Pro Pundits

How an early Wildcard helped me into the top 1k – and what I have learned

Currently sitting well inside the top 1,000, Let’s Talk FPL’s Andy looks back at the success of his early second Wildcard – and explains how he plans to cope without the prized chip going forward.


Nearly a month ago now (January 6, to be precise), I wrote an article about the pros and cons of playing the second Wildcard early in Gameweek 18, especially for those of us that had used the first one early as well.

After starting Gameweek 18 ranked at 41,610th, I’ve now moved up to 679th at the start of Gameweek 22. It’s safe to say that the early Wildcard has worked pretty well. In this article, I want to quickly touch on why it worked well, and what my future plans are without a Wildcard in hand.

Why did it work

As I mentioned in my article at the time, we were in a unique situation where there was a chance to attack a big Blank Gameweek followed by a big Double Gameweek, without any “normal” Gameweeks in between. They also both involved teams with good fixtures, good players and perhaps even more importantly, good fixtures following the Double. Those teams were Manchester City and Manchester United.

Of course, along the way, you need some lucky. Back in my January article, I wasn’t predicting John Stones (£5.2m), João Cancelo (£6.0m) and Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£5.4m) to all score 17+ points in an individual Gameweek. Sometimes the luck comes all at once, and I couldn’t have been much luckier, really.

But the logic was there of targeting a Blank, Double and following fixtures all at once. At the time I had no Manchester City players, and they looked key going forward. A Free Hit would have plugged the gap in Gameweek 18, but I’d have been left with lots of hits from that point forward.

I’ve seen a few people now contemplating an early Wildcard but it does feel like the boat has been missed on the opportunity now. We’re so close to Double Gameweek 24, which is when we’ll likely have all the information we’ll need for a potential Blank Gameweek 29, and Double Gameweek 26, that using the Wildcard in Gameweek 23 could be a disaster. I’m not sure anyone’s team is in such a bad state they need to use it now, and Wildcards are such a good way to attack a set of Gameweeks that using it now would be sub-optimal, I would say.

Future Planning

One thing I’m finding is planning feels even more crucial than normal without a Wildcard, and so many big Gameweeks still to manage. I’ve already seen several content creators talk about getting players in for a few weeks because they’re Wildcarding soon, and I don’t have that luxury.

That’s why in Gameweek 21, I bought in Son Heung-min (£9.7m) and Jack Grealish (£7.8m) and ended up ignoring Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£7.6m). It’s likely that Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa will have a good Double Gameweek so I felt they were better long-term moves, to essentially save my transfers down the line. Everton have, of course, ended up getting a Double Gameweek before that – and this is naturally one of the downsides to Wildcarding so early.

With the Free Hit chip, I’m keeping my options open. Before we get more confirmed fixtures, I’m essentially trying to get in players like above that are good for right now, but also for the Doubles. If my team is set for Gameweek 26, then I will use the Free Hit in Gameweek 29 – but depending on how my team is looking for Gameweek 29, I could just use the Free Hit in the big Double Gameweek instead. I do have my Triple Captain as well but due to the number of fixtures that still need to be rearranged, there’ll probably be other chances to use it.

To Keep Doing

Fernandes stakes captaincy claim ahead of Gameweek 9 meeting with West Brom

I wanted to quickly touch on some things that I’ve changed in my strategy to FPL this season which I plan on carrying on for the rest of the season. I’m sure some of this will be simple to many, or things you’re already doing, but it’s helped me so far.

I will caveat straight away to say again that of course luck is a big part of FPL. Just because this has worked this season doesn’t mean it will work next season, but for now I’ll keep doing with it.

Captaincy

I think sometimes we underrate just how important the captaincy is. We might hear things like “I’ll just captain him instead” or “I’ll take a punt on him”. Both ways of doing things are fine, but this year I’ve made a conscious decision to always have who I believe is the best captain each week, even if that means transferring out a big hitter. This sounds simple, but often FPL managers will forgo the best captain because they don’t want to sell a big hitter. Obviously who the best captain is, is subjective but I’ve tried to target them in advance, and unless there’s something major which happens in between I won’t change my mind, even for “form”. For example, my next captain in Gameweek 23 will be Son.

