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Mohamed Salah (£14.5m) or no Salah? Salah and Erling Haaland (£14.0m)? Salah and Cole Palmer (£10.5m)?

Why not have all three?! Costing a whopping £39m, it’s not easy to fit them into a Fantasy Premier League (FPL) squad.

However, it could be worth it; the trio scored 739 Fantasy points between them last season, and that’s with Palmer and Haaland having significant patches of poor form.

In this article, I’ll talk through a hypothetical ‘threemium’ FPL draft and weigh up the pros and cons of such an approach. 

‘THREEMIUM’ DRAFT

 

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  1. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Virgil > a 5.0 and Piroe > Welbeck / JSL surely worth it, but that's a nice draft.

    1. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Just realised already got Welbz lol

    2. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Piroe may become Muniz, early days. Welbeck is on the draft already. JSL better imo.

  2. Zladan
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Starting to come around to the idea of FH4 WC7.

    Means can go Haaland over Salah until the wildcard but have Salah for the Burnley game.

    Can also get more Arsenal assets in GW7 for their good run.

    BB should become easy thereafter as we should know who the cheap assets are and who the whipping boys are to target.

  3. CYN
    • 7 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Saka and Joao Pedro or Marmoush and Gyokeres?

    1. Zladan
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Saka JP

    2. jayzico
      • 15 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      I only rate the 2 Arsenal there. JP aint even a wait and see - delap will take minutes off him fosure

      1. CYN
        • 7 Years
        11 months, 20 days ago

        Pedro should get 60 to begin the season but yeah its not great.

  4. jayzico
    • 15 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Sanchez or Sels?

    ATM going Sanchez due to fixtures and no chelski defence

    1. Zladan
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Sanchez has great fixtures and Chelsea look good.

    2. CYN
      • 7 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Sanch because I want a Forest defender and they're all cheaper than Cucurella

      1. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        11 months, 20 days ago

        Good point!

    3. jayzico
      • 15 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Nice one boys. Sanchez locked in. Again.

    4. Punned It
      • 1 Year
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Sels and no Chelsea defence over here. Would consider Cucurella, but not convinced of cleanie potential nor licence to attack as much this season. At last not convinced enough to fork out 6m.

  5. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Tinkering around and quite like this Salah / Palmer / Haaland structure.
    I think there could be quite a few 4.5m defender gems with DC etc.

    Included Double City, no bench mind:

    4.5
    4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5
    Salah | Palmer | Rogers | Ndiaye | Reijnders
    Haaland | Wood

    4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.5

    1. jayzico
      • 15 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      I HAVE to have one premium Defender at least. Virgil. Too meh without one

      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        • 9 Years
        11 months, 20 days ago

        Possible if go for that Brentford forward at 6.0 over Wood

        1. Punned It
          • 1 Year
          11 months, 20 days ago

          Thiago. Only viable if Wissa actually is transfered anywhere, I think.

  6. AAAFootball
    • 1 Year
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Forget threemium, i just broke the game with a FOURmium!!

    Sels
    Konsa Guehi Van de Ven
    Salah Palmer Ndaiye Anderson Le Fee
    Haaland Gyokeres

    4.0 Esteve Reinildo Abdullahi

    1. jayzico
      • 15 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Nasty. Sorry.

    2. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Not for me

    3. AAAFootball
      • 1 Year
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Very brave and i doubt i will stick to it, but if you just like the four than it starts off viable.

      4.5s can be changed also

    4. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Decent 1-3-2

    5. Diles Mavis
      • 1 Year
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Sixmium

      Kinsky
      Rodon Reinildo Esteve Heaven
      Salah Palmer Saka Wirtz
      Isak Gyokeres

      Gauci Guiu Kabia Hickey

      1. AAAFootball
        • 1 Year
        11 months, 20 days ago

        Kinsky is a bit too far lol

      2. jayzico
        • 15 Years
        11 months, 20 days ago

        Might work with Darlow. Not Kinsky. Not yet

        1. AAAFootball
          • 1 Year
          11 months, 20 days ago

          Gauci gw1 and buy dubravka for when pope gets injured after one game

  7. LangerznMash
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Isn't the team in this article technically a four-mium (quadium?) because VVD is a premium defender?
    Also, I don't like the GW2 captaincy headache. 66.6666% chance of picking the wrong captain.

