One of the best things I’ve learned over the working with young learners is anytime they come back from a long break, their brains aren’t fully back and they need time to settle back into their routines. As do I. If you throw a bunch of stuff at them from the jump, it’s not gonna end well

Fantastic news, a new 5 year deal for Bukayo Saka agreed. ❤️

One of the best pieces of advice this season was from James on Planet FPL talking about how we need to view MFs like Rice, Bruno G…. FPL and the PL is not the same game it was, and those players are now playing much further forward. It’s hard to readjust our brains to new realities but we need to

47 points (59 with a -12), and the smallest of 1 point green arrows. Like how my team is set up going forward so I can’t complain I guess. But if I were to complain, the last game of the week always screws me over. I don’t think I’ve had one yet this season where one of my players returned 😂

Just noticed that I’ve benched 180 points this season. Close to 20% of my total points. One GW I had 32 overall points and 20 on the bench. Does FPL send you a stress ball for finishing top of the points benched table? 🤔

Looking back on my first two months of the season (no Haaland, double Forest defense, Watkins and Rogers) and how thoroughly it tanked any chance of a decent rank. Have pretty much stabilized since then, stuck in 8m-ish purgatory. If only I could re-do those first 6 or so GWs…

Already done a Watkins to Mane, Devenny to Bruno F. -4. Sure Bruno has City and Arsenal in the next two but he’s going to rat his way to a penalty in at least one of those isn’t he? Puts me at 10 players on triple green arrows for price rises on FPL live. Munoz and Mbeumo in the next 2 weeks.

Brought Bruno G. and Thiago back in this week for a 3 point green arrow as part of a -12, on the back of a green arrow -12 last week. It’s not for everyone but seems to work for me 🤷‍♂️

Thinking a few weeks ahead to when Bruno, Mbeumo, and Munoz are back. Would have to sacrifice Watkins and Bruno G. (Fofana and Devenny as well) but this is a really spicy looking team 🌶️ Could be even better if price rises go my way. Might even save some transfers for it 😂

OR 🌎 📈 7.9m-ish 👨‍✈️ 🇳🇴 🤖 🏦 3.2m Team value 105.6 (103.8) ♻️-12 Ekitike/Timber/Wilson/Foden ➡️ Thiago/Nunes/Bruno G./Rice ⬅️ GW Outlook➡️ possible point flurry? A wildly successful -12 last week inspired me to run it back in GW21. Ekitike back to Thiago is unabashed🦵jerk points chasing. Good luck all! 👍

As much as I have a plan with anything in this game, will probably WC either when the AFCON exiles return or the transfer window closes. As with most seasons, it’s also when I’ll stop with the more egregious point hits and reinvest the 4m extra in the squad. This GW though, -12 locked and loaded 🤭

As an Arsenal fan, you’ll never see me hope for United to be successful. That said, it’s more fun when they are moderately competent and an actual threat to you as opposed to the pathetic clown show they’ve become

As a manager who seems to fit the Manchester United profile of reckless transfer decisions, inept management of their squad, and incessant finger pointing at everyone other than myself, I think I’d be a fantastic option.

There was a time not long ago where you had multiple viable assets in the game priced above 10 million. It made for more varied teams as you couldn’t afford all of them. Having just the one or two now and the ability to stockpile cheap defenders has probably made the game a bit more boring

Made my transfers early this week to catch price rises. Had enough cash so was 50/50 on whether to bring in Nunes or Gvardiol as my third defender then Gvardiol goes and gets himself injured and a bullet dodged by me. What a crazy week of FPL.

Somehow managed to transfer out Thiago and Cunha and take a -12 yet still have a minuscule 1 point green arrow. What just happened? 🤷‍♂️

People who have a compulsive need to remind everyone how tough they are, or how people fear and respect them, are usually secretly terrified that they are neither tough, feared, or respected by anyone

Change of plans 😂 Don’t want to drop Saka but increasingly clear I can’t avoid Declan 🍚. So the new -8: Foden/Devenny/Timber out ➡️ Rice/Bruno G/Nunes in ⬅️ Want to keep Timber but ignoring Rice isn’t an option at this point.

GW21 looks a bit rough. Will sleep on it but looking at a -8. Foden/Wilson/Devenny out Cherki/Bruno G./Garner in. Sets me up for the Newcastle and Everton fixture runs while keeping a City MF attacker. Some nice team value potential there too 💰

John McGinn: The Villa MF we all slept on 🤣

That -12 hit now a netting a cool one point positive swing and a 3 point green arrow! Keep it up boys 👍 My previous -12 also resulted in a green arrow. Have I cracked the FPL code? 🤔

Forest is going to have to open up here now. That never ends well for Sean Dyche. That is unless Emery goes into full Unai 🐢 mode and takes off Watkins and Rogers for 2 CBs.

Watkins goal! ⚽️ 🥅 Rogers Assist!

