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 transfer tips for
0:09 gameweek 22. So, I'm going to go through
0:11 some of the popular players being put
0:13 into people's squads or being taken out
0:14 and give my opinion on whether they are
0:16 good moves or not. So, let's get into
0:17 it. So, let's start with Echitique. He
0:19 was back in the Liverpool squad last
0:21 night for their FA Cup game. He came off
0:23 the bench for about 30 minutes, got a
0:25 goal and an assist. This one's nice and
0:26 easy for me. You just keep him now for
0:28 Burnley at home. has every chance he
0:30 will start that game and it's the best
0:32 fixture he'll probably have all season
0:34 and also he's somewhat of a differential
0:35 now because a lot of the people that
0:38 brought Ekitique in have sold him again.
0:41 So I would definitely keep him longterm.
0:43 I think there's definitely good reason
0:45 to think about selling him to free up
0:46 some money to put it back into midfield
0:49 defense wherever your team needs it. I
0:52 still question the value at 8.9 million
0:54 for a forward not on penalties who does
0:56 seem to get cramp and slight hamstring
0:58 problems a little bit more than you'd
1:00 hope but right now in the short term
1:02 Bernie at home is great and even if you
1:03 had to keep him for Bournemouth away in
1:05 23 that's also really good so I would
1:08 just play it week by week with him just
1:10 wait until you need the money wait until
1:11 there's another issue and then get rid
1:13 of him but don't be in a rush to do it
1:14 the next two fixtures are absolutely
1:17 fine would I buy him right now probably
1:19 not if you're in a situation where
1:20 you've locked in the fact you're going
1:23 to wild card in gameweek 24, you want to
1:25 take a short-term punt, I don't mind it.
1:26 But for everyone else, I would probably
1:28 just ignore him for now. In terms of
1:30 captaincy, we can probably talk about
1:32 that on the gameweek preview video. I'd
1:34 be a little bit hesitant just because of
1:36 the slight issues that he's had. Like
1:37 I'm not quite sure what his minutes will
1:39 be against Bernie. Is he going to play
1:42 the full match? Who knows? But I guess
1:44 if you want to go differential, then he
1:46 probably is the one this week. I would
1:48 probably play it safe with Harland.
1:50 That's just my preference, but um it's
1:51 definitely worth thinking about if
1:52 you're an owner, but if you've got him,
1:54 like I said, I think you've got to hold
1:55 at this point. So, I've had a few
1:56 questions about which of the cheap
1:58 forwarders is the best one to buy. So,
2:00 Krooppy Jr. at Bournemouth who's 4.6
2:03 million or Manet at Wolves who's 4.5.
2:05 Now, if we're going purely on underlying
2:07 numbers, there's only one choice here
2:10 and that is Krooppy Jr. 0.54 expected
2:12 goals per 90 is excellent. Now, that is
2:14 a small sample size. He hasn't actually
2:16 played any 90-minute games so far this
2:19 season, but it's a good positive sign
2:21 that he will get chances. And we've
2:22 already seen that he's got an eye for
2:24 goal. So, if the minutes between the two
2:27 players were the same, Krooer Jr. like
2:28 wouldn't even have to think about it.
2:30 The problem is, will Krooppy Jr.
2:33 continue to start? Not necessarily. Now,
2:34 they've lost Semeno. He's obviously
2:36 transferred to Man City. Cly's got a bit
2:39 of a longerterm injury as well. So there
2:41 is space right now to get into the team,
2:43 but Bournemouth will recruit in January.
2:45 There is no way they let Semeno go.
2:47 Clover's got an injury and they just buy
2:49 no one. So Krooppy Junior's minutes are
2:52 definitely a little bit more suspect, I
2:54 would say. Like you're not quite sure if
2:55 he's going to continue in the team, how
2:57 often he'll get off the bench, how many
2:59 minutes he'll play, etc. But he does
3:01 seem from what we've seen so far, very
3:03 small sample sizes for both the guy
3:05 that's going to score more goals. Manny
3:07 has done well the last couple of games,
3:08 but his underlying numbers so far have
3:11 been terrible. 0.09 expected goals per
3:14 90, 0.08 expected assist, but again,
3:16 we've only seen four starts from him.
