What is a burner slot in FPL

We take a look at FPL words as well as covering what is a burner slot in FPL. From words and meanings like burner slot, dead-ending and locked in to out of position, set and forget and unlimited transfers we bring clarity to some of the most used terminology in Fantasy Premier League.

Taking a look at words and answering what is a burner slot in FPL could be extremely beneficial to managers. Understanding the terminology used in the community can be really helpful when it comes to joining in on important discussions. This can then help when making transfers, using chips and much more.

Below is a list of FPL terminology to help you navigate the community:

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Asset – A Premier League player.
Bandwagon – A low-owned player who many managers suddenly want to sign because they’re returning lots of points. A bandwagon is a trend player who FPL managers want to jump on.
Blank Gameweek (BGW) – A Gameweek containing fewer than the normal 10 matches. A Blank Gameweek team is a team that does not have a fixture that week.
Blanked – This means a player has failed to return a significant amount of points (less than three).
Burner slot – A position in our squad which is sacrificed to allow budget to be used elsewhere. These players are ones who are the cheapest available in the position and are unlikely to play any minutes, for example, a £4.5m forward.
Burning a transfer – When managers do not use a free transfer.
Dead-ending – Managers often “dead-end” their teams in the run-up to a Wildcard. This means targeting players who you would not want to own long-term. Likely because they have a Double Gameweek or do not blank, who are then immediately sold on Wildcard.
Dead teams – A team which has not made a transfer or been altered over a sustained period of Gameweeks.
Differential – A player with low ownership, under 10 per cent, who will make an FPL manager’s team different to others.
Double Gameweek – A Gameweek where there are more than 10 fixtures. Teams will have a Double Gameweek if they have two fixtures to play in one Gameweek.

E-P

Effective ownership – Effective Ownership or EO is the percentage of teams that are starting a player, plus the amount who captained him. Players with a high Effective Ownership will hurt your overall rank, if they return and you don’t own them. Players with a low effective ownership will have a positive impact on your rank if you own them and they return.
Enabler – A good budget enabler is a player who is cheap and allows managers to invest more heavily in other areas of their squad.
Essential – The FPL community describes a player as essential if they are regularly returning points and managers believe they should be in all FPL teams.
Eye test – Watching matches to make a decision on player targets. Players or teams who catch the eye when watching.
FDR rating – The Fixture Difficulty Rating is a number given to how difficult the Premier League fixture is. FPL managers will use the FDR to make transfer plans and target favourable runs of fixtures.
Hit – A manager will take a hit when they lose four points to make an additional transfer.
ICT Index – The ICT Index stands for Influence, Creativity and Threat. The players are ranked based on the underlying stats for how well they compare to other players in the same position.
Locked in – A player who FPL managers are certain to have in their FPL teams.
Out of position – A player who is classified in one position in FPL but is playing in another for their Premier League team. An out of position defender is fantastic for FPL managers, as they return clean sheet points, but also have an increased likelihood of attacking returns, for example.
Premium – An expensive FPL asset.

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Rank killer – A player who an FPL manager does not own. But a player who is highly-owned in the game and returns lots of FPL points is known as a rank killer. This is because it allows managers to gain points with a player they do not have.
Return – When a player returns a significant amount of points (four or more).
Rolling a transfer – Managers roll a transfer that they do not use in a Gameweek. This means that they will have two transfers to use the following Gameweek. FPL managers can only roll one transfer each week. Although you can never have more than two free transfers available to use.
Rotating goalkeepers – A pair of, usually cheap, goalkeepers who FPL managers rotate based on fixtures.
Rotation-proof – A player who is very likely to be in the starting XI for their Premier League side each week.
Set and forget – A player who managers put into their FPL teams and never remove.
Single Gameweek – A phrase used to describe a team or player who have just one fixture in a Gameweek where other teams and players have two.
Template – An FPL squad full of highly-owned players. Usually the template picks are the highest-scoring players from the season who FPL managers trust to return on a weekly basis.
Upside chasing – Upside chasing is when you pick the option that has the highest ceiling, the best chance of scoring a big points haul. This style of FPL management means moving between the premium assets based on form and fixtures.
Underlying stats – This is the data that FPL managers base their decisions on. These can include goals, assists and clean sheets, as well as expected stats (xG, xA, xGC, xGI), number of shots and the ICT Index.
Unlimited transfers – A period of time defined by the game where there are unlimited transfers available. These are usually ahead of the new season. However, in 2022/23, there will be an Unlimited Transfer Window between 12 November (13:30 GMT) and 26 December (13:30 GMT).