Initial GW1 Drafts for the 2022/23 FPL Season with Pros & Cons

The 2022/23 FPL Season is launched and in this blog, we have created the first few initial GW1 drafts with pros and cons for each draft. Our idea is to enable you to look at multiple initial GW1 drafts and then arrive at your ideal draft to begin the season.

Link to all our 2022/23 Pre Season articles including a transfer tracker of all new signings, all team pre-season friendly updates, team previews, fixture analysis, position-wise analysis, and more. Completely free to access as well!

We would highly recommend you to read the FPL Fixture Swing Analysis & Best Player Rotation for 22/23 FPL Season blog to understand the fixtures of all the teams and the potential player combinations you would need to complete the initial draft. Here are the 2022/23 FPL Season Launch | New Rules, Prices, Positions, Chips in FPL

2022/23 FPL Season ~ Best GW1 FPL Drafts

FPL GW1 Draft 1:

Structure of the draft: Big at the back | Budget: 100 Million(Nil remaining) | Total good playable FPL assets: 13/15

Pros of the draft:

Big at the back with all premium defenders who could score big
Salah and Haaland as premium attackers with Jesus filling in at 8 Million.
Undav a good first sub at 5.5 million with a great run of fixtures to begin.

Potential cons of the draft:

Very light bench with the only option being Undav

Further Read: FPL Fixture Swing Analysis & Best Player Rotation for 22/23 FPL Season blog

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FPL GW1 Draft 2:

Structure of the draft: Big at the back | Budget: 100 Million | Total good playable FPL assets: 13/15

Pros of the draft:

Big at the back with attacking defenders outside of the premium defenders category
Double Arsenal attack to target their fixture run
Bruno G the sleeper pick
Good all round bench strength with Toney and Neto as bench options

Potential cons of the draft:

No Haaland

Our rating of the draft: 9/10

Further Read: 2022/23 FPL Season: Key Dates, Information, and Timeline

FPL GW1 Draft 3:

Structure of the draft: Big premium attack | Budget: 100 Million | Total good playable FPL assets: 13/15

Pros of the draft:

Son, Salah, and Haaland premium triple up
Good value defenders in Jonny, Tripper, and Tomiyasu
Olise is the fourth bench midfielder option

Potential cons of the draft:

Defence has only two premium defenders and no Cancelo
Fourth and fifth midfield is a slight drawback

Our rating of the draft

Further Read: FPL Fixture Swing Analysis & Best Player Rotation for 22/23 FPL Season blog

FPL GW1 Draft 4:

Structure of the draft: No Salah draft | Budget: 100 Million | Total good playable FPL assets: 13/15

Pros of the draft:

Nicely spread out draft with a lot of good options
Three premium defenders
Trossard and Neto are good budget mid options with great fixtures complementing each other

Potential cons of the draft:

No Salah or KDB

Further Read: FPL Players to Target From The Top Six Till GW16 | 22/23 Player Watchlist

FPL GW1 Draft 5:

Structure of the draft: premium keeper | Budget: 99.5(0.5remaining) | Total good playable FPL assets: 13/15

Pros of the draft:

Salah plus Son, two of the highest-scoring players last season
Mendy the premium goalkeeper
Double up in Arsenal attack
No 4.5 mid-draft with Douglas Luiz the 5.0 midfielder at 5th

Potential cons of the draft:

No Man City attack

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Further reads from ALLABOUTFPL ahead of the 2022/23 FPL Season

Link to all our 2022/23 Pre Season articles including transfer tracker of all new signings, all team pre-season friendly updates, team previews, fixture analysis, position-wise analysis, and more. Completely free to access as well!

Link to all our FPL Forwards, FPL Midfielders, FPL Defenders, and FPL Goalkeepers series of blogs including the best 4.0 million defenders, and 4.5 Million midfielders.

Link to all Our FPL Team Analysis Series for all 20 PL Teams from our team correspondents

If you’re new to FPL, here is a link to all our FPL Beginners Guide including FPL Beginner’s Guide- How to play?, Bench boost, Team value, Triple captain, Effective ownership, Price Changes, Free Hit, Bonus Points, and more.

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Fixture Analysis

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Initial GW1 Drafts for the 2022/23 FPL Season with Pros & Cons

Initial GW1 Drafts for the 2022/23 FPL Season with Pros & Cons