Captain Picks Fantasy Football Game-week 36 – Fantasy Premier League 2015/16
No doubles, no blanks, no fun. We’ve all been planning ahead… but not for this one! The captaincy decision still demands our attention though. Using the Triple Captain chip on Sanchez or Aguero for the recent double game-week went down a treat – they, of course, feature here once again – whilst giving the armband to Martial ended in tears: it’s a fine line that must be tread carefully every single time.
This late stage of the season is a strange one; even Leeds have more to play for than half of these teams now. There’s a variety players here: those from teams that are still fighting for something, those with a double immediately after, those who’re playing Villa. Buffet.
Sit back and relax. It’s time to find the perfect antepenultimate captain of the season. Just after I clear my search history of “before penultimate” and “extreme chicken wrestling”…
Sanchez – Norwich (H)
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[/three_fourth]Here’s my skipper for the weekend. Job done. See yous all next season!
Alexis is the best all-rounder of the gameweek I think. He’s grabbed 6 goals and 3 assists in the last 8 games – averaging just shy of 10 points per game lately – blistering form.
He’s on the majority of short-range free-kicks and rarely gets subbed off before 80 minutes too; his drive and energy levels are just what you’d want to see in a captain. I’d love to see him take on Berbatov in a bleep test.
Be wary though. Norwich players will be fighting ‘tooth and nail’ to nick a result here in their bid for survival… just as Sunderland were when they kept Sanchez out last weekend. That said, Norwich’s last match was a 3-0 home loss to Sunderland, which speaks to me. You can’t find a much safer bet than Sanchez for this round.
Form: 8
Fixture: 8
Explosiveness: 8
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Deeney – Aston Villa (H)
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[/three_fourth]Watford have been asleep lately. It’s been a successful season for them: they’re level on points with Everton, who have had a unsuccessful season themselves, as they’re level on points with Watford. Now, with nothing to play for, captaining Deeney would be a risky move I admit… but ‘home to Villa’ just can’t be ignored.
It may be chucking form outta the window but, if The Great Troy Deeney can escape from his 4-match slumber in the Premier League, this would be a fantastic differential punt: a goal in the FA Cup on Sunday to potentially reboot him, a goal-and-assist performance in the reverse fixture, a double game-week immediately after this round. Any takers?
Form: 4
Fixture: 9
Explosiveness: 6
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Carroll – West Brom (A)
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[/three_fourth]At first, instinctively I thought ‘Payet’ and even typed up a full paragraph, before it dawned on me: he – for once – is not the Hammer of interest! Andy’s bagged 5 goals in his last 3 games and, amazingly, the donkey is actually playing like a Noble steed.
West Ham, unbeaten in their last 6 games, face a West Brom side without a win in their last 6 games. Not only are they unbeaten in their last 6 games they are also scoring freely and have found the back of the opposition net 15 times in those 6 games They’re fighting hard to clinch a Europa League spot and I wouldn’t be surprised to see a bullet-header masterclass from Carroll on Saturday afternoon.However don’t be fooled into thinking that the big man is only going to score with his head, in the recent 2-2 draw with Leicester he was the designated penalty take with Mark Noble off the pitch. I kid you not!
Form: 8
Fixture: 7
Explosiveness: 6
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Aguero – Southampton (A)
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[/three_fourth]I don’t particularly fancy this fixture as a huge points-fest but it just feels wrong to leave him out. It was either him or Kane: the loss of hope amongst Spurs fans on Monday night leaves me thinking that Aguero has more to fight for this weekend. Man City have to stamp on van Gaal’s philosophical pilgrimage (crawl) for a Champions League place. There is of course the threat of rotation hanging over every City player, however just like last week I suspect Aguero will start and will come off around the hour mark once the points are in the bag. That’s the theory anyway!
That’s all somewhat pessimistic though. Sergio has netted 16 goals in as many League games and, despite City’s usual chronic homesickness, half of these have come at away grounds. I suspect many will opt for Sanchez and it’s not often that you can have Aguero as a differential captain! Actually… it’ll be quiet frightening if you don’t.
Form: 8
Fixture: 6
Explosiveness: 9
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Defoe – Stoke (A)
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[/three_fourth]It was tough to find 5 decent picks for this round: a mate of mine said “hey, how about you tip a Stoke player, they’re playing Sunderland this weekend” and what a shout that was…
…a terrible shout! So much so that, after seeing their latest back-to-back 4-0 defeats and a 4-1 loss to Liverpool before those, I decided to flip the suggestion on its head.
Compared to others Defoe hasn’t been on fire by any stretch of the imagination – but he regularly pops up with a goal (three in his last six isn’t actually that bad!) and bonus points – which is a very promising trait for a player with *two* home games next gameweek. He has 13 goals to his name for the season and if Sunderland are to survive the drop they will need one or two more big performances from him.
Form: 5
Fixture: 7
Explosiveness: 6
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Note
One name absent here is Riyad Mahrez. The Premier League 2015/16 Player of the Year. I would’ve tipped him, so that we can celebrate with the Leicester fans if he wins them the League, but no: United have only conceded 7 goals at home all season. For me, there are better options this gameweek, even if Mahrez is fighting for the biggest prize of all.
