MY WILDCARD TEAM(S) FOR GAMEWEEK 24 🔥| Fantasy Premier League Tips 2025/26

[Music] What is going on everyone? My name is Andy. Welcome back to another FPL video.

In this one, I'm going to talk about Wildard 24. So, I've got two drafts to go through. A no Cole Palmer draft and then one with him if you want to take the punt.

And then I'm going to talk about wild card 24 versus later wild card, why you might want to wait, why you might want to go right now. So, let's get into it. So, I'm going to start with the no Cole Palmer draft.

Defensively, there isn't really too many differences. those come in attack later on. But let me go through the defense first of all.

So the goalkeepers I've gone with are Veren and Jose Sar. The reason that I've gone for Jose Sar over Drvka is he's only 0. 2 million more at 4.

2. And if Arsenal well they will finish top eight in the Champions League. That's confirmed.

If they get to the Carabal Cup final, which again they've got a goal advantage against Chelsea and they're at home in the second leg, they could double in 26. And if they double, so will Wolves. So Wolves double will be Arsenal at home, which is not great, but also Forest away.

And I think that's probably worth it considering you're wild carding now. It's not like Drvka is not bad and most of us have got him, but I think if you're wild carding now with the potential of that double, I would just pick up a double gameweek goalkeeper even though one of the fixtures is against Arsenal. And for Bugenham, Jose Sa, they don't rotate perfectly, but when I had a quick look at other goalkeeper options like Keller and Jose Sar, they don't particularly rotate massively great in the short term either.

You could argue that Keller's a little bit better longer term than Veren, but there's not a huge amount in it. If you want to switch to Keller, that's fine. Either way, that's why I've got Jose Sar on the bench.

And the reason that I've gone for a cheap goalkeeper is because I've gone for two Arsenal defenders rather than David Ryer. Now, there are reasons to go for Ryan. This is the problem with wild carding early.

These are all the things you've got to think about when you get to gameweek 31. If Arsenal do double in 26, that's because they'll be blanking in gameweek 31. And if you've got a Rya and Drvka combination, you can just bench Rya, not have to worry about the fact he's blanking, and then you've still got an Arsenal defensive option going forward.

And if Arsenal get to the FA Cup semi-final, they could blank again in 34, but also have a double game week after 31. So the idea would be put Ryer in now, bench him for the blank in 31, hope that he doubles in 26, and then after 31, you've still got him in place. Whereas if you've got Timber and Gabrielle, and in this case, I've got Munoz as well, it potentially becomes a problem because if City get to the Carabal Cup final, they could blank in 31.

And if they blank, so will Minaj. So all of a sudden then you've got Munos, Timber, Gabrielle outfield players that all could blank in gameweek 31. Now it's not a problem having Munas, Timber, and Gabrielle.

But you've got to be prepared to roll transfers. If I was wild carding in gameweek 24, I'd be setting up in a way where I don't have to make a move for the next three to four weeks unless you get forced into it because of an injury or something like that. Those things can happen.

Of course, that's the game we play. But without them, I wouldn't be wanting to make a transfer because if you get to game week 31 and Arsenal and Palace are both blanking, you've got three defenders with no fixture, you're going to have to sell at least one to get out of playing 11. So these are the things you got to think about.

It might be that free hit gameweek 31 is a viable strategy and these teams blanking don't matter, but we can't say right now whether that's a good strategy because we don't have enough blank and double gameweek information. There'll be another blank in gameweek 34 based on the FA Cup semi-finals. That will create doubles probably in gameweek 33, maybe 36 as well.

Having a free hit later on is probably going to be very useful to the point that I wouldn't want to use it in 31. So, you need to roll transfers to be able to deal with the blank and double gameweek information that comes up later on. I think with Timber, look, I've already spoken about why you might want to put Ryer in, but Timber honest, he could have had a golden assist against Man United yesterday.

Came very close to getting on the end of, you know, that that one that ended up as an own goal. Came very close to getting an assist for Mourinho as well. He's just been unlucky with attacking potential.

Uh, sorry, attacking returns as a non-owner. I've really gotten away with it and I am worried about what he's going to do soon. So, I would probably want him.

