GW10 SUGGESTIONS

There are very few attractive striking options for under 6M, and if we were to look at form alone I’d say look no further than Watford’s Joshua King (£5.5M). Amidst the hype surrounding Salah & Mount, his hattrick against Everton went under the radar. He has 3 goals and 3 assists in his last 4 games, and in one of those games he came off injured at half-time. It could be difficult for him to maintain this run of form however as Watford have Arsenal, Utd, Leicester, Chelsea & City in their next 6. A wiser gamble would be on Southampton’s Armando Broja (£5.0M), owned by 1.4% of players, particularly as a bench option if you have Vardy or Firmino. Broja has 2 goals in 2 since coming into the starting line-up, and has Watford, Villa & Norwich in his next 3. FPL form aside, he looks a serious talent. I mean, of course he is, he came from Cobham! Along with fellow Cobham graduate Tino Livramento (£4.2M), the Chelsea loanee could well represent the best value for money this FPL season.  

However, my top tip is Ivan Toney (6.5M), the tallest man to ever be 5’10. Other than the goalkeeper, Toney is the only player to play every minute for Brentford this season, but although his general performances have been impressive he is yet to set the Prem alight in front of goal. Brentford however have a great run of fixtures on the way, facing all of the bottom 3 back-to-back, and I expect Toney to display the goalscoring prowess that say him amass a record-breaking 33 Championship goals last season. 

Speaking of David Raya (4.6M), he’s a great keeper option for the coming weeks, and the same goes for Swedish centre-back Pontus Jansson (4.7M). Brentford’s xGA is second only to Man City. As robust as they are at the back, they have been unfortunate not to collect more clean sheets despite facing 6 of the top 10 in their opening 9 games. Like Toney’s goalscoring form, I expect this to change in the very near future. 

Before his hattrick last weekend, Mason Mount (7.5M) had went 25 games for club and country without scoring. However, he is still the top scorer since Thomas Tuchel took the reins and not only do I fully expect him (or 8.1M Havertz, if you’re brave enough) to build on his goalscoring momentum in the absence of Lukaku & Werner, but also to claim some of the creative responsibility from Mateo Kovacic (5.3M), who has 5 assists thus far. Another player who will be feeling confident in front of goal is Ben Chilwell (5.8M), who has three- and every one of them a Goal of the Month contender- from three since coming into the starting line-up. With Newcastle & Burnley next up, doubling up on Chelsea wing-backs Chilwell & Reece James (5.5M) could be an astute choice. Trevoh Chalobah (4.9M) has played 90 minutes in the last 3 games, but as he also started the Carabao Cup victory in midweek he may be due a rest, and Antonio Rudiger (£5.8M) is always the most likely to start.