Good question sir

I'll look into that!

He didn't make the list of "Top players for defensive contribution points in the last four seasons" (https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4362005), but the cut off for that was 42 points, some examples included below for you though....

Player Season Starts % starts with DC DC pts
Rice --- 22/23 ----- 36 --------- 86.1% ----------- 62
Rice --- 21/22 ----- 35 --------- 77.1% ----------- 54
Rodri -- 21/22 ----- 33 -------- 69.7% ----------- 46
Rodri -- 22/23 ----- 34 -------- 64.7% ----------- 44
Caicedo 24/25 ---- 38 -------- 55.7% ----------- 42

It would've been rubbish. Nobody needs to look into it. Let him sleep (translated - I have him and don't want anyone else having him!)

4.5 defender

Gk

Kelleher to Sels

Nul points. Surprisingly, the top performers for Spurs were Ben Davies (10) & Danso (8)

He only started 12 games through injury so no surprise to see 0 - would have been different if he stayed fit.

Thanks all

It looks alright tbf

I've gone 3-4-3 with a few similar picks

I've had Palmer before anyone else in my drafts so far. I'm just afraid of those games when he hits his ceiling.

I haven't really made any drafts yet but I think I might go the same way. Looks a solid start for captaincy (Salah 1, 4 & 5; Saka 2; Isak 3).

Blimey! I guess the superstar pro pundits us mere mortals couldn't live without don't come cheap!

Literally my though. Think the last payment I made was £17.50, granted think that was as I managed to retain the old member rate but see the BASIC membership version is now £47? (excluding add-ons!!)

I wondered why hardly anyone was a member anymore.
Guess I finally found a perk to being old.

There's an offer on at less than £4 per month

I think mine rolled over at £30 for the year which I think is worth it for the articles

https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/register

Oof, have they raised the price based on the promise of a new membership area again? Last time they did that was a scam.

Everyone keeps the price they sign up at. Interesting concept on just the articles. I'll think through the potential here. Thanks for the feedback

I remember the days when Mark was asking for donations to help with the costs of running the site.

I have my renewal date tomorrow, but I simply can't check my original price. Somehow I have a feeling that my price risen even though I have been paying it from the beginning (originsl start, there were some issues once and they were not sorted imo). I can check my emails though.

Pick Team -> Admin -> User profile - > Appearance

throw in a TC in GW2 for maximum impact

Don't see the point in the GW2 transfer tbh

Highly, highly likely to start every week with Estupinan off to Milan.

May well be playing as a LWB rather than LB.

Likely to be on set pieces.

Good record at his previous club for attacking returns.

Estu is gone and De Cuyper is likely the first choice LB. If he is great, if not, so many 4.5 to choose from. Just a place holder for now I assume for most teams.

Had great attacking numbers prior to Brighton but not sure if that will translate to EPL.

The one game I've seen of him, Villa (H) in UCL last season, he was fantastic. Think he was on pens for Bruges too. But I don't know if he's actually going to be a reliable starter. Apparently Az is hyping him but then he did the same for Barco last year so...

I do think Brighton could be a bit better at the back this year now that they don't have to play Dunk/Webster anymore. Keeping an eye on Coppola as potentially strong for DC pts / set piece threat

One word - Az

4.2m by GW3

because they dont remember last season and Barco.

Hinchcliffe is still there and can play LB, and did often last season

Interesting team 4 headed monster.

I think the fixtures are decent from an attacking point

I agree. People seem to favour their fixtures but i think they will struggle.

Although I like Bowen, he was playing OOP a lot last season, plus he'll lose a goal point now he's classed as a forward.

Also, with those fixtures, you get the feeling that if he blanks against Sunderland, the knee-jerkers will sell him by GW 2.

You can filter by opponent in the Members Area, Jönny - but we'll try and do the legwork in a Members article, for sure.

Welcome to the Paywall generation. I'm not upset about the FFS membership, I see these guys as the pioneers that all other sites have been born from. I will not be giving a penny elsewhere. Most of the information is regurgitated but content creators looking for clicks anyway.

If you mean goals and assists then it's there on each players history. Otherwise you could use fbref or similar stats sites for most other info.
But you know, why search for it? Easier to complain.

They don't spoonfeed all the info. Would be less traffic on the forums in that case and less appealing for FFS sponsors.

1. "We have to pay sites like this... to play the game". Jeez, no you do not. Football is not just a set of data points.
2. What could you possibly be looking for that FbRef does not provide you with? It even shows me in which 1/3 of the pitch e.g. Murillo is making tackles in each specific game.
https://fbref.com/en/players/1704b0b8/matchlogs/2024-2025/Murillo-Match-Logs
3. The FPL site is unusable this year, I wouldn't want to use it to view data even if it did have it.

A

Would love to have Bowen but can't get my head around his price and now a FWD so it's B for me...

None of their defenders would have got more than 4 DC pts last season iirc

GW1 BB?

Looks good but who's your other keeper?

It feels a bit like we spent the week trying find an outfit to wear. Went out for an exciting catch up drink but fell out with the bouncer came home with a black eye and a cold kebab.

I used to enjoy it more than this. No idea why tbh.

It's fun when you think you've discovered potential in a 4m defender, a 4.5 m forward or a player OOP from last season because some if his teammates were sold. You've spotted on Transfermarkt that they were assist gold in some obscure league. More often than not they won't be nailed on but the thrill of the hunt was brief but great. The old AI paralysis by analysis is boring and more boring season by season. It ain't fun reading about player's FPL potential rather than their footballing abilities.

New design everywhere, new rules especially about DC. Things are getting far too complicated to handle with gut feeling only, I have a feeling of needing spreadsheets if I try to calculate rotating defenders vs premiums, DC points between players and expected points vs different teams and so on. This just doesn't feel like doable as brain exercise anymore. I feel like needing MS Excel and a lot of spreadsheets at minimum.

Have we had Gyokeres' price yet?