| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | B |
| No Change |  Sanchez | CHE | B |
| No Change |  Pickford | EVE | B |
| No Change |  Henderson | CRY | C |
| No Change |  Petrovic | BOU | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Dubravka | BUR | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Gabriel Magalhães | ARS | A |
| No Change |  Chalobah | CHE | B |
| No Change |  Senesi | BOU | B, Vs |
| Up |  van Dijk | LIV | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Mukiele | SUN | B |
| Up |  Marc Guehi | MCI | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Lacroix | CRY | B |
| Down |  Tarkowski | EVE | B, VsX |
| No Change |  Cash | AVL | C |
| No Change |  Andersen | FUL | C |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A |
| No Change |  Rice | ARS | C |
| No Change |  Fernández | CHE | A |
| No Change |  Rogers | AVL | B |
| No Change |  Semenyo | MCI | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Wilson | FUL | B |
| No Change |  Wirtz | LIV | A, Vs |
| Up |  Ismaila Sarr | CRY | |
| No Change |  Bruno Guimarães | NEW | A |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | A, £ |
| Down |  Ndiaye | EVE | C, VsX |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Thiago | BRE | C |
| No Change |  Ekitiké | LIV | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Bowen | WHU | A |
| No Change |  Watkins | AVL | B |
| No Change |  Kroupi | BOU | C, Vs, £ |
| No Change |  Calvert-Lewin | LEE | C |
zøphar Blank Gameweek 18 is just around the corner, and I wanted to use this opportunity to present some picks I feel should be part of your squad if you are opting to use the Free Hit.
At the time of writing, there was a lot of uncertainty looming around Spurs so, for the purpose of this piece I steered clear of the two clubs.
After all, the best way to maximise a Free Hit squad is to base as much as you can on things you are certain about.
De Gea, 4.0
Tierney, Cancelo, Stones, Mitchell, *
Saka, Son, De B, Bruno, Rashford,
Kane * *
A) Dier with bench of McGoldrick, Mitchell, blank
Or
B) Wilson with bench of Mitchell, blank, blank
B
Been tinkering and it's coming down to this 2 options. Would appreciate if you guys can help!
A) Cancelo + Laca (3-4-3)
B) Fernandez + Rashford (3-5-2)
Leno
AWB Dias
Bruno KDB Saka Son
Kane Wilson
A
Can you please rate my WC team?
DDG
Tierney Cancelo Dier Saiss
KDB Rash Bruno Son Saka
Kane
Mitchell - No one else plays
Would you downgrade one of the defenders and Saka to get Wilson in?
I would want another forward
Hows this FH looking?
DDG
Bellerin Stones Cancelo
Rashford KDB Bruno Rowe Son
Kane Wilson
Norris Holding Kilman Brewster
Looks good
Is this enough for this week or should I be using my FH?
Dias Mee
KDB Sterling Bruno Son Neto
Wilson Brewster
More than enough, I have the same 5 attackers as you.
Cheers
A) Darlow Dias Saka
B) DDG Dier Gundo
On FH
A
Don't see many FH teams with Digne. He could be better than a United defender this week. Is it because he doesn't have a DGW?
United have a much better chance for CS.
I would be more interested in Digne if DCL was fit.
Good point.
He has not played since GW though
He gets injured and just picks up from where he left off. Similar to Ings.
10
Seems like Wilson is fit!
https://twitter.com/NUFC/status/1348683160758988800?s=19
Yay
Thanks
No point to overthink it too much:
Darlow
Cancelo - Stones - Dier
KDB - Bruno - Rashford - Son - Saka
Kane - Lacazette
Just hope Darlow starts again and none of the above has covid or game to be postponed
Can you go Leno over Darlow? Leno will start for sure and I only have 2 Arsenal players.
You not going for a bench? Just wondering how you're affording this. Nice team.
I've Dias Holding Laca for your Stones Dier Rashy
Hi guys, only got 7 playing this GW (can't really include Brewster/Mitchell though i know)
Mitchell - Holding - Dias
Bruno (vc) - KDB (c) - Son
Brewster
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Martinez (Forster), Raphinha, Dallas, Robertson, Salah, DCL, Bamford
Got 2FT's, and at a bit of a loss as to what to do, maybe just DCL > Wilson & Mitchell > Coufal to prepare fro th DGW more?
Disclaimer: no FH chip available 🙁
Appreciate any help folks
Can you get Wilson and a United defender?
I think I could do that yes! Worth doing ya reckon?
Yeah, United have DGW and great fixtures to follow. Might give you a benching headache thought after the double 😛
Haha yeah true, I’d need to take a -4 it looks like though, Peaky 0.1 off a 4.8 United defender
Oh wait! No! I have enough haha! I’m 0.1 inside of doing it! Cheers man
Ahh 0.1 off it looks like
Perhaps a silly Q....who to start on free hit?
A.....Wilson
B...Smith Rowe (also have Lacazette)
Thanks
A
A
gotta be A, playing both myself
B comfortably imo. ESR has been a revelation.
A
Think I kinda have to play Wilson....always been my ultimate film troll
Non-FH team with 8 players including -4 predicted to score 48 vs 65 FH team.
21 points in it. Worth hitting the FH?
Guess I don't have a choice but FH now that my three Villains are out.
Darlow
Stones - Telles - Tierney - Dias
Son - KdB - Bruno
Martial - Kane - Wilson
Macey, Smith Rowe, Mitchell, Burke
Thoughts?
