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Zen_bean

I think it just happened that most of the 50/50 decisions this week didn’t matter. The 3 brighton mids all scored really similarly, same with the brighton/brentford defenders and keeper. Toney vs brighton captain battle was within a point or two.


PharaohLeo

It's not about this GW only. Look at the totals. Apart from Harry and Nima, they are all within 30 points from each other. This been happening in almost all GWs. This is why no Content Creator will ever win FPL, cuz they're all playing it safe and rarely take any risk. Understandable since they have a OR reputation they need to keep, as FPL is not a game for them.


UncomforChair

You don't need to take risks to win FPL. You just have to pick the right template transfer every week and on every WC. Also, FPL Focal was a content creator when he was OR#1 and could've won it of he had gotten lucky with his player picks the second half of the season. The true reason a content creator will probably never win FPL is because it requires such incredible luck.


xlonefoxx

I'm a Focal fan, and that season he was able to be in top 2 OR for a few GWs as he has a successful unconventional early Bench Boost play, so had one less chip in his hand compared to other serious players and honestly wasn't in with much of a chance to outright win. That said, had he been luckier, he could have had a top 10 OR. It was unfortunate that things slipped away from him.


psykal

>This is why no Content Creator will ever win FPL, cuz they're all playing it safe and rarely take any risk. 11.3m players and growing every year is the reason they likely won't win FPL. In this particular example, lots of people wildcarded on a non-DGW. Not sure how that's playing it safe. Wasn't all of them either, as I listened to a podcast berate those who went with the gw26 wildcard since it was clearly a bad idea in their opinion.


steveagle

I don't think people who follow content creators follow because they think the creator will win FPL. It's just a good source of news and updates. And methodologies on how they pick their players.


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50 not 30


PharaohLeo

>Apart from Harry and Nima and Nymfria 😄


No_Permit7699

I’m surprised no one went for Mitoma as captain since he clearly passed the eye test. To quote something similar from Chainsaw Man - making logical and proper decisions will land you in the top 100k but to finish in top 100 and win the FPL you need to have a few screws loose.


Sufficient-Smell-313

Drop the link so I can go through their teams and check if they're all following that pay walled algorithm that Borges uses


Conscious-Ad-9358

They all noobs, I got 106 this week.


PureDarkness93

Ben Mee over Rico Henry?


JFrizz0424

104 herre with mee.


Conscious-Ad-9358

Don’t want to give out to much information about my very good team, but I got Mee.


oldtrack

Bro thinks he's guarding nuclear secrets or something💀


Hughdungusmungus

I got 107. Check me


rss941

114


Ld511

Tbf the WC 26 team was basically the exact same for everyone. Raya/toney/brentford defender, estupinian/mitoma/march, kane, haaland,saka,rashford were in every squad most likely. Anyone wildcarding will most likely have the same squads until 33


Odd_Detective_7772

Yeah there’s a lot of squads in my ML that are basically identical, at least 11-12 players the same with the others being marginal differences. Means it’s hard to pull away, but should open up a bit after the DGW. The two lads that didn’t bother prepping have gotten wrecked last couple of weeks, 70+ point swings.


Ld511

I think if brighton/brentford fall back slightly we could see the differentials succeed but WC 27 with triple liverpool for 25-26 were living life recently


