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When is the best time to play the #FPL Wildcard?

Gameweek 9 🆚 Gameweek 13

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GAMEWEEK 9 WILDCARD: PROS

✅ Revisit Gameweek 8 blankers: Six Premier League teams were without a fixture in Gameweek 8 and you may have transferred out some of their players simply in order to get a competitive starting XI.

✅ Negotiate Blank Gameweek 12: A Blank Gameweek 12 is looming for both Arsenal and Manchester City, so using a Wildcard now can help plan for that postponement.

✅ Fixture swings: One of the key motivational factors for any Wildcard window is fixture swings, and there are lots of those as we head into October. The fixture schedules of Leicester City, Chelsea and Crystal Palace are all suddenly a sea of blue.

✅ More time to take effect: “Never judge a Wildcard on one Gameweek”, the old mantra goes, and by using the chip now you are giving yourself a full eight Gameweeks for your carefully constructed squad to deliver on its promise.

GAMEWEEK 9 WILDCARD: CONS

❌ Fixture swings: One of the pros might actually be more of a con if we look at the teams with fixture swings more closely. Is there anyone bar Maddison who we genuinely want from a bottom-of-the-table Leicester City side?

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❌ Gameweeks 13/14: By having one eye on the blanks for Man City and Arsenal in GW12, and if limiting Liverpool investment with their tricky run, managers using a GW9 Wildcard may find it hard to capitalise on some excellent fixtures for the trusted performers in GW's 13 and 14.

❌ Too similar to Gameweek 8 Wildcard? A well-timed Wildcard can help us make ground in the overall ranks or climb mini-leagues. The thing about a Gameweek 9 Wildcard is that it could end up looking very similar to the ones being played in Gameweek 8.

GAMEWEEK 9 WILDCARD: POTENTIAL DRAFT

GAMEWEEK 13 WILDCARD: PROS

✅ Get City/Arsenal assets back: The Wildcard in Gameweek 13 approach allows you to ‘dead-end’ your team, offloading the players from the two clubs who blank in Gameweek 12 in the knowledge that you can easily get them back straight away.

For the full list of pros and cons, a Gameweek 13 Wildcard draft and some alternative options of when to play the chip, continue reading below ⤵️

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