Double Gameweek/Blank Gameweek Planning - FPL 2018/2019

km79

Morzadec wrote: »

Definitely something to keep in mind.

My take is that Digne is a player who can return in any match, has multiple ways of scoring you points and is not tying up funds (presuming you bought him around 5.0?) and so can be left on the bench in the buildup, so is a player that is not really bad to have at any time of the season so I'd consider keeping.

Ricky has been out of form for a while and is mirroring last season's barren 2nd half of the season and is too expensive to bench so I'd probably sell.

If you have 4 31ers after this week that's still not all that bad. I'll have 5 but in reality 4 as I don't expect Schindler to return anything in 31 and he'll be replaced in the buildup to that week.

You can still use 28, 29, 30 and 31 (plus your other FT from this week) to bring in West Ham, Leicester, Liverpool players who all have great fixtures in the build up and inclusive of 31. Maybe a Bournemouth player on that last week. That's 5 transfers.

That would give you 9 players for 31 and should set you up well for 33 too.

Thanks
This is what I am leaning towards alright
Good to see it from someone else to reinforce it

alchemist33

Y'know, I fully expect that when this is all over we'll discover every strategy yielded the exact same points, on average.

Or, "strategies don't win fpl. Players win fpl"

Mr. Guappa

Is there any statistics available on what percentage of players have used each chip? Top 10k and top 100k would be interesting.

dr.kenneth noisewater

Only have 4 players for 31 and 12 for 33 atm so think I'll go with the below.
FH in 31 
BB in 32 - only need to get rid of Maddison and Fab before then(will hold Salah and maybe hold Robbo)
WC in 33 or 34 
TC in 35

Might swap TC and BB around depending on fixtures being confirmed

ElTel

Mr. Guappa wrote: »

Is there any statistics available on what percentage of players have used each chip? Top 10k and top 100k would be interesting.

https://www.livefpl.net/figs

https://fpldiscovery.wordpress.com/2019/02/09/18-19-gw26-team-selection-and-stats/#more-12412

ThunbergsAreGo

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Only have 4 players for 31 and 12 for 33 atm so think I'll go with the below.
FH in 31 
BB in 32 - only need to get rid of Maddison and Fab before then(will hold Salah and maybe hold Robbo)
WC in 33 or 34 
TC in 35

Might swap TC and BB around depending on fixtures being confirmed

Really interesting thread with the many strategies - above makes sense 100%, only issue I can see with it is having 20m or so tied up in Robertson/Salah who are both on SGW vs Spurs in 32. It all depends on your team.

dr.kenneth noisewater

naughtb4 wrote: »

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Only have 4 players for 31 and 12 for 33 atm so think I'll go with the below.
FH in 31 
BB in 32 - only need to get rid of Maddison and Fab before then(will hold Salah and maybe hold Robbo)
WC in 33 or 34 
TC in 35

Might swap TC and BB around depending on fixtures being confirmed

Really interesting thread with the many strategies - above makes sense 100%, only issue I can see with it is having 20m or so tied up in Robertson/Salah who are both on SGW vs Spurs in 32. It all depends on your team.

Yeah I just have a lot of value tied up in them so would be hard to get back in, they've great fixtures in their last 4 games despite not having a dgw in 35.
 Not 100% set on keeping them yet so could all change, especially if they keep progressing in the CL

normanoffside

Looking at fixtures and with a strategy of FH in 32:
If Building towards 31, avoid getting Fulham and Newcastle players as they will probably blank in 33 (if watford and Palace go through in the cup).
Conversely, don't sell Arsenal players as Arsenal blank in 31 but have a guaranteed game in 33.

Chesty08

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Only have 4 players for 31 and 12 for 33 atm so think I'll go with the below.
FH in 31 
BB in 32 - only need to get rid of Maddison and Fab before then(will hold Salah and maybe hold Robbo)
WC in 33 or 34 
TC in 35

Might swap TC and BB around depending on fixtures being confirmed

That’s a good plan if you have WC. I’m looking at riding out GW31 & GW33 and using chips

FH in DGW32 or DGW35
BB in DGW32 or DGW35

Not sure when to use TC, probably at end of season on Kane Salah or Aguero all dependants.

