There's no right or wrong way to approach the upcoming gameweeks. It all depends on the composition of your team and when you think it's best to use your chips.
Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham and Luton have no Premier League games this weekend, meaning they could be without their full starting eleven for Game 26.
There are currently eight goalkeepers and outfield players available, but one of them is Pervis Estupinan, who appears to have lost his starting spot at Brighton.
However, my plan is to use one free transfer or perhaps get a 4 point hit on the second transfer to get a full 11 instead of playing free hit chips or using wildcards. All you have to do is aim for the out.
I would like to keep two Tottenham players, Pedro Polo and Richarlison. They are guaranteed a place in the 29th leg of the FA Cup quarter-finals, when many teams will be absent.
However, we feel the time has come to move Darwin Nuñez. Because I'm rooting for Liverpool to beat Southampton in the FA Cup. This means that Liverpool will be one of the teams to be blanked on Round 29, and will also have a tough match against Manchester City on Round 28. .
Diogo Jota is also clearly on sale this week given his injuries.
Like I said, there's a lot of different ways to play this, and you've got Virgil van Dijk, Luis Dias, Codi Gakpo, and you've got Cole Palmer, Alfie Doughty, and a few Tottenham players. If you feel free hits are best this week, choose the option to keep them in weeks 27 and 28. By then, we'll also have all the information on which teams will definitely be playing in Week 29.
Free Hit will definitely be a popular chip in the Week 29 game. Another option is to play wildcards this week or next and plan how to get through it all.
On this week's Fantasy 606 Podcast, I suggested the following possible Wild Card teams for Gameweek 26:
goalkeeper – Alphonse Arreola, Neto
defender – Gabriel, Pedro Polo/Destiny Udoghi, Pau Torres, Alfie Doty, Marcos Senesi
midfielder – Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard, Son Heung-min, Hwang Hee-chan/Pedro Neto, Douglas Luiz
forward – Erling Haaland, Ollie Watkins, Dominic Solanke
The plan is to not make any transfers in Game 27, replace Haaland with either Elijah Adebayo or Carlton Morris in Game 28 as Luton's double, and replace Haaland with another Tottenham midfielder in Game 29. They would take the risk of bringing in Ivan Toney.
This would be enough to cover a Bournemouth-Luton double in 2028, and at least eight starters guaranteed in 2029, plus Doughty and Adebayo if Luton and Nottingham Forest are eliminated from the FA Cup. Several participants are guaranteed.
After the 30th game, we need to think about how to get Haaland back into the team, and perhaps Mohamed Salah as well. I also think it would be better to introduce the wild card in Gameweek 27 when the result of the FA Cup 5th round draw is known, but if you want to jump into the field or are just in the mood, you should consider this week. be. I was completely stuck.
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If you want to support the match against Haaland, there are some attractive options. In particular, Wolves, who have conceded 65 goals in 25 Premier League games this season, will have either Pedro Neto or Hwang Hee-chan in their home match against Sheffield United.
I also liked the look of Ollie Watkins in Aston Villa's home game against Nottingham Forest, and the Arsenal attacker as he looks to continue his free-scoring league form against Newcastle on Saturday night.
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There's a temptation to add Neto or Juan to the team this week, but even that won't help in the long run. Because the Wolves will likely be blank in Game 29.
However, the potential short-term gains from games against Sheffield United, Newcastle and Fulham could outweigh this, and if we already know we will be using the free-hit chip in the 29th game, it could be a problem. there is no.
If you don't want to spend your free hit chips in Gameweek 29, Aston Villa's players are the ones to target this week. Ollie Watkins is the obvious choice, but in defense and midfield it will depend on the appetite for risk.
Pau Torres appears to be the safest pick from a field time standpoint, although Alex Moreno is likely to provide an offensive return. The problem is that Lucas Digne is fit again and could compete for that left-back spot.
Similarly, in midfield, we know that Douglas Luiz will start every game if he is fit and will also take penalties. That is why he is in the top 10 of this season's highest scoring midfielders, but Leon Bailey is playing in a more attacking role and is more likely. Score a goal from open play.
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Back to the Wolves story. As of this writing, Pedro Neto and Hwang Hee-chan both have less than 5% ownership, so there is no need to look further.
This week's gamble
Play the wild card. I prefer to get some points in transfers and save chips for the run-in to get through the next 4 gameweeks, but as I said at the beginning, this game has a lot of variety to play. There are many ways, more than half of them. There are a million managers playing better than me at this point.
