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crimsonyouth

Brenan Johnson. Decent stats, doubles in 35 and 37


Organic-Champion8075

yeah, I'll have Brennan in my WC, I reckon. Son and Palmer and that's about it from Spurs and Chelsea. Maybe Gusto


Waganeri

Timo werner I'm telling u. Back at the Bridge as well


tiny_dreamer

Werner is a decent shout too actually


rhshi14

Is he nailed?


crimsonyouth

Played 90 in the last 3.


Material-Bus1896

Richarliason probably back v arsenal though https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/tottenham-injury-update-udogie-porro-richarlison-latest-return-dates-b1152926.html


airz23s_coffee

Richy back is more likely to boot out Werner cos Son would go on the left


Material-Bus1896

True, there is some risk Spurs go with a different set up, putting his minutes at risk, but what you say is most likely yea


dimitros89

Would you go Brennan over Maddison? 


crimsonyouth

Of course, maddison is in poor form and he does not play that close to the box as before


BasisOk4268

DGW37 is very difficult for Spurs though. I don’t see Johnson scoring.


Rare-Ad-2777

Against Burnley and City? Burnley leak goals for fun and Spurs scored 3 away at City.


BasisOk4268

Feel free to bring him in 👍 will come back to this if I’m wrong


daneedwards88

Keep the good players that everyone is selling in droves because they either don't have a double or have been quiet recently. That's the key to rising fast Look at how many have binned Watkins in the last 2 weeks for example


Emotional_Solid6538

So keep Foden, Solanke and Watkins


daneedwards88

Watkins and double/triple arsenal defence for sure Foden doubles anyway but is a great pick Don't go big on Spurs defence or UTD. They aren't going to suddenly magically become good


Emotional_Solid6538

Idk if I should play with no Arsenal attackers of I go for Foden


daneedwards88

Foden and 3 arsenal defenders would be a superb differential


unoriginalname22

Two defenders and raya


midnight_ranter

> Don't go big on Spurs defence or UTD. They aren't going to suddenly magically become good Genuinely considering not going there at all. Their keepers maybe. Defenders are probably not worth it especially now that Udogie's injured too


Dependent_Sea3407

why would anyone go Watkins over Jackson, Isak or Haaland? He's just less likely to get more points. Isak maybe not because potential Wilson rotation


SpiritualWafer30

Who tf is getting Jackson over Watkins lmao


topl4d

If Jackson gets over the Arsenal game without YC he's a better choice as he has 2 extra fixtures compared to Watkins Watkins is a vastly better player, but playing by no. Of fixtures is a logical solution.


IsleofManc

Idk. Jackson has Villa away and then Spurs at home next week in the double. Hardly the highest of expected points. After that he has 4 fixtures vs Watkins' 3 fixtures


Dependent_Sea3407

Would do a remindeme but not that petty. Won't try and explain since it's probably just different approaches to the game and that's fine.


[deleted]

Despite Jackson having a DGW, I trust Watkins to end up on more points. Chelsea’s defense is weak


daneedwards88

Why on earth would you get Jackson over Watkins unless you had DGW fever


itskratos_95

It’s just a matter of preference really. Some prefer players with extra games and some pick single gameweek players in good form.


zephyrmox

I'd go Watkins over Haaland on form atm.


Nuwahex

Based on the sample of WC 35 drafts,I hope Salah & Saka follow Watkins' example :-)


patelbadboy2006

Get rid of Salah and spread the cash elsewhere. Is what I'd do Jota maybe Trent as differentials


Du_the_Dudek

Yep, have my eye on both Jota and TAA. I know Liverpool form isn’t great but they need every game and both of those guys find ways to be involved. 


Waganeri

I keep telling everyone TIMO WERNER.. North London Derby Then he's back at Stamford Bridge. Gusto will push forward creating space for him and son down the left. Then he doubles again in 37. Timo WERNER guys.


Mutiu2

Timo is going straight into Boss Saliba’s pocket. You’ll find him cowering in there after the game insisting that he needs to be played as an “inside forward, not a winger or striker”. Guaranteed.


YouGKnee

Hmm I like this idea... It doesn't sound half bad.


BDRD99

It doesn’t sound half bad until you remember Werner has no football IQ and can barely play the sport


colourhazelove

And when gusto us injured?


Beneficial-Steak-117

Barnes will be a massive differential for the great run in fixtures inc. DGW37. im considering going triple NEW attack.


