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21 February 2026 376 comments
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With Gameweek 27 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) nearing, our pundits are finalising their teams before Saturday’s deadline.

FPL General, who has three top 500 finishes to his name, continues to plough on without Erling Haaland (£14.8m)!

Here, he outlines his plans for the week ahead.

General no Salah Haaland

Double Gameweek 26 Review

FPL General’s Haaland-less Gameweek 27 team reveal

What a Gameweek! I wasn’t expecting too much from this Bench Boost, but it went spectacularly well. Jose Sa (£4.2m) and James Hill (£4.0m) are probably my new favourite footballers.

Differentials Emiliano Martinez (£5.0m) and Cole Palmer (£10.6m) did the business, and going against the Gabriel Magalhaes (£7.1m) captainers and Triple Captainers by giving my armband to Declan Rice (£7.6m) also paid off.

At an overall rank of around 1.4 million, it made sense to go against the grain by using an early Wildcard and Bench Boost.

Since my unlimited Gameweek 24 transfers, the team has jumped from 2.2 million to 660k, just 12 points from the top 500k.

When it was down to 6.9 million in Gameweek 10, getting in that top million was nothing but a pipe dream, so I’m excited to see how far the Troops can now climb. Is the top 100k possible? 

Gameweek 27 Team

 

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  1. grooveymatt65
    • 12 Years
    8 days, 19 hours ago

    Hi guys, I can't decide whether to take a hit or not this week, what do you think?

    thanks!!

    Roefs
    Gabriel Timber Munoz
    Rice Rogers Bruno Enzo Semenyo
    Haaland Thiago
    Dubravka Esteve Gudmudsson Guiu

    £1.6 itb 1ft

    1. Timber to Hill/Mukiele for free
    2. Timber and Rice to Hill and Palmer for -4
    3. Rice to Wirtz for free
    4. Timber and Guiu to Alderete and JP for -4
    5. Save

    1. Ha.
      • 10 Years
      8 days, 19 hours ago

      1

    2. justmatt
      • 10 Years
      8 days, 19 hours ago

      I wouldn’t take a hit.

      Only issue with A is I think your defence looks a little weak after.I’m considering Timber out for VVD.

    3. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 days, 19 hours ago

      1 or just roll

  2. justmatt
    • 10 Years
    8 days, 19 hours ago

    Morning all. 2FT and 1.6m. Thinking Timber to VVD ahead of 31, or just rolling to 3FT

    A. VVD in
    B. Roll

    Verbruggen
    Gabriel, Timber, Alderete
    Mbeumo, Bruno.F, Rice, Rogers, Enzo
    Haaland, Thiago

    Dubravka, Andersen, Tarkowski, Barnes

    1. Ha.
      • 10 Years
      8 days, 19 hours ago

      A

    2. BR510
        8 days, 19 hours ago

        A

      • AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        8 days, 18 hours ago

        Roll this week

        Forest could score

        Liverpool so so away from Anfield

    3. BR510
        8 days, 19 hours ago

        1. Rayan Mukiele (have Alderete)
        2. KDH O'Reilly

        Will be 2 of these 2, alderete and hill every week

        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          8 days, 19 hours ago

          2

      • AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        8 days, 19 hours ago

        Bench one:

        1. Gabriel
        2. Timber
        3. Mukiele
        4. Ekitike

        1. justmatt
          • 10 Years
          8 days, 19 hours ago

          Tough one, probably 2

      • DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
        • 9 Years
        8 days, 19 hours ago

        Playing Kelleher, Gabriel, VVD, Mukiele. Play:

        A) LeFee
        B) Timber

        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          8 days, 18 hours ago

          B

        2. Ha.
          • 10 Years
          8 days, 18 hours ago

          A

      • Hitthewall
        • 5 Years
        8 days, 19 hours ago

        Bench boost this?

        Dubravka (che) - Enzo (BUR) - Hill (whu) - Alderete (FUL)

        1. Ha.
          • 10 Years
          8 days, 18 hours ago

          No, wait for DGW

        2. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          8 days, 18 hours ago

          Yes

          Because of Enzo and Alderete

      • Gazzpfc
        • 9 Years
        8 days, 19 hours ago

        Views

        Got Gabriel Timber Haaland and no wildcard so 3 blank in 31

        Would you

        Do Rice to Roger’s or Semenyo?

