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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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Morning all – after some help again, sorry!
0.6 ITB, 1FT (took a hit last week). All chips in tact plus WC.
Tempted to stick but if I FH next week I’ll lose my carried transfer, right? (or can I use a chip and 2 transfers in the same week?) Maybe I’ll FH in 32 – undecided – but then I think I’d want to TC in DGW so again (can I use two chips in one week?) sorry if this has already been answered!
anyway – here’s my team as it stands … any suggestions welcome!
CC
I would not FH in GW 31. You have almost a full team as is. The points for this week is likely not going to be the greatest. If you FH for this week you will lose one of your 2 FT.
Maybe FH GW32.
There is more than 1 DGW coming up so you could TC in one of them.
All the best!
cc, you can only play one chip per week, and for these purposes a WC is classed as a chip. You’ll lose any carried FT on the week that you play either the FH or WC.
Thanks both
Hiya all,
First off great article!
Hope you are well and looking forward to the upcoming GWS to come.
My Plan is to FH 32, WC34, BB35 and TC (TBC)
Currently I have have 8/11 playing on 31 (which is decent but I would perhaps like to get an additional or two in before the GW.
I know this is probably a bit of a risk but I have been heavily thinking about swapping out Salah and Son for Hazard & Mane (spread the wealth) as Salah’s form has dropped.
I would appreciate any advise from anyone on how I should approach this. ( I could roll over a FT and assess from next week as well)
Cheers!
1 FT 0.6 ITB
I wouldn’t particularly advocate taking Salah out, that said if it’s essentially for use over just 31 and 33 then I reckon that new pair could just as easily outscore Salah plus whoever else you could afford for Son.
Thanks for your reply Inittowinit.
Ye I would completely agree with you in regards to not taking out Salah, but as of late I feel that the value/for money we are not getting our mouthful to say.
That being said. Salah & Son out for Hazard and Mane would give me £2.1ITB to spend elsewhere. Salah’s Value for me is 13.4.
This would be for GW31 as I will be FH for 32 etc. As mentioned above I have 7/11 on the field as of right now.
Thanks.
with the extra ££ I could get Rashford back in for future if need be. (then again I presume with FH and WC I wouldn’t need to be thinking about money ITB.
Any advice on who to play between Doherty and Ashley Barnes?
In your position I would go for Doherty, narrowly.
Burnley one would imagine will be under continual siege.
Not much in it, I am benching both of them, but if I’d have to choose I’d go for the attacker.
Ideally I’d bench both of them but have rest of my bench is billing and bednarek. Other option is to do bednarek to digne for -4. Gives me another gw31 player
Unsure Digne or Bednarek is worth a 4 point hit………. I think Digne faces Chelsea? I’d rather have Doherty versus Chelski than Digne…… Doherty is a master in assists and goals…. even if the chances of a cs are minimal to none.
Ps. out of those two I would always play the forward though… Just noticed Barnes scored versus United, Arsenal and Spurs………… he’s a striker that’s what they do……
ps. in the end you have to make your own decisions but this is just my view.
Who to start this week…JImenez or Diop?
Jimenez always prefer attacker
Thanks Smash
I was planning to FC in GW 31, with that in mind what should i do with the below. 1FT and 0.3ITB.
Is that FC a FH or a WC?
Surely he means free hit, otherwise Anon be the first person that I have seen using a WC in 31.
Guys, could ye take a look at comment 10 for me please.