Souttar - 2pts
Rankin - 4pts
Spittal - 15pts (MOM)
Connolly - 2pts
Fraser - 2pts
Bodul - 2pts

Murray - 2pts
Telfer - 2pts
Erskine - 4pts

 Team Selections

Adam Bremner (@AdamBremner21) - 4pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Morris, Souttar, Sneijder, Dow, Connolly, Muirhead & Bilate.

Alan Alexander (@AKC2PHOTOGRAPHY) - 10pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Dillon, Morris, Paton, Rankin, Telfer, Sneijder, Murray & Bodul.

Alan Reid (@AlDo_DUFC_No1) - 4pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Sneijder, Dow, Connolly, Bilate & Muirhead.

Alex Alexander (N/A) - 6pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Sneijder, Connolly, Telfer, Bilate & Muirhead.

Alex Mallet (@Eck85) - 10pts

Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Morris, Donaldson, Paton, Rankin, Erskine, Connolly, Dow & Muirhead.

Andy The Arab (@Andy_The_Arab) - 21pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Sneijder, Spittal, Connolly, Fraser & Muirhead.

ArabyzeThis (@ArabyzeThis) - 25pts

Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Erskine, Spittal, Connolly, Murray & Muirhead.

Ben Graham (@BentheGraham) - 12pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Rankin, Erskine, Fraser, Muirhead & Bilate.

Bruce Montgomery (@monty19941) - 27pts

Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Rankin, Spittal, Erskine, Bilate& Bodul.

Calum McKeznie (@zilla1984) - 14pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Telfer, Connolly, Fraser, Erskine & Bodul.

Ceres Arab (@CeresArab) - 6pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Telfer, Sneijder, Johnson, Bodul & Muirhead.

Darren Reid (@darrenreid0410) - 12pts

Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Rankin, Erskine, Sneidjer, Bodul & Bilate.

David Syme (@S23YME) - 8pts

Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Sneidjer, Telfer, Erskine, Bilate & Johnson.

David Wilson (@davewilson1980) - 6pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Sneijder, Dow, Erskine, Murihead & Bilate.

Ewan Haldane (@haldanearab) - 10pts

Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Morris, Donaldson, Telfer, Erskine, Dow, Connolly, Bodul & Muirhead.

Ferry Arab(@SamFTD83) - 25pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Fraser, Bodul, Spittal, Erskine & Muirhead.

Graeme Webster (@sneckiearab) - 8pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Telfer, Erskine, Sneidjer, Souttar, Bilate & Muirhead.

Graham Lockhart (@dufc5) - 25pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Spittal, Souttar, Sneidjer, Telfer, Erskine & Bodul.

Helen Young (@loistheliar) - 8pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Telfer, Johnson, Connolly, Murray & Bilate.

Jack (@Jack_Wag17) - 12pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Rankin, Erskine, Sneijder, Bodul & Muirhead.

James Young (@JammieYoungFTD) - 14pts
Szromnik, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Rankin, Erskine, Telfer, Bodul & Muirhead.

Joe Breen (@JBreen8) - 12pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Rankin, Dow, Erskine, Bodul & Bilate.

Kurt Herd (@KurtHerd) - 10pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Telfer, Erskine, Sneijder, Bodul & Bilate.

Liam McGraw (@lmcgraw93) - 14pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Rankin, Telfer, Sneijder, Erskine & Bodul.

Linzi Craig (@linzicraig00) - 14pts

Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Rankin, Erskine, Telfer, Bodul & Bilate.

Lorna Moffat (@lorna_m1) - 10pts

Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Sneidjer, Telfer, Erskine, Bodul & Muirhead.

Mr Silverback (@silverbackarabs) - 27pts

Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Rankin, Erskine, Telfer, Spittal & Bilate.

Oliver Campbell (@OllyCampbell7) - 8pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Sneijder, Telfer, Erskine, Bilate & Muirhead.

Our DUFC (@Our_DUFC) - 25pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Rankin, Spittal, Connolly, Bodul & Muirhead.

Sean Crossan (@seancrossan_) - 10pts

Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Telfer, Erskine, Sneijder, Bodul & Bilate.

Stewart (@BCBX2) - 23pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Souttar, Paton, Spittal, Erskine, Bodul & Muirhead.

Trio (@triodtk) - 8pts
Zwick, McGowan, Dixon, Durnan, Donaldson, Rankin, Sneijder, Connolly, Dow, Bodul & Muirhead.

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Dundee United vs Dundee

Well, the first Dundee derby of the season was a bit of a cracker wasn't it? They usually are in fairness. I turned up at this game brimming with confidence due to our newly forged defensive pairing and a solid away win on the weekend. 

Connolly earned a start after an impressive outing at Fir Park and Fraser kept his place in the side but out on the right, allowing Rankin to return to the side. 

