The Touchline Edge
No. 022
Fund the week elsewhere: Rudoni at 0.4% ownership is the cheap attacking punt worth taking, Calafiori is the hold, and the most-owned forward on the board is not an automatic captain.
The call
Rudoni
This week's pack splits cleanly between funding moves and holds. Rudoni is the lead call: 0.4% owned, home to Fulham at FDR 2, with underlying attacking numbers that already justify his price. He is a volatile mid-table attacker, so a blank is possible. Calafiori is the counterweight, a template defender with a strong projected floor and a ceiling rating of 93 at home to Everton. Henderson at 1.2% is the lower-owned swing, Doku at 2.7% is the argument, and the week's most-owned forward is a name we would question rather than wave through.
Buy Rudoni as the cheap midfield funding move, home to Fulham at FDR 2 and owned by 0.4% of managers.
He has banked more expected goal involvement than his points-per-game baseline suggests, with recent form running ahead of it. He is fully available and a regular starter, and his climb fit of 77.99 suits a side built to chase rank rather than protect one. Transfers in are running well ahead of transfers out, so this is still early rather than joining a queue. Play him, do not bench him. The limitation is volatility: returns have been lumpy, Coventry's attacking output is spread across the front line, and a blank is possible.
- 0.4% owned
- 77.99 climb fit
- FUL home (FDR 2)
Risk: Medium-high: starter and fully fit, but a volatile mid-table attacker whose return is one touch away from zero. Best for A 4.9m midfield slot filler for a manager who needs rank, not safety — ideal as the funding move that pays for a premium elsewhere, played from the start rather than benched..
On the cards
Rudoni v Doku
The call against the case against, as a Touchline Trumps battle. Gameweek 8 cards, as they stood when this edition went out.
The call
- 89
- 88
- 57
- 83
- 65
- 59
The case against
- 97
- 37
- 25
- 28
- 61
- 95