Gabrielle is a no-brainer. Munoz is an interesting one because I don't have Chaliber in this team. Now, Munoz much more attacking.

Obviously, we've seen that plenty of times this season. All it's going to take is another goal over the next couple of game weeks ahead of Bernie at home in 26, Wolves at home in 27, and there'll be a mad scramble for Mino. He's a huge differential.

Yes, Palace defense isn't going to be as good without Gay, but it's not suddenly going to become a relegation candidate, I don't think. Forest away, Brighton away, Bernie at home, Wolves at home looks quite nice. I don't think Munoz is a like no-brainer.

I think a lot of people will call him a no-brainer pick. I'm not sure that's the case because to be fair in the next six game weeks, four of the matches are away. Forest Brighton, Man United, Spurs, but because they got Bernie at home in 26 and Wolves at home in 27 and Leads at home in 30 and he's got potential for goals like the most in the league you would say for a defender.

It would be tempting to go there. The one the one thing about Chalaba next four fixtures 100% Chelsea likely to get more clean sheets than Palace. So you could make an argument to go for him instead but he's not so good after 27 Arsenal away Villa away Newcastle at home not great.

The thing about Chalaba that I quite like and these are the things to think about if you're um wild carding now if you've got Chalaba in that spot instead of Munos Chelsea and Arsenal play against each other in the Carabel Cup. So it's impossible for them to both blank in 31. So if Arsenal beat Chelsea, which is likely, Chelsea would then have a fixture guaranteed in 31, which is against Everton away.

So then you're not forced into having to sell Chala later on. If you could bench him for 28 to 30. I mean, you could play him against Villa away, Newcastle, or home if you had to, but if you could potentially deal with him here, then have him for 31, that maybe saves you a transfer.

Now the fixtures aren't great after 31, but they're okay. So that that's the kind of thing to think about. Mun's much more exciting, but I think Chalibur is more than a reasonable pick.

Part of the reason people are wild carding now is because of Chelsea's fixtures. So, it does feel like a bit stupid not to have him in there. So, by all means, switch Munoz to Chalaba.

And then the defenders on the bench, I've gone for Yoki Manderson. He even if you haven't already got him in your team, he's still a pretty good price at 4. 6 million.

And Fulham's fixtures are just very good. like Everton at home in 25, Sunderland away in 27, then after that it's Spurs at home, West Ham at home, Forest away, and importantly in blank game week 31, he's got Burnley at home. So, you know, you can rely on him for that week as well.

So, I quite like him as a cheap pick. And then I've gone for Alderretti. Again, it feels a little bit weird to bench him when it's Bernie at home, but which of those defenders are you going to bench instead?

I haven't Raldo is cheaper at 3. 8, but he got subbed at Halime at the weekend. Now, that was because he was on a yellow card and he came very close in the first half to getting a second yellow.

So, they just didn't take the risk. But, it does worry me a little bit. Whereas Alderretti should be pretty much nailed on a little bit more expensive 4.

1. And ultimately, they've got a few better fixtures coming up than lead. So, I did look at Goodmanson as well.

Um, and I think if you're wild carding now, you probably want a bench boost soon. And the bench I've come up with is not amazing for bench boosts over the next few weeks, but it's it's viable. Like these are the things you're just going to have to do if you're wild carding this early.

I would not save your bench boost for later on. That's just way too much to deal with. Transfers to set up for the blank transfers to set up for the doubles and then figuring a bench boost out.

Not for me. You'd have to use it soon. And if you look at um Alderetti's fixtures, there is some okay fixtures coming up for bench boost.

So like 27 foot at home, Bournemouth away 28, leads away 29, Brighton at home 30. He's not amazing in most of these, but it's viable. In one of these four game, you can probably figure out a bench boost with a Sunderland defender.

Now, if you've got the money, I would definitely look at Muki instead, but Alderetti is. 3 million cheaper and I suspect funds will be tight for quite a few people. And then in midfield, I've gone for the double up on the Man United attack with Bruno Fernandez and Brian in Burmo.

