I have pulled together some scattered thoughts on #FreeHit as I am feeling slightly jaded at all the Wildcard content this week! TL:DR Free Hit is fun, much more fun than Wildcard. When are you planning to Free Hit? Let me know. #FPL #FPLcommunity jimbobwrites.wordpress.com/2025/09/25/f...

59 points on my GW5 Bench Boost takes me up to OR 1.7m 14 from the bench which was good not great. Got captaincy spot on with Haaland's 9. Bit drab from the rest of my starting 11. Would like to roll the transfer for GW6 and triple Captain the Robot. Barnes next on the chopping block. #FPL

DEFCON watch 👀 +2 in GW5 BOU: Senesi (5 times out of 5 starts), Semenyo (1/5), Adams missed by 1 NEW: Thiaw (1/1), Burn (3/5), Botman missed by 1 SUN: Mukiele (3/3), Alderete (3/4), Hume (1/5) AVL: Mings (2/5) #FPL

Hoping for super sub Harvey Barnes to make an appearance today. #FPL #ClutchingatStraws

It doesn't matter if his defenders were covering him or not, Sanchez's attempted 'tackle' was high and dangerous and would have been a red card anywhere on the pitch. Fortunate to have avoided him and Palmer in my #FPL transfers this week.

DEFCON watch 👀 +2 in GW5 LIV: Van Dijk (3rd time out of 5 starts), Gravenberch (1/4), Konate (1/5), Kerkez (1/5), Ekitike very nearly became the first forward with DC points with 11. EVE: Tarkowski (5/5), Garner (3/5), Ndiaye (2/5), Gana (1/5) BRI: Veltman (2/3), Dunk (2/5), Van Hecke (2/5) #FPL

#FPL GW5 locked in Johnson & I Sarr --> Mbeumo & Caicedo (for free) 🪑Bench Boost Active 🧢 Captain Haaland All the best everyone! (Will come back for Palmer in GW9).

3. Johnson, Sarr --> Xavi, Caicedo (Captain Semenyo and play Bench Boost) And be patient on Palmer, could always bring in in GW9. Or may want funds for Isak instead. Still not convinced on Semenyo captain though, Newcastle have been solid defensively so far. #FPL

Some awkward #FPL thoughts for an awkward Gameweek 5 jimbobwrites.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/f...

#FPL GW5 bus team 3FTs, £2.2m itb 1. Johnson, Sarr, Porro --> Palmer, Caicedo, Van de Ven (Captain Palmer and play Bench Boost) 2. Johnson, Sarr --> Palmer, King (Captain Palmer) Any thoughts greatly appreciated!

Thanks @fplhippie.bsky.social for bringing this to my attention. A graphic that clearly shows I could have been patient with Bruno and Bowen, my ownership has a negative effect on Johnson but a positive effect on van Dijk, and I am the sole reason for Semenyo's excellent form. #FPL

78 points for me in GW4 Defence doing the business Haaland captain Picking Semenyo in GW1 is potentially one of my best ever #FPL decisions And Schade with a goal - Johnson and Sarr on the chopping block. Can't quite afford Palmer and Caicedo but something like that will be most likely moves.

Kerkez is a rotation risk. Wirtz needs to operate at 1.25x speed. Ugochukwu can have no complaints. Ekdal hits DEFCON third game in a row. Hartland & Esteve 1st time, Anthony misses by 1. No DEFCON for Liverpool as expected. #FPL

I'm going to hide behind the sofa for a few hours. Also just realised I could have done Sarr to Gakpo... #FPL

DEFCON watch 👀 Forest: Murillo hit 10 in 36 mins, Anderson finally got it with 15 Arsenal: Gabriel hit 10 in Saliba's absence Bournemouth: both CBs got it Senesi for the 4th time in a row, Adams missed by 1 Brighton: 4 defenders got it including Kadioglu who played 66 mins #FPL

Wood was good. Madueke unlucky. Gyokores doing simple things well. Too much choice in Spurs attack. Simons' whippy corners. Bowen will return consistently. Semenyo on pens! Minteh looks dangerous. Evanilson and Welbeck not firing on all cylinders. Munoz will get suspended at some point... #FPL

Schade comes good! But I'll be happier when Joao Pedro blanks. #FPL

#FPL GW4 I rolled the transfer, benched Sarr and played Wood. Perhaps should have foreseen limited minutes given his international exploits. But was going to bring in Madueke for Sarr so not too much damage done.

My GW4 #FPL dilemma: 1. roll the transfer and play Wood 2. transfer out Sarr for someone and bench Wood If 2. who for? £8.7m to play with. For context I have already wildcarded and potentially plan to BB in GW8. Thoughts appreciated!!

Broke my phone a week ago and only now back online. Have enjoyed being offline!! Good for mental health, would recommend. Quick flick through #FPL and everyone's panicking about Forest defensive assets. Surely it can't be that bad?

Wildcarded into 51 points, 20 on the bench! Defence doing the business again. Midfield disappointments all round. 2 goals from my strikers! Bus team looks good for GW4 though will surely succumb to Liverpool FOMO in 2 weeks' time. How did you get on? #FPL #FPLCommunity

What on earth? Yet to see the incident but can't imagine it's worthy of a booking unless it involves jumping into the crowd or removal of shirt. If Palace were at home, any sort of destruction of the corner flag would not be deemed excessive. Salty #FPL manager

Anderson has earned 11 DEFCONs in each fixture so far for a grand total of 0 extra points. Tracking under last season's DEFCONs per 90 number by around 2.5 Just hold and roll with it. They will come. And he'll probably be on your bench. #FPL

A goal from an #FPL forward. And my captain too. Pinch me.

