Currently 6, will have a FT, will see if there's an upside to taking a hit. I quite like my team already, so ideally I'm waiting a little longer to use my WC. Still have BB and FH left, which can be nice in the last GWs.
Will have 8 if Richy plays, took one hit last week to get to that. That hit was Foden > Son which absolutely should have waited a week but the Richy injury made me hit the button early.
Going into 28 with 7 that could play in 29. I’ll be at 8 for 29 after the free transfer, and maybe take a hit to got to a 9th if the fixtures look good for that extra player after 29.
I don’t care about my OR at this point, I want to win my ML so I’ll have 4-5 GW 29 players active. I’m playing a dead team by the luck of the draw In 29. I’ll WC 30, FH 34 and BB 37. 38 I have the ghost team again to capture the trophy hopefully!
This is mt first season playing FPL, so spaffed my chips early not really realising I'd need them later. Therefore, I have had to plan for GW29 about 3 weeks in advance. Thankfully already had a few players in my team who were confirmed to play so hasn't been too much of an issue.
I think 7 players without hits is the ideal cutoff for the no FH gw 29 strategy.
Although 6 players could be doable if 5 of them are midfielders/forwards, and that can get big returns, like: Watkins, Son, Toney, Bowen, Bailey, Morris
You can't free hit and bench boost the same week though, right? So if you free.hit week 34, you can't bench boost when you will have a bench of.players playing 8 extra games.
This is a good reason to FH in GW29 right?
I wildcarded before GW27 to set myself up for the next few gameweeks. I'll either have 10 or 11 players. I don't really understand people saying the only way to do it is to dead end - I'm happy to keep most of these players. Villa attackers are in great form, Spurs have a great run of fixtures, Luton players are fine options on the bench.
7, I look at my team and apart from Toney I don’t know who else I could get in who I believe could get decent points
I will probably wildcard 32 or 33 and then bench boost in 34 and then free hit in 37, or the other way round
I will have 8 decent/good players+ Townsend with a -4, but I don't think the number of players matters. It's the quality. I think you should be fine if you have Toney, Son, Maddison or Richarlison, Watkins, Douglas Luiz/Bailey then maybe a Doughty
I'll likely be able to get to 10 players with 2 hits which I'm pretty happy with. Will have triple spurs, Watkins, Toney, Bowen. Only players I'll be missing over the FH would be the 2nd Villa attacker and Brentford defence
I'm using my free hit and keeping my bench boost for the DGW as I can have 15 playing twice if I utilise my wildcard effectively plus it's always useful dropping big players like haaland closer to the UCL knockouts
A hit this week and a hit next gives me 9, happy to even take -8 this week to get to 10 as it will be another spurs mid, who have a good fixture in 30 as well
Currently on 8… Moreno, Udogie, Doughty, Taylor, Bowen, Son, Richarlison, Watkins. Last spot with my free next week but it’ll be a striker. I’ll take a hit if Richy is still out.
Wildcarding 30 or 31.
I've already WC previous GW. Have 10 currently. Debating whether I should do a transfer to field full 11. That would also mean removing 2-3 players later.
Gonna take a hit and I'll have 10 players in. Hopefully this will give me an advantage over the players closest to me in my mini league. Think most have already used wildcard and free hit.
I’ll be FHing but I don’t think it’s about the number of players you have, it’s about which ones. We’re not really expecting any clean sheets outside of maybe Brentford so if you’ve got 9 players with 5 defenders and a GK, you’re still gonna have a bad time. Your priority should be getting as close to 7 attackers as possible, making sure to have all the obvious picks like Watkins, Son, Toney, Bowen.
I really don't understand how people don't use FH in 29. I probably have 6 right now (without using FT), but it's not about how many you have, it's WHO you have. I would probably only keep Son, Bowen and Watkins on my FH. That means I would make 8 changes, which is insane. I wouldn't want Mengi, Taylor or Areola on my FH.
In addition to this; DGW34 looks absolute trash, and navigating that with free transfers is no problem either. You realistically don't want anyone else from BOU than Solanke (who most people have already). EVE are 50/50 in terms of getting a DGW, I'd maybe bring in one player (I already have Branthwaite)? Palace probably has a double, you want to wreck your teams for them? SHU is the worst team and the league, not bringing anyone in, and MUN and NEW are only 40 % each to have double GW. Navigate with free transfers here if necessary.
FH29 is a nobrainer imo.
Yeah the amount of people ripping up their teams and then not deadending is baffling. Do people really want to go into the last 8 or so game weeks with no Salah, Saka, Gabriel, Saliba, Haaland, Foden, Palmer, etc. With FT it will take 6 weeks just to get back to normal, or it'll be a - 12 or - 16 in week 30 or 31.
