FPL GW5 Final Thoughts 🔥 João Pedro update 🚨 Benching Headaches 🤕

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In terms of injuries and the squad, we have the last training session tomorrow. So no one is ruled out for us for Friday. I prefer to be cautious and we will wait until tomorrow to make a final decision on every player. So JAPEDRO not ruled out. He was then asked what the injury was and he declined to answer. And then he was asked whether he could play Game Week 5 and still miss out for Brazil. Because as we know, JAPEDRO has been withdrawn from the Brazil squad because that was already announced. And he said it's a possibility. So he's not ruling about and he reckons he can play Game Week 5 and then not play for Brazil. In my opinion, and I could be wrong, this is all nonsense. JAPEDRO is not playing Game Week 5. Jaby Alonzo just doesn't want to tell us. And he's within his rights because there's no rules when the Premier League that say that managers have to give away information like this. So he's just keeping it to himself. I would be shocked if JAPEDRO plays Game Week 5. Could he be back for Game Week 6? Absolutely. But I think most of your plans this week could be with the mindset that JAPEDRO is not going to play. Basically, there was some stuff that came out from ESPN, Brazil, Baker from the above, I have a JAPEDRO podcast fully translated it. This is what they said. Sources told ESPN, the JAPEDRO is suffering from a knee edema, I'm not sure if I'm saying that correctly, which is swelling caused by a strain to both the anterior crucia ligament ACL and the medial collateral ligament MCL sustained during the recent draw with whole. So apparently he sustained the injury then played on basically after experiencing discomfort, the striker underwent examinations at a clinic in London on Tuesday. And the medical reports reportedly recommended three and a half weeks of recovery. So basically this week just gone plus the international break. The report was sent by Chelsea to the Brazilian Football Confederation, which subsequently removes JAPEDRO from Brazil squad for the upcoming friendlies and then called up Martinelli instead. As a result, JAPEDRO is expected to miss Chelsea's match against Brentford despite the uncertainty and mystery maintained by JAPEDRO. So you can believe what you want, I suppose, and take what you want from what has been said by Brazilian sources and JAPEDRO. I just don't think he's playing game week five and he should be back for game week six. The only thing I will say on that, if it's a knee problem and he needs specifically three and a half weeks rest, IE over the international break. I mean, I guess now I think about it because apparently it was Chelsea that sent that report that he needed three and a half weeks. Maybe there is just a really good chance he's back for game week six. And they basically want him to not play during the international break. So I do think that's the most likely outcome. He misses game week five. He's back for game week six. My only worry is because it's a knee problem. Is he just going to come back and play 90 minutes straight away? And will we even know Alonzo is not going to tell us? I think there's a small chance he also misses game week six, but it's probably not enough certainty to sell him. Okay, so what should you do? The sensible advice is probably just to play him and have your bench in order. So when he doesn't play, he just gets subbed in or subbed off for someone on your bench. So that's what most people should do, especially if you're sitting on one free transfer, just keep JAPEDRO, let your bench do its thing, and then hopefully he'll be back for game week six, although you probably hope no. I personally don't think I would include him on wild card. I know that everybody sees him as essential and he is this really good long term pick. As long as the minutes are there, he's a really good pick. I'm not denying that he's in my team and outside of this injury, I've had no intention to sell him whatsoever. But to wild card with a play that's going to miss game week five and you're not 100% certain that he's going to be back for game week. Well, maybe some of you are 100% certain, but I don't think we can be right now. I just wouldn't include him like worst case. I would just have with sir or Barry or dial app, whoever you want to take a punt on for one week and just have the money in the bank to get JAPEDRO back. Just make sure you've got enough money to get him back. So I personally wouldn't put him on wild card if you want to do it. If you want to save a transfer later on, absolutely fine. But because