FPL GAMEWEEK 22 PREVIEW | FANTASY PREMIER LEAGUE 2023/24 TIPS

Summary

The video covers gameweek 22 FPL strategy, focusing on FA Cup implications for future blank gameweeks, Egypt's AFCON exit and its impact on Salah's availability, targeting players for the upcoming double gameweek 25, captaincy options for this gameweek, and encouraging viewers to send questions to be answered in a final thoughts video.

Takeaways

• 🏆 The FA Cup 5th round draw implications for FPL include potential blank game weeks in GW29, affecting chip strategies and planning.
• 📚 Early preparation for GW29 is recommended due to the likelihood of many Premier League teams advancing in the FA Cup, leading to postponed fixtures.
• 🔥 Free Hit in GW29 is considered very popular, allowing flexibility to navigate through blank game weeks without long-term squad compromises.
• 🔧 Chip strategy remains fluid, with different approaches viable based on individual team setup and remaining chips.
• 🔎 Egypt's exit from the African Cup of Nations raises questions on Salah's availability for Liverpool in upcoming double game weeks, affecting FPL decisions.
• 🔍 Double Game Week 25 targets include players from Man City, Liverpool, and Brentford, with an emphasis on fixture and form.
• 💡 Captaincy in GW22 offers flexibility with no standout options, highlighting players from Man City, Liverpool, and Spurs as potential choices.
• 🛠 Transfers and FPL strategies should consider the FA Cup results, player fitness, and upcoming double and blank game weeks.
• 💻 Keeping options open and delaying chip decisions until more information is available is advised to navigate through uncertain fixture schedules.
• 📌 Salah's fitness and role in upcoming fixtures remain uncertain, impacting transfer and captaincy decisions in the short term.

Q & A

What are the key takeaways from the FA Cup fifth round draw?

The main takeaways are that gameweek 29 is likely to have a lot of blank fixtures, making Free Hit in GW29 a popular strategy. Chelsea vs Aston Villa fourth round replay will give more info on potential blanks. Overall, start thinking about chip strategy but no need to commit yet.

Has Egypt being knocked out of AFCON changed plans to transfer out Salah?

Not necessarily. Unless Klopp indicates Salah could be back sooner, the plan to transfer him out likely still stands, as he is expected to miss GW24 and potentially GW25.

Who are the top players being considered from Man City, Liverpool and Brentford for DGW25?

For Man City - Haaland, De Bruyne, Foden, Walker, Ederson, Bernardo Silva. For Liverpool - Darwin, Jota, Salah, Diaz, TAA, Van Dijk. For Brentford - Toney, Raya.

What are the top captaincy choices being considered for GW22?

The main captaincy options are Man City (De Bruyne/Alvarez), Liverpool (Darwin/Jota), Spurs (Kane/Son) and Arsenal (Saka). Richarlison may also be a popular pick.

Is Free Hit likely to be used in DGW25?

Using a chip in GW25 could be helpful, but Free Hit in GW25 specifically may not be optimal. Bench Boost could work for some teams based on their setup.

How valuable are goalkeepers for chips like Free Hit?

Goalkeepers like Ederson and Alisson should not be ruled out as they don't use up outfield spots. Can be useful for blanks as you can just bench them.

When is the best time to commit to Salah or Haaland?

Once both are fully fit, assess which one to commit to based on form, fixtures etc. No need to prematurely commit to one now.

Is doubling up on both Liverpool and Arsenal defense viable?

It can be, depending on what other spots you have free in your team. Liverpool likely need TAA, Arsenal could do Gabriel + White/Tierney.

How do the potential blank and double gameweeks affect transfer planning?

Be cautious bringing in players like Toney early just for a blank. Prioritize getting Man City players first. Can wait until GW23 for Liverpool.

What is the outlook for using chips like Wildcard and Free Hit?

Lots of options on when to use them. Key is saving Free Hit for a big blank like GW29, and using Wildcard to set up doubles without compromising non-double weeks.

Outlines

00:00

🏟️ Introduction and FA Cup 5th Round Draw Analysis

The paragraph introduces the video about Fantasy Premier League gameweek 22 preview. It discusses the FA Cup 5th round draw, the potential blank gameweeks it could cause, and early thoughts on chip strategy. Key points are around free hit likely being popular in blank GW29, the importance of the Chelsea vs Aston Villa 4th round replay, and keeping options open regarding chip strategy.

05:01

👾 Further Analysis of Chip Strategies for Blank GW29

The paragraph further analyzes potential chip strategies focused on using Free Hit in blank GW29. It discusses the pros and cons of using Free Hit in a small blank GW and not having to carry those players long term. Also mentions GW25 potentially being good for a chip as there will be limited GWs left.

