🗣Iraola on the penalty: "We don't just have Szoboszlai and Isak ; we also have many excellent takers like Mac and Gakpo."

"But I think Szoboszlai showed how good he is. It was a penalty that was almost impossible to save, and I'm happy to get this point at the end"

✍️ Do you think Szobozlai will continue taking pens?

GW1 : benched (27 mins played) ; 8 pts
55K+ transfers IN

GW2 : starts (59 mins played) ; 1 pt

GW3 : benched again...
555K+ transfers OUT

Fulham players will be very popular in #GW6

They face the 3 newly promoted teams 😋😋😋

Robinson & Gonzalo are already on my watchlist 🧐

#fpl #gw1 #fulham

Gameweek 1 The scout selection results

Did you beat the scout in #GW1 ? #fpl

🏴 FT! Carabao Cup Round 2

Ipswich 3-1 Leicester
xG : 1.79 - 2.29
Shots : 15 - 22
Shots on target : 9 - 9
Big Chances : 2 - 2

⚽️ Egeli, Núñez (x2)
🅰️ Clarke, Akpom, Humphreys

📰 Ipswich XI:
Walton
Furlong | O'Shea | Kipré | Ouattara (Davis 63')
Humphreys | Núñez (Compton 94')
Egeli | Clarke (Maeda 81') | McAteer (Mendel-Idowu 80')
Akpom


Plymouth 2-4 Coventry
xG : 1.21 - 1.37
Shots : 11 - 12
Shots on target : 5 - 5
Big Chances : 1 - 3

⚽️ Awoniyi, Rudoni, Mason-Clark, Torp (pen)
🅰️ Yirenkyi, Awoniyi, Torp

📰 Coventry XI:
Bentley
Latibeaudiere | Thomas | Kitching | Bidwell
Torp | Yirenkyi (Eccles 70')
Sakamoto | Rudoni (Mason-Clark 62') | Hamer
Awoniyi (Thomas-Asante 70')


Stoke 1-1 Hull City (Hull win 5-4 on pens)
xG : 0.90 - 1.40
Shots : 10 - 18
Shots on target : 4 - 6
Big Chances : 1 - 2

⚽️ Dowell
🅰️ Millar

📰 Hull City XI:
Phillips
Drameh | Herrington | McNair | Targett (Stroud 77')
Gourna-Douath | Hjertø-Dahl (Morita 59')
Ömür (Belloumi 77') | Dowell (Sellars-Fleming 81') | Millar
Akintola (Slater 81')


Birmingham 1-6 Brentford
xG : 0.51 - 2.07
Shots : 8 - 16
Shots on target : 2 - 8
Big Chances : 1 - 2

⚽️ Wilson, Hickey, Collins (x2), Damsgaard, Thiago
🅰️ Yarmoliuk, Anthony (x3), Sangaré

📰 Brentford XI:
Valdimarsson
Hickey | Schuster | Collins | Henry (Lewis-Potter 71')
Yarmoliuk (Sangaré 48') | Janelt (Kayode 71')
Ouattara (Schade 46') | Damsgaard | Anthony
Wilson (Thiago 62')


N Forest 0-2 Leeds
xG : 0.86 - 2.26
Shots : 8 - 13
Shots on target : 2 - 5
Big Chances : 1 - 4

⚽️ D. James, Justin
🅰️ Longstaff

📰 Nottingham Forest XI:
Sels
Diomande (Murillo 60') | Milenkovic | Jair
Aina (Netz 61') | Schlager | Domínguez | Williams (Hutchinson 79')
Igor Jesus (Ndoye 60') | Kalimuendo (Hudson-Odoi 60')
Wood

📰 Leeds United XI:
Trafford
Elvedi | Muharemović | Rodon | Justin
Ampadu | Longstaff (H. Wilson 67') | Tanaka (Stach 68')
D. James (Bogle 71') | Okafor (Aaronson 68') | Nmecha (Calvert-Lewin 83')

Who impressed you the most tonight ?

20 goals scored in last 4 matches... when I picked their main goalscorer in #fpl, he missed a pen...

✅ £7.0m only
✅ Played nearly every minute last season (started 36/38, rarely subbed).
✅ on penalties + on set-pieces
✅DefCon Potential : 20 DefCon points last season (9.6 defcon per 90 mins)

Give me one reason why Szobozlai isn ot in your #fpl team ?

• Only 3 £4.5m midfielders started in #GW1 : Slater (HUL), Crooks (£4.5m) & Hemmings (AVL)

If you are looking for a 5th MID , Slater is your man!

