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00:00What is going on everyone, my name is Andy, welcome back to another FPL video and this

00:07one is some of my final thoughts ahead of the game week 29 deadline. I'm going to go

00:10through the latest press conference information, answer some of your questions, take a look

00:13at my updated free hit draft and then talk about my own team as well. So if you enjoyed

00:17the video make sure to give it a like, hit that subscribe button if you haven't already,

00:20let's get into it.

00:21So we heard from Arna Slot today ahead of the Carabao Cup final. Knate is expected to

00:25train today so presumably he'll be in the XI against Newcastle and as long as he comes

00:30through the international break with no issues he'll be available from game week 30 onwards

00:34if you want to carry him through the blank in 29. With Trent Alexander-Arnold, Slot confirmed

00:39he's out of Sunday's final. He went on to say he's still being assessed but we do expect

00:44him back before the end of the season. That doesn't give me massive amounts of confidence

00:49that he's going to be back for game week 30. I think we should probably be expecting him

00:53to miss kind of game week 30, 31 at minimum, probably even longer. So if you're looking

00:58at your team thinking I could sell this player, I could sell Trent, I would just go ahead

01:02and sell Trent. I don't think he's going to be on people's wildcard teams in 30 or 31.

01:08There's no guarantee he'll even be back for then so it's okay to get rid of him.

01:11So for Bournemouth, Uriola said there's no new injuries. The players that were available

01:15last week will be available this week. So for anyone that was worried about Semenya

01:19picking up a knock in the last game, that doesn't seem to be the case. He's also been

01:22spotted in training as well. So if you've got him, he's fine to play this week and if

01:26you're thinking about buying him, that also looks pretty good as well. He always starts,

01:30the minutes are good too.

01:32The unfortunate thing, well fortunate for Bournemouth, unfortunate for Wutara owners.

01:38If everyone's fitting available that was available last week, presumably Wutara's going to be

01:42on the bench again. Evan Ilson, number 9, Kluivert behind him and then the wide players

01:46probably Semenya and Tavernier. Could Wutara come in instead of Evan Ilson or one of the

01:51wider players? Yes, but I wouldn't put much money on it. I don't think it's likely to

01:55happen. So if you've got him, I'll be thinking about potentially getting rid of him. There's

01:59a question later on about taking a hit for him, but my prediction will be he doesn't

02:04start against Brentford and there's no guarantee he starts against Ipswich either.

02:08So I'm going to go through my predictions for Game Week 29. Don't forget that you can

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02:23So first up we've got David Moyes managing his former team up against West Ham, also

02:28his former team. I'm going to go for an Everton home win. I think Everton have been strong

02:31under David Moyes. Forest away win against Ipswich, but I wouldn't be surprised if that

02:36game is closer than most people are giving it credit for. Man City to beat Brighton at

02:40home. Southampton Wolves is a tricky one to call. Usually are back against Southampton.

02:45I think Southampton could get a goal or two against Wolves. So I'm going to go for a draw

02:49there. Bournemouth I think will beat Brentford. Brentford attack very good, Visceron in Burma

02:54in particular, but Bournemouth attack is as strong if not slightly better. Plus they're

02:58at home and their defence is better as well. I think Arsenal to beat Chelsea. Fulham Spurs

03:04last year, bad memories. Game Week 29 last year I free hit three Spurs players. They

03:08lost 3-0 to Fulham. Fulham have been strong. Spurs just played in Europa League, albeit

03:14didn't have to go to extra time at least. I'm going to go for a Fulham home win. Man

03:18United to beat Leicester away. And that is it. Very simple. Whoever gets the most predictions

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03:35on screen. So let's get into some of your questions. I have covered some of this stuff

03:38in previous videos this week, so I'll try and keep it quick. Who's the best Nottingham

03:42Forest defender? My overall favourite pick is probably Milenkovic at £4.8 million. Absolutely

03:47nailed on. Decent threat from set pieces as well. Nico Williams is £0.4 million cheaper

03:52at £4.4 million and has started every single game since Game Week 15. So we can consider

03:58him pretty much nailed on as well. Although I wouldn't be as confident that he'll start

04:03all of the rest of the games as I would be with Milenkovic. So that's why you pay a little

04:07bit more. The only fixture that might be a slight doubt, after speaking to Mark Southerns

04:12who's on like FPL, Black Box, FPL Show and stuff like that, is Game Week 30 against Man

04:17United at home. Because just before that, you've got an FA Cup match. Presumably Forest

04:22will put out their first choice team which includes Nico Williams. And Moreno can't play

04:27against Villa because he's on loan. So Moreno starting against Man United at home could

04:31happen. It doesn't mean it's a guarantee, but if Nico Williams is going to miss any

04:35of these matches, it's probably that one. Outside of that, given what we've seen since

04:39Game Week 15, we have to expect him to continue to start. And 4.4 million is a decent price.

