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Forging close friendships with other Fantasy managers has been instrumental in Sean Tobin’s success and enjoyment of both Fantasy Premier League and Sky Fantasy Football over the years. 

In our latest Meet the Manager interview we catch up with Sean at a crucial time in his Fantasy career, after reaching the summit of our Hall of Fame and currently in a career-high 18thspot in FPL and 14thin Sky.

With five top 5,000 finishes in FPL and reaching the top 50 in Sky in 2017/18, this season is no mere fluke.

However, modest Sean is still convinced he’s simply got lucky over the years.

During our 30-minute chat, Sean reveals how the counsel of fellow Fantasy managers that he has known for years has been pivotal to his strong finishes each year.

He also explains how his faith in a 3-4-3 formation and reticence to back a five-man midfield has helped drive this success.

Correcting mistakes swiftly has also been a strong ethos to his Fantasy management and it is no coincidence that his only poor FPL campaign was due to being too slow to react to emerging player trends. 

The chat with Sean is available to view on Youtube here and in the embedded video below.

Previous Meet the Manager interviews:

Aleksander Våge Nilsen

Mark Sutherns

Mark McGettigan

Marc Rubinstein

Kenneth Tang

Jay Egersdorff

Adam Hopcroft

Matthew Jones

Richard Clarke

Will Thomas

Philman

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  1. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Salah!

  2. Richd
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Excellent work.

    I always thought it was pronounced “see-Ann”!

    Excellent stuff

  3. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Test

    1. BooYaKasha
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      בןקר טוב!

  4. #FPLBhuna
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Good morning all

    1. el polako
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Buenos dias

      1. #FPLBhuna
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Namaste

    2. Defcons are for Kinnear
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Guten tag

      1. #FPLBhuna
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Guten morgen

    3. Werner Bremen
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Morning bro

      1. #FPLBhuna
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Morning geez

        You good?

    4. fc_skrald
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Godmorgen

    5. NABIL - FPL otai
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Selamat pagi

    6. KickIt
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Goedemorgen

    7. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Hyvää Huomenta!

      1. Tatty Bojangles
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Suomalaaaaaainen!

      2. Peter Ouch
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Καλημέρα ρε μουνια

        1. Cojones of Destiny
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          Привет )

      3. jg7u
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Torilla tavataan.

      4. Ode
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Tää

    8. zdrojo187
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Dzień Dobry

    9. My Name Is Pepu
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Gooood morning. Time to feast on some bhuna for brunch.

  5. el polako
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Pogba over Salah this week ?
    Really tempted to go someone else than Mo for my captain.
    Not based on any research, more gut felling than anything else.

    1. Saint Steve-O (@EliteFPL)
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Go for it if you think can outscore

  6. #FPLBhuna
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Pick 2 to start from each category

    A) siggy (hud a)
    B) jiminez (whu h)
    C) ings (sou h)

    1) awb (sou a)
    2) bednarek (cry h)
    3) doherty (whu h)

    1. el polako
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      B3 with Bednarek first sub

      1. #FPLBhuna
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        2 to start from each pal lol

        1. el polako
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          AB and 23

          1. #FPLBhuna
            • 9 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            Thanks pal

    2. Saint Steve-O (@EliteFPL)
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Yea. B3

      1. #FPLBhuna
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        2 to start from each

    3. fr3d
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      A2

      1. fr3d
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        A3*

      2. #FPLBhuna
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        2 from each category

    4. Follyfarmer
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      AB & 13

    5. Don Kloppeone
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      AB 23 imo mate

  7. Syd.
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    I need to get rid of Kamara

    Who would be the best budget replacement?

    1. fr3d
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Ings

      1. Syd.
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Leaning towards him

    2. Defcons are for Kinnear
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Higuain

      1. Syd.
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Not an option as he plays for Chelsea

    3. #FPLBhuna
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Quaner

    4. Dannyb
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Niasse

    5. Don Kloppeone
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I have him but happy enough being nailed to 3rd on the bench

      Do u just want rid to have the flexibility of 3 up front?

    6. ameenkw
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Ings

    7. Pieterke30
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Ings if you want the guy to be in your XI in like 66% of games.

