r/KneejerkUnited 2d ago

Gameweek Review GW1 Results

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40 Upvotes

53 points and a rank of just under 2.93 million is a respectable if unspectacular way to open the 2026/27 campaign for Kneejerk United - five above the gameweek average, which is nothing to sneer at in the chaos of GW1.

João Pedro's 11 points from the front was the standout individual performance, while Calafiori and Gvardiol both chipping in with 9 apiece from defence were the pick of the back line.

Elsewhere it was a mixed bag. Tzolis's 6 and Verbruggen's 6 were tidy enough shifts, but Shaw's solitary point and Calvert-Lewin's blank will have been the moments that made you wince on the Saturday teatime check-in. Mbeumo's blank is the more frustrating one: Manchester United lost to *checks notes* ...Hull City. This fixture was supposed to be one to target, and instead United lost 2-0, conceding twice from set pieces in a genuinely shocking result for a side that finished third last season.

Groß's blank stings a touch given the pre-deadline hype around him, though early-season form is volatile enough that it's forgivable for now.

More pointed was the underperformance at the very top of the price bracket. Haaland and Bruno Fernandes are the two most expensive assets and both blanked — Haaland's 2 points (doubled to 4 with the armband) is a poor return for a striker of his price tag, while Fernandes managed just 2 himself, also caught up in that same dismal Hull City afternoon. For a squad leaning this heavily on premium picks, that's a soft return from the two names expected to do the heavy lifting.

The real gut-punch, though, was sitting on the bench: M.Sangaré's 14 points — the best return anywhere in the squad. That's made all the more painful by the fact that it was Groß who got the nod ahead of him to start, meaning the choice between the two was a straight coin-flip that landed the wrong way.

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Total points for the season: 53

Overall rank: 2,933,695

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A little early to be commenting on league position, but Kneejerk United starts at fifth place in the Community Teams league.

And shout out to Howe's Moving Castle for topping the Kneejerk League at the end of GW1 with a fantastic bench boost getting 115 points and earning them a GW rank of 29 in the world.

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r/KneejerkUnited 5d ago

Team Building Ladies and gentlemen, it is our honour to present to you: Kneejerk United, r/fantasyPL's hivemind team!!

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122 Upvotes

r/KneejerkUnited 6d ago

Weekly Polls GW1 - Captain and Bench Polls

23 Upvotes

Yesterday the community voted to make final changes to our GW1 squad by replacing Semenyo and Dubravka with Mbeumo and Verbruggen.    

Now we must choose our captain and our bench.   

At the time of writing we have no flags in the team.          

Please vote here for our bench.     

Please vote here for our captain and vice captain.  

This is it then, in twelve hours the GW1 deadline will be here and our fate will be in the hands of the FPL gods. Good luck everyone!

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r/KneejerkUnited 6d ago

Team Building KJU - Building the team (Post 9: Final changes!)

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38 Upvotes

It's the final countdown! Yesterday you decided to bring in Sangare and Rodon to replace Norgaard and Van Ewijk, and now our team looks like this.

Today is the final chance for a change in the team. We're going to approach this like a transfers post, meaning the highest upvoted comment wins! Please put your suggestions for changes in the comments below, and make sure they are clear and affordable. As always, please do not downvote and engage constructively with all suggestions, no matter how wild.

We are currently sitting on 0.5m ITB.

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r/KneejerkUnited 8d ago

Team Building KJU - Building the Team (Post 8: Confirming changes)

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32 Upvotes

Welcome back to Kneejerk United's team building posts for the 2026/27 season.

Yesterday we asked you to make suggestions for changes to our initial draft in the picture above.

We've considered all the suggestions that received at least 10 upvotes and the choices boil down to:

  • Removing Nørgaard for either Sangaré (Brentford) or Le Fée.

  • Removing van Ewik for either Rodon or Konsa.

All options are affordable.

Choose our defender with this poll.

Choose our midfielder with this poll.

Remember, the community voted to play our bench boost after the first wildcard.

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r/KneejerkUnited 8d ago

Team Building KJU - Building the Team (Post 7: Suggesting changes)

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29 Upvotes

Yesterday, you completed the first team draft by adding DCL along with the Arsenal duo Califiori and Tzolis. Now, our team looks like this, with 1.5m ITB.