04:45Ener's the most popular and has scored the most points. But over 5 million, I just don't

04:50think it's worth it. If you're on free hit and you want to go for him, fair enough. In

04:53every other situation, I'd just get Milenkovic for a cheaper price.

04:56So is it worth selling Wutara for a minus 4 to a similarly priced player? I think generally

05:01the answer is yes. Especially if you're looking to wildcard in Game Week 31. Because Bournemouth

05:05have got Brendanford at home this week, Ipswich at home in 30, which looks great. But Wutara

05:10might not start either of those games. And in the FA Cup match, I think Kyrgz is suspended.

05:15So Wutara might even play left back. And if he starts that game, there's going to be no

05:19guarantee that he also starts Ipswich as well. So I think for two Game Weeks, for a minus

05:23four, for a player you can't guarantee will start, it's worth spending those points and

05:28hoping that the player you bring in will pay them back. Especially if it's for someone

05:32like Kluivert or Semenya who's got those two really good fixtures. If you're someone

05:36that's potentially going to wildcard in Game Week 30, it's a little bit trickier because

05:40the hit has to pay back straight away. I'd probably lean more towards still selling him

05:45for that hit. But you don't have to. You could just rely on him coming off the bench at a

05:49minimum one pointer. The minus four would take you to five. Will that player definitely

05:54outscore five points this week? Not a guarantee. There's no real right or wrong here. If someone

05:59said no, I'm just going to keep him, I would think that's fine. But in most cases, I think

06:03I would probably sell him for that minus four, especially if you're trying to wildcard in

06:0731. So is activating the wildcard in Game Week 30 the best strategy? By then, will all

06:12the blank and double Game Weeks be clear? So just on that last part, the answer is no.

06:16It's not a guarantee that we will know the blank and double Game Week schedule by the

06:21Game Week 30 deadline. Basically, the FA Cup games are being played on the weekend. The

06:25Game Week 30 deadline is on Tuesday. So that information would have to come out pretty

06:29quickly. If we don't have the blank and double Game Week schedule by 30, the hope is that

06:33we will have it by Game Week 31. So if you want to know exactly what Game Week 33 and

06:3834 are going to look like from a double and blank perspective, you should be trying to

06:43put off the wildcard until Game Week 31. The information we will have by Game Week 30 is

06:49what's happening in the FA Cup matches. So although it might not be laid out for us,

06:53we can make a pretty good educated guess of what the future schedule of the season might

06:58look like. So in some ways, if you can get through Game Week 29 and wait for that FA

07:04Cup result information, wildcarding in Game Week 30 might be better for your team. But

07:09I've got to say it, and I know it's so cliche, it's really going to depend on your team.

07:13All I can say is, if you can put the wildcard off until 30 or preferably 31 without too

07:20much damage to your team, that is exactly what you should do. I would really try and

07:24put people off wildcarding in 29 unless their team is an absolute mess. Because you are

07:29going in blind in terms of the fixtures, but also you're doing it ahead of an international

07:34break and FA Cup matches, lots can go wrong. The fixture could screw you over, you could

07:39get injury suspensions. Wildcard 29 is scary, that's all I can say. So wildcard 30 is not

07:46necessarily the best strategy, it depends on your team. But for a lot of people, if

07:50you can get through 29 and at least get those FA Cup results before you wildcard, that would

07:55be pretty handy.

07:56What are your thoughts on selling EZAC and Salah only to buy them back on wildcard 31?

08:00I'd lose .8 million in team value but have a decent team for Game Weeks 29 and 30.

08:06So generally, I think it's okay to think about this, despite the fact that many people absolutely

08:11hate it. Because as important as team value is, and it can be super handy, especially

08:16around wildcards and free hits and stuff like that, points are also important. So if

08:21you think you can get a lot of points by selling these two players, it might be worth the team

08:25value here. Also, EZAC is probably going to drop in price tonight, Salah will probably

08:30have a price drop over the coming days as well, so that .8 might all of a sudden be .6.