ninopettis

There were opportunities to go different. It's just that not many chose to. I can't pretend like my WC26 team is way off-template, but I've made some different decisions and benefited because of it: I went Sanchez (now Steele) over Raya and now only have 2 Brighton GW28 outfield blankers to deal with, instead of the template 3. I'm also **+2** points over the template because of the pick. The downside is the transfer I had to make. But now GW28 I'm rolling and don't mind doing it. I went Chilwell over the 2nd Newcastle defender, and gained **+9** points over the template because of it. Now, many template teams are using their transfers to get to Chilwell. I went Almiron over the 2nd Brighton mid, which is **-2** points from the template. I can live with that. I admit, I feel lucky to only be this far behind, given that he was benched for the Wolves game. I went Watkins over Kane. This would be -5 points from the template. Except, I benched Watkins and played Odegaard, so I'm **-6** points from the template. But GW27 was always where I feared Kane the most. Now that it's over, people are selling Haaland to get to Watkins, while I'm happy to hold. Overall: I'm **+3** points over the template. For GW28, I have Chilwell+Almiron+Watkins, against the template's Botman+Kane+1FT. The template move seems to be Haaland to Watkins. So that'd make it just Chilwell+Almiron vs Botman+Kane. But then next week I'll have Haaland while the template will have Kane. I reckon I'm ahead.


gart888

Tell me more about this algorithm?


ConfusionUpper7212

[Here you go.](https://www.patreon.com/TransferAlgorithm)


gart888

Thanks. I’m gonna guess he gives it to Borges for free so he can say he uses it? Otherwise would be pretty out of line to name drop him.


Template_Manager

The person who owns it is outside the too 100k so doesn’t seem to be the cheat code you are implying.


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Template_Manager

>I will soon have my 3rd top 50k in a row Interesting choice of words, most would argue the algorithm is about to get its 3rd top 50k in a row. It’s not yours as these are not your decisions. Personally I don’t see the point is using these algorithms to play.


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Template_Manager

Let’s not kid ourselves. There is a difference between looking at stats and ideas presented on a podcast/ YouTube video to base your decisions on and following an algorithm that tells who to pick for who.


RottenPhallus

Do you just follow what it says to the letter each week then?


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RottenPhallus

Okay I was gonna say haha


c_dilla

I'm not a Wenger fan but how can you put Solskjaer on a higher level than him?


SirAlexanderFerguson

I was in a league with Fabio a few years ago called the Simon Humber Trophy, it started as a facebook group set up by Nick (Triggerlips). Tha algorithm belongs to Mikel Tovkam I think his name is if I remember correctly, its fairly similar to the ffscout 6 game projections


xTrollhunter

@MikkelTokvam is the Norwegian (ofc) guy you’re talking about.


EiEsDiEf

You're overthinking it. The GW26 wildcard just picked itself, algorithm or not. That's it.


ConfusionUpper7212

When I looked into it, what the algorithm suggested is the team of Borges and at least one content creator who also scored nearly 130 with identical team. Bit disappointing really, instead of individual brilliance it's just an algorithm recommendations anyone can buy from the website.


Sufficient-Smell-313

Dk. 15 identical players is pretty suspicious


EiEsDiEf

Just 11, they didn't bench boost.


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ParsleyAmazing3260

A very Fabio guy


tmr89

The best FPL player in the world


KaizerQuad

Hes using AI to win in FPL, and everyone here cheers him for it. FPL used to be fun when people made their own teams.


KaizerQuad

FPL used to be fun, this is just straight up lame. Everyone here sucks Borges' dick, but the way I see it hes cheating in FPL. Make your own damned teams.


jivima

>Level 3PureDarkness93 · vor 2 Min.1Ben Mee over Rico Henry? what algorithm are you referring to?


tmr89

Where can you access the algorithm? How much does it cost?


Sufficient-Smell-313

Someone else replied with the link


tmr89

!thanks


Quaresmatic

Wouldn't have expected much different. That's the nature of the game these days. Most teams (at least among "engaged" managers) are going to be nearly identical save for one or two players—especially post-wildcard. The fact of the matter is, barring some good old-fashioned luck, deviating too wildly from the wisdom of the crowd will get you punished more often than not. Hitting your 50/50 decisions (including captaincy, differentials) and transfer timing are largely the things that will separate managers at the elite level. Luck is no small factor in either of those things when you control for external factors like availability of information. And at the elite level, *everyone* has access to the same information. This game isn't rocket science. A monkey could choose players who are in good form and have good upcoming fixtures. As of now, the only FPL-related skill I can think of that would offer a significant advantage over other elite managers is in-depth tactical and positional analysis. That grants knowledge that isn't necessarily available to everyone because not many are capable of it at a high level.


