Blank and Double Gameweek discussion 2019/2020

Iused2likebusts · 13-01-2020 6:15pm

They will if they reach the carling cup final. Chances are they will have another one if they reach the fa cup qf also.

dsmythy · 16-01-2020 6:47pm

I see GW34 flagged as possibly being both a double and blank week for different teams. To hell with breaking my brain with that one. Free hit some time around it if that happened.

Green&Red · 19-01-2020 12:20am

Not for this thread but

Ben Crelin talking about a City triple up in GW37

https://twitter.com/bencrellin/status/1218665534876737538?s=21

Personally I think Madrid will beat them in the CL but it’s interesting all the same

Ace2007 · 19-01-2020 12:27am

Green&Red wrote: »

Not for this thread but

Ben Crelin talking about a City triple up in GW37

https://twitter.com/bencrellin/status/1218665534876737538?s=21

Personally I think Madrid will beat them in the CL but it’s interesting all the same

Are you implying there could be a triple GW for city, or two doubles?

Benimar · 19-01-2020 12:33am

Ace2007 wrote: »

Are you implying there could be a triple GW for city, or two doubles?

If it were to happen, it would be one double and one triple.

Imagine the rotation!!

F1ngers · 19-01-2020 12:35am

Ace2007 wrote: »

Are you implying there could be a triple GW for city, or two doubles?

A TGW and a DGW, as they also have to play their regular games too.
3 x postponed games + GW34/37 opponents.

Green&Red · 19-01-2020 12:41am

F1ngers wrote: »

A TGW and a DGW, as they also have to play their regular games too.
3 x postponed games + GW34/37 opponents.

What he said

Ace2007 · 19-01-2020 12:43am

F1ngers wrote: »

A TGW and a DGW, as they also have to play their regular games too.
3 x postponed games + GW34/37 opponents.

imagine the TC for that week, :eek:

Need to figure out by Tuesday if I'll TC or BB or maybe I'll just play normal captain.

Green&Red · 19-01-2020 12:50am

Ace2007 wrote: »

imagine the TC for that week, :eek:

Need to figure out by Tuesday if I'll TC or BB or maybe I'll just play normal captain.

No, just no to the TC that week. The league will be finished and they’ll be playing any random team

Mr.Prodston · 19-01-2020 1:10am

I've never Triple captained a goalkeeper before....

Green&Red · 19-01-2020 1:18am

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

I've never Triple captained a goalkeeper before....

In the days before TC but Everton had a DGW and I stuck the captaincy on Howard, he did this

https://youtu.be/UPVZ5YAUry0

Still my greatest FF moment

https://youtu.be/UPVZ5YAUry0

Terrontress · 19-01-2020 9:38am

Green&Red wrote: »

In the days before TC but Everton had a DGW and I stuck the captaincy on Howard, he did this
https://youtu.be/UPVZ5YAUry0

Still my greatest FF moment

https://youtu.be/UPVZ5YAUry0

I had Howard that week and was annoyed to find out that a goalie scoring only gets 6 points, the same as a defender.

dr.kenneth noisewater · 19-01-2020 10:42am

Terrontress wrote:

I had Howard that week and was annoyed to find out that a goalie scoring only gets 6 points, the same as a defender.

Same, thought it was unfair!

shineon23 · 22-01-2020 9:43pm

shineon23 wrote: »

I had been planning getting Salah in and triple captaining him as a differential .
To have TAA, Mane and Salah.
All rivals have Mane. None have Salah.

But double pool defence is probably the simplest thing to do and TC Mane.

Fabianski only real option for west ham for me, i dont fancy gambling on Antonio or Anderson or Noble converting a penalty.

Mark Trooolble penalty :pac:

Scorpion Sting · 25-01-2020 5:23pm

https://twitter.com/BenCrellin/status/1221080218707922945?s=20

Chesty08 · 25-01-2020 5:55pm

Burnley v Watford the first confirmed game for BGW 31.

Shedite27 · 25-01-2020 7:06pm

Chesty08 wrote: »

Burnley v Watford the first confirmed game for BGW 31.

Sarr the first confirmed member of Shedite's GW31 FH team

km79 · 25-01-2020 7:11pm

Well those replays are a pain in the hole
Will Prob have to hold wildcard now
Besic scoring also not ideal !

normanoffside · 25-01-2020 9:31pm

Chesty08 wrote: »

Burnley v Watford the first confirmed game for BGW 31.

Holding Pope now for sure!

Shanotheslayer · 26-01-2020 12:54am

Shedite27 wrote: »

Sarr the first confirmed member of Shedite's GW31 FH team

That's a sheeeee ite call.