08:36The only thing to say about that is, people might start buying EZAC and Salah back in

08:40Game Week 30, their prices might go up before you look to wildcard. So in theory, it can

08:46work. All I can say is, go and put together what you think a wildcard 31 draft might look

08:53like and see how much team value you've got left over. Because if it includes Salah and

08:57EZAC and you're already struggling for cash with all the other players you want to put

09:01in, I would be maybe a little bit more against losing that much team value, because for most

09:05people, you will want Salah back. You're not going to want to go without him for too long.

09:11From looking at wildcard 29 drafts, money is not that much of an issue as it stands,

09:18but things can change. In my wildcard 29 draft, I've got Semenyo, Cliver and Evan Nielsen.

09:23They look great as long as they keep playing, but if they don't, I've got to go and find

09:28attackers for 6 million or less to replace them. There might not be that many options,

09:33I might need even more money. One player that no one is really considering right now is

09:38I've got Palmer in my squad for wildcard 29, and I keep thinking if something goes wrong

09:43I can just sell Palmer, but what if I also want to get EZAC and Harlan and Salah? All

09:48of a sudden team value becomes extremely important. So I'm not going to sit here and tell you

09:52it doesn't matter because it can, but as things look right now I think you can probably get

09:57away with it as long as you're guaranteeing yourself, on paper at least, that your team

10:02is that much better. It's a bit like wildcard 29, if you can avoid doing it I absolutely

10:08would. Same with Salah and EZAC, if you can hold the team value I would do it. But I think

10:12for a lot of people it probably does make sense to sell at least one if it lets you

10:17put out a much better team.

10:19So who is the best defender for a two week pump before wildcarding in GW31? A forest

10:23defender, Vardio, Aintnuri or someone else? I think if money is no object I would just

10:28get Vardio. I know the Man City defence hasn't been as good this season and Brighton at home

10:33is not an easy fixture, but overall GW29 and GW30, you've got two home games against Brighton

10:38and Leicester, that looks pretty good. Out of all of the defenders in the league Vardio

10:42is right up there in terms of goal threat and his ownership right now is really low.

10:46I know people will be talking about putting him on free hit, wildcards, transferring him

10:50in, his ownership is going to go up, but not by as much as I think people are talking about

10:55him. So he is probably where I would go. I think with Nottingham Forest you could go

10:59and get like a Niko Williams or a Milenkovic. Ipswich away is good, but it is an away game.

11:05And then in GW30 it's Man United at home. And I know that Forest have defended really

11:09well and Man United haven't been attacking that great to be fair the whole season. But

11:13on paper as a combination I'd rather have Vardio for Brighton and Leicester at home

11:18than a Forest defender for Ipswich away and Man United at home. And Aintnuri is good,

11:23Southampton away and West Ham at home pretty decent. I'm just not sure how much I trust

11:27the Wolves defence. Like I can sit here and say the Man City defence hasn't been as good

11:30but it's still better than Wolves. Is Aintnuri that much more attacking? I'm not so sure

11:36he is. So I think out of those three options I go Vardio. And I'm not really sure there's

11:41too many other picks that are better for two weeks. If you think about which players have

11:46got fixtures this week, like Everton West Ham at home is good but then it's Liverpool

11:50away in game week 30. No one's going Ipswich, no one's probably going to go Brighton with

11:54Man City away. Southampton no chance. Bournemouth not bad to be fair like a Kyrgiz, Brentford

12:00at home and Ipswich at home. I think he competes quite nicely with Vardio. I'd still go Vardio

12:05I think. Just that threat from set pieces. He's not necessarily getting as forward from

12:10open play. I still think I prefer him to Kyrgiz but that is a close call. And also you could

12:15argue that Arsenal defender is a close call as well. Chelsea at home, Fulham at home their

12:18defence is great. So for me it would probably be Kyrgiz or Vardio and I'd probably just

12:23stick with Vardio.