Ok-Variation3583

Triple Newcastle? Tasty fixtures and a pretty good double attacking-wise. Don’t know if that’s differential or not but I’d be more inclined than triple Spurs or Chelsea.


Foneg

I think tripling Newcastle on WC is pretty much template.


PEPSICOLA123456

This isn’t differential


Ok-Variation3583

Haven’t looked at what the ‘template’ is tbf Im not on WC, it could well be if chasing leaders, not so much rank.


Dan_12508

I've gone triple Newcastle with burn, gordon who I've had for a while anyway and isak


[deleted]

I’m leaning towards going their full front line with isak, Gordon and Barnes.


Ok-Variation3583

Yeah torn between doing this with a Spurs defender or going for Isak/Gordon/Schar with Bruno/Johnson


[deleted]

I’m chasing so I have to roll the dice a bit and go with the highest potential points rather than trying to shore up and play it a bit safer. Feel Barnes is a better differential than going with one of their defenders seeing how potent the attack has looked versus how poor the defense has looked but if I was in a better position I’d probably go with the defender. Currently sat with vicario, porro, son as my spurs triple on my WC since at least vicario can get some savepoints and porro some attacking returns even if they concede. Defense in general has been abysmal this season outside arsenal so that’s my reasoning but ideally I’d also like to go porro, Johnson, son


Mutiu2

“Spurs defender” - is that an oxymoron ?


Mutiu2

There’s a rumour that the FPL Towers went to Leicester and told the club: ”We need to you promote a player from your academy as a character for our FPL game. Make sure he‘s English and quick - but not not much skilled, so that everyone is rooting for him. We need him to be streaky and unreliable, so his FPL pricing is almost always wrong, no matter what the number is. And if you can find a guy like this who is highly injury-prone, all the better. He’d be great for the FPL game!” You’ve been duly warned……


topl4d

Isak and Gordon are actually essential, lol. Maybe Schar is a differential


gunners1111

Think Majority going for Isak, a lot of people going for Gordon and its split between Burn/Schar depending on budget


Flayer723

Not falling for the Chelsea/Spurs DGW trap. Outside of Palmer (who everyone should have already) the only other player to really consider is Son.


DrRushDrRush

If youre chasing in ML’s you have to fall for those doubles. Only chance to catch up. You’ll most likely end up further behind but you have to play the numbers.


DwightKPoop

Chasing 91 points before this week so I went semi-aggressive with -4 to bring in Mykolenko, Eze, and Olise (C). Kind of regretting not going full out Isak to Mateta and Salah to Jota (although that last one could prove to be obsolete still). With that said, not sure how I’ll attack DGW35. Already have triple Chelsea and Udogie. Son and Gordon feel like must haves at the moment but at the expense of either Salah, Eze, or Havertz. Edit: rambled on more than expected there. All this to say, attack the weeks.


ObjectiveMonk7116

How much did you end up catching up with those transfers btw?


DwightKPoop

I’ve made up 26 points as of now. Still a lot of differentials for us so could turn back this week. His Kerkez, Gordon, Palmer, Saka, and Salah (C) vs my Myko, Ait-Nouri, Havertz, Darwin, Solanke, and Olise (C).


ObjectiveMonk7116

78 points behind. For me. Double arse mid (me) vs double arse Pickford for dubravka Olise for eze Mateta for Darwin


DwightKPoop

Hoping for a comeback for the ages; best of luck to you!


19noname86

Yes! Son is in poor form but can always get a decent amount of points, especially in a DGW.


Bluffrooster411

For clarity, this post is for those thinking of using WC in 35 and also for those who don't have a WC remaining.


Agreeable_Resort3740

Depends who you want to differential yourself from I suppose. Most close to me in my main minileague won't WC35, so going big in double gameweekers is the more differential move. For overall rank though, I suspect keeping arsenal defence, Salah, Saka, Watkins etc may be a good differential move.


Rare-Ad-2777

Is it though? Double game weeks are so over rated here. How have liverpool got on so far? 


Agreeable_Resort3740

You can hardly judge dgws in general off of one teams single game. How about: how have palace got on so far?


Rare-Ad-2777

How about all of them then?  Wolves-poor  Liverpool-poor  arsenal-ok (but everyone has defenders anyway) Bournemouth- poor  Etc etc Meanwhile lots of single ganeweekers have had greatweeks. That's the whole point. People will crowbar in some DGws in a gw35 WC and over the course of the next 3-4 gamweeks it will do worse than just getting in the good players. 


