Fantasy Football Captain Picks

Negotiating DGW25 and Blank GW26 Part 2 A big(ish) DGW? All aboard! Choo, choo, etc… This one comes with a big caveat though; it is followed by BGW26. B being for Blank, not Bad, although either could be equally applied. Either way, it makes both very difficult to negotiate: Do you go all in on 25 and maximise its potential points? Do you do so knowing that you will simply leave a mess to contend with in 26? Do you find a fine balance instead? There is no right answer here (well, there will be, but we can’t reveal what that was until GW27!). All we can do is plan the best that we can, and of course then hope for the best. In the meantime we thought it may be helpful to ask a bunch of our team how exactly they are going to approach it all. If you missed Part 1 then please click ...[Read More]

Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 24 Welcome to Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 24 Ok, so the man who almost made this article redundant, both last season, and early this, is finally back. But he’s not hit the ground running. Yet. And for clarification we are on about Haaland here, not Matt, Init or Gear. The question then, is whether you simply ‘trust in the process’ and go straight back to perma-capo mode, or give him some more time to bed in and ‘re-prove’ his worth? Not only has he not scored though, you would be hard pushed to have even noticed that he was on the pitch on Monday, at times. But then how many times have we said that and he’s still been stood there holding the match ball at the end. If not him, then who? Well, it turns ou...[Read More]

Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 22 Welcome to Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 22 Kop — Richarlison v Brentford (H) Where have all the quality capo options gone? – Salah? Headed off to the AFCON and is now injured. – Son? Helping South Korea qualify for the last 16 of the Asian Cup. – Haaland? Hasn’t featured since GW15 due to injury. Granted, he could feature against Burnley on Wednesday night, but are you brave enough to hand him the armband? – Saka? Just one goal in his last six games! – Watkins? Just a goal and two assists in his last seven games! In a world of such uncertainty and inconsistency, who would have thought that Richarlison would be someone you could rely on! He is however a picture of consistency at present with six goals in his...[Read More]

Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 21 Welcome to Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 21 Oh dear. Salah and Son have gone on their jollies. Haaland is MIA. Even Bowen limped off at the end of his game on Sunday. Add in that this weird GW ahead is split into two, with 7 prem teams having FA Cup replays in the middle of it, and 5 of those being prior to their actual GW21 fixture and it’s all a bit of a mess! We may actually have to put some actual thought into this one. Thankfully Rosco and Swirly are on hand with some suggestions for you. And then there’s the ‘confessional’ at the end, just to confuse matters even further… In light of these changes, many fantasy football enthusiasts are turning to platforms like Mostbet to engage in some friendly bettin...[Read More]

Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 13 Welcome to Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 13 Following a GW11 drought, GW12 brought points galore, especially from a captaincy perspective: first Salah with 16 points and then Haaland matching him via his testicles. GW13 sees them facing each other… in a ‘dreaded lunchtime kick-off’ no less! Could either of their prospects be less appealing this weekend? Let’s find out. Swirly — Son vs Aston Villa (H) I often like to take a look through the history books and see how players have fared against what will be their future opposition. In this case, it pains me as a Villa fan to say that the Korean has a rather excellent record against the Villans, having scored six and set up another in the seven times Spurs have played...[Read More]

Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 12 Welcome to Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 12 Well what a week that was in FPL! The absolute car crash of Gameweek 11 in the points was obviously correlated in the captain amounts. Haaland – 1 point Salah – 2 points Watkins – 2 points Son – 2 points So congratulations to everyone apart from Kop (Haaland) who ‘won’ the captain pick – a three-way tie on 2 points. Lordy! It has to be better this week. Right? Stone Frog – Kieran Trippier v Bournemouth (A) OK, at first look this might at first seem a bit of a left field pick, but bear with me. Since GW5 Newcastle have been on a decent unbeaten streak, with 5 wins and 2 draws. During these 7 games Trippier has been on a fantastic run of points scoring (8...[Read More]

Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 11 Welcome to Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 11 Kop – Haaland v Bournemouth (H) In the words of Dear old Delia… “Where are you?! Let’s be ‘avin’ you! Come on! Before I’m accused of becoming as doddery as Delia, of course I’m referring to those of you who opted against giving the armband to Haaland in GW10. Apparently, not giving the armband to Haaland has become a thing over recent weeks, but I’m simply referring to GW10. So as to remain transparent, I should highlight that I myself gave the armband to Salah in GW10. So many of us were seduced by Salah vs Forest, Watkins vs Luton and Son vs Palace. I’ve had a quick scan through the top 20 in the Regulars League and only one manager gave Haaland the armband, 16 went with Salah, while th...[Read More]

Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 10 Welcome to Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 10 Haaland may have finally got a goal last week, and a more acceptable overall return to go with it, but you can’t help but think that the days of ‘perma-capping’ him may be somewhat over, at least for the time being, anyway. Why? Well, simply because there are other candidates emerging now who are proving themselves to be just as consistent as he once was, and all with better fixtures ahead this week, to boot. (And then he goes and gets a brace in the Champions League…!). If you insist on going with him regardless, then fine and good luck, but if not here are the best of the rest, according to Init, Matt and Swirly… Salah vs Forest (H) – Matt X 5, 5, 5, 8, 10,...[Read More]

Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 9 Welcome to Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 9 Gameweek 8 was ‘won’ by Swirly (read on though, it wasn’t much cheer for him) as he pitched for Mohamed Salah in Gameweek 8 who romped home with 30 (THIRTY POINTS) ! Some jokers were dazzled by Spurs at Luton and although admittedly Maddison picked up an assist, neither he nor Son were given much of a sniff. Haaland at Arsenal – hardly as much as a kick. We now set ourselves up for Gameweek 9, over to the team …. With Haaland facing Brighton at the Etihad he’ll be mass-captained and it’s going to take some serious onions to go against him. If like me don’t have him there is simply no choice, fortune favours the brave and all that! So, regardless of ...[Read More]

Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 8 Welcome to Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 8. The purpose of this article has seemed less important since last season, you could even go so far as to say it’s become redundant most weeks entirely. What’s the point in myself and the other writers at this site telling you ‘The best captaincy picks’, knowing full well you’ll stick it on Haaland before the deadline? Well, I believe it’s time for a change. I’m having a bad season; I had a bad season last year and I’m not really enjoying the game and in truth haven’t in a long time. Why am I telling you this? Well, I blame the robot. There I said it, some people won’t agree with me but yes, I am blaming Earling Haaland, for sucking the fun out of FPL and in part I’m holding him responsible for my...[Read More]

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]