FPL Bible

FPL Bible's debut season has seen the development of one of the best Fantasy Premier League blogs.

By Sanjay Jo, Puvan Raj and Abi Barathan

The FPL Bible was established in March 2012, by Sanjay Jo and Puvan Raj. The FPL Bible has since developed a reputation across the globe, and with the addition of Abi Barathan to the team. Since then, fans of FPL Bible have asked and been invited to join the team next season.

The FPL Bible heads off on a break until the start of next season. Of course, for keen managers looking for a head start to next season; a guide for next season shall be published before the season kicks off. We wish our followers and fans the best of luck in their quest for FPL points in the remaining gameweeks.

As for this season, we would like to state the winners of the categories we measured this season:

Total Wins: Puvan Raj (5)

PPP Highscore: Puvan Raj (12.6)

Top Player Highscore: Puvan Raj (17)

Worst Gameweek: Sanjay Jo (34)

Moneyballer of the Year: Sanjay Jo

By Puvan Raj

Top 5:

Cisse (Newcastle) - 15 Points

Pogrebnyak (Fulham) - 4 Points

Hibbert (Everton) - 11 Points

Sturridge (Chelsea) - 7 Points

Sigurdsson (Swansea) - 5 Points

Other Picks:

Defoe (Tottenham) - 1 Point

Torres (Chelsea) - 19 Points

Dempsey (Fulham) - 6 Points

Krul (Newcastle)  - 5 Points

Suarez (Liverpool) - 17 Points

Jelavic (Everton) - 14 Points

Top 5’s Total Value: £29.7

Top 5:

Hibbert (Everton) - 11 Points

Adebayor (Spurs) - 15 Points

Jelavic (Everton) - 14 Points

Cisse (Newcastle) - 15 Points

Huth (Stoke) - 5 Points

Other Picks:

Mata (Chelsea) - 17 Points

Terry (Chelsea) - 11 Points

Dempsey (Fulham) - 5 Points

Gallas (Spurs) - 8 Points

Eagles (Bolton) - 3 Points

Van Der Vaart (Spurs) - 22 Points

Top 5’s Total Value: £34.2

Top 5:

Hibbert (Everton) - 11 Points

Petrov (Bolton) - 7 Points

Jelavic (Everton) - 14 Points

Pienaar (Everton) - 16 Points

Cisse (Newcastle) - 15 Points

Other Picks:

Terry (Chelsea) -  11 Points

Bale (Tottenham) -  14 Points

Adebayor (Tottenham) - 15 Points

Ben Arfa (Newcastle) - 5 Points

Suarez (Liverpool) - 17 Points

Dempsey (Fulham) - 5 Points

Top 5’s Total Value: £31.2

Hibbert (Everton) - Double gameweek, cheap, some clean sheet potential. A minimum 4 points are available here, which will pay for his transfer in. A clean sheet or a lucky goal could be on its way.

Adebayor (Spurs) - With Bale on his worst form, and Van Der Vaart not playing a full 90 minutes this entire season, let this Togolese man lead Spurs to victory. He's had his moments, come on Ade, one more.

Jelavic (Everton) - Jelavic, double gameweek, cheap. If you have the space for him, the question is why you don't already have him?

Cisse (Newcastle) - Cisse is a top class player, the BPL's best player at the moment. He can't stop scoring, and now he has twice the number of chances. Twice the number of points? 20? God knows.

Huth (Stoke) - A long shot, but hey! Stoke do nothing more than defending for 90 minutes, and that's credit to Huth - he's a top defender, what on earth is he doing at Stoke...

Other Picks:

Mata (Chelsea)

Terry (Chelsea) 

Dempsey (Fulham)

Gallas (Spurs)

Eagles (Bolton)

Hibbert (Everton) - At 4.7m, he is an excellent bargain for this double gameweek. Games against Fulham and Stoke provide solid chance of clean sheets especially on Everton's current form. 

Petrov (Bolton) -  As far as Bolton players go, Petrov is on decent form at the moment. Yes, they dont have the easiest of fixtures, but I can see him chipping in a goal or an assist at the least. If not, there's always the 4 points for just playing

Jelavic (Everton) - 2 goals against United last time out have set him up quite nicely for this double header and means that he has now scored 4 goals in his last 2 games. Considering the apparent ease of his fixtures, he looks likely to bag a couple of goals this week. If you're willing to go for it, Id say he makes a solid choice for captain this week.

