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00:00Hello everyone, FPR Raptor here and welcome back to another video on my YouTube channel.
00:03In today's video, we have my game week 26 deadline decisions. This is a weekly series
00:07where I discuss your final questions and dilemmas ahead of the deadline. If you do enjoy today's
00:12video, please do smash that like button and if you're new around here, make sure to subscribe
00:15as well. But without further ado, let's jump into it.
00:18So the first and most important thing to note is that it is indeed a Friday deadline, once again,
00:33not a Saturday deadline. So please don't miss the Friday deadline. And then the next deadline
00:38after this is actually on Tuesday. So we've had Friday, Friday, Tuesday. So don't miss this Friday,
00:43which is today of the day that's going live. And then don't miss Tuesday's deadline. And then after
00:47that, we have about a week and a half until the next deadline, which is not that Saturday,
00:51it's the following Saturday. Basically, just make sure that you have a look through the deadlines
00:55and that you don't miss any of the upcoming ones. And actually, we're going to start today with a
00:59bit of assistant manager chat. And I know for a lot of people, especially if you've not got the
01:03chip active, you are probably sick and tired. There will be chapters and timestamps as there
01:07always is down below. Just skip to the next section if you are completely done with the
01:11assistant manager chat. But lots of people have the chip active. And I'm actually going to discuss
01:15as one of the questions, if you've not activated the chip, when is the best time to play it this
01:19season? So what I did is I just asked over on X, Twitter, whatever you want to call it,
01:23what are all of your questions around assistant manager? And I think I'm going to cover pretty
01:28much everything that I can around the assistant managers in what will hopefully be a short
01:31section, but what will likely be about 15 or 20 minutes. So let's discuss the assistant managers.
01:37The first question is how would you rank the table bonus managers for game week 26? So I'll
01:43just bring up this graphic here, which I showed earlier on in the week, but this is essentially
01:46the teams that have a table bonus in 26. In the home teams, it's Leicester against Brentford,
01:51Ipswich against Spurs and Southampton against Brighton. So the three worst teams in the league,
01:56all at home, they have the table bonus. And then the other three teams that you'd probably
02:00feel slightly more confident backing because they are slightly better teams, they're all away.
02:04So West Ham away at Arsenal, Wolves away at Bournemouth and Crystal Palace away at Fulham.
02:09I honestly think all of these have a chance because football is so unpredictable. So if
02:13you've just got a gut feeling that Ruben Osorio on Friday evening against Brentford is the one,
02:18go for that. Lots of people very keen on McKenna. I like it. I don't hate that at all. And I think
02:23Ipswich could definitely do well. I saw a stat that Ipswich have won five of their last six
02:26games against Spurs or something crazy like that. And Brighton are so inconsistent. Could Southampton
02:33at home finally get a win that they've been waiting for for a little while against Brighton?
02:36They absolutely could. So I urge and implore you to trust your gut feeling and to have a bit of
02:42fun with it. If you're asking for my ranking, though, when I view this, two of these teams
02:47have really impressed me recently, and that is Crystal Palace and Wolves. They are not perfect.
02:51Palace has had a couple of games against Everton. They really struggled to put the ball in the back
02:55of the net. And Wolves haven't been brilliant in every game under Vitor Pereira. But largely,
02:59those are the two teams that impressed me most out of the table bonus teams.
03:03The issue is both Bournemouth and Fulham are excellent, and it's a way for the pair of them.
03:08Now for Crystal Palace, that's not necessarily an issue. They haven't lost a game away from home
03:13since game week eight. Crystal Palace are actually much better away. And the interesting thing is
03:19that Fulham are better away as well. So Fulham aren't particularly good at Craven Cottage,
03:23if you look at their defensive data. Largely, they're just a very good defense. But defensively
03:27away from home, they're actually a little bit stronger. So if Palace are actually better away,
03:31and Fulham aren't as strong at home, I do think you need to look at this as not just being,
03:35oh, it's Palace. Palace are playing away, so I don't want to go for Glasner. I actually think
03:38it's a decent opportunity for them because they tend to be a little bit better away from Selhurst
03:42Park. You can probably tell by the way that I'm talking that at the moment, I do like Glasner the
03:47most as a table bonus manager. So I would have a Glasner first. Would I put Vitor Pereira second?
03:53I just think Bournemouth are absolutely brilliant, and they're probably the most informed team in
03:57the Premier League at the moment, along with probably Everton, who are almost definitely
04:00going to beat Manchester United. So would I back Vitor Pereira? I just think against...
04:05I think people need to realize how incredible it is that Wolves limited Liverpool to no shots
04:12post the 43rd minute, or at least no shots on target post the 43rd minute. It was no shots in
04:16general, wasn't it? Zero xG post the 43rd minute in that game against Liverpool. This Wolves team
04:21are the real deal under Vitor Pereira. They are performing incredibly well. So I actually don't
04:25mind that. So do you know what? I would say Glasner, then Pereira, and then I'd have McKenna
04:29in third. That will upset a lot of people, because people seem to be very keen on McKenna.
04:33Ipswich could absolutely do a job on Spurs. As to why I'm not as keen on McKenna, I think Spurs
04:38are starting to trend back in the right direction. They were better than Manchester United, but that
04:43doesn't take a lot at the moment. So I wouldn't take too much from that United game. But Vicario
04:47being back, they've got Danso in centre-back looking good. I think they've got Udoge coming
04:53back as well, Maddison back. They've got a few players returning from injury. Vicario is a
04:57massive win for them, having him back in goal as well. I just think that Spurs are starting to move
05:02in the right direction, and they're very unpredictable. If you told me Ipswich wins
05:05this game 3-0, I wouldn't be that shocked. If you told me Spurs win 5-0, I also wouldn't be that
05:11shocked. And I just don't like the unpredictability of Spurs. But I still think that McKenna is
05:15probably the third best option. So for me, it would be Glasner, Pereira, McKenna,
05:20Van Nisseroy, Potter, Juric if I had to order the table bonus managers. So hopefully that helps.
