Lost some points in some reshuffle but only a few hundred places as almost everyone lost the same points anyway, still 39k.

GW33: Bit of a wet Wednesday end to the bench boost but I'm back in the top 50k (39k to be precise) with a free hit next week like everyone else.

...did that hit Rodri?

Forgot to post for GW32: red arrow from 54 to 63k.
Guess it isn't surprising considering all those guys I sold who are good at football.
Fingers crossed on O'Reilly, need to decide what to do with Mitoma (and if Gabriel goes).

Tom please stop posting my bathroom tile samples on Bluesky.

WC32: One change and we're locked, Lacroix to Senesi and play O'Reilly.
Got enough FTs to bring in 3xCRY for DGW36 and some other tinkering / trouble-shooting besides.
Rank 54k.

WC32 sorted I think (not sure I'll have any time to tinker tomorrow. Aiming to roll into BB33 then aggressive transfers after FH34.

Happy Birthday, sorry the FPL Gods didn't quite deliver the six-figure rank you really wanted...

GW31: 56pts, small red from 49 to 54k.
Kind of as I predicted really. Didn't expect green, didn't expect a huge red either, happy to be going into the last phase of the season at a decent rank with 4 FTs.
See you after the FA Cup!

And now Dango benched! He'd better come on...

Starts! Phew...

Managers who bought Tavernier in GW29

I *think* he gets it unless Maguire gets a nick. But not seen replay either.

"If an own goal is scored following a deflected pass, an assist is awarded."
I think so?

Tarkowski better play...

GW31: rolling.
Basically I believe that transfers will be more valuable post-wildcard.
Or to be a bit Andy Martin about it, happy to get a small red arrow if it means other managers have spaffed all their FTs on Gordon and Wilson for one week.

Interested in your takes on the value of FTs pre and post wildcard (assuming GW32 strategy). Are we losing out on something bigger chasing Gordon or something now?

Agree - but it's far more about the value of the transfer itself for me. Which is a lot harder to quantify... say I want JP for double but Bowen for G32, is that better than DCL/Raul ahead of Hill or something this week?

GW30: don't think I posted a team as I was pretty ill all last week. Anyway I rolled captained Bruno, and got 68 pts with a green arrow from 78k to 49k.
With Andersen back I'll probably roll again and save my transfers for something more exciting than Solanke v Forest.

GW29: 56, red arrow 60-78k
Last week bench jam, this week bench misery.
Tarkowski keeps me afloat.
More bench decisions to get wrong next week. Can understand why people bench boost early.

Honestly wouldn't know Man U were a man up if they didn't have the little red card graphic on screen.

Had a full playing 11 so no bench jam this week

Just wipe the Arsenal clean sheet and let me die.

Anderson bench goal just as Joao Pedro knocks another in.

Those LiveFPL threats weren't empty.

😬 Well 😬 done 😬 Semenyo 😬 captainers 😬

Hmm, I don't like a Saliba-less Arsenal defence for clean sheet potential...

Happy Threats To Your FPL Rank Evening to all who celebrate.

Also, I just cut my thumb on a blister pack of pills.

Well. Tarkowski aside, that's 5 blanks out of 5 including vice-captain and leaves me feeling VERY exposed to the Semenyo / Rice / Rogers threat.

It's only occasionally that (a) matches are on TNT, and (b) I have the place to myself to watch unhindered.
And I get the world's most frustrating 0-0 ever.
Tavernier 1.41xG blank, penalty denied, and Hill cs + defcon POTM performance on my bench.
But "it's been a great entertaining nil nil."