there's so many good fixtures this week and next week. But you could go for Barry, for example, it's rich at home, Halloween, not even by JAPEDRO back to game week seven, if you wanted to. So I wouldn't include him. I think he's sellable if you fancy a risky play, but you probably will want him back soonish. And if you use two moves to get rid of him, it's then probably going to be two moves to get him back. So like I said, the sensible advice is probably just to hold on to him, except that he's not playing game week five and then hope he's back for game week six. I'll talk a little bit more about my team later on. So let's go through some team news and info we've had at the time recording for man City, they played last night in the caribou cup. We were at the Cherokee and O'Ridey all started. Harlan, Vario and DS weren't in the squad, so they were given a full rest. And then Gay, Donoruma, Anderson, Enzo, Semenio and in Jai were all benched. Now on Cherokee, I know people are going to worry that he started last night, therefore he won't start the weekend. In my opinion, it's not actually that much of a concern because he only played 45 minutes against man United because he was subbed at half time for tactical reasons. And he only played 45 minutes last night as well. So I actually think Cherokee's going to start how many minutes will he get? Let's see, but I do think you'll be in that number 10 spot. So if you've got him, I'm still not convinced I would sell him. If you want to move him on to Gibbs White, who you know will play 90 minutes, he's got commentary this week. No Europe, etc. No minutes concerns long term, absolutely fine. But as a general rule, I think it's okay to keep Cherokee this week. And I actually don't think he's that bad of an option on free hit. When I saw the lineup last night, I did tweet to say I probably wouldn't go for him on free hit now, but he only played 45 minutes. So I think that's fine. On O'Ridey, I just don't think he's starting. I think that's part of the reason he started last night because he's not going to start at the weekend. That's not a guarantee, right? He didn't play that many minutes against man United. He could play last night and then play again on the weekend, but Vario got a full rest. He's going to start left back. In fact, I actually think you can pretty much predict the team for Sunderland. Donna rumoring goal. Nunez, DS, Gay, Vario, back four. Enzo and Anderson in the midfield pivot, Cherokee number 10. Harland up front, Semenia will play one of the white spots. So you've got one other position to get right. It's probably in Jai. Unless O'Ridey's going to play as like a left winger or something like that. I just don't see it or Cherokee misses out and O'Ridey and Anderson playing midfield and Enzo Fernandez pushes forward. I just don't see it. So I think it's actually going to be in Jai, Semenia and Harland as the front three. Cherokee is the 10 Anderson Fernandez is the pivot. I think that's what it'll be. I could be wrong, right? You often look stupid when you try and predict the man United. The man's city team, I should say. But yeah, that's what I'm going with. So if you've got O'Ridey, I think he's the sell and it's really annoying to have to do it before sundown at home. I just don't think he's going to play. If you want to start him and just risk it, then I can completely understand. But also keep in mind if he's on the bench, he probably will come on at some point. So you do risk a cameo. So that's man's city. For Brentford, Collins and Vanderberg are still out. So I was obviously going to start if you want to play him this week. The new castle, Dedic Gonzalez, Ramsey and Alanga will all be out for game week five. So if you're hoping to play Dedic against Hull at home, it's not going to happen. Presumably liver amenta will start if he's fit enough instead. Now we do have a long international break. So Dedic might be back after that and then it's commentary away. So you don't have to set him straight away. But if you're planning to play him, you need another plan right now. And then for Hall, if you've got Mendy, he's out for game week five with concussion. So he should be back for game week six. So this is my team reveal for club fantasy football in game week five. And as you can You can see I'm loving the fact there's no limit on the number of players you can have from any one club, so it's all about Operation Target Man City this week for me. So up front I've got Brian and Burma, a player that a lot of people are selling this week in FPL, primarily to get Morgan Gibbs White, which makes sense, but I think in isolation for