Recapping the best Aston Villa players ahead of FPL restart

As long as those who still have a WC intact (I don't) get to hold it beyond the first deadline, that should be fair.

Personally I don't see why. The game needs to continue as 'normally' as possible to maintain integrity.

Here's what I think.

If you have already used your second wildcard, you have enjoyed the full benefit of unlimited transfers and a completely revamped team.

If you haven't used your second wildcard, then your team never got to enjoy this massive benefit.

It's really unfair for people who have already used their second wildcard to get a third because - and this is the crucial point - one wildcard is more than enough to navigate 9 gameweeks. 

I don't need 2 wildcards to get through 9 gameweeks. What is a much bigger advantage for me is to have a wildcard when other people who used theirs haven't.

I don’t really see what benefit having a WC would do anyone.
The fixtures seem to be carrying on from where they left off.

There should not be a free wildcard.

Everyone is in the same situation so no one is disadvantaged and the fixtures are proposed to be played in the same order as they were originally.

If you played your WC you got the benefit of it. If you haven't played your WC you can get the benefit of it over the remaining fixtures.

The only thing they should be considering is if the Arsenal, Man City, Sheff Utd, Villa games are treated as one SGW then perhaps everyone should get an extra free hit that can be played only on that SGW (cannot be saved - use it or lose it).

I'm all for whatever benefits me personally.

100% no. They announced that the GW deadlines and transfers would continue as normal. Why should those who used their free transfers to reshape their teams during the lockdown be punished?

Nope.

Return teams to what they were prior to FT being used even though there were no games.

Evens out the playing field.

I'm not hugely bothered either way

But can totally see the possible case/s & reason/s they might choose to go there

All it takes is a “Salah, Bruno, TAA & Jimenez in self-isolation with positive Covid19 tests” headline on the eve of GW39 (If indeed there is to be a GW39) to render even the most proactive of slow Wildcards redundant

A free WC *kind of* helps folks deal with that type of thing before the restart - but no idea where FPL’s heads are at with regards all this - just want to make sure they start the game back up again

For the game, yes

For rank, no

No. Not at all, especially if the fixtures stay as they are. We all had the opportunity to do a slow WC, if some didn't do it, too bad.

The schedule and circumstances have completely changed.

There is no argument that people deserve doubly rewarding or punishing for their previous strategy.

There should be an extra wildcard as a result. People who kept theirs still get an extra advantage, But those who used it before this massive change are not completely out of the game.

You can get it if I can get some prizes for being at the top for the last 16 weeks! 🙂

I can see my rank plummeting once it restarts.

When most of us wildcard, we take into account injured players, form players, fixture swings, chip planning and so on.

Given the uncertainty surrounding the restart and how the game woul

As the best manager on here by a country mile I'd ask you, what should us plebs be doing now? 😉

When most of us wildcard, we take into account injured players, form players, fixture swings, chip planning and so on.

Given the uncertainty surrounding the restart and how the game would develop, I don't think you can regard the recent free transfers as a 'slow wildcard'.

No, because it wouldn't benefit me much.

FPL is a marketing engagement tool for the PL. A new wc would cause more interest regardless of ‘should’.

Just logged in to the FPL site, clicked on transters. It's allowing to pick 15 players at current budget, like in the beginning of the season. Is this just a glitch/what happens at the end of the last (planned) GW?

They should just restore the database to last GW we had games and then continue to complete the 38 games weeks.

Give everyone a WC to get them involved again.

That would seem fairest.

This is a tough one after such a long break but I think I am leaning towards the view that there should be no free wildcard for all. The season will in the most part pick up where it left off, plus managers have been able to make free transfers throughout the blanks (slow wildcard). I can see why those who played their wildcard more recently might feel like they suffered but overall not a lot will have changed in terms of player choice. A few might be back from injury but nothing worthy of a clean start for all.

Yes if the new fixtures are different from the original schedule that we planned for.

If the fixtures have changed then yes, as a wildcard played prior to the shutdown would be almost completely wasted. If no fixture change and it continues within 1-3 weeks of where it left off then no wildcard needed- this is pretty much where everyone is landing right?

