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The triple-ups I am considering for Blank Gameweek 18 Free Hit squad

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.

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  1. Sting in the Tail
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    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

    1. Bruno Commando
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      B

  2. Bruno Commando
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    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

    1. Steve
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      A

  3. jai1212
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    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?

    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I would want another forward

  4. Dynamic Duos
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Hows this FH looking?

    DDG
    Bellerin Stones Cancelo
    Rashford KDB Bruno Rowe Son
    Kane Wilson

    Norris Holding Kilman Brewster

    1. ChelseaGuy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Looks good

  5. BigBillyBass
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Is this enough for this week or should I be using my FH?

    Dias Mee
    KDB Sterling Bruno Son Neto
    Wilson Brewster

    1. ivantys
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      More than enough, I have the same 5 attackers as you.

      1. BigBillyBass
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Cheers

  6. ChelseaGuy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    A) Darlow Dias Saka
    B) DDG Dier Gundo

    On FH

    1. EmreCan Hustle
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      A

  7. EmreCan Hustle
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    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?

    1. Karan14
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      United have a much better chance for CS.

      I would be more interested in Digne if DCL was fit.

      1. EmreCan Hustle
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Good point.

    2. makaveli123
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      He has not played since GW though

      1. EmreCan Hustle
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        He gets injured and just picks up from where he left off. Similar to Ings.

      2. makaveli123
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        10

  8. Karan14
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Seems like Wilson is fit!

    https://twitter.com/NUFC/status/1348683160758988800?s=19

    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Yay

    2. Studs Up
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Thanks

  9. LewanGOALski
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    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

    1. Bunk Moreland
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Can you go Leno over Darlow? Leno will start for sure and I only have 2 Arsenal players.

    2. Atwood
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      You not going for a bench? Just wondering how you're affording this. Nice team.

    3. ChelseaGuy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I've Dias Holding Laca for your Stones Dier Rashy

  10. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    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
    _______________________________________________________
    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

    1. EmreCan Hustle
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Can you get Wilson and a United defender?

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I think I could do that yes! Worth doing ya reckon?

        1. EmreCan Hustle
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Yeah, United have DGW and great fixtures to follow. Might give you a benching headache thought after the double 😛

          1. Salah’s Sonnet
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Haha yeah true, I’d need to take a -4 it looks like though, Peaky 0.1 off a 4.8 United defender

            1. Salah’s Sonnet
              • 12 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Oh wait! No! I have enough haha! I’m 0.1 inside of doing it! Cheers man

        2. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Ahh 0.1 off it looks like

  11. Flynny
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Perhaps a silly Q....who to start on free hit?

    A.....Wilson

    B...Smith Rowe (also have Lacazette)

    Thanks

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      A

    2. EmreCan Hustle
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      A

    3. drughi
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      gotta be A, playing both myself

    4. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      B comfortably imo. ESR has been a revelation.

    5. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      A

      1. Flynny
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Think I kinda have to play Wilson....always been my ultimate film troll

  12. Tonyawesome69
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Non-FH team with 8 players including -4 predicted to score 48 vs 65 FH team.

    21 points in it. Worth hitting the FH?

  13. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    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?

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Not bad at all, mine is below:

      Lloris
      Dias Cancelo Tierney Maguire
      KDB Son Bruno Saka
      Kane Laca

      Sanchez Anguissa Brewster Mitchell

  14. Alisson WondHaaland
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    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

    1. Surfeit of Lampteys
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Alright then, you do that.

    2. OptimusBlack
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Good Point

    3. Karan14
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Gundogan means no double City def though. I think I prefer Rashford & City def over Laca & someone else.

    4. drughi
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      a penalty is never far away in these VAR days

    5. ivantys
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Laca, Martial, Gundo all might not even start. Wilson is facing bottom side with no CS kept all season and on pens.

    6. EmreCan Hustle
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Gundogan is a bad pick.

    7. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      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.

    8. Studs Up
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      And yet Wilson has more points than all of them?

    9. HaveYassineChikhaoui
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      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.

  15. x.jim.x
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Template as it gets?

