GW34/35/36 Plans

grohlisagod

As we approach crunch time in FPL a huge tactical decision faces us in the coming weeks as the DGWs and all the madness they bring with them arrive. We are faced with many potentially season defining questions.

Do we sacrifice GW34 with the aim of loading up on DGW players? Do we back the Bolton resurgence and hope they make the best of their four games? Can Clint Dempsey, the DGW King, retain his throne in a week where he travels to the 2 Merseyside clubs? Or do we essentially ignore the DGW's and the painful rotation and general disappointment they may bring and continue to rely on United and RVP. These questions and many more will be discussed and debated but most certainly not answered over the next few weeks.

I felt it might be worthwhile having a place where people can specifically discuss how they plan to navigate those 3 weeks. Let the games begin!

carlcon

GW32: Keeping transfer
GW33: A defender coming in to replace Simpson or Senderos who will play GW 34. Possibly Gibbs.
GW34: Sunderland player coming in for Wolves game.
GW35: Use one or both tranfers to get players in for GW36.
GW36: Use remaining tranfers for DGW. Perhaps take a -4 hit should I see someone else I fancy.

massdebater

Good idea for a thread seeing as these few weeks will make or break everyone's season! I posted this in the general thread but here are the fixtures for GWs 34, 35 and 36.
GW34
No Game:
Liverpool, Fulham, Chelsea, Newcastle, Bolton, Spurs, Everton, Stoke
Doubles:
No-one

GW35
No Game:
No-one
Doubles:
Villa (SUN, BOL), Bolton (SWA, avl)

GW36
No Game:
No-one
Doubles:
Liverpool (nor, FUL), Fulham (eve, liv), Chelsea (QPR, NEW), Newcastle (wig, che), Bolton (sun, TOT), Spurs (BLA, bol), Stoke (ARS, EVE), Everton (FUL, sto)

EDIT: Stoke V Everton added

froog

as it stands i can field a decent 11 for GW34 have two doublers for GW36, didn't plan it, just the way it worked out.

so i'm thinking one transfer of a doubler in this week and 2-3 transfers in just before GW36, giving me 5-6 doublers. my targets are probably bale, miyaichi, cisse, adebayor and maybe ben arfa.

roryc

I can prob field 10 for GW 34 and have 5 or 6 on a double for GW 36. Not sure whether I want to waste a transfer getting VDV in for Gerrard though (DGW for DGW), guess I'll just have to see how he performs between now and then.

grohlisagod

Stoke v Everton has been moved to GW36 now as well.

Stoke have Arsenal (H) and Everton (H)
Everton have Fulham (H) and Stoke (A)

DazzlerIE

Will be able to field ten in GW34 I think

Will consider a 4 point hit for the following GW

still forming up plans

manual_man

gw36 will be HUGE. there's potential for making some serious headway if you gamble and it pays off, but also the potential for some egg on your face if it doesn't! Ha!

FatRat

Dempsey won't retain his throne. Fulham won't score against Everton, they might get something against liverpool but Dempsey won't get enough to be a standout player that gameweek. The teams to look at are Chelsea, Spurs and Newcastle with Bolton also worth a look. These are the only teams that matter imo. Plans:


GW32: Get rid of Reina for Friedel
GW33: Get rid of Dempsey for Bale or VDV
GW34: Undecided, will probably save a transfer.
GW35: Get Wheater in for Shotton
GW36: Mata or VDV or Bale(the one I won't have) in for Walcott and POSSIBLY get Torres in for Rooney.


The "possibly" is if Torres' form is better than Rooney's from now til GW36. All plans are subject to change based on form. One other team to take note of is Villa. They are the only team with a game in GW34 that also have a DGW afterwards. Therefore I'll be holding onto Stephen Ireland despite him not doing anything for me since I got him and despite him just sitting on my bench the past few weeks.

Mr Moon

I think I'm just going to field bones for week 34 and build up to a big DGW, I can't see anything jumping out at me to field any decent players for GW 34 with the fixtures the way they are!

dahat

Mr Moon wrote: »

I think I'm just going to field bones for week 34 and build up to a big DGW, I can't see anything jumping out at me to field any decent players for GW 34 with the fixtures the way they are!

