Fantasy Premier League 23/24 is GO!! ** SPOILERS**

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MiniMan64 said:

Time to rustle up that Free Hit chip!

It's going to be one of those "rock and a hard place" decisions because GW34 is a big blank + DGW for which a FH chip would be handy.

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MiniMan64 said:

A big Saka haul tonight would be most welcome

Definitely. Another below average week for me, could do with an Arsenal clean sheet and a Saka haul tonight.

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79 here and green arrows. The gamble on Saka captain instead of Haaland vaguely paid off.

Whisper it but... I'm selling Haaland this week.

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MiniMan64 said:

MissChief said:

Apparently this weekend was Solanke's lowest ever score ever in FPL. Even for Liverpool and now Bournemouth. Guess who captained him? This guy!

And the rest of us!

Yep. Absolute shocker. So annoying.

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jgrewal said:

Any plans on how to deal with the blank game week? Free hit seems as waste for these fixtures - have seven players playing and thinking take a minus 4 to get 2 more in?

I'm saving the Free Hit, may take a -4 or -8 to have 8 or 9 players, will leave it till the last minute to make sure there's no injuries to cope with.

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67 here and a swathe of green arrows. Which should make up for the fact that I only have 7 players this week, though may take a hit to field 8. Definitely saving the FH for 34 or 37.

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Yep, was always going to be a low scoring week but even then a couple of results didn't go as most expected. Glad I didn't waste a FH on it.

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2HFL said:

Someone wildcarded in my other league for 20 points… what a complete waste

You can't look at it in isolation like that. A WC is about building your team for the next "n" upcoming fixtures not just a single gameweek.

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The Hypno-Toad said:

I sold Foden....

I've bought Foden, so watch him be benched now.

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Fantastic work, Palmer captainers!

I had him in my team but the armband was on Salah

The top scorer this week has 149 points and that includes triple captained Haaland but luckily the VC was on Palmer.

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addey said:

North West Tom said:

Looks like Foden is benched.

Oh so predictable! Glad I didn't bring him in

So predictable.

I never learn.

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68 points for me - an almost bang average week was rendered slightly better by the auto sub of Foden (nil points) for Porro (11 points). All my defenders and midfielders returned, nothing from the keeper (Kelleher) or the forwards (Jackson and Solanke). Still not great, but better than it could have been.

My plan now is to roll the dice and go against the template strategy and WC this week to then BB in 34. I'd then FH in 37 per the template. I only have one mini league that I am anywhere near having a chance of winning, and I can't beat my best ever points total, so just going to have a bit of fun in the remaining rounds.

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GloverMart said:

just the point that you can't climb your leagues when your defence rarely, if at all, contributes.

I guess like all things in FPL - "it depends". The days of "big at the back" templates are long past and most of the pros are only playing 3 at the back so that they can play 5 in midfield as that's where the majority of the hauls are coming from this season. And the defenders they do pick are chosen based on attacking threat rather than clean sheet potential because the clean sheets have been less forecastable this season.

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Absolute disaster, 28 points on a WildCard, which pretty much consigns me as unable to win the last remaining mini league I was in with a vague chance of winning. It has set me up for the remainder of the season but still quite galling. Some very unpredictable results - Palace beating Liverpool away whilst keeping a clean sheet giving me 17 points on my bench between Henderson and Anderson particularly hurts.
Bloody game!

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Anyone else thinking of not captaining Salah this week? Liverpool have decent fixtures but are not playing well.

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48k said:

Anyone else thinking of not captaining Salah this week? Liverpool have decent fixtures but are not playing well.

64 points so far, 15 DGW players on a bench boost. My hunch on Salah going to plan so far, Captain Eze doing the business. Let's see how the rest of the week goes.

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143 points for me. I don't have any City or Brighton players so that's my final score. Pleased with that. Plenty of green arrows although that might change if Foden gets a brace tonight.

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48k said:

143 points for me. I don't have any City or Brighton players so that's my final score. Pleased with that. Plenty of green arrows although that might change if Foden gets a brace tonight.

Only took him 34 mins ffs.

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72 for me and lots of green arrows, thanks mainly to the gamble to Captain Isak for the single game (26 points) when loads of people captained Palmer for the DGW to get 16.
Still haven't managed to break back in to the top 1M but hopefully I can manage to rescue my poor season over the remaining 3 game weeks. I'll be free hitting in 37 when lots of others will be on a bench boost so that will probably be the decider.

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My plan to finish the season without Haaland was going so well.