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With the new Defensive Contribution (DC) points, extra assist points and bonus points tweaks, you may be wondering how this would have affected the overall Fantasy Premier League (FPL) points totals in 2024/25.

Wonder no more! The talent that is TopMarx (give that man a pay rise) has done all the legwork.

He’s recalculated the FPL points scores of every single player who featured in the Premier League last season, from the mightiest Mohamed Salah (£14.5m) to the lowliest Ben Godfrey.

Not only that, this new interactive points table gives you a breakdown of:

  • Defensive contribution (DC) points
  • Old/new bonus points totals
  • Old/new overall FPL points totals*
  • The +/- difference in points
  • Each player’s new price for 2025/26
  • The value (points per million/ppm) based on those new prices

*Additional assists – there would have been 41 in all – are factored into these new overall points totals.

Members of Fantasy Football Scout can see the revised totals of every single player via the link below – but we’ll do a bit of a preview in this article too.

REVISED: TOP 10 FPL POINTS SCORERS

Here’s how the recalculated overall top 10 looks…

Bruno Fernandes (£9.0m) is the biggest beneficiary here, despite losing out slightly in the bonus stakes. It’s his defensive contributions (DC) that really stand out: he’d have gained 22 points from these in 2024/25.

He’s the only new entry into the top 10 compared to last season’s original points tallies. Erling Haaland (£14.0m) is the man to drop out.

No one in the game, not just the top 10 but also overall, would have been worse off than Chris Wood (£7.5m) and Ollie Watkins (£9.0m) under the new rules. Still, -6 points is a relatively insignificant drop and they remain in the top 10.

TOP FIVE DEFENDERS

Lurking just outside the top 10 overall is Nikola Milenkovic (£5.5m). He’d have benefitted from a whopping 34 extra points last season, mostly through DC.

He would have finished as the top-scoring defender, with Murillo (£5.5m) in second. Murillo outdid his centre-half partner in terms of defensive contributions.

Milenkovic would also have scored more points than Haaland (179 v 178) under the new scoring system!

TOP 10 BIGGEST RISERS

In terms of who benefitted most from the changes last season, Milenkovic is again just outside the top 10.

James Tarkowski (£5.5m) is the DC poster boy. In fact, he would have risen from joint-26th in the defenders’ points table to eighth.

Moises Caicedo (£5.5m), meanwhile, would have risen from 58th in the midfielders’ standings to 28th.


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  1. The Mandalorian
    • 12 Years
    4 days, 1 hour ago

    5m for the Burnley keeper.

    The games gone.

    1. Skonto Rigga
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 7 Years
      4 days, 1 hour ago

      Pre-emptive pricing, this one - clearly expecting him to move to City or Newcastle.

      1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        • 8 Years
        4 days, 1 hour ago

        Yep, makes total sense.

      2. The Mandalorian
        • 12 Years
        4 days, 52 mins ago

        Ok thanks.

      3. CONNERS
        • 6 Years
        4 days, 50 mins ago

        Makes you wonder why they didn't do similar with Guehi.

        Very likely he ends up at Liverpool, otherwise Palace could lose him on a free transfer next year.

        He'll be in my starting squad.

        1. Zalk
          • 14 Years
          3 days, 23 hours ago

          Even if he doesn't he should've been 5m. There's no reason for him to be 1m less than Munoz.

    2. Studs Up
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 days, 1 hour ago

      Last season's Ortega

  2. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
    • 8 Years
    4 days, 1 hour ago

    5 cheap and potentially underpriced defenders
    Watkins placeholder for Gyökeres

    Kelleher (Kinsky)
    Gusto Aina Udogie (De Cuyper Konsa)
    Salah Palmer Wirtz Rogers Kudus
    Watkins Pedro (Kroupi)

    1. Men in green tights
      • 6 Years
      4 days, 24 mins ago

      Personally if I was having a forest defender it would have to be Murillo at 5.5 hence the reason why I'm not having him.
      Wan-Bissaka is a good one too.

