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Question

Using the full model over GW9 to GW12, with a 2-point transfer threshold and no hits allowed, should I transfer or hold for GW9? Give the gain, threshold, immediate buys and sells, starting XI, captain, vice-captain and ordered bench. Explain what period the gain covers.

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Verdict: transfer — the plan clears your 2.0 threshold. Snapshot 28 October 2026, target GW9, full model, horizon GW9–GW12, threshold 2.0, zero hits allowed.

Gain and threshold

Plan objective: 183.52 vs hold objective: 179.74
Gain: +3.78 expected points — above the 2.0 threshold, so make_transfers is true.
Hits: 0 (none allowed, none required).

What the gain covers It is not a GW9-only figure. It is the total projected advantage of the whole GW9–GW12 plan over simply holding, with GW discounting, bench weighting and hit penalties applied across all four gameweeks. It is also separate from the starting-XI expected points below, and no chip gain is included.

Immediate GW9 moves

Buy: Raya (Arsenal, £6.2m), Barry (Everton, £5.6m), Mbeumo (Man Utd, £7.9m)
Sell: João Pedro (Chelsea — thigh injury, unknown return), B.Fernandes (Man Utd), Dubravka (Spurs)

GW9 starting XI (projected 48.63 points) Raya; Gvardiol, Davis, van Ewijk; Mbeumo, Rogers, Ødegaard, Groß; Haaland, Calvert-Lewin, Barry

Captain: Haaland
Vice-captain: Calvert-Lewin
Bench (in order): Verbruggen, Slater, Mitchell, Calafiori

Calafiori is flagged (hip, 75% chance of playing) and sits last on the bench, so the plan does not rely on him this week.

Chip decision: save — no valued chip is recommended now; the schedule points to better opportunities later. Wildcard remains unassessed.

Provisional later moves (not actions for now): GW10 Calafiori in for Ødegaard; GW11 Vuskovic in for van Ewijk; GW12 Khalaili in for Gvardiol. These are estimates that assume your current squad and availability, so rerun after any transfers or team news.

Run

Status: completed
Target gameweek: GW9
Model: deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud
Temperature: 0
Model calls: 2 of 4
Tool calls: 1
Latency: 6.9 s
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Snapshot ID: 20261028_212650_step17-current_3a1d9408-dirty

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  "model": "full",
  "threshold": 2,
  "max_hits": 0
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Result fields: snapshot_id, as_of, season, target_gw, model, actual_gws, threshold, allowed_hits, plan_objective, hold_objective, gain, make_transfers, players, selected_gw_plans, chip_decision, assumptions. Show full result

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  "as_of": "2026-10-28T21:26:50.640392Z",
  "season": "2026-27",
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  "gain": 3.7819309398822725,
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      "club": "Leeds",
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      "club": "Man City",
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      "player_name": "Haaland",
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      10,
      11,
      12,
      13,
      14,
      15,
      16,
      17,
      18,
      19
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        "name": "Triple Captain",
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      {
        "chip": "bboost",
        "name": "Bench Boost",
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      {
        "chip": "freehit",
        "name": "Free Hit",
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        "reason": "Free Hit needs transfer-plan review."
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      {
        "chip": "wildcard",
        "name": "Wildcard",
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        "best_gain": null,
        "planned_gw": null,
        "planned_gain": null,
        "reason": "Manual review: Wildcard is not valued."
      }
    ],
    "assumptions": [
      "Uses the selected first-GW squad unchanged in future GWs; rerun after transfers or team news.",
      "Uses current availability and minutes estimates; future injury recovery is not forecast.",
      "Schedules at most one valued chip per GW within its availability window.",
      "Wildcard is not valued. Free Hit requires review because it changes and then restores the squad.",
      "Starting-XI EP and the transfer objective exclude chip effects; gains are reported separately."
    ]
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  "assumptions": [
    "Uses frozen prices, squad and projections; no transfer is executed.",
    "The hold plan forbids transfers in the first GW only.",
    "Objectives include GW discounting, bench weighting and hit penalties.",
    "Later GW transfers are provisional plans, not actions to take now."
  ]
}