game week 5 only, Burma is a pretty decent pick until Ahmad Diallo is back and fully fit, Burma will keep starting and further away is not a bad fixture, and then in terms of keeping faith, Wissert against Hull at home. Wasn't the great performance from him or Newcastle against Leeds, but he's still going to be a threat, they're at home, I think he'll be on penalties decent pick this week. So in midfield I've got Keen and Jusbury Hall, he's only got one goal so far this season, but what better game to improve on that tally than Ipswich at home? I've gotten contracted for one more game, but I'll extend that for Hull away in game week 6, and then I'll probably leave him after that. I don't think he's a great long term option, but short term he's decent, then I've got a triple up on Man City midfielders, Enzo Fernandez, Elliot Anderson and Cherokee. If you've got Cherokee you should definitely hold on to him for Sundayland at home, I think he'll start, and Enzo Fernandez is really interesting, he might end up being the best Man City pick outside of Harland in terms of attack, 4FPL, because I just think he's going to get really good minutes, and if Elliot Anderson's doing a lot of the defensive work, that'll let Enzo Fernandez get forward. So he'll chip in with some defensive stuff, but most of it's going to be goals and assists, and I think he could be quite good. And I know Sunderland and not an easy team to face, but Man City at home are incredibly strong, so Enzo Fernandez, Anderson and Cherokee looking good. So my 4th and 5th Man City players are in defense, I've got Yosko Bardio and Ruben Dias who have started every game so far in the Premier League, and I think that will continue against Sunderland at home as well, and that's going to be one of the best chances of a clean sheet this week. And both of them have a little bit of goal throughout Yosko Bardio in particular, and when he's playing left back he's getting forward as well. So I really like him as a pick right now, hopefully he keeps his place in that team. Man Lake Chow against Hull is a good option, I could see Newcastle getting a clean sheet there, he's pretty good for the defensive returns, and has a bit of goal throughout. I wouldn't be surprised to see him pop up with the goal soon, and then Munoz against Commentary at home. This is a player outside of Gibbs White, I wish I had in my FPL team this week. Because I've got him on loan for one game here, Commentary at home probably the best place you can have on paper right now, maybe alongside Ipswich at home, he's so attacking, he's nailed on now in that forest team, I've got no doubts about that. Looks like a really good pick. And then in goal, pick for target in Ipswich at home. So now is a really good time to get involved playing club, it's completely free to play, and you can download it using the link in the description below or scan in the QR code on screen. Once you've downloaded the game, make sure you join the Let's Talk FPL mini-lead like over 2,500 people have already done. All you need is the code 8RQV9ZW, get it downloaded now, join the league starting improving your squad. So let's go through some benching headaches for game week 5. Right at the top of the list, I've got Dominic Sabos live, not lost complete faith in him yet, despite the fact that I've spent a lot of this week thinking about maybe selling him. But if you're going to keep him, I would definitely play him. Bournemouth away is not a bad fixture, they just had a European game last night, which they're not used to, so it would be interesting to see how they react to that. And Liverpool rested a lot of players midweek, including Sabos like. So he's going to play probably another 90 minutes, you know all the good stuff about him, I would be starting him. Then I've gone for Odegaard against Brighton away, Brighton not easy to play against, absolutely. But Odegaard, I think, has looked decent. And if he gets a return, he's great for bonus, he should definitely be getting played this week. Then I've gone for Josh King, a head of califuri, just about. I think Josh King's part of some pretty good numbers this season. And I think they will get chances against Man United, especially at home. I think Fulham defensively have not been amazing so far, but I think they've been all right in attack. I think there is something there, it just needs to click. So I quite like Josh King. Then I've gone for califuri, and then Maharamovitch from Leeds. I think you can actually make a case to go the other way around. If you wanted to, because Leeds have got the much better fixture, Palis at home, even though the Leeds