Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 6
Welcome to Captain Picks Gameweek 6! Man City versus Cardiff; Liverpool at home to Southampton. I couldn’t believe my luck. The captain’s article would write itself. I’d barely need to pick up my pen. All I’d need to do was follow the basic rules of journalism: make it early. Make it short. And if you have to, make it up.
However, when I rashly accepted the lucrative offer of writing articles for the site, I didn’t know I would be stepping into a wilderness of mirrors.
European football is now with us. Rotation is certain to feature. Injuries will happen. So I came to realise that being offered week 6 was a test of my prophetic powers. Pass it and the gates open to further riches and prestige. Completely bodge it and the gates will be closed, for ever, to the sound of mocking laughter.
So here we go…
2 attackers
The two K’s feature here, Kun and Kane. GW6 sees the start of a great run of fixtures for Kane. If I owned him, as over 25% of managers still do, I’d be very tempted. He seems immune to rotation and this could be a tough week, rotation-wise. You could counter that the crack Liverpool defence kept him at arm’s length, but there’s no shame in that. However Spurs need to get back to winning habits pronto. Brighton may not be pushovers but Spurs should be able to prevail and you’d fancy Kane to get one or two good chances at least.
There’s nothing I can say about Kun that hasn’t already been said. He must be the most captained player in the history of the game. The goals and assists are flowing like the Salado River. Unfortunately, though, he has started all games so far and if that doesn’t give you the willies, I don’t know what will. So I’ve a relatively modest proposal. Just do anything in your power to infiltrate the Man City press conference later this week: impersonate the popular Jamie Jackson, or disguise yourself as a microphone. Just get in there, whatever it takes in bribes or sexual favours, or both, and ask Pep a direct question, in Catalan, about whether Kun will start. Watch him closely for any rapid eye blinks, nose scratchings, and get the (spurious) gen tweeted out doublequick before you’re slung out on your arse.
In the unlikely event that you own both Kun and Kane, and don’t own Salah or Hazard, work out who you think who would dance the Crab better – and put the armband on the other one.
Off in outlier territory you could think of Vardy, or Aubameyang.
Outer Limit choice: Mitrovic.
2 midfielders
Salah shines like a comet in the darkness of our sombre skies – but there may be cloud cover. You know the risks / attractions of Salah this week. If he plays then you’ll be fine, especially with so many ditching him with the wildcard – and presumably this week we’ll see heavy migration from him to Hazard. Salah has had an insane number of goal attempts, which come at great frequency, and which I’m sure he’ll have plenty of against Southampton. If he starts, and he may well, then he is a very strong candidate for the armband. However…
Hazard is drifting along in a nice understated way, his goals and assists so far completely blowing Salah away. And a lovely tie ahead. He’s on penalties and is tucking them away. The pluses keep building. Chelsea have undemanding European fixtures that may not require heavy first team participation. Hazard will be a very popular choice this week. This may, or may not, play into the hands of Salah owners.
Outliers: Eriksen, Sterling.
Outer Limit: Maddison.
1 defender
GW5 was salutary in that it taught us the wisdom of not captaining a defender. Robertson’s clean sheet vanished in stoppage time. Alonso’s lost his to a hopeful punt and chase. Neither obliged us with an assist. Mendy couldn’t be bothered to turn up, so easy was the fixture.
But I know the argument(s) – Alonso and Mendy aren’t really defenders, they’re wingers. Alonso isn’t shy of going for goal, Mendy is great for assists. But for me Alonso’s goal threat makes him the number 1 choice – if I were rash enough to captain a defender.
Outlier for hardcore defender captain fanatics: Mendy
Outer Limit selection for complete lunatics: why not superdude Wan-Bissaka?
All the best with whoever you choose this week. The captain article always arrives early and most of the recommendations above may be injured by the time GW6 is with us.
But if all works out and players come through unscathed, listen carefully to Klopp and Pep at their press conferences. But I’d pay closer attention to the non-verbal communication. The light glancing off Pep’s pate when a certain word is spoken, or dazzling us from a smile held a second too long by Klopp. If you bump into the latter at your local Lidl, work out if that tune he’s humming is a golden oldie by Shakatak.
Shaq… Shaq… now there’s a differential captain choice.
Thanks for reading Fantasy Football Captain Picks Gameweek 6. This article was written by Kralin.
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Fantastic article! Whoever wrote it is a pretty great guy 😉
Haha. Thank you for the write up Kralin!
Cheers Roccerfeller. And congratulations on your eminently wise decision to get D Silva. My desire to get him in is becoming an obsession.
