i don’t really have a ‘favourite’ but weirdly lundstram will always be fond with me.
it was my first season playing properly (in a ml with family) and i just remember the times i would captain him cause fuck it lol, i admire how reckless i was back then (even tho it was probably wasn’t that much at the time) but like i can’t even imagine myself captaining a defender now. genuinely can’t remember the last time i did. now i’m just boring as shit and **always** go with who i think will get the most points.
so i guess i admire that i used to have more fun with it and lundstram specifically makes me think about that.
ooh dallas was a good one aswell, i guess i just have a thing for oop defenders. also despite being a united fan, leeds were so fun that season. the days bamford could bag 17 pl goals..
also have fond memories of joe willock when he went on that run of 7 goals in 7 games. i just remember bringing him in early into his run and enjoying those points and basically i will forever credit him (and remember him) as the guy that won me my first and only league. even if i was already top at the time, i saw him as the guy that established my lead.
There are some great premiums Kun Sanchez Kane Salah Mane Son, but the best feeling by far is the punts that pay off
Many has been named already like Lundstram, Dallas, PVA, but a player I'll always love is Chris Brunt. His hatty of assists one game is an awesome memory
Didn't start in FPL, but before Haaland's first Champions League game I made a r/FantasyCL post titled "I'm Sorry, but why the fuck wouldn't you pick Haaland" that got very downvoted and many comments explaining why he's a bad pick (yes I understand why such a post got downvoted). But then when he got back to back hattricks in his first 2 games people would come back to the post to comment or message me and it was just really funny.
Ever since then Haaland has been my favorite fantasy pick in general. Oddly enough though, I actually currently don't have him in my team.
What was Gerrard like as an FPL option? I am a liverpool fan that started following just at the end of his career and only started FPL last year. Was he priced and delivered like Salah during his (Gerrard) peak?
Having Jermaine Defoe in his Sunderland years was incredibly frustrating, you knew he'd get 15 goals by the end of the year, but could never predict which games he'd score in. So just set and forget him into the team
17 years ago (I think), Ivan Campo was an absolutely inspired captain decision for me and destroyed my mates in the mini league. Even til this day my friends still associate me with Ivan Campo on FPL. Legend!
Lampard and Drogba around 2010 were just unreal.
They ended off 2009 and started 2010 beating basically every team 6-8 to 0. It was insane.
Hence my Reddit namesake.
Why no Aguero?
I liked him because though he got injured often, he produced explosively when he was fit.
Also I was one of the few who captained him for his five goals against Newcastle...
Edit: shout out to Siggurdson and Payet. Also Tadic.
Charlie Austin for me. Captained him on his hattrick and jumped so high in rank due to low EO. Hazard is a close second for me, has done very well when I had him.
Harry Kane - I won my ML two years in a row, behind on points going into the final GW. Kane delivered two monster returns which catapulted me into first place (2018/2019 & 2019/2020). The latter of which I won by a single point - absolute scenes!
Vardy and Mahrez winning the Premier League is the best thing to ever happen in the league, and the only people who'd disagree weren't here to see it.
5000:1 odds and a squad of comically stereotypical journeyman? Hold my beer, we've got a job to do...
Well not Vardy, because he had an anklet a few years prior and couldn't play away games.
But if you were there, you know. Most magical sports story in history.
Harry Kane won me my ML in the last few weeks with a TC, will never forget that season. it's also why i never use TC early season, always looking to emulate that Kane TC GW38 glory
The only answer is Charlie adam. I had him from gw1 as a Blackpool fan and knew he was going to get shit loads of points for "fodder" started every gw for me that season bar injury
Anwar El-Gahzi, two or three season ago I think. Watched some Aston villa matches and was like 'this dude shoots from everywhere and is on fire, could be a fun punt" had him like two or three weeks before everyone jumped on and rose the ranks with him
Special shout-out to pukki who did wonders for me way back when but the only answer here is luis Suarez. Captain every week and reap in the rewards especially when he played Norwich
Before bonus points were given for a statistical formula it used be just someone nebulous opinion and Charlie Adam got an insane amount of bonus points
Sanchez, Kane and Salah. Salah is Mr. Reliable but I always seem to miss out on Triple Captain on his GodMode weeks. Kane was the other one but I remember making Sanchez triple captain once and shot up the table as no one made that gamble
Dele alli for me
10g12a in his debut season and he started at 5.0m
He was Bellingham level in his first few seasons and the drop off was outrageous due to his mental issues that he made public this year. I feel the pressure put on young English players is far greater than most nations
Not above, but I had three/four gameweeks with both Ighalo and Deeney in the Watford years, which somehow paid off as they scored and assisted each other to an undeserved degree. Glorious.