10:04

⏳ Waiting for More Information Before Deciding Chip Strategy

The paragraph emphasizes waiting for more information like the Chelsea vs Villa cup replay before deciding on chip strategy. It mentions rolling transfers this GW and focusing on DGW25 and BGW26 as the priority for now. But advises starting to think about strategies for handling BGW29.

15:04

♻️ Mo Salah Returning From AFCON Doesn't Change Plans to Sell

The paragraph discusses Mo Salah returning from AFCON after Egypt's exit. It states unless Klopp indicates Salah could return sooner, plans to transfer him out haven't changed. Also mentions only wanting 1 premium forward between Salah and Haaland, and Salah's potential GW25 involvement even if fit.

20:05

🎯 Players to Target for Double GW25

The paragraph goes through potential players to target for DGW25 from the teams confirmed doubling - Man City and Brentford. Also discusses likely Liverpool options. Mentions possibly overlooking DGW25 if Salah and Haaland are fully fit for a big captain option.

25:07

⚽ Gameweek 22 Captaincy Options

The paragraph analyzes captain options for GW22. States it's a good GW for differential captains with no standout options. Discusses Man City (maybe Foden), Liverpool (Darwin/Jota), Spurs (Richarlison) as main choices. Also suggests Saka and others as outside options.

30:08

🏁 Wrap Up and Final Thoughts

The paragraph concludes by mentioning doing final thoughts video tomorrow to answer questions. Suggests still making transfers as normal for GW22 despite uncertainty around future chip strategy at the moment.

Keywords

💡FPL

FPL stands for Fantasy Premier League. It is an online fantasy football game where players build a virtual team of real-life footballers and score points based on those players' actual statistical performance on the pitch. This video discusses strategies and planning for doing well in Fantasy Premier League.

💡chip strategy

A chip strategy refers to how and when FPL managers use special chips or boosts over the course of a FPL season to maximize points. Chips allow you to make special transfers or scoring adjustments for one week without long-term consequences. This video analyzes potential chip strategies based on upcoming blank and double gameweeks.

💡double gameweek

A double gameweek is when a team plays two matches in a single gameweek, instead of the usual one match per gameweek. This results in players from that team earning double the potential points, making them popular transfer targets. The video discusses planning transfers and chip strategy around upcoming confirmed and expected double gameweeks.

💡blank gameweek

A blank gameweek is when a team does not play a match in a given gameweek, usually due to scheduling conflicts from other competitions. Players from teams with blank gameweeks that week will earn zero points. The video talks about strategies for dealing with upcoming blank gameweeks.

💡FA Cup

The FA Cup is a knockout football competition in English football. As teams progress further in the FA Cup, their league matches increasingly get postponed and shifted to other gameweeks, resulting in blank and double gameweeks. The video analyzes the impact of the ongoing FA Cup tournament on FPL strategy.

💡free hit

The free hit chip allows you to make unlimited transfers for a gameweek without losing points hits. Your team reverts back to its previous state for the next gameweek. The video discusses possibly using free hit chips in upcoming blank gameweeks.

💡Salah

Mohamed Salah is a Liverpool forward and perennially one of the top FPL scorers. He was competing in AFCON (Africa Cup of Nations tournament) but Egypt was recently eliminated, so the video discusses whether to keep or transfer him out.

💡Harland

Erling Haaland is a Manchester City forward who is one of the top players when healthy, but has struggled with injuries. The video analyzes whether to bring him in, depending on his injury status leading up to the double gameweeks.

💡captain

Your captain earns double points each gameweek. Choosing the right captain is key for maximizing your points. The video debates the best captain options for the upcoming gameweek.

💡transfer

A transfer allows you to swap one player from your FPL team for another player. The video provides transfer tips and player targets to prepare your team for upcoming double and blank gameweeks.

