0:04 What is going on everyone? My name is
0:06 Andy. Welcome back to another FPL video.
0:08 In this one, it's the gameweek 35
0:09 preview. So, I'm going to talk about the
0:10 double gameweek announcement that we had
0:13 yesterday. Go through captaincy, a wild
0:15 card team for gameweek 35, then answer a
0:16 bunch of your questions. So, let's get
0:17 into it. So, let's start with the double
0:19 gameweek announcement that came
0:21 yesterday. Double game week 36 is now
0:23 official. Man City will play Brenford at
0:25 home, Crystal Palace at home, and
0:26 Crystal Palace will play Everton at
0:28 home, Man City away. There are no other
0:30 double game weeks or blanks for the rest
0:32 of the season unless something
0:35 unforeseen happens. Man City did request
0:37 that the Bournemouth game came forward
0:39 to gameweek 36 instead. There was always
0:41 an outside chance of that happening, but
0:43 the Premier League said no. So, if
0:44 you've heard people like me say there's
0:46 potential chance for Bournemouth to have
0:48 a double and a blank. That is not
0:49 happening. Bournemouth's fixtures just
0:50 stay the same for the rest of the
0:53 season, single game weeks every single
0:56 week. In terms of Man City and Chelsea
0:59 being in the FA Cup final, their
1:01 fixtures were postponed on the Sunday in
1:04 gameweek 37. They've now been moved to
1:06 the Tuesday. The Premier League also
1:09 confirmed that Aston Villa or Forest,
1:11 whoever gets to the Europa League final,
1:13 will have their match from Sunday in
1:16 gameweek 37 moved to Friday. So although
1:18 the FPL website says we've got a Sunday
1:22 deadline for gameweek 37, that will 100%
1:25 be Friday deadline instead. The only
1:27 slight issue with that is the FA Cup
1:30 final will be played before Man City and
1:32 Chelsea play their games in gameweek 37.
1:34 So we'll have a Friday deadline, FA Cup
1:37 final on Saturday, Chelsea Man City. If
1:38 any of the players get injured and can't
1:40 play their Premier League game on
1:43 Tuesday, obviously you won't be able to
1:45 react to that. Most people have got
1:47 three Man City. Some of you might have
1:49 one, two, or three Chelsea as well.
1:51 There's not a huge amount you can do.
1:52 You just got to take the risk and hope
1:55 that in any, you know, scenario where a
1:56 player gets injured, your bench can help
1:58 out and stuff like that. Maybe when we
2:00 get to gameweek 37, we start talking
2:02 about potentially transferring some of
2:04 these players out. But I think for
2:05 Chelsea in particular, there Spurs at
2:07 home and you'll probably want to keep
2:09 most of your Man City as well. But we
2:11 can discuss that later on. Back to
2:14 double game week 36. For most people,
2:16 the Man City announcement is not really
2:18 going to change anything. Most of us are
2:21 already tripled up on Man City, and for
2:22 the most part, you should probably just
2:24 keep the triple up you have. I know some
2:26 people are talking about, I've got four
2:28 or five transfers, I've got Semeno,
2:30 should I switch to Churkey? If you've
2:31 got nothing else to do, then fair
2:33 enough. But for most people, just keep
2:35 the triple up you've got. And that will
2:37 probably be three of four players. So,
2:40 Harland, Semeno, Cherokee, and O'Reilly.
2:42 If you've got Gay or Nunees or someone
2:44 like that instead, that's absolutely
2:47 fine as well. Triple captainers, you can
2:48 rejoice, especially if you got no other
2:50 chips to play, you should absolutely use
2:53 that on Harland in gameweek 36. And the
2:55 fact that the title race is still open
2:56 means the minutes will be really good.
2:58 Do I regret using my triple captain on
3:00 Gabrielle? Of course I do. I wish I
3:02 could use it on Harland instead. For
3:05 Crystal Palace, it's a little bit
3:07 trickier to know what to do to be honest
3:08 with you. If I was wild carding this
3:10 week, I would probably choose three. And
3:11 I'll talk about wild card a little bit
3:14 later, but basically Crystal Palace have
3:16 got their Europa Conference League
3:19 semi-final first leg this Thursday. Then
3:21 they've got gameweek 35. I suspect they
3:22 will rotate a little bit against
3:24 Bournemouth. Then they've got the second
3:27 leg next Thursday. Then Everton at home,
3:30 the first game of gameweek 36, and then
3:32 Man City away, which is obviously the
3:33 midweek game. So if you have a look at
3:37 gameweek 36, they play on the Sunday.
