FPL Fixtures Gameweek 5
WTAF?!
You’ll have to excuse a few profanities in the intro here but I’m sure you’ve all uttered similar enough recently, and for similar reasons, so here we go:
Right then, what is it you actually want to know? You want to know who has good fixtures and who has bad ones, yeah? Well… how the f*ck am I supposed to know when Man Utd concede 6 at home, Liverpool get beaten 2-7 by Aston Villa, Leicester look like world beaters by sticking 5 past Man City and then back it up by getting stuffed 0-3 at home to f*cking West Ham. How on earth am I supposed to write a normal and sensible ‘fixtures guide’ on the back of all that?! :explode:
Good question….
That tweet from GNev2 probably summed it all up (although it needs context), but crack on we shall and I’ll try my best to make some sense of it all, but apologies in advance if it all goes t*ts up: it most likely will if ‘so far’ is anything to go by!
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Favourable Fixtures
Spurs vs West Ham (H), Burnley (a), Brighton (H)
Looking at Spurs’ results so far it really is ‘All or Nothing’. A drab opening day defeat to Everton at home had many wondering if the Jose curse / bubble was in full effect already. It usually takes three seasons for him to grab his massive pay off get sacked, perhaps he’d finally perfected the art of doing it in two? Then they seemed to come to life a bit with 10 goals in the next 4, including 5 in the league vs Southampton. Then it was back down to earth with a 1-1 at home to Newcastle. In their last two though they have scored 13! Yeah sure, one was against some hapless minnows but they also put 7 past Maccabi Haifa. (*waits for Man U fans to unpack that one…)
It does smack of some semblance of form though, and Kane and Son in particular seem like they’ve clicked like never before with the pair getting (at least) 7 goals and 3 assists in those last two games, and Son didn’t even play in one of them.
Fixture wise it looks pretty good, in theory (as most things are these days). The opener against West Ham may be the trickiest though as their London rivals do have a habit of turning it on against both Spurs and Chelsea. Funny that.
Burnley and Brighton both find themselves in the bottom 6, with 6 defeats out of 7 between them and 18 goals conceded. Spurs then go to West Brom who have shipped 13 alone. After that they play Man City and Chelsea back to back but you can worry about that then, the next 4 at least look likely to produce goals.
Everton vs Liverpool (H), Southampton (a), Newcastle (a)
Most teams who open up with a game against Liverpool and then follow it up with 2 potentially tricky away games probably wouldn’t normally get a look in here, but let me explain… It’s my club, I love them and we haven’t been anywhere near the top for about 20 years so shut up and let me enjoy it! they actually look pretty good, almost like the real deal. If it was Martinez or Koeman in charge you’d be forgiven for thinking it was a flash in the pan, soon to be distinguished. But with Carlo at the helm this does look more genuine. And the new signings have all bedded in superbly. And he’s even getting a tune out of some of the existing bunch of misfits, Siggy is one but we all know there’s a player there, however if you can make Iwobi replace Richarlison and have nobody notice then you’re almost approaching Paul Daniels status.
Back to the fixtures though, sure enough it’s Liverpool up first but would you bet against Everton scoring here, or indeed Carlo having the nouce to see what both Leeds and Villa did to them by simply having the audacity to attack (scoring 11 in the process)? Probably not.
As for those ‘tricky’ away games, if they hurdle Liverpool and make it 8 wins in 8 in all competitions (having scored 24 in 7 already) then I wouldn’t be particularly concerned about holding a few Toffees in those.
After that they have a home game vs Man Utd, which they often relish, followed by Fulham and Leeds.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton (H), Fulham (a), Wolves (a)
Yeah I know… I’m starting to think I’m losing my mind too but let’s see if I can make a valid argument for a team who have lost their last 2 and just got gubbed by Chelsea 4-0.
