Captain Sensible

Who is the best FPL captain for Gameweek 37?

Fantasy Premier League managers have a straight shoot-out between three of this season’s best assets for the Gameweek 37 captaincy.

Bruno Fernandes (£11.4m), Mohamed Salah (£12.8m) and Harry Kane (£11.8m) are all in the conversation although any Fantasy managers chasing their mini-league rivals might be looking at differentials too.

Mason Greenwood (£7.2m), as well as Spurs’ midfielders Gareth Bale (£9.2m) and Son Heung-min (£9.7m) are also on the radar in a week with plenty of choice.

As always, the Captain Sensible article is here to help you with this week’s armband decisions. As this includes extensive data from the Fantasy Football Scout Premium Members Area, only those with a valid subscription can access it in full.

CAPTAIN POLL

It comes as little surprise that the aforementioned trio ofFernandes, Salah and Kane dominate this week’s Captain Poll.

Ahead of facing Fulham in front of an Old Trafford crowd, Manchester United’s talismanic midfielder has the slight edge with 33.1% of total votes so far.

Meanwhile, Salah currently sits in second with a decent chance of overtaking Fernandes, with his current backing at 32.0%.

After scoring Spurs’ first goal against Wolves and rewarding his owners with eight points in Blank Gameweek 36, Kane has been voted as the best captain for the upcoming round of fixtures by just over 15.0% of our users.

The only remaining player to have gained more than 5.0% of total votes so far is Greenwood, as he is looking to continue his impressive goalscoring form.

KEY MATCHES 

Manchester United v Fulham

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  1. Gunners in Haaland
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Azpi or M.Pereira?

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Pereira allll day

  2. Mesh
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Bench 1.
    A. Lingard
    B. Raphinha
    C. Greenwood
    D. DCL

    1. Gunners in Haaland
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      D

    2. WVA
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      A

    3. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      A

  3. Mind över Mata
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Right to bench Lingard here?

    Pickford
    TAA, Digne, Dallas, Digne
    Salah (c), Bruno (vc), Greenwood, Raph
    Bamford, Kane

    Forster; Lingard, Vydra, Ward

    1. Mind över Mata
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Sorry, second Digne is Shaw!

    2. School of Poch
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      I'd maybe play over Raph

    3. WVA
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      I'd play over Bamford not Raph

    4. Mesh
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Probably yeah. I'm considering benching him too (see above).
      Depends if your rival has him or not and if you're defending or chasing.

  4. School of Poch
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Would appreciate some advice on below moves.

    1FT 0.0ITB

    A: Jota Veltman > Greenwood Strujik (-4)
    B: Jota > Harrison/7.0
    C: Veltman > Alioski
    D: Save FT

    Mendy
    TAA Dallas Holding
    Salah Bruno Lingard Siggy
    Kane Antonio Watkins

    Forster Coady Veltman Jota

    1. FPL Theorist
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      B

  5. Fit_to_drop
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Who is in nets this week for Saints guys?

  6. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Best Jota replacement?
    A Raphina
    B Greenwood
    C Harrison
    D Willock
    E Torres

    1. Gunners in Haaland
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      DEABC

      1. Aztec Kamara
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        BACDE for me

  7. fcn
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Best keeper for GW37 only , up to 5.1?

    1. Aztec Kamara
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Fab or Meslier maybe? Think I’d go Fabianski.

    2. Zogzeg
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Check G-Whizz clean sheet odds tomorrow

  8. Aztec Kamara
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Argh....
    1.
    A: Nacho > Antonio (bench Gundo)
    B: Mount > Greenwood (bench Gundo or Nacho)
    C: Gundo > Raphinha (bench Nacho)

    2. Play...
    A: Stones
    B: Dallas
    C: Coufal

    Leaning towards 1A 2B but thanks in advance for any assistance!

    1. FPL Theorist
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Agree

    2. Zogzeg
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Agreed 1A.
      Chelsea clean sheet likely imo.
      Agreed 2B.
      Dallas is an attacking mid.

  9. Fergiesarmy
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    A) DCL to Cavani
    B) Mahrez to Greenwood
    C) Save the FT for GW 38

    Help needed!

    1. Zogzeg
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      All four could score well.
      DCL arguably the only nailed one.
      I think if I had Mahrez I’d keep him.
      So, C.