      Orherwise save 0.6 and get Niasse instead imo

    8. Jeremy Corbyn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Why eliminate prisoners?

      1. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Why not 😉

  8. #FPLBhuna
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Let me rephrase my above question so it’s a bit more clear

    Bench 1 from each category

    A) siggy (hud a)
    B) jiminez (whu h)
    C) ings (sou h)

    1) awb (sou a)
    2) bednarek (cry h)
    3) doherty (whu h)

    1. GOTHAM City F.C.
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      C

    2. The Baby-faced Assassin
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Defo C and then it’s a toss up between 1 & 2

    3. ameenkw
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      C1

    4. Cojones of Destiny
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      c1

    5. L Ron Cupboard
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      C1

  9. akhilrajau
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    A. Alli -> Son
    B. Alli -> Mane
    Salah already exist. Before 27 need to plan for hazard and richarlison also

    1. ameenkw
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Mane unless son is confirmed to start

  10. onetowatch
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    ONETOWATCH 8 Years8 mins ago
    Who out of the following is most essential premium over the next 3/ 4 game weeks (I have a lot of money in the bank due to selling Kane )

    A) Aubameyang (for Wilson)
    B) sterling (for Richarlison)
    C) sane ( for Richarlison) or -4 (camarasa)
    D) Jota (for camarasa)
    E) son (for camarasa)

    1. Defcons are for Kinnear
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      You asked this question 8 years ago!
      E

      1. onetowatch
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        I don’t get it

        1. Syd.
          • 16 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          I do 😉

    2. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      C

  11. Defcons are for Kinnear
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Man City is a useless DGW team unless there’s a few injuries

    1. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Ederson, Laporte, Sane, Sterling, Fernandhinho

      1. Defcons are for Kinnear
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Ederson and Laporte maybe the only appeal. Fernandinho is DM and the other two rotation risks. Can’t give either of them the TC

        1. Blue&White85
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          Laporte by no means nailed either for both games with Stones, Kompany and Otamendi as options.

    2. ameenkw
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Sane Kdb Laporte looks gd enough

  12. Ready Player One
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    A) Hazard to Son for free?

    B) Bank transfer?

    1. Teomi
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Not before bourbemouth and hudds

      1. Ready Player One
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks for reply

    2. Pieterke30
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      B for sure

      Son might be very tired, Spurs are lacking VIPlayers, and if Palace beat them today - which I personally expect - their morale will be very very low.

      Hazard has Bournemouth and Hud in the next two.

    3. Blue&White85
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      B

    4. ameenkw
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Save and reassess

    5. No Professionals
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I like hazard to son in gw 27. That's my plan, and use money to do firmino to aubameyang.

  13. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Lampard seems interested in doing well in the FA Cup. Could be a tough draw for a team like Watford or Wolves who are likely to put out their second string teams.

    1. Blue&White85
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      When you get to this stage with 12 Premiership teams already eliminated, it would be silly for Watford and Wolves not to have a proper go at it. I agree with your point though, Derby will be tough, especially at home.

      1. Blue&White85
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        And it'll be at least 13 out as one of Palace or Spurs will go this round.

      2. diesel001
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        I think the owners of Watford (Pozzo family) and Wolves (Fosun) will probably be more interested in finishing as high up in the PL as possible. Each extra place is worth £2m. To get that sort of money in the FA Cup you need to be losing in the semi-final at worst.

  14. UpAndAway
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Looking forward to the Higuain bandwagon taking off...

    1. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      He makes Bernard Manning look fit

    2. Defcons are for Kinnear
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I reckon he’ll do well.

    3. el polako
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Balding fatty who was recently struggling in much slower Serie A.

      Good luck to all new owners.

      1. Pieterke30
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Lol indeed

        Ruud Gullit also doubts he will do well, fwiw.

        1. Kiwivillan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          I don't mind being wrong, it happens frequently, but everything points to him being a flop or maybe doing just enough to get by

    4. Dannyb
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Chelsea deserve it, letting a striker like Costa go, who despite his faults was an excellent striker. When Hazard leaves they are gonna be absolutely bang average.

      1. Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        This

    5. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      FPL is a funny old game... Higuain just needs to score 4 or 5 goals in his first 4 or 5 games to be an FPL bandwagon. He could then regress and blank for 3 or 4 games and still maintain his usual scoring rate by the end of the season.

      His Serie A record is pretty poor last 2 seasons.... but if Sarri gives him the arm around the shoulder AND sets he team up to feed him, he’s obviously well capable of scoring against the shambolic defences he has coming up - bourenmouth, Huddersfield, fulham, Wolves... a decent league 1 striker could score v those teams.

