Fantasy Premier League Free hit advice?

macraignil · 25-10-2017 7:47pm #1

Going to play my free hit this week so wondered if anyone could give me advice on what changes might make sense. Current team looks like:

Ederson
Monreal, Azpilicueta, Otamendi
Gross, D. Silva, Sanchez, Doucoure, Richarlison
Morata, Lacazette

Subs: Speroni, Abraham, Lascelles, Mbemba

Had too many players with bad fixtures this week to consider leaving the team as it was. This selection left me with absolute 0 in the bank. Thanks in advance for any tips.

jimmii · 25-10-2017 9:06pm

I'd want a couple of Liverpool in there for sure. I think I would probably want three outfield players from city too. I'd go something like this (not checked values but should be close enough):

GK: Pope, Elliott
DEF: Otamendi, Gomez, Kola, Dann, filler
MID: Sanchez, Cout, Salah/Sane, Richarlison, filler
ATT: Lacazette, Vardy, Jesus

And play 343 and have Dann as a decent first sub. I'd only play the chip if I thought it had a points expectancy of atleast 20 points more than my current team so your team would have wanted to be pretty shocking bad this week to justify it imo.

PARlance · 25-10-2017 9:12pm

macraignil wrote: »

Going to play my free hit this week so wondered if anyone could give me advice on what changes might make sense. Current team looks like:

Ederson
Monreal, Azpilicueta, Otamendi
Gross, D. Silva, Sanchez, Doucoure, Richarlison
Morata, Lacazette

Subs: Speroni, Abraham, Lascelles, Mbemba

Had too many players with bad fixtures this week to consider leaving the team as it was. This selection left me with absolute 0 in the bank. Thanks in advance for any tips.

Is that your current team or free hit team?

jimmii · 25-10-2017 9:17pm

PARlance wrote: »

Is that your current team or free hit team?

I assumed that was their current fh team! If that's their actual current team this is a bonkers idea!!

macraignil · 25-10-2017 10:19pm

PARlance wrote: »

Is that your current team or free hit team?

That's the team I was going to go for with the free hit. Got some of my best attackers normally with Spurs and Man. Utd. which I'm guessing might be a 0-0 this weekend and most of my lower price players are facing better teams this weekend as well.

Thanks for the alternate team suggestion and I guess anyone going to use their free hit could use this thread as well. Newcastle supporter myself as well so I won't be going to be picking Pope as goalkeeper and spending Monday night hoping Newcastle don't score. Fantasy football was way easier when they were relegated.

F1ngers · 25-10-2017 11:55pm

macraignil wrote: »

I guess anyone going to use their free hit could use this thread as well.

I reckon the vast majority(not all) members of this forum will have forgotten about this thread by the time they think to use their free hit.

macraignil · 26-10-2017 12:15am

F1ngers wrote: »

I reckon the vast majority(not all) members of this forum will have forgotten about this thread by the time they think to use their free hit.

You might be right but I thought it was strange nobody had started one(or did they and I forgot about it).

Got to thinking about changing the free hit team again just now having watched the cup game highlights. Anyone reckon Pep might give Bravo a go at the weekend since he played so well in the cup game?

Morata also didn't seem to do much when he came on and was thinking of making him captain at the weekend. Might have to scrap the first draft at the free hit team and start again or I could make as much of a mess of it as I did when I played the wildcard a few weeks back.

Rikand · 26-10-2017 7:07am

Bravo is a cup games specialist

ElTel · 26-10-2017 10:56pm

macraignil wrote: »

That's the team I was going to go for with the free hit. Got some of my best attackers normally with Spurs and Man. Utd. which I'm guessing might be a 0-0 this weekend and most of my lower price players are facing better teams this weekend as well.

Thanks for the alternate team suggestion and I guess anyone going to use their free hit could use this thread as well. Newcastle supporter myself as well so I won't be going to be picking Pope as goalkeeper and spending Monday night hoping Newcastle don't score. Fantasy football was way easier when they were relegated.

Man Utd GK @ 3.9M Pereira and there are 3 midfielders at 4.3M and 6 defenders at 3.9M

Of course you may not need to scrimp this much but perhaps with 3 fillers and only one good sub you could have more upgrade options.

