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10. Gameweek 8: International Break let down pt 2

Gameweek 8 is done and we have 30 weeks left to go! How was gameweek 4 for you? Did you captain Haaland? Yeahh..... me too...another international break another fpl letdown. We look at the the gameweek.... teams are not the same after the international break .... Arsenal and NOT Liverpool let people down this time We look at the gameweek, go over the stats and and stories surrounding our league table (Our league leader remains strong in!) before looking forward to gameweek 9 and put the taste of this gameweek behind us The gameweek starts on friday night. Make your team!
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Duration:: 57m
Broadcast on:: 24 Oct 2024
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Starting 8 weeks to go the rule is game I'll boss it and take training with my fantasy team Go rise to the top, no one can stop me Come make 'em drop Hello everybody and welcome to 38 weeks to go Your weekly podcast about fantasy football How was gimmick 8 for you? Another international break, another international that down For two consecutive international breaks The returns immediately after have been a little bit poor If not very I have been on a bit of a slide of late I had 38 points two weeks ago Then the last gimmick before the international break I had 32 points So when this international break came I was like no I'm done with this I'm going to use my world card Because I was fearing getting like 10 points I ended up with 60 While 60 isn't necessarily high for A game we can a wild card use It's much better than the 40 points I would have gotten had my team stayed the same I would have gotten about 43 to be precise And having gotten 60 The highest in our group got 65 So I feel like I made the right decision And sometimes when you score even 60 On a game week where people averaging 20 or 23 It's a big game And I moved up from number 70 to like 30 Or something like that 30 something 34 to be precise So in the context of this game week I am very happy with my wild card Because it yielded great results Even though I had a trash captain in the name of Holland But in spite of Holland getting 4 points My team did really well I know you must be all wondering What magical team did you have To get 60 points Well thanks for asking Let me share with you So the thing I'm really proud about in my team Is that I managed to get in Holland Palma Salah Saka And Ben and Johnson So as you can imagine The rest of my team is trash So, Holland is my striker Archer Thankfully scored Was my second striker along with Antonio Then in my midfield I had Salah A value from Brentford Tottenham from I mean Brendan Dunchen from Tottenham Palma from Chelsea In defense I had Lewis from City Keen from Everton Who was my big standard performer With 14 points Fish from Leicester Because I thought they'd keep a clean sheet Boy was I wrong And then at the back I had the Nottingham first keeper cells Who gave me 11 That 11 was the most unexpected Well Hey man Keen 25 points from 2 players I know some of you are like Wow, just 2 players But yeah, that's how my team looks And I'm going to try and keep this team for as long as I can Although Saka is injured so I don't know When I look at this team And I look at most of our teams The biggest problem we had is that We're all suffering from a motico An over-reliance of Holland It's wild because I went through this last season A whole lot of last season Telling myself I'm not going to be captaining Holland You know ever since he said Stay humble to a tatter He hasn't scored in the Premier League He's scored last night Against the spotter Prague In the Champions League So maybe that means things are coming But Guys, we just need to be brave And rotate our captains Having said that Man City of playing Southampton this weekend So I want to say I'm going to change my captain But the odds are No The odds are that I'm going to keep Holland as my captain Because Southampton are weak They're the bottom team Well, second bottom And they have a philosophy of football That is unsustainable In the Premier League And they're playing against Manchester City So It's going to be hard not to choose Holland as your captain And if you're able to not choose Holland I really salute you There were just three clean sheets this weekend Notting on forest one critical palace zero One mouth two arsenal zero And Brighton one Newcastle zero Maybe apart from Nottingham Forest The other clean sheets were unexpected Especially in the bottom of game People were expecting it the other way now I know a lot of you lost minus three Thanks to Saliba And if you've been listening I have been seeing Arsenal having difficult fixtures coming up I just honestly didn't think that these would be the fixtures That they would be conceding goals in But they haven't kept a clean sheet in a while now And it may be time to start reconsidering your options Yes, they have a great defense But it doesn't mean they can't concede The highest scoring game of the weekend Actually there were two The first one is Spurs four one They defeated West Ham They hammered the Hammers And the second one was Leicester versus Southampton