Proably going to do the same myself,looking at 8 for GW34 which i can cope with..
GW36 poses many issues which will need stockpiling of transfers if possible.

manual_man

Right. Have it figured out. I think. Will have 10 for GW34. 7 on doubles for GW36. 8 if i play Bogdan. 0 points hits. Yes

roryc

Bogdan is a must if you already have him imo. I'll be expecting at least 5 points from him over 2 games.

manual_man

roryc wrote: »

Bogdan is a must if you already have him imo. I'll be expecting at least 5 points from him over 2 games.

I wouldn't exactly say that. Away to Sun and home to Spurs I could easily see him conceding 2+ in both which equals - points. He might make it up in save points but it's still a risk. I might consider Howard for a 4 pt hit but haven't decided yet

roryc

True but look at his history. In his last 11 games he's only got 1 point on one occasion, and never less than that. And this includes games against Arsenal, United, Liverpool, Chelsea and City. He gets points for saves every game. I'm banking on him conceding in both, but would still expect him to come out with 2/3 points in each.

The chance of one clean sheet over two games is just an added bonus.

manual_man

roryc wrote: »

True but look at his history. In his last 11 games he's only got 1 point on one occasion, and never less than that. And this includes games against Arsenal, United, Liverpool, Chelsea and City. He gets points for saves every game. I'm banking on him conceding in both, but would still expect him to come out with 2/3 points in each.

The chance of one clean sheet over two games is just an added bonus.

in fairness I think that chance is 20/1. but you never know. I'm considering Howard coz I think there's a chance of two cleanies, home to Ful and away to Sto, decent chance

roryc

Yes but you need to consider Bogdan has two double GW's in a row, and the one before he's considerbaly more likely to pick up a clean sheet. If you can afford the transfer Howard could be a good buy, not many will go for him.

I'll be sticking with Bogdan though and using the transfer elsewhere.

As it stands I'll have 10 plying GW 34 and 7 on doubles, with one transfer remaining. Struggling to see where to use it though, all I seem to be left with are the 'untouchables' of Rooney, RVP, Walcott and Valencia so 7 is probably the max number you should be on anyway. Evans won't be playing the double GW anyway, I expect City to score at home.

manual_man

roryc wrote: »

Yes but you need to consider Bogdan has two double GW's in a row, and the one before he's considerbaly more likely to pick up a clean sheet. If you can afford the transfer Howard could be a good buy, not many will go for him.

I'll be sticking with Bogdan though and using the transfer elsewhere.

As it stands I'll have 10 plying GW 34 and 7 on doubles, with one transfer remaining. Struggling to see where to use it though, all I seem to be left with are the 'untouchables' of Rooney, RVP, Walcott and Valencia so 7 is probably the max number you should be on anyway. Evans won't be playing the double GW anyway, I expect City to score at home.

don't get me wrong I'll be playing him gw35, its just gw36 I don't fancy him. I'd like to get in Gerrard, but that would mean transferring out Valencia which I'd be reluctant to do. Headache central

roryc

Unless Gerrard does something special this weekend he's going the opposite way for me, looks like I'll be replacing him with Bale or VDV... prob VDV tbh, could do with a differential going into the last few games, just wary of his gametime.

SpaceCowb0y

Anyone reckon Torres is worth a punt for the DGW?? Might be mental for the price of him but i could shift rooney for even just GW36? or i could just keep Rooney and RVP and afford Sturridge??

Jimmy Iovine

I'd give anything to still have my wildcard going into this set of fixtures.

Jimmy Iovine

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

Anyone reckon Torres is worth a punt for the DGW?? Might be mental for the price of him but i could shift rooney for even just GW36? or i could just keep Rooney and RVP and afford Sturridge??

I think he might be. It all depends on how he plays up till then. If he's still setting up goals and maybe even scoring a few then it might be worth a shot. I'd be worried about him starting one of the games and then maybe Drogba starting the other though.

manual_man

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

I'd give anything to still have my wildcard going into this set of fixtures.

if only a brown envelope could buy one. I bet in the Italian version it does :pac:

grohlisagod

The main issue I'm struggling with at the moment is the fact that I'd really like to keep Dempsey for GW35 and GW37 at home to Wigan and Sunderland respectively. However, I think I need Sessegnon for GW34 and I don't want to use 2 transfers swapping them in and out as Sess has the potential to do damage in a lot of his remaining games.