Best of luck.

shineon23 · 26-10-2017 11:20pm

I'm interested to find out about what happen team value during this free hit.

Do you get increases and suffer losses from your temporary free hit team or from your permanent team, I'm guessing it its the permanent team.

I hadn't given this chip much thought yet, but that's a good point about from ElTel about loading up on the cheapest of the cheap bench fodder for the week to build a monster starting XI with as many big hitters as possible.

Could be a good tactic to use late in the season for team value builders on game weeks when some clubs aren't playing.

ShaneU · 26-10-2017 11:25pm

I'm saving mine for a week when I've less than 11 players but hope it works out for you.

PVA · 27-10-2017 10:40am

Hello, I would like to subscribe please

km79 · 27-10-2017 11:10am

Hello

ScummyMan · 27-10-2017 11:12am

I still think the free hit is best kept for a skinny GW. Take a hit or whatever is needed to get through this week which will likely not be high scoring anyway. Just my 2c.

km79 · 27-10-2017 11:18am

ScummyMan wrote: »

I still think the free hit is best kept for a skinny GW. Take a hit or whatever is needed to get through this week which will likely not be high scoring anyway. Just my 2c.

I've thought about it a bit now
I'd rather a free hit to get the likes is Sanchez in for this week as captain than for a skinny week to get burnely players in!

Porthallian · 27-10-2017 11:25am

I've already taken a -4 to get Salah/Zaha in
If I use Free hit do I get a -4 still?
Also next week would I have Salah/Zaha or will it return to Hazard/Chalobah?

Can't see it in the rules.
Cheers!

km79 · 27-10-2017 11:26am

Porthallian wrote: »

I've already taken a -4 to get Salah/Zaha in
If I use Free hit do I get a -4 still?
Also next week would I have Salah/Zaha or will it return to Hazard/Chalobah?

Can't see it in the rules.
Cheers!

Has anyone actually played it yet that could answer these questions as the rules are not clear

Porthallian · 27-10-2017 11:30am

From the rules/FAQ:

Free hit:
Make unlimited free transfers for a single Gameweek. At the next deadline your squad is returned to how it was at the start of the Gameweek.

After playing your Free Hit chip, at the next
deadline your bank balance and squad is restored to as they were at the previous deadline, with any player price changes in the previous gameweek reflected.

Any change to your bank balance whilst the Free Hit chip was active will be lost.

I can only assume from that your squad returns to what it was BEFORE any transfers were made and your points hit will not count?
Could be wrong though, it's not very clear.

km79 · 27-10-2017 11:32am

Porthallian wrote: »

From the rules/FAQ:

Free hit:
Make unlimited free transfers for a single Gameweek. At the next deadline your squad is returned to how it was at the start of the Gameweek.

After playing your Free Hit chip, at the next
deadline your bank balance and squad is restored to as they were at the previous deadline, with any player price changes in the previous gameweek reflected.

Any change to your bank balance whilst the Free Hit chip was active will be lost.

I can only assume from that your squad returns to what it was BEFORE any transfers were made and your points hit will not count?
Could be wrong though, it's not very clear.

I need a definitive answer on this as I've made 2 free transfers and got players in I'm happy to keep who have also risen in price .......

27-10-2017 11:36am

km79 wrote: »

I need a definitive answer on this as I've made 2 free transfers and got players in I'm happy to keep who have also risen in price .......

A guy called Raoul (or something like that) used it recently (by mistake).

Maybe he’ll post and tell you.

PVA · 27-10-2017 11:52am

km79 wrote: »

I need a definitive answer on this as I've made 2 free transfers and got players in I'm happy to keep who have also risen in price .......

Same, brought in Duffy and Richarlison for a -4 but used up all funds. If the team reverts back to the START of the ganeweek before these changes were made, I'll be priced out...

PVA · 27-10-2017 11:57am

Current team

De Gea (Elliott)
Duffy -- Davies -- Lowe (Mbemba, Hegazi)
Eriksen -- Salah -- Richarlison -- Sterling -- Carroll
Jesus -- Chicharito (Kane)

With Kane out I'll now be starting TPT. Sterling not guaranteed to start after playing 120 mins in the cup. Back line is really weak, can't see any clean sheets there and Lowe/Hegazi could get 0pts or even minus figures... Chicharito has done nothing all season, will likely blank even against Palace.