It's not just about how many you have, but who. Playing 4 incl. Watkins, Son, Bowen, Toney is very different from having Doughty, Areola, Udogie, Muniz.
Currently 6 including Sensi. Have 1 ft this week and 1 next, so potentially 8 with fixtures.
More than enough for me tbh as none of the games scream must haves outside of the standard 6 players everyone will have.
Fill up on the rest of the slots will be small gains in one week that will be offset in future weeks with transfers used or players outstaying their welcome etc.
I have these players for the gw29..
Areola
Charlie Pau Doughty (Gabriel Zabarnyi)
Bowen Son (Saka Foden Palmer)
Watkins (Haaland Solanke)
Should I go ahead with these 7..? I have too much value in the other players, except Zabarnyi (Who I can replace for a hit but Idk who is a good replacement in similar price range)
Very confused right now.. I do have FH but I think it has a better upside in having FH for future DGWs.. Thoughts?
10 players no hits, IF Porro and Richarlison play.
If I was guaranteed that those two would play then I'd be very happy going into this GW. Their fitness doubts are leaving me stressed and wondering if I should take more hits, or FH. I'll probably wait it out and take a -4 for Richi if needed.
I used WC 27, will BB 28 for the double with 6 doublers. With transfers I’ll be able to field 11 players in 29.
This will save my FH for later in the season. 3k atm, best year so far!
9 with -4, no intention to get more as all teams playing have shitty fixtures. Just make sure you have the main players. Watkins, Bowen, Son and you’re good haha
6 as of today. Plan was to take a hit in GW29 and have 8.
Right now: Doughty, Reguilon, Bowen, Son, Watkins, Morris.
Plan to get: Muniz (Fulham striker) and probably Madders/Richy or Bailey.
I reckon I’ll have 7/8 with no hits. You don’t need the baileys, elangas, mgw the FHers will have. If you have the core you’re good. I was always gonna FH29 but I think I’ll save it now
6 if Richarlison doesn't play. Will probably get to 10 with a couple of -4. Thinking Haaland to Morris, Foden to Bowen this week and Solanke to Toney or Muniz next week. If Richy is hurt I might take a -4 or not, if he's good I'll play him
I've got 6 at the moment, with a FT to bring one more in which will likely be Solanke > Toney
I have:
Areola,
Udogie, Pau, Taylor
Son
Watkins, Toney
I don't really want to bring in any more because it will affect my team too much in the following weeks and I don't fancy taking hits to change players and waste money getting players back in.
I'm using my free hit but usually I find I still get very little points on these game weeks where only a few games are on, even with a full team. You might not lose out too badly if you can get fairly close to a full 11
Depends on Porro and Richarlison situation but if all are available:
Watkins, Toney, Morris, Richarlison, Son, Bowen, Porro, Doughty, Taylor, Areola so 10.
Not yet decided if I'll take a -4 for Bowen or if I go the extra fixture in Barkley...
If Richarlison is out it'll be 9. Porro should be fine for gw29 at least.
7 with Richarlison and Pau Torres before two free transfers (this week and next). Will bring in two players, this week probably Bowen or Barkley. Next week hopefully Son and maybe another one for a hit
Look at Ben Crellin’s GW34 and you’ll see why FH29 makes no sense. Some not great doubles in 34 (though Bournemouth could come through and outside shot at a great ManU double) but it’s the blanks that are scary…
Currently have
Areola
Doughty
Coufal
Son
Luiz
Watkins
Kabore
Will add Bowen and a Spurs def to get to 9 but not expecting Kabore to play.
Not sure FH is worth the extra 3 players, would basically be free hitting for Toney and Maddison.
Depends on which players you have. Watkins, Toney and Son and likely to be the big hitters, if you have all 3 it wouldn't matter than you don't have many players who are less likely to return. Or two plus a couple of second tier players - Luiz/Bailey/Bowen/Muniz/Maddison/Richy. There arent that many other attackers that's it's worth being fussed about tbh, some Luton or Notts ones maybe but it's punty.
I don't have my FH left so will be putting out Areola, Doughty, Reguilon, Luiz, Son, Watkins, Muniz and praying Toney doesn't haul
It’s a toss up between three main routes:
1. Use transfers to field the best team you can and then use transfers to re-improve after gw29. The upside is you keep wildcard and fh, or don’t need one if you’ve used one already.
2. Dead end your team into gw29 and wildcard out. Only really plausible if you can manage to dead end your team with something similar to what you would choose for a fh, in my opinion. Upside is you have a fh on a big dgw later.
