It’s wildcard time for yours truly, so this article will focus on my team reveal, for some reason people are interested. I will also talk about my strategy and which picks are short and long term. This article will discuss my Gameweek 4 FPL wildcard tips!

Premium players

Premium players are absolutely key to your squad, you’re going to have 3 or 4 and these you’re expecting points. These picks are going to be boring, highly owned players. They’re there to do a job, keep the bulk of the points ticking over and 1 of them will be a captain material every week.

What people forget in FPL one of the things you should be doing is rotating the premiums. I have seen people say how they’re going to keep Sterling for the rest of the season because he will get over 200 points. That’s fine and a solid strategy, but what about those games he doesn’t score goals in? It is your choice but I’m taking chances and making bets. But anyway lets get to the actual picks

Sergio Aguero

I had a choice it was either Raheem Sterling or Sergio Aguero, the bet I’m making is that Aguero outscores Sterling over the next few games. People may scoff at this as they think Sterling will be easy points over the season. I think Sterling will be one of the highest scoring players in FPL. But I am making a bet over the next 2 or 3 games that Aguero outscores Sterling. After those 2 or 3 games I’ll reassess the situation, maybe I keep Kun or maybe I shift for Kane or Aubameyang, It gives me me options either way.

Statistically Kun has scored 4 goals from 8 shots, cannot knock a 50% conversion rate. Brighton, Norwich and Watford the next 3 matches for The Citizens, I am of the personal opinion that Aguero does some serious damage here. Norwich is the game I have identified as the one I think that Aguero does a madness.

Chelsea have just played Norwich, they scored 3 goals from 24 shots. Here is a selection of their shots. Given the way Norwich are playing and sticking to their principles its a good bet that City will see a lot of chances.

It was not an easy choice to make, Sterling is also in great form but for the next few games at least I am going to bet on Aguero.

Mohamed Salah

My plan was always to start with Salah and shift to Mane at some point, however the form Salah is showing is really making me think twice. So for the minute I have decided to hold him in my squad, if Milner is not going to play much he will also be on penalties, which is another tick in the box.

This is his heat map for the season, he is getting into the box so much. On the average position charts he has been the furthest forward player and has looked sharp. As much as I like Mane and could do with the extra funds buying him would create, I am going to stick with Salah for the time being.

Kevin De Bruyne

I do not really need to say anything about Kev, he is the only player that I know for a fact I am going to hold all season, barring injury. THE END

That is the three premiums I am going to select in my team, KDB gives me a steady stream of points, Salah gives me a captain choice every week whilst I debate on Mane. Aguero offers me a small short term gamble on him outscoring Sterling over the next two or three games when I can look at things again. It is only two moves to get Sterling back and I also have the option of switching to Aubameyang and Kane.

Switching up your premiums is key to having a good season, FPL is a game of inches and small gains every week add up over 38 gameweeks. You may want to stick with Sterling all season long and that is a fine strategy. He will undoubtedly be near the top of the scoring charts. But short term bets can pay off!

Defence and Goalkeeper

I will be playing 3 at the back every week, I also still have a dilemma in my defence, but we will get to that.

Button is the bench keeper, Rico and Kelly make up the rest of the fodder. Button is there to look after the £4m, I have had Kelly since the start and he may get the occasional game and Rico is there on account of him getting game time currently for Bournemouth although I expect Lloyd Kelly to come in at some point.

Christiansen is also in and he is in both versions of my defence. Chelsea have good fixtures coming up, also Kante and Rudiger are imminently returning to the team that will make their backline a bit more sturdy. I am hopeful of some differential clean sheet points from him.

The other guaranteed name is Lucas Digne, free kicks, assists, and hopefully some clean sheets. I have also had Digne from the beginning, he isn’t moving from my side till December and their fixtures stiffen.

Defensive Dilemma

This is the only real dilemma I have left

Fabianski and Robertson

Or

Matip and Ederson

Both have their pitfalls!

I think that Liverpools defence is about to start returning clean sheet points, I did always think that they would regress this season but they will still offer a good amount of clean sheet returns. I have decided that I want in on this now after leaving them alone in the opening weeks of the season.

Now ideally I would go with one of the big hitters. I am a big fan of Robertson, he was the only player I kept season long in my team last season. He offers some good attacking returns and always looks lively going forward.

This is Robertsons heatmap for the season so far, I find this really encouraging. He has also assisted 5 shots so far this season and it is only a matter of time before he starts returning assists. I really want him, however my goalkeeper pick really suffers as a result. I like Fabianski and he will return save points but I am really not confident in those clean sheet returns. I think West Ham have a good team but they will always concede goals.

Now the other option of Matip and Ederson is much more appealing. Whilst Matip will not offer me attacking returns he will keep pace for clean sheets with the rest of the Liverpool defenders. The big danger is that Joe Gomez comes in at some point. Now this move would unlock £0.4m so i could potentially upgrade Rico and strengthen the bench options should this happen. The big upside is that I get Ederson in as Goalkeeper, City will most likely keep around the same amount of clean sheets as Liverpool. Ederson offers an easy way into that City defence.

As it stands I am currently on Matip and Ederson but I will not make my mind up till tomorrow.

Midfield

Now obviously I have lost Sterling so I have to somehow make up points in the aggregate with my other midfielders. I have already waxed lyrical about Cantwell in my last article which I will link here. So I am not going to repeat myself simply open the link and scroll to the bottom to see the Cantwell and Pukki love.





Ceballos also finds his way into my team, £5.7m and he looks to be way underpriced. I managed to get him for £5.6 so have already banked a rise. I thought that Ceballos looked on fire against Burnley and was at the heart of most things good on the pitch.

You can see from his Stats zone attacking dashboard how much he was involved in the attack. With the upcoming fixtures Arsenal have I think he will be a steady stream of points, like a KDB-lite. I was tempted to go for one of the bigger names but when I move Aguero on, Aubameyang is firmly in my thoughts.

Last Spot

The player I really wanted in this spot was Mason Mount but with doubts over his fitness I think I am going to leave him out for now and target him down the line. There is some good value in and around the £6m range, but one player has really impressed me with his limited minutes and that is Alex Iwobi.

He got his first goal for Everton during the league cup match vs Lincoln and I also thought he looked lively against Villa despite his limited minutes. It is pretty much a shot to nothing, Everton play Wolves who had a tough match midweek in the Europa League vs Torino I am hoping Silva will give Iwobi his first league start and can net me some points whilst I wait on Mounts fitness.

Strikers

Obviously I have Kun in already so it is just about nailing down the last two spots. Haller has always been on my list, I think he has a nice price and his all round game is going to cause problems for lots of teams. After watching West Ham play Watford I have decided now is the team. I think he looks all kind of wrong for that Norwich defence and I’m expecting at least one goal.

The other spot is a little more complex, it is between Pukki and Abraham. Now if I had kept Mount then I would have picked Pukki however I really want in on that Chelsea attack for the next few games. Lampard is currently playing with the handbrake off it would seem and now that Abraham has his first couple of goals for the season he may offer an alternative to Pukki. The problem with Pukki is the ownership, it has gone through the roof in the last few weeks. I stated in my last article that I would bet against Pukki scoring against The Hammers which is either gonna prove might brave or mighty stupid but I am a man of my word.

And that is that! I know some people will really disagree with some of my selections and I will get called out for not having Sterling but I do not really care. Anyone who has followed me for any length of time will know that I do my own thing in FPL and always look for a differential. I have £0.6m in the bank so I may well upgrade Rico to someone better, but I do not envisage my team now. Thanks for reading and good luck for the gameweek!