3:40 they have to because of um Europe on
3:42 Thursday and then the game against Man
3:44 City is on Wednesday. There is probably
3:46 going to be some rotation. Glanser is
3:48 the manager that never rotates, but
3:50 they're in a European semi-final. He's
3:52 already rotated Sar a couple of times.
3:54 I'm just not sure who you pick that's
3:56 definitely going to start both games in
3:58 the double. Like the most obvious pick
4:00 is Henderson, I suppose, and then Laqua
4:02 plays every minute of pretty much every
4:04 game. So, there is a chance he will play
4:06 Bournemouth and Everton and Man City.
4:08 But honestly, I I don't know if it's a
4:11 guarantee for any player. And I don't
4:13 think that Glaz is necessarily going to
4:15 rotate the whole team, but you can do it
4:17 in stages, right? You can rest some
4:18 players for Everton, then maybe some
4:21 players for Man City. I'm looking at
4:24 Crystal Pal. I just, and I hate saying
4:25 this because I love going all in on
4:27 double game weeks. I just don't think a
4:29 triple up is necessary. Like trying to
4:30 pick three players that are definitely
4:33 going to play every game, it it just
4:35 seems really difficult. So the safest
4:37 picks are probably Henderson, then
4:39 Laquire. It gets tricky after that, but
4:40 you're probably looking mostly at
4:43 defenders, Munoz and Richards,
4:46 and that's about it. It's not that
4:49 interesting really. Like S I just think
4:50 I'm going to go against I think there's
4:52 every chance he only starts one game in
4:54 that double. And what if it's the Man
4:56 City away game? By the way, of course,
4:58 Crystal Palace are a good team and they
5:00 can cause Man City problems. But if I
5:01 said to you right now, do you want to
5:03 bring a Crystal Palace player in for Man
5:05 City away?
5:09 No, of course not. So, I don't know. In
5:10 certain situations where maybe you've
5:12 got lots of free transfers and not much
5:14 else to do, I don't mind bringing Palace
5:15 players in then selling them again.
5:17 Because if you ask me what to do with
5:19 your transfers right now, I don't think
5:20 there's a huge amount of interesting
5:23 things to use them on, like players to
5:25 bring in. Okay, Arsenal's fixtures for
5:26 the next four game weeks are pretty
5:28 good. Mostly you want defenders, but
5:30 then I'm also saying you want O'Reilly
5:32 from Man City. You might want one or two
5:34 Palace defenders. Where do all these
5:36 Arsenal defenders fit in? Maybe you have
5:38 Gabrielle and Rya. Is that super
5:40 interesting? I mean, Gabrielle, of
5:42 course, Rya is fine if you need a new
5:44 goalkeeper. If you don't, then you just
5:46 don't need to buy him. Go and buy a Rice
5:48 or EZ. It's absolutely fine, but most of
5:50 you have already got probably a decent
5:52 enough attack. I don't know what the
5:53 other transfers are supposed to be used
5:55 on. Like there's just not that many.
5:57 Like even when I did the wild card
5:58 draft, which I'll talk about soon,
6:00 there's not that many interesting picks
6:02 on it, there just doesn't seem to be a
6:04 huge amount of differentials to kind of
6:06 go for right now. So if you've got lots
6:07 of transfers saved up and you want to
6:09 use them on Palace players, then by all
6:11 means go for it. The only thing I would
6:14 say with them is in gameweek 37, it's
6:16 Brenford away, which is okay, but it's
6:18 not exactly an amazing fixture for a
6:20 defender, and then gameweek 38 is
6:22 against Arsenal. And at that point,
6:23 Crystal Palace are probably going to be
6:25 safe, nothing to play for, and they may
6:29 well be in a European final, which is
6:31 the midweek after gameweek 38. So, they
6:34 could even rest players in that Arsenal
6:37 game. So, it's all a bit of a an
6:40 anti-limax in some ways. Lots of
6:42 transfers or wild card, I probably would
6:43 look to double or triple up on Crystal
6:46 Palace for everyone. Like, I just think
6:48 Sar's almost a no-go. And then Matta and
6:50 Strson are sharing minutes. and which
6:51 other attacker do you buy? I think it's
6:53 basically defenders
6:55 or you're taking a big risk essentially.
