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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. Drizzle
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 2 Years
    1 month, 6 days ago

    Last minute sense check:

    Sanchez
    Gabriel Timber Richards
    Bruno Rice Mbeumo Enzo Anderson
    Haaland Ekitike
    (Dub Andersen Kroupi Thiaw)
    2ft 0.6itb

    A) Kroupi/Timber -> Thiago/Hill
    B) Rice/Timber -> Semenyo/VVD
    C) Kroupi/Rice -> Thiago/Rayan(or KDH)
    D) Roll to 3ft

    1. The Philosopher
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      Do you think Donald Trump is a good guy?

      1. Drizzle
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 2 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        I do not. Et toi?

        1. The Philosopher
          • 5 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Sense check complete. Sense looks intact.

          B.

  2. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    1 month, 6 days ago

    BB considerations

    If you still have TC there could be a huge Man City shaped Dgw opportunity in Gw33

    Therefore, play BB when you have 4 available players likely to start with decent enough fixtures...

  3. The Philosopher
    • 5 Years
    1 month, 6 days ago

    This place being dead so close to the deadline goes to show how life isn't all about moderation and cutting corners to produce a shitty website.

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      Deadline is hours away

      1.30pm today

      3pm KOs

    2. Naatie
      • 1 Year
      1 month, 6 days ago

      maybe get a life instead of trolling here every day

      1. The Philosopher
        • 5 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        "Look at me. I'm a mod pleaser"

  4. Jinswick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    1 month, 6 days ago

    Best way to fund Bruno -> Palmer(c)?

    A) Timber -> 5.2 (Guehi/Thiaw/Senesi)
    B) Rice -> 6.6 (Dango)
    C) Ekitike -> 8.0 (J Pedro)
    D) Save FT and Palmer couch

    Verbruggen
    Gabriel, Timber, Richards
    Bruno*, Semenyo, Rice, Wilson
    Haaland(c), Thiago, Ekitike

    Dubravka, Alderete, Stach, Keane
    Bank 0.0m, 2FTs, all chips

    1. OptimusBlack
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      I think D

    2. fantasist
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      I would say A with Guehi
      Timber might even be benched
      You need Palmer or Pedro this GW

  5. OptimusBlack
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 6 days ago

    Sorry guys but need help here
    Sanchez
    Gabriel Timber Munoz ( Alderete Gud)
    Mbeumo Semenyo Rice Bruno F
    Haaland © Thiago Brobbery
    1 FT 1.7 M in the bank
    A- Roll FT
    B- any other thoughts?

    1. Machine Gun Skelly
        1 month, 6 days ago

        A

        1. OptimusBlack
          • 12 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          I can do this Bruno F > Palmer for free

    2. damiang2233
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 6 days ago

      Should I look at getting rid of 1 of my 3 arsenal players? Raymond, timber and rice?

      1. damiang2233
        • 16 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        Meant to be Raya

      2. The Philosopher
        • 5 Years
        1 month, 6 days ago

        I'd look to get rid of a player who doesn't exist.

      3. Machine Gun Skelly
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Maybe Raya for Kelleher, only sell Timber if you really need the money, Rice definitely hold.

      4. Machine Gun Skelly
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Start 1 out of Saliba, Andersen, and Tarkowski

          1. Drizzle
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 2 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            Saliba

          2. Dr Ennet
            • 15 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            Saliba

        • Dr Ennet
          • 15 Years
          1 month, 6 days ago

          Would the following move be considered shrewd or just dumb:

          Rice > Semenyo (-4)

          Cheers! 🙂

          1. Dr Ennet
            • 15 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            Or I could also do Enzo > Semenyo and keep Rice. Still for a -4 mind you.

          2. Machine Gun Skelly
              1 month, 6 days ago

              Probably just dumb unless City don't blank.

              1. Dr Ennet
                • 15 Years
                1 month, 6 days ago

                Cheers. I kind of thought so myself but feels good to get it confirmed by someone 😀

          3. ratski
            • 15 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            WC in the mud. Reinildo injury so do I just replace with a Leeds bench warmer or downgrade someone to improve the appalling defence I've created..or do I create a whole new draft

            Kelleher (darlow)
            Gab, VVD, Hill (Maguire, Reinildo)
            Palmer, BrunoF, semenyo, Rogers (KDH)
            Haaland, thiago, pedro

            1. AC/DC AFC
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              1 month, 6 days ago

              Swap Maguire to Mukiele and get a cheap Leeds defender for their home fixtures, probably 3 that you can play them in...

              Including a BB with Darlow?

              1. ratski
                • 15 Years
                1 month, 6 days ago

                I'm maxed out with budget. Maguire cost 4.3, that's how desperate my back line has become

                1. AC/DC AFC
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 10 Years
                  1 month, 6 days ago

                  Ouch.

