WSL Gameweek 2: Who’s on My Watchlist?

Right. A £4m goalkeeper has just scored 11 points.

Middleton-Patel picked up three bonus points in Gameweek 1 and is currently owned by just 3% of managers.

Goalkeepers aren't usually where I start getting excited about fantasy football, but at £4m, an 11-point return is enough to make me pay attention. Cheap goalkeepers who actually return points can make the rest of a squad much easier to build.

21 points. Twenty-one. From a defender.

Fisk's Gameweek 1 return was one of the biggest hauls on this list, and she's priced at £5m with 11% ownership.

Now, one Gameweek does not suddenly turn every defender into a fantasy cheat code. But 21 points is the sort of score that deserves a second look, a third look and probably another look just to make sure I read it correctly.

Ten points and 2% ownership. Not exactly the name everyone was talking about before Gameweek 1.

Collett is priced at £5.5m and picked up 10 points in Gameweek 1, putting her straight onto my list of names to check in on.

The interesting part now is what comes next and whether that opening return was the start of something or just a very good afternoon for the managers who already had her.

20 points. Two percent ownership. Katy Watson has entered the chat.

Watson is priced at £6.5m and produced one of Gameweek 1's biggest returns despite barely featuring in fantasy teams.

I'm not about to declare her the next essential midfielder after one Gameweek. I would like to pretend I've learned something from fantasy football over the years. But if you're looking for a player who made the loudest possible first impression, Watson is very much in the conversation.

Seventeen points is a fairly effective way to make sure I remember your name.

Hanson is priced at £8m and already owned by 15% of managers, so she's not exactly hiding in the fantasy wilderness.

Unlike some of the names on this list, Hanson isn't a complete surprise package. That makes the Gameweek 1 return slightly different: the question isn't really who she is, but whether managers who already backed her might have been onto something.

Eleven points. £5m. And at the start of Gameweek 1, absolutely nobody owned her.

Murphy started Gameweek 1 with 0% ownership, making her 11-point return a proper out-of-nowhere differential.

She's since climbed to 1% ownership, so the secret is officially out. Well, technically. The ownership is still tiny, but that's what makes this one fun. Someone went from completely unnoticed to earning 11 points in the space of one Gameweek.

Beth Lumsden quietly picked up 10 points while most fantasy managers were apparently looking somewhere else.

Lumsden is priced at £7.5m and picked up her opening return with just 2% ownership.

Newcastle's next three fixtures give her a decent little window to follow that up. I'm not rushing to make any big calls here, but she's exactly the sort of player I enjoy keeping an eye on before everyone else suddenly discovers her.

A £6.5m Arsenal midfielder with 10 points? Yeah, that's going in the mental notebook.

Baum is owned by 5% of managers after picking up 10 points in Gameweek 1.

This isn't one where I'm ready to make a grand statement after a single Gameweek. Sometimes a player just gives you enough information to make you curious, and Baum has done exactly that.

Fourteen points in Gameweek 1 is one thing. Doing it with just 3% ownership makes it even more interesting.

Brazil picked up 14 points in Gameweek 1 and is currently owned by just 3% of managers.

Southampton's upcoming fixtures mean there are more opportunities for her to build on that opening return. I'm not planning a transfer after one good week, but Brazil has made a very convincing case for keeping her name in front of me.

The words "£5m forward" tend to get my attention before we've even discussed the nine points.

Hornby is priced at £5m, owned by 1% of managers and opened the season with a nine-point return.

This is less about immediately chasing the points and more about the possibilities a cheap forward can offer. Budget players look very unexciting right up until you need one to make the rest of your team work. Then everyone suddenly acts like they've been watching all along.

Not every player needs a ridiculous haul to catch my attention.

Asseyi is priced at £8m and currently owned by 4% of managers after returning eight points in Gameweek 1.

Eight points isn't going to make headlines in the same way as some of the scores higher up this list, but that's not really why she's here. Asseyi is simply one of those players whose name stayed in my head after Gameweek 1.

Eight points from a £6m Manchester City forward. That's enough to make me look twice.

Fowler is owned by 5% of managers and opened the season with an eight-point return.

The points are nice, obviously, but the £6m price is what really makes this one interesting. Finding value in the forward spots can change how the rest of a fantasy team looks, so Fowler is one I'm happy to keep in the back of my mind for now.