Highlights

FA Cup fifth round draw points to potential blank gameweeks and chip strategies for FPL

Free hit in GW29 likely to be popular due to number of blank fixtures

No definite chip strategy yet - depends on team structure and future information

Salah's return doesn't change decision to transfer him out unless Klopp gives positive injury update

Harland or Salah - decide if willing to commit to just one premium asset

Key double GW25 targets: City - Haaland, De Bruyne, Foden, Liverpool - Darwin, Jota, Trent

GW22 captaincy open - no obvious standout, but Richarlison or Man City player look good

Saka a good captaincy differential despite lack of returns - underlying numbers still strong

Darwin/Jota not bad captains but low scoring Liverpool-Chelsea game possible

De Bruyne best Man City captain if confident on minutes, else prefer Richarlison security

Roll transfer to keep options open if possible, make GW25 and GW26 priority

Start planning chip strategy but no need to commit yet, be flexible

Monitor Salah injury status but likely to still transfer out unless positive Klopp update

Can reassess Salah vs Haaland decision each GW as injury news develops

Roll transfer again if one FT and happy with bench, no urgent moves needed

Transcripts

[Music]

what is going on everyone my name is

Andy welcome back to another FPL video

and this one it's the gameweek 22

preview so I'm going to go through a few

different topics in this one the FA Cup

fifth round draw what that means for

blank game weeks and Chip strategy later

on this season Egypt going out of

African Cup of Nations does that change

my thoughts on Salah double gameweek 25

players to Target as well as gameweek 22

captaincy and any other questions you

got left over I'll try and cover in the

final thoughts video tomorrow so you

enjoyed this one make sure to give it a

like hit that subscribe button let's get

into it so I'm going to start with the

FA Cup fifth round draw that was made

yesterday and talk about the knock on

effects for FPL in terms of blank game

weeks and potential chip strategies and

stuff like that just some early thoughts

quick reminder the fifth round games

themselves don't cause any postponed

fixtures for FPL but any Premier League

teams that get through this round to the

quarterfinals would then blank in

gameweek 29 and so were their opponents

and the general outlook for gameweek 29

is there could be a lot of postponing

fixtures because a lot of Premier League

teams have been drawn against non-

Premier League teams in the FA Cup and

therefore there'll be odds on favorite

to get through to the next round now we

say this every year and every single

year there's some kind of upset some

kind of shock a Prem team gets knocked

out when you weren't expecting it and

obviously that match is then on in 29

but I think generally I would be

preparing that a lot of fixtures are

going to be off and even where Premier

League teams have been drawn against

each other it might not make a huge

amount of difference because it only

takes one of the teams who are playing

against each other in 29 to advance for

that fixture to be called off so for

example wolves are playing against

Brighton an all Premier League tie if

wolves were to win that and Brighton

were to go out they would be able to

play in 29 apart from their fixtur is

against Man City so if Man City beat

Luton in the FA Cup and Brighton go out

Brighton will still blank in 29 so this

is what the draw looks like uh Blackburn

or rexon versus Newcastle Chelsea or

Aston Villa which is a key fourth round

Replay that is going to help us I would

say prepare for 29 one way or another

because if Chelsea go out their match

against Arsenal will definitely be on a

lot of people got players from both of

those teams and if Chelsea win Villa go

out and they will play against West Ham

and whichever one of those two sides

wins their fourth round replay will play

Leeds or Plymouth uh Bournemouth have

got Leicester obviously Leicester a very

good side in the championship could they

win that game of course but Bournemouth

will be the favorite especially at home

Liverpool have got Watford or

Southampton this is probably one of the

more interesting tires I guess is

Bristol City or not and Forest who have

got a fourth round replay will play Man

United because they beat Newport

yesterday now if Forest win the fourth

round replay man united will still be

favorites for that game but man united

can be very hit and miss as I'm sure

you've seen this season so could not and

Forest win at home absolutely and if man

united go out their match in 29 is

against Sheffield United which is

already sorry which is a team that's

already eliminated from the FA Cup and

therefore Man United versus Sheffield

United would be on but the odds will be

the man united are favorites for that

tie wolves versus Brighton already spoke

about then you've got a non- premier

league tie which is shefford Wednesday

or centry City versus mainstone that

doesn't matter for FPL and then Luton

versus Man City now if all the favorites

go through which as I've already said

probably won't happen but if it does

there would only be four matches on in

gameweek

29 which would be berley versus brenford

and Fulham versus Spurs we know those

two matches will be on because all four

of those teams were out of the FA Cup

and then Luton versus Forest because man

united beat Forest Man City beat Luton

at least on paper and then Arsenal

versus Chelsea or West Ham versus Villa

depending on whether Chelsea or Villa

win the fourth round Replay that would

be it and as soon as I saw that and the

FA Cup draw my first thoughts were free

hit 29 is going to be very popular now

you get two kinds of people with free

