Oct 28, 2026 · 40 min · 11 segments
Gameweek 8 was a pretty wild week, with red cards, suprise benchings and new injuries hitting our squads to force some FPL decisions. \--- Part 2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
Obviously, Iriola came in.
They had one of the best fixture runs to start the season, game week one to four.
They put in an extra 90 of 1.48. That was 11th in the league.
Their defence, though, looked more solid.
They've had to make some changes.
Initially, it didn't.
The first four weeks, it was terrible.
Yeah, well, no, the defence rank was pretty good in terms of XGC per 90.
Yeah, it was okay, but they had good games.
Fourth in the league, but with good games.
Jacquet has been absolutely incredible.
Over the last four weeks, they've had the second toughest run.
In the league, their XG has dropped from 1.48 to 1.36. That's ninth in the league.
So it's dropped, but they've actually gone up in terms of the rank.
But their defence has remained pretty strong.
No one's really talking about their defenders too much.
You know, we mentioned all of these five million defenders.
But Jacquet has been doing all right, I'd say, so far this season.
It feels like Iriola's quite happy to grind out these games 1-0.
I thought we might get something from that, but I thought they were the better team.
Obviously, Iriola came in.
They had one of the best fixture runs to start the season, game week one to four.
They put in an extra 90 of 1.48. That was 11th in the league.
Their defence, though, looked more solid.
They've had to make some changes.
Initially, it didn't.
The first four weeks, it was terrible.
Yeah, well, no, the defence rank was pretty good in terms of XGC per 90.
Yeah, it was okay, but they had good games.
Fourth in the league, but with good games.
Jacquet has been absolutely incredible.
Over the last four weeks, they've had the second toughest run.
In the league, their XG has dropped from 1.48 to 1.36. That's ninth in the league.
So it's dropped, but they've actually gone up in terms of the rank.
But their defence has remained pretty strong.
No one's really talking about their defenders too much.
You know, we mentioned all of these five million defenders.
But Jacquet has been doing all right, I'd say, so far this season.
It feels like Iriola's quite happy to grind out these games 1-0.
I thought we might get something from that, but I thought they were the better team.
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