Scout Notes

Scout Notes – Pre-Season

Sead Kolasinac catches the eye as Arsenal win the Community Shield on penalties, while Sandro scores his first Everton goal in a 2-2 draw with Sevilla.

Elsewhere, Brighton lose a five-goal thriller, Newcastle United ease to a comfortable win but have injury concerns over Dwight Gayle and Bournemouth manage a creditable draw with tough Italian opponents.

Here are the notes from the final pre-season Sunday.

Arsenal 1 Chelsea 1 (Arsenal win 4-1 on penalties)

It took a penalty shoot-out to separate Arsenal and Chelsea in a tight and occasionally ill-tempered Community Shield at Wembley.

New Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette hit the post in a cagey first-half before Chelsea wing-back Victor Moses opened the scoring after the break when the Gunners failed to clear a corner and the Nigerian reacted quickest to Gary Cahill’s header back into the area.

The match, however, probably turned on two decisions by Bobby Madley.

The referee turned down a penalty appeal when Willian tumbled in the Arsenal box, booking the Brazilian for diving when there looked to have been at least some contact with Hector Bellerin.

He then sent off Pedro for a poor challenge on Mohamed Elneny. The foul was clear to see, but the punishment seemed severe. The Spaniard, however, won’t face any domestic suspension due to his Sunday dismissal and is available to face Burnley next weekend.

From the resultant free-kick by the excellent Granit Xhaka, new signing Sead Kolasinac headed home at the far post.

Chelsea’s ten men held on until full-time but then made a horrible mess of the resultant shoot-out, the first to be held in England under an ABBA system designed to iron out the advantage of going first while, it would seem, handing sportswriters and broadcasters an irresistible chance to indulge in feeble Swedish pop puns.

Arsenal scored all their penalties, while only Cahill converted for the Blues, with notable misses from Thibaut Courtois and Alvaro Morata.

It was a dreadful end to a forgettable day for the striker. Coach Antonio Conte elected to start Michy Batshuayi ahead of the Spaniard, who is yet to score for Chelsea.

Some 9.3% of Fantasy Premier League managers have forked out 10.0 for Morata, (12.2m in the Sky game) – a premium price for what currently amounts to a low-impact sub. The 1.9% who’ve spent 8.5 on Batshuayi will be the slightly happier, although neither striker particularly troubled an Arsenal defence that absorbed the loss of Per Mertesacker to a head wound with relative ease.

The reason for that was Kolasinac. Arsene Wenger had understandably opted not to pick Laurent Koscielny in his three-man defence as the Frenchman is suspended for the first two matches of the season. Benching his new Serbian signing raised rather more eyebrows, however.

Instead, Rob Holding and Nacho Monreal lined up alongside Mertesacker, with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Bellerin handed the wing-back roles.

When Kolasinac finally made it onto the pitch, his attacking threat was there for all to see. He produced a surging run into the Chelsea half before the break and then popped up to equalise after the interval.

Bellerin (13.9%) continues to be the most popular FPL pick from Arsenal’s backline, but the Spaniard often lacks an end product. Kolasinac (7.7%), with a goal and an assist from pre-season, offers the potential for excellent attacking returns as either a wing-back or even, as against Chelsea, from centre-half. That leveller will surely have strengthened his chances of a starting role for Friday’s clash with Leicester City.

Chelsea are clearly missing the creativity and dynamism of the injured Eden Hazard, and there’s a strong sense that they are one or two new faces short of a well-rounded squad.

Arsenal, however, could afford to rest Mesut Ozil, Aaron Ramsey and Alexis Sanchez and still look competitive.

Yet Friday’s match with the Foxes might well come too early for at least two of that trio, with Arsene Wenger saying:

“I left them all out because some are short of preparation, like Alexis Sanchez. Mesut Ozil got a kick on his ankle, it’s swollen, couldn’t play or practice yesterday. Overall we will see, he has a little chance to play on Friday night. Ramsey has a chance to play, but I think he could be short as well with a little calf problem”.

That opens the door for Alex Iwobi, a consistent performer over the summer, to stake a claim, however temporary, for one of the two slots supporting the main striker in Wenger’s 3-4-2-1 system. Sanchez, only just back in training, is another obvious contender, although Wenger would only reiterate that the Chilean remains an Arsenal player when asked about his star man post-match.

Instead, the Frenchman sang the praises of Kolasinac.

“He came on well. He’s normally a wing-back or a full-back but he can also play at centre back. He had a very interesting performance last week and I had a hesitation over playing him from the start today. I thought maybe the pressure of Wembley… but when he came on, he was outstanding.”