Declan Rice completes the Arsenal triple up. Enzo Fernandez is in as the value pick in Chelsea's midfield with their next four fixtures, which obviously we know now are excellent. And then Morgan Rogers is in as well.

I think if you can afford Rogers, I would definitely include him. Again, you're wild carding early. You don't have it to fall back on.

You know, Rogers starts every game if he's fit and available. He pretty much always plays 90. Importantly, he definitely plays 31, which is West Ham at home.

That won't be a blank. So, that's a good fixture in the blank. And the fixtures before it are just really good.

The two toughest fixtures between now and 31 are Chelsea at home in 29 and Man United away in 30. And you're not going to be worried if you have to play Morgan Rogers in these two games. So that's not an issue.

But also to make him even better as a pick. Once you're past that blank, he's then got Forest away, Sunderland at home, Fulham away, Spurs at home, Bernie away. So in theory, if he doesn't get injured, you could just keep him for a very long time.

I'm not saying he's definitely in your team for the rest of the season. Blanks and doubles will dictate your transfers later on. But in theory, he could stay in from now until 36.

Like the fixtures are that good and he always plays which is obviously super handy. So if you can afford Rogers, I really like him. Enzo Fernandez, I mean pretty much a no-brainer.

Like we still don't fully know, you know, if Palmer's fit, how will Enzo Fernandez fit into that team? Will he always play as an eight or a 10? Or could he even play as a six and be like a deepline playmaker and not be allowed to box crash and all this stuff?

It's all possible, but for his price and the fact that Palmer's struggling a bit at the moment, and we saw yesterday, if Palmer's off the pitch, Enzo's on penalties, you've just got to go for him. Less than 7 million, you can sell him after the next four fixtures. So, once you get to 28, you move him on to someone else.

So, Roger's in, Enzo in. Rice, look, I wouldn't buy Sacka right now. You know, he's in my team.

I'm probably not going to sell him myself, but I'll talk about that for my own personal team later on this week. Rice is the only other player in that team I would look at in attack. I wouldn't go for Jesus or Jookarez or Martinelli or Madaweki or Trosa.

It's just too risky. So Rice is the only attacker you can go for. I do not hate triple arsenal defense.

In fact, I quite like it. If you wanted to go Rya Timber Gabrielle and downgrade Rice to a cheap midfielder like Injai, Harry Wilson, Elliot Anderson, whatever your budget is, I quite like that. So it's not a no-brainer to have Declan Rice.

Yes, he's been very very good value, but there's lots of good midfielders out there. There's not many defenses as good as Arsenal. So, Rya Timber Gabrielle is definitely an option.

Bruno Fernandez pretty much is a no-brainer. I'm not going to say he's essential, but it is it would be crazy to wild card without him. And that's all I'm going to say on the matter.

Brian Inmo, there's some risk there for sure. He started number nine for the last two games Man United have had and obviously the first two games under Carrick as well, but he has been subbed around the 70th minute. Now, Dorgu picked up an injury.

Eric did say he hopes it's cramp, but it could be a hamstring problem. If he's out presumably, and it's not guaranteed, but presumably Kuna will play on the left. Therefore, there's one less player to come off the bench for Inmo.

Now Sheshka would still be on the bench and if he he could come on for in Burma around the 70th minute but maybe he comes on for Kuna and maybe in Burma stays on and maybe someone else goes and plays left wing like Ahmad or in Burmo. I just don't know. This is the problem.

Wild carding this week Man United have got a fixture swing. So you feel like you've got to go for at least two but no one can tell you for sure exactly what's going to happen against Fulham. Like did Carrick set up in the way he did the last two games because it was Man City and Arsenal.

Fulham's a different test. Could in Burma just go back to being a 90-minute man? Maybe.

All we know is he's been subbed early. That could continue to happen. Would I go for Amad Dio instead?

The thought has crossed my mind. He's only 6. 2 million, played two full games pretty much.

That is good, but I just don't think I would bother. I'd rather go and get the number nine in Burmo's put up so so many good performances and has great underlying numbers for the season. I would probably just take the risk, but he's not a no-brainer.

That's what I would say. So, Fernandez, Bruno, Fernandez, Enzo, and obviously Rice, if you're not going triple defense, they pretty much got to be in Rogers if you can afford it. In Burma is the only one I'm not completely sure.

