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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Just after a bit of advice, which 2 from the following three would you pick for this week?
Shaw (Liv H) Olsson (AVL A) Ward (SWA A)
Im also feeling brave and going for Adebayor as captain
St Toby – think I’d go Olsson and Ward mate
Saint_toby: Olsson and ward imo but I wouldn’t expect much from any of them..
The armband is on Ade for me at the min.. Have capped Studge for the past 2 weeks i’m feeling beyond brave.
So much so I’m even considering capping Marshall !
Here we go cookster, see if you can be quicker than potty on this one :- which 4 players have worn the number 9 shirt for leeds united in the premier league ? :cuss:
Fowler ?
Vidulka
Jimmy Floyd..
Errrr…
Demi 3 right.
Sorry demi, only 2 right, not fowler.
Smith ?
Nope, cookie said smith, you have jimmy-floyd, rush + viduka, 1 more boys. I gotta go now, be back later to see who got the 4th player.
Elle, obviously Leeds is not my strong point, but i’ll have a stab in the dark:
Yeboah, Viduka, Smith, Fowler ?
Cookie, only viduka right i’m afraid, keep going.
Ian Rush?
The chickens got the third player. :dance:
I’m proud that I only got 1 scum striker correct.
Viduka, Rush, Hasselbaink, Keane ?
Cookie, not keane.
Brian Deane ??
YES Cookie ! I Googled that about 5 mins ago.. IO was wondering how long it would take you to do the same !
Demsie, I didn’t google it mate, love questions like these and the frustration that goes with them, fyi. Sadly I’m old enough to remember Deane at Leeds – I seem to remember he also scored the first ever goal in the Premier League.
Fair enough Cookie my good man.. I myself love it too. But the frustration got the better of me and I had to go Google to get Deane..
I’m old enough to remember him too, just.. Although I don’t remember his face ! But then again, there wasn’t a lot of footie on the telly in those days..
my next guess was Lee Chapman !!
haha Blimey ! He wasn’t there that long was he ?? Great shout on that one
Hi Cookie,
Incidentally did you know that Lee Chapman signed for Portsmouth as he thought it was in London!
Hi Horse, how goes it ?
That wouldn’t surprise me mate, the only good thing about that idiot is his Mrs…that’s before he beat her up and she had her lips ruined….Lesley Ash in Men Behaving Badly……purrrrrrrrrrr
Well done cookie, still top of the class + unstoppable, give yourself a pat on the back. And yes he did score the 1st goal of the premier league, can’t be 100% certain but did he score the last goal of the old 1st division ?
Not sure on that one Elle, but will take your word for it!
Horse, I’m contemplating losing Bony for Adebayor – something is stopping me pressing the button though. The move makes sense in my head, but I have an over-riding fear of being let down by Ade and Spurs…..not for the first time!
Cookie – Teddy Sheringham scored the first ever prem goal did he not?? Howdy by the way
Hey Nin, I think Sheringham scored the first televised (live) Prem goal mate
Cookie – Ah i see, i’ve always thought that that was the first ever prem goal, every day is a school day haha. How is your team looking for the weekend? I just seen that Demel may be injured, rats, that would mean me playing Shaw vs Liverpool haha, not ideal by any stretch!!
Well, 2 of those you copied from me Cookie..
sorry I should have accompanied that post with a :hippo:
Things are fine. I have made my transfer this week Dzeko<Ade and am now sitting tight with my saved FT and waiting to see how things develop over the next few days.
How about your good self?
Bony has done well for you lately.
I guess you will wait until after tonight’s match regarding Ade.
Lambert could be worth a shout too.
Catch you later better get back to work.
McGregor – Adrian
Koscielny – Coleman – Vlaar – Olsson – Gabbidon*
Hazard – Oscar* – Eriksen* – Mirallas – Mata
Suarez – Sturridge – Rodriguez
Starred players are what I’m considering shipping out. Have 1 FT (alerady shipped YYT out for Haz), reckon a 4 point hit is worth it to do Oscar & Eriksen -> Lallana & Ince/Paulinho/Adam?
Ideally I’d just do Eriksen -> Lallana but not got the cash
anyone getting rid of eriksen this week?
he is currently part of a 2 man midfield for me but if his not playing i may aswell take a hit and get him out.
Photek,
The Eriksen conundrum is puzzling, as he was looking like he was settling in, then had a couple of quite games and now cannot get a start.
So I thought I’d do some research for you and logged onto a Spurs fansite to see if anything was being said of him. Not much help I’m afraid, as they too are predominantly baffled, though one person suggested he doesn’t fit into a 4-4-2 – now I may have got this very wrong, but I can’t remember Spurs playing 4-4-2 this season….its always been a lone striker hasn’t it ?
Thanks for your efforts Cookie, appreciate it.
I thought too that they’ve played lone striker all season, 1st Soldado under AVB and now Ade under Sherwood.
I can’t see how the return of Townsend would automatically demote Eriksen to the bench, who, by in large has been good for them lately.
Maybe it’s one of those, ‘stick him on the bench for a couple of games to get him hungry again’
The loss to Norwich could work in his favour. Either way i need to decide if to keep him or not very soon.
Photek,
Wait at least until tonight to see if he features in the Europa game mate. Maybe worth holding him just in case he gets 20mins vs Cardiff…could still notch a brace and set up a couple!
True, i’ll have a look at the line up tonight and see if he features. Needs to do something or else i’m chopping him.
I plan to use my WC after gw29 to load up for 31 so anyone i bring in is most likely for 2 weeks only