  10. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    What to do here?

    Martinez
    Shaw Digne Dallas
    Bruno Salah Greenwood Lingard Siggy
    Kane Watkins

    Sanchez Nacho Holding Castagne

    2 FT’s & 0.4m ITB

    A) Martinez Siggy ➡ Ederson Raphinha
    B) Siggy Castagne ➡ Raphinha Robbo
    C) Siggy Watkins ➡ Raphinha Antonio
    D) Siggy Lingard Castagne ➡ Raphinha Son Strujik -4

    1. Mind över Mata
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      A

    2. Zogzeg
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Looks like Siggy to Raph is happening.

      I wouldn’t take a hit or transfer a GK (City not so tight at the back now and Martinez gets save points).
      Liv not so tight at the back either and Robbo’s form isn’t great, so C for me.

  11. jdp219
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Jota > ...
    1) Jack Harrison -- form + differential
    2) Raphinha -- more upside than Jack?
    3) JWP -- set pieces vs. Leeds
    4) Willock -- form + differential
    5) Foden -- Too risky with Pep Roulette?

    fwiw - have Dallas and Mahrez already

    1. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Raphinha

    2. Zogzeg
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Fixtures for 1,2 & 4 are outstanding.
      Boom or bust with 5.
      3 looks like steady Eddie.

      Probably 4 for me.

  12. jdogg
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Zaha to greenwood or raphinha?x

    1. Luton_Fan
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Greenwood for this gw

      1. jdogg
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Cheers.x

  13. Luton_Fan
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Put these in order of likeliness to haul assuming they all start

    A. Raph
    B. Harrison
    C. Greenwood
    D. Foden
    E. Asm
    F. Willock
    G. Lingard
    H. Torres

    Tia

    1. aborg
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      C
      D
      A
      H
      F
      B
      G
      E

      1. Luton_Fan
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Thanks lol.

  14. aborg
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Final spot. Shall I play Harrison (already have Raph) or Stones?

    1. Luton_Fan
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Harrison

  15. Ian Davis
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Surely Burnley will revert to type vs Liverpool and fully park the bus. Still captain Salah?

  16. Clintymints
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    24 pts up on therival and have mostly the same team except maybe 3/4 players. Captaincy will be a big one this week, but is it too risky to get Greenwood in for Lingard -4??

    Not sure it's worth a hit but it's very tempting I had him for the triple gw and was quite profitable, it's just getting tight at the top!

    1. aborg
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      I know what you mean dude. I already own Greewood and Salah and my ML rival does not, so it is easier for me, so I might just captain Salah and still get points from Greewood if he plays good minutes.

      Are your 3 attackers identical?

      1. Clintymints
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Midfield is the same, Defence is probably going to be the same, 3/5 are the same, and the 3 we share are the best options.

        Forwards are me with DCL/Kane and him with Nacho/Kane, so just one more variable there.

        I mean I could risk Greenwood in for a hit, but I'd be selling Lingard who has a decent fixture too

        2ft in the final week and 4 extra points for me could be decent. I mean he goes for Greenwood it will either be for Son or a hit is my guess

        Classic overthinking. I have my rank to thinkg about too.

        On the flipside, if I stay safe, I can use 2ft to block in the final week, or if I'm further ahead, some punts

        1. aborg
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Hmm it gets tricky with all these variables especially when overthinking what your closest rival might do.
          I think he might want to replace Nacho..that is what I would do, for maybe Antonio.

          I think with 24 points ahead you are in a good place as long as you don’t mess up your captain choice and he nails it.

          I am in your opposite situation as I am trailing my ML rival by 31 points and not gonna sleep well tonight with all the moves I should or should not do ! 😉

          1. Clintymints
            • 14 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Yea I mean he might even forget the deadline, which means Salah cap as per last week, it's tricky, I mean I'm not the one that needs to be taking risks, but he smashed it playing Mitchell the last 2 weeks, so it's closer than it should be!

            I do have Martinez in goals vs both our Son/Kane picks, he does have Dallas, so maybe Meislier in might not be a bad idea but kind of a waste of transfer

            two ft might be more useful to either block/punt in the final week. Just kinda want to punt Greenwood in, but prob not worth it for a hit

            A punt and a captain pick is your best bet for catching

            1. aborg
              • 6 Years
              2 years, 10 months ago

              Yes in your case saving a ft for final week might do the job for you.

