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24 March 2018 1693 comments
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Earlier in the week, our recent series of Monitor members’ articles on Wildcard ran the rule over both Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang and Romelu Lukaku, the two most bought forwards ahead of Gameweek 32.

Next up in our assessment is Riyad Mahrez, the second most bought midfielder ahead of Leicester City’s expected pair of Double Gameweeks.

Despite finding himself out of favour in the early months – due to a lofty 8.5 opening price tag and disappointing previous season – the Algerian has turned back the clock to rediscover the heights of his dominant 2015/16 campaign.

Now sitting fourth among midfielders in Fantasy Premier League (FPL) with 161 points, Mahrez has proven himself to once again represent a consistent top-end choice. Meanwhile, double-digit hauls in successive Gameweeks underpin the Algerian’s explosive potential as a differential captaincy option for managers willing to swim against the tide.

With an incredibly obliging run to end the season – including two Double Gameweeks and a slew of favourable matchups (Leicester’s next six fixtures will match them against Brighton, Newcastle, Burnley, Southampton, Crystal Palace and West Ham) – the winger will be a staple among Wildcard squads.

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  1. Hiphopopotamus
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Morning lads. What are the chances of Liverpool rotation before GW36? I know they have CL - but (assuming Chelsea win a couple of games) they also need to stay strong in the league.

    I ask because I'm thinking of keeping Salah, Firmino and Robertson in my currently active WC.

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    1. A.T
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Gw33 is looking likely I'd say. Sandwiched between the 2 CL fixtures lies the Merseyside derby which Klopp has already shown he's more than happy to rotate in.

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      1. Hiphopopotamus
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Hmmmm. Maybe I'll think about just keeping Salah then - he's bound to get enough minutes to bang a couple away over that period (?). Cheers Timbo.

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    2. Legomané
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Klopp has stated there'll be minimal rotation for the run in. Most of his star players will have played 1 match in the international fortnight so will be treating it like a break to an extent. Palace away is a massive banana skin and Klopp will know the importance of momentum now. I'd be surprised if he doesn't start his strongest team and pull off Bobby and co around 70ish mins if the game is won.

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      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      on the contrary, i think Klopp barring any injuries will put his front three to start in every game from now until last game, only if and when fourth place is secure we will see rotation. Everton away is as crucial as City games and Ings is nowhere near the level atm. the only one i think is in bit of danger is Mané, Chamberlain could fill in at left wing. I might be wrong but all this rotation fears is scaremongering imo

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    4. DJ1000
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      I think Liverpool will have full team at Palace but there will be some rotation at Everton. So little time between champs league and Everton match. Will certainly be reduced minutes for the likes of mane salah and firminho. Klopp trusts in his squad

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    5. Hiphopopotamus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Cheers for the great inpit lads. I'll probably stick to my plan of keeping my 3 Pool players on my WC then.

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  2. FPLAdmiral
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Trying to negotiate the final weeks without FH is a killer! On WC, BB and TC how does this look?

    DDG, RYAN
    ALONSO, Mustafi, Robertson, MORGAN, LOWTON
    Salah, MAHREZ, SON, WILLIAN, GUDMUNSSON
    Auba, VARDY, BARNES

    GW33 - Save. 3.8m ITB
    GW34 - Auba > Lukaku. BB, 12 DGW players
    GW35 - x3 transfers (-4). 9 players.

    By DGW37 I can have 11 DGW players and TC Kane.

    Only concerts is carrying 3.8m on my WC! Where could I invest?

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    1. Delhidynamo
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      quite decent, I'd invest some of the money to get rid of DOUBLE Burnley attack

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      1. MarkoSD
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        this

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      2. FPLAdmiral
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Get rid of 1 of them and have 1 less player for GW35 though! That’s the main appeal without FH - they are the only team with a DGW then fixture!

        Could replace Ryan with Schmeichel and Morgan with Vertonghen?

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          • 8 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          without free hit i think a hit strategy to get the likes of city, pool and arsenal is most crucial. so i would be tempted to keep those you already have or at least a balanced team so a -4 or 8 will do to make you good for the 35.

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    2. Johnny Leghorn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Why take out Auba when he plays in 35?

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      1. FPLAdmiral
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        To bring Lukaku in for the double! Gives me 3 strikers with DGW fixtures and enough money ITB to bring Auba back in for GW35

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        1. bitm2007
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          that sounds good.

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        2. Johnny Leghorn
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          Fair. I didn't realize you planned to bring him back. That's 2 transfers on the same player though. I've worked on a team that gives me both from now on the basis Kaku will get points against Swansea.

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      2. Kroneek
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        I suppose because he wants Lukaku for the DGW - probably captaining him..

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    3. bitm2007
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      If you wan't to keep three Burnley i'd do Ryan to Pope and GUDMUNSSON to GroB (or Barnes to Murray if you prefer that).

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      1. FPLAdmiral
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Only concern would be if Pope loses his spot to Heaton!

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        1. bitm2007
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          Didn't release that Heaton was back playing.

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    4. *sigh*
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Go double Burnley defenders plus Barnes

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    5. DJ1000
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      I have had to do a similar thing but I am using tc in gw34 and bb in gw37 after the way the fixtures fell. I have now decided to have 6/7 gw35 players in gw34. Pickford tark monreal mustafi salah Kenedy and Wood/Barnes. I can put 10 dbgwers out and have 4 sgwers on the bench ready for gw35. It really is the worst fixture list for us non-freehitters. But I think we need to concentrate on gw32-33 first then gw34. Gw34 could get 130 points so important to get that right. Then get 3-4 new players in in gw35 take the minus 8 hit medicine but ensure players bought in are also there for gw37 so it is part of long term strategy

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  3. MarkoSD
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    repost
    My plan from now till 34:
    gross, auba, kaku

    if kane is not fit for 34, then auba and gross for vardy and son
    if kane is fit, auba and kaku for vardy and kane

    logical or crazy?

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    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Too many transfers planned.