6:57 So, let's talk about captaincy for
6:59 gameweek 35. For most people, it's going
7:00 to be between Erling Harland against
7:02 Everton away and Bruno Fernandez against
7:04 Liverpool at home. You know, when the
7:06 deadline happens and then an hour or so
7:08 later, you can set your team for the
7:09 next week. I almost always do that
7:12 straight away, change my bench players,
7:13 switch captaincy and stuff like that.
7:15 And I just put it on hard without really
7:17 thinking about it. And I think that's
7:19 where it's going to stick. And I think
7:21 it's mostly because Bruno Fernandez has
7:23 got Liverpool at home. And despite how
7:24 consistent Fernandez has been and
7:26 despite this not being the strongest
7:28 Liverpool team or anything like that, I
7:30 still don't like that as a fixture for
7:32 captaincy unless the alternatives were
7:34 absolutely terrible. And I just don't
7:36 think they are. And Liverpool's expected
7:38 goals conceded this numbers this season
7:42 have not been that bad. Also, and we
7:44 might just be seeing things that aren't
7:46 there, but it did feel like in that
7:48 Brenford game that Bruno Fernandez was
7:52 looking for assists way more than goals.
7:53 Like even for that Seshko goal, I think
7:55 there was a chance for Bruno Fernandez
7:57 to shoot and he didn't take it. Now,
7:59 maybe he would have done that anyway.
8:01 Like I said, I might be talking absolute
8:02 nonsense. Maybe he would have played
8:04 exactly the same game if he wasn't close
8:06 to the assist record, but it just felt
8:08 like with that Chesko goal, he could
8:09 have shot and he didn't. He delayed it
8:11 and in the end it worked out really
8:13 well. So who am I to say he did anything
8:15 wrong, but if he's going to be mostly
8:16 looking for assists, they're not
8:18 obviously worth as mo as much points.
8:21 Now Fernandez is great for bonus. So he
8:22 can still get a big score off assist
8:25 rather than goals. I don't know. Maybe
8:26 I'm just looking for excuses to captain
8:28 Harland. I don't know, but Harland is
8:30 probably where I'm going to go despite
8:32 it being Everton away. There are a
8:35 couple of alternatives if you want to go
8:37 different. Now Thiago is quite highly
8:39 owned, but him against West Ham at home
8:41 I quite like. Despite him not being on a
8:42 graphic, but if you're looking for a
8:44 differential, I think Cal Lewin against
8:47 Bernie at home is decent enough. His
8:48 underlying numbers are very similar to
8:50 Thiago. I expect him to play this game
8:52 and he's on penalties as well and he's
8:54 got a better fixture. Like West Ham at
8:56 home is not bad for Brenford, but you'd
8:58 rather play Bernie at home. Worst
9:00 defense in the league this season. So I
9:03 think Cal Lewen huge differential. I
9:04 don't know if I could personally do it
9:06 because I find Cavalu quite frustrating
9:07 to watch sometimes. Like look at the
9:09 chances he had against Man United that
9:11 he didn't put away, but he's someone you
9:13 could look at. And if you want to go
9:15 for, I don't know, blind faith, whatever
9:18 you want to call it, Cole Palmer against
9:19 Forest at home is going to be a massive
9:21 differential. And I can tell you why
9:22 he's going to be a massive differential
9:23 because I've just mentioned his name for
9:25 captaincy. And there's already people
9:27 writing comments telling me I'm an idiot
9:29 for even mentioning Cole Palmer for
9:31 captaincy. Like I said, it's a punt,
9:33 right? because a lot of the time people
9:34 say they want to do something different
9:35 but they don't really want to take a
9:37 punt and that's fine. Palmer is a punt
9:39 at this point. Not many people are going
9:42 to captain him. Forest at home is okay
9:44 and who knows under the new manager or
9:46 manager they've had for some time before
9:49 and he's back again. Maybe they'll do a
9:50 little bit better than they were doing
9:52 under a senior. So Harland is probably
9:54 the one for me. I think Fernandez is
9:56 fine, but I just think if I'm going to
9:58 go against Har, I think Harlem will be
10:00 the most captain player this week. If
10:02 I'm going to go against him, maybe I do
10:03 it with something more interesting than
10:05 Liverpool home. Calbertt Lewin, Thiago
10:07 Palmer is probably where I'd be looking.