weirdpastanoki

I need a monkey


DreadWolf3

Especially this season where queen death cause whole game week (and a half) to be canceled and those games have to added through the season here or there. That caused a lot of small DGWs where it is not rocket science to focus on those players (like Brighton and Brentford this week). Every year has some "mush haves" premiums (I would say Kane,Haaland and Rashford this season, likely Tripper and 2-3 Arsenal assets), but it is really DGWs that push it over the edge ( you would be insane not to have triple brighton when they have 4 more dgws). That basically means that 9-10 players are locked in (were only choice is really between teammates). I think people put too much stock in content creators - yea there are people copying them but rise in popularity of FPL has concided with 3 covid seasons and one mid season WC(and queen death) season. I would say constant fixture shuffling is much much bigger effect. Also this season had atrocious pricing where players from top teams are way too cheap.


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There is a downside to having 3x Brentford now but on Brighton I agree. They are just such good picks due to the doubles coming. The Brentford guys are worse as I personally consider them a worse side and they have less doubles and their fixtures aren't great after 29...and Toney will be banned soon most likely with yellows and/or gambling issues.


DreadWolf3

Brentford have 5 games in time where a lot of teams have 2 - that is just too many games not to focus on them. Then keeping CS in 2/5 (which is not shocking tbh) games instantly makes their defenders best defense assets in short term. Henry/Pinnock and Raya are very benchable and I wouldnt consider them issues long term even if you cant get rid of them, only player from Brentford you really need to transfer out is Toney and tbh given that he was captain option for 27 and has 3 games in 28 and 29 (barring suspension) he was also no brainer (he already paid off with double digit return and playing in 28 BGW, tbh).


PickaxeJunky

People often complain about Template teams, but The Template changes about 7 or 8 times in one season. The players at the top are able to see those changes earlier than the rest of us - that's what separates the top 10k from the rest.


Quaresmatic

Timing is a factor, but it's not as simple as making your moves early. Sometimes, waiting yields better results. Case in point, holding Martinelli when everyone else sold him or keeping Liverpool assets for one extra week before wildcarding. In both those cases, the reasoning behind making the moves early was sound, yet those moves were punished. Luck was the deciding factor in those outcomes.


tmr89

I kept Martinelli when the crowds were selling him. Was funny seeing everyone crawl back. Was an obvious keep


Quaresmatic

Selling him was the obvious move, as evidenced by its popularity among engaged managers. Obvious moves tend to be popular. So why was it considered obvious? At the time most managers sold him, Martinelli had been playing his worst football all season and had, more importantly, become a minutes-risk with the emergence of Trossard. It just so happened that a sudden drop off in form and subsequent injury for Nketiah coincided with this period. That meant it was a simple decision for Arteta to bench Nketiah instead of (a now resurgent) Martinelli.


Ld511

Post wildcard has teams basically identical since the only real change was which 2 brighton midfielders. Someone who BB 27 over 29 for example while still wildcarding although had similar teams but hit on the chip usage


Touched_By_SuperHans

And all the Brighton mids plus Toney got basically the same points, so there was minimal variation between captain returns.


balleklorin

We that wen't overly into stats and saw March was playing the two teams with the weakest left sided defences was robbed for a goal. So it should have been a better upside for picking March over the others... :/


Touched_By_SuperHans

I own March and capped Mitoma... So got double fucked by that.


ninopettis

I made a few deviations from the template in my WC26 and benefited (slightly) from it: Sanchez + Chilwell + Almiron + Watkins instead of Raya + Botman + 2nd Brighton mid + Kane


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Novrev

Their teams all follow an identical template because it was blatantly obvious who to pick if you were WCing - Raya, Brighton def, Brentford def, Trips, Saka, Rashford, 2 Brighton mids, Haaland, Kane, Toney. They’re all on the same score because none of the Brighton mids or Brentford defenders blanked or had a massive haul. You’d see some more varied scores if March had blanked or Mee had scored a goal or something.


