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FPl tips for gameweek seven: Essential Brighton and Chelsea players?
16 October 2026 Off

FPl tips for gameweek seven: Essential Brighton and Chelsea players?

By Total Football News

De Cuyper has been the standout option, but covering the Arsenal defence also looks sensible.

Under Mikel Arteta, they should remain as the league’s best defensive unit, and Riccardo Calafiori (£5.9m) currently looks the strongest route in.

Elsewhere consider your defensive contribution points (defcon) magnets such as Leeds‘ Tarik Muharemovic (£5m), Brighton‘s Luka Vuskovic (£5.1m), Bournemouth‘s Antonio Silva (£5m) and Everton centre-back James Tarkowski (£6.2m).

Not only

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FPL tips and team of the week: Erling Haaland not essential this week
20 September 2024 Off

FPL tips and team of the week: Erling Haaland not essential this week

By Total Football News

Emi Martinez, Aston Villa, keeper, £5m – home to Wolves

Clean sheets have been so hard to predict this season.

Gameweek four saw six of them from the 10 games, which means we’ve had 18 in 40 games – or clean sheets for 18 teams from a potential 80!

There’s no standout keeper this week but Martinez has been a big-game performer in the past and derby games can be

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FPL tips and talking points – are Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah essential in your side?
4 September 2024 Off

FPL tips and talking points – are Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah essential in your side?

By Total Football News

Having both players gives you a fantastic captain choice most weeks and also makes it very hard to fit another premium player into your side.

Yes, you can have a Cole Palmer or Bukayo Saka in there too, but almost every other player in your squad would be £5.5m or less – and history tells us that those prices don’t often result in high-scoring FPL players.

Your big-money alternatives are

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