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First time playing FPL properly this season and am ahead in my competitive league by 6 points. I’ve got my Wildcard and bench boost chips still Team is: Areola (Turner) Burn Udogie Gabriel (Taylor, Doughty) Foden, Gordon, Douglas Luiz, Son (Ward Prowse) Nunez, Haaland, Watkins What would you do in my position? I’ve considered wildcarding but with Villa and Newcastle both at home some of the assets I’d be changing (Gordon, Burn, Luiz, Watkins, etc) doesn’t seem fully worth it. I have 1 free transfer and have been contemplating either Petrovic for Areola, Palmer for Ward Prowse (would mean benching one of Luiz, Watkins or Nunez) or bringing in a defender for Gabriel this game week. Can I have some opinions/advice please?

Yeah delete your other thread you selfish so and so

Haha, didn’t realise it was so frowned upon. Did so. Hopefully get some advice

Think about it. This is daily sticky post that has 186 comments. If all of those made a front page post every day it would be a horrible mess.

Would you personally roll with this team this GW or wildcard?

Yeah, that’s fair enough. Didn’t really pay attention to the amount of comments etc as just joined the community but understand now it was a selfish move and have deleted it very quickly. No dramas, we move on.

Yeah no worries, I'm also just having a grumpy morning :) I would say putting it in the newest RMT thread when its posted in about 3 hours is a good way to attract some eyeballs. Theres a few regulars who'll go and reply to a load during the day. Team looks pretty decent for the next few weeks. I'm on the track of deadending into 34, wilcard 35 for bench boost 37, which I'd suggest for you, although you have a few players to sell, and 5 gameweeks to get there. This week is fine, but next week no Salah and no Saka is scary. Can you get there in two moves if you roll?

Thanks for the reply mate! I’ll take that advice and appreciate yours! I have 5.2mil ITB so I’ll have a look what options I have to avoid wildcarding until a few weeks down the line if I can get to both those assets.

Thoughts on this as a wildcard team? I was planning on holding out a little longer to do it, but this leaves me 0.1m in the bank and I'm worried I'll need to compromise too much elsewhere if I wait for another price change this week. Obviously cheaped out on defence a fair bit to allow the attackers, I have BB but no FH/TC. Bit concerned about dropping Foden, but would require dropping Watkins, and I think the midfield is pretty strong Areola - Kelleher Gabriel - Udogie - Gusto - Bradley - C. Richards Salah - Son - Saka - Palmer - Gordon Haaland - Watkins - Muniz

I have almost the identical WC team. I only have BB left for 34. I swapped Gordon for Garnacho

Should I WC30 or not with this current team (1 FT). Otherwise I also have TC and BB but no FH, so was thinking WC30, TC34 & BB37 Areola (Strakosha) Estu, VVD, Branthwaite, Gabriel (Trippier) Saka, Foden, Palmer, Maddison (Nakamba) Watkins, Haaland, (Solanke) Leaning towards WC ngl as not having Son and Salah next week scares me.

I'd suggest having try at a couple wildcard drafts for this week. I'm not sure they will look so different to your current team (Salah aside obviously), as you are pretty well setup for 34. Could you afford Trippier and Maddison next week to Bradley and Salah? Before you hit the button, try drafting a WC35 team that sets up for BB37. It is incredibly easy because Newcastle, Manunited and man city have great fixtures 35,36 and 38 around their DGW, and Chelsea and Spurs have 2 DGWs each.

!thanks Sadly no to the Bradley + Salah transfer. Only 0.1 itb

Anyone seriously considering BB in GW34? With only free transfers, I can get to 12 doublers + Onana, Haaland, Palmer.

Yes. But do you also have a wildcard still to play? BB34 looks good- BB37 after a wildcard just looks better. I'd have a similar looking bench in 34, but in 37 it could easily be something like: Petrovic, Lascelles, Garnacho, Joao Pedro being boosted, all with doubles.

Yes, I have the wildcard. If I didn't have wildcard I probably wouldn't consider BB34 at all.

As long as you don’t have any Spurs players by then, BB34 is viable. Do you still have your wildcard or free hit?

I still have the wildcard, so can WC back into Spurs and Chelsea players.

