Captaincy options for Gameweek 23: FA Cup specialist or Salah safety?

DREAM TEAM managers request to prime their skipper (and vice captain) for Gameweek 23 earlier today's 6:30pm deadline.

It's an absorbing speech this week arsenic the FA Cup 4th circular makes up the bulk of the action, meaning the menace of rotation looms large.

It would beryllium a immense astonishment if Mohamed Salah (£8m) featured against Plymouth connected Sunday but Liverpool's main antheral is inactive a viable skipper due to the fact that helium volition surely commencement astatine Goodison Park connected Wednesday.

Had the Merseyside derby not been postponed earlier successful the campaign, the Egyptian superstar would astir apt beryllium staring astatine a zero-pointer for Gameweek 23 but arsenic it is, gaffers are capable to support the armband connected Salah, precise overmuch the harmless enactment arsenic the game's starring points scorer.

Any Liverpool players that commencement against some Plymouth and Everton would person to beryllium considered beardown captaincy options by default but it's hard to place who that mightiness beryllium - Arne Slot is expected to sanction a second-string broadside successful Devon this weekend.

A akin logic applies to Erling Haaland (£7.9m), who whitethorn not beryllium unleashed upon Leyton Orient but volition astir surely pb the enactment against Real Madrid successful midweek.

However, unless you see Manchester City stronger favourites implicit the La Liga giants than Liverpool against Everton (for immoderate reason), there's small consciousness successful backing the Norwegian No9 implicit Salah.

Alternatively, alternatively of overlooking the FA Cup games, wherefore not people 1 of them?

The pursuing match-ups each person sizeable imaginable if the close players tin beryllium identified:

• Leyton Orient v Manchester City
• Wigan v Fulham
• Birmingham v Newcastle
• Plymouth v Liverpool
• Doncaster v Crystal Palace
• Exeter v Nottingham Forest

Alexander Isak (£6.4m) and Anthony Gordon (£5.3m) would beryllium tempting options had Newcastle not fulfilled an aggravated contention against Arsenal connected Wednesday night.

Will Eddie Howe commencement his 2 main attackers against League One absorption connected Saturday? Hard to say.

It mightiness beryllium the lawsuit that there's an fantabulous skipper lurking successful Crystal Palace's ranks this Gameweek.

Oliver Glasner tends to sanction comparatively beardown teams successful the home cups and truthful there's each accidental Daniel Munoz (£4.6m) starts against the Eagles' League Two opponents connected Monday night, arsenic helium did against Stockport successful the 3rd round.

The Colombian wing-back ranks 4th among defenders wide and nary subordinate successful his presumption has taken much points from their past 3 outings.

Jean-Philippe Mateta (£4.1m) volition fancy his chances of continuing his good signifier if selected against Rovers.

The Frenchman has amassed 47 points successful his past 4 games via FIVE goals.

Salah astir apt won't beryllium risked against Championship basement boys Plymouth but Diogo Jota (£4.4m) is seemingly successful enactment to start.

Luis Diaz (£3.5m) played conscionable the past 10 minutes oregon truthful against Spurs connected Thursday nighttime and truthful helium mightiness beryllium fixed a decent tally retired against the squad that person conceded the astir goals successful the 2nd tier this season.

Harvey Elliott (£3.4m), Conor Bradley (£2.6m) and Kostas Tsimikas (£3.3m) are each apt starters excessively and should each flourish successful what is simply a precise favourable fixture.

Captaining an FA Cup specializer is fraught with hazard but the imaginable rewards are important - gaffers successful request of drastic enactment should see rolling the dice.