    I think if you want Palmer and Haaland, then the solution is having Wirtz instead of Salah.

    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      How do you call a team with four premium defenders in that case?

      1. LangerznMash
        • 9 Years
        11 months, 20 days ago

        Kim Kardashian - big at the back?

      2. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        • 9 Years
        11 months, 20 days ago

        Teamium

  8. Baps Hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Good team. Sanchez got 126 pts last season, Sels 150. However, Sanchez started only 32 games, but had one PS though. However, he has had pen saves during both previous seasons ago. Is Sanchez actually better option than Sels? I haven't been able to afford 5.0 gk even without threemium, is it actually time to forget Kelleher(?)

    1. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      I don't understand the hype around Kelleher at all

      1. Punned It
        • 1 Year
        11 months, 20 days ago

        Who's your 4.5 gk of choice, then?

        1. x.jim.x
          • 11 Years
          11 months, 20 days ago

          Verbruggen

          1. Ser Davos
            • 11 Years
            11 months, 20 days ago

            would rather roll the dice on Petrovic/Kelleher any day of the week

            from Sanchez to Steele to Verbruggen, Seagulls' have invariably been garbage

            but interested in your reasoning. Sels had a breakout season last year so V could. I just don't see anything in terms of a change in management/personnel to suggest that may be the case

            1. x.jim.x
              • 11 Years
              11 months, 20 days ago

              Bournemouth's back-line has been decimated and I think Brentford will really struggle without Frank, so I don't like those options. I don't really like Verbruggen either, but just going off the fact he's at least settled and playing for the best team of the bunch.

              1. LangerznMash
                • 9 Years
                11 months, 20 days ago

                I was on Verbruggen too but doubts if he will be fit for start of season due to knee injury.
                Recent press release...

                Bart Verbruggen - knee
                The Dutch stopper has yet to feature in preseason as he recovers from injury. He was pictured at the Spain training camp but no firm date on a return. “He had an ongoing issue and he suffered a lot,” Hurzeler said to The Athletic in Marbella. “Now it is about us making him pain-free, then I am sure he can bring himself to another level.”

              2. Faxof
                • 10 Years
                11 months, 20 days ago

                Doesn't being decimated mean losing 0.4 of a defender?

                1. x.jim.x
                  • 11 Years
                  11 months, 20 days ago

                  Only if you still live in the 16th century

                  1. Faxof
                    • 10 Years
                    11 months, 20 days ago

                    You've seen my hairstyle then

            2. Ser Davos
              • 11 Years
              11 months, 20 days ago

              sound that's solid reasoning

              I think V is a safer pick, but P & K have the upside

              In P's case their FBs weren't great at defending a lot of the

              1. Ser Davos
                • 11 Years
                11 months, 20 days ago

                time (though Huijsen was decent for CBIT?) so a few things to mull over

  9. AAAFootball
    • 1 Year
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Rate my normal draft:

    Kelleher Petrovic
    Tarky Livramento Udogie Hugo Bueno Esteve
    Palmer Gibbs White Kluivert Ndaiye Anderson
    Haaland Gyokeres Solanke

    Rotate based on fixtures

    1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Midfield looks underwhelming

  10. AAAFootball
    • 1 Year
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Struggling for good midfielders?

    anyone got suggestions?

    looking at 5.5-7.5 price range

    1. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Rogers, Gordon, Kudus, Kleivert, Amad, Rice, Rodri?

