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Now I understand why there has been so little transfers this GW. Judging by the percentage of people that missed deadline here and we are playing for money, no wonder others forgot about it as well Smiley


How is it possible that Fulham scores 3 goals and both Mitrović and Pereira get 0 attacking returns? Pereira had a great free kick but Henderson decided to keep that one out.
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missing deadlines, eh? happened to me once this season, same as you guys i went to do something else and by the time i realized i fcked up, there was no time to make changes. Been picking my team a day prior ever since

anyway, literally me after not jumping on the Mitrovic FPL bandwagon:


700k+ users with the Mitro blank special 😂

Kane and G.Jesus brothers, it's our time 🙏

The only thing that can savage my week right would be a cleansheet from Tottenham, with both Perisic and Emerson Royal playing a vital part, I really could use Kane and Son probably going blank too at this point, I really just don't want the effect of mistake cost way to much points, lol.

I didn't see the Fulham game but upon checking the score line and seeing Fulham with 3 goals, I thought Mitrovic would be having a feast, not knowing it was some Salah-esque from Liverpool vs Bournemouth.  Cheesy
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missing deadlines, eh? happened to me once this season, same as you guys i went to do something else and by the time i realized i fcked up, there was no time to make changes. Been picking my team a day prior ever since

anyway, literally me after not jumping on the Mitrovic FPL bandwagon:


700k+ users with the Mitro blank special 😂

Kane and G.Jesus brothers, it's our time 🙏
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You guys might want to guess who just took a nap too long ? Yes, That's me!

I literally missed the deadline because I had to take and unintended nap, I was already in on my transfers very early today, but I decided to wait a few hours more to get more updates about the teams playing over the weekend.. Salah for Paqueta and Greenwood for Kane was supposed to be play, while I wait for the next 2 game weeks before playing my wildcard, but with another wasted transfer and points lost, I might just pull the trigger next game week 😞

haha, I thought I was alone, I had two free transfers and didn't do anything with either of them, and I'm going into the GW with two injured players, I was about to do it yesterday but something else took my attention and I was at home today taking a deep nag too after being away from home for days, I missed the deadline and was lucky to have put up my prediction in the EPL pool without any analysis because I was lucky to play it 20 minutes before kickoff. I'm not expecting much good because I've already messed things up.
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You guys might want to guess who just took a nap too long ? Yes, That's me!

I literally missed the deadline because I had to take and unintended nap, I was already in on my transfers very early today, but I decided to wait a few hours more to get more updates about the teams playing over the weekend.. Salah for Paqueta and Greenwood for Kane was supposed to be play, while I wait for the next 2 game weeks before playing my wildcard, but with another wasted transfer and points lost, I might just pull the trigger next game week 😞
Though, especially after Kane hauls 30 points against Leicester. He is the player I and most afraid will ruin my game week this match day. As I was already saying Kane has incredible stats against Leicester and that is from time when Leicester still knew how to defend. I picked Son this week just to try and cover for Kane and target that Leicester but I already know that move will backfire Smiley
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You guys might want to guess who just took a nap too long ? Yes, That's me!

I literally missed the deadline because I had to take and unintended nap, I was already in on my transfers very early today, but I decided to wait a few hours more to get more updates about the teams playing over the weekend.. Salah for Paqueta and Greenwood for Kane was supposed to be play, while I wait for the next 2 game weeks before playing my wildcard, but with another wasted transfer and points lost, I might just pull the trigger next game week 😞
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-4 is nothing for this GW, I am on -12 at the moment Smiley Yes it is a big hit but you can look at it this way: any playing asset you bring to change asset whose game is postponed will get you at least 2 points, meaning you are actually paying -2 instead of -4 and it could work even much better. As long as you are bringing players that are good for your team in a long run I wouldn't worry about some minuses this week.
fair enough. This might be the right moment to get rid of Koulibaly and replace him with someone else for the long-term. I'm also considering replacing TAA, he's having a really bad season and Liverpool's fixture after the break is... tough: Brighton, Arsenal, road trip to Glasgow in the CL, and then Man City.