10:09 Let's talk about wild card for gameweek
10:11 35. And the core of your squad basically
10:14 revolves around three teams. So Arsenal
10:15 because of how good their fixtures are
10:17 for the rest of the season, then Man
10:18 City and Crystal Palace because they're
10:21 doubling in gameweek 36. I did say
10:23 earlier you don't necessarily need a
10:25 double or triple up on Crystal Palace.
10:27 And I think people without wild card may
10:29 well just ignore them completely, but if
10:30 you're on wild card, part of the
10:32 advantage is being able to set up for
10:34 that double, roll a few transancers,
10:36 then deal with it later on for game
10:39 weeks 37 and 38. So I have gone for
10:42 Triple Palace, but no attackers. I just
10:44 don't trust S Meta or Strand Lson's
10:45 minutes enough. Now, if one of them,
10:47 like Strand Lson for example, was to
10:49 pick up an injury on Thursday in Europe,
10:52 maybe you then look at Mateta, but there
10:53 are quite a good few forwards you can
10:55 choose from. Whereas with the defenders,
10:57 you can always hide them on the bench.
10:58 So, I've gone for Henderson. I think
11:01 he's a no-brainer. He's the most likely
11:03 to start both games in the double. And
11:05 then Munos and Laquire. If you can't
11:06 afford either of them, you can go for
11:08 the cheaper defenders like Richards for
11:10 example. But Munos is the most attacking
11:12 and Laquire I think is probably the
11:14 safest for minutes in that defense. So
11:16 that's why I've chosen those three
11:19 players ready for gameweek 36. You may
11:21 well only get one game out of them. That
11:23 game might be Man City away. That's the
11:24 risk you take, but I think it's worth
11:28 taking on wild card 35. For City, I've
11:30 gone for O'Reilly, Churkey, Harland. I
11:31 don't think that's any surprise.
11:33 O'Reilly is the best defender. Harland
11:35 you almost have to have. And Churkeyy's
11:37 looking like the best attacker right
11:38 now. If you want to go for Semeno
11:41 instead, absolutely fine. But I would
11:42 probably go for Churkey. Also, he's
11:44 cheaper and actually money was quite
11:46 tight with this squad. And if you've got
11:47 lower team value, you're going to have
11:49 to make some downgrades elsewhere
11:52 anyway. So Chucky over Semeno,
11:53 not just because of how good he's
11:55 looking right now, but also because of
11:58 money. And then for Arsenal, I've gone
12:00 for the most vanilla, boring setup you
12:04 could possibly go for. Rya, Gabrielle,
12:06 and Rice. Cibbra is also fine. Triple
12:08 Arsenal defense is fine, but I think
12:10 because you've got so many defenders
12:14 from double gameweek teams for 36, it's
12:16 harder to fit in Arsenal defenders
12:18 alongside them. You obviously want
12:20 Gabrielle because of how good he is.
12:22 It's just easier to put Ryer in rather
12:24 than Celiba because taking up a
12:26 goalkeeper spot is not as important as
12:28 it is with defenders. I wouldn't usually
12:30 spend that much money on goalkeepers,
12:31 Ryer and Henderson, but you've only got
12:33 four weeks left. Unless you can find a
12:34 specific reason you're going to need
12:37 that money for, I really wouldn't worry
12:39 about it. So, that's the three from
12:42 Palace City, uh, Arsenal. I mean, Bruno
12:43 Fernandez almost has to be in there as
12:45 well. So, that's kind of your 10th
12:46 player. You've only got five of the
12:48 other players to pick. Thiago, I think,
12:50 is probably one of the best forwards for
12:52 the rest of the season. C, despite the
12:53 two away games that he's got against
12:55 City and Liverpool. Cavaloon's got
12:57 Bernie at home this week and he's cheap.