hit in blank game weeks those that are

happy to do it because of what it means

outside of the blank game we can to talk

about that in a second and you get those

that hate it because you're only really

backing kind of you know as you can see

here you're only really backing like

eight teams and you tend not to want a

huge amount of players from those teams

I the reason I like free hit in a blank

like that is because it means you don't

have to hold those players before or

after the blank you can just get them in

for one week only and yes you'll score

less points than a double game week but

overall you should score or hopefully

the plan would be to score extra points

outside of the blank game week if that

makes sense right so just as an

example let's say you know you want

triple brenford versus Burnley that's

probably fine on a free hit but you

don't want to carry three brenford

players outside of that you want to have

Liverpool and Arsenal and Man City

whoever it might be Spurs as although

Spurs are playing right so forget that

but you kind of get the idea I hope that

you free hit in a blank to make sure you

can keep good players outside of that

that you don't have to sell because

they're not playing in 29 now I'm not

saying that free hit 29 is the go-to

strategy lots of people are talking

about not doing that but it is going to

be quite popular I think a lot will rest

on who wins out of Chelsea or Villa

because if Villa in and Chelsea go out

lots of people have got double or triple

Arsenal maybe one or two chelse as well

and suddenly when you couple that with

richardon porro maybe Tony from brenford

you're starting to get kind of six to

eight players without even without even

having to free hit so it's definitely

going to be possible and some of you by

the way might have three Aston Villa

players so if Chelsea win and Villa go

out you might have an additional three

players that are playing in 29 so it's

not that free hit 29 is now the go-to

strategy but it's definitely going to be

very popular um the V versus Chelsea

replay we'll know the result of that

before gameweek 24 so I know we kept

saying between 21 and 22 to wait for

more info but we are continuing to wait

for additional info and this is going to

happen over the next few weeks um but

that will happened before 24 that Villa

versus Chelsea replay we'll know the

gameweek 29 blanks before gameweek 27

that's when the fifth round games will

have been played like I said free hit 29

will be popular especially if Chelsea

win but it will all be dependent on your

team is set up and obviously if you

don't have free hit then you've just got

to manage it a different way and what I

mean by that is try and get as many

players as possible for the doubles and

the blanks without compromising too much

it might mean that you have a couple of

less plays and a blank or a couple of

less players and a double but it will be

manageable even without a free hit but

if you've got it then obviously that is

one route you could take um like I said

yeah if Villa win potential to get

through game we 29 with no free hit

various chip strategies going to be

viable I don't think there's one it's

not like a one siiz fits-all approach

where if you've got all your chips this

is the strategy that you go for but I

don't think that free hit in 25 or 26 is

going to work that well I just think

there'll be too much to manage

afterwards to Warrant using it in either

of those weeks like 25 could be nice

because you get Triple Liverpool and

triple Man City without having to hold

on to them long term but the fact that

man city have got Bernie this week

double in 25 and they don't blank in 26

it just doesn't seem great to use a free

hit to get them in when you can just

hold them longer term anyway especially

when one of them is going to be Harlem

when he's fit as well so all you're

really adding with a free hit is two

other Man City players and it could be a

similar conversation with Liverpool I

just don't think free hitting

25 is good enough basically it's not

going to be better than saving it later

on and you could use it in blank

gameweek 26 but I think that's going to

be easier for most people to manage than

it will be in 29 purely because there's

more fixtures on in gameweek 26 so you

could do that I just think I just think

that fifth round draw is kind of killed

free hit 25 or 26 in terms of wild card

right I've seen people talking about

using it in 26 27 30 31 34 right there's

l or sorry

35 there's lots of times you can use it

there's

no there's no specific wheat I can tell

you right now which is the best wheat

it's going to come down to when you want

to use your free hit essentially and I

think with gameweek 29 which is going to

be a key part of your chip strategy you

either free hit that week and then save

your wild card until a bit later on or

you dead end into that week and that

just means that you sell any players

that aren't playing to buy players that

are in 29 and then you still Wild Card

afterwards you could wild card before in

26 or 27 then free hit 29 just hope you

can manage the rest of the season but I

think that would

I think for me I would only do that if

I'm struggling to manage 25 or 26 and a

bunch of injuries crop up and stuff like

that and it's also worth saying right

and I'm kind of know I'm kind of going

back and forth on this but with 29 the

idea of not free hitting because you've

got so many players that are going to

play that week I do think it could be

viable but it relies on a couple of

things one you wanted to carry those

Chelsea Arsenal um Spurs players the

whole way through and also that none of

them get injured right because let's say

