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My thoughts heading into GW22
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Common questions I've been asked & will answer in this thread:

1️⃣ Why am I captaining Sterling over Salah
2️⃣ Cheap defence order (Dallas, Holding, Coufal, Cresswell)
3️⃣ Bench: Son? Soucek? Gundo?

(1/12)
1️⃣Salah vs Sterling©️?

I've just brought in Mo after his haul, however I back Sterling for captaincy.

Why? Fuck knows. Gut probably.

I believe Mo will have reduced minutes against Brighton with City this weekend (could still haul with reduced minutes as we've seen...

(2/12)
...before).

Raz has been fully rested and I expect him to start (who even knows with Pep). I just dropped out of the Top 1k OR and want to go a bit differential with captaincy based on a gut feel. Mo will 100% be the most captained player this GW BUT he won't be mine.

(3/12)
2️⃣ Cheap Defence order?

Everyone has been telling me to start Holding over Dallas and Coufal.

Nah. Are Wolves shit in open play currently? Yes. But I always back the defender with a higher ceiling. Dallas, Cresswell & Coufal all have attacking threat, whereas Holding...

(4/12)
...does not. I've been made aware that Wolves haven't scored a goal in open play for a while, but typical FPL means they will against Arsenal this weekend😂.

Based on attacking output, my order is:

Dallas>Cresswell>Coufal>Holding

However if you have a double up on...

(5/12)
...WHU defense, then I'd start 1 of them (Cresswell>Coufal>Dawson>Ogbonna) and play Holding as well.

Remember Dallas is possibly playing OOP again so DO NOT bench him.

(6/12)
3️⃣ Bench

A lot of us were set up to bench boost in DGW19, meaning we have a fully playing squad with all amazing fixtures this GW, so who the fuck do we bench?

Son? SONaldo costs a ton and naturally I don't ever feel it's okay to wrench a premium. No form and no Kane...

(7/12)
...means Son isn't firing so it's logical to bench him with WBA next. Personally I wouldn't bench him. Spurs need to come back & Son is focal in attack (even if the team is shit currently)

BTW I sold Son for Salah this GW with the cash I initially kept ITB for Kane...

(8/12)
Soucek?

This is a hard one (that's what she said). He's currently on my bench but I can certainly see him scoring. You just don't know whether you're getting a point or 10 from him on any given week. It's a lottery. Look at your players this GW and go with your gut...

(9/12)
Gundogan?

The most in form player in the game currently & someone I've never backed.. (I'm an idiot🙄). It's like Wijnaldum suddenly turning into prime Ronaldo... Anyway.

He's been City's best player recently, even with KDB on the field, but my gut feel says he will...

(10/12)
...be benched this GW or taken off early. Could still nick a goal as he's been doing consistently. Just don't be surprised with anything Pep does.

If you have a strong squad with Bamford/DCL/Son/Soucek on the bench, I'd likely start these guys over Gundo this GW.

(11/12)
Let me know if you've enjoyed this👌🏽 If I do go ahead with a YouTube Channel, this is more or less the type of content I'd put out with more detail.

Your thoughts? I'm sure a fuck load of you disagree, which is why I do what I want😂 Gut over anything!!!

(12/12)

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