I know the general advice is to wait for the FA Cup results before hitting the Wildcard, but it seems inevitable for me in GW32, especially with a Bench Boost to play.
Likely DGW teams: Arsenal, Newcastle, Chelsea, Brighton.
Then 2 of City, Burnley or Liverpool, Palace.
In GW32 I will have 2 Arsenal, 1 Newcastle, 0 Chelsea, 0 Brighton, 0 City, 1 Burnley, 2 Liverpool, 1 Palace.
FH33 is an option instead of course, but Bench Boost in 33 and FH34 might be better for me.
Who do we actually think gets Player of the Year in the Premier League?
You would think if Arsenal win it then it would be one of their players but no one has really been POTY worthy 🤔
@HarryTrimble Really tough call, Harry. I think it's a risky move going Kane for sure, but no idea what Kompany will make. Just can't imagine him playing more than 60mins.
If you think that with limited minutes he can make 4/5pts, then go for it.
Midway through #UCLFantasy R16 – 2nd Leg
This is probably one of those matchdays where many of us are dealing with serious benching headaches heading into Wednesday.
We’ve already seen:
- Arsenal clean sheets (many on double/triple defense)
- PSG clean sheet (Hakimi owners, and some double ups, also rewarded)
And on top of that, several highly owned players delivering big points:
- Haaland scoring.
- Luis Suárez with 9 points.
- Rice goal + MVP.
- Vinícius exploding late for 15 points.
- Kvara returning 11…
Overall, a very high-scoring day driven by usual suspects.
Which naturally leads to the classic problem:
Who do you bench? Who do you trust?
A good problem to have, no doubt.
In my case, I’ll most likely leave Hancko and Tah on the bench. As many know, defenders tend to score less than offensive assets, so planning to attack today’s fixtures as I have nothing to lose rank-wise.
The main decision is whether to bring in Raphinha for Gordon or for Vitinha’s 3 points, currently leaning towards removing Vitinha.
I may also consider bringing in Tah for Saka’s 4 points, but that’s something I’ll decide closer to the deadline.
Captaincy-wise, I’ll be sticking with Luis Suárez.
How is everyone looking?
Happy with your Tuesday returns?
Any tough benching calls today?
@PlanetFPLPod What do you think about WC33 FH34 BB35?
Leeds have Burnley at home in GW35 and good fixtures until the end of the season, so could be a good BB should Darlow keep his place?
Thursday...
🌍 Planet FPL s9 ep44
🍟 Chips & Strategy Again
We won't be able to record until lunchtime so it'll be out late afternoon. That does mean you've got all morning to fire in your FPL chips & strategy questions.
Let's have them...
I think I see 3 major chip strategies for those of us with both WC & FH left…
WC32, BB33, FH34
FH33, WC35, BB36/Other
BB33 FH34, WC35
No WC? FH33/34 depending on which your team is better set for once it’s confirmed.
No FH? Wildcard 34 to dead end into a team of 33 doublers.
@HarryTrimble@Jumpthewave@PlanetFPLPod Not really a change of mind, I said on the pod I was considering it.
The record at St James' is more one of those gut feel things about the fixture that goes against the logic of the current situation. It might be better to ignore that kind of instinct for FPL decisions 🙂
Predicted #mufc XI for Newcastle tomorrow ✅
Follow @Jumpthewave for hivemind predictions 💡
No time for full thread before deadline, but I’m going the same XI as started vs Palace, with Sesko to continue and Maguire/Shaw to overcome illness.
I’m now set on captaining Bruno 🧢
@CharlieVantFPL I was just looking at him this evening after Ekitike got benched. Great fixtures until the up to and including the blank. Could be on penalties too with Kluivert and Tavernier injured
Interested in Evanilson…
Three goals in his last four games with good fixtures and minutes all the way up until GW32. Hasn’t looked great, but went on a pretty good run in a similar part of the season last year and Bournemouth are still creating chances.
He has 2.27 xGI over the past 4 fixtures against Arsenal, Spurs, Liverpool and Brighton.
Ekitike 👉🏼 Evanilson ⏳
@HarryTrimble It’s an open community but all the places are taken for this season unfortunately! There will be more space for next season if you’d like to join.
We have several community leagues and each has its own chat group. No cost to join, it’s all just for fun.
🏆 The #Mediocre64 Cup is BACK 🏆
And it starts TODAY! 🔥
With massive thanks to @Malinowy_Jan who has made it possible to bring this community-favourite tournament back for 2025/26, by providing the complex coding work behind the scenes 🙏
How will the format work? A quick 🧵
👀 Keep your eyes peeled next week for the qualifying playoff draw!
We’ll drop the link to the spreadsheet with all the match-ups so you can start scheming 📝
Good luck, everyone! And may the best player rise to glory 🏆✨