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Nice initial draft. I’m going with Haaland (Isak, João Pedro) and without Watkins, Salah, and Foden. Trent and Saliba with three 4.5m defenders, and a slew of 6.5m-7.5m midfielders. You were by far the best FPL content creator last season (besides FPL Tips 🐐) and think your channel will grow exponentially this season. Also, congrats on Spain winning the Euros.
Thank you M4NA! Really appreciate the love. I think what's nice about pricing is I can see arguments for Haaland only, Salah only, and both all working. And as you say, lots of value via the 6.5-7.5 tier
Hi Fran, hope you're well. Glad to see you back posting again! I'm currently looking at my first draft but missing 0.5 somewhere. I don't love Eze as a pick without seeing his output without Olise but last year that logic spoiled me of probably 40 points so I'm trying not to make that mistake again😅It's probably between Gordon and Eze atm. Anyone you prefer here?: GK: Sanchez / 4.0 Def: Trent / Gvardio / Burn / Taylor / Konsa Mid: Knkunku / Eze / Salah / Foden / Gordon Atk: Watkins / Isak / Pedro
Yo hope you are doing well. What are your thoughts on going a bit cheaper on the defense and going all in with Salah and Haaland in a draft together. I'm also thinking about potentially taking out Salah and Gordon for Foden and Palmer, i know the combined points looks like it would favour the latter option but I feel like a big part of that was because of Salah's decreased minutes last season. I also feel like Palmer overperformed and don't know if he'll hit the same numbers this season. Let me know what you think of the team, probably going to play a 343 especially if Pedro has good minutes. GK: Sanchez / Fabianski Def: Trent / Mykolenko / Burn / Harwood-Bels / Konsa Mid: Nkunku / Eze / Salah / Winks / Gordon Atk: Haaland / Isak / Pedro
Draft is v good obv subject to Pedro. Defense does feel a touch light (as does attacking depth) but that's up to you. I tend to like rotation a bit more.
Love the squad, a player that would be harder to ignore now, is Saka given he was one of the most foaled players last season and he shares set piece duties including penalties, he will be a BPS magnet that would be harder to ignore in my opinion
as I've shown in the previous video addressing rule changes, I think Palmer, Foden benefit the most out of that bracket of 4 9.5-10.5 mids. Saka next then Son, but it's all v close!
@@FPLFran Agreed, and in hindsight, as I prefer to target fixtures, Arsenal intial rounds of fixtures aren't as rosy so the picks you have are more likely to have a higher celeing potential as they have better fixtures. For this reason, Saka to me is a transfer in at a later point but not at the start
Nice draft. Palmer was the top scoring FPL player last year though and he didn’t even play the first 7 or 8 games! Plus Chelsea’s fixtures are amazing from GW2 - seems a bit crazy to go without him?
Nice draft Fran. I haven't given it much thought since the season is still a few weeks away and there will be lots of pre-season games to take in, but this draft won't be too far away from the eventual non-Halaand template. Watkins and Isak feel like no-brainer picks. Senenyo is a good shout. Serious doubts over Liverpool tho, who burned me more than most teams last season. I feel like they will struggle for both goals and clean sheets initially.
@@FPLFranThank you so much! I’ll keep an eye out for that too. Its such a simple concept but really aids planning ahead, which was definitely my biggest problem last season.
Will the cheat sheet be coming out nearer the start of the season or will you do one sooner? I love the cheat sheet. Also I really like the semenyo shout.
@@FPLFran yea Im wondering if it's worth going Salah over haaland new manager + age sometimes things don't workout , haalands consistency a bit hard to ignore having both of them in means you cutting out alot of options
I knew you wouldn't leave out Gvardiol 😊. I didnt have eze or semenyo in my first draft but i like them both a lot, so could bring them in. I'm gonna go palmer over salah though. And same front line but i have big Chrissy Wood right now 😁
@@FPLFran I suppose when Wood got all the minutes at the back end of last season Taiwo wasn't yet fully fit. I do like forest's fixture run at the start of the season though.
Great draft mate! Semenyo is a great choice imo, i never even considered him. Whats your opinion on Dan Burn? He has great opening fictures and is pretty cheap. I have Salah and Isak as well. The differential Captain pick for Isak is very tempting for me.
Saliba actually is the only premium i have. My other defenders are Konsa, Martinez and Faes. Most of my money is put into my midfielders. I also dont have Haaland.