I’ve no wildcard but a lot can happen so not nailing my chips to any masts yet

alchemist33

Chesty08 wrote: »

That’s a good plan if you have WC. I’m looking at riding out GW31 & GW33 and using chips

FH in DGW32 or DGW35
BB in DGW32 or DGW35

Not sure when to use TC, probably at end of season on Kane Salah or Aguero all dependants.

I’ve no wildcard but a lot can happen so not nailing my chips to any masts yet

I've no wildcard either but one thing I'm almost certain on is that I'll be using TC in a DGW. It halves the chance of a triple captain fail.

km79

It's weds night
Less than 48 hours till deadline
I have 2 FT
AND NOT A CLUE WHAT I WILL DO

Maybe the obvious move of Aguero to auba and captain him whilst sticking head in sand about future gameweeks will turn out to be the right one ............

extra gravy

km79 wrote: »

It's weds night
Less than 48 hours till deadline
I have 2 FT
AND NOT A CLUE WHAT I WILL DO

Maybe the obvious move of Aguero to auba and captain him whilst sticking head in sand about future gameweeks will turn out to be the right one ............

Leaning towards this move now myself too. I've gone through every strategy today and still don't know what to do.

km79

extra gravy wrote: »

Leaning towards this move now myself too. I've gone through every strategy today and still don't know what to do.

It might garner enough points to cover a few hits over next few weeks
It's a blindingly obvious move
So maybe it's the right one

PARlance

Anyone want to critique a FH team for me. Have had 2 great GWs and trying to crank up the pressure.

FABINASKI
CHER, KOLASINAC, MONREAL, trippier
POGBA, SON, ANDERSON, salah
LACA, VARDY

Not shouting my team Caps are playing at home.

I fancy a gunners gamble at home to Sou, some attacking returns and a CS would be nice.
Schar, do you believe?
Salah... first time in my team, purely as a blocker for my FH week, sorry Mr. P.
Vardy is Punty but hoping there's kickback after being dropped and a missed peno.
Laca can/will be Auba after tomorrow night.
Rondon on the bench. I should ease off on the gunner gamble really.

Anyone I'm missing?
Sensible recommendations will be ignored.

(I had a triple NEW defence at one stage... I do fancy a gamble with this chip)

ThunbergsAreGo

Decision made its a build to 31 and 33 with a FH in between. If only because it's the simplest strategy to get my head around! With FT and a hit to get Kamara out this week I can field 10 for 31.

Now watch the PL change the expected fixtures up just to screw with me 😂

Morzadec

PARlance wrote: »

Anyone want to critique a FH team for me. Have had 2 great GWs and trying to crank up the pressure.

FABINASKI
CHER, KOLASINAC, MONREAL, trippier
POGBA, SON, ANDERSON, salah
LACA, VARDY

Not shouting my team Caps are playing at home.

I fancy a gunners gamble at home to Sou, some attacking returns and a CS would be nice.
Schar, do you believe?
Salah... first time in my team, purely as a blocker for my FH week, sorry Mr. P.
Vardy is Punty but hoping there's kickback after being dropped and a missed peno.
Laca can/will be Auba after tomorrow night.
Rondon on the bench. I should ease off on the gunner gamble really.

Anyone I'm missing?
Sensible recommendations will be ignored.

(I had a triple NEW defence at one stage... I do fancy a gamble with this chip)

Are you all set on using FH this GW? It seems unwise with the big blanks and doubles coming up - the FH is gold dust to navigate those efficiently.

In general it doesn't seem like a great week to use it with City not in action, Liverpool and United playing against each other in what I imagine will be a tight affair, Spurs away to a resurgent Burnley and still likely without Kane.

If you are all set on playing it then I'd keep an eye on Auba tonight, he's the one premium player playing this week and I'd still wager he probably starts against Soton even if he starts tonight

shineon23

Transfers made for GW27: FH, BB, WC. Chips remaining

GW31 (Normal Squad) 3 players, will be down to 2 soon enough when I move Lossl and Diop on (2 being Salah and pool defender i'll bring in for Diop before).
So I'm free hitting here.

