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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 for GW9 (snapshot dated 28 October 2026, target GW9, season 2026-27).

The full-model plan over GW9–12 scores a projected objective of 183.52 versus 179.74 for holding — a gain of 3.78 points against your 2-point threshold, with no hits taken.

What the gain covers: the 3.78-point gain is the projected advantage of the whole transfer plan over the hold plan across the full four-week horizon, GW9 to GW12 (with GW discounting, bench weighting and hit penalties included). It is not a GW9-only figure. The hold comparison forbids transfers in the first GW only; the GW10–12 moves in the plan are provisional, not actions to take now.

Immediate GW9 transfers (0 hits):

In: Raya (Arsenal, £6.2m), Barry (Everton, £5.6m), Mbeumo (Man Utd, £7.9m)
Out: João Pedro (Chelsea, £7.8m, injured), B. Fernandes (Man Utd, £11.7m), Dubravka (Spurs, £4.0m)

GW9 starting XI (projected 48.63 points, an estimate):

GK: Raya
DEF: Gvardiol, Davis, van Ewijk
MID: Mbeumo, Rogers, Ødegaard, Groß
FWD: Haaland, Calvert-Lewin, Barry

Captain: Haaland | Vice-captain: Calvert-Lewin

Ordered bench: Verbruggen, Slater, Mitchell, Calafiori (Calafiori is flagged — hip injury, 75% chance of playing).

Chip decision: save. No valued chip is recommended this GW; the projected schedule favours later opportunities. Wildcard remains unassessed by the model.

Later-GW plans (e.g. Gabriel in for Calafiori in GW10) are provisional and should be re-run after transfers and team news.

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  "max_hits": 0,
  "model": "full",
  "threshold": 2
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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",
  "target_gw": 9,
  "model": "full",
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    10,
    11,
    12
  ],
  "threshold": 2.0,
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  "plan_objective": 183.5197415136506,
  "hold_objective": 179.73781057376831,
  "gain": 3.7819309398822725,
  "make_transfers": true,
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    },
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    {
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      "player_name": "Ødegaard",
      "position": "MID",
      "club": "Arsenal",
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    },
    {
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      "player_name": "Rogers",
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    {
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      "news": "Thigh injury - Unknown return date"
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    {
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      "player_name": "van Ewijk",
      "position": "DEF",
      "club": "Coventry City",
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      "status": "a",
      "news": ""
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    {
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      "player_name": "Mitchell",
      "position": "DEF",
      "club": "Crystal Palace",
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      "status": "a",
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    {
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      "player_name": "Barry",
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      "status": "a",
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    },
    {
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      "club": "Hull City",
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      "status": "a",
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    },
    {
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      "club": "Ipswich Town",
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      "status": "a",
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    {
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      "player_name": "Calvert-Lewin",
      "position": "FWD",
      "club": "Leeds",
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      "status": "a",
      "news": ""
    },
    {
      "element_id": 391,
      "player_name": "Gvardiol",
      "position": "DEF",
      "club": "Man City",
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      "status": "a",
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    },
    {
      "element_id": 411,
      "player_name": "Haaland",
      "position": "FWD",
      "club": "Man City",
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      "status": "a",
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    {
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      "club": "Man Utd",
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    {
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      "player_name": "Mbeumo",
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      "club": "Man Utd",
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      "status": "a",
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    {
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      "player_name": "Dubravka",
      "position": "GKP",
      "club": "Spurs",
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      "status": "a",
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    {
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      "player_name": "Vuskovic",
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      "club": "Brighton",
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      "player_name": "Khalaili",
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      "club": "Crystal Palace",
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    "chip": null,
    "reason": "Save the valued chips this GW; the projected schedule favours later opportunities. Wildcard remains unassessed.",
    "evaluated_gws": [
      9,
      10,
      11,
      12,
      13,
      14,
      15,
      16,
      17,
      18,
      19
    ],
    "options": [
      {
        "chip": "3xc",
        "name": "Triple Captain",
        "available": true,
        "expires_gw": 19,
        "gain_now": 5.880235614972674,
        "best_gw": 16,
        "best_gain": 6.979466340507839,
        "planned_gw": 16,
        "planned_gain": 6.979466340507839,
        "reason": "Timing uses fixed-squad projected gains."
      },
      {
        "chip": "bboost",
        "name": "Bench Boost",
        "available": true,
        "expires_gw": 19,
        "gain_now": 10.2891637800231,
        "best_gw": 15,
        "best_gain": 11.89126134533826,
        "planned_gw": 15,
        "planned_gain": 11.89126134533826,
        "reason": "Timing uses fixed-squad projected gains."
      },
      {
        "chip": "freehit",
        "name": "Free Hit",
        "available": true,
        "expires_gw": 19,
        "gain_now": 4.876200619944754,
        "best_gw": 14,
        "best_gain": 7.693129700215991,
        "planned_gw": 14,
        "planned_gain": 7.693129700215991,
        "reason": "Free Hit needs transfer-plan review."
      },
      {
        "chip": "wildcard",
        "name": "Wildcard",
        "available": true,
        "expires_gw": 19,
        "gain_now": null,
        "best_gw": null,
        "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."
    ]
  },
  "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."
  ]
}