Free Hit Team

Pope (Pereira)
Walker -- Azpi -- Moreno (Duffy, Rangel)
Sanchez -- Sane -- Salah -- Richarlison -- Zaha
Jesus -- Vardy (Lapado)

Much stronger team, great chance to make up ground with the injuries and tough fixtures

km79 · 27-10-2017 12:01pm

A lot of regular posters have not used this chip
Perhaps one or 2 who don't post regularly could help us out now ......

Benimar · 27-10-2017 12:09pm

I'm tempted to Free Hit. Current team is:

Elliott (Foster)

Jones, Davies, Kolasinic, Ward (Naughton)
Salah, Silva, Brady, Ritchie (RLC)
Vardy, Aguero (Kane)

I do have 1FT (£0 ITB) but want to keep both Kane and Aguero as I have money invested in them and I will want them back.

I'd imagine I will be playing with 10 + a 1 pointer from either Aguero, RLC or Naughton. Jones and Davies have tough games whilst Brady and Ritchie aren't setting the world alight and Silva is probably the least 'explosive' City option this week.

Any upgrade to midfield would cost a -4 and selling either Vardy or Kolasinic to raise funds, two players I'm happy to have this week!

Porthallian · 27-10-2017 12:37pm

Pulled the trigger on the Free Hit.
If I still get a points hit or suffer from price changes then so be it.

Post Free Hit team:

Gomes Elliot
Otamendi-Kolasinic-Moreno Naughton Games
Sanchez(c) Dilva Salah Richarlison Zaha
Morata-Jesus Quaner

Going 3-5-2

PVA · 27-10-2017 12:37pm

I'm not on Twitter - perhaps someone could Tweet the official FPL account to clarify?

manual_man · 27-10-2017 12:45pm

Porthallian wrote: »

Pulled the trigger on the Free Hit.
If I still get a points hit or suffer from price changes then so be it.

Post Free Hit team:

Gomes Elliot
Otamendi-Kolasinic-Moreno Naughton Games
Sanchez(c) Dilva Salah Richarlison Zaha
Morata-Jesus Quaner

Going 3-5-2

5 of my front 7 for the free hit the same. Just Sane instead of Dilva and Lacazette instead of Jesus.

Feck it here's my free hit team so:

Ryan
Walker Kolasinac Ward
Zaha Salah Sane Alexis(C) Richarlison
Morata Lacazette

Cheap bench fodder

Hogey007 · 27-10-2017 12:45pm

Porthallian wrote: »

Pulled the trigger on the Free Hit.
If I still get a points hit or suffer from price changes then so be it.

Post Free Hit team:

Gomes Elliot
Otamendi-Kolasinic-Moreno Naughton Games
Sanchez(c) Dilva Salah Richarlison Zaha
Morata-Jesus Quaner

Going 3-5-2

Are you still showing as a -4 etc under transfers.
When you're on a minus and then use wildcard the minus disappears so I'd imagine it's similar here.

km79 · 27-10-2017 12:55pm

The free hit brigade are going to have VERY similar front 7!

Benimar · 27-10-2017 12:55pm

Possibly looking at:

Elliott (Speroni)
Azpilicueta or Otamendi, Kolasinic, Moreno, (4.0),(4.0)
Sanchez, Sane, Salah, Zaha, Richarlison
Lacazette, Morata, (Quanar)

Iused2likebusts · 27-10-2017 12:59pm

The ox could be a decent option for the free hit this week.

km79 · 27-10-2017 1:18pm

Just in case you're still wondering how the free hit works. Taken from @FFScout #FPL https://t.co/o1d7dVR5kL

It seems it reverts right back to start of week
I'd lose a transfer and richarlson and otamendi would cost at least .1 more .......but I'd get jones back who I wrongly sold
But I'd have miki who I would need to sell again
This is a very very tough call now

Porthallian · 27-10-2017 1:37pm

Hogey007 wrote: »

Are you still showing as a -4 etc under transfers.
When you're on a minus and then use wildcard the minus disappears so I'd imagine it's similar here.

