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In this thread i will talk about the FH chip and when it's the best time to use it. lots of managers (including myself) have the FH left and are unsure when to use it.

i'll take a look at all GW's left, the fixtures and i'll end with a ranking with the weeks to use the FH from

to

Other things i’ll discuss are
- Games to target
- Differentials for that GW
- Pros + Cons for that GW
- Possible XI for that GW
- My advice for that GW

In my opinion the FH should be used to avoid problematic GW's like BGW's or DGW's. Since we don't have any of them anymore i would say the FH is best to use when the 'template team' don't have that many great fixtures or you'd use it if your team look bad for that particular week

Lets take a look at the template teams. The formations used the last weeks are formations with at least 4 midfielders, with the 3-5-2 being the most used recently. Looking ahead at our options and the fixtures i believe a 3-5-2 / 3-4-3 or maybe a 4-4-2 are the best for FH

Imo the current template for each position looks a lot like this

GK: Pope is the most owned, although many GK’s are currently used by managers but their ownership is way lower than Pope

Def: TAA and Doherty are in 75%+ of teams. The other 3 defenders are mostly rotation options: Lascelles/Taylor/Sheffield defenders/Another Wolves defender or Aurier/Digne/Azpi as a guarenteed 3rd starter

Mids: Looking around at the teams pretty much everyone has 4 or even all 5 out of these:
Bruno/Martial

KDB/Sterling/Foden/Mahrez

Willian/Pulisic

Salah/Mane

Son

FWD: There are few forwards highly owned atm
Rashford/Greenwood

Jimenez

Ings

DCL

You don’t want to use your FH when all players named above are already in your team and have good fixtures. This is why GW34+ isn’t included in this thread because a FH squad for this week basically is the same team as everyone already has, so a FH would be a waste

Lets take a look at GW35+ first. These are the GW35 fixtures

Games to target:
LIV - BUR
SHE - CHE
BRI - MCI
BOU - LEI

Differentials for FH in 35+
- Antonio/Bowen v Norwich
- Sarr/Deeney v Newcastle

Cons for using FH in 35
- United/City/Liverpool all have great fixtures and likely to be already in your team
- Not that many options except for MCI/LIV/CHE/UTD because Spurs play Arsenal and Wolves play Everton

- Liverpool/City have nothing to play for and uncertainties regarding possible rotation could be tough to manage
- Relatively tough game for Chelsea

Pros for using FH in 35
- your team might be full with Wolves/Arsenal/Spurs players + DCL/Ings/SHE defenders/BUR defenders. FH would be a great way to get rid of them and focus on LEI/CHE for example
- Easy games for big hitters: MCI/LIV/UTD
- CHE/LEI have lots to play for

Possible XI for 35+

Foster

Azpi TAA Justin

Salah Bruno Martial KDB Foden

Greenwood Vardy

My advice on FH in 35+
If you still own 5 or more players from TOT/ARS/BUR/SOU/SHE and maybe WOL/EVE after before GW35+ it might be worth it but i’d stay away. Mainly because of the lack of amazing options with Vardy being the only reliable LEI option and CHE playing SHE (A)

GW36+
Fixtures

Games to target:
CHE - NOR
BUR - WOL
NEW - TOT
EVE - AVL
CRY - UTD

Differentials for FH in 36+
- Antonio/Bowen v Norwich
- Digne/DCL v Villa

Cons of using FH in 36+
- FA CUP the weekend after. MCI only 2 full rest days between BOU/ARS meaning i’ll expect a lot of rotation. CHE have 4 rest days and have to play for top4 like UTD so i’d expect a full strength 11 from those 2 teams
- FH might look like your own team

Pros of using FH in 36+
- Tough game for LIV meaning you can profit of of that by going for other players while everyone not on a FH has LIV players in their team

- Not many managers have Chelsea players and Norwich (H) is the perfect game to triple up

- punt on LEI/EVE/TOT players that you might not need/want the GW’s before and after

Possible XI for 36+

McCarthy

Azpi Digne Doherty

Pulisic Bruno Martial KDB Foden

Greenwood Ings

My Advice on FH in 36+
If your team has no CHE/TOT players and if you have triple/double LIV you don’t want v ARS and want to switch them for Ings/Everton or Wolves players this looks like a decent week.

Another reason could be to ditch all City players if you have 2/3 that are likely to get a rest v BOU

If you have a strong 11 with lots of CHE/WOL/EVE/UTD/TOT already i’d skip this week for FH

GW37+
Fixtures

Games to target:
WAT - MCI
WOL - CRY
AVL - ARS
BOU - SOU
UTD - WHU

Differentials for FH in 37+
- DCL/Richarlison/Digne v Sheffield
- ASM v Bouremouth

Cons for using FH in 37+
- FA CUP the weekend before. MCI have 2 rest days before the FA CUP and 2 before Watford. Could mean rotation
- Chelsea - Liverpool and Spurs - Leicester play eachother
- Few big teams with great fixture

Pros for using FH in 37+
- Profit of other managers owning CHE/LIV/TOT/LEI players while they have tough games
- Check which MCI players played v ARS in the FA CUP game and go for 2 that didn’t start

Possible XI for 37+

Pope

Doherty Saiss AWB

Bruno Martial ASM ( 2 MCI players that didn’t play v ARS in FA CUP)

Aubameyang Ings

My Advice for FH in 37+
Unless your team is absolutely stacked with LIV/CHE/LEI/TOT players i can’t see a reason to use FH in this GW

GW38+
Fixtures

Games to target:
ARS - WAT
CRY - TOT
MCI - NOR
NEW - LIV
EVE - BOU

Differentials for FH in 38+
Antonio/Bowen v Villa
Auba/Saka v Watford
Digne/DCL/Richarlison v Bournemouth

Cons for using FH in 38+
- Chelsea - Wolves and leicester - United play eachother for possible top4 spots: expect close games
- Not many clubs with anything to play for
- Rotation because it’s the last gameweek

Pros for using FH in 38+
- goals galore in last game of the season
- Deadline for all games so we might get lots of lineup news
- Profit of other people having UTD/LEI/CHE/WOL players in possible tight games while you can get players in the high scoring games

Possible XI for 38+

Pope

TAA Robbo Digne

Bruno Salah KDB Sterling Foden

Ings DCL

My advice for FH in 38+
If your team is stacked with CHE/LEI/WOL/UTD players this is the perfect opportunity to move away

What week is the best way to use FH? This is my ranking from the best week (

) to use it to the worst week (

) This obviously depends on your current team but in general this is how i feel about when to use the FH chip

GW38+

GW36+

GW35+

GW37+

I hope this helped you make the decision on when to use your FH.

Obviously it depends on your own team but these were my thoughts about it

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Are very much appreciated

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