3:18 Maybe those numbers improve. It's also
3:19 worth saying Manny is listed as a
3:21 forward, but he's basically playing in
3:23 midfield. He's not a number nine or even
3:26 like a number 10 or anything like that.
3:28 So, it's it's difficult to know whether
3:30 Manny will continue producing because
3:31 the numbers aren't there. But, we really
3:34 have not much to go off. It's also worth
3:36 saying for Bournemouth the fixtures are
3:38 just better. For Wolves it's Newcastle
3:39 at home, City away, Bournemouth at home,
3:41 Chelsea at home. They've also got
3:42 Crystal Palace away in the next six game
3:44 weeks. Whereas for Bournemouth once you
3:46 get out of the way in the next two,
3:48 Brighton away, Liverpool at home, it's
3:50 then Wolves Villa, Everton, West Ham,
3:53 which just looks a little bit better.
3:54 The other thing, there's a few things to
3:57 go through here. The other thing is if
3:59 Arsenal get through to the Carabal Cup
4:01 final and they finish top eight in the
4:03 Champions League, which they will, there
4:05 is a chance they will double in gameweek
4:08 26. And if that happens, the other team
4:10 that will double will be Wolves because
4:13 in gameweek 31, that is the fixture. I
4:15 should have already brought this up. So
4:17 in gameweek 31, you have Wolves at home
4:19 to Arsenal. If Arsenal get through to
4:21 the Carabak Cup final, this will be a
4:23 blank that could get pulled forward to
4:26 gameweek 26. So potentially Wolves could
4:28 have a double in 26 which is Arsenal at
4:30 home and Forest away it's not amazing
4:33 because they play Arsenal but for a 4.5
4:35 million forward especially if you're
4:38 thinking about switching to a 451 541
4:40 playing Manny in that double would be
4:43 okay. Um which one would I buy right
4:46 now? I don't know. Uh it's such honestly
4:47 I think this is such a tricky I mean
4:49 there's even a conversation to be had.
4:51 you just go super cheap and buy like Obi
4:52 at Man United because you're not going
4:54 to want to triple Man United and you
4:56 just save all money more money. I would
4:58 probably buy one of these two I think
5:00 and get if it's not going to affect your
5:02 future moves. I you don't need the extra
5:04 money by going somewhere cheaper. I
5:05 would just buy one of these two. I think
5:07 right now
5:09 I I do not know I I really don't know. I
5:11 think I could sit here for another 10 20
5:12 minutes and not come to a conclusion. My
5:15 my gut feeling is I would buy Manet
5:16 because I'm more sure he will keep starting.
5:18 starting.
5:20 But I know that if Krooppy Jr. gets the
5:22 minutes, he is the better pick. So, do
5:24 you go for the potential upside or do
5:27 you take the guaranteed minutes?
5:30 I I I can't just sit here and and not
5:32 make a decision, right? This is a video.
5:34 Uh you need to like get an Oh, I don't
5:36 know. Uh this is terrible. I should just
5:39 cut this and start again. I I would
5:41 probably buy Manet because I'd want the
5:42 guaranteed minutes and that every time I
5:44 hear double gameweek, it just makes me a
5:46 little bit more tempted even though they
5:48 play Arsenal.
5:50 But if you think Krooppy Junior's
5:52 minutes are going to be good, he's the
5:53 one you should pick. I'm just a bit more
5:55 doubtful about that longer term. So,
5:57 Bruno Fernandez is back now. Is he worth
5:58 picking up in FPL? It does seem like
6:00 he's fully recovered from that hamstring
6:02 problem. He was only out for like 16 17
6:04 days, which feels a bit ridiculous.
6:06 Played 60 minutes against Burnley, then
6:08 started four days later in the FA Cup.
6:10 Not that it helped Man United go
6:12 through, of course, but in terms of FPL
6:14 purposes only, it looks good for
6:17 Fernandez going forward. and Man United
6:18 have no other competitions to play for
6:21 now. So, it's only Premier League games.