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      1. MarkoSD
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        but it is gross auba kaku now with wc, save in 33 and 2 in 34?

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      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Gross out before 34 seems strange, so would say somewhere between logical and crazy-)

      I´m not fully confident on Lukaku, not just because he delivers steady but no hauls, but the fact that United looks a little off and Swansea will sit back and they have shown that they do that well vs big teams and City game thereafter, hm. The double looks promising, so i might go for him then. Kane back in month looks very optimistic based on the usual timescale/prognosis on recoveries from those kind of injuries so would be very surprised if Kane is back and with fa cup semi just a week after i bet he won´t start both matches if fit.

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      1. DJ1000
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        This game all about speculation so I have lukaku in for Swansea match. Plus Man City playing Man U just 3 days after champs league match and just 3 days before next champs league game so Man U may be stronger at man city than you would think. I am likely to tc lukaku in gw34 as he plays Against the 2 worst defences. Then get rid of him in gw35

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          • 8 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          City could have some motivation though, but i do see your point. I´ll stick with auba and will make a decision before 34 on Lukaku.

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  4. Miguel Sanchez
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    On WC:

    A) Firmino
    B) Vardy

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    1. Over Midwicket
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      A imo but B if you don't have WC for example.

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  5. The case for Ryan
    JasonG123
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    In response to STOICHKOV#8's post about DGWs, I want to show why it is a better strategy to go for DGW players rather than SGW players. Let's rather look at Ryan's expected returns in each of the two games in GW34:

    Spurs (for this game betting odds aren't available yet so used the odds for a similar top 6 team versus bad team to give a rough idea):
    - 2 points for playing
    - 13% chance of a clean sheet and 4 points for a clean sheet means an expected returns of 0.52 (0.13 x 4).
    - He averages 0.5 save points per clean sheet and 0.73 save points when he does not keep a clean sheet. Thus his expected returns from saves are: (0.13 x 0.5) + (0.87 x 0.68) = 0.66
    - 50% chance of conceding over 2-3 goals, 30% chance of conceding 4+ goals, meaning we must subtract (0.5 x 1) + (0.3 x 2) = 1.1
    - 0.06 chance of a penalty save (based on 2 penalty saves in 30 appearances this season), penalty saves are worth 5 points meaning 0.30 expected points from a penalty save.
    - He averages 0.875 bonus points when keeping a clean sheet and 0.10 bonus points when not keeping a clean sheet. Thus his expected returns from bonus points: (0.13 x 0.875) + (0.87 x 0.10) = 0.20.

    So his overall expected returns against Spurs are: 2 + 0.52 + 0.66 - 1.1 + 0.30 + 0.2 = 2.58

    Crystal Palace (used betting odds for probabilities):
    - 2 points for playing
    - 29% chance of a clean sheet and 4 points for a clean sheet means an expected returns of 1.16 (0.29 x 4).
    - He averages 0.5 save points per clean sheet and 0.73 save points when he does not keep a clean sheet. Thus his expected returns from saves are: (0.29 x 0.5) + (0.71 x 0.68) = 0.63
    - 37% chance of conceding over 2-3 goals, 6% chance of conceding 4+ goals, meaning we must subtract (0.37 x 1) + (0.06 x 2) = 0.49
    - 0.06 chance of a penalty save (based on 2 penalty saves in 30 appearances this season), penalty saves are worth 5 points meaning 0.30 expected points from a penalty save.
    - He averages 0.875 bonus points when keeping a clean sheet and 0.10 bonus points when not keeping a clean sheet. Thus his expected returns from keeping bonus points: (0.29 x 0.875) + (0.71 x 0.10) = 0.32.

    So his overall expected returns against Crystal Palace are: 2 + 1.16 + 0.63 - 0.49 + 0.30 + 0.32 = 3.92

    So in both games his expected returns = 2.58 + 3.92 = 6.5.

    This is more than the 4-5 points that STOICHKOV#8 predicted, since STOICHKOV#8 is focusing more on the median rather than the expected value (it is probably true that the most likely outcome is 4-5 points, but any potential loss is small while any potential gain is large). This 6.5 expected return for Ryan is certainly higher than what it would be for any single gameweek keeper (especially at that price). I think STOICHKOV#8 has similarly underestimated the returns for other players by focusing on the median rather than the mean.

    I agree with STOICHKOV#8 that it may be arguable that for instead of expensive DGW players that are unlikely to return we should be looking at SGW options, but Ryan costs as much as a SGW player would cost so there's really no reason not to pick him.

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    1. JasonG123
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      TL;DR - Ryan's expected points are 6.5 rather than 4-5, so we need to be careful about underestimating the expected returns of players.

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      1. Ruth_NZ
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        FFF projects Ryan for 7.0 points in GW34. FFS RMT says 6.45. So you seem to be in the right neck of the woods.

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      2. Cok3y5murf
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        This looks familiar...

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    2. Get up ya bum
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      You guys really overcomplicate things 😀

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    3. eazy
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Quality post there!

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    4. Legomané
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Groupthink Ryan - tick
      Article justifying Ryan - tick
      Hulk - tick

      🙂

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      1. Celt Abroad
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        I’m interested in another perspective - who do you recommend Legomane?

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    5. Kenneth Tang
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Thx for the great post.

      My concern is a bit different. If I own DDG, I will pay him every week, which means Ryan will only be useful at BB34. Instead, I could have Joe Hart at $4.2 who plays for Stoke at home at 34. Ryan should score a few more points for me at 34, but if I find that $0.3 useful, I may go for Hart,

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      1. *sigh*
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Yup.Hart Dummett and King all play 34,35 with dgw 37 and are 4.2 each.

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        1. william prunier
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          Would you really play them in 37 though without BB?

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      2. Lone Wolf FPL
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        this 100%
        thats what my post is about

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      3. Legomané
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Extrapolate that thought and suddenly BB34 makes no sense whatsoever...