12:59 Jubury Hall is my cheap uh midfielder on
13:00 the bench for this week, but you could
13:02 play him in other game weeks. And then
13:04 I've got Stra in defense. I picked a
13:07 Lee's defender instead of a Bournemouth
13:08 one. There is a question about them
13:10 later on, mostly because it's Burnley at
13:12 home this week and I think they've got
13:14 slightly better fixtures for the rest of
13:16 the season. The likes of Hill and Sessi
13:18 are extremely good for Defcon, but I
13:20 think Elise defender might be slightly
13:22 more useful later on. The only issue
13:23 might be if they start rotating because
13:25 they've got nothing to play for, but I
13:27 don't know if that's going to happen. So
13:28 Strauss seems the most nailed. That's
13:30 why I've gone for him. And then my other
13:33 pick is Rogers. Now I'm not completely
13:35 happy about that pick because there
13:37 might be some rotation against Spurs or
13:39 Burnley. I think more so Burnley because
13:41 that's going to be the time they may
13:43 well have Champions League wrapped up.
13:46 But I think it's while like I think you
13:47 have to think for your own team. How
13:49 many transfers do I have? Right? Do I
13:50 like these players? How many other
13:52 players do I want to bring in later on?
13:54 If you're happy with this team and you
13:55 think you can roll it for a couple of
13:57 game weeks, then maybe you deal with
14:00 Rogers in 37 or 38 and look to sell him
14:03 then. But for the next couple like I I I
14:05 just think that's a I don't know one of
14:07 the advantages on being on wild card 35.
14:09 You can put a Villa player in whereas
14:11 most people are not on wild card.
14:12 They're not going to use a transfer I
14:14 don't think to get Rogers then take him
14:17 back out. So I quite like him and he
14:20 just easier to fit in than Watkins. I
14:22 also thought about putting Harry Wilson
14:24 on this team. If I had more team value,
14:25 I'd probably have Harry Wilson instead
14:27 of Jubury Hall because I think the
14:31 fixtures for um Fulham are pretty good
14:33 after gameweek 35. Some of you would
14:34 have picked up Harry Wilson really cheap
14:36 as well. So, if you can fit him in, I
14:39 probably would. I just I really
14:41 struggled to find interesting players.
14:43 Like I I really did. Like I'm not on
14:45 wild card, so I haven't given it as much
14:47 thought as if I was, but but I did
14:50 obviously set it up for this video. And
14:52 you know, I've got Palmer, but it's you
14:54 struggle to fit him in with um the bench
14:56 that I've got here. Same with Sacka
14:58 because of the value, right? Like if you
14:59 could have Saka instead of Rice, maybe
15:01 EZ. Ez's in the squad for the Champions
15:03 League game, so he should be fit for
15:05 gameweek 35 as long as he comes through
15:08 tonight's game. Okay, maybe you go for
15:11 EZ instead of Rice. but like loads of
15:13 really great differentials. I'm just not
15:15 sure they're necessarily there. One
15:17 other thing about this team quickly, I
15:18 know people are going to ask me about
15:20 bench boost. I didn't set this up
15:22 specifically for bench boost in a
15:25 specific week because obviously people
15:26 might have triple captain left. So they
15:28 might want to triple captain 36, bench
15:30 boost 37. Some people might want to
15:32 bench boost in 36. I think it works kind
15:34 of okay for either week. So this is what
15:36 it looks like in the my team tour on
15:37 Fantasy Football Hub. By the way, you
15:40 can see what I'm saying about Celiba.
15:43 So, for gameweek 36, you've got Laqua,
15:46 Mun, O'Reilly, and Gabrielle. Like, you
15:47 could play a back five, but then you'd
15:49 have to have Cibba instead of Stra or
15:51 Crab instead of one of the double game
15:53 weeks. So, I just think Rya fits in a
15:55 little bit better. With this specific
15:57 team, I would probably play Cal Lewen
15:59 over Thiago, although that's debatable.
16:01 So, your bench in 36 is Rya West Ham
16:04 away, Thiago City away, Ju Hall, Palace
16:06 away, Stra Spurs away. It's not amazing.
