With Gameweek 4 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) nearing, our pundits are starting to finalise their teams ahead of Saturday’s deadline.
FPL General, who has three top 500 finishes to his name, is fully committed to going without Mohamed Salah (£14.5m) and Erling Haaland (£14.1m) this season. Having played his Wildcard in Gameweek 3, he discusses his future plans here.
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Gameweek 3 Review
Death, taxes, and a red arrow when you Wildcard! It hasn’t exactly gone to plan so far this season, but, looking at the squad for Gameweek 4, I’m confident the run of green arrows is about to begin.
Overall rank is irrelevant at this stage but I want to note it here so I can look back on it in Gameweek 38 when the salvage mission has been completed. The new troops dropped from 7.7m to 7.9m in Gameweek 3. It can only get better, right?
Captaincy has been the main issue during the first few weeks, having committed to no Salah/Haaland for the season. Cole Palmer (£10.4m) was carrying an injury in Gameweek 1 which we didn’t know about, Bukayo Saka (£9.9m) went off injured after 53 minutes in Gameweek 2, and to top it off, Matheus Cunha (£8.1m) who replaced Bruno Fernandes (£9.0m) in the Wildcard team, lasted just half an hour. Owners of Viktor Gyokeres (£9.0m), be warned: he’s getting the armband this weekend…
New recruits Daniel Munoz (£5.5m), Marc Cucurella (£6.1m) and Joao Pedro (£7.7m) did the business, but unfortunately, they were the only ones who did anything. Across three Gameweeks, I’ve had 13 midfielders play for one attacking return, which was Saka’s goal in Gameweek 2. How is that even possible?
The Emi Martinez (£5.0m) differential blew up in my face, too. Hopefully, he comes back in against Everton this weekend having failed to secure a transfer away from Villa Park. I really don’t want to have to make a goalkeeper transfer after Wildcarding.
It was a close call between Mohamed Kudus (£6.6m) and Ismaila Sarr (£6.5m) ahead of the deadline – another 50/50 that didn’t go well. Sarr does look to be injured, however, so it might work out in the long run.
Chris Wood (£7.7m) survived the Wildcard cull but failed to deliver versus West Ham United, which was frustrating. With Ange Postecoglou taking over at Nottingham Forest, Wood is likely to make way soon. He’s keeping the spot warm for Alexander Isak (£10.4m) with £4.6m in the bank.
Gameweek 4 Team
