WALSH

Transfers:

None….at the moment. But, in light of the Walcott news my intention of saving all week is suddenly no longer a certainty. With De Roon as my cover on the bench who has a 3 point ceiling it doesn’t feel great holding Walcott who I believe will not be risked against an abject Sunderland side with loads of capable replacements at Wenger’s disposal. Arsenal face some tough fixtures upcoming and with the rest of my side in fairly good shape there may be more to gain with getting rid and possibly buying Theo back in a few weeks time. The problem is I do not see an obvious replacement as I am restricted to the 7.9m and under bracket unless I take a hit…something I do not want to do. My old flame and perennial favorite Arnautovic seems like the best option out there…four yellows isn’t great…but that’s why we get a free transfer every week. His stats have been reasonable and I love the boy. Hasn’t quite hit form yet but with the coming fixtures it could be time.

GK: Pickford goes again. He’s been a fairly unmitigated disaster since rolling with him out of the wildcard and my patience is growing thin on him. His save points have suddenly dried up and obviously Sundy are fucking shit. One small glimmer of hope this weekend could be if no Cazorla that he could save a pen since Alexis would probably be next up and is complete shit at them. Ugh. Hoping for a 4 pointer this weekend.

DEF: Not looking too great this weekend. Clyne, Holebas, and Fuchs will go for me. Other than the Greek God I’m not expecting a clean out of Liverpool and certainly not Leicester. It will be another weekend to rely on attacking returns from my defenders - fingers crossed. Glenner’s death continues to plague my life. Amat being dropped is also not great. I might do a low impact lateral swap to Kingsley soon if Amat looks like he will be rooted to the bench and Kingsley keeps starting under Bob.

MID: Siggy will hopefully turn those shots clanging off the woodwork into finding the back of the net. I am expecting some goals in that game this weekend so hopefully Siggy will find himself some points after a very solid performance last weekend against Watford. A pen is always in play against Stoke too. Mane and Bobby have a plum away fixture in which there will surely be goals. Bobby was so close to an absolute haul last weekend and he looks terrific. Hoping that they will be in the points while Liverpool lose 3-4. Walcott is still there…but it seems increasingly likely he will turn into Arnie the deeper I get into typing this out.

FWD: Aguero, Lukaku, and Costa remain. Costa I am still pissed at for not getting a tactical yellow last week…and in a tough game against two extremely physical center backs it might be time that he falls off the suspension tightrope. We’ll see. I have not thought about getting rid of Aguero and will not do for several more weeks. He’s too classy I expect points are around the corner as he continues to find his feet in the new system. I expect him to get something at West Brom. Lukaku has been the most consistent and solid thing ever since bringing him in…

Captain: Big Rom. Already leading the way in my thoughts earlier on this week….but after seeing the West Ham lineup against Chelsea midweek this decision has not been second guessed. His stats have seen a bit of a drop off in recent weeks yet he still has been returning points. Everton have not been terribly fluid recently going forward but I’ll be hoping that a reasonably solid home fixture will get them back on track. Hitting captaincy seems very important this week and after back to back captain blanks for me if I don’t hit on Rom coupled with my poor defensive fixtures and lack of Alexis I will probably be in line for a potentially sizable red arrow. Go on Bookaku.

ALON

Transfers:

I’m saving.

I looked at moves to get Wally out and I even looked at taking hits and getting Wally AND Sterling out for like Payet/Redmond or something like this. But it just doesn’t make sense. My fourth defender is Matip who has Crystal Palace - I don’t expect a clean but it’s not a bad fixture. There’s no midfielder to me that is obvious and I’d rather just see what happens and have two frees next week. Especially since I’m not ready to drop Sterling yet. A strange game Professor Falken. The only winning move is not to make a transfer.

GK: Class is permanent. As is Lee Grant.

DEF: Three proper shouts at points in defense this week for me (maybe 4 if Matip auto subs in). The Greek picks himself, Holebas home to Hull feels to me like there could be more set piece glory, and maybe another clean? Koscielny has Sundy which should be a clean too assuming Adama Traore didn’t just transfer there. And lastly my controversial wildcard pick Kolarov gets his first of a terrific run of four matches with West Brom… please keep a clean you fucker. I’d be so happy. But we all know Chadli will probably score a brace and I’ll be sad.

MID: My two Arsenal fucking LADS felt great earlier in the week when I saw vs. Sundy but now I expect Walcott to be benched - but I’m still starting him in case he passes a late test. Ozil on the other hand should come through with some points. Maybe I’d even captain him? Seems mental. Bobby F and Sterling hold their spots down. Bobby also a sexy pick for captain, maybe a smarter and safer one then Mesut too. He’s so consistently great. Sterling I’m ready to give another week to. City will come around they’re just in a shit spell at the moment and Raz and Kun will be the ones to reignite them probably.

FWD: Kun, Rom, and Callum. Kun and Callum like I mentioned above with Kolarov just now taking their first bites of their respective fixture run apples so I’m pumped there with the big upside. Rom will tick as Rom does. Been automatic this year.

Captain: Sergio Leonel “Kun” Aguero. General rule of thumb is whenever Kun is a differential captain, roll with it. In a good fixture too? Definitely roll with it. I was thiiiiiiss close to going with Firmino who’s stats have been terrific lately also in a good, what I think will be high scoring fixture. But Kun’s stats are even better. And Palace at home - RE: Bobby - haven’t conceded more then 1 goal all year. Palace’ve actually been “solid” despite the no cleans in forever. Liverpool really put WBA to the sword last week and could’ve had way more then two dongs. One of these games City is going to break out and Kun is going to smite all non-captainers down. I think that this week may be that week. Tit me lil Sergio.