Sorry I'll get my coat :pac:

jimmii · 28-01-2020 10:39pm

So guess that's a Villa dgw! Grealish ownership will presumably be pretty dam big.

F1ngers · 28-01-2020 10:42pm

Villa v SHU BGW28.

km79 · 28-01-2020 11:14pm

That is an absolutely terrible result for me

jimmii · 28-01-2020 11:22pm

km79 wrote: »

That is an absolutely terrible result for me

Means 3 out for me. I always think things like this are good for more focused players as we knew they were coming. Definitely catches out the ore casual player when they look to the next week and see their player doesn't have a fixture.

Shedite27 · 28-01-2020 11:26pm

jimmii wrote: »

Means 3 out for me. I always think things like this are good for more focused players as we knew they were coming. Definitely catches out the ore casual player when they look to the next week and see their player doesn't have a fixture.

We say that every year, overthink it, and end up with triple Brighton defence

Chesty08 · 28-01-2020 11:29pm

Shedite27 wrote: »

We say that every year, overthink it, and end up with triple Brighton defence

Completely agree. I think there is enough cash there & financially feasible players to have a decent bench & flip a few in for this BGW

Iused2likebusts · 28-01-2020 11:40pm

Shedite27 wrote: »

We say that every year, overthink it, and end up with triple Brighton defence

And knockaert capt as he gets a red card in the first game.

shmeee · 29-01-2020 12:38am

Shedite27 wrote: »

We say that every year, overthink it, and end up with triple Brighton defence

Captain Duffy!

We all went down on that ship together, laughing to myself here thinking back at it. 3 players, 1 a captain and they returned Zero points in a game.

km79 · 29-01-2020 12:41am

jimmii wrote: »

Means 3 out for me. I always think things like this are good for more focused players as we knew they were coming. Definitely catches out the ore casual player when they look to the next week and see their player doesn't have a fixture.

It does
But
It also makes me reluctant to go for aguero /Mahrez now
So who knows how many points I’ll miss out on in mean time !
I have Henderson lundstram Grealish already

It’s a real spanner in the works and means I certainly can’t WC next week
I suppose I could WC that week
Pain in the hole
I just assumed Lecister would go through !

jimmii · 29-01-2020 9:32am

Shedite27 wrote: »

We say that every year, overthink it, and end up with triple Brighton defence

Yeah we maybe get a little bit over enthusiastic about it too lol!

GetWithIt · 29-01-2020 9:36am

Shedite27 wrote: »

We say that every year, overthink it, and end up with triple Brighton defence

The key is not to not overthink it.

jimmii · 29-01-2020 10:56am

What's the prediction on when the fixture will slot in?

Porthallian · 29-01-2020 11:08am

Unless Salah scores big tonight I'm gonna be a total casual for the remainder of the season, as regards blanks and DGWs.

I've planned for weeks to get triple Pool for this dgw and once again it's been a damp squid. 4 pts from 3 in the first game. While rivals have played as normal with zero planning and are on scores of 50-60 pts.

Was the same last season with DGW, TC, BB. I know a good few here advise using chips in SGWs but I never listen :P

F1ngers · 29-01-2020 1:40pm

jimmii wrote: »

What's the prediction on when the fixture will slot in?

34 and 37 are for DGW/TGW.

Possible blanks in 31 too.

jimmii · 29-01-2020 1:49pm

F1ngers wrote: »

34 and 37 are for DGW/TGW.

Possible blanks in 31 too.

Saw suggestions of a late treble that would certainly be a bit of fun!

Scorpion Sting · 29-01-2020 2:18pm

jimmii wrote: »

Saw suggestions of a late treble that would certainly be a bit of fun!

Would it involve City?

dsmythy · 29-01-2020 3:12pm

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

Would it involve City?

I believe so. You might get 1 out of 3 games if you're lucky.

jimmii · 29-01-2020 9:03pm

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

Would it involve City?

According to Ben Crelin it's something along the lines of efl final plus semis of the fa cup and cl so not super unlikely. Presumably by gw34 they won't have anything at all to play for so there probably wouldn't be a single player to play in all 3.

spindex · 01-02-2020 10:19pm

What is the current state of play with blanks and doubles? I'm thinking of playing the wildcard but I dont know what's going on. Thanks

F1ngers · 01-02-2020 10:26pm

spindex wrote: »

What is the current state of play with blanks and doubles? I'm thinking of playing the wildcard but I dont know what's going on. Thanks

4 blanks in 28.
Other blanks depend on FA cup results.

DGWs are scheduled for 34 and 37.
Possible TGW for City.

