Building towards Blank Gameweek 29 v Free Hit

Many Fantasy managers will now have one eye on Blank Gameweek 29 when making their transfers.

Here, we look at two of the different approaches to the big blank: building a team from now on or using the Free Hit.

Using a Wildcard in Gameweek 26/27 is something Lateriser tackled in a recent article.

BLANK GAMEWEEK 29: CONFIRMED FIXTURES

GW29 Premier League fixture	Status
Burnley v Brentford	On
Fulham v Spurs	On
Luton v Nottm Forest	On
West Ham v Aston Villa	On
Arsenal v Chelsea	Blank
Brighton v Man City	Blank
Crystal Palace v Newcastle	Blank
Everton v Liverpool	Blank
Man Utd v Sheff Utd	Blank
Wolves v Bournemouth	Blank

HOW MANY ACTIVE GAMEWEEK 29 PLAYERS DOES THE AVERAGE MANAGER OWN?

The above image, taken from Live FPL, shows how many players the average top 100k manager owns from the eight clubs with a Gameweek 29 fixture.

The total average is 4.274.

So, with three or four free transfers to use between now and then, many will not be able to get a full XI out without a hit or two.

BUILDING TOWARDS GAMEWEEK 29 V FREE HIT

Building towards Gameweek 29: Pros v Cons

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Sandy Ravage

8 months, 11 days ago

4-4 written all over those lineups

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Cheese Crunch
8 months, 11 days ago
Barkley Barkley Barkley Barkley
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1. Dazzler
  8 months, 11 days ago
  …Barkley!
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Saka White Rice

Darwin you are a special person. Somehow whether it's no points or not even playing you manage to troll me. I've transferred you in like 6 times in the last 2 years and it has never worked. Had I kept Solanke I would have a higher score

Old Gregg

Jota to >

a) kudus
b) Jacob Ramsey
c) Leon Bailey

g40steve
8 months, 11 days ago
This is the 29 conundrum, don’t want any of them now, A if pushed
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1. Biggsy
  8 months, 11 days ago
  I mean, looking at questions like this, it's hardly a conundrum. 3 weeks of a west ham midfielder or a FH in 29...
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  1. g40steve
    8 months, 11 days ago
    Bowen WHU best player points recently 321222 good luck
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Old Gregg
8 months, 11 days ago
Yes. Shame spurs Haven’t got a fixture this game week

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PartyTime

Last time Arsenal met Porto. Lord Bendtner scored a hat trick! 🙂 Good ol days 😆

SM001

Roberston benched and Adebayo and Nunez out. Can we never mention this cursed gameweek ever again please? Cheers

AC/DC AFC
8 months, 11 days ago
It will become folklore...

The dgw25 dangers and folly!

Just shows you that the top picks don't always win.

I need Bradley to go big, I think 12 points to stay in the England Cup.

Should have kept Walker over Kev or played Solanke or BB!

Ahh well.
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Baps hunter
8 months, 11 days ago
Unfortunately no. We will remember this gw almost like TC Mané owners or that week when Kane and Son ended the season in one match.
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snow pea in repose

The (no longer) leader in my secondary ML had Salah (C), Darwin, and Jota starting this GW

Baps hunter
8 months, 11 days ago
I have TC Haaland, Foden, KdB, Jota, Darwin and Bradley. Bradley 4.1 has still chance to be my highest scoring dgw player.
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FPL doesn't care about your feelings

RamaJama

What happened to Salah, injured in training?

MikeS
8 months, 11 days ago
Spotted limping, minor recurrence of injury - felt some "fatigue"
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Baps hunter
8 months, 11 days ago
In last match, last minutes, reoccurrence I believe.
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Debauchy
8 months, 11 days ago
rushed back to soon
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1. RamaJama
  8 months, 11 days ago
  Is Klopp trying to leave the club in ruins? First Trent rushed back, now Salah
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have you seen cyan
8 months, 11 days ago
after last match they said he had cramp or something. I still expected him to start or be on the bench though.
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MikeS

Doughty hatrick please, we are counting on you!

Debauchy
8 months, 11 days ago
An assist even will be good , minimum 1 pointer please
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ted mcnure

This article is indeed brilliant, so clear..
and yet it´s a s clear as mud til the cup ties are played!
I hate this part of the game, where the focus is all on fixtures, and form goes out the window.
All we need now is snow and waterlogged pitches.. with a side order of Covid and a royal funeral...

BUZZBOMB ♡
8 months, 11 days ago
Just wait for that Tube strike paralysing the East End of London...
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fantasist

Team to play FC Porto: Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Kiwior; Rice, Odegaard, Havertz; Saka, Trossard, Martinelli

Substitutes: Ramsdale, Hein, Smith Rowe, Nketiah, Cedric, Jorginho, Vieira, Nelson, Elneny, Nwaneri, Sweet, Heaven

fantasist
8 months, 11 days ago
Sweet Heaven!
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1. PartyTime
  8 months, 11 days ago
  😆
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2. The Ilfordian
  8 months, 11 days ago
  This! I was just thinking the same thing. After this gameweek, noting that we’re not familiar with Sweet Heaven is quite apt
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The Mentaculus
8 months, 11 days ago
My 4th roll of the dice on UCL captaincy - over to you Saka
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1. Hairy Potter
  8 months, 11 days ago
  Feel like I got lucky with Mbappe last week. All the other good options seem to have failed.
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Make FPL Casual Again

Luckily have the the two attacking talismen tonight...hauls due for Bradley and Doughty

Dammit_182

Looking for a VVD masterclass this evening then. The jota/nunez injuries makes next weeks transfer ‘out’s’. Easy thought I suppose

Zalk
8 months, 11 days ago
Had a feeling he was due a goal. Let's hope it's tonight.
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1. Dammit_182
  8 months, 11 days ago
  Big role in the team tonight so fingers crossed!
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Jimmers

This Liverpool game should never have been a DGW game. The game has been brought forward about 68 hours from when it was due to be played (next Saturday). GW26 should have started with this game and then we wouldn't have been wasting time, taking hits and worrying about a blank gameweek.

Vinyl78LP

Another cheeky goal for MacA would be perfect (already transferred out for next week)

have you seen cyan

Pretty sure VVD scores tonight. But I am a biased owner.

have you seen cyan
8 months, 11 days ago
my foresight knows no bounds.
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DropkickMurphys

Such pity that Adebayo whom I got for the double is injured for both games. Even tho those games were against City and Pool, he could have got something.

Camino Aleatorio

8 months, 8 days ago

Why play a free hit on a bunch of garbage players on trash teams. Rather score 19 with 4 players than 30 with a free hit. Plain waste.