Leicester came back from tunnel down to win three two Spurs versus West Ham was an interesting game Coulders opened the scoring And then Khrulevski Scored At half time Madison was removed and I thought he was injured But it turned out it was tactical Madison had the assist for Khrulevski's goal However, as soon as the second half began They just went on a ramp page and scored three goals And it makes you wonder Madison didn't particularly play poorly But that changed That changed the substitution of getting more of the game Changed the whole game I wonder what that means for his future Son was immense He was the best player on the pitch And they could do nothing to stop him He deserved the goal that he scored He was everywhere Son is a player that scares me He's somebody I would consider having but I just Can't trust him He's not playing tonight in Europe because he picked up a knock So I'm not sure if he'll be available But I'm trying to see What to do about Sakha and I was thinking of putting That 10 point something into Son But we'll see how That we can then revels Bismal scored Son scored And there was an ongoing goal by Ariola Madison, Udoji, and Saar Had the assist for the goal Qutus got a red card Well deserved He seems to be A bit angry I guess maybe Because during the international break his team Got out of qualification for the tournament So Ghana out And then he comes his cause and then he just got angry kicked out Putting his hand in people's faces I don't know West Ham Are in trouble if you ask me I said at the beginning of the season, I don't like Lopitagi. I just Don't like his tactics. I don't know why but I've just never really Been fond of his football I honestly wouldn't be surprised if he's the first manager to be fired Bismal had three bonus points Qutussevski had two and Son had one Gelha is scoring much, so Lester take on South Hamptel I previously believed that Lester were going to have a clean sheet in this game. So I'd started fire Now, due to my wildcard, I needed a cheap striker. I brought in Archer I mean, I hate recommended him and so I Walked to walk and talked to talk So This game was quite interesting Archer scores quite early and I'm very happy Aribo also scores and the opportunity of mining and Waka Peters have the assist And then Fatau is brought on and the game just changes Well It also changes after Southampton also get a red card Ryan Frazier got a red card and the game changed but at that point His foul Was to stop the equalizer which would have been to two the penalty was then scored. So Bononot is scored And what is called the penalty? Fatau was just creating so much trouble And he led he created the corner that led to their Jordan Ayu's goal And that was in the 90 plus eighth minute And they won this game Southampton are looking like early relegation favorites. I mean they were but They're looking really bad Not quite Sheffield bad, but Like like their friends like they live in the same place Wings and Fatau had their assists Archer had three bonus points Aribo had two and Wadi had one The most surprising result of the weekend was Bonemoth two arsenal zero Saliba got a red card that was the most important event in this game because that's ultimately what changed the outcome of this game he held back Evanelson who was clear. I wouldn't say clear and go back He was ahead of him and there was no one close. So he was the last man and After VR checked it out. They said He came out and so he was sent off It was weird because I don't know VAR and these red cards It's not clear what the criteria is. It feels more Feelingy than Factually, but anyway arsenal fans will feel like that was harsh other fans are black and football Until that happens to their team christy scored a really good goal of a set piece which was Quite interesting because arsenal have been the ones destroying people with their set pieces But it was a very clever move. If you haven't seen the goal check it out now Trossad gave a bad back pass which is what led to Evanelson being clear because he would have been offside either way And then kiwior gave a bad pass which resulted in a penalty that clever scored so I have been talking about how football sometimes it's just about mistakes And it shows you arsenal made two mistakes And were punished twice Sanasi got the three bonus points. Private got two and khakis got one The marquee game of the weekend so Liverpool take on Chelsea In the past they have been very many draws in this fixture so I was a bit worried that it would be a dull match, but It turned out to be a quite entertaining affair Liverpool won 2-1 but more important, I mean It's such an interesting outcome because I feel that Chelsea showed that they are much better team than they were last season And also feel that Liverpool showed that they're also Doing well under slot. This was probably the first real challenge And they handled it well Both teams have reason to feel confident about the future Even though there was a clear win and a loser Salas scored a penalty And there were so many calls that could have gone either way in this game I'm surprised that the calls that were given or given and the ones that weren't given weren't given It didn't make any sense And that's why I'm saying