      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        • 9 Years
        11 months, 20 days ago

        Sarr, Ndiaye, Cherki, Eze, Murphy, Elanga…

        List is endless, surely OP was asking tongue in cheek

        1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
          • 9 Years
          11 months, 20 days ago

          MGW, Maddison also

          1. AAAFootball
            • 1 Year
            11 months, 20 days ago

            Ndaiye in my team but most others rotation risks

            Mainly deciding who to buy with 7.5, on MGW but unsure on forest

            1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
              • 9 Years
              11 months, 20 days ago

              What’s wrong with Eze? Finished the season like a train

              1. AAAFootball
                • 1 Year
                11 months, 20 days ago

                Fixtures plus he always starts badly

                In consideration but not top of the pile yet

        2. AAAFootball
          • 1 Year
          11 months, 20 days ago

          I guess what I meant was that I want a real excellent midfielder. There are plenty of placeholders, but not many talismans

      2. AAAFootball
        • 1 Year
        11 months, 20 days ago

        Rogers is meh, Gordon/kudus rotation, amad plays for man U and awful fixtures, Rice and rodrinsolid but not really wow factor.

        Currently have kluivert and MGW but unconvinced by NFO and hate liv gw1

        1. x.jim.x
          • 11 Years
          11 months, 20 days ago

          You get what you pay for mate

          1. AAAFootball
            • 1 Year
            11 months, 20 days ago

            Who do you suggest

            I like Palmer ndaiye Anderson, but feel most others overrated

            1. x.jim.x
              • 11 Years
              11 months, 20 days ago

              Rogers is by far the best from that price range, no point comparing to Palmer

              1. AAAFootball
                • 1 Year
                11 months, 20 days ago

                Yes. Could go Bruno Caicedo but don't like the fixtures for mun

                I guess kluivert is good after gw1, but will keep tossing up Rogers and mgw

                1. Men in green tights
                  • 7 Years
                  11 months, 20 days ago

                  Prefer Anderson to MGW but that is my personal opinion.

                  1. AAAFootball
                    • 1 Year
                    11 months, 20 days ago

                    Already have him lol considering double is mgw

              2. Men in green tights
                • 7 Years
                11 months, 20 days ago

                Agree he is the most consistent and have a great run of fixtures.

    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      gakpo

    3. The Mentaculus
      • 5 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      I think you're on the right track already. Like Rogers, Kluivert (can always bench GW1 but in any case Bournemouth tend to go for it against Pool who may not have a settled defence yet), and MGW (maybe a tad overpriced at 7.5 this year but solid pick for opening fixtures)

      1. AAAFootball
        • 1 Year
        11 months, 20 days ago

        Sorry can't work out comments, who are you replying to

        1. The Mentaculus
          • 5 Years
          11 months, 20 days ago

          To your post, but also referring to the team you posted above (re: MGW & Kluivert) and some of the replies (Rogers)

          1. AAAFootball
            • 1 Year
            11 months, 20 days ago

            Thanks 🙂

    4. MJF
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Semenyo.

    5. LangerznMash
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Minteh (£6.0m) 6 goals and 5 assists in just 1831 minutes. If he played full season it would roughly translate to value of around 31.7 but this is obviously speculative.
      Started 13 of Brighton's last 15 matches and has bagged in preseason.
      One to watch.

  11. TafOnTour1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 2 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Am I the only one who's not getting the Kudus hype? He plays for a Spurs team that lost 22 games last season, won't be nailed on to start with Johnson there, and hardly put up groundbreaking numbers with West Ham last season.

    1. AAAFootball
      • 1 Year
      11 months, 20 days ago

      I feel you

    2. The Mentaculus
      • 5 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      In his defence (sort of): I think he couldn't really be arsed to play for West Ham anymore & is capable of better when motivated, and Johnson may move to the left as I think Son is washed up. I'm still not picking him though

    3. F4L
      • 11 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      hes alot better than johnson, cant see frank happily going from mbeumo as his right winger to someone like johnson who doesnt have the same level of technical ability, kudus should be nailed. if he plays well vs psg can understand people wanting him

      not sure its fair to judge his numbers at west ham, his attacking output was limited by their style of play and bowen picking up the attacking areas he wanted to be in

    4. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Spurs actually have a proper manager this season

    5. JT11fc
      • 7 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Going Johnson myself, easy switch out if it goes pearshaped

    6. Studs Up
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Team results are kinda irrelevant

    7. MJF
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Yeah Spurs were dreadful last year and while I think Frank will definitely improve them, I am pretty negative about them and their assets. Kudus I want to see play for them first, even though I do like them. I intend to avoid Spurs though.