He's incredible, but once again I tend to think because I'd be captaining Salah over him most early GWs I might not need to start with him. There are concessions with every pick, which is the challenge of this year's pricing for sure.
I really like the idea of a strong defence i think adam armstrong the Southampton foreward is on pens so am thinkihg of having him to enable palmer and nkunku but unsure with having this much chelsea early on
I switched Nkunku + Foden for Palmer + McGinn I think Foden may get limited minutes for the start of the season, whereas Palmer is pretty well rested. Then, sacrificing a relative unknown in Nkunku for possible penalty taker McGinn. Your thoughts?
Rest of team: Like yours: Sanchez, Trent, Gvardiol, Salah, Eze, Watkins, Isak My differentials: (Palmer, McGinn) Gakpo, van der Ven, Munoz, Turner, Faes, Sangare
Only thing I don't love is VDV - such a bad defense, what is the value to him? And McGinn, I might still prefer someone is more effective in open play unless you also think he might be on pens too
@georgeeffraimidis5610 There is definitely a big chance that Palmer scores points against city. He certainly did last time they played, and has looked unstoppable ever since. He is most likely gonna be my most captained player all year. The best player in the league in my opinion.
@@georgeeffraimidis5610 Have u not been watching the premier league brother, he tore it up, he is a magnificent player, and when he come on for England in the euros he was the best player on the pitch, managing to get more g/a than both foden and saka together, even tho he barealy got minutes. Palmer is definitely the guy to watch this season.
Obviously he has quality but his numbers are a bit misleading For example if Chelsea had won 2 penalties instead of 12(and yes this is realistic) the hype wouldnt be so big And some of his goals had luck like that from Pickford's mistake
Probably he will have very good season but maybe wont be translated to points this time I am curious how much his team will help because i believe they are still in a chaos Many new players,new coach and with what happened with Fernandez the climate doesnt seem too good
No real complaints at this stage, looks like a lovely draft. I would say maybe some money can be saved over Maatsen if you want to. Just want to flag it might be Carlos Miguel who becomes the starting GK.
thoughts on my team? Turner - Martinez Maatsen - Trippier - Virgil(or Robertson) - Cucurella - Robinson Elanga - Luis Diaz - Palmer - Foden - Nkunku Watkins - Darwin - Isak might swap Virgil for Gvardiol or try to get TAA in
I can see a general preference for attacking FB (bar lack of Trent), which is nice. Only slightly concerned with Elanga minutes but it's a good team. I'm also not sure if I rate 2x AVL defence to spend 10m on them despite their insanely good fix run but that's up to you, not bad at all.
I think the former will have incredibly dicey minutes so I’ve got no interest there. Latter is interesting but when they had full depth near the end of last season also found himself on the bench some games. Can you see that changing?
Disagree just on the basis of how strong Arsenal are relative to even the 4th+ best defence in the league. But of course you can drop one or two if that’s your preference. It isn’t usually mine
Ben White scored the same as Gordon/Eze and is .5 and 1m less. Gvardiol was playing as a left winger at the tail end of last season and Trent is Trent.
Good team. I think theres a bit too much $ in the def. Cheaper def has been the move the past could of seasons and with these new BPS changes I think it'll make it even harder to get points from your defense. Plus there are so many good 4.5s AND with goalline clearance now being a thing I think that would benefit CBs more than RB/LB. That's why I believe 3x4.5 + 1x4.0 + 1xwhatever along with 9.0 MAX on both GKs will be the way to go Semenyo is a good shout, I'm probably going with Andreas Periera instead (on pens + corners) ISAK IS A MUST!!! GORDON IS A MUST!!! NEWCASTLE WILL RULE THE WORLD
Cheaper defence imo hasn’t really been that go to last season, we just had a cheap Arsenal defence and got away with it due to bad pricing imo. I’ve been playing with more expensive defenders for a while now and haven’t struggled much. Goalline clearances happen much less than goals conceded though. Don’t mind Gordon though, I have been trying to fit him in!
Cho and Semenyo had similar production last season and I think one might be nailed over the other. Rogers is certainly interesting though if we think he is nailed post pre-season
Thoughts on my first draft Fran ? My only concern is no Watkins especially if he is on pens Sanchez, Fabianski Trent, Gabriel, Burn, Konsa, Faes Salah, Palmer, Foden, Gordon, Eze Isak, Joao Pedro, Cannon
Trent for Mykolenko and Gordon for Ayew or Eze for Sarr can allow you to get Watkins instead of Cannon if you really want to. You don't really need 5 this high profile midfielder and Mykolenko is one of the best value defenders.
