Captain Sensible – Gameweek 23 a one-sided affair after Kane injury

exhausted my WC.

Would plan my other chips after looking at fixtures in detail.

Planning the free hit for the DGW.

Auba is definitely on the radar

Kane's injury forced me to retain Auba this GW and looking at his fixtures post Chelsea, he looks good enough till GW27. I might wildcard after GW 27 to bring back the City, Chelsea, and other DGW players. i guess we also get around that time a bit more clarity about teams with DGWs.
In case there is a mini DGW in GW25, might consider FH to maximise city and Everton assets.

I think I'll wildcard early this year. I got no value from saving it last year.

Might not use a FH chip on a blank GW either, depending on which teams play. If they're mainly rubbish teams there might only be an average of 25-30 points anyway. GW 31 looks particularly uninspiring.

This does leave the issue of how to bench boost, triple captain and FH when there might only be two DGWs.

Re Auba in 27 - yes, I'll probably get him in, but it's simply a case of arriving at GW27 with one, or maybe two transfers in the bag. It's not really a big issue.

Nice Geoff. All your posts get hulked!

Saving my WC for now, no pressing issues.

Will wait and see how it develops for the chips and use them when it feels right. I hate having a set plan so early, let's see what happens with my team and what happens with the fixtures before deciding.

I have no idea. I've overthought this time of year too many times, going to go 'light' with my planning this year and hope stuff just works out somehow.

Very much doubt this is sensible but it's certainly low stress 🙂

I no longer have my triple captain chip and currently only have Hazard who could miss GW27. I'm hoping to manage the further blanks without using my chips, free hit in 32, wildcard in 34 and bench boost in 35.

I'm surprised I haven't seen more people going with this, what are the negatives I'm missing?

Planning starts Monday when I’m back to work

Before GW24 we will know:

1) Who will blank in GW27
2) The FA Cup 5th round draw
3) The players teams will have for the rest of the season when the transfer window shuts.

I think when we know these 3 things we should be in a better position to come up with likely strategies. I think now is a little bit too early, though with Liverpool playing GW31 and 33, my early hunch is that FH32, WC34, BB35 and TC at some other point (hopefully a 3rd DGW) could be the way forward.

Not using WC imminently, thinking two weeks ahead of bigger DGW is ideal.

FH for blank or hold for GW38 to maximise returns on the free-for-all that it can be.

TC needs careful consideration for fixtures and form over DGW, as I've held firm to DGW and been burned.

BB on the bigger DGW ideally.

Hi all. My tentative plan is to FH in GW31 and WC in GW35

https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/19708381
https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/19717145

Definitely FH in a blank for me.

I FH in a DGW last season when everyone else did FH in a blank.
It was a fail.
So the original plan of FH in a blank is tried and trusted

For me it's all very clear; TBD after GW27... Two options: (a) If I have lost my current 13k rating, I will WC at GW28 (in full knolwedge of all blanks and DGWs) and making a strategy to cover both... (b) if I have improved my ranking and am comfortable in the top 10k, then I will WC at the first week after the last blank and before the last DGW... The former would be an 11 and the latter a 6 GW WC... The rest of the chips should be decided on the fixtures and each team's squad, thourh a FH is surely due only in the largest of blanks, so possibly GW31...

Considering 2 options at present:

1) FH 32 WC 34 BB/TC 35
2) WC 32 FH 33 BB/TC 35

I think Option 1 is best deployed if the teams with fixtures in blanks 31 and 33 are broadly similar. By free hitting in DGW 32 you "boomerang" your non blanking players from 31 back into your 33 team, when they will be required again. I think Option 2 is best deployed if a lot of sides blanking in GW31 do not blank in 33, especially if they are from the big 6. I've noticed that in GW31 there really aren't any standout ties for members of the big 6, barring Liverpool's with Fulham, which we know already will be a non blank anyway. Chelsea have to go to Everton, the manchester sides play each other, Spurs have an awkward match with Palace and Arsenal are at defensively solid Wolves. However in GW33, Chelsea are at home to West Ham, City home to Cardiff, Spurs are home to Brighton, and Liverpool at Southampton. Theres quite a lot of potential here.

Through the course of writing this I've realised another factor, If indeed a side (but particularly one or more of Chelsea, City, Spurs) have a blank 31 but a fixture in 33, they will potentially have a dgw 32 followed by a lovely fixture in 33, meaning you may not wish to be using your free hit in 33 as you'll be wanting the same players in 32 and 33 anyway.... its food for thought anyway, and something to keep in mind.

The problems with these strategies are of course that there are more chips than doubles. I think this will solve itself with a third (and possibly forth) DGW being announced somewhere. I shall most likely use the TC this week as it requires little planning compared to the Bench Boost.