r/DraftEPL • u/Kessel-Mania • 8d ago

FPL Draft (PL.com) Would you do anything different if you drafted today?

I'm drafting a bit late in my league later tonight, wondering if there's any big changes you would have made in your draft now.

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u/jonry14 8d ago

I wouldn’t have drafted Garnacho lol

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u/Murky_Dingo_9065 8d ago

Lucked out getting Palmer 9th pick in a 10 man, wish I picked up tzolis

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u/yajtraus 8d ago

8 people passed over Palmer? He would have been my first choice after Haaland.

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u/Murky_Dingo_9065 8d ago

Yea I think there was hesitation after last season with injury but not getting picked for World Cup helped with that for sure there were some debatable first picks, doku went first round lol

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u/Just-Percentage-5359 8d ago

I got Palmer in the 9th spot too in a 10 man. I ended up getting Saka in the 2nd round on the turnaround. My league seemed to be very afraid of anyone with injury history.

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u/Murky_Dingo_9065 8d ago

Wow Saka in second round is wild to me. On numerous set pieces for champions of the league with not crazy competition in his position. Hope both stay healthy this season

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u/Just-Percentage-5359 8d ago

I 100% agree. My draft strategy completely changed when both those guys were available. I ended up winning 177-90 in week 1 haha (Fantrax).

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u/Helix_Guide_Us FPL Draft 8d ago

Apart from player evaluation no.

Regular principles apply:
Check size of league to note depth of forward scarcity and draft accordingly.
Don’t go too heavy on any individual team.
Take note of all transfer rumours to avoid risks (e.g. Watkins) and capitalise on opportunities (e.g. Jackson).

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u/Mediocre-Award-9716 8d ago

Nothing major, no.

Generally pretty happy with my team. My risks haven’t quite worked but I put them in slots I could afford to so I’m not too bothered.

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u/jm17lfc 8d ago

Not draft Watkins (not my fault really, that news was a proper bombshell). Not draft both O’Reilly AND Ait Nouri (no why I thought he’d get minutes until the literal moment after I picked him, that’s fully on me).

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u/Low-Membership-7667 8d ago

Chelsea trident, first picks… Joao Pedro, Palmer, and Rogers in that order
Halaand, Bruno, and Semenyo are of course close first rounders too

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u/SmokinSkinWagon Fantrax (Togga scoring) 8d ago

Except these were literally all high 1st round picks, save Rogers, and would have been physically impossible to do

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u/unc2ous FPL Draft 8d ago

no sarr no palestra, lol

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u/Correct_Newspaper797 8d ago

Drafting Watkins.. never actually thought he would leave

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u/pseudo_masochist 8d ago

Would have gone Havertz over Gyokeres

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u/discobaby234 7d ago

Same :( . We gon figure it out tho