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Who is suspended or nearing a ban in FPL Gameweek 31?

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In the Suspension Tightrope, we look at the players close to a ban, already suspended or returning from the naughty step in Gameweek 31.

A reminder: players now reaching five bookings will no longer incur a suspension.

WHEN ARE THE CUT-OFF POINTS FOR SUSPENSIONS?

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The table above is from the Football Association website and details the cut-off points for the various yellow card thresholds.

With five cautions no longer the danger zone, the next target players have to avoid is 10. Anyone racking up that many yellow cards before their club has contested 32 fixtures will get a two-match ban.

And your usual reminder: punishments for yellow card accumulation are competition-specific. Suspensions for dismissals cover all competitive matches.

THE RACE TO (AVOID) 10 YELLOW CARDS

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Bernardo Silva (£6.2m) and Moises Caicedo (£5.7m) picked up their ninth bookings of the season on Saturday, joining the four others who were already on the precipice.

Diego Gomez (£4.9m) is the only new addition to the list of players who have eight cautions.

WHICH PLAYERS ARE SERVING SUSPENSIONS IN GAMEWEEK 31?

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Gabriel Gudmundsson (£3.8m) will have to serve a one-match ban in Gameweek 31 following his dismissal for two bookable offences on Sunday.

Mykhailo Mudryk (£4.9m) remains indefinitely banned by the FA.

RETURNING FROM A BAN IN GAMEWEEK 31

Micky van de Ven (£4.4m) and Pedro Neto (£7.0m) return from one-match bans this weekend.

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  1. DagheMunegu
    • 5 Years
    5 months, 2 days ago

    Van Hecke VVD Rodon
    Enzo

    A Gudmunsson to Thiaw/Andersen bench Van Hecke

    B Enzo to Gordon/Wilson play Van Hecke

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    1. WVA
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 months, 2 days ago

      A
      Probably Anderson for this GW only

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  2. WVA
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    5 months, 2 days ago

    Which two free transfers to make?

    1. Haaland to Ekitike
    2. Semenyo to Gordon
    3. Guehi to Anderson

    Dubravka
    VVD Hill Rodon
    Bruno Wilson Rogers Enzo
    Pedro Thiago
    Verbruggen Haaland Semenyo Gabriel Guehi

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    1. Sheffield Wednesday
      • 6 Years
      5 months, 2 days ago

      Andersen

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      1. WVA
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        5 months, 2 days ago

        Thanks, either of the other moves worth it for free?

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        1. Sheffield Wednesday
          • 6 Years
          5 months, 2 days ago

          Seems you'll want them back pretty soon - depends on your chips and whether you can afford lost value in the transfers.

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          1. WVA
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            5 months, 1 day ago

            Highly unlikely I’ll want Haaland back without significant improvement

            WC32, don’t see value being a problem this season

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    2. Lost for Wirtz
      5 months, 2 days ago

      2 and 3

      Those strikers are all stinking it up.

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      1. WVA
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        5 months, 1 day ago

        Tend to agree but that’s also why I want rid of Haaland

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  3. Vazza
    • 6 Years
    5 months, 2 days ago

    Which combination is better.

    A. Maguire, Justin, Stach.

    Playing all three in blank gameweek 31 and Maguire as part of starting XI most games afterwards

    B. Dalot, Alderete, Ngumoha

    Playing all three in blank gameweek 31 and Dalot as part of starting XI most games afterwards

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    1. Lost for Wirtz
      5 months, 2 days ago

      I like Stach,
      If that helps

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  4. paulojdsc
    • 6 Years
    5 months, 2 days ago

    Only for the next week:

    Andersen or Thiaw?

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    1. Vazza
      • 6 Years
      5 months, 2 days ago

      Thiaw

      No brainer

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    2. Lost for Wirtz
      5 months, 2 days ago

      Thiaw has a ceiling of 17
      Andersen of 6

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      1. Lost for Wirtz
        5 months, 2 days ago

        Ok, to be fair Andersen ceiling 8, with ca and defcon. No goal threat though.

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        1. TheBiffas
          • 5 Years
          5 months, 2 days ago

          Remember when he was at palace and couldn't stop getting attacking returns for a while?

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        2. paulojdsc
          • 6 Years
          5 months, 2 days ago

          Thanks guys

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      2. The-Red-1
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 months, 2 days ago

        Just be warned that I'm playing Thiaw in 31. I've had him since gw22 and managed to bench all his hauls and catch all his 1 or 2 pointers

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        1. Lost for Wirtz
          5 months, 2 days ago

          His hauls were
          Away Chelsea 9p
          Away spurs 11p
          Away wolves 9p
          Home palace 17p
          Away Everton 16p

          Is there a pattern?

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          1. The-Red-1
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            5 months, 2 days ago

            Yep. I'm not expecting more than 2 points vs Sunderland

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    3. Ha.
      • 11 Years
      5 months, 2 days ago

      Andersen for me

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  5. Lost for Wirtz
    5 months, 2 days ago

    Which 2 should go and which 2 come in?

    O’Reilly or Munoz->
    A) Andersen(BUR)
    B) Hill(MUN)
    C) Senesi(MUN)

    Haaland->
    1)JP(eve)

    Semenyo->
    2)Wilson(BUR)
    3)MGW(tot)
    4)Anderson(tot)

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    1. Lost for Wirtz
      5 months, 2 days ago

      5)Gordon(SUN)

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  6. Kloppen Schloppen
    • 9 Years
    5 months, 2 days ago

    Pick one for the next 2 weeks:
    A) Pedro
    B) Sesko

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    1. Lost for Wirtz
      5 months, 2 days ago

      Sesko great punt, 6.9% ownership vs 50%

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  7. ShaunGoater123
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 months, 2 days ago

    Currently looks like I have 9 for this week unless Mukiele recovers and then could have 10.