6:22 He's not going to get rested. There are
6:24 a couple of midweek fixtures coming up
6:26 in like February and March, I believe,
6:28 but not to the same fixture congestion
6:30 that we had over Christmas. So, I would
6:31 assume he's going to play 90 minutes
6:33 pretty much every game. Fletcher
6:35 obviously was the interim. Now, there's
6:36 another interim coming in until the
6:38 summer, which looks to be Michael
6:40 Carrick. Presumably, he'll play a back
6:42 four. So, Bruno Fernandez will play
6:45 number 10. I don't know if that number
6:47 10 role actually makes him better for
6:50 FPL. I think it will make everyone feel
6:52 a bit more comfortable owning him
6:54 because he probably will play further
6:56 forward more often, but if you look at
6:58 his underlying numbers, 0.22 expected
7:01 goals per 90, 0.29 expected assists. I
7:03 bet they don't go up much higher from
7:05 the position he was already playing. And
7:06 he's less likely to get defensive
7:08 contributions. Now, he's only picked
7:10 that up like three or four times, but
7:11 even when you pick it up three times,
7:13 that's like getting an additional two
7:15 assists. So, I don't necessarily think
7:18 he becomes an amazing option versus what
7:19 he was before, just because he's playing
7:21 number 10. But, I think he's just a good
7:23 option anyway, 90 minutes every single
7:26 week, penalties, etc. Do you need to get
7:28 him this week? No. It's Man City at home
7:30 followed by Arsenal away. The best time
7:32 to get him is probably game week 24,
7:34 which is Fulham at home, Spurs at home,
7:37 West Ham away, Everton away. But I know
7:38 there are a lot of people out there with
7:40 Kuna that want to get rid of him right
7:42 now. And I'm going to talk about him in
7:44 a minute. If you're sat there with the
7:46 money to go straight to Bruno Fernandez,
7:48 then I would probably do that. Like it's
7:50 not ideal buying him before City at home
7:52 Arsenal away, but he is better than
7:54 Kuna. Like if it's a decision between
7:57 the two, you're taking Bruno Fernandez.
8:00 The ideal situation would be to go from
8:02 Kuna to a different midfielder for a
8:05 two-week punt, then to Bruno Fernandez
8:07 in 24. But honestly, unless you're
8:09 swimming in transfers, like you're sat
8:11 there with four or five free transfers,
8:13 nothing else to do, and your team is
8:15 perfect for the next three, four weeks,
8:17 I wouldn't take the punt because in
8:19 gameweek 24, you've got a fixture swing
8:21 for not only Man United, but Chelsea as
8:22 well. And unless you're going to wild
8:25 card, there's also potential doubles in
8:27 26, although most people obviously will
8:30 be tripled up on Arsenal already and
8:31 then blanks to contend with down the
8:33 line in gameweek 31. And yes, you've got
8:36 wild card and free hit to manage these
8:38 uh to manage these blanks and doubles,
8:40 but you're not going to be able to
8:42 manage all of them without free
8:45 transfers at some point. So I I yeah,
8:47 like I said, unless you're sat there
8:48 with four or five transfers, I wouldn't
8:50 go Kuna to a punt then to Fernandez. If
8:52 you've got the money, you can do it in
8:54 one move. I'd be very tempted to do it
8:55 this week. If you do want to take a
8:57 punt, then obviously Liverpool we
8:59 already spoke about with Ekit. They've
9:00 got Bernie at home followed by
9:03 Bournemouth away. So someone like Vertz
9:05 maybe possibly even gakpo. You've also
9:07 got Newcastle with quite good fixtures.
9:09 So Anthony Gordon or Bruno Gomez, wolves
9:12 away, Villa at home. You could do that.
9:13 You could chain it on, couldn't you? To
9:15 one of those and then straight to Bruno
9:18 Fernandez in 24. But I my assumption is
9:20 most people watching this are not
9:22 swimming in transfers. They've probably
9:24 got one or two and they don't want to
9:25 have to go from one player to the next.
