GW8: FPL Goals Imminent | Hold Gibbs-White?

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Joe (1:08)

Hello, and welcome to another podcast from Fantasy Football Scout. It's the Goals Imminent Show, where we use underlying stats to predict future returns in the Fantasy Premier League game. Welcome, everyone.

Mark Sutherns (1:28)

Yes, hi, Joe. Hi, everyone. My name is Marc. And yeah, welcome to the Goals Imminent Podcast. We're using stats to hint at which players are about to score in game week eight.

I was away last week. So just how are things going? Thanks, first of all, for doing it solo.

Joe (1:46)

Yeah, yeah, no, it's fine. I sort of, because I didn't have anyone to talk to. So sad. I talked about my team a little bit, and what I was going to do. And I did do that. I got Mohamovic in.

And he got an assist for me, which was good. And I got rid of Ben Wyck, who's a bit of a problem and did okay in the end. But yeah, you were away on a cruise, but how did your management of your FPL team go while you're on the high seas?

Mark Sutherns (2:12)

Yeah, well, first of all, shout out to anyone who was on Explorer of the Seas. Don't know if that's going to get any effect on that.

Joe (2:20)

Someone maybe.

Mark Sutherns (2:22)

Yes, I was really wet in Athens in particular, but hey, sometimes those moments are the most memorable.

Joe (2:30)

Yes.

Mark Sutherns (2:31)

FPL wise, there was another small red arrow. It's like slightly nudges down week after week. So it's 120k now. I know when a 1% differential Diego Gomez scored from the halfway line, I thought this is a guaranteed green arrow. But actually outside of the Brighton guys and the Arsenal defenders, that was it. No one else delivered. So I hit the wild card button on Saturday night.

Joe (3:00)

Oh wow. Okay. Wow.

Mark Sutherns (3:02)

And because it was going to be game week nine, and I do sort of think now it was a slightly rash, but it was cause just missed out on so many price changes recently. And there was a couple on Saturday and I thought, no, I can't take this anymore. Okay.

But looking at it, I'm thinking, well, getting rid of some okay fixtures this week. Okay.

Joe (3:25)

Before we go on to the goals imminent, Joe, I mean, I can't let that lie. So you're wild carding, because we've been talking about wild cards for a bit, I've still got mine to play. And I've actually formulated a game week 11 one in my head, which is okay, or using the plan at all, fantasyfootballscout.co.uk, available for members there.

But yeah, so who's out that you think, oh, I wish I maybe should keep them. And then I'll ask you who's in as well.

Mark Sutherns (3:54)

It's because, I don't know, sometimes I think, do we focus on fixtures too much and not think about other factors like the team themselves? So I know Fulham got the win over Hull at the weekend, but I was going to have Leno and Garcia against Coventry.

And I think I'm going to have them both taken out now, which sounds a bit silly, but I don't know. If I think of it from the Coventry perspective, they're probably seeing that as quite a good game as well. Right, yeah. Sharder versus Hull as well.