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The FPL Draft Zone · Yesterday · 38 min

FPL Draft - The Players We Were WRONG About

We're five gameweeks in, so is it time to rethink what we thought we knew about FPL Draft? In this international break special, we dig into the numbers from the opening five gameweeks to find the players and teams every Fantasy Premier League Draft manager MUST reassess. We look at: ⚽ The Premier League's underlying xG and xGC numbers 📊 The players dominating attacking involvement 🎯 Shots on target, chance creation and finishing efficiency 🛡️ The new DEFCON monsters emerging for Draft managers 📈 Players whose underlying numbers suggest more could be coming 📉 Early-season performances that may NOT be sustainable 👀 Plus some ridiculous stats you probably haven't seen Five gameweeks isn't enough to tell us EVERYTHING, but it's enough to start spotting patterns and acting on them. Subscribe the The FPL Draft Zone for waiver picks, trades, rankings and more! CHAPTERS 0:00 - Intro 1:30 - Attacking Masters 4:21 - Defensive Kings 7:05 - The REAL Top 6 (Based on Underlying Metrics) 9:45 - Murillo - Draft Gold? 11:03 - Jeremy Jacquet - Draft Gold? 12:27 - Key Players for Attacking Involvement 16:50 - Top 8 Players for Attacking Involvement 17:34 - Ultimate DEFCON Teams 18:10 - Ultimate DEFCON Beasts 20:31 - Anton Stach - Draft Gold? 21:41 - Elite Shot Monsters 24:15 - Josh King - Draft Gold? 25:27 - The Best Chance Creators 27:31 - Morgan Gibbs-White - Draft Gold? 28:42 - Granit Xhaka - Draft Gold? 30:07 - Ridiculous Stats 32:40 - No Forwards, No Problem? 33:32 - Gameweek 6 Fixtures 35:23 - Goodbye Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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We're five gameweeks in, so is it time to rethink what we thought we knew about FPL Draft?


In this international break special, we dig into the numbers from the opening five gameweeks to find the players and teams every Fantasy Premier League Draft manager MUST reassess.


We look at:


⚽ The Premier League's underlying xG and xGC numbers

📊 The players dominating attacking involvement

🎯 Shots on target, chance creation and finishing efficiency

🛡️ The new DEFCON monsters emerging for Draft managers

📈 Players whose underlying numbers suggest more could be coming

📉 Early-season performances that may NOT be sustainable

👀 Plus some ridiculous stats you probably haven't seen


Five gameweeks isn't enough to tell us EVERYTHING, but it's enough to start spotting patterns and acting on them.


Subscribe the The FPL Draft Zone for waiver picks, trades, rankings and more!


CHAPTERS


0:00 - Intro

1:30 - Attacking Masters

4:21 - Defensive Kings

7:05 - The REAL Top 6 (Based on Underlying Metrics)

9:45 - Murillo - Draft Gold?

11:03 - Jeremy Jacquet - Draft Gold?

12:27 - Key Players for Attacking Involvement

16:50 - Top 8 Players for Attacking Involvement

17:34 - Ultimate DEFCON Teams

18:10 - Ultimate DEFCON Beasts

20:31 - Anton Stach - Draft Gold?

21:41 - Elite Shot Monsters

24:15 - Josh King - Draft Gold?

25:27 - The Best Chance Creators

27:31 - Morgan Gibbs-White - Draft Gold?

28:42 - Granit Xhaka - Draft Gold?

30:07 - Ridiculous Stats

32:40 - No Forwards, No Problem?

33:32 - Gameweek 6 Fixtures

35:23 - Goodbye

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