I reached sub 2M rank for the first time this season after an amazing GW19 and had set a mini target for myself to be ranked sub 1M by GW26, while that didn’t exactly happen but I was very close and finally managed a small green arrow in DGW26 to finally reach top 1M. Having achieved that, I had hoped to build on it by talking calculated risks for DGW27 and planned a -8. And this happened…

I had synced the FPL calender on my phone and for some weird reason it kept telling me deadline is 7 pm India time. I not only missed the deadline but also made 3 changes which should have been -8 for GW27 but are now -4 for next GW28. 🤦#FPL #FPLCommunity #GW27 pic.twitter.com/xpcnRbzSTV

— FPL ऐनकdotes (@DotesFpl) March 6, 2021

…more on this in GW27 summary below.

GW 26

GW 26 Points	97
GW 26 Rank	8.64 lacs
Overall rank after GW 26	9.86 lacs
Net Change	– 0.98 lacs

I made 3 transfers and played the bench boost chip in DGW26 with the idea of having 29 effective players for the gameweek. The target for the GW was to get a minimum of 100 points based on this logic highlighted below …

That's effectively 3.44 points per player which should be easily doable. A similar per player average in a regular single gameweek translates to 38 points, which in most weeks my team is able to achieve. So let's that that 100 score.

— FPL ऐनकdotes (@DotesFpl) February 27, 2021

But things didn’t quite work to plan with Evans, Barnes getting injured in the first game itself, Aina being subbed at 45 minute mark in first game where Fulham kept a clean sheet, Jorginho missing out in the first game, Stones missing out in the second and obviously double blank from captain Bruno.

Defenders helped me get a decent score in the gameweek though, with Martinez and Rüdiger getting 12 points each, Holgate 11 and Stones 10.

GW27

GW 27 Points	76
GW 27 Rank	17.22 lacs
Overall rank after GW 27	9.06 lacs
Net Change	– 0.80 lacs

So the -8 I had planned for GW27 turned into a -4 for GW28 and the transfer I made were as follows:

Forster – 6 | Ederson – 4

Cancelo – 1 | Aina – 6 (I would have benched Aina, if I had made the change in time)

JWP – 18 | Watkins – 2 (I would have benched Watkins)

Taking in account the -8, it would have meant a 6 point swing for me. However it is not as simple, since I did not make the transfers in time, I had Jorginho as sub 1 on my bench, that wouldn’t have been the case as I would have had Watkins as my sub 1, so thats a +8. All in all, that has not turned that bad.

Kane was definitely the star of the GW for my team with a 19 pointer, with him, Bale and Son clicking, Kane now feels like a must own again, probably with another Spurs attacking asset. Thankfully I have the Free Hit for GW29, I will probably get all three of them.

Bruno getting a solid 10 pointer would have helped gain rank as well with a lot of FPL managers selling/benching him. I generally pick a few high priced players who are guaranteed to deliver in every 2 – 3 matches and hence never had the plan to sell Bruno (or Salah for that matter, but I am starting to rethink that) and that payed dividends this GW.

Gündogan picking up 20 points as my captain was a big positive as well with captaincy returns, obviously I had higher hopes from a Man City captaincy pick in a double gameweek, but it isn’t a bad return.

With the tragedy of missing deadline in GW27 and my transfers applying for GW28, I don’t have a lot of decision making to do this week. Now I turn my head towards planning for GW29 with a free hit in all likelihood. Hope that goes well.

Cheers!