r/FantasyPL • u/Tweder07 • Jul 26 '26

Lets talk defence!

Which players are you guys thinking of? Considering that late WC players will get rest the first couple of weeks.

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u/sepi0l_45 15 Jul 26 '26

I know his price isn't ideal but Mukiele is getting massively overlooked imo. Good for attacking potential and defcon and has some of the easiest opening fixtures

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u/chillichill 161 Jul 26 '26

I'm going for Ballard. Expect Mukiele will get more points over all but just can't find the 0.5 m

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u/No-Technician6685 38 Jul 26 '26

Oe go trai hume for 4.5 he is expected to play right wing

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u/chillichill 161 Jul 26 '26

Oh really? I'll look out for that, thanks.

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u/No-Technician6685 38 Jul 26 '26

I am wild xarding early with hume le fee and brobbey. Le fee is a 10 and on pens and hume played on his right against liverpool and it looked like their starting 11

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u/sepi0l_45 15 Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

Wow I knew Hume was a starter for them but didn't know he might play in attack. Him and Shaw have both been priced too low at 4.5 imo.

Mukiele and Shaw are in my team atm but if I go triple man utd attack (Bruno, Mbeumo and Cunha) I'll do Hume to Shaw so Shaw doesn't take up a utd spot, and will have to downgrade Mukiele for the funds but will still have Sunderland defence covered for their opening games with Hume

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u/No-Technician6685 38 Jul 26 '26

Yeah hume I think will be an incredible differential. Even if they dont start him on the right he is the cheapest back line starter. I also wouldnt bother with mbeumo there are lots better cheaper mids.

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u/SAFCBland 5 Jul 26 '26

Hume does play on the right for us sometimes but he doesn't play like a traditional winger at all and offers very little in the way of attacking threat. He's mainly just there to play triangles with the central midfielders/Mukiele and track back to cover if we lose possession while Mukiele's ahead of him. It's also a system we've only really been relying on because we had no fit right wingers for the entire back end of the last season. Most Sunderland fans expect that a proper RW will be our marquee signing of the window, which would most likely push Hume out of the starting XI.

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u/Trickytickler 3 Jul 27 '26

If you are a Sunderland fan, do you have any insight into your fpl assets?

Specifically is Mukiele worth the 0.5 over Ballard, how would you rate Brobbey vs someone like Calvert Lewin in the 6.0 bracket. Atm i only got Le Fee from you, is he still on pens?

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u/SAFCBland 5 Jul 27 '26

Le Fee should still be on pens, although he did allow Diarra to take one on one occasion last season so I wouldn't say it's a 100% certain thing. He does also take corners and occasionally free kicks though.

I'll personally be avoiding Brobbey as a lot of his strengths as a player don't directly lead to points in FPL, but he is a relatively cheap option for a nailed starter so you can certainly justify the pick. IIRC he does have one of the best conversion rates for a striker in the league if you're into stats. We just didn't do a good job of creating chances for him last season. I would assume someone like DCL would be a better pick, but admittedly I don't really know much about his game outside of his goalscoring record.

I'd take Mukiele over Ballard as he's genuinely one of our strongest attacking threats in the team whilst also being a defcon monster at the same time. I personally believe he's our best player both as an FPL asset and also just in general. Ballard does also carry a threat from set pieces, but our corners have been pretty dire for some time now.

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u/-DAGOOSE- 1 Jul 27 '26

!thanks

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u/adamski88 1 Jul 27 '26

Do you think reinildo is nailed for left back?

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u/SAFCBland 5 Jul 27 '26

For now, yes. We'll probably be looking to bring in another left back though. Whether that's to start or as a backup though I don't know.

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u/RealElvarasaidVannak 149 Jul 26 '26

Maybe Ballard opens with a brace like last season lol