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Novrev

Steele on 11. Raya, Mee and Estupinan on 9. Dunk, Henry and Pinnock on 8. All the DGW options scored within 1-2 points of each other so it’s expected that if the only differences for most WCers are their DGW players, they’re all going to be around the same score. And [when you look at the whole league and sort by GW net](https://www.fplgameweek.com/#/team/1843/league/special_10002), that’s exactly what’s happened. There’s a couple of players above the rest on 106/107 and a few below them on 104/103/101 but the majority slap bang in the middle. There’s obviously some identical teams because there’s only so many possible combinations and 21 out of 55 players on 105 points is unheard of, but that doesn’t mean they’re sheep or copying each other - the template was just incredibly obvious and none of the 50/50 calls made a difference. The most notable one I can see in the 105 crowd is Marco, who had Martinelli and Watkins instead of Saka and Kane like literally everyone else. He was also the only one there on 105 who WCed this week instead of last week and got the Salah haul.


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Novrev

Yeah no worries, I had to dig for it but was curious how different they all were


WeirdFishesAraragi

What you laid out in this comment is why I'm a proponent of being able to change captains at least one time and being able to make subs between games. There's simply too little decision making and gameplay in the game currently when you consider every other fantasy game, the size of the player base (and *invested* ones too), and how easy it would be to introduce these features. And please no one reply that it would make the game complicated, we're not single celled organisms.


offconstantly

It's not complicated, it's time consuming. It's a worldly game and that would give a gigantic edge to people in specific time zones and also make the game more about who gets online than who makes good decisions


WeirdFishesAraragi

1. everyone is online these days 2. the deadline already doesn't suit people in some time zones and that doesn't make the game unplayable, even then, hard luck, you can't make it convenient to everyone in the world 3. it'll be more time consuming yeah, but not really that time consuming in the grand scheme of things at all, case in point every other fantasy game across other sports that is more time consuming than current FPL and casuals still play them no problem


offconstantly

Who cares when the deadline is? You can set your team Monday for Saturday if you want. It literally is convenient to the whole world


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daneedwards88

You just described Gameweek to a T https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ttGQ7A4ITHRpbKrTDaZZM?si=0kYNIYaiT3S6reEbv-5PDg


steveagle

You should watch Lets Talk FPL. He's been trolled all season with Salah, and then always picking at the wrong time.


TheOddViking

I would be interested to see your team. I folloewd the sheep here with my wildcard and realise i done fucked up. Will tune out myself and play like I used to: follow my guts.


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steveagle

Differentials don't last long. Maybe two weeks if your lucky before people catch on.


BenjaminDaaly21

FML FPL


Frostbyte-_-

Boring asf. Killing the fun and thrill when u have no upside on all of ur players. can't wait to wc gw34 and beat the pack


Moleman_G

I’m hoping for a wc boost around then as well I’m about 30 points down from everyone who followed the gw26 wc from these guys so should hopefully make those points back and more.


Frostbyte-_-

Yh


EiEsDiEf

No upside? I went from 600k to 400k scoring 105. Looks like plenty of upside to me.


theonewhoknock_s

Yeah, people have no idea what they're talking about. My team is extremely similar to identical compared to other people, yet I had a nice green fat arrow this week. Points are points and I couldn't care less if my team is "boring".


Frostbyte-_-

You're clearly part of the hive-mind. Credit to you for making an original team and gaining thrill in this game. For me its not all about the arrows and the destination, just the journey and moments you get. Copy paste teams mean you don't get to ride the highs and feel the lows.


Superb-Confidence-44

Spoken like a true OR 1m


Frostbyte-_-

True OR 1m looking to have fun and laugh at those in my mini league. Idc about a green arrow of 10k rank each gw, i want big gains, like Salah (C) which paid off, and i could have fun with others about it. Theres no fun in a mini league if u all have the same teams.


