Zophar's FPL Gameweek 1 team reveal: Salah + Wirtz, no Bruno

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GW16 Captain Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
O'Reilly	MCI	5.2m	111.9%	Very Likely
Gordon	NEW	7.2m	98.6%	Likely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	93.7%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.2m	66.8%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.4m	77.5%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	75.4%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	78.2%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	77.4%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	77.9%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	76.1%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	70.6%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	68.3%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	68.2%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	64.6%	Unlikely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.1m	52.1%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	62.0%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	59.5%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	56.9%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	57.4%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	55.1%	Unlikely
Rúben	MCI	5.6m	52.2%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	53.7%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	48.4%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.7m	23.3%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.2m	19.0%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	48.9%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	48.1%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.2m	44.4%	Unlikely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.5m	46.1%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	43.9%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	42.6%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	42.3%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	40.8%	Unlikely
Chukwueze	FUL	5.3m	44.0%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	42.1%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	41.3%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	37.4%	Unlikely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	37.6%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	37.3%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.1m	26.1%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Barnes	NEW	6.4m	123.8%	Very Likely
Saliba	ARS	6.0m	122.1%	Very Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	120.1%	Very Likely
Senesi	BOU	5.0m	117.4%	Very Likely
Grealish	EVE	6.6m	113.0%	Very Likely
J.Arias	WOL	5.0m	106.1%	Very Likely
Hato	CHE	4.7m	104.8%	Very Likely
Patterson	SUN	4.3m	104.8%	Very Likely
Ayari	BHA	4.9m	102.6%	Very Likely
Steele	BHA	4.3m	103.2%	Very Likely
J.Murphy	NEW	6.1m	101.3%	Very Likely
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	102.4%	Very Likely
Walker-Peters	WHU	4.3m	102.1%	Very Likely
Walker	BUR	4.4m	99.2%	Likely
Aznou	EVE	4.3m	101.6%	Very Likely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.3%	Maybe
Bates	EVE	4.4m	98.2%	Maybe
Toti	WOL	4.3m	97.5%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	97.4%	Maybe
Agbadou	WOL	4.3m	93.5%	Maybe
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	95.8%	Maybe
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	97.2%	Maybe
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	95.3%	Maybe
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	93.9%	Maybe
H.Bueno	WOL	4.4m	93.9%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.9m	91.0%	Unlikely
Zubimendi	ARS	5.3m	93.9%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	92.5%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	91.2%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	91.6%	Unlikely
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	90.8%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	91.4%	Unlikely
Bobb	MCI	5.2m	91.4%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	88.8%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	88.9%	Unlikely
Yarmoliuk	BRE	5.0m	87.6%	Unlikely
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	89.3%	Unlikely
Gunn	NFO	4.0m	88.8%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	88.8%	Unlikely

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FPL Fixture Ticker

Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Sus
Up	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:16am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Inj
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Up	Andersen	FUL	C
Up	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
Up	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:28am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	B
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Szoboszlai	LIV	C
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:34am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	C
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	B
Down	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:43am

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Zophar’s FPL Gameweek 1 team reveal: Salah + Wirtz but no Bruno

14 August 2025 697 comments

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With the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Gameweek 1 deadline just a day away, our pundits are sharing their teams with us.

Here, eight-time top 10k finisher Zophar talks us through three-way defensive rotation and reasons for overlooking Bruno Fernandes (£9.0m).

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TBL
4 months, 20 hours ago
A) Wilson (rotation risk maybe? but 5 goals pre-season)
B) Anderson (lower risk but lower reward?)
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1. Fifa las vegas
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Gone for Wilson to start with anyway myself
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2. Bank$y
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  I’d rather Fullkrug than Wilson, think he’s more likely to start
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3. Kiwivillan
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Who is Wilson rotating with? I thought he was safe pick. ESR more rotation risk by sound of it
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#1 Salah Hater
4 months, 20 hours ago
Lost on last page. Any thoughts on this BB1 team would be appreciated:

Sanchez // (Verbrug)
Aina - Neco - Porro // (VDV, Diouf)
Wirtz - Palmer - Reijnders - Gakpo // (KDH)
Watkins Haaland // (Fullkrug)
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1. TallestJohn
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  The bench itself looks very good and the team looks good enough you probably won't need an immediate wildcard.
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IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
4 months, 20 hours ago
Dubravka starting? I'm BBing if he seems to be

Sels Dubravka
Cucurella Frimpong RAN Porro Rodon
Palmer Bruno Wirtz Reijnders PMSarr
Watkins Ekitike Pedro
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1. Wet Bandits
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  I'm after the same answer!
  
