Planning Ahead – DGW’s, Blanks etc… – Fantasy Premier League 2015/16
“When are the double game-weeks?”
“Who misses GW27?”
“Why is everybody talking about GW30 in terms of some sort of FPL apocalypse?!”
“When is the best time to use my chips?”
“Are there any other ‘GW30’ type surprises on the way?”
These are just some of the more common questions we’ve been asked recently and so we wanted to clear it all up and make it as as easy to understand as possible. It’s dead simple really. When you know the answer. That largely depends on the question though. In this case we know the questions and we know part of the answers. The rest of it is guesswork right now but here’s what we know, what we don’t know and what we will know soon enough.
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“When are the double game-weeks?”
The double game-weeks will be in GW’s 34 & 37. We know this because of the scheduling of other competitions such as the Champions League and the Europa League. You cannot, by UEFA law, have an FPL game on the same midweek as one of their comps, which rules out a good few weeks and pretty much leaves the aforementioned weeks as our only options.
Let’s take the remaining weeks one by one to try and make this as simple as possible…
GW27
The following teams miss this week due to the League Cup Final-
Everton
Liverpool
Man City
Newcastle
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GW28
All teams play
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GW29
All teams play
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GW30
The Apocalypse! All managers panic!
This is the one which could get messy! Who plays in this one depends on which teams progress to the FA Cup 6th round.
As of now only two games are certain to go ahead in GW30 and those are –
Leicester v Newcastle
Stoke v Southampton
The rest depends upon the following teams winning or losing their FA Cup 5th round ties which are –
Shrewsbury vs Man United
Chelsea vs Man City
Reading vs West Brom
Watford vs Leeds
Blackburn vs West Ham
Spurs vs Crystal Palace
Arsenal vs Hull
Bournemouth vs Everton
The rest of the GW30 schedule looks like this as we stand now but could be decimated depending on the results of the FA Cup games. Every game below for GW30 is affected by the results of the games above.
Arsenal vs West Brom – off if either win
Man Utd vs Crystal Palace – off if either win
West Ham vs Watford – off if either win
Aston Villa vs Spurs – off if Spurs win
Liverpool vs Chelsea – off if Chelsea win
Sunderland vs Everton – off if Everton win
Norwich vs Man City – off if Man City win
Bournemouth vs Swansea – off if Bournemouth win
Tick them off as you go next weekend! For info this particular FA Cup round occurs this weekend (ie between GW26 & 27). You will need to plan your GW27 / 28 / 29 transfers accordingly so as to have as many GW30 players as is possible, which still may be less than than preferable, but panic not as many will be in the same boat. And rest assured even more that many won’t be aware of the perils ahead!
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GW31
All teams play
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GW32
All teams play
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GW33
All teams play
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GW34
All teams play and a potential DGW
This is the first of the windows for DGW’s. We don’t know who will feature but given the above information it is highly likely that at the very least Man City will need to get their first DGW out of the way on this week as it’s highly likely that they will have another in GW37.
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GW35
This FPL week clashes with the FA Cup semi-finals and so any teams lucky enough to have progressed that far will miss out this week, and so will their opponents. They will therefore almost certainly fulfil their missed GW35 fixture(s) in GW37. You need to take this weeks blanks into consideration when planning any DGW assault in GW34.
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GW36
All teams play
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GW37
The second potential bumper DGW
This may be a bumper one depending on how many make it through FA Cup R5 and subsequently R6. Certainly we will see the semi-finalists feature twice in this one but also the other teams that have been unable to reschedule previously in GW34.
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GW38
All teams play. Lots of managers have heart attacks!
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“When is the best time to use my remaining chips?”
If you have been prudent enough to save your second wildcard and also the bench boost and the triple captain chips then well done and you may reap the benefits very soon, all being well! The perceived wisdom here is that you will be best served by playing your WC the week before any DGW and then activating your bench boost on the week of it itself to hopefully maximise a full squad of DGW’ers. Which of the DGW’s you do this in will depend largely upon the pool of players available. If GW34 is looking light (4-6 DGW teams or less) then you may be best waiting for GW37. One of them will be busy anyway given how it’s looking so far. Pick the busiest one for this strategy as you need to remember that you will have that squad the week after it has finished too! If it happens to be GW37 then that may be less pertinent given that there is only one week left anyway but if it’s GW34 then it may need more thought and consideration as to what lies beyond.