Pienaar (Everton) - Been in impressive form recently for the Toffees, with 2 goals and 3 assists in his last 4 games. Banking on him to continue his form this gameweek as well.

Cisse (Newcastle) - Can you find someone on hotter form at the moment? Didn't think so. 

Other Picks:

Terry (Chelsea)

Bale (Tottenham) 

Adebayor (Tottenham)

Ben Arfa (Newcastle)

Suarez (Liverpool)

This gameweek, we introduce our new 'Gameweek Preview' layout. It's less wordy, and focuses more on predictions.

United go into this gameweek in first place, but will they finish it in second place?

By Sanjay Jo and Puvan Raj

This gameweek, Puvan takes a look at two fixtures: Everton vs Fulham, and Manchester City vs Manchester United.

Everton vs Fulham

Everton have produced some great performances of late, culminating in last week's unbelievable fightback against Manchester United. Nikica Jelavic and Steven Pienaar in particular have been stunning for them. However, Fulham have their own form man in Clint Dempsey who has been a sensation for them this season. On balance though, I feel that Everton will have enough in their tank to see out the Londoners in this fixture, especially with Fulham's shocking away form, which has seen them win just twice in their last 6 games.

Manchester City vs Manchester United

This is the big one. Without a doubt, this should decide which half of Manchester will get their hands on the title. City looked to have discovered their form recently, with Sergio Aguero and Carlos Tevez proving to be a particularly devastating partnership. The two have scored 9 goals between them in their last 3 games alone. On the other hand United have suffered a bit of a blip, losing to Wigan and drawing against Everton. Rooney seems to be scoring goals without playing particularly well which is always good, but what really interests me is their defense. They were shocking against Everton and should they play like that against City, they will be obliterated. Despite being a derby game, for me this match has only one outcome: City beating United and carrying on to win the title. 

Here are Puvan's gameweek predictions for some of the matches:

Everton 3-1 Fulham 3-1

Sunderland 0-1 Bolton 0-1

Chelsea 2-0 QPR 2-0

Man City 2-1 Man Utd 2-1

Liverpool 2-2 Fulham 2-2

Chelsea 1-1 Newcastle 1-1

Bolton 1-3 Spurs 1-3

Cisse (Newcastle) - Four of my 5 picks are from teams playing two games in this gameweek as realistically you're looking at a minimum of 4 points from each of them. Cisse is probably the safest bet as he is an absolute monster at the moment. Even though one of his games is against Chelsea I still think he can get plenty of goals.

Pogrebnyak (Fulham) - It's between Dempsey and Pogs, but Demps doesn't seem to perform as well away from home so I see Pogrebnyak getting a goal or two in his two games.

Hibbert (Everton) - Everton's main bunch of points are most likely to stem from the stoke game as opposed to against Fulham and for some reason I see Hibbert doing something.

Sturridge (Chelsea) - Drogs hasn't been favored for BPL games recently due to the champions league so Di Matteo may choose to rest him for the first game so I chose Sturridge as he's the most likely striker to play.

Sigurdsson (Swansea) - Sigs is the only player in my 5 picks who is only playing one game but that one game is against Wolves who have absolutely nothing to play for so pretty easy decision.

Other Picks:

Defoe (Tottenham)

Torres (Chelsea) 

Dempsey (Fulham)

Krul (Newcastle)

Suarez (Liverpool)

By Sanjay Jo

We've decided to make our Overviews a little shorter, just to save ourselves and yourselves time. A few talking points include Arsenal and Chelsea's boring 0-0 draw, many manager would've benched Arsenal and Chelsea defenders for this fixture, with expectations of a Chelsea win or RVP goal. However, for those who sold RVP, it proved to be a great decision. Staying at North London, Spurs have slumped to yet another defeat, which will probably have you reconsider the decision of getting Bale, Adebayor or VDV for the upcoming double gameweek. As for Manchester United, Pienaar rose to the occasion along with on-from Jelavic. If you're looking for a striker for next gameweek, Jelavic is your man. Pienaar also can prove to be a suitable replacement for the off-form Sessegnon. A sentence about the club with the worst manager, Liverpool (Dalglish's Failures FC) lost to West Brom. Dalglish has proved, yet again, that he should be sacked; John Werner, if you're reading this, he might be a Kop legend, but he's taking Liverpool nowhere (unless we win the FA cup, then again give him an ultimatum for the Europa League trophy). Meanwhile, Manchester City rode to victory against Awful FC (Wolves) reigniting their title chase. As for those who played for the double gameweek, Eagles, Petrov, N'Zogbia. They were the big names.

