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The best and worst FPL signing at every position for the 2026/27 season
13Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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The best and worst FPL signing at every position for the 2026/27 season

The 2026/27 Premier League season is less than two weeks away from starting, and it's time for FPL owners to get their lineups settled and to start thinking about who they want to build their teams around. Here are the best and worst signings for the value at each position. Goalkeeper Best: Antonin Kinsky was one of the best goalkeepers in the entire Premier League once he took over as the starter for Tottenham Hotspur at the end of the 2025/26 season, and he is no fluke. He just cost his chance to start, and at 4.5 pounds, he is a relative bargain. Worst: As sad as it is to say about a great goalkeeper like Alisson Becker, his age and recent injuries could make him a player with real bust potential. He costs 5.5 pounds, and there are better keepers to sign at that price. Defender B...
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5 FPL stars to avoid signing for the 2026/27 season
9Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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5 FPL stars to avoid signing for the 2026/27 season

The 2026/27 Premier League season will soon be upon us, and everyone is wondering who they should - or should not - sign for the upcoming in Fantasy Premier League. Here are five big names to avoid signing in FPL this year due to their cost and bust potential. Arsenal CB William Saliba One of the best but also one of the most expensive center backs in FPL, William Saliba is going to start the season recovering from a back injury. He is a world class player and probably the most talented player on Arsenal, but he's also going to be a big injury risk this year and may be someone who flops badly because of it. Tottenham Hotspur CB Marcos Senesi Marcos Senesi was one of the top scorers in FPL last year, but that's also because he played in a great scheme for him with Bournemouth. Spurs are...
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Tottenham’s loss to Sunderland showed why De Zerbi is the wrong man for the job
14Apr By Cody AcevedaNo Comments
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Tottenham’s loss to Sunderland showed why De Zerbi is the wrong man for the job

After Tottenham hired Roberto De Zerbi, most pundits focused on how long it would take for the Italian to implement his system. Some said he would bed in right away, while others said he might not have enough time to make an impact at Spurs this season. Whatever the argument, most of these discussions concerned De Zerbi’s attacking tactics. After all, De Zerbi’s preferred slow build-up is very different from Igor Tudor’s ‘keep-it-simple’ mentality and a huge departure from the kind of direct football Thomas Frank tried to use earlier this season. With all this being said, the loss to Sunderland made it clear that De Zerbi’s defensive set-up could see Tottenham relegated from the Premier League this season, not Spurs’ attack. If you watched De Zerbi’s Brighton sides, you’ll know th...
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No, the Premier League isn’t dead after its Champions League losses
19Mar By Cody AcevedaNo Comments
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No, the Premier League isn’t dead after its Champions League losses

The football world is reeling after Chelsea, Manchester City, Tottenham, and Newcastle were eliminated from the Champions League this week. The four English Premier League teams lost by a combined score of 28-12. LaLiga sides alone scored 20 goals against English opposition in the Round of 16. Newcastle’s 7-2 loss to Barcelona is one of the heaviest defeats in UCL history. Because of these results, there’s never been a better time to say that the Premier League is dead. And plenty of people are saying that, but those people are wrong. As bad as these losses were for EPL sides, they say nothing about the overall quality of English football. The Premier League is still the best league in the world. This week’s defeats only tell us that the gap between the Premier League and the elit...
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Bruno Fernandes’ all-time great season is going overlooked
17Mar By Cody AcevedaNo Comments
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Bruno Fernandes’ all-time great season is going overlooked

Most people know that Manchester United are over-performing expectations this season. The Red Devils are third in the table after Premier League Matchweek 30 and odds-on favorites to qualify for the Champions League. At the heart of this success is an all-time great season by Bruno Fernandes. On Sunday, the Portuguese international broke David Beckham’s Man Utd club record for most assists in a season. He has 16 in the EPL so far this campaign, double the second-ranked player (Manchester City’s Rayan Cherki). In case there was any doubt about whether Fernandes’ assists were flukes, you just have to look at his chance creation numbers. Per FotMob, the Man Utd captain has created 98 chances in the EPL. That’s 40 more than Declan Rice, who has created the second most chances this season...
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Manchester United have identified the perfect Casemiro replacement
9Mar By Cody AcevedaNo Comments
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Manchester United have identified the perfect Casemiro replacement

