| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |
 Raya Martin
|
ARS | |
| No Change |
 Lammens
|
MUN | Vs |
| No Change |
 Verbruggen
|
BHA | |
| No Change |
 Pickford
|
EVE | Vs |
| No Change |
 Kinsky
|
TOT |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |
 Gabriel Magalhães
|
ARS | |
| No Change |
 van Dijk
|
LIV | |
| No Change |
 Mosquera
|
ARS | |
| No Change |
 Maguire
|
MUN | Vs |
| No Change |
 Gvardiol
|
MCI | |
| No Change |
 Tarkowski
|
EVE | Vs |
| No Change |
 Canvot
|
CRY | |
| No Change |
 Muharemovic
|
LEE | |
| No Change |
 Williams
|
NFO | |
| No Change |
 Ajer
|
BRE |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |
 Bruno Fernandes
|
MUN | Vs |
| No Change |
 Szoboszlai
|
LIV | |
| No Change |
 Mbeumo
|
MUN | Vs |
| No Change |
 Semenyo
|
MCI | |
| No Change |
 Wirtz
|
LIV | |
| No Change |
 Palmer
|
CHE | |
| No Change |
 Groß
|
BHA | |
| No Change |
 Ismaila Sarr
|
CRY | |
| No Change |
 Dewsbury-Hall
|
EVE | Vs |
| No Change |
 Gibbs-White
|
NFO | |
| No Change |
 Le Fée
|
SUN |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |
 Haaland
|
MCI | |
| No Change |
 João Pedro
|
CHE | |
| No Change |
 Calvert-Lewin
|
LEE | |
| No Change |
 Isak
|
LIV | |
| No Change |
 Thiago
|
BRE | |
| No Change |
 Brobbey
|
SUN | |
| No Change |
 Igor Jesus
|
NFO | |
| No Change |
 McBurnie
|
HUL |
FPLReactions
With the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Gameweek 1 deadline fast approaching, the final team reveals are coming in.
This time, we hear from Dan Wright, who you can find here on X. Dan has five top 10k finishes, which means he ranks 30th in our Career Hall of Fame.
Best DEF at £5.0m?
Maguire Muharemović Vušković
I went for Muharemovic
Can u rate my Team
Verbruggen
Calafiori VVD Maguire
Mbeumo Semenyo Tzolis Szoboszlai
Haaland Pedro DCL
And this BB
(Kinsky ,E.La fee, Muharemović ,O'Nien)
I prefer O'Reilly, Jacquet instead of VvD, Muharemovic
Team is pretty solid otherwise.
Jacquet still too risky surely
I think he'll start all of the first few. 9 defcons in 45 mins vs City as well. It's risk profile I guess but for me it's worth it.
Those 45mins were his first since February though! I think he looked class, hope he starts
This
really want Jacquet but he is not Naild yet
Great for a Non-Bruno team
thank u dude
Last seasons xG per 90 minutes for defenders*.
1) Riccardo Calafiori (ARS) 6.78
2) Joško Gvardiol (MCI) 6.03
3) Patrick Dorgu (MUN) 5.95
4) Malick Thiaw (NEW) 5.61
5) Jurriën Timber (ARS) 5.55
6) Gabriel Magalhães (ARS) 4.89
7) Marc Guéhi (TOT) 4.48
8) Yerson Mosquera (WOL) 4.29
9) Sepp van den Berg (BRE) 4.26
10) Daniel Ballard (SUN) 4.09
11) Mavropanos (WHU) 3.87
12) Pascal Struijk (LEE) 3.70
13) Virgil van Dijk (LIV) 3.60
14) Daniel Muñoz (CRY) 3.59
15) Maxence Lacroix (CRY) 3.26
16) Micky van de Ven (TOT) 3.21
17) Jan Paul van Hecke (BHA) 3.16
18) Chris Richards (CRY) 3.15
19) Michael Keane (EVE) 3.08
20) Jaydee Canvot (CRY) 3.07
*data generated by AI therefore requires fact checking - i'm not sure I believe VVD ranked 13th when he scored 6 goals.
Oh come on. Quite obvious that's not factual
Sorry the title is misleading. It's total xG for the whole season, calculated using xG per 90.
Data pulled from here: https://www.statmuse.com/fc/ask?q=defenders+most+xg+premier+league+2025%2F26
Witrz or Szob?
I'm on Szob
Both
Nah, that's overkill.
neither
Lads and Laddets
Opinions on this BB Gw 1 draft?
Kinsky Verbruggen
White Maguire Muharemovic Ajer Davis
Ampadu Schade Tzolis Mbeumo Bruno F
JP DCL Haaland
Hume
Or
Shaw
Hume as I have Maguire
Hume
Pick 1:
A) Bruno F and Sangare
B) Semenyo and Odegaard
For the first 5 gameweeks.
A
Are we talking about Forest's Sangare or Brentford's?
Brentford
A
A
S
B
I am out of Bruno's Bus
Which trio ?
A. Raya, Rodon and Shaw
B. Kinsky, Kerkez and Maguire
B but I wouldn't go for Kerkez yet.
Yeah fair who would you suggest instead ? Like the look of Liverpool’s fixtures and just tempted to punt on him I suppose not knowing who’s more nailed from Ajax/Araujo
Jacquet*
A
DCL or Igor Jesus?
Or is it better to downgrade elsewhere and get Igor Thiago instead?