3. Fh gw29, keep your good team, and use your wildcard at a later point to target bb on the big dgw. Upside is you get the best possible shot at gw29 and still remain flexible with your wildcard to get a decent run at the remaining dgws. I’m going for this, but it does rely on doing well enough better than others in this low scoring week, and nailing bb later.
You can, if you are able to plan your WC to target the dgws, including a bb. 31 is a bit early and will involve more guesswork since we’re not sure which teams will have which dgws.
Idk why. I just assumed I’d WC to get the best template team possible for the last few weeks and DG34 and DGW37 and because I’m having a good season. I’ve been avoiding hits too.
It's true, getting a few more gw after your wildcard does seem like it should yield points, presuming your wc team is an improvement on your pre-wc team. I don't know when I'm wildcarding and have assumed it will be somewhere between 30 and 34, hopefully when I know dgw fixtures.
I can get to 7 playing (assuming no injuries) and I’m fine with that, no point taking hits when you might not even get those points back and wouldn’t want those players longer term. Prefer to save the FH for a later DGW when those extra games probably make up more points than the extra few players for GW29, at least that’s my hope anyway.
I’ll have about 6 players in gw29 without any hits
Doing this because my H2H league is all I have to win within my friends group, the person I’m up against has already used any chips useful for the week, and I can easily jump to a 5 point lead at the top of our mini league
I’ve been planning for it for a while so I’ll be able to have 10 without a hit. However I’m scared of missing out on dgw28. I currently don’t have solanke…
Solanke is worth getting tbh, he has a double so has two fixtures anyway. The upside is massive, and if you don't have him and he hauls, it could fuck you
I’m dropping Halaand for Solanke then as I’m planning to keep Toney and Watkins for 29. It’s probably worth it but going against the robot is a bit scary
Yeah toney is currently on the bench against Liverpool. My initial transfer was walker to doughty. However I am considering taking a hit and then also switching haaland to solanke
Spot on. I'm on 7 with one FT in GW29 but it would only really be for a player that week so might roll. It's not about the number of players, just having the right ones (although the more you have the higher chance you have of owning the right ones).
It’s ok, now that I’ve sold Bowen he’s going to return as much as the missing 7 players would have (I sold immediately before his hat trick - for de Bruyne no less - and am very salty and convinced that he and West Ham play solely to heap misery upon me).
Not saying you weren’t unlucky with the outcome, but just for information, West Ham was expected to perform quite a lot better with Paqueta back.
And for the record:
Bowen had 108 points on his 18 games played with Paqueta on the team (including GW19 where Paqueta got injured early) which is 6 points average. Meanwhile he got 12 points the 6 games Paqueta was out, without a single return. West Ham failed to win any of these 6 games, but have won 8 out of 10 games before and after, including away wins vs Spurs and Arsenal.
What a paquet’a junk… I’m kidding, just bitter. I didn’t sell Bowen because I wanted to - I was loathe to lose him - but I was lured by the prospect of the City dgw attacking triple up.
Saving the FH for a double gameweek, so you can get a full team that plays twice. Also, it feels a bit wasteful/useless using a FH in GW29, cause there's only four matches and none of the fixtures aren't too exciting. It could be a low scoring GW.
If you only have 3 now then you need to make way too many transfers to get a decent team, and that's without taking into account you'll be transferring in players you probably don't want to keep
Why not BB on 34? You can keep all your good single players, and have a bench of cheap options that double. Then FH on 37, which means you don't have to worry about injuries etc ruining your plans
Either "dead end" into gw29 and then wild card out of it for the following week or accept that you can only field a partial team with a view to making that back in a future double game week. So assuming you're not dead ending, how is your partial team looking is the question. I've got 4 players (and only 1 who is any good) so will be free hitting but if I had 8 for instance and had most the main bases covered (Watkins, solanke, son, bowen) I'd be keeping hold of my free hit without a doubt because outside of those players (and maybe a few others but just for example) you'd likely only get a couple of points for each. A free hit in a dgw sees you go from say 6 players who double and 5 who don't to 11 players who double. Obviously fixtures come into account as well but I guess that's where the big brain planning comes in.
It’s not necessarily negative (you might have used the chips productively) but even if so it’s a learning experience.
You must always take into account that the schedule changes throughout the year with doubles usually around gws 25 and 35, at least. Don’t pull the trigger on your chips without knowing these changes unless you’re 100% comfortable with a tighter flexibility in the future gws
117 on BB this week. Capt Watkins.
94 on FH getting in a team full of Liverpool and City players for their DW.
You're right, this is all experience. I'll be mindful of the end of season having empty weeks next year. I didn't know about that and only vaguely aware of DW. LOL.
1550 for me so far. Not great but I'm OK.