defense isn't as good as Arsenal, it's certainly not bad. And Palis at home is a good fixture. Maharamovitch is great for Defcon, he'll probably just pick it up in this game, and then he's got some gold threat as well. But I would just find it very difficult to bench califuri, basically. So that's why I've put them that way around. Then Conza, I know some people are having a debate about whether to play Maharamovitch or Conza. I actually don't think there is a debate here. I wouldn't be thinking Maharamovitch would be straight in the 11 over Conza. It's a better fixture. Conza can obviously score from a set of peace, but we know who the main threat is for Arsenal, it's Gabrielle. And then for Defcon, Conza might get them, we've seen it happen once already, but it's far from a guarantee. And look, you can't guarantee it for anyone, but Maharamovitch is very good for Defcon. So in my opinion, there's not even a discussion to be had there. I would definitely have Conza below the Leeds guy. Then Pascal Gross against Arsenal at home. That was the main question that came in for benching headaches. Have you made a final decision on Conza or Gross? I think I'm going to play Conza and back to the clean sheet over Brighton's scoring, but the thing that's playing on my mind is if Brighton's score, Pascal Gross is probably going to be involved. He's just playing so well at the moment. And he's on penalties, of course. So if you want to play the attacker that's 90 minutes nailed penalties, I've got no problem with that. Maybe I should change. I don't know. Have I made a final decision? I mean, I guess nothing's final to the deadline. As it stands, I'm pretty sure. Let me just double check it. Yeah, I'm pretty sure. Yeah, Conza is a head of Gross still on the bench. That's what I did when the deadline rolled around for Gameweek 4. That's what I've still got to like, no, I don't know what's happened to the Brighton shirts, but there you go. Yeah, I'm probably going to play Conza ahead of Gross. The thing is the reason I'm hesitating a little bit is because if Gross scores, you just look like an idiot. Backing a defender away from home against a good Brighton team rather than just playing the 90 minute penalty taken. Maybe that is just overthinking. I've still got Conza there. So I've got to put Conza, but honestly, if you are questioning that, just play Gross, please just play Gross. Even if it's against your double or triple, arse sort of offense, then Gomez, then Maguire, then Thomas. Maybe it's a little bit harsh to have Thomas that low down. Like he's probably going to get Defcon, but I think for us to scoring. And so I would just have him below those attackers and Manganite defense, just not that great. I don't have Maguire pretty low down as well. 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The idea is that you take Jav Pedro out for Game Week 5, you get him back for Game Week 6, but you also make a lot of other improvements to your team. It's not just the Jav Pedro factor, although he is the spark that's made people think about this. I think it's viable. That's all I can say, really. If you want to do it, I don't hate it, but I'm not a big fan of unplanned free hits. And also the thing that I would say, keep in mind you will get your old team back in Game Week 6. So if Jav Pedro is the only player that you've got as a doubt, and you're going to get him back for 6, that's fine because you know he's a good pick. But I've seen some people with a list of players they want a free hit out. And some of those players are still no good in Game Week 6 anyway. So you'd be better off just using transfers on them instead. So I think it's viable, but I don't think I will be doing it. I'd prefer to plan for my free hit later on. And if the next question is, but when are you going to free hit, I don't know right now. Probably around Game Week 12, 14 or 16. And it'll all be to do with Bruno Fernandez, Harland and Man City and Arsenal players in general. So in Game Week 12, for example, Arsenal playing City at home. And I've got three Arsenal and two man City as it stands. Will I still have value by Game Week 12? I don't know. But let's say I do, that's five players from that fixture. So I'd probably prefer to free hit, get Bruno Fernandez in for Caps and see against Brentford at home. But there's also some nice other fixtures from teams that I probably won't own players from already or at least very few. So for example, Leeds have got commentary at home. So Calvert Lewin, Stack, Vogel, Justin, Maharamavitch, Trafford, all really good picks that way. I'd probably, I'd almost certainly pick a triple up. Let's