Cancelled games and Double gameweeks

Iused2likebusts

We had a thread on this last year so no harm to get one going again.
The First issue is the carling cup final on GW 27. Some of the following games will be cancelled.
QPR Spurs
Liverpool City
Leicester Chelsea

Something else to note is there will be less games called off this year due to the FA cup quarter Final weekend not clashing with league fixtures for the first time that I can remember . This is usually the main cause of the mayhem so there will be far less DGW teams.

The only other games that will be called off is in GW 33 when league games clash with the FA cup semi Final.

In the last few years league games havent been refixed when there are midweek european matches this means the likely dates for the rescheduling of league games hence DGW's are
GW 31
GW 34
GW 37
There is also a chance that the carling cup cancelled league games could be refixed for the weekend of the FA cup qf assuming both teams are knocked out of the fa cup which would be GW 28 one week after the carling cup final.
For those playing their wildcard a bit later you will know which games are cancelled in GW 27

Ziegler1988

GW27 could be chaos for people with Kane+Austin and lots of value tied up in them

jimmii

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

GW27 could be chaos for people with Kane+Austin and lots of value tied up in them

A Chelsea Spurs final is going to leave a lot of people very short. Definitely makes things interesting when things like that crop up! Do you lose a million on a player just to field 11? Its a lot trickier question to answer than whether to spend 4 points!

Dr. Bre

this is why its important to have a bench that all play at this point because for me I currently would have terry hazard kane not playing if its chel spurs final. wont be panicking by taking them out. earlier in the season at times I had one or two on my bench not playing.

iroced

jimmii wrote: »

A Chelsea Spurs final is going to leave a lot of people very short. Definitely makes things interesting when things like that crop up! Do you lose a million on a player just to field 11? Its a lot trickier question to answer than whether to spend 4 points!

Especially this early (GW27) in the season. I mean if it was GW34 or 37 you could accept to lose £1m on a player by selling him for definite.

G1032

If Chelsea get to the final I can sell Costa and or Terry. I just brought Costa in again last week for 11.2 and Terry this week at 6.6. I can't see me losing much if any value on those two if I need to sell. One advantage anyway of paying so much for Costa

Lemlin

Let's just all hope Liverpool somehow win!

jimmii

Lemlin wrote: »

Let's just all hope Liverpool somehow win!

Ha good one!

FHFC

iroced wrote: »

Especially this early (GW27) in the season. I mean if it was GW34 or 37 you could accept to lose £1m on a player by selling him for definite.

One thing I hope will be something of an advantage facing issues like this is that I have very little profit tied up in anybody apart from Haz and Sanchez. Downing is probably next and he'll be gone soon.

Iused2likebusts

FHFC wrote: »

One thing I hope will be something of an advantage facing issues like this is that I have very little profit tied up in anybody apart from Haz and Sanchez. Downing is probably next and he'll be gone soon.

I'd be much the same and will only keep hazard for gw 27 if it is Chelsea that miss out.

Lemlin

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

I'd be much the same and will only keep hazard for gw 27 if it is Chelsea that miss out.

I can't see myself dropping Terry unless he gets injured.

manual_man

Depends a lot on which players you have and also what price you bought them at. It's still a while away but how and ever

I own Kane(5.4), Terry(6.3), Costa(10.5), and Hazard(9.9)

The prices I bought for them in brackets. All 4 are in pretty good form at present, which is always the most important. Sturridge when he's back in for Costa is one I'm definitely interested, but at this point in time I'm not considering selling the other 3 at all, if that stays the same and it's a Spurs-Chelsea final, I can see myself keeping those 3 and just making do with the remainder of my squad for that gw. Important not to forget that, for any cancelled game your player misses out on, means a double gw on the horizon!

