GW27 Preview: You’re Probably Captaining The Wrong Player

📅 Gameweek 27 Deadline:
Saturday, 21 February — 13:30 GMT
Set alarms. Set backup alarms. Then still panic anyway.

🪑 Manager Chaos
Managerial change at Spurs that we all saw coming.
Thomas Frank ➡️ out
Igor Tudor ➡️ interim manager

New manager bounce?
Or new manager confusion?
Nobody knows — including Spurs fans.

🚑 Injury News (aka: FPL anxiety fuel)

Ødegaard 🩹
Missed Wolves with a knock — Arteta says he could be back vs Spurs.
Translation: 50/50.

Havertz 🤕
Muscle issue — also “could be available”.

Cash 🦵
Knee problem — outside chance vs Leeds.

Cucurella 🚫
Hamstring — out for weeks.

Lacroix 🩼
Muscle Injury.
Glasner - “When you have to make a sub due to a muscle problem it's never a good sign.”

Haaland 🤖
Knee scare, subbed at HT vs Fulham, missed FA Cup.
BUT spotted in training 👀

Botman 🧱
Back injury — doubtful vs City

Wissa ⚡
Knock — could return vs City

Bruno Guimarães ⛔
Hamstring — out ~2 months.

Alright, information absorbed ✔️
Now let’s get to the part where we confidently make decisions we’ll question 10 minutes later… keep reading 👇📊

Schade & Dango (Brentford) 🍯🐝
Lovely fixtures, lovely numbers, lovely headache.
Both sitting on 10 goal contributions and nearly identical threat levels (xGI/90: 0.50 vs 0.41).
Difference?
💰 Dango is cheaper
Honestly… doubling up isn’t crazy. And in FPL, that usually means it works.

Rayan 🪄
Started his PL career like he’s been here for years.
Fixtures: WHU (A), SUN (H), BUR (A)… yes please.
BUT:
⏳ Minutes could get spicy when Tavernier returns
🗓️ BGW31 vs MUN isn’t exactly a party
Great pick — just don’t marry him long term yet.

Szoboszlai 🎯
Minutes? Safe.
Set pieces? Yes.
Position? …good question.
Could be midfielder.
Could be right-back.
Buy for security, not role clarity.

Wirtz 🎩
If you can afford him — stop overthinking.
2 double-digit hauls in last 5, fixtures smiling at you.
This is what we call a “buy now, justify later” pick.

Semenyo ⚖️
Yes he blanks in GW31.
Yes he’s still good.
Your decision depends entirely on how many GW31 blankers you already have.

Chelsea Assets 🔵
Welcome to the FPL Friend Zone -
Not buying,
Not selling.
Except… Palmer vs BUR (H) 👀
That’s not a transfer.
That’s a one-week relationship.
Also a legit captaincy shout.

Virgil van Dijk 🧱
3 DefCon hits in 4
2 goals
He’s not just a hold — he’s a statement transfer.

Hill 🪨
Cheap.
Defcon Points + Assists = Returns.
Yes BGW31 vs MUN looks scary…
…but this man farms Defcons for fun.
Currently better value than Senesi. I said it.

Bowen 🤷‍♂️
BOU (H) good.
After that… eh
Translation: if you own → keep
If you don’t → relax

Haaland 🤖
Early sub panic.
FA Cup absence panic.
Training photo appeared → panic cancelled.
Prediction: starts vs NEW (H).
And suddenly everyone pretends they never doubted him.

Alright… transfers are only half the chaos 😏
Next up: Captaincy dilemmas, chip mind-games, spicy differentials, and the team reveal that will age horribly within 24 hours.

Palmer 🎯

Back-to-back double digit hauls.
Fully rested in the FA Cup.
At home vs the league’s most generous defense (they donate goals like it’s charity).

Minutes: safe (for GW27)
Form: red hot
Ownership: only 15.5% (as of now) 😏

This isn’t just a captain pick… it’s a rank rocket with a steering wheel 🚀

Haaland 🤖

No Palmer? No problem.

NEW (H) arrive leaking goals — 10 conceded in their last 5.
Meanwhile the robot has 4 attacking returns in his last 3 matches.

Just do one thing:
📢 Keep an eye on his fitness news and maybe some City leaks…

Enzo Fernández 🎩
The “I want safety but also vibes” pick.
If Palmer is out of reach and Haaland stresses you… Enzo hugs you.

Also viable:
Salah ⚡
Wirtz 🧠
Bruno Fernandes 🎯

Whatever you choose, remember:
Your captain will either carry your rank…
or personally escort it down the stairs.

Good luck 👍

Let’s zoom out and look at the calendar… because FPL isn’t about this week.
It’s about ruining your season three weeks in advance 😌

Here’s the chaos roadmap 👇

🚫 GW31 — Blank Gameweek
Arsenal, City, Palace & Wolves all disappear. Yes… half your team probably.

🔥 GW33 — Likely MEGA Double Gameweek
The week where benches suddenly matter and everyone pretends they planned it.

🕳️ GW34 — Huge Blank Gameweek
The week where your squad looks like a preseason friendly lineup.

✨ GW36 — Possible mini Double
Or as we call it: “late hope”.

Before the GW32 deadline, we’ll know exactly:
• Who doubles in GW33
• Who blanks in GW34

Which means…

💡 Wildcard GW32 suddenly looks VERY attractive

Because it sets up this roadmap:

Wildcard GW32 ➜ Bench Boost DGW33 ➜ Free Hit BGW34

Clean. Beautiful. Therapist-approved.

If you still have it… you are now officially part of the prayer circle.

You’re basically hoping the football calendar gifts us another Double after GW33.

And yes… City might double in GW36 👀

No pressure. Just your entire season resting on future scheduling decisions.

Good news: we still have time to overthink it 😄

📈 Green arrow
💀 Dead Triple Captain

76 points all-out — which is the FPL equivalent of passing an exam you didn’t study for.

Palmer did Palmer things, Rice delivered, and Thiaw randomly showed up to soften the Gabriel TC heartbreak.

Rank: 27.5K ➜ 19.5K
Progress? Yes.
Trust in my decisions? Absolutely not.

Here’s the team before transfers 👇

And honestly?

I like what I see.

Sure, a Villa attacker looks nice.
A Brentford attacker looks tasty.
But you know what looks even better?

2 Free Transfers next week. 😌

Because GW28 is basically screaming:
👉 Thiago (BUR A)
👉 Wirtz (WHU H)

So the plan for this week is the boldest move in FPL…

I am doing absolutely nothing.
No hits. No panic. No 1am regret transfers.

We roll the transfer 🛞
And we captain Palmer 🎩

Which means one of two things will happen:

Find out which one in the next newsletter 👀