05:25But for me, I would be choosing between those top three. So that's the first question answered.
05:30If we then return to the main couple of questions, it's Slott slash Emery, because that's who a lot
05:35of people own, to Arteta or one of the table bonus managers, and then it's 4-3 or 4-4 a hit.
05:41So those are the combinations of questions that I'm getting. So for example, would you sell Slott
05:44to Arteta for a minus four? Or would you sell Emery to Glasner for three? So I personally
05:50wouldn't take a hit in any situation for me. And again, if you've got a good feeling about Glasner
05:56or McKenna, go for it. I wouldn't take a hit. And the reason for that is both Slott and Emery could
06:00absolutely go and get a win. Let's just conservatively say that they get a win and
06:04they get eight points, right? They're not going to get like a big 12 points or anything like that.
06:07Well, then even if Glasner goes and gets that 1-0 win, he's getting 19, it's still not as much
06:12of a massive win as you'd think. Because let's say that Arteta gets eight, right? Sorry, let's say
06:16that Slott gets eight. So there's an 11 point difference between what Slott got and what Glasner
06:20gets. But then also, if you're utilizing a transfer that is going to mean that you're going to need to
06:25take a hit in the lead up to blank game week 29, well, then you probably need to take four points
06:29off that. So overall, you're only gaining about four points. And that's assuming that Glasner goes
06:34and gets that big 19 pointer. So I guess what I'm saying is, I think for a hit, it's just got a very
06:41good chance of not paying off. And that, let's say that you sell Slott for Glasner for a minus
06:46four, Slott wins and Glasner loses, you could be like 12 to 15 points down overall on a hit. So
06:54it just, I just don't think I could bring myself to take a hit for an assistant manager.
06:58That being said, if you are going to take a hit, it absolutely categorically for me at least,
07:05and I'm not usually this strong with my wording, but it has to be for a table bonus manager.
07:09I don't see the love for doing Slott to Arteta for free or Emery to Arteta for free, because
07:16there's no table bonus for Arteta. Best case scenario, and I don't think they win like four
07:20nil, but best case is like a 12 pointer. And that's assuming that this Arsenal team with all
07:24their injuries win four nil against West Ham. I just don't see it. So I would not in a million
07:30years do Slott or Emery to Arteta for a hit. For free, I can get behind that a little bit more,
07:34right? If you just don't really fancy Slott or Emery, you don't think they're going to do that
07:37well, or you're a little bit hesitant and you don't think it's a banker, which it probably isn't
07:41for either of them, but you think Arteta or Hertsler, by the way, could be someone like that
07:45instead. You think they are an absolute banker for a win. You think there's between eight and
07:4812 points. You just want to go for that security. I can get behind that, right? Because you're not
07:52losing points by doing it, and you don't need Arteta or Hertsler to go massive as a result.
07:57You just need them to get that win basically, and hopefully a clean sheet and maybe a couple
08:01of goals as well. So I can get behind that. And then I think the ideal situation to be in is
08:08probably roughly what I'm in right now, which is you can do Slott or Emery to a table bonus
08:12manager for free. That makes sense to me because I still think with Slott or Emery to Arteta,
08:17you're basically trading one non-table bonus for another non-table bonus. So whilst I still think
08:23it could be worth doing, Slott or Emery to a table bonus assistant manager for free,
08:29it feels like you are chasing greater upside. You're chasing the possibility for significantly
08:34more points. If Slott or Emery get the win, Arteta is not going to drastically outscore
08:38them. Hopefully that makes sense. So I think the ideal situation probably for most people
08:43is that you do Slott or Emery to a table bonus manager, but obviously only if you fancy that.
08:46If you don't really think any of those six teams have an okay chance of getting a draw or a win,
08:51then you probably don't go for it. So that's how I view it overall. I wouldn't take it here.
08:55I don't mind any of the transfers for free, but I probably prefer the idea of a table bonus.
09:00And I also really have no issue with keeping Slott or Emery. Both of them could easily get
09:04a win. And then it's probably like, listen, if Slott or Emery get 10 plus points, let's say they
09:08get 10, 11, most transfers probably wouldn't have been worth it at that stage. So there's where I
09:14stand on that. There was a few questions. I think these people have been massively neglected.
09:18For those that have two more weeks for assistant manager, your first week that you played,
09:22it was actually in 25. So you're not just looking at 26. You're also looking at 27.
09:26Who is the best manager for the next two game weeks? So what I've actually highlighted is three
09:30managers that I think you could categorically bring in and then keep for the next two weeks,
09:35which is Glasner, Pereira, and Hertzler. With Glasner, he's got table bonus against
09:41Fulham as things stand, and has a decent chance of the table bonus against Villa as the second
09:45game. That's not guaranteed, but it's a table bonus definite, and then a possible table bonus
09:50against Villa. With Vitor Pereira, he's got definite table bonus against two teams, but it's
09:55Bournemouth and Fulham. We've spoken about that Bournemouth and Fulham aren't the easiest
09:59opposition, but it is guaranteed two table. I would expect Wolves to get a draw or a win in
10:04one of those two games. I really would. With the way that they're playing, I've been quite impressed.
