Which £4.0m FPL defenders look set to start in Gameweek 1?

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A, Vs
Up	Thiago	BRE	A
Down	Mateta	CRY	C
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

FPL GW16 Scout Picks - Final Selection

Raya Martin

Lewis-Potter
Chalobah
Andersen

Szoboszlai
Saka
Bruno Fernandes
Eze

Raúl Jiménez
Haaland
Thiago

Dubravka
Spence
Heaven
Le Fée

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Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	91.8%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.2m	84.6%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	83.4%	Unlikely
O’Reilly	MCI	5.2m	77.9%	Unlikely
Hincapie	ARS	5.4m	0.0%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	78.3%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	77.0%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	74.9%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.1m	0.0%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	71.9%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	70.6%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	68.2%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	65.5%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	63.3%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.4m	62.4%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	62.4%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	61.6%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	59.8%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.2m	57.0%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	54.0%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	48.0%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	47.2%	Unlikely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.1m	43.2%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	40.8%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	43.3%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	43.0%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	42.0%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	42.0%	Unlikely
Chukwueze	FUL	5.3m	41.3%	Unlikely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.5m	41.1%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	40.7%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	38.7%	Unlikely
Rúben	MCI	5.6m	37.9%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	36.7%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	35.5%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	34.7%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	34.4%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.2m	34.3%	Unlikely
Hall	NEW	5.2m	34.3%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	33.2%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	100.0%	Very Likely
Saliba	ARS	6.0m	100.0%	Very Likely
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	100.0%	Very Likely
Hato	CHE	4.7m	100.0%	Very Likely
DaCosta	BOU	4.5m	100.0%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	97.7%	Maybe
Patterson	SUN	4.3m	96.9%	Maybe
Aznou	EVE	4.3m	96.5%	Maybe
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	96.0%	Maybe
Webster	BHA	4.4m	94.5%	Unlikely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	94.4%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.3%	Unlikely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	94.2%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.3m	92.7%	Unlikely
Toti	WOL	4.3m	92.0%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	91.5%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	90.5%	Unlikely
Bates	EVE	4.4m	89.3%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	89.0%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	88.8%	Unlikely
H.Bueno	WOL	4.4m	89.1%	Unlikely
Walker-Peters	WHU	4.3m	88.6%	Unlikely
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	87.5%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	86.2%	Unlikely
J.Arias	WOL	5.0m	86.0%	Unlikely
Edwards	BUR	4.7m	85.1%	Unlikely
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	84.9%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	84.3%	Unlikely
Zubimendi	ARS	5.3m	84.6%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	83.7%	Unlikely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	82.9%	Unlikely
Gunn	NFO	4.0m	82.4%	Unlikely
Semenyo	BOU	7.6m	82.0%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	81.5%	Unlikely
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	81.0%	Unlikely
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	80.9%	Unlikely
Agbadou	WOL	4.3m	80.6%	Unlikely
Alcaraz	EVE	5.2m	80.3%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	79.9%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	79.7%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Sels	NFO	B
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 6 Dec, 2025 12:36am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	A, Sus
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	de Ligt	MUN	B, Inj
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Andersen	FUL	B
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	B
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A, £
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 6 Dec, 2025 12:41am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	B
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
No Change	Gakpo	LIV	B, Vs, Rest
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
Up	Schade	BRE	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	A, £
Down	Fernández	CHE	B

Last updated: 6 Dec, 2025 12:48am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A, Vs
Up	Thiago	BRE	A
Down	Mateta	CRY	C
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

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Which £4.0m FPL defenders look set to start in Gameweek 1?

11 August 2025 664 comments

Skonto Rigga

Shortly after the relaunch of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) for 2025/26, we attempted to pick out the best £4.0m defenders in the game.

Now that we’ve seen every pre-season friendly take place, we have an even better idea of which of these bargain buys will start in Gameweek 1.

£4.0M DEFENDERS – PRE-SEASON GAME-TIME

Before we go further, a quick look at the £4.0m defenders with the most pre-season minutes. This data comes courtesy of our trusty Pre-Season Minutes Tracker.