Iused2likebusts

manual_man wrote: »

Depends a lot on which players you have and also what price you bought them at. It's still a while away but how and ever

I own Kane(5.4), Terry(6.3), Costa(10.5), and Hazard(9.9)

The prices I bought for them in brackets. All 4 are in pretty good form at present, which is always the most important. Sturridge when he's back in for Costa is one I'm definitely interested, but at this point in time I'm not considering selling the other 3 at all, if that stays the same and it's a Spurs-Chelsea final, I can see myself keeping those 3 and just making do with the remainder of my squad for that gw. Important not to forget that, for any cancelled game your player misses out on, means a double gw on the horizon!

It depends how far away the dgw is there is an off chance depending on the progress of teams in the fa cup it could be as soon as gw 28 in which case I'd hold. The most likely is gw 31 though so plenty of time to get players you transferred out back in which is what I would aim to do.

manual_man

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

It depends how far away the dgw is there is an off chance depending on the progress of teams in the fa cup it could be as soon as gw 28 in which case I'd hold. The most likely is gw 31 though so plenty of time to get players you transferred out back in which is what I would aim to do.

Factoring in possible points hits and the impact of price, that may not be worth it. Anyway, still up in the air for now, picture should become somewhat clearer soon

Iused2likebusts

chelsea leicester have a blank in gw27 now. If villa beat leicester in the next rd of the cup there is a chance that the DGW will be gw 28

iroced

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

chelsea leicester have a blank in gw27 now. If villa beat leicester in the next rd of the cup there is a chance that the DGW will be gw 28

Time to get rid of Wasi maybe...

Will have to analyse the fixtures of my squad for GW27 to see if I can bench my Chelsea trio without depleting my fielded XI too much...

extra gravy

Pool have back to back home games against City and Burnley in 27 and 28...hopefully Sturridge could be a viable replacement for Costa by then.

extra gravy

https://twitter.com/premierleague/status/560376848681816064

Means we won't get to see the Chelsea line up now before the deadline in GW28.

Brendan Filone

Here is a comprehensive fixture tracker that tracks all fixtures for Premier League teams including Cup games and European Games that people may find useful:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11R-ZRGWsB8NekrOze6Xx7pxQWnreIQiF97Lh-hDowOM/edit#gid=45789823

The Benefits:
+ Potential Double Gameweeks are marked.
+ Potential Blank Gameweeks are marked.
+ Matchdays (Sat/Sun/Mon) are shown, which is very useful for Ultimate FPL.
+ You can see which teams have important midweek games that may cause them to rest players or be tired the following weekend.

Here's a quick guide to reading the spreadsheet:
+ Blue columns - Premier League fixture
+ Other column - Other fixtures
+ Cell with red outline - Fixture in danger of being rescheduled.
+ Dark blue cell - Chance of fixture in danger being played at this time.

Iused2likebusts

spurs qpr postponed gw 27. As both teams are out of the cup this could be rescheduled for fa cup 5th rd weekend DGW25 or fa cup qf weekend DGW28. Liverpool swansea had a game off due to carling cup final a couple of years back and moved there game forward to before the carling cup final so this DGW 25 could happen.

Ziegler1988

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

spurs qpr postponed gw 27. As both teams are out of the cup this could be rescheduled for fa cup 5th rd weekend DGW25 or fa cup qf weekend DGW28. Liverpool swansea had a game off due to carling cup final a couple of years back and moved there game forward to before the carling cup final so this DGW 25 could happen.

Ugh, I doubt we would find out before Saturday? This would affect my active WC greatly.

Ziegler1988

Swansea advanced to the final on Jan 23, 2013 and the match was rearranged a week later: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-fc-v-swansea-city-3326134

Only saving grace may be that there was still 18 days between announcement and match; if they did the same this season it would be 11 days.

Iused2likebusts

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

Swansea advanced to the final on Jan 23, 2013 and the match was rearranged a week later: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-fc-v-swansea-city-3326134

Only saving grace may be that there was still 18 days between announcement and match; if they did the same this season it would be 11 days.

Id say if it is to be gw25 it would need to be rearranged by the weekend because as you say atleast 2 weeks notice should be needed. The way spurs fixtures are piling up it might make sense for them to play it GW 25.

