FISO Ultimate FPL - 2015-16

[thesilkworm]

Yeah I have 12 starters but with a good captain option each day not going to bother with a loan.

Will definitely look at loans for DGWs when they come.

[dino1980]

Not for the first time time I changed my mind and did loan some players in.

[gooberman]

Nice scores from Kane (c) and Ali but it looks like everyone else also has them. Still a score of 74 with Huth and Mahrez to play seems a good score this week.

[skip]

74 here too, -9 from loans which scored me +15 and then however many Vardy gets tonight. It's really tough to find differentials in the 2nd half of the season, almost everyone has the same 3-4 players from Spurs and Leicester.

[djskope]

Hi! Anybody still playing this?

With the GW33 DGW approaching, was just wondering about how subs would work for players like Lukaku, Barclay etc.

i.e. Can I play and (C) Kane in MD2, but if he blanks, swap out later for Lukaku (C) in MD3 and also get Lukaku's MD1 points added?

Don't know if this will be allowed but thought I would ask as it feels like uncharted waters in UFPL..

[thesilkworm]

From what I remember from last year, you had to make a decision on each player before his first match of the gameweek. So you couldn't do what you've proposed in your example. Similarly, if you subbed Lukaku out completely, you couldn't bring him back for MD3, so you'll need to be careful not to sub out any players who blank in their first game of a double if they are someone you definitely want for their second game.

[dino1980]

Only had space for one of Mahrez or Lukaku today. Hoping the latter doesn't troll me too hard.

[djskope]

..if you subbed Lukaku out completely, you couldn't bring him back for MD3, so you'll need to be careful not to sub out any players who blank in their first game of a double if they are someone you definitely want for their second game.

Thanks for the input silkworm
I was thinking of having him on my *bench* rather than in my *reserves* which I think you mean by "subbed.. out completely"?
Did you mean bench or reserves (or both) by that phrase?
Would be really handy (and cheeky) if you could swap Lukaku MD3 in after seeing how Kane MD2 got on beforehand, plus getting the earlier Lukaku MD1 points.
I can see why this might not be allowed though - just can't see anything official in the rules about DGW protocols..

[dino1980]

Just the four loans for me this week...

[thesilkworm]

Have Lukaku/Barkley/Hennessey/Delaney already so no loans for me. Next week on the other hand...

[skip]

With Lukaku scoring a grand 0 points today, what's everyone doing with him tomorrow? I'm certainly switching the captaincy to Kane, but out of my 7 substitutes I can only really bring in 3 so subbing Lukaku out would let me have Mahrez or Coutinho. I'm pretty sure you can't bring him back in the same game week though, so he'd miss the Palace game.

[Geoffv]

With Lukaku scoring a grand 0 points today, what's everyone doing with him tomorrow? I'm certainly switching the captaincy to Kane, but out of my 7 substitutes I can only really bring in 3 so subbing Lukaku out would let me have Mahrez or Coutinho. I'm pretty sure you can't bring him back in the same game week though, so he'd miss the Palace game.

Lukaku out. Captain on Kane. No question.

[dino1980]

Yeah Lukaku out for me too, ditto Bolasie.

[skip]

I missed out on Huth, Walker, and Alli's points but at least kept Coutinho benched too. After 2 captaincy fails I get to switch the armband again midweek, but not feeling very confident in Lukaku/Barkley. Dann could be an option.

[skip]

Well, it seems I can't put the captaincy back on anyone for the midweek game. I figured since they were in my 11 since MD1 I could switch it again and just not include the points from the first game. It would be nice if the rules explained this (please correct me if they do), rather than figuring it out in the middle of a game week.

[brencarr]

Well, it seems I can't put the captaincy back on anyone for the midweek game. I figured since they were in my 11 since MD1 I could switch it again and just not include the points from the first game. It would be nice if the rules explained this (please correct me if they do), rather than figuring it out in the middle of a game week.

I came on to ask the same question about next week, which I think you may have answered. Like everyone else I'm sure, I have lots of players with 2 games and a few with one (on various matchdays), what's everyone's thinking and who knows the rules as I must admit to feeling a little unsure.

So, I guess, question 1) Do you think it's best to load up with 'doublers', maybe that's just personal preference and ....

question 2) if a player blanks on the first match can we swap him out ... but then not bring the first player back, and can we bring someone in for his 2nd game if we didn't have him in for his first? I suppose as we have unlimited subs in Ultimate we can effectively use 2-3 players as a doubler as it is.

Hmmm - could get confusing.

[skip]

Brencarr, I don't really understand the question you're asking. I know for sure that if you take a doubler out after the first game then you can't bring him back for the 2nd. Same applies for the captaincy - you can only put it on players that haven't played at all that game week yet. Meaning captaincy decisions need to be made up in MD1 or 2 then stick with it.