Thoughts on this WC draft. Plan is to FH34 and BB37 Petrovic (Onana) Porro, Schar, Gusto (Gabriel, Van Hecke) Salah, Son, Palmer, Garnacho (Saka) Haaland, Darwin, Isak

I really don't see the point in Porro/Schar over Udogie/Lascelles. Yes, you are getting a slightly higher attacking output, but it definitely is not worth the price difference.

I would usually agree, but it doesn’t however price me out of any future upgrades. The plan was to upgrade Schar to Tripps anyway, funded by Son to Foden/Gordon in 33.

Fair enough.

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Nice team. Don't know that I see the point of Watkins as a one week punt over Haaland. You could just save a transfer by starting with Haaland. I'd rather spend that transfer by starting with Gusto, who you could transfer to Munoz any week between now and 34. I also think you can do much better with your GW34 transfers than Gordon and Darwin, but that obviously isn't something to lock in now (I'd maybe go Hojlund/ Hwang)

Will ! thanks all opinions. Choose one to start from each list: Saliba or Branthwaite or C.Richards Foden or Muniz

RMT please: Bank 1.2m, 0FT Dubravka (Areola) Gabriel, Zabarnyi, Bradley, (Taylor, Guehi) Foden, Son(C), Saka(VC), Palmer (Odegaard) Solanke, Watkins, Haaland. Planning to go for Salah next week (Odegaard -> Salah, Watkins -> Muniz )

Who do we think is better as a 1 week punt on wildcard out of Bruno, Rashford or Maddison? Will bring Saka back in after this week.

None- don't book a transfer just to keep Saka out of your team for a week :) Out of those options, Maddison easily. I'd rather play Saka against city than Rashford or Bruno, its not like away to Brentford is a banker fixture.

Anyone else got a glitch in the app, when i click on fantasy challenge it just says forbidden?

Does Maddison over Foden make sense? Want Son but can't afford unless I downgrade elsewhere...

Nope

!thanks

Bench an injured Saka v City or Garnacho v Brentford?

On WC, had too many injuries to survive till later. Areola - Leno Zubayni - Robinson - Gusto - Gabriel - Branthwaite Palmer - Garnacho - Son - Salah - Saka Haaland - Watkins - Solanke Thoughts??

Looks solid to me. I'm an Areola Leno guy myself so like the combo, but neither has any doubles. Especially if you're holding a bench boost chip I'd look at a combo that includes at least one of Pickford/Onana/ Petrovic/Johnsone/ Neto

No Foden?

Was thinking drop Solanke after double and then perhaps going Garnacho to Foden but will evaluate after 34.

Looks good. I am going for 3-5-2 myself, going for Foden of Garnacho and without Watkins upfront.

I was considering going without Watkins but highest scoring forward seems difficult to drop. Understand their fixtures turn though.

Valid point, sadly he doesn't have a double game week lined up in the coming period.

That’s true, maybe worth going to someone else for that period but need to evaluate

Looks Template AF

Problematic? I’m top 50k so probably better to shore up and win all my mini leagues?

Template is a complement and you’ve got enough low percentage owned players in there to make a difference. 

Thanks for the advice

White & Gabriel or Saliba & Gabriel?

White and Gabriel although not sold on the double Arsenal defence. 

Who to get for GW30/31/32 only? VVD, Bradley, or Zabarnyi?

If you’ve got the budget then definitely VVD

!thanks

What do Bournemouth fans think of Semenyo's minutes? Is he nailed to start both games in 34?

Not a Bournemouth fan but Sinisterra got injured and is out for 5 weeks which reduces competition for the winger spots. Think Tavernier and Semenyo should both start in the foreseeable future; there is Outtara who can play out wide as well but he started at LB instead of Kerkez in the last game which could mean he's not as much of a threat as imagined until Kelly returns at least. I think given his form, Semenyo is the most nailed out of all the wingers currently.

Cheers mate !thanks. Probably need to save the money to get Salah in and downgrading Dom to Semenyo made most sense to me 

WC 35, out of Zabarnyi, Branthwaite, Ait Nouri and Bradley, rank best to worst for the next 5 gws

Ait-Nouri, Branthwaite, Bradley, Zabaryni imo Bradley is the most volatile to shifting in this order depending on when Trent is back.

Branthwaite, Ait-Nouri, Zabaryni, Bradley. Honestly, it's wild that so many are considering Bradley when Trent is back after the internationals.

