The independent mini-league paperSeason 2026/27Every point has a story
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Educating Pork

Football. Fantasy. Questionable Management.

Educating Pork PL · Final GW03 · 2026/27

This is the Wirtz!

52GW pointsNo points deducted
1 / 12League positionUp 1 place
188Season points0 behind the leader

A new league leader

A 52-point week takes This is the Wirtz! into first place, five points clear of second. Haaland’s Triple Captain return supplied 27 points—more than half the team’s score.

47.5Educating Pork average
51FPL average
57Selected leaders’ median

Captain: Haaland · 9 × 3 = 27 points

Management: 1 transfer; no hit. Triple Captain

This week in the league: 4 of 12 on net points

Three things worth knowing

The next position

The lead is 5 points over Red Djed Redemption. This week's 52 net points beat that rival by 19.

Beyond the armband

Ajayi supplied 5 counted points outside captaincy. Only 1 of 12 league squads owned him.

The bigger picture

Overall rank fell by 60,104 places to 3,818,092. Mini-league movement went the other way: these are different competitions.

The useful takeaway

E. Le Fée’s eight and N. Williams’s seven stayed on the bench. That is worth reviewing, although bench points are not automatically avoidable losses.

Final GW3 data · 7 September 2026. Comparison scores are before transfer hits; weekly league placement uses points after hits. “Selected leaders” is the 24,204-manager Competitive sample from 18 benchmark leagues, not the whole game; 87.7% used a chip this week. Captain points include the multiplier. Any alternative selection described is hindsight, not a forecast.