This is peak Sean Dyche isn’t it? Soak up the pressure for 88 minutes then hoof it up to Ashleigh Barnes or Chris Wood for the game winner. Oh wait…

Ollie Watkins with the heavy touch and missing from point blank range. GW20 off to a storming start

If Morgan Rogers thinks all is forgiven from GW1-6 because he’s back in my team, and my GW20 🧑‍✈️, he better think again. The exit door already propped halfway opened for him if he blanks against Forest tonight 🦵 🍑 🚪

Good luck to all of you insane bastards who used your wildcard this week! Festive fixtures put a lot of us on tilt and while I considered it, I went for the more restrained choice of a -12. 😂 Good luck all! But not too much luck 🤞

Both in Arsenal and FPL terms, I’d love to see Ethan Nwaneri get a loan move to a PL club. I think he’d thrive at a club like Bournemouth in particular who seem to have interest in him, and at his current FPL price, would be really intriguing if he got some minutes there

OR 🌎 📉 8m-ish 🧑‍✈️ Rogers Team value➡️105.6(103.6) ♻️-12 Thiago,Cunha, O’Reilly, Calafiori➡️ Rogers,Watkins,Mukiele,Gabriel⬅️ GW outlook➡️ slightly annoyed(?) Proper sackings for goldbrickers like Cunha. Rogers and Watkins back from gardening leave. Hopefully you learned how to score lads. Good luck all 👍

People who want to do that, fine. But the pressure thing isn’t cool. Some of us just want to chill and not have to worry about keeping our bartenders happy. I have a lot places I like but this is the only bar I know that does this. Maybe time to move on from them. 3/3

For the foreign customers they say “this is Japanese culture if you want the bartender to talk to you more”. For the Japanese customers they say the same, except “this is American culture”. I generally like the people who work there but seems like a shitty thing to do. 2/3

I don’t go out much but a bar I’ve been going to for years has been pretty annoying (but subtle) about me buying drinks for the staff. They’re always pressuring the customers to do it and barely a visit goes by where they don’t mention it to me or other customers. 1/3

Have been thinking about a WC since I’m on a -12, possible a -16. But also considering that there are some big hitters like Bruno and Munoz coming back soon, Palmer getting back to fitness, and the January transfer window. Think I’d like to keep that WC in my back pocket for a bit

Already on a -12 but wondering if I should go all out and swap Foden for Cherki for an extra -4. Foden’s purple patch appears to have passed and Cherki has looked good. But with Semenyo incoming and Doku back, that MF is going to be crowded. Maybe walk away from City MFs altogether?

34 points all out, 25 points on the bench. Well done lads. House cleaning started yesterday. Cunha, Thiago, O’Reilly…start looking for work elsewhere. Points will be burned 🔥

Need multiple goals/assists from Schade and Thiago, Haaland blank and Sunderland to score, preferably more than once, to have a non catastrophic GW.

So the hero of my remarkably inept FH so far is Frimpong on 6 points? The one player on the FH I had the least confidence in returning. Welcome to FPL in 2026. You look a lot like FPL 2025

Maresca does seem like a prickly character but I’m somewhat sympathetic toward him. What manager would want transfers foisted on him and be told that you have to rotate in certain players (undoubtedly to maintain their market value)? That job is the most poisiny of poisoned chalices

I’m absolutely going to hate myself for this but giving serious thought to doing the Rogers/Watkins thing again for Cunha/Thiago. It was an unmitigated disaster having those two for the first 5-6GWs this season but hey, as the saying goes, those who don’t learn from history buy Villa players again

Loving the Cunha price rise right before everyone is about to sell him, including myself. I’ll take that 0.1 thank you and bin that fraud back to where he came

Looks like a very easy Calafiori to Gabriel move. We shall not speak of the free hit.

OR 🌏 📉 ➡️ 7.8m-ish 🧑‍✈️ ➡️ Cunha 🇧🇷 Team value 104.7 (true value 103.?) ♻️ ➡️ Free Hit of Despair GW Outlook= Hoping for 11 🎲 men It’s extremely punty and patently reckless on every level, even for a FH. If it fails it’s going to crash and burn spectacularly. But if it does hit…. Good luck all! 🙏

Pretty sure this is going to be my FH. Fairly radical with Frimpong and no City, but Sunderland away is tough and it gives me 11 home fixtures. Wouldn’t usually have JP or double United defense but at 7.5m rank, what am I clinging to? Feel free to share where you think I’ve lost my ever loving mind

I’m a huge fan of the Knives Out films but was a little disappointed in this one. Still pretty good because Craig’s Benoit Blanc is a force of nature, but the fun of the first two films takes a back seat to an exploration of religion and guilt here. 🤷‍♂️ Still looking forward to #4 though!

Will probably have Palmer on my FH this week. Fully expect him to not play though. Maresca has said as much that he won’t play twice in a week. Opportunity seems too good to not include him at all. I’m coming to hate having 2 FHs. Was much simpler just having the one to use for double or blank GWs

that anyone who knows Jonestown even a little will recognize. It then has a disclaimer at the end saying that claims the film is not based on actual events. That’s some pretty disgusting gaslighting from Ti West. Particularly when you’re playing around with the deaths of 900+ people. 2/2

Watched this yesterday and ohhh boy… Don’t think a film has made me feel that indignant for a while. I mean, it’s not like fictionalized films about Jonestown haven’t been made before, but this one copies the events of that day in minute detail (plus a lot of gratuitous gore). 1/2

It’s never going to happen but if I did transfer in DCL, I wouldn’t post a picture of my team at the deadline until he was gone again. The shame of it all would be…too…much…😂

As someone who likes catching price rises and avoiding drops, even for point hits, I always feel a bit antsy when I’m on a FH knowing I don’t have any control of my actual team until the next GW. So everyone out there, you have wonderful teams. You don’t need to buy or sell anyone until Wednesday