for my team I've got Palmer richardos

and parro saaka Gabrielle and CBA great

I've already got six players that if

Villa win in the FA Cup will play in 29

but if sacka gets injured am I

definitely going to want want to go to

another Arsenal midfielder maybe not if

Palmer gets injured do I want to go to a

different Chelsea midfielder probably

not at least not long term and so

therefore free hit 29 would become a lot

better so I can just get those players

in when I need them and then not worry

about having to hold them longterm so

unfortunately we're not going into game

week 2 thinking right this is all set in

stone now this is exactly what I need to

do where possible you want to keep your

options open I definitely want to roll

this week if I can couple of

other um points just to end on this

little section I think using an using a

chip in gameweek 25 could be really

handy because the way that the rest of

the season's probably going to look is

double in 25 small blank in 26 big blank

in 29 and then some bigger double game

weeks in 34 and 37 so you are going to

run out of game weeks to use your chips

if you don't use one in 25 obviously if

Salah or Harland is fully fit by 25

there's an easy triple Captain there but

if not bench boost for some teams might

work as well I've looked at it for mine

I just think the number of transfers to

get a good bench boost in 25 and to

manage 26 is probably not going to be

possible but for your team it might be a

bit different and the other thing to

mention about double game 34 and 37 is

that the teams doubling in both of those

weeks are probably going to be different

now last year I think it was teams like

Man City Brighton and man united they

all doubled in both of those game so it

was easy just to get their players in

and carry them the whole way through

this year it's not necessarily going to

work like that and the teams that you

want for 34 could be different to 37 so

that is why some people are going to

want to hold on to their free hit past

29 so that they can set up for one of

the double game weeks with a wild card

and then free hit the different players

in for the other double game week so

that is

why on the surface I think free hit 29

looks good but it's definitely not not

locked in by any means the final point

I'll make I don't think most people's

transfers has changed this week based on

this news it's interesting to start

thinking about it's good to start

looking at potential chip strategies and

stuff like that but the transfer you're

making for gameweek 22 is not going to

be vastly different with this

information and I do try to put off as

many decisions for FPL as long as I can

so my move will almost certainly still

be Salah to foden and I'll make a move

next week and then once we've got that

Villa versus Chelsea confirmation then

I'll start trying to lock in my own chip

strategy for now you make your TRS to

this week double gameweek 25 and blank

gameweek 26 are the priority but just

start thinking about gameweek 29 longer

term so I'm sure that most of you have

seen by now that Egypt were knocked out

of African Cup of Nations last night

which means that Salah is available for

Liverpool again at least outside of

injury and lots of people ask me has

this changed my thinking about

transferring Salah out and my initial

thoughts are unless klopp says something

interesting in tomorrow's press

conference I don't think too much has

changed here and what I mean by

interesting is if he indicates that

Salah could be back by game weeks 23 or

24 then maybe he's worth holding on to

because Burnie at home in 24 is a good

fixture you then have the in 25 but I

just don't think he's going to give us

that information right there's a lot

going on here in terms of Salah leaving

Egypt to come back to Liverpool for

rehabilitation I don't think klopp's

going to give us too much information

either way and from what we've got to go

on like the most recent news is that a

few days ago Salah was going to be out

for three to four weeks which would mean

he would miss 24 and potentially be a

doubt for 25 and if that's still the

case he's probably still worth selling

it's also worth saying that

if he was a down for 25 then you've got

two games in quick succession and then

you've got the carabal Cup Final so it's

not even a guarantee that he would play

both games in that double anyway so in

Les klopp tomorrow because he should

have held his should hold his press

conference ahead of the Liverpool game

on Wednesday unless he comes out and

says yeah he's actually doing really

well he might be back sooner than

expected I'm probably still going to

sell him I also think it's worth

considering whether you want both Salah

and Harland because if you don't if

you're willing to commit to just having

one of those then if you sell Salah for

most people Harland or Salah is just one

transfer back in So for me if I sell har

sorry if I sell Salah to foden this week

and let's just say that harland's not an

option for gameweek 22 in 23 I can

reassess and if harland's back and he's

got minutes and Salah still out I could

just buy Harland and if they're both DS

for 23 then I just ignore both of them

and I make that decision again in

gameweek 24 so once you sell salary it's

not that you can't buy him back but I

guess it all depends on as always what

your team looks like if you've got

another transfer to make instead or

you've only got one free transfer and

you're more than happy to roll it then

just roll it and put that decision off

until next week with the way that the

prices are this year and the fact that

harland's not fit at the moment there's

not a massive need for that money anyway