Chelsea begin their title defence on Saturday at home to Burnley, although a Gameweek 2 trip to Spurs will probably be a stronger indicator of their form, and they will also have to face Arsenal (again) and Manchester City before Gameweek 7 is done.

The Gunners’ opening schedule is slightly easier and, on the evidence of yesterday, their squad currently looks stronger and more balanced, perhaps offering better potential for early Fantasy points than their London rivals.

Arsenal: Cech; Holding, Mertesacker (Kolasinac 32), Monreal; Bellerin, Elneny, Xhaka, Oxlade-Chamberlain; Welbeck (Nelson 87), Iwobi (Walcott 67); Lacazette (Giroud 66).

Chelsea: Courtois; Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill; Moses, Fabregas, Kante, Alonso (Rudiger 79); Willian (Musonda 82), Batshuayi (Morata 74), Pedro.

Everton 2 Sevilla 2

New signing Sandro opened his Everton account with a goal after just 30 seconds as the Toffees had to come from behind to secure a draw against an impressive Sevilla.

The Spanish striker latched onto a Tom Davies through ball to round the keeper and finish before their opponents had touched the ball.

Sevilla then rallied and scored twice in three second-half minutes, only for Kevin Mirallas to level from the penalty spot after he’d been hauled to the floor in the area.

Manager Ronald Koeman ran the rule over much of his squad, starting with a flat back four in which Mason Holgate started at right-back. Davies, used as a wing-back in the Europa League tie on Thursday, returned to midfield duties in a 4-2-3-1 formation.

Jordan Pickford again started in goal and produced a fine performance, while Cuco Martina came on in the second-half as a left-back and considerably improved on his nervy debut from a week ago.

Koeman declared post-match that his squad was ready for their Premier League opener at home to Stoke City. For Fantasy managers there are still question marks over Koeman’s likely formation and the starters at right-back or right wing-back.

But given Everton’s daunting opening fixtures, we have time to assess Koeman’s first choice XI before considering investment.

Everton XI: Pickford; Holgate (Kenny 61), Keane (Besic 61), Jagielka (Williams 46), Baines (Martina 46); Schneiderlin (Gueye 50), Davies; Klaassen (Barry 50), Rooney (Mirallas 50), Sandro (Lookman 61); Calvert-Lewin.

Bournemouth 2 Napoli 2

Benik Afobe scored his fourth goal in three pre-season matches as Bournemouth battled to a 2-2 draw against tough opposition.

The striker deputised for Jermain Defoe, who was left out of the squad as a precaution having picked up a knock, and he made his mark when he fired home after a Max Gradel ball caused confusion in the Italian defence.

Simon Francis looked to have won the match in the second-half when he capitalised on a defensive error to round the keeper and score, but Napoli deservedly equalised late on.

Defender Steve Cook came off in some discomfort just after half-time. He was replaced by Jack Simpson, with coach Eddie Howe giving updates on the fitness of a number of players post-match.

“Nathan Ake’s fine, he played against Yeovil in midweek. Jermain felt his groin slightly so we didn’t risk him but we anticipate he’ll be fine for West Brom. We took Steve Cook off as a precaution so we’ll wait and see.”

Bournemouth’s first six Gameweeks are a mixed bag, and FPL interest has mainly focused on Defoe (13.5%) and Charlie Daniels (21.8%).

Both are proven performers, but the lack of a pre-season goal from Defoe will be of some concern.

Meanwhile, Cook’s knock could open the way for Francis to cement a starting role at The Hawthorns in Gameweek 1. Notably, Adam Smith was one of those left out of the matchday squad by Howe without explanation. Smith would have been expected to push for a starting role against West Brom but has had just 67 minutes over the summer.

On the flanks, both Jordan Ibe and Gradel have built a case for pitch-time, though Ryan Fraser would seem an assured starter, with Gradel perhaps most likely to claim the other wing role; he’s now started the last three pre-season matches.

Bournemouth XI: Begovic (Boruc 46); Francis, Mings, Steve Cook (Simpson 47), Daniels; Ibe, Lewis Cook, Gosling; Gradel, King, Afobe (Mahoney 70).

Brighton 2 Atletico Madrid 3

It took a late strike for La Liga big guns Atletico to finally beat battling Brighton.

Chris Hughton’s men conceded two-thirds of the possession to their Spanish visitors but still carried a threat going forward, with a Pascal Gross free-kick and a Steve Sidwell header twice pegging Madrid back. At 5.5 in FPL, Gross has now scored three times over the summer.

