Matthew Penycae is arguably the best FPL manager in the world with three top 500 finishes, a further six top 10k finishes and he has never finished outside the top 20k in ten seasons. Every week Matthew writes his FPL Team Reveal article detailing his team, captain and plans for the coming Gameweek exclusively for Fantasy Football Hub members.
Gameweek 31+ Review
Before looking at Gameweek 32+ let's just recap on Gameweek 31+ as it was still to finish when I did my last article. Having played my Bench Boost and with unlimited transfers, my Double Gameweek-focused team ended on a very decent 120 points with my bench (which I tried to make a genuine bench rather than putting my best players on it!) scoring a total of 23 which is a good enough return for the chip I think. This boosted my rank from a pre-lockdown 131k to a more respectable 64k.
Onto Gameweek 32+ and I had played my Wildcard, in order to unwind my Double Gameweek team and set up my team for the run-in. It turned out pretty well this week, apart from getting the captaincy wrong with Bruno Fernandes. The other two candidates I had been considering (Mané and Jiménez) both scored well and this decision and a score of 75 points resulted in a small red arrow from 64k to 68k. This was my team:
Matthew's Gameweek 31+ Points
Gameweek 32+ Preview
First of all, and always the starting point for any plan, here is how I am looking for this Gameweek (0.3m bank):
About Matthew Penycae
Matthew Penycae is, arguably, the most consistently good FPL player in the world. In 10 seasons, Matthew has finished top 500 three times, top 10k eight times and never finished lower than 15,535 (in his first season). He’s also a dab hand at Sky having finished 2nd overall in 16/17, his first season, proving his strategies are effective across fantasy formats.
His full FPL history can be seen below:
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Thanks as ever Matthew, always enjoy reading your articles. I’m debating whether to captain Aubu over Jimi but I’m unsure whether to trust Arsenal – who would you prefer?
Cheers. Auba could go big against Norwich, although there is a small risk of a rest given their schedule including FA Cup. Depends on your risk appetite really.
Great preview, I have captained Jiminez during the past 2 weeks and he has rewarded me with that trust, but I’m leaning towards Martial who’s form is insatiable…. would you make that move too?
Thanks. Both are good choices at the end of the day! Captaincy is such a roll of the dice really.
Hi Matthew,
Thanks again for writing this. I find the ‘working’ out as interesting, if not more than the ‘answer’.
On that I was hoping you could pass on a small bit of wisdom please? I’m stuck this week but often on the selection of a DF or FW. I have Doherty and he is playing. I also have Saiss, Calvert-Lewin and Nketiah. By all means share your views on who should play but I’m interested in how you would go about deciding? What resources would you use to help decide.
For reference I’ve attached my team.
Hi, that’s exactly my intention for these articles – to me the “reveal” part is the least useful. I try to outline my thought processes and then people can apply these to their own thoughts and their own ideas.
In terms of resources on who to play, it’s pretty much as outlined in my articles – Opta stats, ticker, player form plus any nuggets picked up from other guys on here, Twitter, etc. Form, fixture, team and player quality, opposition form and quality, nailed on-ness, ownership and, sometimes, gut feel (which I often get wrong!)
Are you tempted to play kiko over DCL or TAA? I have Ritchie on my bench currently in a similar situation.
Do you mean for GW33+?
Hi Mathew, I still have 2 Chips remaining Free Hit and Triple Captain, any suggestions as to when to deploy…..?
Hi, for Free Hit, I quite like the idea of using it on the last GW, this also gives it as long as possible in case something unusuals crops up in the meantime or you end up needing it due to injuries, etc. For Triple Captain (I’ve used mine) it probably just comes down to a week when you have a really good feeling about a captaincy!
Thanks Mathew, wise words as ever, really enjoy your articles…..