9:27 It's just easier to go straight to
9:29 Bruno. I think that's fine. I just
9:31 wouldn't force it. Like it's not
9:32 essential that you have him this week
9:34 and some people might not want him back
9:36 at all. That is absolutely fine. But I
9:37 do think from gameweek 24 onwards he's
9:39 going to be a good pick again. So let's
9:41 talk about Matteas Kuna next. I know I
9:42 mentioned him in the early thoughts
9:44 video last week, but since then we now
9:46 know that Ahmad Dio and Brian Inbermo
9:48 are returning from African Cup of
9:50 Nations and this all has a knock-on
9:52 effect in terms of how good Kuna is as
9:54 an FPL pick moving forward. Now the
9:58 first thing I will say he's not suddenly
9:59 become a player that you need to force
10:01 out of your team. Like if you've got
10:03 other issues to deal with then playing
10:05 Kuna against Man City home is not the
10:07 end of the world. But I will say
10:09 longterm it's much more difficult now to
10:11 know what his minutes will be like and
10:13 obviously in 23 it's Arsenal away
10:15 anyway. So if you have got a spare move
10:17 to go straight to Palmer, straight to
10:19 Fernandez or to downgrade him to like an
10:21 Enzo Fernandez or someone like that. In
10:24 most cases I probably would take it. If
10:26 you prefer to play him and just get one
10:28 more week's worth of information before
10:30 moving him on, that's also fine. But I
10:32 cannot see him being a great long-term
10:35 pick now. So what's changed? leads
10:36 Bernie Wolves. Those fixtures are out of
10:38 the way. Bruno Fernandez is back now, so
10:40 he'll definitely be on penalties. There
10:42 was some hope that in his absence it
10:44 would be Kuna. That doesn't matter
10:46 anymore. It will be Bruno. And also with
10:49 Amarim gone, so is the back three
10:51 system. It's very unlikely Man United
10:53 play with wing backs moving forward.
10:54 It's almost certainly going to be a back
10:57 four. Now, if we assume that Bruno is
10:58 not going to play in the pivot anymore,
11:01 then he'll play number 10. Surely Brian
11:03 Inbermo plays right wing which by the
11:05 way is where Kuna started in the game
11:07 against Burnley. That's Brian Inbermo's
11:10 spot. Number nine where Kuna can also
11:12 play. You've got Shesho and he's
11:14 actually played okay recently and been
11:16 scoring. So there's not going to be a
11:17 rush I don't think to take him out of
11:19 the team. And by the way when we got
11:21 Kuna like when when we were buying him
11:24 before Shesha was injured for a bit and
11:25 and that was part of the reason to go
11:27 for Kuna a little bit early. That's not
11:29 the case anymore. So you've got
11:31 Fernandez 10 in Burma right wing Shesho
11:33 number nine that leaves a left wing spot
11:35 and Kuna is not a natural left winger
11:37 now he can play there I'm sure but what
11:39 if Carrick wants to use Amadalo there
11:41 what if he wants to use Dorgu there what
11:43 if he wants to use Mason Mount there you
11:44 get the point right there is now
11:47 competition for the places that could
11:48 like and and don't get me wrong part of
11:50 me just thinks what are you on about
11:52 Kuna will be in that 11 like he makes
11:54 that 11 better but I don't think it's a
11:56 guarantee anymore like could I see Kuna
11:59 get benched against City. I don't think
12:02 that's that likely, but I would not be
12:04 shocked if he's not in the team. And
12:05 then moving forward, it becomes much
12:08 more difficult to guess unless players
12:10 start getting injured. So in Burma right
12:12 wing, Shesho nine, Fernandez 10. That
12:14 looks almost certain right now. So
12:16 you've just got to hope that Kuna's put
12:18 on the left, but I don't know if that's
12:21 a guarantee. That's the only problem. So
12:23 I think he's become a problem. He's not
12:25 as good as he was a couple of game weeks
12:28 ago. And when you can get rid of him, I
12:29 probably would. So Cole Palmer is
12:31 another player that I spoke about last
12:32 week, so I'll try and keep this quick,
12:34 but obviously Liam Rini is now in
12:36 charge. And we have heard from him
12:37 yesterday ahead of their Carabel Cup
12:40 match against Arsenal. This is what he
12:42 said. No new injury problems after the
12:44 Charlton game, but we'll make a decision
12:47 on Gusto Palmer and James tomorrow.