12:24So if it's Leite that Marmouche starts, would you consider bringing him in? That really

12:28depends on what strategy you're on because if you're looking for a two week punt before

12:32wildcard 31, you've got no guarantee that he'll start in game week 30. And obviously

12:37that is the better fixture of the two against Leicester at home. So even if you get word

12:41that he starts in 29, will he definitely start in 30? You could maybe argue if that happens

12:47that you've got the guaranteed start in the harder fixture and even if he doesn't start

12:51Leicester he will come off the bench and can maybe get you something. But I don't think

12:55he's so good that you need to risk that. So wildcard 31 I'd probably ignore him. If I

13:00was on free hit I'd be super tempted as a punt over like a Criswood or an Evan Nielsen

13:04just for one week only. Not saying that Marmouche is better than those two necessarily but if

13:09you're looking to go different he's worth considering. And if you're pretty sure you're

13:13going to wildcard in 30 and you want to go for a slightly differential player for 29

13:18before you hit that button then I like him as well. But anyone looking for like a long

13:22term strategy or 29 and 30 or if you're wildcarding in 29 I would completely avoid him.

13:28So how many hits is too many hits? I think the real question should be how many hits

13:32does your team need? And however many it needs that is what I would take to get to 11 players.

13:37I've said that all week. I think there's enough good players and fixtures this week in 29

13:41to warrant taking hits to get up to 11 playing players. Especially if you're looking to wildcard

13:46in 31 because a lot of the players that are good for this week are also good for game

13:50week 30. So if you don't want to use a chip I would take whatever's needed. Minus 8, minus

13:5512, absolutely fine. I would say though if you're starting to look at minus 12s, minus

14:0016s you've got to consider the choice of potentially wildcarding instead. I know the fixture information

14:07is really important but minus 12 is a lot of points. So you could wildcard this week

14:12and if you do get screwed over by the fixtures maybe take an extra minus 4 in a couple of

14:18weeks later on. That's also fine to do. So I would take a minus 12 if I didn't want to

14:22use a chip this week or if I didn't have one. But at that point if you've got the wildcard

14:26in hand I'll be tempted to think about it. Free hit I would be wary of because you'll

14:31get the same team back in game week 30 and if you've got issues this week that's maybe

14:35requiring a minus 8 or a minus 12 you might still have those issues in game week 30. So

14:40free hit I'd be a little bit less sure of. So I put out a free hit video on Sunday. I

14:44thought I'd go through some updated thoughts on how I might set the team up if I was playing

14:48the chip this week. In goal I've still got Jordan Pickford against West Ham at home.

14:53Decent fixture. When you look at the clean sheet odds on Rob T's numbers on Twitter Everton

14:57really high up. And I know he's quite highly owned by non-free hitters but I think he stacks

15:02up well against a Sells pick for example. So if you want to go for a Forrest goalkeeper

15:06you should absolutely do that. But I quite like Jordan Pickford this week. Gabriel and

15:10Vardio are still in. The only defender I've changed is Max Raui in for Ait Nouri. I think

15:15with Dawgoo suspended Max Raui will play right wing back. I wouldn't necessarily trust him

15:19long term but for one week only against Leicester who have been quite goal shy I quite like

15:24that pick. I think basically my thinking is Max Raui and Ait Nouri I don't think there's

15:29too much difference between them this week. But Ait Nouri is going to be more popular.

15:33So I think on a free hit I'm looking for that slight differential where I can. And that's

15:38why I've gone Man United defence. Wouldn't trust them long term. If you want to go Forrest

15:41defender instead you absolutely should. Or even Ait Nouri. But I've gone for Max Raui.

15:45Dalot is also a pretty good pick as well. Fernandes, Kluivert and Semenu in midfield

15:50pretty much would be locked in for me. The one change I've made is Imbermo out and Foden

15:57I think I could only stick with that if we get a leak that Foden starts. I would predict

16:01him to start but I wouldn't be 100% confident about it because it's a Man City player. I'm

16:06just looking for that differential. Imbermo is a solid pick. If you've got him in your

16:10squad and you're happy with that do not question it. He's really good but he's very highly

16:15owned and it's Bournemouth away. It's not an easy fixture. And I think people are underestimating

16:20Man City a little bit. They're not as good as they once were under Pep but they're still

16:23pretty decent. And Foden against Brighton at home is a huge differential. Up front Harlan

16:29and Chris Wood I don't think many people can argue about those two picks. And then I've

16:34still got Beto in there. You could go for Evan Nielsen instead. Triple up on Bournemouth

16:38against Brentford at home. Don't mind that. But Evan Nielsen could get subbed early. He's

16:42not on penalties. Beto is on penalties and he usually plays 90 minutes with the amount

16:46of injuries Everton have got with their forwards. So I actually quite like Beto. But I think

16:51for one week only he stands up really well against like an Evan Nielsen or a Strand

16:55Nielsen or someone like that. If we got a leak that Marmouche was starting I'd really

16:59like that pick as well. I wouldn't go for Visser over Beto I don't think. Even though

17:03Visser is a decent pick as well. There's not a huge amount of other forwards that I haven't

17:07already chosen. Like Raul Jimenez against Spurs at home. I just. Look you've got a bench

17:12on a free hit but Raul Jimenez is not guaranteed to start. He probably will but it ain't a

17:16guarantee and he often gets subbed early. So I think I'd rather go someone like Beto.