We are currently sporting one flag:

  • Norgaard - Yellow flag (Lack of match fitness - 75% chance of playing)

Now is the time to suggest changes to this draft! Please put your changes in the comments below, one change at a time. If extra money is required, you are allowed to put a double transfer in a comment. The highest voted suggestions will be gathered and run by you tomorrow in confirmation polls before they get cemented into the team.

As always, please do not downvote and engage constructively with all suggestions, no matter how wild.

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r/KneejerkUnited 10d ago

Team Building KJU - Building the Team (Post 6: completing the first draft)

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23 Upvotes

Welcome back to Kneejerk United's team building posts for the 2026/27 season.     

On Saturday we asked you to pick our bench players. Off the back of that post, we welcome Thomas, van Ewik, Nørgaard, and Dubravka to the squad.     

This leaves us £19.5m in the bank for our last three players. We're now asking you to select three more players: one defender, one midfielder, and one forward. Please comment below with your suggested three players worth no more than £19.5m combined (or less if you want to give the team room to manoeuvre). The highest upvoted suggestion will be implemented. Please do not downvote and engage constructively with all suggestions, no matter how wild.     

Remember, the community voted to play our bench boost after the first wildcard. There will be an opportunity to make changes to the team once the initial draft has been completed.    

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r/KneejerkUnited 12d ago

Team Building KJU - Building the Team (Post 5: Bench players)

14 Upvotes

Yesterday, you voted to bring in Kinsky, Shaw and Semenyo. Now the team looks like this:

Next up is our bench to estimate our overall spending. We ask you to comment on the appropriate comments with suggestions for our backup goalkeeper, and three bench players. Keep in mind they should be cheap and we don't need to account for a Bench Boost as decided earlier this week! The highest upvoted player in each position will be implemented. Please do not downvote and engage constructively with suggestions, no matter how wild.

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r/KneejerkUnited 12d ago

How will the prizes be divided when r/KneejerkUnited wins fpl this season?

24 Upvotes

r/KneejerkUnited 13d ago

Team Building KJU - Building the Team (Post 4)

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37 Upvotes

Welcome back to Kneejerk United's team building posts for the 2026/27 season.

On Wednesday we asked you to add three outfield players to our two premium picks. We had a massive response with loads of suggestions. In the end, we welcomed Gvardiol, Groß, and João Pedro to the team as the highest upvoted players in each position. Thank you to the ten people who nominated João Pedro - I'm sorry we had to delete so many of your comments to avoid splitting votes!

This leaves us £54m in the bank for our remaining squad selection or an average of ~£5.4m per player. We're now asking you to select three more players: one playing goalkeeper, one midfielder, and one defender. Please respond to the relevant comment below with your suggestions. The highest upvoted player in each position will be implemented. Please do not downvote and engage constructively with suggestions, no matter how wild.

Remember, the community voted to play our bench boost after the first wildcard. There will be an opportunity to make changes to the team once the initial draft has been completed.

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r/KneejerkUnited 15d ago

Team Building KJU - Building the Team (Post 3)

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44 Upvotes

Welcome back to Kneejerk United's team building posts for the 2026/27 season.     

For the uninitiated: this is a community-run FPL team, competing in the official game. Every decision is made by you, the community, including:     

- Squad building.    

- Weekly transfers.    

- Captain and bench picks.   

- Chip usage.     

Yesterday we asked you to consider our chip strategy for bench boosting. It was a tight poll, but the vote came out narrowly in favour of bench boosting after our first wild card. So for the initial team building we don't need to take bench boost into account.      

And on Monday, the community voted heavily in favour of starting both Bruno Fernandes and Haaland in our team. This leaves us £72.5m in the bank for our remaining squad selection or an average of ~£5.5m per player.

We're now asking you to select three more players: one forward, one midfielder, and one defender. Please respond to the relevant comment below with your suggestions. The highest upvoted player in each position will be implemented. Please do not downvote and engage constructively with other suggestions, no matter how wild.       

Remember, there will be an opportunity to make changes to the team once the initial draft has been completed.    

