Fantasy Football Captain Picks

Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 5 Welcome to Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 5. We are going back in time a little bit to how we used to do this article with one lone writer giving you a list of players they would consider for the armband. I have taken it upon myself to be that man for this week and I have a few options to choose from, thankfully. There is one obvious option and really, he is the one the vast majority of people will end up going with anyway so I might be wasting my time writing about any other players. I have plenty of time on my hands though so why not use it trying to get water from a stone. I’ll start with the obvious pick… Erling Haaland… there that’s it. I’m not saying anymore as it doesn’t really matter who he is playing against because he’s likely go...[Read More]

Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 4 Welcome to Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 4 The Haaland Fracas… Mr H caused a bit of a McScuffle in our offices this week. Well, sort of. Truth be told it was actually Jamie Mc who did that by announcing that he wanted to take one of the picks this week, but that that pick would be none other than…. Taiwo Awoniyi. Obviously. We won’t go into this now, as he does so himself below, but suffice to say that it was mainly as a differential pick, and to add a little spice to the variety. What it did lead to though was a debate about the actual merits of this article, in light of Haaland’s EO (effective ownership), and the sheer amount of managers picking him regardles (7,142,808 did so this week) of any other viable optio...[Read More]

Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 3 Welcome to Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 3 Last week, we introduced our first in the series ‘Haaland versus . . . ‘ written by OddDane. And Haaland lost! The Norwegian Donkey (joke – I know it’s obvious but I couldn’t risk anyone thinking I was serious), returned 4 points for everyone his owners whilst his oppostion – Mohamed Salah – returned 10 points so won the duel. Of course he would have won it a lot more handsomely had he scored the penalty the first time but he’s obviously a donkey himself (joke, but less so – as the Ed was a captainer this past week). So there you go – even when you go against Haaland and he blanks, the might of his awesome power pulls all others – ...[Read More]

Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 2 Welcome to Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 2 But first, a look at what you could have won – 26 ponts from *checks notes* Erling Haaland won the day last week with Kop taking the spoils – hardly getting a knighthood for that but fair play to him. OddDane was next best with Bukayo Saka bringing home 20 points on Saturday. Rosco ……. well Rosco tried with Rashford. *ruffles hair* the little Geordie scamp…. This week, we have just the two for you – and you’ll soon see why. I have the pleasure to introduce to you the first in a semi-regular “Haaland versus …” series … Take it away OddDane. It´s time to pick a captain again and we´re here to “help” again! Why the quotati...[Read More]

Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 1 Welcome to Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 1 With 45 attacking returns (36 goals, 9 assists) in the 22/23 season, it’s hard to imagine betting against the Norwegian meat shield (that’s Earlng Haaland to the uninitiated!) in any given game week. However, a closer look at his numbers and you’ll see that 30 of those 45 returns came at the Etihad so if you’re going to go against the masses at any point this season then I’d recommend that you limit those dalliances to the weeks that City are playing away. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not recommending that this is something you should do on a regular basis, and indeed there is every chance that in doing so you end up worse off, but on occasion, you ‘might’ end up better off looking elsewhere. With tha...[Read More]

Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 38 Welcome to Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 38. As is now traditional we have invited our many site contributors, in all of their guises, to get involved for one final Captains Picks article for the season. Their remit as usual in this one is simple – say whatever the heck you like! Rosco — Mohamed Salah vs Southampton (A) It’s been a tough FPL season for many, and I include myself in that statement. As I write this, I’m still ranked outside the top 100k and in fact, I’ve yet to spend a single week with a 5-digit rank. Given that my worst FPL final rank to date is 28k, it’s fair to say that whatever happens in GW38, this will be my worst season by some distance. I’ve made peace with it now; my goal is still top 100k but if I don...[Read More]

Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 36 Welcome to Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 36. It’s yet another DGW, although this time only two teams actually double up – Brighton and Newcastle. One of those (as you are about to be told, repeatedly) has ‘the best fixtures this DGW’. The other… not so much! We shall leave the Newcastle analysis to Rosco and Jamesimmo, but just to touch on Brighton, or rather the distinct lack of them in the below, they have Arsenal (2nd) and Newcastle (3rd), both away, off the back of just being hammered 1-5 at home by Everton (19th, then). So make your own conclusions why we don’t mention them as an option, either in the article itself, or in the confessional below it. We couldn’t just leave this as a Newcastle...[Read More]

Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 32 Welcome to Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 32 From the new perma-Captain to the old one? Let’s face it, Haaland has almost single-handedly done away with the need for this particular article this season. Well, the good news is that he’s not got a game this week. The bad news is that his ‘perma-Captain’ predecessor Salah has, and he’s back in form. Bang in form, in fact. All indications are that you should probably just follow this route but we are conscious that some people simply do not own him. Others may not be willing to rip their teams up to do so. Or that others simply need a differential, for mini-league reasons, and with no Haaland to almost certainly punish the latter, then this may be a good week to ...[Read More]

Fantasy Football Captain Picks Double Gameweek 29 Welcome to Fantasy Football Captain Picks Double Gameweek 29 We head into the biggest Double Gameweek of the season with a plethora of options for our captain’s armband. It can be easy when so spoilt for choice to simply default to the obvious picks, whom this week will most definitely come from the red half of Manchester. Both Fernandes and Rashford are more than viable options and the latter will likely be the most captained player this week. So, as ever it might be smart to play the numbers game. Ahead in your mini-leagues and happy with your OR? Stick with the Red Devils. If, however, you’re chasing then there could be better options elsewhere. Below we assess the obvious and perhaps not-so-obvious along with something in between!...[Read More]

Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 28 Welcome to Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 28 Technically, Haaland was the most captained player last week. The good news is that he scored 6 goals this past week. The bad news for FPL’ers is that 5 of those were in the Champions League. His solitary FPL goal left him on just the 12 Captain points. We say technically because that was based on overall stats, and would include many a ghost team, and many a casual player who simply pops the armband on someone and leaves it there. Active player stats show that Toney and Mitoma had higher percentages amongst those who are paying attention. Both sort of got there in the end over their DGW piece, with Mitoma on 24 and Toney on 26. Of the SGW players Kane matched Toney on 26 and both Gabriel...[Read More]

Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 27 Welcome to Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 27 It’s fair to say that last week’s Capo picks were a bit of a let-down! Haaland was the star of the bunch, his solitary assist helping Smash along to 8 (C) points, which just about says it all. Rashford and Saka came up with 4 (C) points apiece, for Gear and Init respectively. The answer was of course Salah and his 41! Who knew… Mo is back on the menu this week, only he has but one game, and so he is up against a (small) raft of ‘doublers’. Let’s go see what Rosco, Matt and Stone Frog make of it all……. Rosco – Toney v Everton (A) and Southampton (A) It’s another double game-week, so if ever there was an opportunity to roll the dice with a cap...[Read More]