I’ve sold Salah, Son, and Kane twice already this season and I’ve found not having value wrapped up in them makes my decisions much easier knowing I can just buy them back as there’s no money “lost”.

I’ve also not looked to take any punts. It’s whoever I think the best points potential is regardless of what everyone is doing. Will that player be 150% effective ownership or 50%? I don’t particularly care, and have ignored ownership so far this season.

Form and data
WOLAVL dd

One thing I said I wanted to do at the start of the season was using a more statistic-based approach to my decisions, but also reduce the amount of statistics that I use. Expected data incorporates so many other statistics so I’ve stuck largely to that, especially ‘per 90’ data.

I often look at the season-long data as well, rather than looking for differences in much smaller sample sizes like last four Gameweeks. There’s obviously a balancing act here, but I’ve tried to trust players putting up good numbers over a long period of time who have good fixtures. Simple, but so far effective.

An example of this is Grealish vs Harvey Barnes (£6.9m) vs James Maddison (£7.3m). I can see that Barnes and Maddison have scored well recently but when I needed a £7m+ midfielder recently, there was no question in my mind that Grealish was the one.

Grealish has an expected goal involvement per 90 minutes (xGp90) for the season of 0.51, compared to Barnes at 0.37 and Maddison at 0.28. Maddison has scored a few goals recently, but his xGp90 is just 0.14 which is low, and his creativity isn’t that high despite creating lots of chances through corners. I’m ignoring an “in-form” player right now in the hope his returns will start to dry up, but there’s no doubting he’s playing well at present.

There’s nothing wrong with looking at recent Gameweeks to spot any major differences, but too often we are looking for something to confirm what we want to see.

Form is something we could probably talk about in a separate article, but it’s something I’ve largely tried to ignore, hence choosing captaincies in advance. Rather than look at what they’ve scored recently in pure FPL points, I’d rather look at their underlying numbers for the season and their opponents. Son this week is a great example. Spurs looked really poor against Brighton, and I’m writing this before a game against Chelsea that I’m not expecting anything from, but West Brom are a truly awful defence. Even without Kane, I’d still back Son to get points, although I can see why people might be wary, especially with Antonio as a good alternative this week.

Limiting Defender transfers

Wildcarding twice before Gameweek 19 will help with this of course, but I’ve tried to limit defender transfers. Outside of the occasional big return like we’ve seen recently, the majority of the time a defender’s ceiling is quite low. You’re looking at six points a lot of the time.

This is one of the reasons I’ve only made four defender transfers all season (outside of Wildcards). I’m trying to make sure I can focus most of my transfer on attack and captaincy where the biggest amount of points are likely to come. The only defender transfers so far are:

  • GW2 – Vinagre to Digne
  • GW7 – Alexander-Arnold to Chilwell
  • GW15 – Chilwell & Lamptey to Robertson & Coufal

It’s something I’ll try and continue doing, especially when we have Manchester City defenders in the form of their lives, who are also very cheap and carry fairly big upside, like with Cancelo.

Gameweek 23

This is how my team is currently looking:


1,848 Comments Post a Comment
  1. HD7
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Spurs dont have an official DGW yet, right mates?
    planning to get Kane in GW25 if none

    1. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Kane is never in form after injury. Shouldn't be big news, but people just can't remember some things.

      1. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        You're really gonna avoid him if he has a DGW of BUR SOU?

        1. pingissimus
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Choice may come down to him of Vardy - Arsenal Burnley. May not be that much in it

  2. Flynny
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Does this plan sound reasonable please? 2fts. Played bb. Saving wildcard

    Gw 23 - Johnstone to pope

    Gw 24 - Chilwell to digne

    Gw 25 - use 2fts to buy Bamford and raphinha

    Thanks

    Martinez (Johnstone)
    Cancelo dallas chilwell (coufal dias)
    Salah bruno (c) grealish gundog soucek
    Antonio watkins (dcl)

    1. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Good plan, i might do similar.

