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Four of the best managers in Fantasy Football Scout’s Hall of Fame have exclusively revealed their Fantasy Premier League (FPL) teams ahead of Friday’s Gameweek 1 deadline!

These are the cream of the crop, the FPL bosses who haven’t just racked up one outstanding overall rank but several of them.

Our star-studded quartet are:


  • Abinav C (rank 3rd): Finished 193rd in the world last season, which was their second time in the top 1k and fourth in the top 10k. Hasn’t finished outside the top 50k in any of the last nine seasons.
  • Rob Mayes (rank 6th): Hasn’t been outside the top 30k in the last nine years, finishing top 1k on two occasions and top 10k on a further two.
  • Gideon Moss (rank 7th): Followed up a top 2k finish in 2023/24 by finishing 11th in the world last season. Has another top 4k rank to their name on top of this.
  • Niklas Nylander (rank 15th): A top 1k finish in 2024/25, their second such overall rank. They posted top 10k finishes in 2023/24 and 2022/23, too.

Here we go, then, with their Gameweek 1 teams!

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ABINAV C

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  1. Topbe
    • 1 Year
    11 months, 8 days ago

    Hello guys, first post of the season. Which team is better? Any suggestions? Thanks!

    A.
    Sels-Dub
    Porro-Konsa-Dorgu-**Rodon-Neco**
    Palmer-Bruno-Reijnders- **Gakpo-PM Sarr**
    Watkins-Evanilson- **Haaland**

    Or

    B.
    Sels-Dub
    Porro-Konsa-Dorgu-Rodon-**Murillo**
    Palmer-Bruno--Reijnders-**Saka-Wirtz**
    Watkins-Evanilson-**J.Pedro**

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      Probably B

      If Haaland is quiet

    2. V-2 Schneiderlin
      • 15 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      I prefer A with the Haaland upside - Bruno worries me slightly if he plays very deep but we'll see

  2. SkyHigh
    • 16 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    With so many new transfers for each team, this time is very hard to pick. One of the drafts with some newcomers -

    Sels-Dúbravka
    Frimpong-Cucurella-VDV-Tarkowski-Estève
    Palmer(vc)-Wirtz-B.Fernandes-Grealish-Reijnders
    Haaland(c)-Füllkrug-MGuiu

  3. JBG
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    For BB GW1 would your rather have:

    A) Frimpong
    B) NFO defender with Sels

    ?

    Genuinely think Spurs and NFO are the only teams that will keep a CS this GW1(not even sold on Spurs.. would be so Spursy to concede to a team like Burnley at home).

    1. Sir Michael Taker
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      Spurs literally conceded in GW1 last season against Leicester lol

      1. x.jim.x
        • 11 Years
        11 months, 8 days ago

        They actually have a non-fraudulent manager now though

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      B

      Frimpong could be good for assists.

      Burnley might score ... Is Jaidon Anthony any good?

    3. FplmorelikeFml
      • 2 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      Do you think West Ham can keep a CS against Sunderland?

  4. Ser Davos
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    Anyone going for Piroe now DCL has signed?

    1. Sir Michael Taker
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      It does say subject to a medical which could well be an issue for Dom

      1. Dynamic Duos
        • 12 Years
        11 months, 8 days ago

        Haha

    2. Boxwoods
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      Nope. 5.5 mid for sure now.

  5. Jinswick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    Which of these routes do you prefer? Differences are *

    (A) Save chips
    Sels*
    Milenkovic, Porro, Diouf
    Salah, Palmer, Ndiaye, Paqueta
    Watkins*, Gyokeres, Wood
    Subs: Dubravka*, Rodon, Esteve*, Ramsey*

    (B) BBGW1
    Kelleher*, Verbruggen*
    Milenkovic, Porro, Diouf, Rodon, Neco*
    Salah, Palmer, Ndiaye, Paqueta, P Sarr*
    Solanke*, Gyokeres, Wood

  6. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    Sels
    Muñoz Milenković Diouf
    Palmer Bruno Wirtz Sarr Reijnders
    Haaland Ekitiké

    Dúbravka. Guiu Dorgu Estève

    That's it ... good luck folks.

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      I like it. Good luck mate

    2. TafOnTour1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 2 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      Not a fan of the Diouf pick in the slightest mate, playing for West Ham and all. Plenty better 4.5m defenders imho.

