GW1 BB: Pros, Cons, and First Draft for Bench Boost

Today is going to be a deep dive on strategy for Game Week 1. Specifcally, I will be calling out pros and cons, then doing a bit of a thought experiment where I steelman my own arguments for and against the bench boost for GW1. After wading through all the arguments, I give my overall take and then walk through my draft for BB GW1 along with a bunch of alternatives and context supporting my decisions (up to this point- it's all subject to change). 

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All statistics noted on the podcast were calculated in R with the assistance of the following packages: understatr, fplr, and FPLOptimiseR. 

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:59 BB GW1 Pros
• 9:06 BB GW1 Cons
• 14:35 Devils advocate take against the Pros
• 21:54 Devils advocate take against the Cons
• 27:49 My overall assessment
• 29:33 My BB GW1 Squad
• 1:01:59 Outro