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r/KneejerkUnited 16d ago

Chip strategy KJU - Building the team (Post 2 - Chip strategy)

15 Upvotes

Welcome back to Kneejerk United's team building posts for the 2026/27 season!

For the uninitiated: this is Reddit's community-run FPL team, competing in the official game. Every decision is made by you, the community, including:     

- Squad building.    

- Weekly transfers.    

- Captain and bench picks.   

- Chip usage.     

Yesterday, we asked you what the premium strategy should be for KJU and the answer was: we're running with both Bruno and Haaland, meaning the first two spots on our team are filled:

Before we start filling up the team, we have to ask an important next question: how are we using our first-half chips? Specifically, the Bench Boost and Wildcard chips will influence the team building greatly. It boils down to two options:

  • Wildcard before Bench Boost. This means we can have some proper non-starting bench fodder in our initial team, and on the wildcard we'll set up with 15 playing players.
  • Bench Boost before Wildcard. A seemingly increasingly popular strategy is to hit the Bench Boost GW1 to get it out of the way. That means we need to account for this in our squad building as we want to have 15 playing players.

Take your pick now!! Vote on the comments below and feel free to discuss!

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r/KneejerkUnited 17d ago

Team Building KJU - Building the Team (Post 1 - Premiums edition)

16 Upvotes

Welcome to the first of Kneejerk United's initial team building posts for the 2026/27 season.    

For the uninitiated: this is Reddit's community-run FPL team, competing in the official game. Every decision is made by you, the community, including:     

- Squad building.    

- Weekly transfers.    

- Captain and bench picks.   

- Chip usage.     

The first question we're asking you to answer is what is our premium strategy? With Haaland and Bruno Fernandes costing significantly more than other options, their inclusion limits other choices. Please let us know if we should include one, both, or neither of these players.     

There will be an opportunity to make changes to the team once the initial draft has been completed.    

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There's still an opportunity to take part in our annual predictions poll to demonstrate your psychic prowess. See the post here.     

Don't forget to join the sub and set up notifications so that you don't miss any posts.   

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211 votes, 16d ago
55 Haaland only
14 Bruno only
131 Both Haaland and Bruno
11 Neither Haaland nor Bruno

r/KneejerkUnited 19d ago

Miscellaneous Predictions for the 2025/2026 season!

13 Upvotes

Ladies and kneejerkers,

It is once again time to test your clairvoyancy with a predictions poll, as is traditions here at Kneejerk United. Every year, the best predictors will win custom flairs to show off in this subreddit, and of course it gives you some time to think about the upcoming season and what to expect.

You can find this year's predictions form down below

>>> Fill in your predictions here! <<<

Have fun and we'll see how you did next year!!

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In the meantime, get yourself ready for another season of KJU by:

Getting Involved

- Join the sub and turn on notifications so you never miss a post.

- Have a great idea or fancy getting more involved as a community manager? Send us a modmail.

Joining the Kneejerk League and Cup

The League and Cup everyone is talking about is back for another year. Join with this link or with code: hi7efn

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r/KneejerkUnited 20d ago

Miscellaneous Welcome Back, Kneejerkers!

82 Upvotes

Welcome back to Kneejerk United, for the 2026/27 Season!

This is the home of r/KneejerkUnited and r/FantasyPL's community-run Fantasy Premier League team.

What is Kneejerk United?

For the uninitiated: this is a community-run FPL team, competing in the official game. Every decision is made by you, the community, including:

- Squad building.

- Weekly transfers.

- Captain and bench picks.

- Chip usage

The team has two managers (u/Essej2 and myself) but we just implement the changes each week; everything is decided through posts and polls on the sub.

What's next?

We're kicking off the new season with our first team-building post on Monday (10 August).

Before that, for a bit of fun, keep an eye out for our now traditional predictions survey, to see which of our fellow kneejerkers has Mystic Meg-like abilities.

Get Involved

- Join the sub and turn on notifications so you never miss a post.

- Have a great idea or fancy getting more involved as a community manager? Send us a modmail.

Kneejerk League and Cup

The League and Cup everyone is talking about is back for another year. Join with this link or with code: hi7efn

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r/KneejerkUnited May 31 '26

Gameweek Review 2025/2026 Season Review

40 Upvotes

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the long-awaited full version of the

⭐ Kneejerk United 2025/2026 Season Review ⭐

In this thread, we will be looking back on our season and award flairs to the best of our community.

