From now to the turn of the year, the Premier League sees an immense amount of fixtures crammed into a schedule that isn’t player friendly or FPL thoughtful as the quantity of playing minutes on players can force unforeseen rotations in squads and peculiar results that aren’t generally seen in other periods of the course of the season. Due to the mayhem that the EPL endures, there is a general shuffling of FPL rankings overall and in mini-leagues. To assist in negating the “I need to take a hit” mentality that many FPL managers get in their heads over the festive season, WFC has complied a brief list of players that are essential to FPL squads, along with players that could boast as hidden gems should the scheduling nightmare benefit their possible points returns, giving a generous leg-up to mangers. So, we start with the must have players: Must Haves: Ederson Starting every game in the league there is no reason to suggest that the Brazilian will be rotated out. W...

Goalkeepers Locked in: None Potential Picks: Bernd Leno (£4.8 – 1.3%) ·         With Cech injured, Leno is a cheap route into an Arsenal defence with back-to-back clean sheets ·         Favourable upcoming fixtures Lukasz Fabianski (£4.5 – 13.3%) ·         Leading the competition for saves made ·     Have been very impressed with the West Ham defence in the last two gameweeks ·         Will rotate well with Leno Ederson (£5.7 – 24.6%) ·         Set and forget ·         Best defence in the league ·         Will mean that I won’t be able to get all three of Mendy, Sterling/De Bruyne, and Agüero Defenders Locked in: Andy Robertson (£6.3 – 27.2%) ·     ...