@@andyn6053 don't think so. Let's see what the new manager does because the usual partnership was Faes and Vestegaard and now they even bought a new CB
@@FPLFran Will definately be one to follow in preseason. I'm dabnling in non-Salah, non-Haaland draft and it is looking stroong. But then I feel I must have a nailed Lpool attacker to mitigate Salah-dmg. I also really want Madueke, but no one is talking about him. Probarbly too unsecure minutes.
Salah and Nkunku or Odegaard and Palmer? I think it's pretty close, but obviously with the first option you're relying on Nkunku to reach his potential this season.
@@TSH-sx3ec Well you'd obviously captain Salah against Ipswich week one, but I'm thinking a bit longer term if you're implying that Salah being the best captain choice week one should be a deciding factor.
I just think LIV fixtures are that good to start. Is there a draft where you could still fit Nkunku in? He still feels like a really good value play, as opposed to an 'alt' to Palmer
Fran, still enjoying your FPL videos. I'm going without Salah. Looking at his point hauls over the years you can see his drop off... 303 pts to 212 pts. Since FPL is all about points vs cost then Palmer's 244 pts trumps Salah. The cost/return metric is the only one I really look at. I also look at the eye test. Haaland is also a no-no for me due to his cost.
Points per million isn’t how we should think imo vs how we project players to do in the future. Would you have used such a metric to identify Palmer the season before? Or even Foden?
@@FPLFran the new bps does not seem to favour defenders. Also it's proven last year with the extra time minutes clean sheets are few and far between and hard to call. Id rather pump money upfront and midfield.
I think I prefer Bellis for mins but there are deffo some interesting 4.0s that could play more fullback type roles for Ipswich (Ben Johnson maybe) and Southampton (Charlie Taylor as you mention)
Defensively Gvardiol is leaky. Ake is preferred. Gvardiol's starts became consistent when there were injuries in defense. I don't think we can be sure he starts if everyone is fit
The team was fully fit during the title charge bar stones. Whilst he might be worse defensively than Ake he provides something none of the other defenders can do on offence so it’s always a trade off. Until we see a clear system change im not inclined to think his minutes will be bad
@FPLFran I get you...but Akanji is not the best at stepping into midfield. My assumption is if John Stones is fit...he will play his role. Dias is quite nailed. And I feel in a fixture like Chelsea...you require someone a bit more solid. Especially considering Palmer might be on that side
I prefer Haaland to Salah despite the fixtures. Had to make too many compromises with Haaland+Salah so have left Salah out. Liverpool and Salah were not great towards the end of last season and are a bit of an unknown quantity with the new manager. I might move to another Liverpool attacker if a good one emerges.
only thing I'd say is the LIV fixtures do appear to be that good, so Salah is more so a value play against that. I do think with equivalent fix it's not close of course.
because the point of this FDR is it clearly weighs how strong teams are, and Man City is either the 1st or 2nd best team by quite a landslide against the field (that isn't Arsenal). A clown's FDR would have Ipswich high at any point in the season.
There is no replacement to Arsenal defence in the league in terms of quality defence, as much as there are good fixtures for NEW and AVL to start imo. Up to you though, this argument goes on close to every season
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Nice initial draft. I’m going with Haaland (Isak, João Pedro) and without Watkins, Salah, and Foden. Trent and Saliba with three 4.5m defenders, and a slew of 6.5m-7.5m midfielders. You were by far the best FPL content creator last season (besides FPL Tips 🐐) and think your channel will grow exponentially this season. Also, congrats on Spain winning the Euros.
Thank you M4NA! Really appreciate the love. I think what's nice about pricing is I can see arguments for Haaland only, Salah only, and both all working. And as you say, lots of value via the 6.5-7.5 tier
Hi Fran, hope you're well. Glad to see you back posting again! I'm currently looking at my first draft but missing 0.5 somewhere. I don't love Eze as a pick without seeing his output without Olise but last year that logic spoiled me of probably 40 points so I'm trying not to make that mistake again😅It's probably between Gordon and Eze atm. Anyone you prefer here?:
GK: Sanchez / 4.0
Def: Trent / Gvardio / Burn / Taylor / Konsa
Mid: Knkunku / Eze / Salah / Foden / Gordon
Atk: Watkins / Isak / Pedro
You could tempt yourself with a Rashford/Garnacho poteentially as a downgrade from Gordon? Up to you though
@@FPLFran Omg I didn't realise rashy was 7 blank this year. I am a united fan so might have to take the dive if Ugarte comes in. Appreciate it!
