I thought it would be worth sharing my fantasy premier league double gameweek planning thoughts in an article as it may help your FPL team. I run through the teams for DGW34, the transfers and walk through the gameweeks 1 by 1 with various options.
fantasy premier league double gameweek planning – some initial thoughts for the FFGeek team
OVERVIEW
Firstly here’s my team as it stands. 94k overall rank. £102.7m TV and 2 transfers rolled over. 6 transfers before DGW34
So at the moment there are 2 DGWs to focus on. DGW34 which sees Man Utd, Middlesborough and C Palace all having double gameweeks.
The consensus at the moment seems to be that Southampton v Arsenal will go into GW35 or GW36. I’m a tad sceptical that this is a definite as some people think but are assuming it for my planning.
There also should be a big DGW37 for the remaining postponed games. See my recent double gameweek article if you want the full background. However my thoughts at the moment are that I will deal with that by way of a Wildcard before DGW37 and use the bench boost in DGW37. That means I’m ignoring DGW37 for this article.
The broad plan and issues
Whether Southampton v Arsenal is in GW35 or GW36 is fairly material to me. If it’s GW36 then I can wildcard at GW36 before the expected DGW37. That will set the team up for both doubles and I can bench boost in DGW37. If the game is in GW35 then that feels a little bit far away as a wildcard for DGW37. Alot of things could change in that time. So one of my major dilemma’s at the moment is whether to ignore Southampton and Arsenal and load up on DGW34 players or integrate someSouthampton and Arsenal players along the way to avoid having to wildcard in GW35. You’ll hear more on this later.
I’ve always been very conscious of not wanting to take players out before a juicy game. Thats even worse when they are a big captain favourite. That needed to be taken into account.
Sanchez, Lukaku and Kane. 3 highly owned players at various points in time who have all had hat tricks this season. They also all have the potential to score big as captains. Lukaku I’m keeping. Sanchez I’m getting back and Kane is up in the air due to injury
Given the above, I’m monitoring the gameweeks likely captain picks to see who could give me overall rank risk down the line. Remembering you can’t own everyone. I wont give you all the detail here but Harry Kane if he returns early has the potential to be a big problem. Maybe even considering Lukaku out for. Costa and Hazard also have some good captain games. Sanchez also has a couple of good ones. I just can’t fit in Costa or Hazard but Sanchez may be necessary
Double gameweeks in my view suit attacking players more than defenders. The upside is generally higher and there’s less risk of 2 points over 2 games
These are all mulling around in my head at the moment
THE TEAMS AND PLAYERS
Ok lets look at the teams and players that will be useful. Also the best entry points to transfer them in
MAN UTD
Desired players
£5.8m RB Valencia (in South America on International duty)
£11.4m forward Ibrahimovic (suspended until GW31)
Other potential options
£5.4m GK De Gea
£7.3m Mid Mata or £8.8m Mkhitaryan if there was any confidence they could play every game for close to 90 mins
Desired entry point
GW30 WBA (h)
Fixtures up to and including GW36
West Brom (H)
Everton (H)
Sunderland (A)
Chelsea (H)
Burnley (A) DGW34
Man City (A) DGW34
Swansea (H)
Arsenal (A)
MIDDLESBOROUGH
Desired players
A defender: Not Ben Gibson at £4.9m
Other potential options
£5.0m Mid Ramirez
£6.1m forward Negredo or £4.7m forward Stuani to generate funds.
The above would need to show some form and gametime security to be an option. Stuani wasn’t selected for GW29.
