Here’s our fantasy premier league captain choice GW8 article where we look at various ways of assessing the best captain pick for the gameweek. As usual we look at the fixtures, the bookies odds, the FPL advice site polls, any of the top 10 FPL managers we can find and the FFGeek choice. Short on time so no indepth analysis though
FANTASY PREMIER LEAGUE CAPTAIN CHOICE GW8
THE FIXTURES
The bookies rate Arsenal, Southampton Man City and Chelsea as the most likely winners and this is likely to be where we find our captain choice
THE BOOKIES ODDS
Here we look at one of the bookies anytime goal scoring odds. I’ve tried to only put players in who have some gametime security. It’s the return for £1 invested. Odds are as of Saturday morning and remember they assume the player starts
£1.55 – Aguero
£1.75 – Austin
£1.85 – Costa, Sanchez
£2.20 – Walcott, Benteke
£2.30 – Wilson C, Hazard, Ozil, Redmond,
£2.50 – Bony, Son, Sterling, King, Tadic, Firmino, Arnautovic
THE FPL ADVICE POLLS.
Firstly here’s the FFGeek poll:
Here’s the summary of the other main advice polls:
It’s worth noting that site 1 is the site with the most traffic and probably replicates the top 10k FPL managers more than any other site
It’s a mix between Aguero and Sanchez
TOP 10 FPL MANAGERS
Only access to 1 of the managers this week who is going Aguero
I’ve also done a good round of the forums, sites and social media. Aguero just about edges it but’s it’s very close between him and Sanchez
THE FFGEEK CHOICE
For me it starts with a choice between Aguero and Sanchez with the first consideration being gametime. Sanchez’s gametime is perceived to be the most risky due to him being benched after the last international break and a similar late flight home. However he did have PSG midweek in that break and this week it’s Ludogorets so you can make a case for this game being the priority. In addition Giroud isn’t fit and Perez isn’t match fit so there’s little option for him but to play. If he does start then he undoubtedly has the easier match than Aguero. There is a twitter site which according to some people predicts the Arsnal team called @afcamden. I can’t vouch for it I’ve just heard this in social media chatter. Use it at your own risk!
With Aguero he has been back longer and has trained. Although having a harder fixture is a negative it at least does give more certainty that he will start. He does have Barca though midweek which is an important game so there’s more incentive to rest him.
Unfortunately it’s impossible to accurately predict whats going to happen. I think you can make a case for both starting or not depending on how you want to present the information. I’m going for Aguero weighing up everything above. It’s a definite 50/50 call though
Good luck to everyone
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