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How the Top 10k are looking ahead of Blank Gameweek 31

This article examines how the Fantasy managers that sit in the top 10,000 (at the point of the Gameweek 30 deadline) are shaping up ahead of Blank Gameweek 31.

Studying the most-owned players in Gameweek 30, seven of the “template team” are without a Premier League fixture next weekend.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£4.5m), Matt Doherty (£5.4m), Paul Pogba (£9.0m), Son Heung-min (£8.8m), Raul Jimenez (£6.9m), Sergio Aguero (£11.9m) and Marcus Rashford (£7.7m) blank in Gameweek 31 due to the clash with the FA Cup quarter-finals.

Doherty, Wan-Bissaka, Pogba, Jimenez and Aguero are each owned by around 50% of FPL managers or more in the top 10,000.

11.2% of the top 10k own all five of these players.

As the graphic below shows, three of the four clubs with the most representation in the top 10k are without a Premier League match in Gameweek 31.

The combined average number of players just from Wolves, Manchester United, Manchester City and Crystal Palace in the top 10,000 FPL squads is 5.3, suggesting there are plenty of these elite managers who aren’t yet in a position to field a full complement of Fantasy players in Gameweek 31.

Chip Usage

43.5% of FPL managers inside the top 10,000 have all four of their chips – Wildcard, Free Hit, Bench Boost and Triple Captain – still available, as the below graphic shows.

Over 25% of the top 10k have already used two or more of their chips going into Blank Gameweek 31.

The breakdown below shows which chips have already been used by our leading FPL bosses.

Almost 32% of the FPL bosses inside the top 10,000 have already used their second Wildcard, while 2,207 of these managers will have to navigate the weeks ahead without their Free Hit chip.

More than one in six of these managers have already deployed their Bench Boost chip.

Individual player ownership

The below table shows how well-owned this cherry-picked selection of players are among the top 10,000 FPL managers.

All of these Fantasy assets have league fixtures in Gameweek 31.

Gameweek 30 Captaincy

We have focused mostly on Gameweek 31 in this piece but the below graphic shows the spread of Gameweek 30 captaincy picks within the top 10,000.


Almost 9% of the top 10,000 managers look primed for a rank hike after Raheem Sterling‘s (£11.4m) hat-trick on Saturday evening.

You can view more Gameweek 30 stats on Ragabolly’s site here.

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  1. jia you
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 20 days ago

    With no WC, I will be holding Sterling, Pogba, Hazard, Son and AWB.
    Have exact money to do Quaner to DCL to field ten, worth it of just leave it at nine?
    Alisson
    Robertson / Luiz / Rice / Lascelles
    Hazard / Mane
    Vardy / Rondon / *DCL

    1. No Salah
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 20 days ago

      DCL is a good shout for the money

      1. jia you
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 20 days ago

        cheers, true, just will be hard saying goodbye forever to Colin!

    2. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 20 days ago

      Field 9?

      1. jia you
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 20 days ago

        thinking that the transfer to get 10 makes sense as Im using FH in 32 or am I missing something?

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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          • 14 Years
          5 years, 20 days ago

          Who is on the bench if you sell Quaner?

          1. jia you
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 20 days ago

            (Speroni, Sterling, Pogba, Son, AWB)

            1. jia you
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 20 days ago

              straight swap with Colin as have 1.0itb

            2. TorresMagic™
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              • 14 Years
              5 years, 20 days ago

              and Hazard?

              1. jia you
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 20 days ago

                Hazard plays 31, dont know why I listed him in my opening sentence!

                1. TorresMagic™
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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                  • 14 Years
                  5 years, 20 days ago

                  yeah, put me off. No brainer for those with no WC.

                  1. jia you
                    • 7 Years
                    5 years, 20 days ago

                    sry about that, yeah it will be interested how badly my rank will be hurt without WC & BB for the run in!

    3. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 20 days ago

      Not worth it imo
      Save

      1. jia you
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 20 days ago

        the thing is if I save and FH in GW34 I will lose a transfer but kind of makes sense to pull the trigger

        1. Amey
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 20 days ago

          😮
          You didn't mentioned about FH in gw 32 mate
          Use it obviously then, don't lose a FT go
          Slim options for you in that price bracket too.

          1. jia you
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 20 days ago

            Yeah sry, should have mentioned that. You in good shape for 31?

            1. Amey
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 20 days ago

              I think so
              Got 8 players & 2 FT.
              Will get 3 IN near deadline i think to field 11

              1. jia you
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 20 days ago

                perfect so, likely to be a low scoring GW regardless

                1. Amey
                  • 5 Years
                  5 years, 20 days ago

                  Yeah
                  Boring too 😛
                  Waiting for gw 32 eagerly

  2. pol
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 20 days ago

    To field 10 players next week would you take a -12 hit to do these transfers?