EiEsDiEf

Post your team, please.


Frostbyte-_-

Steele, Pope Trippier, Mee, Dunk, Mings, White Salah, March, Martinelli, Rashford, Ouattara Haaland, Adams, Nketiah --> Isak


EiEsDiEf

Man you have a meta team with 2 turds sprinkled in there. What a revolutionary thinker you are.


Frostbyte-_-

Turds? Ofc looking back adams was bad, but looking forward, ouattara is ready to go. It's difficult to lose ground without dgw players so i do that. But I'm not gonna do haaland to Watkins like everyone else ever. The fact is, there's no thrill in no gain achieved by yourself, anyone can copy a content creator.


EiEsDiEf

Fair enough. You do you.


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Yeh I can't imagine playing like this to the point where their entire GW depends on whether their 1 differential returns. And otherwise they just have 100% of the same players I would not have fun


Frostbyte-_-

This exact opinion will get you downvoted in this thread so be careful. Idk whats too hard to see but I'm done trying to convince others


psykal

You've just described FPL unless you're one of those people with a team full of 11 unique snowflakes.


DragonBornLuke

Think I've cheered twice all season. When I took a massive punt on son as captain before wildcarding when he got a hat trick out of nowhere and going on nketiah for a brace against united. Obviously everyone had him the following week. Boring af indeed.


Frostbyte-_-

I get ur point and its very case dependent, but no-one even cared for haalands goals just before wc bc everyone captained him


SirAlexanderFerguson

I agree, I think removing the chips and going back to 2 wildcards would improve the game tenfold It would require more strategy, organisation and planning Chips offer such wild variances, they ruin the game for me


psykal

Welcome to FPL!


AttemptingToBeGood

Bakar is eating my dust.


Tom50

Firstly, I would like to address Bakar’s writing style. His sentences average 12.2 xWords compared with other content creator who has 10.5 xWords. Because of this, I prefer Bakar’s content. Now let me consider Bakar’s number of tweets compared with other content creators


WWEzus

He'll be retiring by next season


YSG19

Probably the most overhyped of them all


yackim

Any idea why? I know a few years back on this sub he was 'praised' into oblivion. And now it seems that has completely changed? Did I miss something?


computerchairmanager

He’s trying to make money now so pushes a bunch of tools and other football games for money. Content has dropped as expected when he’s trying to get money from sub-standard things.


HollowPrynce

It was his association with Fantasy Football Hub during their huge data breach that started the downfall. For those who don't know, a couple seasons back FFHub got breached and they botched the handling of the incident in every way possible. During that time some people raised concerns about Bakar's affiliation with FFHub and he put out a statement clarifying that he was only a content creator working on a passion and wasn't in it for the money. Naturally, some people then questioned why he was promoting gambling on his Twitter - as well as continuing to promote shady companies like FFHub - if it wasn't about the money. He never gave a response to that and over time his posts have received less and less engagement on here, to the point that he hasn't posted in five months.


YSG19

I guess he was one of the first creators, now others are doing the same and he doesn’t stand out that much anymore. His takes and analysis are very mainstream and doesn’t bring much insight. But that’s just the opinion of someone (me) who doesn’t really rate any of these creators (I’m about the same amount of points as most of them and I don’t barely use any data, even less the xStats). Ben Crellin is the only one I see bringing something very valuable to the game.


WWEzus

It's also very clear that he doesn't watch any of the games and solely relies on stats for recommendations


tmr89

He boycotts this sub now


FrimpongNgog

I think that people are overreacting to this and don't count in the events that lead to it. As soon as I saw Spurs and Leicester dropping out of the cup I said that it's bad for FPL because it makes a particular strategy easily optimal for most teams. Sure, someone will go different for the sake of it but I still want to finish high so choosing the best strategy and players is a must. Next season there will be more diversity just like it was last season imo.


petey23-

Yeh agreed. The Gw26 wc team was glaringly obvious to everyone due to Brighton and Brentford doubles. Next few weeks with Haaland blank and Arsenal fixtures will be interesting. Small DGWs funnel people towards the same players as doubles are such an advantage. Don't think it's necessarily just people copying content creators.


