Chips As Problem Solvers

Two posts in one day - I must be enjoying this season. (It also probably helps that Middlesbrough are top of the Championship.)

At the start of the season I made a post saying that the first round of chips could be used on the fly, as problem-solvers. As opposed to a planned use of them.

Here we are, heading towards GW4, and we see a good example of this.

In GW4 I have problems..

• Liverpool have the best fixture, but I only have one Liverpool player and I don't own Salah
• Anderson is away to Arsenal (though that could well be where he finally gets defcon points)
• Cunha and Fernandes face City (though, again, that maybe looks worse on paper)
• My bench is poor, so I don't have good replacements to bring in

Either way, the main problem is NO SALAH.

And I can't get him without taking a points hit.

Fortunately, however, I have all these chips to use, and they won't cost me any points.

So I have solutions.

Option 1: Wildcard

Option 2: Free Hit

The question then is whether I need Salah long term, or just for this single gameweek.

(It's also worth bearing in mind that the Wildcard could be useful when it comes to using the Bench Boost.)

I still like the idea of waiting to get Isak as my Liverpool attacker, and I'm actually fairly happy with my first eleven in general, so the likelihood is I'll be free-hitting.

But, yeah, I like this on the fly approach. It was very much that sort of thinking/feeling when I used the triple-captain on Bruno Fernandes last week. It felt like an opportunity - there might have been a bit of a backlash after the Grimsby game. The fixture looked good. So I thought, "Why not? I have to use this chip sometime."

Obviously, I was lucky to get something in the end. Although, saying that, I still feel Man Utd were decent in attack. They look very capable of scoring goals this season whenever I watch them play. So instinctively the decision still feels right to me. Hopefully I can continue the season in this mode.