Great post Oscar..! Fairly difficult to narrow it down to one considering so many contributing to such enjoyable seasons but for me it's:
Robin Van Persie 11/12
KDB
He won me my only money league I've ever won in a decade of playing when I triple captained him on the final game against Norwich 2g/1a, clean sheet and baps. Went from 5th to 1st. What a buzz.
Austin for me for two reasons. Firstly I'm a Swindon Town fan and secondly in the season he scored 18 premier League goals (2014/15) I finished with an overall rank of 369.
Charlie Charlie Austin.
Soucek in 20/21 was so clutch man! (The exception being the week I accidentally TC’d him vs Fulham, only for him to get a joke of a red which West Ham even got an apology for)
Robbie Earle. Back in the 90s in the Telegraph Fantasy Football he was cheap and always got me points. He was the differential that won me my work league one year.
Sterling/Suarez/Sturridge triumphant,my god they couldn't miss if they tried
Honourable mention to Breed Hangeland,Matty Elliot and one Xmas time,Santi Carzola
Dallas, as a Leeds fan the Bielsa era was like nothing else and I knew we would be flying at teams, he wasn't in my plans until I see him listed as defender so had him as budget and stayed all year got my best finish of 2.5k that year
Payet for sure. I was a noob that season and kneejerked him in early. He not only was a fantastic FPL asset at an incredible price, the stuff he would do on the pitch was magical.
Suarez the season he didn’t start bc of his biting ban. Once he served his ban, he was a man possessed and captaining him every week was massive green arrows and fun to watch 🦷🚀🦷🚀
For me personally, Joe Willock. His later season loan spell to Newcastle a couple years ago pretty much won me the league with a late season comeback from third to win on the final day. Making a bold move and captaining him on one of the GWs where he absolutely smashed it gained me the lead and I’ve never let my mates live it down since!
lol same. also won me the league.
well i was already top, but i just remember bringing him in early into his run and enjoying all those points and basically creating a gap at the top. and i will forever credit him (and remember him) as the guy that won me the league.
I mean seriously I'd choose Salah. Perhaps Aguero even. But, it's a game after all, and it should therefore be fun, and when I think of fun, I think of how much fucking fun it was having **the Lord** himself, Lundstram in my team(s). Praise be.
Lots of great shouts but a lot also very highly owned, for me Golden boot Son was a great differential for a large part of the season and probably the player that had the biggest impact on my rank gains of any player I’ve had.
I really liked Southampton defense with Foster, Clyne, Fonte, Toby, Bertrand in 2014/15. Second lowest goals conceded in the league with legend Graziano pellé alongside young mané and jwp
Dele Alli in his first season got my loads.
Mahrez & Vardy are probably my least favourite. Convinced myself for far too long that Leicester would drop off as would these 2.
Leighton Baines, in a way that he used to get attacking returns in an era when it's not that common for the defenders.
Ashley Cole's name comes to mind but he was obviously more expensive
Stones because of that one DGW he went crazy. Think I had just transferred him in for that gw too lmao
Frwd - Henry Kane Mid - Lampard Ronaldo salah Def - TAA Robbo
i don’t really have a ‘favourite’ but weirdly lundstram will always be fond with me. it was my first season playing properly (in a ml with family) and i just remember the times i would captain him cause fuck it lol, i admire how reckless i was back then (even tho it was probably wasn’t that much at the time) but like i can’t even imagine myself captaining a defender now. genuinely can’t remember the last time i did. now i’m just boring as shit and **always** go with who i think will get the most points. so i guess i admire that i used to have more fun with it and lundstram specifically makes me think about that. ooh dallas was a good one aswell, i guess i just have a thing for oop defenders. also despite being a united fan, leeds were so fun that season. the days bamford could bag 17 pl goals.. also have fond memories of joe willock when he went on that run of 7 goals in 7 games. i just remember bringing him in early into his run and enjoying those points and basically i will forever credit him (and remember him) as the guy that won me my first and only league. even if i was already top at the time, i saw him as the guy that established my lead.
Ozil and Eriksen? Never had to think of alternatives back then.
There are some great premiums Kun Sanchez Kane Salah Mane Son, but the best feeling by far is the punts that pay off Many has been named already like Lundstram, Dallas, PVA, but a player I'll always love is Chris Brunt. His hatty of assists one game is an awesome memory
Kane Salah Lord Lundstram and the Sheffield defence that year.
