Fantasy Premier League Captain Picks Gameweek 35
Welcome to Fantasy Premier League Captain Picks Gameweek 35. Well, woe betide the following unlucky players that I’m recommending in this article, as 3 of my last 5 picks were Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Sadio Mane and Seamus Coleman, all of whom have since suffered a fairly nasty season-ending injury. There’s not long left of this one now, in fairness, which means time’s running out for us to catch that irritating mate who sits just above us in our mini-leagues: that process has to start with a great choice of captain! There is (in my meagre opinion) no stand-out option for this weekend, which will ensure a wide variety of captains across the boards, quickly followed by plenty of heartache across the FPL lands. Perhaps we should ask Joey Barton who he’s captaining? No doubt he’s already blown his ‘All Out Attack’ whilst out on the training ground. I bet Michael Keane was having none of it… right. Let’s crack on.
Christian Benteke vs Burnley (H)
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[/three_fifth]There’s arguably no better place to start our search than with last DGW’s hero for many. I can’t say Burnley are quite as bad as Liverpool but another brace may well be on the cards here. The Clarets are rock-bottom of the away-form table and have conceded a grotesque amount of goals on their travels.
One potential downfall is that Burnley, unlike Liverpool, didn’t squander £32 million to have him warm their bench; I doubt Christian is feeling quite as fired-up as he was against his old teammates on Sunday afternoon. Palace have also taken an incredible 19 points from the last 24 available (exactly doubling their tally for the season in less than a quarter of their total games played!) so they may also be lacking motivation in general: they’re safer than Walcott’s hairstyle choices now.
Form: 7
Fixture: 9
Explosiveness: 7
Sergio Aguero vs Middlesbrough (A)
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[/three_fifth]This man just cannot be left out of any captaincy article that I write. Usually it’s been a case of “why *not* Aguero this weekend?” but his name hasn’t carried that sort of omnipotent weight for much of this grueling season. I’m just going to make it clear now that he hasn’t actually got double digits in his last 12 starts… not since November! That last occasion was, funnily enough, a 12-point haul away against Burnley: a very tough place to go. Boro, like Burnley, have conceded less than 20 goals at home so far but I think Aguero can make the difference for City in this clash.
Sergio scored in the FA Cup defeat against Arsenal and should be ready after a fierce midweek battle with United for a Champions League spot (although I don’t actually know how that game pans out as I type this!) and can be so explosive… he has (currently) scored in all but 1 of his last 7 games too. I will struggle to resist his allure once again.
Form: 6
Fixture: 7
Explosiveness: 9
Marcus Rashford vs Swansea (H)
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[/three_fifth]Similarly, given my lack of knowledge of how the Manchester derby pans out, it was hard to include this young man. It was even harder when I recalled his lack of game time against Burnley in the previous game. It was especially hard when I recalled the recent response that The Swans gave against Stoke on Saturday afternoon. However, when you look at your team’s fixtures this week, if Rashford is in there then it’s probably he who jumps out as your obvious captain for the weekend.
Swansea haven’t won an away game for over 3 months. Ibra has, as mentioned in his obituary above, departed from the United striker scene for now. Rotation could still be an issue, but United have a full 4 days between this game and their clash with Celta Vigo in the Europa League, so there is a good chance of Marcus getting a 60/70 minute opportunity to run at Mawson and Fernandez in this Sunday lunchtime kick-off.
If you can afford to take the risk (or, perhaps more realistically, simply *need* to take the risk!) then I think Rashford could be your answer. His confidence is only second to Joey whilst sat on a 20-fold accumulator these days.
Form: 5
Fixture: 9
Explosiveness: 6
Harry Kane vs Arsenal (H)
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[/three_fifth]All you have to do here is look at his recent home-game record. He has, in his last 3 starts at The Lane, averaged an insane 15 points per game. That barely decreases to 13.6 points per game if you sample his last 5 home starts instead! None of those games were against opposition as ‘good’ as Arsenal — except for West Brom, Boro, Stoke, Everton and Bournemouth — but Harry is certainly no stranger to scoring against us Gooners.
The main reason for him not having an ‘8’ or ‘9’ out of 10 form rating is due to his injury lay-off that nestled within those recent home games. His penalty duty secures him the title of being one of the ‘safest bets’ (even for Barton) this weekend, regardless of the fixtures, as Spurs will be looking to cement what has been their most successful season since colour TV and the birth of Iwobi’s grandma.
Form: 7
Fixture: 6
Explosiveness: 8
Eden Hazard vs Everton (A)
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[/three_fifth]Everton have been quite literally unstoppable at home so far this year: they’ve won 8 out of 8 at Goodison Park since Koeman got his international present-delivering duties out of the way and have only conceded 6 goals in the process. Bournemouth (see King below) were responsible for 3 of those! So, with all that said, why on Earth go with Hazard this weekend? Stay tuned to find out.
Welcome back. He has 4 goals in his last 4 appearances in the Premier League and recently dazzled when he came off the bench against Spurs in the FA Cup: his influence is of such greatness that, whenever he’s amongst Chelsea’s goals, he rarely fails to claim either 2 or all 3 of the bonus points on offer.
