Metrics

Metrics – The Impact of the Gameweek 31 Free Hit

With the dust now settled, we can now look back and assess the effectiveness of the Fantasy Premier League Free Hit chip in Gameweek 31.

When it came to the reduced four-fixture schedule, many managers chose to plan and use transfers leading up to Saturday, fielding a nearly full squad without the use of the Free Hit.

Others thought it the perfect time to employ the chip, while a third group decided to ignore both solutions and just relied on the small number of players they could muster ahead of yesterday’s deadline.

We won’t be able to weigh up the full merits of these strategies until the season is over and, in particular, the Gameweek 35 Free Hits are played. However, we can compare the intermediate gains from the different approaches employed.

So, let’s present some of these results by trying to answer a list of questions.

Q1: How many extra points and ranks did a Free Hit team gain over non-Free Hitters in Gameweek 31?

SampleFH average pointsNo FH average pointsAverage FH points gainAverage FH rank jumpAverage no FH rank drop
Top 1k102.7682.8419.92434.17-157.15
Top 10k100.6181.0419.562729.12-1300.81
Top 100k100.0477.6522.3815948.45-12779.96


Looking at the table above, we can see that Free Hit teams scored, on average, around 20-22 more points than non-Free Hit sides, which appears to be a very decent gain.

Also, teams in the top 100,000 using Free Hit in in Gameweek 31 jumped up around 16,000 places, while those that didn’t suffered an average drop of 12.8k.

However, we know that many teams entered the Gameweek with a small number of players as they’d not planned for the reduced schedule, which caused Free Hitters to make up more ground.

But those managers who did plan leading up to Gameweek 31, suffered less damage to their rank, as indicated by the results in the table.

For example, I was able to field a full 11 players with no Free Hit chip played and achieved a score of 103 (-4) = 99. That was pretty much the same as the average Free Hit team (100.6 in the top 10k).

Am I a good representative for Gameweek 31 planners, or just an anomaly?

That leads me to the second question.

Q2: How many extra points did a Free Hit team gain over non Free Hitters who planned for Gameweek 31?

I took having eight or more players this week as an indicator of a manager planning for the blanks.

The chart below shows the average points gained by teams with eight or more players vs the Free Hit average (now focusing on the top 10k).

It is clear that a Free Hit team still gained around 18-20 points more than the managers who planned for Saturday’s matches.

Even those with 11 players couldn’t match the Free Hit average, mainly due to them fielding non-starters (Moritz Bauer, Oumar Niasse etc) or by taking late transfer hits to acquire nailed-on players.

So my team does look like an outlier, as Free Hitters still gained over planners.

However, that might not be the full picture…

There is a theory that players who planned for Gameweek 31 lost ground over recent Gameweeks as they were unable, or unwilling, to bring in the likes of Riyad Mahrez, Henrikh Mkhtaryan, Son Heung-min ahead of “mediocrity” from Stoke City and Everton.

Time, therefore, to test this theory and see if Free Hitters gained even more than the 20 point gap already discussed.

Q3: Did planning for Gameweek 31 cause more losses over the previous couple of Gameweeks?

To answer this question, I looked back at the past three Gameweeks (28-30) and calculated the points gained in that period for both the managers who activated their Free Hit in Gameweek 31, and those who didn’t.

As suggested by the figure, there is not that significant a statistical difference between “planners” and “Free Hitters”.

The advantage that Free Hitters might have gained is just an extra three points on average over the three Gameweeks.

Therefore, I am more inclined to say that planning for Gameweek 31 didn’t really hurt the average manager.

They might have missed some individual hauls from the likes of Son and Mahrez, but it appears that managers who used the chip and who were not distracted by Gameweek 31 signings also missed out on the bulk of these points.

The last couple of Gameweeks seemed rough, but the statistics suggest that they were rough on the majority of managers.

Q4: How much did a Free Hit team gain over the user’s original set-up?

I went back to all managers in the top 10k who used Free Hit this week and calculated how many points their original teams would have brought in.

I employed two assumptions – that they captained Salah and they would have used their Free Hit to get extra players.

It turns out the average score they would have managed was 80.53 points, so using the Free Hit chip led to a jump to 100.6 points – a gain of 20 (again) over their previous line-ups.

In summary, Fre Hitters gained around 20 points this week over the non-Free Hitters, over Gameweek 31 long-term planners and over their own original teams.

Numbers suggest that planning for Gameweek 31 cost three or so more points, making the net gain for Free Hit users around 23 points.

Finally, I’ll leave you with some statistics about the usage of chips in the new top 10k post-Gameweek 31 and about the point differences between ranks.


