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Asked during eval run step19d-minimax-m3-1-flash-cloud-t0-r1 · case recommendation-transfers-and-captain · snapshot GW9
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.
Answer
completed trace c453cc24Verdict: TRANSFER for GW9
Snapshot: 28 Oct 2026, 21:26 UTC · Season 2026‑27 · Target GW9 (deadline 31 Oct 2026, 11:00 UTC) · Model: full · Horizon: 4 GWs (GW9–GW12) · Threshold: 2.0 pts · Hits allowed: 0
Gain and what it covers
| Gain | +3.78 points |
| Threshold | 2.0 points |
| Plan objective (transfers) | 183.52 |
| Hold objective (no GW9 transfers) | 179.74 |
make_transfers |
true |
The 3.78‑point gain is the cumulative objective difference across GW9–GW12 (the four-gameweek horizon), not a GW9‑only figure and not a chip figure. The hold scenario forbids transfers in the first GW only; later-GW transfer options are therefore included in both arms. Chip effects are excluded from this objective, and the GW9 starting-XI expected points (48.63) are a separate quantity.
Immediate GW9 transfers (3 hits, 0 allowed → all free transfers)
Buys
| Player | Pos | Club | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raya | GKP | Arsenal | £6.2m |
| Barry | FWD | Everton | £5.6m |
| Mbeumo | MID | Man Utd | £7.9m |
Sells
| Player | Pos | Club | Sale price |
|---|---|---|---|
| João Pedro | FWD | Chelsea | £7.6m |
| B. Fernandes | MID | Man Utd | £11.7m |
| Dubravka | GKP | Spurs | £4.0m |
Notes: João Pedro is out with a thigh injury (unknown return). Dubravka is replaced in goal by Raya. Bank is £1.1m with 3 free transfers available, so no hits are used; the listed sales cover the purchase cost of the three buys.
Starting XI (GW9)
Raya (GKP) — Gvardiol, Davis, van Ewijk (DEF) — Mbeumo, Rogers, Ødegaard, Groß (MID) — Haaland, Calvert-Lewin, Barry (FWD)
Expected points: 48.63
Captain & vice-captain
- Captain: Haaland (Man City)
- Vice-captain: Calvert-Lewin (Leeds)
Ordered bench
- Verbruggen (GKP, Brighton)
- Slater (MID, Hull City)
- Mitchell (DEF, Crystal Palace)
- Calafiori (DEF, Arsenal) — doubtful, hip injury, 75% chance of playing
Provisional later-GW plans (not actions for now)
- GW10: buy Gabriel (Arsenal), sell Calafiori — captain Gabriel, vice Haaland
- GW11: buy Vuskovic (Brighton), sell van Ewijk — captain Haaland, vice Vuskovic
- GW12: buy Khalaili (Crystal Palace), sell Gvardiol — captain Calvert-Lewin, vice Khalaili
These are indicative only and assume the squad and availability stay as modelled; rerun after any GW9 team news.
Chip decision: SAVE
No chip is recommended this GW. The reason given is that the projected schedule favours later opportunities, and Wildcard remains unassessed (the options list also flags it as "Manual review: Wildcard is not valued").
Hypothetical chip estimates, reported separately and not additive to the 3.78‑point gain:
- Bench Boost — available, expires GW19; ~10.29 now, best value ~11.89 at GW15 (planned GW15)
- Triple Captain — available, expires GW19; ~5.88 now, best value ~6.98 at GW16 (planned GW16)
- Free Hit — available, expires GW19; ~4.88 now, best value ~7.69 at GW14 (planned GW14) — needs transfer-plan review, since it changes and restores the squad
- Wildcard — available, expires GW19; no value estimated
These chip figures are model estimates on a fixed squad, not guarantees. Only one chip is assumed per GW, so gains must not be stacked.
Caveats
All figures come from the frozen snapshot above and are projections, not observed results. Availability is as modelled — Calafiori's injury and João Pedro's recovery are not forecast forward. Recommendations do not execute transfers or activate chips.