Like these calls make me feel like these guys are just going on their feelings instead of like some clear rules Anyway, Curtis Jones and Masala scored for Liverpool And Curtis Jones and Masala had their cysts for Liverpool Nicholas Jackson Had the goal for Chelsea. He's having a good season and Kai Siddo Had their cysts for Chelsea Now this season it's looking like a lot of the budget strikers are really doing well Of course seven isn't quite budget, but You have Nicholas Jackson who's doing well. You have Ward who's doing well. You've got him in it Who's doing well And Della is also doing well Anyway, when it comes to the bonus, Curtis Jones got all three bonus points Masala got two and Nicholas Jackson got one. So Let's look at the top performing players of the weekend As usual It will be the top five of the people who have gotten over 10 points In keeping cells from forest had 11 Verbrügen from Brighton got 10 Martinez from Aston Villa got eight And then you have Kepa and Pickford with six each When it comes to defenders keen was a top performing defender He got 14 points, number two Vadiol with 10 points Sanesi and stones were tied for nine points And in number five you have Morilo from Nottingham Forest who got eight points When it comes to midfield Curtis Jones was a top midfielder 13 points Sala 12 points Private had 11 and then Ganacho and Bismar Tied for fifth or rather for fourth with 10 points When it comes to forwards Daniel Welbeck continues his impressive run and he had nine points tied with Jai from Everton And Archer and Strandlassen who all got nine And then in fifth place, it's another tie between what Kings and Wayland who got eight Suggested as a previously stated, why did strikers are doing well? So let me review some random stats Luis Diaz was the most sold player ahead of game week eight With over 200,000 people removing him The two most popular replacements for Diaz were Brennan Johnson And Brian Bummel Who both misperformed? So far in the Premier League Hallant has the most goals with 10 Saka has the most assists with 7 Onana has the most clean sheets with 4 Hallant has had the most shots with 35 Saka has created the most chances with 27 Bedneric has had the most passes with 592 And Dee Dee from Leicester has the most tacos won with 18 Lissandra Martinez and Virgil van Dyke Have completed the most interceptions And fleeing downs Has covered the most distance in the Premier League this season After Arsenal were beaten by Bon Marthe this weekend Manchester City remained as the only unbeaten club in the Premier League this season Bon Marthe's 2-0 victory gave Arsenal their first away loss in 2024 What a record Mr Saliba who got sent off Is now Arsenal's 18th red card in the Premier League since Atatas first game as manager That's 5 more red cards on any other team in that same period Since he started in game week 4 Raul Jimineth has either scored or assisted in each game since then He's in great form Brennan Johnson was the most transferred in player for this game week He failed to replay Us managers me included as he blunked for the first time since game week 4 Leicester and Manchester City are the only teams to have scored in every game so far Our use goal that was a game winner for Leicester Is Leicester's latest ever goal in 90+8 minutes Kurosevsky has scored 17 goals since coming to England All of them are from inside the box Arsenal have only dropped points this season when they are down to 10 men Son's goal was his 20th in a London derby Also with the goal Son's squad that takes him into the top 20 Premier League goalscores of all time top 20 he has been a great Premier League player With what can's goal against for them he has now scored against them six times Manchester City like to make things tough In four of their seven games this season they have considered the first goal Manchester City are now unbeaten in 31 games Salah is now 9th in Premier League top scorers of all time Vadiol's equaliser for Man City means he is now the top scoring defender in the Premier League In 2024 he has scored six goals in this calendar year Not season calendar year The top transfers in this week are Vadiol with 291,000 People are bringing him in Number two is Son with 261 managers bringing him in Bumo is number three with 250,000 managers bringing him in Rol Jimenez 195,000 people bringing him in Palma 174,000 bringing him in Top players out And it may or may not surprise you that Arsenal players are at the top of this list Saliba 491,000 people have removed him Thaka 439,000 have removed him Luis Diaz 257,000 have removed him Habits 110,000 have removed him People are done with Emma Smith role 99,000 people have removed him Harland was the most selected person as captain Salah was the most vice captain player Harland is the most selected player in this season's FBL There were 111,000 triple captains played But the number one team Was a bench boost team which shows you that none of these triple captains hit There are three hits 64,000 taken 65,000 bench boosts 221,000 While cards were played keen was the best player of the week The average points for the week was 36 So if you got that, well done, the highest points globally was 98 As previously stated, this person had bench