10:08So I quite like the idea of Vitor Pereira for a definite two bonus games, and then you just hope
10:12that you get something in one of them, and it'll make up if he doesn't in the other one. And then
10:16the other option you've got is actually Hertzler. So Hertzler's got Southampton this week, so a bit
10:21of a banker fixture, but you never know, and he's got Bournemouth next week. Obviously, there is a
10:26lot of targeting of Bournemouth and Fulham here, which isn't ideal, but they are two teams that
10:30are placed quite highly, and you think there is a chance that other teams could get something.
10:33Yeah, but with Hertzler, Hertzler I guess is similar to what you would get with like a Moyes
10:38or an Emery, where there was one good fixture and then one table bonus opportunity. That's what you
10:42get with Hertzler across the next two weeks. The other option is go for Anj Pasterkoglu against
10:46Ipswich and then Man City. We know that Spurs can often turn it on against City. Again, you've got a
10:51bit of a banker, and then you've got a table bonus opportunity as well. So hopefully that helps you.
10:56I think if it was me right now, I'd be super tempted by a Hertzler, because I just like the
11:02idea of one banker, one table bonus. But if you want to go double table bonus, which I fully
11:06appreciate, maybe Glasner or Pereira. But again, not confirmed table bonus for the second game for
11:10Glasner. The only other final question then was if you haven't already used the assistant manager
11:15chip, when is the next best opportunity? I think there are two opportunities. I do think you
11:19ideally want to try and play in a double. 33 is a definite double, 32 is a definite double,
11:25and 36 is a probable double. So I think the best opportunity you've got is probably 31, 32,
11:3133. In that way you get five games from your assistant manager. Or 36, 37, 38. I actually
11:39slightly prefer that, just given two things. Firstly, I think the bench boost will be very
11:43well played in 33, and therefore you can't play the assistant manager and the bench boost at the
11:47same time. The second thing is in 36, 37, 38, you have a very good idea at that point whether you
11:54want to chase the table bonus. It might be that at that point you're top of your mini league and
11:57you just want to protect. You want to get guaranteed points on the board, and maybe you end up going
12:00for something like Pep Guardiola, if at that point City are doing quite well. So I just feel like at
12:05the back end of the season you know exactly how much risk. Let's say you're 70 points off in your
12:10mini league, you absolutely chase table bonus for all three game weeks at that point. So I just
12:14feel like you've got a bit more information. So I would say pencil it in now for 31 to 33 or 36 to
12:1938, and then you can assess as the fixtures come up and we get a little bit more information.
12:24That is an incredibly long section on assistant manager, but there were lots of questions.
12:27As of where I stand right now, my team selection bit will be at the end. But I do like the idea
12:33of chasing a table bonus this week. Hopefully that makes sense. If there are any questions that
12:36I've not answered, let me know. Let's now discuss some of the other stuff for game week 26.
12:40So the next big talking point for game week 26 along with assistant manager is actually
12:44captaincy. It does feel like an okay week to back against Mohamed Salah, although the more you look
12:49into it the more it's like, is it that good of a week to back against Mohamed Salah? So on your
12:54screen at the moment I've got the five captaincy options that are probably the top five, but also
12:59that people are talking about a lot. So I've got Salah, Palmer, Kluivert, Isak and Mbermo. For me,
13:05not all of these are necessarily massive options, but I think they're at least worth talking about.
13:09Kluivert I obviously don't own, but I do own the other four. So for my own team, I'm probably
13:14choosing between the other four, but lots of people have brought in Kluivert. He's on penalties,
13:18he's on corners. There is a good chance that he does return in this game. So I can understand why
13:22a lot of people would be interested in him. There is a slight difference for this table this week.
13:28I look at your feedback all the time. So if you want to drop me a comment, I truly do read all of
13:32the comments and I always look at your feedback for these videos. Lots of people wanted home
13:36versus away data kind of thing. So when we're looking at Salah, we don't just want to look at
13:40his overall data, we want to look at how well does he do away. Equally, when I'm looking at how good
13:46Wolves are defensively, we don't want to look at Wolves at home, we want to look at again Wolves
13:51away, if that makes sense, because they are playing away against Bournemouth. So what I've done,
13:54to not make the table ridiculously massive, the data is only reflective of home or away data
14:00dependent upon the player's fixture. So for example, for Salah, I've only got his away data
14:06here. So when it says non-penalty expected goals, that's his away data only. And therefore, I only
14:11have City's expected goals conceded rank at home. Hopefully that makes sense. I've only got the data
14:17relevant to the fixture. I've not got all of the other data on there. And as you can see by that
14:22box, also, if you're reading that, make sure to subscribe as well. Hopefully that makes sense and
14:26hopefully that's a nice addition. I could put home and away for everything, but the table started to
14:31get massive when I was playing around with it. So I've left it here. Always happy to get your
14:34feedback on how I can improve the videos though. So let's talk through it. The first thing to know
14:40is actually quite a few of these players are better away. So of the five, three of them have
14:44slightly better data away, which is Salah, Palmer, and actually Alexander, Isak. We know that Newcastle
14:50are monsters at home. Isak's data is actually slightly stronger away this year. Now, I wouldn't pay
14:54too much attention to this kind of thing when we're talking about minimal data. All three of them have
14:58got really strong data, but that is interesting. What that means then is that Salah and Palmer, when
15:03they're playing away, it's not necessarily a massive issue. And same with Isak as well. It is worth
15:08looking into home and away though, because some players do have stronger data at home. Embermo does
15:13have slightly stronger data at home, as does Cliver, but it's quite minimal. We're talking about a very
15:18small amount of sort of variation between the two. So largely, after saying that I've done all of that
15:24where I've looked into home and away stuff, there's not much to report in terms of these players. You
15:29can largely treat them as you would, whether it be home or away. And what we know is that Salah and
15:34Isak absolutely have the most goal threat out of the players on this list. Like Palmer, Cliver,
15:38and Embermo aren't getting close in terms of open play goal threat. Obviously, all of these players
15:44here are on penalty. So it's not like you can necessarily separate it. There are a lot of them
15:47are on set pieces. So maybe what it comes down to then, if we're saying that we know that Salah and
15:52Isak have the best data, Palmer's got good data, Embermo and Cliver are absolutely lacking in terms
15:57of underlying data this season, it probably should come down to fixture at that point.