RankPointsDifference from above rank
120740
100199183
1k194150
5k190338
10k188419
20k186321
50k183231
100k180428
500k171787
1M165859


As you can see in the table, most ranks are not separated by a huge chasm of points.

For instance, the difference between 20k and 5k is currently just 40 points.

Also, among the current top 10k managers, over 69% have now used their Free Hit, while 47% have spent their second Wildcard.

That suggests that the remaining seven Gameweeks will see a big shift in rank as the effects of the double Gameweeks and the chips still to be employed shake things up once again.

3,952 Comments Post a Comment
  1. anish10
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    Hows this WC template:

    DDG--Fab
    Alonso--Mustafi--Lowton--Morgan--VDH
    Sterling--Salah--Son--Mahrez--RLC
    Barnes--Auba--Lukaku

    1. Concrete
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Decent!

    2. Jeremy Corbyn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Good team

    3. MGD
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Why RLC?

  2. jose1
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    Sorry for repost need help

    A) Alonso & Gundmundsson

    B) Christensen & Willian

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Isn't Chris injured ?

      1. Point-one short
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 11 days ago

        Really? Looked fine when subbed...?

    2. Point-one short
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      B

    3. Concrete
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      A

  3. arndff_
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    A) Robertson, Monreal, Goldson, Kenedy, Lukaku
    B) Alonso, Mustafi, Chilwell, Son, J Ayew

    DDG (Fabianski)
    XXX XXX XXX vdH Lowton
    XXX Salah Mahrez DSilva Willian
    XXX Auba Firmino

    1. Meinhoff
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      B

    2. Concrete
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      B all day for me

    3. Karan14
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      B

    4. arndff_
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Hm... I'm currently on A.

      Surprised that 100% of the answers said B. Thank you, lads!

    5. Over Midwicket
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      B

      1. Over Midwicket
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 11 days ago

        By a mile. A is actually bad.

        1. arndff_
          • 12 Years
          6 years, 11 days ago

          Cheers... If I go without Kaku, will hope Mourinho to continue with the ugly football. 1-0 wins would be v. good. 😀

    6. NATSTER
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      I like Lukaku, Kenedy, and Robertson in (A), but don't like Monreal (rotation risk) and Goldson (3.9) who won't play.

      1. NATSTER
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 11 days ago

        That made B outstanding with all playing players and less rotation.

    7. Jeremy Corbyn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      B

  4. Karan14
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    Better option?

    A) Vardy, Ki & Smalling

    B) Firmino, Kenedy & Christensen

    Have Alonso & DDG.

    1. Concrete
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      B

    2. QuintonFortune25
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      B

    3. Over Midwicket
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      B

    4. Karan14
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Surprising was on A actually.

      Prefer Ki’s fixtures over Kenedy’s and United defence over Cheslea.

    5. Jeremy Corbyn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      B, but surely you can do better than Christensen?
      Maybe Monreal?

      1. Karan14
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 11 days ago

        Have Mustafi.

  5. Bavarian
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    How's my wc looking:

    DDG (McCarthy)
    Monreal-Vertonghen-Otamendi-Christensen (Lowton)
    Salah-Mahrez-Eriksen-Willian (Kenedy)
    Aubameyang-Firmino (Barnes)

    1. Westfield Irons ⭐️
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      One of the best I've seen

    2. QuintonFortune25
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Very strong team

    3. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Kenedy dgw are awful you could save some money there I reckon. Great team though

    4. Bavarian
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Thanks all

    5. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Nice

    6. Westfield Irons ⭐️
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Do you have a plan get Kane back in if you want/need to?

      1. Bavarian
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 11 days ago

        I'll downgrade Eriksen then

  6. QuintonFortune25
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    RMWCT

    Thoughts on this WC draft?

    DDG - Fabiasnski
    Alonso - Mustafi - Robertson - Lowton - Van der Horn
    Salah - Mahrez - Son - Willian - Kennedy
    Lukaku - Auba - Barnes

    1. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Nice .

  7. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    Son and Willian are.in so many teams , surely it can't be that straight forward there will be a twist in the tale 🙂 what about hazard and other spurs mid assets ? Anyone taking a chance on them ?

    1. mookie
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Better form for both, Son possibly playing OOP. Hazard is very expensive for what he's offering.

    2. Karan14
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Theyre a lot more expensive than Son & Willian that’s the issue.

  8. Tosa86
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    I think to play the WC this GW, but i don't know if wait the last days or not (to not increase the values or missing possible injury).
    At the moment i don't know if i can choose aguero or kane, i have few news about injuries.

