For many in the FPL community, GW8 has come round as the best time to activate the wildcard. Fixture swings, injuries and form have all prompted many to pull the trigger. Below, I’ll be putting together a draft that I would pick if I were on wildcard this week.   I have deliberately chosen this draft where, fixtures dependent, there are up to 13 players you’d be happy to start in any of the approaching gameweeks. This is in the main due to the fact that there are a couple of players in the squad who are maybe prone to rotation, so having this backup could be necessary. At the time of writ ..read more

In the following article, we assess the best captaincy candidates ahead of gameweek 7 in Fantasy Premier League. We look at the underlying data that supports the best picks and the fixtures they have, with a view to deciding who is best trusted with the armband this week. GW6 proved frustrating for the majority of FPL managers as top captain Cristiano Ronaldo (£12.7m) blanked in Utd’s home defeat to Aston Villa. It was a good week for those that went with alternatives as Mo Salah (£12.6m) and Michail Antonio (£8.0m) both scored in their respective fixtures. GW7 represents the next checkpoint i ..read more

In this weekly series, @connect_nate will compare enticing players and project how they will perform over the coming gameweeks in FPL. Here, ahead of FPL Gameweek 9, he previews Lukaku and Vardy. Lukaku vs. Vardy GWs9-12 In preparation for this article, I asked the Twitter FPL community to make requests about the decisions they’re struggling with most… With Ronaldo and Lukaku not quite living up to expectations, it’s no surprise to see interest switch to the likes of Vardy and Kane. Vardy’s 7 goals in a disjointed Leicester team is a reminder both of Vardy’s level, and his incredible capacity ..read more

The first three game weeks of the current FPL season were remarkable for the amount of points that were being scored and also for the amount of them that were scored by what we’ve come to term as “template players”. The likes of Mo Salah (£12.8m), Bruno Fernandes (£11.8m), and a raft of highly touted mid price-midfielders and forwards all delivered and the FPL community was awash with pictures of teams amassing 80+ points in a single gameweek. I was someone who benefitted hugely from this flying start, scoring 130 points in the first week, with the aid of a bench boost chip that I normally flu ..read more

Hello and welcome to another edition of Defenders Under the Microscope, FPL Connect’s weekly deep dive into the the best defensive options ahead of the upcoming gameweek. This week we preview gameweek 9, my first post-Wildcard gameweek and the last week before I take a break from these articles for a gameweek. I know, Mrs. Del didn’t get the memo about syncing family holidays with International Breaks! Article by fpldel We’re 9 out of 10 games through gameweek 8 at time of writing and if the FPL Gods were being kind to us in the first few gameweeks, showering us with premium captaincy and ..read more

In this weekly series, @connect_nate will compare enticing players and project how they will perform over the coming gameweeks in FPL. Here, ahead of Gameweek 8, he previews Foden and Grealish. Foden vs. Grealish GWs8-12 In preparation for this article, I asked the Twitter FPL community to make requests about the decisions they’re struggling with most… This week’s quiz slightly took me aback as I expected a lot of interest in forwards ahead of wildcards, but in the end the City midfielders won out. We’ve seen so much value in budget midfield this season, but unsatisfied with this, it seems th ..read more

Hello, and welcome to the 7th edition of this season’s Predicting the Dream Team brought to you by me, FPL Texan. In this article, we preview FPL Gameweek 8 of the 2021/2022 season. In this series, I go head-to-head each week with Fantasy Football Fix to see who can select the best team of the week, their algorithm or myself. It is a classic battle of man vs. machine! We did not have the article in Gameweek 7, but let’s see who won the matchup in Gameweek 8… Manager Gameweek Points Overall Points H2H Score FPL Texan 55 455 4 Fantasy Football Fix Algorithm 51 444 2 As you can see, I w ..read more

For many in the FPL community, GW8 has come round as the best time to activate the wildcard. Fixture swings, injuries and form have all prompted many to pull the trigger. Below, I’ll be putting together a draft that I would pick if I were on wildcard this week.   I have deliberately chosen this draft where, fixtures dependent, there are up to 13 players you’d be happy to start in any of the approaching gameweeks. This is in the main due to the fact that there are a couple of players in the squad who are maybe prone to rotation, so having this backup could be necessary. At the time of writ ..read more

Hello and welcome to another edition of Defenders Under the Microscope, FPL Connect’s weekly deep dive into the the best defensive options ahead of the upcoming gameweek. This week we preview gameweek 8 and with the added twist that I have already pushed go on the Wildcard button. Article by fpldel We’re only just over half way through the International Break but given my Wildcard is active there have been some fairly regular tinkerings which will no doubt continue this week. Gameweek 8 was always my Wildcard plan and whilst there was a temptation to go in gameweek 7 I managed to hold off. Giv ..read more

In this weekly series, @connect_nate will compare enticing players and project how they will perform over the coming gameweeks in FPL. Here, ahead of Gameweek 7, he previews Alonso and Cancelo. Alonso vs. Cancelo GWs7-10 In preparation for this article, I asked the Twitter FPL community to make requests about the decisions they’re struggling with most… Ahead of Chelsea’s and City’s respective fixture swings, their defenders have become even hotter property. It seems now that many managers (myself included) made an error by not investing in these elite defences, which is easy to say in hindsig ..read more