The Algerian has been in great form through pre season and unlike most other midfield assets is fully rested with no international involvement. But the inevitable rotation once other players are back to full fitness makes him a very short term hold in my opinion.
🟥 K. HAVERTZ
He should start as Chelsea's CF vs CRY this week but with Lukaku imminent I can't help feel Havertz's pre season appeal drops, especially with a tricky run of fixtures following the GW1 tie. I still think he's in for a good season tho so some might be happy to hold
🟥 M. GREENWOOD
Similar to Mahrez and Havertz I expect Greenwood to start the first couple of GW's before he's inevitablely rotated with Cavani, Sancho, Martial and co. That said, I think he's a great GW1 punt for United's game against Leeds.
🟧 O. WATKINS & D. INGS
I really like both the Villa forwards for the initial three games of the season in particular. Truth be told both assets could represent good long term holds as they are both reasonably fixture proof. But Villa's fixtures do become trickier from GW4.
🟧 K. TSIMIKAS
Robertson could be back by as soon as GW4/GW5. But until then the LB gig seems Tsimikas' to lose after an impressive pre season. At just £4.0m there's not a lot to lose by taking an early punt on him given Liverpool's fantastic early run of games.
🟧 I. SARR
Sarr is a player that needs to be in our thinking, if not now maybe from GW4. Obviously there's a lot of question marks around how Watford will fare this season but Sarr has already proven himself at this level. Expecting him to get a few returns early doors.
🟧 D. JOTA
I'm expecting Jota to have a run of starts through the initial GW's whilst Firmino gets back to match fitness after competing in the Copa America with Brazil. But longer term he seems to be the player most regularly rotated which makes him a short term option for now.
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14 clean sheets (2nd) last season but only 4 of those came at home, that said with 3 home matches in that first 5 GWs I'm certainly not put off ARS defence coverage.
💭 My initial reaction was to lean towards RAMSDALE, but with RAYA signed he's one to avoid IMO
GABRIEL now the stand out option. 2nd best xG of all DEF's last season, 10 goals in last 3 seasons. A threat from set pieces
📉 SALIBA to be considered if you want away from template
Toney with a hat trick vs LEE including a banging free kick. He's now on 5goals & 2assists for the season
Mitrovic with another goal vs TOT. Back to back goals in each of their last 4games taking him to 6goals for the season.
Both strikers are high on my radar!
✍🏻 GW6 Notes
MUN with another win, whilst ARS dominated large spells MUN were clinical in attack. Antony debut goal & Eriksen was excellent, but Rashford the stand out FPL asset with goal & assist
Finally a LIV clean sheet! But TAA subbed on 59mins & Robbo benched! Frustrating!
Haaland with another hat trick vs NFO. Back to back hattys & 9goals already this season. Incredible
Mitrovic on the scoresheet once again, that's 5 in 5 for him. Don't let ties vs TOT & CHE put you off him, he'll cause even the best defences a problem in this form
📝 GW5 Notes
A very encouraging debut from Isak with a well taken goal & unlucky to have a second effort disallowed. At just £7.0 he's definitely worth keeping tabs on.
Back to back CS for MUN & 19pts from last two games for Dalot. At £4.4 he could be worth consideration