      1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        • 8 Years
        3 days, 23 hours ago

        Aina was good last season too and like you said, dont wanna pay 5.5 for Murillo
        Yeah AWB is good but I don't like their fixtures, personally

    2. Snoopydog
        4 days, 12 mins ago

        Nice. Though double Villa necessary? No Newcastle/Ars? Guess it's either Palmer or Saka.

        1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
          • 8 Years
          3 days, 23 hours ago

          No Newcastle to begin with for me.
          No double Villa, Watkins only a placeholder for Gyökeres

    3. boombaba
      • 12 Years
      4 days, 1 hour ago

      Who’s on wolves pens

      1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        • 8 Years
        4 days, 1 hour ago

        Larsen

        1. boombaba
          • 12 Years
          4 days, 1 hour ago

          Thanks
          And Bournemouth’s ?

          Evanilson or Kluivert

          1. CherryBoys
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            3 days, 16 hours ago

            Kluivert

        2. Gazwaz80
          • 5 Years
          4 days, 47 mins ago

          Hwang apparently…

        1. The Bandit
          • 14 Years
          4 days, 49 mins ago

          That needs updating

          1. Studs Up
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            4 days, 41 mins ago

            just the messenger lol

    4. Latest site updates
      Skonto Rigga
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 7 Years
      4 days, 1 hour ago

      A message from Reece, who has done the following site updates based on your feedback:

      Re-enabled auto refresh comments
      Increase comments shown to eight in the widget
      Added 'Desktop View' back, found in top left mobile menu

      Hope it helps!

      1. The Mentaculus
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        4 days, 1 hour ago

        Cheers

      2. CONNERS
        • 6 Years
        4 days, 1 hour ago

        Thanks.

      3. Men in green tights
        • 6 Years
        4 days, 56 mins ago

        Much better , Thanks

      4. Lanley Staurel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 days, 52 mins ago

        Who on earth decided to turn off auto refresh on comments? How could that have got through any form of "our readers will love this change" test lol

      5. The Bandit
        • 14 Years
        4 days, 48 mins ago

        Great, but also please lose the ‘cancel’ button. I’m fed up with accidentally deleting comments.

        1. Skonto Rigga
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 7 Years
          3 days, 23 hours ago

          Will add that to the site feedback!

          1. The Bandit
            • 14 Years
            3 days, 22 hours ago

            Thanks

      6. WVA
        • 8 Years
        4 days, 33 mins ago

        Absolute legend, thank you very much!!!!

      7. Deulofail
        • 9 Years
        4 days, 23 mins ago

        Thanks for the update Neale. I'm sure Reece is busy, but he has had the password to my account for over 5 months to look into an issue and I haven't heard back from him. Nothing from FFS support either. Not sure who else to contact

        1. Skonto Rigga
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 7 Years
          4 days, 17 mins ago

          What issue is it, Deu? I can pass it on again (if it's something I can do myself, I will, but my late nan probably had more technical know-how than I).

          1. Deulofail
            • 9 Years
            4 days, 11 mins ago

            Thanks Neale. When I click on 'my profile', it takes me to the URL https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/wp-admin/profile.php with the message 'Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page.' Something's gone wrong in the backend, perhaps when someone from FFS was trying to change my username in the past. Though it worked for a long time with this username before the issue started. I think we'll need a technician of some kind 😀

            1. Skonto Rigga
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 7 Years
              4 days, 3 mins ago

              The one thing I can think of, Deu, I've now done - but I'm not sure if it'll have any effect. Let me know if it looks any different when you click 'My Profile' now.

              1. Deulofail
                • 9 Years
                4 days, 1 min ago

                Hahaha

                1. Deulofail
                  • 9 Years
                  4 days, 1 min ago

                  You fixed it!!!

