Instinctive

I think (think) there’s a decent chance Gruda and Kadioğlu start tomorrow.

Wolves vs. Brighton | Predicted Lineup:

Fixture Swings To Target From FPL Gameweek 7 Form over fixtures... right?

When Bob Dylan sang, "The times they are a-changin'," he was actually singing about FPL fixture swings.

So I took a look at five teams entering good runs of fixtures, their best assets, and why Arteta would prefer a CB over... Helen of Troy.

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If you believe hard times make good men, try scrolling through Napoli's squad list. They don’t make it easy, I’ll tell you that for free.

Gameweek 6: Free Hit

If Minteh's fit, he'll start. Hürzeler said he trained, but given he wasn't pictured, I think some doubt is *okay* and perhaps all he did was individual work.

It's still possible to go from individual training → full training in a day, so it's a 50/50 purely for lack of info.

Chelsea vs. Brighton | Predicted Lineup:

Fabian Hürzeler said that Yankuba Minteh trained yesterday, but he wasn’t pictured in training.

Two things impress me most about Julián Alvarez:

1. The speed at which he sets himself up for a shot — a lot of steps (not good), but quick + nimble, meaning he gets there before CBs anyway

2. The speed at which his laces go through the ball (snap through the shot)

“He was sprinting a lot, fighting a lot, creating a lot of chances so, when you play like this for 75 minutes, I'm happy and then we try to bring some new players in for a little freshness.”

[The Argus] (2/2)

Fabian Hürzeler on his decision to sub Minteh off vs. Spurs:

“Everyone wants to play but we have to make decisions.”

“We need to take care, we need to understand that, in some moments, he didn’t track back and he didn’t defend like he should defend. (1/2)

Keep or Sell: FPL Gameweek 6 What to do with Salah, Gyökeres, Porro, and the rest?

In this week's keep or sell, I make fun of Manchester United, justify keeping Florian Wirtz (sort of), make a case for Pedro Porro, make fun of Manchester United AGAIN, and talk about three other popular players.

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If I were Vogue, I’d start working on a Diego Gómez catalogue of finishes ASAP, because you’re not going to find anything more visually appealing than that

Also possible:

I think Welbeck’s starting along Tzimas to give him some spacial support (ie, not leave him isolated). Basically, Hürzeler’s doing whatever he can to ease him into the starting XI.

Watson at RW is odd, but he’s also been earmarked as a FB, so who knows anymore.

Barnsley vs. Brighton - EFL Cup, Round 3:

Wildcard Differentials For Gameweek 6 Five low ownership players worth a punt!

Every Wildcard 6 draft looks the same, so we had to find you some differentials to extend your tail of outcomes and liven up your drafts. From Yankuba Minteh and Bukayo Saka to DEFs and GKs, here are the best differentials for your GW 6 Wildcard.

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Gameweek 5: Bench Boost

Brighton vs. Tottenham Hotspur | Predicted Lineup:

Keep or Sell: FPL Gameweek 5 What to do with Wirtz, Watkins, Wood, and the rest?

It's Gameweek 5. You're sick and tired of feeling like only your players are underperforming, and you're wondering if it's time to cut your losses. But is now the time to sell Florian Wirtz? Ollie Watkins? Chris Wood?

Here, we answer this and more: www.lazyfpl.com/p/keep-or-se...

Watching Slot's training methods/hearing how he speaks about fitness (Isak for eg) shows why he's [fundamentally] a good coach. Players, and by proxy fitness, come first.

Get your best players on the pitch as often as you (sustainably) can, and you win more + build cohesion.

Gameweek 4: Wildcard

Welbeck, Milner, then one of Georginio/de Cuyper/Gruda, imo

Bournemouth vs. Brighton | Predicted Lineup:

West Ham unironically have one of the best FB pairings in the league.

Gameweek 3: Palmer + Georginio → Cunha + Mbeumo

Brighton vs. Manchester City | Predicted Lineup:

— Haaland pins Brighton’s CBs back, pulling one of van Hecke/Dunk out of position

— City progress narrowly (from deep) in a 3-2 base

— Reijnders runs into the box and gets a shot off, with Haaland there to clean up any rebounds

Bring on Sunday

Scouting Nick Woltemade The Art of Deceleration

Two months ago, I wrote: Scouting Nick Woltemade.

Through video + play-by-play breakdowns, I analysed his ball-striking + range of finishes, agility + dribbling, link-up play + selflessness, and two MASSIVE red flags no one was talking about 🚩

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It’d be nice, but ethos matters (rather ironic considering United’s stance on the matter).