and like last week I got a green arrow

of Sal on my bench if I only had one

free tra this week I'd probably

seriously consider

just rolling again because without with

Salah third on my bench my team still

looks perfectly okay is foden better

than some of those midfielders I've got

of course but it's not the end of the

world if I don't have him this week so

yeah I don't think it's changed a huge

amount but let's see what klopp says

tomorrow so another topic that I wanted

to cover is potential players to bring

in for double gameweek 25 a few people

asked me to cover that now as it stands

we only know for sure that two teams are

doubling that week and that is Man City

and brenford but we can be confident

that because of the carabal cup final

Liverpool versus Luton will also go into

double gameweek 25 and hopefully that'll

be announced this week not necessarily

before the gameweek 22 deadline but

hopefully by the gameweek 23 deadline at

the latest so if you want to play it

super safe right you don't necessarily

want to bring in Liverpool players

unless they're doublin you could wait

until gameweek 23 to make that decision

now I've put on screen the main players

that I would be looking at from all of

these teams for Man City I've got

Harland of course course if he's fit um

or when he's fit I should say de bruyne

foden Walker Edison and Bernardo Silva

um so I've left out the likes of doku

and grides I just think there's a little

bit too much rotation there I haven't

gone for any other Defenders outside of

Kyle Walker because he seems to be the

most nailed and as much as City have got

some good fixtures before and they don't

blank in 26 I just don't think the other

Defenders are really worth worrying

about right because if they don't play

they're just no good to you and car

Walker is the only one that started

every single game so that's why there's

no other Defenders there I've put Edison

down just because I would never

completely rule the goalkeepers out for

a couple of reasons one is they don't

take out another sorry they don't take

up another Outfield spot so for example

for my team I've got Trent parro and

double Arsenal defense I don't

necessarily have a great spot to put

walker in so if I wanted that Third Man

City player and it wasn't going to be

another attacker I could just put Edison

in instead and if it goes wrong like it

has done many times before I can just

eventually Wild Card him out with

Allison just to quickly go on to

Liverpool is actually a slightly

different thought process in that yes he

takes up a non- outfield spot but also

in gameweek 26 it's very easy to kind of

hide a goalkeeper when they blank

because you can just play your other

goalkeeper instead whereas with the

Outfield players if you've got Spurs and

Chelsea and Liverpool all blanking it

might be difficult to bench all three of

your Liverpool players you might have to

transfer them out whereas with Allison

you wouldn't necessarily need to do that

so as much as the goalkeepers aren't

exciting don't completely rule them out

just to go back to Man City obviously

Haren if he's fit is definitely an

option I think for a lot of people as

I've kind of already mentioned in this

video you need

to start deciding whether you're willing

to commit to just having one of those

premiums because if you want both harand

and Salah when they're fit and if that

happens for 25 how are you going to fit

them both in and if not which one of

them are you going to go for if they

were both fit as it stands I'm probably

going to bring Harlem back because I

think he's going to be back sooner than

Salah but that could change week to week

with de bruyne I'm not going to go

through him again in massive detail

because I've spoken about him a lot if

you think his minutes are good and you

can afford him and still make all your

other moves then bring him in he's a

fantastic player I don't want people to

think I think he's terrible but if like

me you're just not sure about his

minutes you don't even know if he's

going to start against Burnley then I

would probably just ignore him a lot of

people ask me about why I'm so happy to

bring foden in like if I'm worried about

de br's minutes why am I not worried

about foden and the answer is I am

worried about them I'm not happy about

bring them in I just think he's the best

of a bad bunch and if the Brer and foden

are both going to miss minutes I'd

rather spend less money and go for the

player that's fit and hasn't been out

for most of this season through injury

that's about it there's not really more

to it with foden I'm just bringing him

in and then hoping that he continues to

play the majority of games but I am not

bringing him in thinking that he's

guaranteed to start the next six matches

because ultimately he's a man City

player but I think foden's okay to bring

in this week and I've put Bernardo Silva

down just because he always starts and

I'd rather have that over a dock or Gish

but it is worth saying the conversation

right now with Man City players is going

to be different to what it will be just

before gameweek 25 at that point you

might look at it and say well hang on a

minute greish hasn't been great Do's

been playing well he's probably going to

start both of these matches I might take

a punt perfectly reasonable I'm not sure

I would make that decision right now

with

Liverpool I've put Darwin jotter Salah

Diaz Trent van djk and Allison I'm not

completely sure about Diaz because I

don't think I'm not sure he's first

choice left wing right now that's the

problem I think it might be Darwin yunes

so I'd be a little bit unsure about that

pick I haven't put anyone like soas or

mallister in because ultimately

