Keep or Sell: FPL Gameweek 6

If this feeling of constant disappointment from my FPL team gives me a weekly existential crisis, I can only imagine what United fans go through watching them play every game.

And just as half of their players are dysfunctional, a lot of our FPL teams are clogged with players blanking every single week.

So, should we keep them, or is there room for green arrows by selling them? Let’s find out.

Next 4: new, WHU, ful, CRY
Form: 1, 12, 1, 6, 2

We’ve had two [new] pieces of information regarding Gyökeres since he began starting regularly:

1) he’s Arsenal’s first-choice penalty taker

2) he’s not necessarily a 90-minute man.

But I think he’s better than a 70-minute man, and getting 80 minutes from Arsenal’s starting-penalty-taking CF is absolutely worth the money.

His npxG hasn’t been great, but he’s adjusting to a new league. And with Havertz at least four gameweeks away from a return, you can get some really, really good fixtures out of Gyökeres, making him a hold (unless you sell him for Haaland).

Popular Replacements: Haaland, João Pedro

Next 4: cry, che, MUN, bre
Form: 8, 5, 3, 9, 5

The year is 2025. We’re considering selling Mo Salah. Are we living a fever dream? No, because selling Salah makes perfect sense.

Salah’s underlying data has been pretty awful, but we don’t live in a world where a 0.82 npxG+xAG/90 guy suddenly becomes a 0.22 guy. His xMins still look as good as they’ve always been.

So the only reason Salah is even possibly a sell is because of how good Erling Haaland (and specifically his fixtures) are. If you can get Haaland in addition to Salah, I’d prefer that (and delay the decision of whom to pick with), but if you need to sell Salah to get Haaland, I don’t hate it.

Next 4: cry, che, MUN, bre
Form: 2, 2, 3, 3, 0

The pure waiting paradigm is one way to measure someone’s patience. The other is owning Florian Wirtz in FPL.

All smoke and no fire. All hope, and he’s just a liar. His underlying data isn’t even good, and he was benched last gameweek.

I think we’ve reached the point where Wirtz is basically a sell. At best, he’s a week away from being one, and the point of that week is just to gauge what good replacements could be. I do think he’ll start this week, though, and it isn’t the worst fixture in the world.

Popular Replacements: Bruno, Saka, Semenyo

Next 4: WOL, lee, AVL, eve
Form: 6, 5, 4, 6, 1

Every year. Every year, we look at this guy and think: “Baby Trent!” Well, we got the Madrid version of Trent, alright.

I think Spurs have improved defensively under Frank, which is good. Their next four fixtures — WOL, lee, AVL, eve — are pretty solid from a defensive POV too.

Porro’s CBIT hit rate hasn’t been extraordinary, but the attacking threat is clear; he’s on set-pieces, and I think the rotational fears are exaggerated as well. I expect we’ll see an Udogie-Porro FB pairing this week.

That makes him an easy hold for these next few fixtures.

Popular Replacements: Gabriel, Virgil, Andersen

Next 4: BHA, LIV, nfo, SUN
Form: 8, 3, 6, 2, -3

What exactly does a Robert Sánchez do? And more importantly, how did Brighton get upwards of £20m for him?

I’ll cut to the chase—Sánchez is a hold. Not because he’s a great option (though Chelsea’s defence is pretty good), but because we don’t know how Maresca’s going to handle Sánchez’s red card vs United. Plus, he did say Sánchez can’t play every Premier League game.

So if you have Dubravka, Sánchez is a pretty easy hold. If he doesn’t start, he’s worth selling next week.

Popular replacements: Raya, Donnarumma, Petrovic