Updated 20 September 2026 after Nottingham Forest 0-1 Coventry.
The GW5 Forest triple-up did not work.
Coventry won 1-0 at the City Ground through Jay Dasilva. Forest thought Igor Jesus had equalised late, but VAR ruled the goal out.
That means the old article's GW5 recommendation is now historical.
The useful question is what managers should do with Forest assets next.
Do not rewrite the process from the result
Forest had a strong home fixture. Targeting the team was defensible.
FPL strategy deals in probability, not certainty.
A good fixture can still produce zero goals, no clean sheet and multiple blanks.
Gibbs-White
Gibbs-White remains the easiest Forest asset to hold if his minutes, set pieces and attacking role stay secure.
But the Coventry blank reduces urgency for new buyers.
Forest face Arsenal in GW6, a major downgrade from Coventry at home.
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Delap
Delap's £5.6m price after the recent rise still makes him structurally useful.
But cheap-forward competition has strengthened:
- Barry scored again;
- Wissa has penalty evidence;
- João Pedro may recover.
Do not keep Delap simply because he was a strong GW5 Free Hit pick.
Murillo
The clean-sheet route failed against a promoted side.
That does not make Murillo bad. DefCon and set pieces can still provide a floor.
But Arsenal in GW6 makes him less attractive as a fresh transfer.
Forest's schedule shifts
After Arsenal, Forest face Ipswich, Brentford and Manchester City.
That is mixed.
The article should therefore move from triple-up to selective ownership. Use Fixture Difficulty and Player Lab to judge Forest players individually rather than carrying the old GW5 team-level thesis forward.
What fixture chasing teaches us
A green fixture is not a guarantee.
The better process is:
- identify the good team fixture;
- confirm player role;
- evaluate the multi-week run;
- avoid over-concentration unless the upside is exceptional.
Three players from one club magnify both success and failure.
Free Hit managers
If you used Forest triple-up on Free Hit, the loss is already contained.
That is one reason Free Hit can be used to attack a one-week fixture without permanently owning the assets.
Wildcard managers
Do not carry the old GW5 logic into GW6.
Forest should not be a default triple-up on Wildcard.
One asset may still fit. Three is difficult to justify.
Should owners sell immediately?
Not automatically.
Selling depends on banked transfers, Wildcard plans, which Forest player you own and replacement quality.
Gibbs-White can still be a hold. A defender bought only for Coventry can be easier to move.
OneFPL verdict
The GW5 Forest triple-up was a reasonable fixture-based strategy that failed.
Do not compound that by reacting emotionally.
For GW6 and beyond, select the individual Forest asset only if his role and longer run justify it.
The triple-up thesis is over.