I see no minus at present and I can continue to chop and change until tomorrow's deadline

PVA · 27-10-2017 1:50pm

So as expected. Leaves me a bit of a difficult decision as I won't be able to make the same transfers and get Duffy + Richarlison in. Saves me the 4 points though...

Reckon I'll still make the move, my team for this week looks awful, and I really need my first 'not total and utter sh*te' week of the season

AdpRo · 27-10-2017 1:59pm

km79 wrote: »

Just in case you're still wondering how the free hit works. Taken from @FFScout #FPL https://t.co/o1d7dVR5kL

It seems it reverts right back to start of week
I'd lose a transfer and richarlson and otamendi would cost at least .1 more .......but I'd get jones back who I wrongly sold
But I'd have miki who I would need to sell again
This is a very very tough call now

That's a load of bo**ix if true!! People who made a transfer early in the week to save 0.1 will now loose it if free hit is activated.

Dubh Geannain · 27-10-2017 2:03pm

With Kane now injured but due back next week, a weak defence with a very likely points total of approximately 1 point this week and still no Liverpool midfielder, I'm playing the free hit.

Out: Hegazi, Naughton, Kane, Lukaku and March
In: Monreal, Azpi, Jesus, Lacazette and Salah

For now. So my team,

Pope
Trippier, Monreal, Azpi
Ramsey, Salah, Siva, Sterling
Jesus, Lacazette, Diouf

Ritchie, Lowe, Memba.

@PVA. I'd recommend you use it too alright IMO

km79 · 27-10-2017 2:05pm

AdpRo wrote: »

That's a load of bo**ix if true!! People who made a transfer early in the week to save 0.1 will now loose it if free hit is activated.

Yes
I'm in anyway

PVA · 27-10-2017 2:11pm

AdpRo wrote: »

That's a load of bo**ix if true!! People who made a transfer early in the week to save 0.1 will now loose it if free hit is activated.

That's just this season all over though! Nothing is a surprise anymore.

Kane's out? ok. I'll lose my transfers and price gains? Ok. Fully expecting Salah to injure himself in the first minute

SlickRic · 27-10-2017 2:38pm

this is so fúcking tempting.

a skinny week seems the most sensible time to use it, but with some good planning, they've never been that big of an issue.

Elliot
Kolasinac Otamendi Dunk
Salah Zaha Richarlison Sanchez Sane
Morata Jesus

Subs: Speroni Mbemba Rosenior Ouaner

this would be my Free Hit team, and it looks far too good to say no to. it's pretty much a brand new squad.

Morzadec · 27-10-2017 3:34pm

All aboard the Free Hit train!

Like others, the news about Kane and Coutinho today is seriously tempting me.

Add Aggy and Sterling to that, then 3 bench fodders (Suttner, Mbemba, King) who are likely not to start and the free hit is really tempting.

Arsenal's fixture so tasty too, but their immediate fixtures after are horrible.

It seems like the opportune time, so much funds tied up in players who should play next week and who I don't really want to sell (Aggy, Kane, Cout).

AdpRo · 27-10-2017 3:34pm

They have confirmed it on twitter, squad goes back to what it was at start of GW9, all transfers and points hits made at start of week are cancelled.

Personally I don't agree with this at all, it should go back to squad before you played the chip.

Morzadec · 27-10-2017 3:36pm

Dubh Geannain wrote: »

With Kane now injured but due back next week, a weak defence with a very likely points total of approximately 1 point this week and still no Liverpool midfielder, I'm playing the free hit.

Out: Hegazi, Naughton, Kane, Lukaku and March
In: Monreal, Azpi, Jesus, Lacazette and Salah

For now. So my team,

Pope
Trippier, Monreal, Azpi
Ramsey, Salah, Siva, Sterling
Jesus, Lacazette, Diouf

Ritchie, Lowe, Memba.

@PVA. I'd recommend you use it too alright IMO

Would it not make sense to have cheapest players possible (3.9 defenders etc...) on your bench for the Free Hit? Pump all the money into guaranteed starters for the 11 you put out?

