My FanDuel career has had an – ahem – slowburning start, but last week I finished in the money in the Graham Hunter Podcast Challenge. I am the sum total of £2 richer, which may not buy me a yacht in Barcelona harbour but does give me the bragging rights over the BackPage boys.
Roberto Firmino was the top-scoring FanDuel player thanks to a couple of goals for Liverpool in their 4-1 caning of Leicester in last Saturday’s evening kick-off. I had the Brazilian in my team. I also backed fellow Scot Robert Snodgrass to have a big weekend and his performance, ending with an injury-time goal in Hull’s 1-1 draw with Burnley earned me 41.75 points. Cheers, Snoddy. Michail Antonio’s brace fore West Ham – in their 4-2 defeat by Watford – also boosted my tally.
And so, to this week. After hours in a darkened room – my £2 winnings didn’t cover the electricity bill – here’s my team for this week. Riyad Mahrez is a confidence player and Claudio Rainieri claimed the Champions League theme tune “woke him up” this week. His two goals in Leicester’s 3-0 midweek win over Club Brugge will have given him a huge boost and I expect him to do some damage to Burnley.
Laurent Koscielny has had a strong start to the season at Arsenal, and he is the lynchpin of my defence this weekend. I’m backing Romelu Lukaku to follow his hat-trick against Sunderland with a goal or two against Middlesbrough in the late kick-off.
The entry fee for this week’s league is £5. That means the prize pot is bigger, and in forthcoming weeks we’ll be offering special prizes connected to the podcast, one of which may well take you all the way to the Camp Nou.
If you want to join in, it’s really simple. Log in at fanduel.co.uk/graham and please make sure you use promo code BIGINTERVIEW. That means if you don’t finish in the prizes, you get your entry fee refunded. If you’ve signed up already but not used this promo code, you can still put it into play to get a free shot at the podcast challenge.
Have fun. See you on the app!
Graham.
