Scout Notes

Scout Notes – Gameweek 10 – Saturday

The Manchester City merry-go-round rotates in its usual bewildering fashion, while more stable, if less spectacular, United assets produce yet again. Arsenal’s big attacking names disappoint, but a Chelsea star is on the rise and a host of budget options shine a light on a frequently frantic day of action.

Here are the notes from Saturday’s seven matches.

Striking returns from Man City’s midfield

Pep Guardiola’s talent for trolling Fantasy managers was on show once again, with his decision to keep Sergio Aguero on the bench for the entirety of the 3-2 win at West Brom exasperating 735,568 new people.

That’s how many Fantasy Premier League managers brought him in for Gameweek 10 despite the Argentine putting in 120 minutes in the midweek Carabao Cup tie.

Nearly 230,000 had sold his fellow forward Gabriel Jesus, but it was the Brazilian who started and played 81 minutes yesterday.

The injury to Harry Kane had played its part – 305,000 had switched from the Spurs man to Aguero – while well over three-quarters of a million managers captained him as well. At least his no-show at The Hawthorns allowed their vice-captains to play a part.

Jesus’ owners were not so lucky, as their man neglected to record even a single shot among City’s 15 yesterday.

Instead, the goals came from midfield.

Leroy Sane marked his fifth successive league start with his third straight double-digit tally. His goal, assist and two bonus took him to 53 points over that time – a huge haul that signalled big transfer traffic and an overnight rise to 8.7.

Aguero’s (11.8) last five starts have accrued 49 points, Jesus’ (10.6) 37.

Points are clearly coming from Guardiola’s forwards, but midfield is where the value is at.

Even Raheem Sterling, who started his second successive league match on the bench, had time enough to rack up a seven-point display from a 29 minutes cameo. Add in the points he scored from his previous four starts, and that’s 47 produced from a man priced at just 8.2.

This season is turning into a striker soap opera, with premium forwards exploding, blanking, getting injured or benched pretty much every week.

Trying to find a consistently fruitful combination up front is proving near impossible, particularly at City.

The smart money looks better invested in midfield, although it will surely be Sane’s turn for a rest soon. That hasn’t stopped more than 60,000 taking the early plunge on him for next Sunday’s visit from Arsenal, however.

In amongst yesterday’s confusion of points and pain, the 4.6%-owned Fernandinho (5.1) produced double digits from a goal, assist and maximum bonus, while the considerably more popular defender Nicolas Otamendi was busy disappointing his 20.8% ownership.

The centre-half – an ever-present in the league this season – was at fault for the Baggies’ second goal. He was also cautioned as he brought in zero points and moved to within one yellow card of a one-match ban.

Lukaku plodding along

Amid all the striker-based carnage, Manchester United’s Romelu Lukaku remains a beacon of consistency in terms of both pitch-time and returns.

The 52.3%-owned Belgian has played every single minute of the club’s league campaign to date, and he’s blanked just twice.

Lukaku struck a post and provided the assist for Anthony Martial’s winner over Spurs to move to 62 points. That’s one short of Kane and three clear of Aguero.

Lukaku has played 900 minutes, Kane 789 and Aguero just 542, so the United man is clearly the ‘little and often’ guy in that particular three-piece.

But slow and steady might just win the race this season if his brand of consistency continues to buck the otherwise turbulent trend.

It’s not proving popular, however, as he was sold by more than 314,000 ahead of yesterday’s outing.

United’s schedule might have something to do with that – they still have to travel to Chelsea and Arsenal and host Man City over the next six Gameweeks – but at least Lukaku remains fit and firing, week in, week out.

Defensive duo Phil Jones and David De Gea are also proving persistent points producers on the back of eight clean sheets from those ten matches.

The centre-half picked up maximum bonus points against Spurs – he now has eight in total – and the pair are the top two players for points per million value (10.9). That’s a particularly impressive statistic for De Gea who, at 5.6, is the most expensive keeper on offer.