We should stress that some sides contested friendlies, especially earlier in the summer, that were played behind closed doors and were kept relatively hush-hush. Line-up information wasn’t available for those games, so the true number for some of the names below may be slightly different.

With that caveat ringing in your ears, here are the leading names for (known) pre-season game-time:

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Strike me a Gakpose
4 months, 3 days ago
RMT please - differential draft, money ITB in case of injuries:

Alisson
Gabriel Lewis-Skelly Dorgu
Foden Odegaard Gordon Mount
Isak Holjund Beto
(Ederson, Digne, Gabriel, Stones)
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1. Diesel@007
  4 months, 3 days ago
  Did you just hit 'Auto pick'?
  Lots of those players unlikely to start/play right there....
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Moxon
4 months, 3 days ago
Sels
VVD | Murillo | Diouf
Salah | Palmer | Wirtz | Rutter | Reijnders
Watkins | Bowen

Dubravka | De Cuyper | Esteve | Guiu

How we looking lads?
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1. teddy.
  4 months, 3 days ago
  Looks good. Double Forest defence is a bit bold, but perfectly justifiable.
  
  Double Burnley defence probably not justifiable. I'd swap Esteve for another 4.0.
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Meta12345
4 months, 3 days ago
A) milenkovic and rodon
B) neco and decuyper

Bbgw1, wc gw2
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1. Ohh1454
  4 months, 3 days ago
  B
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  1. Meta12345
    4 months, 3 days ago
    Arent you afraid that kadioglu, lamptey and Igor have played in decuyper’s position before? And none are injured
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Letsgo!
4 months, 3 days ago
Saka guiu
Or gyokeres anderson?
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1. Diesel@007
  4 months, 3 days ago
  Kinda depends on the rest of the team, but at face value - Gyokeres and Anderson
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Ohh1454
4 months, 3 days ago
Thoughts on this ? Defence is cheap but I don’t mind it.
Sels
Williams Vdv Konsa (Richards Esteve)
Palmer Gakpo Wirtz Reijnders (King)
Watkins Gyokeres Haaland
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1. Letsgo!
  4 months, 3 days ago
  Not too bad. Similar to mine
  Sels
  Cucu diouf decuyper
  Palmer wirtz anderson damsgaard
  Haaland watkins gyokeres
  
  Subs dubravka pmsarr konsa hoever
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  1. cravencottage
    4 months, 3 days ago
    this is a great team
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DagheMunegu
4 months, 3 days ago
What do you guys think ?

Sanchez
VDV VVD Williams
Salah Palmer Wirtz Bruno Pape Sarr
Watkins Thiago

Dubravka Richards Guiu Rodon
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1. teddy.
  4 months, 3 days ago
  I think you'll be disappointed with returns from Spurs players, but otherwise looks decent.
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Diesel@007
4 months, 3 days ago
Is this draft viable? I know, weakish defence, but hopefully the stronger front 7 will carry them...

Verbuggen
Diouf Porro De Cuyper
Salah Palmer Reijnders Gakpo P Sarr
Haaland Pedro

Dub, Guiu, Esteve, Hoever
0 itb
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1. FDMS All Starz
  4 months, 3 days ago
  That is one hell of a front 7 but I do believe there is more value is the better Defcon players
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Pep Roulette
4 months, 3 days ago
How's Trafford as an option?
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1. Diesel@007
  4 months, 3 days ago
  Feels like a gamble that will pay dividends if he is permanent No1
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FDMS All Starz
4 months, 3 days ago
Are we over looking Munoz? Was very attacking in the community shield, if he does that against Liverpool imagine the other teams
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1. Deulofail
  4 months, 3 days ago
  Yes. I would probably have him if I weren't WCing early
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Bob B
4 months, 3 days ago
GW1,

Marmoush & Reijnders

Bruno & Dewsbury-Hall
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1. cravencottage
  4 months, 3 days ago
  M & R
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Dutchy
4 months, 3 days ago
Loving this draft with 4 genuine captain options and feeling balanced. Thoughts?