say Ips which is still terrible. Villa players, maybe Nicholas Jackson, Wendy, a defender, who knows who's playing regularly at the time will figure it out in game week 12. Hull, I mean, maybe they're there worth going for against Crystal Palace, or maybe Hull have really had a downturn, they're not looking great, maybe Triple Palace, maybe SARS playing really well, maybe Matetta's back by that point, go for a wing back, etc. So maybe two to three man United three leads, maybe two to three Villa, two to three Palace. That's the kind of free hit I like, because you're targeting a lot of teams with good fixtures that you wouldn't usually have players from, that you don't necessarily want longer term, and you take out the five from City and Arsenal. So that's the kind of week that I've got earmarked, but it might be that I decide to sell Harland in game week 12 instead, and then maybe free hit in game week 16, and getting back for Hull at home. And also if I've sold Vario by that point, get Triple Man City against Hull, maybe two or three Liverpool against Spurs depending on how Spurs are, Bournemouth have got Coventry at home, Brighton have got Ipswich at home, now right now I've got two Brighton in my team, will I still have two by game week 16, probably not especially if the Kipers lost his place, so I think game week 16 can be quite good as well. So last season, I free hit in a week where Chelsea were playing Arsenal, I think I had, I had at least three Arsenal, maybe one or two Chelsea, if I remember correctly, and lots of teams that I just didn't own players from that I had no interest in owning long term, and I think game weeks 12 and 16 are a couple of those weeks. Game week 14 by the way is because if I don't sell Harland, Bruno Fernandez got Coventry at home, but I don't really see Game week 14 as a free hit week to be honest, because yeah, because if I've got Harland still, that means I free hit in 12, so maybe I have to figure out a way to get Bruno back for that week, but Game week 14 could work, because Chelsea are playing Liverpool, Newcastle at home to Sunderland, although that's not necessarily an easy fixture for Newcastle to be fair, Magna Knight Coventry at home leads Ipswich at home, so 12, 14, 16 is kind of what I've got earmarked, and I prefer to just plan that down the line. Also, there's these storms that are coming later on as well, they might cause some kind of disruption where a free hit could be nice, so personally Jal Pedro getting potentially injured for Game week 5, then back 6 is not enough to free hit, but I do think people won't give it the credit it necessarily deserves. Let's just say that Jal Pedro definitely misses outright, this is my team and I go through my team a little bit more later, but basically it's a 4-4-2, I would take out all my Arsenal on free hit, Vardio Lewis Hawa fine, I would take out Palmer and Rodgers and Sabos like En San Gari on free here, and I'd probably have Whissa and Harland, so out of this team, I've got here, only 1, 2, 3, 4 players would remain, I would change everyone else, I'd go for 2 to 3 players from each of Newcastle, Not Anumforrest, Man City and Everton, so I'd get Gibbs White and Munoz and Nico Williams and probably Barry, and maybe a Juice Bihola or a Barnes, like I discussed on Game Week 5 preview, so you can make quite a few changes but at the end of the day, like could Palmer outscore a Barnes, of course, so could Rodgers, Sabos like to get a penalty, and Arsenal defenders are never terrible, so I just don't feel confident enough personally in the free hit, but you might have a couple of other players that are a doubt for 5 that you want back for 6, in that case, maybe it works, but personally I'm probably going to save it for later on, so is Marcus Rashford a good idea before Wild Card in Game Week 6 if you have to make a transfer, and I personally, if I was making a 1-week punt move, it wouldn't be for Rashford, like Fulham away is okay, but there are much better fixtures to target, I'd rather have a Barnes against Hullut home, a Juice Bihol against Ipswich home, and also Rashford often gets subbed early as well, he's not on penalties, doesn't take most of the set pieces, sometimes he does take direct free kicks, I think he's okay, but it's nothing to get that excited about, and maybe at some point you could see Kunya on the left and Cheshko through the middle, I don't see that at the moment, I think Rashford will continue starting, but the early subs would put me off, so I wouldn't do it, the other reason I included this question is because you said if you have to make a transfer, now this has been in