
If football is the beautiful game, Fantasy Premier League is a funny, old game. FPL managers can make countless changes to their squad throughout the summer, spending endless hours of free time (and probably a fair bit of our workday, too) preparing for mid-August.
After reading all the relevant hints and tips threads, poring over the stats for under-appreciated players and assessing the early-season schedule more carefully than the teams themselves, you score 35 points in Gameweek 1 (GW1) and find yourself ranked in the mid-seven millions. Just like that, you're contemplating a GW2 wildcard. Don't do it. Just don't do it. Trust the process.