And there is part of me that thinks while cutting this early, you want to be sure, but also you want to try and get some points that everyone else is not getting. Like, there will be a lot of people looking to move to Inmo. Obviously, everyone's got Bruno Fernandez or looking to buy him, but Inmo's ownership won't be as high as Bruno.

So, I feel like you've got to take the opportunity. If it goes wrong, it goes wrong. So, I quite like that midfield.

Like Elliot Anderson, Harry Wilson, and Jai are all options as well. I don't think there's too many other players that I haven't mentioned or thought about in midfield that I would look at on wild card. I'm a little bit worried that there's just something so obvious that I'm missing.

So, some I just wouldn't bother with. I know he looks great right now, continuing to play 90. Scored again at the weekend.

It's Spurs away Liverpool next two and then the fixtures are good afterwards. They're really nice for Man City, but there's a good chance they blank in 31. After that, it's Chelsea away Arsenal at home.

And th this is the constant cycle with Man City players. Everyone's talking about this now as if Senu is just going to remain in the team. How many players remain in that City team week in week out?

It almost never happens. Like Foden going on a 19 game week run is almost unheard of. I I just would not bother with Smen.

I know how good he's looked. I just wouldn't go there. I've mentioned Wilson.

You can't go Fen. I wouldn't buy Sacka. I prefer Elliot Anderson over Garner, but there's not much in it.

Um, Netto, okay, you could go for him as a differential over Enzo. I'd rather take the potential penalty taker. That's about it.

Vert, I just think is too expensive to fit into this midfield. Although, you could make an argument that Vertz is a bit safer for minutes than in Burma right now. But buying him before Newcastle at home City just feels a bit weird.

I'd rather take the risk with in Burma than move to Verts if I need to. Either way, that midfield looks pretty strong. And then up front, I've stuck with Harden and Thiago.

And on the bench, I've got Krooppy Jr. from Bournemouth, who's 4. 6 million, starting regularly at the moment.

He does get sub quite early, but he is starting in a very attacking team with decent fixtures coming up from now until 31. He's definitely worth consideration, especially if you're looking to bench boost over the next few weeks. Now, you could go safer with that pick, especially if you're looking to bench boost.

could try and work it from Krooppy Jr. up to Evan Nielson for example and by doing that you would have to drop one of those midfielders but something like Inbermo to Harry Wilson or Inbermo to Elliot Anderson and then Krooppy to Evan Nielson could work the only reason I wouldn't want to put myself in that kind of structure is it just feels like forwards have been awful all season and I just don't really see that changing and it always feels like there's more midfield players to kind of switch to. So my preference is to go for a cheap forward like Krooppy, but I do not mind in Burmo downgrade to like an Elliot Anderson and then Krooppy up to Evan Nielson.

That might be the safer play if you're looking to play your bench boost over the next few weeks. With Krooppy, I don't know if his minutes are fully safe. There's definitely a discussion to be had.

If you're going to go for a cheap forward, do you go for him or do you go for Manet instead? So Manet Wolves has played pretty much 90 minutes every game since gameweek 18 apart from gameweek 20 where he played 85. So his minutes are really good but he's not playing as like a number 10 or a number n he's kind of playing in midfield.

So his underlying numbers are nowhere near as good. So he's putting up 0. 21 expected goal involvement per 90 minutes.

It's not great. But his minutes do look more secure. I don't see him coming out of that Wolves team.

They're playing all right at the moment. Part of the reason is cuz he's been added into the 11. So, his minutes are better, but his goal threat is a lot less.

So, that's the kind of thing you weigh up. Do you take the chance on Kroopp's minutes because when he gets minutes, he's more of a threat. Or do you honestly change my mind on this every couple of hours?

I think I would take the goal threat from Krooppy, but obviously Wolves might double in 26. That could be interesting. The problem with that is though, let's say Krooppy remains in the team, he will definitely play in gameweek 31.

If Wolves do double in 26, that means they're going to blank in 31. So if you've got Timber, Gabrielle, and Manet, and then maybe even Harland and Munos all blanking, that becomes quite a bit of a problem. So I think for that reason, I probably go Krooppy.

