Marc Jobling: Gameweek 11 Team Reveal

Each Gameweek brings an FPL community team reveal. As a result, that person gives insight into their transfers, captaincy and future plans.

Ahead of Gameweek 11, it’s the turn of Marc Jobling to tell us what is happening to his team.

Hi Marc and thanks for the team reveal. How did Gameweek 10 go?

It was completely saved by the Tottenham v Aston Villa clash. Until then, I was completely at peace with Saturday’s decision to delete the next day – quite relieved.

Captain Erling Haaland blanked yet again, while I had to watch Mohamed Salah, Chris Wood and Josko Gvardiol all score. It’s just happening every week: the few well-owned guys I don’t have will relentlessly score. Time and time again. Not only that, Antoine Semenyo’s goal was stuck on my bench and Vitalli Mykolenko lost his clean sheet late on.

However, Sunday’s duo of Dominic Solanke and Morgan Rogers delivered three goals, an assist and 25 points. So it was a slight green arrow from 2.18m to 1.73m, totalling 51 points.

What does your defence look like?

I’ve lost all faith in the Arsenal double-up, so I’m probably starting Lukasz Fabianski instead of David Raya. A goalkeeper who mightn’t even start, having conceded three times at Nottingham Forest.

Gabriel at least offers a goal-scoring threat, as do Nathan Collins and Rayan Ait-Nouri. The trio brought six goals and five assists over the first 10 rounds. It’s a weekend where clean sheets are hard to pick out – maybe just Spurs?

Manchester United’s opponents Leicester have netted in every match so far.

Meanwhile, what about your midfield and attack?

It’s strong, on paper. The thing about selling Haaland to bring in Salah is that I don’t want to lose any of my current five midfielders. Semenyo and Rogers showed why last week, Bryan Mbeumo and Cole Palmer feel pretty essential, while Bukayo Saka is reliable and about to enter some superb fixtures.

It’s why I’m also not finding room for Bruno Fernandes.

I must admit, I’m finally losing patience with Haaland. His underlying stats have been brilliant but there’s just no confidence that a haul is coming. And for that eye-watering price, it’s a scandal. Full faith in Solanke and Matheus Cunha, though.

So what are your transfer plans for Gameweek 11 and beyond?

From having three transfers for Gameweek 9, I already feel behind. Only having one for Gameweek 11 rules out a Haaland-Salah switch and rules out any Man United attacker.

My sole thought is possibly moving Raya to Andre Onana or Bart Verbruggen, to release funds. A previous version of me that deeply cared may have.

Finally, what about captaincy?

At this point, let’s just put the armband on Solanke. Which sounded ludicrous last week – he’d come off a three-match run of two shots, zero on target and a shocking 0.13 expected goals (xG).

Suddenly, a burst from the 75th minute made him Gameweek 10’s top scorer. FPL is so fickle, isn’t it?

Solanke at home to Ipswich feels right and he’s still fairly differential in the overall rankings. If it works, my season could be saved.

Therefore Haaland probably hauls.