GW8: FPL Final Thoughts | Best Saka Replacements

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Mark Sutherns (1:42)

Hi, everyone. Welcome to Final Forts, head of the Game Week 8 Deadline. Let me welcome you. Tom, how are you doing, my friend?

Tom (1:49)

Mate, I'm good. The green arrows keep on coming, so I've got a big grin on my face. So it's happy days right now in FPL, but a lot to discuss heading into Game Week 8

A lot going off, isn't there? Players injured, players potentially back for this week, captaincy, so much up in the air, man.

Mark Sutherns (2:11)

Let me get back to the way you snuck that in, loads of green arrows. I see you, Tom.

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I see you, Tom.

Mark Sutherns (2:17)

You are actually flying. It's going really well for you. And we will discuss, obviously, your team in depth. And I'm intrigued to see what you're going to do this Game Week as well.

There is loads to discuss. And in fact, as it's an action-packed episode and the deadline is today. We're recording Thursday night. It's a Friday deadline. So it's, deadlines are coming, thick and fast. Now, after that super silly international break, we're back in FPL mode. Let's start with the injuries before we even delve into our teams, Tom. Let's talk injuries. We've had a big one that's impacted me and you, and that is Saka. You've seen the injury. What's your instant take on that?

Tom (2:58)

Yeah, I've seen a few people obviously talking about it on social media. It didn't look good when it happened as well. I was watching the game and you'd literally just see them good to make the pass and it's just a ping straight away. And obviously, Arteta's comments as well afterwards saying, doesn't look good. And I think there's like three different grades that it could be. So I think grade one is like just one week, which is still not ideal for most people's teams for this week. I think grade two is a couple weeks. And then finally, grade three is like months out, which would be devastating for Saka, for Arsenal as well. Like I think we've got to talk about maybe the implications on that attack as well. Like what ramifications is that going to have? Is that going to mean the Arsenal go more defensive? Does that maybe bring like the picks like Gabriel back in? Because again, we've got the money to spend because no premiums outside of Harland that live during right now. So maybe again, like Gabriel comes into the conversation. So I think so much is going to come off this Saka. I don't know what you think about it, but I think this could have big ramifications over the next few weeks.

Mark Sutherns (4:01)

Well, it's huge, mainly because a lot of us that have gone there earlier, I did think looking at the fixtures.

So as the weeks went on, Saka was going to get more popular. We know it's ever in at home and then it was going to be hard. Very good fixtures. I know the last two games he's played, they've not been good at all. I mean, I'm a Saka owner in the last two game weeks, and that not in forest fixture really frustrated me. I started to doubt myself thinking, why am I, why do I own Saka? If I'm honest with you. So the ramifications on FPL are huge. People like us, we're in a bad position. Like you said, it could be a grade one or a grade two. Looking at it, that looks like a couple of weeks to me, to be honest, but we'll see.