Monday, 6 June 2016

FPLH's Performance and Review 2015/2016

FPLH Blog Team's Overall Rank:

 261,424th out of 3,734,001 (Top 7.00% of FPL Gamers)
-6% OR Fall
Last year I was ranked in the Top 1% of FPL Gamers

 Green Arrows:

 19*

(*9 in the first half of the season and 10 in the second half)

 Domestic Standings:

FPLH League: 1,545th
Last year I finished 279th.

Team’s value after GW 38:

 £104.4M
Last year the team value after GW 38 was £103.4M

 Average GW score over 38 weeks:

 54.95 from 2088 points
Last year it was 55.87

 Season's GW Points Tally (excl. transfer costs):

 21-30 points: 2
31-40 points: 3
41-50 points: 16
51-60 points: 6
61-70 points: 1
71-80 points: 6
81 points +: 4

 FPLH's Highest score, excl. transfer costs:

 136  in DGW34
Last year it was 95 in DGW35

 FPLH's lowest score, excl. transfer costs:

 25 (GW1)
Last year it was 29 in GW 27.

 Transfers made:

 51
Last year it was47

 Lost points through extra transfers:

 64 points
Last year it was 52

HIGHS:

Being part of the inaugural Team GB & Friends Ryder Cup team - Shared Winners (19-19).
Finishing 56th in Play Togga's Perfect XI.
Scoring two 100+ scores (missed out on a 3rd ton by 3pts in GW8).
Rising almost 1,000,000 places in the last 13 Gameweeks (but alas, left it too late).

LOWS:

 Lowest OR finish since 2007/2008.
Falling outside the Top 1% (Final OR) after 4 consecutive seasons.
Not winning any of my mini-leagues.
Poor start (35pts / red arrow) and poor finish (35pts / red arrow).


SUMMARY

"Form is key, class doesn't matter" was the literal embodiment of the 2015/2016 Premier League season.  Unfortunately, I didn’t realise this until it was too late.  This was my toughest season to date. In many respects it was stop-start to say the least, one step forward two steps back.   I finished with my worst overall ranking in 8 years and least successful since my debut season.  Four consecutive Top 1% finishes (2012-2015) were blown out of the water by a final rank of 261, 424 which just about mustered a Top 7% finish. Such a finish was unacceptable in relation to my past ranks and pre-season expectations.  To understand how I reached this nadir I need to look back at the 38 Gameweeks which formed my final rank.

Glancing retrospectively at my Gamweek 1 team I was naïve in my thinking. I thought the proven likes of Rooney (with no rivals upfront) and Premier League winning Hazard (& Ivanovic) were musts. Sterling didn’t live up to his price tag and I relied on a 3-5-2 formation which over the course of the season haemorrhaged points from my team as shown in the stats. The team represented so-called class over rising stars.  The fact I totally disregarded in-form Leicester players from April 2015 (except for Huth as he was cheap) only served to highlight the stale predictability of my team.

I put down the first dozen Premier League results down to freakish results – unexpected away wins and a bit of bad luck.  Four green arrows out of five by Gamweek 6 couldn’t mask the fact I was ranked 1.4M.  I finally managed to chew on a slice of luck in Gameweek 8 when Aguero scored 5. Suffice to say I captained KdB which led to 97 points and a rise of almost 1 million in the overall rankings. This was meant to be the moment my season started.  I should have seized on it but by Gameweek 12 I was ranked back at 1 millionth.  The failure of hits from Gameweeks 9 to Gameweeks 11 only added salt to open wounds.  Buying Mahrez and selling him made sense at the time when he was absent and made a no show.  At least I had Vardy (even though I only captained him once). But the fact was that Leicester were unrelenting as was my fall.