the game for a little while now, but some people still don't realise you can roll transfers through your Wild Card and free hit, so if you know your Wild Card in Game Week 6, you don't have to use your transfer this week, if you roll it, you'd have 2 in Game Week 6, you'd Wild Card, you'd still have 2 in Game Week 7, and that's important to note, so don't feel like you have to make a 1-week punt before your Wild Card, if your team just doesn't look very good, then that's a little bit different, if you've got some problems to deal with, then that's fine, for example, if I knew I was Wild Card in Game Week 6 and I had 2 free transfers this week, I'd be quite tempted to take Jalpedra out and go for someone as a 1-week punt, but it really depends on your transfer situation, so what's your view on Danny Wellbeck if Jalpedra is out, my view is that I would have very little interest in buying him, which sounds a little bit harsh, but if we assume that Jalpedra is back for Game Week 6, Danny Wellbeck is then a 1-week punt, the Laps got Coventry at home, Barrie's got Ops which are home, Whiss has got Hullut home, and there's someone I'm missing, Calvert Lewins got Crystal Palace at home, I would go for all 4 of those forwards before I went for Wellbeck, and it's not even to say that Wellbeck's a bad option, he's still a good player, the Chelsea attack will still be good without Jalpedra, they will cause Brentford some problems, but it's not that interesting of a fixture, and also there's a chance that Barrie's on penalties, Calvert Lewins definitely on penalties, Whiss might be on penalties as well, I just think there's more interesting options this week, so Danny Wellbeck not for me, if Jalpedra was ruled out for like 6-7 weeks, if he was ruled out for Game Weeks like 5-7 or 5-8, then maybe there'd be a bit more interest, but even then you'd know he's a transfer back out pretty soon, so yeah, no interest on Wellbeck for me on free here or a 1-week punt, so who'd you prefer from Everton, Ken and Juice Brighor or James Garner, now they both take some set pieces, Juice Brighor from the right hand side, Garner from the left hand side, so you haven't really got too much to split them on there, so basically it's the slightly more attacking option in Juice Brighor or the Defcon guy in Garner, and I think if you're picking an Everton player it's probably a short term move for Ipswicher home this week and Hullaway in Game Week 6, in which case I go for the attacking guy, if you want to keep them a bit longer term, then I'd be slightly more tempted to go for Garner, he's a little bit cheaper at 6 million and he'll get you those consistent Defcon returns, Juice Brighor won't necessarily be that consistent for the attacking returns, so it depends how long you want them for, it's worth saying there is an outside chance that Garner's on penalties, there was a penalty last season where Barry and Juice Brighor were both on the pitch and Garner took it, obviously and Jai wasn't on the pitch and he scored, it's also worth saying in the shootout of the same game Garner and Barry both missed, so it's difficult to know who's definitely on penalties, I don't think it's Juice Brighor, I think it's Garner or Barry, Barry took winning pre-season, Garner wasn't on the pitch, it's really difficult to know, Everton don't get a huge amount of penalties, but I wouldn't buy Garner thinking he's definitely on them, it's just an added bonus, if you like him anyway and he gets penalties great, but you need to like him without penalties if that makes sense, so Garner if you want a long term slightly more consistent option, but it's probably a short term punt in which case I definitely go Juice Brighor, so who'd you prefer from Nottingham Forest, Daniel Munoz or Nico Williams? Now I'm going to say the same thing I said the other day, my preference is Munoz because I think he'll be slightly more attacking, it's not to say that Nico Williams won't get any attack and returns because he will, he's also very good on that left side, but I think Munoz will be the main wingback when it comes to attack and return, so if you can afford it, I would go for Munoz, but at the same time, if you're on wild card and money is really tight and you've got a squad that you're happy with, and it's got Nico Williams, you can't afford Munoz, that's absolutely fine, Nico Williams is a really good pick, don't feel like you've got to go and get Munoz, so at 5.4 I like Munoz, but Nico Williams is a decent price at 5, and he's a really good pick as well, I think commentary at home this week is playable against Palis in 6 and Ipswich A and 8 is also not bad. 