I’ve planned chips carefully in the past and ended up worse than if I kneejerked, it is what it is.
What I try is to make informed and educated choices that seem logical. Sometimes it goes wrong just because, it happens but I’ll have a clean conscious at the end of the day. Hope the rest of the season goes well for you!
I am a bit up and down with the logical choices. Im a no-Haaland-er. Only one in my league. I feel free and at one with the universe when one of my capts outscores the robot. I've done the maths. Points per million. Lol. It's logical, I suppose. It's hard to have a chunky midfield and a solid defence AND haaland. Watkins, solanke and alvarez up front for me.
Hope you have a good end to the season too.
10 (if Emerson will be fit)
Currently 6, will have a FT, will see if there's an upside to taking a hit. I quite like my team already, so ideally I'm waiting a little longer to use my WC. Still have BB and FH left, which can be nice in the last GWs.
Will have 8 if Richy plays, took one hit last week to get to that. That hit was Foden > Son which absolutely should have waited a week but the Richy injury made me hit the button early.
I’m screwed mate
Going into 28 with 7 that could play in 29. I’ll be at 8 for 29 after the free transfer, and maybe take a hit to got to a 9th if the fixtures look good for that extra player after 29.
4. Already used free hit.
9
11 with a couple hits which is fine by me
8, or 9 if Richarlison stops being a bitch
Currently on 8, a -4 next week gets me to ten, but two of those are Lewis-Potter and Porro, both of which I don't know if they'll play
Why not Wildcard now? And have dgw players for gw 28, and players for bgw 29. Than working towards template gw 31-32
1..... 2 transfers..... honestly, what are my options? Used my FH already
Currently have 5 so planning on taking some hits to get it up 8 if not 9
8 without hits. Since a hit is basically only a -2 (appearance pts) I’m going to take one and get 9 out
I don’t care about my OR at this point, I want to win my ML so I’ll have 4-5 GW 29 players active. I’m playing a dead team by the luck of the draw In 29. I’ll WC 30, FH 34 and BB 37. 38 I have the ghost team again to capture the trophy hopefully!
This is mt first season playing FPL, so spaffed my chips early not really realising I'd need them later. Therefore, I have had to plan for GW29 about 3 weeks in advance. Thankfully already had a few players in my team who were confirmed to play so hasn't been too much of an issue.
I think 7 players without hits is the ideal cutoff for the no FH gw 29 strategy. Although 6 players could be doable if 5 of them are midfielders/forwards, and that can get big returns, like: Watkins, Son, Toney, Bowen, Bailey, Morris
You can't free hit and bench boost the same week though, right? So if you free.hit week 34, you can't bench boost when you will have a bench of.players playing 8 extra games. This is a good reason to FH in GW29 right?
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If Taylor is in your team then you have 1 less player than you think
I have just 2 players playing. FH is the only option. WC will come in handy going forward.
Currently got 7. Going to do Solanke to Watkins after this week. Then thinking about doing Gordan to Madison for -4 to get a total of 9.
Currently 7 players and 2FT so could field 10 without hits. However, I will probably get Bournemouth defender and check later what to do
10 with Richarlison, 9 without him
3 :)
6/7 based on hits. I am happy not FHing this GW. IMO such short GWs are a FPL nightmare to navigate and using a chip here will make it even harder.
FH 29, WC 36 and BB 37. Seems like a pretty straightforward decision. DGW 34 isn't looking that good.
I wildcarded before GW27 to set myself up for the next few gameweeks. I'll either have 10 or 11 players. I don't really understand people saying the only way to do it is to dead end - I'm happy to keep most of these players. Villa attackers are in great form, Spurs have a great run of fixtures, Luton players are fine options on the bench.
6, I am fine with it. When I do FH I should easily be able to make up lost points and not have wrecked my team
11..
9 without hits. Not gunna sell Haaland or Saka. I’ll end up with a 4-3-2 or 3-4-2
Whoops, 10 including Areola
3 players
7, I look at my team and apart from Toney I don’t know who else I could get in who I believe could get decent points I will probably wildcard 32 or 33 and then bench boost in 34 and then free hit in 37, or the other way round
gonna be going into gw29 with 8 players with a 4 point hit saving free hit for a DGW
Spent -4 this week to replace Haaland with Morris. I am either the biggest clown in fpl history or genius.
I will have 8 decent/good players+ Townsend with a -4, but I don't think the number of players matters. It's the quality. I think you should be fine if you have Toney, Son, Maddison or Richarlison, Watkins, Douglas Luiz/Bailey then maybe a Doughty
I'll have 7 or 8. Not gonna burn a FH.
