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FPL General’s Gameweek 5 Wildcard team reveal

18 September 2026 609 comments
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Our team of contributors are returning as we count down to the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Gameweek 5 deadline.

This time, we hear from FPL General, who shares the thoughts behind his Wildcard team.

General, aka Mark, has three top 500 finishes to his name, as well as a further nine inside the top 50k. He currently sits at 99k in the world.

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FPL General’s Gameweek 5 Wildcard team reveal

Tripling your rank in Triple Captain week isn’t a fun experience! The Troops have just dropped from 33k to 99k. Cole Palmer (£9.7m) didn’t get the mega-haul I was hoping for against Hull City, but at least it wasn’t a Sadio Mané or Leroy Sané type of disaster.

Two free transfers brought in Palmer and Maxim De Cuyper (£4.9m) for Bruno Fernandes (£12.0m) and the injured Joe Rodon (£4.4m). I was torn between getting De Cuyper or moving Bryan Mbeumo (£7.9m) to Morgan Rogers (£7.7m).

In the end, I prioritised fixing the weakest area of my squad. In typical FPL fashion, the alternative route would’ve banked more points because there’d have been a Leif Davis (£4.0m) start. Grrrr! What a season the Ipswich left-back is having; he’s doing his best Leighton Baines impression (minus the penalties).

Meanwhile, the Antonin Kinsky (£4.5m) and Bart Verbruggen (£4.5m) goalkeeping rotation has returned two clean sheets out of three (surrounding the recent Free Hit). For the long term, Kinsky is the one I’m looking to set and forget.

As an owner of Ben White (£5.5m) and Martin Odegaard (£6.7m), Arsenal’s Saturday night win was painful, where David Raya (£6.0m) saved a penalty, and Bukayo Saka (£9.5m) netted his own. Thankfully, I was at Kevin Bridges in Glasgow with no phone signal! 

At least defender-cum-winger De Cuyper was able to do the business. He’s a gem, who I hope continues to play there during Gameweeks 6 and 7. 

Furthermore, a nod to Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£6.0m). The red arrow was looking much worse before he racked up 10 Monday night points.

Current Gameweek 5 Wildcard Draft

Wednesday’s concerning Joao Pedro (£7.8m) injury news was exactly the excuse I needed to activate a Wildcard, knowing I had just one free transfer and several other things to change.

Of course, having a squad refresh right before a three-week international break isn’t ideal timing. But it feels right for my squad. I’ve enjoyed being a bit more aggressive this season, though that’s me out of chips already.

This is where I’m currently at… 

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  1. Nightf0x
    • 11 Years
    10 hours, 10 mins ago

    Kinsky (verb)
    Cala konsa shaw* (ewjik hume)
    Ode bruno palmer schade (slater)
    Haland dcl pedro*

    which ??

    A) FH to 4 sels/donaroma/raya/pickford - munoz muhramovic/cala konsa 4 4 - mgw mbeumo saka palmer/rogers kdh/taver - 4.5 haland dcl/delap
    B) g2g, slater ewjik in if pedro shaw out
    C) hume/shaw -4 to aina/dedic/4.5 def.

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  2. Helia
    • 11 Years
    10 hours, 10 mins ago

    Bench Konsa?

    Kindly
    Munoz calafiori hall
    Rogers MGW szoboslai odegaard
    Isaak haaland(c) JP

    4.0 Konsa slater egan

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    1. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      10 hours, 8 mins ago

      Yup

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    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      10 hours, 4 mins ago

      Yes but he will score 😛

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      1. Helia
        • 11 Years
        10 hours ago

        Then hopefully JP doesn't play lol

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  3. Deulofail
    • 10 Years
    10 hours, 8 mins ago

    Good to go?

    Kinsky
    Gabriel Calafiori Munoz(c)
    Bruno(v) Palmer Rogers Szobo Schade
    Thiago Pedro*

    Palmer | Konsa, O'Shea, Egeli

    0 FTs. 1.5 ITB

    Maybe Egeli > Gonzalo next week

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    1. Helia
      • 11 Years
      10 hours, 7 mins ago

      I hope that Munoz (c) pays off for you. I thought it for a moment!

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      1. Deulofail
        • 10 Years
        10 hours, 5 mins ago

        I'm not committed yet. But I gotta move on with my day, so I might do that and forget to reconsider. Which is a great excuse to have fun and not blame myself

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        1. Helia
          • 11 Years
          10 hours, 2 mins ago

          It's a great fun pick for sure

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  4. chelseabrad
    • 11 Years
    10 hours, 8 mins ago

    got 3FT and 0.7 ITB, still got BB, FH & WC, likely wildcard in GW6.

    Raya (Dubravka)
    Gvardiol VVD Calafiori (Diop Thomas)
    Semenyo Mbuemo Szobo Tzolis (Slater)
    Haaland DCL J.Pedro

    A) Tzolis > KDH
    B) Roll
    C) Other?

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    1. Helia
      • 11 Years
      10 hours, 1 min ago

      Roll!

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  5. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    10 hours, 7 mins ago

    play konsa or de cuyper

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    1. Helia
      • 11 Years
      10 hours, 7 mins ago

      DC

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      1. Helia
        • 11 Years
        10 hours, 6 mins ago

        Kinda more likely clean sheet. But de cruyper attacking points. I think there will be some goals atleast

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    2. ShaunGoater123
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 hours, 4 mins ago

      De Cuyper.

      I think arsenal concede and De Cuyper OOP

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  6. ShaunGoater123
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 hours, 6 mins ago

    Below is my wildcard, I am just debating my final midfielder spot

    Kinsky
    Gvardiol / Calafiori / Munoz
    MGW / Saka / Rogers / ****
    Haaland / Pedro / Barry

    Leno / King / Konsa / Davis

    who do you prefer, bearing in mind I will bench next week to play King
    a) NDiaye - More of a minutes risk but roatets perfectly to allow King next week and then play in 3-5-2 GW7
    B) Barnes - Good fixtures, but benching headache next week vs King

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    1. Helia
      • 11 Years
      10 hours, 6 mins ago

      Barnes

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  7. TKC07
    • 7 Years
    10 hours, 6 mins ago

    2F, 0 itb
    A) Save 2FT for IB and start Mbeumo & Shaw (Davis sub)
    B) Mbeumo & Shaw to Rogers & Myko

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  8. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    10 hours, 4 mins ago

    Williams (COV) or Hall (HUL) for this week only?

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    1. Helia
      • 11 Years
      10 hours, 4 mins ago

      Williams

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      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        10 hours, 3 mins ago

        Ta

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      2. Pep Roulette
        • 8 Years
        10 hours, 3 mins ago

        This

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    2. Subzero (-4)
      • 12 Years
      10 hours, 1 min ago

      Williams

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  9. Helia
    • 11 Years
    10 hours, 4 mins ago

    I hope to one day be as patient as I tell other people to be when giving my opinion

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  10. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    10 hours, 3 mins ago

    Won't De Cuyper lose his place once Mitoma is back after international break?

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    1. potatoace
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 hours, 51 mins ago

      Yes, it will happen eventually

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  11. Nespinha
    • 10 Years
    10 hours, 3 mins ago

    undecided with 1FT, appreciate help.

    kinsky
    konsa, calafiori, hall
    bruno, rogers, tzolis, gross, sangare
    haaland (C), DCL

    subs: verbruggen, JP, Ajer, Shaw

    A) roll FT
    B) shaw --- mykolenko/williams
    C) free hit

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    1. Subzero (-4)
      • 12 Years
      10 hours ago

      Hard to say about free hit without knowing your strategy but for me the free transfer options look underwhelming and probably just worth keeping

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      1. Nespinha
        • 10 Years
        9 hours, 46 mins ago

        used TC, widlcard available but no plans to use it now.

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    2. Old Wulfrunian
      • 9 Years
      9 hours, 56 mins ago

      Is Pedro definitely out?ITB?

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      1. Nespinha
        • 10 Years
        9 hours, 46 mins ago

        1.0 ITB, I'm assuming he is out.

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  12. Subzero (-4)
    • 12 Years
    10 hours, 1 min ago

    No idea which path is best. 2fts and don’t currently have Haaland. Plan was to make the swap in 7 but not sure if it’s worth doing it this week. I can do Bruno and Isak - Haaland and Barnes/KDH?

    Other option is sboszli and mendy - Munoz and KDH/Barnes

    Current team

    Raya
    Konsa Hall Calafiori De cypher
    Sobozsli Palmer Roger’s MGW Bruno
    Isak

    Fodder JP mendy fodder

    1st move means having to play de cypher and no bench but I get Haaland?

    Currently leaning towards 2nd moves and captain MGW.

    Any thought as at a dead end with this?

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    1. Helia
      • 11 Years
      9 hours, 58 mins ago

      Bruno and Isak both could easily score higher than haaland this gameweek. But yeah it must be hard not having haaland

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      1. Subzero (-4)
        • 12 Years
        9 hours, 54 mins ago

        That’s what my gut is saying as well. I’m a Sunderland fan and we don’t often get battered off teams but not sure how we will be after playing Europe then prem.

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  13. Aaa
    • 12 Years
    10 hours, 1 min ago

    FH GTG?

    Donnaruma
    Tark/Munoz/Williams
    Bruno/MGW/Cherki/KDH
    Haaland/DCL/Wissa

    No real bench

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    1. Subzero (-4)
      • 12 Years
      9 hours, 58 mins ago

      Not fancy Barry instead of wissa? Ipswich seem way worse defensively. I know he’s a donkey but stars might align this game for him

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  14. davewg59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 hours, 1 min ago

    Hall v Hull
    or
    Tarko v Ipswich?

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    1. OptimusBlack
      • 13 Years
      10 hours ago

      Tarkoo

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  15. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    10 hours ago

    Just noticed bournemouth have outstanding fixtures, hilarious 3 out of 4 are red in fpl

    Liverpool, Chelsea, United - dreadful defences
    Arguably Sunderland at home their most difficult game

    Tavenier, Scott, Kluivert, Evanilson look good

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    1. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 hours, 54 mins ago

      Deffo WC condensation

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    2. potatoace
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 hours, 50 mins ago

      Noted.
      Tav is deffo on the radar.

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    3. JBG
      • 8 Years
      9 hours, 39 mins ago

      Yeah agree, considered Tav on WC, but went for Cherki, I know it's not same price range, but was between them

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  16. Not again Shirley
    • 9 Years
    9 hours, 59 mins ago

    Rogers and Saka or Mbeumo and Palmer?

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    1. Subzero (-4)
      • 12 Years
      9 hours, 56 mins ago

      That’s a really difficult one. A will likely tick over more consistently but B is way more likely to get the hauls. B for me but probably a coin flip over next 6 games anyway

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  17. Holmes
    • 12 Years
    9 hours, 59 mins ago

    hehehe

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  18. Inspector Norse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    9 hours, 58 mins ago

    Which mid combo?

    Saka - Palmer - Schade - Gross - MGW

    or

    Øde - Rogers - Bruno - Gross - MGW

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  19. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
    • 9 Years
    9 hours, 58 mins ago

    Does this look good to go?

    Verbruggen
    Calafiori Gvardiol Justin
    Palmer MGW(C) Rogers Cherki
    Haaland Pedro* Barry

    McNally Groß DeCuyper Ajer

    0FT

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    1. PascalCygan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      9 hours, 57 mins ago

      Yes, like the captain pick

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  20. PascalCygan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    9 hours, 58 mins ago

    Which option on WC?

    A) Barnes + DCL + money in the bank to get Pedro back
    B) Palmer + 4.5 forward
    B) Palmer + DCL and downgrade Tarkowski to Mykolenko

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  21. Cojones of Destiny
    • 8 Years
    9 hours, 57 mins ago

    first sub in case JP no show
    a. Egan (New)
    b. Slater (New)
    c. Thomas (Nfo

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  22. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    9 hours, 57 mins ago

    Fpl ruining the Brighton kit makes me want to sell their players lol

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  23. AD105
    • 10 Years
    9 hours, 57 mins ago

    How much longer is De Cuyper a (good) option do we think?

    Contemplating De Cuyper to Muharemovic given the JP news - would mean I could play Muharemovic over Gross this week

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    1. GoonerSteve
      • 16 Years
      9 hours, 50 mins ago

      I've been contemplating the same move or alternatively Neco Williams.

      I have a feeling De Cuyper will punish me if I do it though.

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  24. Michelle Davin
    • 9 Years
    9 hours, 55 mins ago

    Dont you guys agree that MGW is overpriced at 8M playing for a mid table team?

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    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 13 Years
      9 hours, 53 mins ago

      It doesn’t matter if they are mid-table or near the top, he is heavily involved in most of Forest attacks and he consistently produces.

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    2. DeSelby
      • 4 Years
      9 hours, 51 mins ago

      No.

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      1. Michelle Davin
        • 9 Years
        9 hours, 50 mins ago

        Ok,im sold

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  25. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 13 Years
    9 hours, 54 mins ago

    a) Start O’Shea

    or

    b) JP > DCL (-4)

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    1. Michelle Davin
      • 9 Years
      9 hours, 50 mins ago

      not B

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  26. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    9 hours, 54 mins ago

    Is this worth a WC? New players in capitals:

    Kinsky
    Calafiori | NECO | HALL
    Bruno | Palmer | MGW | Kdh | Groß
    Haaland | DCL

    Dubravka | Davis | EGAN | Walle Egeli

    Players going:
    Joao Pedro
    Cherki
    Shaw
    Hume
    Thomas

    Thanks

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  27. MannionUK
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    9 hours, 54 mins ago

    Got 2FT

    Pedro & Szbosz to
    DCL & Gibbs-White?

    Or play Konsa instead and have 3FT for international break

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  28. Sex and drugs and Carlton C…
    • 10 Years
    9 hours, 54 mins ago

    Barnes or KDH? Still have my WC so would be short/mid term.

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  29. Gorky
    • 11 Years
    9 hours, 52 mins ago

    A) Elanga & Szob to MGW and King for a -4
    B) Elanga to King
    C) Elanga to Barnes

    Feel like MGW will more than make back the 4 point outlay

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  30. WibblesTeam
    • 9 Years
    9 hours, 52 mins ago

    Shaw replacements? De Cuyper the best right?

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    1. Gorky
      • 11 Years
      9 hours, 50 mins ago

      Probably not for much longer. Mitoma back soon.
      How much you got to spend?

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      1. WibblesTeam
        • 9 Years
        9 hours, 44 mins ago

        5.4m, wildcard next GW, Munoz for a punt then?

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        1. Gorky
          • 11 Years
          9 hours, 40 mins ago

          Yeh definitely

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