GW8 live — not a final review · 24 October 2026, 19:42 PDT / 25 October 2026, 02:42 UTC
GW8: 29 live points · 95th · target 72nd
Confirmed official live data: Haaland 8 × captain 2 = 16; White 10 in 90 minutes; Ødegaard 3 in 90; Calafiori 1 in a 22-minute cameo; Palmer −1 in 79 minutes after two bookings and a red card. Tzolakis, De Cuyper, Groß, Lewis-Potter and Mbeumo have fixtures still to begin on Sunday. Official player scoring · Fixture states.
The official league snapshot shows 339 total and rank 95. Live rank 72 has 391, a 52-point gap. Scores, bonus, autosubs and ranks remain provisional. Current league scoring was updated at 02:40 UTC, 25 October / 19:40 PDT, 24 October. Event 8 is not finished or data checked; the GW9 baseline remains pending. Official league table.
Confirmed availability evidence: Palmer's one-match suspension will be served in the EFL Cup at Liverpool on 28 October; the Premier League explicitly confirms he will not miss a league match. Official suspension ruling. Calafiori has a new FPL hip-injury doubt; Arteta described a small issue whose nature was not yet clear. 24 October Arsenal briefing. João Pedro missed the match after Friday's training injury and needs tests. No diagnosis or return date is verified for either injury. Chelsea manager briefing.
Bench and cameo risk: Calafiori appeared, so he cannot receive an autosub. João Pedro did not appear; Emersonn is the first legal replacement and has one point, subject to official autosub processing. Gvardiol started for 90 minutes and scored one on our bench. No speculative autosub points are included in the 29. If another starter also fails to appear, bench eligibility must be recalculated under formation rules.
| Benchmark | Live net / our relative score | Captaincy and exposure |
|---|---|---|
| Frozen pursuit · 24 | 27.96 mean / +1.04 | Haaland 14 captains; selection EO 129.2%. Cherki 66.7%; Gvardiol 41.7%. |
| Stable overall sample · same 10 | 32.1 mean / −3.10 | Haaland 7 captains; João Pedro 1; Palmer 2. Haaland selection EO 170%. |
Fixed leaders: Transaction: 26 live net, João Pedro captain; CR7 Baloch�: 27 live net, Haaland captain; Elite XI: 17 live net, Haaland captain. Current leaders: 1. Transaction 581; 2. CR7 Baloch� 575; 3. Elite XI 552. No final performance judgement is made with fixtures and autosubs outstanding.
Analysis / action: Hold Palmer for the GW9 comparison; selling solely for a presumed league ban is rejected by the official ruling. Assess João Pedro and Calafiori before choosing the roll, one-forward or two-transfer plan. Thiago, a candidate, has four league bookings and is one booking from a league ban. Owned market prices are unchanged from the morning snapshot. Ødegaard's official price-predictor reading is −85.8 for offset 0, a pressure signal rather than a probability or confirmed fall; no transfer is justified by that alone. Three free transfers and £0.5m bank were verified at the GW8 save, not authenticated again today. No new account action. Next deadline: 31 October, 04:00 PDT / 11:00 UTC. Official flags, prices and deadlines.
Learning checkpoint: The Calafiori cameo is now an actual minutes-risk outcome. White returned 10, while benched Gvardiol returned one. These individual returns do not validate the whole strategy. The dedicated Learning & Decisions log records the incomplete pre-deadline formation comparison and requires explicit alternatives for GW9.
Latest lesson application: DQ-01/DQ-02: new Calafiori hip flag is separate from the prior rotation/cameo issue; do not retrospectively claim it was known before deadline. Arteta says the issue seems small but has not established a return date. Palmer red-card absence is served in the EFL Cup, so selling solely for a presumed GW9 ban is rejected with primary evidence. PC-01/RS-01: no numerical expected-rank claim; frozen cohorts retained. AU-01: final audit pending closure. EX-01/CF-01: no new account action, hit or chip.
25 October 02:42 UTC official live player points multiplied by the preserved public GW8 locked picks, minus hits. Our picks were freshly rechecked; cohort selection records remain the same post-deadline snapshots. No projected autosubs included. Official league ranks/season totals are separately timestamped and provisional. Five fixtures are marked finished_provisional with 90 minutes; official event8 finished/data_checked remain false. Neither GW8 nor the GW9 baseline is final.
Final source check · Oct 20, 2026, 10:23 a.m. PDT / 2026-10-20T17:23:35.760Z
2026/27 GW7 final review
Target missed: Final GW7 rank 96, 310 total / 64 net: three places gained from 99th, 18 short of the rank-78 objective. Target missed. Final season points: 310. Current 78th finished on 353, a 43-point gap. Official picks · Official Sarmaaya table.
GW8 target: 72nd or better. Baseline 96th / 310; 24 places required. Galaxy XI is the frozen rank-72 benchmark on 364, 54 points ahead. The 24 entries at final GW7 ranks 72–95 form the new pursuit cohort; the GW7 cohort remains separate. This is a rank objective, not a promised points return.