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      4. JasonG123
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Viable strategy but as one poster mentions both DDG and Hart have bad fixtures in GW33.

        One thing I'm interested in is what is the marginal points value of an extra 0.1m, I suppose it depends on how much the template costs.

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    6. Je suis le chat
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Great post. Should factor in other negative elements such as probability of Ryan getting injured, dropped, rested, match cancelled etc. He's my second keeper for bb gw34, regardless.

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      1. JasonG123
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        But comment, but the probability of that happening to Ryan is the same as the it happening to any other keeper, and especially with keepers it is very minimal.

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    7. Lone Wolf FPL
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      I understand your thinking there and you can be right but somehow I see more 1pt for Ryan vs Spurs than 2.58. Truth is maybe somewhere between our 2 posts.
      "Ryan costs as much as a SGW player would cost so there's really no reason not to pick him" - its very true but it wasnt my point. Thing is - isnt it better to pick some enabler like Mariappa or King to upgrade Bur/Bri/Bou/Sou player.
      Ryan is a bit diferent story to other Bur/Bri/Bou/Sou as I think he is worth getting...if I wont go DDG + LLoris 🙂

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      1. Lone Wolf FPL
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Also BHA have double double so getting them may be good idea when planning DGW37 too so we need to have that in mind too.

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        1. stat
            7 years, 9 months ago

            But if you're going to bench boost in GW 34 then it doesn't matter, because there's no way you'd play Ryan vs MUN+mci over DDG vs bha+whu.

            Although, I do agree with the DDG+Ryan double up.

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        2. JasonG123
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          The truth isn't somewhere between are two posts - the truth is the in the probability! 😛

          Think there are still DGW enables from other teams e.g. Chilwell is 4.3m in defence, Oriel Romeu is 4.3m, Cork is 4.5m and Surman is 4.4m in midfield. I think those players would all be worth the extra 0.1m, but I'd still prefer going for players with an actual chance of scoring.

          Thanks for the discussion!

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      2. HNI
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Also another benefit of Ryan is that when De gea faces Mancity, Ryan can be played vs HUD at home for better chance of cleanie. Rest games its all De gea time

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        1. Stoic
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          Strong point.

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      3. Yellin' in my Ear
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Interesting analysis, and he in as my second keeper for this reason, and also to play HUD 33 over de Gea's mci
        Minor pint but there's a small error in the third bullet point for each where you say 0.73 save points per clean sheet, and then multiply by 0.68

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        1. JasonG123
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          Correct, thanks for pointing that out. The final number is correct though I just forgot to change the working since:

          (0.13 x 0.5) + (0.87 x 0.73) = 0.66

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      4. stat
          7 years, 9 months ago

          Also plays vs HUD in GW 33 while DDG plays vs mci.

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          1. william prunier
            • 10 Years
            7 years, 9 months ago

            One doesn't bench ddg

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            1. stat
                7 years, 9 months ago

                One doesn't expect City to not score

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                1. Mysterion
                  • 7 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  One doesn't expect Brighton to keep a cleanie... And ddg will probably end up on 12 saves or something ridiculous like that

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                  1. stat
                      7 years, 9 months ago

                      No team has failed to score more times than Huddersfield. Would rather bank on a CS vs HUD

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            2. Hotdogs for Tea
              • 10 Years
              7 years, 9 months ago

              Ryan has scored two points or less in 50% of his games

              You could be lucky and catch some points but he is not a great bench boost.

              Much better paying the extra to get a proper chance of a haul from a top 6 DGW keeper

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              1. stat
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  Assuming you already have DDG, it's very difficult to fit in another premium keeper - and realistically you'd only be using them in DGW34 and possibly GW33 when DDG plays City away.

                  And anyway, there aren't many decent GK options in DGW 34 except Courtois vs sou, bur but he costs 0.9m more than Ryan so that money can surely be used better elsewhere.

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                  1. potatoace
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 14 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Depends how you look upon the value of the BB chip.
                    With BB you are getting your extra points from gk, bottom of the barrel 4th and 5th def and a crappy attacker. Out of all of them, the gk is the one most capable of getting good points to value.

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                  2. Hotdogs for Tea
                    • 10 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    I think there is a big potential upside for the .9 over the Ryan price than you get for .9 else where for the DGW, you just need to manage your budget accordingly.

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                    1. stat
                        7 years, 9 months ago

                        And then it's another FT that you have to spend getting rid of your expensive 2nd goalie

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                      • WesMantooth
                        • 15 Years
                        7 years, 9 months ago

                        I Get the whole logic that the 0.9 might be best put with courtois over Ryan, rather than elsewhere for a BB34.....

                        But! Assuming you take this luxury, your surely Wildcarding in one of the gw's ahead of 34. This leaves you with a scenario of two choices that I dont particulary enjoy.
                        A) Benching a ~5.5 goalie for the remainder of the season
                        B) Use a transfer transfer on a goalie that wont be used, just to free up funds to make upgrade elsewhere ahead of 37.

                        If one gets to caught up with making the most of the BB34, one might go at the expence of making the most outta the other gws. I'd rather have a stronger 11 the 6 other gws and a lower ceiling BB-bench, rather than having a highceiling BB-bench and having funds looked away at the bench the other gws.

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                        1. WesMantooth
                          • 15 Years
                          7 years, 9 months ago

                          I think the only strategy where a pricier highceiling BB-bench is sound logic is in the instance of those looking to WC36 and BB37.

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                          1. Hotdogs for Tea
                            • 10 Years
                            7 years, 9 months ago

                            Yip, means you don’t have to carry value on the bench for more than one game week

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                            1. WesMantooth
                              • 15 Years
                              7 years, 9 months ago

                              Actually 2 gws. 36 and 38. Prob still worth it though. Just not for those ising wc earlier.

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                              1. Hotdogs for Tea
                                • 10 Years
                                7 years, 9 months ago

                                Benching DeG in 36 might not be a bad thing v Arsenal ?