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        11 months, 8 days ago

        Who would you recommend at 4.5m?

        I'm not rating their fixtures much tbf.

        Cheers

        1. TafOnTour1
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 2 Years
          11 months, 8 days ago

          Maybe De Cuyper, or Van De Ven? Both have very good fixtures!

          1. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            11 months, 8 days ago

            Cheers

            I'm not keen on Spurs for now

            Will look at the DeCu properly

    3. Galza
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      I like this. GL

  7. RohanVaswani
    • 14 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    A) Palmer Wood Kudus

    Or

    B) Saka Pedro Johnson ?

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      A

    2. Galza
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      A

  8. Fernandito
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    A Murillo & Tarkowski
    B N Williams & Cucurela/Ait Nouri

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      A

    2. Winston.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      B for fun

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        11 months, 8 days ago

        Hell yeah

  9. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    Frimpong or VVD?

    1. Flynny
      • 11 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      Frimp as think bradley isn't fit

    2. JBG
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      Pingpong

    3. Dynamic Duos
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      Frimpong

    4. Winston.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      Frimpong as he took Salah’s position in the last game haha…

    5. The Night Trunker.
      • 2 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      Sing song.

  10. Winston.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    A. Wirtz + Richards + Konsa or
    B. Kudus/Ndiaye + Munoz + Frimpong/VVD ?

    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      B Kudus and Frimp

    2. Ray85
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      B (provided you have some attacking Liverpool cover)

  11. Dynamic Duos
    • 12 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    Best combo to complete def? A or B?

    Sels Verbruggen
    Murillo Tarkowski Rodon *** ***

    A) Neco and Gudmundsson
    B) Diouf and VDV

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      Diouf + 1

  12. martynteresa
    11 months, 8 days ago

    Carvahlo this years break out star at 5m?

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      Could be, prefer KDH, but P.M.Sarr to start

    2. Sir Michael Taker
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      I think they're signing Dango unchained apparently so he might not be as nailed as he looked before

  13. Bumbaclot
    • 15 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    A. Rogers/neco

    Or

    B. Ndiaye/murillo

    Thanks 🙂

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      B

    2. Winston.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      A

    3. Heavy Cream
      • 10 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      B

    4. Ray85
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      A

      1. Bumbaclot
        • 15 Years
        11 months, 8 days ago

        Haha wow this was most unhelpful

        1. Ray85
          • 8 Years
          11 months, 8 days ago

          Haha, depends if you have any Villa cover elsewhere. Their fixtures are too good to ignore and for the extra 0.5m Rogers (if fit) is a much better fit. Could you get to both Rogers and Murillo?

    5. MattyW
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      B

    6. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      B

    7. The Night Trunker.
      • 2 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      A

    8. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      A and not even close, for me

      1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        • 9 Years
        11 months, 8 days ago

        (If Rogers is fit)

  14. Silecro
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    Which would you rather have for the first 2 games?

    A) Minteh - FUL, eve
    B) Reijnders - wol, TOT

    1. Heavy Cream
      • 10 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      B - I love to gamble though

  15. Heavy Cream
    • 10 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    No Salah, no Haaland. Strong enough to go without?

    Sels
    VDV Rayan Gabriel
    Palmer Saka Reijnders Gakpo
    Watkins Bowen Pedro

    Dubravka Ndiaye Konsa Hoever

    Perhaps reduce defence and upgrade forwards?

  16. Ser Davos
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    Guiu or Kroupi?

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

      Guiu

      1. Ser Davos
        • 11 Years
        11 months, 8 days ago

        betfer long term prospects? That fine clause significant?

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

          I just think Guiu will get a lot more minutes than Kroupi

    2. theodosios
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      G

  17. Ray85
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    Hi guys which of the below is better:

    Salah, Reijnders, Fullkurg (2.5m spare)
    Wirtz, Haaland, Paqueta (0m spare)

    Thanks

  18. Mother Farke
    • 2 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    Fulham set to break their transfer record for Shakhtar Donetsk's Kevin.

    Predominantly a LW, but can also play RW and CF.

  19. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    Which one sounds better?

    1. Haaland, Wirtz and 6.0mid/fwd

    2. Pedro, Salah and 6.5mid/fwd

    1. theodosios
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      1

  20. Unconstitutional
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    I would love feedback on this no-Salah team.

