FINAL GAMEWEEK.

First of all, thank you all.

This season, we did this together. Some of you are lifting trophies this week, others are fighting for survival. Personally, this has been the season I went from "Googy who posts in r/DraftEPL" to "Googy who runs Waiver Kings 👑": built the app, hit almost 100 subscribers, wrote a post every week, replied to hundreds of emails and even more Reddit comments and most importantly, built community and trust. None of it happens without you. Next season, we continue even stronger. In the meantime, I optimize and learn from all of the feedback!

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After season finishes, I will be dropping a personalized season recap for every subscriber. Your MVP, your best GW, your bench horrors, the one that got away. If you've never been on the list, now's the time. It is still totally free and I will do my best to include fun, educational and interesting league KPIs and stats. Find Waiver Kings through my profile and hurry up because FPL Towers will remove this seasons data soon so I need to know to save your GW history 😁!

Now, to the matches.

Here is the full fixture list:

• Brighton - Man Utd
• Burnley - Wolves
• Crystal Palace - Arsenal
• Fulham - Newcastle
• Liverpool - Brentford
• Man City - Aston Villa
• Nott'm Forest - Bournemouth
• Spurs - Everton
• Sunderland - Chelsea
• West Ham - Leeds

Fixtures / teams that I would try to find waivers from:

- MNU: Bruno needs someone to score to break that assist record!
- BUR vs WOL: actually, whoever wins this will not finish season as last team. I expect fun game!
- LIV: Potentially last match for three club legends: Alisson, Robertson, Salah.
- MCI: Last Pep's match, last match for both Stones and B.Silva.
- BOU: Europe footy next season fight.
- TOT vs EVE: relegation battle! Moyes will do everything in his power to help WHU stay up.
- WHU: They have to win this.

If you have any waivers from these teams, I already love it!

Fixtures / teams I would totally avoid:

- CRY vs ARS: With both teams playing Europe finals in 3-4 days, expect HEAVY rotation + Arsenal hangover.
- Aston Villa: pretty much same, starting XI seems uncertain.

Defenders

Maguire (MNU) - Brighton

Someone has to score for that Bruno assist, right? If i remember correctly, Bruno has only 8 open play assist, so another corner seems likely. Also, he would want to prove Tuchel that it was mistake not to include him into England's squad?

Mavropanos (WHU) - Leeds

It's a must win for WHU. Simple as that. And if that games turns out to be the one where WHU are chasing winning goal, expect lot set pieces where Mav thrives. On the other hand, if that game turns out to be one where WHU are protecting their lead, expect a lot of DEFCONs. Seems like a win-win to me.

Robertson (LIV) - Brentford

Club's legend. For sure he will start this one. Since he is a defender, we actually like the fact that he could be taken out before the match ends to get standing ovation (CS% going strong!!) and who knows, maybe he finds Salah for his farewell goal one last time.

Stones (MCI) - Aston Villa

Same story, but bit riskier. My gut feeling is Pep starts him, but follow press conference + predicted lineups.

Midfielders

Salah (LIV) - Brentford

I really don't want to say anything here. There is 10%+ 10 man leagues where he is not selected, just make sure it's not yours.

B.Silva (MCI) - Aston Villa

Not the pick I like that much, but it's his final City match. He might go with a bang!

Amad (MNU) - Brighton

Amad played 90 minutes GW37 and if Šeško is confirmed out, that could repeat. With the pace Bruno played last 15 minutes, he could be one of the players which benefit the most.

Jacob Ramsey (NEW) - Fulham

Hail Mary pick. If Jacob Ramsey is the one who saves your season, let it be. Great form, DEFCON hit + assist last GW, BUT he could be benched by Gordon (and enable his farewell, too). Make sure you follow press-conference!

Forwards

Raúl Jiménez (FUL) - Newcastle

Farewell? His contract expires, he should start his last Fulham match.

Taty (WHU) - Leeds & Flemming (BUR) - Wolves

Nothing much to add, pretty much all of the starting FWDs are taken by now. Be safe in this position, risk everything (if needed) in MID / DEF.

⚠️ LAST GAMEWEEK WAIVERS IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS ⚠️

Hello everyone Happy GW38!

I’m curious to hear what your league does for the champion at the end of the season. Do you just award a cash prize, or do you also have a trophy? If you have a trophy, is it a generic one, or more of a Stanley Cup-style trophy where each year’s winning team is added to it?

Good Luck to everyone this weekend!

Debating on dropping Beto for Flemming. My strikers are Taty, Beto, Thiago

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Another season coming to an end, doesn't time fly when you're having fun... covered in this week's pod:

• Bernardo Silva — last game in a City shirt, model has him at 6.1pts, and somehow still under 70% rostered
• Salah at Anfield for the send-off — 86% rostered, too good to turn down if he's available
• Ampadu away at West Ham — defcon merchant pick in the must-win xNarrative of the week
• The Arsenal-Palace trap — both teams have European finals next week, here's how to play the rotation
• Bruno Fernandes chasing the all-time assist record — Amad as the surprise beneficiary?
• Sub-5% rostered hidden gems including Wieffer, Stones and Röhl

Audio pod link: https://pod.fo/e/41bc26

Predicted line-ups: https://draftfc.co.uk/predicted-lineups

Draft FC: https://draftfc.co.uk/

Deadlines this week:

⏰ Waiver deadline — Saturday 23rd May, 14:30

⏰ Gameweek deadline — Sunday 24th May, 14:30

Timestamps in the video if you want to skip to a specific section.

Cheers for a great season everyone, happy to answer any questions in the comments 👇

Trying to type this out as objectively as I can, keep in mind the 4th place player was our commissioner.