But if you turn around and say, "No, I'm going to go for Manet. " I would not argue against it whatsoever. On the Thiago pick, it's not the greatest week to bring him in if I'm honest because the next three fixtures are Villa away, Newcastle away, and then Arsenal at home, which is not great.

I did toy with just putting Evan Nielson in instead. So, he's 7 million and the fix, like I said, the fixtures are just good from now until 31. The thing with Thiago is if he can stay fit, he's just a really good long-term pick on penalties.

We don't know if ever Nielson's on penalties. He might be, it could be Krooppy Junior. We'll have we'll have to wait and see when they actually get one.

Obviously, Tavir is injured at the moment, but once you get past the next three fixtures for Thiago, it's Brighton at home, Bernie away, Bournemouth away, Wolves at home, leads away. So, leads away in the blank. But then the fixtures continue to be good.

Everton at home, Fulham at home, Man United away, West Ham at home, right right up until 35. If he could stay fit that whole time, potentially you've just got him in your team that whole stretch of fixtures. So I I don't know.

I'm just being a bit cautious because I'm I'm thinking now, right? Let's say you go for Evan Nelson, then you've got to switch to Thiago later and you've got to make two transfer because of the blank. It's just a whole lot of transfers.

And yes, in theory you can just roll for like four to five weeks, but we know that very very rarely happens, right? You get injuries, you get suspensions. So there is definitely an argument to be made you go for a better sorry a different forward with better fixtures next three weeks, but there's got to be a temptation just to stick Thiago in, especially when he's definitely on penalties.

So I'd probably stick with him. And then Harlon's obviously been awful recently and not worth the money. But I just keep coming back to the fact who is worth the money.

Like if you want to go without Harland and put someone like Ollie Watkins in or go for a Thiago and Evan Nielson front line, I don't hate that. I don't know where I would put the money. Like Cole Palmer, we'll talk about that in a minute.

Sacka, no. Salah maybe. Like you could go ultra I wouldn't even say it's ultra risky, right?

You could go for a massive differential play and put Salah in. Does he keep getting good minutes? Probably.

There's lots of rumors going around that slot's going to be sacked. I still don't see that, but there's lots of rumors going around. Presumably, the new managers play Salah all the time.

I don't know. I I still quite like Harland. The thing is the fixtures are not that bad over the next few weeks.

So, Liverpool away in 25 is like the only bad one. Spurs away this week. Fulham at home, Newcastle at home, leads away, Forest at home, West Hamway.

You just figure out what to do with him afterwards. And the thing with Holland is most of us have got lots of money wrapped up in him. Unless you've bought him recently, you've probably got like 0.

4 0. 5 value. So buying back could be quite annoying.

So I I just don't like for me if you we'll talk about Palmer in a second. Like let's say I downgraded Harlem. Where does that money go?

I've already got Munos, Timber Gabrielle, and Bruno and Burmo. Like Watkins is fine, but if Tammy Abraham's going to join Villa, that puts doubts on his minutes. We don't I doubt Watkins is on penalty.

He's got an awful record. He's missed seven, only scored six. I just I would just have Harland.

I Yeah, I probably just would. Um, you don't have to though. Obviously, it's your team.

You can go with what you want, but that's probably something how I would set up. I will say I'm not on wild card, so I haven't given it quite as much thought as maybe I normally would have done because I'd be stressing about my own one. I feel like there is something I'm missing, like something I haven't thought about in terms of blanks and doubles later on.

But the Rya thing I've already mentioned, I think that looks pretty strong. I think Thiago and Rogers are great long-term picks. Chalabro and Minoz I've already explained why that could be a good option in Burma is a slight risk.

You can definitely change that but the rest of it I think looks pretty good. It is a strong team and it's going to serve you well and you will be able to manage the rest of the season. It might require a bit more thinking but you will be able to manage it.

I quite like that. Let's talk about a Palmer draft quickly. So to keep it simple I didn't change a huge amount about the team.

Basically I've taken out Inbermo and Rogers and put in Elliot Anderson and Cole Palmer instead. The rest of the team is exactly the same. Should you punt on Cole Palmer this week?