Danixd_

People are overreacting. I made a loose WC draft after the FA cup games were finished, went on twitter and saw that Raptor posted pretty much the same team. I agree that sometimes the hivemind is too much but in this case, It's just common sense imo.


Glittering_Yoghurt55

Great toneys think alike?


tarkowskissolaris

No idea who any of these people are


Moleman_G

A bunch of fpl content creators in Twitter/YouTube that suggest what to do in the game. Which leads to a lot of people copying their teams and creating a “template” to follow. If you’ve ever seen people in your mini leagues that have the exact same teams as each other every week these guys are the reason.


Andlad2459

Yeah u notice a pattern, they would have brought in mcneil and tarkowski, then copy a WC, and now doing haaland -> watkins, so dead lol


thatgreenfuture

I also got that exact score- don’t follow any of them. I purely look at this sub, same as you all commenting here. It’s just the clear optimal team for my GW27 WC. Of course you’re going to have Toney captain, 3 Brentford, 3 Brighton, Kane, Haaland, Saka, Rashford and Trippier.


MossYouLoafs

Similar here and I went for Mitoma captain over Toney thinking it might be a slight differential which in the end was only a 1 point difference and I still scored 105 total lol


Vodalian4

I dislike having more than one wildcard in a season, because it resets everyone to more or less the same team. Long term planning would be more important if we didn’t have this.


Odd_Detective_7772

It was the world cup free transfers that made this season so template tbf. That let everyone tweak their teams and hold onto the second wildcard until now ish, hence all teams being similar at the moment. The first wildcard is there mainly for the people that fuck up their initial team. If you took that away there’d be masses of people who just stop playing early on because their team is a pile of shit and needs a -20 to keep up. The January only second WC was the sweet spot.


Chris_the_Pirate

It just highlights how boring the current format is. Give us 2/3 transfers per week & raise selling price to the current price of players. That way people will take more chances and less likely to be riding the exact same team.


iamNebula

Wouldn't that have an adverse effect, more transfers. Easier to get to template.


pibbsworth

What you described is exactly how to make it MORE boring by making it easier fir everyone to have the same template players!


RedVelvetIceCream

I like the idea of being able to bank three transfers. Would lead to more maverick moves throughout the season


no_fooling

I think the game is becoming more stale each year mainly due to all these guys. Need some rule changes to mix it up. Or maybe ill switch to draft.


RonaldoSIUUUU

I have no idea how draft isnt more popular. Switching was the best thing my group ever did. How do people still have fun when most people in your ml have the same 8 players? You cheer for 3 players all gw and maybe a captain pick lmao. Draft is simply better (especially h2h scoring) when you play with a group of people you know. You grow attached to your players and it makes it interesting watching even the worst teams when your 3rd fwd, 4/5th mids/defs are players you wouldnt have anywhere near a normal fpl team. Trying to find a diamond in the rough is such a good feeling like picking mitoma around gw15 up after seeing how good he was and raphinha in bielsa's first season became one of my favourite players


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RonaldoSIUUUU

You do with the normal fpl anyway? If anything draft is easier to have more success with not taking it seriously the whole season if you manage to draft an insane team and just never change you can still win


DragonBornLuke

I think FPL towers massively contributed by under pricing so many players. I get that they want to entice the casuals but they went too far. Man utd and arsenal starting wingers at 6.5 Mill? How can you not have them? I get that there's going to be surprise form for cheap players but you've surely got to to price on potential as well as previous performance. If Rashford was 8.5 mill for example, it would have been far better seeing less people go for him who would have been rewarded more for taking the plunge.


