GW28 Thought Process: Is keeping Declan Rice too conservative?

Planning, data, mindset and other usual stuff

We’re in Gameweek 28, and I’m making the moves, folks.

Over the last few weeks, I’ve written pages and pages about midfielders, especially those popular budget picks everyone’s considering. Although I don’t want my content to be repetitive, I simply can’t avoid it in this article:

One of them will slot straight into my starting eleven.

Let’s revisit the plan, talk about some data, mindset and other usual stuff.

2 problems to solve immediately

Last week, I outlined my rough plan for GWs 27 to 31, the first phase of my “end-game” split. The second phase covers Wildcard 32, Bench Boost 33, and Free Hit 34, followed by the GW35+ run-in.

GW27 Thought Process: Finding the right balance (and a new MID)

It was a quiet one, as I rolled into 3 free transfers and £1.3 million in the bank.

Here’s the bus team:

source: Solio Analytics

The original plan was: