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00:00FPL Blank Game Week 29, a free hit draft.
00:03In today's video, we're not only going to cover
00:06what a free hit draft would look like if you're going to play it this week,
00:09but we're also going to discuss why you might play the chip.
00:11And those of you who are considering taking a minus four or minus eight
00:14to potentially not play it, whether I like that or whether you should be playing it,
00:18we'll be talking about the pros and cons, what players you'll be looking to buy,
00:21what players you'll be looking to own in your team to maybe save the chip
00:24for a future opportunity that might be even better.
00:30What is up, everyone? FPL Harry here.
00:35Before we dive in, 2,000 likes is the aim.
00:37Subscribe if you are new around here.
00:39And we're going to talk free hit today, whether you should be playing it.
00:42We're going to be looking at a team.
00:44If you're not on free hit and you're definitely not, it's also a bit of a useful video.
00:47So thank you for tuning in if you're not playing the chip as well
00:51to have a look what you're going to be up against,
00:53what people playing their free hit are going to have
00:55in terms of their teams going into game week 29.
00:57So we'll discuss that at the end.
00:59We're going to start off by talking about the fixtures,
01:02why you should potentially play the free hit,
01:04or maybe you should be looking to save it as well.
01:06So game week 29 is a blank game week for four teams.
01:09Crystal Palace, Newcastle, Liverpool and Aston Villa
01:12don't have a fixture in game week 29.
01:14Of course, that's why they've doubled in earlier game weeks this season
01:18and why Newcastle Crystal Palace have a double to come in game week 32.
01:22It clashes with the Carabao Cup final, which takes place this weekend.
01:25And that is why these four teams do not have a fixture.
01:28The ownership for these teams is about five and a half, six players.
01:32Plus you add in some teams having people like a Fabianski that doesn't play,
01:36having a Greaves, having a Southampton defender,
01:39having other players that don't start.
01:40We're looking at about six or so players across lineups
01:44that don't have a fixture this week.
01:45So I can understand why the free hit is popular.
01:48Some of you have been planning for it for a while to play it.
01:51And some of you have been planning like me to not play it for a while.
01:54And then we can hopefully navigate.
01:56I was going to say easily.
01:57I've spent all morning trying to plan about whether I should buy Harland
02:01and I'm still no closer to that decision.
02:03Luckily, if you're on free hit, that decision is pretty straightforward
02:07about whether you should own Harland or not.
02:09So to have a look at a few of the key questions,
02:12if you're deciding to play the free hit or not.
02:14The first one is how many players do you have available?
02:17Generally, if you can get to 11 with a minus eight,
02:20I probably would look to save the chip.
02:22Now it might depend on a little bit on who those players are.
02:25If you've got nine or eight,
02:27but the players that you've got are ones that you want long term,
02:30like Munoz, like Salah, like Trent, maybe Morgan Rogers,
02:33maybe Mateta, maybe Saar.
02:35Players that you want to hold long term,
02:37then absolutely, even if you can get to 11 with a minus eight,
02:40it might benefit your team more to play the free hit this week.
02:44But however, if you've got maybe eight or nine available,
02:47but some of those that are unavailable are Kunya, are Lewis Hall,
02:51are Gordon, for example.
02:54Are players who are still going to be issues
02:56on the other side of the free hit in Game Week 30,
02:59then that is an example where I don't think the free hit
03:01is a good use of the chip.
03:03And you should be looking to either wildcard
03:05or potentially take some hits
03:06because you could free hit out Kunya, Lewis Hall and Gordon.
03:10But what are you going to do in Game Week 30
03:11when they were all suddenly back in your lineup?
03:13You're going to have to deal with them
03:14with probably minus fours or transfers in Game Week 30 anyway.
03:18Now, the pool of players that you can buy from
03:20would change slightly in Game Week 30.
03:22You could look to buy some Crystal Palace players.
03:24You could look to buy back into Newcastle, for example.
03:27So there are a few caveats in there,
03:29but generally I'm looking at eight or nine.