Yo hope you are doing well. What are your thoughts on going a bit cheaper on the defense and going all in with Salah and Haaland in a draft together. I'm also thinking about potentially taking out Salah and Gordon for Foden and Palmer, i know the combined points looks like it would favour the latter option but I feel like a big part of that was because of Salah's decreased minutes last season. I also feel like Palmer overperformed and don't know if he'll hit the same numbers this season. Let me know what you think of the team, probably going to play a 343 especially if Pedro has good minutes.
GK: Sanchez / Fabianski
Def: Trent / Mykolenko / Burn / Harwood-Bels / Konsa
Mid: Nkunku / Eze / Salah / Winks / Gordon
Atk: Haaland / Isak / Pedro
Draft is v good obv subject to Pedro. Defense does feel a touch light (as does attacking depth) but that's up to you. I tend to like rotation a bit more.
Apart from salah, which liverpoor mid would you consider
Szobo or Jota but the latter is highly mins dependent
Love the squad, a player that would be harder to ignore now, is Saka given he was one of the most foaled players last season and he shares set piece duties including penalties, he will be a BPS magnet that would be harder to ignore in my opinion
as I've shown in the previous video addressing rule changes, I think Palmer, Foden benefit the most out of that bracket of 4 9.5-10.5 mids. Saka next then Son, but it's all v close!
@@FPLFran Agreed, and in hindsight, as I prefer to target fixtures, Arsenal intial rounds of fixtures aren't as rosy so the picks you have are more likely to have a higher celeing potential as they have better fixtures.
For this reason, Saka to me is a transfer in at a later point but not at the start
Thoughts on going with 3 4 million defenders that you just rotate around to pick your 3rd defender slot each gameweek?
I feel that's extremely top-heavy on offence. We really can't expect promoted defences to deliver much if at all.
Love the videos Fran, looking forward to another season of your fantastic content 🎉
Thank you Peter! Can’t wait for the season to start
Nice draft. Palmer was the top scoring FPL player last year though and he didn’t even play the first 7 or 8 games! Plus Chelsea’s fixtures are amazing from GW2 - seems a bit crazy to go without him?
I do love Palmer and I’ll have to seriously consider him. But I don’t think Foden is too bad either. Have to make concessions with this year’s pricing
Nice draft Fran. I haven't given it much thought since the season is still a few weeks away and there will be lots of pre-season games to take in, but this draft won't be too far away from the eventual non-Halaand template. Watkins and Isak feel like no-brainer picks. Senenyo is a good shout. Serious doubts over Liverpool tho, who burned me more than most teams last season. I feel like they will struggle for both goals and clean sheets initially.
getting it right on LIV will be quite key - let's see! I might even go Haaland only over Salah over this
What news on Sanchez over petrovic? Good draft I’ve got about 11 the same, I’ve gone for gibbs white instead of nkunku and
just thoughts based on what Enzo has said so far. Let's see though!
Do you post team before deadline or after?
Before. I go live.
This season prices look to me like inflation without a pay rise. 😂
Aha, I do think that the idea is to ensure that we can't 'have them all'. Lots of choices to make...
I really like the first draft fran. I feel another arsenal player is a must despite there fixtures not being great.
Yeah potentially that’s the case. Could start with Ode
@@FPLFran bro can should we select players now or wait some weeks ? (Cause transfer may happen)
Awesome draft! Where is the fixtures difficulty table from? Feel I need one of these for all season 😂
my friend elevenify has produced them, you can find them on his website. Generally I create a cheatsheet series which reflects FDR all season long.
@@FPLFranThank you so much! I’ll keep an eye out for that too. Its such a simple concept but really aids planning ahead, which was definitely my biggest problem last season.
Overall a good team. Only one question: How to cover Arsenal attack with this?
Rice worth a pick?
I don’t really believe in coverage. Just pick good players and hope for the best. I like Ode the most
Will the cheat sheet be coming out nearer the start of the season or will you do one sooner? I love the cheat sheet. Also I really like the semenyo shout.