    Pogba + Rashford + Dunk > Hazard + Wilson + Azpi

    Or just take -8 without the defender swap?

    1. JasonG123
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 20 days ago

      I'd probably take the -12 with the defender swap if you're FH32 and WC34.

      1. pol
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 20 days ago

        yeah that's the plan but I was thinking that -12 might be too much

        1. JasonG123
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 20 days ago

          Evaluate each hit individually.

  3. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 20 days ago

    Any advice here fellas? Back to the top of my cash ML's and wanna stay there now i have a bit of breathing room.

    ***Have No WC or FH left***

    Boruc
    Robertson - Doherty - TAA
    Anderson - Sterling - Salah - Pogba - Almiron
    Jiminez - Aguero
    ____________________________________
    Button: Digne, AWB, Barnes

    Anderson & Almiron stinking up the team, but obviously keeping for blank GW.
    Got 8 players as it is now, any moves look sensible for FT or even a hit?

    Maybe Sterling + Aguero > Hazard + Vardy/Higuain?

    Appreciate any advice fellas 🙂

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 20 days ago

      With no FH or WC left, I’d be tempted to just roll with your 8!

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 20 days ago

        Yeah true, reckon i’m actually good to just roll with that tbh because rivals haven’t got that many, and just one of the top 4 still have FH chip left, and got most bases covered.

    2. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 20 days ago

      Roll the FT OR Aguero to Vardy/Higuain/Wilson

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 20 days ago

        Cheers Amey, defo thinking of just rolling it in a week where mny will take hits anyway.
        Oh! huge congrats on the Sterling captaincy! Nearly capped him myself but was always gonna go Aguero 🙂

        1. Amey
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 20 days ago

          Thank you mate
          I needed © success just to feel good 😀
          Disastrous few gw's.
          Aguero should have scored that free header @ the Start of the game.
          So you are bit unlucky.
          But, having Sterling is also awesome.
          Re your transfer i think you need to be careful as no WC/FH so Rolling Ft is best.

          GL mate.

          1. Salah’s Sonnet
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 20 days ago

            Haha excellent pick! 😉 Misery GW after GW here too but sat inside 50k and just wanna bloody stay there now.
            Aguero was indeed so unlucky, and B.Silva should have square a simple pass for him to tap in also! Ah well.
            Having Sterling was great as it is anyway so all good, he gave me a pull away at teh top of my ML now 🙂
            Agreed, quite set on rolling the free. GL to you too matey.

    3. Jay_
        5 years, 20 days ago

        Just Save I reckon. All the blankers, you’ll want back in 32

        1. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 20 days ago

          Very true, cheers Jay, reckon i'll indeed just roll it 🙂

      • Hotdogs for Tea
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 20 days ago

        Roll the transfer ... you are better off using 2 transfers to bring in double game week players in 32 - you may get twice as many games out of them 🙂

    4. JasonG123
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 20 days ago

      Last week everyone here was favouring Brooks over Fraser. Has the pendulum now swung back in favour of Fraser after this week's performance?

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 20 days ago

        Yeah seems so. Fraser Wilson link up play is great

      2. The Knights Template
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 20 days ago

        Of course it has.

    5. Rahulio
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 20 days ago

      If I make a FT for GW31 and then use my FH chip for the second transfer, will that 1 FT player be in my squad in GW 32?

      1. TorresMagic™
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        • 14 Years
        5 years, 20 days ago

        no

      2. Hotdogs for Tea
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 20 days ago

        You can use your FH chip for 15 free transfers, irrespective when you you use it during the gameweek and all transfers will be wiped clean for the next gameweek and no one transferred in will be in your squad the following week

    6. WVA
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 20 days ago

      If Salah outscores Aguero then that's 28 weeks out of 30 my VC has outscored my C, incredibly bad luck this season.

      1. Jay_
          5 years, 20 days ago

          Wow. That’s crazy

      2. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 20 days ago

        Let's not pretend Mark is a FPL genius.

        Sterling could have hauled today; Aguero could have hauled today.

        It was a 50/50 call.

        1. jia you
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 20 days ago

          He is a lucky, aswell as very talented, FPL manager and thats about it! Hows your GW going Virg?

          1. FPL Virgin
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 20 days ago

            When you've fallen on the highway
            And you're lying in the rain,
            And they ask you how you're doing
            Of course you'll say you can't complain
            If you're squeezed for information,
            That's when you've got to play it dumb
            You just say you're out there waiting
            For the miracle, for the miracle to come

            1. jia you
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 20 days ago

              haha, chin up, always next season!