  12. jayzico
    • 15 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Williams best 5m defender?

    1. AAAFootball
      • 1 Year
      11 months, 20 days ago

      As set and forget probably.

      I'm trying to rotate into tarky udog wolves Esteve

      Any ideas?
      On livra right now

      1. jayzico
        • 15 Years
        11 months, 20 days ago

        Colwill another option but I've got Sanchez

    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      probably, lacroix looks good but doesnt have an ideal first 3 fixtures

  13. F4L
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    do you think the +2 bps for tackles (without net) will have a big impact? like most CBs with a clean sheet now will be getting 30+ bps etc so mids/strikers will get less bonus overall

  14. Mother Farke
    • 2 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Him or Robinson imo.

  15. Zimo
    • 7 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Would you rather have Muñoz Wirtz Evanilson or VanDijk Semenyo Bowen?

    1. The Mentaculus
      • 5 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      MWE

    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      first lot

    3. AAAFootball
      • 1 Year
      11 months, 20 days ago

      B

      But I like tarky ndaiye gyoko

    4. Studs Up
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      1st lot

  16. Klokan
    • 5 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    You can build this Threemium and many other drafts on https://fpldraftmanager.online/ now! Create, save and rate unlimited drafts. As per community request currently working on the update which would allow side by side comparison of the drafts. Feel free to leave more feedback as this was initially started as a tool to organize my drafts only but realized others can benefit from that as well 🙂

  17. The Tonberry
    • 2 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Thoughts on this BB team?

    Sanchez, Verbruggen
    Virgil, Tarkowski, Van De Ven, Konsa, AWB
    Salah, Palmer, Rogers, Ndiaye, Reijnders
    Solanke, Wood, Welbeck

  18. jaffary
    • 2 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Got my own «threemium»

    Verbruggen (Kelleher)
    Konsa DeKuyper Van de Ven (Wan Bissaka, Truffert)
    Rogers Palmer Salah Saka (Anderson)
    Piroe Solanke Bowen

    ITB: 0.0
    Weak defence line?

    1. 2008 Antony
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Piroe will be rotated and yeah defense is weak but I'm going something similar anyways.

      1. jaffary
        • 2 Years
        11 months, 20 days ago

        Thank you, mate. Good luck with tinkering

  19. The Mandalorian
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Fantasy Football Hub site doesn't seem to be working properly since the game updated.

    Paid members are complaining on Discord that they cant access paid features.

    People are asking for refunds.

    No communication on X from Hub.

    Very poor from Hub.

    1. MJF
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Didn’t they also suffer a data breach a couple of years back?

  20. Jordan.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    sa
    neco/colwill/de kuyper
    fernandes/ndiaye/palmer/wirtz
    welbeck/haaland/solanke

    4m/munoz/miley/esteve

  21. Zimo
    • 7 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Gyokeres over Haaland. 5m more to spend on the rest of the squad.

  22. CoracAld2831
    • 5 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Gyökeres or Watkins?

    1. Studs Up
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Watkins...gives u time time to see if G ain't a Darwin 2.0

    2. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Watkins potentially going to United

      1. lilmessipran
        • 13 Years
        11 months, 20 days ago

        Wait, really?

        1. x.jim.x
          • 11 Years
          11 months, 20 days ago

          It got briefed this morning that our two striker targets are Watkins and Sesko - Villa want about £70m, but we're looking to pay just over half that.

          1. panda07
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            11 months, 20 days ago

            Good luck with that!

      2. Punned It
        • 1 Year
        11 months, 20 days ago

        Ugh. Rumours so far, or have there been any officialish offers? On Watkins now, need a rethink if he's going to United (or anywhere else). Who'll be up top for Villa?

        1. x.jim.x
          • 11 Years
          11 months, 20 days ago

          No offers yet, but the interest is concrete. Villa have Malen, and they've been linked with Calvert-Lewin as a backup option.

          Personally, I'd be looking to get Wissa, Mateta or Jackson in if I was them.

          1. Punned It
            • 1 Year
            11 months, 20 days ago

            Cheers. Not sure I want Gyökeres in GW1, so back to the drawing board.

