Captain Call

Gameweek 4 captain: Haaland

The call on the house squad, filed before the deadline. Not your team, which is the only reason you're allowed to read it.

Captain
Haaland
Vice
Saka
How close was it
Clear
The case against
Saka: Haaland projects +2.0 ep higher this week.

The room argued

Arjun Sharma

Haaland projects 7.11 points this week, 1.99 ahead of the next candidate. That is not a discussion, that is a number.

Luca Ferretti

The shape stays 3-4-3, the captain leads the line. This is the correct structure. Pep would not change it either.

Klaus Brandt

At a price of 15.5 million, Haaland must be the armband. The asset must be deployed. This is not optional.

Dr. Rachel Okafor

Hull City away is a tough fixture. The data has him nailed, but I am noting the trip for the file.

Jimmy MacLeod

Egan going into the starting eleven away at Newcastle? I have seen that Newcastle fixture. It is not kind to defenders looking to contribute.

Haaland unanimous on the armband; the bench swap drew the only real friction, with Okafor and MacLeod both wanting Egan kept out of the XI given his fixture.

Dissent: Dr. Rachel Okafor, Jimmy MacLeod