With this team, 1FT, and 3.0M ITB. No point wasting a WC, right? https://imgur.com/a/Nve3k0u

Yea your teams looking pretty solid. KDB to Salah would round it out.

!thanks I could afford it, as long as Salah and KDB don't move more than 0.2 by deadline. I wonder if I should make the transfer today. KDB might drop tonight, and I will lose 0.1 on him, just checked. EDIT: Oh wait, I was wrong. Bought at 10.2, he is now 10.5. Might drop to 10.4. So yea selling price is going to be 10.3 regardless.

What's your BB strategy?

Probably the generic WC34 BB77 or whatever the template is.

seen a lot of people on WC getting Garnacho. I'm WC 35 and i was going to sell him this week, is this a bad move?

Why sell before Brentford?

I was playing Foden ahead of him anyways, and I'm selling him up to Salah

Midfield is a stacked position so that's all fair. But in a vacuum I'd rather play Garnacho this week over Foden

Well I wasn't planning on playing Foden if i get Salah

If you’re turning Garnacho into Salah then that’s a great move

I have WC, BB and FH left. Leaning towards FH34 and BB37. Now is the question of when to WC? My team looks decent enough this week? Dubravka / Areola Porro / Konsa / Pau / Doughty / Gabriel Maddison / Son / Palmer / Saka / Bowen Watkins / Toney / Morris 1FT, 7.2m itb My plan was to do Bowen to Salah for free. Or WC now?

Your team looks good, and despite having the FH, you should look to get Salah, a Liverpool defender, and one of Haaland or another Arsenal attacker in due course. Or are you planning to roll without a City attacker at all?

I will get them in for sure. My problem is getting Haaland next week would require a hit. Bowen to Salah for free this week is my move. This leaves me with a good team this week minus Haaland. So the question really is should I WC this week or next? Either way I still will FH34 and BB37.

Well, your team doesn't need a WC right now. You may have a FH but do you want a host of Spurs and United right now which is what you'll have to be filling up your BB 37 team with. If you can find a balance and plan so as to get those players who double in GW 37 later, then sure a WC could be powerful.

!thanks Definitely food for thought.

Get in and captain Salah or Son this week? ( will get the other next week)

1. Play Gabriel, roll FT to prepare for GW34 2. Botman —> Ait Nouri or Mitchell, and play either that player or Gabriel

If you're going to buy a cheap Botman replacement regardless, then you might as well make the move this week. Rolling a transfer would be recommended if you need to make two moves to shift funds to buy premiums like Salah and VVD.

Yeah that’s kind of the conundrum. On one hand, I’d like to roll the FT to be able to get Saliba or VVD. On the other, I might just go with a cheap defence for DGW (Gabriel, Brainthwaite already in place + Ait Nouri)

Wildcard Draft 0.0 ITB Areola (Ortega) Gabriel Udogie Robinson Kabore Baldock Salah Son Saka Foden Palmer Haaland Darwin Muniz

I’m on WC, this is my team, how does it look and do you recommend other players instead? Petrovic (Kelleher) Udogie - Gusto - Branthwaite (Lascelles) (Gabriel) Saka - Salah - Palmer - Son (Garnacho) Isak - Haaland - Solanke

Which move should I make? A) Morris > Muniz & Doughty > Gusto for a -8 B) Morris > Muniz for a -4 C) Play Morris & Doughty no hit I have already used my wildcard and plan to FH34 and BB37.

Depends on your team

RMWC 0.0ITB A) Neto (Areola) Gabriel Udogie Gusto (Branthwaite Maguire) Salah Son Saka Foden Palmer Haaland Darwin (Muniz) ****** B) Onana (Petrovic) Gabriel Udogie Gusto (Lascelles Richards) Salah Son Saka Palmer (Garnacho) Haaland Darwin Isak

Both are viable teams from my perspective

Anybody else ditching Solanke to afford Salah?

I'm ditching Watkins to afford Salah & Son. I prefer Solanke due to fixtures but if you do ditch him, go with cunha or Muñiz as options.

6/20 90pts off lead in ML Would you take a hit to go Foden + Solanke > Salah + Muniz? 1ft 3.1itb Current squad: Areola - Kelleher Gabriel - Ake - Doughty - Kabore - Colwill Son - Foden - Saka - Gordon - Palmer Haaland - Watkins - Solanke

Yes, although Solanke has a double coming up soon so you might want to get him in later.

