Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 4
Welcome to Captain Picks Gameweek 4! It’s already Tuesday evening or beyond. GW3 has drifted by and, unless Mitrovic was in your team, it probably left you feeling slightly… flat. There’s now an air of routine to proceedings. Reality even — many gameweek scores dropping below 50 and flurries of 4-point hits have begun to set in; talk of Wildcarding has already surfaced on the FF247 boards and hollered above the gunshots in a certain Colombian neighbourhood.
Transfers aside, there’s an ever-present ingredient in almost every recipe for tear-free gameweek success, exemplified by Salah-vs-Agüero debates and their GW2 returns: the captaincy. After a Friday night of drinking and aimless FPL deliberation, you can only pick one player to take back home, a promising young man to sport your, erm, ‘armband’ for the weekend. It usually looks fairly good on him, granted, but how about on the following Sunday morning? Waking up rough and suddenly feeling your pillow thoughts being plagued by that dodgy, now-ugly, two-point captain failure can be stomach-churning. Who will still appeal in a bright bedroom? Let’s eye this weekend’s hottest offerings and begin that futile deliberation process with a few biased stats and sheet quips.
Sergio Agüero vs Newcastle (H)
In between bouts of hungover sleep, you sense that it’s quite spacious underneath those silky covers, yet you’re not alone. There’s a much-bigger-than-usual bulge protruding to your left and it’s also periodically bobbing at a much-slower-than-usual pace: a gently breathing, peacefully sleeping, adorably little Argentinian man. He’s in the foetal position and looks familiar. Yes, upon further inspection, you recognise his trashy arm tattoos as a flashback unfolds from the darkest depths of your clouded mind. Sergio Agüero. He’s been here before! You daringly invited him to stay over on a cold October night a few years back and, thanks to his physical stamina, you scored 5 times in under 20 minutes. It was a performance to savour; one for the fantasy record books. Having allegedly rattled the woodwork twice last weekend, he then endlessly brags about his more recent forward endeavours, including a similar time that you shared together. Last season, on another dreamy weekend, you scored a further 3 times thanks to Sergio’s efforts. “This has clearly gone too far,” you muse, “but it also just feels… right.” In turmoil, you timidly rouse this beast and ask him to leave for the dozenth time, a request which brings a wry smile to his face: “That’s fine. I’m better off playing at home! Te veo la próxima semana.”
Rosco will undoubtedly be despising the ‘multi-team’ undertones in this post already and it’s only going to get worse for the poor man: Newcastle have now conceded 3+ goals in all 6 of their latest Etihad visits for a PL fixture. You might have noticed ‘7’ for Agüero’s form but it fails to credit his prowess at home, with 14 goals in his most recent 7 matches, halted only once by Chelsea’s visit. Sergio hardly ever wets the bed. You don’t need to read on.
Form: 7
Fixture: 8
Explosiveness: 9
Eden Hazard vs Bournemouth (H)
If the previous imagery was a bit much, please visualise the graphic Sunday-morning bedroom again, only this time with a stench of waffles. Whilst you have slightly fewer irritating hairs on your pillow, there’s not so much room under those sheets, as a perky bum (you’re spared from any skin contact by some blue shorts) is forcing its way across to your side. You confidently ask him (a cocky Belgian midget) to leave this time, outright refusing to give him your ball as you snap, so he kicks you. Lessons learned.
Don’t be fooled by Hazard’s occasional foul play. He’s provided an attacking contribution in every match so far, coming off the bench twice to slip in an assist before tucking away his penalty in Newcastle’s defeat last weekend, and looks rather potent. Bournemouth are no pushovers, but really, Chelsea should be the dominator in this exchange.
Form: 6
Fixture: 7
Explosiveness: 7
Mohamed Salah vs Leicester (A)
Increasing the bulge size slightly further, you now awaken to frizzy hairs all over your chest and face, but each one seems long enough to be public rather than pubic. Several deprived Scouse children suddenly burst into the room, but Mo’s not having any of it, not again. Not on such a fine morning — it’s not even a school day — you’ve trusted last year’s biggest p l A y e r with your captaincy. That’s a hook-up which nearly always yields a satisfying, if not spectacular, result.
Salah’s a quilt-edged armband option; you can’t really go wrong with a player who’s in almost 55% of all squads and averages ~8 points per match. The main bonuses of captaining the FPL community’s 2nd-favourite Egyptian gem (Ahmed Hegazi will always hold that special title) are probably casual-crowd safety and high confidence when waiting for points. You certainly shouldn’t expect any literal bonuses here! Some managers plan to stick with Salah for the season (the vulgarity of that statement has now become disturbingly clear) and this submissive tactic might yet pay off.
Form: 7
Fixture: 6
Explosiveness: 8
Wilfried Zaha vs Southampton (H)
It almost feels inappropriate to bring The Bedroom Treatment out for any old player. You don’t captain a player like this when it’s only GW4 and nobody’s chasing mini-leagues yet, but you probably expect more than just 3 captaincy candidates too, so let’s persist.
Here’s a player who no longer cares about clean sheets now that he’s moved to his favourite position. Often playing up top, Zaha likes ripping nets, with a tendency to… yes, ok, this needs to stop. All you need to remember is that playing Southampton usually ends well for their opponents these days and Wilfried appears to be flirting with double-digit point hauls. Just a little more discipline — a neat assist instead of a yellow card — and he’d sleep soundly. This one seems more like desperation in a last-chance summer fling.
Form: 5
Fixture: 7
Explosiveness: 6
Benjamin Mendy vs Newcastle (H)
If you swap the capitalised letters of his two names – ok, nah, scrap that.