        2. TorresMagic™
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          • 14 Years
          5 years, 20 days ago

          Are you saying FPL is luck?

          1. FPL Virgin
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 20 days ago

            At the very least FPL is 51% luck. That's indisputable.

            1. TorresMagic™
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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              • 14 Years
              5 years, 20 days ago

              You look 151% unlucky this season 😉

              1. FPL Virgin
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 20 days ago

                I'm in good company. All the elite managers in the Hall of Fame are suffering this year. Only the casuals and super flukey are making inroads in the final third of the season.

                1. TorresMagic™
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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                  • 14 Years
                  5 years, 20 days ago

                  You get worse every season. Think you need to lift your game.

                  1. FPL Virgin
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 7 Years
                    5 years, 20 days ago

                    Is it a coincidence that the self proclaimed world's best FPL manager (Jay) and me are having a torrid season at exactly same time?

                    1. TorresMagic™
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                      • 14 Years
                      5 years, 20 days ago

                      Sounds like you just copy him.

                      1. FPL Virgin
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 7 Years
                        5 years, 20 days ago

                        Nah. I've never heard him quote a stat in his life which just isn't my bag.

                    2. jia you
                      • 7 Years
                      5 years, 20 days ago

                      Masterfail

                      1. FPL Virgin
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 7 Years
                        5 years, 20 days ago

                        Indeed. Any only $9.99 per calendar month and new customers get a complimentary set of steak knives.

            2. enrico.palazzo
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 20 days ago

              Luck? Have a look at the hall of fame top managers and they consistently do well.

              Statistically, that is not luck, it is skill

        3. Ragabolly
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 20 days ago

          He is though

          1. FPL Virgin
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 20 days ago

            He stuck to his plan (cheap forwards, premium mids) all season - I'll give him that. But it's obvious from how many high profile FPL managers (Jay, The General, FML Duo, WGTA Tom, Az, Luke, Virg etc etc) are having rough seasons that luck can devastate the plans of even the most talented FPL managers.

            1. jia you
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 20 days ago

              you are high profile mate, they cant take that away from you lol

              1. FPL Virgin
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 20 days ago

                Bless you kind sir 🙂

            2. JasonG123
              • 10 Years
              5 years, 20 days ago

              Truly good FPL managers will be able to get top 50k even if having a bad season 😉

              1. MINUS FOUR
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 6 Years
                5 years, 20 days ago

                That's what I've come to believe. Moving forward that always be my first goal, because I think you can ride a fair amount of bad luck and still finish top 50k if you know what you're doing.

                1. JasonG123
                  • 10 Years
                  5 years, 20 days ago

                  My comment was somewhat facetious. 50k might be a little harsh, perhaps 100k is fairer given the quality of FPL players has improved.

        4. Jay_
            5 years, 20 days ago

            He’s not a genius but he’s one of the best in the world. Humble and likeable too.

            1. Salah’s Sonnet
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 20 days ago

              Makes me giggle a little when i hear 'in the world'.....it's a very small proportion of players, that play the game from different countries. It's not a worldwide thing that millions upon millions play.

              1. TorresMagic™
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                • 14 Years
                5 years, 20 days ago

                The best players don't even play.

                1. Salah’s Sonnet
                  • 12 Years
                  5 years, 20 days ago

                  Hehe soooo true 🙂

                  1. TorresMagic™
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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                    • 14 Years
                    5 years, 20 days ago

                    Making too much money in the real world 🙂

              2. Jay_
                  5 years, 20 days ago

                  But is is a worldwide thing that millions of play? And even if there’s only a handful of players from other countries, it’s still the world.

              3. jia you
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 20 days ago

                for me, he is far and away the best conversationist on FPL, has a great feel and understanding of the game!

                1. FPL Virgin
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 20 days ago

                  Are you telling me his bum wasn't like a chewed orange over not having Aguero for Watford at home? C'mon.

            2. WVA
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 20 days ago

              I'd say it's 90% luck at least as long as you have a general football knowledge.

              1. TorresMagic™
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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                • 14 Years
                5 years, 20 days ago

                Only 90% 🙂

              2. jia you
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 20 days ago

                90% luck when things aint going your way, 50% luck when they are 🙂

              3. MINUS FOUR
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 6 Years
                5 years, 20 days ago

                This is just ridiculous. Seriously. All you have to do is look through mini-leagues and see a lot of the poor / suboptimal decision making to realise the trick is not to fluke a few awesome hauls / differentials, the trick is to avoid making too many clear and obvious mistakes in order to make your own luck. Every GW bad decisions are made and bad or good luck is experienced in varying amounts. But over 38 GWs, you should be able to own up to your season (good or bad) and say "sometimes I was lucky, sometimes I wasn't, I could've finished lower, I could've finished higher, but in the end I'm going to finish at least roughly where I deserve to".

