The FPL Template: The Players Almost Everyone Owns
The call — The crowd made its move this week — over 350,000 managers bought Morgan Rogers, and for once the herd is dead right. Rogers now sits in about 4 in 10 squads at £7.7m, and our projections have him as the best midfielder in the whole template over the next six gameweeks — around 42 points, more than Bruno Fernandes at…
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Let's be honest about what "the template" means right now. The most-owned XI costs £92.1m, and two pieces of it are non-negotiable shields: João Pedro, owned by roughly 7½ in 10 managers and good for close to 40 points over the run, and Haaland, in about 7 in 10 squads. When three-quarters of the game owns a player, not owning him isn't brave — it's a bet against our own rank every single week. We cover both.
The quiet bargain hiding in the XI is De Cuyper. A £4.8m Brighton defender projecting nearly 38 points over six gameweeks is remarkable value, and only about 2 in 10 managers have him. That's the kind of pick that funds Rogers and Haaland at the same time. Grab him while he's cheap.
Now the one it's safe to skip: Cherki. He's in about 3 in 10 squads at £7.8m, but our model has him at the bottom of this XI — roughly 19 points over the next six, less than half what Rogers offers at almost the same price. That's a template piece propped up by early-season hype, not output. Szoboszlai (£7.0m, ~25 points projected) is in similar territory — ownable, not essential.
Elsewhere the crowd is drifting towards Groß, Gvardiol, Gibbs-White and Schade. None of those moves are wrong, but none are urgent either — they're refinements, not rank-protectors.
So here's where we land. Must-owns: João Pedro, Haaland, Rogers — the three players who can hurt us most from the outside. Best value add: De Cuyper at £4.8m. Safe skip: Cherki — spend that £7.8m on Rogers or Palmer instead. Buy Rogers this week before another 350,000 managers beat us to the price rise.