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Fantasy Premier League Captain Picks Gameweek 37

Fantasy Premier League Captain Picks Gameweek 37

Fantasy Premier League Captain Picks Gameweek 37

Welcome to Fantasy Premier League Captain Picks Gameweek 37. Spare a thought for DGW37 outcasts Bournemouth, Burnley, Palace, Everton, Hull, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Stoke, Swansea and West Ham; wandering around the wilderness futilely in search of a second helping, like acne-ridden flotsam cast into the social void, while the other half lives it up in shared accommodation with their fine-dining and beautiful spouses. Those with their single games are not welcome in these parts.

This is ‘Wife Swap’ on steroids.

In this week’s episode…

ALEXIS SANCHEZ – Stoke City (A), Sunderland (H)
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[/three_fifth]Alexis is a lucky boy to still be clinging onto his slot in FF247’s Captain Picks. But by virtue of a double-helping of appetising fixtures, he gets another shot at redemption. 2 goals in 8 games does little to justify his hefty price, yet his recent performances have been decent and has clearly retained much of his characteristic verve as the Gunners enter a do-or-die climax to their campaign.

Mark Hughes had done much to improve his stock in Premier League management, with Stoke heading for a top-half finish after a creditable draw at Man City in March. Since then however, their form has dipped markedly and he will now be relieved their 41 points keeps them safe for another year. It’s clear then which team should be the most motivated when Arsenal line-up against the Potters.

Conversely, Sunderland’s victory at Hull showed just what a team can do when there’s nothing but pride at stake. Moyes’ men will arrive at the Emirates keen to upset the odds once again, but it would take a brave man to bet against a certain Chilean pouring more salt onto Tyne-and-Wear wounds.

HARRY KANE – Manchester United (H), Leicester City (A)
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[/three_fifth]By the time Mauricio Pochettino leads his team into White Hart Lane for the final time, Chelsea may already be champions. Ordinarily this would send the FPL community into a spiral of paranoia, second-guessing the implications of weakened team selections. But given the significance of this fixture regardless, such concerns would be misplaced. Line-up schizophrenia can wait for the time being.

Unless you have Man Utd players of course. Mourinho appears to believe that a 5 point gap to Liverpool with a game in hand is somehow insurmountable and thus will continue to shuffle his deck like a croupier being tasered. With such erratic selections in mind, Kane could be up against a disjointed and unfamiliar defence.

The King Power Stadium will be a tough proposition for the Lilywhites, and both teams may struggle to raise their game in what could well be a dead rubber. This would be an ideal time for Pochettino to give fringe players a run out, though Harry Kane will surely insist on game time as he seeks to overhaul the 3 goal gap between himself and top-scorer Romelu Lukaku.

EDEN HAZARD – West Bromwich Albion (A), Watford (H)
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[/three_fifth]Champions-elect Chelsea will be looking to get the job done at the Hawthorns in front of Baggies boss Tony Pulis, as the debate about English managers’ dearth of success in the Premier League era rages on. A narrow 1-0 victory in the reverse fixture suggests that this may be no walkover, as Albion seek to bore their opponents to death, starving them of oxygen and a will to live; like an anaconda slowly reciting its favourite 100 party political broadcasts.

Even though the title may be settled by the time Watford trudge in, this will be the Blues’ trophy-waving victory lap in front of their own fans. Expect a Harlem Globetrotters-esque showboating extravaganza, with Conte perhaps choosing GW38’s finale against Sunderland to experiment.

As for Hazard himself, there’s little that his 15 goals and 9 assists don’t already say on his behalf. He has 3 games to get the 24 points he needs to overtake his personal FPL record of 233, achieved in the year he was crowned Player of the Year. Curiously, while 11 of his goals have come at Stamford Bridge, most of his assists have come away, so he should have something for everyone this week.

DIEGO COSTA – West Bromwich Albion (A), Watford (H)
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[/three_fifth]Diego Costa hasn’t missed a single minute of action since GW22, so one would think he’s a safe bet to see out the full 180 in a DGW that has many of us fidgeting uncomfortably over the availability of players over the full stretch.
Performance-wise, the Far East distractions that surfaced in January clearly put Costa off his stride for a while, but he’s looked focused again during Chelsea’s title run-in. “I am the owner of my future”, says the Spanish International, quite rightly asserting his sovereignty, and who knows where that future will be? However, the owners of his FPL strawman couldn’t care less right now and will be expecting exceptional returns in his next two fixtures.