Manchester United spent all of last summer chasing Brighton midfielder Carlos Baleba. After being rejected by the Seagulls, the Red Devils seemed content to wait until the next offseason for the Cameroonian. Now, though, Baleba’s poor form this season reportedly has Manchester United looking at other options to replace Casemiro this summer. Crystal Palace’s Adam Wharton and Nottingham Forest’s Elliot Anderson have been the most commonly mentioned alternatives. Both are young and have huge upsides, like Baleba. However, a new story from CaughtOffside claims that Manchester United are interested in Newcastle midfielder Bruno Guimarães. This would be a great signing for the Red Devils. Despite all their struggles under Ruben Amorim, Manchester United are third in the table and strong...
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Ranking the top 10 creators in the 2025/26 Premier League season based on stats
8Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Ranking the top 10 creators in the 2025/26 Premier League season based on stats

The chance creators don't often get the same praise as the goal scorers, but the players in Premier League history who have often captured imagination have been the ones making the beautiful assists, like Kevin De Bruyne and Mesut Ozil in recent years. Using only statistics to guide our evaluation, let's take a look at the best creators of the 2025/26 Premier League season so far. I used expected assists, key passes, and big chances created to produce this top 10. 10. Leeds CM Anton Stach It is always good to throw in a curveball from outside the top clubs, and Leeds can credit their survival so far in part to brilliant Bundesliga signing Anton Stach. Not only is he an elite defender, but he is averaging 2.2 key passes per game for a team that would have major issues without his chance c...
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Arsenal, Mikel Arteta’s dark arts will inevitably lead to Premier League rule changes
3Mar By Cody AcevedaNo Comments
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Arsenal, Mikel Arteta’s dark arts will inevitably lead to Premier League rule changes

After the Gunners' 2-1 win over Chelsea on Sunday, the football world is again talking about Arsenal corner routines and the so-called ‘dark arts’ used by Mikel Arteta’s side. These conversations have been a staple of the 2025-26 Premier League season, but it’s starting to feel like we have finally reached a tipping point for what fans, commentators, and even other clubs are willing to accept. Manchester City legend Yaya Toure said he was “disappointed” by Arsenal’s performance in the London Derby match, while former AC Milan and Chelsea star Ruud Gullit described the Gunners’ tactics as “truly awful to watch” on Dutch television. On Tuesday, Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler added his name to the long list of football fans unhappy with Arsenal’s corner routines this season. Spe...
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10 best possible Manchester City transfer targets for summer 2026 window
23Feb By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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10 best possible Manchester City transfer targets for summer 2026 window

Manchester City are in another tough Premier League title race with Arsenal in the 2025/26 season, and they have really turned up the heat recently after a slow start to the campaign. The Citizens retooled again in the January transfer window this year, bringing in Erling Haaland's biggest Premier League Player of the Season challenger in Antoine Semenyo, winning a transfer sweepstakes for the Bournemouth hero that included pretty much every other club in the Big Six. Man City have fully recovered from an atrocious, by their lofty standards, 2024/25 campaign in which they came frighteningly close to missing out on the Champions League entirely. But since Man City are not seen as favorites to win the Champions League despite their recent resurgence, they will, once again, figure to...
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The 10 best players Real Madrid could sign in the summer 2026 transfer window
16Feb By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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The 10 best players Real Madrid could sign in the summer 2026 transfer window

Although Real Madrid are still in La Liga title contention and among the clubs in the Champions League knockout stages, it has been another tumultuous season for the Royal Whites, who already gave up on Xabi Alonso after being embarrassed by Barcelona in yet another cup final. Meanwhile, in the other cup, the Copa del Rey, the Merengues were embarrassed by second division side Albacete (who have Jesus Vallejo, of all players). There is dysfunction rife in the heart of Madrid, but there are also genuine problems with the squad that have not been addressed. The defense remains shambolic in big games, while the midfield has been gutted by the losses of legends Toni Kroos and Luka Modric, who were never replaced. With the summer 2026 transfer window on the horizon in just four short mont...
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