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FPL experts reveal chip strategies for Blank Gameweek 29 and beyond

17 Feb 2025
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Some of the world's best managers explain when they currently plan to use their chips

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Liverpool, Aston Villa, Newcastle United and Crystal Palace will all be without a Premier League fixture in Blank Gameweek 29 (BGW29). Newcastle and Palace will then play twice in Double Gameweek 32 (DGW32).

Here, The Scout's panel of Fantasy Premier League experts reveal when they plan to use their chips over the rest of the season.

Gianni Buttice (@GianniButtice)

I'm likely to Free-Hit in Blank Gameweek 29, potentially going big on both Manchester clubs given their good fixtures, with Man City at home to Brighton, and Man Utd visiting Leicester. This then allows me to keep my Newcastle and Liverpool assets for Newcastle's two matches in DGW32.

I'm unsure on when I will Wildcard, but it will likely be before I Bench-Boost in a big Double Gameweek. I have already used my Triple Captain chip.

Lee Bonfield (@FPLFamily)

The DGW32 announcement means I'll be building around a strategy that involves using the Assistant Manager chip in Gameweeks 31-33. In order to set up my team and have the money available for that chip, I'll likely be playing the Wildcard in Gameweek 30. I'm then planning to use the Free Hit chip in Gameweek 34 to help navigate a tricky-looking Blank Gameweek.

Sam Bonfield (@FPLFamily)

I plan to Wildcard in Gameweek 30, having dead-ended my team for the blank in Gameweek 29. Ahead of Gameweek 25 I sold Lewis Hall (£5.0m), and I will be looking to sell my Liverpool, Villa and Palace assets ahead of BGW29. I will however hold and bench Mohamed Salah (£13.7m) and Alexander Isak (£9.5m), because I know I will want them back after the blank and I don't want to lose the value I have in them. 

I'll then Bench-Boost in either Gameweek 33 or 36, and will likely Free-Hit in Gameweek 34, which is expected to be a Blank Gameweek. If the FA Cup results mean I don't need to Free-Hit in Gameweek 34 then I will hold it for Gameweek 38. 

Utkarsh Dalmia (@ZopharFPL

With Newcastle having a DGW32, that's where I will likely be using my Triple Captain Chip as I fancy Isak in the two home matches.

The next big Double is likely to be Gameweek 33, due to FA Cup semi-final postponements, which means I want to use my Bench Boost in 33.

Keeping the above two chips in mind, it's likely that I Wildcard in Gameweek 31, by which point we should have a clear view of the landscape ahead.

Harry Daniels (@FPL_Harry

I was one of the few Fantasy managers who did not play the Assistant Manager chip in DGW24, but instead activated the Triple Captain chip, so my strategy will take a different path.

I currently plan on saving my chips before looking to Wildcard in Gameweek 31, Bench-Boost in Gameweek 33, Free-Hit in Gameweek 34 and deploy the Assistant Manager chip over Gameweeks 36-38.

Pranil Sheth (@Lateriser12

With the DGW32 announcement, I will likely be using the Triple Captain chip in either Gameweek 32 or 36.

I will likely be using the Bench Boost in Gameweek 33, as that is expected to be the big Double Gameweek, and will likely Wildcard before that, around Gameweek 31.

Nick Harris (@WGTA_Nick

I still have my Assistant Manager chip but will likely save that until the end of the season and hope there is a Double Gameweek 36 to capitalise on.

I will likely Wildcard around Gameweek 31 and use my Bench Boost for the Double Gameweek in 32 or Gameweek 33, before Free-Hitting in Blank Gameweek 34.

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