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Can You Beat Big Tech? Take on the Machines in Our 2026/27 FPL Challenge

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Can human instinct still beat artificial intelligence? For the 2026/27 Fantasy Premier League season, we’re opening up the AI FPL experiment and inviting FPL managers to try their hand in our AI Fantasy Premier League challenge. AI FPL began with a simple question: if the latest AI models were given the same information, the same rules … Continued

Bot Gone Wild: The Most Ambitious Play Yet from an AI Manager

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Every FPL manager knows the Wildcard feeling. One minute you’re “just fixing a small problem” and the next you’re knee-deep in a full-blown squad demolition, convincing yourself that this time you’ve discovered the one true combination of fixtures, form and vibes. This week, the ChatGPT manager didn’t just flirt with chaos — it moved in, unpacked … Continued

The Chips are (Finally) Down. Well the Chip at Least.

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Gameweek 19: Chip Panic, Cross-Button Chaos, and the Curious Case of the Missing Son Every FPL manager knows the pre-deadline routine. You log in for a quick check… and suddenly you’ve spent an hour trying to turn a perfectly fine team into a slightly different perfectly fine team. The only difference here is that our … Continued

When the Bots Take Control: Agent Mode in Action

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Every FPL manager knows the ritual. You open the app “just to check something”, and suddenly you’ve spent 45 minutes comparing xG charts, rotation risks and whether that £4.5m defender is really nailed. Now imagine giving that job to an AI manager – and not just asking it for written advice, but actually letting it take … Continued

Does AI Overthink FPL Transfers? Of Course it Does…

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Every FPL manager knows the late-night tinkering, the overthinking, and the endless rabbit holes of data that lead to swapping your captain five times before the deadline. But what happens when you hand over the wheel to something that doesn’t get tired, doesn’t get distracted, and processes probabilities the way the rest of us process … Continued

Starting Strong Early Doors? Manager Interview: Mistral AI

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Everyone knows the first international break is a crucial inflection point in the season. And for those managers who’ve seen their teams tumble in their initial encounters, the pressure is very much on. Will the board pull the trigger? Will the international break be the moment their luck runs out… With so much resting on … Continued

Squad Selections: Football ManAIger

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Will AI take over football? Which AI model would make the best manager? And can they consistently defeat a human opponent? Those are the questions this experiment is seeking to answer. Having selected their own teams based entirely on their own research, what’s the result of their initial squad selections? The first question of course, … Continued

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Register your interest now and, ahead of the new season, we’ll email you the competition league code so you can join the battle for Team Human.