    2. aleksaa2
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I quite like that plan tbh.

    3. ItsJonesy
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Looks good and very similar to the moves I am eyeing off.

      1. Flynny
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks

  3. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    2FT - 3.5m ITB. Best move here?

    A. James -> Mee
    B. Johnstone -> Pope

    Martinez
    Cancelo Coufal James
    Salah Gundogan Grealish Fernandes Son
    Bamford Antonio

    Johnstone DCL Dallas Stones

    1. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      B surely

    2. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      B

    3. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Cheers

  4. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Bottomed. Sorry for reply.

    Would you do this for -4 ?

    Balbuena, Davies and Salah to Mee, Antonio and Grealish.

    I would bench DCL in that case, but also i would rid of 2 fodders, and prepare for bench boost in DGW 26 and also save WC for later in the season ?

    1. aleksaa2
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I'd do it.

  5. Mr. Chimes
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    For those who have both City and Liverpool attack and defense, what’s the plan?

    1) bench a) Cancelo or b) Stones or c) both

    2) bench a) Salah or b) Gundogan

    3) bench or sell Robertson

    1. Mr. Chimes
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      1. d) start both

    2. waldo666
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I'm looking to ship TAA, just gotta decide between Shaw and Dias, if the latter will roll with double City this week.

    3. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      c
      b
      sell

    4. FourLokoLeipzig
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I’d bench Stones and Gundo. Robbo is poor value at present so probably a good time to sell if you have no fires

      1. Mr. Chimes
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        So you prefer DCL over Gundo this week? Other strikers are Bamford and Antonio

        1. FourLokoLeipzig
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          I do, although I seem to be in the minority on this site. I just don’t see Pep letting Gundo get forward nearly as much against Liverpool at Anfield, so DCL looks a better bet to me now he’s got some service and maybe more confidence again

  6. waldo666
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    2 FT and 4.6 ITB

    Was all set to transfer TAA to Shaw but now thinking a second City defender with their double in mind. Thoughts appreciated.

    McCarthy
    TAA Dallas Cancelo
    Salah Son Bruno Gundo Raphinha
    Bamford Antonio

    (Nyland Coufal Mitchell Brewster)

    A) TAA to Shaw
    B) TAA to Dias
    C) Something else

    1. FPL_DON
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      taa to ben mee

      1. waldo666
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers, you'd rather Mee than a second City defender then?

        1. FPL_DON
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          currently yeah mate, that double next week is class

  7. baines is god
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    who is more likely to start on Sunday at LWB for Chelsea?

    Alonso or Chilwell

    1. WE GO FOR IT
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Noone has any clue here mate. At least not right now. Maybe closer to the game, there might be rumours. But right now, it's 50-50!

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      No clue. Alonso has done absolutely nothing to hurt his chances today. Actually played very well.

  8. Coys96
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    DCL -> Antonio tonight?

    Rising tonight

    1. waldo666
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Looks good.

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Antonio fixtures good, but DCL DGW straight after.

      1. Coys96
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        fulham +2 imo

    3. WE GO FOR IT
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Worth it, I'd say. DCL has 3 fixtures, but tough. Antonio could easily beat him with 2 fixtures.

    4. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      It's crazy, surely. Who are your other forwards? Bamford, DCL, Antonio is the frontline to get.

      1. Coys96
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Bamford & Watkins

  9. Ibralicious
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Have 2 FTs. Is it worth doing Johnstone -> Pope and rolling a FT, even though my other keeper is Martinez?

    1. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Makes sense

  10. norab
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    This is going to be an interesting navigation with all the money people have itb. As an example, I'm going to upgrade Brewster to Antonio for at least the next 2 gw. Then hoping to pivot to Maupay for the next 2. At that point some of these big hitters will be likely be coming back and it could keep it simple enough to save a transfer one week and then use 2 free's to get someone like Kane or KDB back in.