Eric Bailly’s return from injury was well-timed, Jose Mourinho choosing to employ three centre-halves to help negate Spurs, while Marcus Rashford’s increased corner and free-kick duties add another string to his attacking bow.

While things are nicely settled and productive at the front and back for United, midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan continues to slide.

The Armenian international blanked for the fifth match in a row and was subbed off after 64 minutes after another forgettable display.

He’s still in 19.0% of sides, but his ownership peak of 1,751,000+ is a distant memory – he’s now just the right side of the million mark – and he lost 0.2 in value last week alone. United’s fixtures seem unlikely to offer a platform for recovery.

Spurs falter without Kane firepower

Spurs, meanwhile, inevitably suffered without Kane to lead the way.

Son Heung-min was ineffectual up front, Dele Alli missed his side’s best chance when the score was still 0-0 and Christian Eriksen was again deployed in a deeper role which limited his impact in the final third.

Mauricio Pochettino handed Ben Davies his first start in three matches at wing-back – Kieran Trippier was the fall guy this week – but the team lacked edge without Kane as its focal point.

The 28.4% of FPL managers who resisted the temptation to sell the striker will be hoping that the midweek trip to Madrid comes too soon for Kane, with Pochettino lining him up for a return in Sunday’s home match with Crystal Palace. That’s a fixture that looks tailor-made for Kane, with Spurs in dire need of a victory after faltering at Old Trafford.

A mixed bag at the Emirates

Arsenal’s big three of Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil and Alexandre Lacazette were expected to make hay from the visit of Swansea City.

But it was Sead Kolasinac who harvested the points, the big Bosnian returning 14 of them from a goal, an assist and maximum bonus in a fine performance marred only by a hip injury that ended his involvement on 77 minutes.

Lacazette was a particular source of frustration for the 106,000 managers who swapped him in for Kane.

In total, 197,000+ new owners watched the Frenchman blank for the third match in four and he failed to finish the match yet again – he’s not played a full 90 minutes since Gameweek 1.

Sanchez blanked, Ozil chipped in with an assist to please his slowly growing ownership, and the rather less heralded Aaron Ramsey was the pick of the midfield riches, the Welshman scoring for the second successive match.

Swansea produced a typically resolute away performance, and Tammy Abraham provided them with a threat going forward all match.

His assist for the shock opener from Sam Clucas kept the 5.8-priced striker’s season ticking over nicely, and he now has a good short-term schedule – BHA bur BOU – to build on his growing Fantasy reputation.

Hazard back to haunt Cherries

While Arsenal’s big names huffed and puffed at home, Chelsea’s main man delivered on the south coast.

Eden Hazard grabbed the winner at Bournemouth – his fifth goal in his last four outings against the south coast side. It marked Hazard’s first league goal of an injury-hit season, reminding us all of his big-ticket charms. The Belgian could and should have also come away with at least two assists and a bumper haul.

Only 5.1% of managers have been prepared to invest the 10.6 required for Hazard’s services, but his influential display at the Vitality Stadium will have furthered his cause, particularly in the long term.

Chelsea have to face Man United and Liverpool over the next three Gameweeks, but the Blues’ schedule is otherwise superb, with a great run of fixtures all the way through to a Gameweek 22 trip to Arsenal on New Year’s Day.

Alvaro Morata provided the assist for Hazard’s winner, but he was worryingly profligate in front of goal, missing two gilt-edged chances, and was replaced by Michy Batshuayi after 78 minutes.

If the Spaniard is going to go the way of Lacazette and fail to be handed full matches, his 20.5% ownership might start consider shifting their funds to Hazard in midfield. Like Lacazette, Morata is yet to convince that he can get close to Kane, Lukaku and the City strikers for consistency.

Elsewhere, investors in the Chelsea defence would have been delighted by the Blues’ first clean sheet since Gameweek 6, but the 3.5% who own Gary Cahill were treated to their 6.3-priced man sitting on the bench.

Of Chelsea’s four shut-outs this season, Cahill has been involved in just one.