      So it’s a bit of a lazy/dangerous analysis to simply look at his Serie A stats & write him off for FPL - those stats are not useful in this scenario

      1. el polako
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Serie A makes Polish strikers (Milik, Piatek) look good - thats something.

        Great defensive play in Italy is a thing of past, Higuain struggling last 2 seasons should be a warning to all.

        1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
          • 16 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          His goals to games this year has been pathetic... that’s not difficult to see - but it’s not super relevant for FPL purposes.

          Ronaldo has failed to score in 9 of his 20 Serie A games this year which would be unheard of in Spain, so again, it’s very lazy/dangerous to simply look at higuian’s shots/goals in the last 6-18 months, see a dodgy enough record, and pair that with “it’s Serie A lol”

          Remember this is FPL - he doesn’t need to be a world beater, he just needs to pop in a few tap ins for 4-5 games.

          The fact that Sarri will/May set up the team to feed him cannot be overstated enough - it could be massive

      2. Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Torres

        1. el polako
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          Falcao

          1. Kiwivillan
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            I'd say a lot of Championship teams would beat half of Serie A

            1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
              • 16 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              Again, not super relevant for FPL purposes - Ronaldo has failed to score in half his Serie A games this year for example

            2. No Professionals
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              That is ultra naive

          2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
            • 16 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            Shevchenko, the list goes on.

            But again - not really useful in evaluating Higuain as an FPL prospect for a 5-10 game window

            1. TIME TO VARTY
              • 7 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              If Higuain moved to Spain he would bang in over 20 goals. Saying Seria A is easy league is wrong. I think it’s tougher than most as the weak teams are organised not like the weak teams in FPL who are Sunday league standard at defending. Even Arsenal can’t defend and are fighting for top 4.
              Basically I think Higuain could easily have a good goal scoring record at Chelsea with the assists he will receive and up against teams who can’t defend.

            2. TIME TO VARTY
              • 7 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              I thought the same about Salah when he came to Liverpool and knew he would find it easier to score in FPL as the organisation of the teams are not as strong. Not saying Higuain will do the same but think he will surprise many on here.

  15. The Baby-faced Assassin
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Would you say Rondón is the best 3rd striker under 6? Eyeing him up particularly to cover GW27 but also has a good GW28 fixture too

    1. Defcons are for Kinnear
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Uninspiring move. A lot depends on if Newcastle can get some creativity in the team.

    2. Hairy Potter
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I've got him and considering swapping him out for Ings or Llorente for the next few matches, but after that his fixtures pick up.

    3. ameenkw
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Ings

    4. Blue&White85
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Ings though he has paper hamstrings.

  16. akhilrajau
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Son or Mane to out alli

    1. ameenkw
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Mane

    2. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Son is by far the better option. But not this week....

      1. akhilrajau
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        K so Alli -> Mane gw 24 then richarlison/hazard -> son for gw 26

  17. Sz21
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Fabianski.
    Doherty, AWB, Digne, Bednarek.
    Rich, Sane, Pogba, Salah (c).
    Auba (vc), Rashford.
    Hamer, Holebas, Camarasa, Kamara.

    1ft~ 5.5m ITB.
    1. Holebas -> Robertson. (3.6m left).
    2. Kamara-> Firmino. (0.6m left to bring in TAA probably the week after.)
    3. Kamara-> Jimenez. (3.4m left).
    4. Save this GW.

  18. fc_skrald
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    I have both Richarlison and Anderson and I have two free transfers. I will for sure sell one of them but I'm not sure who to get rid of. Will it then be best to just sell then both - I will then not regrett selling the wrong one (If I do this they will probably both score goals 🙂 )

    1. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      post your team, but would be tempted to bin both and get one premium and one fodder

      1. fc_skrald
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Thinking of doing this move (I will wait for potential dg25 news of course)

        Anderson and Richarlison -> Sane and Son

        Speroni
        Robertson, Digne, Doherty
        Pogba, Richarlison, Salah, Hazard, Anderson
        Rashford, Jimenez

        Foster, Bednarek, Kamara, Peltier
        5.4 million in the bank

    2. Blue&White85
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Sell Anderson first. Trickier fixtures and Richarlison may have a double.

      1. fc_skrald
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Yes, I will wait for news regarding the double

    3. ameenkw
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Wait for dgw news .. if not gw25 I’d sell Richa.. otherwise sell anderson

      1. fc_skrald
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Yes thanks. Decisions will be much easier if the dg25 is confirmed 🙂

  19. Blue&White85
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Sell Anderson first. Trickier fixtures and Richarlison may have a double.

