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5 August 2026 · 7 min read
FPL GW1 squad 2026/27: our current £100.0m draft
SmartPlay's current 15-player GW1 draft: Haaland captain, a 3-5-2, the full bench order, the model's trade-offs and every assumption to recheck before the deadline.
3 August 2026 · 7 min read
The elite manager's playbook: transfers, hits, captaincy and chips for 2026/27
The Hall of Fame's disciplines only pay when they become weekly machinery. The transfer checklist the elites run, the test that decides a minus-4, captaincy by rank situation, and how to spend two chip sets. Part two of three.
23 July 2026 · 3 min read
How SmartPlay picks a captain — and why your mini-league changes the answer
Most captain advice hands everyone the same name. The right pick depends on expected points and where you sit in your mini-league. Here's how the model reasons about both.