When does happenstance become a trend, e.g. Newcastle being poor away? How many games would you want to sample before acting on that info?

Saka + Mateta + £5m?

That's a lot of spare change to upgrade elsewhere.

Last season, defenders needed clean sheets on top of any attacking returns to get bonus, so it felt like they were worse value than in previous seasons. Do the new defensive contributions rebalance this, or is it not enough?

I was planning to wildcard in 31 but my team actually looks good for the week. Should I still play it to set up for playing chips in the next 3 weeks or just play the gameweek in front of me and see what happens?