The Touchline Edge
No. 014
Back Emersonn at home to Fulham, swerve Cherki at Anfield, and take the cheap Ipswich route with Davis.
The call
Emersonn
One fixture shapes most of this week's thinking: Ipswich at home to Fulham. We have two ways in, one at forward and one at the back. Elsewhere, the most-owned name in the pack travels to Anfield in poor form, and two very low-owned defenders and midfielders offer rank swings for anyone already on the template. Every call below comes with its upside and the thing most likely to break it.
Buy Emersonn for the Fulham home fixture.
At 3.9% owned he is barely in anyone's squad, with a climb fit of 80 and Ipswich at home to Fulham at a fixture difficulty of 2. The underlying numbers describe a pure penalty-box striker: shots and goal chances rather than creation. His projected floor and ceiling both sit above a typical cheap forward, availability is clear and rotation is not a concern. Transfers in outweigh transfers out, so buying pressure has started without the ownership following yet. Decision: buy. The limitation is that Ipswich are a weak attacking side. If Fulham sit in, he has almost no assist equity to fall back on and a blank is possible.
- 3.9% owned
- 80 climb fit
- FUL home (FDR 2)
Risk: Medium-high variance, single-route attacker in a soft home fixture. Best for A 5.5m forward upgrade for managers wanting a genuine differential striker without spending, ideal for anyone freeing funds in midfield..
On the cards
Emersonn v Cherki
The call against the case against, as a Touchline Trumps battle. Gameweek 6 cards, as they stood when this edition went out.
The call
- 83
- 47
- 88
- 70
- 79
- 83
The case against
- 77
- 91
- 4
- 67
- 96
- 97