Point Total (GW29)

It’s about damn time. Gameweek 29 was a huge success for my FPL team. I had a few blanks, but for the most part everyone on my team gave me some massive returns! In the end, I gathered 85 points, 33 above the average. I saw a green arrow of about 37K to put my overall rank at 68,400. I’m very happy to have finally broken into the top 100K as this was my season goal in my first go at FPL.

I just keep thinking what this gameweek could have been for me if all the stars had aligned. I couldn’t have asked for anything more from (C) Aguero, but it was disappointing to see him hit the post on a penalty and gather a -2 for that. That miss ended up being a -12 point swing with one miss. FPL can be brutal.

I ended up making one good decision and one bad decision in terms of my lineup. I elected to bench Alli and play Payet, which worked out in my favor. On the contrary, I benched 9 Ashley Williams points in favor of a 2-point blank from Ivanovic, resulting in a -7 point swing. Between the Aguero penalty miss and benching Williams, I could have easily broken 100 points this week.

My two transfers going into Gameweek 29 were a huge success. Sigurdsson scored me a goal and max bonus. He earned 10 points this week compared to just 6 from Alexis Sanchez, a +4 benefit. Harry Kane also scored a goal to grab 6 points, compared to Odion Ighalo’s 2-point blank. So overall, my transfers ended up netting me +8 additional points. Not bad.

My Transfers (GW30)

FREE TRANSFERS 1 OUT Ozil IN Silva IN THE BANK £1.7

Without transfers, I sit at 10 starters for GW30. I’m going to use my transfer this week to field a full 11 players, but I also want to try to start planning for the double gameweeks to come. The likely weeks that will have double fixtures are GW34 and GW37.

With that being said, I’m feeling pretty stupid at the moment. On Wednesday night at the time that I’m writing this, Ozil is set to drop in price. In a panic, I scrambled and brought in Silva. I failed to check if I would lose team value keeping Ozil. One of my few mistakes in my first FPL season. Not proud of this lapse of judgement, but I’ve played a good season and I don’t think this move will hurt me.

Now that I’ve gotten the whining out of the way, let’s talk about the move. Manchester City have some of the best fixtures to come of any Premier League team. Silva is the engine of City’s midfield. He scored two assists in the last game with Villa, and I can see points to come in the next games. With Ozil’s blank and some questionable fixtures on the horizon, I think this is a safe move. Obviously Ozil’s been the more consistent player this season, but with injury troubles for Arsenal, I think it’s time to rid the Gunners from my team.

Locked In (GW30)

We’re just barely going to field 11 players this week, and here’s hoping that all of them with start. With a crippled fixture list this week, I’m expecting a green arrow. Here’s my team for GW30:

The armband is on Kun, (C) Aguero. It’s hard to overlook his form as of late. I truly believe that when he is scoring, he should always be your captain. This week is a tricky captaincy week because of Kane against Villa, and Vardy and Mahrez against Newcastle. Aguero plays in the early fixture this week, so I’m setting myself up for a weekend of anguish if he blanks. But I think that Norwich is just as likely to ship goals as any other team. It’s going to be an interesting week for sure. I can see Kane and Aguero both scoring so it’s just a toss up between who you think will score!

That’s it. Good luck in Gameweek 30!