    1. Blue&White85
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Reply fail!

  20. ameenkw
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Bench two?
    R)obertson (LEI)
    D)igne (hud)
    Doh)erty (WHU)
    L)indelof (BUR)
    A)wb (sou)

    1. Blue&White85
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Tough! AWB and Doherty I think.

  21. EgyptianKing
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Do you think Son will start GW24 mates?

    Or safer take Alli out for Eriksen this GW and bring Son for GW25?

    Cheers

    1. Blue&White85
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I'm not sure he'll start this week but I wouldn't get Eriksen first. Wait until the press conference and make a call then.

    2. #FPLBhuna
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I wouldn’t be surprised if he starts on the bench

  22. #FPLBhuna
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    If dgw25 gets the green light for cityveve

    Digne in a good shout?

    And for who?

    A) bednarek
    B) doherty
    C) pereira

    1. Blue&White85
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      A of those.

    2. Jeremy Corbyn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Possibly C, but I don’t think gains you will be significant, as you will have to switch again in he 27

    3. Rhinos
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      why bother, it's likely to be Wolves +1pt then you got the blank in 27

    4. Art Vandelay
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I have Digne but certainly wouldn’t be bringing him in for a DGW when one of the games is City; particularly with the blank not long after.

      In addition, all the options you are considering selling are good long term squad members IMO.

    5. Pieterke30
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Nope.

    6. #FPLBhuna
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Cheers all some wise words spoken

    7. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      don't like it

      one of those games is Man City, he could easily get 0 or -1

      Everton playing really poor. Yesterday Digne was shocking

      I own Digne but looking to ship in gw27 for Perry or Chilwell

    8. Jigger & Pony
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Could get minus points

  23. Jeremy Corbyn
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    *gw

  24. Jeremy Corbyn
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Preparing for GW31 might be very painful in terms of missed points.

    1. Amey
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah

    2. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      if you focus on switching up bench players doesn't have to be

      Most people will have 3 liverpool (3)
      Fab in goal plus a cover (maybe Foster for 28) (4)
      Perhaps one Burnley (5)
      Couple Leicester from 27 (6,7)

      that gives you a skeleton to add to

    3. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      There is some obvious preparation IMO because of fixtures.

      1) Getting rid of Everton assets (Digne, Richarlison) in GW27 for Leicester assets (Pereira, Maddison)
      2) Getting rid of Wolves assets (Jimenez) in GW30 for Bournemouth assets (Wilson)
      3) Getting in cheap bench players who will likely play in GW31 and GW33 (Puncheon, Brooks, AWB)
      4) Having triple Liverpool (TAA, Robertson, Salah)

      With that sort of set up you could easily have 9 or more decent GW31 and GW33 players. You can FH in GW32 and then WC in GW34 to bench boost in GW35. Triple captain is the difficult one to know when to play.

      1. GREEN IS GOOD
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Good thinking. wolves still have to win next 2 FA cup matches to blank gw31 I think? Life would be easier if they get knocked out.

  25. Don Kloppeone
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    RP on new article (cheers to Amey and Eat my goal on last)

    How are these lot looking for this week? Anything worth an FT or hit?

    1FT 0.6itb
    Fab
    Robbo, VVD, Luiz, Doherty
    Salah (C), Haz (v), Sané, Pogba
    Rash, Wilson
    (Hamer) (AWB, Snoddy, Kamara)

    A) Snoddy > max 5.7 (FT)
    B) Snoddy, VVD > Jota, Laporte
    C) Save

    Leaning towards saving
    Anyone seen any news re VVD btw other than that he may be ill ?

    Cheers!

    1. Blue&White85
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      C. Team looks good so save this week but your bench will need work in future.

      1. Don Kloppeone
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers
        Yeh obv need rid of Snoddy ASAP and ideally Kamara although one dead player on the bench may have to do!

    2. Jeremy Corbyn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Probably save, but you need a plan. There is too much money tied up on defence

      1. Don Kloppeone
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Yep for sure. I’ve ridden the value of the good defence but it’s time to switch it up. Will use 2FT to fix next week and take a hit or 2

    3. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Save and do 2 FT next week

      Snoddy is a virus though !

      1. Don Kloppeone
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        I know! He’s singlehandedly taking apart my TV!