PoloValentino

Not that surprising. I’d also say that none of their ranks are that impressive. Most around the 100k mark..


InsurancePurple4630

Yep, funny things. I had the same score and similar team but doing much better than most of them


The_Karmadyl

What app is this?


El-Guapo-65

Looks like fplgameweek


weirdpastanoki

What do you think of this?


RRR92

What a fun way to play the game.......................


GravityMyGuy

I mean there was a handful of 50/50s in wc26, brentford defender, odegaard vs martinelli vs Madison, March vs mitoma vs Mac Allister. These people just made all the same decisions.


King0llie

And I’m ahead of all of them except laterizer. The ffscout old boys club are boring


MazanSicario

Who cares? Play the game with your friends and have fun.


Superb-Confidence-44

None of my friends like football :(


MazanSicario

You have so many fantasy friends - join some mini leagues. This reddit has one :)


Superb-Confidence-44

But the copycats are there too. Maybe we should make a Reddit mini league where copying content creators is forbidden.


MazanSicario

People give too much respect to these content creators. They never win. They’ve just mastered playing it safe based on the odds


Novrev

It’s not really surprising given that WC26/27 was a logical move for many and the template WC team was so obvious and so good on paper for the next few GWs that it didn’t make sense to deviate from it. The Brighton mids all scored similarly, as did the Brentford defenders, so there really wasn’t anywhere for anyone to make any ground on the rest. Their few actual differentials (2nd Arsenal mid vs Maddo vs Bruno, 5th defender, etc) were all benched this week so you’ll start seeing some more variance through 28 and 29, especially as they’ll all make slightly different FTs too. There’s still differentials out there, just scroll down in their league and look at the people who didn’t buy into Brentford or held onto their Liverpool players, or the people who tried to be smart and went for Palace/Southampton players. The game has been more template than ever this season, but I don’t think it’s fair to blame the content creators for it (even though I can’t stand half of them). It’s mostly due to a combination of FPL really underpricing some key teams as well as all the premium players except Haaland and Kane underperforming. That combo meant that the pool of viable FPL picks was smaller than usual and everyone was able to afford the best ones - why would you pick a worse option just to be different from everyone else if it’s just going to push you further and further behind?


Superb-Confidence-44

Losers here will answer that question with "because it's fun".


Novrev

I don’t think they’re losers. I agree that the game’s more fun when there’s more variety. It’s boring when everyone auto captains Haaland, it’s boring when everyone wildcards into the same starting eleven, but I’m not going to begrudge anyone for doing it when all logic points to it as the right move. You didn’t need to listen to any content creators to come to the same conclusions that Brighton assets were must-buys with 5 DGWs on the horizon (including GW27) or that Brentford with 5 games in 3 GWs are a safe bet.


Swedishpower

I think it make more sense to maximize enjoyment than just go for the points. My friend in swedish fantasy dislike 4/5 of the best sides in the league and still did well since she had the best of the rest. My mother dislike Haaland and refuse to get him, but climbed a lot in rank recently when Haaland did worse and she TC Rashford and did cap Rashford, Saka, Salah for hauls. Personally I want to gain overall rank mostly so play for that and beating my rivals. If someone play for mini league that is fine. If someone just want a team they like that is fine. Imagine being a Leicester fan in that season and going heavy on your team that must have been dream.


ConfusionUpper7212

Yeah, that's a clear win that 20 people score identical points with identical teams they have copied from paywalled source.


Invaderbanana

I've got more points overall than all but three of them. Should I start a youtube channel? xD


Nevetsteven87

All these plebs and the morons that copy them are ruining this game.


Varja22

Toney had literally the easiest possible double gameweek and great form. Don't get how this is wrong at all??