GW32: Bench Boost
currently have 12 Potential DGWers (plus Salah, Lossl, Diop)
Lossl will become Ryan or Leno will bring me to 13, will hold off on this move until Blanks/Non Blanks for GW33 are confirmed.
Diop will have become TAA probably, who I can then turn into Luiz for GW32

That would leave me with 14 DGWers plus Salah

GW33:
Slight unknown. My aim will be to get players in with Doubles in 32 and a Single game in 33, I haven't fully planned this out

I'm looking at about 6 players at the moment depending previous transfers, I might take a minus 4 to get me up to 8 players and hope for the best.

GW35
I will try have 11 DGWers or more likely 10 plus Salah in GW35.
I think I have 8 potential DGWers for this currently but I'm not planning properly this far ahead

I think my plans are fairly set in stone, unless I decide to hold the Bench boost to GW35, in which case I'd be wildcarding in GW34.

km79

I've made my transfers and basically left myself the option of FH in 32 or 31
Need more clarity on dgw fixtures
Could end up with a few surprises like last season

I am not holding players with stink form for 4 more weeks either
Especially when they have a tough fixture

galwaylad14

I was all set to FH in 31 and just build towards 32 but if I do that I'll be in big trouble for 33 so I think I'll build towards 31 (and by default 33) and FH in 32 and then wildcard in 34 with BB 35.

Benimar

Still no idea what I’ll do this week (Aubameyang playing 90 didn’t help), but now strongly leaning towards building for GW32 and FH in 31.

I think there might be a surprise or two in the rearranging of the fixtures, so a TC option may present itself in 32. If not I’ll have at least 11 DGWers, Salah, Robertson and one other. Even though he only has one game, and it’s against Spurs, I think it could backfire leaving Salah out of a GW32 team.

I still have my WC, so if the worst comes to the worst I can WC in GW33 with a view to setting up for DGW35.

Also, to dead end my team will involve losing value on players I’d want in DGWs.

MR NINE

Ive had a look and im pretty confident building towards 31 will make it easier to field a strong team in 33. I already have 5 players for 31 which helps of course, and i think i could get to 10 players that id be happy to have in my team and have a game in 31 & 33.

Unless you only have 2 or 3 gw31 players in your team right now, i think building for 31 is the optimal strategy.

km79

Benimar wrote: »

I think there might be a surprise or two in the rearranging of the fixtures, so a TC option may present itself in 32..

I was thinking this too

sheroman01

The thoughts of a FH in a DGW with the big hitters is ideal, but not practical, long term, for me anyway. It means dropping big name players week by week and possibly not being able to bring them back in due to price rises. Unless of course you have a WC, or just go ahead and play a handful of players and risk it. GW31 isn't the greatest for fixtures but could certainly be worse; Liverpool and Chelsea play, with West Ham and Bournemouth at home to Huddersfield and Newcastle.

km79

sheroman01 wrote: »

The thoughts of a FH in a DGW with the big hitters is ideal, but not practical, long term, for me anyway. It means dropping big name players week by week and possibly not being able to bring them back in due to price rises. Unless of course you have a WC, or just go ahead and play a handful of players and risk it. GW31 isn't the greatest for fixtures but could certainly be worse; Liverpool and Chelsea play, with West Ham and Bournemouth at home to Huddersfield and Newcastle.

That’s one thing that put me off putting all my eggs in FH32 basket
Getting all 31 players back for 33 is all very well but there is another double after that and obviously you could be missing a lot of big hitters

Added to that a few of the 31 teams have poor 33 games
I’m now considering FH 33 as I will certainly be down a few united and wolves players at least
And some of my 31 players have a poor fixture

Necronomicon

After many headaches I've opted for FH31, build towards DGW32. Building towards 31 was just looking like so much surgery to my team, whereas I was already some way towards a decent enough DGW32 team. It also keeps my options for TC or BB open for that week.

BGW33 isn't looking too bad, and DGW35...well, that's ages away Just relieved to have made a decision now and I can start focusing a bit more on those further away problems.

(For context, I don't have a WC left).

patmac

Spent some time at this last night head is wrecked.
Team is poor this week but great next week.
Currently
Fab (Hamer)
Lindelhof,VVD,AWB(Bennett,Valery)
(Hazard)Pogba, Salah, Snodgrass, Moutinho
Rashford, Jimenez,(Aguero)
Think I’ll do Hazard to Eriksen or Son, or possibly Anderson would love to ride it out though.
Next week bank
29: 2 gw 31 in.
30: 2 more giving me 9 for 31, FH in 32 11 in 33, wc 34, Bb 35. TC after.