03:32Getting to 11 with a minus four
03:34is probably what I would look at as a caveat
03:36unless you have purposely built to free hit this week.
03:38So even if you have eight or nine
03:40and you free hit out a lot of players that you want,
03:41and again, don't just free hit if it fixes a few players
03:45who are still going to be issues for you next week.
03:47So again, the likes of Kunya, the likes of Lewis Hall,
03:50the likes of Gordon, if you've got them in your team
03:52and then in Game Week 30, there's still going to be issues.
03:54I don't think I'd free hit.
03:56I'd rather take a minus eight or a minus 12
03:58to sell some of those players
04:00to hopefully fix your team for the longer run
04:02rather than just free hitting and fixing it for this week.
04:05The other one is how many transfers you've got available.
04:08So that of course builds into the,
04:10can you get to 11 with potentially a minus eight?
04:12If you can't get to that and you're looking at a minus 12,
04:15you're looking at a minus 16, then the free hit
04:17or potentially a wild card
04:18is also something that you can consider.
04:20And the final one is do you have the wild card available?
04:23Now, I don't particularly mean that for this week alone.
04:26I mean it more for future weeks.
04:28Game Week 33, the predicted double
04:30and Game Week 34, the predicted blank.
04:33It's going to be really, really hard to navigate
04:35if you don't keep either the wild card
04:37or the free hit for those
04:39and it will be harder to navigate than Game Week 29 is.
04:42I'm almost certain of that.
04:43So if you don't have the wild card still available,
04:45I do think you should consider saving the free hit
04:48and playing it in Game Week 33 or Game Week 34,
04:50depending on how the doubles and blanks fall
04:52after the next round of the FA Cup.
04:55Now, you could play the wild card in Game Week 29.
04:58If you do that, the four players I'd probably have
05:00on the bench are Henderson, Munoz,
05:03at least one of the two of those,
05:04not a Newcastle goalkeeper
05:06because we can't predict who that is.
05:07Alexandre, Isaac and Mo Salah would be the four players
05:10I'd probably look to have on your bench.
05:12And then you're building a squad that looks good this week,
05:14but also has players who are likely to double
05:17going forward into Game Week 32, Game Week 33
05:19and covering Game Week 34 as well.
05:22There won't be a full video on wild card 29.
05:25There will be a short form video,
05:27which we'll have a draft for you in.
05:28So that will be out later in the next couple of days,
05:31if you are looking to do that.
05:32So that's general discussion
05:34about whether you should be looking to free hit.
05:35Hopefully most of you have already made up your mind
05:37about whether you're going to free hit or not.
05:39So let's have a look at what the players are
05:41that I would look to buy.
05:43So next up, we're going to have a look at the fixtures.
05:45Now there aren't any projections,
05:46percentage clean sheet odds or that sort of stuff out yet,
05:49which could have a little bit of implication
05:51if you're close between a couple of players.
05:52But let's talk through the fixtures that we've got
05:55and discuss whether I'd be considering
05:56playing the free hit or not
05:58and which players I'd be looking to buy
06:00and which ones I'd be looking to cover
06:02if you're not on free hit as well, I suppose.
06:04Now, Everton defence at home to West Ham
06:06is a decent fixture.
06:07There's going to be a lot of ownership in that
06:09from non free hitters.
06:10So the likes of Pickford, the likes of Mikalenko
06:12are going to combine to over 50% ownership
06:15going into game week 29.
06:16So you could look to have one of those to cover it off.
06:19However, you might also be looking at
06:20Jarrod Bowen in your midfield.
06:22And if you're on free hit,
06:23it doesn't really work completely
06:24to own Jarrod Bowen in your midfield
06:26and then own a Pickford as well.
06:28You're probably picking one and not owning the other.
06:31Next up is Ipswich, Nottingham Forest.
06:33I think it's fair to say there's not many
06:35you'd be going with an Ipswich.
06:36The new Nottingham Forest defence is too strong.