  Have 1mil ITB, so could upgrade, but rather keep the transfer banked!
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Dynamic Duos
4 months, 20 hours ago
Top 2 5.5m def then for you all?
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1. Moxon
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Murillo & Porro
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  1. The FPL Units
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    This
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2. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Porro Milenkovic
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3. g40steve
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Was on Munoz & Cucu, swapped Munoz to Milenkovic now unsure, first couple games not easiest!
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Emiliano Sala
4 months, 20 hours ago
It seems haaland-over-salah teams are getting more and more popular
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1. Yes Ndidi
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  I know. It's very annoying. Worst case we'll all be wrong together.
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Skout
4 months, 20 hours ago
Think I’m done! Thoughts?

Vebruggen
Porro Milenkovic Diouf
Salah Palmer Wirtz Kudus Ndiaye
Watkins Bowen

Dubravka Guiu Reinildo Esteve
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1. gers23
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Great team
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Mesh
4 months, 20 hours ago
A. Porro & Kudus
B. VdV & Rogers
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gers23
4 months, 20 hours ago
GTG?

Sels

Cucarella Murillo Porro

Palmer Wirtz Gakpo Fernades

Pedro Bowen Watkins

Dubravka VDV Diouf Dewsbury
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1. statenisland
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Yes 100%.
  Looking sweeeeeeet
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2. nico05
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Nice team, no salah/haaland does give lovely balance
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  1. gers23
    4 months, 19 hours ago
    Thanks guys
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Moon Dog
4 months, 20 hours ago
One of Kelleher or Dubravka will surely start. Surely.
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1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Famous last words
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2. Tonyawesome69
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  I don't think I want to pay 5.0m for Sels/Sanchez so Petrovic v Kelleher + Dubravka 4.0m
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  1. nico05
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    Considering the same Tony
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3. Ball Ake
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Not necessarily, and don't call me Shirley
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Fishface
4 months, 20 hours ago
Does anyone think Grelish is worth looking at now he’s at Everton and only 6.5 or am just way off the mark.
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1. Eightball
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  He is firmly in the wait and see category for me. If he can find his form that he had at Villa in a free role he could be gold at 6.5m but I won't be starting with him in GW1.
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  1. Fishface
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    In the same boat. Defo worth considering.
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  2. nico05
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    This
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2. Moon Dog
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  He might be in a few weeks, but not yet. He hasn't played a minute of pre-season.
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3. Tonyawesome69
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Assess after first IB
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  1. Ball Ake
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    Top banana advice. Could be a bargain at 6.5, especially if he plays as a 10 but a wait and see
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4. Kiwivillan
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Not being salty but guy gave up on football long ago so I'd want to see change first
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Eightball
4 months, 20 hours ago
Decided to go with Haaland over Salah, could backfire but thats the choice ive made. Here is the team:

Sanchez Dubravka
Porro N.Williams Diouf Esteve Konsa
Palmer Wirtz Bruno Reijinders KDH
Haaland Watkins Fulkrug

A) Watkins + Reijinders
B) Joao Pedro + Rogers

Wish I could get 0.5m to upgrade Williams to Milenkovich but don't really see where I can get that.
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1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  B
  
  Why? Williams is the best 5.0 and underpriced compared to Milenkovic and Murillo imo
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  1. SalahFingers
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    Why not Aina?
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    1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      4 months, 20 hours ago
      Williams better DefCon
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      1. SalahFingers
        4 months, 20 hours ago
        ah I keep forgetting about DC. Thanks
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      2. Ball Ake
        4 months, 20 hours ago
        Think I prefer Aina, Williams more injury prone plus Notts F reportedly looking at bringing in a new left back
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    2. Kiwivillan
      4 months, 20 hours ago
      Worst of the 4 for DC, Baps, xGI
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      1. SalahFingers
        4 months, 20 hours ago
        He would have been top forest defense last season easily if he wasn't injured.
        
        I didn't think about DC though. Thanks.
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        Kiwivillan
        4 months, 20 hours ago
        I'm going on per 90. Was wrong about Baps he was 2nd
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  2. Eightball
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    Milenkovic and Murillo just more stable route to points with DC. Plus once europe starts up I think they will be that little bit more nailed. But alas I don't have the money so Williams is fine.
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2. abaalan
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Going similar. Currently on Gakpo and Mateta instead of Bruno and Fulk
  
  Guessing you'll rotate between Fulkrug, KDH, Reijnders?
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  1. Eightball
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    Yes, that's the plan.
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Bod
4 months, 20 hours ago
Is Rogers looking like he’ll start now?
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1. Eightball
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  He is back in training.
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Little Frank
4 months, 20 hours ago
So my team boils down to:
a. Sanchez, Andersen, Wirtz, Fulkrug
b. Sels, Cuccurella, Reijnders, Pedro

