Sitting just outside the top 1k heading into the final quarter of the season, Let’s Talk FPL’s Andy looks at a number of burning questions facing FPL managers after the March international break.
Chelsea Defensive Triple-Up
Given their recent defensive returns, it’s understandable that FPL managers are looking to double, or even in some cases triple, up on Chelsea’s defence.
Their upcoming fixtures are certainly looking appealing, with West Brom (h), Crystal Palace (a), Brighton (h), West Ham (a) and Fulham (h) to come.
For my own team, I already own Antonio Rüdiger (£4.7m) and am looking to add Edouard Mendy (£5.2m) to my squad. I’d provide a word of caution on the triple-up, though. While it looks good for the next few weeks, and I’m sure it’s something that Gameweek 31 Wildcarders will consider, you also need to think ahead about how to get out of it when the fixtures turn in Gameweek 35. You may not want to be lumbered with three defenders at that point and it might be easier to manage by avoiding it right now.
There are lots of other teams and players with good fixtures both in the short term and up until the end of the season which might work well, without getting stuck on a defensive triple-up on one team (something that also blocks the potential for bringing in an attacker, should you want to).
Kieran Tierney (£5.3m) is someone that I’ve already added to my team. Between Gameweeks 31 and 38, Arsenal play six sides that are in the bottom nine for expected goals (xG) so far this season.
3 years, 26 days agoJust gone through my transfer history - These are all the times that I have sold a player who has gone on to score double figures that week. It works out a 5% chance of a player I sell scoring their highest score of the season 🙁
gw2 Son 24 *
gw4 Son 18 ** / Wilson 16 *
gw9 Son 10
gw11 Sterling 13 *
gw12 Vardy 13 ***
gw15 Watkins 11 ***
gw17 KDB 13 ***
gw20 Soucek 15 *
gw21 Bamford 15 **
gw23 DCL 12 ***
* Player's highest score of the season
** Player's 2nd highest score of the season
*** Player's 3rd highest score of the season