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Apply in the wallet app on your iPhone today, subject to credit approval. Applecard is issued by Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Salt Lake City Branch, terms and more at applecard.com. So I'm just going to run through some final thoughts on my own team ahead of today's deadline. I've got two free transfers and 1.1 million in the bank. At the moment the team is set up with Jav Pedro on the bench. For what it's worth, I will probably do what everyone else will do and play Jav Pedro. Just on the off chance he starts because Alonzo didn't [BLANK_AUDIO] rolling him out and then my bench can just do the work later on when Jarpedro gets subbed out. So I probably will start Jarpedro. The reason I've got him benched at the moment is I think it's just easier to visualize what the team is going to end up looking like, because I really just don't think Jarpedro is going to play. So I'm going to end up on this Rayering goal, Calafuri, Bardial, Lewis Hall and Conzer back four. The midfield for his par met Rodgers, Saboslai, Sangari, and then up front, it's Harlan Captain and Wissar. The bench is basically gross and decoyper, because Jarpedro is not going to play and my goalkeeper never plays. He's not even in the Premier League anymore, he's on loan. So that's what the team's going to end up looking like. As it stands, I'm probably going to roll, because that is just the sensible thing to do ahead of the international break. I do think people exaggerate how bad the international break or all the international breaks are in general. People act as though players like every player just comes back injured and you have no players available for game week six. That doesn't actually happen that often. You might get one or two knocks to important players, but that's about it. It is worth saying it is a three-week international break and some teams are playing four times, but I'm not even convinced that most players are going to play four times. To be honest with you, we've already seen Germany, Klopp has basically chosen two squads, so players will play a maximum of two games. I think other countries will do similar. I don't see many players playing four matches during the international break, but let's see, I could be wrong. And for that reason, it's probably sensible to roll. And also, I think the team actually looks quite good. For a team without Jean-Pedro, I don't think this is bad at all. I mean, Arsenal defense is difficult to get a clean sheet against Brighton, but they are the best in the league. Vario's good, Hall's good, Parma, Rodgers, Sabaslaire all decent as well, and Harden and Whistler, nothing wrong with that at all. So I actually don't mind it. I still not happy not having Gibbs White. I think basically, I'm probably not going to do the Sabaslaire to Gibbs White move. I was already leaning that way anyway, and it just feels wrong to do that when I've literally got Jean-Pedro who's probably not going to play. How can I justify selling Sabaslaire to Gibbs White when I've got Jean-Pedro on the bench? That just doesn't make much sense to me. Now, the way people will argue you can justify it, well, you want Jean-Pedro six onwards and Gibbs White's much better this week. I get it, but it just doesn't feel right to me. So I don't see myself making that move, but never say never. The thing that I am considering is Jan-Pedro out. Now, I'm just going to say right now, please switch off the video. I probably won't do this. I'm going to tell you right now, there's nothing more after this. So you can switch off, you'll be absolutely fine, but I have at least considered it, right? It's Jan-Pedro to Barry and then Sangari to Gibbs White. And the reason that is playing on my mind, one, is a huge differential play, basically, because most people are not going to take Jean-Pedro out. So you get Barry and Fritz at your home, he might be on penalties, it's a really good fixture, he gets a lot of chances, and it lets me get Gibbs White without setting Sabaslaire. So I do quite like it, and also what's playing on my mind, we will not know. In my opinion, we will not know if Jean-Pedro is fit for Gameweek six. Alonso is just not going to tell us, and I think because of the injury he's apparently got, there is a chance he misses Gameweek six. The reason that I'm slightly less sure about these moves as I was last night, because last night I was quite keen, is because of what I've read about the fact that Chelsea sent the report on the three and a half weeks. And that does seem very specific, I.e. he ain't playing in the international break, but