Run
- Status
- completed
- Target gameweek
- GW9
- Model
- minimax-m3.1-flash:cloud
- Temperature
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- Model calls
- 2 of 4
- Tool calls
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- Latency
- 13.8 s
- Tokens
- 6,864 in · 2,812 out
- Snapshot ID
- 20261028_212650_step17-current_3a1d9408-dirty
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Tool calls
1 get_recommendationcompleted
{
"horizon": 4,
"model": "full",
"threshold": 2,
"max_hits": 0
}
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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"snapshot_id": "20261028_212650_step17-current_3a1d9408-dirty",
"as_of": "2026-10-28T21:26:50.640392Z",
"season": "2026-27",
"target_gw": 9,
"model": "full",
"actual_gws": [
9,
10,
11,
12
],
"threshold": 2.0,
"allowed_hits": 0,
"plan_objective": 183.5197415136506,
"hold_objective": 179.73781057376831,
"gain": 3.7819309398822725,
"make_transfers": true,
"players": [
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"player_name": "Raya",
"position": "GKP",
"club": "Arsenal",
"current_price": 62,
"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
"element_id": 4,
"player_name": "Gabriel",
"position": "DEF",
"club": "Arsenal",
"current_price": 79,
"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
"element_id": 8,
"player_name": "Calafiori",
"position": "DEF",
"club": "Arsenal",
"current_price": 60,
"status": "d",
"news": "Hip injury - 75% chance of playing"
},
{
"element_id": 15,
"player_name": "Ødegaard",
"position": "MID",
"club": "Arsenal",
"current_price": 67,
"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
"element_id": 40,
"player_name": "Rogers",
"position": "MID",
"club": "Chelsea",
"current_price": 80,
"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
"element_id": 109,
"player_name": "Verbruggen",
"position": "GKP",
"club": "Brighton",
"current_price": 46,
"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
"element_id": 124,
"player_name": "Groß",
"position": "MID",
"club": "Brighton",
"current_price": 62,
"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
"element_id": 165,
"player_name": "João Pedro",
"position": "FWD",
"club": "Chelsea",
"current_price": 78,
"status": "i",
"news": "Thigh injury - Unknown return date"
},
{
"element_id": 175,
"player_name": "van Ewijk",
"position": "DEF",
"club": "Coventry City",
"current_price": 39,
"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
"element_id": 204,
"player_name": "Mitchell",
"position": "DEF",
"club": "Crystal Palace",
"current_price": 45,
"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
"element_id": 249,
"player_name": "Barry",
"position": "FWD",
"club": "Everton",
"current_price": 56,
"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
"element_id": 290,
"player_name": "Slater",
"position": "MID",
"club": "Hull City",
"current_price": 45,
"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
"element_id": 305,
"player_name": "Davis",
"position": "DEF",
"club": "Ipswich Town",
"current_price": 40,
"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
"element_id": 346,
"player_name": "Calvert-Lewin",
"position": "FWD",
"club": "Leeds",
"current_price": 61,
"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
"element_id": 391,
"player_name": "Gvardiol",
"position": "DEF",
"club": "Man City",
"current_price": 57,
"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
"element_id": 411,
"player_name": "Haaland",
"position": "FWD",
"club": "Man City",
"current_price": 158,
"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
"element_id": 426,
"player_name": "B.Fernandes",
"position": "MID",
"club": "Man Utd",
"current_price": 117,
"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
"element_id": 427,
"player_name": "Mbeumo",
"position": "MID",
"club": "Man Utd",
"current_price": 79,
"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
"element_id": 497,
"player_name": "Dubravka",
"position": "GKP",
"club": "Spurs",
"current_price": 40,
"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
"element_id": 504,
"player_name": "Vuskovic",
"position": "DEF",
"club": "Brighton",
"current_price": 52,
"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
"element_id": 588,
"player_name": "Khalaili",
"position": "DEF",
"club": "Crystal Palace",
"current_price": 50,
"status": "a",
"news": ""
}
],
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"gw": 9,
"buys": [
1,
249,
427
],
"sells": [
165,
426,
497
],
"team_xi": [
1,
391,
305,
175,
427,
40,
15,
124,
411,
346,
249
],
"ordered_bench": [
109,
290,
204,
8
],
"captain": 411,
"vice_captain": 346,
"hits": 0,
"expected_points": 48.63147285717917
},
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"buys": [
4
],
"sells": [
8
],
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1,
4,
391,
305,
427,
15,
124,
40,
411,
249,
346
],
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204,
175,
290
],
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"vice_captain": 411,
"hits": 0,
"expected_points": 54.33913067489811
},
{
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"buys": [
504
],
"sells": [
175
],
"team_xi": [
109,
504,
4,
391,
427,
124,
15,
40,
411,
249,
346
],
"ordered_bench": [
1,
204,
305,
290
],
"captain": 411,
"vice_captain": 504,
"hits": 0,
"expected_points": 52.527488723258564
},
{
"gw": 12,
"buys": [
588
],
"sells": [
391
],
"team_xi": [
1,
588,
504,
4,
204,
427,
124,
15,
346,
249,
411
],
"ordered_bench": [
109,
305,
40,
290
],
"captain": 346,
"vice_captain": 588,
"hits": 0,
"expected_points": 51.41064998778977
}
],
"chip_decision": {
"action": "save",
"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."