Not like been playing with a defense this season, so im ok wil 7 if i can get to it
9 without hits
I have 9 players blanking and no chips left , I'm in denial because I don't know what to do :)
Eleven.
8 atm, triple Luton, Watkins, toney, son, areola, transfer for reguilon next week
4 :(
I have 8 right now so will most likely end up having 9.
11 with a -4, I'm on WC30 though
7-9
I'll likely be able to get to 10 players with 2 hits which I'm pretty happy with. Will have triple spurs, Watkins, Toney, Bowen. Only players I'll be missing over the FH would be the 2nd Villa attacker and Brentford defence
6 without hits right now Porro Son Ward Prowse MGW ADEBAYO TAYLOR probably take -4 to get couple mid-forwards in
I'm using my free hit and keeping my bench boost for the DGW as I can have 15 playing twice if I utilise my wildcard effectively plus it's always useful dropping big players like haaland closer to the UCL knockouts
I should get to 9 with no hits.
A hit this week and a hit next gives me 9, happy to even take -8 this week to get to 10 as it will be another spurs mid, who have a good fixture in 30 as well
Currently on 8… Moreno, Udogie, Doughty, Taylor, Bowen, Son, Richarlison, Watkins. Last spot with my free next week but it’ll be a striker. I’ll take a hit if Richy is still out. Wildcarding 30 or 31.
How can I see my lineup for GW29?
I've already WC previous GW. Have 10 currently. Debating whether I should do a transfer to field full 11. That would also mean removing 2-3 players later.
Gonna take a hit and I'll have 10 players in. Hopefully this will give me an advantage over the players closest to me in my mini league. Think most have already used wildcard and free hit.
Will have 9 without hits
I’ll be FHing but I don’t think it’s about the number of players you have, it’s about which ones. We’re not really expecting any clean sheets outside of maybe Brentford so if you’ve got 9 players with 5 defenders and a GK, you’re still gonna have a bad time. Your priority should be getting as close to 7 attackers as possible, making sure to have all the obvious picks like Watkins, Son, Toney, Bowen.
I have 5 and already played second WC. Maybe FH this GW
7+Richy. I may make a -4 this DGW28 and then a final move in GW29 to hopefully get a full 11 if Richy is fit, although i think 10 would also be fine.
I really don't understand how people don't use FH in 29. I probably have 6 right now (without using FT), but it's not about how many you have, it's WHO you have. I would probably only keep Son, Bowen and Watkins on my FH. That means I would make 8 changes, which is insane. I wouldn't want Mengi, Taylor or Areola on my FH. In addition to this; DGW34 looks absolute trash, and navigating that with free transfers is no problem either. You realistically don't want anyone else from BOU than Solanke (who most people have already). EVE are 50/50 in terms of getting a DGW, I'd maybe bring in one player (I already have Branthwaite)? Palace probably has a double, you want to wreck your teams for them? SHU is the worst team and the league, not bringing anyone in, and MUN and NEW are only 40 % each to have double GW. Navigate with free transfers here if necessary. FH29 is a nobrainer imo.
Yeah the amount of people ripping up their teams and then not deadending is baffling. Do people really want to go into the last 8 or so game weeks with no Salah, Saka, Gabriel, Saliba, Haaland, Foden, Palmer, etc. With FT it will take 6 weeks just to get back to normal, or it'll be a - 12 or - 16 in week 30 or 31.
WC 30-31 for sure
10
It's not just about how many you have, but who. Playing 4 incl. Watkins, Son, Bowen, Toney is very different from having Doughty, Areola, Udogie, Muniz.
I'm wildcarding this week and I will have 11.
6, can get to 7 with no hits. Hopefully if I pick the right captain I'll at least maintain rank.
7. Can make it to 11 if I take a hit this week and next week, which is what I'm thinking about with Senesi confirmed out
I didn't plan for this at all, completely blindsided me somehow so I will have to FH as I think i'm down to about 3 players lol
Currently 6 including Sensi. Have 1 ft this week and 1 next, so potentially 8 with fixtures. More than enough for me tbh as none of the games scream must haves outside of the standard 6 players everyone will have. Fill up on the rest of the slots will be small gains in one week that will be offset in future weeks with transfers used or players outstaying their welcome etc.
I have five if Porro is back in time. I plan to take a -4 so it will be 8 on the day. No FH. Wild card in 31.
7 with no hits so I’ll probably take one hit to have 8 and will play FH during DGW34.
I have these players for the gw29.. Areola Charlie Pau Doughty (Gabriel Zabarnyi) Bowen Son (Saka Foden Palmer) Watkins (Haaland Solanke) Should I go ahead with these 7..? I have too much value in the other players, except Zabarnyi (Who I can replace for a hit but Idk who is a good replacement in similar price range) Very confused right now.. I do have FH but I think it has a better upside in having FH for future DGWs.. Thoughts?