16:09 I'm not going to lie to you, but I also
16:12 think there's no there's not necessarily
16:15 like an amazing um bench boost week
16:17 left. If you specifically want to do it
16:18 in 36 and you probably want to look at
16:20 some Brighton players because they've
16:23 got Wolves at home that week. So maybe
16:26 Gross instead of Drewbury Hall or Van
16:27 Heck instead of Stra if you can afford
16:28 it, if you want to make the bench a
16:31 little bit better. And then 37,
16:33 if I just change this around, you've got
16:35 Minos and Laqua against Brenford away
16:37 and Henderson as well. and then Rogers
16:38 Liverpool home. I mean, that's not
16:41 great. I won't lie to you. Um, and if
16:43 you've got triple captain, you The
16:44 problem is, right, if you've got triple
16:46 captain, you want to use it in 36. Then,
16:48 yes, you probably want to switch some of
16:50 those players, but then you also want
16:53 the Palace players for the double in 36.
16:54 So, I think if you if you want to bench
16:56 boost 37, you've probably got to be
16:59 prepared to use some transfers. Maybe
17:00 just change it around a little bit
17:02 because you want those Palace players
17:04 for 36. So, maybe you switch them to
17:05 someone else. else. I mean, if we look
17:07 at gameweek 37,
17:09 cheap players, I mean, Newcastle, but
17:11 you're going for players like Chiao. So,
17:13 maybe Mino to Chiao. Um, you probably
17:15 don't want to bring in too many Chelsea
17:16 players for Spurs at home because they
17:19 play the FA Cup final beforehand.
17:21 Everton would be pretty good. In fact,
17:23 oh yeah, Juul goes into the team because
17:24 it's Sunderland at home. So, maybe like
17:27 a Tarovski or a Keen because Branway's
17:29 out for a while. So, I think for bench
17:31 boost 37, you probably want to use some
17:32 transfers because you need those palace
17:35 players for 36. For gameweek 36 bench
17:38 boost, it's okay. It's not amazing, but
17:39 if you can use it without having to use
17:41 a bunch of transfers, that's probably
17:43 fine. So, a team like that is probably
17:44 not the perfect team. You can make
17:46 changes for your team value, your
17:48 preferences, but I think it works fairly
17:49 well. So, let's get into some of your
17:51 questions. Is Triple Arsenal defense the
17:53 right play for the next three? I already
17:55 have Gabrielle and Ryer, and I'm
17:57 thinking about selling Sessi for Celiba.
17:59 So, triple Arsenal defense definitely
18:01 viable. Fulham at home, West Ham away,
18:02 Bernie at home. Next three look good.
18:04 And even Palace away in gameweek 38
18:06 might not be as bad as it looks on
18:08 paper. If Palace gets to the Europa
18:09 Conference League final because then
18:11 they'll almost certainly rotate in
18:14 gameweek 38. So, Arsenal defenders are
18:16 good. If you want to go for three, you
18:18 absolutely should. The only thing I will
18:21 say, it's not an absolute necessity to
18:23 be tripled up on Arsenal from this
18:25 point. Obviously, the fixtures are good,
18:26 but it doesn't mean you have to go out
18:28 of your way to get three. And I
18:30 discussed this when I was talking about
18:33 wild card 32 versus 35. And I felt like
18:36 if I wild carded in 32 and I got to 35
18:38 and I didn't have an Arsenal attacker,
18:39 it probably wouldn't be the end of the
18:41 world to not have Declan Rice in my
18:44 team. Now, in the meantime, EZ is um
18:46 kind of, you know, become an option. So,
18:48 maybe that is a bit more interesting,
18:50 but you get what I mean, right? It's
18:51 good to have Declan Rice as a solid
18:53 pick. If I was on wild card, I would
18:54 consider him, but I'm not sat here
18:57 worried that I don't have him. Likewise
18:59 with Celiba. Like right now, I've got no
19:01 Arsenal defenders. I may well bring in
19:03 Gabrielle this week, but I'm not sat
19:05 there worried that I haven't got Celiba.
19:07 Arsenal defense best in the league, but
19:08 Celiba is not great for defcons. He
19:10 doesn't really have the attacking threat
19:12 either. So, personally, I'd much rather
19:14 just play Sessi and roll the transfer.
