23. Man vs Machine Learning - Free hit vs Free hit

It was a gameweek to forget for the Machine and a fortunate one for me to take the total scores to 1063 vs 953 after 17 gameweeks. Covid struck both teams again, but fortunes could not have been more different. This week also saw the Machine exit the FPL cup in the very first round while my team progressed to the 2nd round.

 

The Machine's Team

• Gameweek 17
• Reece James to Cancelo was the transfer that was made - but Cancelo's late clean sheet wipe out was a disappointment
• The others in defence were worse, getting just 1 point each. Mccarthy did not show up due to Covid and Forster wasn't on the bench
• Captain Vardy got an assist so it wasn't all doom and gloom for the team
• Grealish and Bruno scored against each other to at least get close to 40 points
• Red arrow from 785k to 1.2 million

• Gameweek 18
• Since this week is the blank week, the free hit chip is active
• Predictions are being made for a forecast of just one week
• Darlow is the goalkeeper picked, with there being enough budget to get Ramsdale on the bench - in case Dubravka starts by some chance
• Bruno, Rashford and Maguire have been picked from the Burnley-Man Utd game, with Bruno also getting the armband
• Kdb and Cancelo are the players from the blue side of Manchester
• Tierney, Saka, Kane, Wilson and Zaha complete the team
• Kilman, Mitchell and Brewster make up the bench

Expected number of returns for GW 18 per position according to the Machine

My Team

• Gameweek 17
• Last gameweek, I moved the injured Taylor our and got Coufal - and then promptly benched him for Mitchell, in case Mitchell played
• In the early kickoff, Soucek and Coufal both returned and were stuck on by bench
• However, Burnley's game against Fulham was postponed so Wood couldn't play and Adams was out with a concussion for the very last game of the week so 17 points could come off the bench even though Mitchell played
• Captain Son, Bruno and Grealish ensured that the score this week would be a solid one
• Green arrow from 84k to 54k

• Gameweek 18
• I've activated the free hit too
• The team looks kind of similar to the Machine's one with some differences
• I've gone with double City defence and Son in midfield
• Tierney could go out for a Spurs defender, given that they're playing Fulham
• Dias could go out for Stones and the money can help me improve my bench

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