The fantasy premier league changes with game week 22 and Chelsea and Southampton having 2 games has forced changes to my January wildcard team. Here they are with the full team:
- Turnbull
- £4.3
- Bunn out
- Simple reason for this is that Cech appears to be out until the 20th according to Physioroom which should see Turnbull playing both games in GW22 giving me potentially 2 clean sheets and save points. Szczesny is my first choice keeper home and away so the 2nd keeper is only for emergencies. It does mean I will need to change him at some time but remember I still have my 2nd wildcard so it could be in as little as 8 games. Its a risk but some times you’ve got to take a punt
- Szczesny
- £5.3
- Wisdom
- £4.3
- Caulker out
- With Enrique out for 6 weeks plus a couple of games for match fitness I have a Liverpool defender for a reasonable period at a cost of £4.3m. Granted the fixtures aren’t great but there should be a few clean sheets in there. The only nagging doubt is Sturridge if pushs out Downing in the front 3 and Downing goes back to LB but I’ve convinced myself that his form has been good enough to warrant a place in the front 3 even if its with Sterling as rotation
- Demel
- £4.0
- O’Brien out
- Hamstring injuries make me nervous so I’m taking the Demel game time risk with Tomkins playing RB over the O’Brien fitness risk for their 2 games in game week 23 although O’Brien is definitely the safest choice selection wise once he’s back as McCartney is ut for 8-10 weeks
- Azpilicueta
- £5.6
- Zabaleta
- £5.9
- Nastasic out
- Lescotts appearance has spooked me so I’ve gone for the extra £0.3m for Zabaleta. He is still a game time risk ultimately but with Richards and Maicon injured he has a temporary monopoly on the position
- Cameron
- £4.7
- Cameron out Wilson in
- I haven’t actually made this transfer as once I do if I want to change my mind it will cost me an extra £0.2m to buy him back. Wilson is apparently back in 2 weeks and is £0.4m. In my mind he has to play LB instead of Wilko given he was the first choice when fit and is naturally left footed. This is outstanding value for a Stoke defender. I’ve deferred doing it just make sure there’s no changes in the timing of Wilson returning
- You will notice all my defence has risk attached to game time not ideal, but with the funds available buying Reid, Shawcross, Kompany and Luiz just isn’t feasible. Hopefully having 5 will mean that 3 are available at all times. Everyone apart from West Ham in away games are capable of a clean sheet at any time
- Puncheon
- £4.8
- Michu
- £8.0
- Walcott
- £8.9
- Mata
- £9.9
- Bale out. The big change, even with all the misgivings Mata is the natural captain choice for GW22 and this is exacerbated given the alternate options aren’t ideal as well. I just didn’t have any other way of getting him in and having bought Bale back in after injury recently I have no price rise to protect
- Maloney
- £4.8
- Taylor out
- Joe Cole returning puts a big risk premium back on Taylor. Once I do the Cameron switch I will probably put in Noble or even Nolan if his price drop continues
- Van Persie
- £13.5
- Suarez
- £10.3
- Jones
- £5.0
