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14 August 2026 84 comments
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  1. JoeJitzu +42
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 29 days ago

    Can someone please explain to me why Tottenham are selling Spence, one of World Cup tournaments best full backs for such a low fee to Inter Milan??

    1. how now brown cow
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      My opinion:
      - They have a bloated squad and no europe
      - He has mainly played left back, where we have Robertson, Udogie, Souza, Ben Davies
      - In truth, his displays over the last 18 months have been quite variable - the world cup displays were not consistently shown at Spurs
      - We have a history of not moving on players at the right time and later going on frees
      - De Zerbi has said people who want to go, can go.

      I agree the fees for him & Romero are far too low, but that's just a symptom of teams in other leagues not having the spending power of PL teams. I'm guessing they are reluctant to sell to other English teams, but whatever I think, players are only worth what someone is prepared to pay for them. If they are such bargains, why arent English clubs beating down the door to sign them?

      1. JoeJitzu +42
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 29 days ago

        Thanks, I hadn’t followed him before so only saw his potential in WC. I was very impressed and like you, am left wondering when other Prem clubs aren’t in for him?!

        1. Ser Davos
          • 11 Years
          1 month, 29 days ago

          Had a strange career has Spence

          Emerged 21-22 under Cooper at Forest as an excellent RB... but he was on loan from Boro who then sold him to Conte's Spurs

  2. davewg59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    1 month, 29 days ago

    Ajer or Shaw as a 4.5 or any better suggestions please?

    1. Jules-C
      1 month, 29 days ago

      Hume maybe? As long as he plays RW

    2. Eze Come, Eze Go
      • 2 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      I like Shaw for value/point

  3. Jules-C
    1 month, 29 days ago

    A) Hume + Tzolis
    B) N.Williams + Ndiaye

    I already have Lammens and Maguire, so cannot do Shaw.

    1. Eze Come, Eze Go
      • 2 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      I like Tzolis as a risky punt, he’s in my team

  4. JBG
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 29 days ago

    Rate my BB1 team, please.

    Lammens-Verbruggen
    Calafiori-Mosquera-Mykolenko-Ballard-Ajer

    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      Ffs didn't press post -_-. I'll try again later, can't be asked atm.

  5. hogree
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 29 days ago

    First one of the year - how's this look?

    Kinsky (Vicario)
    Shaw - Mosquera - Hume (Cash - O'Shea)
    Bruno - Semenyo - KDH - Buendia (Gomez)
    Haaland - Isak - DCL

    1. Eze Come, Eze Go
      • 2 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      Like it. Looks like a strong team

    2. Conners
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      I really like it.

      Just move Vicario to a non-playing 4.0 keeper, or if you're considering playing BB, a different 4.5 keeper like Verbruggen.

  6. Eze Come, Eze Go
    • 2 Years
    1 month, 29 days ago

    Happy Friday all! Another draft. Swapped out Fernandes to Mbeumo, Groß to Palmer and have £0.5M in the bank. Tzolis is risky but have Calvert-Lewin as a nice sub. Thoughts?

    Kinsky
    Shaw - Mosquera - Van Hecke
    Tzolis - Semenyo - Mbeumo - Le Fee - Palmer
    Haaland (C) - Pedro

    Steele - Calvert-Lewin - Kayode - Van Ewijk

    1. Eze Come, Eze Go
      • 2 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      Oh actually it’s Calafiori not Msoquera

    2. TafOnTour1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 2 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      I feel like Cole Palmer is massively overpriced this season, and doubling up on Spurs defence is not an avenue I'd like to go down to be honest.

  7. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 29 days ago

    Watching the Jose Mourinho documentary on Netflix, excellent stuff.

    Briefly saw Ray Wilkins on it and you realise he is someone we miss talking about football, he was a class act.

  8. Doosra - ☭BowenOfRice☭
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    1 month, 29 days ago

    Any last minute news? Pressers?

    1. lilmessipran
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      We are still a week away, Doos!

  9. Silecro
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 29 days ago

    I think I'm mostly set on my team, going with BB2 strategy. The only thing I'm still contemplating are my 3 mids beside Bruno&Mbeumo. I have Szobo, Le Fee and Kluivert. Do you think those 3 are the best bunch I can get for 19mil or would you go with someone else?
    2 of those 3 would need to start every week ofc, with all 3 of them in gw2

  10. invertebrate
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    1 month, 29 days ago

    I've probably missed an announcement but is the injuries & bans page no longer a thing?

    1. Skonto Rigga
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      Going back up today! I'm doing a big sweep of all 20 clubs' injury situations for an article going out later, with the I&Bs page going back up then too.

      1. invertebrate
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 29 days ago

        Nice work. That is an absolutely thankless task!

      2. Three Pints of Schlager
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        1 month, 29 days ago

        Great. Many thanks!

