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Paying the penalty…
The upside to selecting penalty takers is obvious, the downside is a -2 if they ever miss one. To have one do so is bad luck, to have two doing so leaves you looking around for dead black cats in your rear view mirror. Twice.
Pogba and Aubameyang combined for a -2 for us, not quite what you expect for a near combined £19m outlay and 20% of your FPL budget! The fact that we had 14 points sat on the bench doesn’t help matters but the rest pulled together to somehow get us 51 and a green arrow. Albeit a small one, we moved up about 6k to land in 30,118th position. Feels a bit like we are treading water but with all the chips to come we are still hopeful that we are well poised for a strong finish.
Jimenez and Hazard were our top performers with 12 point apiece, Hazard only getting there with the armband attached, although it was probably still a weightier armband than many others experienced. TAA came through for us again with a 9 thanks to a clean sheet and another full bonus point worthy performance. Barnes got us a goal and 6 points, Fabianski finally got us a clan sheet for the same whilst the rest muddled along with bits. Having Digne and wan-B buried on the bench for a combined 12 is regretful and irksome in equal measure. But c’est la vie, and onto this week’s decisions…
Last week’s result…
Before we get going on this weeks decisions we should remind you that;
THIS WEEKS DEADLINE IS; SATURDAY @ 11:30
This week’s transfer decision…
This week we had 1 FT and £1.3m in the bank, and some major chip decisions to make…
We shall address the chip situation first, as that really dictates which transfers we are making for the next two weeks –
As things stand we have;
GW31: 7 players.
GW32: 4 with a definite DGW, 2 others with a TBC DGW.
GW33: 6 with a definite fixture, 2 others with a possible.
This screams obvious things to us, namely that we can cope more than adequately for BGW’s 31 & 33, especially with 2 & 3 free transfers ahead of them respectively. We can look to field an almost entire 11 in each if we so wished, although doing so for 31 may require tapping into the good old -2 hit theory for a definite nonstarter.
It also says that we should therefore FH in DGW32, as although 4 plus a possible 2 could become an 8 with free transfers, and a bit of luck, we would not have the same flexibility in terms of basically hand picking the ones we actually want to have for it. Our CHIP PLAN is therefore, in theory, going to be;
FH32
WC34
BB35
TC on a single GW (A title chasing Liverpool at home to a probably already relegated Huddersfield in GW36, just as an example…!)
With all of that in mind we concentrated our decision this week on bringing in the best asset we could who had a fixture in both 31 & 33. Mane was mentioned (for Pogba), Brooks was mentioned (for Camarasa), a 2nd Liverpool defender was mooted but also soon booted when it was pointed out that we couldn’t afford one! Vardy with Fulham at home was mentioned and picked up momentum quicker than it takes Brendan to mention ‘character’ in a press conference.
To confirm then; we have BOUGHT VARDY & SOLD AUBAMEYANG
Our Captain is Salah, our Vice is Vardy
There was much fence sitting on this issue, a few committee members were quite happy to go straight from asking Vardy out on a date to lifting his shirt up, fondling him a bit and asking him to go all the way… A few others were more happy to go with Salah and his potentially higher FPL ceiling. Without going into lurid details about what people would actually do to Salah if he screwed us all over again we went with the ceiling theory. We get the feeling that we (and them both) are getting screwed either way…
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I’m anyone’s still awake….
What makes more sense here ? (I’m building for 31 and 33)
1) Son, Pogba and Rashford to Mane, Brooks and Vardy.
Then next week Aguero to Higuain and maybe Doherty to a Chelsea defender
2) son Pogba and Rashford to Hazard, Brooks and Vardy.
Aguero to Higuain and Doherty to TAA.
I’m a Man U fan so it’s hard ditching two players!
2FT and 0.3m
I’m struggling to split the two in all honesty. Maybe no.2 because of TAA’s higher ceiling over Luiz. He’s essentially the only difference anyway unless I’m reading it wrong?
Haha there isn’t much!
Basically Hazard and TAA
Or
Mane and Luiz/Azpi
Hazard and TAA edges it for me there.
Unable to understand how the site team had 8BGW players prior to Vardy transfer? Or am I misreading it.
We didn’t, we had 7. I had Camarasa down as a Leicester player for some reason
Makes little difference.
Feeling like a pretty solid BGW 31 FH chip squad. Thoughts?
Certainly does. Are you committed on this though Pancho? I was all for FH31 until last night and then changed my mind.
Init, when will we know on all of the potential 32 doubles? Is it not until after 31? How many doubles are anticipated for 32?
Sorry if all of this has already been gone over ad nauseum. Been fairly disconnected from FPL recently…
I’m not Init but in short yes after 31! As for a number no idea! This is what I had when the blanks were first confirmed but there will be probably some of these moved to 33 so its all still a bit up in the air!
Thanks Rosco! I’m hesitant to delay the FH because of how unsure the dgws are. Not sure now..
Cheers Rosco.
Pancho, the Fixture Tracker should match up with Rosco’s pic, roughly. It’s at the end of every article.
Hey Init,
Yeah I’ve been trying to figure out who to expect for DGW32 and it hurts my head :say-what:
I think I’m going to FH 31. Laying out my plan in more detail in my most recent comment…
Haven’t Alonso lost his starting position to Emerson? The rest look good
Yeah I think he has well it’s far from secure anyway
Morning I’m sure to post this again as have no ideas what to do. Two free transfers which prob should be used for GW31 prep. All chips available and 0.1 in the bank.
Morning Smash,
Kola no good to you now – sell him for Rice and bank the other tranny?
Yes, I’d get ready for 31. You could do a -4 this week (considering you’re looking at 31/33 a -4 is fine I think). Like playing a mini wildcard. I’m thinking of something similar.
You’d then be in much better shape and can use your FT next week to boost 31/33 even more.
So basically figure out Liverpool defender or Mane / which Leicester personnel you want (if any) / a cheap Bournemouth mid perhaps / some are hot for WHU players.
Yeah I’m torn between a Kolasniac out for Chil. Or doing three transfers with Son and Jimenez going
Morning all am I good to go?
Is Kolasinac to rice worth a -4?
Morning S,
You’re good to go, the hit is 4pts down the drain as you don’t need to play Rice / Kola this week.
Best of luck.
Cheers cookie