Fantasy Premier League Strategy: Triple Captain Haaland, Roll Transfer

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"I was on a very small red going into Monday night but of course I had two players in that my new transfer in Semenyo and also Bruno Fernandes and they turned what was a small red arrow into a pretty reasonably sized green arrow 82 points overall five above my safety score which is what I need in order to not change ranks so a five point green arrow moving me from 140k to 107k which I'm absolutely thrilled with."

FPL Harry explains that a strong performance from two players, Semenyo and Bruno Fernandes, in the final matches of Game Week 16 significantly improved his overall rank. This outcome was particularly satisfying as it moved him from a "small red arrow" to a "reasonably sized green arrow," achieving his goal of staying above his "safety score" and advancing into the top 107k.

"My player of the game week could have gone to Saka it could have then gone to Erling Haaland although Haaland damaged my ranks I didn't captain him so he couldn't get it and then Bruno Fernandes came in so he actually has back to back player of the game weeks for me I think for the first time any player has done that so far this season."

FPL Harry highlights Bruno Fernandes' exceptional performance by naming him "player of the game week" for two consecutive weeks. He notes that while Erling Haaland also scored well, not captaining him prevented Haaland from receiving this recognition, and Saka was another strong contender. This achievement by Fernandes is significant as it's the first time a single player has earned this title twice in the current season.

"I also plan on wanting to free up an Arsenal spot to go and get Gabriel who's likely back around game week 20 ish into the beginning of January it might even be sooner than that although there are lots of game weeks in quick succession and Arteta doesn't really tell us that much so we're unlikely to want to take a gamble on buying Gabriel until we know he's definitely back and fully fit and available."

FPL Harry outlines a future transfer strategy involving Arsenal defender Gabriel. He indicates a plan to acquire Gabriel around Game Week 20, in early January, but emphasizes a cautious approach. FPL Harry intends to wait for confirmation of Gabriel's full fitness and availability due to the rapid succession of game weeks and the manager's lack of explicit communication on player status.

"I also wish I'd bought Harry Wilson for his 16 pointer those of you in the comments on my video on Sunday celebrating your Harry Wilson points congratulations to you I didn't do it and I don't have an obvious way to do it with my team this week but if you've got him congratulations it was a ship that sailed for me I think but I'm still pretty happy with how game week 16 went."

FPL Harry expresses regret for not transferring in Harry Wilson, who scored 16 points in Game Week 16. He acknowledges the success of other players who did make this transfer and congratulates them. FPL Harry views this as a missed opportunity, a "ship that sailed," but maintains overall satisfaction with his performance in Game Week 16.

"The plan for me is to roll my transfer going into game week 17 the only thing I would have liked to have done is do Andersen of Forest up to Harry Wilson but I was point two million short of that I'm now point three million short of that after another price rise early on this week."

FPL Harry states his intention to "roll" his transfer for Game Week 17, meaning he will not use a transfer this week. He explains that he wanted to upgrade Andersen to Harry Wilson but was short of the necessary funds by 0.2 million, and this deficit increased to 0.3 million due to a price change. This financial constraint is the primary reason for his decision to save the transfer.

"The triple captain is on Haaland and it is active the vice captain is actually on Semenyo at the moment you probably think it should be on Foden and I would definitely captain Foden over Semenyo but if I'm playing the triple captaincy in the random scenario that that game got postponed I wouldn't want the captaincy and the vice captaincy in the same game so Haaland has the triple captaincy and actually Semenyo at home to Burnley has the vice triple captaincy."

FPL Harry details his captaincy choices for Game Week 17, confirming Erling Haaland as his "triple captain" and Semenyo as the vice-captain. He addresses the potential surprise of choosing Semenyo over Foden by explaining a strategic decision: to avoid having both the captain and vice-captain in the same game in the unlikely event of a postponement. This setup ensures that if Haaland's game is canceled, the captaincy would transfer to Semenyo, not Foden.