De Bruyne out of Manchester derby as Aguero starts City’s Double Gameweek 29 opener

Is this good enough for BGW31 for a -4?

Pope
TAA Doherty Cathcart
Salah Mane Antonio Zaha
Jimenez Jota Wood/Haller/Deeney

any reason not to free hit in GW31?

And then people said that Ederson is world class GK lol.

Sterling too. Tap in merchant. Without Sane he isnt better than Dan James even.

2 FT, £0m ITB. What would you do to prepare for the next couple of weeks?

McCarthy
TAA Robbo Saiss (Lascelles Williams)
Salah Martial KDB Barnes (Hayden)
Auba Ings Jimi

Keep Traore to play in gw31 or swap for Sarr?

I really hope that Vardy kills it tomorrow.
Might just keep him & sell kDB instead to get Mane.

City clearly going to focus on UCL & fa cup now.

Anything from kDB vs arsenal should be a bonus i guess. What do you guys think ??

My country's biggest club did quite a nasty thing today (not the first time).
They have a second team in the men's third tier where their u20 players play. But they also have a team in the actual u20 league and now the qualifiers for the u20 league are on.

The actual u20 team isn't good enough to qualify so now they put the second team to play and get them the spot in the u20 league. The second team has many junior national team players so it's pretty unfair for the opponents.

If they succeed in qualifying (likely) they will play in the league with players who weren't good enough to qualify in the first place and then they are near the bottom of the table or in the last spot when the season ends.

Is this alright to you or not?

Anyone getting Rodriguez after the man city game?

Pool play Chelsea in DGW37, how many Poolers will you likely have?

If I still have all my chips would it be better to fh in 31 so I can use my TC in 34 on a double gw cheers in advance

Evening, Need help for GW31.
Ings out for Woods or Deeney
or
Cantwell out for McNeil, Sarr, or Antonio

Is it Pep's plan to play a mish mash League team and keep his 'important' players fresh to try go all out for the CL?

Wonder what UEFA will do if City win the CL? Still ban them if they are champions? That is where it gets tricky for UEFA.

Whatever the scenario, no more City assets for me after seeing that starting 11 vs UTD and KDB not being risked. Not one.

Am I good to save transfer here?

McCarthy
TAA,Doherty,Saiss
Salah,KDB,Perez,Sarr
Auba,Jiminez,Ings

Dubravka,Fleck,Stephens,Lascelles

Guaita
Robbo. Taa, Lundstram
Salah, Traore, Grealish, Kdb
Auba, Ings, Jimenez

Button, Dendoncker, Dunk, Kelly

1FT 1.2 ITB

Ings>Giroud worth it?

All 15 players playing away this GW. Never had this before.

If Man City lose Vs Arsenal then I think Liverpool can win the title at Everton next GW. Given Everton just conceded 4 goals vs. Chelsea, it's looking tasty for a Salah/Mane double up and captaincy!

Will get 8 players for gw31 without a hit.. is that enough?

For those of you whom took a hit for the DGW players are you still in negative points territory?

Anyone else with Vardy (c)..?

Time to sell KDB? Even if healthy, Pep made it clear he is now part of the rotation mix.

Weird week. Was looking poor, but Fernandes and Martial double helped today.

40 with Vardy, Soy, Auba (c), Mahrez to go is about average I think.

Looking at Chelsea assets after the blank. Looked very attacking today.

I know I love a risky punt but what was I thinking with Sterling?! 🙂

I didn't get to see the game which is annoying as one of the reasons I went for him is cos I was hoping to watch both games. Was he as useless as his 2 points suggests?

Barnes and Van Dink to Bruno and Alonso -4?

Picking the right 31 players is so hard. Wish I never got Traore 🙁

Next gw, play:
A) Jota + Jimmy (whu - whu)
B) Ings + Jimmy (nor -whu)

Thinking about VVD,KDB > C.Taylor,Mane -4 ?

KDB back in 33/34

Anyone else think this FPL run-in is going to be extremely difficult to navigate? And I don't mean with the chips/DGWs. More just team/player motivation factors.

- Liverpool will have the title won shortly. Will their players retain the same level of motivation and/or will Klopp rotate?

- Man City. If today's game is anything to go by, City will have all their eggs in the CL and FA Cup.

Just wanted to air a few thoughts on free hitting in 31 and wanted the views of others on this board if possible.

Firstly I think if you've used your wildcard and aren't prepared for 31 then free hitting obviously makes total sense. Likewise if you're sitting on 1 or 2 players for 31 (regardless of wildcard) then utilising the free hit will be highly profitable.

But what about those of us that currently have 4, 5 or 6 players? I'm making an assumption here but I'd imagine most in this position will have a couple of Pool and a couple of Wolves, maybe even a Pope or a Burnley defender too.

In this situation you could take two hits and add 4 or 5 players, leaving yourself with 8/9/10 for gameweek 31. I think the Free Hit chip is the most powerful chip in the game (ignoring wildcards), so is using it for this gameweek actually going to gain you that much?

I suppose it'll save you the points hits so that'll be 4/8/12 points "gained". In terms of players you'll be able to react to any injury news, and get your preferred Liverpool and Wolves (some might be on double Liverpool defence and want Mane and Salah for this specific GW perhaps). If you run with 8 in 31 you'd get three extra players but chances are these are "conflict" additions (a Sarr when you own Pope for example) or more likely 2 pointers.

Unless you're dead ending your side in 31 and wildcarding in 32, non free hitters will have to consider your squad coming out of the blank GW.

Liverpool - mci AVL bha BUR
Palace - BUR lei CHE* avl
Wolves - avl ARS shu* EVE
Bournemouth - NEW mun TOT LEI
Burnley - cry SHU whu liv
Watford - SOU che NOR* NEW
Spurs - shu EVE bou ARS
West Ham - CHE new BUR nor

*GW34 could be moved depending on the cup.

Looking at the fixtures for those involved in 31 aside from Bournemouth (who along with Palace assets are likely to be lowly owned) there are no horror shows in terms of fixtures.

So for those sitting in a halfway house sort of position is it worth using the free hit in 31? Will there be a better opportunity to use it - for example a DGW in 34 or 35 for example? I'm conflicted, having the free hit up my sleeve after 31 seems like it could be incredibly useful and I'm not entirely sure whether using it in 31 will maximise the value of the chip. Thoughts?

KDB no show looking possible, would love Lascelles bench points...