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Chip strategies for Euro fantasy - A thread

#Euro2020 #EuroFantasy

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In this thread, I discuss the optimal times to play the chips in Euro fantasy:

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There are two chips available to fantasy managers in the Euros, the Wildcard and the Limitless chip:

Wildcard: “The Wildcard gives you the chance to change your squad as much as you like. When you play it you can make free unlimited transfers, and any players you transfer in...

... will stay in your squad once that matchday has finished.”

So essentially it is the same thing as the Wildcard we have in FPL. It can only be used once.

Limitless: “Limitless gives you the chance to change your squad for one matchday only. When you play it, you get...

... unlimited free transfers for that matchday with no budget restrictions. Once the matchday has finished, your squad will return to how it was before you played Limitless.”

This is basically like the Free Hit chip in FPL – only difference being that the Limitless can...

... be played with an unlimited budget at your disposal unlike the Free Hit. It can also only be played once.

When is the best time to use these chips?

In my opinion, it’s imperative that you start well in this game. There’s no time to play catch up as it’s a short...

... tournament. The majority of the play will have to be made at the start of the tournament because that is when there’s points to be had because I believe games in the knockouts will be tight and upside might be limited. The group stage has the weakest of the nations...

... involved so it is then that big points could come. Hence, the first strategy could be to play both the chips in the group stages. However, the downside to this could be that you end up backing the wrong horses in the round of 16 because bare in mind that you only get 3...

... free transfers after the round of 16 with eight teams being knocked out. You wouldn’t want to put yourself in a situation where you end up scrambling having to take hits to field a bare minimum number of players. Using both the chips early also limits your ability to load...

... up on certain teams heavily during the knockouts. The round before the quarters and after the round of 16 is the only one which worries me should I choose to decide on an early wildcard strategy – as I believe that with the number of transfers and the increase in budget to...

...105 million, the other rounds could be navigated easily.

Whatever your chip strategy is I believe the Limitless chip is best used in matchday 2. I say that because it sticks with my ploy of going upside chasing early. Bare in mind, that most of the teams with...

... good fixtures in matchday 1 also have a good fixture in matchday 3 (Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Spain) so it’s easier to keep the Wildcard in hand by using this strategy too. Also, France have a standout fixture against Hungary in matchday 2 and they are the most...

... expensive team in the game – hence with the option of an unlimited budget on the Limitless, you can load up with the likes of Mbappe, Benzema and Griezmann at the same time making sure that you avoid them for the potentially more tricky fixtures...

... against Germany and Portugal in matchday 1 and 3.

That brings me to the end of this short thread. Kindly like and retweet it if you can! Thank you for taking the time out to read, there will be more Euros content in the coming days!