Gabriel Martinelli & Julian Alvarez feature in the best Dream Team of Game Week 24
ALL hail John Ilic, Game Week 24’s top Dream Team gaffer!
The West Brom supporter amassed 167 points in what was a high-scoring week.
Let’s take a closer look at his inspired XI to see how he reached that imposing total…
John backed Arsenal to prosper in Game Week 24 and the Gunners repaid him with two wins and back-to-back clean sheets.
Aaron Ramsdale (£3.9m), Ben White (£4.4m) and Gabriel (£3.9m) all contributed to the defensive shut outs against Leicester and Everton, combining for 45 points.
Elsewhere, Ruben Dias (£5.7m) benefited from a favourable match-up in the FA Cup as he took Bristol City for eight points to add to the three he earned against Bournemouth.
Luke Shaw (£4.1m) was rested against West Ham in midweek but he filled his boots at Wembley with an assist on top of Manchester United’s clean sheet in the Carabao Cup final.
The England left-back was booked against Newcastle but a nine-point haul continued his good form.
John’s defensive assets averaged 13.4 points each in Game Week 24 – a gaffer can’t ask much more than that.
Bukayo Saka (£5.1m) missed out against the Foxes but he was superb at home to the Toffees, sparking his side’s rout with a wonderful goal before he assisted another for a return of ten points.
With 128 points to his name in total, the Gunners’ No7 is the third-best asset in his position right now.
Phil Foden (£4.9m) was by far the most successful player of the Game Week with an explosive return of 32 points after a lean period.
Man City’s resident wonderkid produced a “10/10 performance” against the Cherries according to Match of the Day’s Micah Richards to register 15 points and he capitalised on his momentum to take Bristol City for a further 17 points via a brace on Tuesday.
No doubt the 22-year-old will be a popular recruit ahead of Game Week 25 now transfers have been refreshed.
Jarrod Bowen (£3.8m) completes the midfield and he managed to take Nottingham Forest for ten points despite not getting on the scoresheet in West Ham’s comfortable 4-0 win in east London.
The ex-Hull winger assisted one goal and edged out his team-mates to claim the Star Man gong.
John’s decisive masterstroke in Game Week 24 was backing Julian Alvarez (£3.8m).
The World Cup winner scored City’s opener at the Vitality Stadium and provided an assist at Ashton Gate to add 15 points to his total, seven more than Erling Haaland (£9m) mustered this past week.
Gabriel Martinelli (£3.7m) blanked in five consecutive outings prior to his goal against Aston Villa and he emphatically built on that reprise with 22 points in Game Week 24, with 18 of them coming against Everton via a brace.
The Brazil international is one of just eight forwards with 100+ points to their name at this stage of the season.
And finally, no Dream Team is complete without Marcus Rashford (£6.5m) right now.
Man United’s No10 produced 13 points to take his overall total to 240 – he’s chipping away at Haaland’s lead every week.
Great work, John, good luck to you and all gaffers ahead of Game Week 25!