Assists came from Tomer Hemed and Solly March.

The goals and resilience were major plus points for Hughton, as was the return from injury of Anthony Knockaert, who played the final 20 minutes.

Yet his manager admitted he will continue to monitor the fitness of last term’s Championship Player of the Year:

“You never say never, but Anthony has done about four-days training now. What he had done, the reason why we were in a position to give him some minutes today was because he had done the first two weeks in pre-season. We were confident, he has done a good four days and the injury is no problem. We will assess him this week, but we are conscious he has played only 20 minutes from a tough pre-season game, apart from training.”

A negative was a mistake by record signing Mat Ryan, the goalkeeper letting a long-range shot through his grasp to gift Atletico the lead.

Ryan, however, might not remain the club’s most expensive transfer for long, with reports suggesting that Dutch midfielder Davy Propper is close to signing in time for the Seagulls’ Premier League opener at home to Manchester City on Saturday.

Brighton:Ryan; Bruno (Rosenior 72), Duffy, Dunk, Suttner (Bong 46); Murphy (March 46 (Skalak 90)), Stephens, Kayal (Sidwell 46), Brown (LuaLua 90+1); Gross, Hemed (Knockaert 72).

Newcastle 2 Hellas Verona 0

Early goals from Ayoze Perez and the in-form Christian Atsu secured the victory to round off a satisfactory pe-season for Newcastle.

Perez opened the scoring from a Javier Manqullio cross before Atsu, who ended the summer with two goals and four assists, doubled the lead from a Jonjo Shelvey pass.

Rob Elliot started in goal once again – comforting news for the 14.8% of FPL managers banking on the 4.0-priced budget keeper, who is available for 6.1m in the Sky Sports game.

But last season’s top scorer Dwight Gayle was sidelined with what was reportedly a hamstring problem.

Manager Rafa Benitez talked in detail about the issue post-match.

“Dwight is training with the fitness coach, so hopefully he can carry on training this week. If everything is fine, I think he will be OK for Sunday. It’s not his hamstring – it’s more the feeling that he has. He’s not comfortable, and we don’t want to take any risks.”

With 6.5% ownership, Gayle is the second most popular Newcastle player, behind only Elliot, in FPL squads.

His fitness is, therefore, the major Fantasy concern as the Magpies prepare to host Spurs at the weekend. His potential absence could allow Aleksandar Mitrovic – at 5.0 – to lead the line, having netted three goals over the summer.

Newcastle: Elliot (Darlow 64); Manquillo (Gamez 64), Lejeune (Lascelles 64), Clark (Mbemba 64), Dummett (Merino 64); Ritchie, Shelvey (Aarons 64), Hayden, Atsu (Murphy 64), Perez (De Jong 72); Mitrovic (Diame 64).

All the summer details are available in our Pre-Season Guide.

2,121 Comments Post a Comment
  1. denial
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Francis look nailed now then?

    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      He has always been nailed. 🙂

      1. denial
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        Ta doos

  2. JoBro
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Why do people not think Lindelof is nailed?

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

      Cus of his crap pre season

    2. noquarternt
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      cos he isnt

    3. Ramboros
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Mediocre pre season and Jones has been playing with Bailly.

    4. Sickboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      I think he'll start most games. Has been playing with Smalling in preparation for that Supercup thingy tomorrow night.

      Mourinho has just spent £35m on him.

    5. ste_the_legend
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Bailly and Jones are suspended for Europe so Lindelof will probably be rotated in the league to start with and then play in Europe instead.

    6. Don_Vito_Mannone
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      It's inevitable that he will end up being first choice alongside Bailly, but in pre-season Manchester United have lined up with the below:

      Vs LA Galaxy
      First half: Jones / Smalling
      Second half: Lindelof / Bailly

      Vs Salt Lake City
      First half: Lindelof / Jones
      Second half: Bailly / Smalling

      Vs Manchester City
      Lindelof / Smalling
      Bailly / Jones

      Vs Real Madrid
      First half: Bailly / Jones
      Second half: Lindelof / Smalling

      Vs Barcelona
      First half: Smalling / Lindelof
      Second half: Bailly / Jones

      Vs Valerenga
      Eric Bailly / Phil Jones

      And against Sampdoria, Bailly and Jones came on together for the last 15 minutes.

      Jones will almost certainly line up alongside Bailly to open the season but it's a matter of time before 1) Lindelof gets in and 2) Jones gets injured.