By now, I couldn’t afford to sit back and wait as I fell down my mini-leagues and the gap between my rivals opened up insurmountably – the wildcard was finally activated.  Kane’s captain inspired 26 points were a much needed boost.  The weekend after I managed to shoot up to 559k.  But as autumn ended and winter began the slide recommenced.  I was back to 1 millionth by Gameweek 18.  My defiance of the template team (high ownership players) and template captains failed spectacularly.  The turn of the year saw some green arrows (albeit with low scores). By now the chance of bagging a top 1% finish for five consecutive seasons was at serious risk.

By Gameweek 25 I was back to 1 millionth.  The yo-yoing of my rank was nothing but a frustration and a farce.  By now, I realistically needed 13 consecutive green arrows if I was to finish in the top 1%.  Inspiration came from Kane and Alli as Spurs became serious title contenders.  Leicester’s goals dried up which made the Mahrez-Vardy combo less effective.  Investing in Schmeichel helped as Leicester began racking up 1-0s.  Making early changes on the aforementioned fronts helped me gain some lost ground.

From Gameweek 26 to Gameweek 32 I only saw one red and steadily rose up by 600k.  All-out attack was used in Gameweek 31 when I had a depleted defence which meant no clean sheets were lost on the bench.  I was ranked as high as 380k by Gameweek 32. But by Gameweek 33, looking at the state of my team (injuries and rotation risks) on the eve of Double Gameweek 34, I decided to wildcard when everyone else used the Triple Captain chip, rather than taking a -12/16 hit in Double Gameweek 34 and wildcarding on the eve of Double Gameweek 37. I still captained Sanchez and bagged 50 points from him with a score of 136.  With hindsight I probably would have scored slightly more if I triple captained – but I didn’t mind.  Gameweek 37 saw a -8 hit instead and I scored 100 points after my hit was factored in as I reached 229k in the penultimate Gameweek.

Gameweek 38 summed up my season – full of promise but ended on a downer.  I was hoping for one final push to get up to 99,999 but that wasn’t to be.  The rearranged Manchester United v Bournemouth fixture gave me hope that Smalling could get a clean sheet (and a cheeky goal), but all that ended in the final minutes of the game as he scored an own goal which cemented a red arrow.  Ironically he did get a clean sheet win (with a goal) on international duty for England – such is life for any FPL manager.  On the plus side I finished 59th in Play Togga’s Perfect XI!

Looking ahead I am looking to take an immediate break from FPL.  I won’t be participating in the official “European Fantasy Football” game – I just want to enjoy the tournament.  If I continue playing, tweeting and/or blogging next season I will certainly be doing things a lot differently.  Remember this, if and when I quit FPL, I know that I would want to finish on a high which probably indicates that I can't quit just yet!  A Top 1% finish has become all the more difficult with a million more FPL managers taking up the game over the last 4 years. In addition, managers have become more educated with nifty tools and apps that have allowed us all to make more informed choices. 

All the best.  Have a good summer!
 


 



Total Points for the Season : 2088

Total Benched Points for the Season : 181

Total Weekly Points Averaged Over All Gameweeks : 54.9

Total Base Points for the above Gameweeks (no captain doubling/trebling) : 1867

Average Base Points for the above Gameweeks (no captain doubling/trebling) : 49.1



Captaincy
Total Captain Points : 440

Total Captain Points as % of Overall Score : 21.07%

Total Vice-Captain Points : 236

Possible Captain Points if you Always used your Vice-Captain instead : 472

Possible Captain Points if you Always Captained Highest Gameweek Scorer : 948

Total Actual Captain Points as % of Highest Possible Captain Points : 46.41%

Difference Between your Captain Points and Highest Possible : -508

Possible Total Points if you Always Captained Highest Scorer out of (C) and (VC) : 2175