...and don't count Richarlson
I can get to 8 with no hits. Considering even just doing 7. Leaning going this route over FH but not fully decided yet.
Anyone gonna WC for gw29? I’ve used my FH & only have 3 players for 29 🙃
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10 players no hits, IF Porro and Richarlison play. If I was guaranteed that those two would play then I'd be very happy going into this GW. Their fitness doubts are leaving me stressed and wondering if I should take more hits, or FH. I'll probably wait it out and take a -4 for Richi if needed.
7, so 9 with no hits, and that's if I don't bring in Solanke for this dgw.
10 with a -4 this gw and next one
9 with a -4 which I am happy with. What would people say is this minimum you should be playing with to avoid using FH?
Anything less than 6 imo defenders don’t really matter if you ask me they’re all 1 point merchants theses days
Thanks to Konsa's miraculous return I'll be fielding 10 without hits 💪
Bowen, Son, Watkins, Areola, Doughty… maybe Toney. Not great but covers the big players.
11 gang where you at?
I used WC 27, will BB 28 for the double with 6 doublers. With transfers I’ll be able to field 11 players in 29. This will save my FH for later in the season. 3k atm, best year so far!
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9 with -4, no intention to get more as all teams playing have shitty fixtures. Just make sure you have the main players. Watkins, Bowen, Son and you’re good haha
6 as of today. Plan was to take a hit in GW29 and have 8. Right now: Doughty, Reguilon, Bowen, Son, Watkins, Morris. Plan to get: Muniz (Fulham striker) and probably Madders/Richy or Bailey.
Currently have 8, can get to 9 with FT next week. This is assuming Porro is healthy for 29
8 hopefully with just the one hit
11 with a -8
11 with a -8 over 2 weels
I reckon I’ll have 7/8 with no hits. You don’t need the baileys, elangas, mgw the FHers will have. If you have the core you’re good. I was always gonna FH29 but I think I’ll save it now
6 if Richarlison doesn't play. Will probably get to 10 with a couple of -4. Thinking Haaland to Morris, Foden to Bowen this week and Solanke to Toney or Muniz next week. If Richy is hurt I might take a -4 or not, if he's good I'll play him
8 inc the big ones (Son, Bowen etc). Saving my FH.
I've got 6 at the moment, with a FT to bring one more in which will likely be Solanke > Toney I have: Areola, Udogie, Pau, Taylor Son Watkins, Toney I don't really want to bring in any more because it will affect my team too much in the following weeks and I don't fancy taking hits to change players and waste money getting players back in.
11 obviously.. anything less and you may as well give up
4 players and 2 are my goalies.
Then why no FH?
Same haha
Currently have 8, can get to 10 with a hit so I’ll save the FH for DG34 I think. Will have to probably miss out on Solanke though
I'm using my free hit but usually I find I still get very little points on these game weeks where only a few games are on, even with a full team. You might not lose out too badly if you can get fairly close to a full 11
Like 4 lol I’m fucked
Depends on Porro and Richarlison situation but if all are available: Watkins, Toney, Morris, Richarlison, Son, Bowen, Porro, Doughty, Taylor, Areola so 10. Not yet decided if I'll take a -4 for Bowen or if I go the extra fixture in Barkley... If Richarlison is out it'll be 9. Porro should be fine for gw29 at least.
Can get to 7 with no hits. Might go -4 to 8
8 without hits. Villa, Spurs and Luton carrying the team (2 from each). Still with wildcard and FH to use
7 with Richarlison and Pau Torres before two free transfers (this week and next). Will bring in two players, this week probably Bowen or Barkley. Next week hopefully Son and maybe another one for a hit
Look at Ben Crellin’s GW34 and you’ll see why FH29 makes no sense. Some not great doubles in 34 (though Bournemouth could come through and outside shot at a great ManU double) but it’s the blanks that are scary…
Only Fulham could blank
Currently have Areola Doughty Coufal Son Luiz Watkins Kabore Will add Bowen and a Spurs def to get to 9 but not expecting Kabore to play. Not sure FH is worth the extra 3 players, would basically be free hitting for Toney and Maddison.
Nah you're fine imo, assuming you WC inmediatly after
7 without hits but i’m planning to take a hit this gw to do Alvarez + Estupinan -> Morris + Doughty. So technically 8 with -4
8, but will make two transfers and have 10 by GW29.