      Jones is worth a punt until after the international break IMO.

    7. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      He's nailed to start the first 3 games. Mourinho won't spend 30m on him & then drop him for Phil Jones or Chris Smalling, that would be insane. And with the kind fixture run, he'll never get a better chance to bed him in. If he plays a back 3 one of those 2 will come in alongside Lindy & Bailly, but in a back 4 it'll be Lindelof who starts. When the champions league resumes he could get the odd rest though, with Bailly & jones suspended he will have to start the first 2x group games, so GW4 & GW6 he is a bit of a rotation risk.

  3. tibollom
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Hi guys, would you double up on city or swap KDB for salah or is this good?

    Foster Elliot
    Tripier/Davies Kola Daniels (Mee Haidira)
    KDB Ritchie Willian Caroll (Chalobah/RLC)
    Kaku Kane Jesus

    1. fishnil
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Salah for me and keep the change. If required get KDB back.

      1. tibollom
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        cheers, good idea... whats your thoughts on best replacement for Trippier in my team? and would you chose Chalobah or RLC?

  4. gawa11
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    What do you think of this front 8. TC and atsu rotate fairly well for the first 5.

    Atsu / De Bruyne / Willian / Carroll / Mkhitaryan
    Firmino / Lukaku / Kane

    1. Sims
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Mkhi and luakaku too much united

      1. merin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        nope.

        1. Sims
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 7 months ago

          Well u support united so there is that

      2. LosBlancos
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        I have them both, and I don't support United.
        Mkhi is a bargain at 8mil, attacking potential, low ownership, big team & good fixtures.

  5. Iain Dowies Love Child
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    G2G?
    DDG (Elliot)
    Monreal / Cedric / Hegazi (Mee / Naughton)
    KDB / Salah / Zaha / Ritchie (Carroll)
    Kane / Lukaku / Mounie

    1. COTTERILL96
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Basically the same as my team so in my opinion its perfect

    2. Salah Fingers
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Nice team, similar to mine

  6. maclrc
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Any changes or GtG?

    Foster (Elliot)
    Daniels-Cedric/Yoshi-Kola-BDavies (Rangel)
    Eriksen-Ritchie-KbD (Carroll Loftus-Cheek)
    Firminio-Jesus-Kane

    1. Silicon Vialli
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      GTG. 9/15 of my team...

    2. COTTERILL96
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      I think you should get one Man utd player in your midfield/attack somewhere especially as they have such a good run of fixtures

      1. maclrc
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        Who would you recommend and how to work them in?

        Think midfield is most obvious place to have them as not sold on Lukaku in place of Jesus or Kane...

  7. Pirlø's Pen
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Opinions on my team appreciated! Think I have most bases covered and quite liking it. I know I don't have any Spurs!

    Foster
    Valencia Kompany Kolasinac
    KDB Mane Zaha JWP
    Lukaku Jesus Mounie

    Elliot T. Carroll Suttner Long.

    1. iwanjones23
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Defence too expensive, use spare cash to upgrade Mounie.

    2. COTTERILL96
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      GTG 10/15 of my team

  8. ludaslol
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Attackers set:
    Ritchie Salah Pogba KDB Zaha
    Lukaku Kane (Quaner)

    anyone would like to help me with defence?

    Having
    Foster/Elliot
    Bertrand, Francis, Hegazi, Mee,Rangel atm

    Planning to rotate on a 3-5-2

  9. Birds of Prey
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    What's wrong with my latest version? Thx

    Speroni DDG
    Mee/ Hegazi Alonso Kola Walker
    Carroll RLC Phillips Willian ( Iwobi, Brady or Fraser???)
    Jesus Kane Lukaku

    1. versatile
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      WEAK midfield

    2. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Your mid is gonna get u about 7pts a week

    3. NilSatisNisiOptimum78
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Prob too heavy in defence, still decent thigh considering your front 3. Think that midfield needs some tlc

    4. noquarternt
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      You know you have to play 11 players and not 8?

      DDG
      Alonso Kola Walker
      Willian
      Jesus Kane Lukaku

    5. nisag17
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      I am guessing you are going a 433. So at least 3 midfielders you need to play and currently perhaps Willian has chances of giving you big returns and which is probably only till Hazard returns and anyway fixtures after gameweek 1 are quite bad. So you will be fielding one defender and at least two mids who have very little chance of giving big returns. I don't think that forward line justifies this sort of compromise. Nor will DDG justify his "relative price". Look at all the past seasons. Keepers from big teams rarely score significantly more and frequently less than keepers from lower teams.

