Community Team Reveal Gameweek 2 – Marc Jobling
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 2, 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 1 go?
It initially felt alright because, even though I’m without any Arsenal players, the decision to begin with Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold was a success.
Only later on did I remember that being Salah-less would’ve probably meant Diogo Jota, William Saliba and Bukayo Saka alongside Trent. In fact, the last-minute switch from Jota to Anthony Gordon was really bad, as was thinking Micky van de Ven could adequately cover Pedro Porro for £1m less.
Therefore, with blanks for Gordon, Dominic Solanke and Christopher Nkunku, this has been my worst-ever Gameweek 1 by quite some distance. Down around 4.38 million, from just 57 points.
Considering I really didn’t want to play FPL this year, it’s hardly a mood-boosting start.
What does your defence look like?
The Lewis Hall clean sheet was nice but I’m torn between fielding him at Bournemouth or Taylor Harwood-Bellis at home to Nottingham Forest.
Trent can eclipse the Arsenal defenders who travel to an Aston Villa side that beat them both times last season.
Although I’m starting to regret the Dean Henderson selection now that Crystal Palace are seemingly selling their centre-backs.
Meanwhile, what about your midfield and attack?
The fixtures look much nicer this time around. If Gordon, Nkunku and Solanke blank again, I fear an imminent price drop but, at the same time, I expect them to deliver attacking returns against Bournemouth, Wolves and Everton.
Salah continued his traditional Gameweek 1 form by making it 99 points from eight Liverpool openers. Brentford are up next – a tougher opponent but not one to back.
Emile Smith Rowe is about to enter back-to-back meetings with newly-promoted clubs. Let’s hope he can last longer than the 63 minutes at Old Trafford.
So what are your transfer plans for Gameweek 2 and beyond?
One late decision that didn’t backfire was backing away from Jarell Quansah. Therefore I don’t need to use a precious transfer on selling him before dropping in value.
I intend to roll this one over, in anticipation of at least one being needed for Gameweek 3. Whether it’s ditching Hall for Ezri Konsa or moving on a non-performing attacker, I’m already wondering if there’s a way to get Ollie Watkins in for those Aston Villa fixtures.
Being without Saka, Porro and Eberechi Eze doesn’t feel great, mind.
Finally, what about captaincy?
Oh, it’s Erling Haaland at home to Ipswich. It has to be. I’ll not be using the Triple Captain chip this early but I totally understand why some will. The Norwegian has delivered at least one early home hat-trick in both Premier League campaigns.
Good luck and thank you for the team reveal!