Bournemouth, meanwhile, were punished for a lack of attacking ambition, although losing Junior Stanislas to a groin injury was a cruel blow for manager Eddie Howe. It’s also a frustration for Fantasy managers eyeing up the midfielder as a potential candidate to take advantage of the Cherries’ inviting schedule (new HUD swa BUR SOT cry) over the next six Gameweeks.

Salah’s partial redemption

Only two players boast stronger ownership than Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah.

Part of 35.7% of squads, he was again heavily backed going into yesterday’s visit from Huddersfield Town, with 246,000 new owners and more than 342,000 handing him the captaincy.

He promptly missed a penalty, which for a time had him providing us with a minus score before an assist put a positive spin on his day.

While Salah’s popularity has increased, Roberto Firmino’s has collapsed.

But the forward scored his first goal since Gameweek 3 and could be the next in line for penalty duties in light of Salah’s spot-kick failure.

James Milner could also be in the mix while he continues to maintain a starting role. The FPL defender featured for a second successive match, both of which have been in midfield, and his assist and clean sheet earned him maximum bonus for a 12-point haul.

Milner was, nominally at least, part of a Liverpool defence that kept a fourth clean sheet in five home matches.

That’s a record that further boosts the cut-price allure of Joe Gomez and Alberto Moreno, both 4.5, during what is an attractive run of opponents (whu SOT CHE stk bha EVE WBA bou) for the Reds.

Ragnar Klavan (4.3) is even cheaper, and he was handed a rare start when Dejan Lovren suffered a groin problem in the warm-up.

A big Brazilian blank

More than 336,000 managers drafted in Richarlison for the visit of Stoke City to Watford.

But the Brazilian was again guilty of missing big chances – two of them against the Potters – and a booking reduced his return to just the one point on a bad day for both the player and his team.

It remains a case of ‘never mind the quality, feel the width’ with Richarlison. He leads the way among midfielders with 35 attempts, but his shot accuracy and conversion rate are not nearly so impressive.

Salah – perceived by many to be decidedly wasteful in front of goal – easily outdoes the Brazilian on both counts, by 61.8% to 17.1% and 14.7% v 8.6% respectively.

But Richarlison’s 6.4 price and decent immediate schedule (eve WHU new) should be enough to keep his 16.3% ownership loyal for now.

Watford struggled on the day, and Adrian Mariappa’s benching – he’d been involved in the Hornets’ previous six matches – could well mark the end of the 4.0-priced defender’s spell in the side.

Stoke’s Geoff Cameron, meanwhile, missed the match with concussion, allowing Kevin Wimmer to earn a recall and help the Potters to a rare clean sheet. The Austrian – at just 4.4 – could yet prove a handy option over some encouraging fixtures to come (LEI bha cry LIV SWA tot bur WHU).

Better late than never from Zaha

A frantic finish at Selhurst Park was crowned by a late equaliser from Wilfried Zaha, his second goal in three matches under Roy Hodgson.

The 4.0%-owned midfielder has been used in an advanced role by the ex-England boss and he continues to be a more than useful differential candidate as a result.

Palace have to travel to Spurs next Sunday, but the fixture list opens up hugely after that, with a great run through to post-Christmas (EVE STK bha wba BOU WAT lei).

Another who could benefit from that is Ruben Loftus-Cheek (4.5).

He was the early-season budget midfielder of choice for many, but injury and Palace’s awful start reduced his initial ownership by almost a half.

He’s now owned by 5.3% and produced his first return of the season with the assist for Zaha.

Investment in Palace assets remains as precarious as their league position, but if Mamadou Sakho, who missed out yesterday with a knock, returns to provide some stability to the defence, the Eagles’ schedule offers the potential for points with Scott Dann (4.7) a clear candidate.

However, with Julian Speroni making a third successive start in goal, he is looking the optimum route into Hodgson’s defence. The veteran costs just 4.0 and, in a pairing with Rob Elliot of Newcastle, would free up precious funds.