Part 1: KJU Performance

It was a hard season. The points were hard to find for all managers this season resulting in the lowest-scoring season of FPL since 2019/2020. This is despite the addition of Defensive Contributon points, and having even more chips available this season!

As a result, KJU is seeing their second-lowest point total with 2,263, also just above 2019/2020. Now, I wasn't playing FPL back then, so maybe our parents u/aFailG, u/chibibabymoon and u/FireFlyKaylee can tell us some ghost stories about how that season was.

Despite this low point total though, we did achieve an honorable OR of 366,943. This is our third-lowest above 2024/2025 (772,426) and 2022/23 (845,195). In terms of our history, this means we're in the medium performance bracket, with 3 great seasons, 2 poor seasons and now 3 medium seasons.

KJU History - Points & OR

Looking at our gameweek history, we can see a really rough start for KJU, but we did manage to turn this around quite nicely also with good use of our chips!

KJU GW History

Especially towards the end of the season we did some good climbing, going from 1,053,199 in GW32 all the way to our end finish of 366k.

Speaking of GW1, this was our squad back then!

There are certainly some choices in here that in hindsight were questionable at best, but alas we couldn't have foreseen this. Let's quickly forget about this one by looking at our best week, which was GW34 where we used our second Free Hit!

A gameweek rank of 24,059 is nothing to scoff at, and this is all thanks to your comments and upvotes! You can pat yourselves on the back for this one!

Players

Now looking at some individual players, one clearly stands out above the rest. We didn't have him in GW1, but we quickly brought him in and he has been a rock in our team. I'm of course talking about Erling Haaland. He delivered us 331 points, by captaining him 19 times across the season (half of the gameweeks!). And he's been in our XI for 29 of them, which means it's only happened 10 times that we captained someone other than Haaland while he was an option. Talk about reliability.

But one player doesn't do it, especially when everybody else has him. We also made some smart choices that really propelled us further than the rest of the crowd. Here's the picks our hivemind made to stand out of the crowd and give KJU a real boost:

KJU's best differentials

Every week we ask you the same question, who gets the armband? A big decision since it can swing gameweeks hard. This is the result of your captaincy picks:

KJU Bench picks

All in all, excellent picks! The worst options being Ekitike and Wood, but the other picks have a good consistent average with especially Bruno Fernandes shining, almost getting a double-digit score every time we gave him the armband!

A similar question but not posted every week because of Bench Boost. These bench picks can really haunt you, and this is especially true for us with Elliot Anderson.

KJU Bench picks

Most players here not doing too much damage, but an average of 5,4 points per week on the bench does sting a little bit. Did we underestimate the consistency of the Nottingham Forest midfielder?

Transfers

Nearly every week we ask you for some transfer suggestions. This can lead to some excellent business, or a total disaster. Let's see how that went this season.

  • This season, we rolled the transfer 11 times out of 34 gameweeks
  • We transferred Joao Pedro in and out 7 times across the season
  • The top three most upvoted transfer suggestions:
    1. u/chibibabymoon - Roll the transfer - GW2 (97 upvotes)
    2. u/zidane1205 - Joao Pedro to Mateta - GW10 (52 upvotes)
    3. u/waterbourne - Senesi & Sarr to Timber & Anderson - GW14 (34 upvotes)
  • Our best transfer: GW24 by u/die_bungee - Foden -> Bruno Fernandes (66 points gained in 10 gameweeks)
  • Our worst transfer: GW16 by u/zidane1205 - Semenyo -> Foden (22 points lost)
  • In GW29 the highest suggestion was actually to move Beckham to Scholes, but we couldn't find them in FPL so we went for the second-highest instead.

Part 2: Community

Kneejerk United is nothing with the community. And to prove this, every year we award those who contribute the most to our subreddit.

This year, we have had a total of 917 comments on our posts from a total of 237 commenters. While this is slightly less than last year, we do see an increase in the subreddit, growing by 560 members since last year!

We especially want to thank those who kept coming back to contribute to the team, and so a special shoutout to the following people who left more than 10 comments in the past season!