boost They're called Sin Patrick's Drunks Wellbeck was a striker, Nicholas Jackson's second striker, midfield he had Salah who was his captain 24 points Wellbeck got nine, Nicholas Jackson got six, Palmer got two, Ganacho had ten, McNeil had six, Benardo Silva had two, Gabriel had one, Vadiol had ten, Pedro Porro had two and Pickford had six On the bench he had Salah's, Masrui, Vadi and Robertson, Salah's giving him 11, Masrui won Vadi six and Robertson two We're looking at our table Our most unlucky manager, I guess, was Clinton Oco, manager of Team Basu His captain was Saliba which gave him minus six In terms of weird captain choices, apart from Saliba Somebody had Calvert Lewin, somebody has KDB, somebody had Fudin, Bruno Fernandez Isak, those are the most random captains Can you believe Son was only chosen as a captain by one passer The team with the most gold scorers this week was Dubois Originals He had five different gold scorers in his team Dubois also gained 16 points from the transfers he brought Well done, I don't know if it's unlucky but in terms of unluckiest managers, Dennis Krom He underperformed, speaking of unlucky managers, I just previously paid Mr Dubois His team had 25 points on the bench King had 14, Tran Lawson had 9, and Sanchez had 2, but it's those two that were the main killers Painful, you know how I used my wildcard and I got 60 points Well, on the other end, we have Mr Melita Elvis, manager of all the FC, he used his wildcard And had he not changed anything, he would have had 25 more points He got 19 points with the wildcard, that is painful Another man who used their wildcard is Randy Agusta, manager of Dandaman Borneo They got 33 points but would have got 18 points more had they just stayed with their previous team We have been talking about a struggling man He has been struggling for a while now and this is the seventh week in a row where they've just been losing points Going down that table Our biggest decrease in overall rank was FP-Hell, managed by Noah Silot They fell 1,419,000 positions in the global market or having the global table But unlike previous weeks Our global loss leader isn't our disappointing rank leader This honor goes to Fesco FC who dropped 82 places this week When it comes to poorest performers, our poorest performer was manager, don't mind, don't mind Manager of team don't They had 17 points So what's enough to be quick? Before this puzzle I'm wondering, when does fantasy become fun? So let me read out this team so as you can see it's not a bad team Captain Holland Four points Solanki Two points DCL two points in the midfield, Listeria's one point, Baumu two points Saka zero points, Howard Bellis zero points, Trent two points, Ricardois two points, Gabriel one point Riah one point Paid for, on the bench Just full zeros, Tana who is the keeper zero, Baco who is unknown to Sevilla zero, San Garre's zero, Phillip zero Our second lowest was Vinny McCory, manager of Man City And number three is, therefore mentioned, Melita Elvis, manager of all the FC who got 19 points With a wild card, painful When it comes to team value, my team, Tim BV I've lost 0.9 in value But that's because I used my wild card and I lost players like Luis Diaz who had gained an incredible amount of value So hey, stuff for me On the other end of that spectrum, Elut Giroge has the team with the highest value 1 or 2.4 Wow, well done to you That is somebody who has not changed his team The highest riser this week is manager Ibrahim Ali who has risen 82 positions Well done to you, sir And of course, you know, that means he was one of the top performers this week He had 63 points The top performing manager was manager KJ Team name 10 Hags to Riches So funny name He had 65 points, 5 points more than me I feel good So In 10 Hags to Riches He had Havats and Holland up top Then you had Bruno Fernandez in the mid-shield Harry Winx Who gave him 3, Ganachal gave him 10, Holland and Havats gave him 2, Bruno Fernandez gave him 5 Then you have Mo Salah who gave him 24 points He had Dunk who gave him 6 Vaidyo who gave him 10, Anderson gave him -2 And Trent who gave him 2, and in goal, he had Pope who gave him 3 for grand total of 65 Number 2 in our league was in terms of points was I tied between Hakim Nu And Majestic Lewis who had 64 points Number 4 was Ibrahim Ali Who had the highest rise? He had 63 And number 5 was Lawrence Aguapon who had 62 points In the global ranking Majestic FC Or Majestic CF rather Rose by 2 million positions in the global rank Congratulations to you In this week's Don Clinton watch Don Clinton is the person who is cemented last on our table He lost 20 points this week Only to gain 31 points So literally gained 11 I'm not sure why this person is even still playing this game But hey, everybody's allowed to play how they want to play They are now having played every game week I have 141 points second last has 282 This person is better off having left their team untouched The most popular captain choice in our group was Holland 173 of us chose him as captain After Holland number 2 was Salah 17 of us chose him as captain Number 3 was Palmer 13 of us chose him as captain Number 4 was Saka 12 of us chose him as captain Number 5 was Habats 4 of us chose him as captain