Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 12
Welcome to Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 12. Some weeks, the Captaincy article feels rather moot, this week is not one of those weeks. For the most part, many of us simply bounce our armband between Liverpool and Manchester City players, sometimes it works (Sterling GW10 – 11pts), sometimes it doesn’t (Sterling GW11 – 1 pt). With the league leaders facing the Champions in GW12, this feels like as good a week as any to step away from the routine. So, read on for who I think will be the players who’ll most likely reward your sense of adventure in GW12.
Tammy Abraham – Palace (H)
A goal and an assist in the 1-2 win over bottom of the table Watford in GW11 takes Tammy to 9 goals for the season, level with Sergio Aguero and second by just a solitary goal to the game’s top point scorer Jamie Vardy. When the season began, many were hesitant to pick a Chelsea forward with uncertainly over who would actually start week-in week-out for the Blues. 11 game-weeks in and there is no doubt who the main man is. A £7.0m starting price was a gift and that gift has kept on giving. Tammy is the fourth highest point scorer (73pts) and is now the highest owned player in the game (47.4% and rising).
This week he faces a Palace side yet to keep a clean sheet away from Selhurst Park, conceding 9 times in their 5 fixtures. The one caveat to Tammy’s allure is that like his team, Tammy performs better away. Chelsea have scored 18 times on the road this season compared to just 7 at Stamford bridge, and of the 9 goals Tammy has scored, Only 2 have come at home.
Jamie Vardy – Arsenal (H)
The Vardy party is well and truly on and doesn’t look like ending any time soon. Another goal in Leicester’s 0-2 win over Palace at the weekend takes Jamie Vardy to the top of the goal scorers table (10), he’s now the highest-scoring player in FPL (80pts) and this week faces an Arsenal side who have kept just a single clean sheet in their 5 fixtures away from the Emirates this season.
After his 24 goals in Leicester’s title-winning season, many feared Vardy was regressing to what they believed was a more realistic representation of his ability with ‘just’ 13 goals in the following season. However, since Brendan Rogers took over at the King Power, Vardy has proved the doubters wrong. Indeed, no other Premier League player has scored more than Vardy (19) in that period. At 32, Vardy shows no signs of slowing down – literally. Match data shows Vardy is now faster than he was in 2015 – yikes. Leicester like to play a fast, aggressive game, that suits Vardy’s style of play and I expect he will continue to prove that xG data means nothing compared to the ability to be in the right place at the right time.
Raúl Jiménez – Villa (H)
It was always going to be difficult to follow up his debut Premier League season, but in recent weeks Raúl Jiménez is once again reminding us that even at £7.2m he should not be ignored. His goal at the weekend means he now has 2 in his last 3 games and this week he faces a Villa a side who have lost 4 of their 5 away fixtures and are yet to keep a clean-sheet. With players like the aforementioned Jamie Vardy stealing the headlines it’s worth a look at the underlying stats to see how Jiménez has performed in recent weeks. Over the last 4 fixtures, Neal Maupay and Jesus are the only forwards to have had more than Jiménez’s 13 goal attempts, and only Roberto Firmino and Marcus Rashford have created more chances than the 6 Jiménez has recorded in the same period. No team has conceded more shots away from home than the Villians (121) and it would be no surprise to see Jiménez add to his goal tally this coming game-week.
Teemu Pukki – Watford (H)
“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.”
It was all going so well, 6 goals in his first 5 matches, goals against Liverpool and City, Teemu looked the real deal, and then he didn’t. In fairness to Pukki, his regression has more to do with his team’s ability (or lack thereof) not to mention an injury crisis that highlighted their severe lack of strength in depth. Pukki has blanked in his last 6 game-weeks, and despite being sold in droves, he is still owned by a rank damaging 25.5% (those dead teams have a lot to answer for). So why is he here? Well partly to make up the numbers, but mainly due to the opposition, because whilst Norwich are pretty bad, Watford are worse (marginally). A look at the stats shows that only Newcastle (sob) have conceded more than the 13 goals shipped by Watford on their travels this season, the Hornets yet to keep a clean sheet in their 5 fixtures away from Vicarage Road. As the Godfather part 3 quote that serves as the intro to this paragraph suggests, it may be time to head back to the Pukki Party – they have some decent fixtures coming up don’t you know!
Thanks once again for having me, may you be blessed with much greenness of arrows.
Thanks for reading Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 12 This article was written by Rosco.
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Good stuff Rosco! Dunno who to choose now – maybe Darth Vardy (I am your captain Luke!), to play it safe, but also tempted by Jimmie! Maybe next time you could do an experiment and let one of the dogs choose, :big_boss: by placing a picture of each candidate on the ground and seeing which one he or she sits on! A sort of quasi scientific approach. I’m sure one of your hounds would have more success than I have had this year! Cheers mate!
Ross Bark-ley
Hahaha I like this idea a lot!!
That reminds me of the animals that predict matches during each World Cup. Was it a snake last? I remember the octopus
I mean if they seemed to have a pretty good success rate. I’m sure the dogs will do just fine
Can’t do any worse than me!
Is this the way it should be played? Do I have the right defenders benched and do I have the right order on that bench?
C and VC will probably be a last minute decision….
Tough to leave Soya on the bench after his haul vs Palace. Same reason why you are playing Lundstram I suppose. If we’re being honest though the former has a better chance of getting points. I don’t know, I can’t bring myself to bench Lundstram but in comparison to Rico/Tomori it also makes sense to play them ahead of Soya. A gut feeling perhaps then and if that is what yours is telling you then yeah you’re good to go as is.
Pieters also has a good shot at a cleanie!!
Brallin I’m sure a minority of manager are in the same conundrum as you. 4 out of your 5 defenders are probably in most teams.
As it stands my defenders are in the exact same order as yours with soy as 2nd sub.
*majority
I’d play Soy and bench Tomori, Chelsea seem to be like Liverpool at the moment, win but concede.
I’m not sure and not one to judge but think I’d play Soy over Rico because Newcastle have started scoring but I’m not sure what’s going on at Bournemouth
Ok, thank you all!
Who should be in the starting 11 and where I should put the armband on?
Maybe Cantwell as 1st sub this week? If Norwich are going to do anything it should be against Watford and he could be involved. Any of your front 3 could be captain and Kane would be a great differential! Think it’s Tammy for me tho.
Now I see he didn’t start last week…so scratch that. You’ve got it!
I’m thinking cantwell first on bench anyway.
Yes, Cantwell can be a good shout. Tammy is being considered for captaincy along with Vardy. Should I start Rico or Soyuncu?
Cantwell as 1st sub and Vardy/Tammy as capo and you’re set
Tammy don’t do much at home, plays better away.
They need to do captains articles here to help with these questions :dash:
:rofl:
Can I have an opinion over this team please. Should I stick at 12 (6×2) for captain. Is 3 ok in midfield or do you recommend bringing Bernat to get better?
Bernat for sure.
Cheers Rosco! Vardy for me!
Snap! :good:
Please give me your pick for a def 4.9 mib 1ft? Thinking of brining in another SHU def from GW 15, so could be a 3 week fill in.
This is my 2nd team who are doing quite well. Holding cash to bring in McGinn for Dendo next week.
Cheers and thanks all!
Tomori
Willems/Janmaat