Saïss and back-three return for Wolves as Chelsea recall fit-again Pulisic

FH in BGW18 and TC in DGW19 looks decent.

Chips chips chips

Initial reaction is to have 9 or 10 for BGW 18 and free hit 19.

Are the doubles confirmed by FPL?

Possibly freehit in gw 18 and bench boost gw 19.

Ride out BGW18 with ~8 players. FH and maximize DGW19. Looks like the ideal plan to me as a player who has used WC early.

Roll out 7 players in 18 and hold on to SGW players with strong fixtures (kane son KDB dias) in 19 and maybe TC salah.

Don't see much value in FH chip as already own 6 players playing in 18 (kane son KDB dias grealish DCL).

The way I'm set up, FH GW18 is almost certain.

I'll have 6 free transfers to play with to work dgw'ers in. Have 6 with a dgw as of now. BB GW19.

* Those using FH in GW18 will only have 1 transfer for GW19 I think, so just be aware to use any frees before GW18.

FH18 and BB19
I'm gonna use my 6 FT's before GW18 to change:

Vardy -> Kane
KDB -> Salah
Grealish -> DGW player
Martínez -> DGW player
Mr. Farrell -> DGW player
Brewster -> DGW player
Mitchell -> DGW player
Lamptey -> DGW player

maybe also downgrade Robertson to get enough moneyz!

13 DGW players + Son & Kane with BB in GW19

I think Burnley v Man U will be added to GW18, and Man City v Villa to GW19.

If this happens then it should be easy to navigate them without chips. KDB, Dias, Bruno, Grealish, Martinez and a Burnley defender as the core team + Kane and/or Son because of Spurs nice single fixture in GW19. Then use the bench and a couple of transfer to get 3-4 players that are good in gw18 and 3-4 that are good in GW19.

I think the chips will be needed for the later blanks and doubles due to The FA Cup.

FH BGW 18, BB DGW 19
No Wildcard used, only use FT
Maybe keep one single GW, like Kane & Son (vs SHU)

i currently have 9, players with a game in the blank gw, so no problems there, i think for the dgw i will bring in some West Ham options who are all fairly cheap and use BB

FH 18 - BB 19 - WC 30 - TC Some other DGW

Soucek triple captain in GW19 could be genius.

First thoughts are that jumping off SGW players like Kane (shu) and KDB (CRY) look like huge traps to me. I'll be tempted to keep KDB and move Kane to Vardy (SOU, CHE) but we all know twice as many games doesn't mean more points.

Overall, for people like me who have used their 1st wildcard, it seems fairly ok to navigate.

I have the likes of RJames, Chilwell, Dallas, Shaw, Salah, Bruno, KDB (1 game but a good game), Kane, Bamford... that's a good start.

Over the coming weeks, on the chopping board will be Podence, Stones, Martinez, Brewster and Grealish with an eye on DGW replacements such as Soucek, Coufal, Meslier, Adams and Bowen.

What are the chances of further BGWs and DGWs towards the end of the season? I assume that these will still happen, so it then becomes about which time you reserve use of your FH/TC/BB?

still got a WC to use so will influence chip use but also a big DGW this early in the season is a new twist.
Late DGWs can see you go a bit crazy as there's usually only a few GWs left.
This one needs an exit strategy as well with such a big gap until the ideal time to use the 2nd WC.