06:38I wouldn't be looking at someone like a De Lappe.
06:40I'd almost certain that in the squad,
06:42I'd have Triple Forest.
06:43Whether you start them all, not fully certain,
06:46but you'd be looking at the likes of Olaraina,
06:48Williams, Murillo, Milenkovic, Sells.
06:50You can have a look at Gibbs, White, Alanga, Hudson-Odoi.
06:53Chris Wood are all good options this week.
06:56Manchester City, Brighton.
06:57I actually think this is quite a difficult fixture to call.
07:00And a lot of us looking to buy Erling Haaland
07:02doesn't make it that easy
07:04because I don't think this is that good a fixture.
07:06But I do think alongside Chris Wood,
07:08Haaland is probably up there
07:09with one of the best three captains this week.
07:11At Manchester City, the only two I look at
07:14are Gavardia and Erling Haaland.
07:16It is worth noting that they are
07:18the earliest game of the game week.
07:20There's no 12.30 kick-off.
07:21So we might know early team news on the deadline stream
07:24if Savino starts, if Marmouche starts,
07:26if Foden or De Bruyne starts,
07:28if you're looking to punt on someone.
07:30Because we did get early news this week
07:32that Marmouche was not in the line-up before the deadline.
07:34Only about five or 10 minutes before the deadline.
07:37But if we got news that Marmouche or Foden were starting,
07:40you could punt on them.
07:42But at the moment, I wouldn't put any of them in your drafts
07:44because I don't think we can say with enough confidence.
07:47At Brighton, if you're on free hit,
07:49I probably wouldn't look to own any.
07:50A way at City is not a great fixture.
07:52If you've got in your team naturally
07:53a Jal Pedro, a Welbeck, a Mitoma or a Minte,
07:57they're fine to hold,
07:57but you're probably not owning them on a free hit.
08:00Next up is Southampton Wolves.
08:01I think Wolves is where we're going.
08:03I think it is worth remembering that,
08:04yes, they're playing Southampton,
08:05but they are also 17th.
08:07They are by far the fourth-worst team in the league.
08:09Strand-Larsen looks way off it.
08:11The midfielders, it's really difficult to predict.
08:13Jose Sarr should start on goal.
08:14Ain't Nuri, Agbedo if you need money,
08:16but generally on free hit, you've got so much money
08:18because all the premiums don't have a great fixture.
08:21Bournemouth-Brentford.
08:22We're expecting goals.
08:24From Brentford, it's probably only Umberto that you'd consider.
08:27You're probably not going to own Vista on a free hit.
08:29Bournemouth, Kerkes in defence.
08:31There are expecting to be goals in this game,
08:33so predicting clean sheets are quite hard.
08:36So you're probably looking in midfield at Kluivert,
08:38maybe Semenu, but his form recently has just been so poor.
08:42You could have a look at one of the others,
08:44like a Tavernier, potentially.
08:45You could go up front with an Evan Nilsson as well.
08:48Probably expecting more goals than clean sheets in that game.
08:51Arsenal-Chelsea is probably a game you expect
08:52to completely miss out on a free hit.
08:55If you wanted to cover Cole Palmer, you could,
08:57but he's not in the free hit draft that I've got,
08:59and there's actually no Arsenal in there as well.
09:02Fulham-Spurs.
09:03No Spurs.
09:03Spurs play Thursday night,
09:05and this could be a good game if you wanted to punt on Fulham.
09:08Anthony Robinson or Jimenez will be owned by non-free hitters,
09:11but if you're on free hit, you could punt on one of them
09:13if you expect Spurs to be tired.
09:15Let's see what happens in their Europa League game
09:17on Thursday evening.
09:18And one of the other games you're looking to target,
09:20again, away at a newly promoted team,
09:22as we have with Forest, as we have with Wolves,
09:24is Manchester United.
09:25Picking players here is a little bit more difficult,
09:27but going away to Leicester surely has to be a team
09:29we look to buy.
09:31So then let's have a look at the draft that I've put together.
