Eight Simple FPL Tips to Secure a Top FPL Finish | 24/25 Season

With new rules changes and FPL content and tools readily available, securing a top FPL finish is becoming more complicated. Reflecting on my past seasons, I developed 8 quick FPL tips that helped me achieve a rank of 1692^nd  in the world over the past 3 seasons. These tips can also help you CRUSH your season goal, whether it is top 10k, top 50k, top 100k, or just to win your mini-league. LET’S GET INTO IT:

This blog is an updated version of a similar FPL tips blog done in 2022

Tips penned by @FPLPAZ who finished with an overall rank of 17K in the 2024/25 FPL season & has a three-season FPL rank of 1692. Do drop him a follow on Twitter/X!

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8 Simple & Effective FPL Tips for the 2024/25 FPL Season

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FPL Tip #1: Do Not Waste Transfers

Transfers are a precious commodity in FPL since each transfer costs you 4 points (yes, even a “free” transfer). With the new rule changes of being able to have up to 5 Free transfers and no reset after playing your wildcard or free hit chip, being patient with transfers has never been more important.  Rolling transfers now give you the ability to have mini wildcards every few GWs to change the foundation of your team and better attack fixtures. Before making transfers, I recommend using the analysis below (or develop your own):

1. Why am I making this transfer? (Fomo, good Fixtures, good underlying stats, captaincy?) 
2. Will the transfer help my team this GW (e.g., enable another move, take an injured player out, catch up to the template), or will my bench be able to cover me; and
3. Will the player(s) I transfer in outscore the player(s) I transfer out by 4 points within a set number of GWs that you plan on having that new asset (usually 4-6 for me, but you should develop your flexible criteria for each move). 

This simple analysis will help you improve your decision-making and truly value every transfer. 

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FPL Tip #2: Information is King 

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The goal of FPL is to make the best possible decision using the information we have available at the time. Information can come in various ways, such as press conferences, training photos, reliable Twitter accounts, waiting until after the midweek games finish, and FPL Data models. Each season, I always wait until the last 20 minutes to do transfers as I value gathering as much information as possible before the deadline over 0.1-0.2 less in team value. Be careful not to fall victim to the website crashing, but twenty minutes before should be enough time to have the latest information possible before making a transfer.  Information is king in FPL, and to do well, managers must fully invest in gathering as much of it as possible for each GW before making any moves. 

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FPL Tip #3: Plan to avoid being reactive

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Managers tend to be too reactive in FPL, which leads to bad decisions. There is room to be reactive in FPL, especially early in the season when there is less information on assets. However, I see many managers just transfer in a bad FPL prospect in because he just scored a brace in the GW before, transfer a good FPL prospect out because he blanked in two straight GWs. Be patient, use planning tools for captaincy/fixture turns, and trust your research, so you are not chasing the pack but instead are being proactive. This is more important this season as with the ability to have up to 5 rolled transfers and transfers not reset after playing the wildcard or free hit, planning ahead and not being reactive will be more important than ever.

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FPL Tip #4: Judge the process, not the Result

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FPL is a game that involves a mixture of skill and luck, so sometimes, your good decisions will not work out. For example, a player might have great underlying stats and upcoming fixtures but has not scored recently and ends up blanking in those fixtures. In this case, you did not make a wrong decision; you just had an unlucky result, so you should keep trusting that same process. However, it might be time to change the decision-making process if you pick a player with bad underlying stats and ok fixtures just because of a feeling. The importance here is to judge the process you used to arrive at your decision, trust the process if it works for you, and not quickly become discouraged with that process if the result is not what you expected. 

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FPL Tip #5: Use a Hybrid of Eye Test and Statistics 

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The FPL Community seems to be divided between those who prefer the eye test vs. those who prefer statistics to help them analyze their transfers. However, managers seeking a top-rank finish need to develop a Hybrid of the Eye Test and Statistics to use the advantages of both before making transfers. The Eye Test offers managers the advantage of consuming as much football as possible and supplementing their research with what they saw in the live game or highlights. Statistics provide managers with easily consumable objective data to identify undervalued assets, predict future points, and interpret football matches. Managers who can find the perfect balance between watching as much football as possible and using objective interpretative data throughout the season will find themselves closer to crushing their season goals. 

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FPL Tip #6: Captaincy is Key 

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Captaincy is the most critical decision you can make for each GW, as that decision can make or break your GW. Your captain should be a safe pick who consistently gets FPL points rather than a punt. There is a time to be different in captaincy, such as when highly owned premium options have a tough fixture (e.g., Haaland away at Arsenal). This is when you should take advantage and pick your differential (consistent) captain. I also recommend managers to plan (3-4 GWs ahead) to see who their captain will be each GW. This way, if in 3 GWs you do not have the best captain that GW, you can plan your transfers accordingly to bring in that player for captaincy reasons. Following these simple but KEY captaincy principles will massively improve your rank.