      1. NilSatisNisiOptimum78
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        This. Really don't see the point in spending 5.5 on a keeper as no offensive returns.

  10. FDMS All Starz
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    A) Ritchie & Willian/Zaha
    Or
    B) Atsu & Pedro

  11. versatile
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Am I good to go?

    DDG (Elliot)
    Kolasinac, Daniels, Yoshida (Mee, Honey monster)
    Alli, KDB, Zaha, Willian (Carroll)
    Lacazette, Lukaku, JRod

  12. AYEW KI-EDEN MEE
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Fosu - Mensah (4.5) joining Crystal Palace. Perfect to rotate with Ben Mee if he's starting straight away that is however..

    1. versatile
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Tomkins should start and only 4.5 at Palace.

      1. AYEW KI-EDEN MEE
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        Tomkins isn't good enough on the ball to start under De Boer.

        1. versatile
          • 6 Years
          6 years, 7 months ago

          I reckon he's nailed.

          1. AYEW KI-EDEN MEE
            • 7 Years
            6 years, 7 months ago

            Dann in the middle with Riedewald, Milo (Fosu Mensah eventually) will start the start in the 3 judging by pre season

  13. GoonerByron
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Which one?

    A - Lukaku + Eriksen

    B - Kane + Mkhi + 0.5

    1. Sims
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      A

  14. StoichkovFPL
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Bavies or Danilo?

    1. Bun Rab
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Bavies, more long term.

    2. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Bavies

  15. Bulldogs FC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Gross or Ritchie for a nailed on 4th mid?

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

      I like Gross! Hence he in my team below haha!

  16. SimonOwen
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    How is everyone doing!
    One week to go time for my RMT

    Foster
    Bellerin, Keane, Francis
    William, Salah, Gross, De Bryne
    Kane, Lukaku(c), Rodridgez

    Subs
    Fabinski, Simpson, Mee, Carrol

    Any suggestions?? / idiotic decisions I have taken??

    1. JoeSnowUK
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Steer clear of Everton lads for a good 6 weeks

  17. buzzkill
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Am I missing something, why am I seeing lots of drafts with Steve Mounie in? Latest bandwagon?

    1. Sims
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Good fixtures plus a price that really allows u to get a decent mid align with a two heavy hitters up front

      Also done well in preparation season

      1. buzzkill
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        Thanks! I've currently got J-Rod along with two big fwds, I'll put him on my watchlist

    2. noquarternt
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Happens every year. Everyone gets a cheap striker like Andre Gray before him. He's just the flavour at the moment.

  18. Ask Yourself
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Thoughts on a Lowe punt

    1. Pirlø's Pen
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Don't expect any clean sheets but maybe some assists on big Mounies head.

  19. JoeSnowUK
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    RMT please!

    Likely to WC early-ish, GW 5-7

    0.5 ITB for any bandwagon players that emerge.

    Had Cedric but not convinced in pre-season due to minutes.

    Foster

    Stephens(potential for price increase early??)/Valencia/Daniels

    Salah/Zaha/De Bruyne/Ward-Prowse(also believe to have great potential this year)

    JRod(may change to Gayle when fit)/Lukaku (C)/Kane

    B: Elliot/T. Carroll/Mee/Hunemeier

    1. versatile
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Same bench :O

      1. JoeSnowUK
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        Thoughts on the rest mate?

        1. versatile
          • 6 Years
          6 years, 7 months ago

          I think Stephens is a risk, I don't think he's nailed. We have quite similar teams, JWP may also prove to be a gamble. Rest looks good to go to me.

          DDG (Elliot)
          Daniels, Yoshida, Kolasinac (Mee, Honey monster)
          Zaha, Willian, Alli, KDB (Carroll)
          JRod, Lukaku, Lacazette

          1. JoeSnowUK
            • 6 Years
            6 years, 7 months ago

            I like your team! Very similar lol

  20. Whazza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Speroni will wear the nr 1 jersey. We might have another 4.0 starting GK?

    1. Chandler Bing
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Hope so. I won't be getting him initially but definitely will on my wildcard if he's a regular starter.

      Can't see past Foster/Elliot to start with.

    2. Old Gregg
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      What makes Speroni no.1.
      He has played 1 gamein pre-season, admitidly Henn has only played 2. 3rd choice has played 1.

      I have Henn and really do not want Foster.

