Greetings once again from Australia, home of the planets biggest and best sporting events.

Before we delve into this week’s instalment, may we all take a brief moment to pay our respects to the institution formally known as English Cricket….

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Heck, who am I kidding?

What a week it’s been (and not just for the cricket). As the fantasy footballing world licks its collective wounds from the bloodbath that was Gameweek 29, and those who’ve stuck it out all season long take stock of the humiliation suffered at the hands of those “ghost teams” who put the cue in the rack by GW5 yet duly delivered top scores (don’t you just friggin hate that? Nothing like putting in weeks of hard work, research, and agonising over team choices only to see your Southampton defender top score with 2!), there was indeed one smiling face among the carnage. Me! Yep, just as blue_moon's "fantasy spotlight" appeared consigned to the inevitability of oblivion, never to see the light of the fantasy footballing day again, everyone decided to have an off day, meaning that I actually did not lose any credibility this past GW. The lawyer in me rightly concludes, therefore, that my credibility must at the very least have been enhanced. Don’t believe me? Well, my “out of the blue moon” fantasy pick Mr “how did I fall over” Steven Caulker scored the same number of points as most defenders in GW 29, an indeed outscored his more popular rivals such as van Aanholt (0), Bellerin (0), Zouma (0) (to name a few). I would call that genius to be fair! Clearly, I know what I’m talking about. So to all you trash-talkers: suck it up, because blue_moon is here to stay J 

OK, in all fairness, and let’s be frank, there’s no escaping the fact that GW 29 was an absolute shemozzle, the likes of which we will hopefully never see again (unless it happens to our mini-league rivals).

If history is anything to go by, though, it must mean we are set for some monster hauls in GW30. Further, with some juicy double GWs on the horizon involving the big guns (QPR & Villa….sorry, Arsenal & Chelsea, to name but two), fantasy pundits can look forward to finishing 2014/15 on a high.

So we reach that hallowed time of the month once again (yes, that time of the month), where we reflect on the forgotten men of fantasy football: Those deserted by the very "football fantasisers" on whose bedroom walls their photos once stood proud; those in respect of whom effigies are now burnt across the globe. Once loved, now maligned. From "must haves" to "differentials". The very scapegoats towards whom online expletives, vitriol, and downright hatred are targeted when that dreaded red arrow (the scourge of fantasy football) graces our webpages.

And so, with thanks and reverence to GW 29, blue_moon's "fantasy spotlight" is given another day in the fantasy footballing sun.

Whom shall I confine to anonymity on and from this week.....

Well, I’ve destroyed a striker (Pelle), ridiculed a defender (Caulker), so it’s only appropriate that blue_moon’s fantasy spotlight shines brightly this week on the midfield.

Which leads me to....

No, not Adam Johnson….

Kevin Mirallas? OK, this is getting weird…

No, no, the one and only: 

MATTHEW PHILLIPS (QPR)

WTF blue_moon, surely not another QPR player? @$#^, does this Aussie actually know anything about football, let alone the fantasy variety??? 

Let me say this, though: Matt Phillips can play. He’s been in and out of the QPR squad this season, having only registered 90 minutes twice prior to GW 24 (and not having played a single minute in 13 of those GWs), but boy has he come to life under Chris Ramsey: 90 minutes in 5 of his last 6 matches, with a goal, 4 assists and 2 bonus points in that time (which incidentally is his entire season tally!). That makes him one of the form players in the league, including the fantasy version! Even Alexis Sanchez (at 6.8m more) would be proud of that return. And his 40-yard goal against Crystal Palace last week only served to highlight his attacking prowess. With George Boyd stealing the plaudits as the budget 5^th midfielder (and therefore bench fodder) of choice (don’t we all wish he was our 4^th midfielder last week!!!), Matt Phillips seems to have fallen under the radar despite his performances in the past few weeks.

He is a man in form, is active on set pieces, and has an attacking eye for goal.

Not even the return of Joey Barton from suspension (why bother?) seems likely to curtail Phillips’s attacking bias. QPR need goals, and lots of them, and Phillips appears central to that cause. We’ve rightly gushed over Charlie Austin this season, but there is little doubt that Phillips is now the attacking fulcrum around whom the QPR engine (really? engine?) revolves. I really like the look of this lad.

And the fixtures are quite promising for the next three matches: Everton (H) (yes, that is now the home fixture of choice for EPL strugglers), then a double GW (West Brom (A), Villa (A)). From there, it gets tough for QPR, as not only do they have a blank GW 33, but then face Chelsea, West Ham, Liverpool and Man City in their next 4 matches. Accordingly, there is a tremendous window of opportunity to introduce a bargain midfielder at 4.6m into your planning for the next few matches. I’m deadly serious – get on this lad. Chris Ramsey has given him a license to roam and to attack, which he’ll need to do if QPR are to survive the relegation scrap. He may just be the messiah upon whom QPR salvation rests…

Best of luck to all.

blue_moon