Here’s Rob Reid with his fantasy premier league GW27 player picks to help you decide on your transfer. Rob has finished 3 of the last 4 seasons in the top 0.5% of FPL managers
Rob Reid with his fantasy premier league GW27 player picks
See also Rob’s thoughts on navigating the doubles and blanks without a wildcard
Hi everyone and welcome to Gameweek 27 Player Picks.
You may recall that last season I ran a weekly article where I selected an Ace, Banker and Joker pick each week. This season I’ve slightly changed the format but I’ll be making my picks along similar lines. The Ace will be a form player who I would heavily favour for captain this week. The Banker is a fixture pick and has an eye to the next few gameweeks. The Joker will be a differential pick where the only condition is that they must have less than 10% ownership.
I’ll be keeping an eye on how each player performs each week. After the success of GW1 & 2s Bankers, I’ve decided to go back on my original plan and I’ll now be following the Banker pick for 4 weeks again, like I did last season. I’ll also be running a weekly average on how well the selections perform each week. Finally, there will be Guest Picks again from time to time and I’ll be running some Twitter Polls throughout the season where Fantasy Football Geek readers and Twitter followers will be able to vote on who we’re going to pick in each category – keep an eye out for these as the season goes on and feel free to vote!
Here goes – wish me luck!
Previous Picks
Banker
GW23 – Marcus Rashford
GW23: 8 points
GW24: 2 points
GW25: 7 points
GW26: 0 points (didn’t play)
Average – 4.25 points
GW24 – Christian Eriksen
GW24 – 2 points
GW25 – 3 points
GW26 – 13 points (1 goal, 1 assist, 3 bonus points)
Average – 6 points
GW25 – Raul Jimenez
GW25 – 9 points
GW26 – 2 points
Average – 5.5 points
GW26 – Alexandre Lacazette
GW26 – 9 points (1 goal, 3 bonus points)
Overall Banker average: 6.02 points per GW
Ace
GW26 – Mo Salah
8 points (1 goal, midfield clean sheet)
Overall Ace Average – 5.83 points
Joker
GW26 Joao Moutinho
2 points
Overall Joker Average – 4.66 points
Gameweek 27 Picks
Banker – Ricardo Pereira (LEI £5.3m) – CRY –
For managers looking to build a squad for the blanks in GWs 31 & 33, I would suggest you put Ricardo’s name at the top of your list. He has fixtures in both, part of a fantastic fixture run that Leicester have until they finish the season with 3 stinkers against Arsenal, City and Chelsea. Add to this his attacking returns from full-back – 2 goals and 6 assists so far this season and for me, he’s an ideal player for anyone on a strategy that necessitates filling up with GW31 and 33 assets. Palace at home this week is potentially a tricky fixture as The Eagles have proved rather tough on the road of late, winning away at City and pushing all the way at Anfield. You’d have to favour the home team in this one though and with Brighton, Watford and Fulham following next it looks a good time to invest in The Foxes.
Ace – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – (ARS £11.1m) SOU
It’s been a disappointing couple of weeks for Aubameyang owners. A blank away to City in GW25 and a sick note against Huddersfield in GW26 in comparison to big hauls from closely priced rivals such as Aguero. GW27 is a chance though for managers to gain back some lost ground with Southampton visiting The Emirates. The Saints have lost every league meeting they’ve had at The Emirates and their current form doesn’t inspire anything other than continuing that trend, despite turning The Gunners over 3-2 in the reverse fixture in December. Aubameyang still leads the way for FPL points in the striker category with 15 goals and 6 assists and he’ll like his chances of adding to his tally this weekend.
Joker – Fabian Schar (NEW £4.6) – HUD
I suspect this may start to become a weekly thing where one of my picks faces the league’s bottom side, but with Huddersfield so far adrift it’s just too tempting to overlook. It’s Newcastle’s turn to host The Terriers this week and although they are hardly in great shakes themselves, you’d have to fancy them to at the very least keep a clean sheet. As such, I’ve gone for a defender in Fabian Schar, a player who has also scored twice and provided 1 assist in the last 4 weeks. Will he be able to further add to his tally against his Championship-bound opponents? 1.3% of FPL managers will certainly be hoping so.
That’s all from me this week on Player Picks, best of luck for this week everyone!
See my most recent article on the blanks and doubles as background. Also you can see last seasons 715 OR finisher Andrew Ferguson’s plans
Also See underlying stats on players from GW26 the early FFGeek team article and the 10 top FPL managers we follow. There’s also our player form article.
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