Valencia's prolific striker David Villa is back in the 200 Club, players with an overall FTBL score of more than 200 points. He scored the second goal in yesterday’s 2:0 win over Real Valladolid in La Liga to beat the 13-point plank he faced and push his tally up to 202.39 points.

In our opinion, this is the time for FTBL fantasy owners to consider buying Villa, because he is unlikely to further increase in value in the near future; his plank to beat in the next game at No. 11 Sporting Gijón will be 17 points. Sporting have proved very difficult opponents for Valencia in the last 4 encounters, scoring them 9 goals and conceding only 1 defeat.

Then Villa will have to “defend” 32.8 points for the clobbering of Villarreal. Only after that game will the sky clear somewhat and a purchase become more or less safe; his combined plank in the following 2 games will be just 9 points.