Prioritize Defensive Assets and Utilize Transfers for FPL Squad Recalibration

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"We've all got five free transfers to use do we hoard them do we use one or two do we blow all four or five this week plenty of options and obviously team dependent so we'll cover plenty in this podcast particularly in the questions section the deadline on saturday is later than usual there's no early kickoff there's no friday game so 1 30 pm uk time saturday for the gameweek 16 deadline we'll cover the usual stuff a gameweek review player shoutouts look at stats def cons the watchlist questions captaincy and potential transfers with those five make sure you hit subscribe or follow wherever you're listening and leave a five star review as well if you enjoy this episode"

The speaker, Mark McGettigan, highlights the strategic decision-making involved with having five free transfers for Gameweek 16. He emphasizes that the optimal use of these transfers is dependent on individual team situations and encourages listeners to subscribe and review the podcast for further discussion on player options and captaincy choices.

"the free transfers used to finally get rid of gabriel brought in his teammate jurrien timber and of course arsenal did not keep a clean sheet but timber right at the end in the penalty when aston villa scored the winner he got two defensive contributions in that melee and that brought him to 10 so at least he got the def con points if not the clean sheet it was a good gameweek for me finished on 70 points thanks to captain phil foden with 24 and the manchester united guys on monday night bruno fernandes with an 18 pointer and a bueno chip in with an 8 rank went from 3 9 million to 3 million so a 900k green arrow"

McGettigan details his personal Gameweek 15 transfers and results, noting the mixed outcome of bringing in Jurrien Timber despite Arsenal not keeping a clean sheet. He attributes his positive score of 70 points to captain Phil Foden and a strong performance from Bruno Fernandes, which resulted in a significant rank improvement.

"the elsewhere blanks for dubravka i've got dubravka and pope so that'll be one of the first things i fix next pope nick pope will definitely leave this week need to figure out who the replacement is going to be andersen auto subbed in for daniel munoz i wasn't one of the lucky people getting players like dujovic hall off the bench or son and the like timber blanked virgil blanked as usual saka assist but got the yellow card and the early substitution nothing from mente over the last two gameweeks since he came in and with five free transfers now and liverpool next that's a good fixture but on paper not so good and i think he might go manchester united guys did well foden did well and strikers blanked miteta and thiago thiago's fine good value good returns this season good fixtures but miteta is a problem and he's likely to go this week as well"

McGettigan identifies several underperforming players in his team, specifically mentioning goalkeepers Dubravka and Pope, and midfielders Mateta and Mente, as priorities for transfer. He notes that Nick Pope will be moved on, and that Mateta is a problem due to lack of minutes and upcoming difficult fixtures.

"we've got a few player shoutouts to do before we get into the meat and bones of the podcast carlos balewa at brighton has got his second 59th minute shoutout of the season and he's also got a 58th so he was extremely close to being the first hat trick hero of the season to go down in folklore with milivojevic when he was at crystal palace and evan ferguson who was also at brighton at the time i think that would only be the third hat trick hero since i started doing this a couple of years back so balewa very lucky two 59s and a 58 surely a good candidate to become the first hat trick of the season normal mentions for cole palmer 57 minutes went straight down the tunnel by the sounds of it and is not involved in european action this week so keep an eye on that in friday's pressers denzel dumfries just about made the 60 minutes for brentford and son 8 pointer those of you who benefited from son off the bench do the lotto this week because you were lucky 61 minutes just about got those clean sheet points"

McGettigan highlights specific players for their near-misses or fortunate inclusions in the "59th minute" category, a metric for players just missing out on significant points. He mentions Carlos Balewa's close calls and Cole Palmer's early substitution, advising listeners to monitor press conferences for team news.

"defenders dallo at manchester united created four chances he was really good in that fixture the problem with him is doesn't always get the minutes strong competition at left wing back from patrick dorgu wan bissaka also created four chances and maxim de koper at brighton three chances created playing out of position but i don't think he got the minutes this week i think he just about made it over 60 as well and got the clean sheet banked before brighton conceded de koper attractive but definitely risky in terms of minutes"

McGettigan analyzes defensive player statistics, noting that Dallo and Wan-Bissaka both created four chances, but questions Dallo's consistent playing time due to competition. He also points out Maxim De Kockere's chance creation and clean sheet contribution, but flags his minutes as a potential risk.

"midfielders cherki the performance by cherki at the weekend was sensational if you haven't seen it go watch the highlights go player cam cherki from gameweek 15 so so good six chances created what a player foden obviously i'm very happy with but i would love to own cherki at some point this season as well joku his teammate had five chances created as did bruno fernandes bruno fernandes is now the top scoring fpl midfielder because he's one point ahead of declan rice and there was four chances created by bukayo saka pedro neto and sa matthews cunha there were some really good numbers from manchester united players but don't get too carried away because i watched the game wolves were dreadful they made manchester united look like a very good team which we are definitely not"

McGettigan praises Cherki's performance and chance creation, expressing a desire to own him later in the season. He notes Bruno Fernandes's rise to the top-scoring midfielder position and cautions against overestimating Manchester United's performance against Wolves, stating that Wolves played poorly.

"declan rice 21 defensive cons excellent numbers excellent fpl asset one that i would like to own soon i'm probably going to have a decision to make i have saka i have timber do i get raya for nick pope or do i get declan rice for minte i think that's a really difficult decision because i really like both options andersen at forest as