Difference Between your Total Points and the Above Number : -87

Possible Total Points if you Always Captained Highest Scorer : 2341





Transfers
Total Transfers : 51

Total Points Hits : 64

Total Auto Subs : 12

Total Auto Subs Points : 26

Total Immediate Points Gained from Transfers : 179





Goal Keepers
Total Played Keeper Points : 138

Total Benched Keeper Points : 62

Times Played 'Wrong'(fewer points) Keeper : 8



Ranking Averages
Highest Gameweek Score : 136

Lowest Gameweek Score : 25

Median Gameweek Score : 50

Highest Gameweek Rank : 2,044

Lowest Gameweek Rank : 2,897,880

Average Gameweek Rank : 1,329,817

Median Gameweek Rank : 1,411,613

Total FPL Users : 3,734,001

In Top x% of All Users : 7%





All Players
Total Of All Users Average Gameweek Points Averaged Over All Gameweeks : 47.1

All Users Gameweek Average Points Total : 1790

Points Differerence from Total Average : 298

All Highest Points Total : 4735

Points Differerence from Total Highest : -2647





Formations
3-4-3 (19 times - average 59.8 points)
3-5-2 (14 times - average 47.3 points)
4-4-2 (3 times - average 56 points)
5-5-3 (1 times - average 108 points)
2-5-3 (1 times - average 77 points)



Captains Used
Kane (7 times - 114 points - average 16.3 points)
Lukaku (6 times - 56 points - average 9.3 points)
Agüero (6 times - 48 points - average 8 points)
Sánchez (4 times - 68 points - average 17 points)
De Bruyne (3 times - 46 points - average 15.3 points)
Vardy (2 times - 20 points - average 10 points)
Payet (2 times - 28 points - average 14 points)
Benteke (2 times - 20 points - average 10 points)
Özil (1 times - 4 points - average 4 points)
Martial (1 times - 10 points - average 10 points)
Mané (1 times - 6 points - average 6 points)
Hazard (1 times - 4 points - average 4 points)
Giroud (1 times - 10 points - average 10 points)
Arnautovic (1 times - 6 points - average 6 points)



Point Difference To
Rank 1 : -370
Rank 101 : -293
Rank 501 : -259
Rank 999 : -242
Rank 4,996 : -195
Rank 9,999 : -171
Rank 24,995 : -135
Rank 49,961 : -103
Rank 99,979 : -65
Rank 249,878 : -3
Rank 499,909 : 59



Total Squad Stats




  


    Played



    

  • Goals - 102
    • 

  • Assists - 72
    • 

  • Clean Sheets - 56
    • 

  • Own Goals - 2
    • 

  • Red Cards - 0
    • 

  • Yellow Cards - 49
    • 



  Benched



    

  • Goals - 1
    • 

  • Assists - 7
    • 

  • Clean Sheets - 9
    • 

  • Own Goals - 1
    • 

  • Red Cards - 0
    • 

  • Yellow Cards - 6
    • 







Clean sheets are for defensive players only, 3 players from the same team would equal 3 cleansheets.


Times Active Players Achieved Double Points in a Gameweek : 57

Times Benched Players Achieved Double Points in a Gameweek : 0

Total Goalkeeper Points : 152

Goalkeeper PPG : 4 (from 38 goalkeepers used)

Total Defender Points : 387

Defender PPG : 3.28 (from 118 defenders used)

Total Midfield Points : 855

Midfield PPG : 5.09 (from 168 midfielders used)

Total Forward Points : 537

Forward PPG : 5.54 (from 97 forwards used)










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Agüero
  22
  2
  180
  8.2
  0
  0
  156
  6.5
  6
  9
  21
  3
  10
  1
  0
  21
  


Özil
  19
  2
  113
  5.9
  0
  0
  111
  5.3
  1
  3
  4
  9
  7
  2
  0
  21
  


Mahrez
  19
  1
  103
  5.4
  0
  0
  103
  5.2
  0
  5
  6
  5
  13
  1
  0
  13
  


Dier
  18
  3
  66
  3.7
  10
  3.3
  76
  3.6
  0
  0
  1
  1
  8
  4
  0
  0
  


Vardy
  18
  1
  101
  5.6
  2
  2
  93
  4.9
  2
  1
  7
  6
  10
  2
  0
  11
  


Payet
  17
  2
  115
  6.8
  2
  1
  103
  5.4
  2
  0
  5
  8
  4
  3
  0
  14
  


Sánchez
  17
  0
  161
  9.5
  0
  0
  127
  7.5
  4
  1
  12
  2
  9
  0
  0
  17
  