                  1. Skonto Rigga
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • Has Moderation Rights
                    • 7 Years
                    4 days ago

                    Who needs the tech team! I can do it all *site crashes*

                    Deffo go in and have a mooch about to see if all looks okay.

                    1. Deulofail
                      • 9 Years
                      3 days, 23 hours ago

                      I'm laughing at how easy that was in the end. But maybe it's only easy for you, given your technical genius! Get you on the dev team!

                      Out of curiosity, could you give some insight into what you changed?

                      1. Skonto Rigga
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • Has Moderation Rights
                        • 7 Years
                        3 days, 23 hours ago

                        Literally just your 'status' in the back-end. It had you listed as a 'person' when pretty much everyone else had something different!

                        1. Deulofail
                          • 9 Years
                          3 days, 23 hours ago

                          Too right, that is not the appropriate status for me right now. Everything looks to be working in my profile. Changed my password from ReeceIsTheBest to NealeIsTheBest with no issues. Much obliged

                        2. Plan FPL (Reece)
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 2 Years
                          3 days, 23 hours ago

                          Errrr, I'm still the best..!

                          Sorry for the initial loss of comms on this. I replied to you on 16th July after you prompted us again, but have just checked and seen that as I hit 'Reply' and the email was forwarded from support I actually just emailed them back, bad times.

                          Glad it's finally sorted for you and can only apologise again for the (very long) delay!!

                        3. Deulofail
                          • 9 Years
                          3 days, 23 hours ago

                          All good, Reece. Shame support didn't inform you of the mishap, but happy it's sorted now 🙂 Changing my password to include you both

      8. Zenith UK
        • 8 Years
        4 days, 14 mins ago

        Thanks!

      9. Zalk
        • 14 Years
        3 days, 23 hours ago

        Would you mind terribly if Reece started working extra at fpl and did their updates too?

      10. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 days, 23 hours ago

        How do I get the level of service (**cough** attention) that Deulofail gets?

    5. The Bandit
      • 14 Years
      4 days, 59 mins ago

      Nice article, thanks. Amazed you didn’t make it members only 🙂

      1. Skonto Rigga
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 7 Years
        4 days, 35 mins ago

        The full table is tbf 😀

        1. Zenith UK
          • 8 Years
          3 days, 23 hours ago

          Membership this year is now HOW MUCH?!

    6. Snoopydog
        4 days, 58 mins ago

        Early draft. Any thoughts/brickbats?

        Kelleher
        Gvardiol Munoz AWB
        Salah Saka Rogers Cunha (or Boomo) Caicedo
        Isak Wood

        Valdi Guiu (hoping for Leeds move) Tuanzebe 4.0

        1. CONNERS
          • 6 Years
          4 days, 40 mins ago

          Looks pretty good.

          I have my eye on a 4.0m Burnley def - could be handy for GW2 when the fixtures are tricky for other teams.

          I think I prefer starting with Palmer over Saka, and I don't much like Caicedo.

          The rest looks decent.

          1. Snoopydog
              4 days, 38 mins ago

              Yes. Tempted by Palmer over Saka but need to find 0.5m saving to fund. Caicedo purely on the back of his DC last year. Without that, inclined more towards Tavernier. Could downgrade but midfield pickings at 5m look slim.

              1. CONNERS
                • 6 Years
                4 days, 20 mins ago

                Yep, the budget MF options are very poor this year.

        2. Mr. O'Connell
          • 13 Years
          4 days, 57 mins ago

          Anyone fancy doing the points rebasing for the last 3 seasons? More data always helpful.

        3. hauntedmound
          • 2 Years
          4 days, 55 mins ago

          Any thoughts on this team?

          Kelleher

          Munoz Murillo Colwill Kerkez
          Salah Sarr Palmer Elanga
          JSL Isak

          Valdimarsson, Caicedo, Esteve, Obi

          Thinking about Munoz to Lacroix for extra 0.5, and not 100% on Sarr or Elanga but overall fairly happy

          1. Snoopydog
              4 days, 40 mins ago

              I'd keep Munoz and try to upgrade Sarr if possible.