            3. MINUS FOUR
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 20 days ago

              Never change. Out of interest, have you taken some time to go through the seasons in detail of some managers in the top 1k who you feel are lucky casuals unlike yourself? I'd love to hear your thoughts on where all this 'luck' came from.

              I'm on an absolute cold streak for captaincy selections - way, way below the captaincy returns of many others - and I've had some of the most frustrating results imaginable (Deulofeu 23 points first spot on my bench, Digne's 17 points first spot on my bench, owned Sterling for both his 21-pointers but VC on both occasions, ... it's a long list of 'what might've been'). Yet I'm still 305 points and 573k+ higher than you in OR.

              So please tell me about all this luck I've had and how much better but unluckier you are?

              1. FPL Virgin
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 20 days ago

                I do need to do an episode of AZ's black box thinking on my season, that's true.

                With 6 million plus players and thousands of variables on the pitch in each premier league game, anyone who doesn't think that they are at the mercy of Lady Luck is sadly mistaken.

                1. MINUS FOUR
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 6 Years
                  5 years, 20 days ago

                  Of course we're at the mercy of Lady Luck. It's a game, and every game in the world involves luck.

                  But if you think all the managers ahead of you are 'fluking it', then I'm afraid you're the one who is sadly mistaken.

                2. Jay_
                    5 years, 20 days ago

                    When people are winning and riding the wave, it’s skill. When they’re down, it’s bad luck. I don’t like that. It’s an easy kop out for poor decision making. I had an horrendous run of 11 reds or so in 13 weeks recently, never once blamed luck. I look back like an autopsy. Selling Salah just before monster haul, Aub over Kun during Kuns mega form. Going Martial when Pog and Rash went on fire. All bad decisions. The only genuine bad luck was Chelsea not getting a DGW25 and City getting one. 2 late injury time goals in the FA cup made that happen, out of my control. Ruined me being City-less and having 2 Chelsea.

                    1. MINUS FOUR
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 6 Years
                      5 years, 20 days ago

                      Agreed. A lot of it comes down to your own ability to apply critical thinking regardless of the circumstances or successes / failures you're experiencing. I know I've made some bad decisions this season, and they are the ones I spend my time thinking about and trying to work out if I can learn from them. I don't revel in the good decisions too much as I already know exactly why I made them and I'd probably make them again. But the poor ones, where it's more than just hindsight, and you realise you did push the risk-taking too far or you did overthink it - those are the areas I want to improve. I brought in Arnie a few weeks ago because I convinced myself he was back now, had incredible fixtures, and was a huge differential with the upside to match. Looking back, I was too hasty and I should've waited for at least a smidgeon of evidence. That was a mistake, and I'll consider for next time.

                      But if you spend your whole time thinking the game is out to get you and it's just back luck, I don't believe you're as likely to get better as someone else.

                  • JasonG123
                    • 10 Years
                    5 years, 20 days ago

                    The game is about probability. If you maximize the probability of doing well (by making +EV decisions) then you’ll consistently achieve high ranks.

                    Consistently getting top 10k or 1k finishes is the mark of a good player, not having one amazing seasonz Imo the difference between 1k and OR1 is often mostly luck, but getting to OR 1k consistently (and the emphasis on consistently) is about skill.

                    1. MINUS FOUR
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 6 Years
                      5 years, 20 days ago

                      I definitely agree with you in the most part. My only addition would be that there is also consistency within a season, and that doesn't get spoken about much. Even if you're a 'one-season wonder' (certainly on paper that's what I am), I still think you should be permitted to express what you're doing differently this season compared to your less successful ones. For me, there's no consistency in my history, but a lot of consistency in my season - I've never scored 100+ points and I haven't actually had many huge scores about average or run of green arrows, but what I have done is avoid disastrous GWs almost entirely. I don't believe that's a fluke because I've considered all my transfers extremely careful, I've put the time in, I've looked at stats and watched recent performances of every player before I bring them in, and I've played the fixtures as heavily as you possibly could (especially with premium assets).

                      Even so, I agree with you that it needs to be achieved season on season before any major claims can be made. I have enormous respect for any manager consistently achieving top 10k or with multiple top 1k finishes.

