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The Dugout Discussion – Gameweek 38

The 2016/17 season comes to a close this afternoon, with all 10 Gameweek 38 matches getting underway at 3pm.

We’re spoilt for choice in terms of armband options for the final round of fixtures, with the top three players in this week’s Captain Poll – Alexis Sanchez, Harry Kane and Philippe Coutinho – are serving up their highest hauls of the season in Gameweek 37.

Kane’s four-goal blitz at the King Power takes him two ahead of his nearest challenger Romelu Lukaku for the Golden Boot, while Sanchez welcomes Everton on the back of three successive double-figure tallies.

Throw in champions Chelsea at home to relegated Sunderland (Eden Hazard and Diego Costa both start) and Man City’s trip to a decimated Watford defence and it’s fair to say that goals look very much on Sunday’s agenda.

So sit back and enjoy the frantic next couple of hours’ action – it won’t be until August 12 before domestic action comes back our way again.

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  1. dhamphiir
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Thank you everyone who helped me, even though I have asked stupid question to be clear with price change, chip and DGW (it was my second season playing FPL)
    Last season, my team was dead team for almost half the season but found Fantasy Football Scout and finished around 340K. This year my target was to finish top 100k but end of finishing top 30k.
    Thank you everyone. Hope to see you all at the start of the season or before that.

    1. Individual
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Nice one mate!

    2. McEwan
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Certainly not stupid questions. Important things to understand to be successful at this game. Well done on your season and gl for next

    3. Top 210 Club
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      nicely done m8

  2. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    So after not the best GW I've finished in 384th place and won both my league comfortably so all is great for the season.

    1. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      I beat you by 1 place 😆 😆

      Well played Smurf

      1. Smurf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        And well played to you then Bubz 😉

    2. Top 210 Club
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      well done guys

  3. Atwood
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    This site is great all year round, but this week I got given some advice which has basically won me my league.

    Thanks anyone who has helped me on here this season, hope you all had a good one and if you didn't...August isn't far away!

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      No problem, glad I could help.

      1. Les Bleus
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        I believe he was talking to me.

  4. The Overthinker
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    6 points behind 100k 🙁

    This hurts

    1. Individual
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Haha hope you're back for more next year... Just try not to overanalyze too much 😉

      1. The Overthinker
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        I'll definitely be back. Few months off football.
        But trust me I'll miss it come next weekend.

        How did you end mate ?

        1. Individual
          • 10 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          ML wise OK. 2nd, and up 80 pounds, hit the century on the final day. BUT OR not great, after last year's 3k finish I was hoping to match / better so 21778 isn't the best. But hopefully learnt more about how to improve next year, though obviously this year has been odd for a few reasons (biggest: huge active membership first half so transfer market haywire - forced me into a few moves I shouldn't have made)

          We'll smash it next year mate 🙂

    2. Magic Bean
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      My first advice for next season is be more positive. All I see here are negative comments from you. You might not believe it but positivity attracts positivity. Be happy with the things that went well instead of dwelling on the bad things and I can assure you you'll do better next season 🙂

      1. Bartowski
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        This is true.

        My girlfriend is also HIV Positive.

      2. The Overthinker
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Hey.
        Yeah i do get upset easily and be all negative.
        Definitely I'll try be more positive. Not only in fpl but also in life.

        How did you end your season?

        1. Magic Bean
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          That's the spirit 🙂 ..ended up quite happy with my overall rank. Got up to 3.4K in the end

    3. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Unlucky mate - consider this season a foundation to build on, learn from mistakes and to not overthink things too much! 😉

      1. The Overthinker
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Yeah surely.

        How did you end your season?

  5. Ephurion
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    First season from GW 1, and managed top 1k!

    Big thanks to FFS and their premium content, and also to the great people dropping knowledge in thousands of comments every day

    1. Lawrø
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      That is crazy, well done! 😀

    2. Sess!
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Unbelieve. Great stuff.

    3. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Astounding well done.
      Top 800 from Lawro I see. Well done to ye both.

    4. AA33
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Awesome! Rank?

  6. jungle
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    889 OR..,I'm a happy lass tonight - can't believe my luck lasted all season 🙂

    1. Viper
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Brilliant, well done! 🙂

    2. Ziro
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      lass?? attention everyone:

    3. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Marry me

    4. Magic Bean
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Well done

  7. Individual
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Well since we're all saying it, thanks guys! My 3rd best season since playing seriously, disappointed to not break the top 20 and 10 OR, but 2nd in ML and on for an £80 payout.... Just gotta crack the start next year!!! 🙂

  8. Viper
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    *Repost but deserves some recognition.

    Extremely harsh on Ogie missing out on first in Ireland with a score of 97, ended up in 2nd of an entire country! Brilliant season. Well done!

