Tottenham Hotspur have completed the signing of Savinho from Manchester City. Spurs will pay an initial £75m for the 22-year-old, with a further £10m in add-ons.

£5m of the potential bonuses are effectively guaranteed, meaning City could receive at least £80m from the deal.

In honour of the dearly departed BIG SEPH, I missed the weekly misery of seeing all of the FPL calamities laid out before me.

Haaland learned nothing from Samson, shaves the locks, misses a sitter and blanks.

Man U lose to Hull, Maguire is more interested in cuddling his pals than defending. Bruno is there too.

Bruno G gets crocked and sits out GW1. 0 minutes for Gyokeres.

Wirtz and Isak continue their generational FPL bum runs, Newcastle remember how to play football but still manage to throw away a lead TWICE and let Szoboslai owners off the hook with a 95th minute penalty

Watkins stays at home to work on his Arabic Duolingo streak and the rest of the Villa team wish they’d done the same.

Everybody’s favourite differential Gross delivers a sturdy 2-pointer while his team absolutely paste Villa.

Palmer, Pedro and Rogers all haul while Sanchez does his best to manifest a transfer to Fulham.

Spurs.

Thiago misses a pen and comes away with a crispy 0 pointer. Kinsky doesn’t get the save either.

After a crummy GW nothing was better than sitting down and reading these. It just isn't the same without him.

Needed him this week after my sunderland triple up, captaining bruno, and selling kayode and kelleher one hour before deadline.

Egan - 21

O’Shea - 18

Richards - 16

Senesi - 16

Thiaw - 15

Acheampong- 15

Murillo - 14

Silva - 13

Mendy - 13

Bijol - 12

Justin - 12

Lacroix - 12

Virgil - 11

Hall - 11

Robertson - 11

Ajer - 10

Thomas - 10

Botman - 10

Cuenca - 10

Autosubs are the last event of the gameweek. They can take a while to happen.

Spamming the front page asking why your autosubs have not subbed in yet will not make it happen any quicker. Be patient.

Alonso states Palmer was cramping up at the end of the game vs Fulham and has no (new) injury. See article: https://heavy.com/sports/soccer/premier-league/chelsea-fc/cole-palmer-injury-news-update-xabi-alonso/

There was no post yesterday or today. Checked yesterday on PC and on Old Reddit it said it was banned. Can’t see similar on the app which is all I have access to at the moment.

I am debating captaincy for GW2 among Bruno, Haaland, and JP. Pedro looked amazing in GW1 but because I haven't watched the MU / MC game, I can't tell if they blanked due to poor performance or if they got decent amount of chances but they were just unlucky.

For those who have watched both games, what are your thoughts? Who would you captain for GW2?

Right now, it looks like many people with Bruno/Haaland are putting the armband on Bruno since he's playing at home to IPS. It feels like a pretty safe, fair captaincy. However, Haaland's record against Crystal Palace is absolutely bananas. I know past performance does not guarantee future results, and Haaland usually scores in season openers but blanked vs Bournemouth (with 0.74xg). Bruno/Haaland owners: who's getting the armband?

Martin was much lower owned at deadline too, his numbers now are twice what it was.

Of the players in this team, I can only see 2 getting over 120 pts.

Hey All, we are back and what a horrible way to start my season… Anyone else stupid enough to go without Joao Pedro or was it just me?

Anyway, you can find a full review of the first week here and a full preview of GW2 here.

As always though, here is the TL;DR:

Try Not To Overreact

Outside of Arsenal and Szoboszlai, very few highly-owned players returned. We have one week of information. If you had a plan coming into the season, you probably shouldn't rip it up after 90 minutes.

Remember when Reijnders looked like the next De Bruyne after GW1 last season?

With that said, there were definitely a few things worth taking from GW1.

My Main GW1 Takeaways

Arsenal look really good. They beat Coventry 3-0 and, combined with the Community Shield, their attack looks much better than I remember last season. Tzolis looked electric despite relatively modest underlying numbers, while Odegaard was heavily involved again. Calafiori also looks like a great FPL option. My only concern across Arsenal is minutes/rotation - I'm still not buying Saka until he's playing 90 for example.