Trippier looks like a great option, winnable game this weekend and also after the break
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Did you guys notice how low transfer numbers we have this week? I expected them to be trough the roof with fixture swing and postponements. Hell I made more transfers this week than in first 7 game weeks.

Only explanation I can think of, is that a lot of casual players gave up as soon as we got a bit of situation to navigate. Should make for much more realistic price changes in the future.

I have think it through, and left some players that are not playing this week in my roster
yeah, could influence this week, but in the long run, several good teams are not playing, and I would have to bring in Liverpool players later on, because I had to left them for some low level team player

left out Haaland as well, Wolves are hardly a team for hattrick
Newcastle is a good pick, brought in Pope, should be clean sheet this week and easier schedule in weeks to come
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You can use the planning tool without registering, simply enter your public fpl id and you're good to go...
Thanks for sharing.

Did you guys notice how low transfer numbers we have this week? I expected them to be trough the roof with fixture swing and postponements. Hell I made more transfers this week than in first 7 game weeks.

Only explanation I can think of, is that a lot of casual players gave up as soon as we got a bit of situation to navigate. Should make for much more realistic price changes in the future.
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After a lot of thinkering all week and weighing a few different options, i can say i'm finally ready with my lineup for GW8 through GW14.  Lol yes, that's six seven gameweeks in advance planning. I mean i can always change things if needed, but it's a vision of where i want to go, which players to bring in/out, and when. With all of the postponements, fixture swings, and whatnot, you have to plan ahead... it's a must imo.

Having said that, the official fpl website does not provide any tools for planning future transfers for multiple GWs in advance.

https://fpl.team/planning-ahead

I've been using the above website for over a year now. It's ideal for making changes and/or comparing different teams. I'm not affiliated with the website, and of course, there are other options available out there, i thought it could be useful for some, especially now.

You can use the planning tool without registering, simply enter your public fpl id and you're good to go...
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For instance Newcastle players should be great going forward and I wouldn't mind paying -8 to get someone like Trippier to my team while removing for instance Brighton players who are without the game, without the manager and have hellish fixtures schedule.

Yeah he is great and I got him already.

Anyway its suck for me because I miscalculated my players from Chelsea and Liverpool. Ended up having 5 of them in total, so I needed another -4 transfer to get another players otherwise Im screwed. Im still left with two of them on the pitch lol I guess Im playing with 2 non functioning players with -4 points for the week huh
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Anyway after careful thought about the postponed games, I think that defenders from the postponed games wont matter that much in term of points though. Its kinda like hit or miss for defenders as its either they get decent points or 1-2 points max on average so I think if it is defenders then leaving some out of the equation for the week isnt going to matter that much
Well, as someone who can't use the Wildcard anymore, I'll probably have to do this. I have three players (all defenders) that won't play in this GW but only two Free Transfers available, and i'd rather save the Free Hit for the postponed Arsenal - Man City in GW12... I could also transfer in a new player to get rid of the third blank in this GW but it'll cost me -4 pts 🤔 Man, this is getting a little tiresome :/
-4 is nothing for this GW, I am on -12 at the moment Smiley Yes it is a big hit but you can look at it this way: any playing asset you bring to change asset whose game is postponed will get you at least 2 points, meaning you are actually paying -2 instead of -4 and it could work even much better. As long as you are bringing players that are good for your team in a long run I wouldn't worry about some minuses this week. For instance Newcastle players should be great going forward and I wouldn't mind paying -8 to get someone like Trippier to my team while removing for instance Brighton players who are without the game, without the manager and have hellish fixtures schedule.
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Anyway after careful thought about the postponed games, I think that defenders from the postponed games wont matter that much in term of points though. Its kinda like hit or miss for defenders as its either they get decent points or 1-2 points max on average so I think if it is defenders then leaving some out of the equation for the week isnt going to matter that much
Well, as someone who can't use the Wildcard anymore, I'll probably have to do this. I have three players (all defenders) that won't play in this GW but only two Free Transfers available, and i'd rather save the Free Hit for the postponed Arsenal - Man City in GW12... I could also transfer in a new player to get rid of the third blank in this GW but it'll cost me -4 pts 🤔 Man, this is getting a little tiresome :/
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Hey, my name is idiot and I used my wildcard three weeks ago. Now I need to make 4 transfers to bring my team to life).