Mr. Guappa

I've decided (I think) to build towards DGW32. I'll FH in 31. This means I can get rid of Digne and Richarlison as soon as I like. With just FT's I can get to 15DGW players for 32, so bench boost there and then WC in blank 33. I'll wildcard in 9 or 10 players with a match in the blank, and then with FT's I'll get up to 7 or 8 DGW35 players by the time that comes around. I feel this allows me to get a good mix for the run in as I won't be focussing entirely on DGW35 players which would be the temptation with a GW34 WC. I'll probably use TC in DGW35.

carnie

Mr. Guappa wrote: »

I've decided (I think) to build towards DGW32. I'll FH in 31. This means I can get rid of Digne and Richarlison as soon as I like. With just FT's I can get to 15DGW players for 32, so bench boost there and then WC in blank 33. I'll wildcard in 9 or 10 players with a match in the blank, and then with FT's I'll get up to 7 or 8 DGW35 players by the time that comes around. I feel this allows me to get a good mix for the run in as I won't be focussing entirely on DGW35 players which would be the temptation with a GW34 WC. I'll probably use TC in DGW35.

This is pretty much my plan of action.


Are the fixtures for DGW32 more or less set?

km79

carnie wrote: »

This is pretty much my plan of action.


Are the fixtures for DGW32 more or less set?

No

COH

My head is well and truly wrecked...

I currently have 8 for GW 31 if Brooks is fit by then ... so can field 11 there with just making free transfers between now and then

I also have 8 DGWers for 32 ...

However my team this week is a bit of a mess with a bench of Aguero, Alonso, Luiz and Richarlison :eek: and Brooks out injured.

Still have all my chips intact and had originally planned on building to GW31, Free hit 32, WC 34 and BB 35 with TC in either 33 or 36 depending bit now looking at the permutations and second guessing myself at every turn!

km79

chelsea away in Kiev between GW 30 and 31........would assume their priority will soon switch to Europa as well........

ElTel

Alternative DGW32 fixtures

There's a hot topic on FFScout from the regular poster Jarvish. He thinks Wolves v Utd will be in DGW32 and has made an educated guess on the re-arranged fixtures.

https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2019/02/21/leicesters-fixtures-and-tielemans-arrival-boost-the-appeal-of-maddison/?hc_page=6&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_19903539

km79

ElTel wrote: »

Alternative DGW32 fixtures

There's a hot topic on FFScout from the regular poster Jarvish. He thinks Wolves v Utd will be in DGW32 and has made an educated guess on the re-arranged fixtures.

https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2019/02/21/leicesters-fixtures-and-tielemans-arrival-boost-the-appeal-of-maddison/?hc_page=6&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_19903539

That would mean a Cardiff Fulham DGW for city
TC
Bench boost would have to wait
And obviously FH as well.......

SlickRic

Necronomicon wrote: »

After many headaches I've opted for FH31, build towards DGW32. Building towards 31 was just looking like so much surgery to my team, whereas I was already some way towards a decent enough DGW32 team. It also keeps my options for TC or BB open for that week.

BGW33 isn't looking too bad, and DGW35...well, that's ages away Just relieved to have made a decision now and I can start focusing a bit more on those further away problems.

(For context, I don't have a WC left).

i've seen a lot of people online say that the WC won't be that big an advantage. in my case, I wholeheartedly disagree. being able to WC in 34 in prep for 35 is quite central to what I'm doing.

perhaps luckily, I'm very well set for BGW 31, meaning I'm pretty good for GW33. i'm just going to build to 31, but i don't have to ignore form players either, as I'll have 8 or 9 for that week unless I get very unlucky with injuries.

i'll get through 31
FH 32
use one transfer for 33
WC in 34 in prep for 35 and 37.
TC and BB in 35 and 37, unless I really think Salah in 36 is a better bet for TC.

without that WC it's doable, but a lot trickier, and would involve me having to make definite choices in terms of almost foregoing some GWs and hoping for the best.

unless I'm missing something?