19:16 Like, Cessi's got a palace at home
19:19 fixture against a team that may well
19:21 rotate because of Europe. and he's great
19:23 for defcons as well. And his attacking
19:27 threat's not bad either. So getting
19:29 Celibra and tripling up on the defense
19:30 is a differential. It is viable, right?
19:32 I'm not trying to talk you out of it,
19:33 but I would personally much rather just
19:37 have Sessi and a free transfer next week
19:39 and decide what to do then. Maybe then
19:41 you do Sessi to SA or maybe you get a
19:44 double gameweek defender in instead. And
19:46 it goes back to what I was saying on the
19:48 wild card. Do you have space for this
19:49 Arsenal defender? Obviously, your team
19:51 might be set up differently, but I've
19:53 got Cessi, Straco, Riley. For me, it's a
19:54 bit different because I don't have
19:57 Gabrielle. So, that is maybe a viable
19:59 transfer, Cessi to Gabrielle, but Cessi
20:01 to Celiba. I'd rather just have Senessi.
20:03 And then next week, O'Reilly's got a
20:05 double game week. Van Hick's got Wolves
20:07 at home and then maybe I bring in a
20:09 Palace defender instead. So, there's
20:12 still no room for Celiba in the back
20:15 three. So, it all depends how your team
20:16 is set up. Triple Arsenal defense is
20:19 great. Having triple Arsenal for the
20:20 next three game weeks, four game weeks
20:22 is also pretty good, but it's not an
20:24 absolute necessity. And yes, I'd rather
20:26 roll the transfer than get Cibbra, I
20:27 think. So, now that the Palace double
20:29 game week is confirmed, what should we
20:31 do with Bournemouth players? And who
20:32 should we play out of Bournemouth
20:34 defenders versus Lee's defenders this
20:37 week, i.e. Be versus Hill. So, in
20:39 general, I think Bournemouth players are
20:41 not one to panic about like Crystal
20:43 Palace at home is absolutely fine
20:44 because of that rotation that we're
20:46 expecting and also it's a home game.
20:48 Hill and Senessi are good for defcons.
20:50 Tair may well take a penalty especially
20:52 if Krooppie is not on the pitch. He's a
20:54 good cheap value option. If you've got
20:56 Krooppy then he's just a bench spot for
20:58 most weeks anyway. I think Bournemouth
21:01 players this week no need to panic after
21:02 that the fixture is not so good. So
21:04 Fulham away City at home Forest away I
21:06 would say at that point they become
21:09 sellable but they're not must sells. So
21:12 if I had to play Sessio Hill against
21:14 Fulham away or Forest away it's probably
21:15 not going to be the end of the world. If
21:17 I have to play Tava in any of the
21:19 remaining matches, I don't really care.
21:23 So, I think sellable after 35, but I
21:24 wouldn't necessarily be in a rush to
21:27 sell them. I will say I will probably
21:29 sell one of my Bournemouth defenders in
21:31 36 or 35 for an Arsenal or Palace
21:33 defender. Obviously, Arsenal this week,
21:36 Palace next week, but only because I
21:37 don't really want to sell any of the
21:39 others, not because they're necessarily
21:41 terrible. So, I wouldn't panic about
21:42 Bournemouth players, but they're less
21:44 interesting now. They're not going to
21:48 double in 36. Who to play this week? I
21:49 think my my gut feeling and my
21:51 preference is probably leads defenders
21:54 just because it's Bernie at home. But
21:55 that does depend on which defender
21:58 you've got. Is BL 100% nailed now
22:00 Rodon's back? I'm not sure he is. Now,
22:02 if Goodmanson is out, BL probably plays
22:06 because Justin and Bogle will play as
22:08 the wing backs presumably unless they
22:09 play a back four, but I'm going to
22:10 assume they're going to stick to the
22:13 back three for the most part. So maybe
22:15 in the be all hill case you go for the
22:17 safe and nailed on player that's also
22:19 amazing for defcons and has not got a
22:20 bad fixture this week. But if you're
22:22 certain your leads player is going to
22:24 start i.e. you've got Stra or or
22:26 Goodmanson's fit or something like that
22:28 then I think you play the leads defender
22:30 purely because it's Burnley. I know
22:31 Palace might rotate. I know Bournemouth
22:33 are probably the stronger team but
22:35 Burnley at home does a lot of heavy
22:37 lifting here. So that is my preference
22:38 if you're sure your defender is going to
22:40 start. Otherwise, playing it safe is
22:42 never a terrible option. Hill and Sessi
22:44 both good this week. So, if you own
22:45 Simeeno and Harlem, would you go for
22:48 Churkey or O'Reilly for the final spot?