Yes Trai Hume blanked in #GW1 vs IPS (A) but :

• Hume started and played most of the game, largely out of position on the right wing
• He was one of the more attacking “defenders” on the pitch : 2 big chances created ( Sadiki & Brobbey missed them) ; 0.27 xA

I'm 75% starting him vs FUL (H) in #GW2

Who are the best < £6.0m Forwards ?

🚜 Emersonn (Ipswich)
• Good GW1 performance: 65 minutes played (1 goal, 0.82 xG, 3 shots (2 on target), 9 points + bonus)
• Competition : Hirst, Akpom [none of them is likely to bench him]

🍬 Thierno Barry (Everton)
• GW1 performance : 78 mins played ; 1 goal
• Competition : Beto [Looks like it's Barry's spot to lose right now]

🕊 Georginio Rutter (Brighton)
• GW1 : 90 min played : 1 assist (0.44 xA) in a 4-0 win | but only 2 shots and 0.08xG
• Versatile (can play as 9 or 10) and generally starts when fit.
- Injury concern — left the stadium in a protective boot after the match.

🐯 Ollie McBurnie (Hull)
• GW1 : Full 90 minutes + 1 assist vs Man Utd
+ 2 shots & 2 chances created
• On Pens

Yes Bryan Mbeumo blanked in #GW1 but :

✅ GW1 underlying numbers were solid (≈0.73 xGI ; 4 shots (2 on target), 10 crosses, 1 chance created = Man Utd closest player to scoring)
✅ High minutes security (can play as RW or CF with Amad injured & Sesko just back from injury)
✅ Remember that you piked him mainly for HUL & IPS fixtures!
✅ Set-pieces: Involved in corners (took several in GW1).

❌ 150K transfers out
❌ Man Utd look disjointed and low on confidence in GW1.

✍️ He is not leaving my team before Manchester Derby in #GW4 ! Carrick team played better in big games last season! So I'm giving him 4 GWs before selling!

1)Who impressed you the most from Chelsea atatck in #GW1 ?

2) How many of them are you planning to have in your team for the upcoming GWs ?

🇧🇷 João Pedro (Chelsea, FWD, ~£7.5m)
✅ Excellent link-up play with Palmer and Rogers = multiple routes to points (goals + assists).
✅ Strong pre-season form carried into the league games.


🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cole Palmer (Chelsea, MID, ~£9.5m)
✅ He looked back to his best in #GW1 vs FUL (5 shots, 3 chances created ) = MOTM performnace
✅ sharp and confident after a proper summer rest.
✅ High ceiling when fully fit.
✅ On Pens


🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Morgan Rogers (Chelsea, MID, ~£7.5m)
✅ Cheaper than Palmer while offering almost similar attacking threat.
✅ Looks a natural fit in the front three with Palmer and Pedro.
✅ 5 chances created — highest in GW1

🏴 FT! Newcastle United 3-2 West Brom
xG : 2.83 - 1.49
Shots : 16 - 12
Shots on target : 7 - 3
Big Chances : 3 - 0

⚽️ Touré, Barnes, Barnes
🅰️ Dedic, Thiaw, Dedic

📰 Newcastle XI:
Jaouen
Dedic | Thiaw | Botman | Hall
Steur (Miley 65') | Ramsey
Murphy (Elanga 64') | Willock (Wissa 64') | Touré (Barnes 46')
Woltemade

🏴 FT! Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 Charlton
xG : 1.09 - 0.36
Shots : 17 - 4
Shots on target : 10 - 3
Big Chances : 0 - 1

⚽️ Moore, Solanke, Danso, Savio, Davies
🅰️ Bentancur, Moore, Fernandes, Gray

📰 Tottenham XI:
Kinsky
Gray | Van Hecke (Van de Ven 64') | Davies | Udogie (Porro 65')
Bentancur (Gallagher 65') | Fernandes
Moore | Bergvall | Tel (Williams-Barnett 78')
Solanke (Savio 71')

🏴 FT! Preston North End 0-4 Everton
xG : 0.26 - 2.52
Shots : 3 - 20
Shots on target : 0 - 8
Big Chances : 0 - 2

⚽️ Barry, Barry, Barry, Johnson
🅰️ Mykolenko, Dewsbury-Hall ,Johnson, Barry

📰 Everton XI:
Pickford
Rohl | Tarkowski | Keane | Mykolenko
Garner (Johnson 64') | Armstrong
Dibling (Patterson 64') | Dewsbury-Hall (Alcaraz 81') | Ndiaye
Barry

Who impressed you the most tonight ?

Erling Haaland is a strong captaincy option in 5 of the next 6 GWs! non-owners will have difficult time watching Man City games from behind a sofa....