Player Ratings

Luis Zwick

Position(s) Played: Goalkeeper

Match Rating: 6/10

AZT Season Average: 0.00

Comments:

TBC

Ryan McGowan

Position(s) Played: Right Back

Match Rating: 8/10

AZT Season Average: 0.00

Comments:

TBC

Paul Dixon 

Position(s) Played: Left Back

Match Rating: 7/10

AZT Season Average: 0.00

Comments:

TBC

Coll Donaldson

Position(s) Played: Centre Back

Match Rating: 8/10

AZT Season Average: 0.00

Comments:

TBC

Mark Durnan

Position(s) Played: Centre Back

Match Rating: 7/10

AZT Season Average: 0.00

Comments:

TBC

John Souttar

Position(s) Played: Centre Midfield

Match Rating: 6/10

AZT Season Average: 0.00

Comments:

TBC

John Rankin

Position(s) Played: Centre Midfield

Match Rating: 6/10

AZT Season Average: 0.00

Comments:

TBC

Blair Spittal

Position(s) Played: Left Wing

Match Rating: 9/10

AZT Season Average: 0.00

Comments:

TBC

Aiden Connolly

Position(s) Played: Attacking Midfield

Match Rating: 7/10

AZT Season Average: 0.00

Comments:

TBC

Scott Fraser

Position(s) Played: Right Wing

Match Rating: 6/10

AZT Season Average: 0.00

Comments:

TBC

Darko Bodul

Position(s) Played: Striker

Match Rating: 5/10

AZT Season Average: 0.00

Comments:

TBC

Substitutes 

Chris Erskine

Position(s) Played: Right Wing

Match Rating: 7/10

AZT Season Average: 0.00

Comments:

TBCv

Charlie Telfer
Position(s) Played: Attacking Midfield
Match Rating: 7/10
AZT Season Average: 0.00
Comments:
TBC

Simon Murray

Position(s) Played: Striker

Match Rating: 7/10

AZT Season Average: 0.00

Comments:

TBC

Match Analysis

Before the game I scoffed that "Dundee didn't have enough to trouble us up front". Consider my hat well and truly eaten! The movement of the front three was as good as any I've seen at Tannadice in quite some time.

Hemmings, Loy and in particular Stewart, were doing a great job of dropping deep and pulling the defence out of position. This left space for the other two strikers to run into and Harkins will thread those passes through all day. The task of containing them was made even more difficult due to the fact all three forwards were interchanging and switching who dropped off, removing any kind of pattern that the defence could acclimatise to. 

United dropped deeper to prevent the space in behind. Whilst this made it difficult for Dundee to get in behind, it gave Harkins more space and time to dictate the play. United fell into the old habit of standing off the opposition after a good pressing effort in the first ten minutes. Despite Dundee’s domination, United managed to make it to half time with a clean sheet thanks to an incredible double stop from Zwick. 

The second half started roughly the same way the first half ended but two things were about to make a massive impact on the game - the injury of Kevin Thomson and the introduction of Simon Murray and Chris Erskine. 

The injury of Thomson made a huge alteration to the way Dundee setup. Harkins was the playmaker pulling the strings in the midfield but now he had to play the defensive midfielder role. The first issue there is that he doesn't do it as well as Thomson does, and the second is that McGowan isn't the playmaker in the middle of the pitch that Harkins is, therefore the main attacking threat was lost.

United were able to play higher up the pitch due to a combination of Murray pressing the defence to get rid of the ball earlier and the removal of Harkin’s through balls as he was playing much deeper.  This left Dundee’s front three to feed off long balls from the back, which was not their strength. United were now able to step it up a gear and get their ball players some possession. 

It was this possession higher up the pitch that led to Spittal getting the ball at the edge of the box and fire home after some sensational footwork. United were in full flow now, moving the ball quickly and driving at Dundee. Erskine found Spittal again with a fantastically weighted ball to make it 2-0. Again, this was made possible by the possession in the opponent’s final third - something that was extremely limited in the first half. 

The game really opened up at this point, with Dundee trying to push forward but United looking pacey on the counter attack. We were moving the ball around quickly and Souttar was starting to dictate the game just as Harkins had in the first half.  
United could have added a third during this spell but instead of finishing the game off, Dundee went up the other end and scored. Yes, it was a very impressive finish from Stewart but he was given far too much time at the edge of our box. Rankin could have closed things down earlier in the move and Dixon was guilty of letting him get onto his preferred foot. Either way, Dundee had a mountain of momentum behind them now. 

United still looked dangerous and were seeing the game out well in the corners.  Murray managed to work himself into a position to finish the game off but an incredible save denied him. A game of fine margins indeed. It was to be another strike from the edge of the box that led to our downfall. Zwick failed to palm a Harkin’s shot clear of danger and McPake punished him for it. It was a hard one for the young keeper but one I don't think we'll see that from him too often. 

Overall, a draw is probably a fair result if you include the dominance of Dundee in the first half but losing a two-goal lead is always going to feel like a loss. United looked much better in the second half with a sense of energy from the double substitution. If we can keep this in our play moving forward and press the opposition more aggressively, we will see more good results than bad. 

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