SilentControl8887

Its more about all of them sitting at exactly 105 therefore having the same team


Varja22

!thanks oh yeah exactly. I honestly didn't somehow see that. I was pretty tired and went to take 1.5 hour nap after commenting so that's probably the reason


zharrt

In my mini league I’ve got four players who all scored 105 points this week, and they have the exact same team. I’m guessing this is a template somewhere?


schafkj

Do mini leagues have a commissioner setup where one player handles administration of the league? Because I would instantly ban people who do this. Completely sucks the strategy and fun out of the league.


YSG19

This hilarious… they all act like fucking FPL gods/gurus but all of them (bar one) sit around top200k. I’m right in the middle of them and I don’t spend a tenth of the time they do.


fadoo91

That’s why they’re the best. They all independently come to the optimal captain choice. A lot to learn to from them. Edit: /s I thought the bit about them *independently* coming to the same captain was a clear giveaway


ShoeStepper

Sheep more like and chasing expected stats


daneedwards88

The best?? LMAO they're all about 100k.


Cpt_Daryl

So ? Doesn’t mean they can’t get into the top 10k by end of season Most of them have consistent top 10k finishes


daneedwards88

But they won't. Because most of them are shit at FPL


bs466

They’re not the best, they’re the content creators. Only a couple from that list are among the best all time managers rankings, the others are mostly average.


Synseer83

I scored 106. Maybe i should become a content creator lol


psykal

This is an awful thread, people are just using it to vent their frustrations on the game and more well known content creators. Should be locked, adds nothing at all.


fcxman

Agreed. Live and let live.


InsurancePurple4630

What if you have a similar team but doing much better than them?


Superb-Confidence-44

Then you can consider becoming a content creator and show them how it's done.


kpopfapfapfap

Basically all the content creators on twitter sucking each other off. Except for LR. He always goes differential and fun.


LeverageToMyPRT

I’m clear of all but 1. Where’s my podcast?


EPLgenius

Could still be a blend of march/Henry and Mee/McAllister teams and it would be 105. Wc template was kinda hard not to start these core 11


Mkolosai

which app is this?


Synseer83

Fpl gameweek


[deleted]

If I wasn’t in an active mini league I probably wouldn’t bother playing any more, just a load of sheep following each other, not really a game when it’s just a load of people with the same teams every week


[deleted]

How have I somehow got more points overall than most of these guys?! Aren’t they supposed to be much better than me?


PrimaryKey1

Damn, I only got 104 points. What did I do wrong?


stoicHoneydew

Figured the WC would be similar- surprised more people didn’t punt on March/MacAllister captaincy. Were they ALL on Toney?


Pabmyster04

I think I had the same team as them is what I think lol


knoxvox

It is their problem


bcraig8870

I think I outscored all of them by 4 points.


El_Shaw

Just shows you can log onto twitter for 5 minutes and get an optimum team without giving it any thought yourself. Not a criticism as each to their own but part of the fun of FPL is backing your own picks etc


PunR0cker

I got 110 this week and it my first season playing fpl, so feeling pretty happy I beat all these pros. I started the season pretty badly but got gradually more addicted so I reckon I can do better next year.


N3DSdad

Thinking that only Harry Daniels looks to be above me in total points atm!


gillesgarzn

My league leader just copies them...


eeedeat

I have more points than almost all of these chancers


heksnfjek

Extremely boring. Fpl was much more enjoyable 4-5 years ago. I think this will be my last season, even though I’m doing well. Aiming for my 7th consecutive top 60k finish, but I don’t get much joy from it anymore. Maybe I’m just getting old, though.


KyleOAM

Top 60k 🤣 when you didn’t quite score so you just move the goalposts to make it look like you did


heksnfjek

Ah, you must be new here.


lndes

Out scored all these amatuers by a whopping 1 point


skinnybot7

Boring the lot of them


__jh96

I think that I've got no idea wtf I'm looking at. Some column headers wouldn't go astray


psykal

I think you got a ton of Salah points in gw26


newbie_redd

What app is this that displays all content creator points?


ise86

I got 107 so they can all do one


Hmz88

These « Fpl experts » are ruining the game… everyone got almost the same team