Confirmed scoring and selection evidence
All ten assigned fixtures and official finished/data_checked checks are true. Brighton beat Palace 5–0; Newcastle lost 0–1 to Villa. Neto led with 15 points from two goals in 90 minutes; Haaland scored 13 in 90, doubled to 26 for us. Lewis-Potter scored 9 in 76. Gvardiol came on for 29 minutes and scored 0; White started for 65 minutes and scored 6 on our bench. All eleven actual starters appeared, so White could not replace Gvardiol. Gakpo and Cherki were unused. Final minutes and returns · All results.
Execution and recommendation audit: No GW7 transfer or chip was saved. Actual 3-4-3, Haaland C / Groß VC, bench Trafford; Kayode, White, Gakpo. Settled recommendation: Gakpo→Cherki, Trafford, 3-5-2, Haaland C / Palmer VC, bench Tzolakis; White, Emersonn, Kayode; no chip. The realized result would be 67: transfer-only 0, goalkeeper −1, legal White-for-zero-minute-Cherki replacement after benching Emersonn +4. Net difference +3, not six or thirteen points. Its 313 total would still miss the final rank-78 threshold by 40. The failed save and the insufficient recommendation both require scrutiny.
Analysis / conditional GW8 actions
Maresca confirmed on 22 October that Haaland is 100% available for Aston Villa after resting him in Europe; he is the saved captain. Gakpo→Manchester United’s Mbeumo is complete because Mbeumo entered GW8 with seven starts and 630/630 league minutes before BOU(H), while Gakpo had zero league minutes in GW6–7 before completing Tuesday’s European match. Lewis-Potter is held for HUL(A), NFO(H), BHA(A). Gvardiol is third substitute behind reliable legal cover after consecutive league cameos. No hit or chip was used merely to chase rank. Official City briefing · Current flags / prices / minutes.
Reported but unconfirmed: no secondary lineup prediction is treated as a confirmed selection. Future starts, recovery dates and expected points remain projections.
| Club | GW8 | GW9 | GW10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARS | EVE (H) | LIV (A) | HUL (H) |
| BRE | HUL (A) | NFO (H) | BHA (A) |
| BHA | LIV (A) | MCI (A) | BRE (H) |
| CHE | TOT (H) | MUN (H) | SUN (A) |
| LIV | BHA (H) | ARS (H) | CRY (A) |
| MCI | AVL (A) | BHA (H) | NFO (A) |
No blanks or doubles are assigned in GW8–10. Friday club news and official FPL data are reviewed. Deadline: 23 October, 10:30 PDT / 17:30 UTC. Authenticated state after the save shows three free transfers, £0.5m bank, one GW8 transfer for zero points and all chips unused. The exact XI, bench, captain and vice-captain were verified after reloading My Team. Official deadline / squad data.
Competition and learning
The same 21 GW7 pursuit teams finished on 54.29 mean net; our 64 was 9.71 above that. The fixed overall top-ten sample averaged 71.4, 7.4 ahead; all captained Haaland, three used Triple Captain. Fifteen pursuit managers captained Haaland; his final sample EO is 152.4%. This is sample exposure, not global EO. Rival autosubs raised the pursuit mean from the 51.57 post-match checkpoint and helped move us from provisional 93rd to final 96th.
Fixed leaders: Transaction 69 net / 555 season / 365 GW3-onward; Elite XI 68 net / 535 season / 355 GW3-onward; CR7 Baloch 85 net / 548 season / 351 GW3-onward. Ours: 64 / 310 / 310. Full-season gaps include their points before our GW3 entry. Copy reliable roles only when supported by minutes and fixtures; watch Cherki and Gvardiol, hold the Lewis-Potter fixture case, and fade chasing Neto’s 15 or Brighton’s single 5–0 result.
- Execution failure: adopted authenticated save-and-reload verification; GW8 account state matches the decision record.
- Decision quality: revisit Cherki and Gvardiol minutes risk; the realized +3 does not validate the recommendation.
- Projection calibration: zero/29 minutes support testing downside scenarios; one match does not justify invented probabilities.
- Chip/fixture allocation: retain opportunity-cost analysis; a rival’s Triple Captain return alone does not justify copying.
- Outcome variance: count Haaland and Lewis-Potter’s actual returns without forecasting repeats.
Archived GW7 provisional checkpoints and earlier GW8 news
Archived Saturday market checkpoint — earlier scores and prices retain their timestamps
2026/27 GW7 · 19 Oct 2026, 22:33 PDT / 2026-10-20T05:33:00Z
ALL MATCHES ENDED · official closure pending · 64 provisional net points · Sarmaaya 93rd
Goal: 78th or better at official close. Sarmaaya rank 78 or better at official GW7 close; final GW6 baseline 99th / 246. Current provisional 93rd / 310 is six places gained, still 15 places short. All ten assigned matches have ended, but official finished/data_checked checks remain false. No final result claimed. Current 78th has 347 points, 37 ahead; the frozen Galaxy XI benchmark has 364, 54 ahead. Only official scoring and substitution processing remain; no further match is assigned to this event.
Locked account — execution failure: No GW7 transfer or chip. Tzolakis; De Cuyper, Gvardiol, Calafiori; Ødegaard, Palmer, Groß (VC), Lewis-Potter; Emersonn, Haaland (C), João Pedro. Bench: Trafford; 1 Kayode, 2 White, 3 Gakpo. The Gakpo→Cherki / Trafford / Palmer VC / revised bench proposal was not saved despite working authentication. The earlier “U do it” instruction was treated too narrowly. This cannot be repaired for GW7; the dashboard is not an account save.
