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00:00Hello everyone, FPLRaptor here and welcome back to another video on my YouTube channel.

00:03In today's video, we're going to discuss how the FA Cup results have affected FPL,

00:07when the blanks and doubles are for the remainder of the season,

00:10which teams will be blanking and doubling, and also the best time to play your remaining chips.

00:14If you do enjoy today's video, please do smash that like button and if you're new around here,

00:17make sure to subscribe as well. But without further ado, let's jump into it.

00:30So guys, I have no idea how long this video is going to be, probably quite a long one,

00:34because there is so much to cover. I highly recommend that you watch the whole video

00:38rather than skipping to a specific section, because it's going to follow, hopefully,

00:43a cohesive narrative explaining how each step works. However, if there is just one specific

00:47thing you want to look at, like the assistant manager chip, there will be timestamps and

00:50chapters down below as always. So hopefully that is helpful. And if you do get some use

00:54out of today's video, please do subscribe as well. The most important thing though,

00:58is a massive thank you to Ben and James. So if you don't know how we all have such

01:03incredible knowledge around the upcoming blanks and doubles and when to play the chips, obviously

01:07there is some opinion here, but it is largely thanks to the fantastic work from Ben Crelian

01:11and James from Planet FPL. Lots of people seem to just magically come up with all of this

01:15information and don't cite the two of them. Without them, most of us would have absolutely

01:20no idea. And I'll hold my hands up and say, without these two people, I would have no

01:24idea what's happening in FPL in terms of blanks and doubles. So a massive shout out to them.

01:28Please go and thank them. Please go and follow them on social media. And also on the day

01:32of me uploading this on Tuesday, I believe James from Planet FPL is going to be uploading

01:37a podcast going through the chips and the upcoming schedule in a lot more detail than

01:41even I will in this video. And James is far more knowledgeable than I am. So after watching

01:46this video, go check out that podcast and I myself will be watching and listening as well.

01:50And if he gives any information I don't cover today, then I'll cover that throughout the

01:54week as well. But I just wanted to start by saying a massive thank you to Ben and to James.

01:58I was trying to think about the best place to start this video in terms of explaining when the

02:01blanks and doubles will be and why we're predicting the teams that we are. And I think the best place

02:05to start is probably with the FA Cup quarter final draw. The reason for that is basically

02:10all of the blanks and doubles for the remainder of the season that we're currently a little bit

02:13unknown on all hinge on which teams make the FA Cup semi-final. The reason for that is the FA Cup

02:19semi-finals are played during game week 34. So therefore the teams that reach the FA Cup

02:24semi-finals cannot play on the weekend that other teams do on game week 34, which will cause that

02:29blank to happen. And obviously the team that they play against that week will also go on to blank.

02:34What that essentially means is we are going to have between six and eight teams blanking in game

02:38week 34, we think. Now the reason this gets a little bit dicey is the Premier League have shown

02:44this season that they can and potentially will reschedule games in the Premier League to be

02:49played at the same time as games in Europe. So in the UCL and the Europa League. Why that's important

02:55is technically some of the games that would be postponed from game week 34 due to the FA Cup

03:00semi-finals could technically be rescheduled for the mid-week of game week 34, which is European

03:06football. So as you can see at the bottom this is taken directly from Ben Crennan. Game week 34

03:10postponements are very likely to move to a double game week, but it is possible that they will move

03:15to a mid-week in game week 34 if both sides are out of Europe. So there is this possibility. Let's

03:22go on the notion though that the teams that reach the semi-final and the teams they're playing

03:26against in that week will blank. So let's assume that game week 34 will be a blank, but again we

03:31need to wait for that announcement to be 100% sure. And obviously if any of the teams are in Europe

03:36then they of course can't be rescheduled for the mid-week and therefore will have to blank

03:40in game week 34. Hopefully that makes sense. So essentially whichever of these teams make it to

03:46the semi-final and therefore beat their opponent as per this list, then they'll have a blank in

03:5034. So we've got Preston versus Aston Villa. Obviously Aston Villa are massive favourites

03:55there. Bournemouth versus City. City are probably marginal favourites, but Bournemouth haven't been

04:00much worse of a team this season and based on current form I think that's a difficult one to

04:05predict. But yeah at the moment City are the favourites. Brighton versus Forest. If you're

04:09looking at bookies odds at the moment Brighton are the favourites just about, probably due to it

04:13being a home fixture. And then Fulham Palace looks very very even. We've recently seen Palace beat