    DDG - (Verrips)
    Tierney - Reguilon - Cancelo - (Mitchell) - (Clark)
    Son - Bruno - KDB - Saka - Foden
    Lacazette - Kane - (Brewster)

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Yep nothing wrong with template for FH

  16. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    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.

  17. Karan14
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Sheffield have better odds than Newcastle for CS this week.

    Not sure if Wilson is a great pick!

    1. HashAttack
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      But SHU odds of a CS are still only about 37%, so a good chance the NEW score

  18. Kuqi Monster
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Anyone else concerned Tierney gets a rest?

    Quite a few gooners on their forums are hoping/predicting it, no official source.

    1. HashAttack
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I'd love Darlow, Tierney and Kane to all be rested this week

    2. Vovhund
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Would be very nice to know

  19. Steager
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    On a WC,

    A) Shaw, Dier
    B) AWB, Lowton
    C) AWB, Dallas, play one less defender in blank week.

  20. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Lloris Maguire or DDG Dier?

    1. Eddie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Lloris Maguire. Though by circumstance I will probably have the latter.

    2. OptimusBlack
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      DDG D

  21. Eddie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Any Lamptey news from Potter? Thought we were due a press conference

  22. Eleven Hag
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Is there a case for Kane's captaincy over KDB or Bruno?

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Yeah, it's the opponent the decider FUL BUR BHA; the one which you think to concede a few ...

  23. chaser123
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    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?

    1. MIGHTY JOE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      FH with dead bench. Ready to get hurt!

    2. Eleven Hag
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Which one are you expecting to be postponed?

      1. chaser123
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Any could?

    3. Tango74
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I am just incase cancellation,

      Mitchell/brewster and Anguissa

      1. Tango74
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        old and areola incase goalie not pay

        I don't understand why u use foder on a FH

        1. chaser123
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Guess it is just to boost the starting 11 slightly - with cancellation risk I am tempted to go with you too

          1. Tango74
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            BTW im crap 🙂 im also very PRO playing bench at all times

    4. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Mitchell and Brewster for me.

    5. Pinturicchio10
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Hendrick, Mitchell, Douglas

      • Atwood
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Going for a bare 11. Despite having a decent enough rank I don't have the team value to pick a decent bench.

    6. Bambi
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      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

      1. Eleven Hag
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        In the same boat, not afraid of any players that I don't own like Lacca, Saka etc

      2. Eddie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Yep

        Anti-meta though?

      3. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        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?

        1. Eddie
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          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.

        2. Iwantmorepointsthanks
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Problem is the four additional players you are referring to. They won't be considered optimal for others.

        3. Bambi
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          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?

      4. Surfeit of Lampteys
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Anti meta?

      5. Flair
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Plenty. Got 8 quality players and happy to save the FH for major gains later on

    7. cheese XL
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Which combo on FH?

      A) Leno, Dier, Smith-Rowe, Laca

      B) Lloris, Tierney, Saka, Wilson

      Thanks in advance

      1. OptimusBlack
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        A

    8. baines is god
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Mahrez and DCL to Fernandes and Brewster -4 or Targett and DCL to Mari and Cavani -4

      1. baines is god
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        just for this week, wildcarding next week x

    9. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      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?

      1. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Prefer Saka to Wilson. But otherwise it's good.

      2. badgerboy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Nice. Could do Fernandez to Yedlin and use the extra cash to spruce up Burke.

      3. baines is god
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        foden probably only a 40% chance to start

    10. Old Gregg
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Can I get away with not using my FH?

      No Gk
      Stones-Concelo-Mitchell
      KDB-Bruno-Son-Burke
      Wilson

      1. baines is god
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        similar boat, it's a close call, if i understood the fixture situation for later season i'd be able to answer more accurately

        1. Old Gregg
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          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.

    11. bitars
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      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

      1. ivantys
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Grealish to Neto or Watkins to Wilson.

      2. HashAttack
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I switched Grealish+Dallas for Soucek+AWB

    12. Weak Become Heros
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Is west ham on TV tonight?

      1. Miguel Sanchez
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Yeah BT Sports 1

        1. Weak Become Heros
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Thank you.

      2. Weak Become Heros
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        *are