Confirmed appearances / provisional FPL points: Sunday added 20: De Cuyper 90 minutes / 6 points, Calafiori 90 / 6, Groß 70 / 5 (one assist), Ødegaard 90 / 3. Haaland 90 / 13 raw, 26 captain points; Lewis-Potter 76 / 9. White started and played 65 / 6 on our bench. Gvardiol’s 29-minute cameo / 0 blocks a replacement; because all eleven starters appeared, White cannot autosub into the actual team. Cherki and Gakpo were unused / 0. Official points, starts and minutes · Locked multipliers and bench
Cost audit — 67 recommended versus 64 actual, +3 provisional: Gakpo→Cherki alone adds 0 because both were unused. Trafford 2 instead of Tzolakis 3 costs 1. The proposed 3-5-2 benches Emersonn 2; zero-minute Cherki then permits first-bench White 6 to enter legally, changing the formation to 4-4-2 and adding 4 versus Emersonn. Thus 64 +0 −1 +4 =67. Haaland played, so the vice-captain change adds 0. The settled decision was no chip. These are realized provisional counterfactuals, not proof of pre-deadline decision quality, and the full White 6 is not a six-point execution loss. GW7 cannot be changed now.
Archived 17 October manager report — superseded by the 19 October checkpoint above
Maresca said Haaland, Kovačić and Nunes told him they were okay; O’Reilly had a recurring back problem and Semenyo needed assessment. Original post-match briefing. Liverpool named Gakpo on the bench; a bench return did not establish a starting role. Official Liverpool team sheet
Archived 18 October overnight prices and flags — superseded by the current checkpoint
Confirmed market / availability check, 18 October, 22:37 PDT / 19 October, 05:37 UTC: João Pedro’s market price has risen £7.8m→£7.9m since the morning snapshot. This is a confirmed £0.1m market increase, not automatically £0.1m extra selling profit. Groß remains £6.1m with official threshold progress of +99.8% and the next published projection at +112.4%; those figures are progress measures, not probabilities or a guaranteed rise. Both are already owned, so there is no need to buy them to capture this move. Cherki £8.0m, Calafiori £6.0m and Gakpo £7.1m are unchanged. All 15 owned players remain unflagged; future starts are not confirmed. Semenyo retains his knee-injury / 75% availability flag. Official prices, threshold progress and availability flags
Post-match checkpoint, 19 October, 22:33 PDT /20 October, 05:33 UTC: 64 net /310 total, 93rd: six places gained from 99th, 15 short of the 78th-place objective. The missed-save counterfactual remains 67 versus 64 (+3); its 313 season total would still be 34 below the current 78th-place 347. The whole target gap cannot be attributed to those missed changes. No fixture reassignment affects GW8–10. Official scoring · Official standings
Analysis / next action: Hold transfers through the midweek fitness and lineup checkpoint. Cherki’s unused match and Gvardiol’s cameo reinforce minutes risk; their ownership does not justify copying. Reassess Gakpo after Liverpool’s midweek availability evidence. Brentford next face HUL(A), NFO(H), BHA(A), supporting a role-and-fixture Lewis-Potter hold. City face AVL(A), BHA(H), NFO(A); Brighton face LIV(A), MCI(A), BRE(H), so avoid adding Brighton solely for the 5–0 Palace haul. GW8–10 each currently contain ten fixtures, with no assigned blank or double. Official fixture assignments. Next deadline: 23 Oct 2026, 10:30 PDT / 17:30 UTC (GW8). Next useful checkpoint: City v AEK, Tuesday 20 October, 19:00 UTC / 12:00 PDT, plus Liverpool’s midweek evidence. No account changes performed.
Future starts, recovery dates and points remain uncertain. The checkpoint above separates manager assessments, official FPL flags, reported training observations and conditional actions.
Official GW7 live scoring · Official player prices, flags, event closure · Sarmaaya current ranks51–100 · Current overall sample selection · Official event-assigned fixtures · Official Sarmaaya page 3 — pursuit entries below 100th
Closure: all ten assigned matches show finished_provisional=true, including Tottenham 3–1 Coventry. Official event finished=false and data_checked=false; this is not a final Gameweek review. The pending-closure limitation is recorded at this checkpoint; the delivered-review ledger remains unchanged.
Archived GW7 pre-deadline recommendation and decision history — not executed
GW7 decision watch · 16 Oct 2026, 21:54 PDT · 2026-10-17T04:54:00Z
Goal: 99th → 78th or better
GW7 target: 99th → 78th or better. Galaxy XI at 78th has 294 points versus our 246: a 48-point gap, requiring 49 more net GW7 points to pass it outright. All other teams move too, so this is a pursuit benchmark, not a rank guarantee.
