Walsh’s #FPL Musings

With the sad events of no pod this week FPL still lingers on the mind. We’ll be back and podding on Monday, but until then…

Death, taxes, and West Brom will concede away. All dead certainties. 1 clean away all season in GW1 and that is real life. Might as well call them “Crystal Palace”. It always gives me an inside chuckle when I see how great everyone has been planning to have guys for GW28 with those often multiple West Brom defenders. Each one will get you a tidy zero or one point at Everton. Hopefully they get some puntos in 26 and 27… but I’d buy with caution / wouldn’t buy at all in this moment. GW29 looks like you need to either bench or kill all of your WBA assets. I’d rather have a Maguire, Robertson, Mawson, or Fernandez than any of them WBA guys if buying today.



Chelsea are good and are in the process of walking the league but their players are really, really expensive and there is no value in that side past OOP Alonso who could be priced at 8m and I’d still want him. I don’t get why Hazard is in a single team at the moment, but I’d love to be illuminated.



No surprise here, but Alexis is a ridiculous force at central striker and is by far the best player in FPL as long as the French Donqey is taking up his rightful spot on the bench or in the treatment room. Captainable regardless of opposition and looking really sexy.



Ibra, and United for that matter, had one of their better performances against Watford than they have done in recent weeks. To hold or to sell Ibra - 2 long weeks to think about that one….too bad they don’t have a tough fixture in 27 to make it feel easier.



Everton are kinda shit on the road and cannot score. Terrible performance at Stoke a couple ago and pretty terrible at Boro. Schizo team of the year continues…but Coleman v Baines should not even be a question anymore. RFM as a 4th defender seems pretty great to me looking at their fixtures. He’s cheap enough to bench and they have loads of home bankers left on the docket.



Hull are fantastic. Markovic or Grosicki - one of them will be GW28’s highest scorer. Mark these words.



Swansea were complete and utter garbage vs Leicester…which means Leicester will get relegated.



No Rose no party for Spurs. The first game Poch drops Wanyama will be the first game they snap out of this goal drought funk and start scoring again. I’d also love to see Sissoko get a game over the Korean.



Pool - nice job - let’s see it against a bus. While everyone is buying yesterday’s Mane points, Coutinho looks on the verge of a double return - could be a cheeky buy before the points if they don’t have a blank in 28. Or in 29.



Stoke seem to keep a lot of clean sheets at home, though I’m not going to bother to check if that is fact or fiction.



Boro remind me a lot of Burnley from 2 seasons ago when they last got relegated.



Still not so sure about what team or formation Bilic will play each week making it tough for me to evaluate which if any of their midfielders looks the best…if any..Antonio sure seems like he can’t finish his dinner…unless he can eat with his head. Snoddy feels the best of the bunch but I’m still not sure if he’s a genuinely good option or if I’m looking through non-blank tinted glasses.



And finally we close with a letter…

Dear Raz,

I’m sorry I ever doubted you. I love you. You’re my favorite and you look sexy even when you are busy fluffing sitters or falling down in the box. I want your points in my team beginning with GW29. I’m back, if you’ll have me. P.S: Please tell Yaya to stop passing back to the CB every time he gets the ball to feet.

Love, Adam