I also have no idea what to do with Skrtel at the moment. Collins is tempting but Villa aren't particularly reliable. At the moment it looks like I don't want to do anything for the next few weeks but have loads of transfers I want to make for GW34 and 36. I really wish we could accumulate 3 or more transfers.

DazzlerIE

grohlisagod wrote: »

The main issue I'm struggling with at the moment is the fact that I'd really like to keep Dempsey for GW35 and GW37 at home to Wigan and Sunderland respectively. However, I think I need Sessegnon for GW34 and I don't want to use 2 transfers swapping them in and out as Sess has the potential to do damage in a lot of his remaining games.

I also have no idea what to do with Skrtel at the moment. Collins is tempting but Villa aren't particularly reliable. At the moment it looks like I don't want to do anything for the next few weeks but have loads of transfers I want to make for GW34 and 36. I really wish we could accumulate 3 or more transfers.

IMO Sess will outscore Demps over the rest of the season

Would love to be able to afford Sess over McClean, but too expensive

dahat

Have decided that Mata and Wheater need to come in for the DGW.
Mata is a no brainer and Wheater looks value..
I am still a little anxious that i have no City cover,after the Arsenal game they will surely pick up CS and Goals somewhere so will need to address that soon.

DazzlerIE

Looks like I'll have 11 players available for GW 34, then 6 for 36,

7 if I'm willing to take a 4 point hit

Happy enough with that

Most profitable part of this could be having a full compliment of United and Arsenal players for GW 34

Jimmy Iovine

dahat wrote: »

I am still a little anxious that i have no City cover,after the Arsenal game they will surely pick up CS and Goals somewhere so will need to address that soon.

Lescott said today that he's fit and ready for selection this weekend. I think with him and Kompany back in the centre then they'll have a great chance at the clean sheets from now on in.

The Liquidator

Hi everyone, first post in the forum, business end of the season and all that!

Looking for some advice on my team leading up to GWs 34 and 36 in particular...

Team is:

Vorm (Mignolet)

Evans Kompany Williamson Turner Caulker

Valencia Dempsey Bale Walcott Sigurdsson

Rooney Van Persie Sturridge


Brought in Sturridge for Ba this week as a bit of a differential and with a couple of nice fixtures ahead.

Planning to transfer Walcott > Mata and Valencia > Ben Arfa for GW 35 bearing in mind the DGW and Kompany > Kaboul and Rooney > Adebayor for the DGW incurring a 4 point hit.

Currently have a team value of 108.8 with 0.8 in the bank, Cheers!


Edit: Should mention I'll have 10 players for GW 34 as it stands and 8/9 players with a DGW in GW 36.

DazzlerIE

I'd hold onto Valencia myself

kennyb3

Another factor to bear in mind might be if city dont win against arsenal and united win the league early. Could see some rotation in GW 37 & 38.

If that happens i ll go DGW crazy in week 36 as all bets will be off

Maverick91

kennyb3 wrote: »

Another factor to bear in mind might be if city dont win against arsenal and united win the league early. Could see some rotation in GW 37 & 38.

If that happens i ll go DGW crazy in week 36 as all bets will be off

Yeah thats going to be the deciding factor on whether I do Rooney > Adebayor for the DGW. If United have the league won i could definitley see some rotation and maybe complacency.

Jax Teller

Have 11 for Gw34 what to do after that is my problem

What would you change with this ?
Vorm/Krul
Simpson vermaelan Taylor Evans Shotton
Silva Bale Valencia Sessegnon Dyer
Rvp Rooney Holiett

smokingman

My current team:

Mignolet/Bogdan
Evans/Vermaelen/Caulker/King/Cuellar
Valencia/Walcott/Siggurdsson/Bale/Gerrard/
Rooney/Van Pirsie/Yakubu

My plans:

Wilkinson for King - get a cheap Stoke player in ahead of DGW (just looking for clean sheets from Wilkinson really)
gw 32
????? Get transfer in, replacing GW 34 player with GW34 Player or build up two
gw 33
????? Get transfer in, replacing GW 34 player with GW34 Player or build up two
gw 34
Friedel for Mignolet - Friedel for the rest of the season
gw 35
Adebayor for Yakubu - Ade because of form and fixtures
Ben Arfa for Walcott - Ben Arfa for Newcastle cover and to be able to afford Ade
gw 36
Walcott for Gerard
gw 37
??????
gw 38

I've done the FF Tetris on this for the last three nights and I think this will be the plan but I'm sure it'll change every week depending on the form of anyone surprising.