On a non-Haaland Bench Boost GW 1.
Thiago is a better option than DCL, although Leeds' fixtures are slightly better short - mid term. It all depends on when you want to wildcard.
Thiago is £2.0m more than DCL and Leeds will be better than Brentford this season.
DCL
All set for No-Haaland, BB1!
Raya Verbruggen
Gabriel Calafiori Vuskovic Shaw Diop
BrunoF Mbeumo Semenyo Szobo Groß
JP Thiago DCL
Lammens Kinsky
Calafiori Muharemovic Vuskovic Palestra O'Nien
Bruno Wirtz Tzolis Mbeumo Semenyo
Isak Pedro DCL
.5itb
Any final upgrades?
No, very nice
Like it
Crikey, a lot of new articles appearing, is it a flurry or a slurry?, either way they're in a hurry.
Longest river in the great southern land?
Murray
I prefer to raise ideas and topics (O’Reilly, Arsenal defence etc) than post RMTs but if you’ll indulge me adding to the noise, what do you think of my (BB2) squad?
Kinsky
Calafiori Maguire Ballard
BrunoF Mbeumo Wirtz Tzolis
Haaland JP DCL
Rushworth Slater Thomas Van Ewijk
Trying to balance defcon and attacking threat in defence, then punting on open-play threats in midfield. Should I downgrade in midfield to safer picks like Ndiaye, Le Fee in order to bolster the defence?
Played with a BB1 but I prefer the distribution of funds with this set-up. Fixtures look decent, no plans to wildcard but always open to pivot.
Cheers
I’d probably look at Ballard to Hume and upgrade Slater to Gomez but that’s purely for BB and I suppose an extra option in that midfield for 0.5m more. Like the bravery of triple Cov defence on BB have just switched to it myself
Nice one, thank you. Yes, not entirely comfortable with Slater but hoping he might get defcon. Will monitor Gomez and Brighton tonight - he’s been in some drafts. In for a penny in for a pound with Cov! May not come off but feels like a risk I’m happy to take with two 4.0 defenders
Very similar to my BB2 draft so I like (I have Slob for Wirtz, Verb for Rushworth, Shaw for Maguire and Sangare (Bre) for Slater).
Cheers. Thats a nice redistribution of funds
I think this is it, BB GW 1 team
Have no plan beyond that
Verburggen Kinsky
Cala Muhra Maguire Hume O Shea
Bruno Mbuemo Tzolis Le Fee Sangare
Haaland JP DCL
Thoughts on Konsa? Will he go right in to 11? Thanks for reply
No way he starts today. But I think even by next week he could.
Today? What time zone are you in?
He is a Knight of Malta!
THere's a case for getting him straight away and gamble on him starting in a BB2
Happy to wait. Won’t play tomorrow, then it’s Villa and Chelsea. Come GW4, he’s an ideal option for jumping off Maguire or Ballard in my case.
As an Arsenal fan, I am SO tempted to get Saka in as a differential!
Do it, the game is all about fun. I’m a Liverpool fan with Szob and Wirtz. We can crash in flames together!
New here I somehow have 4 Coventry for GW2BB should I keep yh or into ridkyv
Sorry typo
At least you’ve turned up clothed, that is a big feather in your cap!
Three’s enough 🙂
I thought this then I have Awoniyi as my fourth Coventry now
Is there any nailed £5m - £5.5m Coventry mid worth considering as 8th attacker ?
If ? whoever scores against Arsenal would be a candidate transfer jump for the Hull fixture
Rushworth + one £4m defender is sufficient for BB2. Hull could even score ...
Coventry could well be McBurnied in GW2
Then again what’s more likely? - I have a week to decide with one free transfer to adjust
Hull will score against someone and Coventry one of the most likely candidates.
As unpredictable FPL is don’t be surprised if they score twice against Man U GW1 it’s all about the upside for me with my Coventry bench inlined for GW2BB
Muhamerovic or Ballard
Muha
On Ballard currently but wavering (its a close call!).
Muhamerovic
1. Thiago Hume
2. DCL Palestra/White (Got Calafiori)
I have 1 but 2 also looks good
So would you go 1?
It’s funny, after days/weeks of tinkering all it takes is a few “niggles” or injured in training comments in the PC’s later for us to make numerous changes
Thoughts on this BB1/WC3 draft?
Kinsky - Verbruggen
NOR - Califiori - Nico - Ajer - Davis
Bruno - Mbeumo - Semenyo - Tzolis - Ndiaye
Isak - Thiago - Pedro
*Should read Neco as in Wiliams
Orielly and Le fee
Or semenyo and Leif Davis
For rd1BB
If having to play Davis every week then NOR and ELF
No only for Bench boost rd1
Do we think saka will start gw1?
And so saka mbeumo
Better than brunoF ode?
Waiting for the PC later. I think it’s unlikely
Don't think Saka starts, can see his minutes being managed right up to GW4 or GW5
Isak will be essential this season form me....
9.0£ is Gold.
Going BB Week 1
Kinsky, Verbruggen
Gabriel, White, Rondon, Ballard, Maguire
Tzolis, Wirtz, Stach, Le Few, Mbuemo
Haaland, DCL, Pedro
Slightly worried there isn't enough upside in the midfield.
Am I the only one w De Cuyper?
1.7% ownership. Seems very low considering. Will see what happens tonight.