12:49 They're being managed. There's no reason
12:51 to take risks if you believe you can win
12:54 the game without them. So this isn't to
12:56 put you off buying Palmer. It's just to
12:58 make you aware that he is still being
13:01 managed. Now the hope would be that that
13:03 management of his minutes will come in
13:05 the non Premier League games and he will
13:08 continue to start most Premier League
13:10 matches they've got coming up which by
13:12 the way he has done recently. He started
13:13 the last four or five. He is getting
13:15 subbed early but he is starting at
13:17 least. So that would be the hope but
13:19 obviously it's not a guarantee that that
13:21 will continue moving forward. there
13:23 might be the odd game in the league
13:25 where he has to be benched. Now that
13:26 doesn't necessarily make him a bad
13:29 option because he's he's definitely a
13:30 differential and the fixtures are
13:32 excellent. Just a reminder, Brenford at
13:34 home, Palace away next two, that's
13:36 followed by West Ham at home, Wolves
13:37 away, leads at home, Bernie at home.
13:39 It's about the best fixture on between
13:42 24 and 27 we're gonna see all season. So
13:44 if you want to take a punt on him, I do
13:46 not mind it whatsoever. I know there's
13:48 people out there that are sat with Kuna
13:50 that have the money to go straight to
13:52 Palmer. I'd be tempted to do that. You
13:54 just do it knowing the risks with his
13:57 minutes. And the problem is the fixture
13:58 on that Chelsea have coming up in
14:00 January in particular and then into
14:02 February is kind of crazy. So they've
14:05 got Carabal Cup tomorrow. I suspect
14:06 he'll be rested for that game which
14:08 means he'll start against Brenford. Then
14:10 there's every chance he'll be rested for
14:12 the Champions League game against Pathos
14:14 as well. and then hope then obviously
14:16 that means he'll start against Palace.
14:17 So there's every chance Brenford and
14:20 Palace not an issue. Then they've got a
14:21 game in the Champions League away to
14:24 Napoli. What happens in that game
14:26 probably depends on their top eight
14:29 situation. Like if there's a chance they
14:31 can still finish top eight if they get a
14:33 result against Napoli, could Palmer
14:35 start that game? Could he play Palace
14:38 and then Napoli? Potentially. This is
14:40 where the slight issues start because if
14:42 he does start that Napoli game, will he
14:44 also start three days later against West
14:47 Ham and how serious will they take the
14:49 Carabal Cup match which is like three
14:51 days after that? And then you got a
14:53 Wolves game four days later in the
14:55 league. Now chances are again he gets
14:57 rested in the Champions League games,
14:59 doesn't play the Carabal Cup and just
15:00 plays the Premier League games. That
15:01 there is a chance that happens. But the
15:03 Wolves game is on the 7th. The lead's
15:05 game in the league is on the 10th. So
15:07 you got another three-day turnaround
15:08 there. Now we've seen him do it over
15:11 Christmas. So maybe it continues. There
15:13 are slight risks there. FA Cup, he
15:15 definitely gets rested. So then he
15:17 almost certainly starts against Burnley.
15:19 Not an issue. But then you've got
15:21 potential Champions League playoff games
15:24 to include around here as well if they
15:28 don't finish top eight. So I I my
15:30 ultimate thinking with Palmer is he's
15:32 fine to take a punt on because the
15:34 chances are with Chelsea's aims which
15:35 will be to get in the Champions League
15:37 next year, he'll start the majority of
15:38 those Premier League games, but he's
15:40 probably not going to play 90 minutes in
15:43 many if not any of them. That's the only
15:45 thing to say. Is that worth 10.4
15:47 million? It could be. Um, I think the
15:50 tricky thing right now, like basically
15:52 with how good those fixtures are, 24 to
15:54 27, you probably want to captain him a
15:56 couple of times. That's the thing you
15:59 can't rely on right now, I would say.