Ziegler1988

"For those asking, a new date for @QPRFC's home fixture against @SpursOfficial in the @premierleague will be confirmed later today #QPR"

https://twitter.com/IJTaylor81/status/560829668480536578

Ziegler1988

FIXTURE CHANGE QPR v Spurs moves from Sun 1 March to Sat 7 March (1500 GMT) - as Spurs face Chelsea in the @CapitalOne_Cup final

https://twitter.com/premierleague/status/560837360770764801

DWG28 then for Spurs and QPR

FHFC

QPR Vs Spurs fixed for March 7th

EDIT: Tell you what, I'll leave it to Ziegler and I'll try and do some actual work for the last half hour of the day!!

Iused2likebusts

Could be a good week to hold a transfer as we should know by the following gw if Chelsea have a DGW 28. I have 2 transfers but hoping to only use up 1.

KevIRL

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Could be a good week to hold a transfer as we should know by the following gw if Chelsea have a DGW 28. I have 2 transfers but hoping to only use up 1.

Also there is a full weekend of FA cup games, chelsea have a CL game and the three Europa teams have a game all before the next game week. Very useful to hold over a transfer if possible, could be any amount of injuries/suspensions and fook knows what else to contend with

Ziegler1988

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Could be a good week to hold a transfer as we should know by the following gw if Chelsea have a DGW 28. I have 2 transfers but hoping to only use up 1.

I've been contemplating bringing Costa in for Burnley GW26 if Chelsea have a DGW28. I think I want Leicester to beat Villa and the DGW to be later though.

Iused2likebusts

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

I've been contemplating bringing Costa in for Burnley GW26 if Chelsea have a DGW28. I think I want Leicester to beat Villa and the DGW to be later though.

I'm thinking about that myself

FHFC

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

I'm thinking about that myself

I haven't been looking in here the past 24 hrs as been needing a break, but the cunning plan that was forming in my head last night and giving me some hope has just been laid out in the previous two posts. Sometimes there's a bit of group think around here but this is ridiculous!

I'm buggered for transfers having caved at 11.29 and taken Sanchez out for Silva and will now have to reverse that this week. Pelle may get another reprieve and Costa in next gw if Chelsea have the dgw. Bit early to risk Studge maybe and need something different to catch the fecker who just passed me in my pay league.....oh, wait!

Ziegler1988

It's really dependent if I do Pelle to Defoe tomorrow or not. If I don't then that striker spot is up for grabs in GW26 and a hungry Costa could be a great captain.

FHFC

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

It's really dependent if I do Pelle to Defoe tomorrow or not. If I don't then that striker spot is up for grabs in GW26 and a hungry Costa could be a great captain.

I'd be taking a chance on not having a great GW27 team either that or more trips to hitsville. But I worked my ass off to have a good team for the big blank GW last year and did rubbish in it. It needs more thought, but very tempting.

Iused2likebusts

FHFC wrote: »

I'd be taking a chance on not having a great GW27 team either that or more trips to hitsville. But I worked my ass off to have a good team for the big blank GW last year and did rubbish in it. It needs more thought, but very tempting.

Getting the capt right in gw 27 is the key thing. Most teams will only have 5 decent attacking options. I could be going 5 4 1.

Ziegler1988

FHFC wrote: »

I'd be taking a chance on not having a great GW27 team either that or more trips to hitsville. But I worked my ass off to have a good team for the big blank GW last year and did rubbish in it. It needs more thought, but very tempting.

Iusedtolikebusts wrote:

Getting the capt right in gw 27 is the key thing. Most teams will only have 5 decent attacking options. I could be going 5 4 1.

If ManU had any sort of attacking form, a striker from them could be a great captain in GW27. I assume most will captain Sanchez or Aguero. My chance to get some points back on Kane owners probably won't even matter in the end since Defoe would probably blank at Old Trafford.

FHFC

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Getting the capt right in gw 27 is the key thing. Most teams will only have 5 decent attacking options. I could be going 5 4 1.

You're better set up for 27, despite not doing your Walters thing. My defence is not great for it, and wasted 2 transfers over Sanchez so risky taking hits to sort it out.