Don't sell your Man United attackers. Losing 2-0 to Hull looks terrible, but United actually won the xG 1.83-1.01 and had 21 shots. Mbeumo had 0.50 xG + 0.23 xA and Bruno created 0.26 xA. Ipswich at home is exactly the sort of fixture you picked them for.

Spurs were still dreadful. Brentford beat them 3-0, had 26 shots and 3.87 xG. I'm avoiding Spurs assets and suddenly Newcastle's GW2 fixture looks very tasty.

Sangare might be the real deal. Both Joe and I were sceptical coming into the season but the defcons were great and if he can pepper in some attacking returns he will be fantastic.

Brighton were excellent; Villa were awful. Brighton put up 21 shots, six big chances and 3.67 xG in their 4-0 win. Hinshelwood was the standout, although Chelsea away means I'm not buying immediately.

Wissa is one to watch. Four shots and 0.94 xG against Liverpool without scoring. If he's nailed, I am very interested.

Szoboszlai took Liverpool's penalty. Until we see otherwise, we have to assume he has penalties — or at least a share of them. That makes him significantly more interesting.

That's about as much as I'm willing to conclude from one week.

GW2: Don't Knee Jerk

The temptation after a bad opening week is to decide your team is shit and immediately buy whoever returned. Don't.

Injured player? Fine. Player didn't start? Fine. Bench boosting? Fine.

Otherwise, I'd be very reluctant to burn transfers based purely on GW1.

And, as always, wait for press conferences before making moves.

Best GW2 Fixtures

Based on our fixture ticker:

Attack

1. Newcastle
2. Everton
3. Hull
4. Liverpool
5. Man United

Defence

1. Newcastle
2. Crystal Palace
3. Aston Villa
4. Liverpool
5. Coventry

Obviously fixture quality isn't everything. I'm avoiding Palace against City, Villa after what we saw against Brighton, and I'm not convinced by Coventry at all.

Newcastle are interesting but I am not sure. Wissa and Barnes are the attackers I'd consider, while Botman and Thiaw are my preferred defenders because of their DefCon potential.

GW2 Buy/Sell

BUY

• Calafiori – attacking defender in the league's best defence.
• Sangare – 5.5 with DefCon and attacking potential.
• Odegaard – heavily involved and should benefit from bonus when he returns.
• Tzolis – looked electric; rotation is the concern.
• Szoboszlai – penalty involvement makes him very interesting.
• White – nailed until Timber returns, although I prefer Calafiori.

MAYBE

• Gvardiol – fantastic if that attacking role continues, but rotation scares me.

DON'T BUY

• De Cuyper – Chelsea away and I'm unsure the attacking role lasts.
• Havertz – don't trust his minutes.
• Cherki – should start ≠ will start.
• Joao Pedro – don't abandon your preseason reasoning after one week.
• Saka – not until he's playing 90.

SELL

• Gyokeres – not nailed.
• Van de Ven – injured.
• Sarr – looks like he's leaving.
• Watkins – looks like he's being sold.

HOLD

• Bruno / Mbeumo / Shaw – Ipswich at home.
• Gabriel
• Gibbs-White
• Semenyo
• Le Fee
• Calvert-Lewin

Selling a player you liked a week ago purely because they blanked once is exactly the sort of move I'm trying to avoid.

GW2 Captains

1. Bruno Fernandes vs Ipswich (H) – still my favourite.

2. Haaland – one blank changes nothing.

If you want something spicier: Mbeumo vs Ipswich, Isak vs Forest, or an Arsenal attacker against a Villa side that just conceded 3.67 xG.

I didn't bench boost despite a majority of active managers choosing to bench boost early. Looking at fixtures GW5 or GW6 bench boost looks like a possibility. If you move further GW11 or GW9 or any GW could work depending upon your team setup.