Sels
Virgil / Neco / De Cuyper
Salah / Palmer / Saka / Reijnders / Anderson
Watkins / Pedro

Dubravka / Anderson / Esteve / Guiu
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1. Deulofail
  4 months, 3 days ago
  No mention of Anderson, the defender, in this article would worry me
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Ndidi Does
4 months, 3 days ago
Any thoughts or suggestions on the below 343 draft please (no Salah or Haaland)

Sels
Murillo Tark VdV
Palmer Saka Wirtz Bruno
Watkins Bowen Mateta

0 ITB - Bench is Dub Richards Esteve King
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1. Deulofail
  4 months, 3 days ago
  Looks good, assuming the defence rotates well. Try not to tinker too much!
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Hits Central
4 months, 3 days ago
RMT please lads - BB wk 1

Sels
Frimpong - RAN - Porro - Gabriel
Wirtz - Bruno - Palmer (c)
Watkins - Pedro - Bowen

Dubravka - Anderson - DHall - Wan-Bisaka
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1. Deulofail
  4 months, 3 days ago
  Dubravka might not start GW1. Otherwise, it's nice. Diouf tends to be preferred to AWB around these parts due to his superior crossing ability, so they say.
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2. Bob B
  4 months, 3 days ago
  Could you downgrade Bowen to Fullkrug to upgrade a midfielder?
  
  Anderson to Gakpo
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FDMS All Starz
4 months, 3 days ago
Which combo?

A) Gakpo & Fulkrug
Or
B) Bruno & Guiu
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1. The Tonberry
  4 months, 3 days ago
  Depends on how likely you'll need to play your enabler. If you'll play them frequently then Fullkrug is the better option. I wouldn't want to be too dependent on Guiu in the starting XI
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2. cravencottage
  4 months, 3 days ago
  A to start - better fixtures
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2EyedTurk
4 months, 3 days ago
Latest draft here

Sanchez
Ait-Nouri VVD VDV
Salah Palmer Bruno Kudus Dewsbury-Hall
Gyo Pedro

Dubravka Guiu Konsa Hartman
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Deulofail
4 months, 3 days ago
Final tweak. And then I'll step away for some days, I swear it.

KDH + Tarkowski > King + Frimpong

Verbruggen Bizot
RAN Cucurella Frimpong (Diouf AWB)
Palmer Saka Wirtz Zubimendi (King)
Gyökeres Ekitik[é] Pedro

GW1: BB
GW3: FH
GW4: WC
GW7: 4FTs available for Arsenal fixture swing rejigification
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1. cravencottage
  4 months, 3 days ago
  Great wk 1 BB
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2. Deulofail
  4 months, 3 days ago
  Current question for me is who do I want for the GW1 BB
  
  A) PM.Sarr + Rodon/Reijnders
  B) KDH + Rodon/Reijnders
  C) King + AWB
  
  They will be on the bench in GW2, then I FH, then WC.
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  1. Deulofail
    4 months, 3 days ago
    I mean Reinildo not Reijnders
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    1. 420king
      4 months, 3 days ago
      I don't know anything about King, a filler to get 2 pts?
      I would maybe risk it with Carvalho (with Rodon), but try to go with 5.5 via downgrading Cucu.
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      1. Deulofail
        4 months, 3 days ago
        It's for one game only. Will be benched in GW2 then sold, so I'm not keen on spreading money to the bench. The only 5.5 I'm interested in is Reijnders due to his attacking potential, but his minutes are a relatively big risk for someone I'm relying on for BB and I'm benching an extra 0.5-1.0 the next week.
        
        King should play no.10 for Fulham against leaky Brighton, and could pick up an attacking return. Carvalho is playing a team with 5 CSs in their 7 pre-season games, and one of the best PL defences last season, and away from home. Not sure why I'd go there while KDH and Sarr are playing promoted sides. Maybe you can convince me!
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        420king
        4 months, 2 days ago
        Was just going by likelyhood to do something offensive, at which Carvalho is better than the other two. That being said, his odds to so something are still folow, so I'd probably just go King and expect a 2 & hope for more.
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3. 420king
  4 months, 3 days ago
  Putting a lot of faith in West Ham defense, I'd spread the risk.
  I'd also pick a different 5.5 mid (Reinjders/Malen).
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Lallana_
4 months, 3 days ago
Thoughts on this? Attack heavy but I need time to assess the cheaper attackers.