04:19Fulham at Craven Cottage, so we'll have to see how that goes. But at the moment Fulham are still

04:23favourites again due to it being at home. A lot of these games aren't easy to predict though. Other

04:28than Preston Villa, and by the way Preston could definitely win that game, they're not easy games

04:32to predict at all. They're very very close. So hopefully that makes sense in terms of which

04:36teams could possibly be blanking in 34. I'm actually going to clear that up even more in

04:40the next section and I'll show you exactly which teams we're expecting to therefore blank in 34

04:45and obviously play. Those teams that do blank in 34, which we'll explain in a second, we are

04:51expecting those fixtures, those blank games, to go into double gameweek 33. So to essentially be

04:58shifted one week earlier. What that would then cause, and we will look at an entire timeline a

05:03bit later, but what that would cause is a double gameweek 33 for the teams that blank in gameweek

05:0934. So the teams that double in 33 will be also the teams that that blank in 34, which explains

05:14why it is so difficult to deal with double 33 and blank 34 without chips. Because the teams that

05:20you'd want to load up on for 33 are the very teams that you wouldn't want in your team for gameweek

05:2534. Hopefully that makes sense for that first section. Now let's take a little bit more of an

05:29in-depth look at gameweek 34. So I've tried to separate gameweek 34 into three sections. The

05:34teams that we know for a fact will have a fixture in 34 and therefore will definitely not be doubling

05:40in 33. The teams that are predicted to play in gameweek 34 as things stand based on the favorites

05:47for the FA Cup quarterfinals and then as a result the teams that are predicted to blank. So as you

05:52can see right now we have four fixtures and eight teams that have a guaranteed fixture in gameweek

05:5834. We are expecting six further teams and three further fixtures to be going ahead which would

06:03leave us with six teams blanking in 34 and those six teams that blank in 34 would be the six teams

06:10that double in gameweek 33. Of course again on the caveat that they could potentially, if neither of

06:17the teams are in Europe, rearrange those games for the midweek of gameweek 34. So hopefully that

06:22makes sense so far. So the eight teams that are going to play in 34 and therefore if you want to

06:27start thinking about it's a little bit early but if you want to start thinking about making sure

06:30that you've got players for what is likely to be the biggest blank gameweek of the season

06:34here are the teams that will have a fixture. Firstly Newcastle and Ipswich. The reason that's

06:40important is Newcastle double in 32 we thought they might then double in 33 but they are now

06:46not going to double in 33 right because Ipswich and Newcastle were both knocked out the FA Cup.

06:51So Newcastle will double in 32 have a fixture in 33 but also a fixture in 34 so that means no blank

06:57for them which is quite useful if you want to load up on their assets but they won't have

07:00that double double in 32 and 33 that we thought they might have. Wolves and Leicester also have

07:07a fixture in blank gameweek 34. Of course then someone like a Mateus Cunha looks like a really

07:12nice option for blank gameweek 34. Chelsea and Everton will also play as will Liverpool and

07:17Spurs. So those eight teams will play in blank gameweek 34. Then it just depends on which teams

07:25make the FA Cup semi-final and which teams are knocked out but as of right now going on the

07:30basis that Aston Villa make the semis, City make the semis, Brighton make the semis and Fulham make

07:35the semis which of course are the four favourite teams based on what we just looked at that would

07:40cause blank gameweek for City, Villa, Brighton, West Ham, Southampton and Fulham. Those six teams

07:47would not play in 34 and as a result like I said would double in 33 which would leave the other six

07:53teams to have a fixture. So it would mean that Arsenal, Palace, Bournemouth, United, Forest and

07:58Brentford all play in blank gameweek 34. The reason I now say take this all with a massive pinch of

08:04salt is of course if any of those fixtures change it will change. Let's say for example that Palace

08:08beat Fulham and Palace reach the semis then all of a sudden Arsenal and Palace are the ones that

08:13blank and Southampton and Fulham would have a fixture. Let's say that actually Nottingham Forest

08:19beat Brighton in the quarterfinals which of course is quite possible then Brighton and West Ham would

08:24have a fixture in 34 and it would be Forest and Brentford that would be the ones that blank.