In recent weeks Costa has favoured picking off the weaker opposition, scoring decent points hauls against Bournemouth (8), Southampton (16), and Middlesbrough (6), while blanking against the likes of Man City, Man Utd and Everton. With games against West Brom and Watford looming, and noting that both opponents allowed him to score in the reverse fixtures, owners may wish to put their bibs on now in anticipation of a feast.

KEVIN DE BRUYNE – Leicester City (H), West Bromwich Albion (H)
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[/three_fifth]We all love a catchy football chant, don’t we. One harks back fondly to Zamora ‘hitting row Z’ and Peter Crouch’s ‘feet sticking out the bed’; but in terms of lyrical wit and incisive social commentary, nothing quite matches the zeitgeist-defining genius of “Oooh, Kevin De Bruyne (repeat)”.

Even while the pack has shuffled around him, KDB has been largely a mainstay in Pep’s new world order, missing only two games all season. Taking this into account, a return of 5 goals seems relatively meagre until you realise he’s hit the woodwork 9 times. But this guy is a latter-day Robin Hood, unselfishly giving to others on an astonishing 15 occasions. The Belgian has more assists than at a Freemason lodge circle-jerk.

The visits of Leicester and West Brom are covered fully in an unhelpful critique below (spoiler), but suffice to say Kev will be expecting 2 victories as City continue their pursuit of Champions League football, in a league that is already almost bereft of teams that actually still give a toss about what happens between now and the end of the season. In this respect Manchester City are a beacon of hope for FPL fans.

GABRIEL JESUS – Leicester City (H), West Bromwich Albion (H)
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[/three_fifth]Ok, let’s get something straight. It’s pronounced ‘Zhay-zoose’, not ‘Jee-zus’. So all those oh-so hilarious puns have been in vain. Stuff like, “Jesus is due a goal, well…. he’s Jew-ish.” and “I’ve just cashed in on Aguero and bought Jesus. I sold him for a prophet.” are all henceforth utterly redundant. It’s immature and inherently incorrect, so let’s all just please move on from this.

Since Sergio Aguero tweaked his groin at the Riverside Stadium, demand for Kun’s 20-year-old Brazilian heir has reached almost biblical proportions. With 65k transfers in so far this week, and an ownership percentage rising seemingly by the hour, having Jesus at the top of this captain pile is probably preaching to the converted. Two full games into his second coming and he’s already amassed a goal and an assist, bringing his full repertoire to 4 goals and 2 assists in 4 starts for the Citizens.

The first of two home games sees a tale of two cities as the rejuvenated Foxes come to the Etihad. Craig Shakespeare has been a revelation for Leicester in the wake of (allegedly) ousting Ranieri. Such a betrayal, if true, would put him up there with Marcus Brutus and Judas Iscariot, so watch out Jesus. Tony Pulis doesn’t evoke such obvious literary connotations, though after those 5 games without scoring, ’50 Shades of Grey’ came to mind.

The Baggies shocked the footballing world with a double against Burnley last weekend, so who knows what goal-fest awaits us in the second of Man City’s double-bill. The smart money is on it being one-sided target practice, but don’t take that as gospel, it’s not necessarily a nailed on win, Jesus isn’t good on crosses, he’s just a very….. (Editor opens trapdoor)

Thanks for reading Fantasy Premier League Captain Picks Gameweek 37. This article was written by Bry Cooper


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  1. 37
    Red Robbo says:

    Evening fellow FPL addicts

    Thanks for the useful article Bry, and to the other writers and regulars for their hard work all season helping all us numpties out with their teams.

    Two gameweeks left, and for some of us things are going right down to the wire. I feel a bit like Baldrick, about to go over the top, except I’m still lacking a cunning plan!

    Currently 42 points behind my mini-league leader, which should just about be doable – but only if I can get a couple of extra good differentials into my team. I have bench boost to play, he has triple captain left so I imagine will play it in gw37. As he seems to have covered a lot of my squad when wildcarding a week after me I could do with a couple of extra differentials to plug the gap – at the minute I only really have the Spurs players attack wise. Defensively I have a slight edge overall so not to worried there – I can sell one if funds are needed.