As for the Triple Captain one then simply use this in the other DGW that you don’t use the Bench Boost for. Remember you can only use one chip per week and the wildcard itself is classed as a chip for this purpose.
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Evening everyone,
I’m 40 points of my ML leader. I’m asking all you wonderful people for any advice how to improve my team? I have 1ft 1.6mil in the bank!? Any advice would be much appreciated!
Hi smith. I’m not having the best season so not sure I can be of much help but I’ll have a go. I think your team is in very good shape. You have a starting 11 for next gameweek which is a good start. Seriously I don’t think I would change a thing. This may not sound like much help but I’d be happy with that team. Is there anything your personally questioning?
Hi
Thanks you have put my nerves at ease somewhat! To be honest my real question I guess is should I be dropping ighalo for vardy I just don’t know! ?
Well I personally have vardy but igahlo has been in fine form. Fixtures doesn’t split them really just preference.
I would definitely take Vardy over Ighalo. If you’re trying to make up ground in your ML then take a look at your opponents teams and pick a few different options to them. Nothing to outrageous just different and you’ll have a better chance to catch them
Sage advice from SAF’s as ever and I’d do just that. Vardy’s fixtures versus Ighalo’s need looking at though as Ighalo’s are horrendous after this week!
Costa looks like a season keep
he nearly scored
Yeah, should have put that free header away!
Lucky deflection free kick goal by Ibra, unlucky for Chelski.
Both games are exciting though.
Ibracadabra scores. Chelski 1-0 down.
Oops, just f-ing noticed I benched Gaitan. He better not score. 😉
Didn’t know he was on my bench, just noticed he got 7 points.
HAHAHA! FFS!
An assist and clean sheet .Hulk with a blank gives me 9 points from 2 players.
You had it right (Gaitan in midfield) when you posted your team right before the game, mate! What happened? On a brighter note, at least you got double CS w/ Benfica defender and goalkeeper, no? That was jammy so kind of evens it out! :thumb up:
Wait Sanchez, you are freaking right. I think they fuck up transfers and changes a few minutes before the game. It’s not as punctual as ummmm FPL is. Isn’t the first time it happened to me.
I felt like a dumbass but I got it right. *shakes head*
Looks like that 4 points for Criscito is correct Raz. Net gain of 1 for getting sent off before conceding and no usual FPL rule being applied. Happy days. Can’t play the home leg though unfortunately.
Yip, I figured as much. It actually makes sense, if you think about it. I wish the same rule would have count for FPL, haha. Would’ve meant I would’ve gotten 3 points from Souare instead of -2, in his last game. :dance:
This is superb Init :thumbup:
I love the uncertainty that GW30 is causing
This article certainly highlights the importance of holding onto your FT’s until after the Cup games this weekend. It seems pretty insane to be making an early transfer unless you’re bringing in a player from Leicester, Newcastle, Stoke or Southampton.
What also stands out is the likelihood of very few of the other games going ahead.
On 2nd thoughts you’d be pretty dumb to bring in a Geordie at any stage this week
He didn’t actually do that did he?! I assumed he was joking
Hi Cookie!
Morning Inittowinit, no I didn’t!!
Thanks init. And as always the write ups are quality!
Thanks to the following who I didn’t thank personally for some great feedback! Busy day at work so couldn’t reply to all but don’t think the comments weren’t read and very much appreciated –
db, Pancho, NIN, GP, McButcher, dawids, Cookie, Snookie, MattX, Shadow, Photek, Mitro, Dreamers and jumpers!
Nice squad that, but I wouldn’t have me at no.7.
Cookie drunk again LMFAO
You and me running the midfield Snookie – DreamTeam!
Why do I always get stuck in defence? Bastards :finger:
Jumpers quite a name for a forward
Hahaha
Let’s not overlook McButhcer for a defender!