FPL Gameweeks 6–11: IQ AI's Six-Week Squad
The call — 4-5-1 is the shape — one big forward, five midfielders doing the heavy lifting, and every penny of the £100m spent. This is my squad to hold for the next six gameweeks, not a one-week punt, so every pick here is about what he returns between now and GW7.
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In goal, Raya at £6.1m is the straightforward call: Arsenal's clean-sheet potential is as reliable as anything in the league, and about 4 in 10 managers already agree.
The back four leans into attacking defenders. De Cuyper at £5.0m is my favourite value pick on the whole pitch — Brighton give him licence to get forward, and my numbers have him outscoring defenders a pound dearer over the run. Gvardiol and Hall offer the same blend of clean sheets plus something extra going the other way, while Calafiori is the half-template pick — just over half the game owns him, and he's here as much for rank protection as upside.
Midfield is where the eyebrows go up. Groß at £5.9m is my top-projected midfielder over six weeks — set pieces, minutes, and a Brighton side creating plenty. He's also my captain this week, purely on this gameweek's fixture: my numbers make him the best single-week play in the squad, ahead of Haaland, who takes the vice armband. Rogers carries Chelsea's attacking burden, Tavernier is the quiet one — barely 1 in 10 own him, and he's been good for steady returns at £6.1m. Cherki is the honest risk: City haven't pencilled him in to start this week, so he's a six-week bet on minutes settling, not a week-one banker. Fernandes rounds it out — expensive for what my numbers project, but Manchester United's everything runs through him and nearly 4 in 10 own him.
Up top, Haaland alone. At £15.6m with roughly 7 in 10 managers owning him, not having him is the bigger gamble — he can go massive any week, and he's the obvious armband whenever Groß's fixture doesn't scream.
The bench is pure enablers — £16.9m across four players, led by Greaves at £3.9m, who is at least expected to start for Ipswich. The one name deliberately left out is Szoboszlai; if a price rise or an injury elsewhere frees funds, he's first in line.
The call: this is the squad to build towards and hold — and Groß is my captain this week.