16:02And obviously, the player with the best fixture is Embermo against Leicester.
16:08But I just, something's put me off Embermo. I think it is just his lack of form. And
16:13form is such a difficult thing to discuss, because I always say, and it's a bit of a joke,
16:17but it's kind of true, a player is in form until they're not, and a player is out of form until
16:22they're not. Players don't always stay in form. That's the whole point of the form part of it,
16:27right? So at any given moment, someone can go from in form to out of form, and at any given moment,
16:32someone can go from out of form to in form. And trying to predict when that happens is a skill
16:36in FPL. So yes, Embermo is not in form. He scored one goal in the last five, and that was the
16:42penalty that was retaken. Could this be the game that Embermo turns it on against Leicester? Yes.
16:48We've seen so far this season, and people don't like it when I use this term, he's a flat-track
16:52bully. He's so good against weaker opposition, and he has been across his whole time in the
16:56Premier League. He's a player that loves this kind of fixture, and you would expect Brentford
17:00to score goals in this game. So I really don't mind the idea of it. You are really attacking
17:05the fixture there, but it is putting me off a little bit that he's just not quite been at it
17:10in recent weeks. The other thing, and this should not put you off, but we also play FPL for
17:16enjoyment, it's the Friday night game. If Embermo blanks as your captain on Friday night, that's
17:21weekend over from an FPL perspective, right? So I think there's enough for me. If it was Leicester
17:27at home, and I know I said these home data isn't even that much better necessarily, but it is
17:31slightly better, and Brentford are slightly better at home, and Leicester are actually better away.
17:37Sorry, they're better at home. So I just think if it was a home fixture for Brentford, I think it
17:44would make me a lot more tempted. But as of right now, sadly, Embermo for me is probably not a
17:48consideration. Just on Kluivert, he's obviously got the second best fixture here. His data just
17:55isn't quite there for me either. You can see his goal threat is slightly better than Embermo, but
17:59his assist threat is actually the lowest on this list here. I just don't know that I can go out
18:04there and captain a player like Kluivert when I look at those open play numbers. And yes, he's on
18:08penalties, and yes, he's a great finisher, but so is Salah, so is Isaac. You're not telling me that
18:12Kluivert's a better finisher than those two, and those two just get so many more chances.
18:17Lots of people talk about Dango Watara, equally a fine captaincy option alongside Kluivert.
18:22I just don't think I could go there again because he doesn't have penalties, he doesn't have set
18:26pieces, and his open play goal threat isn't even as high as Salah or Isaac, and he's definitely
18:31not as good of a finisher. So when I put it all together, I basically don't think I can consider
18:36Kluivert or Embermo, and I don't think I could consider Cole Palmer. Not only because Chelsea
18:41aren't at it, but Villa are really good, aren't they, at home. We know this, we've seen it recently as well.
18:47They're a bit of a fortress, they don't really lose many games, and they don't give up too many
18:50chances either. You can see here they're third this season for expected goals conceded if we're
18:55ranking it based on home data. And yeah, just Palmer without Jackson, Chelsea aren't really at it.
19:01You can see percentage chance of a goal is actually the lowest on this list at 34%.
19:06There's enough to put me off Cole Palmer. Next week against Southampton at home,
19:10I'm tempted to back against Salah and go for Palmer. We'll discuss that ahead of 27,
19:14but this isn't the week for Palmer for me. So what that basically means is that for me myself,
19:18and again this is all my opinion, I'm probably choosing between Salah and Isaac.
19:23Percentage chance for goal is 45% for both. The projected points courtesy of Fantasy Football Hub
19:29is very close, 7.2 for Salah, 6.8 for Isaac. Their goal threat is very, very similar,
19:36slightly higher for Salah, and their assist threat is slightly different. Salah's is a little bit
19:40higher there. And in terms of opponent XGC rank, City in terms of their home data, they're eighth
19:47for defensive data, and then Forest in terms of their away data, they are fifth.
19:54So what that means, if we put that all together, is I think Salah and Isaac are extremely close,
20:00but Salah's got slightly better goal threat, slightly better assist threat,
20:04playing a slightly weaker defense and has slightly higher projected points,
20:08and he's a midfielder. Extra point for a goal, extra point for a clean sheet. Not that I think
20:12Liverpool will get a clean sheet. So I just think that Salah versus Isaac is quite close,
20:19and usually in those situations what I then go on to say is if there isn't someone that's a
20:24standout option and someone that convinces me to go against Salah, I'm just going to go for Salah.
20:28And at the moment my armband is still on Salah. The flip side of how you could view that is if
20:33Salah and Isaac really are that close in my projections, and if you look at all of the
20:36projections across whatever site you want to use, Isaac versus Salah is quite close.