Which one?
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1. statenisland
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  B. But Sanchez over Sels
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2. abaalan
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  A
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3. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  B, not close
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4. g40steve
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Easy B
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Davido989
4 months, 20 hours ago
RMT 🙂

Verbruggen
Porro Murillo Andersen
Salah Palmer Bruno Wirtz Reijnders
Watkins Fullkrug

Dubravka Richards Esteve Guiu
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1. statenisland
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Love the midfield, don’t like Fullkrug
  
  Would you entertain Salah to Kudus and Fullkrug to Haaland?
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  1. Davido989
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    No chance I go without Salah!
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    1. statenisland
      4 months, 20 hours ago
      I know. I’ve wrestled with it, painstakingly. But I’m doing it, especially after that atrocious performance at the weekend
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      1. Davido989
        4 months, 20 hours ago
        One performance doesn't change him being the greatest asset in FPL history
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        Kiwivillan
        4 months, 20 hours ago
        It's more than one performance though. I'm probably going to chicken out at start with him but blank wouldn't shock me
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2. nico05
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Like it. Reijnders longer term an issue maybe and how nailed is Fulkrug? other than that nice teas
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  1. Davido989
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    Ideally want to get Fullkrug to Mateta but that means no Murillo and Porro
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  2. statenisland
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    Reijnders - I’ve got a feeling he’ll be the breakout player of the season. Worth a punt at 5.5
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SalahFingers
4 months, 20 hours ago
Who would your choice of
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1. Moon Dog
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Ice cream?
  
  Rum 'n' Raisin
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  1. SalahFingers
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    Vanilla for life.
    
    But never use a less than sign in a comment or the above will happen.
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    1. Moon Dog
      4 months, 20 hours ago
      I forgot about Pralines & Cream Haagan Daaz... S-tier!
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  2. Ball Ake
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    Mint Choc Chip, every day and twice on Sunday
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    1. SalahFingers
      4 months, 20 hours ago
      ok, this I agree with.
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2. SalahFingers
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  oops, comment fail
  
  Who would your choice of less than 6 mill midfielder be?
  
  A) Caicedo
  B) A Ramsey
  C) Anderson
  D) Reijnders
  E) P.M.Sarr
  F) KDH
  G) Xhaka
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  1. Moon Dog
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    F.
    
    DefCons & Set Pieces. Delicious 😛
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    1. SalahFingers
      4 months, 20 hours ago
      Ah, that's why people are picking him. Yeah he's nice and cheap, thanks
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      1. Moon Dog
        4 months, 20 hours ago
        From what I've read he's well known for his stamina and set pieces. That screams 90 mins to me. Everton have struggled for set piece delivery. He got 12 goals and 14 assists in the Championship for Leicester.
        
        He was amazing against Roma the other day. Moyes said after how much of step up in quality he is. Will start over Garner as the 8 most likely.
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  2. statenisland
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    D definitely. Tore up Serie A last season, MotM against Palermo. Looks a steal at 5.5
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    1. SalahFingers
      4 months, 20 hours ago
      Definitely looks good to have a cheap Man City player, but who knows how he'll do. A cheap KDB maybe?
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  3. Kiwivillan
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    Stach being slept on
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    1. SalahFingers
      4 months, 20 hours ago
      I guess people aren't expecting much from Leeds in the prem.
      
      I just don't like Arsenal and Newcastle in their first 3 games is all. I've added him to my watchlist though, thanks
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    2. Ball Ake
      4 months, 20 hours ago
      We've all been to a party like that
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Pep Roulette
4 months, 20 hours ago
If I don't do any transfers until GW4 and use my wildcard, how many transfers would I have in GW5?
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1. Kiwivillan
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Eleventy seven
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2. Sun God Nika
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  6.9
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3. Tonyawesome69
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  GW2: 1FT
  GW3: 2FT
  GW4: WC
  GW5: 2FT
  
  "Please note that when playing either a Wildcard or your Free Hit chip, any saved free transfers are retained for the following Gameweek. If you had 2 saved free transfers, you will still have 2 saved free transfers the Gameweek after playing the chip."
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  1. Pep Roulette
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    Cheers mate
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4. Ball Ake
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  43
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Royal5
4 months, 20 hours ago
Does a 4.0 defender exist?
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1. Davido989
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Rodon, Esteve, Reinildo, Hartman, Gudmundson
  
  And a risky Heaven
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  1. Moon Dog
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    I'd add Alderate to that. He'll be 1st choice CB for Sunderland, so probably better DefCons than Reinildo. Slight risk for GW1.
    