                  Can't have Gab and VVD then

                  Lose VVD to smooth it out.

                2. AC/DC AFC
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 10 Years
                  1 month, 6 days ago

                  Or Rogers to Dango is another opportunity/ compromise

                  1. ratski
                    • 15 Years
                    1 month, 6 days ago

                    Think it might have to be Rogers. If it wasn't for his next two fixtures would've been an easy decision.

                3. DropkickMurphys
                  • 5 Years
                  1 month, 6 days ago

                  Get Justin 3.9

            2. Ze_Austin
              • 7 Years
              1 month, 6 days ago

              KDH to Stach should allow Diouf (assists) or Rodon (DCs)

              How many times will you cap Palmer?

              1. ratski
                • 15 Years
                1 month, 6 days ago

                Capt Palmer this week but hes somewhat of a differential in the mini league I'm chasing so has to stay

              2. AC/DC AFC
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 10 Years
                1 month, 6 days ago

                Stach does have some competition if Longstaff is also available

                1. Ze_Austin
                  • 7 Years
                  1 month, 6 days ago

                  Mainoo and Alderete then

            3. Conners
              • 7 Years
              1 month, 6 days ago

              Villa defence is on par with Liverpool's from a CS perspective and their fixture run is similar.

              You could do VVD to Cash and use the change to upgrade the bench defenders (Reinildo to Mukiele and so on).

          4. Buck The Trent
            • 14 Years
            1 month, 6 days ago

            Timber, Mane to Hill, Thiago (-4), yay or nay ?

            1. Yozzer
              • 8 Years
              1 month, 6 days ago

              Not this week

            2. Machine Gun Skelly
                1 month, 6 days ago

                Yay

            3. Warby84
              • 10 Years
              1 month, 6 days ago

              I got 18/1 for Chelsea score draw and pedro to score anytime, plus is it’s a free bet.. On super 6 99% have gone for a home win, but then Liverpool could only manage a 1-1 so maybe it is worth a punt..

              1. AC/DC AFC
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 10 Years
                1 month, 6 days ago

                Nah

                Chelsea home win clearly

                Look at Burnley's results on the road

            4. Yozzer
              • 8 Years
              1 month, 6 days ago

              Bench Mukiele or Timber lads ?

              1. Conners
                • 7 Years
                1 month, 6 days ago

                Assuming you have Gabriel, I'd sooner hedge with Mukiele this week given Arsenal's last two results.

            5. damiang2233
              • 16 Years
              1 month, 6 days ago

              Raya & Tarkowski out and replaced with Kelleher & Van Dikj. Good moves?

            6. OptimusBlack
              • 12 Years
              1 month, 6 days ago

              Bruno F > Palmer
              For free
              Yaay
              Nope
              I have Mbeumo too

              1. Drizzle
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 2 Years
                1 month, 6 days ago

                Not unless you have the transfers to immediately switch back next week

            7. Michelle Davin
              • 9 Years
              1 month, 6 days ago

              B ferandez to Palmer for one week to captain?

              Will cost me a transfer but worth a gamble,or did I just answer my own question?

              1. AD105
                • 9 Years
                1 month, 6 days ago

                Silly getting rid of Bruno, especially for 1 week

              2. Machine Gun Skelly
                  1 month, 6 days ago

                  Not worth it

                • Ajax Hamsterdam
                  • 11 Years
                  1 month, 6 days ago

                  No way

              3. AD105
                • 9 Years
                1 month, 6 days ago

                Play H.Wilson (sun) or Hill (whu)?

              4. Machine Gun Skelly
                  1 month, 6 days ago

                  Is it worth Captaining JP this week? Gone with him over Haaland, but still unsure.

                  1. AC/DC AFC
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 10 Years
                    1 month, 6 days ago

                    I'd be tempted

                    Unless Haaland busts his Newcastle blanks

                  2. Warby84
                    • 10 Years
                    1 month, 6 days ago

                    Newcastle have just travelled back from Azerbaijan so maybe be a little tired, think Newcastle will get well and truly beat

                • AC/DC AFC
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 10 Years
                  1 month, 6 days ago

                  Semenyo captainers ...

                  The projected goal data suggests Ekitike is a better bet

                  https://x.com/i/status/2024904530941403486

                  1. JBG
                    • 7 Years
                    1 month, 6 days ago

                    Projected deez

                  2. fantasist
                    • 15 Years
                    1 month, 6 days ago

                    Forest thrashed Liverpool away in reverse fixture and they have new manager boost atm, I'd say City or Chelsea player for captain

                    1. AC/DC AFC
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 10 Years
                      1 month, 6 days ago

                      Yeah

                      I'm not going anywhere near Ekitike captain

                      Which makes me question Semenyo

                      But you can't adhere to the data/ projections

                      Need to back your judgement too

                  3. The Knights Template
                    • 12 Years
                    1 month, 6 days ago

                    Data schmata Juan Mata!