Number 6 was Brennan Johnson Which is a tie between Johnson, Rashford, Solanki and Watkins Two managers each chose him as captain I was part of the 173 and I know The majority of you listening were So let's try to do better Now looking forward to the fixtures tomorrow And I said tomorrow Because the Premier League starts on Friday Isn't Ali kickoff less nervous is nothing. I'm forest Lesser came back to defeat Southampton 3-2 And They have been good. They have been impressive. They have scored every game week They have played so far They are meant much as the city elderly teams that have kept scoring In a way, they're kind of like Luton last season Their head-to-head record is irrelevant because it's in the championship and those two teams then and now are very different Injid for this game Chodri, Stolarek, Dhaka, Injid Folesta, Danilo, Sanghare And Morgan Gives Oita, Injid 4, Nottingham Forest I'm going to call this game the Koopa Derby because Koopa managed forest classism before he was sacked and replaced with Nuno Santo Forest have been very good defensively And The defense would really be tested in this game against high-flying Leicester Bononote Vardy And of course Fatau when brought on will cause trouble Leicester haven't really been great at defense, but they do have two clean sheets But I would recommend Bononote as the first player you get Into as you look into this fixture on the forest side if you have wood keep him He has been a solid performer I have cells in goal, so I'm going to keep him and hope for a clean sheet even though I believe it could be tough It would be wood And then maybe Hudson-Doy or a longer and if you're into the defense, I would say Ina or cells First have been solid so far. They've been solid at the back And they will be looking to win this game. I think they are favorites for this game On Saturday we will have Aston Villa versus Bonnmouth Their recent five head-to-head reflects that Bonnmouth have won two, Villa have won two and they've grown one Parity Both teams are coming off good victories Aston Villa just won in the Champions League. What Kings did not play. I believe he was being rested No team has any injury to speak of yet. Only Fido Jin Bidez or Bidez Is suspended for this match given the red card he got last game What Kings as usual is a great pick from Aston Villa Morgan Rogers is the great budget pick from Aston Villa And then you can gamble on the defense with either the keeper in Emiliano Martinez or your pick of Luca Dean and his friends The tricky thing about Bonnmouth is that they seem to have scorers from everywhere If you look at the last five goal scorers, you have Christie, Fivert Then you have Evernilson, Watara, Semenio And then you have Semenio Cook Sinistero Only Semenio has got twice So I would say Semenio let him be your first pick and then pick any of the other names I've mentioned Because there isn't somebody yet who has Stood out from the others Although Evernilson is dangerous and he is directly responsible for the two penalties Trossad got him the through ball which got Saliba sent off and then Kiwi will give the back pass to Evernilson which got him Trouble and got in the penalty So Evernilson is a troublemaker Brantford versus Ipswich Now I know at this point in time You should be knowing that Brantford have a good run of games Starting with Ipswich in theory You know people thought that Arsenal's good run was gonna see them starting to concede after this game week But they've considered like the last three or four game weeks in a row I have a Brantford defender And I know many of you will be getting into Brantford, and it isn't but more we should be getting into Wiese has recovered from his uncle's injury and therefore he should be back Speaking of injuries Hickey Gomez Rodriguez the Silver Johnson and Henry are injuries for Brantford for Ipswich Hamadi, transebre, sleka, kazust, luongo are injured if you're getting into Ipswich Dilab should be your first player Then maybe Omari Hutchinson and then leave Davis And if you're really Really really gambling their keeper anti-mourage For Brantford, it's Boomo. We saw your pick of defenders Wolves versus Branten Now Wolves have enjoyed a very difficult start to the season I believe they will be okay I believe this game versus Branten is their last tough game before we get winnable fixtures. I believe that they were Heavenly I don't know if the word is unfavored But they were least likely to win those previous games that they had but now Games at their level have arrived So this might be the time to look into stron lassen kunya eitneri those three those are the best picks from that team Branten have a better record against them. They have won Three of their last five matches against them. Wolves have only won one and they've done one so I believe Branten will be the better team in this fixture On the Branten side, I'm not so sure what the status is of Welbeck I believe he's injured, Webster is also injured, Milner is injured, Jean Pedro is injured, O'Reilly, Adengra and Solimacha injured From Wolves, Maple is injured, Traore, Gonzales, Hwang, Johnston, Kalasic and Mosquera are still out injured With Danny Boy out It might mean that Our boy Mitomo and Jouginio Rata and Minte would