Sels | Dubravka
Van de Ven | Konsa | Diouf | Richards | Esteve
Salah (C) | Palmer | Wirtz | Fernandes | Anderson
J.Pedro | Watkins | Marc Guiu
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1. teddy.
  4 months, 3 days ago
  Defence and bench both weak.
  
  Not jumping on the Van-de-Ven-Van...
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  1. DavvaMC
    4 months, 2 days ago
    Who's your favorite 4.5's, as I am cooling on VDV as well.
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balint84
4 months, 3 days ago
Is Bruno still the penalty taker of MU?
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1. FDMS All Starz
  4 months, 3 days ago
  Yes
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cravencottage
4 months, 3 days ago
Which Is best depending on formation:
A) Minteh
B)Fulkrug
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1. The Tonberry
  4 months, 3 days ago
  B
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The Tonberry
4 months, 3 days ago
Best option? Have 0.5 itb to be able to do this

A - Salah & Joao Pedro
B - Haaland & Wirtz
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1. cravencottage
  4 months, 3 days ago
  I like A to start the season . JP may not get heavy minutes later
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FDMS All Starz
4 months, 3 days ago
What’s the hype with Guiu? Do we realistically see him regularly start for Sunderland and even if he did would we start him and think he will actually score regularly to start him? Surely that’s just a throw away spot, even if he’s at 4.5 (might aswell be a non playing 4.5) ? With players like Anderson/Reijnders, wouldn’t we like a rotational sub player like an Fulkrug/Thiago/JSL/Jimenez and not just a throwaway? Am I missing something here?
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1. teddy.
  4 months, 3 days ago
  It's a throwaway in my view, but that's still a viable strategy. Save 1.5 vs Thiago and invest to strengthen elsewhere so you don't need the bench player.
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  1. FDMS All Starz
    4 months, 3 days ago
    With BB available to play, makes sense to have a solid front 8 no?
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    1. teddy.
      4 months, 3 days ago
      Definitely. Guiu strategy not good for BB tactics.
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2. Boxwoods
  4 months, 3 days ago
  Pointless to spend on 8th attacker outside of bench boost. Guiu is minimal funds outlay and *might* play/do something in unlikely event ever called upon. If you’ve decided to spend the min on an 8th attacker, he seems as good a pick as any based on what we know now. Which is basically nothing. That, plus abundance of midfield options, is why he’s in so many teams.
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Gianluca Busio's Hair …
4 months, 3 days ago
Who the hell is Rutter?
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1. teddy.
  4 months, 3 days ago
  Giorginio Rutter, 6.0 Brighton mid who may be starting the season OOP up front.
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  1. Gianluca Busio's Hair …
    4 months, 3 days ago
    Cheers,
    i cant find him under Rutter or Giorginio!
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    1. Gianluca Busio's Hair …
      4 months, 3 days ago
      ah! found him, cheers.
      
      Georginio
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    2. teddy.
      4 months, 3 days ago
      It's Georginio
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SKENG
4 months, 3 days ago
My plan is to BB GW1, FH GW2, WC GW3. Thoughts on this team for BB GW1? (which is essentially a 15-man Free Hit)

Sels Areola
Murillo Porro Romero Van de Ven Frimpong
Palmer Neto Gakpo Wirtz Mitoma
Watkins Wood Joao Pedro
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1. teddy.
  4 months, 3 days ago
  Needs a third Spurs defender. There's no possible way they could concede a scrappy last minute goal at home to Burnley.
  
  Very good otherwise.
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Bambi
4 months, 3 days ago
Feeling set on this 4-4-2. Do you see any concerns?

Petrovic (Dubravka)
Virgil, Porro, Tarkowski, Munoz (Esteve)
Salah (c), Palmer, Fernandes, Anderson (Potts)
Watkins, Mateta (4.5)
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1. teddy.
  4 months, 3 days ago
  Nothing terminal!
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Ze_Austin
4 months, 3 days ago
A few days away from some price changes
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1. teddy.
  4 months, 3 days ago
  That's what you're excited about?
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FDMS All Starz
4 months, 3 days ago
Which draft do people prefer?