        Worst transfer in I’ve ever done

    4. #FPLBhuna
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Save mate looks gtg

      1. Don Kloppeone
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks matey. Will need some work next week for sure!

        Either to prepare for DGW and BGW or just to sort out bench!

        Will prob involve downgrading VVD which I don’t want to do ideally!

    5. Amey
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Hey mate 🙂
      Just looked at your team and thought that:
      Save this gw & do Luiz+Snoddy >> Periera+Jota next gw looks reasonable to me.
      I know Chelsea have hudds next gw but after that they have City, Blank, Spurs Wich is less attractive.
      Cheers

      1. Don Kloppeone
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Hey mate

        Yeh it’s a decent plan. I think I had resigned myself to having to downgrade VVD or Luiz to improve things anyway

        Will also depend on how the DGW lines up!

        1. Amey
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          Yep 🙂

  26. NATSTER
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Is there a chance for both Man City and Chelsea have DGW on 25 ?

    Just looking for a way to get Hazard and found that I have exact fund for this route.

    Sane + Jimenez ->> Hazard + Ings

    If Chelsea have DGW, I think it looks like a good combo. Do you think so?

    1. OPTA FPL
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Neither will have dgw 25 at this rate

      Chelsea 1%
      City 10%

      1. #FPLBhuna
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Why neither ?

        1. OPTA FPL
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          Moving a GW27 Blank to GW25 would only give fans 10/11 days' notice ahead of the rescheduled fixture. The last time a Blank was rescheduled with fewer than 14 days' notice was 2010

          1. OPTA FPL
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            It's about city

    2. Gregor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Brighton have an FA Cup replay now, so almost certainly no DGW25 for Chelsea.

    3. Amey
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      No dgw for Chelsea.
      And Sane+Jimenez are better pair imo though I really love Hazard as a player

    4. Blue&White85
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I don't think Chelsea will as Brighton likely to have replay v WBA.

  27. Richd
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    The Norwegian fella chatting about his spreadsheet.

    I wish I was better at Excel, it was something that I was discussing before this season on here.

    Maybe something that could be looked at for FFS membership for the future, or even better are there any templates knocking about ?

    I want something pretty simple, but the amount of data is overwhelming with fixture changes, so many players etc etc

    1. _Make
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Have a look at the HT for the last meet the manager a couple of days ago. Geoff is going to look into a simple solution (being able to view your team in future GWs etc.)

  28. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    GTG?

    Fab
    Digne Doherty AWB
    Salah(c) Haz Pogba Nasri Sterling
    Rash Auba

    Bench: Bednarek Schindler Kamara
    1 FT, 0 ITB

    1. #FPLBhuna
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Great team

      Love th nasri differential

      1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers!

    2. Don Kloppeone
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      V nice mate!

      Hope Auba doesn’t disappoint. ARS haven’t been impressing recently

    3. Amey
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      G2G

  29. Sandy Ravage
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Play one:
    A - Doherty (WHU)
    B - Wan-Bissaka (sou)

    1. Blue&White85
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      A

      1. Amey
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        This

    2. #FPLBhuna
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      B

    3. Gregor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      A.

    4. Don Kloppeone
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      A defo

  30. Blue&White85
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Was just looking ahead to week 31 and the fixtures that are definitely on. Right now, I'm not sure I'd want to use a free hit for this, as I did last year. Will probably have at 5/6 in my squad so might be best to just save a couple of transfers and take a hit rather than using a chip. Obviously this can change slightly if teams get knocked out in replays / 5th round.

    West Ham v Huddersfield
    Fulham v Liverpool
    Bournemouth v Newcastle
    Burnley v Leicester

    As it stands, the best team I see is:

    Fabianski
    Robertson Pereira Ake
    Salah (c) Mane Anderson Fraser
    Vardy Arnautovic Wilson

    1. fr3d
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      FH32 probably the way to go

      1. Blue&White85
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Or maybe wildcard and free hit in blank week 33? A lot to be confirmed I suppose.

        1. TRIPOS TOPPER
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          Get together a team with 9 - 11 of the above for FA cup QF weekend
          Keep 3 players with high TV on the bench (e.g. Man U players)
          Free hit 32 for double
          Get back your "FA cup" team for 33 (maybe do 1/2 transfers)
          WC34, get in nice bench
          BB35 with the lovely bench

          1. Blue&White85
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            That’s not a bad shout. Will take a look at that and see how it looks.