1,093 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Legomané
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    • 6 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    I hate how this season I've been on or ahead of template 4-3-3 and switch to 1 light defender etc, but the De Gea, Xhaka, Ramsey and Doucoure owning casuals in my ML are keeping pace or bettering my injury ridden season 🙂 😆

    1. Legomané
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      • 6 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      1 light fwd 🙄

    2. Legomané
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      • 6 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Forgot to include Trippier 🙁

    3. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      I hate it when people keep labelling me as a casual.

      1. noquarternt
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 5 months ago

        Sorry mate

    4. Jake Donahue
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Don't worry the casuals will drop back over Christmas

    5. Wetdream
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      What are casuals ? Players making decisions without proper information ? I think sometimes we have too much information at our hands,too many opinions which muddy our own obsevations and thoughts !

    1. Legomané
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      • 6 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      🙂 sad times - Kane may have had something to do with that!

      1. Team Cruel
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        • 8 Years
        6 years, 5 months ago

        The second was posted after Kane's injury...

    2. bojack
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Shut up.

      1. Fantasy Gold
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 5 months ago

        😆

    3. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      All things being equal, it would’ve been a draw.

                1. bojack
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Lovely stuff.

                  There are so many absolute c**ts on here this season it has pretty much ruined the whole comments section.

                  1. Ginkapo FPL
                    • 12 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    I miss the old days when these idiots wouldnt last five minutes. There were so few of them it was easy to keep them in check.

                    1. Yozzer
                      • 6 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      Yep.
                      Back in the day
                      "Lol @ xxx :,
                      Humble brags,
                      And the generally trolling wouldn't have lasted 2 mins. I'm talking way back now though. A lot more people a lot more tolerance. Shame 🙁

                    2. noquarternt
                      • 8 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      'Keep them in check'

                  2. noquarternt
                    • 8 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Sorry mate

                  3. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 14 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    + 42.

                    1. Ginkapo FPL
                      • 12 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2017/10/20/highways-england-delays-22-road-projects/

                      This happened, and it pissed me off as I was working on one of them at the time.

                      1. Fred54
                        • 9 Years
                        6 years, 5 months ago

                        So why bring your personal problems here to FFS and use it as a punching bag?

                        Go sort yourself out in a more appropriate place.

                      2. Ginkapo FPL
                        • 12 Years
                        6 years, 5 months ago

                        About a month ago I snapped at Doos, who I have known for a very long time, and I can now explain why I was moody that day.

                        No idea what you are on about.

                      3. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 14 Years
                        6 years, 5 months ago

                        😀

              1. Fantasy Gold
                • 9 Years
                6 years, 5 months ago

                I think you've made your point mate 😉

              2. Now I'm Panicking
                • 9 Years
                6 years, 5 months ago

                We get it mate

    4. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Lesson to be learnt, dont be a prat when you write as much rubbish as anyone else.

    5. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Clearly the 'bantz' has died today...

      1. Team Cruel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 5 months ago

        Haha. The stuff this Ginkapo guy is linking to is without context. Most of it is in-game banter.

        Why is he linking to this post? Perfectly reasonable post. I ended up captaining Hazard because of his BOU record which proved to be the right decision. http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2017/10/27/scout-picks-gameweek-10-5/?hc_page=11#hc_comment_16829013

        I'll give him the Richarlison one. I thought he would do well vs Stoke but not to be.

        1. @persecuted_by_mods
            6 years, 5 months ago

            I don't see the point of your post, everybody predicts things wrong. No need to be a twunt about it

      2. @persecuted_by_mods
          6 years, 5 months ago

          How pathetic, get a life pal. Nobody predicts everything right

          1. Hymie
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            • 10 Years
            6 years, 5 months ago

            says the 'Spurs will batter them' guy!

            1. @persecuted_by_mods
                6 years, 5 months ago

                Thinking Spurs will win means I have no life and or am pathetic? Mensa member are you?

                1. Hymie
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 10 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Wow, your logic is phenomenally off. What do I know of your life? That you like FPL? So do I... So I must have been referring to your second statement. You know, the self-absolving one about 'nobody predicts everything right'.