16:01 Like, can you rely on captaining him
16:04 against leads at home in 26, three days
16:06 after the Wolves game? Probably not. If
16:07 you're happy to own him without
16:10 captaincy, then absolutely take the
16:12 punt. I think for most people if you
16:15 don't have a good route to him in 22 I
16:17 would just put it off until 24 and then
16:20 come back to it because that West Ham
16:23 game in 24 there is one two three four
16:25 five games before that that Chelsea have
16:27 in all competitions that's going to give
16:29 you so much data about how many minutes
16:30 Palmer's going to play how much they're
16:32 going to need to rest him and stuff like
16:35 that so just come back to it in 24 so no
16:36 harm going this week if you've got a
16:39 good route but I I probably wouldn't be
16:41 going for like a massive restructure or
16:42 three or four transfers just to bring
16:44 him in this week. I think if you've got
16:46 a better way to do it in 24, I would
16:48 just wait. So, Antoine Semeno has now
16:50 made his move to Man City and already
16:52 made his debut in the FA Cup as well.
16:53 And I know for certain there's going to
16:55 be people out there that are wondering
16:57 whether to keep him in their squads
16:59 because they already own because Man
17:01 United Wolves at home next two fixtures
17:03 are not that bad. I wouldn't buy him by
17:05 the way. No chance. There's way too much
17:07 competition for his place. But could you
17:10 make a case to keep hold of him? Maybe
17:12 if you've got bigger issues to deal
17:14 with. But ultimately, Smen at
17:17 Bournemouth was a guaranteed starter and
17:19 pretty much guaranteed for 90 minutes
17:21 every single game. He is neither of
17:23 those things at Man City. And do not kid
17:25 yourself that he is because it's very
17:27 very rare that players go into that team
17:29 and are just nailed like Erling Harland.
17:32 It just doesn't happen. Like Semeno is
17:34 good in that he can play left or right,
17:36 but Churkeyy's there. Dou's there.
17:38 Bernardo Silva can play wide. Foden can
17:40 play wide. You've also got, who have I
17:44 missed? See, do Yeah, Cinho, Duo, and
17:45 Chery. They're the main players that are
17:47 going to play in those wide roles. Semen
17:49 now has competition. There is no
17:51 guarantee he starts either of the next
17:53 two. And if he does, an early sub is
17:55 also possible as well. Like, he's
17:57 obviously a good player, but it could
17:59 easily just be Do on the left, Cherokee
18:02 on the right, Semeno on the bench. So, I
18:04 get it. Man United away Wolves at home
18:06 is quite good. He's now in that Man City
18:08 team who will score more goals than
18:10 Bournemouth. Everything points to a
18:11 little bit of fun keeping hold of him
18:14 and I don't hate it, but honestly I
18:15 would probably be thinking about moving
18:17 him on if you got a spare transfer
18:19 because he is just he's just a headache
18:21 now versus what he was before. So let's
18:23 stick to Man City and talk about Nico
18:25 O'Reilly next who was benched in
18:27 gameweek 21 against Brighton and also
18:28 benched for their FA Cup game at the
18:30 weekend as well. Although that's not
18:31 such a shock because it was quite an
18:34 easy fixture for Man City. perfect game
18:37 to rotate some players. What should you
18:38 do with him moving forward? Now, I
18:39 definitely wouldn't buy. There's way too
18:41 much of a headache there now. But if
18:44 you're an owner, there is probably still
18:45 good reason to believe that Nikico
18:47 O'Reilly is first choice left back
18:50 still. But that doesn't mean he's going
18:51 to start every game. And the problem
18:53 you've got now is uncertainty. And that
18:56 is never fun in FPL. Now, my guess right
18:58 now is that he probably will start Man
19:00 United away and Wolves at home. But
19:02 we've seen that a can play left back. We
19:04 know that a Nori is out of African Cup
19:07 of Nations and will be returning to the
19:09 Man City squad. This puts too many
19:11 question marks for me over O'Reilly.