                      1. JasonG123
                        • 10 Years
                        5 years, 20 days ago

                        When I see a person with a great OR with a less than stellar history, I think it could be two things: (1) a flukey season or (2) the person has only started taking the game seriously this season or has just figured out the game this season. The implication is that from this person will start achieving good ranks in future seasons from now on.

                        Judging by your comments, I would think you are the latter.

                        I also value how people speak about the game (i.e. their philosophy, play style), regardless of their rank. This is why I didn’t join the mob at the beginning of the season criticising David’s appointment to the Scoutcast despite his bad history. He spoke intelligently and had the right ideas about the game and that was enough.

                        Btw congrats on your rank, amazing effort.

              2. Hotdogs for Tea
                • 8 Years
                5 years, 20 days ago

                Of course he is an FPL genius if ‘genius’ is defined by the fact he does the basics correct and uses sound reasoning to get a mix of players that are most likely to give him the most points .... then after all of that luck comes into it 🙂

                Simply put, using all the information available in a better way than most will put you in the top 20k, luck will then decide where you finish in the top 20k

                Anyone sitting at 500k at this stage in the season has picked the wrong players and not used all the information available in a better way than most

                The elite players struggling this year seem to believing their own hype, searching for that different formula to play to the crowds and are not doing the basics right ... simples really 🙂

                1. MINUS FOUR
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 6 Years
                  5 years, 20 days ago

                  100% this. There's no excuse for being 500k or higher at this point in the season in my opinion. In that spot, you've made a lot of poor decisions. Likewise there's no denying that if you're high up the rankings, a number of things have gone your way as well as good decision making.

            4. aleksios
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 20 days ago

              Which 2 to get?

              a) Vardy
              b) Higuain
              c) Wilson.

              Have Fraser.

              Thanks guys.

              1. TorresMagic™
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • Has Moderation Rights
                • 14 Years
                5 years, 20 days ago

                Higuain may make it an easy choice.
                Need to know chips

              2. Jay_
                  5 years, 20 days ago

                  A C, unless you’re not FH32. If not, get Hig.

                • Amey
                  • 5 Years
                  5 years, 20 days ago

                  Same question
                  Currently leaning towards B & C

              3. Amey
                • 5 Years
                5 years, 20 days ago

                Morning guys,
                Who do you think goes through ??

                A. Salah+Robbo+Higuain+A.Barnes+Jota + 22 points

                B. Salah © + taa + Rashford+Doherty.

                A should go through right ??

                1. Jay_
                    5 years, 20 days ago

                    A easy

                    1. Amey
                      • 5 Years
                      5 years, 20 days ago

                      Nice.
                      Cheers mate 🙂

                2. Jay_
                    5 years, 20 days ago

                    Got 9 men and 2 FT. 0.0 ITB. £0.5m tied up in Pog & £0.6m in Jim. All chips left.

                    Fabianski
                    TAA Robbo
                    Salah Hazard Anderson Billing
                    Higuain Vardy
                    (Patricio Jimenez Pogba Doherty AWB Bednarek)

                    A) Pogba & Bednarek > Brooks & Azpi. (keeps all options open for chip use, loses £0.5m)
                    B) Jimenez, Pogba & Bednarek > Wilson, Fraser & Luiz -4 (commits to FH32 and loses £1.1m)
                    C) AWB & Bednarek > Balbuena & Stankovic (saves over £1m TV but meh)

                    1. TorresMagic™
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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                      • 14 Years
                      5 years, 20 days ago

                      Looks a no brainer but boring.

                      1. Jay_
                          5 years, 20 days ago

                          What does?

                          1. TorresMagic™
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                            • 14 Years
                            5 years, 20 days ago

                            Maybe not a no brainer but the template B)
                            A) is the action play chip wise.

                            1. Jay_
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                Ta mate. Yeah A is so tempting. Feels a challenge.

                        • Hotdogs for Tea
                          • 8 Years
                          5 years, 20 days ago

                          B ... you have already decided your chip use 😉 and you will be able to buy back those players in 34 without much of a loss in overall value 😉

                          1. Jay_
                              5 years, 20 days ago

                              Cheers mate but definitely undecided. In fact, more likely to go the uncommon route. Thinking TC32, WC34, FH35, BB36. Pros; my team very well set for 31/33. Would have 9 doublers in 32 for -4. Get to use TC in 32 and later FH allows 3 Pool on WC. Cons:;no Pogba in 32, no City defence in 32, have to ride out IB after 31 for 2 weeks injury free.

