General chat 22/23

Yeah I was reading early on that it wouldn't be the government's decision that would be final. They kind of had no choice but to cancel because potential backlash would be huge.

I say the PL and EFL just didn't want to deal with the backlash.

But now you'd imagine next weekends games (GW8) are in danger also? Funeral giving the timelines is going to be Sunday or Monday week On a weekend where the nation will be "mourning" and Monday a "bank holiday" will they play games, especially around London where there could be major issues. And then you've to factor in policing etc.

I'd rather they came out and said it now and not leave us playing a guessing game.

The protocol is 10 days of mourning before the funeral. So at that timescale, they won't play next week.

Might have made more sense to play this weekend's games.

What does it mean for FPL transfers tho? tehre's still a gameweek due to start at 11am tomorrow, does that mean anyone who doesn't make a transfer will have 2 FT's next week yeah? And anyone on a wildcard etc will have to have it locked in by 11am tomorrow anyway

That sounds like it could be the case unless something extraordinary happens.

Likewise with anyone taking hits, they'll just have lost 4 points.

So what your saying is - due to the players who took hits and will therefore score -4, -8 , -12 etc, I can expect a green arrow this weekend. Nice one Lizzie.

Yeah, definitely can't see an way Spurs v Leicester, Brentford v Arsenal or Chelsea v Liverpool go ahead.

From the site...

Given all fixtures have been postponed for Gameweek 7, managers will earn zero points for their players. For managers who took a points hit for additional transfers, their Gameweek scores will reflect the points they lost. 

What about Head-to-Head leagues?

In Head-to-Head league matches in Fantasy, if neither manager made transfers incurring points deductions that Gameweek, then the matches will be drawn and managers will earn one point each.

What about FPL Draft?

As there are no points deductions for transfers, all matches in Classic and Head-to-Head leagues will be drawn.

What about transfers, Wildcards and chips?

Please note that managers can cancel any Triple Captain or Bench Boost chip they have played ahead of the Gameweek 7 deadline. This deadline 11:00 BST Saturday 10 September.

Managers who have played their Free Hit chips won't be able to cancel them but they will be automatically reinstated after the Gameweek 7 deadline.

Any Triple Captain and Bench Boost chips played in Gameweek 7 will also be reinstated after the deadline.

Wildcards will roll over into the next Gameweek.

What happens to the postponed fixtures? 

The postponed fixtures will be allocated to another date or dates. Points scored in these fixtures will apply to the Gameweek in which the fixtures are played and not to Gameweek 7.

What happens next?

The Premier League will provide further updates during the period of mourning when appropriate.

A key line;

'Wildcards will roll over into the next Gameweek.'

So if you have an active WC, you can tinker with it up until the next GW8 deadline I take it? That's fair as a good few activated WC on the back of the Brighton v Palace cancelation. But also you could hit the WC now and you've a heap of time to play around with your team / price changes if GW8 is also cancelled, GW9 will be the next actual GW.

GW9 is the aim now overall you have to feel.

Just realised that if next weekend is cancel (GW8), we have no football until the start of October (GW9)due to the internationals. Sweet Jesus.

Correct.

I was bit behind news when I posted that, so those with hits could potential just play their FH assuming they still have it - but then the transfer they made would be essentially reversed...