he will be back Gameweek six. So I think this is even riskier than it was last night, because I've now had reading comprehension, I suppose. But it looks quite good, and also I don't think you would necessarily need Jean-Pedro back straight away, because that's always the argument, well you want Jean-Pedro back straight away, you can't go without him, maybe you can go without him for a few weeks. But the thing I don't like is that I don't necessarily have a plan for when or how I would get him back. So if I just run this through the plan right, and I put Barry in, and the reason I would go Barry over Gonzalo Garcia, by the way, is just extra money in the bank. If I go for Gonzalo Garcia, I've only got 0.3 million, and I don't want to leave myself stuck for upgrading other players, although 0.3 million would be enough to do deciper to a 5 million defender if I needed to. Some people have said to me deciper might not lose his place, I do acknowledge that, but there is also a chance it does happen, so I want to keep the option open. Anyway, Jean-Pedro de Barry, Sangari, two gives white. So two free transfers, not ideal before an international break, but the team would look really good, I think, almost not a free hit team to be fair, but not bad either. So Raya Calafiri Hall Vario gives white Palmer Rogers to Bossly, with her Barry Harlan. Game week six, I would probably bench the Bossly. Raya Calafiri cons against Leeds at home, Lewis Hall Coventry away, Palmer, Gibbs White Rogers grows Harlan Barry with her. Now, obviously if Jean-Pedro is back for six, he's huge ownership, he could punish me, but I've got with her against Coventry and Barry against Hall. I'm not particularly worried that week, and obviously I've got Gibbs White instead. So I'd probably bench the Bossly, not that he needs to be benched, but I probably would do that. And if I do get stuck where one of my players gets injured, I've at least got deciper and the Bossly could use. If it was an injury to Harlan, that would be annoying, because I wouldn't have two or three transfers to shift funds around. Let's say Harlan was then out for months, I'd want to shift those funds around pretty quickly, I don't have a wild card, I don't have more than one transfer. So that would be a concern. Game week seven, Gibbs White's got Arsenal, I'd actually probably bench him, to be honest with you, for Whistler against Villa at home, and I would definitely play Calafuri ahead of Conzer. And to be honest, I'd probably play Barry. Well, Barry depends. Let's say DeKypa started, I'd maybe bench Lewis Hall. So I'd have Barry against, so you can tell how much I've looked at this, right? Game week seven, yes, I'd have Barry against Chelsea at home, but yeah, Pedro's got Everton away. He's now Pedro Miles better than Barry for that one week. I don't know, I think Barry's okay, especially if Chelsea keep defending as they have done. Whistler Villa at home, Harlan Ipswich at home, Palmer and Roger's Everton away, Gross Palace at home, to Bossly Brent for the way. And then I'd bench Gibbs White. And then in Game week eight, this is where it gets to start, starts getting slightly dodged here, because Barry's got Arsenal away, but I'd have three free transfers at this point. And the team still looks kind of okay, like midfield wise, Palmer, Roger's Spurs at home, Gibbs White Ipswich away, so Bossly Brent at home. And then I can make two free transfers if I wanted to, to switch, because the Gross and DeKypa got Liverpool, playing Gross against Liverpool is not that bad, to be honest. So I get to Game week eight, I still wouldn't have as our Pedro, I'd be massively down in rank, because he's got about three hat tricks at this point, but the team still looks okay. So, it it, I've gone to the wrong screen. It is viable, I think, those moves, but I'd get to Game week eight, knows you're a Pedro, and I'd need two trainers to get in back, unless I'm selling Harlan, but that's probably not happening until Game week 12 onwards. And I might not even sell him, I might just free hit him out. So, because the team looks quite good, and because I've wild carded early, or the boring, I've wild carded early, so I've got to be sensible, it's an international break, I probably should just roll. Part of the reason for having a deep squad is for situation like blah, blah, blah, blah, or the boring rubbish, but it's right. So I'm probably going to roll, I really want to do Barry and Gibbs White though, I really want to do it. I think it's such a differential play, and maybe I'll just go without a job, Pedro for a few weeks. 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