Any thoughts?

manual_man

I'll be honest sm, I think you should... Feck it. I didn't have a clue what you just said

smokingman

manual_man wrote: »

I'll be honest sm, I think you should... Feck it. I didn't have a clue what you just said

Y'know, after half a bottle of rum last night and still staring at the screen, I'm in the same boat....the end of the season is doing me head in. I'm 16 points behind the one league I'm not leading in and while the leader has only seven players for GW34 and I have 11, I'm still playing too many combinations in my head the last while.

manual_man

smokingman wrote: »

manual_man wrote: »

I'll be honest sm, I think you should... Feck it. I didn't have a clue what you just said

Y'know, after half a bottle of rum last night and still staring at the screen, I'm in the same boat....the end of the season is doing me head in. I'm 16 points behind the one league I'm not leading in and while the leader has only seven players for GW34 and I have 11, I'm still playing too many combinations in my head the last while.

Just look at the teams you fancy for gw36, and what players you might get in. No point going crazy though, eg transferring out Walcott and Van Persie, when they have Norwich at home the next week, also you might give consideration to gw37 and gw38, no point getting a great team for gw36 if you're gonna suffer gw37 and 38. A few things to think about it. It's about finding a balance

Morricone

So I want to bring in mata, he's playing centrally, takes corners and frees and looks a real goalscoring threat, was particularly impressed with him last night.

Chelsea have a chronic fixture list coming up but I still think they'll play Mata for the league games and take him off after 60 or 70 for a rest.

Think I'll bring him in this week for the Wigan game instead of Dempsey, who I love.

GW32 transfar, Dempsey to Mata.

For 33 I might save a transfer or else put in Michael Turner or Gibbs for a defender, probably Jose Enrique.

Then for 34 Sessegnon in for a midfielder, probably Mata for the week.

That would leave me with 10 players to play in GW34 by my reckoning, Mignolet, Caulker, Evans, Gibbs, Walcott, Siggy, Valencia, Sess, Rooney, Van Persie. Still a pretty decent team.

Then for 35 I'll put in a Ryo Miyachi and I think I'll take out Walcott because they play Chelsea in 35 and Stoke away in 36. Don't see high scores there and Miyachi has 4 games in this period.

I still have a transfer that I've carried over so I now have 2 transfers. I'll bring Gerrard in for Siggy if he's playing in a more advanced role.

By 36 United could well have the title won or be on the verge. If so I'll take out Rooney and bring in Adebayor. Arsenal too may have Champions League more or less sown up so depending on results. If they have then I'll bring in Torres for Van Persie. Bold I know but worth the risk if he keeps playing decently. 4 point hit taken.

That would leave me with 9 for the double gameweeks,
Bogdan, Simpson, Kelly, Bale, Miyachi, Gerrard, Adebayor, Cisse and Torres. May or may not bring in Mata for the double gameweek instead of Sess for an extra 4 point hit. To be decided later.



Then for the last 2 weeks of the season I'll be getting players who have something to play for. I envisage these being, Newcastle, Chelsea, Spurs, Blackburn, Bolton, Wigan, QPR.

All of this is highly dependent on the premier league going as well as I predict and of course form is the other major factor. I'm not worried about losing money on players because I've a team value of 112 and 4.7 in the bank at the moment.

froog

anyone thinking VDV is a better shout than Bale?

grohlisagod

froog wrote: »

anyone thinking VDV is a better shout than Bale?

The fact that he's not on penalties anymore and the fact that he's so injury prone puts me off him. But there is no doubting that he's one of the best FF prospects when he's on the pitch.

However, I don't think there's much between himself and Bale though. Bale has been unlucky recently. He still looks a massive threat and he is nailed on for 90 mins every week. Basically, I don't think its worth changing Bale for VDV.

