FPL Banger Goes All In On Newcastle Players and Picks The Best Captain In GW31 Tips 4z39w

FPL Banger are back with their top tips for GW31 and they have looked into who should captain your side, while also highlighting how key Newcastle players could be.

Welcome to a new series for the 2024/25 season, provided by Siva & Sam, the twisted minds behind the FPL Banger Podcast.

Coming off a decent week after captaining Marmoush for 18 points while everyone else went with Salah, let’s see if we can keep it up.

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Alexander Isak (£9.5m)

Fixture: Leicester (A)

Here’s a top FPL tip. Pick players who play Leicester. Their record over the last 15 games reads as follows: LLLLLLLWLLLLLLL.

During that time, I’ve enjoyed hauls from Marmoush, Bruno, Bowen, Mbeumo and Wissa to name a few. While Southampton and Ipswich came back from the international break showing some signs of life, Leicester still look devoid of any purpose.

While Isak is yellow flagged after coming off early against Brentford, my guess is that Isak will either be fit and start, or be left out of the squad if he’s not fit.

Sure, you could play it safe and captain Salah against Fulham instead. Craven Cottage isn’t exactly a fortress. I mean, it’s literally a cottage.

But as I’ll reveal a little later, I don’t think Salah is even the best Egyptian attacker this week. Isak (c) for me.

Top Picks 4p5ca

Nick Pope (£4.9m) and Livramento (£4.5m)

Fixture: Leicester (A)

No team in English top-flight history has ever gone eight matches in a row without a goal. No team in Football League history has ever lost eight in a row without scoring. Until now.

Jacob Murphy (£5m)

Fixture: Leicester (A)

Is it cheating to just pick Newcastle players? Probably. But in Jacob Murphy you’ve got a midfielder who is basically free in FPL , has started every single game since GW14 and scored a brace the last time these 2 teams met.

Did I mention that Leicester have lost 7 in a row, conceding 18 goals in the process? Don’t overthink this.

Omar Marmoush (£7.5m)

Fixture: Man United (A)

Speaking of potential vice captains in case Isak is out, my vice captain will be Omar Marmoush, away at Man United. The Egyptian has adapted quickly to life in England, scoring 5 goals in 5 league starts.

Meanwhile Man United have 2 clean sheets in 17 games and have won just once in 2025 against a team not in the bottom 3. They aren’t about to make it 3 cleans in 18 – not while Marmoush is around.

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