be the best place to have Going forward that is at the back The Brougin got 10 points So he did a good job against Newcastle by the way against Newcastle I don't even know how they did not concede or even how they won that game. They just won that game by mistake So they'll be looking to improve on that performance And Jouginio Mitomo I have the best place and Minte if he plays Man City versus Southampton Now You will be a very brave man not to have Holland as your captain I cannot look at this fixture Look at the league table See Southampton at the bottom of the table Well just above Wolves with one point and somehow convinced myself that Man City won't hammer them Now Man City will beat them It's just a matter of how many Now Man City John Stones has been proving to be a very good defender to have if he plays He seems to score clutch goals Fadiol is a top goal scoring defender in 2024 in the Premier League So if you ever need an argument for Man City defenders, there you have it Those are the two defenders to choose Going forward Holland Savinio Best players to choose Now Holland has been struggling with late I've been trying to read about it and what people are saying is that which is something I've told in the past When people do not create chances for him, he cannot score He's not the type of player who will just rub the ball dribble like Messi and go and score He needs you to set up the plate for him And in the past, I have really cried about how Every time Doko plays with Holland, it's like he's meeting him for the first time Now Foden started in the Champions League earlier this week and he scored I believe just him coming back into the field Will help Holland Be better, KDB is likely to return as well All of these returns only mean good things for Holland Of course, Rodriguez is still out But I think That just people not named Doko will give the ball to Holland Walker, Bob and Roger are out For Southampton, Frasier suspended given the red card that caused them the game Asuna is out, Larius is out, Stewart and Smallbona are out If you are choosing a Southampton player like I have Archer I have Archer, I'm going to play him Muncity somehow conceded four goals in the last seven games And they've considered first in four of those last seven games So I am going to be hoping that it is Archer who will score If you were to choose other players from that team I would encourage you to choose Dibbling and Aribo in either order Dibbling scored in the game before this one But Aribo scored in the last one This should be City's game I don't see why you would be entering into Southampton players in this particular fixture Everton vs Fulham Looking at the injuries For Everton, Broza, Ghana, Brantwite, Lindstrom Irubbonum, Charity are still injured For Fulham, Anderson is suspended, Cuenka, Lukic, Castan and Vinicius are injured In the previous five games, two draws and three wins for Fulham Fulham are highly favored in this fixture So Raul Jimenez is the first pick from the Fulham side The first pick If the only pick In two of the three fixtures That they drew, I mean that Fulham won They kept a clean sheet So this wouldn't be a bad game to have Bandano or Robinson or whoever you favored Fulham defender is On the other end Di, Dwight Rucknio and your Everton defender It might be Pickford, it might be Keene, it might be Mikolenko This is a kind of game that Fulham can draw It fills for the kind of game that Everton can draw The kind of game that Everton can win as well And those would be the people who would make the most difference in this fixture On Sunday, there will be very many good games The two marquee games would be Chelsea vs Newcastle And then of course the Marquis Marquis game Arsenal vs Liverpool Then you have a London Derby with Crystal Palace vs Tottenham And Manchester United vs West Ham All of these are great fixtures So let's start at Chelsea vs Newcastle Chelsea were impressive last time out against Liverpool There are a few injuries at the back Or rather a few suspensions that cause people to miss the game at the back And that might have influenced the outcome of the game Newcastle are not easy customers And Newcastle were very unlucky against Brighton last time out Isaac Lee's back, he should have scored There were so many things, it felt like they were just told by the football gods that this is not your game So they will be hoping for a similar performance with a better result Same can go for Chelsea If their players are back And they put in the same performance, they could get a better result The recent five fixtures see Chelsea drew twice Newcastle win twice and Chelsea win once Last season they drew, I mean last season Chelsea won one game 3-2 And Newcastle won one game 4-1 Newcastle won the game at home Chelsea won the game at home So if that is the kind of logic you want to go with Then maybe Newcastle are slightly favored to win this game at home Newcastle have had a better record at home than away Following last season Now Newcastle will have not been fluid And it's hard to pick good performances Or other performers from their team However, if you were to choose, I would say That you have a defender Fabian Shaw, I know very random Isaac Gordon Barnes That's it Although