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                                1. WesMantooth
                                  • 15 Years
                                  7 years, 9 months ago

                                  True. But having an excess of 1.5m tucked away from the field is. And if its also the case with others players being benched, it could be quite detrimental to points in gw36 and 38.

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                                  1. Hotdogs for Tea
                                    • 10 Years
                                    7 years, 9 months ago

                                    With rotation, injuries, saving money for Kane etc., we always have a bit of £££ off the field, nature of the game really. Benching headache sometimes becomes a game week saviour 🙂

                                    Spending the money to have 2 decent keepers that rotate over a few games to always play poor opposition isn’t really having £££ off the pitch, but should be seen as paying for the benefit of the chance of better keeper returns. From 33 to 36 I conservatively reckon you could get 10 to 15 points for the extra £££ and sell in 37 as part of a planned transfer to get in Kane. Not sure I can see such a clear return with the extra £££ on a more expensive single out field player, it seems much more marginal.

                                    Not saying it is the right move for any one, but surprised it is not even being considered or debated ?

                                    For example
                                    GW33 Loris v Stoke rather than Ddg v City
                                    GW34 Lloris double v City & Brighton
                                    GW35 FH
                                    GW36 Lloris v Watford rather than Ddg v Arsenal

                                    Fraser means
                                    GW33 Ddg v City rather Loris v Stoke
                                    GW34 Fraser double v Spurs & Leicester rather than Lloris double v City & Brighton
                                    GW35 FH
                                    GW36 Lloris v Watford rather than Ddg v Arsenal or Fraser v Burnley

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                        2. Hotdogs for Tea
                          • 10 Years
                          7 years, 9 months ago

                          I suppose it depends on how well they rotate, Spurs & Utd rotate

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                  3. JasonG123
                    • 12 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Yes but remember we are interested in the mean not the median.

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                • thisisdiz
                  • 11 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  How about Pope vs Ryan in DGW34? Or Heaton will be back in time?

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                  1. RedLightning
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • Has Moderation Rights
                    • 15 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    That's the problem.
                    If it wasn't for the threat of Heaton playing at least some of the remaining PL games then Pope would have been a better option.

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                  2. JasonG123
                    • 12 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    I still have Pope in my team and I bought him for 4.5m. If we get a definitive indication that he'll play the rest of the season I'll keep him, but more than likely he'll be ditched for Ryan (with DDG also coming in).

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                • WesMantooth
                  • 15 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  Great reply. As long as players are nailed, then this pretty much sums up why dgweekers are a safer option, than sgweekers when BB'ing.

                  For those not willing to dive into advance maths, then look at it this way. Having 4 dgweekers means holding 8 tickets in a raffle, having 4 sgweekers means having......4.

                  Okay, its not that simple. Every lotteryticket you possess is not of equal value. But the way i see it, unless you invest in top prospects amongst the sgweekers, the chance of having a sgweeker with higher floor and ceiling than a dgweeker is highly unlikely.

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              2. Scotty B
                • 13 Years
                7 years, 9 months ago

                Foster
                Baines TAA Alonso
                Walcott Shaqiri Eriksen Salah
                Aubamayang Firmino Deeney

                Elliot VLP Ake Schindler

                2.2m ITB, 0 FT, 0 WC, 0 FH

                The Sanchez price drop now means I can do Eriksen > Sanchez. Good move or not?

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                1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
                  • 9 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  You have much more pressing concerns than eriksen
                  Walcott for one
                  And Foster

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              3. Dezrar
                • 10 Years
                7 years, 9 months ago

                On my WC & DSilva > Lingard would give me 2.0m to play with...

                DDG Ryan
                Alonso Smalling Monreal Lowton Morgan
                Salah Mahrez Willian *DSilva* Gross
                Auba Vardy Barnes

                Could do A B & C all at once..

                A) Barnes > Murray (but then means a benching headache)
                B) Smalling > Bailly
                C) Ryan > Courtois (rotate with DDG next 2 then BB in 34...)
                D) Bank the 2.0 for a rainy day/when Kane return
                E) Leave it alone?

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                1. FC nelo
                  • 9 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  A for me.

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              4. D_R_S_PORT_S
                • 8 Years
                7 years, 9 months ago

                4.2 defender:
                A) Dummet (GW 35 eve A,37 wat A,spurs A)
                OR,
                B) Mariappa (GW 35 CRY H, 37, NEW H)

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                1. Dezrar
                  • 10 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  B

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                2. MarkoSD
                  • 9 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  b

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              5. We ain't got no histor…
                • 9 Years
                7 years, 9 months ago

                Morning peeps. Should I wc this team now or can wait until next gw

                Courtois Elliot
                Mee Otamendi VVD Daniels Hunemeir
                Zaha Sane Milivojevic Salah Mahrez
                Tousun Wilson Firmino

                Can get Luk+Mkhi or Auba+Martial this week with the help of a hit

                Cheers

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              6. Scotty B
                • 13 Years
                7 years, 9 months ago

                Should I do Eriksen > Sanchez for -4 this week (Have exact funds) or is it silly to ship Eriksen with upcoming DGW?
                Just feel Alexis could be huge differential, he has to hit form at some point!

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                1. Syd.
                  • 16 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  $anchez is a very expensive Left Back

                  Not sure Jose will let his shackles off

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                  1. MarkoSD
                    • 9 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    this

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                2. Legomané
                  • Has Moderation Rights
                  • 8 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  Id consider doing it GW34

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                  1. Reuser
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 12 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    This - if you really want to punt on Sanchez.

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              7. MarkoSD
                • 9 Years
                7 years, 9 months ago

                In case I didn't explain well enough earlier:

                My plan from now till 34:
                gross, auba, kaku now with wc

                33 save

                if kane is not fit for 34, then auba and gross for vardy and son
                if kane is fit, auba and kaku for vardy and kane

                logical or crazy?