Liverpool blank in 26 and I just don't

think those players are good enough to

bring in to then have to get rid rid of

again but obviously darmond and jot are

playing a lot right now playing really

well too you could definitely look at

them long term will their minutes

continue to be great especially when

Salah back not necessarily but if you're

looking for go looking at going for one

of those or sorry if you want to bring

in a Liverpool attacker right now they

are the two you're looking at I think in

defense the key one has to be Trent and

he did play against Norwich yesterday he

came off the bench so he should be you

hopefully fully fit moving forward I'm

sure he's going to start against Chelsea

we know he's the key Defender to get

from Liverpool but don't completely roll

out van djk if you need someone cheaper

but also again coming to back to that

conversation about which spots have you

got free it might be that you don't have

a Midfield slot for jot or a forward

slot for Darwin but you still want a

triple up on Liverpool outside of

Allison so who knows maybe Trent and Van

Dyk could be a viable option obviously

Robertson is someone you could consider

as well he also got minutes in the FA

Cup yesterday I just think think that

his injury was a little bit different to

Trent and I do wonder if they might

manage him a little bit more over the

next few weeks especially with how well

Gomez has been playing obviously when

Robertson's fully fit he is the first

choice left back we all know that but I

just don't think the klopp has to

necessarily take a risk with him right

now and Gomez could continue to see

minutes so I think if you're making a

defended decision right now you buy

Trent or even van djk closer to gameweek

25 maybe Robertson but I'm not sure I

would do that right now brenford Luton

the main two players I'd probably look

at are Tony or Dy again if you wanted a

goalkeeper with a double game you could

go for either the two goalkeepers from

those teams remember that lot and will

blank in 26 so if you bring in Dy as a

cheap enabler but you've also got triple

Liverpool you know maybe one or two from

Spurs one or two from Chelsea that's a

lot to deal with in 26 especially if

you're not free hitting so keep that in

mind Tony is going to be super popular

he's going to be really popular before

25 more so than he is right now it's

especially if you've already used your

free hit because brenford doubl in 25

and it's not the greatest double game

week they've got uh it'll be who is it

Liverpool at home man city away but

after that they got West Ham away

Chelsea at home Arsenal way which again

doesn't sound particularly great not

awful but not particularly great but

they play in 29 guaranteed so if you've

not got your free hit you've already

used it you get an extra fixture in 25 a

guaranteed fixture in 29 and not the

worst fixtures outside of that for a guy

that's absolutely nailed on for 90

minutes and on penalties as well so I

think a lot of people will consider Tony

and I already know right

now if if Villa beat Chelsea in the FA

Cup were coming back to that again then

I think a lot of people might look at

Watkins to Tony in gameweek 25 now to be

fair Villa's fixtures straight after 25

are pretty good right they got um well

in 25 they got full and then they got

Forest at home and Len away and Spurs at

home before they would potentially blank

in 29 but I think the extra fixture plus

the guaranteed game in in 29 for

brenford will mean a lot of people look

at what GS to Tony not necessarily right

now but that is something to consider

later on so they're the main players

that I would look at I think this week I

would prioritize Man City players over

Liverpool because they got the better

fixture and guaranteed double but

there's nothing wrong if you want to

bring in the liks of jot and Darwin this

week all right let's bring it back to

gameweek 22 and talk about captaincy and

I think this is a pretty good game week

to almost go wherever you want to with

the captain's armb within reason of

course I'm not saying just pick a player

at random and go with them but I think

if you want to do things a little bit

different this is a pretty decent game

week to do that for a few reasons right

one there's a full set of games on so

it's not like you've got a blank game

week where your choices are narrowed

down a little bit similarly you've got

double game weeks coming up where you're

probably going to want to pick a player

that doubles and that means everyone

else is thinking the same thing you

don't have that um in gameweek 22 you've

got lots of pretty good players with

pretty good fixures but I would say no

standout so even if you look at Man City

with Bernie at home which looks great on

paper you've got to be really confident

of their minutes and also Haren and

Salah are probably not going to be

options for gameweek 22 but soon enough

they could be and we know that when

those two players are fit that is where

most people will put the captain's

armband outside of blank and double game

weeks so your choices in the future are

probably not going to be as open as they

are the week so just to go through some

of the options like I've just said Man

City potential to go big this week

Bernie at home is a fixture where Man

City could easily score like three to

five goals and you almost won a piece of

that action it's just about choosing the

correct player which is the difficult

part and I think a lot of it comes down

to how much you trust those players

minutes so if you think de bruyne is

going to go and play 70 minutes or more

then I think he's probably the best

choice this week I wouldn't be so

confident in that and I think similarly

