25/26 FPL BB33: Rolled to 3 FTs. Resisted the Bruno to Enzo temptation. 29 starts would be lovely, but reckon I get 27.

SDT GW32: Trusted the model and went Ekitike & Gravenberch to Haaland & Cash with both transfers. Nervy week, but Pool singlers could help make up the ground on Arsenal singlers elsewhere. Lack of City and Palmer is a bit scary, I admit.

132. A very good week that undid some of the damage from the previous one. Second highest score of anyone in the top 100. Shame Rogers missed his pen. Tough week ahead with zero doublers and only two transfers. Let’s see where we are by next Wednesday night.

56. Defence went great; the rest went less so. Scott a bit frustrating being first sub, but don’t think I was ever starting him ahead of Tavernier with his pen share.

25/26 FPL WC32: Looks like I forgot to post the team. Was set on Brighton triple defence and the others bits fell into place. Will have 2 FTs for BB33 if necessary. FH34 and TC36 is the obvious plan.

SDT GW31: No training pics of Saka and Timber meant I had to use both transfers rather than roll. Sarr and Muñoz in. Salah 🧢 for differential and the EV. Would have been tempted by Gab captaincy if on an Arsenal defensive stack, but have to back against it now.

38. One of my worst weeks in any format ever. Lowest scores above me were 58 and 60. Unbelievable negvar. Hurts more when competing for prizes. Hope to get lucky and get a good finish now.

Might just be having my worst week in any format ever. I’m on 24. 25 points tonight alone for Raya, Gab and Saliba. Lowest scores above me are 44 and 45. :(

SDT GW30: Leno, Enzo, Gordon & Haaland to Mamardashvili, Rice, Gravenberch & Salah (c). All 4 transfers used. Need to attack some doubling Liverpool differentials whilst we have the chance, as we may soon have a very narrow, Arsenal-heavy template, which isn’t good if chasing the cashing positions.

Is the THE PERFUME OF THE LADY IN BLACK - 4K UHD LE really sold out already? Didn't see that one listed as "low stock" ever. Is it coming back?

I wish I knew this before the sale! Maybe next time :)

Are all the limited editions that are sold out gone forever now? So I should just get a standard instead of waiting and hoping?

Wow, I thought I would have until this evening at least to make an order! It was at 90% only in the sale announcement.

Has La terra trema sold out already and not coming back?

I felt more confident about competing for the overall win before this weekend. The top few teams seem to be very solid still and will be difficult to catch if they have still have sufficient transfers. The current champ isn’t too far behind either. I’m hopefully well set for the FAC QFs though.

I could have split the five teams this weekend, but I’ve wanted to keep them aligned as long as possible to reduce the cognitive load. I’m in a good position with five different Hail Marys to dead end into to chase down those ahead. Five opportunities to put myself into a position to get lucky.

TFF Update: Not posted about TFF as there is little to share with a culture of private teams. I had a good period in recent weeks and moved all five of teams through the top 100 to the top 20. The last two weeks have disappointed somewhat though. All the chaos seemingly happened to my differentials.

Ultimate Update: I only decided to play TFF and SDT a few hours before kickoff. I’ve really enjoyed them and Ultimate is going very well. Ledger has dominated all season by we are slowly catching him. Winning is possible from here.

Winning the whole thing probably isn’t on the cards from here. The pool of picks is going to get ever narrower, and the current leader is a strong player. I would love to cash by finishing top 10 though. Team looks OK for after the IB with 4 transfers.

52. A decent recovery from having missed out on Bruno’s haul from Friday night. I was very surprised so many went for him. I would have made it greater priority had I suspected that. Moved from
30th to 27th OR, but slipped seven points further back from the leader to 60 behind.

68. I’ve had a thing with Thiaw all season across all formats. He did me here in spectacular fashion. Bravo. Another good week though moving from 76.4k to 54.7k with my second best GW rank. Top 10k very much the goal now. WC32 is activated with a very probable BB33. Two weeks off before drafts now.

SDT GW29: Alisson & Salah to Leno & Saka. Rolled two for four next week. Double injury blow was very frustrating and scuppered my plans to bring in and captain Bruno. Transfers would have been too tight in the future to do so.

163. A good solid week moved me from 35th to 30th, but slipped back one point to 53 off the leader. A shame Rogers was useless in contrast to Sarr to end the week.

FPL GW31: Rice & Muñoz to Gordon & THIAW, rolling 1 into probable WC32.

Patience.

78. Finally a stonking week with a rank of 21.3k! Halved the OR from 164k to 76k. Some nice Andersen bench jam. Hopefully Tarkowski fit for this week, so I only need to use 2/3 FTs.

SDT GW28: Semenyo to Rogers, rolling two for four transfers next week. Tough captaincy call, but let the vibes dictate it.

FPL GW30: Rolled to three unconfidently. Bruno 🧢

64. Up from 44th to 35th. From 58 off the lead to 52. After the disappointment of the Alisson clean sheet wipe then injury, Enzo saved the week and made it decent. Horrible week to make transfers with future European uncertainty and all of the premiums either dropping in price or remaining at parity