Supercoach EPL Watchlist | Round 20, buy, hold, sell


<p>Supercoach EPL Round 20 begins tonight, and there’s plenty to dive through as coaches deal with injuries, restings and a tricky round of fixtures for popular assets.</p>



<p>It’s a truly chaotic period of the season with round 20 ending in the early hours of Monday morning (AEDT), and round 21 beginning in the early hours of Wednesday morning.</p>



<p>Following that we’ve got a tick over a week break where we can relax and reassess the carnage of the Christmas and New Year period.</p>



<p>The Cooma Stallions are ticking along nicely in 600<sup>th</sup> overall, hopefully we can continue to see some green arrows in the rankings over the next week.</p>



<p>Let’s take a look at the Final Word for Supercoach EPL round 20.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>STRATEGY</strong></h2>



<p>It feels like a potentially good week to sit on your hands and save trades if possible.</p>



<p>In my view there doesn’t appear to be too many standout options this round, while we’re still getting a look at a number of players returning from injury who could get rested or limited minutes on any given fixture with the quick turnarounds.</p>



<p>For this reason, if you are trading ensure the relevant player is listed to start this week, despite the complications of the time zones&#8230;</p>



<p>With uncertainty, the early morning alarm may be worth it.</p>



<p>Further, there’s still some mystery around the likes of Riccardo Calafiori and Declan Rice as to their availability this week, despite both featuring highly on the most traded out list.</p>



<p>The exception is of course any players people have held that are out for extended periods that we know won’t feature anytime soon.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>BUY</strong></h2>



<p><strong>Gabriel</strong></p>



<p>Gabriel could easily sit in the hold/wait list for the reason mentioned above regarding a potential resting or limited minutes, but for those looking to pull the trigger on a defender this week he looks a good play.</p>



<p>With a breakeven of 18 it can certainly wait, but he returned to 77 minutes last round after a lengthy lay off where he scored 18 points with a goal.</p>



<p>Prior to injury he had a double digit haul in five of six games in a row.</p>



<p>It can wait, but it could equally pay dividends to go early for anyone desperate to trade.</p>



<p><strong>Martin&nbsp;Ødegaard</strong></p>



<p>There’s obviously a heavy Arsenal presence to this week’s trade list, but when you’re leading the league that’s probably natural.</p>



<p>Ødegaard is back to full health with back-to-back 90 minute games, producing double digit hauls in both.</p>



<p>With a -9 breakeven at $7.8m he’s rapidly on the up and is surprisingly owned by just 11% of top ranked teams.</p>



<p>And yes, there’s also resting risk…</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>HOLD</strong></h2>



<p><strong>Riccardo Calafiori and Declan Rice</strong></p>



<p>Rice travelled with Arsenal’s squad for the clash with Bournemouth and is a chance to play.</p>



<p>He’s one of the best midfield assets in Supercoach and you’ll want him back at some stage.</p>



<p>Trades are beginning to get low for plenty of coaches, it’s not worth burning one on Rice in my opinion.</p>



<p>Calafiori is more uncertain to face Bournemouth, however he’s not carrying a major injury and should be back on deck sooner rather than later.</p>



<p>He’s another I believe is worth holding barring any news on severity of injury.</p>



<p><strong>Patrick Dorgu</strong></p>



<p>Remarkably, last weeks most traded in player is the sixth most traded OUT player this week.</p>



<p>He made $2.5m last week despite a disappointing score of just 5 points against the Wolves.</p>



<p>His breakeven is -5 so there’s guaranteed cash incoming, and the fixture is once again reasonable against Leeds.</p>



<p>The role is still great, so hold for one more game for the cash rise than reassess whether to hold or cash out at that point.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>SELL</strong></h2>



<p><strong>Morgan Rogers</strong></p>



<p>If you’re very well set up with cash I don’t mind Rogers as a long-term hold, but if you’re concerned about your squad value I’d cash in.</p>



<p>Up against Chelsea and Arsenal the Villa strike weapon scored just 1 point in total, with his breakeven now blowing out to 34.</p>



<p>A run of games against Forest, Palace and Everton (two at home) is reasonable, but he’s about to plummet in value.</p>



<p>If you’re happy to stick with him long term you can hold, but if there’s any concerns I’d be cutting.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>CAPTAINS</strong></h2>



<p>Once again Supercoaches are flocking to Erling Haaland with 74% of top ranked players giving him the captaincy armband.</p>



<p>He faces Chelsea at the Etihad who have conceded two goals in each of their past three fixtures.</p>



<p>He’s the safe play that I won’t argue with too hard, but it is a reasonable week to look elsewhere.</p>



<p>It’s probably more of a vice-captaincy play, but the Arsenal fixture against Bournemouth looks a promising one to target.</p>



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<p>Bukayo Saka is coming off a down week but could easily fire, while Declan Rice would be an excellent option provided he’s named to start.</p>



<p>If opting for Rice, I’d definitely only give him the vice-captaincy should the injury resurface.</p>



<p>Ahead of both though I like the Martin&nbsp;Ødegaard play with a strong run of form since returning from injury.</p>



<p>With a five round average of 17.2 points Rayan&nbsp;Cherki is also a viable play.</p>



<p>He didn’t produce a goal or assist against Sunderland but still managed a respectable 11 points.</p>


Supercoach EPL Watchlist | Round 20, buy, hold, sell

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