    I think Shaw is clear above Heaven atm for LCB.
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2. abaalan
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Plenty from promoted teams. Rodon, Esteve, Gudmunsson, most SUN i guess?
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3. Kiwivillan
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Heaps from promoted teams
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4. Jimmers
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Gudmunsson, Rodon at Leeds
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5. Royal5
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Thanks all!
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  1. nico05
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    Wow are all of these nailed, had no idea there were so many tbh
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Wet Bandits
4 months, 20 hours ago
Why Reijnders over Cherki?

Cherki seems like a nice differential?
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1. Davido989
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Because Reijnders is cheaper
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  1. Wet Bandits
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    So we are convinced they are much of the same player... it's just the price point.
    
    If you had 6.5 ITB would you go Cherki over Reijnders. Or Bank the 1mil?
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2. Kiwivillan
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Cherki seems more rotation risk while Rodri out
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3. Club-De-Belon
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  1 mil less
  deeper role (a solo DM or double pairing DM - likely later in the season) so DC potential increased
  impressed in pre season
  
  e.g. I avoid and have Cherki on watchlist for later (wait and see)
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4. Ball Ake
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Reijnders is more a box to box , I actually think he's more nailed when Rodri plays to cover the space he vacates, not sure Pep trusts Gonzalez positional discipline yet
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Wirtz Nightmare
4 months, 20 hours ago
Team reveal!!!

Sanchez
Vvd Vdv Williams
Salah Bruno Palmer Reindeer I.Sarr
Pedro Watikins

Dubz Richards guiu esteve

I dont know about the defense, mabye would like some opinions and help with it
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1. Jimmers
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  No DvD defender available?
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  1. Wirtz Nightmare
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    wdym
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Vasshin
4 months, 20 hours ago
Can’t decide on this, please help me out on this:

1. Gakpo and Munoz and Andersen on bench
2. Wirtz and Andersen and Dorgu on bench

No Salah team
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1. Rico123
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Close but I quite like 1 as a big Munoz fan
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Rico123
4 months, 20 hours ago
Pens down and now sticking on this I think. Final change was Dubravka > Valdi given injury risk. Will keep an eye on how new arrivals but quite happy with this

Kelleher (Valdi)
Gabriel Munoz WanB (De Cuyper Esteve)
Salah Palmer Saka Rogers Anderson
Mateta Wood (Guiu)
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FPL Brains
4 months, 20 hours ago
Toying with this Benchboost GW1:

Sels - Vicario
Murillo - Milenkovic - Porro - Romero - Diouf
Palmer - Bruno - Wirtz - Georgino - Reijnder
Watkins - Bowen - João Pedro

If I BB, I'll be tripling on two defences, I prefer the high risk high reward strategy.

Thoughts?
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1. Fishface
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  It’s brave. I’ve gone bb but put Salah in.
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2. _figu
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Risky, but this is how you win the game. You need Salah & Haaland to stay quit for this to work in addition to one of those teams keeping a cs.
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3. Wet Bandits
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  I think BB GW1 is a must.. get it spent while you can or you'll be hoarding cash on the bench waiting.
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  1. FPL Blow-In
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    Not necessarily
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4. FPL Blow-In
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Yeah, I really like it
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5. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  All in! Love it
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6. Rico123
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Like the high risk high reward approach to BB given bench boosts can often be a disappointment so the gamble on big returns is fun, but personally I think going without either big hitter is too risky
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7. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Would consider
  Murillo, Romero, Rutter -> Williams, VdV, Rogers
  
  If Rogers is fit
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  1. FPL Brains
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    Rogers was in my drafts till his injury. Do we know if he's back?
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8. FPL Brains
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Thanks all. Only thing I'm considering is:
  
  Palmer, Bruno, Bowen > Salah, Gakpo, Fullkrug
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Meta12345
4 months, 20 hours ago
Isnt spence more secure to start gw1 than van de ven given udogie’s injury? Frank might protect van de ven given his injury history and the short turnaround between yesterday game and saturday. Looking to bbgw1 so it will be just that game. Wcgw2. What are your thoughts people?
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abaalan
4 months, 20 hours ago
A) Van de Ven, Anderson, Bruno, Guiu
B) Porro, KDH, Gakpo, Mateta
C) Porro, Reijnders, Rogers, Mateta