                  There's a difference between proffering your views on the likelihood of A beating B ('thinking Spurs will win'), and offering absolutes up as foregone conclusions ('Spurs will batter them'). If you're right, well you're a genius. But if you're not, you're justifiably a target for people who either thought the other way or don't care for your confidence.

                  Don't complain if someone takes your head off if you stick your neck out. Take it on the chin.

                  1. @persecuted_by_mods
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      I agree, but I still don't see the point of the post. Not as if me and him had a thing about it.

                      And hey I predict plenty of things wrong 🙂

              • Team Cruel
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                • 8 Years
                6 years, 5 months ago

                Of course not. There are loads of people who predicted that Spurs would win, that's not my point. But you were throughout the week posting that Spurs would batter United, despite Spurs not scoring at OT since 2014 and United not having conceded at home all season. Teams just don't batter United at OT and there was nothing to suggest that Spurs would do it. If you had just posted 'I think Spurs will beat United' no one would have raised any eyebrows.

                1. @persecuted_by_mods
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Fair enough, would you have posted my comments back if spurs did batter them though? 😉

                    1. Team Cruel
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 8 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      Probably not but I guess you would have said 'I told you so' 😉

                      Hymie is spot on above regarding sticking the neck out. If you see me repeatedly posting United will batter Chelsea at the Bridge or Palace won't let Spurs score at Wembley, I'll happily accept being called out on it when it goes wrong 🙂

                      Have a nice day!

                      1. @persecuted_by_mods
                          6 years, 5 months ago

                          Haha I see, and I do agree with him but I only prefix my arguments or predictions with "I think" when responding to someone or debating with them, if I didn't then i'd definitely deserve being called out. My comment was more pissing in the wind, anyway no harm no foul 🙂

                2. Limbo
                  • 13 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Get a life

              • SpaceCadet
                • 10 Years
                6 years, 5 months ago

                Best Alonso replacement in this defence?

                Ddg Elliot
                Alonso Bertrand mee dufffy mbemba

                1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                  • 9 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Azpi

                  1. JustPark
                    • 8 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Or this.

                2. Jake Donahue
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 13 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  The clean sheets has bought him another week. Go to the extreme and get Gomez/moreno

                3. JustPark
                  • 8 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Alonso to Jones/Ota, Bertrand to Daniels/Damn, Mbemba to Moreno/Gomez.

              • Hibbo
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                • 11 Years
                6 years, 5 months ago

                It's all about digging in this game when things aren't going well.

                1. Legomané
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                  • 6 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Spot on, in for the LONG haul 🙂

                2. Fantasy Gold
                  • 9 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Yeah my hole is just getting bigger and bigger

                  1. Optimus.
                    • 13 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Comfort eating will do this after a poor gw

                    1. Hibbo
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 11 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      Hahahaha

                    2. Fantasy Gold
                      • 9 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      😆

                3. Syd.
                  • 14 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  As long as you don't dig yourself into a bunker

              • Ajax Hamsterdam
                • 9 Years
                6 years, 5 months ago

                Who s getting sane then ? Surely his rotation is due and he can't keep scoring 15 points every week ! ?

                1. Legomané
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                  • 6 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  I need some time to let my head clear...Pope/Ward cleanie on Monday night would be a significant help

                2. JonSnow
                  • 6 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  at 8.7 its hard to justify

                  1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Getting him or not getting him ?

                3. andymck
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 8 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Same as usual, wait until after ucl games

              • ooooo
                • 6 Years
                6 years, 5 months ago

                DDG
                Alderweireld Azpi Jones Otamendi(Ward)

                Is that overpaying on defenders?

                1. bojack
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Yes.

                  1. ooooo
                    • 6 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Who would you downgrade from that?

                    1. Cok3y5murf
                      • 7 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      Azpi or Alderweireld

                2. BigBarn
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 6 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  No. There's nothing wrong with investing in defence. If this is for a WC team, though, you might currently consider Stones for Otamendi due to the latter's 4 yellow cards. But I love a strong defence.