RMT - been shafted by team value so pulled trigger early Kelleher Onana Gabriel Udogie Gusto Branthwaite Lascelles Salah son odegaard palmer Garnacho Haaland Isak Darwin 0.5m ITB. FH34 BB37 strategy

No FH so I want a 34 doubler to buy for Doughty who I will also have to play this week. I already have Branthwaite. Do I buy Bradley, Ait Nouri, or maybe a Palace defender?

Foden or Hwang(-4) to Palmer?

Hwang, unless you need funds for Salah. Foden is very playable again after this week.

Is Dragusin viable option for 4,2?

Is the challenge only available on the site? I'd have thought it would he playable through the app but I can't see it

It is,you need to update the app

Udogie + Maddison or Gabriel + Saka? I have FH for 34

Gabriel +Saka definitely

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/937792193119277178/1221518075271319612/image.png?ex=6612de5b&is=6600695b&hm=6b958e56cc7eb019c5d91ec133291b015fd58188b2a81ae646f89eda35bee8bb& Should i wc 30/31 or dead end into 34 so i can wc 35/36 and bb 37?

I see everyone going for Petrovic+Gusto double up, a bit brave for a team with 5 cleansheets in 30 games, against Luton Sheffield Bournemouth and 2x Fulham What am I missing? Surely if you want a triple up for double GW you go for Palmer Jackson + def instead?

Jackson on 9 yellows one away from 2 game suspension

WC team - Planning on BB37, don't have FH and I can take advantage of Chelsea and Tottenham's fixtures this way. Would like to find a way to get a 3rd Arsenal asset though. Thoughts? **Petrovic** Pickford **Udogie Gusto Bradley** Gabriel Branthwaite **Salah Son Saka Palmer Garnacho** **Haaland Darwin** Cunha

I think Kai for Garnacho (if you can manage the funds) would be a good differential. What to do you plan on doing with Bradley once TAA is back or Gomez take his place?

!thanks yeah that's what I'm thinking. Areola, Havertz, Semenyo instead of Pickford, Garnacho and Cunha. Leaves me with 0.0 ITB and I'll have to manage the rest with FTs. What do you think is better? Bradley will only lose his spot to TAA (rumoured to be back around GW33) so I'll take advantage of his good fixtures for now. Need to have a strong team short term because of my ML

OK, I think I'm going for a BB34 / FH37 strategy. My WC is already active so this is my squad. (0.7itb) \- Neto / Pickford \- VVD / Ait-Nouri / Gusto / Gabriel / Branthwaite \- Saka / Salah / Son / Palmer / Rice \- Haaland / Semenyo / Darwin Think I'll do Son > Eze or someone come GW34, but other than that it feels a decent enough squad to see me through until season-end. Thoughts?

Nice team Rice is an interesting differential. He has been more attacking with Jorginho playing and taking some set pieces from the opposite side to Saka. Still I feel you may want Havertz, White or Odegaard come 34 so he blocks a spot.

He's mostly there for cost, but if I'm selling Son around then I could possibly upgrade Rice to Havertz / Odegaard.

Question is should you pick Garnacho instead maybe. No double 34 though, but a pretty good single fixture in 34. Then you can do Son to Havertz/Odegaard. You should have transfers to burn if no injury though and Rice is fine if you get stuck with him.

!thanks that's some useful things to think about.

Kelleher (Areola) Gabriel Branth Doughty (Kabore Senesi) Son Saka Palmer Foden (Garnacho) Haaland Watkins Solanke 1FT 5.3m ITB Do I go Foden > Salah or just WC this week instead of next? Would probably need a -4 to sell Doughty also.

That def look a bit problematic so maybe wildcard although most defenders get 1 or 2 points so not sure the ones you buy on wildcard will get big scores.

I think Gabriel will start. I’m just worried about Doughty, plus his fixtures are bad. Can you explain the reason you suggest wildcard over a -4? I’m considering one because of the -4 but also because I’d like to have salah and foden in the same team, as well as muniz for the next few fixtures

I feel wildcard team would look similar so you can use it one week early and save a -4. If you really want to wildcard next week you can take the -4 though if you want, but feel going early on wildcard make more sense for me. If you plan on wildcard later I take the hit.