08:29So again we don't know exactly what this is going to look like but this will give you a general idea

08:34and we do now at least have eight teams that have a confirmed fixture in 34. Hopefully that now

08:40clears up why we are talking so much about 34 is of course because we're going to have a big blank

08:45and the teams that blank in 34 have a very good chance of doubling in 33. So now that we've covered

08:50that let's take a look at all of the blanks and doubles for the remainder of the season and how

08:55they're going to line up and how we can best navigate that. So based on all of these predictions

08:59and projections this is what we're kind of looking at right now in terms of the remainder of the

09:04season and the blanks and doubles that are coming up. I will just note almost definitely it will not

09:10turn out exactly like this because the Premier League can throw us curveballs but also this is

09:15going on the basis that we can perfectly and accurately predict which teams will reach not

09:18only the FA Cup semi-finals but also the FA Cup finals and also in the case of 36 and 37 we're

09:25starting to look at Europa League knockout stages as well. So there are lots of predictions and

09:31projections going into this that just probably won't turn out in exactly this way but this will

09:35give us a bit of an idea about roughly what we can expect in terms of blanks and doubles for the

09:39remainder of the season. As I said at the start this isn't my work this is actually this bit

09:44courtesy of Planet FPL and also FPL.Team who have combined to make a predicted set of fixtures

09:50basically for the remainder of the season. So what do we have? We have a blank game week in

09:55game week 29 which we've known for a while this is confirmed the four teams that will blank in 29

10:00are Palace, Newcastle, Liverpool and Villa. That's nice and simple. Also double game week 32 which we

10:06recently had announced as well that's nice and simple there are two teams that are doubling in

10:1032 which is Crystal Palace and Newcastle and that is based on the 29 blank. So their fixture from

10:1629 has just been rescheduled for double game week 32. So blank game week 29 and double game week 32

10:22are the only two 100 confirmed blanks and doubles that we know exactly what we're going to get for

10:28which is nice. So in terms of what you can do now you can plan for blank game week 29 and double

10:33game week 32 which is at least a bit of information. Where it then becomes difficult as I've just

10:37spoken about is game week 33 and 34. So the blank from 34 will cause the double in 33 and based on

10:44current projections as I've just said that means that six teams will be doubling in 33 and

10:50those same six teams will blank in 34 which is looking like as of right now Villa, Brighton,

10:55Fulham, West Ham, City and Southampton. As a result and we will discuss chip strategy a bit later

11:01this is why without a free hit or wild card around 33 34 having a really good team for 33

11:08and a really good team for 34 is virtually impossible without a free hit or a wild card to

11:13use. You can bank free transfers you could go a little bit suboptimal in 33 to allow you to do

11:18do an okay job in 34 but if you want to really optimize both weeks you kind of have to play a

11:23free hit in one of them or a wild card. So that's something to start considering it's one of the

11:27reasons why a lot of us don't want a free hit in 29. It's not because we wouldn't get points like

11:32most of us would really improve our team with a free hit in 29 but then when you get to 33 34

11:37if it goes the way we're expecting it's going to be a little bit difficult to navigate.

11:4233 and 34 oh 34 and 33 I think almost definitely will be doubles and blanks. Why I've put a

11:48question mark for 36 and 37 is we could quite easily see no remaining blanks and doubles after

11:54game week 34. So 36 and 37 aren't confirmed doubles and blanks but this is dependent on the FA Cup

12:01final. So going on the basis that Villa and I believe City make the FA Cup final we could see

12:08a blank in game week 37 which then causes a subsequent double in game week 36. However I

12:15believe this only causes a blank and this is where my knowledge is tested this only causes a blank if

12:20Villa reach the FA Cup final which they could do they're in a good position to do so with

12:24their draw against Preston but if Villa make the final and I believe Spurs would have to make at

12:28least the semi-final of the Europa League for them to provisionally announce a blank in 37.

12:35That might be too complicated for most of you and for me it probably is and it's too far in the

12:39distance to really care about but what I'm essentially saying and what I guess James from

12:43Planet FPL is essentially saying is we could have a possible small blank in 37 which causes a

12:49possible small double in game week 36. So it could be something like and again it probably won't be

12:55it could be something like Villa Spurs City and Bournemouth doubling in 36 and blanking in 37.

13:02That could be useful if you're looking to assistant manager chip at the back end of the season

13:05or triple captain on Erling Haaland in 36. I wouldn't hold out hope just for that though

13:11because like I said there is a chance that the games don't go the way we think or the Premier

13:15League do something else and it doesn't cause that blank and double. So there we go nice and simple

13:20right this is the upcoming schedule. So I guess to just recap and confirm blank 29 is the second

13:26biggest blank of the season, blank game week 34 is likely to be the biggest blank but we don't know

13:30that 100% and the blank from 34 will cause a double in 33. There is also a small possible

13:36small blank in 37 which would then cause a possible small double in 36. So we do have a lot

13:42of blanks and doubles coming up at least two more blanks and two more doubles potentially three more

13:46blanks and three more doubles. So lots of planning lots of chips required let's move on to the next

13:51section. So moving on from that I guess the most logical question is well when will we actually

13:55find out that information. I'm talking a lot about hypotheticals here when we actually find out

14:00about the blanks and doubles we've got to wait a little while and sadly we might not quite get

14:06the info when we'd want it. So what I've got here on this graphic is obviously the game week 29

14:11deadline which is Saturday the 15th of March then between game 29 and 30 we've got over two weeks.