No idea when fixtures for 28 blanks will be announced.

extra gravy · 01-02-2020 10:28pm

spindex wrote: »

What is the current state of play with blanks and doubles? I'm thinking of playing the wildcard but I dont know what's going on. Thanks

Twitter @BenCrellin

gandalfio · 02-02-2020 10:40am

Do people envisage there being a bigger blank gameweek (one with more than 4 teams blanking as is the case with gw 28) later in the season?

KathleenGrant · 02-02-2020 10:41am

F1ngers wrote: »

4 blanks in 28.
Other blanks depend on FA cup results.

DGWs are scheduled for 34 and 37.
Possible TGW for City.

No idea when fixtures for 28 blanks will be announced.

Is it 4 blank teams or 4 blank fixtures? 8 fixtures showing for me on app.

KevIRL · 02-02-2020 10:42am

gandalfio wrote: »

Do people envisage there being a bigger blank gameweek (one with more than 4 teams blanking as is the case with gw 28) later in the season?

Yes. GW 31 when FA cup QFs are played

nullObjects · 02-02-2020 10:50am

KathleenGrant wrote: »

Is it 4 blank teams or 4 blank fixtures? 8 fixtures showing for me on app.

4 teams I think

Villa play city outside the league so it's those two games with city, Villa, arsenal and Sheffield that blank

dsmythy · 02-02-2020 3:01pm

gandalfio wrote: »

Do people envisage there being a bigger blank gameweek (one with more than 4 teams blanking as is the case with gw 28) later in the season?

GW31 could be the biggest. Could easily be half the games gone. Might be a popular free hit week if that's the case

GW34 up in the air how many. The guru of such things Ben Crellin forecasts 3 blanks as the most likely currently but depends on so many results.

Porthallian · 07-02-2020 11:31am

GW31 - A blank will happen if the following happens in the FA Cup fifth round:
Spurs v West Ham: Spurs beat Norwich
Chelsea v Man City: Chelsea beat Liverpool or Man City beat Sheff Wed
Man Utd v Sheff Utd: Man Utd beat Derby or Sheff Utd beat Reading
Newcastle v Aston Villa: Newcastle beat West Brom
Norwich v Everton: Norwich beat Spurs
Liverpool v Crystal Palace: Liverpool beat Chelsea
Leicester v Brighton: Leicester beat Birmingham
Southampton v Arsenal: Arsenal beat Portsmouth

Sorry for the bad formatting guys.
But I'd guess a good 5/6 of those 8 fixtures will be blank.
Could be as few as 4 teams playing in GW31.
Might be so few that Free Hit won't even be worth playing?

shmeee · 07-02-2020 11:54am

Porthallian wrote: »

GW31 - A blank will happen if the following happens in the FA Cup fifth round:
Spurs v West Ham: Spurs beat Norwich
Chelsea v Man City: Chelsea beat Liverpool or Man City beat Sheff Wed
Man Utd v Sheff Utd: Man Utd beat Derby or Sheff Utd beat Reading
Newcastle v Aston Villa: Newcastle beat West Brom
Norwich v Everton: Norwich beat Spurs
Liverpool v Crystal Palace: Liverpool beat Chelsea
Leicester v Brighton: Leicester beat Birmingham
Southampton v Arsenal: Arsenal beat Portsmouth

Sorry for the bad formatting guys.
But I'd guess a good 5/6 of those 8 fixtures will be blank.
Could be as few as 4 teams playing in GW31.
Might be so few that Free Hit won't even be worth playing?

Could be a blank of all blanks alright.

A bit of interesting advice from the Blank King Ben:

@BenCrellin
We've established that generally speaking there won't be a better time to have 2 FTs than in GW29, when the GW31 Blanks are decided.

The first game of GW29 is LIV vs BOU (12.30pm on Saturday)
Liverpool could rest players vs Bournemouth as the 2nd leg vs Atelti is 4 days later...

@BenCrellin
So you'd probably want to wait until 15 mins before the deadline to make your transfers in GW29, in the hope that we'll get a leaked team sheet.

If you decide to Free Hit in GW31, and LIV don't have a Blank, then you may want to sell a LIV player if they don't start vs BOU.

@BenCrellin
And if you decide against Free Hitting in GW31, and LIV do have a Blank, then you may also want to sell a LIV player if they don't start vs BOU.

Green&Red · 19-02-2020 10:41am

FPL general was talking about a possible double for City in GW29, anyone know anything about it?

I've lost complete interest over this GW but I didn't think I'd missed any chat of that

Green&Red · 19-02-2020 10:42am

https://twitter.com/BenCrellin/status/1229183704863584257?s=20

Blank and Double Gameweek discussion 2019/2020

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