Az from FPL Blackbox returns with his latest set of Fantasy Premier League tips, as the expert gives his best options for GW16 and beyond.
The Gameweeks are ticking by and before you know it, we’ll be halfway through the season. It feels like quite a strong template is forming, with Mo Salah, Cole Palmer and Bukayo Saka being heavily coveted as Erling Haaland’s ownership falls by the wayside.
But outside of the holy FPL trinity, who are some other players that we should be seriously looking at bringing into our teams?
FPL GW16 Tips
The Budget Pick: Enzo Fernandez (£5.0m)
It’s taken Enzo a while to get going for Chelsea after his big money move. Some uncertainty about his best role for the team, an unwanted winless record while playing in the side and strong competition in the midfield areas has meant that maybe he hasn’t enjoyed the start to life that he would have hoped for at Stamford Bridge.
It’s four consecutive starts now for Chelsea in the league though and he has 5 attacking returns over this spell – so there’s a lot to like about Enzo.
He has great fixtures to come, with Brentford, Everton and Ipswich in three of his next four. He’s taking some set pieces and is clearly being asked to get in and around the penalty area to take shots and create chances.
He’s also incredibly cheap, offering a great alternative to Morgan Rogers (£5.4m) if you’re looking for someone to rotate when Villa have trickier fixtures and any aftereffects of Champions League fatigue.
The Alternative Captain: Alexander Isak (£8.6m)
With such strong offerings in midfield, perhaps some of us have been guilty of going a bit light up top, particularly in light of Haaland’s recent struggles.
But in steps the Swedish talisman of Newcastle, who has 19 points in his last 2 games after a bit of an embarrassing blank against West Ham in Gameweek 12 and a rest in Gameweek 13.
Newcastle are a funny side this season, putting in great performances against the likes of Arsenal and Liverpool, but getting humbled by teams like Brentford and West Ham.
However, it’s very hard to overlook Isak who has incredible fixtures on the horizon, playing Leicester at home this week before playing Ipswich.
When a player has two promoted teams in a row, and despite attracting new ownership is still relatively low owned, I think this could be an exciting option for someone looking to roll the dice with the captaincy.
The Differential: Milos Kerkez (£4.6m)
At just 4.9% ownership, and defences generally struggling to score many points, Kerkez feels overlooked.
Kerkez struggled for Bournemouth last season, finding it tough to get into the team ahead of other options but has started the season incredibly strongly, being an almost ever present in the side.
Bournemouth look a great side this season, with big wins against Manchester City and Spurs highlighting their form.
Kerkez has already scored some great goals this season and even registered 2 assists in the single game against City.
The underlying numbers are good for Kerkez and this could be a great time to invest, with the likes of Rico Lewis (£4.7m) suspended, Rayan Ait Nouri (£4.8m) conceding buckets of goals and Leif Davis (£4.5m) failing to deliver on his promising underlying data.
Of all the cheap defenders, Kerkez is by far my favourite.