That’s all for now! Good luck and have a great weekend everyone.
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Capos is live! Many thanks James. Mines in the bag already. And all I can say is that it’s definitely one of those above!
Any transfer plans or are you rolling it?
Rolling I think mate. Not looked properly yet, although that’s just from a quick viewing the other night. Hopefully rolling to get as close as possible to the DGW news and then unleashing it all! Carnage will ensue in my squad I feel. Hits galore to fill up with up DGW’ers. And a TC. Can’t wait!
Yeah going that route too. The ‘thing’ here would be to capitalize on one or two of those assumed hits by getting someone to play this one too like Carrol or deeney. That however means you are gambling on their health In one week time and possibly preventing you to go for others that may look better, etc. Maybe rolling it is what makes sense.
I saved Carroll already so he’s going at this one for me. Shame Alexis has such a good game this week actually as I fancy Carroll as capo too, as a sneaky one. We’ll see! Oppo has neither as we speak.
Great stuff james! Alexis for me this week but I’m seriously tempted to purchase carroll or deeney. It would have to be for Kun or Kane though which I’m not too keen about. The other is rashford who has a dgw on the penultime. I wonder if the season will end as it started, with all the cheap forwards garning the big points ! Kun+Kane -> Carrol+Deeney just for the sake of it??
Argh !! It’s just not fun to go sensible on the last games.
Go for it and properly enjoy the DGW’s if you’ve nothing to play for?
Yeah going back and forward with this. ML rival messed his chips Big time without realizing that you cant use more than one per gw… loser!! So a 100 pts gap with BB and TC for him and TC for me. My ‘fear’ here is that We both have Kane and Kun and I dont see him taking any of them this gw, meaning that those moves above would actually expose me to both going crazy or getting a brace with mine perhaps blanking and sitting on a -4. What do you reckon?
100 is way more than enough but even so you see it out sensibly. Nothing daft here. Just go over the gracefully and be thankful you’re playing against people who aren’t paying enough attention!
*over the LINE
Cheers mate. Reassessing after tomorrow’s pool game and friday’s cookie TT. I have a feeling Kun will be benched. Pellegrini has done it before when facing tuff opposition In CL and he hasn’t yet this year. With it without Ronaldo they will score In Madrid ao that’s there chance at a spot In the final. Why risk Kun at southampton with 2 pts ahead of arsenal and playing against them at home next week?
I have a similar feeling. Biggest game for City for years, possibly ever in fact. Why risk your one real match winner who has a history of breaking down at inopportune times anyway?
Hey lads, thanks for the articles. Really choked full of stuff as we try and navigate through the final few GWs yet I cannot make up my mind what to do! What do you reckon? 1ft, 0.4 itb. Leading my ML by 100 but want to be adventurous (like bringing in Long last week for a hit). Don’t mind taking hits obviously especially if it also sets me up for the DGW.
de Gea (Robles)
Bellerin / Rose / Simpson (Gabriel / Sakho)
Sanchez / Payet / Mahrez / Coutinho (Alli)
Aguero / Kane / Long
Hey Sanchez – nice lead you have there mate. Obviously Sakho and Alli are your biggest concerns given both are unlikely to play again this season. Maybe Gabriel also.
I was going to suggest Long to Carroll, Deeney or Defoe before I saw the defence.
Townsend, PvA, Kirchoff, Reid all look like decent options for your biggest concerns. And they all double in GW37.
Sorry for my ignorance but why are people get off Gabriel? – just lost favour for selection by AW or another reason? thanks
Lost his place to Mert, Drexl – with wonderful fixtures in 36 & 38, most if not all will want 3 Arsenal and he is a wasted option and takes up a valuable Gooner place in squads.
Thanks Cookie – much appreciated as ever
Sorry for the late reply but many thanks for them tips Cookie + DMC. Spot on as always. I’ll defo be slowly shifting them now useless imbeciles Alli/Sakho/Gabriel (+ maybe Long to Carroll/Deeney/Ighalo). You reckon Hazard is still risky? Prolly stay away, eh, unless he scores a hatty vs Spurs or some crazy shite like that!
In the same boat Sanchez, as per above. In your case I’d ditch long for one of Carrol , Defoe or Deeney and, if willing to hit, why not a cheap mid with a good fixture and a dgw for the most likely suspended all like Lanzini, khazri or even setpieces watson?
Quick question, defoe or deeney
While i have gomes and anholt
NewbDoe – fixtures probably favour Deeney, while Defoe and Sunderland clearly have more to play for. Not an easy choice.
Can the TC chip be used in the same week as the wild card is used.
Unfortunately not Colonial. The WC is regarded as a chip and it’s only one per week. Sounds like you’re going to have a fun end to the season.
No sir – no two chips (including the wildcard) can be used in the same game-week.
Brilliant article, thanks James. Do love a little Shrek reference in there!!