Scout Notes – Pre Season

Foster - Begovic seems good for me

Foster and Myhill and spend more money in defence. No benching headaches.

I searched for 4.5 good keeper. I didn't find. I think wba is a very average team and don't like foster. Maybe defenders for headed goals.
I would love adrian at 4.5 but hart is destroying him. Just wish adrian moves to palace. Currently I have forster

I've been persuaded by the Foster/Myhill combo for value. Every 0.5 is needed and I'm happy to rely on WBA - and save points should they not keep a clean sheet. The only other option is the Newcastle one - which I may still switch to. But given the good 5-5.5 def options and the expensive fwds I have my heart set on 8.5 now.

Have Forster and Elliot atm.. S'hamptons fixtures are just too good to pass on

Foster - Elliot

Uber cheep for me. I am easily tilted and GK rotation can be a headache. I trust Pulis and Foster enough to give WBA a permanent place in my team.

After the success of Heatster last season (Heaton/Foster) I like your idea of Fosski (Foster and Fabski).

Nice set of fixtures that rot. well together. Good price too at 9 mill. Should be save points and the odd cs from both.

With Saints' opening 11 GWs, I think Forster with a 4.0 is worth the risk; otherwise spend the same 9.0m on a standard rotation.

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Forster and a 4.0m
With 6 clean sheets last year West Brom do not inspire me with confidence at all. Possibly switching to Courtois GW8

No love for Heaton at all?

Foster/Fabianski are clearly the best rotating 4.5 pair, but I think I'll save 0.5 at the start and go with Foster/Myhill.

Foster/Myhill. Great opening fixtures and rotating hasn't served me well in the past. After the opening fixtures I'll reasses which team offers the best value GK combo. Heaton and his backup served me well last season for minimum cost

I am considering Pickford (EVE) and Elliot (NEW). Something different from the Foster/Fabianski trend. Even though Everton have horrible opening fixtures Pickford has demonstrated he is a save machine. He will have his work cut out for him at season start admittedly but something to ponder before it all kicks off. Your thoughts?

I have always done OK with goalkeeper rotation, so I will be choosing -

Heaton & Foster, clean sheetmakers of Jermyn Street. 😉

For me it's an uber cheap pair until the first wildcard... It's so difficult to predict which 5.5 goalie will come off better, or which 5.0 will be worth it so I feel it to be safest to spend as little Money as possible until I can spot more cheap midfielder alternatives and switch to a better 5.0 or 5.5 one in 6-8 weeks with the wildcard.

Foster/Myhill 8,5 combo short term, and then reconsider for the long-term on gw4 wildcard

I'll go uber cheap +- fire and forget. On Foster+Myhill at the moment, but I may switch to the Brighton pair, just because nobody else has them.

Reassess on WC in 2nd intl break.

I always go with 4.5-4.5, but this season I opted for Forster-4.0, mainly because of his great opening fixtures, and I expect them to be more solid with Pellegrino. Heaton and/or Foster will definitely be in my team somewhere after GW10.

Locked in Foster/Myhill on the 1st day. Unless a nailed on 4.0 emerges going with this strat.

Currently on Begovic - Elliot but might switch that before GW1. I rate Begovic and I think Bournemouth will improve defensively.

Currently Foster and Fabianski, but not totally convinced. Regardless, it will be 4.5, 4.5.

Forster - Begovic is the combo I'm looking at.

I'm on foster and Elliot at the moment with the fixtures and cheap as possible.

I'm not too confident in WBA though and not even sure if Elliot will be the number 1 so this may very well change!

Foster/Heaton rotation was a disaster from GW1 last year. Ended up playing Heaton everywhere week and selling Foster for Robinson.

I'm going Foster/Myhill for 8.5m, value there as all WBA defenders are 0.5m more.

Foster & Elliot

Ryan and Fab, with Dawson and Cedric as pillars in defence with rotating 4.5s. For now.

Currently sat on Foster/Myhill. £8.5m is value - although I'm hoping for a couple more clean sheets from WBA this year.

Also on my radar is Begovic. Bournemouth should improve on the 10 cleans they claimed last year, with Begovic and Ake both arriving from Chelsea.

Last seasons top scorer between the posts is also on my shortlist. With the news that Robinson has retired, should his replacement cost £4.0 I'd be tempted to double down on Burnley goalies.

WBA same team pairing. Means you can have a 4.0 million keeper that will play if we get an injury to Foster.

Same with Naughton/Rangel etc as a right back cheap 4th & 5th defender (Swans have no other right back)

I was gonna go with Foster and Fabianski, but I'm likely using a WC in gameweek 3, and wouldn't use Fab in any games, so I've gone Foster and Myhill

I have Foster and Begovic at the moment. Happy with that at the moment

I am going for a 9m Combo

Definitely not going for Heaton. He lost Keane, and these cheap GK prodigies from small teams, like Fabianski a couple back, tend to be a one off. Plus the tail of last year was not very good for him.
I have a feeling Bego will be the value option for this year, but Forster's fixtures are also tempting.

I'm running Foster Elliot atm, but I might switch Elliot for Myhill later.
Not sure yet, ofc.

forster and foster for me

Foster/Elliott for value

I don't particularly get the 1st choice/reserve option. Why limit yourself on choice? Newcastle will have better fixtures than West Brom on occasion so I will be benching Foster (albeit rarely)?

Hennessy and Foster

No mention of joe hart anywhere 4.5m seems reasonable