I've played in a competitive Draft style EPL league for over 10 years now with a bunch of friends. I was in second going into the last game week. IF I won my matchup and first place lost his matchup I would be the regular season champ.

The morning of the last game week, the 4th seed (who was playing the first seed who i needed to lose) decided to tank and remove all his players, thus ending any chance I had. His reasoning was that it set himself up for a better matchup for the playoffs. This is the FIRST time since we started the league that anyone has intentionally tanked, and he told me that "technically there was no rule preventing him from doing so". There is a CASH prize for the team that comes in 1st for the regular season. I won my matchup and 4th would of beat first if he played straight up.

Fast forward to the playoffs where the bracket has now been manipulated. the 4th place player loses first round. I lose in the second round. If he didn't tank in the last game week I would of won the entire league.

Am I wrong to think this should have never been allowed since we went 10+ years with everyone playing straight up. If tanking/empty lineups were considered legal strategy all along, league members would have made different decisions throughout the season.

The league was split (those who still had a chance to win obviously were not on my side) and basically told me it was a smart strategy but something we can look to vote out NEXT season.

While I agree it is a smart move, I disagree with the fact that he got an unfair advantage over all others who assumed we played by a different set of rules.

This one move cost me the regular season ($100), my second ring and a playoff payout ($1500)

What do you think? Fair game or foul play?

We are reaching the final game, and both in our relegation zone as well as our 3 leaders are equal on points, and very close in terms of points in favour throughout the season. What would happen in case of a draw, in points as well as points in favour? think in normal fantasy it’s determined by total transfers, anyone know in Draft?

Rank the following for this final gameday:

- Trossard
- Sarr
- Wirtz
- O Dango
- Ampadu
- Anthony (burnley)
- Barnes

Last GW. I have both Watkins and Rogers. 1pt behind 1st place, still a chance to win it all. If you have one of both Villa boys, are you benching them against City? I feel if they win the Europa League, Emery will give Rogers and Watkins a rest. Villa will be already qualified to Champions League, and their record away isn’t even that good.

What do you guys think?

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TWO MORE GAMEWEEKS. That's only 6 points in H2H leagues.

First things first, hopefully you were more responsible than me and you did not miss waiver deadline. Luckily, many of you have your league positions sorted already. Congrats, kings 👑

Claim your seat at King's table!

Secondly, this is your last chance to get PERSONALIZED WAIVER SUGGESTION email! Make sure you subscribe for free via my Reddit profile (to find Waiver Kings) and we make a final push (or a victory lap), together! I will be sending waiver suggestions to everyone for GW38.

Apart from waiver suggestion, Waiver Kings free tier subscribers will receive their season overview and highlights once season is finished. Stay tuned, it will be fun. I promise!

This GW, we do something a bit different since we need to react to free agency. I will be dropping my watchlist + comments per team.

WATCHLIST

ARS

- Lewis-Skelly who seems to be locked in starting XI.
- Mosquera (both B.White and Timber are injured) should start. Arsenal will be fighting for that CS, every goal scored / conceded now matters. A lot.
- Ødegaard brought needed energy.

AVL

I would totally ignore this team from now on. Keep Watkins and Rogers, everyone else is droppable.

BOU

- Rayan is in hot form.
- Their defence is great, even against tough opponents.

BRE

- Hidden gem territory; Lewis-Potter is a must pick up.
- Jensen and Damsgaard are really solid options**.**

BHA

- Hinshelwood can't stop scoring.
- Groß can't stop assisting.
- De Cuyper amazing option. He could play as a winger with Mitoma out.

BUR

Ignore**.**

CHE

Ignore.

CRY

- Don't trust them and their PL motivation / rotations.
- Almost all of them are droppable, grab more secure starters now!

EVE

- Defenders who are starting.

FUL

Ignore.

LEE

- Stach.
- Ampadu. High floor player, great if you are in a lead position.
- Bijol.

LIV:

- Ngumoha, he must start after Slot received Anfied boo's.
- Salah returns. I would grab him if available, even as a sub he will want to score in his last 2 games for Liverpool**.**

MCI

- Risky territory, but here are some picks that are worth it, especially if chasing.
- Doku.
- Foden.
- Marmoush. 2G in 2 matches.
- Gvardiol. Finally back, but I wouldn't get him yet.

MNU

- Mainoo running the show.
- Super risky pick: Dorgu.

NEW

- Osula.
- Bruno G.
- DEFCON beast himself, Botman. Ignore rest.

NFO

- Gibbs-White should return. Masked**.**
- Igor Jesus.

TOT

- From hero to zero. Tel.

SUN

- Xhaka.
- E.Le Fée.

WHU

- Every starter. They will be fighitng for their lives.
- Mavropanos.
- Souček.
- Summerville.

WOL

Ignore.

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Covered in this week's pod (recorded on Thursday):

• Mosquera — the must-add fpr GW37 after White's season-ending injury
• De Cuyper — knee-jerk or genius?
• Hinshelwood continues to be a gem 💎
• FA Cup final considerations — City & Chelsea rotation watch
• Low-roster % hidden gems
• Usual full positional breakdown

Audio pod link: https://pod.fo/e/4159a8

Predicted line-ups: https://draftfc.co.uk/predicted-lineups

Draft FC: https://draftfc.co.uk/

Deadlines this week:
⏰ Waiver deadline — Thursday 14th May, 18:30
⏰ Gameweek deadline — Friday 15th May, 18:30

Timestamps in the video if you want to skip to a specific section.

Happy to answer any questions (for this week or next) in the comments 👇