However, if you're behind in your leagues bringing in VDV if you don't have Bale is a decent option as a differential.

RB100

My original plan was to sell Demps next week for Sess cus of the fixtures but he is making it so hard to do!:(

Mr Moon

It's so complicated I had to make a spreadsheet to figure it all out, now barring injuries I'm all set up to GW 37 (I hope)

SpaceCowb0y

Mr Moon wrote: »

It's so complicated I had to make a spreadsheet to figure it all out, now barring injuries I'm all set up to GW 37 (I hope)

I wouldnt mind a look at that...:D

carlcon

Looks like I'm going into GW34 with a 2-4-3 formation and a keeper in goal. All while managing to keep a transfer spare. Don't think it's worth using that transfer to get a 3rd defender when I can save it to bring in a midfielder or striker who's going to play twice in GW36.

I *think* I've maximized my potential for those weeks, but only time will tell.

dahat

carlcon wrote: »

Looks like I'm going into GW34 with a 2-4-3 formation and a keeper in goal. All while managing to keep a transfer spare. Don't think it's worth using that transfer to get a 3rd defender when I can save it to bring in a midfielder or striker who's going to play twice in GW36.

I *think* I've maximized my potential for those weeks, but only time will tell.

Moved Arteta in for a hit as i had already gotten Kompany for Enrique,do expect City to get a CS v BRummies..
GW34 will have 9 players from me,only doubt is wether Walcott will play as i have a feeling he may give oxtail soup some more gametime soon...
3 united,3 Arsenal,2 Swansea,1 city.........should be able to resist using that weeks free transfer also to bulk up for 36,possibly to get Mata in.......

Nalz

Thoughts on this please lads

I'm making 2 transfers this week and hoping to make none next week. Any thoughts on who I bring in keeping in mind GW34.

My team

GK: Vorm, Reina(sus)

Def: Cahill, Enrique, Evans, Simpson, Richards

Mid: Bale, Valencia, Walters, D Murphy, McClean

Fwd: Rooney, RVP, Graham.

I was thinking of selling Cahill and Bale as they don't play in GW34 and one might be doubtful the other might conceed away to Fulham. Not sure for who though!

Cheers

carlcon

Trilla wrote: »

Thoughts on this please lads

I'm making 2 transfers this week and hoping to make none next week. Any thoughts on who I bring in keeping in mind GW34.

My team

GK: Vorm, Reina(sus)

Def: Cahill, Enrique, Evans, Simpson, Richards

Mid: Bale, Valencia, Walters, D Murphy, McClean

Fwd: Rooney, RVP, Graham.

I was thinking of selling Cahill and Bale as they don't play in GW34 and one might be doubtful the other might conceed away to Fulham. Not sure for who though!

Cheers

If I'm correct, you're looking at a 2-2-3 formation at best as it stands in GW34. I'd be rid of Walters and Murphy if I were you. Neither play on 34, and both have been fairly useless in the 2nd half of the season.

Sess, Sigurdson, and Arteta come to mind.

Especially Sigurdsson.

Both Cahill and Bale will have double weeks in 36. Don't forget that, they could both be great players to have then.

Nalz

carlcon wrote: »

If I'm correct, you're looking at a 2-2-3 formation at best as it stands in GW34. I'd be rid of Walters and Murphy if I were you. Neither play on 34, and both have been fairly useless in the 2nd half of the season.

Sess, Sigurdson, and Arteta come to mind.

Especially Sigurdsson.

I actually had decided on Murphy out Arteta in as I had 2m in the bank.

Sig for Walters is the other one. Thanks again

carlcon

Trilla wrote: »

I actually had decided on Murphy out Arteta in as I had 2m in the bank.

Sig for Walters is the other one. Thanks again

2 top swaps right there. G'luck!

Jimmy Iovine

I thought we had less weeks than we do. I might have a decent team out now.

carlcon

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

I thought we had less weeks than we do. I might have a decent team out now.

I was the same. Despite repeatedly seeing "gw34", I kept thinking it was gw33, and I was worried I'd only have 8 players. Actually now have 10 and will have a spare transfer left over. 2 weeks of not using up transfers unnecessarily really paid off.