17:22Maybe Hoylen. No not Hoylen. Hoylen actually I thought looked alright last night but he's

17:26still just. Like I'm saying Leicester are goal shy. So is Hoylen. Like that is a mega

17:30punt. Don't completely hate it. But don't come back to me when it doesn't work out.

17:35So that's why I've still got Beto in. But if you wanted to go Evan Nielsen Marmouche

17:38something like that. That definitely works too. So just quickly on my team. If you've

17:42watched the other videos this week you'll know that I'm in a little bit of trouble for

17:45game week 29 in terms of how my team is set up. So Pickford and goal. Back four Gabrielle

17:50Mikalenko Anderson and Greaves. The midfield is Palmer Imbermo Wanyeri and Wutara. And

17:55then Salah who blanks. Then up front Kunya suspended. Izak blanks and so does Watkins.

18:00Trent also doesn't have a fixture and he's probably injured for a few weeks as well.

18:04There's lots of different ways that I could play this. And honestly I'm probably writing

18:08off the rest of Friday afternoon. I'm sure I'm going to spend a lot of time thinking

18:12about my team. But my current two favorite options are to either take a minus eight and

18:18delay the wild card. Which would basically be Trent, Izak, Kunya and Watkins out. Milenkovic

18:24in so not an unforced offence. Potentially Mats Raui in if I decide I'm definitely going

18:30to wild card in 30. And then Chris Wood, Evan Nielsen and Haaland in. To be honest Milenkovic

18:35has got Manny Knight at home in game week 30 anyway. So I think I'd probably be looking

18:39to wild card in 30 if I take the minus eight. Is that minus eight worth it just to delay

18:45the wild card? I'm still not convinced it is. I think in some ways I'm probably in a

18:50little bit of denial. Where I know I should wild card 29. But I'm too scared to hit the

18:55button because I know it could be an absolute disaster. And when everyone else is doing

18:59something different it doesn't mean you have to follow the crowd. But maybe they're doing

19:04that for a reason. And they are right? They want the FA Cup results. They want the double

19:07game week schedule. There is potentially a lot of points on offer once you've got that

19:11info if you get it right. So it is quite scary going against the grain. Especially with an

19:17international break and FA Cup afterwards. But this minus eight I think looks okay. If

19:21I went through with this I'd maybe even tap myself into a minus 12 and just sell Utara

19:26as well. And just get a different midfielder in. But when I've got Anderson and Greaves

19:30on the bench I'm not sure I should do that. I think at the very least I should just probably

19:34play Anderson instead of Utara if I'm that worried about him. So that's a potential minus

19:38eight. I really don't think my team can get through to wild card 31. I think if I don't

19:43wild card this week I've almost certainly got to do it in 30. So Max Rari might tempt

19:47me as another bit of a differential. Or I wild card. And at the moment this is probably

19:54my favourite wild card draft. Absolutely nothing is locked in or set in stone. Because there's

20:00so many different ways this can be played. But basically Rea and Gabriel double up on

20:04Arsenal defence. I've kind of missed that. I could even go triple up by the way. Rea

20:09Gabriel Saliba is not out of consideration completely. Because Arsenal are quite important

20:14for this strategy. Vardyol is my other expensive defender. Nico Williams plays this week.

20:19He's good for bench boost 32. And then I've got Liveramento and Dan Byrne on the bench.

20:25Midfield is Parma, Fernandes, Kluivert and Semenyo. With Sarr on the bench ready for

20:29Southampton away in game week 30. The double for Palace in game week 32. Then up front

20:34it's Chris Wood, Haaland and Evan Nielsen. Haaland would definitely be my captain if

20:38I bring him in. And to be honest with you, because I know pretty much from what everyone

20:43is saying Chris Wood is going to be the most heavily captained player in FPL this week.