19:13 Now, we saw before African Cup of
19:15 Nations that O'Reilly was ahead in the
19:17 pecking order, but since then, we've
19:19 also seen him get benched without
19:23 without a Nori around. So, there is
19:24 going to be rotation for him over the
19:27 next few games. You would hope if you're
19:29 an owner that it comes in the non-
19:31 Premier League games, but he's almost
19:33 certain I would say to start the Carabal
19:34 Cup game. Like he's been benched for
19:37 both Brighton and exit. He's probably
19:39 going to start against Newcastle. Now
19:41 that's on Tuesday. So there's quite a
19:42 bit of a turnaround until the Man United
19:44 game on Saturday. So he could probably
19:46 start that as well. Maybe gets rested
19:47 for Champions League, maybe starts
19:49 against Wolves, maybe rested for
19:51 Champions League game after that. But
19:53 it's not guaranteed to work exactly how
19:57 you want it. So again, if you've got
19:59 bigger issues to deal with, I'd be
20:00 tempted to keep hold of him just because
20:02 of how good the next two fixtures are.
20:04 Like Man United away walls at home is
20:06 not that bad at all. But longer term,
20:08 he's got to go. The fixtures after
20:10 Wolves are not that good anyway. And now
20:11 every week you're going to be wondering
20:13 whether he's in the 11. It's just not
20:15 worth it. So I would look to start to
20:17 get rides
20:20 to do it. In terms of who to buy, I
20:21 mean, if you haven't got an Arsenal
20:22 defender, like if you can go from
20:25 O'Reilly to Gabrielle in any way, I
20:26 would definitely do that. Like, that's
20:28 such a massive upgrade. You could also
20:30 go for like a Chalibur at Chelsea,
20:31 assuming that he's still going to be
20:33 first choice moving forward because
20:34 their fixtures are so good. That's
20:36 probably where I would look. Otherwise,
20:38 if you want to free up some money, you
20:40 could go to like a Muki or an Alderetti
20:43 or even a Raldo at Sunderland who've got
20:45 some pretty good pictures coming up.
20:48 That's probably where I would look. So,
20:50 as is the case with a lot of players
20:52 right now, Nico Riley is not such a bad
20:54 pick. You've got to take a hit to get
20:55 rid of him. But I know I'm going to get
20:57 loads of questions. Is he going to start
20:58 against Man United? My answer will be
21:00 probably, but I can't guarantee it.
21:02 It'll be exactly the same answer against
21:03 Wolves. And that's what it will have to
21:05 be for the foreseeable. Now, so what
21:06 should Malik Chow owners do? He was
21:08 subbed at halftime in gameweek 21
21:10 against Leeds for a minus one point,
21:12 which is not ideal, especially if you
21:14 brought him in that week specifically.
21:17 Basically, I would not panic moving
21:19 forward. I think there's every chance he
21:20 just keeps his place in that team.
21:22 Sher's picked up an injury. Burn is
21:24 still out. Botman can never stay fit.
21:26 I'm pretty confident even though he had
21:28 a bad game against Leads in that first
21:30 half. He's just going to continue to
21:31 start. So, if you've got him in your
21:33 team, it's perfectly reasonable to play
21:35 him against Wolves away in 22. If you
21:36 have to play him against Villa at home
21:38 in 23, not the end of the world.
21:40 Brenford at home in 25. These are all
21:42 okay fixtures. I probably wouldn't bring
21:44 him in right now because they do have
21:46 Liverpool away, Spurs away, and Man City
21:48 away in the next six. It's probably not
21:50 the right time to jump on Newcastle
21:52 defenders necessarily, but if you've got
21:54 him, I would not be in a panic. I would
21:55 just keep him for Wolves and play him.
21:57 So, Gabrielle has more chances in for
21:59 defenders this week than Nathan Collins,
22:02 who's now up to 5 million. Very popular.
22:04 Not surprising. He's got 13 points
22:06 against Sunderland in gameweek 21, 10
22:08 points against Everton in gameweek 20,
22:10 and nine against Spurs at home in
22:13 gameweek 19. He has done really well.
22:15 He's got a bit of attacking threat. He's
22:17 good for bonus, and he's great for
22:19 defensive contributions as well. He's
22:23 averaged 10.6 per start so far this
22:24 season. That is excellent. And if you're
22:26 an owner, you're probably not selling
22:28 him because it's Forest at home in 23.
22:30 That being said, there is no chance I
22:31 would buy him this week. There's a
22:33 reason that when I was talking about
22:35 defender replacements earlier, I didn't
22:37 mention Collins. Chelsea away this week,
22:40 not great. Villa away in 24, not great.
