Our view of the week...

You may have seen our latest 'best team available' packed full of the usual suspects - Terry, Cole, Fabregas, Drogba etc.... But are they really value for money? In terms of points scored per £ ratio, what does the best value team look like? This may well throw up some surprises!

Starting at the back, in goal the best value keep is also the highest scoring keep so far - Sorensen of Stoke with 16.9 points/£. Across the back there are a few shocks with Insua from Liverpool with 13 points/£, Johnson of Birmingham at 12.1 points/£, Dune from Villa at 16.1 points/£ and Cole from Chelsea at 12.5 points/£.

Moving up to the middle of the park we have the highest scoring midfielder - Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas at 18.2 points/£, Bolton's Tamir Cohen at 16.7 points/£, the evergreen Ryan Giggs at 16.9 points/£ and the best value player in the whole game Lee Bowyer of Birmingham at 19.6 points/£.

Upfront we have Chelsea's Drogba, again also the highest scoring striker but also great value at 16.4 points/£ and it's not Jermaine Defoe as most may think but Burnley's Steven Fletcher coming in at 16.8 points/£ who partners him.

Looking at the number of points score per £ value is all well and good but that doesn't necessarily mean they are worth a place in your team - or does it? If you'd have fielded this team from the beginning you'd now be sitting happily at the top of our league with 646 points having only spent £40.8m.

Rooney, Defoe, Drogba = loads of points.

As the season ticks along there is a very prominent trend developing - goals galore! With a hat-trick at the weekend for Rooney, two for Drogba and still basking in the glory of his five the week before, these three must surely be in every team at all costs. What is strange this season though is the lack of clean sheets - with the exception of the machine like Chelsea. I years gone by, a solid back 4 could easily deliver 24-30 points between them. Add a couple of goals from your strikers and the odd assist from midfield and you're on your way to a respectable weekly score. This year however, the focus has definitely shifted. Those usually most reliable (Liverpool, Man Utd, Villa) are shipping goals and there seems to be more frequent high scoring games than in previous years.

So what do you do about this? Well, if you're brave enough you could load your team with attacking talent and leave a dodgy defence. Even the top teams are conceding so what does it matter? Just like back in August when we're all trying to predict the bargain star of the season, it's huge gamble. Can you remember Robbie Keane's four goals in a game earlier in the year? And how many has he scored since?

If you're feeling brave, let me know. I'd love to see how it works out!

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So another week, another win and another clean sheet for both Chelsea and Man Utd reinforcing my previous advice to pack your TFF side with Utd and Chelsea defenders.

It's not all about the defense though with plenty of goals for the top two. Chelsea battered Wolves at the Bridge easing to a 4-0 win with goals from Malouda, a brace from Essein and Joe Cole scoring on his return from injury. In the evening kick off Utd strolled to a 3-0 win over Everton at Old Trafford with Fletcher, Carrick and Valencia on the score sheet.

Elsewhere, Liverpool rescued a point at home to Man City which surely leaves any hope of challenging for the title in tatters. The shock result of the day came at the Stadium Of Light where the ever improving Sunderland beat Arsenal 1-0 with a goal from Darren Bent.

So how do you like the new site design then? I thought it could do with a freshen up to make things a bit clearer and to add some extra functionality like the live scores section where you can monitor matches from every major league in the world live. Any feedback on the new site is welcome - let me know what you think.

So no Premier League games this week as England jet of to Doha to face Brazil in what seems one of the strangest international friendlies in recent memory. With only 2 of the so-called 'first team' likely to take part, it's a fantastic opportunity for fringe players such as James Milner, Wes Brown and Peter Crouch to stake a claim for a seat on the plan to South Africa.

But where does this internation break leave our beloved Premier League? Well, despite claims to the contrary i'm sure Rafa Benitez will be delighted with the break from league action as it will come with a break in pressure and speculation surrounding his job. He may well get the best night's sleep of the season tonight knowing that tomorrow's back pages will be all about England and with many of his stars not joining up with their international team mates (Gerrard, Johnson, Torres) there's not the constant worry of a potential season threatening injury.

As for our TFF league, Wayne Pullinger still leads the way but only 5 points ahead of Jeff Taylor while after a bad couple of weeks i fine myself in 9th place - so much for being the expert!

Apologies to all for not having kept the site up to date over the last month or so, i was busy getting married but i can assure you that you'll now have my full attention!

So the Premier League table is beginning to take shape. Top of the table has a familiar feel to it with Chelsea leading the way closely followed by Man Utd and Arsenal. Despite their own indifferent form of late Spurs still hold the final Champions League spot due to Liverpool's worst run of results in years. Man City can leap from them both is they win their games in hand though.

From a TFF point of view it was a good week to have a defence packed with players from the top 3 as they all kept clean sheets. Bad day for anyone with the usually reliable Jamie Carragher in their team as he was sent of and conceded but despite Liverpool having thrown the title away already, Fernando Torres continues to show that he is the best striker on the planet with yet another goal in the 3-1 defeat away at Fulham.

Some cracking games elsewhere as both Sunderland and Wolves came back from 2 goals down to West Ham and Stoke respectively.

Performance of the day though has to go to Portsmouth Aruna Dindane who netted a hat-trick as the league's bottom club secured only their second league win of the season.