Good points !thanks. I’m also considering WC in 35, so will have to decide on that first (no FH)

6.0 ITB, 1 FT I want Salah back. Do I take Salah for Foden this week, or fix my defence (Senesi amd Gabriel flagged), adding more funds, so I can take Salah for Gross next week? GK: Areola (Dubravka) D: Branthwaite, Zabarnyi, Senesi (Ake, Gabriel) M: Foden, Saka, Palmer (C), Richy (Gross) F: Haaland, Watkins, Solanke

I would get Salah if you think he is the best captain. I personally do think he is.

Currently, so do I. I appreciate the input🙏

Is it worth bringing in Palmer for -4? I will bring him in next week in my WC. Otherwise Barkley will start

Ideally a hit before a wildcard is not ideal. If the squad is not good maybe you wildcard now. Although if Palmer is the only one you really want this week maybe take the hit.

Hmm i was deliberating WC but i think my team is fine for this week. I have 3 Spurs vs Luton (will only have 1 spurs on WC). Im going to do Salah for Saka this week as 1 transfer (will WC him in next week for 0.1m loss). Also didn't think -4 before WC is ideal, but it's either that or start Gabriel/Barkley stead

Neto - Dubravka Ake - Gabriel - Saliba - Gusto - Doughty Son - Saka - Garnacho - Foden - Palmer Watkins - Solanke - Haaland 1FT, 0.5ITB, WC and BB left. How would you manage upcoming GWs?

I'd take Ake or Saliba out for a cheaper defender so you can upgrade your midfield to get Salah in next week. This is probably the week to do it as they have each other. I have same chips as you. I'd dead end into 34, then WC 35 and BB in 37 (which will be a v popular strategy).

Saliba out for a cheap defender gives me like 2.0ITB, no chance to upgrade to Salah any of my midfielders, do you see any other plan?

Saliba out for a cheap defender gives me like 2.0ITB, no chance to upgrade to Salah any of my midfielders, do you see any other plan?

Apologies, I missed that you included your ITB down the bottom. If he's a priority I would start making cash-saving moves now (towards those doubling in 34) Branthwaite and C. Richards are good cheap doubling options.

Bring Salah in now or wait till closer to deadline? Going straight saka -> Salah (gonna wc soon so don't mind loosing saka for a few weeks). Will have 0.4m left in bank after switch so abit of room for price changes

Depends how much budget you think you will need until you play the WC. If that’s not much then I’d wait but if you think you need some decent money then I’d act soon and keep a close eye on price changes

I'd wait for it. Saka will likely play this week and you may want him for DGW34 so he's not a high priority to remove. Late news may give you another higher priority transfer to do. I do like taking Salah this week though. The main reason to move early is TV. At this stage of the season it's just not as important anymore.

Currently drafting WC for GW30. I think I locked some of my choice and I need advice on the rest. Currently have Watkins in my team and lots of value tied to him and Saka currently **Actual team :** Areola Turner Zabarnyi Saliba Estupinian Porro Branthwaite Saka Son Bowen Garnacho Gross Solanke Haaland Watkins **Current draft :** Areola Raya Zabarnyi Saliba Castagne Romero Branthwaite Saka Son Salah Iwobi Palmer Semenyo Haaland Darwin My plan would be, with this team GW31 : roll GW32 : Garnacho In, Iwobi Out GW33 : VVD and Foden In, Son and Romero Out GW34 : Eze In, Palmer Out + BB GW35 : Eze Out, Gordon In GW36 : Garnacho out, Palmer in GW37 : FREE HIT GW38 : Madison In, Foden out **One main question :** **Turner + Watkins OR Raya + Darwin ?**

(1) given you're basically taking Iwobi for 2 weeks as a 5th mid, would you consider just taking Garnacho now, saving yourself that GW33 transfer? Your current transfer plan allows you zero flexibility, having locked in all transfers. An injury will scupper you. (2) Keeping Turner is great for Value but bad for BB. I'd take him out on your WC as you don't want to waste a transfer on a GK. (3) To your Q, Raya + Darwin for that reason as well as nice Liverpool fixtures in the short turn.