          2. The Mandalorian
            • 12 Years
            4 days, 47 mins ago

            Creating a watchlist

            I can create one via the official fpl website but not via the app.

            Anyone else have this issue?

          3. Gazwaz80
            • 5 Years
            4 days, 44 mins ago

            Surely Neale is an insomniac due to the amount of articles he’s churning out 😀

            1. Skonto Rigga
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 7 Years
              3 days, 23 hours ago

              Got to thank TopMarx in all honesty for this one! He's Ricky Villa-d the research and I've tapped the article in from six yards out.

              1. Men in green tights
                • 6 Years
                3 days, 23 hours ago

                Aka Gary lineker

              2. Gazwaz80
                • 5 Years
                3 days, 23 hours ago

                Haha, you’re too modest Neale 🙂

              3. Zalk
                • 14 Years
                3 days, 22 hours ago

                That's one hell of a reference...

          4. Camzy
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            4 days, 43 mins ago

            I'm here atm. I'm wary on Chelsea's pre season so might drop Pedro if I feel they aren't quite ready.

            Verbruggen Areola
            VvD Gvardiol Udogie AWB Rodon
            Salah Palmer Fernandes Kudus Baleba
            Pedro Wood Piroe

            It's a bit unadventurous but it will definitely not be terrible. Will consider Fernandes > Wirtz or Pedro/Wood > Solanke/Mateta as we get closer.

            But I'm pretty happy with the defense and GKs and the plan is BB GW1.

            1. Zenith UK
              • 8 Years
              3 days, 23 hours ago

              I quite like it, I have a different;
              GK
              5th DEF
              2x MIDs
              2x FWDs

              Like minded in BB GW1, considering FH2 but need LiveFPL to update first and then MAYBE a GW3 WC.

          5. mixology
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            4 days, 42 mins ago

            Was really hoping Bruno would stay at 8.5. Surprised to see how much he’d have benefited from new bps system

          6. jayzico
            • 14 Years
            4 days, 42 mins ago

            New day. New ideas. New team.

            Kelleher.
            Gvardiol. WanB. VDV.
            Salah. Palmer. Wirtz. Marmoush. Ndiaye.
            Bowen. Beto.

            Kinsky. Welbeck. Esteve. Bijol.

            Thoughts? Cheers lads

          7. Warby84
            • 10 Years
            4 days, 39 mins ago

            Any Leeds fans think Piroe is worth a punt?

            1. The Mentaculus
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 4 Years
              3 days, 23 hours ago

              (tumbleleeds...)

              Good finisher but a bit slow and probably lacking the physicality for PL. Bit of a flat track bully even at Championship level. Likely to be bumped to the bench if/when we can bring in someone new

          8. Deulofail
            • 9 Years
            4 days, 36 mins ago

            I find official FPL social cringe-worthy. Here is an example: https://x.com/OfficialFPL/status/1947985431234007194

            My over-the-top reaction:

            1. PL is so corporate. Yet here they are presenting as 'of the people'
            2. Who are they to judge creativity? -- For various reasons, including their own over-sensitive censoring of team and league names
            3. Team names can only be 20 characters, so they are posting names that can't be used (where are they creating/copying this content from?) E.g. 'Gvardiols of the Galaxy' would be 'Gvardiols of the gal'
            4. Why does everything have to be the 'most'? It doesn't work here imo. Sounds like it was written by a marketing protocol or AI for maximum engagement
            5. Trying to be all buddy-buddy with the plebs while feeding off its users' data and after making the site less user-friendly
            6. This kind of content used to be created by the public. Grassroots support. Now FPL is taking the lead, creating a sanitised exemplar for others to follow. Yet it has an air of begging to be cool. All the while, tooting their own trumpet
            7. The biggest FPL content creators are now part of this corporate club, publishing pre-prepared content and tooting the trumpet for the overlords!