on GW5? Hah, I used mine on GW2 ! lol

Anyway after careful thought about the postponed games, I think that defenders from the postponed games wont matter that much in term of points though. Its kinda like hit or miss for defenders as its either they get decent points or 1-2 points max on average so I think if it is defenders then leaving some out of the equation for the week isnt going to matter that much
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you have free-hit as well, don't you?
it would not be easy to navigate through all these postponements, and probably some players will be left in the team, no matter teams not playing that week, that could not be changed

Salah is getting out, and that is probably for good (would not do that without Liverpool postponement this week, so maybe this turn out to be good after all)
I used it at week 5 (when Firmino scored 22 points) / Correct me if I'm wrong... isn't Salah under contract until 2023?
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Hey, my name is idiot and I used my wildcard three weeks ago. Now I need to make 4 transfers to bring my team to life).

you have free-hit as well, don't you?
it would not be easy to navigate through all these postponements, and probably some players will be left in the team, no matter teams not playing that week, that could not be changed

Salah is getting out, and that is probably for good (would not do that without Liverpool postponement this week, so maybe this turn out to be good after all)
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If you think you figured out how to navigate through the recent postponements (whether with hits or wildcards), well...think again:

source: https://twitter.com/SkySportsNews/status/1569979892434931712
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Arsenal's Europa League tie against PSV has been moved to October 20.

The Premier League have postponed Arsenal v Manchester City which was due to be played on October 19.

Arsenal and City were set to meet in GW12, and given how popular their players have been thus far, i'm pretty positive most people currently have 5 or 6 players in their squads. It's gonna be a major hurdle to deal with consecutive blanks of this magnitude.

Prayers and thoughts to those who already used their first wildcard... Grin

Now that makes our first list of double game weeks..

It gets no worse than this, I'd say. Now that's another headache to navigate through, but at least this time it's better with 4 weeks prior notice, unlike the sudden ones for last and this game week.

I only have 4 players from both teams combined, so I'm not so bothered. I can make two transfers and bring in another two from the my bench.
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Prayers and thoughts to those who already used their first wildcard... Grin
Hey, my name is idiot and I used my wildcard three weeks ago. Now I need to make 4 transfers to bring my team to life).
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If you think you figured out how to navigate through the recent postponements (whether with hits or wildcards), well...think again:

source: https://twitter.com/SkySportsNews/status/1569979892434931712
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Arsenal's Europa League tie against PSV has been moved to October 20.

The Premier League have postponed Arsenal v Manchester City which was due to be played on October 19.

Arsenal and City were set to meet in GW12, and given how popular their players have been thus far, i'm pretty positive most people currently have 5 or 6 players in their squads. It's gonna be a major hurdle to deal with consecutive blanks of this magnitude.

Prayers and thoughts to those who already used their first wildcard... Grin
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 you'll currently have 2 two free transfer for the next game week (9), and the week after that (10) you'll have another one with which you can still rotate your team to get very close to your initial plan without taken any point loss from this coming game week with the players with postponed fixtures and you'd still end up with the team you wanted for your wildcard initially.

Yeah I kinda forgot that I have another free transfer this week so that would be 3 players out of the equation for the GW so yeah I guess I'll hold up the wildcard chip for now. I'll probably decide on which players to swap out with on Thursday as we could be getting another game postponed which I hope dont happen otherwise its sucks

I'll add my opinion to the mix as well. For me it comes down to the math, if you have wildcard and have to go more than -4 this week to get 11 starting players use it.

Gotcha, I guess I could bear with -4 points for another transfer as well so that will put only 1 player out of the equation. Thats an option as well
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