Refresh your screen for my last scout picks of the season, then read on for the usual blurb behind the selection.

Picks have come early this week because I’m just about to leave for a weekend music festival. That will see me desperately trying to find a TV with Sky, whilst updating the site via my laptop and a mobile broadband connection. I might even get to see some bands. Enough of my rambles - read on and good luck for the final hurrah.

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Refresh your screen and you’ll reveal my picks for this weekend’s games in the right-hand menu. It was a surprisingly simple lineup this week, without the complication of the Champions League and a few key injuries offering clarity to make some of the more difficult calls that little bit easier. Read on for the beef on my lineup…

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This slipped my mind in my week of relocation but I’ve belatedly updated the poll this morning to canvas opinion on the best candidate over the next 24-hours.

Again, this could be an interesting one. Ronaldo’s returns have stalled and, casting an eye over the fixtures, there’s certainly some tasty pretenders to his throne. Over to you…

Surrounded by boxes and with a house move in he offing, the weekend picks have been delayed tonight. Belatedly then, refresh your screen for this week’s lineup and read on for the why’s and wherefores…

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It’s been a couple of weeks since I updated my player rankings (read player recommendations) for the month to come. With less than a month left I’ve decided to update them. If that makes little or no sense, just wait until you read this lot…

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Fresh from a most unspectacular performance from my picks last weekend, I’m delivering my selection for this week days before kick-off with a scrap of team news to go on. It’s all the FPL’s fault of course, or rather Sky Sports. Yes they are the true evil to blame for my foolhardy confidence and this debacle of a gameweek.

With the FPL deadline just hours away I’ve stuck my neck out with some early picks for this gameweek - which starts with tonight’s game at Goodison. It’s all highly irregular, high risk stuff - but for those FPL managers looking to close a gap, this dodgy early deadline could well be a godsend.

For the rest of you, consider this early commitment on my part as an added bonus or more likely, an early warning on who to avoid this weekend.

Refresh your screens, read on and don’t say I didn’t warn you.

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With Thursday FPL deadline looming, here’s a quick run through of the injury news that’s doing the rounds so far today, plus some confirmed news on Lampard.

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The five game countdown begins then, with plenty of time to make that inspired transfer or almighty clanger. I’m not sure which I can help you with - could go either way. Still if you fancy another viewpoint on the players to consider for this weekend’s games, refresh for this weeks picks, then read on for my usual mix of wild speculation with the odd splattering of logic.

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Tuesday is poll update day - well at least it is this week. The usual FPL captains poll has arrived to stroke Ronaldo’s ego that little bit more ( I know he is a keen visitor to the site ). Will anyone get close considering that United take on the Gunners? Maybe.

As for the second poll - with Defoe and Torres topping the “strikers most likely to do the damage over the remaining five games”, it’s time to test out your views on defences. So who has the best chances of reaping those clean sheets over the final five? Not so easy given the injuries to Vidic, Ferdinand and Cech. There are some dark horses here, so this one could be pretty pretty close.

No, not a typo in a news story on some last minute signings by Harry Redknapp, instead two brand new polls for the site over in the left-hand menu.

For starters I’ve added one to canvas opinion on what’s likely to be a deciding factor over the rest of the fantasy season - just which striker will perform best. It’s funny, when you take Ronaldo out of all fantasy football equations, there’s suddenly a far more difficult decision to be made. When it comes to finding that goal machine for the last six games there’s actually more than a few reasonable candidates. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.

The usual FPL captains poll meanwhile includes Ronaldo of course so all bets are off on the winner. Those who get close to him though? That will again be interesting - there’s a couple of tasty looking fixtures about this weekend that could just tip the balance for a few contenders but I’ll shut up now and leave the voting to you.

Apologies for the lateness of the Scout Picks this week but, better late than never, here they come. Could be a rough ride this one - the threat of rest and rotation looms large with the Champions League in midweek. Lampard, Adebayor, Terry and Ronaldo all look at risk. Lovely.

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I’ve had my usual shufty over the player rankings after the weekend’s games. Click the headings in your right-hand menu to get my view on how players line up for the next five games for each position, then have a read of the rest of this post to get some idea of the latest movers and shakers.

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All quiet on the injury front so far today - no confirmed news as yet on Torres, Ronaldo or Cahill - so I’ve updated the FPL captain’s poll (scroll down the left menu) for the current gameweek. Could be interesting again this week, with just the merest threat of rest/rotation hanging over Ronaldo. It will be interesting to see how worried you lot are about that prospect and just who will get close to him.

A “grand-slam” Easter weekend but a mediocre one at best for most fantasy managers. Drogba did the damage for Chelsea, Santa Cruz found the goal-scoring knack at Ewood, Villa somehow kept their phobia of clean sheets going a home to Sunderland and Bikey emerged as the player to have in your side. A funny old weekend then, with few fantasy managers smiling by the end of it. Here’s my thoughts on proceedings.

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