The DGW fixtures have been announced! Some of them…
Welcome to The DGW fixtures have been announced! Some of them….Having kept us in suspense for four days longer than we thought, the Premier League have at last started to release the dates of the rearranged fixtures. We now have a clear picture of DGW34, while the specific dates for the remaining fixtures still have to be officially revealed, although most indicators point to these matches being accommodated into GW37.
So, these are the rearranged matches that are now part of DGW34:
Brighton vs Spurs
Bournemouth vs Man Utd
Burnley vs Chelsea
Leicester vs Southampton
Therefore the following teams have two matches in DGW34:
Bournemouth (liverpool, MAN UTD)
Brighton (crystal palace, SPURS)
Burnley (LEICESTER, CHELSEA)
Chelsea (southampton, burnley)
Leicester (burnley, SOUTHAMPTON)
Man Utd (WBA, bournemouth)
Southampton (Chelsea, leicester)
Spurs (MAN CITY, brighton)
What else is there to know about DGW34?
The weekend after DGW34 finishes sees the semi-finals of the FA Cup which sees Chelsea vs Southampton and Spurs vs Man Utd. Given that all four clubs have a DGW34, it is possible that we see some rotation for their second match of DGW34, just days before their semi-final.
Liverpool have an attractive looking match in DGW34 as they host Bournemouth at Anfield. However, it may be worth noting that Liverpool go to Man City in the Champions League quarter-final 2nd leg just days before GW34.
What matches are left to be rescheduled?
Chelsea vs Huddersfield
Leicester vs Arsenal
Man City vs Brighton
Swansea vs Southampton
Spurs vs Newcastle
West Ham vs Man Utd
The Premier League has said that these matches will be rescheduled by Tuesday 3 April, i.e. just before GW33. The obvious week for all these matches to be rescheduled is GW37 as there is no European football scheduled for that week. It is possible, though unlikely, that some matches are rescheduled into GW35 or GW36. None of the matches will be added to DGW34. DGW37 really is the obvious week for all six matches and assuming this is confirmed, this will be the schedule for the DGW teams:
Arsenal (BURNLEY, leicester)
Brighton (MAN UTD, man city)
Chelsea (LIVERPOOL, HUDDERSFIELD)
Huddersfield (man city, chelsea)
Leicester (WEST HAM, ARSENAL)
Man City (HUDDERSFIELD, BRIGHTON)
Man Utd (brighton, west ham)
Newcastle (watford, spurs)
Southampton (everton, swansea)
Swansea (bournemouth, SOUTHAMPTON)
Spurs (west brom, NEWCASTLE)
West Ham (leicester, MAN UTD)
First glance observations (assuming the above is confirmed for DGW37)
DGW37 is bigger than DGW34 with 12 teams playing twice in DGW37 compared to 8 in DGW34. Does this offer a better opportunity for Bench Boost? On the face of it the answer is ‘possibly’, although by the time DGW37 arrives much may already be decided in terms of Man City winning the league, top four and relegation which could see teams rotate more than normal.
Chelsea, Leicester and Man City all enjoy two home games.
Huddersfield, Man Utd, Newcastle, Southampton all face two away matches.
Spurs face West Brom and Newcastle with Harry Kane likely back from injury. Remember how he finished last season? A possible Triple Captain candidate?
Either Spurs or Man United and very likely Chelsea (assume they beat Southampton) will be preparing for the FA Cup Final which falls a week after the end of the season. More threat of rotation….unless of course their top four spot is not secure!
Man City could be preparing for a Champions League final, Arsenal could be preapring for a Europa Cup final.
There are clearly lots of ‘ifs, whats and maybes’ – time will only tell. For those still to play their wildcard, maybe it pays to wait for as long as possible and act on the best possible information.
Whatever your position, thoughts and plans, please be sure to share your ideas on the chat below. This is the crucial part of the season – mini-leagues will be won and lost on how we play our remaining chips and tackle the DGWs. Every idea is worthwhile, everyone has their view – there is not necessarily a right and a wrong way.
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Gameweek Tracker GW32-38
Fixture Tracker has been updated again to show all of the relevant finals and dates after GW38.
It’s on the article above and everywhere else it usually is.
There’s a copyable version here too if anyone wants a copy to mess around with –
https://1drv.ms/x/s!AqrZ7Xfk9VmHifIWGjOP_xdB0JbQ8g
looks good thanks Init
Cheers Init; huge help this mate!
Cheers
Greeting guys,
This is my team now (from GW31).
1FT, still having the WC, FH, BB & TC.
Any advise?
TQ.
P/S – 6.5 mil itb
Broncos,
I think if I had all chips remaining I would consider:
WC33
BB34
FH35
TC37
Thanks Cookie
Would you therefore not be filling your BB side with a full squad of DGWers? I was having a play around earlier and can’t seem to get the squad depth to cover both DGWs sufficiently. I know you don’t have all your chips so it’s probably not something you need to look at!
Difficult for the bench boost I think. Not quite enough games in GW34 vs GW37 where you are not going to get everyone play twice because of end of season rotation
I have all the chips left and want to know diff opinions/strategy on how to use it! Haven’t activated WC this week so how would you go if you have/had all your chips !!
Hey Snookie, see my response to Broncos above…..
If I had all chips I’d be wildcarding now
GW34: BB
GW35: Free Hit
GW37: Triple Captain (bloody Kane it still hurts)
Cheers smash, my team looks decent for this week so don’t feel like wcing will do it next week probably!
Thought I’d post an update on me as it’s quiet. Just completed cycle 2 yesterday. Obviously I’m feeling pretty well as been active on the site. Even get a week off because of Easter now or so I can sort my wildcard
Thanks for the update Smash, glad you are feeling ok and have some time off.
However, is that the Daily Mail I see ?
Ha ha that rubbish was already there. They provide newspapers and magazines
phew, got yourself off the hook there mate!!
Hang in there,mate !!
Glad you are feeling better !
Keep that smile on !!
Good to hear, mate!
You have a week off? Kop is willing to give a tenner to anyone who sorts his WC team out for him
Daily Mail is one of the magazines, I’m guessing?
Kop won’t want me touching his team lol
A week off!!! No excuses for not reaching that 100k now mate ha. Stay strong lad and good luck!
Smash
Thanks for posting that mate. Positivity and double thumbs up all the way!
Enjoy the week off.
Stay strong Smash
Keep fighting Smash!
Hey Smash looking good mate glad you feel some what better you will be out in soon great to here your on the mend
Appears to be a theme emerging … WC 32/33, BB34, FH35 and TC37
Be interesting to see the WC squads and transfer strategy to optimize DGW34 & 37 as man city will be a hard one to guess in 37
Cheers for this, lads! I was happy that DGW 37 turned out to be the bigger one as I planned to BB that GW, but looking at Spurs’ fixtures, it seems optimal for Kane TC. Stroungly doubt he’ll only get 3 points as he did when I TC’ed him 😯