              What punt would you recommend to me if you were chasing?

              1. Clintymints
                • 14 Years
                2 years, 10 months ago

                Depends on your teams, a Leeds def/mf could be good, Willock for super punts

                hard call though so unpredictable!

  17. School of Poch
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Jota >

    A: Raph
    B: Harrison

    1. Ch0udini
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Harrison, on set pieces and Raphinha still recovering

  18. Ch0udini
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Bruno, DCL -> Greenwood, Kane (-4) worth a punt?

    Chasing in my ML, and those would be the differentials (unless my rival things alike :D).

  19. Tinkermania
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    If you had TC now, would you play it in midweek or weekend and on whom please?

    1. Big Hands Barry
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Salah next week

      1. Luton_Fan
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Yeh or this if u trust liverpool at home

    2. Luton_Fan
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      This gw. Bruno

    3. wulfrunian
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Kane now

  20. wulfrunian
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Start one please.
    a)Zaha
    b)Siggy

  21. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    How about a Mo and Mané double up for GW 38? Liverpool are finding their old winning ways, ECL to play for and it went pretty well last time they played Palace.

    1. George Agdgdgwngo
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      This is the same Liverpool which relied on a gk header in injury time against one of the worst teams in the league?

      1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        It is. The team that scored 4 vs Man Utd the game prior to that.

      2. Tinkermania
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        ..you got 3 Liverpool yourself George!

    2. Tinkermania
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      I already have both and keeping. I am actually excited by them. Unfortunately don't have UTD cover.

  22. FCRS BGD
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Hi guys

    James or Willock ?

    Thanks

    1. Luton_Fan
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Willock

      1. FCRS BGD
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Thanks

  23. Dirty_Harry
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Anyone with Mendy/Forster what are you doing?

    Considering Mendy > Meslier but would be for a -4...

    1. Luton_Fan
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Mendy will play next 2

  24. ScoutHelp
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Which 2 to bench?

    A) Zaha
    B) Iheanacho
    C) Lingard
    D) Coufal
    E) Dallas

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      CD

      1. Mind över Mata
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Agreed

    2. Luton_Fan
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      A, b

  25. George Agdgdgwngo
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Which one to start?

    A. Bamford
    B. JWP
    C. Dallas

    1. Luton_Fan
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      A

  26. Ian Davis
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Bamford > Antonio or roll the transfer?

    1. Luton_Fan
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Roll

  27. Mind över Mata
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    GTG gents? Right bench here?

    Pickford
    TAA, Digne, Dallas, Digne
    Salah (c), Bruno (vc), Greenwood, Raph
    Bamford, Kane

    Forster; Lingard, Vydra, Ward

    Cheers

    1. RealSocialDads
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      GTG

      1. Mind över Mata
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Cheers bud

    2. Luton_Fan
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Would play lingard over digne or bam.

      1. Mind över Mata
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Hmm, interesting call. Maybe over Bam

  28. RealSocialDads
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Which wins this GW

    A. Coady (eve)
    B. Shaw (FUL) -4

    1. Mind över Mata
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Probably a draw

  29. AutoFill 2021
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    This Kane story going to upset Dpurs performance tomorrow?

    1. Luton_Fan
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Nah

      1. AutoFill 2021
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        It will probably upset Bale!

        1. Luton_Fan
          • 14 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Better not

    2. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      I wouldn’t think so mate, Kane is the ultimate professional and also loves Spurs!!! I think he will be motivated to put on the performance of his life for the fans and the club he loves!!

  30. alfast1c
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Can I ask something, never been in this situation.

    Got WC and got 2 chips. BB and TC.

    If I use WC would I be able to play both chips since there is only 2 gws left to play.

    1. RealSocialDads
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Unfortunately you'll have to burn one of the 3 chips

    2. Luton_Fan
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Nope. Can only play 1 per gw. Oops

    3. School of Poch
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      No, you'll lose one I think

    4. Tinkermania
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Nope. You have wasted one of the chips!

      1. Luton_Fan
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Been there done that when kane got injured in dgw for measly 12 pts on tc.

    5. alfast1c
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      So I have to choose chip or WC...

      1. Tinkermania
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Yes. WC is a cheap as well by the way.

        1. Tinkermania
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          *chip