20:41Well then do you just back Isaac, right? This is a great opportunity. If someone's an equally good
20:45option to Salah, and you might disagree by the way, but I think they're probably about as good
20:49as each other, well then is that not one of your best opportunities to back against such a highly
20:54owned and highly capped player? It really comes down to your risk appetite, your rank, and what
20:58you're trying to achieve right now. This shouldn't be the way that I make decisions. I want to
21:04emphasize this is a suboptimal way to make a decision, but if I do play the assistant manager
21:09on a table bonus manager, if I do something like slot to Glasner, it makes me more want to just
21:14captain Salah because I'm like that's already a massive amount of risk. I probably should just go
21:18safe and go slot or Arteta, but if I'm going to really chase the risk with the table bonus, do I
21:22also want to chase the risk? Because let's say that Glasner doesn't get anything and Salah outscores
21:27Isaac. I mean that's a monster red arrow. That is a really bad week. So it's like trying to hedge
21:31your bets but in terms of like your overall risk for your team. I'll leave it there. I guess to
21:36recap, if I was to rank these assets this week for captaincy, I think I would go Salah,
21:41Salah, Isaac, Embermo, Palmer, Kluivert. Just about in that order. There are other options
21:48that aren't on this list. If you want to go super rogue, you absolutely could. But for me, I think
21:52I've narrowed it down to Salah or Isaac and I'll decide on the deadline stream later today.
21:56So as always in these deadline decisions videos, we'll do a bit of a discussion around benching
21:59decisions. I actually found this a bit of a difficult week. Like there are some players
22:02that I absolutely wouldn't bench, Isaac, Embermo, Wisser. There are other players that I really
22:07wouldn't mind benching like a Jao Pedro if you're choosing between your attackers for example.
22:11But also I do find a couple of them like quite tricky, like especially when they're good assets
22:16but they've got slightly trickier way fixtures like Wood against Newcastle away. Seems like he's
22:20very low down. Even Kunja, even Mateta. These are all three great assets on penalties but they've
22:26all got away fixtures that you don't necessarily love. So you've also got them a little bit lower
22:30and then also with the defenders, like Trent's got City away. Doesn't feel like a great fixture
22:35but then putting him too low down the list, it feels crazy. Off the back of a 13-pointer
22:39in game 25, he's got a goal, he's very attacking. So yeah, I found this a little bit tricky. Overall
22:45though, yeah. So Isaac and Embermo, Wisser are very high up. Palmer for me would still be played
22:49ahead of a lot of assets. So he's up there quite high for me but I understand for a lot of people
22:54you'll look at it and similarly to what I said, like Villa are very good at home. Chelsea aren't
22:59at it. All of the stuff that I just said in the captaincy discussion, it all applies as a possible
23:03reason to just say, you know, I just don't back Palmer. Maybe we should ignore his price, ignore
23:08his past history and just say right now Chelsea aren't doing it. So I kind of do get it. I get
23:13it more than I have in recent weeks. The longer it goes on with Chelsea not being quite there,
23:18the more I get it. But it's still Cole Palmer and I know that's such a rubbish justification
23:24but it is and he is on pens and he's on set pieces. So for me, Cole Palmer is still going
23:28to be quite high up. I've then got the three Bournemouth assets. The only reason Kluivert's
23:33above Wattara because as you'll see when we look at my team at the end, I'm very tempted to buy
23:36Dango Wattara. I might even do it live in this video. First time I ever make a transfer live in
23:41the video and we'll discuss that at the end. But the reason Kluivert's above him is because
23:45objectively he's on penalties, he's on set pieces, he probably is a slightly better asset if I'm
23:50going really super objective and then I've got Dango and Semenya. But basically those three
23:54Bournemouth assets, I would have them starting. It's a good fixture this week. And then I've got
24:00Mateta, Wanyeri, Kunya, Wood. I would say those four are really difficult to order. Wanyeri may
24:06be a little bit low but it was because he's not on penalties. Does take a couple of set pieces but
24:11largely I just think if he was on pens he'd probably be above all of them. Mateta I've just
24:16got a bit of a soft spot for. That's probably the only reason he's above Kunya and Wood. But honestly
24:20those four are really really close. I disrespect Chris Wood every week. I mean I own him but every
24:25week I put him quite far down. I always say that I'm not expecting much from him. The man got three
24:30goals. He got a hat trick against Newcastle was it back end of 2023 when they won 3-1 against
24:36Newcastle. It's his old team. Chris Wood could absolutely do very well but he's just a little
24:40bit lower down because I kind of backed Newcastle to win this game if I had to predict. He then got
24:44Marmouche. Not the best fixture, not on penalties unless Haaland doesn't play. Fernandes has been
24:49absolutely rubbish lately but I say that that's a lie. Fernandes has been fine. United have been
24:54rubbish but he's on penalties. He's on set pieces. That's why he's quite high up. I've got Rodgers
24:58very low. I'm going to hold my hands up. I think this is because I'm probably selling Rodgers and
25:03I don't want to consider having him any higher because Chelsea haven't been good and Rodgers
25:08has been unlucky not to get more. But again no corners for him. No free kicks. No pens.
25:14He's played a lot of minutes recently like a lot. I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't
25:18see 90 in this one and his output hasn't been that great. So do you know what I actually don't
25:24think that's that bias. I just don't think he's a fantastic asset for this week. Listen if you have
25:28to start him at home against Chelsea it's not bad and there is still a chance I suppose that I keep
25:33him but I just don't think he deserves to be that high. Then we move on to the defenders and obviously
25:37Jal Pedro chucked in there as well. Gabriel has got the highest chance for a clean sheet this week.
25:42Arsenal against West Ham. Arsenal a great defense. Great goal threat. So he's at the top for me.