It’s tough! But there is hope: they started off on fire by beating Southampton and then destroying Man United, but then doesn’t everybody… What is more promising is their fixture schedule. Brighton and Fulham have shipped a combined total of 21 in 8 games, an average of 3 each per game. Wolves and Leeds will be tougher but neither are exactly looking watertight. After that it’s Burnley and Newcastle.
As a set of 6 fixtures that ain’t half bad, which is why Palace sneak in here. I think. But who knows.
West Brom vs Burnley (H), Brighton (a), Fulham (a)
:suicide: Alright, alright, I’m full on laughing myself now too! But again… hear me out! At least give me that before you order the medics / straight jacket.
Some combo of Burnley, Brighton and Fulham has featured above a fair bit, West Brom can shout BINGO in that respect. Sure enough they are still finding their Premier League feet but in all honesty I have seen enough from some of their more creative forward players to suggest that with a good run of games they may yet come good. And that they have.
Let’s hope they do though because beyond that it’s Spurs and Man United next.
Unfavourable Fixtures
Arsenal vs Man City (a), Leicester (H), Man United (a)
I’ll be honest I had Arsenal down for this section prior to ‘Gunnersaurus-Gate’ anyway. But I couldn’t give a fudge about those fixtures now, and I shall insist they remain in this section forever and a day until they reinstate the ‘big green guy’, as Mesut called him. I don’t care if they have Northampton, Rotherham and Oldham up next, any club which can do that to a bloke / mascot on the same day that they announce a £45m signing is dirt in my book. I thought West Ham were bad but this takes the (dinosaur shaped) biscuit. Must be something in the water in London.
They play Man City, Leicester and Man United next. And I hope they lose the lot. And every other game they ever play, ever.
West Ham vs Spurs (a), Man City (H), Liverpool (a)
Speaking of those despicable, fur wearing, sex toy waving neighbours… they’ve got it tough too. Good. (Although I wouldn’t mind waving my own ‘sex toy’ in the direction of our favourite MILF Karen Brady…).
But I hope they lose the lot. And every other game they ever play, ever.
Newcastle vs Man United (H), Wolves (a), Everton (H)
Anytime Mike Ashley comes bottom of a poll of 3 in anything then you know the other two must be misbehaving really badly! But for once in his life this isn’t a character assassination, it’s based soley upon the fixtures. And they aren’t great. Or are they? They might be. They shouldn’t be. But they might yet be.
But… we shall finish as we started by saying that we just don’t really know anymore!
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Gee whillickers fellas, you don’t leave us any time to soak up the atmosphere of a nice Faroe Islands vs Latvia or the excitement of Gibraltar – Lichtenstein, or revel in the victory of 13th division Peterhead against Dundee Utd!
Is it already time to be thinking about GW 5???? Quelle horreur! Oh well – just like to say thanks very much for the prompt work and to observe that you blokes didn’t get much of an IB, did you???
I guess everyone’s waiting with bated breath (Last time my breath smelt of bait was when I went fishing, and ended up not catching anything!) for the big KDB (& friends) v Ingerlund clash tomorrow??? Hey hey hey – should be a good one! Most of the Belgians are pretty familiar with English stadiums though, so you’d better watch out!
Having said that, looking at the lineup (and the rest of the squad), you’ve got to admit that you Poms have a huge wealth of talent at the moment. You just need to get that winning vibe to become one of the top teams in the world (if not THE…!). Honestly, it’s flipping fantastic on paper! Wish a few of them would suddenly discover Australian ancestry and go and play for the Socceroos (hahaha – always trying to get a laugh AJW!).
Bye for now and thanks one and all!
Thanks AJW. Almost a voluntary none-break in my case though because, I’m sure it hasn’t gone unnoticed amongst the writing team, but I always schedule my own articles to be during an IB. I’d like to say that’s because I’m benevolent and want the rest to have a break but the reality is that that’s the only time I know I’ll actually have time to write one.
Offski now to write a CL one!
Fantastic run down of what is to come, or at least what should be to come, or maybe who the f knows what will come!
Very entertaining and useful as ever Init, thank you very much.