                  1. ooooo
                    • 6 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Not a WC but planning for next few transfers which will make my team look like this

                    DDG
                    Azpi Ald Otamendi Jones
                    Salah Silva Richarlison
                    Kane Lukaku Abraham

                    Elliot RLC Carroll Ward

                    1. bojack
                      • 7 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      Like the forwards

                3. JonSnow
                  • 6 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  moreno at 4.5 isnt a bad idea

              • The Royal Robin
                • 8 Years
                6 years, 5 months ago

                If Kane is back, who would you sell for him? If Aguero was nailed there would be no competition but it's a tough one, all things considered.

                A) Kun
                B) Morata

                1. Karan14
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Depends which one you want to keep long term.

                  I’d sell Aguero personally because I don’t think it’s worth getting a City striker when you can’t even trust them with the armband.

                  1. The Royal Robin
                    • 8 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Hmm, I can see Aguero starting vs Arsenal but I take your point in general, yes.

                2. @fpl_phenom
                  • 8 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Kun

                3. Cok3y5murf
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  A, as Karan said.

                4. LordRougeGrog
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 10 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Sell Kun. Rotation risk ties up 10% or more of your budget in a risk.

                5. JustPark
                  • 8 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  I would... Oh wait I didn't sell him.

                6. Yozzer
                  • 6 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Ive got same issue and ill probably lose Morata . My faith in Kun screws me up most seasons though. Once you got them Kun handcuffs its hard to get out

              • RAFA THE GAFFA
                • 7 Years
                6 years, 5 months ago

                Is the scoring pretty low this week? Had an absolute stinker so far 🙁

                1. Fantasy Gold
                  • 9 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Well, I'm on 31(-4) with 5 left.

                2. Jake Donahue
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 13 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Average at 35

                3. Karan14
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Seems like a mix. Seen a few in the 45-55 range and a lot of in the 30-40 range.

                4. andymck
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 8 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Low scoring week for sure but I feel like we all knew it was coming 😆

              • I-want-bacon
                • 8 Years
                6 years, 5 months ago

                Firmino is rubbish, do not get the love for him. His stats are poor as well.

                1. Optimus.
                  • 13 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Don't get him then

                2. Fantasy Gold
                  • 9 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  And his celebrations are pony

                3. Now I'm Panicking
                  • 9 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Don't buy him then

                4. Sánchez
                  • 11 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  4 points behind Jesus at 2m cheaper and I'll bet by next week he's ahead of him

                5. The Son Haz got Atsu on
                  • 6 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  8pts in the bag and a wonky hammer next, screw the stats

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

                  If you own him you have to keep for now but I wouldn't buy.

                7. Cok3y5murf
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  There's love for him?

                8. andymck
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 8 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Lol, I hope you’re only talking about him in fpl terms at least but even then...

              • @fpl_phenom
                • 8 Years
                6 years, 5 months ago

                Assuming Kane is fit:

                Fabianski
                Ward Jones Naughton Kola
                Salah Sterling Richarlison
                Kane(C) Lukaku Jesus(V)
                ————————————
                Elliot Carroll RLC Hune

                FT: 1 ITB: £0.9M

                Kola > Alderweireld ?

                1. The Royal Robin
                  • 8 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Didn't Kola score this weekend? I'd quite like him in my team! I'd be more tempted to shift Jesus.

                  1. @fpl_phenom
                    • 8 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    His next 2 fixtures are terrible , he will get nothing

                2. @fpl_phenom
                  • 8 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Or Daniels?

                  1. HD7
                    • 7 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Daniels or Moreno... but Danies is nailed

                    1. HD7
                      • 7 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      Isnt it better to play Elliot and not double on Swansea defence?

