What a day! A very strong start this week, all thanks to Roefs, let's jump into the recap, shall we?

Just to refresh you, this week's mini challenge is Young Guns, all players 23 years of age or younger are double valued, all 6 of my players fit this category.

Starting with the man, the myth, the legend himself, captained Robin Roefs carried, bringing in 40 points. He played a full 90', kept a clean sheet, made 6 saves, and picked up an additional 2 points, naturally doubled per his captaincy.

In defense I played Nico O'Reilly, who brough tin 4 points from his 82' contribution in game today.

In the midfield, I had the almost-captained Yankuba Minteh bring in 10 points in his fixture against Chelsea today, playing a full 90' and picking up an assist.

My first Spur of the season, Lucas Bergvall picked up 2 points, having played 77', but picking up a yellow in the meantime.

Lastly, we have Alex Scott who picked up 2 points of his own in his 30' contribution.

This brings me to a total of 58 points so far this week, 175 points and a top 15% global ranking for this event (GW4-10). In total I've got 301 points for the season. I know I've talked a lot about hopefully being ranked soon (I remember it being early on last season, but hopefully by the end of this week it should work, but research says you have to play 5 gameweeks- which I have- prior to being ranked)

A belated Team Sheets Thursday, I'm sincerely hoping this week has been kinder to you than it has to me, dear reader.

We've officially reached double digits in terms of gameweeks- it feels like this season's sort of flying by.

This week's FPL Challenge is the final installation in the Coca-Cola Beat the Icon series, the icon being Tays. The theme is Winning Feeling, in which double points are awarded for all winning goals. With an unlimited budget, the only limitation remains similarly to weeks past in which you can only have one player per club.

Last week I beat Nemzzz, who brought in 34 points to my 64.

I've gone for a 1-2-2 hoping to maximize my goal scoring opportunities. There's not a lot of rhyme or reason to my squad this week, planning something like a game winning goal ahead of time is not inherently simple, so this whole squad really is just a big hit and hope, hoping to pick up as many points as I can.

In the back I've gone for Roefs who faces Everton at home.

The defensive line I've gone for Big Gabi,

In the midfield we have Semenyo and Mo Salah, hoping to maximize goal scoring opportunities that eventually, if I keep holding out, Salah will produce something.

Up top we have Haaland and Joao Pedro, it's rare that I bring a Chelsea player into the squad, so I sincerely hope he doesn't let me down.

Very strong start to the FPL Challenge. Liverpool's Ekitike scored the first goal of the season, assisted another, and played for a whopping 71', earning himself 9 points in game plus 2 bonus points- but per the challenge, all new signings are worth double.

He's currently only priced at 8.5M, so if you're considering transferring him into your starting XI, I'd do so soon, I can't imagine it'll be long before he joins the list of price increases. I'm off to a strong start with a total of 22 points and 5 more players to add to the pot.

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My lineup for the first week of challenge, I stuck with the default 1-1-3 formation. This week's challenge offers double points for new transfers, so of course I've stacked this six-a-side with everyone eligible for the double points. Unlike with the starting XI for FPL, there's a limit to only one player per club, so I've had to branch out a bit- but I feel good in my picks, we'll see how this goes.

Very little actual strategy here, just based off of vibes and a bit of resentment that my boy Jack went to Everton (I can hardly stand that club) but hoping he'll get the playing time he deserves.