Firstly I'll quickly cover GW21. It still hasn't finished yet, so I'll update the points and rank retrospectively once it has - I'm currently on 44 points, with just Bowen (as captain) to play his second game.
It's a little bit frustrating that the Everton game has been cancelled, as it means I'll only get 1 point from Pickford. I didn't have huge expectation for his double, but I was hoping for at least a little more than that lol. Still it could've been much worse. Some people brought in two or three Everton players, so I can't complain too much about the week overall.
Gameweek Points: 76
Gameweek Rank: 702,792
Overall Rank: 274,048
Anyway, on to my plan. I'm Wildcarding this week - in fact, I've already hit it. Then next week I'm planning on Bench Boosting. With Villa now being out of the FA Cup they should (hopefully) have a double gameweek in GW23. So I'm filling my bench with cheap Villa options (and cheap options from whoever their opponents will be - Leeds or Burnley).
I have a few problems though. Firstly, this double hasn't been announced yet, and may not even happen. Secondly, I'm working on Friday when the deadline occurs, so I'll have to finalise my wildcard on Friday morning and hope I don't miss any salient information.
If all goes well I'll then bring Salah in when he returns from the African Cup - removing either Kane or Ronaldo. Then I'll be all settled for the final run in, with two Free Hits in the holster to deal with any big blank or doubles that crop up.
One of the things I like about using the wildcard now is that it basically means I get three free hits. With this set of doubles being so poor I can get the team I would've picked anyway had I used a free hit, and I can keep the core players I want going forward - Cancelo, TAA, Jota, Bowen.
If I used a free hit I'd probably drop Cancelo, but I'd still keep those other single gameweek players. So my free hit team would be more or less identical to the one I'll be going with. With the wildcard I can also plan for the bench boost too though. So I'm getting a double use from it.
Obviously there's always the danger that both the wildcard and the bench boost will be more useful later in the season, especially given all the Covid cancellations we're seeing. However, I really like the look of this opportunity. I feel like it's the moment to pounce. Plus I fear the bench boost will be a huge headache if I leave it until further down the line.
This is how I'm currently looking at the moment:
There's still a lot of tweaking to do. Especially with the bench and keepers. Also, I'll probably take out Alonso, mainly as Chelsea have blanks coming up.
If Burnley get a double in GW23 then I like the idea of brining in Pope and maybe another Burnley defender, as I'll effectively get a double-double. There are still a lot of ifs and maybes though. So if things don't pan out how I'm hoping I have no idea what I'll do.
Overall Points: 1269
Overall Rank: 274,048
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