        1. BR510
            8 days, 18 hours ago

            Semenyo

          • Ha.
            • 10 Years
            8 days, 18 hours ago

            Rogers - easy keep until end of season

          • justmatt
            • 10 Years
            8 days, 18 hours ago

            I’m in the same position, I think Timber out is more of a priority than Rice.

            Rice to Roger’s makes the most sense out of those options though as he doesn’t blank 31.

          • AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            8 days, 18 hours ago

            Semenyo

            Rogers could do well today

            Villa back at home at 3pm on a Saturday

        2. Ha.
          • 10 Years
          8 days, 18 hours ago

          Have a back line of

          VdV Gabriel Munoz

          They will all score this week, right?

          1. BR510
              8 days, 18 hours ago

              Yep

            • ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
              • 15 Years
              8 days, 18 hours ago

              yes, likely 1 pt each

              1. Ha.
                • 10 Years
                8 days, 18 hours ago

          2. Saviour22
            • 4 Years
            8 days, 18 hours ago

            Rate my wildcard team

            Suggestion needed !!!!

            Jose Sa
            Gabriel hill Mukiele
            Palmer Bruno rice Semenyo
            Haaland pedro Bowen

            1. Should I keep Palmer or get rid of him
            2.bowen to Larsen

            1. Kantelele
              • 3 Years
              8 days, 18 hours ago

              Where is BRE ?

            2. BR510
                8 days, 18 hours ago

                1. On Wc too, doing Palmer to Salah next week
                2. No

              • AC/DC AFC
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 10 Years
                8 days, 18 hours ago

                Start with Palmer...

                Bowen to Thiago I reckon

                Bench Hill today

              • Ha.
                • 10 Years
                8 days, 18 hours ago

                Wouldn’t have Rice or Bowen on a WC

                Rogers/Thiago seems better

                And have a plan for moving JP to Ekitike

                1. BR510
                    8 days, 18 hours ago

                    This

              • BR510
                  8 days, 18 hours ago

                  Best mid up to 5.7? Have Dango

                • Kantelele
                  • 3 Years
                  8 days, 18 hours ago

                  Start one :
                  A) Rice
                  B) Ndiaye

                  1. BR510
                      8 days, 18 hours ago

                      A

                  2. FPLMACKEM
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 5 Years
                    8 days, 18 hours ago

                    Raya
                    Virgil, Gabriel, Chalobah, Munoz
                    Enzo, Bruno, Rice, Anderson
                    Ekitike, Haaland (c)

                    Dubravka, Wilson, Andersen, Guiu
                    5ft 2.0 itb.

                    A Rice to Semenyo
                    B Rice and Guiu to Dango and Thiago

                    1. BR510
                        8 days, 18 hours ago

                        B

                    2. thepirates
                      • 8 Years
                      8 days, 18 hours ago

                      Bench who from DCL, Timber, Rice?

                      1. AC/DC AFC
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 10 Years
                        8 days, 18 hours ago

                        DCL

                        Or Timber.

                    3. Downtown
                      • 15 Years
                      8 days, 18 hours ago

                      Mukiele (FUL)

                      Or

                      Timber (tot)

                      Already playing Gabriel.

                      Thanks all

                      1. Jam0sh
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 13 Years
                        8 days, 18 hours ago

                        Timber

                      2. AC/DC AFC
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 10 Years
                        8 days, 18 hours ago

                        Mukiele

                    4. Jam0sh
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 13 Years
                      8 days, 18 hours ago

                      Hello guys, which one would you play?

                      A) Wilson (sun)
                      B) Alderete (FUL)

                      1. BR510
                          8 days, 18 hours ago

                          b

                        • Sgt. Schultz
                          • 9 Years
                          8 days, 18 hours ago

                          Wilson

                        • Steve Stiffler
                          • 9 Years
                          8 days, 18 hours ago

                          B

                        • Ha.
                          • 10 Years
                          8 days, 18 hours ago

                          Wilson

                      2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
                        • 15 Years
                        8 days, 18 hours ago

                        Which is better

                        1. Timber and rice to vvd and semenyo
                        2. Timber and rice to mukiele and semenyo
                        3. Van hecke to mukiele

                        Saw someone post semenyo bench from twitter but that’s nosence?