    My squad is in the picture attached.

    His likely team next week is:

    Caballero
    Gabriel, Stephens, Kompany
    Hazard, King, Ozil Sanchez
    Jesus, Gabi, Costa

    Subs – Jaku, Daniels, Ake, Carroll

    He has 1FT and 0 ITB. I have 2FT and 0.1 ITB.

    The player I most want rid of is Gabbiadini, but there’s really nobody else in his price bracket so I can either upgrade or downgrade him (eeek…that would mean Anichebe!!). If I upgrade then the realistic options that I can think of are Welbeck and Defoe.

    Anyone else I should consider who has a DGW?

    To enable Defoe or Welbeck I would need to sell King, so probably Matic would be the best in that price range. To get Giroud I would sell Vertoghen.

    Downgrading to Anichebe would get me Pedro/Fabregas/Sterling/Sane instead of King. Unfortunately I can’t see any way of getting KDB without selling Hazard or Sanchez, one of whom will be his TC next week.

    I’m kind of going round in circles with the options so grateful for any thoughts. On balance, I’d probably prefer to get some extra Man City coverage…the question is how best to do it. Given I’m quite a bit behind, is it worth considering the nuclear option of Sanchez>KDB and Gani > Defoe/AN Other? If nothing else, it would make things interesting!

    Thanks for any advice.

    Robbo

  2. 38
    igy4 says:

    I’m chasing down what is now a 37 point lead by my ML rival, which was over 100 a few weeks ago! I’ve got 14 dgw players to his 7 (potentially 8 as he has made a transfer already this week). I have BB and he has TC left which I’m hoping to soften any damage by potentially captaining the same player (long shot I know). Thoughts on what to do with this team? Should I look to ship Gabriel out and who for? Should I look to change King for a dgw player or should I switch Gabbiadini for someone in form? Thanks for all suggestions in advance.

    • 38.1
      Mitro says:

      Show us your opponents team igy4?

      • igy4 says:

        Hey Mitro! This was his team last week but he has made one transfer already this week.

        • Mitro says:

          Mmmm do you think he will go with hazard or Costa for TC?
          Maybe do Gabriel to either clichy or holding? Or you could cover llorente my bringing him in for gashadini

          P.S you are going to smash the fuck out of your opponent this week with your team 😉

        • igy4 says:

          It is likely he will TC a dgw player and most likely Hazard or Costa. He has captained Haz for the last few weeks. As much as I want rid of Gabbi, I’d do it for someone with a dgw in order to try and get more points than he does. Can we be safe in saying Gabriel won’t play so he would be the ideal change?

          I really hope my team smashes his this week! It will all depend on his TC and how well my BB works out!

  3. 39
    saloba11 says:

    evening guys, looking for advice, i could replace alli with either hazard or Kdb. 1) would you do it 2)who for out of the two?

  4. 40
    hammers says:

    Evening all,

    Given that Gabriel seems to be out of favour now, and also that blind could be a major rotation risk would you take a -4 & swap them for holding and alonso ( or any other Chelsea defender)

    Cheers

    • 40.1
      TheDreamers says:

      hammers – I’d definitely swap them – not sure on Holding though as his place is dependent on Kos and then on Holding V Gibbs for a ft place

      • hammers says:

        Cheers dreamers,

        If kos is fit would it not be kos, mustafi +1 with nacho moving out to the left replacing Gibbs?

        • TheDreamers says:

          It is certainly possible hammers. Its also multiple changes for one player when Kos could just come in for Holding. Gibbs has also played well by all accounts.

          I’m tempted to chance him myself btw. Just not sure

  5. 41
    TheDreamers says:

    So I’ve Gabriel with 1 FT and 0 ITB.

    I’ve Sanchez, Alli, Ozil, Hazard and Kane if I wanted to round up more money.

    Main competition has Cech and Monreal at the back (and I have no Arsenal coverage). Both of us have BB.

    What trf (trfs) do you think I should do?

  6. 42
    saloba11 says:

    Bailly just been sent off somisses final if united get there. Is he less likely to be rotated then?

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