Elite XI: Team Reveal

Gameweek 35 Manager Mindset

Halfway through GW 34 and it's clear it is going to be another hilariously awful week. Cole Palmer is evidently sick which means I am likely to sub on Alfie Doughty's -1. This will be two weeks in a row I have had an autosub and they will have resulted in -1 total added to my score. I also had 3 generally nailed on starters benched in the 1st game of the gameweek. Cool. As for the rest, it went about as well as FH 29 except opposite. Meaning in FH 29, players no one would have ever had except for FH did inexplicably poorly in ways that could never have been predicted. In GW 34, it's the same, except players no one would have had are smashing it. Net result is I am probably going to be nearly out of the top 100k or basically where I was back in GW21. My goals of top 20k finish almost certainly gone. Hard to have much energy when it seems it is all a game of chance.

For GW 35, my wildcard has already been played and I will likely have team similar to most on WC. The reason is the best players are fairly obvious with only a couple decisions to make. I should be on for 3 City (Haaland, Foden, Ederson), 3 Chelsea (Jackson, Palmer, Gusto/Petrovic), 3 Newcastle (Isak, Gordon, Burn/Schar), Bruno Fernandes, and Gabriel. I will likely only have 2 Spurs players (Son and Vicario/Porro) as I am not keen doubling up on their defense and don't think any of their midfielders bar Son are worth pushing Gordon to the curb. That leaves two more defenders one of whom will likely be Tarkowski. Don't think I will put all that much effort into for my own sanity.