            1. Deulofail
              • 9 Years
              4 days, 29 mins ago

              I don't spend much time on Twitter or engage with brands beyond what is out there on the street and wrapped up in any media I digest, but I'm sure this is par for the course. Just think it's good to voice some discontent sometimes if we are just going to allow it 😀 Remember, you can always read a book.

              1. Zalk
                • 14 Years
                3 days, 23 hours ago

                Would have voiced my discontent if I had twitter. My feedback probably goes straight to their junk mail.
                What's the general consensus in the comments on posts like these? I would hope most people are expressing something about what a bottle job this season has been?

                1. Deulofail
                  • 9 Years
                  3 days, 23 hours ago

                  People just sharing their team names

            2. CONNERS
              • 6 Years
              4 days, 17 mins ago

              In terms of point 5...

              I wonder if it ever crossed their mind to ask long-term players of FPL to provide feedback on a Beta website prior to launch?

          9. FPL Brains
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 13 Years
            4 days, 35 mins ago

            Fantastic article!

            1. Deulofail
              • 9 Years
              4 days, 29 mins ago

              Thanks

            2. Zenith UK
              • 8 Years
              4 days, 13 mins ago

              Agreed

          10. KieraninChina
            • 6 Years
            4 days, 30 mins ago

            I'm curious to know whether anyone else is having issues logging into the website version of the game as well as the APP. The only way I can access FPL at the moment is through the website on my phone. On my laptops/iPad all i get is a Loading.... message but no further. Not seen any other people mentioning this so thought I would ask here to see if I'm just unlucky.

            1. Arn De Gothia
              • 15 Years
              3 days, 23 hours ago

              I cant get in on iPad with chrome, can with Safari

            2. AC/DC AFC
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              3 days, 23 hours ago

              Install Duck Duck Go and save the browser then you can log on with one click once you've saved your password.

              1. KieraninChina
                • 6 Years
                3 days, 23 hours ago

                Thanks

          11. Supersonic_
            • 3 Years
            4 days, 24 mins ago

            Currently on RAN - thoughts on Tark or Kerkez instead?

            No other city, but Salah and Wirtz from pool

          12. Zenith UK
            • 8 Years
            4 days, 15 mins ago

            Is Ragabolly still on here often?

            I can't use my FH on GW2 on the transfer planner, wasn't sure how else to feed that back to him/if he knows?

            1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
              • 10 Years
              3 days, 23 hours ago

              Contact LiveFPL on Twitter is probably your best bet

              1. Zenith UK
                • 8 Years
                3 days, 22 hours ago

                I used to but I don't touch that trash site anymore

          13. Make FPL Casual Again
            • 6 Years
            4 days, 13 mins ago

            Don't get this article - what's the point of total point metrics comparing the likes of Haaland (31 starts) with Milenkovic (37 starts) ..why not just use points per match/start?

          14. space mercenary
            • 5 Years
            4 days, 11 mins ago

            Have I missed something, or are we unable to browse the player list in transfers this season without first removing a player?

            1. Bobby Digital
              • 7 Years
              4 days, 3 mins ago

              Yeah it's ridiculous. They really need to fix that

              1. space mercenary
                • 5 Years
                3 days, 23 hours ago

                Yeah, it is ridiculous Bobby. I find it frustratingly clunky.

            2. Deulofail
              • 9 Years
              3 days, 23 hours ago

              You can on desktop

          15. Rwilliams90
            • 13 Years
            4 days, 8 mins ago

            Saka goal

          16. Punk as Fuchs
            • 5 Years
            4 days, 7 mins ago

            Feeling pretty good about this:

            Kelleher - Verbruggen
            Gvardiol - Gabriel - VVD - AWB - Esteve
            Salah - Palmer - Rice - Kudus - Malen
            JP - JSL - Evanilson

            Do your worst!