It's a really tricky question to answer right now. I mean, ultimately part of wild carding in 24 is to target those Chelsea fixtures. It feels wrong to not go with Palmer, but obviously there's an issue there right now.

So, the groin problem is apparently not what's keep sorry is not what's keeping him out right now. In fact, there was um some kind of article going around like a week or two ago to say that actually it wasn't really causing him a problem right now. He was just having to build up to match fitness.

I'm not sure how much I believe that. Now he's got another problem as well with his thigh. Apparently he was going to be back for Palace.

Now he's going to be back midweek instead. It's a lot of money to spend with the uncertainty. But I'll say this, if he gets minutes midweek and Rinia doesn't say that he's potentially out for gameweek 24, I'd be very tempted to punt him.

I really would because most of us not on wild card are going to be too afraid to go there or just won't be able to because of the money and he's probably the biggest differential between now and 27. So if he plays midweek or if he's in the squad gets some minutes off the bench very tempted to play him for West Ham at home. But I will say this, it is a risk because he hasn't been used for the the midweek fixtures recently.

He's just missed a game at the weekend. The Wolves game in 25 is on Saturday. They then play leads on Tuesday, Saturday, Tuesday turnaround.

Even if he plays West Ham Wolves, there is a chance he gets rotated for leads. And by the way, that could be the case for other Chelsea players like Enzo, like Chaloba. Less likely, but it could happen.

So, you do it knowing there's a risk. You do it knowing that after 27, you're probably selling him straight away, but that's kind of okay, right? You can downgrade him to someone, then upgrade Elliot Anderson, but again, that's two transfers you've got to use.

So, that has knocking effects, right? If you're already looking at saying in 28 I'm going to use two transfers to sell Palmer and upgrade Anderson. But that's two moves.

You got three Arsenal players. You might have to deal with one of them in 31. And Harland could blank in 31.

At that point, if you want to sell Palmer pretty quickly, I probably would sell Minos to a different defender that won't blank in 31. So I think as it stands right now in current info, I would not go for Cole Palmer. But if there's any chance he starts the weekend, I'd be very tempted to punt it.

It does feel so fragile though. We like he gets injured like 24 or 25 and straight away you're having to make because he also takes up so much money as well. So it's a transfer to get rid of him and then a transfer to redistribute the cash is fragile.

It's up to you if you want to risk it. Let's see how many minutes he gets midweek. So some of you might be on the fence about whether to wild card this week or to save it for later and wondering why you might want to save it.

So right now I would say the two main strategies are to either wild card this week or to wild card in gameweek 32. I think for the rest of the chips they're kind of very similar for everyone. I think people that wild card later will obviously bench boost later.

People that wild card now will bench boost soon. Triple captain can be in one of the other double game weeks like 26 33 potentially 36 as well. And then free hit.

No matter whether you're wild carding this week or later on you probably save that for 33 or 34. But we can talk about that a little bit later. Gameweek 24, wild card.

Reasons to do it. Your team's in a bit of a mess. There's lots of people that have got maybe players that aren't fully nailed as much as they thought they were, like Ekit, injury, suspensions, just lots of players to change.

That's one reason to wild card right now. Maybe you're in a bit of a rut and you want to try and fix it, etc. There's obviously fixture swings for Man United, Chelsea, Villa, and then Palace soon as well.

And if you're low on those teams, you might want to get some of them in. I will say though, as you can see from the drafts that I've come up with, it's not like I've tripled up on all those teams. Man United, two players.

Chelsea, two players if you go for Palmer or if you put Chalibur in. Villa, I've only gone for Rogers, although Watkins, Kza, Cash are all options you could look at as well. And then Palace, it's only Munoz.

So, it's not like there's there's kind of 10 to 11 players from those teams because Arsenal is still really important. There's other good players like Thiago over Nielson, etc. It's poss so this is one thing to keep in mind, right?

It's possible for teams to double in 26 if they reach the Carabal Cup final and if they finish top eight in Europe. Okay, so we've got so this midweek will be the final Champions League games and stuff like that. So before the gameweek 24 deadline, we will know which teams have the possibility to double early.