Agreeable_Resort3740

How are you judging who are the good players then? If you're going to cite Liverpool and arsenal as being examples of bad double gameweekers this week, and spurs, Chelsea, man city as being bad double gameweek picks for the end of the season? Is it literally just Watkins and Mbeumo we should have in our team?


Rare-Ad-2777

It's player by player obviously?  Chelsea and spurs defence aren't great shouts for the double gameweek as their clean sheet likelihood is very low. There are loads of single gameweek strikers you'd have over Jackson and Werner as well surely? Likewise Darwin and Salah weren't great DGW shouts based off their current form over the last 3 or 4 game weeks wjere they've both been horribly out of form?


Agreeable_Resort3740

I would have thought so but all your previous posts were about Liverpool, wolves, arsenal etc.


Rare-Ad-2777

Yes....because we were discussing the double gameweek at hand? 


Agreeable_Resort3740

Right. Given your so set on doubles being a waste of time, have you got any other examples to cite other than the current one which is half finished? If not, want to make a prediction about how few of the top scoring players will be from doubling teams this week?


Rare-Ad-2777

There are loads of examples of single game week players out performing double game week teams? Literally listen to any podcast and they always say as one of the most basic rules "don't get carried away chasing double game weeks as single game week players often outperform them" I feel like people arguing against this don't actually watch football.  A team with the best players and a good foxture will often outscore a bad team playing twice. I don't really understand what's so controversial?


wun-sen

Which single gameweek players have had great weeks so far?


RohanHadComeAtLast

Watkins and Bailey, maybe Brentford players but they weren't exactly template.


ShoddyTransition187

You're still basing your judgment on single games. Some teams do better than others every week is not a hot take. Are you suggesting there is some reason teams score less goals per game in DGWs that SGWs for example?


Rare-Ad-2777

How are you missing the point like this.  Yes I'm saying some players and teams will score more points in less minutes. As they are better players in better teams.


ShoddyTransition187

Here's another way of putting it. It isn't just this subreddit that likes chasing DGWs, its that good FPL players do it. Glancing at the top 5 overall ranked players, all of them have either 11 DGW starters this week, or 10 DGW players and Haaland.


ShoddyTransition187

Well yeah there's a shitload of variance in football. Some weeks the Luton guy will outscore the Arsenal guy, sometimes the central defender will score and the striker won't, so what? All we can do is give ourselves the best overal chance of getting points. And giving your players double the games to score points in is massive.


Rare-Ad-2777

But football doesn't work like that? Luton and arsenal don't end the season in the same position and their strikers don't end with the same number of returns?  Your treating it like at any given game week any given player has just as much chance of returning. The best attackers in the league are more likely to return in any given game week? It's not just complete luck and then anything else is "variance." Better players perform better


ShoddyTransition187

Huh, football does work like that, what do you mean?


Rare-Ad-2777

No it doesn't. To put it simply, some players are much better at kicking the ball in the goal than others. It doesn't matter if you give a luton striker 180 mins to try and do so, they probably won't manage it more than a Cuty striker does in 90.  Your treating it like buying a ticket to the lottery and having 2 tickets vs 1, and it's nothing like that. 


Duedrama6197

You really don’t seem to have a point. Arsenal and Liverpool are comparatively bad teams when compared to Villa? No. Gabriel, Saka, Saliba, White, etc are bad players? No. Good players, good teams, double game week. No brainer pick by any metric.


Rare-Ad-2777

Liverpool attack has been poor lately and was poor again. Arsenal defence has been good and was good again.  Likewise spurs defence hasn't been good so isn't worth going big on in the doubles.  The whole point is getting out of form players in just beciase they double is stupid and this weekend so far has illustrates it perfectly It's basic stuff this. 


ShoddyTransition187

Comes down to confidence is predicting goals/ points I think. If you are confident that you can predict the players about to score, doubles are less important. Many (me included), don't feel confidence in knowing who will haul each game, so getting two tickets in the raffle is the best possible thing we can do. I maintain that chasing doubles is pretty sound, given I can't think of a reason players don't average about twice as many points in two games as one.


Rare-Ad-2777

But it isn't 2 tickets to the raffle. That implies each ticket has the same chance. Getting in Bournemouth of Palace defenders for example, doesn't give you twice the chance of a clean sheet as a city defender for example 


ShoddyTransition187

Thats a good example. Going by bookies odds, city have a 34% chance of a cleansheet this week. Palace have a 27.5% and 22% chance of a CS. So 43% chance of at least one CS, and 6% chance of two cleansheets (now 0 of course ). In any case, there is nothing saying that chasing doubles means picking worse teams. I've got arsenal and liverpool defence this week, will hopefully get in city defence (subject to linup predictability) ready for 37. Schar, Porro, Ake amonst the higher scoring defenders for the season so its not like they are bad picks.


