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Compare these fixtures to West Ham's and you have your answer I think. It's not that he is a bad pick, it's that people think there are better.

I’ve upgraded my 5th midfielder to accommodate Fraser and Wilson. I can now bench them in 14 and 16 and just play one in 11 and 13.

This. I am keeping both him and Fraser for now, fixtures are not as bad as some are making out.

I prefer Arnie over the time couple.

NEW (A) is not an plum fixture.

How many of these games will Bou score 2 or more goals - at best I think 3/8

People thought Leicester had a difficult fixture week after week but Mahrez kept churning the scores out when they won the league.

When a player and team are in this kind of form, it trumps fixtures imo. 6.3 ppg for Wilson - that's as good as a guaranteed goal per week.

Mostly agree, but to play devils advocate;
Newcastle away isn't necessarily good for goals. They have a very tight defense. Ease of fixture Durant always translate to lots of returns being available.

Manchester United and Arsenal might concede two or three between them. Maybe. You would expect Wilson involvement in at least 1 goal, but nothing is guaranteed.

Man City away isn't difficult, it's the closest thing to impossible for an asset like Wilson to return in. As my stat above shows, forwards and mids have not scored a single goal against them all season.

HUD: Glorious

LIV: Big (x) of doubt that anything would happen here. Bournemouth putting weak defences to the sword doesn't mean they're equipped to deal with Liverpool.

Wolves: very dicey game, too far away to judge

BHA: Same as Wolves
I count the fixture ratings for likeliness of Wilson returns as:

Average
Poor to Average
Poor to Average
Impossible
Excellent
Very difficult
N/a
N/a

Hate bringing in players at their peak price, but in this case and with so few other options I might consider it. It's only 6.6 after all but 2 or 3 blanks and he'll drop rapidly once people start selling.

newcastle away isn't an easy fixture by any means

Check their previous results against status teams

They're MISERABLE.

It's enough to put the willies up for me, that's for sure.

Agree with this. In gw14 and gw16 we could also easily play Wolves defensive assets (Cardiff away, Castle away) and AWB (Burnley at home, West ham away) so rotation actually works very nicely. Add form, price and the lack of other forward options (except Arnie, I'm not interested in Murray) and I'm almost surely getting Wilson in for Mitrovic this/next week.

Agreed, I’m looking at upgrading my fifth mid and giving myself the option to just bench him for the really bad fixtures.

The thing is, I understand why people would be reluctant to BUY attacking assets from Bournemouth right now, but actively shopping them whilst they're in such a rich vein of form and have cost you so little seems odd. Having paid such a small portion of your budget for them, I can't see the benefit in not at least seeing how they do.

Especially for those who bought Wilson at 6.0, and are willing to forego his 0.6 increase in price, in the event that they end up needing to bring him back in because he continues performing admirably.

I'd completely get it if we were talking about a player who was consuming £8.0m+ of your budget, like a Vardy or something, but he's so inexpensive and performing well above his cost, regardless of fixtures.

I'm sticking with him throughout those fixtures.

- Im looking to keep both Fraser and Wilson but add Laporte to
make a double city defence
- I'll play Wilson in every fixture but rotate Laporte and Fraser.
- In GWK 16 Laporte could become Trippier

Something like

Fraser in 12, 15, 17, 18
Laporte 11, 13, 14, --> Tripper 16, 17, 18 (benching a mid)

Had him since Gameweek 3 and won't be leaving my team anytime soon.

I've just bought him. Needed to upgrade Ings and it was between Wilson and Murray as Arnie was too expensive. Wilson burnt me last season and I was weary because of that but I've bitten the bullet and got Wilson ala Alonso as they are rank killers. Will ship in probably 4 weeks for Zaha.

Couldn't agree more I hope people sell him to help my rank.

I have Wilson and Fraser and they are going nowhere great value picks and if I didn't have Wilson would be getting him in this week. I could see him as a season keeper at his price, Bournemouths attacking style and lack of other alternatives.

Reversely: Is buying Wilson a good idea? Especially if it's in place of Mitrovic ...

Bournemouth are battering and playing amazingly. Wilson is in the form of his life and 6.6 or under. Can’t understand anyone selling him.