Initial plan is to BB GW2, but with Guiu may not be possible
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1. nico05
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  I like B, with the Rogers doubt that sways me from C tbh also Gakpo could be a steal now Diaz is out of the equation
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  1. SalahFingers
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    Rogers trained today so he should be fine.
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2. TallestJohn
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  C
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Fishface
4 months, 20 hours ago
I’m going bench boost. This is me almost g2g. Sels/Dubravka
Virgil, vdv, Milenkovic, konsa, Rodon
Salah, rice, palmer, reijnders, gakpo
Wood, Watkins, Guiu

Thoughts?
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1. The FPL Units
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  VVD to Porro and g2g
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  1. Fishface
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    Thanks.
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    1. Fishface
      4 months, 20 hours ago
      That’s a double up on spurs? Do you think that’ll work.
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      1. RedKev81
        4 months, 20 hours ago
        VVD to Diouf, Wood to Bowen (Forest can’t seem to score atm) leaves £1m for Guiu …Beto would be less of a risk than Guiu atm or Piotr if you want even more security
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2. RedKev81
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Think Guiu will be a 0 pointer
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nico05
4 months, 20 hours ago
Busy time I know but if anyone could spare a second are either of these somewhat close?
A.
Sanchez
AWB Van De Ven VVD Williams
Wirtz Palmer Rogers
Watkins Haaland Mateta
(Wilson-Dorgu-evveny)

B.
Sanchez
AWB VVD Williams
Gakpo Wirtz Palmer Bruno Saka
Watkins Mateta
(Van De Ven Dorgu Marc Guiu)
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1. The FPL Units
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  A
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  1. nico05
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    Thanks mate anything sway you or anything you'd change on A?
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    1. The FPL Units
      4 months, 20 hours ago
      VVD and Williams to Porro and Murillo
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      1. The FPL Units
        4 months, 20 hours ago
        VdV to Andersen
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      2. nico05
        4 months, 20 hours ago
        Cheers mate was unsure if vvd would be better than porro with the new rules
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2. nico05
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  Starting 11 essentially
  Haaland-Rogers-VDV vs Gakpo-Bruno-Saka
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3. statenisland
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  A. If you’re going without Salah, right now it makes sense to cover with Haaland…
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  1. nico05
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    Cheers mate seems a unanimous A. Thank you for your reply. Any other tips to improve A following suggestions above
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Bored Ape Jota Club
4 months, 20 hours ago
I think I'm doing it. No Salah. No Haaland.

My couch is huge, no worries.

Sels (Dubravka)
Tarkowski - Porro - Diouf - Dorgu - Esteve
Palmer - Saka - Fernandes - Gakpo - Anderson
Watkins - Bowen - Evanilson

0.5 ITB.
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1. Wet Bandits
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  No Salah.. ok... No Haaland...... ok No Wirtz.......... now you're being silly
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  1. Bored Ape Jota Club
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    I had Wirtz instead of Saka for a long time, but I think proven asset nudges is. Plus Saka to Wirtz is an easy downgrade. Harder the other way around....
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2. TallestJohn
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  The 8m+ players look great but beyond that it's uninspiring. Don't love Gakpo or Evanilson either. Don't get leaving 0.5m in the bank when you're avoiding the two most expensive players.
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3. RedKev81
  4 months, 19 hours ago
  Spread around to much imo …would expect a premium defender in a no SalHal team myself. Could do Anderson to £4.5 Evanilson to a 7.5 and Diouf/Dorgu to either a 4.5 & 5.0 or a 4.0 & 5.5 (5.0-5.5 Forest defence)
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  1. RedKev81
    4 months, 19 hours ago
    Just seen the 0.5 itb which means you could do a 4 & a 6 or 2 5’s (Williams & Lacroix?)
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LS11
4 months, 20 hours ago
Final decision:

A) Porro + Bowen

B) Cucu + J Pedro
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1. statenisland
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  A. Pedro a minutes risk with Delap
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  1. LS11
    4 months, 20 hours ago
    Thanks, this is what I’m currently on
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cutch
4 months, 20 hours ago
Pick 2 of these 3:
A) Ndiaye
B) Reijnders
C) Kudus
(Currently on A+B)
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1. statenisland
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  BC
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2. luk46
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  AC
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3. Bored Ape Jota Club
  4 months, 20 hours ago
  BC
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OMAW123
4 months, 20 hours ago
Hi,

Please rate my team. Long day at work tomorrow So Any help for quick changes before the early deadline would be greatly appreciated.
NB: BB Week 1, Free hit Week 2 & Wild card international week.

Verbruggen, Perri
Williams, Ait Nouri, De Cuyper, Gudmundsson, Diouf
Wirtz, Dewsbury-Hall, Palmer, Salah (c), Baleba
Ekitike, Joao Pedro, Solanke

All spent, now't int bank
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