Bonus: Do utilize our captaincy metrics to help with your weekly captaincy decision-making

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FPL Tip #7 Know when to be Aggressive and Defensive

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The FPL season is LONG, and with limited transfers, chips, DGWs, and BGWs, managers need to know when to be aggressive and defensive. The GWs to be aggressive are the ones in which you are using a chip, there is a DGW, or the top captaincy option has a tough fixture. In these situations, do not be afraid to make high-upside transfers and pick a different consistent captain. The GWs to be defensive are the ones in which you are not set up well in a BGW/DGW, are not using a chip when other managers are, or do not have the top captaincy option. In these situations, managers need to make damage limitation decisions, such as taking a hit for the top captaincy option and bringing in multiple DGW players, or the top options in BGWs. This season, there will be fewer DGWs and blanks due to the FA Cup format change, so being aggressive during the DGWs and defensive in the BGWs will be more important than ever.

Double/Blank Gameweek update:

This season the PL will not clash with the FA Cup Quarterfinals which means the traditionally big blank gameweek will not happen(Last time GW29 clashed with the FA Cup QFs & only 4 fixtures happened resulting in the worst gameweek in FPL history)

However, PL fixtures will still clash with the FA Cup semi-finals in GW34 & the midweek before GW34 is a free one meaning there could be a scenario of a double gameweek 33 which will then potentially be followed by a blank gameweek 34.

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FPL Tip #8: Go For Layups

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Going for layups means making the obvious (“boring”)  move rather than the spicy move. More often than not being boring leads to better results. There is a misconception that you need to be different to climb up the ranks. But the reality is that if you continue to make sound, obvious decisions, then you should climb the ranks faster than if you are constantly chasing high-risk differentials, which will only widen the gap you are chasing. An example of this was in the season I finished 60k a big mistake I made was constantly trying to go for 1 or 2 differentials rather than the obvious picks, and I constantly found myself chasing a wider and wider gap. Hit those layups over and over again, and your grant should be massively improved.

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Bonus FPL Tip for the 24/25 FPL Season

Enjoy the grind. The FPL season is long and grueling, but make it a friend rather than an enemy. Enjoy the games, the decisions, the results, because if you do not do this then the marathon that we are in for 10 months will be even harder.

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Further reads from ALLABOUTFPL ahead of FPL GW1 of the 2024/25 FPL Season

FPL Gameweek 1 Articles:
Top FPL GW1 Differential Picks(<10% TSB) To Target Ahead Of GW1 Deadline
FPL GW1 Scout Selection- Top Picks for GW1 with Stats and Analysis
Best FPL Drafts with Salah + Haaland with Pros/Cons and Key Notes
AllAboutFPL FPL GW1 Team Reveal with Key Notes
Top FPL Gameweek 1 Captain Picks Based on Analysis & Metrics
FPL Team Structure Analysis with Drafts and Ratings
FPL GW1 Tips- Best Formations & Structure, Haaland + Mo?, More

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List of Free to Join Prize FPL Mini Leagues Ahead of 24/25 Season
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Ultimate 2024/25 FPL Pre-Season Guide: Tips, Preview & More

GW1 Drafts and Analysis:
AllAboutFPL FPL GW1 Team Reveal with Key Notes
204/25 Season FPL Team Structure Guide with Drafts & Ratings
Best FPL Drafts with Salah + Haaland with Pros/Cons and Key Notes
Initial FPL GW1 Drafts for the 24/25 FPL Season with Pros & Cons

Position-Wise Analysis:
Defenders and Goal Keepers series:
Best FPL Goalkeepers to Target For The 2024/25 FPL Season
Best £4.0 Million FPL Defenders For The 2024/25 FPL Season
Best £4.5 Million FPL Defenders for the 2024/25 FPL Season
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Best Premium FPL Defenders for the 2024/25 FPL Season(>=6.0 million)

Midfielders Series:
Best Premium FPL Midfielders (£8.0 – £12.5 Million) | 24/25 Season
Best Mid-Priced FPL Midfielders (£6.5 -£7.5 Million) | 24/25 Season
£4.5 Million FPL Midfielders Watchlist for the 2024/25 FPL Season
Best Budget FPL Midfielders (£5.0 -£6.0 Million) | 24/25 Season

Forwards Series:
Best Premium FPL Forwards Analysis Ahead Of 2024/25 Season
Best FPL Budget Forwards (£4.5 – £5.5 Million) | 24/25 FPL Season
Best FPL Mid Priced Forwards (£6 – £7 Million) | 24-25 Season
Best FPL Mid Priced Forwards (£7.5 – £8 Million) | 24-25 Season

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