Gameweek 25 Tips: Fantasy Premier League (FPL) - Going big on City could bring double delight!
Hello and thanks for coming back to read my picks to help you achieve FPL Legend status (or at least just improve your squad!)
GW24 was a bit of a disaster for me. 38 points and a drop in rank down to 61K. All eyes are on City and Everton this week ahead of our first double of the season. City’s title hope took a hit after they succumbed to a 2-1 defeat at St James Park, Newcastle's first home win against the top 6 this season.
So, I still stick by my statement last week that their assets should be avoided for now. I’ll have a keen eye on new signing Almirón at £6.0m. I’ve also previewed a couple of city players and you could either opt for 1 or both!
Check out the next page for the Pundit's views on who you may want to consider instead!
Fantasy Premier League 2018-19: 3 Players to avoid for the coming weeks
#1 Marcos Alonso – Defender (£6.5m)
Clean Sheets: 10
Goals: 1
Assists: 7
Season Points: 120
Upcoming fixtures: HUD (H), MCI (A), BLANK
Alonso’s price (and performances!) have been on a steady decline over the last few weeks and he’s now back to his original starting price!
The Spanish LB is without an attacking return since GW11 and Chelsea have conceded in their last 3 premier league games. This culminated in him losing his place to Emerson for their crushing defeat to Bournemouth in GW24 and in the 5 games prior to that he failed to take a single shot in 3 games (against Newcastle, Palace & Watford).
He failed to make a key pass in 3 games as well (Arsenal, Southampton and Palace) so he may well not feature this weekend in a plum fixture at home to Huddersfield!
If all that still hasn’t got you convinced then Chelsea have no fixture in GW27 due to the League Cup final and that fixture is still to be rearranged.
#2 Callum Wilson – Forward (£6.4m)
Goals: 10
Assists: 8
Season Points: 114
I was relatively shocked to see that the Bournemouth frontman had undergone minor surgery to fix an issue with his knee. That means he’ll be out for a month now so you will want to move him out if you’ve still got him.
He’s been on fire this season and has only had a couple of small injuries (missing games against Liverpool, Everton & Chelsea) and I was really pleased to see him stay with the Cherries this January!
#3 James Maddison – Midfielder (£6.7m)
Goals: 5
Assists: 4
Season Points: 83
Upcoming fixtures: MUN (H), TOT (A), CPAL (H)
Maddison started the season in good form with 2 goals, 1 assist and 2 bonus points in his first 6 games and I thought we’d found a midfielder who would tick over returns consistently in a good team who’d finish in the top half of the Premier League.
In recent weeks it feels like Leicester City boss Puel doesn’t really know what to do with Maddison! He’s been in and out of the team (only 3 starts in the last 5) and without a goal since GW15.
I’ll be keeping my eye on Belgian starlet Youri Tielmans (£6.0m) who has joined the Foxes from Monaco on loan until the end of the season. It will be interesting to see how Puel plays him as he scored 18 goals in 53 games (in all competitions) for Anderlecht in 2016-17 and has 5 goals in 20 league games for Monaco this season.