14:17So the game week 30 deadline isn't until Tuesday the 1st of April because between 29 and 30 we not

14:22only have the EFL cup final between Liverpool and Newcastle but we also have the FA cup quarterfinal

14:27games. So what that means is between 29 and 30 because we will have the FA cup quarterfinal games

14:36we will know the teams that will have their fixture postponed in game week 34.

14:41So going on the assumption that those games are actual blanks and they don't get rescheduled

14:46within 34 we will essentially know which teams blank before the game week 30 deadline.

14:51So you could technically therefore wildcard in 30 under the assumption that you can predict roughly

14:57what will happen because you know which teams have made the semis but as I said we don't know for

15:02sure that some of those fixtures will actually move out of 34. They could be rescheduled for

15:07within 34. We also don't know definitely 100 percent that they will be moved into 33. There's

15:12a very minor chance that they're rescheduled for somewhere else. So we know roughly and we'll have

15:17a good idea but we probably and again we could because we just don't know but we probably won't

15:23know exactly when those games are rescheduled. The reason for that is the FA cup quarterfinal

15:28games are the weekend and then the game week 30 deadline is Tuesday. It's very unlikely that after

15:33the FA cup games before the Tuesday deadline the Premier League make an announcement about where

15:37these fixtures go. So we're probably not going to know by the 30 deadline exactly what the landscape

15:42looks like. However we think we and again it's only a thing but we think we will know by the

15:48game 31 deadline whether it is a double game 33 which teams go there are any rescheduled for

15:53within 34 and we should therefore know before the 31 deadline exactly what 33 and 34 look like.

16:00I would put that just going through a random percentage I put out like a 90 percent likelihood

16:05that we'll know by the 31 deadline and there is a 10 chance that we won't know that until after

16:10the 31 deadline. What this therefore means is what a video by the way what this therefore means is

16:17that a wild card in game week 31 is probably the best week to aim for as things stand. If by the 30

16:25deadline let's say on Monday just before the game week 30 deadline let's say they do just go out

16:29there and get they're really ahead of everything and they give us exactly when all of these games

16:33will be rescheduled great then we can wildcard in game week 30 but I wouldn't plan for that right

16:38now. I would plan for a game week 31 wildcard. The other reason why I think a game week 31 wildcard

16:44makes sense is most of the teams that have a good fixture in 29 also have a good fixture in game week

16:4930. Nottingham Forest have Ipswich in 29 and they play Manchester United who have been awful recently

16:54in game week 30. Bournemouth for example have Brentford at home in 29 and then they play against

16:59Ipswich in game week 30. So even Man City they play Brighton and they play Leicester so pretty

17:04much all of the teams that you're likely to load up on for game week 29 also have a really good

17:09fixture in 30. So even if we got the information in game week 30 most of your teams probably don't

17:14need a wildcard in that week anyway. So yeah basically between 29 and 30 we'll get a much

17:20better idea but probably not the full picture. Between 30 and 31 we should hopefully get the

17:25full picture and therefore as things stand right now if you're really unsure when to play your

17:29wildcard I would tentatively pencil in a game week 31 wildcard. So we then move on to the main purpose

17:34of this which is to discuss a bit of chip strategy. When should you be playing your chips? I just spoke

17:39about why I think wildcard 31 is the most obvious time to wildcard for most teams but not all teams

17:44which is what strategy 1 and 2 are. They are based upon the assumption that you wildcard in 31

17:49and then strategy 3 and 4 are based on a later wildcard and also you can see strategy 3 is what

17:55I would probably be looking at if you're free hitting in 29. So we will talk through all of

17:59these. I will just note if you're really unsure and maybe I've lost you at various points through

18:05this video or you're just looking at your team you're like I really don't know maybe after watching

18:08this section you're still not sure I would just use no chips until game week 31. If you can get

18:13through 29 with a minus 4 minus 8 even maybe a minus 12 save the free hit don't wildcard in 30

18:20as I said I don't think I like the game week 30 wildcard at all get to 31 and then decide you're

18:25in a great spot because maybe you say actually I still don't need a wildcard in 31 great going

18:29for like something like strategy 4 where you bench boost free hit and then wildcard later.

