FPL world champion’s first-draft team: Triple Brighton

Ha ha - see below

That's what I thought, but who are we to question the reigning FPL champion!
If Brighton manage to seal the deal with Kudus then huge question marks over Enciso.

As he says in the article, underpriced players means he can build a good squad. Presumably so he can rotate players.

Same here. The crazy thing is even if he plays Trent it’s going to be at least two 5.0 defenders and a 4.5 forward.

Not keen on Pereira. The rest is ok

You probably know more than most. Winning FPL isn't like winning a game of chess. The amount of luck involved to won FPL is ridiculous and I wouldn't be taking advice from someone purely because they just happened to be that lucky person 1 year.

He's been stupid lucky with his past 2 seasons. Like probably never to happen to anyone again lucky. Sometimes the not so good players do excel in a game of luck. Fair play to him winning it. He did it by going against the grain which take a lot of risk but the way these players play means they are either sh*t or bust. Look at LR and Mark Sutherns for example. Either a great season or a nightmare season. This guy knows no more than me or you . It's all about personality this game. Don't be shocked if this dude finishes top 500k

Calling it the worst is a bit of an exaggeration.

As he states in the article, there's so many cheap good players that he doesn't need fodder on the bench. No doubt he'll be rotating players based on fixtures.

There's no point spending money on expensive players just because they're expensive.

Is this for real?

This is the worst timeline in football history...

Nothing confirmed yet, but as a Liverpool fan, we should be biting their hands off at £40m for Fabinho

A recent poll shows that Premier League footballers favourite song is 'You can call me Al'

I've never played draft before either. Might be up for giving it a go if you want to setup an ML. You want to do it now or closer to start?

Draft is excellent, that's the main money league in my group. A lot of variety (by nature of the game) and swings in points.

I play draft a lot.

Head to head is the way to go. More fun

Looks great on paper but does it ever work out in practice? I don't know, I've never tried this (too much planning for me lol)

Mine favourite spice is cinnamon, closely followed by nutmeg. Cardamom is up there too.

Still much more of a differential than Mbeumo and Mitoma.

To make as many people get something similar so he can pull ahead quicker with his real team.

Absolutely fantastic business if it goes ahead... They'll replace them no problem.

They already have Elliott, Jones and Bajcetic who are pretty regular Premier League starters now. Is Thiago staying? That's all the experience they need really.

Klopp planning on using TAA and Robertson as the centremids in the 3box3 formation lol.

Mac Allister just won a World Cup, how much experience do they need?

It's a decent squad but a lot in defence and funny to illustrate it with Trent and Ake benched, with Shaw, Zinc and Estu. starting.

Perhaps people have a reputation for biting down here?

There's a video FFS YouTube account where he talks through his draft choices.

Totally agree

Going to watch it at some point today. Respect to him for having the guts to speak out

Link for anyone who's interested
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyDL9EUIdy0
I'll watch it soon too

Yeah just watched it. Great interview, definitely hope he finds peace and can progress in his own life.

There's a real lack of big hitting defenders in FPL atm. 2nd highest defender score last season was only 156pts. Ideally we need someone like Chilwell become an option.

Agree that Shaw is a pretty average option, but there's not much better elsewhere. We should see in pre-season if Mount will keep him deeper or take some of his set-pieces.

It's clean sheets, selection and assists

Not goals

He's a bonus monster now. And United defence looks good finally.

Personally..I really like it!!

You have as much money on the bench (most weeks) as the writer of this article (and more if you bench Eze), and as you can see by the reaction, it's the main reason people think the team is poor. So I would suggest that the main feedback would be to downgrade one of DCL and Eze to the minimum spend (4.5) and use that money elsewhere.

However, perhaps you have good rationale for this expenditure, in which case, perhaps you would like to test your reasoning against others here, rather than allowing us to pound your team into the template! 😀

> I continue to struggle having a team I like that has TAA in it.

Agreed, I prefer most drafts without TAA. Weird thing is, if TAA was an 8mil mid we'd probably lock him in before Haaland.

Tinker with some 334 or 244 with TAA & see what you think.

It's different. I like it! Don't need TAA if you prefer the team without him. People thought he was too expensive when the prices were released, it seemed. And he might not even continue in the "inverted role" (although it wasn't really a categorical change anyway, I think).

I think the main concern would be Mings, who I believe is under threat from a new signing, but I'm ignorant about the details and probabilities.

I think many would say that Wissa isn't a great pick given that there isn't much potential at 6.0 or below to switch him to if he doesn't work out, and having Wissa means the same logic applies to Solanke, really.

I wouldn't necessarily agree. I think you can transfer/mini-WC out of danger if it's really necessary, but the value of going for the picks you like is generally greater. That said, you do have some risky picks, which make this scenario more likely, so maybe try to upgrade one, as you were thinking about doing.

I personally wouldn't be happy having 3 x £6.0/6.5m players occupying the midfield and forward positions.

Typo Gakpo

I would live Darwin to start well.

Not fancy Nkunku or Watkins?

Jesus is my pick

Very true. One thing that comes to mind is having managers and support staff aware of mental health and how the environment they create can support players with issues.

I think Gakpo will be more nailed than Darwin. Especially at the beginning of the season.

Trying to workout what the joke is here...

One of the best I have seen, FPL Towers offers 15% monthly interest for money ITB. Your team value could be as high as 120M come November.

Not yet, more info here: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2023/07/11/best-4-5m-fpl-midfielders-and-forwards-for-2023-24/

FPL Harry tweeted one might be sometimes - Wolves' Chiquinho.

Thanks Teddy

If he has no intention of going into gw1 with a team like that, then he shouldn't be sharing it with us

"Here is my team that I will inevitably change after a month of preseason games, new signings, injuries, etc"

Really useful, can see why people pay to use this website!

Maybe he's really doing a RMT on the sly, same as many first drafts on here.

Is that Stuart Surridge?