How the planner works

The planner looks five gameweeks ahead for your linked FPL squad. Advice answers “what should I do before this deadline?” The planner answers a bigger question: what does my squad need over the next month, and in what order?

What it shows

• Bench readiness. Whether the four substitutes look ready for a near Bench Boost or Free Hit, and which cheap upgrade would help most.
• Fixture swings. Which of your players face a kind run or a tough one, and any week where a club has no match (a blank) or two (a double).
• Staged transfers. Swaps of one player for another in the same position, spread across the weeks so you aren’t fixing everything at once with points hits — including bench builds before a chip week.
• Chip windows. The chips you have left, and the week each one looks most useful when there’s a clear one.

Why it plays safe

Most FPL points are lost to rushed moves, not missed ones. So a −4 hit has to clear a high bar before the planner suggests it, and it never plans a chip and a transfer in the same week. Tips lean the way you choose under How you play: Safe sticks with players most managers own, Bold looks for ones few people own, and Mix sits in between.

What to check yourself

Pitchline reads your squad from FPL’s public data and never logs into your account, so it can’t see how many free transfers you’ve saved. Check that on FPL, along with any late team news, before you act. The plan is a starting point to think with; you make the changes on the official site.