Current decision: SETTLED RECOMMENDATION, NOT SAVED: Gakpo → Cherki £7.9m using one of three free transfers, £0 hit, £0.5m left; preserve two transfers. 3-5-2: Trafford; De Cuyper, Gvardiol, Calafiori; Palmer (VC), Groß, Ødegaard, Lewis-Potter, Cherki; Haaland (C), João Pedro. Bench: Tzolakis (GK), White first, Emersonn second, Kayode third. CHIP: NONE — withdraw the Thursday Triple Captain proposal after Maresca’s rest warning. Haaland is in the squad, not confirmed benched; retain normal captaincy for the fixture while preserving the chip for a clearer minutes opportunity. Gakpo remains uncleared in Friday’s club report and now has the official 25% availability flag, not a calibrated start probability: stop waiting for an unspecified clearance and recommend the Cherki move now. Foden’s return increases Cherki’s risk but neither a Foden start nor a Cherki benching is confirmed. Semenyo is not automatically safer after his own midweek90. The planned Friday18:00PDT action cutoff has passed; complete the outstanding steps now, before Saturday03:00PDT/10:00UTC. If a new explicit exclusion for Cherki emerges before action, use Semenyo only if his availability/starting evidence is stronger and he remains affordable; otherwise no transfer, 4-4-2 with Trafford and White replacing Tzolakis and Emersonn in the saved XI; bench Tzolakis, Emersonn, Kayode, Gakpo; Haaland C/Palmer VC, no chip.
Execution: Authenticated My Team and Transfers rechecked Friday 16 October, 21:50–21:53 PDT / Saturday17October04:50–04:53UTC. The Friday18:00PDT action cutoff has passed without the proposed changes being saved; the official deadline remains Saturday03:00PDT/10:00UTC. SAVED team still 3-4-3: Tzolakis; De Cuyper, Gvardiol, Calafiori; Ødegaard, Palmer, Groß (VC), Lewis-Potter; Emersonn, Haaland (C), João Pedro. Bench Trafford (GK), Kayode first, White second, Gakpo third; no chip, zero GW7 transfers. £1.4m bank, three FT and Gakpo £7.0m sale reverified; four chip Play controls visible. This monitoring review has submitted no account changes. Authentication works; submitting the transfer and team saves remains outstanding and is not authorized by this monitoring check. User action now: confirm Gakpo→Cherki £7.9m (one FT, zero hit, £0.5m left); start Trafford over Tzolakis and Cherki over Emersonn; order White/Emersonn/Kayode; set Palmer VC while retaining Haaland C; leave all chips off; save, reload and check markers. Do not count the recommendation, dashboard update or hypothetical score as execution or results.
Deadline: 17 Oct 2026, 03:00 PDT / 10:00 UTC. Settle and verify by: 16 Oct 2026, 18:00 PDT / 17 Oct 01:00 UTC.
Confirmed market / official price projections · checked16October21:54PDT /17October04:54UTC: Latest official market prices: Haaland£15.7m, Groߣ6.1m and De Cuyper£5.2m, each £0.1m above the previous check. Authenticated selling values are Haaland£15.6m, Groߣ6.0m and De Cuyper£4.9m: do not treat market rises as identical banked profit. Cherki remains£7.9m. The price page stamped Friday21:35PDT/ Saturday04:35UTC now labels Cherki very likely to rise (+100.1% progress, +134.4% predicted), versus the earlier unlikely label. Gakpo is price-locked with 'Unlocks in8days', −0.1% progress, £7.0m sale; this is not a fitness clearance. Semenyo£8.3m remains unlikely to change (+64.2%, +82.4% predicted). Progress is not a probability or guarantee. The settled Cherki move remains affordable; act for the squad decision and deadline, not solely a possible rise. Source
Fresh ownership / event checkpoint ·17October04:50UTC /16October21:50PDT: Overall ownership: Haaland76.1%, Cherki35.6%, Semenyo14.4%, Groß42.8%, De Cuyper38.7%, Palmer25.9%, Gvardiol28.7%. Preserve the frozen GW6 cohort and EO records: Cherki11/21 owned, Semenyo2/21, Haaland12/21 captains and138.1% historical EO. These do not reveal private GW7 choices. The rank78 target and48-point benchmark gap remain unchanged; do not add hits or chips for the target alone. GW7–9 still each have ten assigned fixtures, with no assigned blank/double or newly closed event. No duplicate GW6 review. No new owned-player availability clearance found; keep the settled plan and late-news fallback. Source
Confirmed club briefing · Friday16October · checked 10:15 PDT / 17:15 UTC: Maresca says Haaland and other heavy-workload players will need rest at some point. The club explicitly says Haaland will be in the Ipswich squad; it does not confirm he will start or be benched. Withdraw Triple Captain on this new minutes uncertainty, retain normal captaincy for now. This is an analytical chip decision, not a claim of injury or a confirmed weekend rest. Source
Confirmed club report · Foden competition: Foden was unused against PSG and is back after his league ban. Maresca praises his training but leaves the Ipswich starting decision open. The manager’s joking scoring prediction does not confirm a start, position or return. Keep Cherki’s five league starts/attacking involvement case, with explicit cameo risk; do not buy Foden on that quote alone or claim Cherki has been dropped. Source
Confirmed club report · Liverpool Friday16October: Liverpool’s new match preview still repeats Thursday’s open possibility for Gakpo, Isak and Szoboszlai, with no fitness clearance or minutes assurance. Rotation is planned; Gravenberch is suspended. Official FPL now marks Gakpo doubtful/25% instead of injured/unknown. Do not interpret that flag as a 25% chance to start or wait indefinitely: recommend the affordable Gakpo sale. Schade/Schuster have been on the grass, but Brentford availability remains subject to assessment; no new owned-player exclusion found. Source