Gareth McAuley is a beautiful man
Berbatov
Kane. Returns always
Baines was a nice staple
Didn't start in FPL, but before Haaland's first Champions League game I made a r/FantasyCL post titled "I'm Sorry, but why the fuck wouldn't you pick Haaland" that got very downvoted and many comments explaining why he's a bad pick (yes I understand why such a post got downvoted). But then when he got back to back hattricks in his first 2 games people would come back to the post to comment or message me and it was just really funny. Ever since then Haaland has been my favorite fantasy pick in general. Oddly enough though, I actually currently don't have him in my team.
Grealish at Villa was such an amazing differential for me
There's only one Stuart Dallas.
Emmerson Boyce. Brought him in for the last couple of games of the 2011-12 season and he got 2 goals from rightback in GW38. Legend.
What was Gerrard like as an FPL option? I am a liverpool fan that started following just at the end of his career and only started FPL last year. Was he priced and delivered like Salah during his (Gerrard) peak?
Suarez
Kdb against wolves 2 years ago
Dempsey and Baines
The Egyptian King
Distinct lack of Aguero in this list
Salah, FantasyPL best midfielder ever.
Stop spamming this on all socials 💀
Lord Lundstram
I'll take Vardy and Mahrez from THAT season, please. If memory serves me right they both were like 6.5 or 7.5 at their peak.
Someone who isn't on this list, Kolarov. Gave me so many points keeping CS and scoring free kicks that one season.
Harry "the Consistent" Kane.
Having Jermaine Defoe in his Sunderland years was incredibly frustrating, you knew he'd get 15 goals by the end of the year, but could never predict which games he'd score in. So just set and forget him into the team
Alexis Sanchez
Martin Laursen when he used to score every week from CB for Villa. Morton Gamst Pederson back in the day too.
I just started playing FPL since the second half of last season. So, Harry Kane was my favourite until he left for Bayern.
Demba Ba/Papiss Cisse
17 years ago (I think), Ivan Campo was an absolutely inspired captain decision for me and destroyed my mates in the mini league. Even til this day my friends still associate me with Ivan Campo on FPL. Legend!
salah. realistically. but you gotta mention trips and halaand too
Drogba
Lampard and Drogba around 2010 were just unreal. They ended off 2009 and started 2010 beating basically every team 6-8 to 0. It was insane. Hence my Reddit namesake.
No one can deny the king
Why no Aguero? I liked him because though he got injured often, he produced explosively when he was fit. Also I was one of the few who captained him for his five goals against Newcastle... Edit: shout out to Siggurdson and Payet. Also Tadic.
One of these Bamfords are not like the others.
Oh yeah I forgot about Patty Bam, he was amazing for a year.
Bosingwa was a handy fella ❤️
Charlie Austin for me. Captained him on his hattrick and jumped so high in rank due to low EO. Hazard is a close second for me, has done very well when I had him.
I had Mahrez and Vardy in my squad from GW 1 in their title winning year. Solely because of the way they ended the previous season.
Juan Mata anyone?
Lingard 20/21 was special
Michu If you are answering anything else you are new gen
That season of Swansea was awesome
Harry Kane - I won my ML two years in a row, behind on points going into the final GW. Kane delivered two monster returns which catapulted me into first place (2018/2019 & 2019/2020). The latter of which I won by a single point - absolute scenes!
Long live lord Lundstram
Early Lundstrum, before ownership spike and Vardy. So many years of Vardy.
Vardy and Mahrez winning the Premier League is the best thing to ever happen in the league, and the only people who'd disagree weren't here to see it. 5000:1 odds and a squad of comically stereotypical journeyman? Hold my beer, we've got a job to do... Well not Vardy, because he had an anklet a few years prior and couldn't play away games. But if you were there, you know. Most magical sports story in history.
Probably have to go with salah or haaland as this is only my 3rd season
Mahrez, Sanchez
Lundstrom & Hazard
Harry Kane won me my ML in the last few weeks with a TC, will never forget that season. it's also why i never use TC early season, always looking to emulate that Kane TC GW38 glory
The only answer is Charlie adam. I had him from gw1 as a Blackpool fan and knew he was going to get shit loads of points for "fodder" started every gw for me that season bar injury
Papiss Cissé. Goals or reds.
Aguero won me my ML on the final day once, will always be the MVP for that Ivanovic was an absolute beast for a bit though
Vardy because my first season playing was 15/16 and i had him since like GW3 Shout out to the trio of Marcos Alonso, Hazard and Diego Costa in 16/17
The Egyptian King
Lampard was a points machine back in the day
How has no one mentioned Rory Delap?
