Fantasy Premier League Captain Picks Gameweek 10

Fantasy Premier League Captain Picks Gameweek 10

Welcome to Fantasy Premier League Captain Picks Gameweek 10. Considering the fact that we are already 9 weeks into the season now is probably the time when we start to take our captain picks even more serious than before! Those of us who have struggled throughout the opening game-weeks are sticking to the excuse that to date we haven’t taken things seriously. How difficult it is to get our capo right? Let’s just take a quick look at the highest three scorers in each of the past 3 game-weeks.

GW9
– Shaqiri 15pts
– Cahill 14pts
– Reid 14pts

GW8
– Stanislas 21pts
– Allen 16pts
– Holebas 15pts

GW7
– Koscielny 15pts
– Firmino 12pts
– Costa 12pts

So as you can see it’s not that easy to forecast who’ll be the highest scorer every week. But at the end of the day you don’t need to have the game-weeks highest scorer as your capo you just need to have someone pick up a goal or an assist, or for those of you insane enough to go with a defender, a clean sheet. With all the clean sheets that were about last week perhaps those who went with a defender weren’t that insane…

Anyway let’s take a look at those players who you ‘might’ want to give the armband to this week.

1. The Arsenal midfield (away vs Sunderland)
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[/three_fifth]Messrs Walcott, Ozil & Sanchez have been in devastating form of late. In fact such is the form of Walcott & Ozil that Sanchez has been somewhat left in the shade these past three game-weeks. Last weekend both Sanchez & Walcott proved to be popular captain choices, and what happened? Oh yeah, the Middlesbrough defence somehow held the Arsenal to a scoreless draw. Let’s just hope their Northern brothers don’t do likewise this week. The stats over the last three games suggest Walcott is the man to captain this week and he’s backed those stats up with a goal and two assists. If stats don’t interest you and you want to go with someone who has the potential to get that really big score then Alexis is the man for you. If you want to captain a differential then Ozil is the one as he currently features in just 8.7% of teams. What happened the last time Arsenal went up to Sunderland? 0-0! The fact that it’s the early game on Saturday is likely to put some of you off the Gunners but you’ll regret it when they run riot at Moyesies expense.

2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (home vs Burnley)
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[/three_fifth]Why Zlatan? Well why not? He is after all the greatest footballer on the planet. At least that’s what he would like you to believe and after he scored four goals in his opening four games the United fans amongst us were quickly becoming believers. You’re not in France anymore Zlats. The last time Burnley visited Old Trafford United won 3-1, this was of course back in the good old days of LvG. Having been butchered by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge last Sunday United will be hoping for an easier ride on Saturday afternoon and there is in fact some reason for optimism. Burnley have lost three from three on their travels this season conceding 9 times in the process. Given his current form giving Zlatan the armband is undoubtedly a gamble but if he’s going to reignite his season it could very well start on Saturday.

3. Roberto Firmino (away vs Palace)
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[/three_fifth]Aside from the visit of the Manchester United bus in GW8 Liverpool have been scoring rather freely of late and this sees them top of the scoring charts along with Manchester City on 20 goals. You would think that this would lead to an obvious candidate for the armband? Unfortunately it’s not that easy as the goals continue to be shared out amongst the midfield. You could easily make a case for Coutinho or Mane, but this week we’ll make the case for Firmino. With it becoming more & more apparent that Daniel Sturridge does not fit into the new Liverpool style (in the league, anyway) Firmino is likely to continue to take up the most advanced position in the Liverpool attack. It’s just a pity he’s not a natural goal scorer because if he was he’d be an automatic choice for the armband every week. He’s already scored three times this season but anyone who’s watched Liverpool will tell you it could easily be double that. However the fact that he’s getting in position is a good sign and this is why we’ve opted for him this week. When Liverpool last visited Selhurst Park Firmino got himself on the scoresheet. Let’s hope he can do so again on Saturday evening.

4. Etienne Capoue and Troy Deeney (home vs Hull)
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[/three_fifth]Having conceded 22 goals in their opening nine games Hull have the league’s worst defensive record. Oh and they’ve conceded 11 of those in their last two away games. So it should come as no surprise to see both Capoue and Deeney included this week. With four goals and an assist in his opening five games Capoue started the season like a house on fire, unfortunately he’s failed to produce any attacking returns in his last four games. It’s lucky for him and his owners that he’s playing Hull this week. Deeney’s season hasn’t caught fire yet but he has shown the odd spark here & there. His recent stats are actually better than Capoue’s and for those of you looking to take advantage of Hull we’d opt for Deeney over Capoue.

5. Sergio Aguero (away vs West Brom)
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[/three_fifth]After contributing 0 points over the past 3 game-weeks (yes you read that right, a golden duck!) Aguero is going through a patch which is quite rare by his standards in the league. Sticking with him or shipping him out is something many managers might be contemplating at this very moment. Despite this no captaincy article is complete with the inclusion of the Argentinian powerhouse. Facing a side managed by Tony Pulis is never easy and this will of course be the case on Saturday afternoon. It’s interesting to note that City have scored three goals on each of their last three visits to The Hawthorns, although Aguero has only scored one of the nine. Special mention to David Silva who has scored on each of his two previous visits to The Hawthorns so perhaps he’s the better pick!! My opinion would be to captain him only if you don’t have any of the other players mentioned above.

Good luck for the GW and thanks for reading.

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