                              1. Deulofail
                                • 8 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                Considering keeping things open too. You're not alone 🙂 https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/20010597

                                1. Jay_
                                    5 years, 20 days ago

                                    I like it. Obvious worry is getting through 32 with no City Def and in particular, a United striker. I think what to do come gw34 is being overlooked on here. Liverpool fixtures and the 35 fixtures themselves are all tricky. Maybe even 3 Brighton on a WC with a BB36, if they get a 3rd DGW, could be good.

                                2. Hotdogs for Tea
                                  • 8 Years
                                  5 years, 20 days ago

                                  The two problems I think you have -
                                  1 - your current team, without serious transfers, is poor for 31 and you have no guarantee all will start
                                  2 - You may have 9 doublers for 32, but not the best 9 available

                                  You are being dragged down in your thinking because of your TV, just play the best strategy to get the most points ... and in your heart you know what that is already 😉

                                  1. Jay_
                                      5 years, 20 days ago

                                      I fell asleep, sorry. Appreciate the reply mate. I wouldn’t call the current team with Azpi and Brooks added poor tbh. 2) is fair enough, and a key point I have to ponder.

                                      1. Hotdogs for Tea
                                        • 8 Years
                                        5 years, 20 days ago

                                        Billing & Anderson both subbed on 45 minutes yesterday, they could take you down to 9 players in 31 and who knows who else could be rested ?

                                        Good luck whatever you do 🙂

                            • EgyptianKing
                              • 5 Years
                              5 years, 20 days ago

                              Hi mates.

                              I would need Robertson Azpi and Pogba to outscore Patricio Hazard and Firmino tomorrow.

                              Do you think I have a chance to win this?

                              Cheers

                              1. TorresMagic™
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                                • 14 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                Of course.

                                1. EgyptianKing
                                  • 5 Years
                                  5 years, 20 days ago

                                  Biggest fear is Hazard... Very unfortunately I feel a Hazard haul is coming tomorrow... A CS and some attacking returns from Azpi would be great.

                                  Cheers! Thank you for your reply

                              2. Amey
                                • 5 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                You have a good chance imo.

                                1. EgyptianKing
                                  • 5 Years
                                  5 years, 20 days ago

                                  Cheers! Thank you for your reply.

                                  How are you doing? Green arrows recently? Ready to navigate the blanks / doubles? 🙂

                                  1. Amey
                                    • 5 Years
                                    5 years, 20 days ago

                                    Nope
                                    Had bad run of gw's. This gw looks to be great though with 47 points & 7 players today. 🙂

                                    Yeah, ready for blanks. Got 8 players + 2 FT.
                                    Thinking about getting Hazard+Wilson+Gray/Barnes to get 11 with a hit.

                            • WVA
                              • 7 Years
                              5 years, 20 days ago

                              2FT, what would you do? No WC and want to keep Aguero Son Pogba.

                              Was thinking Jimenez and Jonny to Wilson and Rice?

                              Boruc
                              TAA Pereira Keane Rice
                              Salah Hazard Westwood
                              Wilson Rondon

                              1. TorresMagic™
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                                • 14 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                AWB the other defender? Looks the best with that budget.

                            • Top Lad Dakes.
                              • 7 Years
                              5 years, 20 days ago

                              Reckon Jimenez and Higuain can outscore TAA and Rashord tmr?

                              1. Top Lad Dakes.
                                • 7 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                The former also has a 4pt lead

                              2. Amey
                                • 5 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                You need a high scoring Chelsea-Wolves game buddy 😉
                                Possible though. Both looks bad @ keeping CS

                                1. Top Lad Dakes.
                                  • 7 Years
                                  5 years, 20 days ago

                                  Aye hoping for that very thing man

                              3. The Knights Template
                                • 10 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                A, with the 4pt lead.

                            • Jinswick
                              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                              • 13 Years
                              5 years, 20 days ago

                              Ings -> Wilson about as clear cut as it gets? FH32, WC34 plan.

                              Fabs
                              Trent, Chilwell, Pereira
                              Salah, Mane, Siggy, FAnderson
                              Vardy, Higuain, Ings

                              Steele, Doherty, Holebas, Camarasa
                              Bank 2.0m, 1FT

                              1. Top Lad Dakes.
                                • 7 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                For sure

                            • Eleven Hag
                              • 6 Years
                              5 years, 20 days ago

                              Guyz - why didnt Clyne start last night - isnt he a guaranteed starter for BGWs?

                              1. TorresMagic™
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                                • 14 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                Adam Smith got injured so probably a starter now.

                                1. Eleven Hag
                                  • 6 Years
                                  5 years, 20 days ago

                                  thnx mate - what about charlie daniels, is he a starter now?

                                  1. TorresMagic™
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                                    • 14 Years
                                    5 years, 20 days ago

                                    2 in a row is a start.

