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            <p><em>Fantasy Premier League GW31 tips from <a href="https://twitter.com/FPLMatthew">FPL Matthew</a>, arguably the best FPL manager in the world with three top 500 finishes and a further six top 10k finishes. Every week Matthew writes his FPL Team Reveal article detailing his team, captain and plans for the coming Gameweek exclusively for <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/">Fantasy Football Hub</a> members. </em></p>
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<h3>Gameweek 30 Review</h3>
<p>Another solid enough gameweek for my team, ending up on <strong>64 points</strong>, which was enough for a green arrow from 139k to <strong>120k overall rank. </strong>A decent captain in <strong>Harry Kane (£11.6m)</strong> certainly helped, as did goals from <strong>Mohamed Salah (£12.4m)</strong> and <strong>Ollie Watkins (£6.6m)</strong>. <strong>Kieran Tierney</strong> going off injured just before halftime was a little disappointing, as was new signing <strong>Heung-Min Son (£9.4m) </strong>getting only an appearance from the bench. Also, <strong>Jesse Lingard's</strong> haul in the last game of the weekend took the shine off my green arrow, as I didn't own him, but many do.</p>
<p>Here are my Gameweek 30 points in full:</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-33688" class="wp-caption-text">Matthew's Gameweek 30 points</p>
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<h3><strong>Gameweek 31 Preview</strong></h3>
<p>Here is the <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fixture-ticker/">Hub Fixture Ticker</a> over the next three Gameweeks ordered from best to worst:</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-33666" class="wp-caption-text">Hub Fixture Ticker - next three</p>
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<p>This shows the next three weeks, up to Gameweek 33, where there is another "mini-blank" week with the following teams being without a Premier League fixture due to the EFL Cup Final:</p>
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<li>Manchester City</li>
<li>Tottenham</li>
<li>Fulham</li>
<li>Southampton</li>
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<p>Tottenham also have a double Gameweek before that, in Gameweek 32.</p>
<p>I have chosen to look at just the next three Gameweeks this week as I am highly likely to (finally) use my Wildcard after that, pre-Gameweek 34 (if not before).</p>
<p>This is how I'm currently set up, going into Gameweek 31:</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-33667" class="wp-caption-text">Matthew's Current Gameweek 31 lineup</p>
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<p>This is about a worse set of fixtures that I can remember seeing! Especially in my front seven and not helped by the fact that Kieran Tierney now appears to be injured. There's certainly a case for Wildcarding and, indeed, that's what many seem to be doing this week.</p>
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<h3>Chip Strategy - Wildcard Time? Right??</h3>
<p>There's no getting around it - my team for this week is looking a challenge in terms of fixtures, particularly with three each from Leeds and Aston Villa, who both have tough away fixtures - and it doesn't get much better next week either. This fixture swing makes it a no-brainer to wildcard this week, right? 'Group-think' in the FPL Community is certainly strongly pointing that way.</p>
<p>However, I prefer to think for myself...and I'm not convinced. Not convinced that this week is the best week to wildcard for my team, despite a horror show of fixtures this week.</p>
<p>I think there are four reasons, in my head, for this:</p>
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<li>OK, let's get the trivial, perhaps irrational one out of the way first. The fact that "Gameweek 31 Wildcard" has become such a Group-think move actually puts me off it - makes me want to be different, maybe even awkward. Let's be clear - the fact that its become such a popular time to Wildcard means that its probably a good idea! That said, there's sort of a strange rationality behind even this one - if I want to make ground on the herd, maybe I need to break from the herd</li>
<li>Yes, my squad has awful fixtures this week and, to a lesser extent, next week, but I am still largely happy with the squad - with the players themselves. Plus I get a free transfer, and maybe even a hit(!), to make it better this week. And I can hide some of the players with tough fixtures on my bench if I choose to.</li>
<li>Looking at the teams who have good fixtures coming up - apart from Tottenham (I already have their two best assets), Liverpool (I have Salah) and Leicester, I am not actually that interested in owning their players.</li>
<li>I prefer to wildcard into a double Gameweek rather than into a blank Gameweek. Gameweek 35 <em>could</em> be a Double Gameweek, although this is by no means certain as of now. With my Bench Boost still to be used (and Triple Captain for that matter), I could (if this transpires) build a Bench Boost team for the double Gameweek, and the final run-in.</li>
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<h3>Most Wanted List</h3>
<p>This is where I identify the players who I am currently most considering bringing into my team as well as highlighting who, if anyone, may be able to make way for them. This helps me to formulate a rough mental shortlist of potential moves. I update this list each week.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Goalkeepers</strong></span></p>
<p><b>None</b></p>
<p><em>Out-list:</em> <strong>Alex McCarthy (£4.4m)</strong> - Southampton have been poor lately and he's now lost his place to Fraser Forster, not ideal, but is it worth spending a transfer on?</p>
<p><em>Removed</em>: <b>None</b></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Defenders</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>The Chelsea Defence</strong> - a string of clean sheets (surely the West Brom game was a one-off?) - its a case of 'who' though - from the safe but boring options like <strong>César Azpilicueta (£5.9m)</strong> to the risky but high-upside options like <strong>Reece James (£5.0m)</strong> or <strong>Marcos Alonso (£5.7m)</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>New</em>: Nathaniel Phillips (£4.0m) - </strong>Liverpool's player of the month in March and looks to have nailed down a spot, budget enabler</p>
<p><em>Out-list:</em> <strong>Kiernan Tierney (£5.3m) - </strong>went off at half-time with a knee injury</p>
<p><em>Removed</em>: <b>None</b></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Midfielders</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Jesse Lingard (£6.3m)</strong> - more like "Messi" Lingard, the man is on fire with an incredible six goals and four assists in his eight appearances on loan to West Ham</p>
<p><strong>Kevin De Bruyne (£11.9m)</strong> - a quality asset, although rotation is becoming a concern plus the blank in 33</p>
<p><strong><em>New: </em>Diogo Jota<em> </em>(£6.8m) </strong>- announced himself as back with three goals in the last two gameweeks, a steal at that price</p>
<p><em>Out-list: </em><b>None</b></p>
<p><b></b><em>Removed</em>: <strong>Heung-Min Son (£9.4m)</strong> - who came into my team last week</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Forwards</strong></span></p>
<p><em><strong>New</strong></em>: <strong>Kelechi Iheanacho (£5.8m)</strong> - been on form lately and good fixtures coming up, at a nice price</p>
<p><em>Out-list: </em><strong>Patrick Bamford (£6.7m)</strong><em><strong> - </strong>a tricky set of fixtures coming up, perhaps better options around</em></p>
<p><em>Removed</em>: <b>Michail Antonio (£6.7m) - </b>his injury problems came back to haunt him at the weekend</p>
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<h3>Transfer Plans</h3>
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