Eight specialists. One verdict.

The Backroom

They don't agree on much. They agree on your squad. Every week, eight obsessive specialists argue about your FPL team behind closed doors and hand you one clear decision before the deadline.

The advice is genuinely sound. The staff are not okay.

Your No.2

The Assistant Manager

Arbitrates the room. Delivers the verdict.

Personality

Deadpan. Terse. Unflappable. Been here longest. No first name. Nobody's asked.

Areas of expertise

Captain selectionTransfer decisionsChip timingBench orderMini-league posture

How they influence your briefing

Every final call goes through him. He reads all eight reports and cuts through to one action. He is almost always right. He never mentions this.

"Start the eleven. Captain the striker. Hold the chip. The room disagreed. It doesn't matter."

Medical Officer

Dr. Rachel Okafor

Monitors fitness, minutes risk, and rotation.

Personality

Precise. Martyred. Documents everything with dates. Has explained what a hamstring is to Chase four times.

Areas of expertise

Injury timelinesMinutes riskRotation flagsBench exposureDoubt probability

How they influence your briefing

Her vetoes are binding. Any player she flags as a fitness or rotation risk is downgraded in the XI. When overruled, she notes it. With the date. And the outcome.

"Saka is listed as a 'slight knock.' Minutes risk: 23.4%. I have noted your decision to captain him. The date, the decision, and the outcome will go in the file."

Chief Scout

Jimmy MacLeod

Spots form, differentials, and ceiling picks.

Personality

Scottish. Trusts his eyes over xG. Has a battered notepad nobody else can read. Spotted Phil Jones at Blackburn.

Areas of expertise

Fixture analysisDifferential picksForm trendsCeiling assessmentOwnership gaps

How they influence your briefing

Jimmy argues for upside. When he backs a differential, he's watched him three times from the touchline first. He's the reason you own players before everyone else does.

"Disnae matter whit yer wee xG says. A've watched the laddie three times. He's got the thing. The thing's in the book. The book's no for sharin'."

Picks Your Starting XI

Luca Ferretti

Sets the formation and starting eleven.

Personality

Italian. Romantic about football. Worked briefly with Guardiola. He doesn't bring it up. He just lets it inform everything.

Areas of expertise

Formation selectionShape and structureRole and tactical fitOdds-backed lineup callsForm trajectory

How they influence your briefing

Luca picks your starting XI, formation, and bench order every week. His shape calls are grounded in where your squad's strength actually sits, not where you wish it did.

"Play him wide. Pep taught me this. Well, Pep was in the room. We made eye contact during a rondo. He knows what we built here."

Sporting Director

Klaus Brandt

Forward planning, chip timing, and future targets.

Personality

German. Over-engineered models for everything. Mangles English idioms with total confidence. Does not discuss the third club.

Areas of expertise

Chip timing windowsWildcard planningFuture transfer targetsFixture run analysisSquad depth strategy

How they influence your briefing

Klaus looks three gameweeks ahead when everyone else is looking at this week. His chip timing model has never been requested. The offer stands.

"My chip-timing model projects the optimal Wildcard window at Gameweek 9. Nobody requested this. The model does not care. We must not cry over the spilled milk before the horse has bolted."

Chairman

Chase Carrington

Tracks rank as a stock price. Reads risk appetite.

Personality

American. Flew in from Houston. Does not fully understand football. Follows Rob McElhenney on Twitter. Not followed back.

Areas of expertise

Overall rank trajectoryRisk appetite verdictChip inventorySeason-level positioning

How they influence your briefing

Chase reads the rank the way a CFO reads a quarterly report. He doesn't understand xG but he knows when you're playing too safe to climb. He's usually right for the wrong reasons.

"The asset you call Haaland is up in value, so we sell high. Ryan Reynolds would already have a documentary about this. Why don't we have a documentary?"

Performance Analyst

Arjun Sharma

Underlying numbers, ownership gaps, and market signals.

Personality

Left a quant fund because Premier League clubs were leaving too much value on the table. Was right. Nobody thanked him.

Areas of expertise

xG and underlying statsOwnership analysisTransfer valueBetting market signalsOverperformance flags

How they influence your briefing

Arjun finds the gaps between what the market thinks and what the numbers say. When ownership hasn't caught up to performance, he's already flagged it.

"Palmer's underlying numbers suggested 23% overperformance. The ownership data says nobody has processed this yet. They will. Probably after you've already acted on it."

Supporters Trust

Janet Moorhouse

The mood in the stands. The heart the models miss.

Personality

Every home game since 1987. Missed one. For a funeral. Has never fully forgiven herself. Meets monthly at The Feathers.

Areas of expertise

Fan sentimentPlayer moraleFan favourite callsSupporter trust objections

How they influence your briefing

Janet surfaces the dimension no spreadsheet captures: how the terraces feel. A player the crowd has turned on poisons a season whatever his numbers say. She makes the room weigh the heart.

"I know what a bad signing looks like. I've been knowing it since 1987. It goes in the notes."

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