Kane
  17
  0
  156
  9.2
  0
  0
  98
  5.8
  7
  4
  12
  1
  5
  3
  0
  16
  


De Bruyne
  14
  2
  118
  8.4
  4
  2
  99
  6.2
  3
  2
  5
  9
  5
  2
  0
  11
  


Lukaku
  13
  0
  100
  7.7
  0
  0
  72
  5.5
  6
  2
  8
  1
  4
  0
  0
  10
  


Hennessey
  12
  15
  38
  3.2
  28
  1.9
  66
  2.4
  0
  0
  0
  0
  6
  1
  0
  1
  


Azpilicueta
  12
  2
  34
  2.8
  0
  0
  34
  2.4
  0
  0
  0
  2
  2
  2
  0
  2
  


Kolarov
  11
  4
  33
  3
  3
  0.8
  36
  2.4
  0
  0
  0
  1
  4
  2
  0
  4
  


Barkley
  11
  1
  47
  4.3
  3
  3
  50
  4.2
  0
  1
  2
  3
  4
  1
  0
  4
  


Huth
  10
  2
  17
  1.7
  2
  1
  19
  1.6
  0
  0
  0
  0
  1
  3
  0
  1
  


Cédric
  9
  3
  35
  3.9
  3
  1
  38
  3.2
  0
  0
  0
  1
  4
  1
  0
  3
  


Ritchie
  9
  0
  25
  2.8
  0
  0
  25
  2.8
  0
  0
  1
  1
  1
  3
  0
  1
  


Arnautovic
  8
  4
  44
  5.5
  4
  1
  45
  3.8
  1
  1
  3
  1
  3
  1
  0
  5
  


Koscielny
  8
  2
  38
  4.8
  0
  0
  38
  3.8
  0
  0
  1
  0
  4
  1
  0
  4
  


Coutinho
  8
  0
  25
  3.1
  0
  0
  25
  3.1
  0
  0
  1
  0
  4
  0
  0
  0
  


Francis
  7
  4
  15
  2.1
  11
  2.8
  26
  2.4
  0
  0
  0
  2
  1
  2
  0
  4
  


Giroud
  7
  1
  41
  5.9
  2
  2
  38
  4.8
  1
  1
  3
  2
  4
  0
  0
  5
  


Chadli
  7
  0
  25
  3.6
  0
  0
  25
  3.6
  0
  0
  1
  1
  3
  1
  0
  2
  


Alli
  6
  2
  28
  4.7
  8
  4
  36
  4.5
  0
  0
  1
  4
  3
  1
  0
  2
  


Moreno
  6
  2
  18
  3
  9
  4.5
  27
  3.4
  0
  0
  0
  0
  3
  1
  0
  4
  


Schmeichel
  6
  0
  34
  5.7
  0
  0
  34
  5.7
  0
  0
  0
  0
  5
  1
  0
  2
  


Benteke
  6
  0
  32
  5.3
  0
  0
  22
  3.7
  2
  1
  2
  0
  3
  0
  0
  3
  


Cech
  6
  0
  30
  5
  0
  0
  30
  5
  0
  0
  0
  0
  3
  0
  0
  3
  


Hazard
  6
  0
  26
  4.3
  0
  0
  24
  4
  1
  0
  1
  1
  0
  1
  0
  3
  


Begovic
  6
  0
  15
  2.5
  0
  0
  15
  2.5
  0
  0
  0
  0
  1
  0
  0
  0
  


Bellerín
  5
  0
  31
  6.2
  0
  0
  31
  6.2
  0
  0
  0
  1
  4
  1
  0
  2
  


Ryan Bennett
  4
  7
  12
  3
  12
  1.7
  24
  2.2
  0
  0
  0
  1
  2
  2
  0
  2
  