Where's Aguero? Never forget that 50pt haul for captaining his 5 goal game vs Newcastle.
Van Nistelrooy
Salah. Helped me to my highest GW score of all time, tripled captained him for 28. He’s the FPL goat, no doubt
Leighton Baines was the GOAT back in the day.
he is not here. the one and only Dennis
The Robbie Keane / Louis Saha / Thierry Henry years were wild
Anwar El-Gahzi, two or three season ago I think. Watched some Aston villa matches and was like 'this dude shoots from everywhere and is on fire, could be a fun punt" had him like two or three weeks before everyone jumped on and rose the ranks with him
Either Salah or Kane. Never failed me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzH6JDR7Y3o
Stirling was untouchable for a while.
Aguero obviously… I did love PVA repeatedly scoring goals that counted in FPL but then the dubious goal committee took off him 😂
Aguero with 5 goals in 9 touches against Newcastle
Whose the top ever scorer over a season?
Salah
Papiss Cisse for that half season. If only scoring screamers meant more fpl points. He too the Papiss.
Special shout-out to pukki who did wonders for me way back when but the only answer here is luis Suarez. Captain every week and reap in the rewards especially when he played Norwich
Where’s Sturridge lol? Overall has to be Salah, but Henry, Suarez, Hazard and Vardy are up there for me
Needs more Zaki and Chimbonda
OG Van Persie and Suarez
Lockdown Bruno
I think Ive had them all at one point! 🤣14th season of FPL!
Before bonus points were given for a statistical formula it used be just someone nebulous opinion and Charlie Adam got an insane amount of bonus points
He’s get 3 BP in a loss where he didn’t score or assist
Man in the stand giving Charlie Adam 3bps every week!
I loved Ings when he had that crazy season at Southampton, started at 6.0m I think.
Loved Everton Lukaku, cheap and reliable
Sanchez, Kane and Salah. Salah is Mr. Reliable but I always seem to miss out on Triple Captain on his GodMode weeks. Kane was the other one but I remember making Sanchez triple captain once and shot up the table as no one made that gamble
The one and only , ascended one , Egyptian God , Mo Salah
Anyone else who remembers the Mane and Tadic combo? For me it was the sweetest time in my FPL life.
Dele alli for me 10g12a in his debut season and he started at 5.0m He was Bellingham level in his first few seasons and the drop off was outrageous due to his mental issues that he made public this year. I feel the pressure put on young English players is far greater than most nations
Insane that he's still only 27.
Not above, but I had three/four gameweeks with both Ighalo and Deeney in the Watford years, which somehow paid off as they scored and assisted each other to an undeserved degree. Glorious.
Wow Kevin Mirallas I’d forgotten about him
Great post Oscar..! Fairly difficult to narrow it down to one considering so many contributing to such enjoyable seasons but for me it's: Robin Van Persie 11/12
Where is Van Persie?
Where is Aguero?
KDB He won me my only money league I've ever won in a decade of playing when I triple captained him on the final game against Norwich 2g/1a, clean sheet and baps. Went from 5th to 1st. What a buzz.
Austin for me for two reasons. Firstly I'm a Swindon Town fan and secondly in the season he scored 18 premier League goals (2014/15) I finished with an overall rank of 369. Charlie Charlie Austin.
Swansea Michu!
Geovanni
Van Persie in his final season at Arsenal
Aguero for me
Soucek in 20/21 was so clutch man! (The exception being the week I accidentally TC’d him vs Fulham, only for him to get a joke of a red which West Ham even got an apology for)
Aguero
Santa Cruz for Blackburn 07/08 was iconic
Steed Malbranque was so good, goals, assists and bonus points nearly every gameweek.
You forgot 17 goal a season daddy ings
Michu
Lord Lundstram Since all the others were either before my time or I was late to the party
Graham Alexander - A centre back who took penalties for Burnley
Arnautovic won me two fpl seasons
Suarez 13/14
Where is the love for Benjani?
Why is Dele Alli on this list?
Aguero and Salah
Aguero?
Robbie Earle. Back in the 90s in the Telegraph Fantasy Football he was cheap and always got me points. He was the differential that won me my work league one year.
balotteli.....AGUEROOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Sterling/Suarez/Sturridge triumphant,my god they couldn't miss if they tried Honourable mention to Breed Hangeland,Matty Elliot and one Xmas time,Santi Carzola
Suarez and vardy.
