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Re: The second wildcard is coming! (Double Gameweek Planning)

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Stemania wrote:The Villa v United Friday game (the day before most GW2 games) was part of GW2 so if we did have another Friday game it seems to me very likely that the gameweek deadline will be moved forward to the Friday, 1 hour before kickoff, and the Friday game included in the following weekend's gameweek. Still quite unlikely that we'd need a Friday game though.
Agreed - this is what would happen.

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I think we have 2 wildcards over the whole PL season like it was last season?
I can see with Nickchild's script anyone in my ML who has used or not used their wildcard. As we're already in the 2nd half of the season, can I assume that anyone who hasn't used their 1st wildcard has now automatically lost one of their wildcards?

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t88 wrote:I think we have 2 wildcards over the whole PL season like it was last season?
I can see with Nickchild's script anyone in my ML who has used or not used their wildcard. As we're already in the 2nd half of the season, can I assume that anyone who hasn't used their 1st wildcard has now automatically lost one of their wildcards?
FPL site wrote:When can I play a wildcard?
The Wildcard chip can be used twice a season, once in the first half of the season (before 28 Dec 14:00) and once in the second half of the season.

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The Villa Man U game didn't set a precedent as it was planned for a Friday right from the start.

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Stoke players look the way to go right now, we know they will definitely play in GWS 27, 28 and 30 and their fixtures in general look fine. Leicester have good guaranteed fixtures in 27 and 30 but their next 2 are bad and they might lose their plum fixture in GW 28. Southampton's fixture in 27 isn't great and they might lose their game in GW 28.

That GW 30 could quite easily be reduced to 3 games. Any more than 5 looks unlikely.

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Will Swansea have fixtures all the way through if Arsenal beat Hull and Everton beat Bournemouth in the FA cup?

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Starting to get annoyed with this DGW - had my side very well prepared with LIV/EVE/MCI coverage playing the percentages and probability of a MCI v LIV final and now with no games confirmed at all, working around filling gaps for GW27 and potentially GW30 is very anticlimatical!

The DGWs in 34 +37 (most likely) may not work out either especially as most haven't used their WC yet and I expect a lot of teams to look very similar, at least the potential GW25 DGW could have gained some of us an edge.

Very frustrating!

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Valeron wrote:Stoke players look the way to go right now, we know they will definitely play in GWS 27, 28 and 30 and their fixtures in general look fine.
Agreed. It's just a shame that you can't rely on Hughes selecting any of the Stoke attackers, and you just can't rely on the Stoke defence. :wink:

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Edited for reasons of bullshit
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payetme wrote:
Bobby Chopps wrote:
payetme wrote:just a bunch of people creating false hope for a dgw in gw25... causing hysteria throughout the fpl community. Just wait until they announce it..simple
Yeah absolute "hysteria". I don't know about you but I woke up most nights in a panic. Either that, or people put forward some information based on sound logic and reasoning as to the possibility of a DGW, which doesn't appear to have materialised, and has caused you to overreact?
all that for nothing.... how am i overreacting? I'm cool over here. Get over it
If thorough planning and endless discussions that turn out to nothing are not your thing, maybe you're in the wrong forum :)

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Ruth_NZ wrote::arrow:
Why have you deleted so many of your posts?

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Finisher1 wrote:
Ruth_NZ wrote::arrow:
Why have you deleted so many of your posts?
Will be unfortunate if he's decided to stop providing his insights because certain people can't resist an "i told you so" when some of them turn out the other way.

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eastcentral1 wrote:
Finisher1 wrote:
Ruth_NZ wrote::arrow:
Why have you deleted so many of your posts?
Will be unfortunate if he's decided to stop providing his insights because certain people can't resist an "i told you so" when some of them turn out the other way.
Personally, I warmly welcome all kinds of opinions and I respect them all, especially if they are well rationalized. I hope everyone respects my opinions too.

Unlike some people, I have never said I wouldn't respect someone's opinions here.