}
],
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"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."
]
}
2 get_my_teamcompleted
{}
Result fields: snapshot_id, snapshot_created_at, season, target_gw, deadline, team_name, based_on_gw, bank_in_tenths, free_transfers, available_chips, used_chips, squad_players. Show full result
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"snapshot_id": "20261028_212650_step17-current_3a1d9408-dirty",
"snapshot_created_at": "2026-10-28T21:26:50.640392Z",
"season": "2026-27",
"target_gw": 9,
"deadline": "2026-10-31T11:00:00Z",
"team_name": "[team name]",
"based_on_gw": 8,
"bank_in_tenths": 11,
"free_transfers": 3,
"available_chips": [
"wildcard (until GW19)",
"freehit (until GW19)",
"bboost (until GW19)",
"3xc (until GW19)"
],
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"player_name": "Verbruggen",
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"selling_price": 45,
"price_change_since_purchase": 1,
"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
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"player_name": "Gvardiol",
"position": "DEF",
"club": "Man City",
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"current_price": 57,
"selling_price": 56,
"price_change_since_purchase": 2,
"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
"element_id": 8,
"player_name": "Calafiori",
"position": "DEF",
"club": "Arsenal",
"purchase_price": 58,
"current_price": 60,
"selling_price": 59,
"price_change_since_purchase": 2,
"status": "d",
"news": "Hip injury - 75% chance of playing"
},
{
"element_id": 175,
"player_name": "van Ewijk",
"position": "DEF",
"club": "Coventry City",
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},
{
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"player_name": "Mitchell",
"position": "DEF",
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"status": "a",
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},
{
"element_id": 15,
"player_name": "Ødegaard",
"position": "MID",
"club": "Arsenal",
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"selling_price": 67,
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"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
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"current_price": 80,
"selling_price": 78,
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"status": "a",
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},
{
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"selling_price": 61,
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"status": "a",
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{
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"selling_price": 45,
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"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
"element_id": 411,
"player_name": "Haaland",
"position": "FWD",
"club": "Man City",
"purchase_price": 155,
"current_price": 158,
"selling_price": 156,
"price_change_since_purchase": 3,
"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
"element_id": 346,
"player_name": "Calvert-Lewin",
"position": "FWD",
"club": "Leeds",
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"current_price": 61,
"selling_price": 60,
"price_change_since_purchase": 1,
"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
"element_id": 497,
"player_name": "Dubravka",
"position": "GKP",
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"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
"element_id": 426,
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"position": "MID",
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"status": "a",
"news": ""
},
{
"element_id": 165,
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"position": "FWD",
"club": "Chelsea",
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"current_price": 78,
"selling_price": 76,
"price_change_since_purchase": 3,
"status": "i",
"news": "Thigh injury - Unknown return date"
},
{
"element_id": 305,
"player_name": "Davis",
"position": "DEF",
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"selling_price": 40,
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"status": "a",
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}
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}