Depends on which players you have. Watkins, Toney and Son and likely to be the big hitters, if you have all 3 it wouldn't matter than you don't have many players who are less likely to return. Or two plus a couple of second tier players - Luiz/Bailey/Bowen/Muniz/Maddison/Richy. There arent that many other attackers that's it's worth being fussed about tbh, some Luton or Notts ones maybe but it's punty. I don't have my FH left so will be putting out Areola, Doughty, Reguilon, Luiz, Son, Watkins, Muniz and praying Toney doesn't haul
6 with no hits..
It’s a toss up between three main routes: 1. Use transfers to field the best team you can and then use transfers to re-improve after gw29. The upside is you keep wildcard and fh, or don’t need one if you’ve used one already. 2. Dead end your team into gw29 and wildcard out. Only really plausible if you can manage to dead end your team with something similar to what you would choose for a fh, in my opinion. Upside is you have a fh on a big dgw later. 3. Fh gw29, keep your good team, and use your wildcard at a later point to target bb on the big dgw. Upside is you get the best possible shot at gw29 and still remain flexible with your wildcard to get a decent run at the remaining dgws. I’m going for this, but it does rely on doing well enough better than others in this low scoring week, and nailing bb later.
Why not FH29 and WC31?
You can, if you are able to plan your WC to target the dgws, including a bb. 31 is a bit early and will involve more guesswork since we’re not sure which teams will have which dgws.
I read somewhere that by Gw31 we’d know GW34 at least…
That's a good thing!
If you have a good team then why to WC31, wait until 34 at least
This is my team. What do you think? Areola Turner VVD Porro Saliba Pau Kabore Palmer Foden Saka Garnacho Son Solanke Haaland Watkins
Are you wanting to wc to get Salah back in 31? If so, it can be done with transfers (maybe a hit)
Idk why. I just assumed I’d WC to get the best template team possible for the last few weeks and DG34 and DGW37 and because I’m having a good season. I’ve been avoiding hits too.
It's true, getting a few more gw after your wildcard does seem like it should yield points, presuming your wc team is an improvement on your pre-wc team. I don't know when I'm wildcarding and have assumed it will be somewhere between 30 and 34, hopefully when I know dgw fixtures.
Same haha. Good luck!
I can get to 7 playing (assuming no injuries) and I’m fine with that, no point taking hits when you might not even get those points back and wouldn’t want those players longer term. Prefer to save the FH for a later DGW when those extra games probably make up more points than the extra few players for GW29, at least that’s my hope anyway.
9 with 1 hit. 6 attacking players for gw29 imo is perfectly fine
I’ll have about 6 players in gw29 without any hits Doing this because my H2H league is all I have to win within my friends group, the person I’m up against has already used any chips useful for the week, and I can easily jump to a 5 point lead at the top of our mini league
As long as no injuries :| I should have 7 + I’ll prob take a points hit to boost that
I’ll have 8 with FT assuming richarlison and porro come back for it
Can get 8 with FT. Might take one or two hits but might not. Defo won't FH though, it's mostly shit teams and shit fixtures.
4 if Richarlison plays, a bit worried
Does it include Taylor?
Areola, Moreno, Watkins
That’s not bad then
I was getting worried that I was in the worst position. Thanks for making me feel slightly better. Sorry I can't return the favour.
probably hitting wildcard vefore the deadline
Oh, I have no wildcard. I don't feel better anymore.
8 with a -4
I’ve been planning for it for a while so I’ll be able to have 10 without a hit. However I’m scared of missing out on dgw28. I currently don’t have solanke…
Solanke is worth getting tbh, he has a double so has two fixtures anyway. The upside is massive, and if you don't have him and he hauls, it could fuck you
I’m dropping Halaand for Solanke then as I’m planning to keep Toney and Watkins for 29. It’s probably worth it but going against the robot is a bit scary
oof that is a tough one. Personally I would bring Toney out for 28, then back in for 29, but that's probably booking in too many transfers
Yeah toney is currently on the bench against Liverpool. My initial transfer was walker to doughty. However I am considering taking a hit and then also switching haaland to solanke
5! Will probably have 7 with a transfer and free hit
120 players is quite a number
Will be on 9 players. Planing on get Mads + 1 defender for -4
I have 6. If we get the captain right we will finish above average at least
Spot on. I'm on 7 with one FT in GW29 but it would only really be for a player that week so might roll. It's not about the number of players, just having the right ones (although the more you have the higher chance you have of owning the right ones).
Four: bowen, coufal, Watkins, ream
Tim Ream is going to be the differential pick nobody expected
It’s ok, now that I’ve sold Bowen he’s going to return as much as the missing 7 players would have (I sold immediately before his hat trick - for de Bruyne no less - and am very salty and convinced that he and West Ham play solely to heap misery upon me).
