GW7 Strategic Review — SlowBuild

3. Transfer Recommendations

You have 1 FT. Roll to bank an extra FT next week.

Priority Sells

OUT

Dubravka (TOT)

£4.0m · Form 0.0 · 0 TP

→

IN candidates

Verbruggen (BHA, £4.5m) Form:7.7 TP:32 CRY(H) FDR2

OUT

Hughes (CRY)

£4.4m · Form 0.3 · 2 TP

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IN candidates

No budget-fit candidate found — check manually

OUT

Brobbey (SUN)

£5.7m · Form 6.0 · 24 TP

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IN candidates

Kostoulas (BHA, £5.6m) Form:7.0 TP:29 CRY(H) FDR2

Emersonn (IPS, £5.6m) Form:5.3 TP:28 MCI(A) FDR5

Monitor: Diop (F:2.3), Szoboszlai (F:1.7), Kayode (F:2.3)

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1. Team Snapshot

GW6 Points

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Avg Score

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Overall Rank

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Bank

£0.7m

Squad Value

£100.0m

Free Transfers

1 FT

Chips

Triple Captain (GW3)✓ Bench Boost✓ Wildcard✓ Free Hit

BGW / DGW Calendar (GW7–GW12)

GW	Blanks	Doubles	Your Squad Impact
GW7	—	—	All play
GW8	—	—	All play
GW9	—	TBC	All play
GW10	—	TBC	All play
GW11	—	TBC	All play
GW12	—	TBC	All play

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2. Pitch View — Formation 4-4-2

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SlowBuild

GW6 score

WC1TC1BB1FH1WC2TC2BB2FH2

HAALAND

6IPS(H)

JOÃO PEDRO

0EVE(A)

GIBBS-WHITE

2ARS(H)

SZOBOSZLAI

2BRE(A)

CHERKI

8IPS(H)

ROGERS

2EVE(A)

CALAFIORI

1NFO(A)

TARKOWSKI

14CHE(H)

DE CUYPER

6CRY(H)

DIOP

4MCI(A)

RAYA

1NFO(A)

Substitutes

DUBRAVKA

0COV(H)

HUGHES

0BHA(A)

KAYODE

6LIV(H)

BROBBEY

17BOU(A)

6. Optimal XI & Bench Order

Formation: 4-4-2 — adjust if O'Reilly / fitness checks change XI composition before deadline.

Raya
ARS · NFO(A)

DEF

Calafiori
ARS · NFO(A)

Tarkowski
EVE · CHE(H)

De Cuyper
BHA · CRY(H)

Diop
IPS · MCI(A)

MID

Gibbs-White
VC
NFO · ARS(H)

Szoboszlai
LIV · BRE(A)

Cherki
MCI · IPS(H)

Rogers
CHE · EVE(A)

FWD

Haaland
C
MCI · IPS(H)

João Pedro
CHE · EVE(A)

BENCH

GK Dubravka
TOT · F:0.0 · COV(H)

1st Hughes
CRY · F:0.3 · BHA(A)

2nd Kayode
BRE · F:2.3 · LIV(H)

3rd Brobbey
SUN · F:6.0 · BOU(A)

5. Captaincy Pick — GW7

Rank	Player	Pos	Team	GW7 Fixture	Form	Season TP	TSB%	Rationale
C	De Cuyper	DEF	BHA	CRY(H)	10.7	53	33.7%	Form rank #1. xGI:2.47 this season.
VC	Tarkowski	DEF	EVE	CHE(H)	8.3	46	18.3%	Form rank #2. xGI:0.23 this season.
3	João Pedro	FWD	CHE	EVE(A)	8.0	45	68.4%	Form rank #3. xGI:3.06 this season.
4	Haaland	FWD	MCI	IPS(H)	7.0	45	74.8%	Form rank #4. xGI:5.36 this season.
5	Cherki	MID	MCI	IPS(H)	6.3	44	29.8%	Form rank #5. xGI:3.0 this season.

7. Risk Flags

Szoboszlai (Szoboszlai) — injury news
Hamstring injury - 75% chance of playing

Szoboszlai (LIV) — form 1.7 (dangerously low)
Currently in starting XI with sub-2.0 form. Rotation / form collapse risk.

Brobbey (SUN) — 0% fit next GW
Hamstring injury - Expected back 25 Oct

4. Chip Strategy

Free Hit — no BGW identified yet. Hold.

Bench Boost → DGW TBC (WAIT)

No double gameweek is confirmed yet in the fixture schedule. Hold BB until announced.
Continue prepping the bench — upgrade dead-weight players to form assets so BB is ready to fire.

Chip Summary

Chip	Target GW	Rationale
Bench Boost	DGW TBC	All 15 players score — maximise in a DGW
Wildcard	TBD	Full squad rebuild — use when 4+ players need replacing
Free Hit	BGW TBC	Replace entire squad for 1 GW to dodge blanks

Bottom Line — GW7

Before Deadline

Captain De Cuyper (form 10.7 · CRY(H)). Roll the FT — no urgent moves.

Chip Roadmap

Monitor fixture calendar — hold chips until DGW/BGW confirmed.