20:48It just makes me want Haaland even more to go against him. Not because I think Chris

20:52Wood is a bad option. Because I'm probably going to bring him in for hits or wild card

20:56him in. But just because I want to go for that differential captain. So Haaland will

20:59almost certainly be my captain this week. The idea would be that depending on how the

21:04fixtures go and when I end up deciding to free hit. The Fernandes and Chris Wood would

21:09become Eze and Izak. So two free transfers which I would have from game week 30. I'd

21:15then have my 6 double game week players. I can make those transfers in 30 or 31. It doesn't

21:19really matter. And if I end up free hitting in 33. I might sell Haaland to Izak and then

21:26do Fernandes to Salah and get him back. And then later on do one of Clivo or Semenyo to

21:31Eze to get my 6th Palace and Newcastle players. So this draft has some flexibility in it.

21:41It's very likely that Man City will double. So Haaland and Vardio are there. If Crystal

21:46Palace win and they double. So will Arsenal. So I have 3 Palace players from 32 plus 2

21:51Arsenal players in Reynaud and Gabriel. In that case I would have 7 double game weekers.

21:56And I could probably just free hit 34 instead. And just bring a few more doublers in for

22:0233 at the time. There is obviously massive risk with this strategy. International break

22:07injuries. FA Cup injuries. The fixtures don't go quite how you want it to. By the time you

22:13get to 33. Yeah it's great having 7 doublers and just bring in another 3 or 4. But you

22:18might have the wrong doublers. Players might pick up injuries. It's just not an ideal strategy.

22:24But I really think my team is as close as you're going to get to having to wildcard

22:2929. I've said this already this week. And I think I've said it already in this video.

22:34If you can avoid wildcard 29. I absolutely would. Because it could be a mess. Even wildcard

22:4030 will be better with those FA Cup results. But at the moment this is my favourite draft.

22:46Ideally I would start with Isak. Because I know 100% I want him back if he's fit and

22:50available. But I quite like having Fernandes and Wood for game week 29. Because obviously

22:54this week has to be considered as well. And there's flexibility in terms of how I get

22:59Isak in. I either sell Chris Wood or I sell Harlan depending on how the fixtures fall.

23:04And obviously if Bournemouth end up beating Man City. Then I've got 3 Bournemouth players

23:07ready who have got a double as well. And if they double so will Man United. So that

23:12will be Bruno. And if it gets to the point where I need to keep Harlan. But I also need

23:17to get Isak. And I don't want to sell Bruno because he's got a double in 33. At that point

23:22I could sell Cole Palmer instead. That's kind of my cash cow. The other thing I'm thinking

23:26about. Honestly I can't even explain the amount of hours I've spent thinking about wildcard

23:32And I might not even hit the button yet. Is Saka could be an option soon. After the

23:38international break. And he's 10.2 million. Palmer is 10.9. So that's another .7 million

23:44saving. Let's say Crystal Palace win in game week 34. Sorry. Winning the FA Cup so they

23:49blank in 34 and double in 33. So would Arsenal then. I've only got 2 Arsenal players in my

23:56wildcard draft. I can even do Palmer to Saka. So I think half of my thinking is. Who am

24:02I potentially going to get locked out of that people who wildcard later will go for. Mateta

24:07definitely one I might not be able to get him. Munoz has barely been in my drafts at

24:11all. And Saka could be a massive differential. And I'd love to have him. Because if Arsenal

24:16double in 33. It'll be Ipswich away and Palace at home. That's pretty good. Munoz. He might

24:21still make it in. As I've said before, it's much easier to manage the next few weeks without

24:28him and just bring in like Eze instead. And I've got Henderson ready for the double. I

24:34would really hate not to have Munoz for 30 against Southampton away. But outside of that,

24:39I think I can possibly get away with it. The defensive. Like clean sheet perspective. Sorry.

24:44The potential clean sheets for Crystal Palace in the double are not great anyway. So Newcastle

24:49away and Man City away. Anyway, I've rambled on. I don't really know what I'm going to

24:53do. I'm going to spend the next few hours thinking about it. It's either a minus eight.

24:56I'm probably not going to take the minus fours. Or it's a wildcard, which would save me eight

25:01points and the team will probably look a bit better as well. If you've enjoyed that video,

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25:08FPL League over on Steeper completely free link in the description below. Otherwise,

25:12I'll catch you tomorrow for the slightly later deadline of half 11am UK time that sorry,

25:18the deadline for you will start at half 11 UK time. The deadline is half one in the afternoon

25:23UK time the first match you start at 3pm. Anyway, I've completely lost it too much thinking

25:28about wildcard. See you later.

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