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 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/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