This Summer, brought to you by Wham's dodgy defending, we had thousands of people scrambling for their phones to remind them whom they'd benched. It went a little something like this...
Gameweek 3 also saw a stunning debut by Pedro (for Chelsea - not Man Utd - BT dubz), a reminder that Diego Costa is still alive (and still a thug) and the news that Jermain Defoe can still score crucial goals but is also thesmallest biggest diva in football.
Buy Low
Nathan Redmond (5.6) -- Norwich v SOU (A)
If points scores of 6, 11, 7 aren't enough for you, consider that this Canary has been singing despite not starting his first game and being subbed in his second. His form would indicate that a starting berth is well and truly solidified now, however, and he's proving to be a terrific budget option. You may have to chop and change a bit to avoid that awful feel of cashish sitting in your bank but that may be just what your squad needs and you can't make OJ without smashing up a few Os.
Sell High
Wayne Rooney (10.4) -- Manchester United v SWA (A)
I wasn't going to talk about Roon-dog this week because it's so blooming obvious that he's shithouse but literally about a million fools still have him in their FPL team so I'm forced to go all Simon Cowell on this Willy Wanker. He practically played centre-back for a United team that's been so shoddy it needed an own goal to beat Tottenham, a flooky deflection to beat Villa and couldn't beat Newcastle. Rooney is currently a terrible and dramatically overpriced Fantasy player. Anyone who thinks otherwise is either a blinkered United dogmatist or has the brain of a child ant. Ridiculous.
Ridiculous
Fool's Gold
Arouna Kone (5.1) -- Everton v TOT (A)
More than 27,000 Fantasy football managers have already brought in My Little Kone and as good as that team name is, you can be damned sure that as soon as Everton sign anyone half decent (probably on a free transfer) he'll be out of the starting line-up faster than you can say "Arouna Kone isn't very good at football". He has Spurs away then Chelsea at home so he's hardly a bargain given the other budget striker options in his bracket (Wilson, Defoe, Vardy, Diouf etc. all of whom are actually good strikers). If you're one of those 27,000-odd, do yourself a favour and be honest with yourself. You saw a cheapo player who's scored a goal and put him in thoughtlessly. You know what you did.