ElTel

km79 wrote: »

That would mean a Cardiff Fulham DGW for city
TC
Bench boost would have to wait
And obviously FH as well.......

Yup and Arsenal don't get a double. Really hoping for some fixture to be arranged today. I'm set up better for FH31 in both cases anyway but "the Jarvish scenario" makes that strategy more likely.

Benimar

km79 wrote: »

That would mean a Cardiff Fulham DGW for city
TC
Bench boost would have to wait
And obviously FH as well.......

This is why I’m building towards 32. Easy to swap between BB and TC. FH in 32 obviously rules both out.

elefant

Benimar wrote: »

This is why I’m building towards 32. Easy to swap between BB and TC. FH in 32 obviously rules both out.

Why not use both in 32?

Benimar

elefant wrote: »

Why not use both in 32?

Can’t use two chips in the same week

km79

Benimar wrote: »

This is why I’m building towards 32. Easy to swap between BB and TC. FH in 32 obviously rules both out.

I am contemplating FH 33

markc91

Fixtures are out

Benimar

Wolves v Man Utd confirmed for DGW32.

Surely means City v Cardiff will also be DGW32 if City beat Swansea in the cup.

Man Utd v Man City also confirmed for DGW35

ScummyMan

Massive spanner in the works

km79

Well that has worked out beautifully
I think !
LOL I am not sure actually

Thinking about it I will have 5 players missing for 31 now anyway
And the same for 33 without moving on wolves /united players
Not much room for manoveur now
Almost certainly have to FH 31
I could have a serious Gw 32 squad but taht City DGW is TC material

Paully D

I’m still going FH in DGW32.

I’ll probably want 3 City and the only way I’ll be managing that without destroying my team is via that chip.

No Arsenal double is not the worst thing in the world as it means Aguero/Kane/Rashford forward trio is very achievable without fearing you’re missing a big hitter out.

I’ve just been messing around for a few minutes and could do something like the below on a FH, presuming all will have doubles. Just an example:

Foster/Guaita
Shaw Doherty Duffy
Sterling Hazard Pogba Jota
Kane Aguero Rashford

Then an Aubameyang TC in 35 (likely Palace home and Wolves away) looks nice!

km79

Paully D wrote: »

I’m still going FH in DGW32.

I’ll probably want 3 City and the only way I’ll be managing that without destroying my team is via that chip.

No Arsenal double is not the worst thing in the world as it means Aguero/Kane/Rashford forward trio is very achievable without fearing you’re missing a big hitter out.

I’ve just been messing around for a few minutes and could do something like the below on a FH, presuming all will have doubles. Just an example:

Foster/Guaita
Shaw Doherty Duffy
Sterling Hazard Pogba Jota
Kane Aguero Rashford

Then an Aubameyang TC in 35 (likely Palace home and Wolves away) looks nice!

I already have 5 of those players and Jiminez instead of Kane who I have zero interest in
So doubt I’ll be playing a FH

SlickRic

Ouch.

I'm going to have to wait until 35 or 37 to use my TC. i just have to live with it. there's no point sacrificing a perfect decent, flexible plan just for City games where you could be screwed by Pep roulette anyway.

Morzadec

Lol after 10 days of planning and debating they throw this out a few hours before the deadline...

Don't know what to make of this and if this will change plans.. probably not.

Will be nice to get 3 City players in for 32 so FH still looks like a good option there (because you can't carry too many City players with them likely blanking either side of 32).

That said a TC on Aggy for those fixtures would be sweet.

Benimar

I’m now convinced FH31, TC 32, WC33/34, BB35 is the way to go.

The only way City can’t have a double in 32 is if they lose to Swansea, in which case I’ll have 3 of their players in BGW33.

A possible (probable) Aguero TC along with fielding 11 in BGW31 is a potential significant advantage.

Morzadec

It was confusing before, now even moreso.

I still think that FH 32 seems the right move as City assets are a must but they don't play 31 and 33.

But then again I have Sane and Aguero right now. Could hold on to them this week, enjoy their decent fixtures 28, 29, 30, add another City in 32 (after FHing in 31) and therefore have 3 players AND TC in 32.

Decisions...

CSF

Is it just Wolves v United confirmed for 32 already?