Great article Kralin – thanks very much 😀
I’m on capo Salah atm, but still have two FT this week, and am debating whether to bring in Kane (to get ahead of the curve if he finds his scoring boots) or Hazard (I’m already way behind the curve on him and worry I may have missed the boat now). Am I also mad to consider getting both of them in and dropping Kun? I’m starting to think that zero City is the only way to cope with the constant Pep-tation threat.
The Pep-tation thing, blimey, I can see both schools of thought. I’m in the choose three, be relaxed about it camp. My reasoning is that the points they’ll get will offset the days of rest. I remember last season we had a lot of this – managers would get rid, then hurriedly get them back. Hence the appeal of KDB last season and to an extent David Silva this. The key thing is try not to second-guess it and be relaxed when it happens.
However to go without them isn’t heresy, a bit like going without Salah. Given the form of Liverpool and Chelsea (and with the likes of Lukaku, who I consider the one who got away from the article) then you can probably compensate.
But I wouldn’t drop Kun myself. Kane…it’s a tough one. I’d be tempted to monitor him (and Spurs) this weekend. Another defeat is unthinkable but they are under a bit of pressure. There’s talk that either a) he’s exhausted or b) not quite right since the ankle injury or c) both.
It would be quite funny if Salah and Kane both scored heavily this weekend.
Thanks K
I think you’re right and I should keep Kun. It means I have to decide between Haz or Kane. I know Haz is the safer choice, but I’m very tempted to go Kane.
I will mull it over…
Haz, Haz or Haz; the choice as ever is yours!
:big-lol:
I think if Spurs and Kane shake off their torpor v B&HA he could be a very good option for the Huddersfield and Cardiff games.
Fantastic write up Kralin thank you.
Should I wc?
First pic my current team
Sorry 2nd pic my current team
1st is wc team.
Only got 1 ft 0.3 in the bank.
Thanks.
Your wildcard side has got chops but the original side isn’t a terrible thing either. It seems more about Hazard really and you’ve grabbed the hot current players. Just make sure the hot current players have hot fixtures into the future. I like the Hazard and Salah pick.
I’m going to assess whether or not to wildcard in the second IB. Eg have a good think about Salah, Hazard, look at the fixtures etc.
Why’s everyone in Italics?
Oops, and great article by the way matey, great stuff.
Thank you. And yes, all in italics for me as well (except when I’m typing it out).
Ah the voice of reason – for the first time this year, direct from his Brazilian homeland to the English Premier League, where he incidentally scores a goal off a header in the first 5 minutes of play; the advocate for holding on to your trades until the dying seconds of the games…..the superdude himself………Kralinho!
Cool Britannia never had a better figurehead!
Thanks for the info – hope to see your witty, informed writing style gracing our pages regularly this year!
Cheerio all!
Oops – should have read ‘dying seconds of the game’ (singular) – referring to holding off trades till 2 seconds before lockout! (Like Liverpool’s answer to King Harold – Roberto ‘poke me in the eye’ Firmino!).
Hey Zorro – does your question ask for who is this clumsy captain? I don’t speak Catalan!
It’s a bit ruder than that, but you’re on the right lines
Will take it as a compliment! Ahh sometimes my good-natured but offbeat and cheeky ‘colonial larrikin’, sense of humour is misconstrued as being rather vague and ‘odd’. Tis all in good fun though! Will try to stick to the subject at hand, which is FPL! Next post will be to seek advice – I swear! I will try not to deviate from the topic! See you all soon!
Nah, we need some humour and sarcasm from time to time mate, you carry on.
Cheers AJW. The King Harold / Firmino angle is good. The eye injury was too late in the day for the article and I’d probably have gone off on an Oedipus angle. So just as well.
You referring to one of those career-defining moments when a sudden realization (won’t say epiphany!) brings ‘walls tumbling down’??? When all you can say is something like ‘Strike me in the eye with a red-hot poker, it’s me mum!!!!’ Don’t tell Roberto about it – wouldn’t want Klopp’s speeches to be undermined by Greek tragedy! 😉
Kralinho!!!!!! Love it!!! :hippo:
Qui és el maldestre capità?
¿El equipo principal de Iván quizás?
Simplement em va colpejar al futbol! I’m running out of Catalan/Spanish now, it’s over 30 years ago, you win my friend.
All you need to catch is the reference to “Ivan el Terrible” and you probably know what I’m saying 😉
ZL, Mitä tarkoitat :pacman:
He means he wants to insult the Ivans!!!!
Hay un poco de retraso en Finlandia 😉
млъкни And yes I cheated on this one. Vulgarians even have trouble with their ABCs ffs.