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                1. Syd.
                  • 16 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  At least you have a plan

                  My plan is to just copy the best team. Works a treat

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                2. Albrightondknight
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 10 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  See below. Commit the 2 us we are crazy 😉

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              8. Albrightondknight
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 10 Years
                7 years, 9 months ago

                Lukaku.

                3 double digit all season and 2 of those in the first 6.
                Never happy with him in my team. There has to be another way. ( can't find it yet though) :)9

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                1. MarkoSD
                  • 9 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  yep but who else from mutd

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                  1. Albrightondknight
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 10 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    No way a mid can be trusted. Therefore it's what my gut has said from day one triple up on utd defence.
                    And that's not easy either - DeGea and Bailly probably solid then you got to make a choice on Jones fitness for him or Smalling.
                    DeGea Bailly and Valencia probably safe but seriously expensive.

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                    1. 1569Tippins
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 14 Years
                      7 years, 9 months ago

                      Exactly what I did initially... De Gea, Smalling and Valencia... no Lukaku. However, I don’t like the uncertainty around Smalling, with Jones and Lindelof in the wings... and it’s also certainly not impossible that Jones and Smalling play together... which puts a question mark over Bailly in my eyes.

                      I’m now thinking Valencia and Lukaku... and would like De Gea (with Ryan and instead of Begovic or McCarthy) but I’m struggling to fit everyone in now with spending £11.4m on Lukaku!

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                    2. MarkoSD
                      • 9 Years
                      7 years, 9 months ago

                      go with the gut man

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                2. Duffy Dunk
                  • 9 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  I'm hoping for someone like Martial to perform and make us want him, only for Mou to play him in the first match of gw34 and not in the 2nd, in order not to be tired for the FA cup semi vs TOT.
                  I think there is a huge possibility Mou rotates heavily in dgw34 since there's a tough match very close to it.

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                  1. Albrightondknight
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 10 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Well we have learnt that Lukaku does not get rotated.
                    But we have also learnt that defence gets CS

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                3. Reuser
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 12 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  Agree - although Lukaku has made a career out of the kind of matches he has in the dgw.

                  You might want to consider my strategy below? Ignore Kaku and focus on players with great fixtures between now and 37. If you have your FH, you could always play it then to get him in for week only.

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                4. bench boost for every gamew…
                  • 8 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  i must say that gw34 Lukaku looks like an ok captain choice but entirely on your page concerning his ability to haul, Salah maybe?

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              9. Positive vibes
                • 9 Years
                7 years, 9 months ago

                Hi, still cant decide on this
                A.Alonso, Gross
                B. Christensen, Son
                A or B? Why?
                Thanks.

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                1. bitm2007
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 11 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  B after Salah Son if the must have mid.

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              10. bitm2007
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 11 Years
                7 years, 9 months ago

                DDG (MCCarthy)
                Alonso, Morgan, Lowton, Dunk, xxxxxxx
                Salah, Son, Mahrez, Grob, xxxxxxx
                Auba, Kaku, Murray

                A) Smalling and 4.3m fodder mid (Oriol Romeu or Lewis Cook) to play DGW only.

                B) Mee and Gudmunnsson (as first sub and to play in DGW34)

                Then Auba and Mee (or Dunk) to Vertonghen and Vardy for DGW34

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                1. MarkoSD
                  • 9 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  b

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                2. Reuser
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 12 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  Of those - b.

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              11. Reuser
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 12 Years
                7 years, 9 months ago

                Rightly or wrongly, I'm setting up my wildcard with bb37 in mind.

                Original plan:
                FH34, TC36 (Salah), BB37

                However, my wildcard team looks pretty good for 34 - albeit with far more sgw players than most. It includes:

                DGW: DDG, Alonso, Son, and Mahrez
                SGW: Salah, Firmino, Aubameyang, Mhiki and Mustafi

                Worth playing that lot in 34 and using FH in 35 instead?

                Have 11 players for 35 at the moment, but that would allow me to bring in 3 City and play TC in 34 (Mahrez?)

                Thanks.

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                1. Albrightondknight
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 10 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  This should really appeal to me without TC.
                  Better fixture and more of them in a probable 37. But it's City and tot are the ones you want but if currently of WC their immediate fixtures are horrible.

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              12. Scotty B
                • 13 Years
                7 years, 9 months ago

                Foster
                Baines TAA Alonso
                Walcott Shaqiri Eriksen Salah
                Aubamayang Firmino Deeney

                Elliot VLP Ake Schindler

                2.2m ITB, 0 FT, 0 WC, 0 FH

                My options appear to be these, please help!!
                A Eriksen > Sanchez (-4) exact funds
                B Firmino > Lukaku (-4)
                C Walcott > Mahrez (-4)
                D Ake > Valencia (-4)
                E VLP > Groß (-4)
                F Eriksen & Walcott > Sanchez & Willian (-8)exact funds

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              13. Season run in secret weapons
                J0E
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • Has Moderation Rights
                • 16 Years
                7 years, 9 months ago

                Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic

                Season run in secret weapons

                Our next transfers will be largely dictated by which chips we have left.

                For example Burnley and Brighton players are popular for those bench boosting in Gameweek 34. Swansea players are set to be popular among those using this chip in Gameweek 37.

                Those with a double double are also in demand, such as assets from Leicester and Manchester United.

                But are there players, perhaps with just one double gameweek or even none, who we are ignoring at our peril?

                Which secret weapons would you recommend to beat those who are stocked up on chips?

                Here’s a couple to get the discussion started

                Kevin De Bruyne

                The midfielders is essential to Manchester City’s play and should do well from Gameweek 35 onwards (SWA, whu, HUDD, sou, BHA*)

                *Date to be conformed.

                That is five excellent games, including three at home where the Belgian excels.

                Yes with Champions League exertions and the league wrapped up rotation is possible. But will he really be left out for more than one of those matches? Fear of rotation could put people off, however, those willing to take a risk could be well rewarded with a player few current wildcarders will own.

                His fixture in Gameweek 35 looks particularly appealing for those without a free hit chip.

