10 PLAYERS TO AVOID IN FPL GW1 DRAFTS! ❌ | Fantasy Premier League Tips 2024/25

Avoid these players in your FPL GW1 Team!

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⏱️ Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:05 Fantasy Football Scout #Ad
1:18 Dan Burn
2:47 Branthwaite
3:58 João Pedro
5:06 Foden
6:38 Rodri + Rice
7:58 Solanke
8:54 £5.5m Gas
10:20 Konsa
11:30 Turner
12:40 Mateta
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[AnthonyMcCulley]

GKs
RE: Pickford. He had 16 BPs last season compared to Raya's 6. Even if you remove all 16 and keep Raya's 6, he still scores 2 more pts than Raya last season (but played 6 more games). He's the best 5M keeper and a set-and-forget keeper that you know is going to put you near the top of the GK score pile next season. Whether or not that is worth 0.5M is another story. Statistically speaking, around 150 pts is the most you can hope for from a GK if you believe the extra time rules and lack of clean sheets trend continues this season. Only 1 GK scored 150+ last season (Pickford) and only 3 scored 130+ (Raya, Leno, Onana). The next top 5 have an avg of 115 pts for the season. So the question is whether or not 0.5M is worth 15-35pts over the course of a whole season? 130pts / 5M = 26pts per M. If we split the difference of 15 and 35 and look at 25 pts / 0.5M, that is 50 pts per M. I think we'd be hard-pressed to find a better investment of 0.5 in all of FPL than picking a 5M keeper that has a good shot at 130-150 pts unless you think there is a 4.5M keeper that has a better chance at 130-150 pts.

[kaired]

Taking data for Newcastle defence last year is insanity too me. They had major injuries in multiple positions throughout the whole season

[clayk]

Raya is the cheaper option to have a piece of the Arsenal Defense. Saves 0.5 vs locked Def, saves transfer at GK with a locked starter, and allows for Gvardial & Trent. Gives me Arsenal, MC, and Liverpool defense.

[Maxrodon]

Quality content! While I've seen similar videos out already, the players called out tend to be players that more experienced FPL players are already avoiding while this one is touching on "Popular" picks which is amazingly well done and makes it very relevant.

[BeerdyBruceLeeCentral]

Thanks for this Harry, I know how much work you put into these videos. Brilliant as always.

[SBB]

I've got Raya and I think I'm sticking with it - definitely want Arsenal cover in defense and he's the cheapest and most nailed route into it. I have a feeling Arteta is going to rotate the backline quite a lot this season!

[WillemHorne]

Thank goodness you put something on Harry. Honestly, the only one I enjoy watching. Your vibe and passion is real and you don't bore us with hours of content. Thanks mate.

[paxtonpinto]

just realized Dan Burn has just 4 fingers on the right had

[Rich_Smith]

The only player I slightly disagree about is Declan Rice. I could be wrong, but it seems he performed much better in the second half of last season. I expect him to continue in this form.

[overratedfool]

I like the video on the whole. I like that you genuinely did include popular players and I agree with every single pick you had. However, your logic about goalkeepers is backwards.

Expensive GK get their points primarily from CS with some from saves and very few from BP. Cheap GK get their points primarily from saves with some CS and some BP.

If the above statements aren't entirely accurate that doesn't really matter, it is the general trends which are absolutely correct, that do.

The BP changes:

Way less BP for pen saves - affects cheap GK more, because they face more pens.

A lot less BP when goals are conceded - almost entirely just affects the cheap GK, as they often still got BP even after conceding whereas expensive GK never do.

Less for any players not getting shots on target - again affects cheap GK more as they simply score more BP than expensive GK.

Across the board, the BP changes affect cheap GK significantly more than the expensive GK. In fact, they affect the cheap GK quite a lot and basically don't affect the expensive GK at all.

I'm still not recommending expensive GK, I'm just pointing out that the logic used in this video is backwards.

[MohamedMeshrif-mowk]

Thanks Harry! ❤ I was really waiting for this.

[enpherno]

The 5.5 GKs usually get fewer bonus than the cheap GKs. The change to bonus system hurts the cheap GKs a lot more relatively speaking, so it actually makes the low save + high CS GKs (Raya/Ederson) better.

[dalehas]

Very interesting information about some very popular players. I've had Burn, Foden, Konsa & Mateta in recent drafts, But with this new information I'm less likely to keep Burn & Mateta, at least in the first 2-3 weeks. Foden is the biggest question mark, with Pep's comments suggesting he may have limited minutes in GW1-2.

[animalgaming]

Rice takes set pieces including corners for Arsenal and they had a very good conversion rate last season. Considering the fact that they scored twice from corners against Lyon in their friendly game, I believe Rice could be a good option for week 1.

[numsig]

The Everton defender that looks more interesting is O'Brien... Branthwaite isn't going to start season and O'Brien has some serious goal threat and has scored regularly in the preseason matches, and had a good record last season in France. Sure, this will be a short term pick, but could be a great differential option for those looking for an early wildcard, or who save some transfers...

[gethealthy]

Great video as usual Harry, please keep them going, mostly I watch only your videos regarding FPL.

[ClashwithJarvis]

Is it worth going without an arsenal defender for the first like 7 games?

[ianevans]

I have both Raya and Foden in my current draft. The team ranks 100% on fantasy football hub with a 97% game week rating (70.0 points) for GW 1 and 0.5m in the bank. I will monitor the Foden situation carefully though.

[wj]

I think tighter budget calls for Raya + 4.5m NFO def over Saliba + Miguel/Sels. Thanks for saying that you can understand picking Raya

[scottbeecham]

I feel good having Foden as Haaland cover for GW 2. It would be good to hear your thoughts on transfer / wildcard strategy.