    So...my idea is below:

    De Gea - Fabianski
    Ward - Christensen - Otamendi - Davies - Robertson
    Salah - Sterling - Son - McArthur - Willian
    Lukaku - Calvert-lewin - Firmino.

    Bank: 1.4

    i can replace:
    robertson with van dijk --> Bank 0.6
    Lukaku with aguero --> Bank 1.0
    Otherwise i can use 1.4 to upgrade other players( CVL, McArthur Willian or other)

    Some advice?

    Thanks.

    1. NATSTER
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      I feel we shouldn't include non-starter, e.g. DCL, in the WC team if you still have money ITB.

      1. Tosa86
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 11 days ago

        ok...maybe i can choose barnes instead DCL, or upgrade lukaku with aguero.
        or upgrade son with eriksen, but son is very on-fire and play good as forward.
        i don't know if i need to prefere van dijk or robertson.

        At the moent i prefer don't choose arsenal player, because imho, that's team no aims in championship and they see only the europa league.

  9. Old Gregg
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    Morning y'all,

    Pretty much standard WC but any thoughts would be appreciated.

    DDG (Fab)
    Monreal-Christ-Mee-Vert-Naughton
    Willian-Mahrez-Mhki-Salah-Kennedy
    Aub-Firm-Barnes.

    0.6 ITB

    1. Tosa86
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      I don't know if i bet on Arsenal players, because they have not aims in championship, they work all on europe league...

      1. Old Gregg
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 11 days ago

        True. I may remove monreal.

        Mhki/Auba might be worth a gamble

        1. Voyeur
          • 13 Years
          6 years, 11 days ago

          Auba can't play Europa, so only supply issues to worry about for him (not big enough problem to put me off)

  10. Cocky Spaniel Alves
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    This one looking any good? 🙂

    DDG McCarthy
    Vertonghen Christensen Robertson van der Horn Lowton
    Salah Mahrez Son Willian D Silva
    Aubameyang Firmino Barnes

    Anything that needs changing here?

  11. Dave Bauer
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    I know this annoying - apologies in advance. But can I make a single transfer as normal and then subsequently decide to play my free hit chip? Or does it have to be played when I make my first transfer of the gameweek?

    I understand you lose any banked transfers and go back to one after playing it, but I just wondered if you can get a transfer in before you use it so the squad you go back to for the following gameweek has the one transfer you made beforehand.

    1. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Nope, back to your original team

    2. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      But why for the love of god will you play your FH this week ? Save it for 34, 35 or 37

      1. Dave Bauer
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 11 days ago

        Haha, no I’m planning ahead to GW35, I won’t be using it this week, already on WC anyway. But thanks!

  12. Dacra
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    Another one, feel good about this 😀

    DDG (Hart)
    Mustafi - Alonso - VVD - Morgan - Van Der Hoorn
    Salah - Willian - Son - Mahrez - Ki
    Auba - Lukaku - Barnes

    0.2itb (Exact cast for VVD > Davies for the DGW)

    1. Point-one short
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Davies will most likely only play one of those though...

      1. Dacra
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 11 days ago

        Could do Morgan > Chilwell and then could afford Vertonghen instead?

  13. Point-one short
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    Repost
    Can I get your thoughts on this WC team?

    Lloris | Fabianski
    Alonso | Christensen | Smalling/Jones | VdH | Lowton
    Salah | Mahrez | Son | DSilva | Willian
    Vardy | Aubameyang | Murray
    0.5itb

    Any glaring weaknesses or players to swap?

    1. Karan14
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      9/10

      Naughton/Fernandez over VDH.

    2. Astronautovic
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      I would prefer de gea in goal because the united defence will be rotated
      So i would go for de gea and vertonghen/ sanchez
      And i don't like the double chelsea defence. Maybe christensen to mustafi/maguire
      I like the rest

      1. Astronautovic
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 11 days ago

        I don't know if rotated is the right word but mourinho has much choice and i think bailly is a starter for sure

        1. Point-one short
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 11 days ago

          Thanks both for your input. Yeah true about ddg, but the lloris/man u defender combo saves about a million... hmmm, decisions decisions.

  14. Astronautovic
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    On WC would u rather have
    A)vertonghen rüdiger son silva
    B)christensen mee hazard son

    1. laveshp
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      If I had to choose, B.
      But I would look into getting Azlipicuetta or Alonso as chelsea cover instead of those above 🙂

      1. Astronautovic
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 11 days ago

        So u would go for alonso as your only chelsea cover without hazard or willian?

