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28 August 2025 269 comments
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With Gameweek 3 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) nearing, our pundits are starting to finalise their teams ahead of Saturday’s deadline.

FPL General, who has three top 500 finishes to his name, is fully committed to going without Mohamed Salah (£14.5m) and Erling Haaland (£14.1m) this season. He is also committed to a Gameweek 3 Wildcard – which he shares here.

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General no Salah Haaland

Gameweek 2 Review

As for many FPL managers, it’s been a rough start to

As is the case for many FPL managers, it’s been a rough start to the season. Having just 87 points in total and a rank of 7.7m wasn’t exactly how it was supposed to play out! 

I always say it’s better to have these frustrating Gameweeks early doors rather than at the business end of the campaign when there’s less time to recover from them. We’ve got 36 Gameweeks to go; the first two were just the warm-up. The fightback begins this weekend and the consistent run of green arrows will be sweeter than ever.

My season so far was summed up by Cole Palmer (£10.5m) not featuring, captain Bukayo Saka (£10.0m) and defender Rayan Ait-Nouri (£6.1m) going off injured and Bruno Fernandes (£9.0m) sending a penalty to Mars. Nottingham Forest don’t seem to keep clean sheets any more, Ollie Watkins (£9.0m) is getting very little service and Florian Wirtz (£8.4m) might need a little time to adjust to life in the Premier League.  

With three injuries, quite a few underperforming picks and just one free transfer available, I pressed the Wildcard button after the Newcastle United v Liverpool game on Monday night…

Gameweek 3 Wildcard


Best of luck this weekend, folks. Enjoy the games!   

Don’t forget to check out the latest 59th Minute Podcast, too.


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  1. SpaceCadet
    • 11 Years
    3 months, 9 days ago

    Best option for this team? Leaning towards A.

    A. Guiu > pedro -4
    B. Palmer > cunha -4
    C. Start Gabriel

    Sanchez
    Milenkovic vvd dorgu
    Palmer Johnson semenyo reijnders Anderson
    Haaland Watkins

    Dubravka Gabriel gudmundsson guiu

  2. Cruyff's Eleven
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 months, 9 days ago

    I've just done my weekly "Pro Pundit" catch up and read through the bus team article.

    I've been charged my registration renewal fee, I have heaps of trouble finding articles as there is no 'all articles' drop down anymore and to top it off, all pundits have an OR of 7 million and no idea what to do next, as evidenced by the classic "more tinkering to come"...

    In short - the only way is up.

    Good luck.

  3. Bobadoba
    • 16 Years
    3 months, 9 days ago

    What about Richarlison as WC pick? Given fixtures looks great and thinking maybe better pick than Wood.

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

      When is Solanke going to be back? When fit, he will start to get minutes, later possibly/probably also starts.