Draft A:

Petrovic Dubravka
Tarkowski Murillo Richards VDV Esteve
Salah Palmer Bruno Wirtz Anderson
Watkins Fulkrug Guiu

Draft B:

Sanchez Dubravka
Tarkowski Murillo Lacroix VDV Esteve
Salah Palmer Gakpo Sarr Anderson
Watkins Fulkrug Evanilson
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1. teddy.
  4 months, 3 days ago
  B, easily
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2. cravencottage
  4 months, 3 days ago
  B
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3. Shake n Bake
  4 months, 3 days ago
  A
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teddy.
4 months, 3 days ago
Here's what I'm on. BB1, not further chips scheduled.

Raya
Frimpong James Collins Lacroix
Salah Bruno Gakpo Reijnders
Bowen Mateta

Dubravka Malen Evanilson Diouf

Plan is to play those 4 defenders every week, and rotate Reijnders, Bowen, Mateta, Malen & Evanilson based on form and fixtures.
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1. Shake n Bake
  4 months, 3 days ago
  Malen risky now with Guessand being signed. A shame since he's been in good preseason form. Back line in strong, but I personally wouldn't want to be benching a 7m+ striker each week.
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  1. teddy.
    4 months, 3 days ago
    Striker will come on when Malen gets benched for Guessand
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    1. teddy.
      4 months, 3 days ago
      The bench plan is as follows:
      
      GW2: Bowen (CHE) & Malen (bre)
      GW3: Bowen (nfo) & Gakpo (ARS)
      GW4: Malen (eve) &
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2. FDMS All Starz
  4 months, 3 days ago
  Decent team for a BB1 but aren’t you worried about any random benchings/rotation given we have no data to go off in gw1?
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  1. teddy.
    4 months, 3 days ago
    Random benchings happen all the time, rotation becomes more of an issue along with more surprise injuries as the season goes on.
    
    That's why BB can so often be disappointing. I just see this as an opportunity to get it over and done with.
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    1. teddy.
      4 months, 3 days ago
      I'm not a fan of starting with the 4.0-5.0 players. Sure, once the good budget options emerge, I'll jump on them, but I favour a more balanced, deeper squad to start, which also suits a BB1
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      1. teddy.
        4 months, 3 days ago
        And I think it enables me to include more players that have some minutes risks, with back-up in waiting - hence James, Malen, Reijnders, even Gakpo potentially.
        
        Although that might be mistaken, if those players get 15min cameos and keep my big scores on the bench.
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Shake n Bake
4 months, 3 days ago
Which one?

A) Fullkrug + A.King (3-4-3)

B) M.Guiu + Reijnders/Rutter (3-5-2)

Thanks in advance!
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1. teddy.
  4 months, 3 days ago
  B
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2. cravencottage
  4 months, 3 days ago
  A
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Reckoner
4 months, 3 days ago
A) Gakpo + Thiago
B) Reijnders + Bowen

Thanks
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1. teddy.
  4 months, 3 days ago
  Kinda depends on the rest of your team, but probably B
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  1. Reckoner
    4 months, 3 days ago
    Watkins and Guiu upfront
    Salah-Palmer-Bruno-Dewsbury Hall mids
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    1. teddy.
      4 months, 3 days ago
      Yeah, B
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2. cravencottage
  4 months, 3 days ago
  B has more upside
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  1. Reckoner
    4 months, 3 days ago
    I just think Reijnders might be a usual pre-season trap 🙂
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3. Shake n Bake
  4 months, 3 days ago
  B
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cravencottage
4 months, 3 days ago
I dont see James in many teams- wonder why?
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1. teddy.
  4 months, 3 days ago
  Don't think it was clear if he'd be fit to start. I reckon, if he's uninjured, pick him.
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2. FDMS All Starz
  4 months, 3 days ago
  Fuestionable fitness and could be benched for Gusto in a random game. Also have very good Defcon defenders at the same price
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