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FPLH Picks & Their Parameters

As you all know by now, each FPLH writer has a GW pick that is promoted on Twitter and/or on this blog prior to each Gameweek.  I am responsible for #HotPick, #Punt and #Reject.  Matej picks #CalledIt, Walt picks #JackInTheBox and Fly picks #FlyBuy.  The parameters are outlined below.

#HotPick:

Parameters: 

None (but primarily a midfielder or forward)

Definition: 

A player that I think will be score or assist during the Gameweek.
In the event that the #HotPick is a GK or DEF we would hope for a clean sheet.

Minimum Targeted Success Rate: 

70%

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#Punt:

Parameters:

Not from a Top 3 team.
Primarily a midfielder or forward.

Ideally a player with less than 10% ownership.

The player can be re-used as a #Punt later in the season.

Definition:

A player that I think is under-rated but could score or assist during the Gameweek.
In the event that the #Punt is a GK or DEF we would hope for a clean sheet.

Minimum Targeted Success Rate: 

60%

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#Reject:

Parameters:

None

Definition:

One to avoid. A player that I think will bag less than 3 points during the Gameweek.

Minimum Targeted Success Rate: 

90%

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#CalledIt:

Parameters:

Primarily a midfielder or forward.
A player that is owned by 5% or less.

Can be selected from any Premier League team.

The player can be re-used as a #CalledIt later in the season.

Definition:

Effectively a differential player that could score or assist during the Gameweek.
In the event that the #CalledIt is a GK or DEF, we would hope for a clean sheet.

Minimum Targeted Success Rate: 

50%

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#JackInTheBox:

Parameters:

A player that is owned by 5% or less.

Only selected from a bottom 8 Premier League team.

The player can be re-used as a #JackInTheBox later in the season.

Definition:

Trickiest pick with difficult parameters.  Someone who can potentially surprise.

Minimum Targeted Success Rate: 

25%

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#FlyBuy:

Parameters:

A player that is owned by more than 3% but less than 25%.

Only selected from a 5th-15th placed Premier League team.

The player can be re-used as a #FlyBuy later in the season.

Definition:

Not a differential & not an obvious pick.  An average player that can potentially "fly".

Minimum Targeted Success Rate: 

40%

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FPL Hints - Gameweek 10

Disclaimer: *FPLH reserves the right to change this team at any time. Any changes made will most likely be confirmed on FPLH's Twitter account.

Transfers: 

Gayle & Y. Toure  OUT / Aguero & R. Morrison IN (-4 Hit)

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Unfortunately my choice of Townsend as captain didn't pay off last week, but that didn't prevent me from rising up the rankings and posting a satisfactory score.  It wasn't a good weekend for midfielders and if you didn't have Suarez you missed out!

For GW10, I decided to make Aguero my number one transfer target.  Mainly because he is on form, has good upcoming fixtures and is City's main goal threat.  I had to sell Y. Toure to accommodate him, which is fine, as the Ivorian hasn't been as attacking with the return of Silva.  

I had £5.8M to spend on a midfield replacement at the start of the week, but due to the rapid rise of Aguero's price, my budget truncated to £5.6M.  This made De Guzman out of reach, but I wasn't too keen on him anyway.  I was very tempted to buy Arnautovic but his fitness and off-field issues were a concern.  Ravel Morrison was the stand out midfielder with my budget due to his flair and potential.  Moreover, he leaves with me £1.0M in the bank.  The resulting transfer changes have left me with a talented and youthful midfield to complement my strikers.

My captain for this Gameweek 10 is Aguero (a no brainer).  My vice-captain is Ozil.

GW Reject:

RUDDY (NOR)

GW Punt:

MORRISON (WHA)

GW Hot Pick:

AGUERO (MNC)

The origin of Aguero's nickname?

Why?

He has good upcoming PL fixtures.

Least likely to be rotated from all of City's strikers.

Has scored 42 PL goals in 72 games which makes him stand out.

FPLH's GW Star Picks:

Boruc

Baines

C. Davies

Evra

Hazard

R. Morrison

Silva

Ozil

Suarez

Aguero (c)

Rooney

Subs:

Pantilimon

Reid

Michu

Ridgewell

FPLH's Projected GW Results:

FPL Hints - Gameweek 9

Disclaimer: *FPLH reserves the right to change this team at any time. Any changes made will most likely be confirmed on FPLH's Twitter account.