25:48Then the rest are really close. Like Hall, Trent, Kerkes, Ene, Robinson, Munoz,
25:51Mikalenko. I mean take your pick. I've gone in the order that I would. For me I really do think
25:57that Newcastle win this game. Again maybe disrespecting Forrest as I've done for large
26:01spells this season. Not deliberately but I just fancy Newcastle to win this. So I've gone Lewis
26:05Hall there and obviously he does take corners as well. Trent I've got quite high up just because
26:10it's Trent and actually I think the fact that he doesn't tend to get 90 minutes is a positive
26:15because if Liverpool are still winning at that stage, let's say like 1-0 with 60 minutes gone
26:19and he comes off, that can actually be a positive thing. So I've got Trent a little bit higher up
26:23but it isn't a great fixture really against City away. And then honestly Kerkes, Ene,
26:28Robinson, Munoz, Mikalenko. I did this purely on vibes. Just what I felt. Kerkes being at home is
26:35an advantage right for Bournemouth. Having a home fixture against Wolves felt slightly better.
26:39That's why he's slightly higher up. I've got Robinson ahead of Munoz here. Despite in my
26:44own team starting Munoz but that's because I own Mateta. So if you're wondering why I've said
26:49I'd start Robinson but I'm starting Munoz, it's because I've got Mateta. And maybe this is enough
26:53of a reason for some of your benching decisions to just like avoid clashes in your team, right?
26:59Let's say you've got Kunja, well then maybe you don't start Kerkes, right? Maybe you start
27:04Ola Ene instead. Or let's say you've got again Chris Wood. Maybe you go, you know what? I've
27:08got Chris Wood. I don't think I want to start Lewis Hall. Let's back Forrest to score. That's
27:11fine as well. When we're talking about players that are so close in like projected points and
27:16likelihood to return, maybe you should put all of your eggs in one basket and not hedge your bets.
27:21So there we go. Hopefully that's been helpful. It's a lot of rambling just to say I've done
27:25this based on my opinion, my vibes. I would trust your own gut feeling but hopefully that has helped.
27:29So the only other final thing to discuss then is actually which forwards to buy because Gakpo does
27:33look like he's a doubt once again for the weekend. Now I will just note Arnaslot said it's a close
27:39call and the suggestions mid-week were that he was almost ready. So if Gakpo was close and it's
27:44a close call again and really I think they've missed him quite a lot, I think he's probably
27:49going to be available if it genuinely is a close call. I think they'll try and get him back.
27:53That being said, I don't know that and given that he blanks in 29 anyway and given I know people are
27:58looking at City Fixture as being great but it's not the best. I think there is justification to
28:02sell Gakpo because I know the Southampton game's the bank, right? In 28 you're really wanting for
28:07that. Who's to say he starts that? If he's not back for City, maybe he's back around 27, gets a
28:13few minutes. Who's to say that he gets more than 70-80 minutes against Southampton? You just don't
28:18know. So I think I probably would lean towards selling him but I can understand if you want to
28:23hold on. Maybe you can get away with benching him this week but even if you're not selling Gakpo,
28:27maybe you're selling Jalpedro or maybe you're just looking to buy a forward anyway.
28:31Here they are. So what I've got here is their price, whether they take penalties and whether
28:35they're on set pieces of some kind and then I've got their last six game week's data just to be a
28:41little bit more sort of receptive to like recent trends. I'm trying to pick up if there's been any
28:46recent changes like because Beto's data has been drastically improved recently. I wanted to look
28:51at Mateta's data across the season is average but across the last six to eight it's been brilliant.
28:56So I just wanted to have a look at the last six game weeks which is a sample I often do use
29:01just because it's not too small. I feel like three or four games is a very small sample
29:05but sort of 10 plus then you're not looking at recent trends. So six is what I choose but that's
29:09just my preference. So yeah I've got their minutes per game over the last six, their non-penalty
29:12expected goals per 90 over the last six and their expected assist per 90 over the last six. I've
29:17then got their fixture difficulty from 26 to 31 courtesy of Fantasy Football Hub and I've also
29:22got my own Raptor rankings. They are ranked on this list by the order in which I would look to
29:27bring them in. By the way if you want access to any of the data I use in my videos please do check
29:32out Fantasy Football Hub. There will be a link down below to get 30% off but yes where I get all
29:36of the data for these videos. I've now been with Fantasy Football Hub for three years so it's been
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29:45So I would say categorically I would buy Kunya this week. I'm gonna go and again I don't normally
29:51speak as deliberately, no what's the word I'm looking for? I don't speak as strongly normally
29:58in my videos to say I would definitely. I just think Kunya is that guy. Like his minutes are
30:03fantastic, he's got goal threat and assist threat, he's got the best fixtures over this spell
30:07according to Fantasy Football Hub especially because after 30 their fixtures are great. He's
30:11got Southampton in the blank game week, he's on penalties, corners, free kicks. The man is monstrous
30:18and as I say I have seen some signs of improvement under Vitor Pereira and Kunya's goal threat assist
30:23threat hasn't massively dropped off. It's not like under Vitor Pereira they've gone really solid
30:28and that's harmed Kunya's output. He's just absolutely monstrous so I just think he's such
30:34a good asset. I would absolutely categorically have him first but I do think that Whistler in
30:39second is fantastic. Look at the man's non-penalty expected goals per 90. 0.77 over the last six.
30:48Across the season it's over 0.6. He is hands down the best cheap asset in terms of get it
30:56cheap. I was going to say cheap for but just cheap asset in the game in terms of getting
31:00high quality chances. The man is a big chance magnet and I don't think he's a terrible finisher.
31:06Now I don't think he's a particularly good one either but I do think he'll start to convert.
31:10He's been so unlucky. He had two goals disallowed in game week 25. I just think Whistler has been
31:17on the cusp of some big returns recently and I think he's such a good asset to own.