18:33I can't see many reasons other than your team looks horrific for game week 29 why saving chips

18:39and just waiting until game week 31 isn't a fine idea to do. So I'm probably doing that myself I'm

18:45probably looking at not using a chip until game week 31. So I think strategy 1 was my favorite

18:51strategy before the FA cup fifth round results and I'll explain why it's not as of right now

18:57but it's sort of the most basic safe logical setup in terms of the chips and I will just know

19:04I know there's no triple captain and assistant manager here I'll explain that in the next couple

19:08of sections this is just the base chips of wildcard bench boost free hit. So strategy 1 would

19:14be again you wildcard in 31 to set up for the double in 32 the probable double in 33 and then

19:20obviously you might need to use your free hit to deal with game week 34. So yeah wildcard in 31

19:25bench boost in the biggest double game week of the season which is a nice time to bench boost as

19:29always there are some good teams that are going to have probably cheap assets to put on your bench

19:32boost you can arguably maybe get 14 or 15 doublers that week and then you free hit in 34 because

19:38remember the teams that you load up on load up on for 33 are going to be the teams that blank in 34

19:44so bench boost 33 free hit 34 does make a lot of sense. So that is strategy 1 that was my strategy

19:51so why isn't that now my strategy it basically comes down to Newcastle and Palace so now

19:58Newcastle double in 32 but do not double in 33 and instead have a fixture in 34

20:05so Newcastle double in 32 and play in the blank game week if Fulham beat Palace

20:11Palace will also double in 32 and have a fixture in blank game week 34 so what we could be looking

20:18like again this is a Fulham beat Palace we could be looking like the teams that we are going to

20:22have probably six assets from in Crystal Palace and Newcastle for the double in 32 are going to

20:28also have a fixture in the blank in 34 so in that case I've already got confirmed six players for

20:33the blank in 34 plus I'm almost definitely going to have at least three four five other players that

20:38have a fixture in 34 I don't really need to play my free hit in 34 assuming that I load up on Newcastle

20:44and Palace for 32 which I'm probably going to want to do so if that is the situation that Newcastle

20:52and Palace again do have a fixture in the blank and they double in 32 then what I probably am

20:57going to struggle more with is actually double game week 33 because Palace and Newcastle won't

21:02double in that week so I've immediately got six players there that don't double in the biggest

21:06double of the season so in that case what you would then do is probably free hit in 33 so what

21:11that would look like is again six players from Newcastle and Palace ready for a bench boost in 32

21:19so it would be kind of like a single game week bench boost but you have your six players from

21:22those two teams bench boost in 32 which I've had a look at by the way it's a pretty decent

21:26bench boost depending on who you pick on your wild card in 31 and then you would free hit in 33 to

21:32get 11 doublers and have a really strong team for the double game week and then you would be

21:37absolutely fine and perfectly set up for the blank game at 34 and then for 35 to 38 you probably

21:43have to use some transfers maybe take a couple of hits to make sure that you finish the season strong

21:49I really like this strategy now but it is on the basis that Fulham beat Palace in the cup because

21:55if Palace beat Fulham in the cup then Palace will double in 33 and they will blank in 34 probably

22:01which then makes it a little bit more difficult because you'll have the Newcastle players

22:05that don't double but also have a fixture but you'll have the Palace players that do double

22:09and then don't have a fixture that will be then a little bit more complicated I've probably lost

22:14about 90 percent of people at this stage but basically I am probably almost definitely going

22:18to wild card in 31 and then based on what happens between Palace and Fulham I will decide whether I

22:25free hit in 33 or free hit in 34 and that will determine whether I bench boost in 33 or 32

22:32hopefully that makes sense but I think strategy one and strategy two are currently what I'm

22:36choosing between for my personal team and my personal chip strategy again I don't have triple

22:41captain or assistant manager so we'll discuss how that might impact your strategy in the next

22:45section strategy three is if you need to free hit and again I would only use the free hit if you

22:51really need it your team is an absolute state because I just think it's much better used around

22:5533 34 but if you free hit in 29 you shouldn't need a wild card in 31 because the very reason

23:01that you should probably be free hitting in 29 is because you own Palace players and probably

23:06because you own Newcastle players along with maybe some Liverpool but that would be the reason that

