Hot take - I think Arteta is more honest than we give him credit for.

Looks like he did the running around again - well done owners 💪🏼

Finding the supposed mass moves to Guiu/Kroupi Jr quite interesting and surprising. Think both look a decent option this week, but only this week? Surprised so many seem happy to sacrifice the 8th attacker as part of a restructure.

Munoz/Sarr/Mateta owners - are you starting or benching in 9 at Arsenal?

Crash and burn is obviously a bit OTT but I do feel like the WC8 crew who pivoted to WC6 to save themselves some team value have cost themselves a fair few points and ended up with a worse squad. Fair? Unfair?

Double Palace is a minimum on a wildcard.

How’s your £9m midfielder getting on with his points for running around?

96 on wildcard any good?

There are still some FPL managers who don’t own Semenyo.

Any Ndiaye owners thinking of selling - he’s been sensational in this first half. I really wouldn’t.

Mukiele goal. It’s top FPL management, it really is.

I think I’m locking this in on wildcard. Leaves 0.2 in the bank. Hoping to profit on Woltemade to get Mateta in 10. BB likely in 11 but will make a call on that, hardly committed and the 5 FTs we get in 16 will enable flexibility.

Still not quite settled on the wildcard. Finding it hard to ditch Munoz/Timber but would make life a bit easier if I did. Woltemade to Mateta in 10 likely.

Wow - Palmer out for 6 more weeks!!

I think I’m almost there with my wildcard team now. Last decision is which Palace defender. Currently sat on Munoz. Given my low team value, this affects the rest of the bench (still have BB to play) but going Munoz means a 4.0, 5.0, 4.0, 4.0 bench with 0.2 in the bank… 🤔

78 all out. Up to 423k. Can’t complain. Onto wildcard 8. Some food for thought, feels like a good spot to have a few differentials from the template.

Double Palace is a minimum on a wildcard.

Palace look fantastic. They don’t look like a tired team who played in Europe on Thursday. Everton do. All one-way traffic.

First draft for WC8. I don’t expect this to change much. Any thoughts? 🤔 Yet to use BB in case that’s helpful.

The absolute worst thing about defcon is the counting commentary on social media. It’s horrendous.

Murillo to Gabriel. 🌎 626k OR Wildcard in Gameweek 8!

Alisson out for 6 weeks! That’s my wildcard keeper sorted!

Assume Diouf becomes Gabriel, would you bench boost here…? I’ll be wildcarding in 8 so would remove that issue of somewhat planning for BB.

Does this mean I’m both incredibly skilful and incredibly lucky?

That’s a penalty all day long. VAR man.

🤔

We’ve got to start taking Jaidon Anthony seriously as an FPL asset.

TC Haaland for me. Used 2FT to move Salah and Wood to Semenyo and Haaland. Plan is still probably Murillo to Gabriel in 7 and wildcard in 8.

I hope you all have massive success with your GW6 wildcards. I also hope the WC6 template crashes and burns. Both of these things can be true, right?

Who the bloody hell do I sell for Haaland? Wood or Watkins? I want to bin them both 😭

If Villa could just not be awful for a couple of weeks, this looks alright for GW6 while plenty are wildcarding…

Some really, really weird benching decisions made this week. Uninspiring fixtures, lack of captaincy options and people just waiting for GW6 to either make 2-3 changes, WC or TC. This week will either be very meh, or very polarising.

86 on FH 💪🏼 Gain of 41 over my non-FH team. OR 🌍 3m ♻️ 1m Upgrading my start from decent to good. Sticking with the plan I think… GW5 - Roll GW6 - Salah/FWD ➡️ Semenyo/Haaland GW7 - Gyokeres in…? GW8 - Wildcard

Exact money for this FH. Really want Ekitike but can’t make it work. What do we think?

As a Watkins and Rogers owner, this is a very concerning performance from Villa. Absolutely awful all over the shop.

Happier than I should be with this team badge. Forget the first draft. This is time well spent.

Anyone else having to log in every time they visit the FPL website? This surely can’t be intentional…

Any else seeing this? It’s on Chrome on iPhone. I can log in absolutely everywhere else but not the one place I use more than anywhere else 😅 Have done the usual clearing cache, cookies, history etc. Any ideas?

Fantastic news for Jim Ratcliffe and Manchester United - another big saving by not having to host the celebratory BBQ.

Who else is WC35 then? I know @fplfrasier.bsky.social is. This is where I’m currently at. The plan is to go into GW38 with 3FT. Would love to head any feedback and thoughts.

Need some inspiration for my last spot. It’s for a second hit as I’m already -4 here. Contenders are most likely Wood, Diaz, Jimenez, Welbeck but I’m open to ideas, including keeping it to -4 and play 10 but I strongly feel there’s enough upside for the hit. Thoughts gang?

So… anyone else not on FH this week? 👀 I’m FH29 crew and still have WC35 to play. This week might hurt 😂

I *think* I’m settled on not making any more transfers. Would love Marmoush but can’t buy for a -4 (becoming a -8 to remove in 34). Would love Saka but same logic really. The real dilemma is the captaincy. Despise not captaining a doubler, but it’s either Raya or Rogers at this rate… or Salah?

Scored 112 in GW32 with a GW rank of 22k and up to OR 65k. I’m on the FH29 strategy so very different to most. Still have my wildcard left which is ideally to be used in 35 to capitalise on DGW36 and BGW37 in a way most won’t be able to…

Worth just copying this lad. You’ll never see luck like it. It’s astonishing.

That bench 😭

Back in training. He’ll play.

Semenyo looked fantastic again today. Think he’ll be who I double up with from Bournemouth in 25 alongside Kluivert. Current thinking: 2FT Gordon ➡️ Semenyo Wood ➡️ Watkins AM stays on Slot. He will move on in 26. FH29 BB33 WC34 Likely to change of course, but this is my best bet currently.

Suspect Mykolenko will play on Wednesday. He was subbed late on against Leicester and his role has changed a lot since Moyes has come in and is much more demanding. He’s an important cog and has played well in previous games against Salah so no risks taken on that front.