Greetings all, and welcome to a pretty jam-packed preview for Gameweek 16.

You can read our brilliant analysis / inane ramblings (delete as appropriate), in all their glory, right here:

https://full90fpl.com/fpl-gameweek-16-preview-2024/

Alternatively, as always, there's a TLDR below.

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When to Triple Captain (Salah)

Liverpool's postponed game has been rescheduled to Tuesday 11th February. That means a Double Gameweek 24 for Liverpool, against Everton and Bournemouth.

Might there be other double gameweeks later on? Perhaps, but we all probably wanted to TC Salah at some point anyway... and now we know when to do it!

Unless something dramatic happens between now and Gameweek 24, this definitely feels like the safest time to play your Triple Captain.

When to Wildcard

If you've still got your wildcard... firstly, congratulations on the enormous self-restraint.

But also, you should probably use it around Gameweek 18 or 19. City, Fulham, and Palace all start good fixture runs then, so you can chuck their players in alongside the usual Arsenal and Liverpool assets (who also have good long-term fixtures - see below).

New Chip Thoughts

I won't copy-and-paste my whole take on the Assistant Manager here, but you can read it in the full article.

Some of the basic points are:

• The chip itself is fine
• The timing is ridiculous (I don't buy the Mystery Chip pre-season gimmick... I think they just didn't have it ready until now)
• I'd much rather they started fixing the problems with the current game than keep adding new features, like five transfers, Assistant Manager, and so on

Best Attacking Fixtures

Here are the sides with the best attacking fixtures over the next five gameweeks:

• Liverpool
• Newcastle
• Man City
• Wolves
• Arsenal

And over the next 10 gameweeks:

• Liverpool
• Arsenal
• Palace
• Man City
• Newcastle

Best Defensive Fixtures

This lot have the top defensive matchups in the next five weeks:

• Chelsea
• Bournemouth
• Man City
• Wolves
• Arsenal

And in the next 10:

• Liverpool
• Chelsea
• Newcastle
• Arsenal
• Villa

Should I Buy?

Here's a super-quick look at the most-bought players in FPL, ahead of Gameweek 16. There's more analysis on all these players in the actual article!

Yes: Saliba/Timber, Isak, Enzo (as enabler), Salah/Saka/Palmer, Jackson, JP

Maybe: Wood, Vardy, Cunha, Trent, Van Dijk

No: Wissa, Mbeumo, Munoz, Raya

Should I Sell?

And, here are quick takes on the most-sold players ahead of GW 16. Should you follow the crowd? Let's find out!

Yes: Watkins, Haaland, Welbeck, Gvardiol, Diaz

Maybe: Smith Rowe, Mbeumo (wouldn't buy him, but wouldn't rush to sell him either), Bruno

No: Gabriel, Jackson, Cunha

Captaincy Corner

I'll be following my Just Captain Salah strategy.

That said, a Palmer captaincy makes plenty of sense. Brentford are rubbish defensively, and terrible on the road in general.

Famous last words... but I wouldn't captain Haaland, even if he'll probably score against Man U. He hasn't had a double-digit return since Gameweek 4.

That's It

Cheers for reading, everybody!

If you've got any questions or comments, please just fire away and we'll get back to you.

In the meantime, best of luck in Gameweek 16!