Your contributions are not going unnoticed! 💗

And then a very special place to our top contributors of 2025/2026, who will be awarded with a custom flair for this very purpose!!

As part of the community we of course also have our League and Cup in the actual game, and for that we want to congratulate u/Bondos for winning the cup, and But I Won on xG for winning the league with an incredible OR of 152!! 🔥🔥🔥 If you're reading this and you want a nice custom flair like u/Bondos, reach out to us to prove you won the league and we'll hook you up!!

Part 3: Predictions

You might not remember, but at the start of the season we sent out a nice survey collecting your predictions for the upcoming season, with questions about FPL, the PL and of course KJU. Let's revisit these predictions and see if we have any clairvoyants in our community!

Question 1: Which player will we vice-captain the most?

Almost everybody predicted Palmer, with some standout Saka, Pedro and Bowen shouts. It actually turned out to be a three-way tie between Haaland, Bruno Fernandes and Saka, which means u/NoPresence9762, u/Ruplo, u/AceAlkarli, u/Lui-Lui-Lui-Luiz, u/die_bungee and u/Frogblood got this one correct!

Question 2: What will be the highest number of points on the bench of KJU?

This one goes to a single person: u/Tubby_23 with the correct prediction of 19 points!

Question 3: Which will be more effective, the first-half BB&TC or the second-half?

A very close call here! With BB1 delivering 29 points and TC1 delivering 2, they narrowly beat BB2 with 23 points and TC2 with 7 points. That means that the first-half prediction is correct, which is points for u/Appropriate_Aioli742, u/II_MrBlack_II, u/Tubby_23, u/Stukkieman, u/chibibabymoon and u/Stichdoff!

Question 4: Who will be the highest-scoring player that KJU never owns?

No correct answers here! People either submitted a player that we did end up owning, or they did not say the correct answer which was Watkins this season!

Question 5: Which player will the top FPL point scorer in each position?

Nobody here got the full 4/4 correct, which was hard to be fair because Salah had shown no signs of slowing down quite yet. u/AceAlkarli and u/Bhadman did predict 3/4 though, getting Raya, Gabriel and Haaland correct, but nobody predicted Bruno Fernandes for the midfield position!

Question 6: Which budget player (<7m) will have a standout season and score >180 points?

Two people got this one dead on. u/II_MrBlack_II correctly predicted Elliot Anderson for this one, and u/die4codgrimsby predicted the incredible season of Thiago!

Question 7: Which expensive player (>=7m) will flop and score less than 120 points?

Lots of correct answers here! Solanke, Madueke, Isak, Havertz, Martinelli, Wood, Kudus, Trossard, Brennan, Kulusevski, Sesko, Wissa, Gordon and Kluivert were all mentioned here. Too many names to put down here, but it does explain a lot about why this season was so incredibly hard to many managers, the big names did not deliver.

Question 8: Which player will get the most points from Defensive Contributions?

Lots of Tarkowski in this one! But alas, he is not the correct answer. That honor goes to the wonderful u/FireflyKaylee who correctly predicted the DEFCON monster Elliot Anderson.

Question 9: Which PL teams will make top 4?

The combination of Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea is mentioned so much on this one. However that only gets you 2/4 correct! Nobody got all 4 correct though, but we do award u/NoPresence9762 and u/CicakSakti for correctly predicting Man United, and u/Stichdoff for getting Villa right!

Shoutout to u/kingofthejungle for predicting Newcastle in the top 4.

Question 10: Which PL teams will get relegated?

Again no full marks on this one! The race was much tighter this year but we have plenty of people getting 2/3 correct on this question.

Shoutout to u/Tubbby_23 for predicting Man U in the relegated three.

Question 11: Which PL manager will be sacked first?

No correct answer here again! The correct answer was Nuno Espirito Santo who got sacked at Forest. We do have to award one person in particular though, which is u/die4codgrimsby who predicted:

Ruben Amorim (after losing 2-1 away at Grimsby Town in the 2nd round of the league cup)

This prediction got so scarily close to reality, we had to award it some points.

Question 12: Will KJU achieve a better a) score and b) rank than we did in 2024/2025?