Waking up to find Mendy in your bed probably means that you can’t walk for the rest of the week. His venomous left foot can whip in some lethal crosses; your only real hope here’s that Benjamin doesn’t possess a similarly feisty left hand. He frequently assists by putting balls into dangerous areas — manoeuvres that have recently succeeded multiple times per outing — all whilst rarely relenting from his up-and-down motion. Again, this pick isn’t particularly advisable just yet, but don’t be surprised if he mercilessly beats many popular, household, aforementioned captaincy candidates.
Form: 8
Fixture: 8
Explosiveness: 4
Good luck this weekend, guys, and thanks for tolerating this.
Thanks for reading Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 4. This article was written by jamesimmo.
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Saturday is a big day for SON……S.Korea is in final of Asian Games and will face winner of Japan-Saudi Arabia.
If it’s Japan – which presumably it will be – he could be digging latrines downwind for the next couple of years, poor chap.
It is such an intriguing sideshow. I’d lost sight of him completely a couple of days ago, to the extent I was imagining him organising a football match in no man’s land.
Its S.Korea vs Japan U23 – with couple of exceptions….I am not sure who has a better U23 team….so SON has to do some wonder to avoid playing in Military barrack….anyway for a professional footballer, its a nightmare….21 months is a big time.
Will mouras reign of terror be over when son returns?
Lamela is also there, he will get rotated!
Yep. It’s Alli the greater beneficiary of Son’s absence. He got rotated a bit towards the end of last season when Son/Moura/Lamela where around and ready.
Yo guys
James is this you coming out the closet ? Lol
Enjoyed your article especially because I have all the players you highlighted.
Cheers
Which 3??
Moura / Pedro / Wally / Mikki
Pedro, Wally, Miki for me
Really
Thought Moura was hot pick atm?
I think people are getting carried away. Yeah he’s looked good but he’s always the first one to be dropped or subbed. Spurs have loads of away games. Son is back soon
For me it would be Wally Pedro & miki
any lfc fans here in this community except matt and elle?
I think init is one 😉
+1
Wow 😆
ME! ME! ME!
hey Allan. for real or u kidding ? lol
No for real. This is the season when it will finally happen right?
alright allan. what is your best lfc moment as a fan?
Lfc – Milan 2005
yeahh…13 years old but still one of those cracking night.. my next best moment was when we won the 2nd leg against dortmund back in 2016. some comeback that!
Watch his eresh12:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhwWS3FoQ2g
‘this’
nice kralin
how long u been supporting them?
Oh, for ever.
There’s never been a dull moment.
Curiously you remember the defeats from that era almost as much as the victories. The defeats used to be a real shock, so rare were they. Though there was a weird season where we finished 5th, behind Villa, Ipswich, Arsenal and WBA.
yeah..had too many heart attacks as well..have a fpl mini league fr lfc fans.let me knw if u want to join and ill share the code
That performance against Forest was a thing of beauty!
Plenty of highs and lows for me, mind you i have had my season ticket for 43 years.
wow elle. i been supporting them since 2001.. at least u lived through the glory years
Yes mate, but was there in the lows aswell.
fair enough elle. thanks for the code the other day for the regulars. did u see the code i share to you?
Me Too …why?
hey popz.. no big reason.. just getting to know the users here on the community.. i support LFC bigpopz
Kop warrior is one too.
oh yea..frgot about him.cheers harry
And Cookie
:popcorn:
any news on tom cairney injury
Fulham are hopeful for weekend. However he’s pulled out of Scotland squad already which can’t be a good sign
Fffffflaming hell, Mr M with a question thats not about the site team. :big-lol:
Sort of is and they and presumably him share a mutual ownership and therefore interest.
Anyway, he’s ‘switched’ ankles apparently, whatever that means.
haha fair comment. already used my ft to replace richarlison so if cairney is just out for 1 gw then I’ll hold
Wally?
yeah inittowinit went for wally. can’t say i was entirely convinced and was tempted with Pereira but it was the fixtures that won me over
*Pereyra
This from fulhamfc.com….fwiw.
Team News
Thursday 30 August 2018 14:45
Slaviša Jokanović will be without four First Team players for Saturday’s trip to Brighton & Hove Albion.
Tim Ream and Floyd Ayité are yet to feature this season and remain sidelined, but two casualties from our wins over Burnley and Exeter City have led to further absences.
“Tom Cairney isn’t going to be available for the Brighton game,” Jokanović revealed. “Tom has a foot injury.
“We still need to assess him, but our expectation is that he is going to be available in a few weeks.
“Neeskens Kebano has an ankle problem and he’s probably going to be outside of the squad for four weeks.
“Tim Ream is not available, neither is Floyd Ayité.”
Comes to something when a 92 min Rondon equalizer against Forrest is exciting…. anywho this is my current view from the balcony…. could be worse!
Didn’t add the picture…
You in Blackpool Rosco? 😉
Great minds….
You’re in Blackpool?!
Haha yeah man it’s boss!
Nice view matey. Is that Cosmopolitan or Aria you’re staying at I’m guessing?
Yeah the Cosmopolitan, got a really high floor this year so the views are impressive!
Wow, Paris! 😆
My ‘joy’ was short lived.. Christ it’s shite being a Newcastle fan.
Here’s me for this week! 1 FT already made, any further move would be for -4! Anything you’d change for a hit? I’m inclined to keep Richarlison as it gives me more options during the break!
1) Keep it as it is
2) King —> Mitro -4
3) Richarlison —> Wally -4
#1 for me ZL. Well set for this week.
Cheers mate! Appreciated!