Eden’s away success has, admittedly, been mixed. He’s put in 10-point (or better) away performances against Southampton, West Ham and Bournemouth so far, also with a fair few 5-10 pointers shows chucked in there for good measure. That’s not exactly great going from him, though, not when compared to some chronic away scorers like Sanchez… all that I can say is, it’s almost never a bad idea to captain a player of Hazard’s quality, and this perfect home record in 2017 must come to an end for Everton at some point. Chelsea do also have a *slight* incentive to win this game…
Form: 8
Fixture: 4
Explosiveness: 7
Finally, I think Joshua King, playing away but against a dire Sunderland team, also deserves a mention for this weekend. He offers a promising differential if you (a) need it and (b) are unfazed by the comparatively early 3pm kick-off.
All the best!
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Red card Fellaini.
Now I’m not saying he’s an irresponsible idiot or anything but….
Then again probably the most exciting thing that happened all game.
What a twat
You mean me, don’t you, you naughty little sausage 😉
Douche bag !
Has Caballero become an option? How long could calf injury keep Bravo out? 3 weeks would not be out of question.
Bit early to say but yeah that feels about average for a standard calf strain.
Thoughts please guys!! Bravo looks to be out for a few weeks at least hence Cabellero, not a penny in the bank. Should I do the WC this week or next? I have every chip left to play as well, forgot about them!
Forgot about them! Lol
When are going to TC CD? That largely dictates whether you WC this week I think.
TC Sanchez is his second DGW. Would be Aguero, but Jesus looks sharp so worried Aguero might make way again.
When are you going to BB then?
So AOA this week, WC 36, TC 37, bench boot 38.
Please stay 0-0. Sofascore just had 1-0 City but corrected it a minute later. I was devastated. I have Valencia and DDG.
Need a City goal really
I have Bailly! Full time!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally something good happened. Only negative is that I did not cap DDG whom is on 16 points this gameweek.
Dam. Oh well, well done Raz!
Tnx mate. Was a terrible gameweek with Negredo as cappo. Never cappo a low tier team striker again.
My gut said DDG but you always think in direct points. I figured DDG could get a CS in the first game and some saves in the second Never expected them to keep a CS away versus City.
Exhausted just watching that!!
Also exhausted Cookie and I didn’t even watch the game. Watched a series. Hehe. :p But my eyes were on the app a lot in the second half. Expected City to score, to be honest. If City scored that would have been 11 points less for me.
Anyway guys, was there a city goal cancelled? 10 minutes ago I got a beep from sofascore that City was 1-0 up ahead? Offside?
Sofascore messing up a lot lately, by the way.
Yeah Jesus had a goal rightly disallowed for offside.
No they are not, Raz…
Jesus actually scored from a Sergio assist – but it was ruled offside, seconds later !
HL, not messing up but jumping the boat, I meant. I have had a billion score corrections this gameweek. This was just 1 of them. Finally 1 in my favor though, so I’ll take it. Hehe.
And because they are really fast with scores they also get it wrong sometimes when a goal is disallowed. Anyway, they are the fastest so the best. Man, I get the line-ups from them at minute they are released. So good app.
Same combo works for me to so I’m happy with a bore score draw for once. De Gea might even be on for the three bps so job’s a good ‘un.
Nice. I think I would have been better off with my initial no hit transfer. I had 2 transfers on my mind for the GW 34.
1. Foster to DDG and Costa to Negredo (ouch and at the same time capping the fucker) for a hit!
2. Foster to Hennessey (probably cap Bentekers)
Yeah, I am def. worse off but it could be much worse. DDG saved my GW.
Lads
If I activate my WC tonight, who would you bench?
:poof:
I’m fucked ain’t I? 😉
Init
It’s activated mate! I have my own agenda with my MLs so I need to do whatever it takes to win or try to win!
I’d bench Jesus as he looks the least likely to start. Not sure about taking him in a WC team in all honesty, at least see him start then you can decide to bring him in with a FT.
Happy to run the risk
I thought he looked sharp when he came on. It is a punt, but I can see him featuring a lot in the run in.
He’s peps star in the. making!
Pep’s the last manager you can trust for lineups although admittedly that list is growing larger every GW at this stage of the season and we’ll be all be damned lucky if we don’t see one or two more surprise decisions from here on out.
Playing wildcard now. Eying GW 36 and most people pressing the button then, will it work out? I wonder if I should wildcard. >.<
You have one hell of a team there Mitro! Jesus still might not start games and can’t see Everton/Chelsea match being 0-0 so might be worth benching Holgate and/or Alonso.
60pts !!
From the DGW players I only had Negredo and he is already out…
Having 1 DGW player, the final score is not so bad…
Problem is rival in my ML had Benteke as Cpt and has drastically reduced my lead (from ca50pts) to 6pts !!
I would have had more points if I just bloody kept Costa. Bentekers brace versus Pool was a surprise. Actually expected him to get 1 goal at the very most. Like yesterday, he wasn’t in teh scoreline and even early subbed.
Negredo is terribly unlucky, having such bad support. I have actually watched some of the Boro game and dude works his ass off for the team. Plus he’s actually a decent player, I see now. Deserves much better support. I think with the support the likes of Benteke and Lukaku have, Negredo would do very well.
HL – a couple of people below had DDG and tekkers! Gap has closed enough to make me add them to my fix rivals list 😉
Mitro, I am getting worried as well…
!!
Don’t be surprised if I ask you to add my rival’s ID to your fix rivals list tomorrow night
Lol! No problem mate