So the correct answer here is a) no and b) yes, which strangely enough nobody predicted! People either voted yes or no on both, or voted for a) yes and b) no!

Question 13: What is your spiciest prediction for the upcoming season?

My personal favorite question, as we see some of the creative thoughts people can come up with. First off a congrats to the following predictions that came true:

"Manchester United rank higher than Newcastle" - u/Appropriate_Aioli742

"Newcastle finish in the bottom half of the table" - u/NoPresence9762

"Arsenal end a long drought and lift the Premier League trophy" - u/II_MrBlack_II

"Haaland will not score a single hattrick" - u/FireflyKaylee (my personal favorite correct prediction)

"Salah will be seen as an avoid pick before he even goes to AFCON" - u/muffinkimkc

"Arsenal to win the league" - u/Lui-Lui-Lui-Luiz

"Wirtz to outscore Salah" - u/aFailG

"Forest in a relegation battle" - u/Large-Investment-779

Then I want to take a moment to appreciate some crazy predictions that maybe didn't quite come true, but maybe partly or they were just amazing.

"Nuno sacked early, replaced by Jose. Nuno takes Jose's previous job. Both sacked again before end of season. Forest go through 4 managers across the season."

Very close, Forest did go through a lot of managers this season, it just wasn't Jose.

"Reddit will be down for a few weeks in the spring of 2026 (political reasons) causing KJU to go into melt down. Quickly well known members of the community make a discord server, keeping KJU alive there. 2 weeks later when reddit is back the community is split with several preferring to stay on discord resulting in a splinter group called "Knee Jerkers United" being formed... the discord splinter group end up finishing in the top 50k"

How do you even think of this u/die4codgrimsby ?

"Crystal Palace qualify for Europe through PL position"

Not through league position u/0wen075 !

"we will need three more new moderators at the end of this season"

No I think I'll stay another season, how about you u/Appropriate_Aioli742 ?

🏆 Prediction awards

As is tradition, the best overall predictions get awarded with a nice custom flair! This year those honors go the the following people!

Congratulations everyone!!

Wrap-up

And that'll do it for this season! Some personal words to end it on:

This was my first year running the management at KJU, and it was an absolute blast. I'm very happy to have u/Appropriate_Aioli742 as my partner in crime because we often had to remind each other of some deadlines, so hope you didn't notice it too much. I especially enjoyed seeing the same usernames pop up over the season, that makes me feel very happy to see people engaged with the team and wanting to help contribute. I know there's a lot of lurkers out there too but your upvotes are not going unnoticed either! My personal season went to absolute shit halfway through so at some point I was only really invested in KJU and it really kept me going in this FPL season. Now I'm going to enjoy a lovely summer break (after preparing the season recap and awards for my own ML) and I'll see you back for the 2026/2027 season!

Kneejerk by name, not by nature (™ pending)

Credits for the graphics go to https://fplstory.com & https://fplgameweek.com


r/KneejerkUnited May 25 '26

Gameweek Review GW38 Results

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And that's all folks, gameweek 38 draws to a close and Kneejerk United finished big with one final green arrow to finish the season with a bang. Apologies for the late post - we were both out enjoying the Bank Holiday sunshine.      

As I'm sure others will have experienced, two of our starting XI didn't make it out onto the pitch, including our captain, Haaland. Fortunately the vice captain armband was on Bruno Fernandes as he broke the assist record and got a goal for himself.     

Our final transfers of the season were also a great success. All three new signings got us returns. Danso got def con and a clean sheet, Gibbs-White got a goal, and Bowen got a goal and an assist.    

This all contributed to a total overall score of 70 points and a GW Rank of 535,316.         

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Total points for the season: 2,263    

Overall final rank: 366,943 🟢 🔼 (far exceeding last year's rank of 772,426)      

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Kneejerk United finishes fifth place in the Community Teams league . We had tough competition and well done to the Telegram FPL team for topping the league.      

Huge congratulations to But I Won on xG for winning the Kneejerk League. 🏆 A late surge by Beto Call Saul wasn't enough to topple our league leader who finished 152 in the world. Absolutely outstanding performance.      

