I love the options presented by having 2 FTs. Also, often having 2 FTs makes me much more calm about my moves since I know I have a bit of security with the second one, which means I only use one, roll one, and make a better transfer with the one I use.

I'll be saving one of mine to go into the IB with two

Buy TAA after he gets through UCL unscathed for the IB triple rise

Consider fixtures at least 6 game weeks ahead for any player you are transferring in, and if you dont like what you see, dont make the transfer.

Look beyond the next 2 gameweeks before you lock in your transfers. I think everybody looks at the next gameweek extensively, the gameweek after a bit but rarely do people look at how their transfers might impact their team beyond that horizon (or more importantly, how they might get in certain key players they don't currently own whose fixtures turn).

Team advice: Wolves are great defensive value. Liverpool players are essential due to strength in attack, defense, lack of rotation, and amazing fixtures from next week onwards. Stay away from Man United.
Strategy advice: Save your free hit for a blank gw, save triple captain for a double, save bench boost for the most fixture packed double (and WC immediately before or after).

It's never too late to bring in a template option. Getting off to a bad start then trying to catch up by going uber maverick will fail 99 times out of 100

Don't be afraid to sell Alonso.

wildcard when your defence/keeper/subs need a refresh because of form/fixture shift - generally limit FTs used on defence/keepers. Have a playing bench-fodder 8th attacker and use your FTs on your front-7 (every other week if possible, to enable an easy change of funds between midfield and attack)

Stay away from ffs few hours before deadline

Don't pay too much attention to the FPL template except when you sense that it seems to be shifting or about to shift - it is usually last weeks team. Key word there being usually.

Never ever, no matter how urgent it seems, FPL when drunk. Its dangerous.

Be careful with Wolves defence.

Never eat yellow snow.

"...the number of options available to you with 2FT's far exceed double those with 1FT."

Not true though. Hits are allowed. 🙄

Apart from that, I agree with RCA. Sarri looks to have dialed Alonso back a bit, not surprising after his poor defensive performances against Arsenal and Newcastle.

General advice from me: question the team structure you are using. The most effective structure will vary according to the specific price/performance landscape of that season. 7 games in, that landscape is beginning to take some shape now.

Get nailed on players.

Look at your squad, of the players you have, who are you looking to offload in the next 4 weeks, and plan ahead. Do the same with transfers in and plan them (they may not go that way but always plan ahead).

I generally transfer in 2s or 3s (sometimes) - look for big blocks of easy fixtures and aim to hit them at the start of the patch, if another players fixtures turn bad in your squad then look to switch across.. by grouping transfers you can be flexible (e.g. getting a Salah/Kane type player in will generally need a couple of transfers)

Consider nailedness, fixtures and form and keep your formation flexible - rotating cheap players are gold dust!

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There are lots of ways to play with varying degrees of success but some of my advice would be the following:

Get cheaper players in place for blocks of 6-10 weeks so that you don't waste transfers on them.
Plan your captaincy for the next 6-10 weeks and make sure that you have one of the best options each week.
Don't get caught up in the hype if someone scores well one week (don't tear your team apart to get them).
Have a playing bench.
Good fixtures often lead to good form.
Ownership, team coverage and overall rank mean nothing when making a transfer, just get in whoever you think will score the most points.
Saving a transfer one week gives you a 'mini wilcard' the week after when you can manage to get any player for a -4 even if shifting value around different positions.
Actively try to increase team value in the first half of the season.
Never own a defensive midfielder, there are attacking mids available at every price.
Save your chips for double & blank gameweeks when you have a statistically higher chance of deploying them successfully.

Don't make rage transfers - no matter how good it makes you feel.

Try to watch games instead of just relying on stats.
If a player passes the eye test, don't be hesitant to get him in.
Always go with your gut, regardless of what the popular opinion is.

*Try to understand how bookies odds is the best representation of likelyhood, then use this in your own desicionmaking.

People like G-Whizz are already helsing you do this by providing you with the "Clean-sheet %", but actually understanding this is of big help. If you can convert odds to likelyhood it will be of great benefit. I find odds for "Clean sheets", "team totals over/under" and "anytime goalscorer" the most beneficial. Keep in mind that "sharper bookies" offer the "truest representation" and that the odds will be at their sharpest as close to kick-off as possible. This basically means that you should atleast wait until after pressers for the markets to adjust to the available information.

A good example of how "good managers" Simply dont pay heed to this can be found by looking at the gameweek that passed. Approximately 8740 Wolves defensive assets were owned by the top 10k last week, but more than 20% of these players were benched. Quite incredible when Wolves almost had 50% likelyhood of a Clean sheet, and several of the picks come with likelyhood of other perks (boly-bps,doherty/Jonny-attackingreturns,patricio-saves). Especially confounding when you consider the players that a lot chose to play instead: alonso, Robertson, TAA and Wan. For referance, Liverpool had 27% likelyhood of a CS, Chelsea and Palace had 24%.

I'm imagining some will chalk this down to hindsight bias, but I dont. Benching Wolves-assets last week was a blatant mistake.

I'd say once you want to make a move, and feel it is worth doing, do it, take a hit if necessary. If you wait a week another fire could spring up, you still don't want to take a hit, and a month later James Maddison is 0.4m more expensive and you still don't have him.

Get as many points as you can

Watch the games!!!

Be patient.

Stay calm and avoid panic transfers. Just because a player blanks for a couple of games or so, this is the time to stay patient.

Get as much players from team you know will compete for title. Atleast have 2 each from city/chel/liv that is. Spurs look less confident than last season and Manutd are past it.

Don't chase yesterday's points, predict tomorrow's

Work out the value that each of your players is offering. If you want to get around 60 points a week then each starting player needs to return 0.72 points per £m. Then make your transfers around the worst performing players in your team.

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