                    1. Hairy Potter
                      • 10 Years
                      1 month, 6 days ago

                      Data later alligator!

                      1. Sir Michael Taker
                        • 11 Years
                        1 month, 6 days ago

                        Its projecting 0.04 more goals for Ekitike but Semenyos goals are worth a point more so what do you do with that even if you are a projections believer (which I'm not personally)?

                        1. AC/DC AFC
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 10 Years
                          1 month, 6 days ago

                          Point taken

                          I had thought of that too

                • BR510
                    1 month, 6 days ago

                    Bench 2:
                    1. Gabriel TOT A
                    2. Alderete FUL H
                    3. Konate NFO A
                    4. Hill WHU A
                    5. Konsa LEE H

                    1. Miguel Sanchez
                      • 9 Years
                      1 month, 6 days ago

                      24

                    2. JBG
                      • 7 Years
                      1 month, 6 days ago

                      3 and 4 probably

                  • Miguel Sanchez
                    • 9 Years
                    1 month, 6 days ago

                    Happy Saturday lads, WC played, Palmer captained, off to The Bridge. Have a good GW all!

                    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                      • 11 Years
                      1 month, 6 days ago

                      Burnley fan I hope !

                    2. BR510
                        1 month, 6 days ago

                        You too, same, same, not this time!

                      • The Knights Template
                        • 12 Years
                        1 month, 6 days ago

                        We know what happened last time you watched your captain play!

                      • el polako
                        • 8 Years
                        1 month, 6 days ago

                        Don’t do it!!!
                        Call someone!!!
                        Talk to somebody, there’s always a solution!!!

                      • The Philosopher
                        • 5 Years
                        1 month, 6 days ago

                        Brooklyn Bridge?

                      • g40steve
                        • 8 Years
                        1 month, 6 days ago

                        Enjoy the game, need live updates

                    3. Ajax Hamsterdam
                      • 11 Years
                      1 month, 6 days ago

                      No semenyo, pool and Brentford, what could go wrong .....gl all 🙂

                      1. Machine Gun Skelly
                          1 month, 6 days ago

                          Same!

                        • Sir Michael Taker
                          • 11 Years
                          1 month, 6 days ago

                          I think you might be ok on Pool and Brentford. Just ok fixtures

                      2. Machine Gun Skelly
                          1 month, 6 days ago

                          I know it's random, but did anyone else see BUR(H) has been updated to a 1 on the fixture ticker?

                          1. Sir Michael Taker
                            • 11 Years
                            1 month, 6 days ago

                            Palace did not get the memo

                        • The Big Fella
                          • 9 Years
                          1 month, 6 days ago

                          I am 50-50 between KDH and Dango as a replacement for Bruno G - which would you go for?

                          1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                            • 11 Years
                            1 month, 6 days ago

                            Dango for sure

                          2. Ze_Austin
                            • 7 Years
                            1 month, 6 days ago

                            Szobo

                        • LFC
                          • 3 Years
                          1 month, 6 days ago

                          Which one

                          1) Madueke to Rogers

                          2) Wilson to rayan

                          For one week punt as playing WC next week

                          1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                            • 11 Years
                            1 month, 6 days ago

                            1

                        • The Knights Template
                          • 12 Years
                          1 month, 6 days ago

                          How are DCL owners feeling?

                          1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
                            • 9 Years
                            1 month, 6 days ago

                            Wasn't feeling too good. He made way for Thiago.

                            1. The Knights Template
                              • 12 Years
                              1 month, 6 days ago

                              Good move.

                        • The Pep Revolution
                          • 14 Years
                          1 month, 6 days ago

                          Which one to play this week?
                          A. Dalot
                          B. Senesi

                        • Ajax Hamsterdam
                          • 11 Years
                          1 month, 6 days ago

                          Who is your captain? Pedro for me but happy to be convinced otherwise 🙂

                          1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
                            • 9 Years
                            1 month, 6 days ago

                            Haaland

                          2. Machine Gun Skelly
                              1 month, 6 days ago

                              Same here, best captain apart from Palmer.

                              1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                                • 11 Years
                                1 month, 6 days ago

                                Mins could be a concerned but same goes for haaland. I'm a tad worried though...

                          3. DagheMunegu
                            • 5 Years
                            1 month, 6 days ago

                            Play

                            A Van Hecke
                            B Rodon

                          4. BR510
                              1 month, 6 days ago

                              Bench 2?
                              1. Gabriel
                              2. Hill
                              3. Konate
                              4. Alderete
                              5. Dango
                              6. Rayan

                            • abaalan
                              • 9 Years
                              1 month, 6 days ago

                              Predicted minutes:
                              1) Madueke
                              2) Gyokeres