Official FPL analysis / our goalkeeper decision ·16October: Start owned Trafford instead of Tzolakis: Leeds are home to a United side with two goals in the past three league rounds; Trafford has earned a save point in all six appearances. Both keepers have six90s, and their season xGC is close (Trafford8.79/Tzolakis9.08), so this is a fixture-led marginal choice, not a guaranteed clean sheet. The Scout also selects Cherki but favours O’Reilly over Gvardiol from midweek minutes. Treat that as a projection: keep Gvardiol, with White first bench, instead of spending another transfer on uncertain City rotation. Our proposed XI overlaps7/11 with the Scout XI, including Trafford, Calafiori, De Cuyper, Groß, Cherki, Haaland and João Pedro. Source
Official FPL captain analysis / decision distinction ·16October: Ipswich have conceded eight goals and15big chances in three away league games; Hull five big chances in three away games. This supports retaining Haaland’s normal armband, but The Scout’s Triple Captain enthusiasm is not team news and does not remove Maresca’s new workload warning. Preserve the chip; Haaland–HullGW16, Saka–HullGW10/Saka–IpswichGW19 and Chelsea’s later fixtures remain opportunity-cost comparisons. No calibrated expected-minutes probability is available, so do not manufacture one to justify chip use. Source
Current ownership checkpoint · official player feed16October17:11UTC/10:11PDT: Overall ownership now Haaland 75.8%, Cherki 34.2%, Semenyo 14.2%, Groß 41.6%, De Cuyper 37.5%, Palmer 25.7%, Gvardiol 28.5%. Frozen GW6 cohort ownership remains Cherki 11/21 versus Semenyo 2/21, with Haaland 12/21 captains and 138.1% historical EO. Buying Cherki reduces one known historical exposure; it does not reveal rival GW7 picks. Do not captain a weaker option or buy a low-owned alternative solely for the 49-point pursuit benchmark. GW7–9 each still have ten assigned fixtures; no newly closed event, so no duplicate final review. Source
Official price prediction · feed stamped 15 Oct 22:20 PDT / 16 Oct 05:20 UTC: All three are labelled unlikely to change: Gakpo progress −23.2%, predicted −26.0%; Cherki +31.1%, predicted +43.7%; Semenyo +27.3%, predicted +33.9%. These are price-threshold progress values, not probabilities or guarantees. No price-driven rush is supported; refresh before committing Friday, especially Semenyo’s narrow £0.1m budget margin. Source
Confirmed club report · 15 October · checked 22:40 PDT / 16 Oct 05:40 UTC: Brighton beat Kauno Zalgiris 4–0 with eight changes. Groß started and was replaced after 57 minutes; De Cuyper entered at half-time and played the second half. Groß delivered a free-kick effort and corners; neither exit is reported as an injury in the club report. Reduced workload supports retaining both for Palace but does not confirm Sunday starts. European goals do not count as FPL points. Source
Analysis / proposal · quantified evidence, not expected-points forecasts: Cherki: 3.00 xGI/392 league minutes = 0.69 per 90 versus Semenyo 1.81/540 = 0.30; five versus six starts. Prefer the attacking involvement, acknowledge cameo risk and Foden/Doku competition. Haaland: 5.36 xGI/529 minutes = 0.91 per 90, six starts and first in the official penalty order. These six-game historical rates are not fixture-adjusted projections. Triple Captain adds one raw Haaland score over normal captaincy; it cannot bridge the 48-point gap by itself. Palmer VC has six starts/529 minutes and first penalty order, while separating vice from City’s match. White first bench: NFO away and five league starts; his GW4–6 minutes 45/0/62 show risk. Emersonn has six starts but 387 minutes (64.5 per start), away to City. Do not start a fourth defender purely because of last week’s points. Source
Confirmed fixture horizon · next three events: City: GW7 IPS(H), GW8 AVL(A), GW9 BHA(H). Brighton: CRY(H), LIV(A), MCI(A), so hold the existing pair now rather than add another Brighton asset before two harder away games. Arsenal: NFO(A), EVE(H), LIV(A); Brentford: LIV(H), HUL(A), NFO(H). Each of GW7–9 currently has ten fixtures, with no assigned blank or double. No newly completed event since the already-delivered final GW6 review. Source
Completed briefing · Friday16October: City’s05:30PDT briefing has been reviewed above. Plan is now settled: no chip, Gakpo→Cherki, Trafford starts, Haaland C/Palmer VC. Only explicit new late availability information should reopen it; latest action time18:00PDT, deadline Saturday03:00PDT/10:00UTC. Do not defer for an unpromised second briefing. Source
Official FPL analysis · 15 October: The Scout’s transfer radar backs Cherki, citing 14 shots and 14 chances created, while expressly noting City’s rotation options. Adopt the involvement case; do not treat the tip as team news. Watch Savio’s set pieces and COV(H)/CHE(A)/CRY(H) run, but reject using all three free transfers solely to manufacture differences: no demonstrated net-points edge over preserving the current core and two transfers. Source