The Costa thing was gonna be my secret weapon! You're some crafty cnut!

FHFC

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

If ManU had any sort of attacking form, a striker from them could be a great captain in GW27. I assume most will captain Sanchez or Aguero. My chance to get some points back on Kane owners probably won't even matter in the end since Defoe would probably blank at Old Trafford.

Yeah, wouldn't be mad on Defoe for that reason. Sanchez probably gonna be the stand out captain.

I remember I got all set up for the blank last year where there were only I think 6 games. I fielded 11 decent players, and got hammered by lads who only had 6 or 7.

iroced

FHFC wrote: »

I'd be taking a chance on not having a great GW27 team either that or more trips to hitsville. But I worked my ass off to have a good team for the big blank GW last year and did rubbish in it. It needs more thought, but very tempting.

Same happened to me. I think we sometimes put too much emphasis on these blank/double GWs. Last year there was one double GW which didn't really work out too, IIRC some Chelsea lads got more pts in 1 game than the popular punty DGWers...

That said I fully agree with Busts. Getting the captain right for GW27 will be the key.

extra gravy

I think I remember getting Kevin Nolan and Tom Ince in for a DGW last season...for a hit as well :eek: DGWS and rational decision making don't seem to go together. I'm determined not to make the same mistakes this season.

8-10

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

It's really dependent if I do Pelle to Defoe tomorrow or not. If I don't then that striker spot is up for grabs in GW26 and a hungry Costa could be a great captain.

Costa has never been a good captain I'd argue.

CSF

8-10 wrote: »

Costa has never been a good captain I'd argue.

He is sometimes. He doesn't amass the bonus points that he should. But he is a very consistent goalscorer. He has scored 6+ in 12 of the 19 games he has played in. Compared with 13 of the 24 for Hazard. 11 in 21 for Sanchez.

Doesn't quite have the points per game that you'll get for those guys, but he is frequently a safe bet to not end up as a captain blank.

Lemlin

CSF wrote: »

He is sometimes. He doesn't amass the bonus points that he should. But he is a very consistent goalscorer. He has scored 6+ in 12 of the 19 games he has played in. Compared with 13 of the 24 for Hazard. 11 in 21 for Sanchez.

Doesn't quite have the points per game that you'll get for those guys, but he is frequently a safe bet to not end up as a captain blank.

I thought about Costa too but at the minute I have Terry, Eriksen and Hazard that will have to be my bench in GW27. If I bring in Costa, I'll then have four players to bench.

My plan was:

GW25 - Sturridge in for Pelle
GW26 - Walters in for AJ
GW27 - bank
GW28 - Kane in for Giroud and Costa in for Sturridge (if Chelsea have a double).

That leaves me with Terry, Hazard, Costa, Eriksen and Kane for the double.

CSF

Lemlin wrote: »

I thought about Costa too but at the minute I have Terry, Eriksen and Hazard that will have to be my bench in GW27. If I bring in Costa, I'll then have four players to bench.

My plan was:

GW25 - Sturridge in for Pelle
GW26 - Walters in for AJ
GW27 - bank
GW28 - Kane in for Giroud and Costa in for Sturridge (if Chelsea have a double).

That leaves me with Terry, Hazard, Costa, Eriksen and Kane for the double.

Yeah I don't think I'm going to bring in Costa before the DGW, and I expect to have those same guys for the DGW, via a different route.

FHFC

Lemlin wrote: »

I thought about Costa too but at the minute I have Terry, Eriksen and Hazard that will have to be my bench in GW27. If I bring in Costa, I'll then have four players to bench.

My plan was:

GW25 - Sturridge in for Pelle
GW26 - Walters in for AJ
GW27 - bank
GW28 - Kane in for Giroud and Costa in for Sturridge (if Chelsea have a double).

That leaves me with Terry, Hazard, Costa, Eriksen and Kane for the double.

CSF wrote: »

Yeah I don't think I'm going to bring in Costa before the DGW, and I expect to have those same guys for the DGW, via a different route.