    1. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Maupay is an interesting call - rather like it. Brighton sure do have fixtures for it

  11. liiusions
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Martinez
    Cancelo Dias Digne
    Salah Bruno Sterling Grealish
    DCL Antonio Bamford
    (4.0 Soucek Holding Lewis)
    2FT 0ITB
    All chips in tact

    Any ideas what to do for next week? Doesn’t make sense for me to get a Burnley defender in as I’d bench them next GW anyway.

    Really want Alonso and only way to fund Lewis to him is Salah->Son ...

    1. WE GO FOR IT
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Martinez to Pope if you want a Burnley defensive cover

  12. FPL_DON
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Robertson > Mee

    Never thought I'd be making that move, night

    1. Wılly
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      What's the draw of Mee? More goals this season?

      1. Annie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Dgw fever

        1. Wılly
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Over the other Burnley defenders, I mean. I thought Tarkowski was the one for goals

  13. michaelington
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Good to go? Any other moves?

    Martinez
    Dias Rudiger Dallas
    Salah Son Grealish Raphinha Bruno (c)
    Bamford Antonio

    DCL Stones Mitchell

    1 FT 3.3 ITB

    Feel like saving a transfer for the DGWs coming up

    1. Il Capitano
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Looks good

    2. WE GO FOR IT
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Don't fancy Burnley defense?

      Otherwise, looks good.

      1. Il Capitano
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Can probably go without this week and bring in next GW?

        1. WE GO FOR IT
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Yeah, not a neccesity!

  14. Jdpz
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Salah to
    a) Grealish
    b) Son
    c) Rashford
    d) Maddison
    e) Pulisic
    f)??

    1. dogtanion
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Lingard

      1. Baron Penguin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Raphinha/Grealish

    2. FourLokoLeipzig
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      If you’re thinking for at least a few games (not a short pre-WC punt), then Grealish for sure

  15. Wılly
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    TAA to ???

    A. Digne
    B. Tarkowski
    C. Other?

    Will most likely use the money to upgrade McCarthy or Forster to Pope

    1. OleBall
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Pope & Digne for McC & TAA i'm doing

  16. estheblessed
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    All good here chaps? Right subs and order?

    Martinez
    Cancelo, Dier, Shaw
    Grealish, Gundo, Bruno, Salah, Barnes
    Antonio, Bamford

    DCL, Stones, Alioski

    1. Baron Penguin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I’ve seen a few boring 0-0 results between top Teams over the past couple of seasons, so I’m punting on the double defence and benching Gundo.

      1. estheblessed
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Foreal!

  17. Tomsk
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Will both Leeds and Fulham definitely not have a DGW26 now?
    My understanding is Leeds no, and Fulham almost certainly no. Is that right?

    1. WE GO FOR IT
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Both are almost certainy no.

    2. Tomsk
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Thanks very much.

  18. 03farmboy
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Who to replace Chilwell with?

    AWB or Digne

    1. estheblessed
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Digne for the DGW

  19. dogtanion
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Surely Lingard retains his place?

    1. waldo666
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      You would think so but that was only his 4th match this season so wouldn't surprise to seem him not.

      1. dogtanion
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah that's a concern. He can't play fa cup v United so maybe that might ensure he starts v Fulham

        1. waldo666
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Yeah good point, could do, still a bit of a punt for mine and I'd like to see him back that performance up before looking to bring him in.

  20. Wılly
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Why Ben Mee over James Tarkowski?

    1. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      4.5 v 3.1ppg.

    2. Baron Penguin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I used the Members area stats (shameless plug)

  21. Il Capitano
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    WC, BB and TC all remaining

    1FT 4.5m ITB

    McCarthy Johnstone
    Coufal Cancelo Justin Stones Lowton
    Soucek Salah Son Gundogan Bruno
    Bamford Antonio Adams

    With the DGW announcements I'm considering saving FT this week, then Johnstone > Pope and Adams > DCL next week for 6x DGW24 players.

