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!
Good luck?
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Hi guys, any feedback on the below WC would be much appreciated.
Gone for Zaha + Grealish, as opposed to say Robertson + 4.5m and using excess to bolster up defence. Not sure if that’s the right decision…
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I’d take Dunne out for Ferguson. When he eventually returns that’s one less transfer you have to worry about.
Apart from that you’re good to go.
Strategy wise, I think most people on a WC would be in a similar conundrum regarding where to spend the majority of the funds, myself included.
DeBruyne – >Sterling rest team looks good
I would think Robertson/TAA may return more attacking points than Zaha and then you also get any clean sheets.
Of the 7m mids Barnes is also worth a look.
How about Zaha & Zouma > Robertson & Jorginho. If penalty keep coming as they are Jorginho will get a decent haul and if he’s benched you have 4 solid midfielders. Robertson will outscore Zouma in the long run
I’d downgrade Zaha and upgrade the defence a bit. Only Konsa is nailed the rest could easily not play
Hey guys. On a WC. Have arrived at 3 basic formats.
1. Team with Sterling/KdB and Kane but cheap defenders
2. Team with Sterling/KdB and no Kane but premium defenders
3. Team with Kane and no Sterling/KdB but with premium defenders
Teams are attached. Which would you go with.
Team 1 with Kane and Sterling
Team 2 with Kane only (3-4-3)
Team 3 with Sterling only
Of those I would go for option 3 (Kane no Sterling) which rather confusingly you have put as picture 2
My bad. Yes I get what you mean Otieno. I’m just worried about no City cover with that option
I haven’t been impressed with City so far. And you’ve always got peptation to consider. Kane -> Aguero after GW8 is my plan.
I think if I had a wildcard team 1 would be the sort of route I’d take.
Agreed
Thanks Smash and SAF. I was thinking along the same lines actually. Even though teams 2 and 3 offer better attacking defenders, I’m leaning towards 1 too
+1 – the Brewster move looks like a great enabler.
Thanks Loud Atlas.
For those putting together a Uefa team…Ronaldo has Covid. Luckily no symptoms.
Wondered how long before that happens. All others had it, he must have felt left behind :no:
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No surprise he’s late. Been off the pace for a while !
With the kdb news i think that’ll i go without him for now and maybe do kane/barnes to kdb/wilson later on. So this is my wc-team. Does it look ok, or what would you change. And i wont have any lfc-defenders for now…
Looks very strong
Chilwell has gotten back his previous injury apparently. Would want to keep an eye on that.
Looks good.
I really like this team
Thanks fellas!
I’ll keep an eye on chilwell then…
Great team!
This is my team, haven’t looked at fpl in over a week.
So i guess that KDB to Sterling is the obvious move?
Or going without City cover?
Sterling is as much of a doubt as KDB. We will see later in the week
Thanks, will wait until Friday then
Evening all
What’s the latest on KDB? Is he out for GW5?
I’d imagine if he doesn’t feature for the Belgians tomorrow vs Iceland then hopefully he’ll be fit enough for the Arsenal game. :rabbi:
He’s left the Belgium squad and returned to Manchester.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/kevin-de-bruyne-injury-arsenal-22838696.amp
Init, that’s fine. What about Sterling? We both have him and with the doubt mark opens the Son move :scratch_one-s_head:
Waiting for an update there but the Son move would also present a viable Captain option as I don’t have many of those this week!
I am strongly considering this option and on the verge to go one step further and take a hit to bring Kane for Ings.
Just to keep with the flow.
That might not be the worst idea with the upcoming fixtures for the latter two. Would you then captain Kane?
At the moment leaning towards Son but he could be a very strong contender. I know, we’ve got burnt badly in the past but is something what logic leads to this week.