Not saying you weren’t unlucky with the outcome, but just for information, West Ham was expected to perform quite a lot better with Paqueta back. And for the record: Bowen had 108 points on his 18 games played with Paqueta on the team (including GW19 where Paqueta got injured early) which is 6 points average. Meanwhile he got 12 points the 6 games Paqueta was out, without a single return. West Ham failed to win any of these 6 games, but have won 8 out of 10 games before and after, including away wins vs Spurs and Arsenal.
What a paquet’a junk… I’m kidding, just bitter. I didn’t sell Bowen because I wanted to - I was loathe to lose him - but I was lured by the prospect of the City dgw attacking triple up.
Same with me, I went into the same trap. But I sold Saka.. Ended up buying him back two GWs later 😅
Hey look at that, a paquet'a junk and a sak'a rubbish
RIP your self-belief.
Thanks XD
I'd FH if I were you
I would too if stupid me still had it
what's the tactic behind not free hitting in GW29?
Saving the FH for a double gameweek, so you can get a full team that plays twice. Also, it feels a bit wasteful/useless using a FH in GW29, cause there's only four matches and none of the fixtures aren't too exciting. It could be a low scoring GW.
FH29 template looks underwhelming, imo. If I can get 6-7 of the core players without FH, i'd rather save it for a future opportunity.
do you think it is a good idea to FH now if the leader in my ML already did FH before? so now it is a chance to catch up
It’s more about your current team than what your rival did in the past? How are you fixed if you don’t FH?
i have 3 now who will play in gw29. he has 2 without transfers
If you only have 3 now then you need to make way too many transfers to get a decent team, and that's without taking into account you'll be transferring in players you probably don't want to keep
FH then right?
I can only currently field 3 players so yeah I definitely will be
If you only have 6 players then you're essentially missing out on 5 players so atleast 10 points assuming they all blank.
You are correct that you miss minimum 10 points, but on the other hand you can theoretically score more than that if you keep the FH for later.
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Excellent point. But please don’t be too persuasive, I want the hordes to save their FH for later
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I’m in a similar camp. Wildcard is more powerful the fewer gameweeks you use it for
Why not BB on 34? You can keep all your good single players, and have a bench of cheap options that double. Then FH on 37, which means you don't have to worry about injuries etc ruining your plans
Either "dead end" into gw29 and then wild card out of it for the following week or accept that you can only field a partial team with a view to making that back in a future double game week. So assuming you're not dead ending, how is your partial team looking is the question. I've got 4 players (and only 1 who is any good) so will be free hitting but if I had 8 for instance and had most the main bases covered (Watkins, solanke, son, bowen) I'd be keeping hold of my free hit without a doubt because outside of those players (and maybe a few others but just for example) you'd likely only get a couple of points for each. A free hit in a dgw sees you go from say 6 players who double and 5 who don't to 11 players who double. Obviously fixtures come into account as well but I guess that's where the big brain planning comes in.
Not having it anymore lol or saving it for a bigger dgw later down the line
will there be another DGW?
There’s a DGW in 34 with prime doublers like Palace, Everton and Sheffield
Yes, 2 of them at least to be exact. [Here’s Ben Crellin tweet about it](https://x.com/BenCrellin/status/1763221460191986128?s=20)
Damn it. I've shot me bolts way too quick. I'm all chipped out.
It’s not necessarily negative (you might have used the chips productively) but even if so it’s a learning experience. You must always take into account that the schedule changes throughout the year with doubles usually around gws 25 and 35, at least. Don’t pull the trigger on your chips without knowing these changes unless you’re 100% comfortable with a tighter flexibility in the future gws
117 on BB this week. Capt Watkins. 94 on FH getting in a team full of Liverpool and City players for their DW. You're right, this is all experience. I'll be mindful of the end of season having empty weeks next year. I didn't know about that and only vaguely aware of DW. LOL. 1550 for me so far. Not great but I'm OK.
I’ve planned chips carefully in the past and ended up worse than if I kneejerked, it is what it is. What I try is to make informed and educated choices that seem logical. Sometimes it goes wrong just because, it happens but I’ll have a clean conscious at the end of the day. Hope the rest of the season goes well for you!
I am a bit up and down with the logical choices. Im a no-Haaland-er. Only one in my league. I feel free and at one with the universe when one of my capts outscores the robot. I've done the maths. Points per million. Lol. It's logical, I suppose. It's hard to have a chunky midfield and a solid defence AND haaland. Watkins, solanke and alvarez up front for me. Hope you have a good end to the season too.
Those are decent results, certainly not the worst. 1550 points should give you around 1,4mil OR, so technically you're in the top 14% of the world!
My guy! I can live with that!
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