09:33We've gone in goal with Jose Sarr,
09:35and we have gone with Pickford,
09:36but he's gone with the one on the bench.
09:38We've built a 15-man squad.
09:39It's well within budget.
09:40I think I have five million spare when I build this.
09:43So if there's someone on the bench
09:44you want to start over a player in the starting 11,
09:46that's absolutely fine.
09:47I don't actually have Jarrod Bowen in here,
09:49but you could go for Bowen over a Tavernier, for example,
09:52if your budget stretched to that,
09:54and if you're not going with Jordan Pickford.
09:56But as I said, I probably wouldn't go Pickford and Bowen
09:58if you're on a free hit,
09:59because you're just kind of gambling
10:01against the different outcomes that you've got there.
10:03Into defence.
10:04So the three starting ones we've got,
10:06Gavardio, Kerkes, and Oleraina.
10:08I like Gavardio for his attacking threat.
10:10I'm not certain of a clean sheet.
10:12Kerkes is similar, and Oleraina.
10:13I've gone with him for Forrest.
10:15It could be Milenkovic.
10:16You basically have to punt on any of them.
10:17I've just gone with Oleraina
10:19because his attacking returns have been pretty good,
10:20but it could be Milenkovic if you needed a bit of money.
10:23The other two that we've got,
10:24A. Norrie away at Southampton and Masrari.
10:26Masrari was so close to a massive haul
10:29against Arsenal in game week 28.
10:31He's probably the Man Utd defender I would go with.
10:33If you don't fancy Man Utd for a clean sheet,
10:35you could bench him for either A. Norrie or Masrari.
10:38I've benched A. Norrie because we've gone
10:39with Jose Sarr as the goalkeeper.
10:41But if you've gone with Pickford in goal,
10:43you might want to go with A. Norrie
10:44because he does have a bit of attacking threat.
10:46Although under the new manager,
10:48it's not quite as much as under previous management.
10:51So I've gone with Gavardio and Kerkes at home.
10:53And then I think you have to have
10:55a Nottingham Forest defender,
10:56but it could be Sells in goal.
10:58And then you start A. Norrie over Oleraina
11:01if you think A. Norrie's got more attacking threat,
11:03for example.
11:04Into midfield, I think Kluivert and Fernandes
11:06are locks on free hit.
11:08Kluivert is definitely the best Bournemouth midfielder.
11:10And then Fernandes is about the only attacking
11:12Man Utd player you'd consider.
11:14You could punt on a Garnaccio.
11:16You could punt on a Xerxe.
11:17But I just don't think they're in the best players
11:20to have this week.
11:20If you fancy some differentials, Man Utd players.
11:23I've only got one in the starting 11.
11:24It's probably where I'd look,
11:26but I'm almost certain everyone would go Kluivert.
11:28Most reliable for minutes.
11:30Best for returns on penalties as well.
11:32And then Fernandes.
11:33Outside of that, I think these two midfield spots,
11:35or three if you play a midfield three,
11:37are where most of the differentials
11:38are going to come from.
11:39If you're not on free hit,
11:41or you just want to play a defensive free hit,
11:43then Mbombo and Jarrod Bowen
11:46are the two you should go with.
11:47But I do think away at Everton for Bowen
11:49and away at Bournemouth for Mbombo
11:52are two players you can take on on free hit.
11:54I've gone with Gibbs White away at Ipswich
11:56to have my triple up on Nottingham Forest.
11:58You could also have a double up on the Forest defence
12:00if you wanted to as well.
12:01And I've actually punted Tavernier.
12:03I think most people not on free hit
12:05will go with Semenyo,
12:06who I just don't like his goal threat that much.
12:08And then Dango Itara,
12:09who doesn't look like he's starting.
12:11Looks like Tavernier,
12:12whose minutes were really good early on in the season,
12:14he played 80 minutes again at the weekend,
12:16feels more reliable than some of the others.
12:18Of course, scored from that Kyrgios Kroos.
