Slot, Salah and TAA?

People were always going to react negatively to whatever the mystery chip was revealed as. My initial reaction was that it was a bit crap myself, but I think with the points they have allocated it could be a big points swing if you nail it!

Keep captaincy on Salah (16 points) or change to Lewandowski vs BVB OR Haaland vs JUV

Tottenhem vs Chelsea 3:4

Ange would won 3 points

Maresca 10 points

Right?

Christmas truly is a time for crappy gifts with zero thought put into them.

CANCEL THIS MONSTROSITY NOW!!!! 😡

If they'd given us extra budget to be spent on players and manager, I'd have less of a problem with the chip. As it is, it means that some who have done lots of planning to get the squad they want, are now going to have to remove someone to get a manager in.

Worth a -4 for Jackson to Isak, if priced out over next couple of days ?

Anyone know what's up with Jacob Greaves?

Bench is getting important this period and I can't find info

They’ve really gone hard here…

Lots of points available if you ace it.
Impacts other chip usage.
Carries over multiple GWs
Impacts team selection as you need money.

I’d always seen this as a gimmick chip to re-engage people over Xmas. In reality, this is a complex impact on the game.

Is it just me or is this new chip a bag of poo?

Embrace the chip people! It's feeling like a fun puzzle to me.

Gentle reminder that 60% of players haven't used WC1 yet. Not because they are saving it, but because they don't know what it does, or even of its existence.

Nobody will use this chip, or know how to use it, unless they are engaged or follow a CC. Congrats on your 30pt swing and guaranteed 1m+rank just for showing up I guess. Explaining Free hit to friends and family is hard work, this garbage chip will be impossible to explain to Joe Public.

Bring in Virgil or Trent?

Total, complete, and undifferentiated garbage (or rubbish as those in the UK might say).

Also, who else has seen this chip before? Around 2006 or so, can’t remember if it was the official game or one of the newspaper games.

Terrible chip, adding more Mickey Mouse nonsense.

The best thing about FPL and the one of the main reasons it managed to see off so many other fantasy football sites and newspapers over the years was because of its basic vanilla simplicity.
Literally the only significant changes that've improved the game since I began playing is the VC and the second Wildcard. The rest can go in the bin

LOVE the chip

We love to see it oh yes we do. Casuals in the mud and complaining!

The managers that ace it and max out points on the manger chip will says its the best chip ever, those that get it wrong and crash and burn the chip will say its utter garbage.

Bench 1:

A) Mbeumo
B) Semenyo

Im fairly indifferent of this chip.
Adds new wrinkle and could be some big points if you hit.

Strength of schedule is probably biggest assistant in making a 3 week commitment.
Im not maxxed out on any team right, so that is fine.

Really dont like not being able to use other chips for 3 weeks though.

guess which manager i'm going to pick

While I appreciate FPL’s attempt at fresh ideas, the new Assistant Manager chip feels unnecessarily overcomplicated. I hope next season they focus on addressing core issues in the game rather than introducing another complex feature.

For example:
1. Lack of Points for DMs and Other Roles:
Defensive midfielders and players who excel at tackles, interceptions, and recoveries are practically useless in FPL. This forces everyone into the same “template” squads. Adding defensive points—similar to how goalkeepers earn save points—would make more players viable and reduce repetitive team builds.

2. Manager Fatigue and Engagement:
A lot of players lose interest because they miss deadlines or feel too far behind after a few bad weeks. FPL should prioritize features to keep casual managers engaged, like auto-sub recommendations or a “set-and-forget” mode that lets you plan multiple Gameweeks at once.

Let’s fix what’s broken first before adding layers that might alienate more players.

I’ve held on to Haaland all this time so it feels too late to sell him, but would this be worth it?

Haaland -> Isak
ESR -> Saka
Pau Torres -> Saliba

Leaves £0.4m itb and no hits taken.

this is easily the dumbest thing fpl has ever done. its one thing to make up rules midseason, but something this convoluted is beyond ridiculous. epic failure on their part

Could anyone give me any pointers on what to do. 2 FT & 1.5 ITB
Sanchez (Fab)
Mazaroui - Gvardiol - Timber (Robinson) (Greaves)
Gordon - Palmer - Salah - Saka (Franca)
Cunha - Solanke - Joao Pedro

A. Isac for 1 of my front 3?
B. Robinson - Hall
C. Upgrade Gordon
d. Roll FT

Verbruggen
Gabriel Timber Ait-Nouri
Salah(c) Palmer Saka Bruno Rogers
Isak Pedro

Flekken Konsa Lewis Chiwome
1ft 0.4m

A) Roll
B) Bruno to Enzo (gives me funds to get 3rd striker)
C) Bruno to Gordon (to try and take advantage of Newcastle's next 2)

I'm really surprised that people on here are so resistant to this idea.

This sort of stuff gives us an edge on the casuals and it's fresh. I'm all for it. Let's see how it goes. And I really like the comeback mechanic to reward upsets as well. It gives us some option otherwise everyone just goes Arne Slot or Pep for a 3 green fixture run.

There will ofc be a template formed but I feel good about this being an option since I wasted my TC already on GW9 Haaland. This gives me a chance to turn it around. I'm likely to do something a bit rogue with this chip and tbh, the points on offer here are significant.

If you pick someone like Sean Dyche for the rare run of Everton wins against mid-table sides, you could get like:
16 points for the upset, 2 for the clean sheet, 2 for goals scored. 20 pointer for Sean Dyche in one week. And you have 3 consecutive weeks! That's a potentially larger swing than a BB or TC.

Suppose we spent 1m on a manager, after 3 gws, we will be getting the 1m back right?

I find this planet infinitely bewildering/perplexing and now FPL Towers have lost the plot as well. Just so odd. It's always come across as a carefully considered, closed shop (at least my perception going on such little info of "behind the curtain"). They don't just chuck things in without carefully considering the mechanics of the game.

So many intriguing, different ideas mooted over the years and they land... on this