when I mentioned on team selection

yesterday about potentially captaining

Alvarez some people said well if you're

bringing foden in would uh foden in

would he not be an option as well and I

guess he would be but I don't really

trust his minutes either the difference

is that Alvarez without Harlem would

have penalties similarly so with

richardis presumably anyway against

brenford and where possible I would

always prefer to Captain a penalty taker

over someone that isn't basically

obviously if you know foden had berley

at home and all my other penalty takers

had super tough fixures that might be

different but I don't think that's

really the case this week so I like

foden and he's certainly not a bad

option but I think I just about prefer

Alvarez instead because I don't think

harland's going to start I think Alvarez

on penalties kind of swings it for me

with Liverpool I don't hate Darwin or J

I'm just never quite sure what Chelsea

team are going to turn up like I think

on their day Chelsea are actually quite

difficult to break down on a pretty

decent defensive team but also also

Liverpool are very good especially at

home so I don't think that Chelsea going

to keep a clean sheet or anything like

that I just think they've got the

ability to keep the score down I just

don't know what kind of returns Darwin

and jot are going to get this week if

that makes sense also if the game's

going well and one of those two players

hasn't returned early substitutions are

definitely a thing for Liverpool as well

so it's not like their minutes are fully

secure either I don't know I I like I

like d and J's transfers in I'm just not

sure I go the whole way and Captain them

as well but I definitely don't think

they're they're bad options I was

actually looking at the Chelsea stats

cuz early on in the season defensively

they were very good now they sit about

eighth right and that's very similar to

brentford's defensive numbers and so I'm

saying that Richard's good with a good

fixture but I'm saying Chelsea's a bit

more difficult is that just bias from

kind of recent Seasons when Chelsea were

much better possibly but I still think

on their day Chelsea can make that game

hard for Liverpool if Liverpool score

early on who knows maybe that will be

floodgates open I'm just not sure it's a

fixure that I would necessarily want to

go for but given how good Liverpool

Darwin and jot can be Etc definitely not

a bad option like I said richardis I

think is pretty good this week great

minutes right the longer or sorry the

more weeks that pass and you know more

Spurs players get to Fitness return from

International tournaments and stuff like

that Richard's minutes could go down but

this week they should be pretty great he

should be on penalties he's also a

midfielder which is better I would say

than Alvarez who's listed as a forward

and his fixtur is pretty good right

brenford aren't in brenford aren't

necessarily A team that I would look at

and be worried about scoring against

especially when you're you're playing at

home so I think for a lot of people

richardon is going to end up being the

one that they go for I may switch from

Alvarez for the same reason because I

just think if pep says that harland's

going to be in the squad how many

minutes is Alvarez going to get and I

know I've talked a lot about minutes but

that is a big consideration this week

because it could be that Alvarez plays

number nine on penalties for 60 minutes

but then gets brought off is that better

than richardis I'm not sure it is so

they're probably the

main three kind of players SL teams that

I'm looking at but you can really take

your pick sacka against not a forest

away not a bad option had that assist

been given for the goal that Gabrielle

scored would we be thinking about sackur

a little bit differently potentially I

know he hasn't been great this um not

not even this season but I know he

hasn't been great recently in terms of

returns but the numbers are still

excellent and he's putting up better

expected goal and expected assist

numbers than he did last year right so

he is a really good FP asset I've got no

interest in selling him whatsoever and

at some point the returns are going to

come like he's put up he's got sorry one

goal on paper at least in the last what

was that six weeks I think it is but

he's put up at least

.48 expected go Plus in each of those

games apart from against Liverpool but

that's going to be

a tough game on paper anyway so I

wouldn't completely rule sack out Xiao

Pedro's Got looten Away Watkins has got

Newcastle at home I think they're all

pretty good picks but I'm probably going

to go for rich charison or a man City

player I don't own a Liverpool attacker

so maybe it' be a little bit different

if I did I just I just look at Chelsea

on paper and I wouldn't be surprised if

that's a low scoring game like a 2-1 or

something like that which could be

enough for Darwin orj I think I just

prefer to go for a charlon or a man City

player let me know if you there's anyone

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the FA Cup fifth round draw there's just

a lot of talk about what could happen we

will start to narrow down different

Roots you can go for with your chips

over the next few weeks but I do think

that Villa Game could be quite key in

most people's decisions especially mine

like I'm not sure if I want a free hit

in 29 or just leave it a little bit

later but hopefully in the next couple

of game weeks I'll start to narrow those

decisions down and any new information

that comes up I'll of course cover it as

well and finally I'll be doing final

thoughts tomorrow where I'll answer some

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