Top 5:

Siggurdsson (Swansea) - 2 Points

Dempsey (Fulham) - 5 Points

Yaya Toure (Man City) - 2 Points

Evans (Man Utd) - 0 Points

Sessegnon (Sunderland) - 3 Points

Other Picks:

Bale (Tottenham) -  2 Points

Rooney (Man Utd) - 13 Points

Aguero (Man City) - 6 Points

Di Santo (Wigan) - 1 Point

Nani (Man Utd) - 15 Points

Top 5’s Total Value: £34.6

Top 5:

Evans (Man Utd) - 0 Points

Dempsey (Fulham) - 5 Points

Aguero (Man City) - 6 Points

Duff (Fulham) - 2 Points

Ben Arfa (Newcastle) - 3 Points

Other Picks:

Tevez (Man City) -  5 Points

Bale (Tottenham) -  2 Points

Siggurdsson (Swansea) - 2 Points

Cisse (Newcastle) - 11 Points

Holt (Norwich) - 2 Points

Moses (Wigan) - 2 Points

Top 5’s Total Value: £38.4

Tevez (Man City) - 5 Points

Dempsey (Fulham) - 5 Points

N’Zogbia (Aston Villa) - 11 Points

Evans (Man Utd) - 0 Points

Ben Arfa (Newcastle) - 3 Points

Other Picks:

Bale (Tottenham) - 2 Points

Rooney (Man Utd) - 13 Points

Sigurdsson (Swansea) - 2 Points

Cisse (Newcastle) - 11 Points

Sessegnon (Sunderland) - 3 Points

Duff (Fulham) - 2 Points

Top 5’s Total Value: £40

Tevez (Man City) - He's found a good rhythm with Aguero (who could also be bagging some points). Wolves' Hennessey is out injured, which will allow Aguero and Tevez better chances of scoring. Aguero doesn't generally play well away from home, but Tevez could either pick up the goals or the assists this time round.

Dempsey (Fulham) -  Strong at home, I speak of both Dempsey and Fulham. Wigan are on form, but if Fulham are to pick up all 3 points, this is the man they need.

N'Zogbia (Aston Villa) - Villa have the double gameweek now, N'Zogbia is likely to make both appearances (or so I hope). If not, look out for Barry Bannan. Theres a minimum 4 points out here (which pays off a 4 point transfer cost). To enter the profits zone, N'Zogbia will be looking for goals, assists and clean sheets. A good boost would be the fact that both Villa's matches are at home!

Evans (Man Utd) - Evans is cheap and he's a good defender. He get's his clean sheets, as well as extra bonus points from time to time. A good investment, unless Jelavic has something to say.

Ben Arfa (Newcastle) - Strong, affordable and on form. Ben Arfa has secured himself a starting position for the remainder of the season given his current form. Time to shine, again.

Other Picks:

Bale (Tottenham)

Rooney (Man Utd) 

Sigurdsson (Swansea)

Cisse (Newcastle)

Sessegnon (Sunderland)

Evans (Man Utd) - Everton's away form is proper shocking, while United at home are beasts. A clean sheet and maybe an assist look quite likely. 9 points for just £5.6m? Thats a steal.

Dempsey (Fulham) -  Hard to find someone on hotter form at the moment. His last 3 games have yielded 36 points. He tends to beast at home, and I can see him getting a couple of goals against Wigan despite their solid form at the moment.

Aguero (Man City) - Aguero and Tevez are both on top form at the moment, so it it was hard to pick between them. However, Aguero being £0.7m cheaper swung it in his favour. With City seemingly back to their best and Wolves in abysmal form, I can see both of City's strikers having a field day. 

Duff (Fulham) - All the talk about Fulham will be focused on Dempsey, but I have a feeling that this gameweek belongs to Duff. Almost £3m cheaper than Dempsey, he is definitely one to consider, since Fulham are strong at home and he has an excellent track record. He is also in decent form with a goal and 2 assists in his last 3 games.