    With that in mind would you do Semenyo > Gordon? Would give me the below

    Current team:
    Dubravka
    Mukiele / Virgil / Hill
    Wilson / Dewsbury-Hall / Fernandes / Rogers / Gordon
    Thiago / Ekitike

    Sanchez / Gabriel / Haaland / Munoz

    2FT's, 1.5m ITB

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    1. Lost for Wirtz
      5 months, 2 days ago

      Semenyo is great. But so is Gordon right now. Strong Midfield seems a good place to focus.

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  8. CheesyGonzalez
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    5 months, 2 days ago

    Is it worth taking a -4 to have 11?

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    1. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      5 months, 2 days ago

      It's only a -2 at that point

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      1. Sir Michael Taker
        • 12 Years
        5 months, 2 days ago

        Depends who you bring in lol. I scored a 0 from DCL this week

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        1. x.jim.x
          • 11 Years
          5 months, 2 days ago

          But it could have been 9

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          1. Ha.
            • 11 Years
            5 months, 2 days ago

            But it was 0

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            1. x.jim.x
              • 11 Years
              5 months, 2 days ago

              You should probably never make any transfers ever then

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              1. Ha.
                • 11 Years
                5 months, 2 days ago

                This doesn't make any sense

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                1. x.jim.x
                  • 11 Years
                  5 months, 2 days ago

                  Every player could potentially get a 0 every week, sounds like cowardice to me

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  9. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    5 months, 2 days ago

    Got £4.0m for a defender that will play GW31 only. Is Diouf the pick?

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    1. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      5 months, 2 days ago

      Rodon surely

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    2. lilmessipran
      • 14 Years
      5 months, 2 days ago

      Rodon

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  10. Digital-Real
    • 9 Years
    5 months, 2 days ago

    Sitting at 78k
    1FT 1.8m ITB

    What moves can I makenher

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    1. Digital-Real
      • 9 Years
      5 months, 2 days ago

      Trying again!
      Sitting at 78k
      1FT, 1.8M ITB
      All chips left

      What moves can I make here? Suggestions welcome

      Pickford

      Anderson| Collins | Guehi*

      Bruno| Wilson| Szoboszlai | Semenyo*

      Ekitike | Pedro | Thiago

      Dubraka, Gabriel, Timber, Rice

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  11. Sir Michael Taker
    • 12 Years
    5 months, 2 days ago

    12 points for the highest scoring players in the game in GW30. That must be close to a record low and thats with defcon included for Mavropanos

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    1. Sir Michael Taker
      • 12 Years
      5 months, 2 days ago

      No hauls anywhere really

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    2. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      5 months, 2 days ago

      Even Barkley's 12 points are somewhat farcical

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      1. Sir Michael Taker
        • 12 Years
        5 months, 2 days ago

        They'll both be near 0% EO. Doubt even Mavropanos family played him vs Man City. In fact most of the team of the week would have been either not owned or benched bar Bruno and Thiago

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        1. x.jim.x
          • 11 Years
          5 months, 2 days ago

          I was being generous when I said "somewhat" - it was clear from Onana's reaction that he got the last touch, which meant the goal should have been ruled out or at least been attributed to him.

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  12. Ha.
    • 11 Years
    5 months, 2 days ago

    Munoz > Andersen with FT gives me 11

    It's worth then doing Haaland > Pedro, so I can bench Alderete, right? (Also a FT and will WC in 32)

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  13. SpaceCadet
    • 12 Years
    5 months, 2 days ago

    Best option for this team? 1ft, 2m itb. Plan to wc gw32.

    A. Vdv > thiaw/ Andersen
    B. Semenyo > Gordon
    C. Semenyo > Iwobi

    Sanchez
    Vvd senesi vdv diouf
    Bruno Wilson Szobo Anderson
    Pedro Thiago

    Dubravka semenyo Haaland Gabriel

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    1. Ha.
      • 11 Years
      5 months, 2 days ago

      B and bench Diouf

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      1. SpaceCadet
        • 12 Years
        5 months, 2 days ago

        Thanks

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    2. Conners
      • 7 Years
      5 months, 2 days ago

      Provided the loss of value doesn't impact your WC draft too much, I'd go with B.

      Plus, you'll likely want to keep Gordon on your WC assuming Newcastle double.

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      1. SpaceCadet
        • 12 Years
        5 months, 2 days ago

        Valid point, cheers

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  14. AAAFootball
    • 1 Year
    5 months, 2 days ago

    Smart or stupid?
    Just had the idea to buy El Hadji Malick Diouf instead of buying Joachim Anderson.

    Feel like villa are rubbish up top, and Diouf has good GA potential.
    Also feel like burnley likely to score, last week was actually Fulham's first clean sheet this year. Meanwhile West Ham have 3 in their last 6...

    May not go through with this, but feel like this could be the play to beat all the template CC teams.

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    1. Sir Michael Taker
      • 12 Years
      5 months, 2 days ago

      No I like it. I own Andersen and obviously I'm playing but I expect Burnley to score probably. Hes not a fun own at all.

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  15. Steavn8k
    • 3 Years
    5 months, 2 days ago

    Regretting to have used my WC already. What's the best chip strategy without it? FH 33 or 34?

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    1. Conners
      • 7 Years
      5 months, 2 days ago

      Difficult to answer without seeing your team.

      In the short-term, if you can currently field 9-10 this week, I'd consider bringing in a Newcastle player (extra player in the blank and a likely DGW coming up).

      Then reassess how your team will look in 33/34 once we know how the land lies ahead of the GW33 deadline, and make a decision on FH at that point.

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      1. Steavn8k
        • 3 Years
        5 months, 2 days ago

        Cheers. Sounds like a good strategy.

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