The FPL Template: The Players Almost Everyone Owns
The call — The Template Report: GW6 — the crowd has found Groß, and we should follow Three-quarters of a million managers moved for Pascal Groß this week — 758,341 transfers in, the biggest move in the game — and for once the crowd is dead right. Our model has the Brighton midfielder down for 52 points over the next six gameweeks, the…
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Brighton is where the whole game is heading, in fact. De Cuyper (£5.0m, ~3 in 10) pulled in another 285,939 buyers and projects 31 points over six — outstanding for a five-pound defender — while Kostoulas moved nearly 300,000 too. We don't need all three, but Groß plus De Cuyper is a legitimate double-up.
Now the shields — the ones we own to stop a bad week becoming a disaster. Haaland (£15.6m, ~7 in 10) projects 48 over six; if he hauls without us, that's a rank funeral. He's non-negotiable. Rogers (£7.7m, ~4 in 10) is next at 36 over six — the best-value attacking midfielder in the template right now.
The optional pieces: Fernandes at £11.9m projects 27, which is fine but not £11.9m fine — hold if owned, don't chase. Szoboszlai (20 over six) and Raya are steady rather than essential. Cherki at 30 over six is a decent City attacking route if we can't stretch to more Haaland cover elsewhere.
And here's the one it's safe to skip: João Pedro. Yes, about 6.5 in 10 own him, and normally that ownership screams "keep for safety". But our projection has him at just 12 points over the next six — the worst number in the entire template by a mile. When the model and the crowd disagree this badly, the crowd is holding out of habit, not conviction. His £7.7m buys Rogers outright or Groß with change.
The call: own Haaland, Groß, Rogers and De Cuyper — those four are the shields protecting our rank. Fernandes and the City assets are hold-if-owned. And João Pedro is the template piece we can sell without fear. Move him into Groß this week and we're ahead of the crowd for once, not chasing it.