                      1. @fpl_phenom
                        • 8 Years
                        6 years, 5 months ago

                        I don’t see Brighton scoring

                3. JonSnow
                  • 6 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  spurs have some tough games coming up, real madrid, arsenal and dortmunt. I can see alder getting a rest at some point

              • Syd.
                • 14 Years
                6 years, 5 months ago

                Watching MOTD was painful

                Sterling & Silva could have had an absolute bagful of points

                1. Now I'm Panicking
                  • 9 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Painful for the BBC production value and the cringeworthy added after the match commentary

                2. Sims
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  silva is an awful finisher

                3. Jake Donahue
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 13 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Silva been particularly wasteful over the last 2 matches however encouraging he is getting into these positions

              • olidooley
                • 11 Years
                6 years, 5 months ago

                I haven't been able to accessing my team since Thursday....fpl site blocked in China....

                No idea how many points I picked up or what my rivals did...Its killing me!

                Any suggestions?

                1. Fantasy Gold
                  • 9 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  It's times like these that I wish I lived in Chima

                  1. Fantasy Gold
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    China*

                2. Fantasy Gold
                  • 9 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Oh btw give me your login details and I will check for you

                3. The Son Haz got Atsu on
                  • 6 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  you want us to guess your fpl ID?

                4. LordRougeGrog
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 10 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Are VPNs effective there? I use Safer VPN and it does a fine job wherever I find myself.

                5. olidooley
                  • 11 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Im in the top 100 Im guessing in the outside 10k finish league....Senor Popo is the team

                6. Ginkapo FPL
                  • 12 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Go to your internet history and tell us what the code is for the url you keep visiting which looks something like this:

                  https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/team/136437/event/10

                  1. Ginkapo FPL
                    • 12 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    The 136437 bit.

                7. olidooley
                  • 11 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  How can I find my fpl ID so people can check my score?

                8. Sánchez
                  • 11 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Download Tor

                9. andymck
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 8 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Download the app?

              • Karan14
                • 7 Years
                6 years, 5 months ago

                Chances of Davies starting against Palace?

                Looks like he won’t start against Madrid.

                1. CABAYE4
                  • 12 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Think it'll be obvious by the Madrid teamsheet.

                  If Rose starts v Madrid then Davies will play against Palace; if Rose doesn't start v Madrid, then I would have thought he was a near on certainty for the Palace game.

                  1. Karan14
                    • 7 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Think Trippier & Aurier will start against Madrid.

                    1. Cok3y5murf
                      • 7 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      I don't think Poch deliberately played a RWB on the left last week. Davies must've not been 100%.

                      1. Karan14
                        • 7 Years
                        6 years, 5 months ago

                        Let’s see. I think we can only wait for the midweek line ups.

                        Although Aurier played LWB because of Salah I think because Davies is not that fast and Rose wasn’t fully fit.

                    2. CABAYE4
                      • 12 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      That would surprise me, in my head he only played both as neither Davies or Rose were ready to play.

                      From now on I would expect Rose and Davies to rotate on the left and Aurier and Trippier to rotate on the right, killing all as FPL options!

                      1. Karan14
                        • 7 Years
                        6 years, 5 months ago

                        Well I hope it’s that way so that I can keep Davies for one more week if possible.

                2. Yozzer
                  • 6 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Davies was our best player yesterday. Be unfortunate for him to be dropped but I've always said Rose is our first choice. He's better for Poch's preferred style of play.

                  1. Karan14
                    • 7 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    But do you think he will start against Palace?

                    And who do you think are going to start against Madrid?

                    1. Yozzer
                      • 6 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      I would expect Rose to play vs Madrid IF he is considered back to full fitness. There is where the issues lies

              • The Fantastic Mr Fox
                • 9 Years
                6 years, 5 months ago

                A note to the mods,

                For the guys who started FFScout, it has become a Golden-egg laying goose. But by trying to extract the most out of it, and allowing the forum to turn to mud, you are losing all that you worked hard for. I've been on here for 4 years and I can visibly see the degeneration. I wonder what the long term users are feeling. If a member's forum is started, I would happily renew my membership even though I live in a country where the payment method is convoluted. Please act before its too late, or u'll end up with a community of lollers and moaners.

                1. The Son Haz got Atsu on
                  • 6 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  plenty of members are the worst offenders, money never been an obstacle to poor behaviour

                  1. The Fantastic Mr Fox
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    True. But the percentage is less and it'll be easier to regulate.