        1. Astronautovic
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 11 days ago

          Or do u mean christensen/rüdiger

        2. laveshp
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 11 days ago

          Yeah I personally would just go with one of them. Hazard has done well for me, but it's so frustrating when he blanks often, theres so much money tied up in him. And regardless of how good Willian is, it's annoying that he's not nailed on. Alonso and Azli (especially) is nailed on

          1. Astronautovic
            • 8 Years
            6 years, 11 days ago

            Thanks man

    2. QuintonFortune25
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      A

  15. laveshp
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    First WC Draft! (Usually the best one before I start tinkering)

    De Gea
    Otamendi ⦁ Lowton ⦁ Van Der Hoorn
    Son ⦁ Silva ⦁ Salah ⦁ Mahrez
    Lukaku ⦁ Aubameyang ⦁ Firmino

    Subs: Henessey, Kenedy, Mariappa, Jack Bauer.

    Thoughts?
    Defence (apart from Otamendi & Lowton) are a work in progress, need 4.5 defenders and I shall evaluate.

    Hows the attack?

    1. QuintonFortune25
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Yeah defence needs some adjustments but very strong attack

    2. arndff_
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      No Chelsea

      1. laveshp
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 11 days ago

        All I want from Chelsea is Alonso or Azli, not interested in anyone else. I would have to sacrifice either Lukaku or Aubameyang (for Vardy) to get one of them. Still contemplating 🙂

    3. Zion
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Was trying to get that front three myself, but couldn't manage it. Defence became too thin. Not really sure which way is better, but I went with Aubameyang and Firmino and got a more balanced defence.

    4. Slitherene
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Sell Lukaku, get Deeney or Barnes and invest the money in upgrading defence.

  16. ajones1608
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    Who is going to get more clean sheets in April?

    A). Pope
    B). Cech
    C). Cortois

    1. QuintonFortune25
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      C

      1. ajones1608
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 11 days ago

        how come?

        1. QuintonFortune25
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 11 days ago

          Chelsea most solid defensively from those options.

          1. ajones1608
            • 6 Years
            6 years, 11 days ago

            It's Chelsea vs Spurs & West Ham that worries me, other than that I agree completely!

  17. QuintonFortune25
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    A) Alonso, Van der Hoorn and Kennedy

    B) Christensen, Vertongen and Ki

    1. laveshp
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      A

    2. LoneRanger01
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      A for me too.

      Alonso's definitely not worth his high value this year tho 🙁

    3. Zion
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      A most definately.

    4. arndff_
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      A.

      Saw that you've got a cheap 3rd forward, so Barnes could turn into J Ayew.

      1. QuintonFortune25
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 11 days ago

        Yeah good point, cheers

        1. arndff_
          • 12 Years
          6 years, 11 days ago

          Cheers 🙂

  18. Stimps
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    Recon Lowton (Burnley) and Fernandes (Swansea) will be nailed for the DGW?

    1. QuintonFortune25
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Should be yeah

    2. Ramboros
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Both should be nailed on.

    3. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Yip

    4. Hotdogs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Yes, I believe so!

  19. Hotdogs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    @Ragabolly

    This is amazing! The analysis is really interesting

    I have a question about #3 (how using or not using the FH chip has affected GW 28-30 points). Are you considering all the FH-ers in the entire competition, or just the ones in the top 10k?

    If you're including everyone who used a FH then you would be taking into a count of a lot of less serious players who stumbled upon GW 31 and played the FH chip on a whim

    For a fair comparison this should be comparing non-FH31 planners to FH31 "planners" (i.e. guys who made a conscious decision to FH well in advance and hence brought in the "best" players regardless of their GW31 fixtures). If it's difficult to capture this group of FH planners perhaps looking at the FH users in the top 10k/100k might be a good approximation?

  20. MOULACTICOS
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    Thoughts on my first draft WC. Planning to save two transfers for DGW34. Will be playing BB Chip. 0.3 ITB

    DDG Fab

    Mustafi Robertson Smalling Chilwell Van Der Hoorn

    Salah D Silva Son Willian Gudmunsson

    Vardy Auba Firmino

    Any advice to use my WC better, ideally would like Lukaku, but without him ATM i can get better balance. Thanks

  21. Zion
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    Pretty happy with this WC team, any comments?

    Ryan, Lössl
    Christensen, Maguire, Bailly Lowton, Naughton
    Mahrez, Salah, Son, Willian, Sterling,
    Aubameyang, Firmino, Ayew

    1. arndff_
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Maguire too expensive for what he offered recently.

      Don't like the GKs.

      1. Zion
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 11 days ago

        Thanks! Went for Maguire as he should be guaranteed 90mins in all games, but downgrading him for Chilwell allows me to upgrade Lössl to DDG. Might consider that!