31:21So if you've had him recently you can count yourself very unlucky but I still think he's
31:25a great buyer. So if you just don't want to buy Kunya yet or you've already got him or you just
31:29don't fancy buying him, I think Whistler is a very good second option there and I still don't
31:34think you've missed the boat with their fixtures. Like this week against Leicester it's a great
31:38entry point. The only reason that Whistler is not really challenging Kunya is no corners,
31:43no free kicks, no penalties. So for those reasons he's just got far fewer routes to points and also
31:49his assist rate isn't as high. So yes he's got amazing goal threat but he's not as creative
31:53as Kunya. So I just think Kunya's just got more ways to get you points and that's the reason that
31:57I have him. And also his baseline bonus Kunya. We didn't even discuss that. The man can breathe
32:02and get three bonus points. It's absolutely ridiculous. So yeah they are kind of, for me,
32:06Kunya and Whistler are quite clear of the other options in terms of the forward line. So you
32:10could almost stop there. I do think Marmouche is interesting. He's taken some set pieces,
32:15especially corners. He's got very similar, almost identical data to Kunya and he's very good at
32:22football. And then sometimes that's enough to just say he's an absolute baller. And I do think his
32:26minutes will be quite secure. Will he start every game? No, not in a million years. No asset starts
32:30every game for City. Even the likes of Phil Foden is not going to start every game for Manchester
32:35City. But I do think that he is likely to start more than he's benched for and he's an exciting
32:40option. When their fixtures improve, I've got my eye on Marmouche, but there is no need to go now.
32:44Like Liverpool this week, even in the lead up to 29, I don't think they've got the best fixtures
32:49overall. I think 29 onwards, maybe 30 onwards, that's when I've really got an eye on Marmouche.
32:53And then we get a bit more of an idea about his minutes. In terms of some of the other assets,
32:58I think Beto has been so good recently. Like from a footballing perspective, that man has been
33:02brilliant for Moyes. And I think he'll continue to get good minutes. I think he is on penalties,
33:07but we don't know that for sure. And his date has improved. So I think overall for 5 million,
33:12and by the way, I've had to guess some of the prices. I'm recording this late on Thursday
33:15evening. I've had to guess some of the price changes. So if the prices are off slightly,
33:19I've just incorrectly guessed the price changes. But at 5 million, currently 4.9,
33:24Beto's a really good eighth attacker. And in all honesty, Beto's not an awful seventh attacker,
33:30if you've got another eighth attacker that you can't play. The next three options is interesting,
33:34right? So with Chris Wood, he does feel a little bit low down here, but it's just a fixtures thing,
33:39really. His data's actually okay, right? His goals rate is 0.48. He's getting goal-scoring
33:44opportunities. He's getting big chances. Chris Wood doesn't take six shots a game. He takes one
33:48shot a game, but it's usually a good shot. And he's got a 40% conversion rate in the Premier
33:53League this season. So Chris was that guy, and he's on penalties. So I have no issue with bringing
33:58in Chris Wood still. I just don't think the next three fixtures are quite there. 29 onwards,
34:01and actually 32 onwards for Nottingham Forest, the back end of the season, Chris Wood's a really
34:07good option. So I may well just keep Chris Wood for the remainder of the season now. But I don't
34:12know if I'd go out there and buy him this week, or I would certainly pick up Kunja Rawissa ahead of
34:16him. I hate having Mateta in sixth. This is under the assumption that you are not using your free
34:22hit in 29. Because he's the only one on this list, yes, he's the only one on this list that blanks
34:28in 29. I can't put him ahead of Kunja Rawissa when he doesn't have a fixture in four weeks' time.
34:35However, outside of 29, Crystal Palace actually have the best run of fixtures from now until 32.
34:40So if you go on the fixture analyser on Fantasy Football Hub and remove game week 29, Crystal
34:45Palace have the best run of fixtures. So if you are on free hit 29, or you can get away with benching
34:51Mateta in 29, let's say you don't have EZAC, you maybe are planning on selling Salah, you think
34:56there's a good chance that you can bench Mateta in 29, then I would absolutely have Mateta top
35:01of the list. I would have Mateta ahead of Kunja. That's under the assumption that you are free
35:06hitting in 29, or you can bench him. If you are not free hitting, or you cannot bench him, well
35:11then what you're essentially saying is it's two transfers. Because you're going to bring him in,
35:15and then take him out. And for that reason, he's got to be low down the list. But I just want to
35:19comment on how incredible his date has been recently. 0.74 non-penalty expected goals per 90.
35:25It's up there with Wissar, and he's got slightly more creativity as well. Mateta has been sensational.
35:31If you actually order the Premier League over the last six game weeks, according to XGI Total,
35:36Mateta is top ahead of any other asset in the game. Ahead of Salah, which is remarkable. So
35:42Mateta has just been brilliant. And so if you can get him, I would do it. But just bear in mind that
35:47he blanks in 29. And then I've got Welbeck at the bottom. Southampton's a great entry point. The
35:52fixtures aren't that bad. As you can see, eighth for fixture difficulty. I quite like the idea of
35:58a Danny Welbeck. I actually think he's been playing quite well since coming back. But Brighton are a
36:02little bit inconsistent. And so for that reason, I'm just, it puts me off a little bit. And you
36:06can see his data over the last six. He's been playing well, but it's not really necessarily
36:12resulting in him getting lots of goal scoring opportunities. I should probably chuck De Lappe
36:16in there as an option as well. His data is also quite poor. And I just don't back Ipswich to score
36:21tons of goals. So basically to recap, Kunja is the guy. I think Wisser is a close second. And if
36:27you don't need him in 29, Mateta arguably jumps towards the top of the list. Hopefully that helps.