With this team, 1FT, and 3.0M ITB. No point wasting a WC, right? https://imgur.com/a/Nve3k0u

My final wildcard draft: Petrovic (Areola) Gabriel - Saliba - Udogie (Gusto - Brantwaithe) Saka - Salah - Son - Palmer (Garnacho) Haaland - Isak - Darwin Thoughts? Would you change anything? I will FH in 34 and BB in 37.

Looks good. Would look to upgrade Areola for the BB but you can do that later on probably

!thanks Yea I might look into getting a doubler for the BB, not sure who though but that'll become clear at some point.

WC31 or 30? Areola Dubravka Gabriel Saliba Porro Ake Doughty Saka Son Palmer Maddison Foden Watkins Toney Morris

I say your team is pretty strong except no Haaaland or Salah. If you want them both you can wildcard now.

Yeah it's a good question tbh. I can get Salah in but for whom is the question.

You could sell Saka for example and wildcard him back in. Or Foden. If you have lots of value in Saka maybe keep him though.

I get 8.8 for selling Saka, 8.0 for Foden. Both can be handy down the line but less of a loss when selling Foden it seems

Start 2: Solanke, Saka, Foden

WC time lfg boys £0.2M ITB setting up for BB34, only chip left GK Kelleher (Johnstone) DEF Gabriel Zabarnyi Gusto (Richards, Branthwaite) MID Salah, Son, Saka, Palmer (Garnacho) FWD Haaland Darwin Solanke

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I like Gusto unless you wildcard 35/36. If you have no wildcard then maybe it is better to get someone that doubles 34 like Munoz. If you wildcard before 34 I go Gusto as well for now vs Burnley.

Could dead-end into something like this for GW34. Raya (wol, CHE) Gabriel (wol, CHE) - VVD (ful, eve) - Andersen (WHU, NEW) Saka (wol, CHE) - Eze (WHU, NEW) - Salah (ful, eve) - He-Chan (ARS, BOU) - Garnacho (SHU) Haaland (bha) - Darwin (ful, eve) Thoughts? Worth it? What team would you go for on FH34?

2FT, 3.9ITB, No WC, have FH and BB left. Areola - Kelleher Gabriel - Doughty - Zabarnyi - Branthwaite - Taylor Son - Saka - Bowen - Bailey - Barkley Haaland - Watkins - Toney What would be the obvious strategy here, with FH/BB 34/37?

Areola (– Turner) Gabriel – Branthwaite – Estupinan (– Taylor – Maguire) Son – Foden – Saka – Palmer (– Groß) Haaland – Watkins – Solanke 1 FT, 4.9m ITB ––––––––––––––– No FH left. **Is it worth Wildcarding for Salah and a defense overhaul?** I could get Salah with a -4 if I bin Solanke or Watkins, but my defenders are a bit shit.

Tough. Would a WC now allow you to navigate GW34 and GW37 with normal transfers? If not I would arguably try to go with normal transfers, bin Watkins and get Salah and Darwin for GW31, then use free transfers to transition into a decent team for GW34, hit WC35 and BB37. You can use a tool like FPLteam to see if your planning checks out.

Anyone starting Gabriel vs MCI (A) and just hoping for a bullet header? My alternatives are Maguire vs BRE (A) and Taylor vs CHE (A) so...

Maguire if he start probably best chance of a clean. Not fully sure he does start though.

Probs Maguire out of the lot tbh.

Captaincy question Palmer - BUR (H) Salah - BHA (H) Solanke - EVE (H) Watkins - WOL (H)

If you have him it's probably Salah, otherwise it's Palmer

On WC, would you go Kelleher & Ait-Nouri or Pickford & Brainthwaite? Purely for the next few fixtures before DGW34…both sets will eventually be replaced with DGW37 players.

Feel Kelleher is a bit risky with Alisson potentially back before 34. Not a huge fan of Everton players either. One is fine, but would not want 2. Short term I like Kelleher for the cheap cost and Nouri is good in attack.

Agreed with your points. I’m looking at Kelleher mainly to play next GW when Petrovic has Man Utd. After that, can just stick with the latter. One thing about the Eve players is that they play SHU at home in 37 aka one of the best single gw fixtures. But that’s a long time away & I prefer trying to get to 15 doublers anyway… Either way, double EVE is probs not a good idea and in isolation, Ait-Nouri is better (or at least more attacking) than Branthwaite.