12:19So I've gone with him as a double up over Kluivert.
12:23But of course, I've got Mbombo on the bench here.
12:25And if you just want to start that, you can.
12:27The issue is you do have Kyrgios and Mbombo
12:29playing against each other.
12:30So I have just backed Bournemouth
12:32to beat Brentford in this draft.
12:34And that's what I've gone.
12:34But again, if you want to start Mbombo over Tavernier,
12:37I don't have a problem with that.
12:38You could also punt on a Wolves midfielder
12:41or on a Semenyo instead of Tavernier
12:42if that's what you want to do.
12:44And then up front, again, if you're on free hit,
12:46I'm almost certain Harlan and Chris Wood
12:48will pick themselves.
12:49And the third I've gone with is Beto.
12:50Now, if you don't go with Tavernier,
12:52you could also go with Evan Nielsen in this forward line.
12:55So again, Tavernier instead of Mbombo.
12:57And then you do Beto to Evan Nielsen
12:58is something else I quite like as well.
13:01You could also look to play a five-man midfield
13:03and just play Mbombo over Beto as well.
13:06Good thing about a free hit
13:08is you can build a 15-man squad
13:10if you're not going Palmer.
13:11I suppose that's the big thing, right?
13:12There's no Palmer.
13:13But his form and being away to Arsenal
13:16means I don't think you'd own him on a free hit.
13:17And I don't think there'll be any free hitters
13:20that will have him
13:22unless, again, you're playing defensive.
13:24But if that's the case,
13:25that's the one player probably
13:27that will do damage to your rank.
13:28The most is Palmer away at Arsenal,
13:30which is not the worst thing to try and take on.
13:32So that's what a free hit draft would look like.
13:34We've spoken about whether you should play it.
13:36We've spoken about the fixtures as well.
13:38The Champions League games,
13:39the Europa League games,
13:40the press conferences,
13:41early team news on Saturday
13:42might change things as well.
13:43So we will have an updated version of this
13:47in Friday's final decisions video
13:49if you are playing the chip
13:50or you just want to see what it looks like.
13:52I would go like this.
13:53Again, if you want to start
13:54any of the players on the bench,
13:55that's absolutely fine.
13:56There are a few like Evan Nielsen,
13:58like Bowen, like Palmer
14:00that are not in here
14:01that you could definitely consider
14:02or like Sells in goal as well.
14:05Once we get later on in the week
14:06and the likes of Robtfpl
14:08and others put out their projections,
14:10we might tweak it slightly,
14:11but I'm pretty happy with this.
14:12Forrest triple up,
14:14having some of Man United,
14:16having a little bit of Wolves.
14:17I would suppose Wolves attack
14:19is probably what I don't like
14:20having none of in here,
14:22but there's no Kunja
14:23and I just don't like Strand-Larsen that much.
14:24So that's why we've landed without it.
14:26Anyway, I'm going to start
14:27wittering on.
14:28I'm going to start badgering on
14:29with all of the if, buts and maybes
14:31and the permutations.
14:31This is the draft I put together.
14:33Captaincy is between Fernandez,
14:35Haaland and Chris Wood.
14:36I probably would go Haaland captain,
14:38Fernandez vice captain.
14:39Again, Chris Wood will probably
14:41be the most highly owned player
14:43in the game this week.
14:44He's probably the only player
14:45that will get above 100% ownership.
14:47So if you don't captain him,
14:49you'll probably lose rank.
14:50But I do think I prefer Haaland
14:51and Fernandez to Chris Wood this week
14:54if you don't want to go,
14:55if you want to go a little bit different.
14:56Because I think most people
14:57will end up on Chris Wood
14:59or he's just so highly owned
15:00regardless as well.
15:01Anyway, that is all for a Game Week 29
15:04free hit if you're looking for it.
15:05Any questions, drop in the comment
15:06section down below.
15:07We'll be back with usual non-free hit
15:09players transfer targets
15:10on Wednesday morning as well.
15:12Thank you all for watching.
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