It's dull but Salah has been "set and forget" for me for a while. The odd time I gambled against him it always seems to backfire so I'm done with taking that on!
Personally I’m going with Palmer because if you can’t captain the second highest scoring player in the game (and probably the second most expensive player in your team) at home to Southampton, when are you ever going to?
I'm keeping Salah as C and giving Palmer the Vice. I do agree that this is a GW where it's reasonable to go against Salah C, but only if you're chasing. Good luck with the GW!
If concern is OR, I’d captain Salah (which I likely will). If Palmer blanks, folk will hindsight tell you Salah inevitable etc, but think it’s perfectly justifiable to go against him this week.
It is a very 50-50 decision I agree. Safe pick is Mo. I actually think both will do well, but if chasing then Palmer is def the call as he has the fixture. Hindsight always picks the right pick..........
100% this. If Mo blanks, then the upside of Palmer capt could be enormous. Pretty sure most of us 'planned' to Cap Palmer in this game surely? Home against the team who are bottom. Doesnt come any better than that. But Chelsea form is so erratic and Palmers has also become that too
Yeah definitely Kenny.
I'd say that Palmer hasn't actually been erratic, it's more his team mates as you suggest; as we said on the pod his underlying numbers are still holding up, it's just the conversion from his team mates is lacklustre to say the least!
I'm still bifurcating between the two..
it's so horrifically predictable isn't it? I do tend to just give social media on the day a lot of the time when it comes to FPL resulting, especially if it hasn't gone my way - i don't care that that's selfish either 😂
ha i just posted similarly
i'm 60/40 on palmer but it's really close
both likely to be over 100%
so it's a real form vs fixture punch up
i'm minded to go with the "weakness of the opposition" route but Salah's habitual g+a means the bar for success is high..
I'm happy to stick with Salah, it's not an area of risk I want to take on this week. I've brought in Bowen and will probably start João Pedro so have some fun picks elsewhere.
yeah that's something that's in mind, albeit actually both are going to be above the 100% EO mark so there's a risk whichever way you play I'd posit. makes sense tho arpi 😊
For sure, but I expect Salah's EO will be higher so more to lose/less to gain. I guess I just quite like going with the herd on captaincy at the moment 🐃
Salah, better attack, form, at home, more consistent and less rish all round, if you are chasing rank Palmer worth a shout, but him and Chelsea don't look at it in the same way Liv and Salah do
The upside to Captaining Palmer is most definitely there and is probably far more attractive than just permacapping Salah like most seem to be doing now BUT, Salah is in the form of his life and if he outscores Palmer he could do a bit of damage.
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Think it’s mini-league dependent.
If concern is OR, I’d captain Salah (which I likely will). If Palmer blanks, folk will hindsight tell you Salah inevitable etc, but think it’s perfectly justifiable to go against him this week.
Agree, however I’d rather win ML than finish 100k higher, so I think it’s a good week to gamble if it fits.
Suspect it will be an 80/20 Salah split, whereas I see it more 65/35ish.
it's one of those where you can see both hindsight possibilities writ large in your mind's eye
"Palmer Vs Saints was always going to be an explosive matchup!"
Vs
"Salah was always inevitable!"
I'd say that Palmer hasn't actually been erratic, it's more his team mates as you suggest; as we said on the pod his underlying numbers are still holding up, it's just the conversion from his team mates is lacklustre to say the least!
I'm still bifurcating between the two..
I nearly posted something almost identical yesterday, ha!
Crazy how people went against inevitable Salah.
Crazy how people dodged Palmer vs SOU.
Delete as applicable..
i'm 60/40 on palmer but it's really close
both likely to be over 100%
so it's a real form vs fixture punch up
i'm minded to go with the "weakness of the opposition" route but Salah's habitual g+a means the bar for success is high..