So you will have that information ahead of the gameweek 24 deadline, but you won't know who's in the Carabal Cup until before the gameweek 25 deadline because that match is next midweek. So that's why gameweek 24 wild card. There's a bit to think about.

Now at the moment we know that Arsenal have got a onegoal lead over Chelsea. So it's likely that Arsenal will get to the Carabal Cup final. They finish top eight and their opponent in 31 is Wolves who are not in Europe.

So, it's possible Arsenal could double in 206. With Chelsea, they play Everton, who aren't in Europe. Chelsea are in Europe.

They're currently in the top eight. If they finish in the top eight and they overturn that onegoal deficit to Arsenal and go through to the Carabal Cup final, Arsenal and Everton would have the possibility, none of this is guaranteed, but a possibility to double in 26. So all of a sudden if Chelsea finished top eight this week and then next week they beat Arsenal, all of a sudden we could have doubles for Chelsea and Everton and you might be stuck there with one Chelsea player.

So it's something to think about. It doesn't mean you have to put in giant or you have to put Ju Hall in because the chances are Arsenal will just get through to the final but it's possible with um Man City. It doesn't matter whether they finish top eight or not because Palace haven't finished top eight in their respective European competition.

So even if they blank in 31, they can't double in 26. Newcastle, they play Sunderland. If Newcastle finished top eight in the Champions League and they overturn a twogoal deficit to Man City, Newcastle and Sunderland could possibly double in 26.

Again, it's unlikely Man City have got a twogoal lead. Arsenal have got a onegoal lead and they're both playing at home in the second legs, but it's just worth mentioning. Why would you want a wild card in 32?

One, your team probably just looks okay right now. you'll have loads more blank and double gameweek information by that point. It's also worth saying the strategy would probably be to dead end gameweek 31.

So all you're doing between now and 31 is making sure your team looks good for all the game weeks in between and not worrying about what happens afterwards because you're just wild carding 32. There is also a massive gap between 31 and 32. That doesn't mean you have to wild card, but it's quite nice.

There's a 3-week gap and in that gap you've got international games, maybe players get injured. You've also got FA Cup quarterfinals. Once those quarterfinals are finished, we'll know who's in the semi-final.

Therefore, we'll know who's going to blank in 34. So, by gameweek 32 deadline, you'll know who's blanking in 34. That allows you to formulate a pretty decent strategy combined with your bench boost free hit to put a good team together.

So, some people would argue that wild carding that late doesn't leave you enough game weeks to get points. I completely disagree. depending on how the blanks and doubles fall.

That could be a really great strategy. It might be there's not many blanks, not many doubles, and actually it turns out to be pretty rubbish. But personally, I prefer to save the wild card to get the info.

So, at least, you know, I think that's my preferred strategy. But also, my team looks okay right now. So, that's a reason I'm not using it myself.

Um, and also, yeah, like most people are already tripled up on Arsenal. Most people can get to Bruno and like one Chelsea. How many more do you really need?

So, there'll be lots of conversations this week about which way is better. It's team dependent. Can you believe I've got through this whole video?

That's the first time I've said that. It's always team dependent. I will say this, you'll be able to manage it either way.

If you wild card now, yes, you might have to think a bit more later on. You will be able to manage the rest of the season. People often talk about this as though one way is the absolute miracle strategy and anything else is a disaster.

It very rarely ends up that much. Like there can be big swings like with any different strategy, but it very rarely ends up that bad. And ultimately, it'll always come down to which players you pick.

Like one one um strategy that people always quote is like two seasons ago, people free hit in gameweek 34. It was seen as so stupid if you didn't do it. But if you had the right players without your free hit, you still did very well.

So if you are card now, the rest of the season won't be a disaster. And I know people are in a bit of a mess right now and they want to just fix it and that's fine. So I'm going to wild card later on.

And by the way, it might not be 32. Once we get more blank and double gameweek information, the strategy might change. It might be that free hit 31 is viable and you want to wild card a bit late.

I don't know yet. But right now, looking at what's going to happen later, wild card 32 seems pretty good. Anyway, I'll leave that video there.

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