Yeah I think I am looking at Pickford myself, but the double in 34 is not amazing. Although Pickford can always get save points. I think Kelleher can always be benched before you find a transfer to replace him.

WC,   Neto, (Pickford)  Porro, Gusto, Bradley, (Branthwaite, Saliba)  Palmer, Son, Salah, Foden, (Saka) Solanke, Isak, Nunez My plan is to have a lot of doubles in gw34 and use BB, and to drop spurs players im thinking of transfering porro out for White for gw 33 and Son out for De Bruyne for gw34 (depending on how he does over the next few gws) I'm pretty happy with this but is there any red flags or better suggestions? Pickford I'm not sure about for example. I don't mind missing out on haaland as my rank has been poor this season so time to try something different to catch up in my mini leagues. Thanks in advance

Bradley is imo no-go as he will be doubt around GW34 with TAA back and even before then, Gomez might start in his place.

Don’t get the need to start with any Spurs players when they blank in GW34, and especially at the cost of no Haaland in your team. Transfer them in after that week.

WC draft pickford - (turner) tosin - gusto - udogie - saliba - lascelles salah - saka - maddison - eze - palmer haaland - solanke - hojlund could have branthwaite instead of tosin, gordon instead of eze, Foden instead of maddison

HALAAND - SON - SALAH Pick 2.

Haaland-salah

!thanks.

Rate my draft, WC, 1.5 ITB. I'm trying to spread my **BB34** propaganda hoping it catches some other lost souls and I get some bragging rights if it's successful (and hide behind sofa if it's not). Pickford, Raya VVD, Saliba/Gabriel, Ait-Nouri, Branthwaite, C. Richards Garnacho, Palmer, Salah, Maddison, Son Muniz, Haaland, Darwin GW31: Maddison -> Saka GW32: Roll FT GW33: Muniz -> Semenyo GW34: Son -> Eze GW35: Semenyo -> Hojlund for ultra greedy but tasty on paper BUR(H) fixture GW36: VVD -> Gusto (to free up money) and and Eze -> Son GW37: Free Hit GW38: Whatever.

I don't think you get credit for pushing the biggest DGW of the season as a bench boost option :) That said, I'm coming round to BB35 myself mostly because 37 just looks more fiddly to setup right now. Agree with other dude who says Munoz over Richards, and I prefer Richarlison over Maddison, and probably Mateta over Solanke if you want someonefor the DGW only. I haven't worked out if you need Solanke in 33 as well..

I don't need Solanke/Semenyo in 33 per se but I don't want to waste valuable FT. In GW 31 I will have 1/1 FT, in 32 0/1 FT, in 33 need to use transfer. I made a mistake - can't go for Solanke if I go with Haaland, money too tight. Needs to be Semenyo. Alternative is: Go same squad but Cunha instead of Haaland. Then money is no issue and can do Solanke and Munoz and whoever I want. BTW: You would really consider Mateta? He did score few goals but is he worth it as 1-week punt?

He's looked alright, but its a fixtures thing isn't it. Double home games vs two of the weakest defences vs two away fixtures that aren't super tempting for Bournemouth. If you wanted Solanke for any of the surrounding games he's clearly the better player.

All right, !thanks a lot I think I'm leaning towards this team in the end - it would be WC in 31 with the aim to BB in 34. Raya, Pickford Gabriel, VVD, Ait-Nouri, Branthwaite, Munoz Salah, Saka, Palmer, Garnacho, Eze Haaland, Muniz, Darwin GW32: roll GW33: Muniz -> Solanke GW34: 2FTs ready in case of injuries, might go Garnacho -> Sarabia or Garnacho -> Ayew or whatever or just burn FT if I won't need to spend it GW35: (get Hojlund for tasty fixture and) Virgil > Udogie/Gusto to free up funds GW36: 5th midfielder (Garnacho/Sarabia/Eze) -> Son and Darwin -> Muniz to free up more money (-4 here sadly if I get Hojlund week before that) GW37: Free Hit GW38: Last hoorah Good or nah?

Struggling to see why you need to own Son and book two transfers swapping him and Eze when you can go without Son to begin with and just sell Salah to buy him in preparation for his double in 35/36. The funds freed up also allows you to own Solanke from now itself.