22:49 What a tricky question because they're
22:51 both really good FPL picks. I'm going to
22:53 use the easy way out first of all, which
22:55 may or may not help you. Look at your
22:57 specific squad and determine whether
22:59 you've got a space for a midfielder or a
23:01 defender. So what I mean by that is you
23:02 might be sat there right now with
23:04 Gabrielle Lee's defender and then a
23:05 Bournemouth defender which looks quite
23:08 good in game week 35 and actually your
23:09 defense is all right for the rest of the
23:11 season but you could do with a
23:12 midfielder upgrade. Therefore go for
23:15 Churkey. It may be the other way around
23:16 and there's not really a right or wrong
23:18 answer here. They are both good FPL
23:20 picks. Now you might turn around and say
23:22 that doesn't really matter. I could do
23:24 with a defender or a midfielder so I'm
23:26 still not sure who to go for. Gut
23:30 feeling is O'Reilly. Basically, I I
23:31 don't know if I've got a strong reason
23:32 for that, but that's my gut feeling.
23:34 Probably because I've already got
23:36 O'Reilly and that's probably playing a
23:38 part. There's probably some bias there
23:40 because he's already in my team. But I
23:41 think if I'm thinking of defenders, top
23:44 two right now, it's probably Gabrielle
23:46 and O'Reilly. Now, that changes slightly
23:48 week to week, especially with the double
23:50 game week in 36. But both these players
23:52 have a double. So, if I'm looking at top
23:54 two defenders, I think it's Gabrielle
23:56 and it's O'Reilly. And I don't think
23:57 there's really too many arguments
24:00 against that. Now, you could argue that
24:01 Churkey is the second best midfielder
24:05 behind Bruno Fernandez. And that's fair,
24:06 but I don't think it's as strong an
24:08 argument as it is with O'Reilly. I think
24:10 you can put other midfielders in the
24:12 mix. Like when I look at my team, for
24:13 example, right? Let's say that I didn't
24:16 have O'Reilly and I had Hill in defense
24:19 instead and I've got Palmer, Semena,
24:21 Fernandez, Tavanir. I'd rather add
24:23 O'Reilly to my defense than I think add
24:25 Cherokee to the midfield. Like most
24:26 people have got Fernandez. You've
24:28 already said you've got Semeno. I'm
24:30 happy enough with Palmer personally.
24:32 Like Churkeyy's definitely playing
24:34 better right now and in the better team,
24:36 but I like Palmer as the differential
24:38 this week. And Tavan is okay as a cheap
24:41 option as well. Now again, you could
24:43 just say, well, hang on. Hill, Stra, and
24:45 Sessi are also fine. I get it, right?
24:46 It's a really close decision. That's why
24:48 you're asking. I just think I'd rather
24:50 add O'Re. I just think his goal threat
24:53 is so good. I'd struggle to go without
24:55 him. Whereas Churkey is good, but I
24:56 don't feel as bad about not owning him.
24:58 I mean, ideally you have O'Reilly,
25:00 Cherky, and Harden, I think, at the
25:01 moment. But if you've already got
25:04 Simeno, I wouldn't sell him. So, gut
25:05 feeling, and there's probably a lot of
25:07 bias there because I already own him is
25:09 O'Reilly. And it's just because I think
25:11 there's a stronger argument he's the
25:13 second best player in his position right
25:14 now than there is with Churkey.
25:15 Although, if someone said they thought
25:18 Cherky was top two, I probably wouldn't
25:19 have a strong argument against it. I
25:20 just think there's other midfielders I'm
25:23 kind of okay with,
25:24 less so with defenders, but it's it's oh
25:26 god, it's such a horrible call.
25:29 O'Reilly, there you go. If you have to
25:31 pick one, I'm going to say O'Reilly.
25:35 Goalc scoring defenders are hard to come
25:37 by, but Churkey is great, too. I'm going
25:38 to leave it there. If you enjoyed it,
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