Captain Picks Gameweek 28 – FPL Fantasy Football Premier League
Those that captained Daniel Sturridge over Luis Suarez in GW27 were reminded how rewarding getting your skipper choice correct is – while those that stayed loyal to Suarez were again left frustrated not only at him, but also at their own gutless behaviour – me included! Well, GW28 will provide the same dilemma for many, but with a few more supporters for Sturridge, I suspect! But away to Southampton is not the easiest, so let’s go through all the standout options.
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Eden Hazard
It’s been a quiet couple of weeks for the midfielder since his barnstorming hat-trick vs Newcastle in GW25 – but fear not, it’s a short journey down the road for Jose’s men as they take on bottom-of-the-table Fulham at the Cottage, a ground where the Blues haven’t been beaten since 2006. Now with Oscar, Torres, Eto’o, Willian et al all very inconsistent, it’s been Hazard who has been Mr Reliable for Chelsea this season, offensively anyway – and with twelve goals and eight assists to his name already this term, it would be no shock to see him leading the Blues to another win on Saturday. You only have to look at the stats for Fulham – just three clean sheets all season and by far the worst defensive record in the division – jeez even Torres may score!
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Daniel Sturridge
Sturridge has now outscored his partner in crime six weeks in a row and is still owned by just three teams out of ten, so those of you who own him still have a decent differential! The England striker has now scored in eight successive league matches and has added some assists to his portfolio too. Playing central while the likes of Suarez, Henderson, Sterling, Coutinho and Gerrard add the creativity around him, means Sturridge has now overtaken Suarez as Liverpool’s main man up front. Can he continue this great run? Well you would imagine so, given that West Ham knocked three past Southampton last weekend.
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Luis Suarez
A mini-crisis? Has he lost his touch? Being played out wide is certainly affecting his fantasy returns as we have commented above. But we all know that form is temporary, class is permanent and that Suarez’s next goals are not far away. But can he still be considered captaincy material? Well that’s up to you, but it would take a brave punter to turn his back on the undoubted potential, remembering what the striker can and has produced. Four games without a goal for the Uruguayan certainly is a mini-crisis and it may well be that it’s his strike partner who tops the charts again this week.
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Emmanuel Adebayor
“Give him the ball….and he will score” is again reverberating around the Lane. Which, to be fair is better than the droney way they manage to sing “Oh When the Saints Go Marching In”. I guess that’s what day-release does to you. Anyway, back to Ade – inconsistent, but deadly; lazy, but unplayable. Which one will turn up this weekend? Who knows, but eight goals since AvB got the boot suggests he is happy again, though it may be worth considering that seven of these eight goals have come away from home, which is a concern. Saying that, they’re at home to Cardiff, who make Man Utd look solid at the back right now and were thumped 4-0 at home to Hull last weekend! With most of the squad fit again, it would appear that Ade will be presented with a few chances on Sunday – he just needs to break that hoodoo at home if he is to make those FPL managers who will captain him, happy.
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Other possibilities:
Romelu Lukaku – expected to come straight back into the team following injury. West Ham at home suggests Everton will dominate, but will the big striker manage to penetrate one of the division’s more stubborn defences?
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Wilfried Bony – two goals at Liverpool last weekend will have done his confidence the world of good, but the Ivorian striker has failed to net in successive games for the Swans. But Palace away is not the Palace we see at Selhurst Park so chances should come Bony’s way.
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Thanks for reading Captain Picks, this article was written by Cookie
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Cheers Cookie, great article.
I’m leaning to Hazard this week, right now it’s between him and Studge.
Thanks for the article Cookie- much appreciated! Think I’m gonna go with Sturridge for captain this weekend, which means Goofy is due for a hat trick probably! Oh well, at least I’ve got them both in my team for now.
Speaking of which, what do people think about dropping Suarez for Aguero when he’s back fit in time for his DGW? I do have Sturridge already. That would allow me to bring in Sergio without sacrificing too much elsewhere and hanging onto Ivanovic.
Is that genius or mental??
RedVT – Plenty of managers have sold Suarez already, i thought about it too to be honest but have decided against it, once he gets on the score sheet again the floodgates could well spring open, leaving everyone who sold him in big trouble, could you upgrade Rodriguez > Aguero by downgrading Mata?
Thanks NIN. I might be able to upgrade Rodriguez to Sergio, but it would be at the expense of my midfield and defense. I’m already planning on bringing in Yaya and it’ll most likely be Mata to make way.
Lots to think about before then, I guess I’ll see how he does in the next few game weeks and see.
Mind twisting combinations for DGW. Which one is more desirable?
A) YYT + Silva + Jelly (would mean i wont get Aguero)
B) Silva + Aguero + Snoddy/6.5M mid
C) Aguero + YYT + TomHud/Ince/5.5M mid (requires a -4 hit)
Personally I like C, but a hit for that is putting me off, although it could pay off big. Im just afraid that i could be too late on the YYT boat. He might stop scoring.
The B – C) for me, i recently brought in Yaya and had the same worries as you do, he scored pretty much straight away, if you can afford him, then buy him as he could score huge in the DGW’s.
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Hello all, just a friendly reminder to all of you participating in Ultimate FPL. You will see team sheets for 4 games before the deadline for transfers. You will also see team sheets for all of Sunday’s games before the deadline for making subs.. You have 4 free transfers this week and they do not roll over so if you don’t use them, you lose them.
Mito – are transfers in UFPL like transfer windows? For example, after they allow us the free wildcard, we cannot transfer in and out until another date, or is it 1 a week like normal?
No idea on that one, I can only assume is like the regular FPL, since they did not specify a change in what we are accustomed to.
flingy
“There are 3 Gameweeks when transfers can be made in the beta version Ultimate Fantasy Premier League:
Gameweek 1 – 4 transfers
Gameweek 2 – 4 transfers
Gameweek 3 – Unlimited transfers”
This tells me we won’t be able to make transfers after our WC.
If this is true, and that’s how it will work next season, I’d love that.
Thanks Cookie! Ade captain locked and loaded. lets see if he can deliver
Good work Blue. Interesting choice with Lukaku, unfortunately his blank will scare people off. Hammers are tops in clean sheets in EPL, but usually when they get scored on, they get hammered. They have allowed almost 2.5 goals per game when they don’t get a clean sheet. Only team worse than that is Fulham and just barely. I think him or Adebayor would be my choice. Norwich is the second worst in EPL in goals allowed away. Will be interesting if people can stomach captaining someone other S&S.
Ooops they play Cardiff not Norwich, well they are not much better. They are right behind Norwich in giving up goals away.
Fancy Lukaku outscores Suarez over the next month – then again, on current form, its not hard is it ?
Considering Everton’s schedule, I think it’s possible. Loaded with home games and all against relatively bad teams. Their one confirmed away trip is to Craven Cottage.