    Will assess chips after the cup games, but likely looking at WC25, BB26. Sound like a reasonable plan?

    1. insertcomedyname
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yes

  22. jia you
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Burnley and Fulham assets, nah, can't be bothered

    1. xHaTr
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Pope is tempting me

      1. jia you
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        the only one I'd consider but think I'd prefer to just hold Martinez

        1. xHaTr
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Have a lot in the bank personally, so planning to upgrade Steer to Pope for dgw24

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Fulham, no. Pope yes. Have Martinez & Forster and a fortune ITB. May even get Pope in this GW.

    3. Tiki-Taka
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      would only consider pope and maybe lookman personally, but with martinez i don't even know if it's worth it. rather have 3 city and everton if looking at DGW24

    4. Il Capitano
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Both my keepers are useless, thinking of getting double Burnley defence (own Lowton) with Pope in for GW24. Agree on Fulham.

  23. xHaTr
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Would you bench Son away to city?

    1. dogtanion
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      2 points most likely

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      That sounds even more of a clear-cut decision than today.

      However, Kane may well be back so who knows.

    3. DB_00
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Just sell

  24. MikeS
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone fed up of Salah? Time to bin the over rated loserpool man?

    1. DB_00
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Im fed up with him and Son, tempted to sell both

      1. MikeS
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Last time I sold son he smashed in a brace. Same with soucek actually. Is it a sign? Just can't see him doing anything against a rock solid city defence.

    2. xHaTr
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yikes Mikes

    3. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      He did brace not so long ago and was one of the biggest underachievers last week. Not too fond of him, but he did look better than Son. Salah to Grealish isn't for me atm.

      1. MikeS
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        I already have grealish.. so it would be son or Salah to soucek?

        1. MikeS
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Thing is surely son will do better Vs West brom, where as Salah has city the best defence..

    4. waldo666
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I made a promise to myself this season, last two I have ditched him and he has bitten me hard. It is becoming hard to stick to that promise though, I must admit.

      1. MikeS
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Yer I did the same with son, and promised not to ditch him again. Both can turn lethal at any moment. But I fancy son more to score against West brom than Salah to do anything against city

  25. KirkhamWesham
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    How is my team looking?

    Martinez
    Cancelo AWB Cresswell
    Salah Bruno G'dogan Maddison Soucek
    Antonio(C) Watkins

    Meslier Dias DCL Bednarek

    3.8m itb

  26. OleBall
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Who do we reckon scores more points over the next 2GW's?
    a) Watkins
    b) Antonio
    c) DCL

    1. KirkhamWesham
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Antonio

    2. MikeS
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Very nice Antonio

    3. waldo666
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      b

  27. sirmorbach
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Pick one for one of my two FT, please:

    A. Digne
    B. Justin
    C. Pereira
    D. Rüdiger
    E. Alonso
    F. Shaw

    1. MikeS
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      A

      1. MikeS
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Wtf.. I meant b.. Justin easy

        1. sirmorbach
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Even with Digne's double?

    2. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Check rotation?

      1. sirmorbach
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Others are Dias, Stones, Cresswell, Dallas. Cheers!

    3. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      All valid calls - Alonso the most exciting especially if you have defensive bench. May get him after 26.

      (I went Justin but rather regret Shaw tbh - Digne already in and have Mendy so no need of Rudiger.)

      1. sirmorbach
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers, sir. Always helpful.

        Might go Digne because of double. Thanks!

  28. Mr. Mystic
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Play Pope or McCarthy next GW?

    1. MikeS
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Pope

  29. nadman89
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    play dias or coufal . sounds crazy

    1. MikeS
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Dias

  30. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Thoughts on Gabriel Jesus ? Not explosive enough ?

    1. nadman89
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      literally there are so many better options wouldnt ever consider him ..

      antonio , watkins , bamford , dcl and even wilson all better

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Was thinking of dgw but point taken 🙂