Not bad at all, mine is below:
Lloris
Dias Cancelo Tierney Maguire
KDB Son Bruno Saka
Kane Laca
Sanchez Anguissa Brewster Mitchell
Really dont get why people are going for Wilson. Newcastle are shocking going forward
Id much rather have Laca/ Martial and a cheaper mid like Gundogan instead of Rashford
Alright then, you do that.
Good Point
Gundogan means no double City def though. I think I prefer Rashford & City def over Laca & someone else.
a penalty is never far away in these VAR days
Laca, Martial, Gundo all might not even start. Wilson is facing bottom side with no CS kept all season and on pens.
Gundogan is a bad pick.
People have been saying this all season, but he's still on 6.1 points per game, he's still on penalties, and he allows for triple City/United/Arsenal/Spurs elsewhere.
And yet Wilson has more points than all of them?
Because it's Sheffield and there are far better options available when it comes to the UTD/City triple-up. Martial is in woeful form, could argue even worse than Wilson. Wilson is also on pens, so on the off chance they get one he's up for a decent amount of points. Laca is a good option, from what I've seen people have a front 3 of Kane, Wilson and Laca on a FH with Wilson as an enabler for better defences.
Template as it gets?
DDG - (Verrips)
Tierney - Reguilon - Cancelo - (Mitchell) - (Clark)
Son - Bruno - KDB - Saka - Foden
Lacazette - Kane - (Brewster)
Yep nothing wrong with template for FH
FH going active:
A)
Leno
Dier Cancelo Dias
KDB Son Bruno Saka Neto
Lacazette Kane
2.0 ITB.
Or:
B)
DDG
Tierney Dier Dias Cancelo
KDB Son Bruno Neto
Lacazette Kane
1.0 ITB.
Sheffield have better odds than Newcastle for CS this week.
Not sure if Wilson is a great pick!
But SHU odds of a CS are still only about 37%, so a good chance the NEW score
Anyone else concerned Tierney gets a rest?
Quite a few gooners on their forums are hoping/predicting it, no official source.
I'd love Darlow, Tierney and Kane to all be rested this week
Would be very nice to know
On a WC,
A) Shaw, Dier
B) AWB, Lowton
C) AWB, Dallas, play one less defender in blank week.
Lloris Maguire or DDG Dier?
Lloris Maguire. Though by circumstance I will probably have the latter.
DDG D
Any Lamptey news from Potter? Thought we were due a press conference
Is there a case for Kane's captaincy over KDB or Bruno?
Yeah, it's the opponent the decider FUL BUR BHA; the one which you think to concede a few ...
Free hitters... how deep are you going with your bench?
Is it worth having a playing 15 with the reasonable possibility of one being postponed?
FH with dead bench. Ready to get hurt!
Which one are you expecting to be postponed?
Any could?
I am just incase cancellation,
Mitchell/brewster and Anguissa
old and areola incase goalie not pay
I don't understand why u use foder on a FH
Guess it is just to boost the starting 11 slightly - with cancellation risk I am tempted to go with you too
BTW im crap 🙂 im also very PRO playing bench at all times
Mitchell and Brewster for me.
Hendrick, Mitchell, Douglas
Going for a bare 11. Despite having a decent enough rank I don't have the team value to pick a decent bench.
Anyone else going with the anti-meta strategy of saving your free hit? I can field 7 players and see more value holding the FH for later in the season to make up more of an advantage
In the same boat, not afraid of any players that I don't own like Lacca, Saka etc
Yep
Anti-meta though?
I think a FH giving you an optimal 11 vs 7 is fantastic value personally. Hard to beat it later. What do you think is gonna give you a bigger gain than that?
Navigating future blanks doubles and fixture swings. FH is second best chip in game, might not get as many points as 4x? in any given game week, but allows much more flexibility in not having to load up on certain players who could lose you points in surrounding fixtures.
Problem is the four additional players you are referring to. They won't be considered optimal for others.
I would agree, but 6 of my seven are optimal. Stones, cancelo, kdb, bruno, son, Kane. All captains covered. Isnt there another blank later in the season with FA-cup/league cup rearrangements?
Anti meta?
Plenty. Got 8 quality players and happy to save the FH for major gains later on
Which combo on FH?
A) Leno, Dier, Smith-Rowe, Laca
B) Lloris, Tierney, Saka, Wilson
Thanks in advance
A
Mahrez and DCL to Fernandes and Brewster -4 or Targett and DCL to Mari and Cavani -4
just for this week, wildcarding next week x
How is this FH looking?
DDG
Cancelo Reguillon Tierney
KDB Fernandes Son Foden
Kane Laca Wilson
4.0 Gk; Fernandez Burke Fodder
Downgrade Reguillon to Dier and upgrade Fodder?
Prefer Saka to Wilson. But otherwise it's good.
Nice. Could do Fernandez to Yedlin and use the extra cash to spruce up Burke.
foden probably only a 40% chance to start
Can I get away with not using my FH?
No Gk
Stones-Concelo-Mitchell
KDB-Bruno-Son-Burke
Wilson
similar boat, it's a close call, if i understood the fixture situation for later season i'd be able to answer more accurately
Thanks.
I’m going to not use it unless something drastic happens in the mean time. I guess I was looking reassurance. I was in a much better position before the Villa game was postponed.
Only time will tell whether it was rather right call.
My WC team
Would you change Grealish or Watkins to someone and then who?
Blank GW18
De Gea (Martinez)
Dias, Cancelo, Bissaka, (Dallas, Coufal)
KDB, Son, Bruno, Grealish*, Saka
Watkins*, Lacazette (Bamford)
1,3 itb
Grealish to Neto or Watkins to Wilson.
I switched Grealish+Dallas for Soucek+AWB
Is west ham on TV tonight?
Yeah BT Sports 1
Thank you.
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