        1. Reuser
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          6 years, 11 days ago

          Personally, I would prefer Morgan rather than Chilwell - more nailed, which is an important factor at this point in season.

          0.1-0.2 can be gained by swapping Naughton for Fernandez van de Hoorn.

          Bailly worth the premium over Smalling?

          1. Zion
            • 11 Years
            6 years, 11 days ago

            Thanks! I already did Bailly to Smalling, but used the funds to upgrade Christensen to Azpi and Lössl to DDG. Could perhaps leave in Christensen and have Morgan.

  22. Slitherene
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    For GW 32, which players seem like they can make a difference?

    I have 2 FT's.

    And the fixtures are as follows:

    EVE vs MCI
    ARS vs STK
    MUN vs SWA

    A) KdB
    B) Silva
    C) Lukaku
    D) Sanchez
    E) Ozil
    F) Aubameyang

  23. HD7
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    Hi Managers,

    De Gea
    VVD Alonso Ogbona
    Stan Shaq Salah Mahrez
    Firmino Auba Wilson

    Subs: Elliot, Baines, Obiang, Mbemba

    A) Shaq to Mikhi/ Sterling/Silva (-4)
    B) Wilson to Kaku (-4)
    C) G2G
    D) Play WC now instead of GW 33

  24. Dacra
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    Ben Davies, play both in 34 or not?

    1. mookie
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      I'd say he'll most likely play against City, wouldn't bet on him playing against Newcastle as well.

      1. Dacra
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 11 days ago

        Cheers, my WC plan currently has VVD, with intention of switching to Davies for 34.. Hope he plays both!

  25. Up the tics
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    GTG? My WC template team

    DDG - Fab
    Alonso - Smalling - Morgan - Lowton - VDH
    Salah - Mahrez - Silva/Son - Willian - Milivojevic
    Auba - Firmino - Barnes

  26. Frank Koscielny
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    I have Davies and Christensen in my current wc draft.
    After seeing the latter taken off during e.t. due to what looked like a sore hammy, I’m worried he’ll screw me over (again).
    The rotation risk for Davies worries me just the same.
    Should I hope for the best or are there better and more nailed alternatives in the same price range?

    1. Reuser
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Conte confirmed last night that the issue was fatigue, not an injury.

      Not saying he won't screw us over, but he looks a decent option at the moment.

      1. Reuser
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 11 days ago

        Would be worried about Davies rotation too. Vertonghen looks the best bet, but at 6.0 it might be worth looking elsewhere.

      2. Frank Koscielny
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 11 days ago

        Cheers!

  27. JurgenRodgers
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    Gw35 team looking like this with no Free Hit
    Ederson
    Lowton
    Dummett
    Monreal
    Naughton
    Salah
    Sterling
    Jesus (Lukaku out)
    Aubameyang
    Barnes
    10 players Should be enough cover fingers crossed

    1. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Yeah I think that should be fine. a load of people will be caught out with less players than you having already used free hit. Obviously the free hitters will gain some points that week but 10 players is a decent position

  28. Somnus84
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    Wildcard v3. Any ideas?

    DDG, Fab
    Otamendi, Alonso, Robertson, Mee, Naughton
    Salah, Son, Sterling, Mikhi, Groß
    Aubemeyang, Vardy, Barnes

    1. QuintonFortune25
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Bit different, Iike it

  29. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    No wildcard here, how many single gameweekers do you think I can carry for a BB in 34??

    Currently I have 3 Liverpool, Zaha, Wilson, Shaqiri, Walcott who only have a single in 34 and only 2 frees to get rid of them...

    May end up keeping Zaha and 3 pool (Salah, Firm and VVD) and ditching the other 3 for a hit for 34.

    What are peoples thoughts?

    1. Hotdogs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      How many do you have playing in BGW35 with this current team? I'd start with that and make sure you can cover a decent XI with 1-2 transfers

  30. QuintonFortune25
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 11 days ago

    Is it possible for J.Ayew to increase in price whilst red flagged (suspended)?

    1. Hotdogs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 11 days ago

      Yes, although I don't see that happening for a while. He just dropped last night and will likely continue to be sold for now

      Anyone getting him in would be on a WC which doesn't count towards transfers in (from a price change perspective) until the end of the WC

      1. QuintonFortune25
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 11 days ago

        Ah thanks very much. Going to keep Barnes until GW34 then straight swap him in I think

        1. Hotdogs
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 11 days ago

          Ok your time horizon changes things, I thought you were talking about the next 2 weeks over the international break

          A lot of teams would have brought him in by the time we get to GW34 for the DGW fixture so his value could easily have gone up