Hello FFUKers!
Welcome to the GW6 review: There’s No Other Way. A tough gameweek for me with a sea of red arrows, but an outstanding week for others as we shall see.
Six weeks in to the season, and after some uncertainty at the start about the relative merits of Premier League teams and fantasy assets, things certainly seem to be taking shape.
The captaincy debate, if it ever started, seems to be finished. Haaland (6pts) scored again. You’re taking the fun out of everything. There’s no other way. The below graphic might help those crazy enough to want to oppose him though. When captained by a FFUKer Saka (13pts) returns almost as well as Haaland. The sample size is small but if he has the fixture he could be an option:
The curse of the most transferred-in player struck again this week. 1.3m managers in FPL and a whopping 32% of FFUKers brought in Julian Alavrez (1pt) this week and got their fingers burnt – he looks a solid pick though for at least the medium term. At the time of writing Botman (12pts) is the most transferred-in player for GW7 ….. all that you can do is watch them play!
We also got a bit more certainty at the wrong end of the Premier League table. Luton were unable to beat ten man Wolves. At home. And Sheffield United were thrashed 8 zip by Newcastle. At home. I really can’t watch them play. They’re going down. There’s no other way. [quickly checks who they’re playing in GW7 …. hold the line caller ….. ] Sheffield United away at West Ham – surely worth a punt on Bowen (7pts) who scored again vs Liverpool in GW6, or Ward-Prowse (2pts) who already has 2 goals and 3 assists this season.
Now Luton. Luton, Luton, Luton. The cheeky, enticing early double, away to Everton and home to Burnley. Time for a Morris (9pts) captain I hear you cry! Well, apart from my comments earlier about captains and City playing at Wolves and Arsenal playing at Bournemouth in GW7, all I can say is two times FFUK-all is still FFUK-all! I’ll watch you play, but I’m going nowhere near it.
GW6 by numbers sees Andrew Downie (3rd) manager of the week with a massive 110pts. A sick midfield of Saka, Maddison (9pts), Mitoma (14pts) and Salah (10pts) was accompanied by an inspired Botman/Burn (both 12pts) pairing in defence. James Sheridan had an astonising rise of 128 ranks to 48th place, while Elliott Hodgeon had a shocker falling 99 ranks to 157th. Elliott’s team looks good on paper …. just didn’t catch any of the big hauls.
Onto the FFUK leaderboard and will you look at that? Not only did he register a stunning GW6 score of 100 points, not only does he once again have the best team name in FFUK (I Admire It’s Purity), he only gone and broken into the world top 1,000 (907th). Chapeau, Mark Tarbox (1st).
A look at the template team for FFUK is always instructive. While no one could afford this actual team, is there a hole in your side that one of these could fill? Do you have a Newcastle defender yet? If not, Mr Botman could be your man ….
If you’re looking for something a little more different, what better way to make your selection than on Goals Imminent? Here we look at players most underperforming their xG. This could of course just be because they’re not very good (Nicholas Jackson (1pt) I’m looking at you), but the stats might point you in the direction of messers Eze (3 pts), Rashford (3 pts) or Watkins (9 pts).
And finally onto the Conts, and another eviction.
This week Craig Cotton is evicted, amassing just 43pts. Craig is struggling a bit this season, down in 211th in FFUK, so it was probably just a matter of time. The Romero (-2 pts) and Udogie (0pts) picks certainly didn’t help, nor did missing out on the hauls mentioned earlier.
See you all in GW7.
Cheers,
Paul Baker (Bakes) – Red 5 (73rd)
FFUK 