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eastcentral1 wrote:
Finisher1 wrote:
Ruth_NZ wrote::arrow:
Why have you deleted so many of your posts?
Will be unfortunate if he's decided to stop providing his insights because certain people can't resist an "i told you so" when some of them turn out the other way.
Agreed; not seen so much of it on here but I have on other sites even when he doesn't post on those sites.

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Aldershot Rejects wrote:Agreed; not seen so much of it on here but I have on other sites even when he doesn't post on those sites.
That sounds very bitter and childish!

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Finisher1 wrote:
eastcentral1 wrote:
Finisher1 wrote:
Ruth_NZ wrote::arrow:
Why have you deleted so many of your posts?
Will be unfortunate if he's decided to stop providing his insights because certain people can't resist an "i told you so" when some of them turn out the other way.
Personally, I warmly welcome all kinds of opinions and I respect them all, especially if they are well rationalized. I hope everyone respects my opinions too.

Unlike some people, I have never said I wouldn't respect someone's opinions here.
Well, the warm and respectful tone didn't quite come through in your recent Leicester post aimed at ruth_nz.

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eastcentral1 wrote:Well, the warm and respectful tone didn't quite come through in your recent Leicester post aimed at ruth_nz.
What about his post where he said he doesn't appreciate my points?

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Finisher1 wrote:
eastcentral1 wrote:Well, the warm and respectful tone didn't quite come through in your recent Leicester post aimed at ruth_nz.
What about his post where he said he doesn't appreciate my points?
It all sounds a bit unfortunate. Anyway, let's leave it. Like ruth, i appreciate your opinions and that you're not afraid to make them.

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What have I missed? Ruth is deleting his posts because his prediction didn't come true? Really??! I hope not, I found those posts really informative

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Bobby Chopps wrote:What have I missed? Ruth is deleting his posts because his prediction didn't come true? Really??! I hope not, I found those posts really informative
If this is the case then that's a shame. Ruth_NZ always put a lot of thought into his posts and was generally a helpful poster, even if he was wrong sometimes (isn't everyone) and if I disagreed with many of his ideas.

I don't think he really liked his conclusions being disagreed with (probably because he put a lot of effort into coming to them) but "I told you so" isn't an intelligent response in a game largely down to chance.

I hope that he's just on a break and comes back with a hardened attitude to some of the banter because I'd rather read a well researched and thought out Ruth_NZ post than an "I told you so" post any day of the week.

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If he wants to come back just to tell me "I told you so" re Baines, that's fine by me!

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Or on Siggy in my case. I thought that was a poor transfer at the time.

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Turned out to be inspired. Bet he's kicking himself for folding in and getting Payet.

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Ruth had a lot of good posts but he seemed to take it a little too seriously. Hopefully he's just taking a breather and will come back without putting so much pressure on himself.

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I'll echo what's being said here about hoping that Ruth_NZ returns to the forum, but I still can't get over the incongruity of the name "Ruth" being followed by pronouns like "he" and "his".

I was so much less conflicted when I thought he was a woman. :lol:

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Pirlo's Beard wrote:I'll echo what's being said here about hoping that Ruth_NZ returns to the forum, but I still can't get over the incongruity of the name "Ruth" being followed by pronouns like "he" and "his".

I was so much less conflicted when I thought he was a woman. :lol:
You must have real problems with "Babe" Ruth then... :P

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Mr Clarinet wrote:You must have real problems with "Babe" Ruth then... :P
None at all actually, because he doesn't post on FISO. :wink:

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I miss his posts too. Well researched, well written, and always encouraged discussion, which is what this place should be all about. If he's reading this, I hope he'll consider coming back.

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Pirlo's Beard wrote:I'll echo what's being said here about hoping that Ruth_NZ returns to the forum, but I still can't get over the incongruity of the name "Ruth" being followed by pronouns like "he" and "his".

I was so much less conflicted when I thought he was a woman. :lol:
Your binary attitude to gender is sooooo 2014....

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eastcentral1 wrote:Your binary attitude to gender is sooooo 2014....
I'm still not over the shock of hearing the Johnny Cash song "A Boy Named Sue".

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