  11. pjomara
    • 16 Years
    1 month, 29 days ago

    Have Kinsky
    Which Spurs reserve goalie to pick
    Dubravka or Vicario?

    1. TafOnTour1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 2 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      Dubravka if you must.

    2. Calafiornication
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      All of them Will probably drop in price. But Vicario is being linked with a move away

  12. TafOnTour1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 2 Years
    1 month, 29 days ago

    Igor Jesus worth a punt over DCL this season?!

    1. JoeJitzu +42
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      Perhaps, looks like a number of potential candidates for 6m

      1. JoeJitzu +42
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 29 days ago

        DCL, Brobbey, Evanilison, Welbeck, Wood, Woltemade, Richarlison, Solanke, Wissa and list goes on….

        1. NoOneCares
          • 1 Year
          1 month, 29 days ago

          Only Wissa and DCL a choice from that dross.

    2. Holmes
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      Go Evanilson

  13. Twisted Saltergater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 17 Years
    1 month, 29 days ago

    Fairly happy with this. Aiming for a BB game week 2.

    Lammens
    Palestra • Mosquera • Calafiori
    Semenyo • Mbeumo • Bruno F(c) • Szoboszlai • Ndiaye
    Pedro • Isak

    Kinsky • DCL • Muharemovic • Ballard

    1. Calafiornication
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      Looks like mine bare 3 players

      But still unsure of going without Haaland

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 17 Years
        1 month, 29 days ago

        It frees up so much funds that you can fall into the "trap" of having 2 or 3 Arsenal defenders and benching a capable striker and defenders. Over a season, that's great, but doesn't feel optimal for the first 2-3 game weeks.

        Seeing Haaland look sharp in the CS would make up my mind.

  14. NoOneCares
    • 1 Year
    1 month, 29 days ago

    Ndiaye, Hinshewood, Gross or Gomez in isolation?

    1. Calafiornication
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      Ndiaye

    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      Ndiaye looks great for the first 6.

  15. Twisted Saltergater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 17 Years
    1 month, 29 days ago

    Fulham play Ipswich, Hull and Coventry in 3 straight weeks, GW6-8.

    1. Holmes
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      yay, WC time. I actually like that period for BB.

      1. Pompel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        1 month, 29 days ago

        Yeah, could be better than early WC given the teams are more settled, and especially if using WC in GW6. Looks like some decent fixtures for the cheap bench fodder

      2. Twisted Saltergater
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 17 Years
        1 month, 29 days ago

        GW7 looks a decent BB week for 4.5m+ defenders.

        BOU v SUN
        BHA v CPL
        FUL v HUL
        TOT v COV
        MCI v IPS

  16. tutankamun
    • 17 Years
    1 month, 29 days ago

    Telegraph Fantasy Football is live

  17. maltasi
    • 17 Years
    1 month, 29 days ago

    Arsenal being linked to Quansah today

    1. Holmes
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      If you cant get Konsa, get Quansah

    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      Surely one of Mosquera, White, Hincapie or Calafiori could partner Gabriel, ably?

  18. dshv
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 29 days ago

    Kinsky
    Gvardiol Mosquera Shaw
    Bruno Mbeumo Szobo Wirtz
    DCL Pedro Haaland

    Suggestions?

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      Doesn't look affordable, which is a good sign.

      I'd be wary of Gvardiol starts when NOR and Guehi are back.

  19. waltzingmatildas
    • 16 Years
    1 month, 29 days ago

    Which do you prefer?
    A) Sarr and Pedro
    B) Ndiaye and Thiago

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      Pedro and Ndiaye, honestly.

      1. The FPL Units
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        1 month, 29 days ago

        This

      2. waltzingmatildas
        • 16 Years
        1 month, 29 days ago

        Ha, I thought someone would say that. Not sure why but I'm really keen on Sarr and Thiago!

    2. Mr Turnip 1
      • 1 Year
      1 month, 29 days ago

      A

      Sarr is definitely better than Ndiaye

  20. Pompel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 29 days ago

    What's your strategy for your second goalkeeper on a BB:

    1) Have a playing £4.5 second keeper from bench (possibly also for rotation )

    2) Have a £4,0m back-up keeper (typically Dubravka) , i.e. can the £0.5 saved compensate for the points lost on BB?

    1. Holmes
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      If on BB, I would certainly have starting GKs.

    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      Funds aren't a problem if you go without Haaland; Lammens and Kinsky rotate well for a good while.

      Having Haaland and Bruno, means you can only really target the Coventry vs Hull game for a BB GW2. If you're going BB GW1 then I'd get Verbruggen.