  23. Joosje90
    • 5 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Kelleher - Darlow
    Frimpong - Aina - Udogie - WanBissaka - Reinildo
    Salah - Palmer - Marmouch - Ndiaye - Reijnders
    Gyokeres - Solanke - Beto

    Thoughts?

  24. CoracAld2831
    • 5 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Current draft:

    Sels (Valdimarsson)
    N. Williams-WBK-VVD (De Cuyper-Esteve)
    Saka-Salah-Wirtz-Anderson-Cunha
    Solanke-Gyökeres

    Currently not bench boosting.

    1. CoracAld2831
      • 5 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      (Mayenda 3rd striker)

    2. panda07
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Decent but I'd be looking to jump off Arsenal in GW3.

      1. CoracAld2831
        • 5 Years
        11 months, 20 days ago

        Would Gyökeres to Watkins made this draft any better?

        1. panda07
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          11 months, 20 days ago

          It could save you a transfer in GW3

  25. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    This draft covers all the top teams but it feels risky.

    Verbruggen Kelleher
    VvD Murillo Udogie AWB Rodon
    Salah Palmer Foden Barnes Baleba
    Gyokeres Solanke Piroe

    That 6.5m mid slot is really hard to decide on. Will probably go off feel later.

    Foden and Gyokeres are big risks but very high ceiling. Let's see a bit closer to the date how I feel about them.

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Also have my eye on Foden. If he looks like starting gw1 I’ll go there I think

    2. panda07
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Barnes and Foden is asking for trouble I think.

    3. Hairy Potter
      • 11 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      I can't see Barnes starting, unless Howe is left with a choice between Osula and Gordon in GW1.

      I was surprised when I saw how many starts Baleba had last season. Maybe he is an option at 5.0.

      1. Hairy Potter
        • 11 Years
        11 months, 20 days ago

        *Choice between Osula and Gordon as striker

    4. Jaws
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Sorry, this is crap

  26. Mother Farke
    • 2 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Hello! Is everyone happy? Feel free to share your thoughts on my draft:

    Sels
    Neco De Cuyper Robinson
    Palmer Saka Rogers Wirtz
    Gyökeres Wood Watkins

    4.0 Christie Munoz Truffert/Senesi

    1. Jullepuu
      • 6 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Can't justify going without Salah. Otherwise looks good

    2. panda07
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      If going without Salah and Haaland, I would spend more in defence.

      1. Mother Farke
        • 2 Years
        11 months, 20 days ago

        Thanks for the tip. Which of the these four would you prioritise?

        Frimpong
        Gvardiol
        Cucurella
        Gabriel

        Thanks in advance!

        1. CoracAld2831
          • 5 Years
          11 months, 20 days ago

          Gvardiol & Cucu.

          1. Mother Farke
            • 2 Years
            11 months, 20 days ago

            Is Gvardiol anticipated to play as a CB? I don't trust City defensively at all, they seem to concede sloppy consolation goals.

            I'll look how I can fit Cucu in.

        2. panda07
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          11 months, 20 days ago

          VVD

    3. I Member
      • 10 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Looks great. On no Salah, no Haaland myself.

  27. Jullepuu
    • 6 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    How do you feel about this draft?
    Sanchez Kinsky
    Neco VDV AWB Konsa Esteve
    Salah Palmer Saka Rogers Ramsey
    Solanke Wood Evanilson

    1. Mother Farke
      • 2 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      I like it apart from VDV, pal. He never stays fit.

      1. Jullepuu
        • 6 Years
        11 months, 20 days ago

        Cheers. Plenty of 4.5 options so easy to change before gw1 or afterwards if he gets injured

  28. Mother Farke
    • 2 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Maddison, Johnson, Porro and then Romero.

    Of course, Solanke is not fit, but that's the order the pens were taken pre-match. Just thought it would be of interest.

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      He was on them vs. Milan too

  29. Ohh1454
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Thoughts on this ? Dependent on Isak going Pool.
    Sels (4m)
    Konsa Colwill Vdv (reineldo gudmunsson)
    Rogers Palmer Wirtz Ndiaye (Ramsey)
    Haaland Isak Wood