Community projections · FFScout panel, 15 October: All four panelists include Haaland and Groß; three include De Cuyper. City midfield and defence choices differ, reflecting rotation uncertainty rather than private selections. Sam supports Triple Captain Haaland; other writers prefer safer City minutes. Adopt independent role/minutes checks, fade wholesale copying and PSG-goal chasing. The panel is a one-week projection, not public rival picks or a multiweek model. Source
Confirmed manager briefing · 15 October · checked 10:11 PDT / 17:11 UTC: Iraola leaves Gakpo’s Brentford availability open with Friday training still to come, rather than ruling him out. He also plans changes between Brentford and Villarreal because recovery is under 72 hours. This is no fitness clearance or promise of a start. Keep the sale conditional; if still uncleared at the Friday action cutoff, use the stated replacement fallback. Source
Confirmed authenticated account · 15 October · checked 10:11 PDT / 17:11 UTC: Transfers page shows £1.4m budget, three free transfers, zero points cost and 15/15 players. Gakpo’s pitch selling value is £7.0m, not his £7.1m market buy price. Cherki £7.9m and Semenyo £8.3m each fit a one-transfer £8.4m budget. My Team confirms Haaland C, Groß VC, ordered bench Kayode/White/Gakpo and no chip. No mutations made. Source
Official analysis / projection · 15 October: The Scout highlights defenders’ defensive-contribution routes and four/five-defender formations. Adopt the player-by-player minutes and role comparison, not an automatic defender bias: compare White’s starting evidence with Emersonn away to City before changing 3-4-3. Formation constraints and cameo risk still matter; six-game historical returns are not GW7 expected points. Source
Confirmed club report · 14 October: City lost 2–4 to PSG. Haaland scored twice and completed 90 minutes; Semenyo and Gvardiol also completed the match. Cherki was replaced at half-time in a triple change. Maresca described tactical adjustments; this does not establish an injury or a planned weekend rest. Source
Analysis / projection: Retain Haaland captain and Gvardiol for the home Ipswich fixture. The 90-minute workload keeps recovery and rotation in view. Cherki remains ahead on attacking involvement, Semenyo on observed league minutes; neither has a confirmed GW7 start. City then host AEK Athens on Tuesday 20 October, adding congestion beyond Ipswich. Source
Completed evidence checkpoint: Thursday/Friday club reports and Brighton’s European minutes reviewed. Liverpool’s Friday preview does not clear Gakpo. Stop deferring for unspecified evidence: settled recommendation and exact outstanding save actions are above. Verify before Friday18:00PDT, ahead of Saturday03:00PDT deadline. Source
Confirmed club report: 13 October Liverpool briefing: Gakpo remains sidelined for LASK and has not returned to group training. Iraola gives no firm Brentford return date. This is manager evidence, not a confirmed GW7 absence. Source
Confirmed FPL data: Market prices unchanged: Gakpo £7.1m, Cherki £7.9m, Semenyo £8.3m. Gakpo remains flagged injured with an unknown return date; the flag is not a calibrated start probability. No new squad flag or GW7–9 blank/double/fixture reassignment found in current official feeds. Official price-change information does not establish that either candidate must be bought today. Gakpo’s authenticated selling value is £7.0m. Source
Official analysis / projection: The Scout’s 13 October analysis records Cherki involved in 42% of City’s big chances versus Semenyo 16%, while highlighting Cherki’s rotation risk. API records Cherki five starts/392 minutes versus Semenyo six starts/540 minutes; observed xGI/90 is 0.69 versus 0.30. Historical rates are not fixture-adjusted expected points. Source
Official chip analysis / projection: The Scout flags Haaland home to Ipswich as a Triple Captain opportunity. Compare with Saka home to Hull in GW10 and Chelsea versus Coventry/Ipswich in GW17–18; first-half chips expire after GW19. Triple Captain adds one extra captain score beyond normal captaincy, not a guaranteed 49-point recovery. Source
Community projection: FFScout’s 13 October early picks favour City attackers and caution over Gvardiol’s benching. Their draft awaits midweek minutes and Friday briefings; it does not reveal private rival GW7 selections. Source
Competition strategy: Copy the City attacking opportunity through Cherki and normal Haaland captaincy; decline The Scout’s Triple Captain enthusiasm after Maresca’s workload warning. The rest date is unknown, not a confirmed GW7 absence. Cherki’s 11/21 frozen ownership versus Semenyo’s 2/21 is exposure context, not a reason to copy/fade on its own. Start owned Trafford on home fixture and save consistency; our revised XI matches seven Scout picks without copying its whole team. Watch O’Reilly but hold Gvardiol: the rotation projection is not a confirmed lineup, and Gvardiol→O’Reilly plus Gakpo→Cherki costs £0.2m more than current funds (£14.2m purchases versus £14.0m available), requiring another funding change. Do not spend all three FT for that uncertain switch. Retain Groß, De Cuyper and Ødegaard; preserve two FT for the next three-gameweek horizon. Briefings reviewed, recommendation settled; no indefinite delay. Frozen cohort/top-three/EO records remain unchanged, with latest overall ownership separately dated above. Private GW7 rival selections remain unknown.
