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FPL GAMEWEEK 5 MEGA THREAD 🧡 πŸ”Έ What to do with Watkins πŸ“Œ πŸ”Έ Keep or sell πŸ’Ž πŸ”Έ Captaincy 🎯 πŸ”Έ Wildcard 5 ♻️ πŸ”Έ Transfer Plans! - Explanation βœ… Follow me @_TalkFPL πŸ‘ˆ Bookmark this thread for later πŸ“‘

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What to Do with Watkins πŸ“Œ Ollie Watkins (Β£8.8m) has been a ghost this season - 0 goals in four GWs, despite Villa's underlying xG creation (he's on 1.1 xG but zero returns). His ownership has dipped below 25%, and with Villa's attack sputtering this season He's only had 8

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πŸ”Έ Keep or sell πŸ’Ž Chris Wood - BUR (A) I don't really know what to make of Chris Wood this season. 13 points in GW1, followed by 3 blanks. Last season, he did very well, yet he overperformed. I believe this was largely due to Nuno's blueprint, as it proved to be very effective

Florian Wirtz 4 GW's In the PL, and 4 blanks. I would say Wirtz has been slightly unlucky to start the season with 0.31 xGI/90. To be fair, the next 2 fixtures are good. Chelsea could be a better fixture, but United is a good fixture. I can see why you would hold Wirtz, But to

Bruno Fernandes and Mbeumo Despite creating 7.9 xG (League rank 2nd), Manchester United have only scored 2 goals this season (only better than Leeds and Aston Villa). Their league-leading 68 shots, with 49 in the box paint a more promising picture going forward In that,

Mateta With only 1 goal in 4 weeks, Crystal Palace and Mateta have both had a slow start to this season. This one, however, is simple to me. He has West Ham next, so for me, at least for GW5, he's a guaranteed keep. In the next fixtures, he has Liverpool, Everton, Bournemouth,

πŸ”Έ Captaincy 🎯 Mohamed Salah (vs EVE H) This season: ⚽ 2 goals (1 pen) πŸ…°οΈ 1 assist πŸ“Š 1.1 xG | 0.3 npXG 🎯 4 shots | 2 SoT πŸ”Ž 0.5 xA | 3 BCC Why GW5 is enticing: it’s the Merseyside Derby. Last 5 derbies = 11 goals β†’ Salah has 4G + 1A. Everton missing Mykolenko =

2. Erling Haaland (vs Arsenal A) This season (Premier League, so far): ⚽ 5 goals in 4 matches πŸ…°οΈ 0 assists πŸ“Š 5.71 xG 🎯 Total shots: 19 | Shots on Target: 8 What makes GW5 appealing for Haaland as captain: Form is strong β€” 5 goals in 4 shows excellent scoring momentum. High

Antoine Semenyo (vs NEW A) This season: ⚽ 3 goals in 4 matches πŸ…°οΈ 2 assists 🎯 11 shots | 4 shots on target πŸ“Š xG: 2.7 | xA: 0.4 Why GW5 is appealing: Form: Semenyo is currently 2nd in the FPL points rankings with 36 points, Facing a Newcastle side at home After a gruelling

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I think this is one of the best weeks coming up to go differential with captaincy, as I feel all options have a pretty limited floor You could captain Wood and Watkins, but Wood doesn't have the shot volume, form, confidence or minutes to convince me it's a punt worth taking, and

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πŸ”Έ Wildcard 5 If I was to WC this week, I'd go for something like this You can use the Mbeumo and Gakpo money to upgrade to Gyokeres, given his good fixtures post City Defcon defenders out in full force, with some form picks mixed in. Captaincy can be shared well over the

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πŸ”Έ DEFCON, the new way? 🧠 Now this is something that the Defcon Guy @FPL_TomHadley will have his heart racing over πŸ˜… Out of the top 10 highest scoring players so far this season, 5 of them, shockingly, are defenders. Caicedo, a Defcon favourite also appears I don't think any

πŸ”Έ Transfer Plans! - Explanation βœ… Below is my GW5 team, locked, loaded and ready to go Watkins and Wood walking the tightrope, Salah captain monst likely with vice still on Munoz, although that might change to Ndoye Benching Diouf and Barnes could end bad, but it seems like

🎲 Differentials Looking for that edge? Here are 5 low-owned picks who could make the difference this week πŸ‘‡ 1/ Ndoye 2/ Andersen 3/ Williams 4/ Xavi 5/ Evanilson

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@_TalkFPL @FPLGOAT7 Would you BB dubravka, KDH, Diouf and Senesi? Just used wc

@_TalkFPL Looking to transfer out Johnson for Semenyo / Ndoye or Ekitike for someone but do plan on bringing Gyokeres in after the city/Newcastle games What you think and who should I captain?

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@_TalkFPL @FPLUpdates_Tips All I’ll say is you need to look at Newcastles XGC πŸ‘€ captain Semenyo is not an option

@_TalkFPL Should I put dewsbury hall in my team and bunch reijnders?

@Yuvaldavid12 Not this week, Liverpool isn't an easy fixture

@_TalkFPL Very analytical thread as always πŸ‘πŸ½ Followed you too βœ… Kindly follow back too πŸ™

@_TalkFPL @FPLGOAT7 Im going Salah captain

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