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FPL GW7 Tips – 4 FFGeek Contributors teams Part 3

Here’s our FPL GW7 tips article where 4 FFGeek Contributors show their FPL GW7 teams Part 3. There’s Clay, Ewan, Anton and Rob’s teams. Between them they finished in the top 1% of teams 30 out of 36 times in the last 9 ULTRA competitive seasons.

FPL GW7 Tips – 4 FFGeek Contributors teams Part 3

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Introduction

It’s worth noting that the teams shown may not necessarily end up being the final teams or the transfers may have been made in the days prior to the posting . It’s an informal situation to give you an idea of trends.

However the FFGeek team, the Transfer Planner Team and the Contributor Vote team Plus the Contributor teams of Rob, Rick, Andrew, Pete, Javier, Andy and Joe mentioned above on the FFGeek Patreon site all make notified transfers live as they are completed. So you’re always up to date and live for a maximum £4 PCM.

The 12 top FPL managers average refers to the 12 top FPL managers who finished in the top 10k Overall Rank the last 3 seasons. See my article analysing their teams

Clay Van Doren

Clay’s last 12 seasons Overall ranks are 206k, 129k, 970th, 36k, 29k, 219k, 97k, 43k, 37k, 1k, 83k and 10k

GW6 points: 89  (12 Top managers average 67 ) Total points: 451, Overall Rank: 93k, green arrow 259k:   Team Value: £101.4m

Clay has used his BB and TC

GW 6 Notables:  Focus on 2026-27 Metas

Rule changes having big impact on BPS from defcon defenders – no longer BPS bonus magnets unless score a goal, an assist or get a clean sheet

Arsenal runaway best team but defence not quite as good as 2025-26, yet

Increase in attack across league?  Up 7% through GW6 vs. 2025-26

  • 2.95 goals per match in 2026-27 vs. 2.75 goals per match at some point in 2025-26
  • With all the 9 new managers…most of them attacking (even Newcastle and Fulham)

Possible return of premiums (vs. 2025-26) outside of Bruno and Haaland

  • Palmer and Saka both staked a claim of their revival returning in Gameweeks 1-2, & 4 for both and Gameweek 6 from Saka…
  • …while Bruno has seemingly deteriorated

Gameweek 6 results:  Solid Week…89 points and 16 points green arrow

Rogers (9 points) for Sangare immediately paid off

O’Shea’s 11 pointer offset DeCuper’s 15 pointer

89 points resulted in Gameweek rank of 126K better than my weekly 1M target and 23 points better than Elite average.  Overall rank of 93.9K represented a 260K improvement

 Gameweek 7:  Roll

My closest temptation is Van Hecke for Gvardiol (who played 90 minutes mid-week in Champions League) but will roll the dice and keep him as he’s home to Ipswich

Another consideration is Cherki for Mbuemo

Wildcard remains a possibility most weeks but not this one

I have serious FOMO for DeCuyper, Saka, Muharemovic over the short-term

Midterm Plans

GW7&8:  likely roll…Gameweek 7 could go Palmer to Saka

Plan for Chips – Benchboost and Triple Captain used.  Wildcard Late (currently thinking Gameweek 9 or 17) but may push button any week due to injuries. Free Hit  to be decided possibly GW16)

  • Wildcard will be helpful to move on Palmer, Konsa, Mbuemo and others in one move in a few weeks’ time.

Tracking List

Disclaimer – typically only a small number of players in the mix with Elite managers so no need to spend time on 15th-20th candidates in midfield and defence (unless enjoy that of course)

  • Youtubers talk about many more players to give them content
  • Start with c. 40 players selected by elite managers and end up with c. 18 in play by end of season.

Goalies (outside current team).  Little to choose from:

  • Raya only option I am currently considering outside 4.5 Verbruggen and 4.5 Kinsky

Defenders (target would be Arsenal 1-2 plus 2 from below):

  • Muharemovic (Leeds) – 5.0M Defcon machine on Defcon team with improving defence in H2 2025-26 and 2026-27 year-to-date.  Strong start with defcon in 4 of 6 matches (66%).  Leeds also has 2nd best expected goals against @ 0.34 xgc per game.   Goal threat as well (0.54 xGI season to date comparable to Gabriel/Thomas’ 0.50-0.55 but materially less than Vuskovic’s 0.90 xGI).
  • Vuskovic, Brighton – 5.0M Croatian scoring machine with likely solid Defcon (6 points vs. Muharemovic’s 8 points) plus 1 goal and a 0.90 xGI.  On a solid defence at 0.95 xgc.
  • Jacquet, Liverpool –5.0M once schedule improves
  • Thomas, Coventry if need cheap 4.0