23:10you would free hit is because you have the players that are blanking which means you are set up well

23:14for 32 anyway if you've already got three or four players from from Newcastle and Palace combined

23:18then that's probably the reason that you're looking to free hit so you should be able to

23:22put together a really good team for double game meet 32 and maybe 33 as well with a couple of

23:27transfers so the idea would be that you free hit don't early wildcard bench boost in 32 or 33 and

23:33then you can wildcard out of that around either blank game week 34 or game week 35 the reason I've

23:38put 34 despite it being a blank game week you might need to wildcard in 34 because your team

23:44might be a bit of a state for that blank so you might rather than using a free hit in the blank

23:48you're almost wildcarding into it to allow yourself to set up not only for the blank but for the

23:52remainder of the season as well strategy four is a little bit more of a rogue one it's basically

23:58the same as strategy two but you just don't feel like you need a wild card in 31 maybe your team

24:03is really well set up you've got five free transfers you still want to bench boost 32 free

24:08hit 33 but you just save your wild card for a little bit after that and then I don't mind that at all

24:15so there we go that's that there by the way there are more than four strategies there are about 15

24:19you could by the way wildcard in 29 I don't mind a wildcard in 29 at all for some people and you've

24:26got assistant manager and triple captain which you might need to fit in as well but these are largely

24:29the strategies I'd be going off I think for most people one and two are roughly what you're

24:33probably choosing between but we need to see what happens in the FA cup quarterfinals let me know if

24:38any of these resonate with you let me know if you're playing a similar chip strategy yourself

24:42let's discuss a bit of assistant manager triple captain and some of your other questions as well

24:46so where does the assistant manager fit in I'll be honest it doesn't fit in particularly well

24:51because we've got so many blanks and doubles but there are weeks where you want to play your free

24:55hit there's weeks where you want to play your bench boost your wild card and the issue with

24:58the assistant manager chip is it's active for three weeks so you are blocking out three weeks

25:03where you can't play your other chips so if the other chips didn't exist and the only chip you

25:07had in FPL was the assistant manager option one would be the favored one so by the way this graphic

25:13is from fpl.team again courtesy of the projections from James from Planet FPL so this is what the

25:18fixtures would look like if they are exactly as projected and of course this could change but

25:22yeah game week 31 to 33 would be perfect you've got a double in 32 in which case you'd probably

25:28go for Oliver Glasner and then you've got a double in 33 as well so you would be getting

25:33five fixtures rather than just three fixtures you'd be getting two double game weeks and there

25:37are lots of pretty decent we think anyway but we don't know what the table will look like some

25:41pretty decent table bonus opportunities in there so yeah in an ideal world 31 to 33 is perfect

25:46i have just shown you though on the in the previous section that my current plan is wildcard 31

25:52bench boost 32 free hit 33 i am planning on playing a chip in every week from 31 to 33 and i think

25:59that's a decent strategy you therefore can't play the assistant manager or you are telling me that

26:03in the weeks where i am in my opinion playing a really good chip strategy with three chips in a

26:08row you're not going to have any of those chips active and you're just going to be playing the

26:11assistant manager which is by the way a very powerful chip so that doesn't feel great where

26:15are you wildcarding you're going to walk on in 30 maybe but if you walk on in 30 you might have all

26:20of the information do you maybe shift the assistant manager from 32 to 34 so you walk on in 31 and

26:26just shift it a week that could work where are you free hitting how are you dealing with 33 and 34

26:32without a free hit or a wildcard you can't use either of them because you've got the assistant

26:36manager chip active so as a result i actually don't love option one because i think it blocks

26:40you from playing other really powerful chips in that time another option that's not on here is

26:45you could play now 28 29 30 nothing really happening in these three weeks you're probably

26:49not free hitting most people in 29 anyway so you've got three weeks no doubles but you've got

26:53three weeks where it's not blocking you from playing other chips you could play in that sort

26:58of middle section 33 34 35 but i don't see a real good reason to do that and again you are blocking

27:03probably the use of a free hit or wildcard so i think my favored option and really i think unless

27:10you've just already used your free hit and wildcard the only real option i can see here

27:14is probably 36 37 38 we've got a possible double in 36 but like i said this is absolutely not

27:20confirmed but a possible double where you could play it i don't know on someone like ang got

27:24crystal palace and aston villa you might get a table bonus game there you could play it maybe

27:29on man city if man city do get a double of southampton and bournemouth you won't get a

27:32table bonus for either of those games but southampton would hopefully feel like a bit of a