                Eden Hazard

                Too inconsistent and too expensive, they say.

                Yes that is true to some extent and it will put many off the Belgian, who has a low ownership among the top 10K and overall is owned by only 7% of Fantasy managers.

                https://fpldiscovery.wordpress.com/2018/03/17/17-18-gw31-team-selection-and-stats/#more-9981

                However, with six double digit hauls and a double double he looks an excellent differential for those looking to climb the rankings. Home games against Huddersfield and West Ham look particularly appealing, as do away days at Swansea, Southampton, Newcastle and Burnley.

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                1. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 9 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  Hazard is a great shout. Overlooked by so many due to price all season and on wildcard. Definitely looking to get him in over Willian and not sure why others aren't following suit

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                  1. Markus
                    • 16 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    I'm going both atm. Hazard > auba for me... That's the choice really. Then use the funds for kane when ready...

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                  2. Twisted Saltergater
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 16 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Seems a lazy hot topic this. Hazard? Chelsea have Southampton(a) then 2 days rest before Burnley(a) which is also 2 days before their FA Cup semi-final.

                    I'd be more willing to bet on Hazard being rested for the FA Cup than playing twice in GW34.

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                2. X Trapnel
                  • 8 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  Hazard does seem a good punt but I would see how the Spurs game goes first. Lose that and Chelsea's chances of the top 4 recede. This may then have a knock-on effect on their league games. Or maybe not. Tough to call.

                  Getting Hazard also means compromising other areas - may be Hazard v Auba perhaps - whereas Willian is almost an enabler.

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                3. The 12th Man
                  • 12 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  I have no WC and no FH with this team.

                  DDG
                  Alonso,VVD,Lowton
                  Hazard,Mahrez,Salah,Stanislas
                  Firmino,Aubameyang,Mounie

                  Adrian,Walcott,Fernandez,Simpson

                  I’m looking at TC Mahrez in 34 and BB in 37.

                  Allowing me to keep hold of Liverpool players until 37. So hopefully Firmino and VVD will be secret weapons for me. Plus probably going Hazard > KDB in 35.

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                  1. The 12th Man
                    • 12 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Able to keep Walcott for 35 as well then dump.

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                4. RubberDucky
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Haz is a great shout so do people double up on Chelsea mid with William?

                    Also budget come into it so your looking at budget double FWD.

                    So Woods or Barnes it is!

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                  • JasonG123
                    • 12 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Think Otamendi will continue to provide a steady stream of points, Sterling should also continue do well if he gets games.

                    Eriksen and Alli are also being ignored.

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                    1. Stokelona
                      • 9 Years
                      7 years, 9 months ago

                      I’ve got Kyle walker and Leroy Sane in mine, think both should still be nailed. I guess sterling is more at risk of rotation as Bernardo prefers to play from the right.

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                  • Cok3y5murf
                    • 9 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Think Robertson's being overlooked. He could easily outscore say a Leicester defender in the next 3 weeks even with one game less.

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                  • Markus
                    • 16 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Ramsey (depending on injury news) - he's an 8.5m+ ppg player for 6.9m. At this stage of the season, if you have an OK bench (which you should if wildcarding) and especially if no bench boost available could be worth a gamble...eg ramsey + an upgraded bench player when rested could easily beat the more popular combo of mkhi n a cheapie Will stay minimal ownership because of injury risk and last 2 game weeks

                    TAA - especially with gomez doubt, but even without, the fact he doesn't have a ddg actually makes him safer (ie won't just play 1 when you're hoping for double returns). He either has good fixture or doesn't play and you get a sub.

                    Arnie - since playing further forward has always looked dangerous

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                    1. Deulofail
                      • 9 Years
                      7 years, 9 months ago

                      Doesn't Wilshere give you pretty much the same as Ramsey for 1.7m less?

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                      1. tets mcgee (Ha La Land)
                        • 10 Years
                        7 years, 9 months ago

                        wash ur mouth out!

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                  • JurgenRodgers
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 8 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Worth also keeping an eye on players on the fringes of World cup squads..

                    Morata/Theo/Benteke & Mustafi come to mind

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                  • *sigh*
                    • 14 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Been watching Hazard.First in my team after wild carding this week.Sod the expense.

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                  • Legomané
                    • Has Moderation Rights
                    • 8 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    City going out of ECL would possibly lean me toward WC35..and a treble up..

                    Hazard to be the champion of FH34’ers

                    Great HT 🙂

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                  • Whats the Huth
                    • 10 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Not hard.
                    Auba. People who are Wildcarding now are avoiding him. Crazy.

                    Three Liverpool is a must. Again. People who are wildcarding now are avoiding with the exception of Salah.

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                    1. Legomané
                      • Has Moderation Rights
                      • 8 Years
                      7 years, 9 months ago

                      This, very much this...

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                    2. BigBarn
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 8 Years
                      7 years, 9 months ago

                      Sorry, I'm late to this party, but Liverpool are about to play five times in fifteen games. There's going to be rotation. If it doesn't happen in GW32, it will surely happen in GW36. Probably a bit of both. Liverpool look like a very risky bet to me right now.

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                      1. william prunier
                        • 10 Years
                        7 years, 9 months ago

                        Cast our minds back 2 years ago when Klopp rotated massively around Europe.
                        Once bitten......

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                  • Four Letter Wirtz
                    • 10 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Anthony Martial.

                    I'm not exactly sure why he has been left out recently, but if he gets back to the form of a few weeks ago, he could cover Lukaku for a fraction of the price. He also desperately needs to get the headlines to make the France XI for the WC.

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                  • Yellin' in my Ear
                    • 10 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Tempted with Eriksen for a spurs midfield double up, only problem is it restricts the Kane-in plan, but does mean I can keep Firmino for his great fixtures until 37

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                    1. columbo
                      • 15 Years
                      7 years, 9 months ago

                      Alexis Sanchez for me. Similar outlay to Lukaku but on penalties and set pieces, too. Likes a double gameweek, just hope he can find some sort of form as his stats are above and beyond Lukaku's.