Smalling
  4
  1
  22
  5.5
  0
  0
  22
  4.4
  0
  0
  0
  0
  3
  0
  0
  1
  


Ivanovic
  4
  0
  3
  0.8
  0
  0
  3
  0.8
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  1
  0
  0
  


Elliot
  3
  18
  12
  4
  34
  1.9
  46
  2.2
  0
  0
  0
  0
  2
  1
  0
  2
  


Mignolet
  3
  2
  18
  6
  0
  0
  18
  3.6
  0
  0
  0
  0
  2
  0
  0
  0
  


Kaboul
  3
  2
  16
  5.3
  6
  3
  22
  4.4
  0
  0
  0
  0
  3
  1
  0
  2
  


Simpson
  3
  2
  10
  3.3
  3
  1.5
  13
  2.6
  0
  0
  0
  0
  1
  0
  0
  0
  


Sigurdsson
  3
  0
  24
  8
  0
  0
  24
  8
  0
  1
  2
  1
  2
  1
  0
  4
  


Hoolahan
  3
  0
  16
  5.3
  0
  0
  16
  5.3
  0
  1
  1
  1
  1
  1
  0
  3
  


Martial
  3
  0
  14
  4.7
  0
  0
  9
  3
  1
  0
  0
  1
  2
  0
  0
  0
  


Welbeck
  3
  0
  13
  4.3
  0
  0
  13
  4.3
  0
  0
  1
  1
  1
  0
  0
  2
  


Lanzini
  3
  0
  12
  4
  0
  0
  12
  4
  0
  0
  0
  1
  1
  0
  0
  0
  


Wijnaldum
  3
  0
  11
  3.7
  0
  0
  11
  3.7
  0
  0
  0
  1
  2
  0
  0
  0
  


Deulofeu
  3
  0
  10
  3.3
  0
  0
  10
  3.3
  0
  0
  0
  1
  1
  0
  0
  0
  


Gomes
  3
  0
  5
  1.7
  0
  0
  5
  1.7
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  


Oxford
  2
  23
  1
  0.5
  8
  0.3
  9
  0.4
  0
  0
  0
  0
  1
  0
  0
  0
  


Targett
  2
  8
  3
  1.5
  8
  1
  11
  1.1
  0
  0
  0
  0
  1
  0
  0
  0
  


Fosu-Mensah
  2
  3
  2
  1
  0
  0
  2
  0.4
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  


Rojo
  2
  2
  7
  3.5
  0
  0
  7
  1.8
  0
  0
  0
  0
  1
  1
  0
  0
  


Kompany
  2
  1
  15
  7.5
  0
  0
  15
  5
  0
  0
  0
  0
  2
  0
  0
  3
  


Dembélé
  2
  1
  3
  1.5
  6
  6
  9
  3
  0
  0
  0
  1
  1
  1
  0
  0
  


Baines
  2
  1
  1
  0.5
  0
  0
  1
  0.3
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  


Costa
  2
  0
  13
  6.5
  0
  0
  13
  6.5
  0
  1
  1
  1
  1
  1
  0
  3
  


Mané
  2
  0
  8
  4
  0
  0
  5
  2.5
  1
  0
  0
  0
  2
  1
  0
  0
  


Gabriel
  2
  0
  8
  4
  0
  0
  8
  4
  0
  0
  0
  0
  1
  0
  0
  1
  


Rooney
  2
  0
  7
  3.5
  0
  0
  7
  3.5
  0
  2
  0
  1
  2
  0
  0
  0
  


Sterling
  2
  0
  6
  3
  0
  0
  6
  3
  0
  0
  0
  0
  2
  0
  0
  0
  


Carroll
  2
  0
  5
  2.5
  0
  0
  5
  2.5
  0
  1
  0
  0
  0
  1
  0
  0
  


Yaya Touré
  1
  2
  2
  2
  0
  0
  2
  0.7
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  


