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Fantasy Football Tips: Is it time to play your wildcard?

Gameweek eight sees a reduced fixture schedule with six clubs not in action - Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, Leeds United, Brighton and Crystal Palace.

That means a lot of managers are preparing to bring their wildcard forward a week, although I know some of you will have already played that chip and no longer have it available to you.

The first thing I would say in putting your team together this week is try and avoid using the Free Hit chip at all costs.

It is likely to be so much more valuable to you later in the season, either to cover a trickier blank gameweek or to help you take advantage of a double gameweek when numerous clubs will have two fixtures and you can really put together a big score.