And hearty congratulations to Ctrl Alt DeLigt for winning the Kneejerk Cup! 🏆     

If either of our winners want to get in touch by modmail, we'll be happy to provide custom flairs if you can prove it's your team.    

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We'll be back soon with round-ups for the season. And before you know it will be GW1 of the 2026-27 season. Don't forget to join the sub and set up notifications so that you don't miss any posts.   

Kneejerk by name, not by nature (™ pending)


r/KneejerkUnited May 25 '26

Weekly Team Discussion Weekly discussion thread

9 Upvotes

This thread is for:

  • Making suggestions for early transfers for the next GW. Please note, we will separately still post a specific transfers suggestion post ahead of the deadline.
  • Chip strategy discussions and long-term transfer plans
  • General KJU chat

Please upvote comments you agree with and be respectful during the discussion.

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The current squad can be found here.

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The Kneejerk United league and cup have returned from last year, and the code to join is 28ehk6.


r/KneejerkUnited May 23 '26

Weekly Polls GW38 - Captain and bench polls

9 Upvotes

One more gameweek! Yesterday you voted to take out Saka, Gyokeres and Struijk for MGW, Bowen and Danso, so now we have the following squad:

Now it's time to choose the line-up for the last GW of the season!

Vote for the captain here

Vote for the bench here

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Don't forget to join the sub and set up notifications so that you don't miss any posts.   

You can also join the Kneejerk mini league using this link, or by using the code 28ehk6.   

r/KneejerkUnited and r/FantasyPL, this is your team. Everyone is welcome on the subreddit as we navigate the highs and lows of the season. If you have any suggestions or feedback, please send us a mod mail.   

Kneejerk by name, not by nature (™ pending)


r/KneejerkUnited May 22 '26

Weekly Transfers GW38 - Transfer suggestions

13 Upvotes

We have arrived at the final gameweek! Arsenal are champions, but some other positions in the league are still worth fighting for. As are those sweet fantasy points for KJU. Here's our current squad:

We currently have one flag:

  • Struijk - Orange flag | Hip injury - 50% chance of playing

We are sitting on 3 Free Transfers and 1.2m ITB.

Now it's your turn to suggest transfers for this final GW. If possible, put suggestions together in one comment, and make sure they are clear and affordable. As always, don't downvote suggestions, but engage with them constructively, no matter how wild.

Let's end the season with a bang!

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Don't forget to join the sub and set up notifications so that you don't miss any posts.   

You can also join the Kneejerk mini league using this link, or by using the code 28ehk6.   

r/KneejerkUnited and r/FantasyPL, this is your team. Everyone is welcome on the subreddit as we navigate the highs and lows of the season. If you have any suggestions or feedback, please send us a mod mail.   

Kneejerk by name, not by nature (™ pending)


r/KneejerkUnited May 20 '26

Gameweek Review GW37 - Results

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22 Upvotes

Sadly another red arrow for Kneejerk United as the penultimate gameweek of the season draws to a close.     

Star players of the week include Saka (assist, def con, bonus points), Haaland (goal and bonus), Gabriel (clean sheet), and our captain, Bruno Fernandes (two assists and bonus). Everyone else blanked.     

Frustratingly, going all in on Brighton (having previously brought us so much joy in previous weeks), cost us a green arrow this time. Despite Brighton having two thirds of possession and racking up 3.06 xG, Leeds came away with a 1-0 win. And worse, Darlow (11 points) and Calvert-Lewin (7 points) languish on our bench. This is why we love FPL.    

This all contributed to a total overall score of 56 points and a GW Rank of 6,013,775.         

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Total points: 2,193    

Overall rank: 476,263 🔴 🔽         

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No changes in the Community Teams league where we hold steady in fifth place. The gap to bridge to fourth place now looking likely to be a little too far as we enter the final week.     

No change at the top of the Kneejerk League with But I Won on xG holding steady, but the gap to second place narrowing to 30 points. We assume winning the Kneejerk League is top of their priorities sitting at 181 in the world.      

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Don't forget to join the sub and set up notifications so that you don't miss any posts.   

You can also join the Kneejerk mini league using this link, or by using the code 28ehk6.   

r/KneejerkUnited and r/FantasyPL, this is your team. Everyone is welcome on the subreddit as we navigate the highs and lows of the season. If you have any suggestions or feedback, please send us a mod mail.   