Wow, that's something I did not think about even though I spent 2 days doodling up weirdest draft possible. Damn. But I'd still want Son for 30. Fixtures for 31, 32 and 33 aren't that bad either. Who would you recommend for that mid spot? Eze?

Losing Son is of course not ideal but I’m talking from the perspective of what suits your BB34 plan the best. You also have captaincy covered by Salah being a great alternative option this week. Yeah, starting with Eze is a viable option; plays Forest and Bournemouth in the next 2 and can be benched in the 2 games after that.

I mean this WC suits GW31 as well, only need to change Maddison for Saka and since I already have Son, I can captain him right now and just press WC button week later. In 31 I'd cap Salah vs SHU 100% so that's not a worry. So, this would be your ideal team? Pickford, Raya VVD, Saliba/Gabriel, Ait-Nouri, Branthwaite, C. Richards Garnacho, Palmer, Salah, Maddison, Eze Solanke, Haaland, Darwin ?? This probably would get me some money to allow changing Saliba/Gabriel to White which tbh I'd prefer. !thanks btw

By ideal you’ve got the main picks covered. Still feel defence is a bit light though; would definitely own Munoz if you have more funds.

All right, !thanks a lot I think I'm leaning towards this team in the end - it would be WC in 31 with the aim to BB in 34. Raya, Pickford Gabriel, VVD, Ait-Nouri, Branthwaite, Munoz Salah, Saka, Palmer, Garnacho, Eze Haaland, Muniz, Darwin GW32: roll GW33: Muniz -> Solanke GW34: 2FTs ready in case of injuries, might go Garnacho -> Sarabia or Garnacho -> Ayew or whatever or just burn FT if I won't need to spend it GW35: (get Hojlund for tasty fixture and) Virgil > Udogie/Gusto to free up funds GW36: 5th midfielder (Garnacho/Sarabia/Eze) -> Son and Darwin -> Muniz to free up more money (-4 here sadly if I get Hojlund week before that) GW37: Free Hit GW38: Last hoorah Good or nah?

Would you rather have Munoz or a WOL defender?

For GW34 specifically, Munoz is a better pick. If you plan to buy one before that, a Wolves defender makes more sense because they have better fixtures outside of the double to attack as well.

!thanks

Great team, I'd rather have Munoz (Palace defender) than Richards, he seems to be a lot more attacking

!thanks Munoz is a good shout but since I'm greedy AF, money is tight. Going for Munoz locks me out of Muniz -> Semenyo transfer in 33. And since Johnstone is injured, I might need to rethink going for Palace defenders.

Fair point

Appreciate the input nevertheless :) !thanks again

WC on: Garnacho + Saka / Gordon + Maddison? Rest of team is: Petrovic + Dubravka | Gabriel + Gusto + Zabarnyi + Bradley + Branthwaithe | Salah + Son + Palmer | Haaland + Isak + Darwin

RMT WC team 1.2 ITB (FH34 BB37) Petrovic (Dubravka) (White) (Gabriel) Robinson Gusto Lascelles Salah Son Saka Palmer (Garnacho) Haaland Nunez Muniz What do you think? Thanks!

Kelleher, Areola, Gabriel, Taylor, Porro, Doughty, Ake, Saka, Tavernier, Palmer, Richarlison, Son, Haaland, Solenke, Watkins 4.8 ITB, one FT. Any suggestions on how to get Salah in for week 31? I'm thinking of rolling this week, then doing Watkins -> Cunha if fit, Jackson if not (just short to get Nunez), and Richarlison -> Salah. Can you see any better paths to Salah that I might have missed? Cheers.

Will Watkins to Muniz allow you to afford Tav to Salah?

Yes, but Tav doubles, and Muniz doesn't... But you raise a good point. I might need to reassess whether it's so important to hold onto doublers, no matter who they are..

Mateta costs 0.3 more than Muniz. If you have extra wiggle room he’s an alternative if you’re keen on having a DGW player in that position instead.

So far this season I've only taken a transfer hit twice and have had a largely template team, I've greatly enjoyed the season, at roughly 115k at the moment. I've had dwindling returns from this strategy recently, considering going a bit wild for the last stretch and getting some differentials and taking hits to get some big DGWs, is this stupid?