27:36banker fixture you'd probably need to transfer the manager out for 37 and 38 the other reason

27:43that i like 36 37 38 though let's say we don't even get a double game it's just three single weeks

27:48you will know going into game at 36 how far off or how far into your target rank or your position

27:54in your mini league you are if you are first in your mini league and let's say 25 points clear

27:59you probably play it safe go like pep and then maybe in game 38 play it on i don't know iraola

28:05against lester or arteta against southampton you play it on someone a little bit safe and just make

28:09sure you keep your lead however if you're like 40 points off top 50k and that's been your target all

28:15season you probably go all out and chase table bonus for all three games i just feel like going

28:20into 36 37 38 three weeks left of the season you will know exactly how risky you need to be

28:26whereas earlier in the season i didn't know i was like do i want to chase the table bones for glasner

28:30i'm not too displeased with my rank do i want to risk it you will know whether you need to take

28:34that risk so to recap that i think 31 33 in an ideal world is the best time to play it but i just

28:41think it will block you from the other chips you want to play which probably leaves you with 36

28:45to 38 hopefully that's helpful and yeah i think i think probably the real winner is sad to say

28:50it's probably those that have already played it because now they can just freely play their other

28:54chips they don't have to worry too much but there could definitely be some upside later this season

28:58so just to cover some of your other questions that you guys have asked and please feel free to ask

29:01more comments ask more questions in the comments and by the way if you've enjoyed this video and

29:05you've got to this point and some of this has made sense and i've not made an array of errors

29:10please do consider subscribing i'm trying to hit 150 000 subscribers by the end of the season

29:14so if you're not yet subscribed and you've enjoyed this video please do subscribe i'd really

29:18appreciate it so the first question was well when do we play the triple captain chip it kind of

29:23depends when you're playing the other chips and i would say that the triple captain chip is probably

29:27arguably the worst chip in fp i mean you could get a big score we saw seller was it 29 points

29:33the triple captain in 24 it can go really really big mohammed sala and even like an erling harland

29:39in game 36 could be massive but what you don't want to do is block yourself from a really valuable

29:44chip like i wouldn't play the triple captain in 33 if you'd rather play the bench boost or the

29:49free hitting that week i think you've basically got three options for me because i think a lot of

29:53people either bench boost or free hitting game 33 i've kind of ruled out game 33 because i think

29:58it will be a popular week to play one of the more powerful chips i think you've either got game 32

30:03playing on ezac who's going to have a double game week and both games are at home i think it's

30:06united and crystal palace at home so that's an option game 36 if potentially and it's a small

30:13possibility but if city were to double there is the chance that you can play on someone like

30:17erling harland but you could wait for that opportunity that might never arise or you just

30:22play out in a single game like a single game week we saw it worked quite well with harland in game

30:26week two against dipswitch seller's got southampton this week the only concern with sally and we'll

30:30discuss this more throughout the week it's sandwiched between the two psg games so how

30:35many minutes will seller actually get in in game 28 against southampton might he get an early sub

30:41so maybe not the best time but i guess like i'm saying it's another opportunity to just basically

30:45play it in a a single game week it's not ideal i would just say make sure it doesn't clash with

30:51the bench boost and free here and i would i would prefer to optimize those chips ahead of the triple

30:56captain another question is does a wild card in game 28 or 29 work if so how would you structure

31:01it not not particularly well i'll be honest i know a lot of people have played it this week

31:05i'm not saying it's bad and 29 like i said is a possibility i would attack what's in front of you

31:11but keep an eye like we already know eight teams that are going to play in 34 maybe make sure that

31:15you've got some players from those teams look at which teams are most likely to blank then as well

31:20also think about gaming 32 what we know in front of us is that crystal palace and newcastle will

31:25have a double in 32 try and have at least maybe three of those assets on your bench

31:29for blank gaming 29 and the final thing is just get ready to take hits if you're wild carding now

31:35you are going to have to take hits i mean most of us probably will anyway but things will change

31:39things will happen i won't wild card now if you're someone that's scared of hits because being scared

31:43of hits can be dangerous it can actually be detrimental if you're afraid to take a hit because

31:48you're just going to play a suboptimal team each week sometimes it's worth taking that minus four

31:52that minus eight that minus 12 to make sure that you've got a good team for the upcoming fixture

31:56run so yeah i would basically go back through and watch this video twice and just plan ahead like

32:03work out right if i build this team now is it lacking in 30 is it lacking in 32 is it lacking

32:08in 33 how will it look for the blank and that's the best you can do at this stage i can't really