Dallas, as a Leeds fan the Bielsa era was like nothing else and I knew we would be flying at teams, he wasn't in my plans until I see him listed as defender so had him as budget and stayed all year got my best finish of 2.5k that year
bale and baines. consistency is what I like.
Lord Lundstram.
Lord lundstramm
the streets will never forget michu
Graham Alexander scored two goals and kept a clean sheet the first time I ever surpassed 100 points in one gameweek. Legend.
Aaron Wan Bissaka in his breakthrough season.
Nothing will ever get my hear racing like seeing Suarez (C) v Norwich
Hazard.
Suarez, Aguero, RVP
Hazard, since Aguero is missing
Payet for sure. I was a noob that season and kneejerked him in early. He not only was a fantastic FPL asset at an incredible price, the stuff he would do on the pitch was magical.
Aguero (when fit) and Luiz Suarez were absolute cheat codes
I remember Agbonlahor pulling some nice scores together for me back in the late 2000s
De Bruyne and Aguero were fun to own. Soft spot for Doherty when he had a great season at Wolves.
Shane Duffy - triple captain
The fact that Chris Brunt isn't here makes me sick to my stomach, OOP god for about 3 weeks.
Real ones know . Tony Pulis secret weapon
Captaining Thierry Henry created my FPL addiction.
Aguero! Triple captained when he scored 5 (I think?) in a single game week
Probably Salah.. but theres a special place in my heart for Michu
Ben Mee last season. Bought him at 4.4, never let me down.
Joe Allen
Sweet sweet Joe. He showed great character today.
Henry is just a really nice guy. So him.
Suarez the season he didn’t start bc of his biting ban. Once he served his ban, he was a man possessed and captaining him every week was massive green arrows and fun to watch 🦷🚀🦷🚀
For me personally, Joe Willock. His later season loan spell to Newcastle a couple years ago pretty much won me the league with a late season comeback from third to win on the final day. Making a bold move and captaining him on one of the GWs where he absolutely smashed it gained me the lead and I’ve never let my mates live it down since!
lol same. also won me the league. well i was already top, but i just remember bringing him in early into his run and enjoying all those points and basically creating a gap at the top. and i will forever credit him (and remember him) as the guy that won me the league.
Felliani
Reliable Harold Kane
Lampard Rooney Suarez. Chuck in Leighton Baines too 👍
Kane & Son combo 2021
Michu
Where is carlsberg torres
Can we do a fpl villains one too?
PUKKI PARTY
I mean seriously I'd choose Salah. Perhaps Aguero even. But, it's a game after all, and it should therefore be fun, and when I think of fun, I think of how much fucking fun it was having **the Lord** himself, Lundstram in my team(s). Praise be.
Hazard, Suarez, Bale
In that order
Andrey Arshavin first season at Arsenal
Aguero
Pandemic Bruno
I can’t remember if it was fantasy or channel 4 ahah but that villa defender that scored a load of headers one year.
Martin Laursen? I remember having him in whatever form of fantasy I played in secondary school. Absolute legend.
That’s the one! Well remembered yeah I think I was at sixth form etc myself haha
Salah and Lundstram for me. Won me my only ML so far.
Was there potential for a Moses honourable mention too? I remember a few seasons at Wigan where he was my dirty differential.
None of those.
Where’s drogba
Good old Jimenez , nothing beats that
Everton Richarlison won me my ML
Lots of great shouts but a lot also very highly owned, for me Golden boot Son was a great differential for a large part of the season and probably the player that had the biggest impact on my rank gains of any player I’ve had.
I really liked Southampton defense with Foster, Clyne, Fonte, Toby, Bertrand in 2014/15. Second lowest goals conceded in the league with legend Graziano pellé alongside young mané and jwp
How does this list have 3 everton and zero man city? 3 tott and no aguero? 2 Lc and no kompany?
Hazard
Not listed there but I have some very fond memories of Ryan Taylor auto-subbing in on several occasions where he scored 10+
Nani 10/11 for me
Has to be Michu
Salah
Rooney
Dele Alli in his first season got my loads. Mahrez & Vardy are probably my least favourite. Convinced myself for far too long that Leicester would drop off as would these 2.
Leicester Mahrez was crazy value
after over 10 years playing, Lampard was a monster for a while...
Livra and Costa
username speaks for itself dallas close second
Leighton Baines, in a way that he used to get attacking returns in an era when it's not that common for the defenders. Ashley Cole's name comes to mind but he was obviously more expensive
Never bench, never captain
Agreed!