22:42 Newcastle away in 25, not great. Ars at
22:46 home in 26, not great. Now, owning and
22:48 keeping defensive contribution defenders
22:50 is never a terrible strategy. If you had
22:52 to play him against Villa away because
22:54 you had other issues to deal with,
22:56 that's fine. But to bring him in, I just
22:57 wouldn't bother. The fixtures are not
22:59 good enough. So, Harry Wilson's great
23:01 form continues. He's now only blanked
23:03 twice in the last nine game weeks, which
23:04 is pretty impressive when you cost less
23:07 than 6 million, so he's still only 5.9.
23:09 And actually, the next four fixtures are
23:11 quite good. So, leads away in 22
23:12 followed by Brighton at home, Man United
23:15 away, Everton at home. Not bad at all
23:16 for a player that costs less than 6
23:18 million. Is there any reason to ignore
23:21 him if you need a new midfielder? The
23:24 only slight thing I would be thinking
23:27 about is the transfer window is open and
23:30 I believe that he's up as a free agent
23:31 in the summer if he doesn't sign a new
23:34 contract. So I saw this BBC article
23:36 where Marco Silva was talking about
23:38 Wilson and his contract and stuff like
23:40 that. He said there's no news for the
23:43 moment on the contract negotiations and
23:45 said that Fulham should just enjoy him
23:48 right now, right? because obviously he's
23:50 doing so well and maybe that implies
23:52 that he won't be there in the future.
23:54 The article carries on and says leads
23:56 continue to be linked with Wilson. By
23:57 the way, he was very close to signing
23:59 for leads in the summer. It's a bit of a
24:01 weird situation where Fulham kept in and
24:03 obviously he's now doing so well. Um and
24:05 then it said yet his form will surely be
24:07 turning heads in recruitment departments
24:10 at a string of clubs although sorry even
24:13 though he turns 29 in March. It could be
24:14 that Wilson is one of the most
24:16 attractive free agents on the market
24:18 come the end of the season. So, I don't
24:21 personally I don't think he's going to
24:23 go in January. Surely, if he was going
24:25 to go at all, he'd just run his contract
24:26 down and get a huge payoff in the
24:29 summer, but it's not completely
24:31 unreasonable to think that it could
24:35 happen. Marco Silva, um, sorry, the
24:36 article says that Silva, however,
24:38 remains hopeful that the players future
24:40 lies with Fulham. He said he's a great
24:42 lad. He loves the football club. his
24:43 family are very happy here where they
24:45 are living. Of course, the club should
24:46 do what they can to renew the contract
24:49 with him. So, while the transfer window
24:51 is open, it's not completely out of the
24:52 question that he could leave if Fulham
24:55 get a decent fee for him and if they
24:57 can't negotiate a new contract. The the
24:59 only reason this is playing on my mind
25:01 more than it normally would because I
25:02 think he'll stay at least till the
25:04 summer and I don't think it'll be a
25:06 problem. The only reason it's playing on
25:07 my mind is because I thought the same
25:10 with Pacitar and now he is strongly
25:12 linked with wanting to move away. Now I
25:13 think that situation is different in
25:15 that Pakitar just wants to get out of
25:16 the Premier League. Harry Wilson
25:19 probably doesn't but it could happen.
25:20 Like I I guess the thing you've got to
25:23 ask yourself is Harry Wilson so
25:24 essential to my plans that I'm willing
25:26 to take a risk that he's no longer at
25:29 Fulham in a few gamew weeks time. Again,
25:31 I think he probably will be. This is
25:33 probably being way overcautious. It's
25:35 just that if you've got two players that
25:37 you're lining up and one is absolutely
25:39 sta safe, maybe they're the better one
25:41 to go for. But right now, it's difficult
25:43 to argue against Harry Wilson just being
25:45 a great option. As more players return
25:47 from African Cup of Nations for Fulham,
25:49 it will be interesting to see if his
25:52 minutes continue. Like I don't know, the
25:53 more I talk, the more I probably just
25:55 wouldn't buy him actually because I'm
25:57 just so cautious with minutes. But if he
25:59 does continue to start, he's just great
26:00 for less than six million. So, let me
26:01 know if you're going to pick him up
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