Published: September 17, 2025
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⚡️GW5 Wildcard: My Thoughts ⚡️ If, like me, you’ve had a pretty bad start to the FPL season, the temptation to the hit the wildcard button is definitely there. However, I won’t be pressing it in GW5, and I think you should try and resist too❌ Here’s why👇🏼🧵

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🔴 Arsenal vs Man City 💎 One of the main reasons why this week is a bad week is the Arsenal vs Man City fixture 📅 Both teams have very good FPL assets, and these are players we will all likely want in our teams for the foreseeable future. However, as they’re facing up

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For Arsenal, the defence looks the place to invest. They’re the best defence in the world, with incredible depth and an ability to keep clean sheets against any attack. Raya looks the perfect set and forget, and Gabriel is nailed at the back with great arial threat from corners

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Eze, Madueke and Saka are also all potential options, dependent on the injury situation 🤕 If Saka’s injury ends up being more long-term than initially expected, Madueke is a brilliant pick for £7.0m with corners and a greedy nature - perfect for FPL! 📈 When I look to WC, I

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With City, there are fewer nailed on options but still a couple of very good picks ✅ Of course, the man everyone wants, Erling Haaland. The big Norwegian looks in imperious form and with BUR (H) in GW6, it’s no surprise people are keen to bring him in ⚽️ He’s not essential,

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Outside of Haaland, City’s best pick in my opinion is still Tijani Reijnders. Following his GW1 haul, everyone overreacted and called him essential. After 3 blanks, everyone is overreacting and saying he’s useless! 🇳🇱 I think he is very good asset for his price. £5.7m for a

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Outside of the Arsenal v City fixture, there are also a few other fixture swings that don’t line up nicely for a GW5 wildcard. For example: Some teams you might want to go without on WC are Forest and Villa, who play Burnley and Sunderland this week 📈 The likes of Watkins,

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On the other hand, some of the teams you might want to target on WC are Everton and Bournemouth, who face LIV (A) and NEW (H) respectively 📆 The likes of Ndiaye, Grealish, Dewsbury Hall or Tarkowski at Everton are excellent picks, but you wouldn’t want to play them away at

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💪🏼The Strength of WC6💪🏼 Waiting a few days could make all the difference. I’ve put together a draft of what my optimal WC6 draft might look like, here it is 😍

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For comparison, I’ve made the same wildcard team in GW5 (right), and compared it to my current team in GW5 (left) ⚖️ As you can see, my GW5 team is full of players everyoke is desperate to get rid of! The Villa boys, Chris Wood, Florian Wirtz - all players no want wants anymore

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Whilst it’s frustrating, I’d urge people to wait at least until GW6 before you hit the button! It might be that your team needs it, but if you hold off for one more week I think you’ll be rewarded for it! Let me know your plans down below, are you planning to WC in GW6?👇👇👇

@CharlieVantFPL It always amuses me when people are put off with two big sides playing each other. How often are these games ever 0-0. Bench the defendes and start the attackers

@JezMillard Wouldn’t have worked very well for you in Liverpool v Arsenal unless you had Szoboszlai!

@CharlieVantFPL Charlie have a good day☀️

@CharlieVantFPL Why is everyone having Gyokeres instead of Isak on wildcard??

@CharlieVantFPL Why have you chosen Munoz and Richards? Munoz isn’t worth 5.5. I prefer Tarkowski as a place holder for a city defender/Liverpool defender in Gameweek 8.

@CharlieVantFPL Also if you haven't decided by now to WC5, then you've missed a lot of price rises so surely better to hit it on Saturday after the deadline for GW6.

@CharlieVantFPL In agreement with all your points here but, WC5 does allow TC Haaland for GW6, which I’m leaning towards. Now just weighing up: Stronger GW5 team, no TC GW6 Or Weaker GW5 team (WC), TC GW6

@CharlieVantFPL This would block a potential TC Haaland on Burnley if you have him already. Different I guess if you don’t.

@CharlieVantFPL Thoughts on my WC?

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@CharlieVantFPL GW5 is very nice entrance but GW4 bad according to @fpl_tactician . Haaland goal is inevitable.

@CharlieVantFPL WC GW5 and superb BB GW6 and I’m set for a few weeks then

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@CharlieVantFPL Good post!

@CharlieVantFPL You think we’re listening to your advice 😂😭

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