                        1. BR510
                            8 days, 18 hours ago

                            1

                          • Downtown
                            • 15 Years
                            8 days, 18 hours ago

                            2

                          • Jet5605
                            • 11 Years
                            8 days, 18 hours ago

                            1

                          • AC/DC AFC
                            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                            • 10 Years
                            8 days, 18 hours ago

                            2 or 3.

                        2. ArthurBrutal
                          • 5 Years
                          8 days, 18 hours ago

                          Play
                          Mane v Palace
                          or
                          Summerville v Bournemouth
                          ?

                          1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
                            • 15 Years
                            8 days, 18 hours ago

                            B better form

                          2. Downtown
                            • 15 Years
                            8 days, 18 hours ago

                            Summerville

                          3. Feed tha Sheep
                            • 13 Years
                            8 days, 18 hours ago

                            B

                          4. Prinzhorn
                            • 5 Years
                            8 days, 18 hours ago

                            summerville

                            1. ArthurBrutal
                              • 5 Years
                              8 days, 17 hours ago

                              Thanks guys, pretty conclusive. It's Summerville, and the living is easy.

                        3. Fifa las vegas
                          • 13 Years
                          8 days, 18 hours ago

                          Will Justin get starts for Leeds going forward or just get Gudmundson on WC?

                          1. Kantelele
                            • 3 Years
                            8 days, 18 hours ago

                            Good question, have him too

                          2. Kantelele
                            • 3 Years
                            8 days, 18 hours ago

                            I would take Gudmu or Rodon on WC

                        4. FPL Brains
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • Has Moderation Rights
                          • 14 Years
                          8 days, 18 hours ago

                          Raya
                          VVD O'Reilly Hill
                          Palmer(C) Bruno Semenyo Rayan
                          Haaland João Pedro Thiago

                          Darlow - Mbeumo - Gabriel - Gudmundsson

                          Good to go?

                          Gabriel Vs O'Reilly is one I'm hesitant on and I'm a United fan so if Mbeumo wins us the game then I don't really care too much about the points..

                          1. Sir Michael Taker
                            • 11 Years
                            8 days, 18 hours ago

                            Should be Gabriel vs Hill surely? Bournemouth do not keep cleans on the road

                          2. Steve Stiffler
                            • 9 Years
                            8 days, 18 hours ago

                            Would play Mbeumo over Rayan

                        5. BR510
                            8 days, 18 hours ago

                            Best mid up to 5.7? Will play when has a good fixture but mainly rotate with Alderete, Hill, Andersen
                            1. Rayan/Adli/Tavernier
                            2. KDH
                            3. Other?

                            1. Jet5605
                              • 11 Years
                              8 days, 18 hours ago

                              Competition for places at BOU concerns me, even Tav. I'd wait a week if you can otherwise KDH if you want nailed this week

                              1. BR510
                                  8 days, 18 hours ago

                                  WC so can't wait a week. They are 5th mid but be able to step in with good fixture in 31. Everton's fixture's concern me

                            2. Steve Stiffler
                              • 9 Years
                              8 days, 18 hours ago

                              Start 1:

                              Rogers (Leeds at Home)
                              Dango (Brighton at Home)

                              1. Jet5605
                                • 11 Years
                                8 days, 18 hours ago

                                Close. Think I'd go Rogers who is playing against the leakier defence

                              2. Feed tha Sheep
                                • 13 Years
                                8 days, 18 hours ago

                                Rogers

                              3. Kantelele
                                • 3 Years
                                8 days, 18 hours ago

                                Both

                                1. Steve Stiffler
                                  • 9 Years
                                  8 days, 18 hours ago

                                  My frontline is:

                                  Bruno, Rice, Enzo, ______
                                  Haaland, Pedro, Ekitike

                                  Hard to choose between the two of them.

