A Newbie’s Journey into FPL Episode 3: GW-17 Head-To-Head MiQ vs Paul

Paul

Sport-week 16 to date has been irritating for me, however not a complete catastrophe. The primary unexpected situation was the postponement of the Everton vs Manchester City fixture. My switch main into this game-week was Kevin De Bruyne -> Son Heung-Min, so I felt fortunate till Tottenham vs Fulham was postponed additionally! So now I await Captain Mohamed Salah to characteristic away at Newcastle.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Jose Cancelo have been the opposite casualties for me because of the Man Metropolis postponment, Soucek and Justin coming in for a complete of 5 factors of their place. Damage and rotation, as anticipated have additionally stifled my group this week, with Burnley’s Charlie Taylor coming off within the ninth minute and West Ham’s Vladimír Coufal being rested (each lacking out on their groups’ clean-sheets!).

I presently have one eye on DGW-19 as I proceed to construct my group this week (with my Free Hit to be performed in clean game-week 18). I’ve additionally made 1 free switch (with 1 remaining) which is Calvert-Lewin -> Vardy; that is in respect of Vardy’s latest rotation and the engaging two fixtures he faces within the DGW. I’ve one additional switch to make, though I do want to make sure I’m concentrating on the now in addition to the long run. Ward-Prowse has annoyed in latest weeks, however he’ll stay in my facet because of the DGW. West Ham’s Michail Antonio can be on my radar as we close to the DGW.

Right here is my present group for Sport-week 17:

MiQ

Wanting again on GW-15, Son and Kane once more blanked, leaving my group at a mere 42 factors. PPQ beat me with by 5 factors. The primary motive should be not listening to all the recommendation I obtained to save lots of the switch for a double swoop earlier than GW-16. I used it to herald Tyrone Mings who was despatched off for -2 factors! The switch was principally made as a result of I knew that I had the wildcard to play earlier than GW-16 so there’s a lot to report on:

MiQ vs PPQ last scores

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As a way to keep away from feeling overwhelmed, I’ve restrained myself from following the information of the EPL as closely as I observe UCL group information. I made a decision that the very best method to love a sport is to take pleasure in its content material first. I’m beginning to heat as much as watching EPL, however I nonetheless really feel the dearth of tactical implementation in video games. Bodily health and starvation for targets is obvious and can’t be present in another league on the similar stage, and that is the place my focus is correct now. Following the loss to PPQ, I activated the wildcard and ran with the numbers. I assumed that I wanted to go for a powerful midfield and quit having Kane so I ended up with this:

Already at 40 factors collected in GW-16 pending Andrew Robertson and (now postponed) captain Hueng-min Son. Make that 41 when vice captain Vardy’s level is doubled. You should all suppose that Davis is a nasty alternative. He could be, however the actual unhealthy alternative was that I put him as a starter. That was a beginner’s mistake! Going into the following GW-17 in opposition to Paul goes to be troublesome once more, and I’ve no clue how I can strengthen my squad with one switch or if I ought to put it aside forward of the clean GW-18 and DGW-19.

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Beginner’s Journey

Group Identify: MiQsters.

Present Stage: Beginner (25/100)

Present Rank:

• Globally: 7,625,684 —> 7,605,300
• Personal Nation: 46,220 —> 46,119
• NMA: 5,012 —> 5,008
• GW14: 5,012 —> 3,612 (Apparently this compares me to different gamers who began on GW14 as nicely)

Self-imposed standards to develop into “Competent”:

• 10 Factors: Put together for GW14 and choose preliminary 15-player squad
• 15 Factors: Rating greater than 70 factors in a single GW
• 10 Factors: Defeat one NMA blogger! (Present Rating Wins 0, Attracts 0, Defeats 1)
• 10 Factors: Defeat two NMA bloggers! (Present Rating Wins 0, Attracts 0, Defeats 1)
• 10 Factors: Profitable number of Captain/Vice Captain 2 GW in a row (GW15 captain was a failure Son with 6 factors after the double)
• 5 Factors: Play a complete of 5 GW (Present progress 2/5)
• 10 Factors: Play a complete of 10 GW (Present progress 2/10)
• 20 Factors: After 70 factors are collected, NMA weblog readers to vote MiQ as a reliable EPL fan and FPL supervisor (90%)

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