Season So Far

In my last Blank and Double Gameweek Planning article (Gameweek 22), I was slowly dragging my sorry-looking squad up the Overall table, following a number of disappointing Gameweeks. Despite a couple of bumps in the road, things were going well until the curse of the red arrow struck once more in blank Gameweek 28.

Still, following the restart, my rank is on a generally (albeit frustratingly slow) upward trend, as attention turns to double Gameweek 29; the biggest double of the season. With two chips left to play – and both blank and double Gameweeks to plan for – this is very much the business end of the season. This chaotic period is the reason my Top 100k aspirations are still within reach.

To get there, I need to put myself in the best possible position to get lucky. Once again, I have turned to the Future Gameweek Planner to help me map out this journey:

Future Gameweek Planner

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Imagine if you could use the existing FPL interface but fast forward and plan for many Gameweeks in advance. With the Future Gameweek Planner tool, you can!

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Double Gameweek 29

With 12 teams playing twice, Gameweek 29 promises to be the biggest double Gameweek of the season. The chances are that most FPL managers – even those who haven’t planned this far ahead – will automatically have a decent number of doubling players.

This is a Gameweek I have been looking to take advantage of for quite some time. Therefore, with just my two free transfers, I can reach 13 players who are playing twice. This, for me, is enough to justify playing the Bench Boost chip.

The option of course remains to take a -8 in order to maximise doubling potential, however, I don’t particularly want to get rid of Harry Kane (£11.7m) or Bukayo Saka (£8.1m), both of whom have great (albeit single) fixtures, and are in excellent form.

My planned transfers this week are Martin Ødegaard (£6.9m) to James Maddison (£8.2m) and Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.2m) to Ben Chilwell (£6.0m). The English pair have looked very dangerous for their respective teams and their underlying statistics are strong, even when their teams aren’t playing well.

My preferred transfer target this week is actually Bruno Fernandes (£9.9m), however, bringing him in would price me out of bringing back Erling Haaland (£12.2m) in Gameweek 30 – but more on that later.

A successful Bench Boost can really turn the tide in a season and I am hoping for a sizeable green arrow in Gameweek 29. The Future Gameweek Planner has forecast that I will reach 119.7 points with this squad. I sincerely hope that proves to be the case!

Double Gameweek 29 - using the Future Gameweek Planner

Gameweek 30

Another advantage with my Gameweek 29 squad setup – and proposed transfers – is that it sets the team up nicely for Gameweek 30. Chilwell faces Wolves at Molyneux and Maddison has a home fixture against Bournemouth.

Shifting out Haaland ahead of Gameweek 28 was a difficult decision but with a blank, followed by a fixture against rivals Liverpool, it made sense. But going without Haaland long-term was never an option for me and so, bringing him back in for his fixture against Southampton is my only priority for this Gameweek.

According to Opta Stats Sandbox, no player has accumulated more xG this season and, with more double Gameweeks on the horizon for Manchester City, this transfer is a no-brainer.

Gameweek 30 - using the Future Gameweek Planner

Gameweek 31

With Brighton, Chelsea and both Manchester clubs set to blank in Gameweek 32, this seems the ideal time to play my Free Hit chip. Not only does it enable me to keep those assets who will have double Gameweeks further down the line, but it means the anomaly of the upcoming blank Gameweek can be ignored, and transfer planning can be focused on the Gameweeks beyond.

At the present moment, my plan is to let go of Ben Chilwell and replace him with Luke Shaw (£5.2m). Not only do Manchester United play Nottingham Forest, but they are set to be confirmed to double in both Gameweeks 34 and 37, so this transfer sets up the squad for the final stretch of the season.

Gameweek 31 - using the Future Gameweek Planner

WHAT’S NEW?

The Future Gameweek Planner is designed to closely emulate the standard FPL experience while providing subtle, but valuable, enhancements.

Firstly, the squad screen can be configured to allow each player to display additional helpful information below their name. As with the FPL Plus ‘Pick Team’ tab, this will default to showing the fixtures, but can also be configured to show Fixture Difficulty, Player Prices and Player Points Projections.

Fixture Difficulty View

Player Prices View

Projected Points View

Above the squad screen is the Planning Console. Powered by the Algorithm, the Planning Console enables users to organise up to five drafts, allowing multiple transfer routes to be explored. Each draft version is neatly summarised with the Projected Points total for the next five Gameweeks. This allows managers to see, at a glance, which of their drafts is likely to yield the most points.

The Planning Console can display multiple drafts and a summary of projected points for each

Below is the Gameweek Section; this is where managers will navigate between the Gameweeks and lock (or unlock) their changes. This section displays Gameweek specific score predictions and highlights necessary information such as Free Transfers (including those carried over), Cost (if applicable) and Money In The Bank.

The Gameweek Section displays important information about each Gameweek

Below the squad screen are the chip buttons which allow the user to emulate playing a chip (distinguishable from actual chip buttons because they read ‘Plan’ rather than ‘Play’) and the ‘Save Your Team and Lock Draft’ button which replaces the ‘Confirm Changes’ button.

Once this has been pressed, any changes will carry forward to subsequent Gameweeks and can only be undone by hitting the ‘Reset Draft’ or ‘Reset Gameweek’ buttons. Below these, users will also see a breakdown of all the planned transfers for the highlighted Gameweek.

The chip buttons allow you to emulate using your chips and the Planned Transfer section summarises your planned moves

The Future Gameweek Planner is a fantastic new tool which is both easy to use and packed with customisable options. Click HERE to add it to the Fantasy Premier League website now.

By Matt Whelan