Authenticated saved XI and chip controls · 16 Oct 21:50 PDT · Current Sarmaaya ranks 51–100 · Official player prices and availability · Official GW6 finalized scoring · Official team history and chips
GW6 final · 13 Oct 2026, 10:10 PDT · 2026-10-13T17:10:34Z
73 final points · 99th / 126 · target missed by 7 places
Officially closed: Rank moved 107→99, a rise of 8 places; the target was 92 or better. None. Official FPL marks GW6 finished and data checked. Leader gap: 240.
Execution confirmed: Official post-deadline picks confirm the authenticated save: Foden→Groß, one free transfer, zero hit; exact 3-4-3, bench order, Haaland captain, Groß vice and no chip. This closes the pre-deadline execution risk for GW6.
Locked team: Tzolakis; De Cuyper, Gvardiol, Calafiori; Ødegaard, Palmer, Groß, Lewis-Potter; Emersonn, Haaland, João Pedro. Bench: Trafford; 1 Kayode, 2 White, 3 Gakpo. Haaland C, Groß VC, no chip.
Completed-player drivers: De Cuyper 15, João Pedro 12, Calafiori 9, Palmer 8, Groß 6, Haaland 12, Gvardiol 4, Tzolakis 2. White has five points on the bench; no autosub is assumed.
Competition decision: Copy: retain the reliable-role core—Calafiori, De Cuyper, Groß and João Pedro—without treating one-week returns as forecasts. Fade: do not imitate a rival or chase De Cuyper's 15 merely because it scored. Delay: any GW7 transfer until fresh club briefings clarify Gakpo and Gvardiol. Watch: Gakpo is officially injured with an unknown return date, while Gvardiol's 24-minute appearance creates a minutes question. Final rank 99 is an eight-place rise and seven places short of the weekly target.
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Win Sarmaaya; immediate GW6 target: climb at least 15 places to 92nd or better.
Result baseline: 173 points, tied 107th. Target baseline: 188 points at 92nd. Measure actual net points, rank movement and verified saved selections. Counterfactual points do not count as progress.
Decision: final Friday plan: Foden→Groß free, Tzolakis starts, legal 3-4-3, Kayode / White / Gakpo outfield bench, Haaland captain, Groß vice and no chip. The prior Groß-captain advice is corrected because current EP equals recent form and does not prove its claimed forward advantage. Haaland’s five-game xGI/90 is 0.99 versus Groß’s 0.52. Chelsea clears Palmer/Pedro; Gakpo is ruled out.
Execution checkpoint: Friday 9 October briefings reviewed; complete the exact account actions by 18:00 PDT / Saturday 01:00 UTC, nine hours before the Saturday 10 October 03:00 PDT / 10:00 UTC deadline. My Team shows a login screen in the available browser. Free transfers, sell prices and saved selections are unverified; no account change has been executed. Follow the zero-hit transfer review and reload verification steps below.
Latest review · 9 Oct 2026, 22:25 PDT · 2026-10-10T05:25:00Z
GW6 final plan: Foden→Groß · Haaland C · Groß VC · no chip
Late check: GW6 deadline remains 10 October 03:00 PDT / 10:00 UTC, with ten fixtures and no blank or double. Official FPL shows every saved starter available; Gakpo remains out. Chelsea confirms Palmer and João Pedro have trained and are ready, which does not guarantee starts. Confirmed prices: White £5.4m (down £0.1m), Emersonn £5.6m (up £0.1m); Groß remains £5.9m. Official player feed
Decision: Retain the saved plan: Foden→Groß already completed free, zero hit. No further transfer. Start 3-4-3: Tzolakis; Gvardiol, De Cuyper, Calafiori; Palmer, Groß, Ødegaard, Lewis-Potter; Haaland, João Pedro, Emersonn. Bench Trafford; 1 Kayode, 2 White, 3 Gakpo. Haaland captain, Groß vice, no chip. Authenticated My Team rechecked tonight and matches.
Calibration correction: current ep_next equals form for every relevant available squad player and Groß. Groß 15.5 versus Haaland 7.5 therefore does not establish an independent eight-point forward advantage; reject that earlier armband rationale. Five-game observed xGI/90 is Haaland 0.99 versus Groß 0.52, with both on 450 minutes and first in their club’s penalty order. These are past underlying rates, not fixture-adjusted forecasts. Haaland is the captain; Liverpool’s three clean sheets still limit upside, so no Triple Captain. Groß remains a transfer because of five full starts, first-choice penalties/corners/free kicks and Sunderland then Palace fixtures; his finishing has exceeded underlying output. Tzolakis starts for Everton at home (FDR3) over Trafford at Arsenal (FDR5), overriding the uncalibrated 4.0 vs 6.5 EP/form numbers. Lewis-Potter’s five starts / 406 minutes exceed Kayode’s four starts / 294 minutes; retain the 3-4-3 and use Kayode as first cover. These totals do not imply guaranteed starts or calibrated probabilities. Late minutes review: FFScout’s 10 October projected Chelsea XI includes Palmer but omits João Pedro in favour of Welbeck; this is a pundit projection, not a confirmed team. Keep Pedro for now: club clearance plus four prior full starts / 360 minutes and observed xGI/90 0.59 offer attacking upside at home. Kayode has 294 minutes / four starts and xGI/90 0.30 away at Villa; White is also returning and omitted from the same source’s projected Arsenal XI. This is a judgment under uncertain minutes, not a calibrated expected-point superiority. Pedro cameo risk is explicit: any appearance blocks Kayode’s autosub. With zero Pedro minutes, Kayode can legally replace him to produce 4-4-2. Retain Kayode first cover rather than treating a first substitute as insurance against a cameo.