    1. Jigger & Pony
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Nice one Ogie

    2. sminkypinky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Ouch! So close. Still an unbelievable effort.

    3. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      It's only preparation for when Dublin win the All Ireland 😉

    4. McEwan
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Would have been good to win Ireland and get promotion to the Central African Republic!

    5. Sess!
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Ogie ogie ogie

    6. walkman666
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Word! Congrats Ogie.

  9. PlayPercentage
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Llorente has had a good season. 15 goals in his first EPL season in a below-average side.
    Josh King has also been a great value for money signing.

  10. The Polymath
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    415 k to 84 k in 3 Game Weeks. Beat the 94 k from last year. Not bad after a poor start.

    1. The Polymath
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Next time need to limit my transfers, made 81 this season.

  11. BilalM
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Thanks to everyone here. Had a great season, moving in to top 17k overall.
    Won my mini leagues by more than 50 points too.
    Cheers. Until next season.

  12. Third Eye Vision
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Turned around a 100 point deficit in the last 2 weeks in my cash league. I'd actually settled for second and was focusing on manager of the month. Didn't realise that I'd won until after the games had finished. 166 (-8) and 113 in the last 2 gameweeks.

    That's an unbelievable comeback (even if I say so myself). Buzzing.

    1. jason_ni
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      well done - some big scores in past few gw's caused some big turnarounds!

    2. Third Eye Vision
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Nice to come on here when everyone seems happy! Some amazing scores.

  13. WE GO FOR IT
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Won my ML for the 2nd year in a row but at the cost of a Top 5K finish. (Captained Sanchez instead of Kane to block ML rival).
    But hey, it's still a really good rank and i have achieved my target at the beginning of the season - Top 10K finish.
    Thank You to the FFS Community for the constant help throughout the season.
    Time to get into Top 1K next season. Bring on 17/18!

  14. the snazzy viking
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    20 points behind 100k

    I'm getting flashbacks of selling Alonso before his 21 point haul when I sold him for a hit for Daniels

    1. McEwan
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      That one sticks with me too. Sold the game before, and was quite smug as he got 0 or 1. Then felt priced out

    2. Point-one short
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      I'd blocked out selling Alonso before that haul. Thanks a lot. 🙁

      😀

  15. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Mark must be so buzzing with his rank this year. So much pressure on him considering he's the resident FPL expert and it is literally his job. Backing it up with a low 3 digit rank must feel good

    1. Jay_
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Yep. Helps him big time. Great for business! Love it.

      • KingNidge
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        I would say he's pretty annoyed he missed out on top 100 but amazing season and winning the mods and cons would have been a big one

      • McEwan
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        If anything, it will increase the pressure next season. Which I'm sure he will feed off. Top manager like

      • Sess!
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Helps when you can fiddle it 😉 Jokes aside, tremendous effort.

      • walkman666
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Is this site his only job? I have to believe there's something else, but I just don't know. Either way, a sage player and true good egg for giving us this site.

    2. jason_ni
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Well done to all - hope the last GW brought what you needed for your ML's.
      Finished season well personally, and got a top 5k finish to follow up from last years top 3k which was always going to be hard to replicate.
      Also - point to note, it's possible to have massive turn around in the game, I had a shocking early part of the year, all transfer gambles back fired, and found myself sitting at 970k after 12 weeks - so dont give up hope if you have a shaky start next time!

    3. Lawrø
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Might have to skip next season judging by this 😉

      2011/12 - 251,533
      2012/13 - 3,164
      2013/14 - 60,561
      2014/15 - 2,216
      2015/16 - 37,557
      2016/17 - 794

      Thanks for the advice this season everyone, would've certainly taken a Top 1k finish at the start of the season! 😀 😀 😀

      1. Ziro
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Nothing less than OR1 for me if you ask in the pre-season. 😀

      2. Bubz
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Mine has the exact same pattern 😆

        Well played Lawro

      3. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Great job Lawro.... and thanks for all the advice you gave... won my ML partially thanks to you... 50K OR finish in my first year....

      4. Les Bleus
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Haha same here!
        1k
        144k
        4k
        34k
        1k

        😀

      5. Viper
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Great rank, come back in 2018/2019 😉

      6. The Overthinker
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Congratulations.
        Amazing .
        I would take 30k rank anytime

      7. jason_ni
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Cracking score lawro - tough to top next year!

      8. Jay_
          6 years, 10 months ago

          Well done Lawro. Great rank

        • Third Eye Vision
          • 11 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          Top 1k finish remains my goal. I'll get there one season (I think!).

          Well done.