With no Spurs player to bench for 27 I'm still considering the Costa move. I'd then be benching Terry, Hazard and Costa and getting Eriksen and Kane in for the DGW. Also worth noting that Liverpool have Burnley at home in the DGW, so not worth overlooking Liverpool. It's not likely to be worth foregoing one of Kane or Costa (assuming for now that he has a DGW) for Studge, but may be worth having another Liverpool attacker like Sterling or Coutinho in the package.

One of my problems is I'm stuck with Puncheon and don't really have the transfers to get rid as well as the above moves, but may just have to live with that till after GW28.

Iused2likebusts

FHFC wrote: »

You're better set up for 27, despite not doing your Walters thing. My defence is not great for it, and wasted 2 transfers over Sanchez so risky taking hits to sort it out.

The Costa thing was gonna be my secret weapon! You're some crafty cnut!

I only have Kane and Hazard at the moment who will blank in gw 27 so I've a bit of flexibility on getting in either costa fab or a Chelsea def for the burnley game and then benching them the week after. My issue with getting in costa is that it will be for ings who I planned on benching till gw 27 and then playing at home to Swansea in gw 27. Adm silva and Ramsey are all on the chopping block for me. The dgws and blanks can prove to be a letdown and sometimes I think I plan too much for them. I've 2 free transfers and I need to pick when is the best week to go all out. On paper this gw could be a good one to go for it.

Gits_bone

WHen is the DGW and when it blank GW?

F1ngers

Gits_bone wrote: »

WHen is the DGW and when it blank GW?

Log in and go to the fixtures tab here: http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb.html

Necronomicon

This is me thinking out loud and having it in writing for self-reference, but maybe it'll give someone else some ideas. Draft of my transfer plan:

GW26: Sanchez to Ozil/Walcott (necessary for funds)
GW27: Bank; play full XI (5-3-2) with Eriksen, Hazard, and Kane on bench
GW28: 2FTs with approx. 4.1 to spend. Assuming Chelsea DGW, do Giroud to Costa and Jones to Terry. This also assumes that:

• Costa has not gotten 2 bookings verus Burnley and Spurs
• Prices for players involved don't fluctuate much

My other GW28 option is Giroud to Sturridge (attractive Burnley fixture) but that would leave me short on getting Terry in. Could possibly do Jones to a cheaper Chelsea defender, but it is hard to predict the backline at the moment.

Ziegler1988

Necronomicon wrote: »

This is me thinking out loud and having it in writing for self-reference, but maybe it'll give someone else some ideas. Draft of my transfer plan:

GW26: Sanchez to Ozil/Walcott (necessary for funds)
GW27: Bank; play full XI (5-3-2) with Eriksen, Hazard, and Kane on bench
GW28: 2FTs with approx. 4.1 to spend. Assuming Chelsea DGW, do Giroud to Costa and Jones to Terry. This also assumes that:

• Costa has not gotten 2 bookings verus Burnley and Spurs
• Prices for players involved don't fluctuate much

My other GW28 option is Giroud to Sturridge (attractive Burnley fixture) but that would leave me short on getting Terry in. Could possibly do Jones to a cheaper Chelsea defender, but it is hard to predict the backline at the moment.

Just be aware that Sanchez will probably be top captaincy choice in GW27 against Everton (not that it mattered much yesterday ).

My plan is similar:
GW26: Pelle to Costa(c) or bank if Chelsea don't have DGW
GW27: Bank or do a one week punt
GW28: Bring in Kane and Eriksen with 2 FTs; maybe do Terry to Rose for a hit if I want to keep Cazorla instead of Puncheon

Necronomicon

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

Just be aware that Sanchez will probably be top captaincy choice in GW27 against Everton (not that it mattered much yesterday ).

Yeah, I'm not keen on Sanchez out but other plans depend on freeing up that bit of cash. I'm not completely decided on it mind.

Another flaw in my plan is the fact that I have Baird, who isn't assured of a start, so my 5-3-2 plan for GW27 might result in only having 10 starting players.

Gits_bone

When are chelsea making up their cancelled game?