AdpRo · 27-10-2017 3:36pm

Morzadec wrote: »

Would it not make sense to have cheapest players possible (3.9 defenders etc...) on your bench for the Free Hit? Pump all the money into guaranteed starters for the 11 you put out?

I think you need a playing sub just to cover Pep.

27-10-2017 3:41pm

Sanchez alone could make this chip valuable this week.

Don’t forget to captain him.

macraignil · 27-10-2017 3:41pm

AdpRo wrote: »

They have confirmed it on twitter, squad goes back to what it was at start of GW9, all transfers and points hits made at start of week are cancelled.

Personally I don't agree with this at all, it should go back to squad before you played the chip.

I agree that's completely unfair. I signed Doucoure before playing the free hit and now he's 100,000 more expensive and my transfer will have been wasted. Not going well at all this year.

Morzadec · 27-10-2017 3:54pm

AdpRo wrote: »

I think you need a playing sub just to cover Pep.

Depends which City players you have, but really Sane should be nailed on this week with Sterling and Aguero playing 120, B.Silva and Jesus playing 90.

I think with the Freehit you should be able to pick 11 players that are 95% to play. This will likely be my approach anyway, try to get 1 bench fodderer who at least plays as a contingency

AdpRo · 27-10-2017 3:58pm

Morzadec wrote: »

Depends which City players you have, but really Sane should be nailed on this week with Sterling and Aguero playing 120, B.Silva and Jesus playing 90.

I think with the Freehit you should be able to pick 11 players that are 95% to play. This will likely be my approach anyway, try to get 1 bench fodderer who at least plays as a contingency

I've just put together a team I am reasonably happy with and have gone against what I said earlier! 3 * 3.9 (Goalkeeper & 2 defenders), 4.3 midfielder, none of who will play, zero in the bank!

Dubh Geannain · 27-10-2017 4:06pm

Morzadec wrote: »

Would it not make sense to have cheapest players possible (3.9 defenders etc...) on your bench for the Free Hit? Pump all the money into guaranteed starters for the 11 you put out?

I was trying to cover for the Pep effect. But I couldn't pass on Sanchez so the team is a little different now He was though to squeeze in but I removed the removed the Sterling uncertainty for this week. Ramsey is the other midfielder out this week.

Pope
Trippier, Monreal, Luiz (instead of Azpi)
Dacoure, Salah, Silva, Sanchez(c)
Jesus, Lacazette, Diouf

Loftus Cheek, Duffy, Mbemba

There's a cheaper bench there now with 2 of them at least likely to see minutes.

shineon23 · 27-10-2017 4:18pm

This has probably been asked and confirmed already but my head is a bit fried thinking about it.

I've made 3 transfers so I'm on minus 8.

If I take the free hit, these transfers and minus 8 is wiped by my understanding.

So if I use the free hit, I technically haven't made any regular transfers this week.

Will I have 2 free regular transfers next week or remain on one regular transfer?

I'm presuming I'm back one and think I seen someone state this earlier.

manual_man · 27-10-2017 4:22pm

AdpRo wrote: »

I've just put together a team I am reasonably happy with and have gone against what I said earlier! 3 * 3.9 (Goalkeeper & 2 defenders), 4.3 midfielder, none of who will play, zero in the bank!

I'm morealess like that

Mariappa my only likely starter on the bench

macraignil · 27-10-2017 4:23pm

Morzadec wrote: »

Depends which City players you have, but really Sane should be nailed on this week with Sterling and Aguero playing 120, B.Silva and Jesus playing 90.

I think with the Freehit you should be able to pick 11 players that are 95% to play. This will likely be my approach anyway, try to get 1 bench fodderer who at least plays as a contingency

Got to thinking about maybe Sane might be a better option than D. Silva and tried to swap them as they were the same price when I looked previously. My account balance then showed -0.1 and so I reckon I have to stick with D. Silva. They both show as 8.6m on the player list but D. Silva now shows as 8.5 on my team sheet. Surely if a player has a price rise it should be reflected so you could get in a player who has had a similar price rise. That and the loss of a money saving transfer before playing the free hit make no sense to me. This free hit thing seems to have a few annoying glitches.

Fantasy Premier League Free hit advice?

Comments