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For those having burned the TC, whats your gameplan in regards to chip-use? I've come to doubt that free-hitting in a blank GW might not be "our" best way moving forward. I'm looking at a 32WC 34BB and 37FH. Here's my logic:

- Arsenal, Man City, Burnley, Newcastle, Swansea and West Ham looks set to have a DGW in 34 but also a match in 35. Meaning, players from these teams can fill your BB gw34 team, and at the same time cover your ass in 35 if you dont opt for the free hit.
- Wildcarding in 32 will free up 2 transfers ahead of 34, meaning you can use 2 ft to fill up your BB squad in 34 and 1 ft to patch your 35 team, or reversed, 1ft ahead of 34 and 2ft ahead of 35.

Using this logic means that your WC-team in 32 should consist of 9 players outta Arse, City, Burnley, NUFC, Swans and WHam, as this should give you the possibility to field 11 players in 35. 9 players from those teams might seem like a lot, but most teams in 34 should consist of a lot of these players given that Arse and Swans have some of the kindest fixtures, atleast 1 cityplayer seems sensible, and burnley, swans, Nufc and Wham offers some of the friendliest budgetoptions.

What you're potentially giving up:
- The "ideal" BB34 team:
CFC an MUFC are amongst the DGWteams with the best fix in 34, and they also look likely to have a dgw in 37. Ideally you'd prob want opt for 5 players from these teams in. Free-hitting in 37 would prob make it more sensible to opt for 3 players from these teams, and possibly also ignoring 2-3 other key targets from other teams.
Conclusion: Your BB34-team should still be able to swing it, but you wont be holding many tickets for the top price in the lottery.

- The "ideal" 35 team:
Those free-hitting in 35 can mix it up and pick their poison for this trimmed down GW. The teams looking to have the strongest fix in 35 are Arsenal (WHAM), City (SWA), Liverpool (wba). The other matches consists of teams were predicting the results is pure guesswork.
Ahead of GW35 its fairly easy to have a team consisting of Salah, 3 arsenal, 2 City, 2-3 players from the lesser gw35-teams and 2ft's to get greater lfc or city coverage.
Conclusion: Again, you wont have the luxury of cherrypicking the exact 11 you would prefer to field this GW, and up against those free-hitting you'll probably loose some ground. But you'll stil field a team stronger than all of those not free-hitting, and will still have a fighting chance against those who do.

The potential "pay off":
Those of us that have burned the 3C are dreading the dgw in 37, as this is the GW were players with all their chips still in play looks set to capitalize and potentially gain an extra 20-30 point from a Lukaku, Kane, Hazard double haul. If they don't use their free-hit in 31, their road to climbing seems like a written path with a 32/33WC, 34BB, 35FH and 37TC. It's all very sensible, but it leaves us who've burned the TC a way to mitigate the points loss of not having the TC at hand.
1: This strategy will lead to a 32team designed to make a lot of every single gw in 32-36+38 and the very most of 37. Those with all their chips left will have a team designed to score big in 34 and 35, and possibly in 37. Its likely that these players will build their core around players from MUFC, CFC, Spurs and Leicester. Leicester is the only team with great fixtures in 32,33 and 36. CFC lack form, Spurs have to adjust to the loss of Kane, and Utd currently lack standout options amongst their attacking prospects. With this being the circumstances they will have to devote all their FT's to the double gameweeks, while those who FH in 37 will have more freedom to make "the right move" regardless of 37.
Conclusion: This should be worth some points in the byweeks of the blanks and doubles.
2: In GW37 "we" will able to take all injuries and details in to account when setting up our team, while those triplecapping will not, as they designed their teams 4-5 gws in advance. We'll also have the luxury of putting more money into our starting XI, possibly as much as 1-2million if we choose to absolutely decimate our bench. 3 Spurs, CFC, UTD and 2 LCFC is very achievable, with all of them offering tasty doublefixtures. This luxury might prove to be godsent given that Kane might be back, Utd's go to guy might be more easy to pinpoint, and we'll be able to know exactly which teams are fighting for their lives and who's started planning their summer vacations.
Conclusion: A FH-team in 37 should be able to compete with those triplecapping unless the standout captaincy option goes absolutely batshit crazy.

Overall conclusion:
I believe that a 32WC-34BB-37FH is the most sensible strategy for those of us who've used the TC. Choosing the same strategy as those who have'nt used it is the same as rolling over and leaving yourself vulnerable in 37. Choosing the other route leaves you slightly vulnerable in 34 and 35 but boosts your overall chances of climbing in 32,33,36 and 38.

*Caveat:
This logic is based on the favourites pushing through and the doubles landing in the gameweeks which the comunity have deemed most likely. Any cupset might skew the logic of this approach, but hopefully we'll have the details ready before having to commit. The cup games of most importance to this strategy seems to be LCFC -CFC and Swansea-Spurs, as CFC is the favourite with the biggest task and a cupset at Liberty could swing Man City and Swansea in for a DGW37 ahead of Spurs and Bighton.