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FPL has reached its peak – here’s why fans are done with the game

Published 11:58 13 May 2026 BST

Updated 13:10 14 May 2026 BST

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FPL has reached its peak – here’s why fans are done with the game

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If it isn't broke, don't fix it!

Fantasy Premier League is part of the culture. It's a weekly ritual. Tweaking your team before match-days, choosing your skipper, a league with all your mates, and then seeing that one player on X that somehow triple-captained the Brentford left-back that somehow got a hat-trick. But this year, it may be falling off from its peak.

It started with the initial update. Instant cracks showing. Fans spoke on log-in fails, screen freezes, and frankly everything just taking longer. It's meant to be seamless. The new app and website came out, as did an AI “Premier League Companion” powered by Microsoft Copilot. It's not for football people.

Naturally, Premier League community threads spoke out. Reliability issues a common theme, the game quite frankly just became less enjoyable, and more complicated to play. Defensive contribution points and the renewal of chips also became confusing. The amount of players may well have peaked this season.

So what actually changed?

New Platforms - The League introduced a rebuilt app and website experience.

AI Layer - The Premier League companion.

Rule and UX Shifts - A rush towards a more "personalised" journey, with day-to-day tasks becoming slower.

What are the fans saying in threads?

  • The entire bonus point system should be scrapped - "Honestly, what's the point? Most of what it does is reward events that already earn points directly anyway. With the addition of defcons, all we need is a similar offensive event (like chances created or successful passes) to make the bonus points entirely obsolete. The current DCL/Justin/others situation is just ridiculous and petty, a total waste of time for everyone involved. I don't own any of those players btw, this is entirely unbiased. I'm just annoyed that such a big part of the game is really entirely artificial and redundant."
  • Slow user experience - "What used to take seconds now takes ten clicks.
  • "Logged out again. Sometimes it's a blank screen."
  • "Main stats are harder to find. Prefer the old layout."
  • "Crashed during the draft. Lost everything."

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