Ben Arfa (Newcastle) - Surprisingly only owned by 6.9% of FPL managers, he is on fire at the moment. Between him and Cisse, Newcastle look set to beat Stoke this weekend. Also a cheap call at £5.9m, he will for sure get a decent amount of points.

Other Picks:

Tevez (Man City)

Bale (Tottenham) 

Sigurdsson (Swansea)

Cisse (Newcastle)

Holt (Norwich)

Sigurdsson (Swansea) - He found his goalscoring touch last gameweek and with Bolton's exceptionally poor defence I reckon he may get another couple again.

Dempsey (Fulham) -  Wigan are on exceptional form at the moment but now they have 5 points between themselves and the relegation gap at the moment and they've finished their terrible fixtures of Chelsea, United and Arsenal consecutively I reckon they'll take their foot off the pedal for this game. Also, Dempsey always manages a goal at home.

Yaya Toure (Man City) - To be honest I'd choose Aguero in a heartbeat as a pick for points but I want to change my picks up a bit so I'm choosing Yaya as advice for this week. Coming back from injury, he only played 28 minutes against Norwich and managed to get 7 points! City look absolutely monstrous at the moment; I'm not looking forward to the Manchester derby at all

Evans (Man Utd) - Everton are shocking away from home and United have the most solid defence in the BPL.

Sessegnon (Sunderland) - Sunderland are in a slump at the moment but I do believe they can come out of it against Aston Villa whose defence were absolute shite against United on Sunday.

Other Picks:

Bale (Tottenham)

Rooney (Man Utd) 

Cisse (Newcastle)

Aguero (Man City)

Di Santo (Wigan)

Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United. Chelsea should be on that list, unfortunately the FA and the referees are unbelievably substandard. Wigan's recent matches show us that the relegation battle is more demanding than the title race. Roberto Martinez's contract also ends this season, so it's not just a fight for survival, it's a fight for his job.

by Sanjay Jo

This Gameweek, we'll look at Arsenal vs Chelsea, Fulham vs Wigan, and Manchester United vs Everton.

Arsenal's slump against Wigan shouldn't convince people that they cannot win this match. Arsenal are strong at home, look at that form, it's all wins until Wigan! Additionally, people might wonder, what's happened to van Persie? Well, he scored 3 goals at Stamford Bridge earlier this season, van Persie loves the big games. Chelsea, who demolished Spurs 5-1 in the FA Cup Semi-finals and played a strong defensive match against Barcelona, continue their tough run of fixtures against Arsenal - knowing that a 2nd leg match at Nou Camp is on it's way. Questions that may come about will regard Chelsea's probable rotation. I would predict a close match. Another key point is the fact that Mikel Arteta is out injured now.

Prediction: 2-2

Key Player: Robin van Persie (Arsenal) and Juan Mata (Chelsea)

Wigan's sudden last minute resurrection makes you think twice about this fixture. If Wigan weren't on this sudden streak, I'd be almost certain Fulham would win. Wigan have produced wins against the big teams (except Chelsea and Manchester City). Another big team (or so you could say) is Fulham-at-Craven-Cottage. So, will Wigan win this one? They could. As much as you want to say no, isn't that what you said before they played Arsenal and Manchester United (ignore Liverpool in this case, Liverpool are on pathetic form). Wigan are good, their previous results will boost them - they'll fancy another 3 points here. Fulham, however, have had 1 weeks rest and should be prepared to win this one. Their impressive home form, and Dempsey's strong home performances point towards a good display. As much as you might think Wigan might just surprise you again, perhaps they won't underestimate Wigan unlike the 'big' clubs.

Prediction: 2-1 

Key Player: Clint Dempsey (Fulham) or Victor Moses (Wigan)

For Rooney, up next is a home clash with Everton – a game he notoriously tends to struggle in. David Moyes seems to know just how to nullify Rooney’s attacking threat, with the Toffees likely to sit tight and give their former player little space to operate in. However, the likes of Young (will he dive again?), Valencia and Nani could make a difference here. Jelavic could conjure some magic, but I have a feeling Everton might just go home empty handed after a terrific display.

Prediction: 1-0