                            • PepSala
                              • 8 Years
                              5 years, 20 days ago

                              Currently have 8 playing next week..FH in 32

                              Fab speroni
                              Robbo TAA AwB Doherty Bedna
                              Salah Hazard Sterling Fraser Hjobjberg
                              Kun Rondon Barnes

                              A) Doherty to Lascelles/Schar
                              B) hjobjberg to Hayden
                              C) Kun to Vardy/higuain

                              1. TorresMagic™
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                                • 14 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                Schar is suspended, Lascelles was forced off.

                              2. heskatron
                                • 12 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                Maybe C for a Vardy

                            • LSP
                              • 6 Years
                              5 years, 20 days ago

                              Pending the remaining games.. Sterling > Haz?

                              1 FT, 0.7 ITB (Free hitting GW32)

                              Current team:
                              Fab
                              AWB - TAA - Robbo
                              Anderson - Pogba - Sterling - Salah
                              Rondon - Vardy - Higuain

                              Hamer - Shaw - Bednarak - Hojbjerg

                              1. TorresMagic™
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                                • 14 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                Popular transfer this week for FH32.

                                1. LSP
                                  • 6 Years
                                  5 years, 20 days ago

                                  Thanks mate

                            • L'Aeroplanino
                              • 7 Years
                              5 years, 20 days ago

                              Anderson -> Fraser (-4) worth it over 31 and 33? Anders is absolutely useless, HUD next week though...

                            • seewhyaxe
                              • 7 Years
                              5 years, 20 days ago

                              Is it really worth it to transfer out a 31&33 blanker for a 31&33 player for a hit?

                              If so I'll really be doing a -8 to fill 11 players where I can with fh32

                              1. Amey
                                • 5 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                If you are getting a big hitter/Wilson why not ??

                                1. seewhyaxe
                                  • 7 Years
                                  5 years, 20 days ago

                                  My bench is likely the following:

                                  Doherty, Pogba, Jimenez

                                  I can't bring Wilson in unless I get rid of Jimenez as I've Barnes and Higuain/Vardy for the other 2

                                  1. Amey
                                    • 5 Years
                                    5 years, 20 days ago

                                    Only transfer i think is Doherty to Pool defender if possible

                              2. Dammed Utd
                                • 11 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                Nope

                              3. heskatron
                                • 12 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                Not really essential to get 11

                              4. seewhyaxe
                                • 7 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                Thanks guys.

                            • Dammed Utd
                              • 11 Years
                              5 years, 20 days ago

                              Can field 10 players 31 with Llorente to Barnes can take -4 to take sterling out and but hazard in free hit 33 than wild card 34 all going to plan front front three 31 will be vardy Barnes and Rondon

                              1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                                • 9 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                looks good 🙂

                            • Dammed Utd
                              • 11 Years
                              5 years, 20 days ago

                              Who planning there wild card from game day 34 some tasty fixtures out there they may be trouble ahead for some folk who have not planned ahead

                            • Batchain
                              • 10 Years
                              5 years, 20 days ago

                              I'll get this in now before next week where everyone will be absolutely sick of this question .... but

                              Any problems with this FH Week 31 Team?

                              Fab, (Boruc)
                              Luiz, Robertson, Azpilicueta (Diop, Long)
                              Hazard, Mane, Salah, Fraser (Hayden)
                              Anautovic, Wilson, Vardy

                              1. Dammed Utd
                                • 11 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                Good that tasty front 3

                            • Ajax Hamsterdam
                              • 9 Years
                              5 years, 20 days ago

                              2 points today from 3 players and went from 30k to 60k. not as bad as i thought actually. hope 31 is worth it 🙂

                              1. Amey
                                • 5 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                Ohh
                                Hard luck mate. Today will be your day.
                                Salah © ??

                                1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                                  • 9 Years
                                  5 years, 20 days ago

                                  yep salah c. would be happy to still be in top 50k comes tomorrow evening 🙂

                                  1. Amey
                                    • 5 Years
                                    5 years, 20 days ago

                                    Cool.
                                    Good luck with today's fixtures 😉

                            • Chucky
                              • 10 Years
                              5 years, 20 days ago

                              Richo owners keeping? 😀 might keep him for one more week....

                              1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                                • 9 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                gw31..

                                a how many hits?
                                b how many players ?