Will probably do a few iterations of it
would like to see how youd setup a haaland only draft 👀
Haaland only as in no Salah?
@@FPLFran yea Im wondering if it's worth going Salah over haaland new manager + age sometimes things don't workout , haalands consistency a bit hard to ignore having both of them in means you cutting out alot of options
How would you rank Saka, Son, Foden and Palmer?
It’s always going to be fixture dependent. Probably if money wasn’t an issue Palmer Foden Saka Son for the opening 5-6
Palmer, Saka, Son, Foden
I knew you wouldn't leave out Gvardiol 😊. I didnt have eze or semenyo in my first draft but i like them both a lot, so could bring them in. I'm gonna go palmer over salah though. And same front line but i have big Chrissy Wood right now 😁
Hope Chris wood gets the minutes but there will be some additional depth there I imagine with Taiwo back
@@FPLFran I suppose when Wood got all the minutes at the back end of last season Taiwo wasn't yet fully fit. I do like forest's fixture run at the start of the season though.
Great draft mate!
Semenyo is a great choice imo, i never even considered him.
Whats your opinion on Dan Burn? He has great opening fictures and is pretty cheap.
I have Salah and Isak as well. The differential Captain pick for Isak is very tempting for me.
I like him a lot, if you’re willing to drop one of the premiums even more so.
Saliba actually is the only premium i have. My other defenders are Konsa, Martinez and Faes. Most of my money is put into my midfielders. I also dont have Haaland.
I feel like palmer is a MUST idk he's just so bloody good lol this year is hard to pick midfield
He's incredible, but once again I tend to think because I'd be captaining Salah over him most early GWs I might not need to start with him. There are concessions with every pick, which is the challenge of this year's pricing for sure.
I really like the idea of a strong defence i think adam armstrong the Southampton foreward is on pens so am thinkihg of having him to enable palmer and nkunku but unsure with having this much chelsea early on
hah I've literally recorded a vid just last night on Armstrong as a great differential. Good thoughts
@@FPLFranthanks fran I'll give it a watch your videos are always insightful keep up the good work
I switched Nkunku + Foden for Palmer + McGinn
I think Foden may get limited minutes for the start of the season, whereas Palmer is pretty well rested.
Then, sacrificing a relative unknown in Nkunku for possible penalty taker McGinn.
Your thoughts?
Rest of team:
Like yours: Sanchez, Trent, Gvardiol, Salah, Eze, Watkins, Isak
My differentials: (Palmer, McGinn) Gakpo, van der Ven, Munoz, Turner, Faes, Sangare
Well if you really think Foden won't play and Palmer does then ofc that is a logical move. I am not sure if I would call Nkunku an unknown though
Only thing I don't love is VDV - such a bad defense, what is the value to him? And McGinn, I might still prefer someone is more effective in open play unless you also think he might be on pens too
hello fran, nice to see you back!
Thank you Pako! Nice to see you around :)
Thoughts on leon bailey over nkunku?
No
Why not both? There is Rogers now too
Im 100% going for Palmer, might even captain him.
Certainly if you go for him he’s a top captaincy option
@georgeeffraimidis5610 There is definitely a big chance that Palmer scores points against city. He certainly did last time they played, and has looked unstoppable ever since. He is most likely gonna be my most captained player all year. The best player in the league in my opinion.
@@georgeeffraimidis5610 Have u not been watching the premier league brother, he tore it up, he is a magnificent player, and when he come on for England in the euros he was the best player on the pitch, managing to get more g/a than both foden and saka together, even tho he barealy got minutes. Palmer is definitely the guy to watch this season.
Obviously he has quality but his numbers are a bit misleading
For example if Chelsea had won 2 penalties instead of 12(and yes this is realistic) the hype wouldnt be so big
And some of his goals had luck like that from Pickford's mistake
Probably he will have very good season but maybe wont be translated to points this time
I am curious how much his team will help because i believe they are still in a chaos
Many new players,new coach and with what happened with Fernandez the climate doesnt seem too good
Would U do Isak, odegaard, or Godon, Havertz. Also, good luck with the season 👍
Isak. Odegaard mate
The former two!