Call it what it is, a disaster. Schade missed pen, Johnson early sub, Barnes sub, Everton concede 2... ...my bench is doing ok though. Onwards and upwards! #FPL

Now up to Barnes to save my #FPL Wildcard and gameweek...wait, what's that? He's on the bench?! Perfect. At least the Silkmen won today.

And now Bruno decides to score a penalty...what can I say? I'm an average #FPL player. Read the bio. A stay of execution for Amorim but he'll be gone by November.

Schade steps up for a penalty...I'm a genius! Penalty saved. Hmm...might need to change my handle to JimBob. #FPL

Yes it's too early to worry about EO but some interesting stuff here: - Munoz < 10% imo he's still one of the best and exciting defenders to own - 20% feels low for Van Dijk, no? - Schade 0.2% proves last season that he has one of the highest ceilings in #FPL

Think I have missed the #FPL boat on Pedro (and Enzo). There has to be some doubt over their GW4 involvement they play in South America on the Wednesday before their Saturday 8pm fixture. Though who would Maresca play upfront instead? Neto? And in midfield? Their bench looks pretty weak today.

That decision feels mighty harsh on Fulham and Josh King. But don't worry, this chap is the real deal and is going places. His time will come. Maybe in the second half.

Some last minute changes to my Wildcard. Haaland and Schade in. Salah and Ekitiké out. Keep ignoring United. #FPL #PlayItYourWay

Decisions to make on Wildcard, whether to stick Salah in and do the 'boring' switch to Haaland in GW6, or just have Haaland now. Also weighing up a punt on a Barnes / Elanga, or even a United attacker! Though I can just see a Cunha red card - he's probably due one let's be honest. #FPL

I suppose if Isak stays at Newcastle and doesn't play all season he will probably still get in the Sweden squad for the World Cup pending qualification of course. I mean c'mon who's his competition, Gyökores? Don't make me laugh.

Anyone else remember when West Ham 'won' the transfer window 12 months ago? Or was that a dream?

Put together a Haaland Wildcard draft... It's ok. Less flexible but ok. Would have to forgo Salah in GW4 and probably land on Gakpo / Ekitiké / Isak instead. #FPL #FPLcommunity

#FPL q for the #FPLcommunity Why is a Wildcard called a Wildcard? To me, 'Wildcard' sounds like its function should be more akin to a Free Hit i.e. a team full of Wildcard picks for one week only. Maybe there weren't any good alternatives. All I've got so far are: Big Ol' Mix Up, In the Mixer...

Some #FPL thoughts on #Wildcard this week. If you're on Wildcard, let me know how you're shaping up. #FPLcommunity jimbobwrites.wordpress.com/2025/08/28/f...

Monster penalty shoot-outs always remind me of this beauty, back when Rickie Lambert played for the Silkmen. (Incidentally he was the only Macc player to miss in the shoot out). Eventually we lost to West Ham in the 3rd round, 2 goals for Defoe and 1 for Joe Cole. www.11v11.com/matches/fore...

Weekly check-in on my #FPL captaincy spicy picks... GW2 Gabriel 6 Muniz 0 (with unfortunate OG) Eze 0 vs Salah 5 Haaland 2 Despite lack of hauls, top player managed to outscore both Robots.

There is something inexplicably satisfying about Mateta's celebration. Maybe its the rhythm...the athleticism...the tucked in shirt...or perhaps the tantalising prospect of missing the flag altogether and landing on his glutes. I digress, is a celebration a good reason to keep him in my #FPL team?

My first #FPL GW3 Wildcard draft...with a planned transfer Bruno to Salah in GW4 followed by a Bench Boost in GW5. Probably won't stick to this. Feels too ambitious and could easily be scuppered by more injuries / international break.

45 all out for me. 3 injuries, 3 forward blanks (again!), 1 missed penalty... ...think it's time to Wildcard! #FPL #PlayitYourWay

Saturday #FPL musings - Injuries to 🗝️ players (RAN, Saka, Palmer). Ollie & Jarrod go missing again. An excuse to Wildcard, perhaps? - A handful of mid-priced mids on radar: ⚪ B. Johnson (1st choice?), 🐝 Dango & Schade (nice high ceiling), 🍒 Tavernier (though Kluivert's return may impact mins?)

Blimey, quite a few injuries today: Ait Nouri, Odegaard, Saka, Hoever, Ballard....and Palmer yesterday. An #FPL captaincy return and an injury. There's me thinking I could avoid Wildcard for a few more weeks! Palmer and Saka -> Salah + someone is looking tempting, if not a full blown wildcard.

Palmer injured in warm-up! A chance for Josh King to shine in my #FPL team. On the highlights last week King looked good, even outplaying Baleba at points. 0.31 xGI and 9 DCs. Surely he causes Casemiro some issues this week.

#FPL #GW2 ready to go. Haven't made any changes all week or thought much about FPL - it's been nice! 🧢 Saka captain All the best everyone. #FPLCommunity

51 pts. 3 cleansheets and 2 goals for Semenyo. How many GWs per season will Bruno, Saka, and Palmer all blank? Not loads. No transfers planned. Players on radar who weren't already: - Kudus (will he continue to start) - Wood (GW3-6) - Ndoye (£6m bracket doesn't fit my structure currently) #FPL

Is anyone going to tell Chelsea how bad the Club World Cup badge looks on their kit? It used to be in line with the tick and the club badge, now they've moved it up a few inches but still an eyesore.

Checking in with my #FPL #Captaincy spicy picks: GW1 B. Johnson 8 pts Gakpo 7 pts Fullkrug 2 pts vs Haaland 13 pts Salah 8 pts Not the best start. But 2 picks did manage to outscore the secondary tier of Palmer (3) Saka (3) Bruno (2).