  21. Ëð
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Best striker for £6m or under:
    A) Rodriguez
    B) Mounie
    C) Other

    1. StoichkovFPL
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      A

    2. conners88
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      IMO - Tammy Abraham is going to be a beast

      1. Ëð
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        I just can't see Swansea scoring many goals unless they replace Siggy.

    3. JoeSnowUK
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      JRod or Tammy Abraham

    4. Pirlø's Pen
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      B

    5. Oven Glover
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Vokes if you find a decent rotation partner in your midfield or defense. Only good for gws 2,4,6,8 & 10.

      1. Ëð
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        Yeah that's my problem really, going to need to start most games.

  22. conners88
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    a) Daniels, Atsu, Mane
    b) Trippier, Ritchie, Pogba

    1. StoichkovFPL
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      a
      Trippier may not play gw1

      1. conners88
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        Yeh, I agree, B was my team before the Trippier injury

    2. Pirlø's Pen
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      A

    3. sully sonic
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      A Has flair!
      B May have points ticking along as ritchie is on set pieces

  23. StoichkovFPL
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Would you like your def:

    a) Kolasinac, Daniels, 2x4.5 rotate
    b) Bavies, Daniels, Cedric

    1. Pirlø's Pen
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      A, Stephens over Daniels.

      1. StoichkovFPL
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        isnt Daniels more attacking than Stephens?

  24. Smoky Johnson
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Moreno Liverpool? 4.5. Played in all pre-season matches. On free kicks.

    1. StoichkovFPL
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      not nailed imo

    2. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Too early for a punt

  25. sully sonic
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Big Hitting 6 which one?

    Mane KDB Willian & Kane Gabbi Lukaku

    Mane Delle Ali Willian & Jesus Morata Lukaku

    1. StoichkovFPL
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      A
      but change Gabbi to..anyone

      1. sully sonic
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        thank you can do Gabbi to chicarito or less striker?

  26. Stokealona
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    JWP or Philips?

    1. Sickboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      JWP for me.

    2. JoeSnowUK
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      JWP, love the guy, expecting a biggg season from him now he is a starter

      1. Whazza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        You don't know if he is a starter. New manager and they just signed Lemina.

        1. JoeSnowUK
          • 6 Years
          6 years, 7 months ago

          he has started every game pre season and takes all set pieces lol

  27. PB-THE-VET
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Whats peoples thoughts on Matic and Can as 5.0 mil enablers. Seem to get a few assists. Which if any would you pick as 4th mid

    1. StoichkovFPL
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Carroll + Atsu seems better

    2. noquarternt
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      If you like a max of 3pts every week- go for it.

      1. PB-THE-VET
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        Matic: 1 goal 8 assists 1 bp
        Can: 5 goals 2 assists 12 bp

        4.5 mils tend to do nothing

        1. JoeSnowUK
          • 6 Years
          6 years, 7 months ago

          I would say Tom Carroll will be a 4.5 doing bits this year, on step pieces and seems to be absolutely nailed in the swans team

          1. JoeSnowUK
            • 6 Years
            6 years, 7 months ago

            Set pieces*

    3. Birds of Prey
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Atsu or Mili

    4. nisag17
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Not Can. He will start very few matches. Better options than Matic at 5.0 from poorer teams. Even at 4.5.

  28. Gruu
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Rate my 343 or 352 team please

    Foster
    Kolasinac | Cedric | Daniels
    KdB | Salah | Zaha | JWP
    Kane | Lukaku | JRod

    (Elliot | Groß | Mee | Mariappa)

    1. Teror
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      I very much like it. It's fairly template, quite clean. I'm not a fan of Zaha but not much else around at that price range. Probably as good of a team as you're going to get by the vague logic of pre-season. I've heard Stephens is a better Southampton pick than Cedric for now, so maybe just change that.

    2. JoeSnowUK
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Pretty much my team lol

      Foster
      Stephens/Valencia/Daniels
      KDB/Salah/Zaha/JWP
      Kane/Lukaku/JRod

      Elliot/T.Carroll/Mee/Hunemeier

  29. Whazza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Are Palace doing the 3 CBs thingy?

    Will punt on Dann if they are.

    1. JoeSnowUK
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Looks that way yeah, 3 cb and wing backs

  30. johnnybeefcake
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Best third striker to have alongside Kane and Lukaku

    1. Birds of Prey
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Jesus

    2. Teror
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Jesus

    3. nisag17
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      this. and please 7.0 or below.

      1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        Barnes?

        1. Kane Toads
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          6 years, 7 months ago

          Hi Doos - I have Chickarito at the mo. A good shout for the Hammers??

          cheers.

    4. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Firmino