Barnes played not Harvey Barnes, but Dan Barnes played really well against Brighton He played really well, if you watch that much of the eye test, he was amazing But they still host And this game It seems when I look at the previous encounters between the two teams Each team scores, so their goals in them, so this is not a game for a clean sheet So maybe not Shaw But if you look for a defender who could score, it's Shaw On the Chelsea side, the two best Chelsea players are Nicholas Jackson And Palmer Palmer has that four-game haul Or four-goal game Which has skewed his stats But really Nicholas Jackson has been performing every game Then Palmer and then Madweke Chelsea defense hasn't been bad this season And I don't blame many of you for having the Chelsea keeper And a random one of the defenders In terms of injuries New Castle Wilson is out, La Salle is out, Trippier is doubtful Trippier is out, target is out, but man, still out On Chelsea side, it's just showable Crystal Palace was his buzz Now, Spurs were very powerful last time out They went out and really destroyed West Ham After making the change at halftime, football really is a game of two halves Crystal Palace would be 10 1-0 by first Crystal Palace are in horrible form They are a better team than they're showing, but they just do not have it together I fear that their manager might be the first one to be sacked this season, if not the West Ham manager Tottenham have won each of their last five fixtures And I believe their favorites for this game And from their team, I would say Son should he play Because he is doubtful, also On the Crystal Palace side, Franco, Richards, Dukure, Riyadh are all unavailable For Spurs, it's just Son who is doubtful, he may or may not play But should he play he would be a great pick, him, Brennan Johnson, Kulesevski If you have Solanki, that's fine as well I struggled to recommend players from their defense, but Crystal Palace really struggled to score So this might be the kind of game where they keep a clean sheet because Of Crystal Palace's lack of ability More than their own defensive strength, if that makes any sense So if you're going to invest in their defense Then you have Pedro Porro, Udoghi, Romero I mean those are all really good options And they keep up, of course From the Palace side It is no longer worth it to invest in any of their players They are just underperforming Their last goal scorers in the Premier League were in September Nearly a month ago It was Geihi and Matata I can no longer recommend Eze, but since there's no one else, I'll just have to put Eze as the third person This just goes to show you the impact losing a player can have on your team, especially when you're at the bottom end of the table And I also testament to what Man City do In terms of PEP, if you think about the turnover that he has had And they still maintain the quality It's not easy West Ham versus Manchester United Manchester United have won three of their last five encounters and West Ham have won the other two West Ham tend to win at home And Manchester United tend to win at home This game is at West Ham's home, so maybe West Ham are slightly favoured Both of these teams are really struggling Manchester United have only scored more goals than Southampton and Ipswich And Crystal Palace of course, they have really been finding it difficult to score But they looked impressive last time out, Ganachou Was good, Rushford was good And those would be the top two players I would recommend in this fixture They looked the better team against Brentford And maybe that is uptick in form Or as some are calling this fixture El Sakiko If they lose, definitely people will be like "Oh, time for this man to be fired" Hoelund scored in the last game and he would be somebody worth recommending as well If you're looking to get into Manchester United's assets Or Nanna has still kept the most clean sheets And he could keep one in this game Kudos and full crook are unavailable for this next game For Manchester United, Maguire is unavailable Evans and Castamero are doubtful My new Euro, Shaw, Mount and Malassia I injured At this point, I'm wondering if Malassia is a real football player It might just be scamming guys On the West Ham end I have Antonio, I have him for many reasons not because I actually want him So I would recommend Bowen, Paquetta and Sucek Now the marquee, marquee game of the weekend Saving the best for last Arsenal vs Liverpool Both of these teams have displayed in Europe and have come out relatively unscathed Saliba is of course suspended Sucek will be doubtful Ateta is seeming to say that he may not play But we never know Timber may not play, Tieni is out or the guard is out, Calofiori picked up an injury, he is out On the Liverpool side, Alice and Becca is still out Jota is doubtful, Kiasa is doubtful, Javier is out In the last five fixtures in the Premier League Arsenal have won twice, drawn twice and lost once Meaning that they are slightly favoured in this fixture Will slot add a new element to this encounter Now Arsenal have key suspensions and injuries If Sucek doesn't play and Saliba doesn't play I'm not convinced that Arsenal are as strong as we think they are I mean they just capitulated too Point not but