      1. Pompel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        1 month, 29 days ago

        My current draft is based on BB GW2 with both Haaland and Bruno, targeting the Coventry Hull game. So those £ are precious, e.g it allows Gross over Gomes or Maguire over Shaw

        1. Mr Turnip 1
          • 1 Year
          1 month, 29 days ago

          It’s 3-4 points on BB for a decent 4.5 keeper. You can’t guarantee making that back with a 5.0 over a 4.5 defender unless it’s over a number of weeks. If you wanted to WC6 you might break even if you happen to pick the best 5.0

  21. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 29 days ago

    Preferred duo for the first three folks?? WC in 4

    A- Semenyo and Igor Jesus(will rotate him out in 2)
    B- JP and Szob

    Currently on A

    Cheers everyone!!

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      I think B + Semenyo, haha.

      1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 29 days ago

        Haha that’s doable tho for me, would mean just Gvardial down to a 4.0, and have White with with a 4.0 and three x 4.5s

  22. Twisted Saltergater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 17 Years
    1 month, 29 days ago

    Season Ticker

    I create one every year to help with defender and 8th attacker rotations. Feel free to download and tweak the fixture difficulty ratings as you see fit.

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/192tvM2IU8QzgMvWM--PwwozB-qdpe8KfcavSduUK-kE/edit?usp=sharing

    1. Pompel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      Awesome ! Saves me a lot of work setting up my Excel planner 🙂

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 17 Years
        1 month, 29 days ago

        I thought I'd use AI this year, and tried to get Copiot and ChatGPT to scrape the fixtures from the internet and create a 38 x 20 matrix. Neither could, weirdly, so I used the FDR tool on the official premier league site and saved that to a CSV file. AI was then able to import this to generate a fixture difficulty gradient based on where teams finished in the table last season. For the promoted teams, I asked the AI to treat them as finishing bottom in the PL.

        I thought it had all worked out, but noticed that the Ipswich (and only Ipswich!) had not been recognised as a promoted team. I also wanted to tweak the fixture difficulty dynamically based on how I think teams have strengthened or been weakened, so started over with vlookups and conditional formatting. 🙂

        1. Pompel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          1 month, 29 days ago

          Started on the same process yesterday trying to use Copilot to read snips from the fixture ticker and create Excel tables. Kind of worked, but didn't finalise it and now you beat me too it!

          1. Twisted Saltergater
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 17 Years
            1 month, 29 days ago

            Haha, no worried - enjoy! And let me know if you end up tweaking the fixture difficulty.

            1. Pompel
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              1 month, 29 days ago

              Now I just need to buy the membership to get access to the player ratings for my planner

  23. Holmes
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 29 days ago

    Holmes special, brought to you by attack attack chips...

    Lammens
    Rodon, Ajer, Mykolenko
    Bruno, Semenyo, Mbeumo, Gross
    Haaland, Isak, Brobbey

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      I really want to go Brobbey over DCL...

      That defence is excruciating to look at though 😀

      1. Holmes
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 29 days ago

        hehe. Trying to add couple of defcon defenders but really like this attack

    2. Kloppen Schloppen
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      Your bench must be rank haha

      1. Holmes
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 29 days ago

        possibly bunch of Covs and Ips 😀

    3. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      Any top tips?

      Besides the world cup, I've taken the summer off and have been watching some cricket

      Anything changed radically for this season?

      Or are people still picking the same old players and DCL? Who was admittedly alright at times last season!

      1. Holmes
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 29 days ago

        same old players with decent fixtures, no data to separate one player from other.

    4. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      For example, what's changed about Isak? His fitness?

  24. Kloppen Schloppen
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 29 days ago

    BB1. What do you reckon?

    Kinky / Verbrugg
    Cala / Shaw / Aina / Hume / Davis
    Bruno / Boomo / Wirtz / ELF / GroB
    Haaland / Pedro / DCL

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      1 month, 29 days ago

      I like the value you've found at the back. Aina is being sleeped on.

      I had ELF for a long spell last season, and frustratingly, Habib Diarra took penalties off him. I don't know the pecking order there, or even if Brobbey will have them this season.

      1. Jules-C
        1 month, 29 days ago

        Would probably look towards Ndiaye instead of ELF then!

      2. Kloppen Schloppen
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 29 days ago

        I thought general consensus is ELF is on pens and playing attacking 10 role, set pieces etc? seems value, but if he’s not on pens….First 2 fixtures are so good too. I can’t see me holding him longer term. Got my eye on Barnes as the $6m. Think Newcastle will be alright in attack and Barnes is a donger when he plays

    2. Jules-C
      1 month, 29 days ago

      I’m literally thinking about this line-up with Kluivert instead of ELF and van Ewijk instead of Davis. That would be for BB GW2. Currently on BB GW1 with:

      Lammens (Kinsky)
      Virgil Cala Maguire (Ajer Davis)
      Semenyo Mbeumo Wirtz Tzolis (GroB)
      Haaland JP DCL

      Which one do you reckon is the best?

      1. Jules-C
        1 month, 29 days ago

        Nevermind, Aina makes no sense for GW2 with LIV away

  25. Micah
    1 month, 28 days ago

    Finally ..I'm here ..