Transfers*: J Morrison OUT / A Townsend IN

One transfer? But doesn't my team look a bit different? The sharp-eyed among you will know of my last minute panic transfer* last Saturday. After reading of reports that Van Persie was a significant doubt, I sold him for Rooney and changed my captain to Suarez at 11.28am BST.  Ironically, Van Persie did play after all, yet I bagged more points with Suarez as captain, Rooney rewarded me with an assist and as a result of the transfer I have £3.0M in the bank!

For this GW, I was tempted to use my spare change to make a decent acquisition.  I didn't want to modify my team too much due to their decent fixtures as a whole.  But I did want to offload someone with lack of game time and dipping value.  I offloaded J Morrison after his failure to squeeze into WBA's new look midfield.  I should have sold him sooner as I lost £0.3M on him.  Lallana tempted me as a replacement, but I didn't want to eat too much into my spare funds.  Fortunately, there was a player with the same price as Morrison + form on his side - Andros Townsend.  He is now a mainstay flank player for Spurs, can use both feet and has some good upcoming fixtures against teams that have conceded more than a goal a game as follows:

GW 09 Hull (H)

GW 10 Everton (A)

GW 11 Newcastle (H)

Townsend has a decent EA Sports PPI rank and finally scored his maiden goal for Spurs last week.  He was rested midweek for Spurs' Europa League tie.  His offensive attributes are such that I have decided to captain him against a Hull team that have conceded 8 goals in their last 4 PL away games.  Such stats and my bullish instincts encouraged me to captain him.  This is despite the fact that I have other captain candidates via Ozil (my VC), Rooney and Suarez.  However, Ozil and Rooney played in Europe midweek, where as Suarez is playing a WBA team that have only conceded 6 goals in 8 PL games.

GW Reject:

SPERONI (CRY)

GW Punt:

LALLANA (SOU)

GW Hot Pick:

TOWNSEND (TOT)

Why?

At £5.7M, Townsend is value for money.

Overall 10th best EA SPORTS PPI rated midfielder.

A flair player that can score & also create chances.

FPLH's GW Star Picks:

Lloris

Dawson

Johnson

Evra

Townsend (c)

Lallana

Barkley

Ozil

Rooney

Suarez

Giroud

Subs:

Vorm

Michu

B. Davies

Clyne

FPLH's Projected GW Results:

FPL Hints - Gameweek 8

Disclaimer: *FPLH reserves the right to change this team at any time. Any changes made will most likely be confirmed on FPLH's Twitter account.

Transfers: None

The group stages of the qualifiers are over and England are joining the samba party in Brazil!  They came back from the brink and played their A-game.  England last qualified unbeaten for a World Cup under Bobby Robson.  Let's hope they maintain momentum with their new "more flair/no fear" policy.  Qualification is fantastic news for FPL gamers, as English players will try and enhance their own performances in the PL so that they are considered for selection.

Enough of the World Cup for now and back to PL...  As you can see I have made no transfers this GW.  This is significant as I have taken -4 hits since August in almost every GW up to now.  The decision to not make any transfers required patience on my part.  Having said that 8/11 of my first XI are playing at home with decent fixtures.  I didn't wish to take another -4 hit but was looking to do a simple in-out transfer.  I wanted Lukaku put couldn't fit him in.  Distin for K. Toure was an option, but Distin's lack of attacking threat was a concern.  Januzaj for Morrison was also another possibility, but I want to see the young winger prove himself a bit more first.  In the end I decided that I should hold the trigger for this GW.

I had a good think about RVP.  I was tempted to sell him, but he is the kind of player who doesn't tend to suffer from long-term bad form.  With 2 decent home fixtures it made sense to keep him.  I will start with Ozil, even though he is a doubt.  Had he been 100% fit I may have even captained him.  But in the end I decided to take a chance on RVP with the arm band.  It won't be easy for United to score 2+ goals at OT against Southampton especially considering their decent defensive record this season (5/7 clean sheets).  But this won't put me off from captaining RVP.  On a side note, my vice-captain is Barkley due to Everton's good home record and Hull's poor away record.

GW Reject:

MCGREGOR (HUL)

GW Punt:

GAYLE (CRY)

GW Hot Pick:

VAN PERSIE (MNU)

Why?

Doesn't suffer from long-term "bad" form.

56 PL goals / 28 assists since August 2011.

RVP has pedigree & is due a goal or two in the PL.

FPLH's GW Star Picks:

Cech

Vidic

Gibbs

Baines

Y. Toure

Barkley

Oscar

Ozil

Suarez

Van Persie (c)

Lukaku

Subs:

Vorm

Ramsey

Terry

B. Davies

FPLH's Projected GW Results:

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