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                      1. UshFPL
                        • 9 Years
                        7 years, 9 months ago

                        1. Sanchez is playing crap
                        2. Lukaku is playing very well
                        3. Sanchez doesn't love a DGW, he probably has no idea what a DGW is

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                        1. tisza
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 11 Years
                          7 years, 9 months ago

                          3. not sure about that. 27pts GW37 last season

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                        2. ENZO SZN™
                          • 8 Years
                          7 years, 9 months ago

                          Is this your first season playing FPL? Because I'm sure Sanchez does love DGW last season.

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                  • Kai
                    • 9 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Yes, but to get one of these 2, I'll have to sacrifice Salah or a high value player, which is silly.

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                  • Athletic Bilbo
                    • 9 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Chris Wood for me. Kiwis are good at sports.

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                    1. Jafalad
                      • 15 Years
                      7 years, 9 months ago

                      "...kiwis are good at sports." Plus billions.

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                  • Ruth_NZ
                    • 11 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    While most are obsessing with DGW players, there are some without any double that could do well. Deeney and Zaha are 2 that come to mind. Or VVD and PvA if you want to look at defenders.

                    DGW season causes a kind of tunnel vision sometimes. The challenge right now isn't to maximise the points scored in GW34 and/or GW37 or to maximise the BB score either. It is to maximise points GW32-38 and 5 of those 7 gameweeks have no doubles in them.

                    I reckon that some SGW players could therefore be "secret weapons" over the period in question, simply because they are going under the radar with all the (excessive?) focus on DGW players.

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                    1. asquishypotato
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 12 Years
                      7 years, 9 months ago

                      Very true.

                      On a side note, the tunnel vision is great fun in an attempt to get 25-30 appearances from your players, which we really don’t get a chance to do.

                      Balls deep or go home

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                    2. tisza
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 11 Years
                      7 years, 9 months ago

                      this. rotation aside probably couldn't do much worse than 3 Liverpool GW 34 at home to Bournemouth. Dismantled them in reverse fixture and Bournemouth give up large number of chances recently

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                    3. Hoos01
                      • 9 Years
                      7 years, 9 months ago

                      I see what you’re saying, however if you factor in the players with DGW fixtures then those players actually play 9 times in those 7 weeks where as the SGW players only play 7 times.

                      More games = Greater chance of maximizing the points in those 7 game weeks.

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                      1. Ruth_NZ
                        • 11 Years
                        7 years, 9 months ago

                        Depends how good the player is and how good the fixtures are. More games = more points is a really simplistic way of looking at it.

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                      2. ChuckN
                        • 16 Years
                        7 years, 9 months ago

                        But most DDGW have a blank in 35?

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                    4. Swansea Bloke
                      • 12 Years
                      7 years, 9 months ago

                      Totally agree. This is why I'll still be captaining Salah GW34 🙂

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                  • mbrewer94
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 9 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Gundogan could profit from any rotation around City's great fixtures. Worth a punt at 5.3m for me.

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                    1. william prunier
                      • 10 Years
                      7 years, 9 months ago

                      Good shout what with the dilva situation

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                  • french holiday
                    • 7 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Jesus
                    Sanchez

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                  • Black Panther
                    • 11 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    I'm hoping Gundogan will be my secret weapon in the final 3/4 GWs. I think Silva could be given time off for personal reasons and de Bruyne to have a rest before preparing for World Cup. I'm planning on downgrading Gross to Gundogan to afford Lukaku to Kane. Even if he only starts one game in the DGW he could outscore all of the other budget mids and at least he would give me some City cover.

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                  • WesMantooth
                    • 15 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Secret weapons:

                    A) Kenedy as 11th man. Seen loads of wc-teams both with and without Kenedy. What I have'nt seen much of, is people actually looking to play him. Kenedy is a 6.5m midfielder in disguise. Bring him in on a WC and hes got good fixtures in 32-32-35-36+dgw37. Pair him with a budget dgwstriker and youve got a wealth to make sure you can afford the premium assets you want.

                    B) TAA: might actually be better than a dgw budgetplayer. Of course based on Gomez being out dor the foreseeable future.

                    C) Ederson over DDG. The former has the same amount of games left to play (8) - he's 0.3 cheaper- he's on better form - he's got better fixtures (only slightly) - Mane's kick to the head is the only thing keeping him from sharing the topspot for points amongst gk's

                    D) Antonio Valencia. Being overlooked by almost everyone because of the pricetag. But guess what? He's the most nailed on defender Utd has and his returns more than justify the outlay.

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                  • Amateur Pundit Zan
                    • 13 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    I could tell you my season run in secret weopons but then I’d have to kill you.

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                  • Alex_thekid
                    • 8 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Jesus back from injury will want to do well and I think city will still be beating teams 3 and 4-0 even when they have the league sown up I'm willing to take the risk of rotation and with the other strikers in high demand Aubameyang Lukaku Vardy etc should be a good differential

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                  • Arsene's boys
                    • 8 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Stop sleeping on Marko Arnautovic he is going to proably be involved in like 80% of West Ham's goals and West Ham are good going forward. Izquierdo as well could be someone different from Gross who seems to be the mainstream target.

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                5. Positive vibes
                  • 9 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  Hi, anyone with Firmino that planning to keep him for 32 and 33 then replace with Vardy for DGW 34?
                  Thanks.

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                  1. Markus
                    • 16 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Yes, that was a previous plan, and a sensible one I think. There's a few others you can tie pair with that too in terms of gw34 double transfer eg. Firmino + silva > vardy + mahrez

                    firmino + auba > vardy +

                    firmino + quaner > vardy + barnes

                    Firmino + 4.5m definitely > vardy + smalling/jones

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                    1. Markus
                      • 16 Years
                      7 years, 9 months ago

                      I'm now going both from outset though

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                  2. Legomané
                    • Has Moderation Rights
                    • 8 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Potentially if FH'ing though may bring in Vardy for Kun if he's ruled out.