Defoe
  1
  1
  10
  10
  0
  0
  10
  5
  0
  0
  1
  1
  1
  1
  0
  0
  


Walcott
  1
  1
  3
  3
  0
  0
  3
  1.5
  0
  1
  0
  0
  1
  0
  0
  0
  


Mitrovic
  1
  0
  5
  5
  0
  0
  5
  5
  0
  0
  0
  1
  0
  0
  0
  0
  


Lennon
  1
  0
  5
  5
  0
  0
  5
  5
  0
  0
  0
  0
  1
  0
  0
  0
  


Tadic
  1
  0
  2
  2
  0
  0
  2
  2
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  


Pedro
  1
  0
  2
  2
  0
  0
  2
  2
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  


Eriksen
  1
  0
  2
  2
  0
  0
  2
  2
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  


Graham
  0
  12
  0
  0
  8
  0.7
  8
  0.7
  0
  0
  0
  1
  0
  0
  0
  0
  


Lingard
  0
  4
  0
  0
  5
  1.3
  5
  1.3
  0
  0
  0
  0
  1
  1
  0
  0
  


Schwarzer
  0
  2
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  0
  






 



 

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West Brom
  0
  0
  

  

  

  

  


Aston Villa
  0
  0
  

  

  

  

  


Watford
  1
  3
  1
  

  

  

  


Swansea
  1
  3
  

  

  1
  

  


Stoke
  1
  12
  

  

  1
  

  


Crystal Palace
  1
  27
  1
  

  

  

  


Norwich
  2
  14
  

  1
  1
  

  


Sunderland
  3
  19
  

  1
  

  2
  


Bournemouth
  2
  20
  

  1
  1
  

  


Southampton
  4
  25
  

  2
  2
  

  


Man Utd
  6
  23
  

  3
  1
  2
  


Newcastle
  3
  25
  1
  

  1
  1
  


Everton
  5
  32
  

  1
  3
  1
  


West Ham
  4
  49
  

  1
  2
  1
  


Spurs
  6
  57
  

  1
  4
  1
  


Man City
  6
  63
  

  2
  3
  1
  


Liverpool
  4
  27
  1
  1
  1
  1
  


Chelsea
  6
  33
  1
  2
  2
  1
  


Leicester
  6
  64
  2
  2
  1
  1
  


Arsenal
  9
  74
  1
  3
  3
  2
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Monday, 23 May 2016

Fantasy Football Fix's Pre-Season Pack

2016/17 Player Prices before FPL release…

A message from Fantasy Football Fix:
With another season now gone, we wanted to say a big thanks to all of you for your support. Our mission is to make a difference to your season and we hope you have enjoyed using Fix's tools.
Our maths geniuses were wondering how we could keep all you Fantasy Managers entertained in the void left by the closed season, so we have developed a Pre-Season Pack giving you a host of new features for creating the perfect 2016/17 Squad.
Here is a snapshot of what’s included in the new Pre-Season Pack…
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Predicted FPL Player Prices
Using fix algorithms we have reverse engineered the FPL Player Prices for the 2016/17 Season, so you no longer have to wait for FPL to release.
Gameweek 1 Squad Creator Tools
Using the fix Player Prices you can now start to draft your Gameweek 1 squad for next season, then apply the fix predictive algorithms to maximise points scoring.
Analysis of the top 50 FPL Managers, with applied fix stats so you can understand the success secrets of the best managers in the FPL game.


The Pre-Season Pack will be launching on Sunday 29th May, and you can pre-order now for an exclusive 30% discount – be quick though as this is for a limited time only.
 
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Sunday, 15 May 2016

Chief's #FPL Team - Gameweek 38

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


Transfers:

Eriksen and Tadic (IN) -4*

Payet and Coutinho (OUT)

MONEY IN THE FPL BANK:

£1.2M (not that it matters!) 



So, here we are. Gameweek 38. Where dreams are made and hopes are shattered. The marathon is almost at an end. You can see the finish line but need to navigate over one final hurdle. Your mini-leagues are at stake, as is your overall rank. Damage limitation will do for those below par. One last knock out punch, or stroke of luck, is all that it takes to make you a hero, just for one day.