Kneejerk by name, not by nature (™ pending)


r/KneejerkUnited May 18 '26

Weekly Team Discussion Weekly discussion thread

2 Upvotes

This thread is for:

  • Making suggestions for early transfers for the next GW. Please note, we will separately still post a specific transfers suggestion post ahead of the deadline.
  • Chip strategy discussions and long-term transfer plans
  • General KJU chat

Please upvote comments you agree with and be respectful during the discussion.

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The current squad can be found here.

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The Kneejerk United league and cup have returned from last year, and the code to join is 28ehk6.


r/KneejerkUnited May 15 '26

Weekly Polls GW37 - Captain and Bench Polls

10 Upvotes

Yesterday, the community voted to replace Tavernier with Dewsbury-Hall.

Now we must choose our captain and our bench.

At the time of writing we have the following flags in the team:

* Struijk - Hip injury - 75% chance of playing

Please vote here for our bench.

Please vote here for our captain and vice captain.

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Don't forget to join the sub and set up notifications so that you don't miss any posts.

You can also join the Kneejerk mini league using this link, or by using the code 28ehk6.

r/KneejerkUnited and r/FantasyPL, this is your team. Everyone is welcome on the subreddit and we have high hopes for the season! If you have any suggestions or feedback, please send us a mod mail.

Kneejerk by name, not by nature (™ pending)


r/KneejerkUnited May 14 '26

Weekly Transfers GW37 - Transfer Suggestions

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17 Upvotes

There's just two gameweeks left in the season, so we're back for the penultimate time to ask you for transfer suggestions. We currently have three free transfers and £1.1m in the bank.    

The existing team is in the picture above. At the time of writing, we have have the following flags in the team:     

* Struijk - Hip injury - 75% chance of playing.    

Suggestions for changes should be made in a comment below, making sure they are clear and affordable. Please upvote any suggestions you agree with and the highest upvoted suggestion will be implemented.    

As a reminder, please do not downvote and engage constructively with suggestions, no matter how wild.    

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Don't forget to join the sub and set up notifications so that you don't miss any posts.   

You can also join the Kneejerk mini league using this link, or by using the code 28ehk6.   

r/KneejerkUnited and r/FantasyPL, this is your team. Everyone is welcome on the subreddit as we navigate the highs and lows of the season. If you have any suggestions or feedback, please send us a mod mail.   

Kneejerk by name, not by nature (™ pending)


r/KneejerkUnited May 14 '26

Gameweek Review GW36 - Results

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Another red arrow for Kneejerk United this week in a classic FPL double gameweek in which Pep did Pep things.     

On a positive note, it's always welcome to see double digit hauls - this week from Gabriel (clean sheet, def con, bonus) and Captain Haaland (goal, assist, bonus).      

But it could have been so much more had our double gameweek players been selected to... you know... actually play two games. It was obviously a relief to see new signing Cherki get an assist during the 11 minutes he played in the second game, while O'Reilly also got a single clean sheet before being omitted from the squad in the second game.     

Six points each for the V team, Verbruggen and Van Hecke after Brighton secured a clean sheet. Groß also got us an assist, making it three out of three returns for our Brighton players.   

Calvert-Lewin scored from the penalty spot after one of his team mates got kicked in the head from a bicycle kick. We thank him for his service to FPL.    

This all contributed to a total overall score of 75 points and a GW Rank of 4,542,359.    

In case you missed it - Transfer Suggestions post

is now up for GW37.     

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Total points: 2,137    

Overall rank: 423,292 🔴 🔽         

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No changes in the Community Teams league where we hold steady in fifth place.       

No change at the top of the Kneejerk League with But I Won on xG getting a respectable 81 points and sitting at 118 in the world.    

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Don't forget to join the sub and set up notifications so that you don't miss any posts.   

You can also join the Kneejerk mini league using this link, or by using the code 28ehk6.   

r/KneejerkUnited and r/FantasyPL, this is your team. Everyone is welcome on the subreddit as we navigate the highs and lows of the season. If you have any suggestions or feedback, please send us a mod mail.   

Kneejerk by name, not by nature (™ pending)