                                depending on lascelles might be 0 and 11 or -4 and 11 (have schindler not sure he counts 🙂 )

                                1. Chucky
                                  • 10 Years
                                  5 years, 20 days ago

                                  A) 0
                                  B) 10
                                  No gk

                              2. Ajax Hamsterdam
                                • 9 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                sorry chucky that was meant in a new post....i d keep richo definitely

                                1. Chucky
                                  • 10 Years
                                  5 years, 20 days ago

                                  Lol thanks

                                2. Amey
                                  • 5 Years
                                  5 years, 20 days ago

                                  😀

                                  1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                                    • 9 Years
                                    5 years, 20 days ago

                                    hey Amey well done for Sterling (c) patience rewards !

                                    1. Amey
                                      • 5 Years
                                      5 years, 20 days ago

                                      Thank you Sir 🙂
                                      Yeah. I needed feel good factor after so many © fails/low return's.
                                      Hopefully you'll have a great Sunday as you need some points

                                      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                                        • 9 Years
                                        5 years, 20 days ago

                                        will keep you posted 🙂

                            • heskatron
                              • 12 Years
                              5 years, 20 days ago

                              Just watchin MOTD now, sum scabby finishes but ill take the Sterldogg captain! Nice to see holding Frazer was worth it

                              1. Holmes
                                • 10 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                Aguero non-owners lucky?

                                1. heskatron
                                  • 12 Years
                                  5 years, 20 days ago

                                  Yeah to be fair defo bit lucky But ill take it

                            • ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
                              • 7 Years
                              5 years, 20 days ago

                              I'll have this team after taking a hit for GW31, what do you think?
                              Fabianski
                              Pereira Robertson VVD Luiz
                              Hazard Salah Fraser Brooks
                              Vardy Barnes

                              Do the FH31 people really have a big advantage over me?

                              1. Amey
                                • 5 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                Nope.
                                Good team !

                                1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
                                  • 7 Years
                                  5 years, 20 days ago

                                  Cheers Amey!

                              2. Holmes
                                • 10 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                No they dont but they do have advantage over their own team 😛

                                1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
                                  • 7 Years
                                  5 years, 20 days ago

                                  Haha 😆

                              3. Ajax Hamsterdam
                                • 9 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                the advantage would have been gained in the planing of gw31 so hard to say.

                                1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
                                  • 7 Years
                                  5 years, 20 days ago

                                  Well TBH I haven't had to to take any hits, guys like Barnes have actually helped me, Digne to Pereira was one big mistake though..

                                  1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                                    • 9 Years
                                    5 years, 20 days ago

                                    see below 🙂 "but nice team anyway"

                              4. heskatron
                                • 12 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                Sweet that, depends on ur chips to finish off though tbh

                                1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
                                  • 7 Years
                                  5 years, 20 days ago

                                  Yeah true
                                  My plan is
                                  FH32
                                  WC34
                                  BB35

                            • Ajax Hamsterdam
                              • 9 Years
                              5 years, 20 days ago

                              but nice team anyway 🙂

                            • IRBOX ⚽
                              • 7 Years
                              5 years, 20 days ago

                              What score are you getting on the RMT tool for the upcoming blank?

                              62.27 here

                              1. tucaoneo
                                • 5 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                61.46 (-4)

                              2. Hotdogs for Tea
                                • 8 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                61.05

                                1. Hotdogs for Tea
                                  • 8 Years
                                  5 years, 20 days ago

                                  But depends on my 2 free transfers really - I need a keeper and Pogba replacement

                            • Amey
                              • 5 Years
                              5 years, 20 days ago

                              First time in my fpl career I'm going to transfer out a player who returned 42 points to me 😮

                              1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                                • 9 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                so who do you replace him with ?

                                1. Amey
                                  • 5 Years
                                  5 years, 20 days ago

                                  Hazard

                              2. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
                                • 7 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                Haha Worth it In this case, Hazard in?

                                1. Amey
                                  • 5 Years
                                  5 years, 20 days ago

                                  Hazard in yep 😉

                            • ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
                              • 7 Years
                              5 years, 20 days ago

                              Thinking about it now, Using TC on Kun yesterday wasn't that much of a disaster.. even the TC on Kun in GW25 got 14 more points, and I've benched 14-15 points with guys like Brooks this season and felt much less worried..

                              1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                                • 9 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                tc is a lottery ! 75 points on sanchez 2 season ago, i think not even 10 on my tc last season cant even remember who he was 🙂

                                1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
                                  • 7 Years
                                  5 years, 20 days ago

                                  Haha yeah it's the Lucky chip, FH and BB can still provide me a huge boost 🙂

                              2. IRBOX ⚽
                                • 7 Years
                                5 years, 20 days ago

                                TC is such an unreliable luck-based chip anyways. Not nearly as powerful as the rest

                                1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
                                  • 7 Years
                                  5 years, 20 days ago

                                  Very true, I think it's overrated.