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❓Top Gameweek 22 Differentials (<15%)
🏴 Jordan Pickford – Everton (£5m, 14%)
He’s back! Dyche ball is finally vanquished from the Premier League… Music to my ears and that of most football fans. With David Moyes returning to the club he is best known for managing, if he is to help them beat the drop then he requires his England international goalkeeper to be at his very best. For this to happen, Everton must keep clean sheets, which often results in a haul for Pickford and has occurred more than a few times this season already.
15 pts v Newcastle, 11 points v West Ham and 9 points v Man City prove that at times Jordan can be a high-value pick and return not only clean sheets but bonus points (BPS) too. So far I have been a staunch NO Pickford manager, but I envisage these big performances occurring a lot more frequently before the end of the season, making me genuinely consider the switch. Sure, he will have a run of games blanking, but FPL managers of old will know there is definitely a run of double-digit hauls on the horizon.
🇸🇪 Anthony Elanga – Nottingham Forest (£5.2m, 4.6%)
Cheap and consistent, 2 key traits of a good player to own in FPL. 6 returns in a row and at only £5.2m, he is a perfect cheap enabler to set and forget in your team to allow you to have as many big hitters as you can, especially with the likes of Salah, Palmer and Isak’s price all constantly rising. Nottingham Forest has dominated in my articles recently and again this is the first of two players from the side.
Plum fixtures of Southampton, Bournemouth and Brighton for the next three games will only see his ownership soar, and I also include myself in this. I admit with only one double digit match this season (11pts v Tottenham) he doesn’t haul much, but for that low a price really you can’t complain. If you’re looking for a cheap player in order to free up funds, Elanga is the answer.
🏴 Phil Foden – Man City (£9.2m, 5.6%)
We’ve been here before team, haven’t we? My relationship with owning Foden this and previous seasons has been fraught with drama, benchings, blanks and fewer points than I would like to have collected. But perhaps this is now the time to own him? 4 goals in the last 5 fixtures proves he has found some form now Pep has afforded him consistent starts, and with Man City being way off the league leaders he kind of has to.
I’m not so sure I have seen Foden this lowly owned, and he is a far easier player to move to than the expensive Haaland. Ipswich and Chelsea up next are great fixtures to attack but with Arsenal, Newcastle and Liverpool up after, Foden would only be a short-term transfer in my opinion. If you have 2 or more FTs then the move is on, if not air on the side of caution and give it more thought, overall still a fine pick!
🇷🇸 Nikola Milenkovic – Nottingham Forest (£4.8m, 8%)
He has been a revelation for me since I brought him in a few GW’s ago. One half of the centre back pairing that has limited Liverpool to a solitary goal over 2 games, kept 4 clean sheets in 5 and amassed me 26 points over the last 5 matches. The 6ft 4in, old school, no nonsense defender has largely gone unnoticed this season, but not anymore.
Managers are rushing to fill their team with Forest assets and if that is you, look closer at Nikola, he gets forward as well. The heatmap shows that at times he pushes forward to become an attacking threat and with 2 goals and an assist to his name, it can pay off. Also he is a handful to deal with and a large threat against even the tougher teams especially from corners. From my transfer out article we have been looking for that great cheap defender – well here he is!
🇲🇽 Raul Jiminez – Fulham (£5.7m, 13.2%)
I fancy Raul for one main reason, Leicester are woeful. Regardless of either home or away, the Foxes concede goals all the time. At this point they look certain to go back down. With Raul finding some form and scoring 3 goals in his last three, I don’t see how he doesn’t score against a lacklustre defence.
Again much like the Foden pick, I would only select if you had FT’s to utilise because after Leicester it is Man Utd, Newcastle and Nottingham Forest. Yes, he could still score in this period and at his cheap price, it wouldn’t be the end of the world if he blanked or sat on my bench as a first sub. I always like opportunity, and he could go big this GW.
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