I have to openly admit at this stage that I have poor form when it comes to taking hits for the final Gameweek of the season. In 11/12 I bought Mata when he didn't play (rested for the CL final). I sold Lukaku in 12/13 and he scored a hat-trick in Fergie's last match. In 13/14 I re-bought Suarez and Sterling as they faced off against a hapless Newcastle, they themselves flopped. In 14/15, I took no hit and got a green arrow!

Four of my players from DGW37 are unlikely to start - Mignolet, Fosu-Mensah, Coutinho and Payet. I decided to buy Tadic due to his stupendous form of late. 2 goals and 6 assists in his last 4 games (41 points) is no mean feat. With a rejuvenated Southampton looking to secure a European slot, they face a Palace team that is distracted by the FA Cup Final.  In addition, Southampton have scored 10 goals at home in their last 3 games. It made sense to obtain Saints attacking cover.

With news that Payet is apparently injured and Defoe "may get rested", I was forced into a hit. I was happy to keep Defoe as sub1 (as he isn't injured) so sold Payet. I bought Eriksen due to his superb form in his last 8 outings. I don't have Kane, so he will serve as my Spurs foil. In addition, they will be looking to win in-order to avoid Arsenal exclaiming another "St. Totteringham Day" (guaranteed finish above them) for a 21st consecutive season. Besides Newcastle have nothing to play for after relegation was confirmed during the week.
  
I could have given the armband to Tadic, Aguero or Sanchez. I decided to opt for the Chilean as Arsenal could still finish 2nd and would want to finish above City. They face a bedraggled Villa side at home and are in pole position to give them a jolly good thrashing.

Aside from that, thank you for joining my fantasy football adventure. I am looking forward to the Euros and a much needed break. I will reassess my options in the summer and decide on what I want to do thereafter. If I do continue I will almost certainly rejig this offering and format.



Good luck to you all. Form is key, class doesn't matter!
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Tuesday, 10 May 2016

Weekly Fantasy Football Show - Gameweek 38 (Finale)

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Saturday, 7 May 2016

Chief's #FPL Team - Double Gameweek 37

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

Transfers:

Defoe, Carroll & Hazard (IN) -8*
Kane, Welbeck & Dembele (OUT)

MONEY IN THE FPL BANK:
£0.0M
 
BENCH BOOST CHIP ACTIVE 
 
 
I'm glad the season is almost over. Good riddance, in some respects.  But before the sun sets on Leicester's fantasy run, we have one final Double Gameweek on our hands.  My chances of achieving an overall rank of at least 99,999 are disappearing fast - borderline impossible.  The last two Gameweeks were lacklustre and to blow the Triple Captain chip on Kane against WBA in a must win match was nothing short of disastrous. That's all in the past now and what matters is that fantasy football points are still up for grabs when many have already blown their Bench Boost Chip.
 
My primary aim for this Double Gameweek is to score 100+. I'm not even thinking about OR. For me to reach this milestone again, I decided to weede out 3 non-DGW players and replace them with 3 that will hopefully play twice.  With Bench Boost Active, your players could play a maximum of 30 times. Despite having a few non-DGW players and some DGW players that may not place twice, I think I should get at least 24 outings - I'm hoping that Fosu-Mensah and Coutinho play at least I each. I had 16-18 player outings in Double Gameweek 34 and still managed to score 136 with a non-triple captain.
 
*I still might take another hit by selling Simpson for Bassong (pushing me to -12), but that would be a spur of the moment decision.  Captaincy led me to a West Ham player due to their final two games at the Boleyn Ground and the fact that Swansea have been hit by injuries is an added bonus. I could have picked Carroll or Payet but opted for the latter, not on form but on overall consistency throughout the season.
 
Good luck to you all!
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Tuesday, 3 May 2016

#DGW37 - Weekly Fantasy Football Show

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