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                    1. bitm2007
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 11 Years
                      7 years, 9 months ago

                      TV would probably be lost if brought back, if this isn't an issue i'd do it.

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                  3. Duffy Dunk
                    • 9 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    I feel like keeping him in my running wildcard, just because Vardy and Leicester are not in red hot form to justify switching them.. for now at least. Another thing is that Firmino has gone up +1.3 since I bought him so if I ditch it may hurt my wallet to bring him back for the free hit.
                    I'll be monitoring both of them, Firmino's minutes in particular, along with Vardy's performances.

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                  4. tisza
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 11 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    I'm keeping for now and possibly for BB in Gw34.
                    Depends on form etc. But Bournemouth at Anfield does seem a very strong fixture.

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                  5. bench boost for every gamew…
                    • 8 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    keeping but not sure wether to ship him in 34. look at that fixture,

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                    1. Mr. Jenkins
                      • 11 Years
                      7 years, 9 months ago

                      Double Premium keeper until the DGW and downgrade to low keeper for the run in after BB34, should be worth the extra 1.5 for 2 possible CS from a keeper

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                  6. Mouldmaster
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 11 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Yep.

                    On wildcard now, going with Firmino and Monreal, switching for the double to Alonso and Vardy.

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                6. Legomané
                  • Has Moderation Rights
                  • 8 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  Starting to rule out investment in certain teams for the run in on my fixture ticker:

                  (CPL are rated 'orange' because I reckon their form will improve after the tough bank of fixtures prior to 31)

                  https://twitter.com/legomane_fpl/status/977702956572336129?s=21

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                  1. bitm2007
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 11 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Leicester and Burnley would be red if judged as a rotation pair using the BB34, FH35, TC37 strategy IMO.

                    NEW, 2xDGW, FH, BRI, DGW, BOU

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                    1. Legomané
                      • Has Moderation Rights
                      • 8 Years
                      7 years, 9 months ago

                      Red is reserved for Top6 teams, to define difficulty of each fixture. Nearly downgraded Ars and Che on form to orange...

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                7. D_R_S_PORT_S
                  • 8 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  Simpson
                  OR,
                  Chilwel

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                  1. Stokelona
                    • 9 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Can you afford Morgan? I think both are rotation risks especially in the doubles

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                8. Scotty B
                  • 13 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  Which option is better?
                  A Eriksen > Sanchez
                  B Firmino > Lukaku

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                  1. Evasivo
                    • 15 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    A imo

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                9. eazy
                  • 9 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  Are people considering the fact that the 34 doubles will be just couple days before FA semis? Some real threat of rotation there

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                  1. Duffy Dunk
                    • 9 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    It certainly is an issue for MUN and TOT.

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                10. Stokelona
                  • 9 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  Has Joe Hart really got his place back? Looking for a cheap second keeper with a double in 37.

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                  1. eazy
                    • 9 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    I guess nobody really knows

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                11. Legomané
                  • Has Moderation Rights
                  • 8 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  Eden Hazard to be the FH'ers champion in GW34

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                12. eazy
                  • 9 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  Possible budget strikers for GW37 other than Ayew?

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                  1. Sedemuda
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 8 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Austin

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                    1. eazy
                      • 9 Years
                      7 years, 9 months ago

                      Good shout

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                13. Zladan
                  • 8 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  A) Auba +Groß/Lingard
                  B) Murray/Barnes + Hazard

                  I don’t fancy having planned substitutions, but still open to it.

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                  1. Zladan
                    • 8 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    (I also on Willian)

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                14. The Wizard of Ozil
                  • 10 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  Free hit in 35 is gona be eppers

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                  1. Evasivo
                    • 15 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Eppers?

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                    1. G-Whizz
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • Has Moderation Rights
                      • 8 Years
                      7 years, 9 months ago

                      As in epic...

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                      1. Evasivo
                        • 15 Years
                        7 years, 9 months ago

                        Thx, I'm clearly not down with the kids

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                  2. Four Letter Wirtz
                    • 10 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    I'm not so sure... the RMT tool predicts scores in the low-to-mid-sixties. That's not much better than FH31.

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                15. Jebiga
                  • 13 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  what about lingard and rashford for dgws ?

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                  1. Markus
                    • 16 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Tbh both could score highly even if they didn't play in both games - not a bad shout. Particularly lingard for value

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                    1. Jebiga
                      • 13 Years
                      7 years, 9 months ago

                      i think they will play both on dgw 37 and probably from now until the end of the season 🙂

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                16. Evasivo
                  • 15 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  Thoughts on this WC bunch?

                  Ryan Pope
                  Tarkowski Alonso Dunk Smalling Morgan
                  Mahrez Sterling Mhiki Salah Son
                  Murray Vardy Firmino

                  £0.1itb

                  BB34 FH35 TC37

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                17. eazy
                  • 9 Years
                  7 years, 9 months ago

                  Currently eyeing on the possibility of going into GW34 with 4-5-1. Reasoning behind this is the problems with the strikers for 34:

                  -Lukaku: great fixtures but is he really worth the price tag? Could see some rotation vs Bournemouth cause of the cup game.
                  -Firmino: Could outscore players with DGW but rotation also a big issue. Will be expected to start but be subbed around the 70 minute mark in most games before 34.
                  -Vardy: No real rotation threat. Not expecting to get as many points per minutes as Bobby/Lukaku.

                  Moving to 4-5-1 with just Vardy up front could see me with team like this:
                  DDG
                  Valencia Alonso Morgan Lowton
                  Haz Salah Son Willian Mahrez
                  Vardy

                  Since this is just a draft I would like to hear your opinions? Could this be given a thought maybe?

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                  1. eazy
                    • 9 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    Also this was planned with using TC on 34 then BB on 37

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                  2. alexmj
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 10 Years
                    7 years, 9 months ago

                    So it's basically Hazard and Valencia instead of Lukaku and Murray

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