Thoughts
GK: Sanchez / Sels
Def: Trent / Saliba / Gvardiol / Maatsen / Guehi
Mid: Palmer / Saka / Eze / Nkunku / Hudson-Odoi
Atk: Watkins / Isak / Pedro
Foden instead of palmer and get rid of one of the 3 premium defenders
No real complaints at this stage, looks like a lovely draft. I would say maybe some money can be saved over Maatsen if you want to. Just want to flag it might be Carlos Miguel who becomes the starting GK.
thoughts on my team?
Turner - Martinez
Maatsen - Trippier - Virgil(or Robertson) - Cucurella - Robinson
Elanga - Luis Diaz - Palmer - Foden - Nkunku
Watkins - Darwin - Isak
might swap Virgil for Gvardiol or try to get TAA in
great differential ngl
I can see a general preference for attacking FB (bar lack of Trent), which is nice. Only slightly concerned with Elanga minutes but it's a good team.
I'm also not sure if I rate 2x AVL defence to spend 10m on them despite their insanely good fix run but that's up to you, not bad at all.
@@FPLFran was able to swap Elanga for Gordon, and Virgil for TAA! cheers
Wow .. loved this but need Arsenal Assets and New castle defender 😮❤
I think burn makes sense if you won’t go triple premium defence. Otherwise there isn’t a place for him
Welcome baaaaaaaack
I would love to hear your opinion about Vardy and elenga.
I think the former will have incredibly dicey minutes so I’ve got no interest there. Latter is interesting but when they had full depth near the end of last season also found himself on the bench some games. Can you see that changing?
Very good draft, thank you for sharing. Is Sánchez now recovered from injury?
Yes I believe so
@@FPLFran bro can should we select players now or wait some weeks ? (Cause transfer may happen)
@@FPLFran Thank you ☺️
What would be your starting 11 for game week 1?.
that will most likely change as we get pre-season updates e.g. understanding of how teams will likely set-up and inevitably injuries
100k subs in no time! Keep it up legend
Thank you! That’s the goal…
Feels a little defensive heavy, lots of good defenders at 4.5 imo
Disagree just on the basis of how strong Arsenal are relative to even the 4th+ best defence in the league. But of course you can drop one or two if that’s your preference. It isn’t usually mine
@@FPLFran I hear you but surely that only applies to Arsenal defence, and with their start to the season I would only start with one
We’re back!!!
Is that not a lot of money in your defence? I just don’t think it’s that worth it when on average they don’t return as many points
Ben White scored the same as Gordon/Eze and is .5 and 1m less. Gvardiol was playing as a left winger at the tail end of last season and Trent is Trent.
They don’t return much points but are cheaper than most key players in attacking positions regardless so it’s hot exactly a fair comparison
Good team. I think theres a bit too much $ in the def. Cheaper def has been the move the past could of seasons and with these new BPS changes I think it'll make it even harder to get points from your defense. Plus there are so many good 4.5s AND with goalline clearance now being a thing I think that would benefit CBs more than RB/LB.
That's why I believe 3x4.5 + 1x4.0 + 1xwhatever along with 9.0 MAX on both GKs will be the way to go
Semenyo is a good shout, I'm probably going with Andreas Periera instead (on pens + corners)
ISAK IS A MUST!!! GORDON IS A MUST!!! NEWCASTLE WILL RULE THE WORLD
Cheaper defence imo hasn’t really been that go to last season, we just had a cheap Arsenal defence and got away with it due to bad pricing imo. I’ve been playing with more expensive defenders for a while now and haven’t struggled much. Goalline clearances happen much less than goals conceded though. Don’t mind Gordon though, I have been trying to fit him in!
Is saliba nailed?
If he is not nailed, I think no one else could possibly be for that Arsenal team. He played every minute of last season.
Personally would go for CHO or Rogers for Semenyo
Cho and Semenyo had similar production last season and I think one might be nailed over the other. Rogers is certainly interesting though if we think he is nailed post pre-season
Rogers risky now Ramsey is back
What about Harvey Elliot
What do you think of this draft
Raya
Gvardiol Burn Mykolenko
Salah foden palmer Eze Hudson-Odoi
Isak Watkins
Turner Konsa hardwood-bellis and Ladapo
v strong tbh. I don't actually have any issues with it as long as the English players are ready to start gw1
@@FPLFran thanks for the reply mate, also followed your season last year, epic work, hope you do well again. I finished around 50k last year
Thoughts on my first draft Fran ? My only concern is no Watkins especially if he is on pens
Sanchez, Fabianski
Trent, Gabriel, Burn, Konsa, Faes
Salah, Palmer, Foden, Gordon, Eze
Isak, Joao Pedro, Cannon
Trent for Mykolenko and Gordon for Ayew or Eze for Sarr can allow you to get Watkins instead of Cannon if you really want to. You don't really need 5 this high profile midfielder and Mykolenko is one of the best value defenders.
lovely team. I actually don't have much to say about it, it's very good aha.