In any case those that kept should get two, still enough time to make big gains from having two

Saying people could have done a slow one, yeah sure people could have made transfers but with what in mind? Because it certainly can't have been fixtures+ Ignores all the casuals that won't have looked at their team and I don't think fpl would do that

We shouldn't but most likely will. As soon as PL stopped, I thought to myself that whenever it will be resumed, FPL will give unlimited transfers, mainly for publicity reasons. They want as many people to be engaged after they lost interest, and nothing will be more fun to announce than unlimited transfers.

No

Some points

1) The vast majority of players still have their WC. Even if the season hadn't stopped they would still have a great advantage over those who don't have a WC. The virus had nothing to do with it.

2) If the first week is a DGW then many probably won't use the WC, the free-hit looks like a better chip anyway.

3) The FPL gave everybody the opportunity of a slow WC over about 8 weeks. This was the time to get your team ready for the restart, especially those who didn't have a WC left.

4) In fact the WC isn't as useful as it would have been as there are. probably no DGW's after the first week which could have helped us shoot up the rankings like in previous seasons.

5) Which players will play and have the best advantage is all guesswork, in the end the only guarantee is class players wills core the most points.

I still have both my second wildcard and FH left. Understand both opinions on giving a new wildcard. Maybe fair thing to do would be giving 4 or 5 free transfers for everyone for the first week.

Definitely not. It's not a new comp.

The way I see it, there is no way to please everyone. However, The definite thing is that those who WCed late (the later you did the worse) are at the most disadvantage. There are no guarantees the fixtures are played in same order they were originally. Even if they are, form and injuries situation after 2 months off is completely different from what is was. Hence the overhaul of the squad from using the WC is probably obsolete.
The fairest thing to do is that everyone gets unlimited transfers once the complete schedule is revealed and they can be used only until the next deadline. After the deadline, you lose that. So it is basically a WC that has to be played by next deadline.

Those who haven't played the 2nd WC keep it. They still have the advantage of the chip over those who have used it.

I think that the idea of unlimited transfers until the first match is the way to go.

I see a lot of people arguing that it's unfair to give out an extra wildcard as some people, including myself, have saved their 2nd wildcard. I agree on this and that's why the unlimited transfers before 1st match would be my suggestion.

But unlimited transfers is basically the same as a 3ed wildcard, I see some argue.

The unlimited transfers up until the first match is not the same as a 3ed wildcard - it is way less "valuable" as we have absolutely no information on player form, fitness, selection etc. We will even have less information compared to a normal pre-season, as there are friendly matches we can use to get a sense of selection. A 3ed wildcard that can be saved 1-2 gameweeks and used with a bit of information, will remove the small advantage the "savers" would normally get.

A good way to look at this is to ask if you would actually use your saved 2nd wildcard before the first match in this restart (assuming that a 3ed was not given out)? I would never wildcard on no information - that would be a complete crap shoot and the wildcard is way to valuable to use on no information.

I suggest unlimited transfer until the frist match and the people who have saved their 2nd wildcard get to keep that advantage and would be able to reset their team when more information is available.

Tough titties. I lost a Triple Captain chip to the virus the last GW don't see me complaining.

People who used the WC already gained the benefit they shouldn't get another. If people had being paying attention they just had 8 weeks to slowly transform their team which is basically a free WC.

I'm 23 points behind my ML leader clawed it back from about 80 points in a cash league he used all his chips early on to gain an advantage he used TC GW 1 and first WC after game week 2 and his second a good while before any signs of covid19 or the pl shutting down so has had more than an advantage! I have been patient and still have FH BB and WC and does seem unfair after allowing 8weeks FT is it? To change his team which he hasn't taken up that option to now reward him with a WC or even unlimited transfers seems unfair to me? But I do agree to some extent that those who used WC say a week or 2 weeks before the PL shut down should maybe be allowed a new WC but this would probably be to hard to set up I dont really see why some one who used both there WC months ago should get another

Chesrs

No, No and No. I have all four chips intact and I do not want you impatient Millenials getting another one because you didn't have the patience to wait for Covid 19.