36:34Let's now move on to my team and what I'm currently planning and maybe making a live
36:37transfer. So guys, here is the team as things stand. I've got three free transfers and 0.2
36:43million in the bank. And I've actually not made a transfer, but I'm going to do a very first on
36:47the FPL Raptor YouTube channel, which is I'm going to make a transfer live in front of you because
36:51I'm recording this to timestamp. It is 10 31 PM on Thursday evening, ready for a Friday morning
36:57upload for you. And I am pretty sure based on the price predictions, and they're not always right,
37:03of course, that Dango Watara is going up in price tonight. Rogers isn't going down. So it's not
37:08going to be like a double swing for me, but with money being as tight as it is and knowing that I
37:13am 99% sure I want Dango Watara and having some backup free transfers, if we get some crazy news
37:19on Friday, which makes me massively regret it, I've still got a little bit of flexibility.
37:25I think it just makes sense to just save the extra 0.1 and 0.1 million might seem like it's
37:29just not worth the risk, Ross. And it might be that by the time you're watching this, you know
37:33of some news, which has made this a terrible transfer, which would be pretty funny to watch.
37:39But I just think that, oh, by the way, my vice captain should be on EZAC. I just think that
37:44I just think I want to make the move tonight. I don't want to risk running into something in a
37:48couple of weeks where I need that 0.1 or on my wild card in 31 or 32 being 0.1 short, which I
37:54always seem to be. So I think I'm going to make the move. Now this is a luxury move, right? You
37:58don't need to sell Rogers. And I think if I had one free transfer this week, there's a chance I
38:02don't make this move and I just play Rogers, but with three and knowing that I'm going to have to
38:07sell Rogers in 29 anyway, that's the thing. I think if he had a fixture in 29, I'd arguably
38:12keep him Chelsea Palace Brentford fixture. I probably, but I just, I want some Bournemouth
38:17attack and I want Dango Watara. Now, if I want Cliver or Semenya, I could do that right after
38:24free up 0.5, which means I could just sell slot, but I don't necessarily want to commit to the
38:28assistant manager tonight. And I also just think whilst I would have the money to do that. And
38:33obviously, as soon as the assistant manager stops, by the way, I get that money back. So I'm
38:37going to get 1.5 million back from my assistant manager soon. I just don't know what I might want
38:41to do in the future. And I do think Erling Haaland is going to come back into our thinking. So for
38:45that reason, money isn't going to be that free flowing in the future. So why not take as much
38:50money out of positions as I can? So I've got the option of Kerkes or Halston in the future. I'll
38:55go Halston just to save the money. If I've got the option of Dango or Cliver, and I think it's
38:59quite close, I'll go Dango. Now, Cliver on penalties and set pieces, it feels pretty mad to
39:06not have him. But maybe I'll get him for 29. And in fact, I do think I probably will get him for 29.
39:12So that's the plan at the moment. I know a lot of people say, why not sell Enzo? I don't mind
39:16having him on a bench for these two fixtures. He's obviously cheaper as well. So in case I do want to
39:20go out there and get Haaland, having a cheaper fifth midfield is fine. And he does have a fixture
39:24in 29. I don't really want to play him. I'd ideally like to sell him ahead of 29. But in case I run
39:29out of free transfers, there's a chance I just end up keeping him and hoping that he flukes me a
39:33return. It feels pretty weird. I feel like I just looked towards the chat because I usually only
39:40make transfers on live streams. But does anyone else make it so that they're absolutely sure?
39:47So, OutRogers in Dango Wataru. Let me know if you're enjoying me making transfers live in the
39:53video. You know, the interstellar, sorry, I'm just, my ADHD skipped in it. You know, the interstellar
39:59like meme where he's like banging on the library to say, stop making this transfer. If something
40:03happens tomorrow, which makes this a bad transfer, it's going to be like that. Or I'm trying to go
40:07back to my past self and not make the move. Anyway, I'm rambling. Rogers to Dango Wataru,
40:12confirm. Fantastic. So that is one transfer done. It's a move that I want to make anyway. And if it
40:19backfires, I'll just play Anthony Robinson or Enzo Fernandez. The only other thing then to think
40:23about is obviously the assistant manager. I think I want Glasner. My concern is I'm starting Munoz
40:30and Mateta and benching Robinson already. I am already all in on Palace. If Palace win 3-0,
40:36I'm likely getting lots of points anyway. Do I want to go that all in? The flip side to it is if
40:42they do win 1-2-3-0 and I get a clean sheet from Munoz, a goal from Mateta and a 19 pointer from
40:48Glasner, I could be looking at 40 plus points, maybe even more from my three Palace alone.
40:54Again, if Fulham win 1-0, then I'm looking at less than 10 points, less than five points combined
40:59from the three. And Robinson's probably going to outscore. Do you know what? That's so sad.
41:04If Fulham win 1-2-0, Robinson probably outscores all three of my Palace assets,
41:10including my assistant manager. So I guess it's how much do I want to fully commit there?
41:14I think the only other option really for me is probably Hertzler. I think I'm backing Hertzler
41:19more than Arteta. I don't know why. I just think Brighton will win that game. So I think for me,
41:24it's Hertzler or Glasner. I should consider McKenna, but at the moment, Glasner's the
41:28table bonus guy that I want to go for a little bit more. So there we go. One transfer done.
41:33Dango Watara in for Rodgers. Assistant manager transfer likely to happen on the deadline stream,
41:37so make sure to tune into that later and let me know what your final plans and thoughts are
41:42for Game Week 26. So guys, there you have it. That is my Game Week 26 deadline decisions video.
41:47Hopefully that has been helpful. And if you've got to this point and you've not yet subscribed,
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