BBC Sport's Fantasy Premier League expert FPL Heisenberg gives his answers to some of the biggest dilemmas facing managers heading into gameweek five. They face Coventry in gameweek five and their fixtures after that are decent too (apart from the Arsenal fixture on 18 October). Morgan Gibbs-White (£8.0m) is their talisman.
He plays 90 minutes regularly, takes their penalties and is heavily involved in their attacking play. New signing Daniel Munoz (£5.4m) was very unlucky not to register at least one assist last game and Neco Williams (£5.0m) also has very good attacking threat. Liam Delap (£5.5m) is an interesting one.
He looked good against Aston Villa last weekend but I still worry about his minutes with the likes of Igor Jesus (£5.8m) and Chris Wood (£5.8m) potentially eating into his game time. My top three Newcastle picks are Lewis Hall (£5.2m), Yoane Wissa (£6.2m) and Harvey Barnes (£6.0m). As a left-back, Hall has good assist threat and is decent for defensive contributions.
He's also good on the bonus system so, should he get a clean sheet or an attacking return, there's a decent chance he'll come away with a share of the bonus points too. Wissa is on penalties and should be reasonably nailed on. However, his recent form isn't the best.
You'd be gambling on his form returning in this favourable run of fixtures. Barnes is my differential pick from Newcastle. He has the quality to score goals and create chances for his team-mates, but he can be inconsistent at times.
Rayan Cherki (£7.8m) has disappointed recently but with Phil Foden (£7.0m) suspended, he should be more likely to start the next two Premier League games. He can be explosive as we saw in gameweeks one and two, where he claimed two assists and two goals in just 108 minutes of football. Sunderland at home in gameweek five is a decent enough fixture so I'm holding him and hoping he hauls.
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