                                  Leaning towards Rogers

                                  1. MADCHESTER UTD
                                    • 10 Years
                                    8 days, 18 hours ago

                                    I’d drop Rice and play rogers n django

                                    1. Steve Stiffler
                                      • 9 Years
                                      8 days, 18 hours ago

                                      Django would be absolutely deadly up top haha

                                      Yeah I was thinking on benching Rice earlier in the week but feel they have something to prove, could be game for an assist

                            3. Jet5605
                              • 11 Years
                              8 days, 18 hours ago

                              Start KDH over Cunha who is likely to get around 65 mins?

                              1. Prinzhorn
                                • 5 Years
                                8 days, 18 hours ago

                                KDH think better for minutes

                            4. Dave2008
                              • 5 Years
                              8 days, 18 hours ago

                              2ft 3.2 in the bank Team
                              G Verbruggen Dúbravka
                              D Gabriel Timber Rodon Heaven Thiaw
                              M Rice Rogers Enzo Wilson Bruno
                              F Thiago Guiu Haaland
                              Rice out for Palmer and C or roll. No free hit 31. Trailing by 60 in mini league. Was planning to roll up to 5 ft
                              Thanks for any thoughts!

                            5. Feed tha Sheep
                              • 13 Years
                              8 days, 18 hours ago

                              Which one to start?

                              A. Saliba (double with Gabriel) (tot)
                              B. Hill (West Ham)
                              C. Andersen (sun)

                              1. Snoop Udogie Dogg
                                • 5 Years
                                8 days, 18 hours ago

                                B

                              2. AC/DC AFC
                                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                • 10 Years
                                8 days, 18 hours ago

                                A

                              3. Kantelele
                                • 3 Years
                                8 days, 18 hours ago

                                C

                              4. Drizzle
                                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                • 2 Years
                                8 days, 18 hours ago

                                C

                            6. Redranger
                              • 11 Years
                              8 days, 18 hours ago

                              Rice to Semenyo for free?

                              1. Snoop Udogie Dogg
                                • 5 Years
                                8 days, 18 hours ago

                                yeah

                            7. Karan_G14
                              • 9 Years
                              8 days, 18 hours ago

                              Start one out of these?

                              A) Timber (tot)
                              B) Hill (whu)
                              C) Richards (WOL)

                              1. Prinzhorn
                                • 5 Years
                                8 days, 18 hours ago

                                I have the same dilemma and add Chalobah and Kroupi into the mix!

                              2. Steve Stiffler
                                • 9 Years
                                8 days, 18 hours ago

                                B

                            8. Trogon
                              • 2 Years
                              8 days, 18 hours ago

                              Play?
                              Maguire - Everton away
                              Anderson - Sunderland away

                              1. Prinzhorn
                                • 5 Years
                                8 days, 18 hours ago

                                Anderson dont think MUN will keep the cs

                            9. FPLMACKEM
                              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                              • 5 Years
                              8 days, 18 hours ago

                              Raya
                              Virgil, Gabriel, Chalobah, Munoz
                              Enzo, Bruno, Rice, Anderson
                              Ekitike, Haaland (c)

                              Dubravka, Wilson, Andersen, Guiu
                              5ft 2.0 itb

                              A Rice to Semenyo
                              B Rice and Guiu to Dango and Thiago

                              1. Stap
                                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                • 4 Years
                                8 days, 18 hours ago

                                you could do A, enough transfers left for GW31
                                but B would give some more depth, good fixtures for BRE

                            10. Stap
                              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                              • 4 Years
                              8 days, 18 hours ago

                              3FT, would like to get rid off Evanilson, but 0,1 short
                              So have to do more transfers
                              Rice > Rogers / Mbeumo / Semenyo (Semenyo is tempting, but has blank 31)
                              Tarkowski > Hill
                              I think my team will be pretty well till GW31, so can save some transfers the next weeks

                              A: roll transfer and bench Wilson, Tark, Chalobah/Mukiele
                              B: 3 FT and Mbeumo (preferred)
                              C: other, like?

                              Captain rank: Bruno, JP, Haaland but difficult

                            11. BlzE_94
                              • 11 Years
                              8 days, 18 hours ago

                              Play one:
                              A) Senesi vs WHU(A)
                              B) Alderete vs FUL(H)

                              1. Stap
                                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                • 4 Years
                                8 days, 18 hours ago

                                B

                              2. Brosstan
                                • 11 Years
                                8 days, 18 hours ago

                                B