Midfielders (plan is to lock in 2-3 lower value mids and rotate expensive players at top end)

  • Saka (rotation option) – Another 9.5 potential premium who surprised me with strong start (returns in gameweeks 1, 2 & 4) and positive Nations League and Champions League
  • K Dewsbury-Hall (6.5), Ampadu (5.4), Anderson(6.3)
  • Caicedo (injured -perma play low-priced Mid @5.5M) — would have had 140 2024-25 points (28.2M per million) with Chelsea if defcon scoring had been in place.  His 42 defcon points in 2024-25 was tops vs. Anderson’s extraordinary 52 in 2025-26.  Growing more interested if injury issues subside
  • Norgaard – (injured – @5M cheapest perma defcon midfielder) – would have had 141 2024-25 points (28.2M per million) with Brentford if defcon scoring had been in place.    Been out too long…must come back and play for a bit.

Forwards (prices lowered but still worse value for money vs. cheap mids and defenders)

  • Only Calvert-Lewin and J Pedro above 23.5 points per million vs. 26.8M needed to win the league
  • To be an option, Forward needs consistent 90 minutes and 15+ goals and assists
  • Long list of 6.0M midfielders with better returns of all other forwards, Stach (6.0M, 29 starts) on 137 points in 2025-26, Le Fe (6.0M) on 147 points, Tavernier, Anderson, Ampadu all better than 6.0 forwards in 2025-26
  • Strategy is Calvert-Lewin…maybe Gonzalo or 5.5M Barry or 4.5M forward
  • Transfer summary: Likely carrying over the free transfer

Here’s the team assuming no transfer is made

FPL GW7 Tips

Rob Reid

Rob’s last 11 seasons overall ranks were 73k, 47k, 122k, 29k, 66k, 12k, 148k, 94k, 22k, 4k and 7k

GW6 points: 55 on WC  (20 Top managers average 67) Total points: 384, Overall Rank: 2,601k, red arrow 632k,   Team Value: £101.7m

Rob has used his TC and WC

GW6 Review

FPL 2026-27 continues to go from bad to worse sadly for my team. This week it’s the indignity of another nasty red arrow, but made even worse considering I am fresh of a Wildcard with what should be a shiny new team. 

The damage was mostly done on 2 fronts this week. First up it was not covering the Brighton defence in my first 11. It was bad enough that De Cuyper continued his excellent run with a 15-point haul, but this was made worse by Brighton also keeping a clean sheet which meant I was hit by Verbruggen and Vuskovic EO too. 

The other main damage came on the Captain front and there was a feeling of inevitability that this week was going sour when Saka blew that one-on-one at the end of the Leeds game, probably costing a double figure haul of points that would have at least seen me finish around my Safety Score. This was then compounded by Palmer picking up 2 assists (though picking Rogers did mitigate this to a degree) and Haaland scoring on Sunday. The one consolation was that the big EO Captain threat at my lowly rank (Bruno Fernandes) had an evening to forget against Spurs. 

Not many positives to report then – I did have 6 returns, but these were all highly owned players with my differentials flopping. And to finally compound things I now have Kevin Schade flagged as well which is a thorn in my side as I look to play my Bench Boost in GW7. Much FPL soul searching needed then as  we move into a busy autumn calendar.

GW7 Team

1 free transfer, £0.2m in the bank……

You can see the full article, including LIVE transfers, lineup and captains at the Wide Forward Tier of the FFGeek Patreon site for only £4.00 pcm with no annual commitment and with loads of other content outlined at the bottom of this article. That includes following Rick’s Team and 6 others with live notified transfers as they happen and the teams final lineup each gameweek.

Ewan M

Ewan M – last 5 season’s Overall Ranks – 342k, 1k, 26k, 55k and 56k

GW6 points: 60  (12 Top managers average 67 ) Total points: 410, Overall Rank: 1,068k, red arrow 341k:   Team Value: £100.6m

Ewan has used his TC

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Anton Storer

Anton’s last 9 overall ranks are 63k, 21k, 21k, 61k, 40k, 60k, 126k, 6k, 69k

GW6 points: 72 (12 Top managers average 67 ) Total points: 389, Overall Rank: 2,243k, green arrow 657k:   Team Value: £101.6m

Anton has used his BB and WC

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This season also Andrew, Rick, Rob, Pete and Joe’s team you can following including live transfer notifications and final lineups on the Wide Forward Tier of the FFGeek Patreon site

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