        • Magic Bean
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          Well done mate

        • Top 210 Club
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          nicely done

        • Jam0sh
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          Great job Lawro, congratulations for top 1k finish! 🙂

        • Ephurion
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          What if it doesn't go by year, but by years played? :O

          Seems like you'll (only) be top 10k next season, and competing for it all in the following one!

        • XabiAlonso
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          Year after top 100 though

          1. Lawrø
            • 12 Years
            6 years, 10 months ago

            Thanks chaps 😀

      9. FALCAO & MOU
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Congo all, but I think we have a difficult season ahead, too many good players and teams to choose from. And too many Tinkermen next season for my liking.

      10. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Anyone lose or win their ML over the 8 points diff. on captaining Sanchez instead of Kane or visa versa?

        1. potatoace
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          I lost mine contemplating king to Son or king to Wij with 10mins before deadline. Picked Son of course

          1. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
            • 7 Years
            6 years, 10 months ago

            I was busy the hour before the deadline and didn't even know King was flagged... it is a full time job keeping on this .... but real fun

      11. Cojiro
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Very happy with my 8800 OR. Was 35k in gw 34. My wildcard timing worked perfectly. Thanks for all the help FFS. Won some good dollar from my mini league too

      12. The Overthinker
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        These are some people who have helped me Lowro,TM, Jonty,fpl Virgin, team.cruel, individual, jac the cat. Sorry if i missed someone's name.
        YMA because i loved his articles. Missed it when i choose wrong captains

        1. The Overthinker
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          *comment fail .
          Smh

        2. FPL Virgin
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          Thanks, matey 🙂

          Helluva turn around these last few Gameweeks for you.

          If there was 42 GWs in this season, you'd be smashing the top 10k in current form!

      13. @FPL_liverbird (liverpoolfa…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Poor season, A low rank of 1.7million in gw27 and a great last 3 weeks of 92,181,95 to finish with a year high rank 260,000.

        Excellent chat on the site consistently through the year!
        leave you with one thought:

        Anyone think the AOA chip should be replaced?

      14. Darklord_bg
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        1,353 OR, my best season yet 🙂

        I don't think I can ever replicate that level of play for coming years so I will just enjoy it while it lasts 🙂

        1. The Overthinker
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          Congratulations

          1. Darklord_bg
            • 7 Years
            6 years, 10 months ago

            Thanks.

      15. BobBradleysOpportunity
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        So what happens now, we just wait?

        1. Les Bleus
          • 12 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          As a student, I looked forward to the summer. As a professional, I look forward to the Autumn 🙁

        2. Viper
          • 14 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          We talk to those strange people who we share a house with

          1. Viper
            • 14 Years
            6 years, 10 months ago

            Who are they anyway?

        3. KingNidge
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          Wait for the call from Mark Rogers

        4. potatoace
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          Best go interact with my family , I guess

      16. Magic Bean
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Cheers for all the advice everybody! A very happy player here with a finish of 3.4K. Hope to see you all next year 🙂

      17. JB.
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Never really posted anything on here but often check in when i'm struggling with a decision so i'd just like to say a massive thank you to everyone for all your questions, answers and decent banter!

      18. v54
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        2k last season went down to 22k this year. not a good season for me

        1. Sess!
          • 13 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          You can't say top 1% is a bad season

        2. Third Eye Vision
          • 11 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          That's top 0.5 %

      19. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        UNBELIEVABLE.

        Me: 2,336 points.

        Andy: 2,337 points.

        Of all the weeks for Andy to wean himself off hits! 😆

        1. @chapellefpl OR 577TH
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          Great player. Can see you going for the crown next year.

          1. FPL Virgin
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            6 years, 10 months ago

            Thanks friend 🙂

        2. @chapellefpl OR 577TH
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          Fyi Gabbi cost you top5k spot 😉

          1. FPL Virgin
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            6 years, 10 months ago

            Gabbi is my Lex Luther.

        3. Lizard Lips
          • 11 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          Great rank for first season 🙂

      20. maditass
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Before May i was ranked as 1.1million and frustrated how everything i did almost all the time went wrong. Then finally in round 36 i got my best score and rank which resulted in me climbing to rank 900k. Then round 37 came with bench boost and 196 points!! That ment i climbed almost another 500k spots and reached a rank of 421k. Which i would say after having the worst season and hanging around rank 1.5m+ all the time is quite good.
        But then now again in round 38 i get 100 points and end up on rank of 351k!

        Last season i had a strong season and got into top 15k so i was hoping to hang around that again, but i would say im pretty happy with my final rank even though top 100k was my goal 🙂

      21. TJ_777
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Well done to everyone. Thank you all for the help this season. I finished 11544 outside top 10k. Even tho i barely missed my goal I am still happy. I hope you all have a nice break