{"id":249496,"date":"2026-01-17T12:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T12:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/249496\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T12:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T12:01:09","slug":"fpl-generals-gameweek-22-team-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/249496\/","title":{"rendered":"FPL General\u2019s Gameweek 22 team reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Gameweek 22 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL)\u00a0nearing, our pundits are starting to finalise their teams before Saturday\u2019s deadline.<\/p>\n<p>FPL General, who has three top 500 finishes to his name,\u00a0continues to plough on without Erling Haaland (\u00a315.1m)!<\/p>\n<p>Here, he outlines his plans for the week ahead.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-109.png\" alt=\"General no Salah Haaland\" class=\"wp-image-143565 webpexpress-processed\" style=\"width:400px\"  \/>Gameweek 21 Review<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"532\" height=\"1016\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fpl-generals-gameweek-22-team-reveal.jpg\" alt=\"FPL General\u2019s Gameweek 22 team reveal\" class=\"wp-image-157168\" style=\"width:409px;height:auto\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The FA Cup break came at a good time for me, following a disastrous Gameweek 21. It\u2019s been refreshing to switch off from FPL for a bit after the hectic festive schedule.<\/p>\n<p>A rage Wildcard was very nearly activated, but I managed to talk myself off the ledge. Instead, I\u2019m eyeing up a Gameweek 24 Wildcard to load up on Chelsea assets, bring Bruno Fernandes (\u00a39.1m) back in, and go back to the Crystal Palace guys. Not many of the current crop will survive this cull.<\/p>\n<p>Looking back, my two free transfers were used to rid myself of frustrating picks David Raya (\u00a35.9m) and Virgil van Dijk (\u00a35.9m). The subsequent 0-0 draw between Arsenal and Liverpool was then destined to happen.<\/p>\n<p>In came Nick Pope (\u00a35.1m) and Malick Thiaw (\u00a35.1m), combining for a total of one point. Great timing, Mark! The Newcastle United duo will get these next two fixtures before being discarded. And the goalkeeper position has been a real weak spot in my team throughout the season, bagging only four clean sheets in 21 games. Next season, it will simply be a \u00a34.5m set-and-forget stopper.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also continuing is the captaincy struggle. That\u2019s three times Matheus Cunha (\u00a38.1m) has led my troops into battle, and he\u2019s blanked every time. He could be sold this week, with tricky fixtures against Manchester City and Arsenal up next.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I finally got Pep\u2019d last Gameweek, when Guardiola benched Nico O\u2019Reilly (\u00a35.3m) and Rayan Cherki (\u00a36.8m). There\u2019s some hope that both players will start the next two matches, but then both are likely to depart in Wildcard week. Still, despite only playing 23 minutes, Cherki created four chances and fired off four penalty area shots.<\/p>\n<p>Gameweek 22 Team<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/FFScoutEditorial\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20250804-WA0000-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"FPL pre-season: Malen + Watkins again, Xhaka debut, secretive Man City 2\" class=\"wp-image-143260 webpexpress-processed\" style=\"width:600px\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Gameweek 22 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL)\u00a0nearing, our pundits are starting to finalise their teams before Saturday\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249497,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[125140,125141,125142,125143,61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-249496","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-fpl-general","9":"tag-fpl-general-team","10":"tag-fpl-general-team-reveal","11":"tag-gameweek-22-team-reveal","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}