@@FPLFran 🤣🔥 its changed 20 more times today but I keep coming back to this draft and a draft I have with Haaland in it
I couldnt belive they priced some of the leicester starting defenders 4m
But what are you expecting from the Leicester defenders?
@@FPLFran just being reliable bench fodders. I can trust them more than Southampton
@@NuclearAtomsis Coady a starter?
@@andyn6053 don't think so. Let's see what the new manager does because the usual partnership was Faes and Vestegaard and now they even bought a new CB
Fran the man is back!
indeed!
Nobody is talking about gakpo after euros could arne play him on the left if so I think he would be a really good pick / differential.
He’s very interesting of course, but also sadly a forward
Nice video. Please also add their prices to the video
will look to do so buddy
Brentford having same colour with promoted teams is insane...
100% should be gray
Now that they will play full strength we will see a different team
It is about fixtures, not the quality of team Brentford are. They still face LIV, MCI, TOT.
Will you release your actual team before the deadline? i still belive you should have haaland but still like the draft! Love the content Fran
I will. I don't think anything is a must right now but we can disagree aha. Maybe set on TAA/Isak tbf
Really nice!
Nice draft bro , btw you look like Julian Alvarez !😆
Baha yeah I’ve heard that before 😂
@@FPLFrandamn I was gonna say that but u beat me to it. El Arana!
Lmao I can't unsee it now
What do you guys think about Darwin Nunes. I'm thinking this could be HIS season!
As long as the minutes are there, coupled with the positive BPS impacts, he's definitely great.
@@FPLFran Will definately be one to follow in preseason. I'm dabnling in non-Salah, non-Haaland draft and it is looking stroong. But then I feel I must have a nailed Lpool attacker to mitigate Salah-dmg. I also really want Madueke, but no one is talking about him. Probarbly too unsecure minutes.
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Salah and Nkunku or Odegaard and Palmer? I think it's pretty close, but obviously with the first option you're relying on Nkunku to reach his potential this season.
Who would you captain?
Ode and palmer
@@TSH-sx3ec Well you'd obviously captain Salah against Ipswich week one, but I'm thinking a bit longer term if you're implying that Salah being the best captain choice week one should be a deciding factor.
I just think LIV fixtures are that good to start. Is there a draft where you could still fit Nkunku in? He still feels like a really good value play, as opposed to an 'alt' to Palmer
Anybody fancy a Son for the first 2 games? Could be a nice differential; don't see him included in many drafts.
It does make sense if you think the rest of your team will be robust around him.
Fran, still enjoying your FPL videos. I'm going without Salah. Looking at his point hauls over the years you can see his drop off... 303 pts to 212 pts.
Since FPL is all about points vs cost then Palmer's 244 pts trumps Salah. The cost/return metric is the only one I really look at. I also look at the eye test.
Haaland is also a no-no for me due to his cost.
Points per million isn’t how we should think imo vs how we project players to do in the future. Would you have used such a metric to identify Palmer the season before? Or even Foden?
I'm not sure premium defenders is the way to go
Based on what?
@@FPLFran the new bps does not seem to favour defenders. Also it's proven last year with the extra time minutes clean sheets are few and far between and hard to call. Id rather pump money upfront and midfield.
Konsa and Burn Good rotate fixture 😅
They do rotate strongly. Don’t mind it if you want to drop a premium def
I think Rashford could become a great pick considering his price
Remember when everyone said that last year
Man U fan ?
Noone said that,,he was 9mil last yr
@@jameshaddow2107 City actually
Ruud will turn him back into a goal machine
I think everyone is missing the fact that most of these EUROS/COPAS finalists and semi finalists wont play GW1 or maybe even 2
I think that’s a very key point that you’ve raised. We will monitor this come close to gw1.
Maatsen is the go to Villa defender imo
Only issue is the additional cost spending and they haven’t shipped out the other two LBs yet.