Desired entry point
GW32 Burnley at home for defence. Attack GW30 Swansea A
Fixtures up to and including GW36
Swansea (A)
Hull (A)
Burnley (H)
Arsenal (H)
Bournemouth (A) DGW34
Sunderland (H) DGW34
Man City (H)
Chelsea (A)
CRYSTAL PALACE
Desired players
£5.0m LWB Van Aanholt (currently injured)
£5.6m Mid Zaha
Other potential options
None
Desired entry point
GW33 Leicester (h)
Fixtures up to and including GW36
Chelsea (A)
Southampton (A)
Arsenal (H)
Leicester (H)
Liverpool (A) DGW34
Spurs (H) DGW34
Burnley (H)
Man City (A)
ARSENAL
Desired players
£11.6m Mid Sanchez (in South America on International duty)
Other potential options
£7.3m Mid Walcott if gametime security and minutes can be established
Desired entry point
GW31 West Ham (h)
Fixtures up to and including GW36
Man City (H)
West Ham (H)
Crystal Palace (A)
Middlesbrough (A)
Leicester (H)
Spurs (A)
Man Utd (H)
Add in Southampton (A) most likely GW35/36
SOUTHAMPTON
Desired players
A defender. £4.3m Yoshida for me. £4.8m Cedric or £5.4m Bertrand if you’re swimming in cash
Other potential options
£7.0m Mid Tadic, £5.0m Mid Ward-Prowse or £5.8m Mid Redmond
Desired entry point
GW30 Bournemouth (h)
Fixtures up to and including GW36
Bournemouth (H)
Crystal Palace (H)
West Brom (A)
Man City (H)
Chelsea (A)
Hull (H)
Liverpool (A)
Middlesbrough (A)
Stoke (H)
Add in Arsenal (H) most likely GW35/36
5 OPTIONS
So here are 5 different options depending on how they deal with different difficult issues. All of them transfer in Ibra. Sanchez and Valencia
option 1 – Yoshida in. Mane stays
Transfers
GW30 – Coleman out Valencia in & Brunt out to Yoshida in
GW31 – Siggy out Sanchez in & Aguero out Ibra in and Carroll out Barnes in to generate funds (-8)
GW32 – Holebas out Chambers in
GW33 – Holgate out Van Aanholt in
DGW34 – King out Zaha in
Thoughts
An expensive option. 5 DGW34 players. 2 Arsenal and Southampton DGW players ready for GW35/36. Putting Sanchez in for Siggy instead of Mane keeps Mane in for the home game to Bournemouth in GW31. This option also puts Yoshida in for a home game to Bournemouth giving some back up. It strengthens defence but means Barnes or Fletcher has to play in a 3-4-3. Chambers and Van Aanholt should be fit for when the transfers occur.
Option 2 Yoshida in but Mane goes
Transfers
GW30 – Coleman out Valencia in & Brunt out Yoshida in
GW31 – Mane out Sanchez in & Aguero out Ibra in (-4)
GW32 – Holebas out Chambers in
GW33 – Holgate out Van Aanholt in
DGW34 – King out Zaha in
Thoughts
A cheaper option with only a -4 hit. 5 DGW34 players. 2 Arsenal and Southampton DGW players ready for GW35/36. You lose Mane at home to Bournemouth although Sanchez home to West Ham should be a strong captain option. Carroll stays too. Otherwise as for above.
Option 3 – more emphasis on attacking players
transfers
GW30 – Coleman out Valencia in
GW31 – Siggy out Sanchez in & Aguero out Ibrahimovic in Carroll to Barnes (-4)
GW32 – King out Zaha in
GW33 – no transfer
DGW34 – Mane out Mkhitaryan in. Brunt out Van Aanholt in
Thoughts
A cheaper option again with only a -4 hit. 5 DGW34 players but 3 attacking players and 2 defenders. 1 Arsenal and Southampton DGW player ready for GW35/36. This would need Mkhitaryan or Mata to have improved their gametime and minute security markedly. Defence left with 2 problem players though.
Option 4 – No Yoshida Mane stays
Transfers
GW30 – Coleman out Valencia in
GW31 – Siggy out Sanchez in & Aguero out Ibra in & Barnes/Stuani in (-4)
GW32 – Holebas out Chambers in
GW33 – Holgate out Van Aanholt in
DGW34 – King out Zaha in
Thoughts
A -4 hit required for this. 5 DGW34 players. 1 Arsenal and Southampton DGW player ready for GW35/36. Stuani has to vastly improve gametime
Option 4 – No Yoshida Mane goes
Transfers
GW30 – Coleman out Valencia in
GW31 – Mane out Sanchez in & Aguero out Ibra in
GW32 – Holebas out Chambers in
GW33 – Brunt out Van Aanholt in
DGW34 – Carroll out Negredo in
Thoughts
The only option with no hit required. 5 DGW34 players. 1 Arsenal and Southampton DGW player ready for GW35/36.
THE FFGEEK FAVOURED OPTION
At the moment this is just to get me thinking. I’m not a fan of hits generally but I’m not convinced on option 5. I’ll be mulling it over for the Friday deadline
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