32:12offer too much more advice so no i wouldn't wild card now if you can help it but if your team is a

32:17genuine state and there's nothing you can do you've got loads of injury suspensions then you

32:22could absolutely pull the trigger it's kind of i guess a similar question is what to do if you

32:26have no remaining free hit and no remaining wild cards as some people have used both of their chips

32:30is it possible to navigate not particularly well you're gonna have to sacrifice you're gonna have

32:35to take hits so i guess pick your battles don't go all in on double game meet 33 when you know

32:43full well it'll probably mean that you can't deal with blank game meet 34 so i i wouldn't try and

32:49i don't think you want to be too tentative and like tread on eggshells through the remainder

32:53of the season but you need to think ahead you need to be planning at this stage you need to

32:58be planning like expertly well to navigate the remainder of the season well without a free hit

33:02and wild card that's that's the truth of it but go back through again work out which teams are

33:05playing in each week and once we get more information it'll become a little bit easier

33:09to work out where you prioritize your transfers but definitely don't be using luxury transfers

33:13if you've got a player that plays in a blank you don't remove them if you've got a player that

33:17doubles but they're not great you keep them right you you really prioritize your transfers on on

33:21making those big changes to your squad next question was if you have to bench boost or

33:25triple captain in a single game week which would you prefer to sacrifice i think the triple captain

33:30slightly weaken the bench boost overall however i think the bench boost can be one of the most

33:35detrimental chips to your season like because you have a lot of people wildcard specifically to set

33:39up a bench boost lots of people will take hits to try and put a good bench boost together lots of

33:43people focus their transfers there and sometimes they just three of your four players blank in

33:48both games even if it's a double game week so with the triple captain at least you just play

33:52it on your best captain that week with your bench boost it can really ruin your season so i guess

33:56what i'm saying here is in isolation i would prefer a triple captain in a single game week

34:00but if you stumble across a bench boost in a single game week where you're like i like all

34:04four of my players they're definitely going to play i just let the bench boost rip in all honesty

34:09and when i'm saying i'm going to use it in game 32 it's basically going to be a single game week

34:14because the only two teams that double in 32 are palace and newcastle you can own a maximum of six

34:18from those two well then basically my bench is going to be single game week players so

34:22yeah i don't mind either of them to be honest and i think most people probably will end up playing

34:27one of the two in a single game week the final question is what is the best strategy if you

34:30have every chip remaining this is actually a lot more difficult than one would think

34:35you've basically got to sacrifice the triple captain or the assistant manager

34:38i think because the triple captain is a weaker chip overall normally i would play the triple

34:42captain in a single game somewhere doesn't have to be 28 i've just put that there for now

34:46and i would follow a similar strategy to what i said i'd wildcard in 31 still

34:50i'd bench boost in 32 or 33 and i'd free hit in 33 or 34 depending on which way the fa cup

34:56call to final results fall and then i would assist a manager from 36 to 38 if you're in that position

35:01it's great and again this means therefore obviously if you don't have the triple captain

35:05i would just do the remaining part of that chip strategy if you have the triple captain

35:10but not the assistant manager again you could be looking at something like triple captain 36

35:16or put your triple captain in 32 bench boost 33 free hit 34 so it'd be wildcard 31 triple

35:22captain 32 bench boost 33 free hit 34 there's lots of options here i i really don't mind

35:29any number of strategies if you feel like it puts your team in a good position for the blanks and

35:34doubles if any of this is wrong please let me know in the comments i've done my best to get

35:38this all as accurate as possible i'll be watching and listening to james from planet fpl do his

35:41podcast as well but if there is anything incorrect where i've misspoken i do apologize

35:46let me know if i have got anything wrong i'll pin a comment to correct it but yeah hopefully that's

35:51been helpful and hopefully giving you a bit more you might have to watch this more than once but

35:54giving you a bit more information around the blanks and doubles so guys there you have it that

35:57is a pretty long video around the blanks doubles chips and much much more there hopefully that has

36:01been helpful for you there is a lot of information and i will just note this is the most difficult

36:05season i've ever known in terms of trying to work out when the blanks and doubles will be

36:09and they're not particularly good blanks or doubles either so it has been a little bit more

36:13difficult than usual but yeah if you have got any use out of today's video and you're still

36:16watching at this point please do smash that like button and make sure to subscribe as well there'll

36:20be some more normal videos throughout the week coming up including my team selection deadline

36:23decisions and of course a deadline stream as well until next time thank you very much bye

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