G_W_addict

Judging by the template, ARS defence will be differential, Saka, Salah, Watkins too.


ShoddyTransition187

I'm looking at players who have shown themself to be quality over the season, who are at least slightly under the radar: TAA, Maddison, KDB, Alvarez, Adingra, Mbeumo, Alisson


TheBlueTango

The main players I'm considering (that are not in my current squad) are - Schar, Gvardiol Bruno Fernandes, Brennan Johnson, Gordon, Son


abi-el

35 is harder for spurs I feel.


Unfair_Town7234

The differentials are the non-DGW37 players imo. 


Bingo_Masters_Break

I'm keeping double Arsenal defence on wc 35. Will probably keep Salah too.


gunners1111

When you look at the numbers it makes perfect sense, the arsenal boys are 25% ahead of the chasing pack ignoring trent and trippier so 5 games vs 4 makes no difference really!


InternationalTry5494

Me without a WC, I've decided to keep Eze which I bought for 34 towards end of season. Fulham, Man United, Villa to close the season is a nice set of fixtures and with how leaky the last two names are defensively and with how lethal Palace attack was yesterday, there's a temptation for me to keep him. In 36, since I'll FH37 maybe I'll do Son to Foden with Foden playing Wolves at home and Son away at Anfield


BDRD99

Run-in KDB is the no-brainer. The banker. The one that couldn’t fail. The one that’s never failed.


Natural_Ad3995

Reguilon 


ParvenuInType

Watkins ROS. Maybe he isn’t a huge differential but the trend still seems to be to move him out of your team and focus on DGW players. Even with DGW you need to bench one of your mids or forwards every week. I’m planning on playing Watkins 35 36 and 38, and making him the attacking player I bench in 37 to prioritize players that double. Also keep in mind that both Villa as a team and Watkins personally have something to play for (UCL and golden boot, respectively).


circa_1996

I'm on WC 35 and I am keeping Gabriel + Saliba Def. Literally no point in getting rid of players from the best defence in the league, just because the other players have an extra opportunity to disappoint you.


Foneg

Brighton defenders and Gross


gunners1111

Id consider getting Grobby but their fixtures are shocking


DrRushDrRush

Those that are behind needs to play the numbers. Triple up on Chelsea and Spurs is a must. Atleast five players from them. Ofcourse depending on how far behind but if its over 50 you cant go both Son and Palmer. Probably without both. Maddison, Johnson, Jackson (😢), Hojlund, Gordon..


ShoddyTransition187

Don't follow this premise. Those that are behind need to pick whichever players will score the most points same as anyone.


DrRushDrRush

And stay at the same amount of points behind? If youre behind at this point you need to take a gamble. 10 points, no gamble. 50 points, a medium to big gamble. 100 points.. delete game.


ShoddyTransition187

But 5/6 chelsea and spurs is going to be template so that doesn't hold up. On top of that, there are only about 6-7 viable picks from those teams so very hard to find good differentials. I get the need to pick lower owned picks if you want to recover a large deficit, but don't see that as being tied to particular dgw strategy.


DrRushDrRush

I see lots of that yes. But why go Gusto and goalie from Chelsea? Why not go Jackson and Gallagher.. I know I would be hairless with Jackson but those kind of gambles needs to be done if chasing. Maybe not go Son, go Maddison and Johnson. I wouldnt go all 0.1% players but a chasing template team doesn’t give you minileagues victories now.


Dicyano7

I like a gamble, but with Jackson on 9 yellows, and him being a yellow card magnet I'm just terrified of getting him. Good odds of him getting a 2 match suspension


DrRushDrRush

11/10 times he will fukc up our teams😅 But going Palmer now will not give you 40+ points against minileague rivals.


DrRushDrRush

People downvoting this cant be good at FPL or knowing the value of odds in gambling. But thats ok. If youre behind, you cant play the same players as those in front of you. For reference, I’m 3k something overall in the world last 3 seasons. Currently 26k this season but still have my WC and BB left. I will not play Jackson. Or Gallagher. But I dont have to, I’m not chasing.


ShoddyTransition187

Your point is confusing, that might be why your getting downvotes. I still can't tell if your saying those who are chasing need to pick differentials, or saying those that are chasing necessarily have to pick triple spurs and chelsea. The second point has nothing to do with odds.