I do think loading up on doublers is a the best strategy, someone playing twice should make up for the 3pt loan.

[djskope]

Gash!!

I was traveling till past 1a.m. on Saturday and forgot to make my subs on Sunday morning so missed out on..

30 - Vardy (would def have switched to Captain from Lukaku after Saturday)
7 - Simpson
7 - Dier

Not H.P.!!

Silver lining? With the autosubs, Simpson should come off my bench with his 7 for the missing Sagna. And maybe Lukaku will bag a brace midweek (although I would prefer if he didn't as I had Aguero (C) in my ML whereas most have Lukaku)

After scraping around to save one or two points everywhere this season it really hurts to lose 30-odd

[dino1980]

@brencarr - on your second question I assume you're asking this. If I have a player who has a double can I bring that player in for the second match of their double if I don't play them in their first?

The answer is yes, if a player is on your subs bench and you have yet to sub him in for someone you can do so. But as usual the player you sub out is permanently out and can't be bought back in.

I can't really see a scenario where this would be necessary though. Maybe you want to bench KDB for their game away at Chelsea and then if your Liverpool mid or a.n.other mid gets 0 points bring KDB in for Newcastle or something. Just can't see a situation where this would generally be a smart play though.

[brencarr]

Thanks Skip/Dino, I was thinking of the scenario where you have a player with MD1/MD5 games (e.g. Smalling) and players with MD2/MD6 (Bellerin) .... so, if Smalling gets injured in the first game you can swap him for Bellerin for his MD2 game and then if you don't like that result you can swap Bellerin out for Rose who has one game in MD3 but now you can't bring either Smalling or Bellerin back for their second matches (which I understand)

Or - have Smalling MD1 and MD5, can you then swap to Bellerin for MD6 if you didn't have him for MD2? (I think you're saying this is ok).

Just trying to ensure I'm not missing any tricks or backing myself into a corner.

[skip]

Which loans is everyone planning to make this week? I don't have any Arsenal defenders so will bring in Bellerin, and might add Alexis to Ozil. I have 9 doublers in my team already, but not too excited about the prospects of Barkley or Ighalo.

[brencarr]

I have 15 doublers this week so I've managed to get a team out of 11.... and have 4 subs who have their first game on match day 2 so I can bring them in for any under-performing/injured match day 1 players.

[Mo Bot]

My team is a mess. I took Lennon on loan last week and now have Silva out to join Zouma and Coloccini. I'm leaving Lukaku out and playing Martial, Aguero and Ighalo. Martial (C) is my big punt to try to reverse the slide since the transfer window opened.

[skip]

Martial (c) is a really good call at home to Villa, as you always have Sanchez/Ozil the next day if he fails. I'm considering loaning him in, think Rashford is a good choice too although he may not play both games.

[thesilkworm]

I'm just bringing in Bellerin (for 3 weeks) to max out on my Arsenal coverage, and give me 11 doublers (actually 12, but will most likely remove my worst-performing MD1 doubler).

Options like Martial are obviously really tempting, but just doesn't seem worth it when I have Aguero as a good MD1 captain option, and enough doublers already.

I went nuts on loans for doublers last season and it ended up costing me my mini-league, so my natural tendency is to be a little more cautious with the hits this season.

[skip]

Loaned in 3 Arsenal players and Martial, we'll see how that goes. Even though the latter was benched yesterday I'm still confident of recouping the 12 points

[FingerPass]

I'm currently Gameweek Rank 1.

That will probably be my one and only highlight of the season (in either game).

[thesilkworm]

Very nice FingerPass!

My only remaining decision for this week is whether or not to bring Kane in for his game tomorrow night, or keep Barkley (who has one point already) for his game against Liverpool. Feels like a no-brainer bring Kane in.

Already took out Lukaku for Vardy today, which was looking good until the red card.

[brencarr]

I have a similar 'Kane' decision, I have Cabaye who has 2 points in the bag and a game at Old Trafford to come, or bring in Kane for tonight .... like you, I think bringing Kane in is the way to go. Spurs will be up for it tonight.

[dino1980]

I barely touched my bench yesterday so still have Kane/Alli/Toby who play tonight and Lukaku/Coutinho/Moreno as well.

So seems a no brainer to bring Kane in for Igahlo's two pointer. Will also bring Toby in for Evans's three points. Less sure if it's worth replacing Wij's three with Alli but almost certainly will as if he blanks then I've got Lukaku/Coutinho who can come in later down the line.

edit: Now Nasri (5 points) has been ruled out of City's second game I'm thinking he could be the one to go for Alli as Wij and Payet are both on 3 points with a game to come and should at least equal Nasri's five on appearance points alone. If Alli bricks I've got Coutinho, Lukaku or Moreno in reserve. Think that might be the play.