then that's 10 minutes, a different story However without Saliba, if Kiasa is going to be the one replacing him with those mistakes Having said that Saliba did make a mistake, but There is no replacement for Saliba He is there Helen at the back Just like if Helen goes down Who was going to sub him? There is no replacement, that's how big Saliba is at the back for Arsenal Which is also one of the reasons I had been encouraging people to get off of their defence They still have been conceding with him And I will reiterate that as I make my recommendations Is your holding of Arsenal defenders? Get off them a little bit At this point going forward, all you really have now if Sucek does not play Is Havot and Martinelli And Trozad, that's about it On the Liverpool side Shoto may be out, I don't know if this means Rhys Diaz will start But Salah will play, if you don't have Salah Maybe Diaz now will play if Rota is not going to be playing And then Nunez or Gaqpo This is not a game to have defenders Looking at the FDR fixture difficulty ratings Arsenal's next five fixtures are Liverpool, Newcastle, Chelsea, Forest and West Ham It starts hard, gets easier but not easier like they're playing Ipswich But it's difficult basically So still stay away from their defenders Aston Villa have Bournemouth, Tottenham, Liverpool, Crystal Palace and Chelsea It gets more difficult So I'll be easing off from their back line Bournemouth have Aston Villa, Man City, Brentford Brighton and Wolves, Aston Villa difficult, Man City difficult Then it becomes winnable games Brentford have Ipswich, Fulham, Bournemouth, Everton, Leicester Great fixtures Brighton have Wolves Which should be fine Then they have Liverpool, Man City which will be tricky fixtures Then they have Bournemouth and Southampton So it's a mixed bag Chelsea have Newcastle, Manchester United, Arsenal, Leicester, Aston Villa Those are not easy fixtures Crystal Palace have spas and then they have Wolves, Fulham, Aston Villa and Newcastle If this was last season these would be winnable games but right now It doesn't seem like an easy game exists for them Everton have friendly fixtures They have Fulham, Southampton, West Ham, Brentford and Man U These are all results that they can get something from Fulham have Everton, Brentford, Crystal Palace, Wolves, Spurs These are all livable fixtures for them Ipswich have Brentford, Leicester, Spas, Man United, Forest There's no such thing as easy fixtures for them So this will be fine I guess Leicester have Forest, Ipswich, Man U, Chelsea, Brentford winnable fixtures if you ask me Liverpool have Arsenal, Brighton, Phila, Southampton, Man City Apart from the Southampton game I would get off their defenders Man City have Southampton, Bonemouth, Brighton, Spas, Liverpool It just increases in difficulty nicely for them Man United have West Ham, Chelsea, Leicester, Ipswich, Everton Apart from Chelsea those are all good fixtures for them They should build a run over here Newcastle have Chelsea, Arsenal, Forest, West Ham, Crystal Palace Tricky fixtures all across apart from the Crystal Palace one Forest have Leicester, West Ham, Newcastle, Arsenal and Ipswich Outside Arsenal they could win all of these games And of course Newcastle Southampton have City, Everton, Wolves, Liverpool, Brighton All games are difficult for them They'll be lucky to get anything Spurs have Palace, Villa, Ipswich, City and Fulham Mixed bag They can win all of those games apart from City and they could draw all of these games West Ham have Man United, Forest, Everton, Newcastle, Arsenal This is a kind of period which could help you think better or worse about Lopategi I think this next trial game will seal his feet Wolves have Brighton and then they have Crystal Palace, Southampton, Fulham and Bonov I call this their recovery period I believe this is when we'll start to see Wolves getting into some sort of form That should help you have an idea of how to plan your next five fixtures or your next month When it comes to choosing a captain, there are a few options So let's start by Friday You have Leicester vs Nottingham Forest Given his recent form, Wood is a decent captain choice Aston Villa vs Bonmouth, Watkins is a reasonable captain choice, Brentford, Ipswich I would say Bimmel is a good option over there Brighton, Wolves, I wouldn't really be choosing a captain from this game Man City Southampton, Holland will be a good captain choice Fulham, Everton, given his form where all him and his wouldn't be a bad captain Chelsea vs Newcastle, I really wouldn't choose a captain out of these other fixtures from this game Spurs, Crystal Palace, if Son or Brent and Johnson are available Son captain, Brent and Johnson also a lot possible but I would be hesitant Western menu, I wouldn't choose a captain, Arsenal Liverpool, if soccer was available I would choose a must captain and Sala, I would choose a must captain and those are the captain choices Sala, Sakha, Son, Brent and Johnson, Raoul Jimenez, Holland Bonmouth, Watkins and Wood Those are the most likely to be the best captain choices The international break recovery was tough and we're hoping for a better weekend game with 9 I wish you all well, choose wisely and remember the game it starts tomorrow Bye [beep]