FPL team tips GW23 – 4 FFGeek Contributors teams part 3

FPL team tips GW23 – 4 FFGeek Contributors teams part 3

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Introduction

This is part 3 of the FPL managers who contribute to the FFGeek site with good histories who show their teams each week. This will give people a feel for what other managers are doing. It’s a fairly informal thing with no obligation on anyone and these teams may change at anytime before the deadline without further notice. It won’t cover transfers in real time either. It’s just to give an idea of the trends for the week no more.  The teams are shown as their “final-ish” teams so they could change.  Where they have twitter accounts I have shown this and they may update them there or on our Slack Channel which is part of our subscription Patreon site but this is not guaranteed

See Also FFGeek Contributors teams Part 1 and FFGeek Contributors teams Part 2

Rick Porter

Rick’s last 4 seasons overall ranks were 29k, 1k, 30k and 2k. 

GW22 points:  71  (FPL average 57) Total points: 1,437, Overall Rank: 10k, red arrow 3k,  Team Value: £105.7m

Rick has used his Free Hit Chip and Triple Captain Chip 

Frustratingly I once again fell on the wrong side of the popular captain picks. The Bruno haul plus a 15 pointer from Justin all but guaranteed I’d be seeing red this week. Fortunately, good performances from almost all my players did a solid job of limiting the damage. Time to look forward, though, as things are about to get interesting…

Doubles

We now have small doubles in GW24 and GW25 on top of the large double GW26. The next few weeks could well make a huge difference to the Fantasy season, so each transfer needs to count. I currently have three City players for DGW24 and, despite it being unlikely all three will start both matches, I’ll not be wasting transfers trying to better predict Pep. I also have Calvert-Lewin who, considering his 40% ownership, is must-own for me if he plays twice. So that’s 4 double players already and 2 remaining FTs to best maximise the opportunity.

It seems Chilwell is out of favour, so he’s an obvious swap for a defender who plays twice. Digne or Mee are probably the best options, with Mee is far friendlier on the wallet. I’ll need that cash if I don’t Wildcard in DGW25 as I’ll want to bring in Ings for his double.

Of course, whether I Wildcard in DGW25 or not ultimately depends on how DGW26 ends up looking, and that’s information I don’t have yet…

Transfer

It’s probably best for me to roll my transfer this week. However, I’m in an odd situation where despite it being difficult to decide who deserves to be benched, I could easily end up fielding 10 men if the cards fall badly for me. With Chilwell probably out, 3 unpredictable City assets, and a fragile Antonio facing his third match in a week, this could easily turn into a horror show. And those are just the known issues…

As it stands, I’m happy with the risk and rolling the transfer, but if I get spooked I may sacrifice my flexibility next week for extra protection now and switch Chilwell to Mee early.

Bench

As mentioned above, there’s no obvious bench this week. My better players are against tougher opposition while my weaker/more doubtful assets have the favourable fixtures. I’ve done lots of mulling, but here’s where I’ve landed….

• I’ll have Chilwell on the pitch just in case he starts against Sheffield.

• First bench position is between Gundogan and Calvert-Lewin. It’s close, but Gundogan is on pens so I’ll likely play him and bench DCL.

• Despite what happened against Brighton, I’m not fully comfortable with double defence against Liverpool, so Cancelo is second on the bench. With Chilwell likely to miss out, he’ll probably come in anyway if he gets minutes.

• Coufal will be in last position.

• Martinez has the tougher fixture, but he’s performed so well I can’t bench him. McCarthy just let in 9 so he stays on the bench.

Captain

Yet another difficult decision. Son seemed the obvious choice until his poor performance this week. Will Kane be back? Who knows? Right now I’m favouring Bruno, but it could be either.

Transfer summary:  Carrying over a free transfer

Here’s the team assuming no transfer is made:

Yaniv Salomon

Yaniv finished with an overall rank of 3k last season and 4k in 18/19 and 8k in 17/18

GW22 points:  77  (FPL average 57) Total points: 1,402, Overall Rank: 42k, red arrow 1k,  Team Value: £106.2m

Yaniv has used his Free Hit Chip and Triple Captain Chip 

Follow Yaniv on twitter here

Yaniv is one of the 10 top managers I follow who have finished the last 3 seasons in the top 10k overall rank

GW23 The team, Chilwell out and Mee in (especially for the DGW24)

Differential captain pick Antonio!! Good luck all !!

Transfer summary:  Chilwell out and Mee in

Here’s the team with the transfer made

Alex Ball

Alex’s last 6 seasons overall rank were 312k, 523k, 17k, 10k, 28k and 3k

GW22 points:  92  (FPL average 57) Total points: 1,414, Overall Rank: 27k, green arrow 20k,  Team Value: £103.9m

Alex has used his Free Hit Chip and Bench Boost Chip 

Follow Alex on twitter here

An unexpectedly great weekly 92! Up to 27k

All my players returned (except my captain!!) which was a pain but I can’t complain.

This week is really tough, 2 frees and I’d like Son ideally  but can’t justify selling any of my mids especially after Sons performance v Chelsea.

So I’m pretty set now on McCarthy to Pope and swerving Son.

Good luck everyone.

transfer summary:  McCarthy out to Pope in likely

Here’s the team prior to any transfer being made

Sergio Torija

Sergio’s last 4 seasons were 2k, 596k, 17k and 21k

GW22 points:  81  (FPL average 57) Total points: 1,242, Overall Rank: 1,239k, green arrow 170k,  Team Value: £102.5m

Sergio has used his Triple Captain Chip

I had a small green last week. Have 2 frees this week and will be wildcarding in GW25 for BB GW26. Brewster will become Bamford this week. Might do a second move or not.  Was pretty settled on doing Mahrez to Son, but I was put off yesterday. Next week will definitely do Johnstone to Pope.

Transfer summary:  Brewster out to Bamford in.  Bamford captain

Here’s the team prior to any transfer being made.  Brewster will be Bamford

FFGeek Contributors League

The highlighted FFGeek contributors combined team finished with an overall rank of 52k last season is going ok in 2nd place with total points of 1,428 and an overall rank of 15k. You can follow that team, including live transfers, on our subscription Patreon site.

You can also follow Joe’s  transfer planner team which finished with an overall rank of 32k last season currently in 19th place with total points of 1,306 and an overall rank of, 489k.

There’s loads of other features on the Patreon site that you can read about at the top of this page

Other Posts

Following the teams of 10 top FPL managers

The FFGeek GW23 Podcast

DGW24 and DGW25 announced

The FFGeek Captain and transfer polls

FFGeek Contributors teams Part 1

FFGeek Contributors teams Part 2

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