            1. FPL Blow-In
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              3 days, 23 hours ago

              Remove Malen

          17. Lanley Staurel
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            4 days, 4 mins ago

            Any suggestions to help me out here. Looking for an FPL web site where I can save a team and then see who each player is playing in the subsequent GWs ie beyond GW 1.

            1. Zenith UK
              • 8 Years
              3 days, 23 hours ago

              LiveFPL

              1. Lanley Staurel
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                3 days, 23 hours ago

                Thank you

                1. Zenith UK
                  • 8 Years
                  3 days, 23 hours ago

                  It also links directly to your user ID and allows you to make multiple plans of action if you create an account. Also takes chip usage into consideration plus gives something like a 0.3 to 0.5 lee-way on budget to be pre-emptive on prices. I think it's fantastic to be frank. You can also compare "Plan A" vs "Plan B" in a very clear manner once both plans are made

                  1. Lanley Staurel
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 14 Years
                    3 days, 23 hours ago

                    Just using it now. Ive popped onto it before a few times but not used it like you describe. Thanks.

            2. CoracAld2831
              • 4 Years
              3 days, 23 hours ago

              Planfpl.

              1. Lanley Staurel
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                3 days, 23 hours ago

                Tried this but couldnt get it to do what I wanted

                1. Zalk
                  • 14 Years
                  3 days, 23 hours ago

                  In the top left you can change to fixture, if that's what you want.

              2. Zalk
                • 14 Years
                3 days, 23 hours ago

                Wow, I've never used this site. This is how you design a userfriendly UI

            3. Zalk
              • 14 Years
              3 days, 23 hours ago

              I use fpl.team for this

          18. CoracAld2831
            • 4 Years
            3 days, 23 hours ago

            If Mateta goes to Liverpool, will you go straight into your team?

            1. Bobby Digital
              • 7 Years
              3 days, 23 hours ago

              Probably yes

            2. Rwilliams90
              • 13 Years
              3 days, 23 hours ago

              If I could pick myself I would, yes. As long as I don't cost more than 0.5m

            3. CoracAld2831
              • 4 Years
              3 days, 23 hours ago

              *he

          19. KLOPPS AND ROBBERS... the s…
            • 10 Years
            3 days, 23 hours ago

            Great article!

          20. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            3 days, 23 hours ago

            I've just squeezed Saka into my squad and seen he's just scored against Milan ...

            The bandwagon begins?

          21. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            3 days, 23 hours ago

            If Arsenal won 1-0 in the friendly in Singapore in 90 mins, why has it now gone to penalties?

            1. Zenith UK
              • 8 Years
              3 days, 23 hours ago

              Saka needs the practice

              1. Deulofail
                • 9 Years
                3 days, 23 hours ago

                This. No good penalty-taker at Arsenal

            2. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
              • 10 Years
              3 days, 23 hours ago

              Practicing penalty shoot outs in stadiums after a match. Saw it a few times pre-season last year.

              1. AC/DC AFC
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 9 Years
                3 days, 22 hours ago

                So who won the match?

                Arsenal one nil ...

                Or Milan 6-5?

                Or it just doesn't matter.

                1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
                  • 10 Years
                  3 days, 22 hours ago

                  Football was the real winner

                  1. AC/DC AFC
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 9 Years
                    3 days, 22 hours ago

          22. CoracAld2831
            • 4 Years
            3 days, 23 hours ago

            Thoughts on this latest draft? (Might BB on GW1)

            Vetbruggen (Kelleher)
            Guehi-WBK-Udogie (VVD-Konsa)
            Saka-Salah-Wirtz-Kudus-Cunha
            Welbeck-Watkins (Beto)

            1. DavvaMC
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 4 Years
              3 days, 23 hours ago

              I quite like that.

          23. Deulofail
            • 9 Years
            3 days, 23 hours ago

            Am I watching England v Sweden Women's penalty shootout again? *rubs eyes*