Maybe but I think we’re still a way off getting that kind of a template squad. Haaland and Semenyo aside who else are you banking on?
Even then Bournemouth play 3 away matches in their next 4 so maybe the Semenyo bubble is about to burst!
Joao Pedro is the most popular pick and he’s managed 5 goal involvements all season with 3 against a shite West Ham team. He’s really just the best of an average bunch.
I imagine that most people will have at least 1 Arsenal defender/keeper for the foreseeable future. Otherwise it’s luck as much as judgement with the remaining picks.
!BEER
Aside from those 2, it's hard to ignore Arsenal's run of fixtures and their defenders, especially Timber and Califiori. There's so much talk of them getting rotated with Lewis-Skelly and Ben White but I think they're worth the risk, given their additional attacking threat.
Difficult at the moment though as there are few standouts. I'll whisper this name quietly...
Bruno Fernandes
I think Minteh's a good shout and is something of a bargain and I think that Richarlison is under represented too. Bowen could be an interesting pick now too as could Donny Malen if he pins down a place in the team. If I had any confidence in him starting the season, he'd have been in my GW1 team.
But yeah... feels like the player pool are all fairly equal and then we see such extremities in scores.
There would have to be rotation especially around the end of November and into early December but that’s probably the same for players in 9 teams this year!
I’ve currently got Timber but might bring in Raya as he’s less likely to be rotated and if he doesn’t play then he doesn’t play. He’s not coming on for a point!
Currently got Fernandes too but again might change it up with my wild card seeing as can no longer score from 12 yards!
I was wondering if Fernandes might get a boost when Amorin gets sacked but it's looking like he might get another year or so.
It's such a difficult season - there are so many players that you think "yeah, he's fine" but nobody that you think "I need him". I guess that's a good thing as there should be more variety to keep the game more interesting but with so many of the more expensive players doing badly or injured (i.e. Salah, Isak, Palmer, Saka), it feels like a struggle at the moment!