Berbatov

This gameweek Middlesborough pulled out the biggest shock of the season by far when they upset Chelsea 2-1, Viduka netting a late winner at the death. On the Fantasy League front it was Portsmouth defenders and Tottenham midfielders and forwards who did well; today we take a look at Dimitar Berbatov, Tottenham's new striker.

Thie week Jenas and Lennon both accrued a cool 8 points for their efforts against Sheffield Utd, and Berbatov did well to score a goal and set up another. Pre-season the bookies had Berbatov at 25-1 to take out the Golden Boot across the Premier League, but on a club-by-club basis he was the clear favorite to be the top goal scorer at Tottenham. As far as Fantasy uptake is concerned he is the 8th most popular striker after gameweek 2, and after the first two matches is one of the few strikers in the League to have played all 180 minutes.

At £8.0m pounds he is a medium-priced striker who, thus far, has fielded good returns. However in the next four games Tottenham face Man Utd and Liverpool away, so do not expect a massive goal haul in the short-term. Things get easier after that tho, with Portsmouth, West Ham, Aston Villa and Watford, before facing Chelsea, Reading, Blackburn and Wigan.

Aside from the Chelsea game, if Berbatov is going to score goals this season, you would expect several of them to come during that 8 game window.

Tottenham have a bye in Gameweek 15, but a double-header in Gameweek 16 against Arsenal and Middlesborough.

In the last week 5927 players transfered Berbatov into their squad, so he is certainly a popular fellow at the moment. The eight million pound question is: Will he be able to keep his popularity up?

Sky Sports managed to grab a few words from the man himself in this article "Berbatov hungry for more"