Notes, Fixture Dossiers & Commentary from the Desk
Strategy dossiers, fixture forensics and opinion — filed from the commentary desk.
A £4.5m Crystal Palace defender scored twice for 15 points while João Pedro, Bruno and the rest of the premium stars I told you to hold blanked. The cheap defensive army isn't a mirage — it's the mid-priced midfield differentials we chased that were.
Man City host Coventry, Bruno Fernandes is playing the football of his life, and the early-wildcard question suddenly has two gameweeks of evidence behind it. Here's the captaincy call, the value picks and the one player worth dropping before the deadline.
Bruno Fernandes' hat-trick and a Haaland brace confirmed the premium engine is very much alive, while the £4.0m defence that ran GW1 faded to nothing. The stars answered, a new wave of mid-priced differentials emerged, and the transfer window is still open.
Haaland and Bruno blanked while a £4.0m defence ran riot. Here's how to rebalance for Gameweek 2 — the captaincy call, the value picks, and the one player to review first.
Six of the ten biggest GW1 scores came from players priced £4.5m or under while Haaland, Bruno and the rest of the big names blanked. The shockers, the pattern, and who to transfer out.
A 3-0 rout of Manchester City, four new signings and a Saliba-shaped hole at the back. The FPL verdict on every Arsenal asset worth owning before Gameweek 1.
It's dismissed as "not really playing", but a set-and-forget core built around a perma-captain is a risk strategy — a lower ceiling for a much higher floor. Here's when it's worth it, and how it fits alongside the active game.
Salah is a Trabzonspor player, Rodri's City exit is imminent and Bruno Guimarães is an Arsenal midfielder. Club-by-club we break down every confirmed and rumoured move of the window — then show what the upheaval does to the FPL points of the players who stayed put.
A weekly AI-written newspaper for your mini-league — the storylines, the roasts, the rivalries. Here's how it works, why it brings the group chat back to life, and what a real review looks like.
Salah is gone, Tottenham spent £200m, United rebuilt their spine and Chelsea reloaded under Xabi Alonso. We break down every move that matters for your 2026/27 squad — and the course of action it dictates before the GW1 deadline.
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