    Sels, (Dubravka)
    Munoz, Cucurella, Diouf, (De Cuyper, Esteve)
    Palmer, Wirtz, Sarr, Reijnders, (Dewsbury-Hall)
    Haaland, Solanke, Watkins

    1. MattyW
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      Like it .. apart from Solanke

      1. Unconstitutional
        • 13 Years
        11 months, 8 days ago

        I like him a lot if Spurs sign Eze and Savinho. If not, will replace with someone else like Pedro.

        1. MattyW
          • 9 Years
          11 months, 8 days ago

          Makes sense

        2. Ray85
          • 8 Years
          11 months, 8 days ago

          I don't think he's played pre-season at all - unless he starts tonight?

  21. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    Would you downgrade Bruno to Cunha so I can upgrade KDH and my first sub (4.0m def)?

    1. MattyW
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      Probably wouldn’t

  22. moz_1983
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    Are there any stats available for Neco Williams' defcon contributions for last season? Most are familiar with the Murillo and Milenkovic, it'd be interesting to see how Neco faired given his limited gametime.

  23. MattyW
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    What do you think - comments appreciated as always
    Sels (Dubravka)
    Milenkovic, Diouf, VDV (Dorgu) (Gudmundsson)
    Salah, Palmer, Reijnders, Wirtz, Ndiaye
    Watkins, Bowen (Guiu)

    Bowen to Gyokeres next week

  24. tim
    • 16 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    Do we think Ekitike will deliver or a big nothing?

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

      I think he'll get Firmino numbers

    2. Ray85
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      He looks decent tbh, but if they sign Isak he will be facing rotation with Gakpo for LW.

  25. The-Red-1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    Anyone else finding that through the app, BB seems to randomly turn itself off when it's been set, if you make some transfers in the team?

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      That problem with the App appeared last year and caught a fair few out.

      I prefer the browser.

      But the App is more reliable if traffic is crashing the site close to deadline for late transfers.

      Tbf the 90 minute deadline kyboshed most leaks.

      1. The-Red-1
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        11 months, 8 days ago

        I'm not talking about late transfers though.

        I have BB set. Sometimes when I check the website, my BB has been deactivated.
        Sometimes when I check the app, by BB has been deactivated.

        You'd think that if you set it, it should be activated whatever

  26. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    Is Saka on pens?

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

      We don't know yet. Consensus is he'll give them to Gyokeres

    2. Ray85
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      Likely to be Gyok.

      1. Mother Farke
        • 2 Years
        11 months, 8 days ago

        Gyök Wan.

  27. Koflok
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    Finalising this..

    GK1 - Dubravka
    Murrilo - Tawkowski - Konsa - DEF4 - Hartman
    Salah - Palmer - MID3 - MID4 - MID5
    Watkins - FWD2 - Guiu

    GK1
    A) Sanchez
    B) Sels (double NFO)

    DEF4
    A) Diouf
    B) VdV
    C) De Cuyper

    MID3 + FWD2
    A) Wirtz + Bowen
    B) Gakpo + Gyokeres
    C) Bruno + Pedro / Mateta
    D) Other combo + extra £

    MID4
    A) Reijnders
    B) Anderson

    MID5
    A) Kudus
    B) Rogers
    C) I. Sarr

    1. MattyW
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      A, A, A, A, B

  28. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    How’s this?

    4.5
    Neco | Diouf | De Cuyper
    Salah | Palmer | Wirtz | Rogers | KDH
    Haaland | Piroe

    Fodder

    Salah, Palmer, Haaland and Wirtz. Still has a Notts defender too!

    Thanks

    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      Would love Bruno over Wirtz but 0.5 short and want Rogers for Villa coverage now that’s he should be ok to start

    2. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      GL got the big guns but think this year looks very different landscape with pricing & influx of new super stars

  29. The Night Trunker.
    • 2 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    That Neale fella does the team predictions I think.
    Is he any good? as he doesn't predict Marmoush starting which concerns me.

  30. Prince of Persia
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 8 days ago

    Porro or Van de Ven?

    1. TallestJohn
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 8 days ago

      I know they'll surely be better defensively under Frank but it's still Porro or no one for me with VDV's injury record.