@@FPLFran maatsen Is most definitely nailed on plus He's very attacking
Charlie Taylor vs Bellis?
I think I prefer Bellis for mins but there are deffo some interesting 4.0s that could play more fullback type roles for Ipswich (Ben Johnson maybe) and Southampton (Charlie Taylor as you mention)
@@FPLFran Charlie Taylor was a saviour during a few of the gws last season.😅
huge difference between draft with haaland and draft without haaland
It is indeed. I’m seeing a lot of differences regardless on drafts with the same premium structure which is great variety!
How come you didn’t get haaland? With those fixtures he’s bound to score a ton
He costs too much
@@streetsiswatching9660 but what if he scores a hatrick in the first few weeks it’s a bit risky no?
I think it’s just an opportunity cost thing. I’m sure I can try build a Haaland draft but it would also equally miss out on some huge players
@@FPLFran 👍👍
@@streetsiswatching9660I knew it bru
Defensively Gvardiol is leaky. Ake is preferred. Gvardiol's starts became consistent when there were injuries in defense. I don't think we can be sure he starts if everyone is fit
The team was fully fit during the title charge bar stones. Whilst he might be worse defensively than Ake he provides something none of the other defenders can do on offence so it’s always a trade off. Until we see a clear system change im not inclined to think his minutes will be bad
@FPLFran I get you...but Akanji is not the best at stepping into midfield. My assumption is if John Stones is fit...he will play his role. Dias is quite nailed. And I feel in a fixture like Chelsea...you require someone a bit more solid. Especially considering Palmer might be on that side
Why Nkunku over Palmer besides price? Minutes weren’t very good last season
He was injured
Palmer all day long
You can’t really ignore price when there’s 4m difference lol
That’s like saying why Isak and not a 4.5 FWD
Because he was injured, and is a great player if playing at that price. Minutes are about context
@@FPLFran do you predict him to now be a main starter? If so probably is a better option to have more funds to build a stronger defence and bench
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Can i know your ID in the game please? thank you .
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@@FPLFran thanks a lot :)
I prefer Haaland to Salah despite the fixtures. Had to make too many compromises with Haaland+Salah so have left Salah out.
Liverpool and Salah were not great towards the end of last season and are a bit of an unknown quantity with the new manager.
I might move to another Liverpool attacker if a good one emerges.
only thing I'd say is the LIV fixtures do appear to be that good, so Salah is more so a value play against that. I do think with equivalent fix it's not close of course.
Are you sure Man City with Chelsea Arsenal and Newcastle in first 6 marches has second best calendar ? 🤡🤡🤡
because the point of this FDR is it clearly weighs how strong teams are, and Man City is either the 1st or 2nd best team by quite a landslide against the field (that isn't Arsenal). A clown's FDR would have Ipswich high at any point in the season.
Personally I don’t like it, too big at the back imo when so many good 4.5 mill
There is no replacement to Arsenal defence in the league in terms of quality defence, as much as there are good fixtures for NEW and AVL to start imo. Up to you though, this argument goes on close to every season
Fran, Morgan Rogers > Semenyo.
I will agree when I’m fully confident on his mins :P. Two goals vs Walsall won’t change my mind
@@FPLFranhe will be more nailed than Semenyo
I think Hudson odoi is better than semenyo
Absolutely fair point. From what I've read he might unfortunately be sold, but let's see. Rogers is v. interesting value too.
@@FPLFran I was thinking rogers as well as
I'll never go against haaland never
Hah, why not? It’s always about the opportunity cost in terms of other assets. Happy to make a draft with him though
Yeah 😂 ill always make room for that beast @@FPLFran
With Savio playing instead of Doku. I wont mind the 15m price
Bowen is slept on
His fixtures aren't great
decent price but bad fixtures to start and why not Kudus for example?
To many expensive defenders
@@davidvoskanian2025 it’s just my general playstyle. I don’t mind dropping the arsenal and going burn but we’ll see.
You will all need Haaland in GW2 against Ipswich
the season doesn't end after he plays them though!
Man, you are spending too much on diffinders you will regret it your midfielder is week
are you speaking from experience?
@@FPLFran yes and it is up to you to accept my opinion or not
Ok I finally worked it out, you're a Chelsea fan
Very disappointing man🤮
Grow up
I’m not a Chelsea fan at all? So confused what this is about lol
Strongly disagree with this draft. 👎
do you want a medal for it?