Lucky Ms Brady 😉
Oh you’re talking about Karen Cookie? And not ‘Mrs Brady, Old Lady’, of Viz fame! Hahaha ! See you round, pal! Don’t go stalking photographers in those parks old fella!
Karen Cookie? I’ve had two wives I don’t need another bleedin’ one!!
Forgot the comma – should read ‘Karen, Cookie’ – meaning Karen Brady, you goose!
Thanks Cookie. Fantastic may be stretching it but at least KB got another outing!
Best combo? Barnes and Kane or kdb and Wilson?
Grealish and Kane
+1
+1 Grealish good value and form
Already have grealish…
Here’s the team… But going without kdb? I’m not so sure…
So like i Said: i’m thinking Kane and barnes out, and kdb and Wilson in. Wildcard is active…
Barnes/Brewster >> ASM/Wilson? or perhaps Soucek/March/McGinn/Klich/etc. in the less than 6 range.
But wait and see, keep an eye on prices and reevaluate on Thur/Fri.
Barnes/Brewster/Chilwell >>
Kane
Darn it! Got him (like every man and their dog!) in my upcoming WC. Come on Harry, pull out of it son!
It’s only likely to be precautionary today and that he could feature on Wednesday even.
By the way Geeps, do you know what the deal is with Doig and Reid (Ross County)? They’re both marked unavailable in FFS. I’ve been searching high and low for info but to no avail (The Mole, the Scottish press, The Beebs Scottish football section etc etc.) – no info! Have decided it must be COvid related or they’re playing against teams that loaned them out or something. Hard to pin down up there – things seem to change at the drop of a hat! Anyway… see you later!
Obviously Doig is Hibs – sorry for the confusion! 😉
No idea mate. I think they are both owned by their clubs so not terms of a loan arrangement.
I’ll wait to see if it settles before next weekend and hunt about for you. Remind me.
Okay thanks GP. Don’t worry too much, as I think I’m just going to trade out Doig for a short period and replace with Odoffin – he’s got a double this week and is looking in pretty good form of late.
Hope everything is alright with you and yours.
Cheers!
This is Son version 2.0 happening.
Difference being we have matches with Southgate giving the presser before Mou gets to put us on the wrong path.
Southgate just described it as “muscle fatigue”. Looks like they won’t risk him. I think he’ll play when he goes back to Spurs.
Watch DCL get injured now!
Ain’t now, mate.
“Watch DCL get injured now”
Init, are you trying to find a space for Kane 😉
Looks like Belgium are schooling England and with 7 defensive players picked it doesn’t look difficult.
Penalties galore.
Which of these team would you guys recommend out of these 3? Wildcard active.
Any other suggestions to the team also appreciated.
1. KWP + Sterling + Bamford (0 left in the bank)
2. Robertson + Grealish + Maupay (1.1 left in the bank)
3. KWP + Fernandes + Maupay (0.2 left in the bank)
Team
I think 2. but with Castagne or another upgrade for Justin
Would you choose Castagne over Chillwell?
Probably. Castagne is nailed and has generated his point from goals and assists.
I like the suggestion but I’m a little concerned in spending so much in defense when it has been goals galore so far in the premier league.
Lamptey then perhaps. I’d be worried about Justin and Mitchell keeping their starting xi spots tbh.
Makes sense. Would Mitchell lose his place to Ferguson when fit? Do we know how long Ferguson is out for?
Mitchell loses his place to PVA. Ferguson comes in when he’s fit and replaces Ward
What is the thinking behind England’s line-up tonight?
I would’ve thought that Grealish, Sancho and Kane were starting material. Also, there’s what six-seven defensive players fielded?
Genuinely curious, I don’t think I mind a defensive team against Denmark come Wednesday:scratch_one-s_head:
Saving our best team for Denmark.
Please no, save us the embarrassment :mosking:
Oh god, I can just see it. No goals scored across all games in the group. Oof :help: