| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | C |
| No Change |  Alisson | LIV | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Donnarumma | MCI | C, Vs, Sus |
| No Change |  Ramsdale | NEW | C |
| No Change |  Sels | NFO | B |
| No Change |  Dubravka | BUR | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Muñoz | CRY | A, Sus |
| No Change |  Jurriën Timber | ARS | C |
| No Change |  O’Reilly | MCI | B, Vs |
| No Change |  de Ligt | MUN | B, Inj |
| No Change |  Thiaw | NEW | A |
| No Change |  Andersen | FUL | B |
| No Change |  Milenkovic | NFO | B |
| No Change |  van Hecke | BHA | A, £ |
| No Change |  Mukiele | SUN | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Saka | ARS | A |
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | B |
| No Change |  Foden | MCI | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Semenyo | BOU | C |
| No Change |  Gakpo | LIV | B, Vs, Rest |
| No Change |  Minteh | BHA | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Guimarães | NEW | A |
| Up |  Schade | BRE | C |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | A, £ |
| Down |  Fernández | CHE | B |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | A, Vs |
| Up |  Thiago | BRE | A |
| Down |  Mateta | CRY | C |
| No Change |  Welbeck | BHA | C, Rest |
| No Change |  Woltemade | NEW | B |
jackbrennz With the countdown on to Gameweek 1, we’ll be getting a flurry of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) team reveals from our pundits, contributors, Hall of Famers and more.
First up, last year’s world number two! Jack Brennan, aka jackbrennz, finished just 23 points off the covered first place in 2024/25 after a superb campaign.
And here’s his current draft, complete with defensive contribution (DC) magnets and the newest £4.0m goalkeeper and £4.5m forward playthings…
Template
What team should I pick to win the whole thing outright?
The one we cannot see 🙂
The one which contains those players that score the most points.
This is great advise.
Raya - Pickford
Gvardiol - Gabriel - Van Dijk - Ait-Nouri - Cucurella
Salah - Saka - Palmer - Fernandes - Wirtz
Haaland - Watkins - Isak
Should do it
Difficult to see where the money’s gone.
What would you do
Salah + 1 other from Wirtz/Gakpo/Ekitike
All 3 of Wirtz + Gakpo + Ekitike
Any ideas would be welcomed
Salah + one other. If you triple up and then let's say Frimpong is a must have it's going to cost you 2 transfers to do that move.
*2 thumbs-up gif*
Good to go?
Sels (Dubravka)
Ait-Nouri AWB De Cuyper (Konsa, Esteve)
Palmer Wirtz Fernandes Anderson (KDH)
Haaland (C) Watkins Fullkrug
Yes absolutely
Good to go, but I would play KDH over Anderson.
Any reason why Nunes isn’t getting much love? (MCI)
Isn't he a rotation risk with Lewis?
1) Pep
2) Roulette
Sesko at 7.5! Anyone considering?
You can get him cheaper with a clubcard.
After a few weeks
Not yet, no.
He's on my watchlist though.
Yes. But not for GW1.
Underpriced
Nah, he didn't score a ton in that easy league, and now he's on a team fighting to stay up in the Premier League.
All I want to know is how long is a piece of string. More confused than ever this season.
A Haaland
B Salah
? Who are you starting with?
B
Both!
A
Still so divided. I feel a bit sick. Can get a better team with Haaland.
Surely with so much new, great attack at pool the goals/assists will be more divided.
Less so at citeh - citeh have nicer fixtures too.
Damn this game
I’ve similar thinking to you, there looks to be better options with Haaland in and backing up with other Liverpool midfielders than vice versa. I’m not brave enough to go without either so opted for a Haaland draft (admittedly a bit light in defence, but where’s the fun in investing in defenders):
Verbruggen/Dubravka
Tosin/Diouf/VDV/Guehi/Rodon
Palmer/Saka/Wirtz/Gakpo/Reijnders
Haaland/Watkins/Guiu
A
A. Though it is a short hop and two transfers to B if needed.
Sorry. That should have read B. Probably makes no difference either way.
Both is the way!
Verb Dub
VVD VDV DeCuyper Rodon NWilliams
Salah Wirtz Palmer Anderson Reij
Watkins Pedro Guiu
2m itb, what would you upgrade?
was saving it to upgrade one of anderson/reij to Rogers
Maybe Guiu for Fulkrug and use the other 0.5 somewhere else or save it for upgrades once things are more clear
Yeah I'd use it on Anderson
I'd go for a 5m goalkeeper, either Sels or Sanchez.
Thoughts on this team brothers? Tried to have a balanced team without too many risks.
Sanchez
VVD, Tarkowski, Murillo
Salah, Palmer, Gakpo, Paquetá, Anderson
Watkins, Pedro
Dubravka, Lacroix, Esteve, Guiu
Just sold my car, to Lucas Paqueta!
Ha, think he’ll have a great season with the charges cleared
He could well do yeah.
Watkins or Gyokeres?
Watkins
Has a great record vs Newcastle
Watkins until Arsenal's fixtures improve.
Watkins to start
Think I'm settled on my team. What would you rate it out of 10?
Sels
Tosin - Diouf - De Cuyper
(S)alah - Palmer - Bruno - Minteh
Pedro - Bowen - Watkins
Dubravka, Dorgu, Esteve, King
7
Not keen on the defence and Fernandes.
Thanks. I could do Bruno to Wirtz and upgrade the defence with 0.5. It would probably be Tosin>Aina
Would go for that personally
Tyson Fury FC
xD
Can I borrow a feeling?
Sels
Cucurella Milenkovic Diouf
Saka Palmer Wirtz Rutter* Reijnders
Watkins (C) Gyökeres
Dubravka Evanilson Munoz Hartman
* Could easily be Minteh come deadline.
Sure, but I would need it back by Thursday afternoon.
As for the team, I'd go for Sanchez and Milenkovic / Murillo, as you would save 0.5m whilst covering the same defences.
It’s not about coverage when you look at cucus stats.
Cucurella is there because he's arriving in the box for practically every Chelsea attack, mate. I watched the Chelsea v Milan game instead of the Community Shield.
No Salah or Haaland and there’s still a West Ham defender in there! Love the Rutter punt.
Sels
Cucu Frimpong RAN
Palmer Saka Bruno Wirtz Reijnders
Watkins Pedro
I only need to play Diouf twice until WC, to be fair. I like him cause he's effectively a winger with a decent delivery.
Don’t get me wrong he’s a good budget option but he’s no Frimpong and I’d want a Pool def especially with no Salah in case they fire!
A: Bowen I.Sarr Dorgu
B: J.Pedro Rogers Dorgu
C: Fulkrug Rogers Frimpong
Sels 4.0
Cucurella De Cuyper Diouf xxx Esteve
Salah Bruno Reijnders Palmer xxx
Watkins xxx Guiu
Why do people ask for Rate My Teams underneath articles like this? Is there not a better forum for it?
This is the way
there used to be a RTM post years ago I think. however what people post on fpl does not need to be relevant to the articles. to begin with, I cannot see the article as I am not a member 🙂
rmt even 🙂
The RMT thread on the FantasyPL subreddit
oh cheers. i am not on social media at all but consider reddit. is it a good platform?
I wouldn't class it as 'social media' as much as a news aggregator - you can just follow a load of subreddits for things you're interested in and not engage in any of the comments if you want to.
thank you 🙂
Team after lots of chopping and changing , maybe a little template.
Like to hear your thoughts
Sanchez
VVD VDV williams
Salah Palmer Bruno Reindeer i.Sarr
Watkins Pedro
Dubz Guiu Richards esteve
i have just posted about williams. they're looking for a new full back apparently
Are they not trying to sign a left back
Murillo or Milenkovic?
i 'thinkl' murillo is better for dc points but milen more attacking returns
Forest fan and am tempted more by Tark than our CB’s.
why is that? cheers
Just think Everton better team than forest potentially this season. Feel free to go against what I say though as my thoughts are probably swayed being a forest fan.
As others have rightly said, forest attack not great so they may try and play to grind out a low scoring result. Which would mean either CB a good option.
I might try to fit both tark and a forrest cb 🙂
Keep swapping between the two and not sure why any more. Murillo looks like he'll get more DC, Milenkovic seems more of an attacking threat (with slightly less DC) going on last year's data. Forest don't seem to be banging then in yet, so maybe Murillo.
Which option would you prefer for the first 2 GWs only?
A) Zubimendi (mun + LEE) + Palmer (CPL + whu) + Dewsbury-H (lee)
B) Odegaard (mun + LEE) + Gakpo (BOU + new) + Reijnders (wol)
Perchance you could say why?
A
I think Ode attacking output has dropped off
And B depends on how involved Gakpo will be
Cheers. I'm hoping for an uptick in attacking output from Odegaard, maybe playing more centrally when Zubi joins the attack and Rice stays back. But there is more risk/unknown on the B side with Gakpo and Reijnders. I'll stick with A for now then, thanks again!
If Rogers misses first 4 gws isn’t Buendia a steal at 5.5?
I thought his injury wasn't serious?
Is he expected to miss 4 GW's?
Probably, but so would Malen.
Would love thoughts and feedback!
Sels (Dubravka)
Frimpong, Murillo, RAN (Wan Basaka, Eateve)
Palmer, Wirtz, Saka, Reijnders (Dewsbury-Hall)
Watkins, Bowen, Joao Pedro
Decent I would say. Clearly the omission of both Salah and/or Haaland could bite you but that’s a well balanced team.
Personally believe both premiums are overpriced for what they can return and viable alternatives available.
Who will be Chelsea's starting CB's if all are fit?
Only locked in players atm:
Sels Murillo Salah KDH Watkins J.Pedro
nice. i am not sure about pedro's mins. i have salah kdh and watkins from your list. and will probably buy murillo instead of frimpong
Thoughts on Reijnders off the start?
Any love for Kerkez (apart from his wife)?
Any thoughts?
Verbruggen Areola
RAN Cucurella Tarkowski Diouf AWB
Palmer Saka Wirtz Zubimendi KDH
Gykores Ekitike Pedro
GW1: BB
GW2: Save
GW3: FH
GW4: WC
GW5: Save
GW6: 5FTs available (theoretically) for Arsenal fixture swing rejigification
Do you still get the FT for the weeks that you FH and WC? I thought these didnt get added to the Bank, if so youd have only 3 FT at GW6
You are right. GW8 would be 5FTs then. I just want some for GW7 when Arsenal fixtures turn for the better.
Yeah, they roll but don't accumulate
At least that was the case last season
Some more tinkering later...
Sels | Dubravka
Ait-Nouri | Williams | Van de Ven | Diouf | De Cuyper
Salah | Wirtz | Reijnders | Palmer | Dewsbury-Hall
Pedro | Watkins | Fullkrug
(BB of course.)
Unsure of: 5.5-6.0 def, fifth def, fifth mid. Any better options?
v nice. i am also tempted by fullkrug
How likely is Dubravka to start?
We don't know
Week 1 maybe 50-50, maybe lower.
Later on he could be more secure for this season.
Thanks, so not really an option for a BB unless you plan to save your WC a long time and don't want to lose 0.5 in that position each week (though in that case, might be better to save BB)
I wouldn't BB this week.
If I had to guess I'd say Dub doesn't feature in gw1.
We would need some positive news to suggest otherwise.
This is another issue. The safe option might be Ait-Nouri down to Murillo, shuffling Williams across to another 5.0, then upgrading to Perri or Kelleher.
I see some content creators have transitioned from bench boost teams, to no bench boost, without even mentioning it, lol.
FPL Fan has been going on about BB in GW1 for the last month and a half, and then a few days ago, the BB team is magically gone like it never existed.
Sure people can change their minds, but when you pretend you are going do something and try to persuade your fanbase to do it, with garbage reasoning, you should probably follow it through, or at least hold your hands up and admit when you change your mind.
What was the garbage reasoning? Would you say BB1 is a bad idea then?
BB1 has its merits. But he put about 6-8 pros for it and only listed 3 cons, and one of them was a pro disguised as a con. When in reality there about ten cons to playing it in game week 1.
Any chance Ndiaye is now Evertons forward ? Can't see Grealish going to Everton to sit on the bench. LW has always been his best position. And surely Everton haven't just brought KDH, to sit on the bench either in the cam role.
For most Premier League teams it's a squad game, add in a few injuries and they'll all be needed.
Following this train of thought, Barry won't be sitting on the bench either.
Dewsbury Hall as an 8 seems the most possible scenario, but it will probably take some time before Grealish is match fit.
New CF signing Barry
- Barry hasn't been bought in as 5th/6th (I believe) most expensive signing in the clubs history to be benched, either.
- The Athletic said they expect KDH to be an 8, replacing Garner.
- Grealish will get his LW, Ndiaye will go CAM. I'd imagine they'll interchange to keep tea.s guesdinhm
Teams guessing*
It wasnt long ago people still expected Beto to play over Barry.
I can see KDH, dropping Deeping like most of you have said. Then we still have Alcaraz and Mcneil to fit in.
I didn't see the quote, but Moyes was apparently scathing of Beto recently, said he wasn't up to the required standards or something.
Alcaraz and McNeil are decent rotation options. McNeil has the issue of being painfully one-footed, though.
Especially if they did pay something like a £12 million loan fee.
That is pretty high until the end of May.
I'm trying to work out if Ndiaye is now a worse or better pick with the Grealish move.
You will know better than most if you're a Villa fan? Did he clash with the number 10 at Villa while at LW? How did Villa set-up?
Villa was slightly different, our team was built around Grealish. Everything went through him and he had more of a free roaming position, rather than a set LW, CAM role. Also when we had Grealish, the rest of the team weren't the best.
Is Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall better for assist and goal potential than any of the 5.5m options?
Will he score more this season than say a Caicedo, along with his defensive contributions etc?
I would like to figure this out, particularly for GW1 (BB). My gut says Reijnders would be better, but there's the chance he won't start. Everton just don't like scoring, so I'm not keen on putting unfounded faith in their attack.
Yeah
I have him too ... Reijnders
Gone a bit budget in midfield to squeeze in 3 starting strikers
The Grealish move is now steering me away from him.
Sels
Frimpong - Wan-Bissaka - Van de Ven
Salah - Palmer - Fernandes - Rice - Kudus
Pedro - Watkins
Dubravka - Cuiu - Moreno - Esteve
Feels wrong to have no Man City?
v nice team
Moreno is a wasted plauer
