2021-22 Double and Blank GW Discussion

More fixtures added to GWs 28 and 29 today. What are people thinking in terms of chip strategy? Seems to be difficult this season, with the extra FH in play also.

Same boat here. Bench boost, wildcard and 2x FH left. Have 11 for next week as it is but doubts over some of them starting (Livramento, Edouard, Maddison) so may just play one of the FHs for the craic.

Just looking at the GW30 / FA Cup 5th round draw. What other games do we think will become fixtures set for GW30, as currently there are only 3 fixtures locked in that week.

I have bolded the teams that I would expect to progress. Some ties are a bit too closet to call.

Peterborough vs Man City

Luton Town vs Chelsea

Liverpool vs Norwich City

Middlesbrough vs Spurs

Southampton vs West Ham

Crystal Palace vs Stoke City

Everton vs Boreham

As a result, the following GW30 games would all need to be moved

Man City v Brighton

Norwich v Chelsea

Liverpool v Man Utd

Spurs v West Ham

Watford v Everton

There are only 2 other GW30 fixtures remaining that could be played, and they depend on whether Palace can beat Stoke & the Southampton v West Ham game. I think the Burnley v Southampton game could be the 4th fixture to go ahead in GW30

Newcastle v Crystal Palace

Burnley v Southampton

We actually could only have just the 3 fixtures that week, unless they move some rescheduled games into the GW also. Is there space for rescheduled games in that GW?

Thinking Sancho, but only on the FH.

What teams are the best to target if wildcarding this week?

Considering using BB in GW 29 and possibly hoping to avoid using a FH in GW 30.

A lot to unpack there I know 😊....have been trying to put together a DGW planner spreadsheet but it's caused more confusion if anything 😂

Spurs out so if wham lose then spurs wham can go ahead in gw30

I've cobbled together a transfer planner for the next 3 weeks (I haven't looked into fixtures beyond GW 30).....hopefully someone might find it useful (and hopefully I've got the fixtures right....it's based on the assumption that Everton win tonight).

The Venn diagram in the other thread is probably a good visual aid with this

I think coming to terms with a hit a GW will solve many headaches. Especially if it allows a decent BB and enough players in GW30.

Just saw this predicted fixtures table below and am regretting using the bench boost chip this week already. 36 is a massive DGW with every team doubling, could have had 8 fixtures on the bench boost there rather than the 5 Ive got this week, oh well

Of note below is that both Chelsea and Leicester are predicted to have a double double across 36 and 37. Burnley have another double double across 32 and 33 but after many got burnt by their last double double very few will go all in on them. Having 3 Chelsea and at least 2 Leicester across 36 and 37 would seem like a good strategy, especially if Chelsea still need to wrap up top 4

Ive just got Rudiger but James looks essential now for their easier run of fixtures. I keep missing out on his mega hauls, think thats the third one now where I havent owned him

Having a quick look at the next DGW / BGWs down the line, with one eye on when to play the TC also.

I missed out on the big Salah haul the last time around, and I'm not sure he will replicate it again. There is a possibility, but I'm not sure it happens, especially with both games being away feom home.

But that also leads me down the path of, is Salah a good player to own for the weeks GW29-GW34?

Assuming Liverpool beat Huddersfield or Forest in the cup, his fixtures currently look like this;

29: Brighton (a) & Arsenal (a)

30:

31: Watford (h)

32: Man City (a)

33:

34: Everton (h)

That Watford game in 31 is also an early kick off just 4 days after 2 WCQ matches for Egypt against Senegal in an international break. Potentially 1 start in 4 GWs, and that is Man City away.

I wonder is a switch to Kane a better option for those weeks, as he plays;

29: Man Utd (a) & Brighton (a)

30: West Ham (h)

31: Newcastle (h)

32: Aston Villa (a)

33: Brighton (h)

34: Brentford (a)

2 extra fixtures in the same time frame for a start (assuming FA Cup goes as expected.

That's the worry alright. Does the blank before hand negate this, coupled with a probable blank also? You could have someone ticking alone for a few GWs and they end up scoring more over the 4 GWs combined. He might not start Watford. Liverpool should have enough to win without him and Firmino is back fit now too.

Otherwise I would be buying Salah in 29 blanking 30, captain 31, playing 32, blank 34

I have also just realised that the CL 1/4 will be the midweek after that Watford game. If Liverpool get there, which we will know more about tomorrow night.

I do like your thinking of having Diaz/Jota as cover in instead. It would take 3/4 transfers to be able to work it but it's doable. I want to move around funds to move away from 3 playing subs after the BB anyways and there is an opportunity to move funds from Denis, Salah & Coutinho to a Kane, Jota & someone like a Ramsey or Gordon and still have some extra money ITB.