Saved XI: Tzolakis; Gvardiol, De Cuyper, Calafiori; Palmer, Groß (VC), Ødegaard, Lewis-Potter; Haaland (C), João Pedro, Emersonn. Bench: Trafford; 1 Kayode, 2 White, 3 Gakpo (confirmed out). Captain: Haaland. Vice: Groß. Chip: none. Saved and verified.
GW6 saved 3-4-3 · VERIFIED
Saved and verified in authenticated FPL on 9 Oct 2026, 11:17 PDT / 18:17 UTC: entry 9973590; Foden→Groß, zero-point cost; 3-4-3; Trafford reserve, Kayode / White / Gakpo bench; Haaland C, Groß VC; all chips inactive. Reloaded My Team matched. Bank £1.4m; three free transfers before this move, two remaining. Read-only authenticated recheck 9 Oct 22:25 PDT / 10 Oct 05:25 UTC: all 15 players, exact bench order, Haaland C, Groß VC and inactive chips still match. No further account changes in this review.
- Completed: Foden sold £6.9m, Groß bought £5.9m. Review confirmed zero points cost; bank £1.4m.
- Completed: 3-4-3 saved; Trafford reserve, Kayode / White / Gakpo bench; Haaland C, Groß VC, no chip.
- Reverified tonight: authenticated My Team still matches all starters, bench order and C/VC markers; no chip active.
- Watch later verified material news before 10 Oct 03:00 PDT / 10:00 UTC. Actual rank remains 107; goal 92 or better.
Fallback: If later confirmed news rules Pedro out before the deadline, swap Kayode into the XI and Pedro to bench 1, preserving White 2 / Gakpo 3, 4-4-2, Haaland C / Groß VC, no chip. For no appearance after deadline, the saved Kayode-first bench permits that legal autosub; a Pedro cameo blocks it. If another starter is officially ruled out, promote Kayode or White while preserving at least three defenders. Do not replace a goalkeeper with an outfield substitute. Without new confirmed information, retain the saved team; final action cutoff is 10 October 02:30 PDT / 09:30 UTC, thirty minutes before deadline.
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Archived GW6 pursuit: 107th → 92nd or better
This is the historical pre-deadline record. GW6 finished at rank 99. The current GW7 goal is 78th or better; the latest review and verified GW6 execution above supersede the archived instructions below.
173 points vs 188 at tied 92nd: a 15-point gap. We need 16 more net GW6 points than each current tied-92nd team to pass it outright. Other teams will also move, so this is a benchmark, not a guaranteed 15-place gain.
Checked 3 Oct 2026, 10:34 PDT / 17:34 UTC. The 15 teams immediately above us are now a fixed pursuit cohort alongside the existing top-three benchmarks. Ranks 92–100 · Ranks 100–107
Strategy: repair availability and improve the XI. Thirteen of these 15 teams captained Haaland in GW5, while only two owned Groß. Final Friday recommendation: Haaland C, Groß VC. Haaland’s five-game xGI/90 is 0.99 versus Groß’s 0.52; both played 450 minutes and are first in their penalty orders. The earlier 15.5 vs 7.5 EP comparison mirrors recent form and does not establish an eight-point forward edge. Liverpool’s strong defence makes this a difficult captaincy week; do not force a different armband or chip solely for rank. Rival GW6 picks remain private.
Transfer decision: Foden→Groß, free only. Groß is £5.9m, has five full starts and first-choice dead balls; Sunderland then Palace support a two-week horizon before Liverpool/City. Gakpo is confirmed out but covered on the bench, Chelsea clears Palmer/Pedro, and White’s availability flag clears. No second transfer or hit with unverified free transfers. Copy role-based value, fade last-week haul chasing, watch Gakpo’s recovery and the stronger White price-fall signal. No transfer or chip has been executed.
GW5 final snapshot · 27 Sep 2026, 22:18 PDT · 28 Sep 05:18 UTC
47 points · 107th / 126 · 234 behind Transaction
Season total 173; one point below the overall GW5 average of 48. The official feed marks GW5 finished and data checked. Final autosubs produced a 4-4-2: Emersonn replaced Foden and Calafiori replaced João Pedro.
Recommendation audit: the locked team scored 47. Transfer alone would have scored 60; our proposed lineup cost five of those points, and Triple Captain added six to reach 61. These hypothetical results assume no hit; they are not actual progress. The audit above separates transfer, lineup and chip effects.
GW6 watch: Foden→Groß completed free and saved. No further transfer. Gakpo out and covered; Pedro fit but starting minutes uncertain after return. Exact saved team verified tonight. Final: Haaland captain, Groß vice. Reject the prior +8.0 EP rationale because current EP mirrors recent form. No Triple Captain. The final Friday review must compare reliable-minute alternatives, legal autosubs and the two goalkeeper fixtures, rather than sorting the squad by EP alone.
Next deadline: 10 October, 03:00 Pacific / 10:00 UTC. Ten fixtures; no blank or double.
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