                    1. Ginkapo FPL
                      • 12 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      It wont be easier. Those ones feel entitled.

                      1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 14 Years
                        6 years, 5 months ago

                        Correct.

                2. Sánchez
                  • 11 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  What's happening to it?

                3. Ajax Hamsterdam
                  • 9 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  What do you mean by that ?I find this forum very friendly and useful

                  1. The Fantastic Mr Fox
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    It was a lot better few years ago

                4. Fantasy Gold
                  • 9 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  I assume you're talking about FPL Virgin?

                  1. Fantasy Gold
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    And Chucky

                  2. Holmes
                    • 10 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    He is also a member, it would be great if he is restricted to member area 😛

                  3. The Fantastic Mr Fox
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Just a general comment. I don't want to put any single person in the spotlight

                5. Now I'm Panicking
                  • 9 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Moaning about moaners?

                  1. Fantasy Gold
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    That'll learn 'em

                  2. The Fantastic Mr Fox
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    I realised it while typing. But I hope my words will be seen as constructive criticism 😀

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

                  +42.

                  Since the prices were announced for this season it's become worse and worse with trolls, people constantly asking us to pick their team, moaners (me), and all the lol @ shite.

                  A members forum would rejuvenate things. Note form not comments pages.

                7. Hibbo
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 11 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  We post by and large elsewhere.

                  1. Ginkapo FPL
                    • 12 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Dont tell them that.....

                  2. Fantasy Gold
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Where is this mystical place?

                    1. The Fantastic Mr Fox
                      • 9 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      Nirvana
                      Mortals like us don't know how to enter it though 🙂

                    2. FPL price manipulators are …
                      • 10 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      Sit down crossed legged all day. Eat one grain of rice per day. Think positive thoughts about Pep's rotation. You may reach the place in another life

                  3. The Fantastic Mr Fox
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    I hope you guys are having useful discussions there

                8. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 14 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  I'm not too happy. But I don't want a members forum - many of the worst offenders are members - I want differentially targeted moderation.

                  1. bojack
                    • 7 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Probably a good shout.

                    Obvious baiting is never dealt with until it reaches the point where everyone is so fed up (Waxys) but when you call someone out your post gets deleted.

                    Then you've got people who post the same question about their team literally 50 times a day.

                    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 14 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      Yep.

                    2. Yozzer
                      • 6 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      "Then you've got people who post the same question about their team literally 50 times a day."

                      there are one or two. If you look at their post history they very rarely answer any posts either haha ;-).I don't think you can really stop that though as that is what the site is for I guess

                  2. Ginkapo FPL
                    • 12 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Well more thoughts on the subject than that.

                    Most moderation, and indeed legal systems, are based on the idea that certain actions are deemed wrong. This is nice and simple but completely misses reality. It is not actions that define morality but intentions. In the old days on this site, the mods knew everyone well enough to understand context and make judgements based on understanding of posters intentions rather than actions alone.

                    Like everything else it is impossible to judge instentaneously on intentions when there is just too much data to absorb.

                    1. Ginkapo FPL
                      • 12 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      Hmmm, that post might border on political.

                      My bad

                      1. Now I'm Panicking
                        • 9 Years
                        6 years, 5 months ago

                        Or just bad

                        1. Ginkapo FPL
                          • 12 Years
                          6 years, 5 months ago

                          Ok, so we all know stealing is wrong.

                          Now, if someone steals food because they dont want to pay, then this is wrong.

                          What if someone steals food because they have no money and would starve otherwise? The intentions are completely different, but the actions are the same.

                          1. Now I'm Panicking
                            • 9 Years
                            6 years, 5 months ago

                            There is no way you are not high 😉

                            1. Get up ya bum
                              • 14 Years
                              6 years, 5 months ago

                              😆

                            2. Ginkapo FPL
                              • 12 Years
                              6 years, 5 months ago

                              I'm not 🙂

                              Ah well. Give it 50 years and you'll understand

                    2. noquarternt
                      • 8 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      You've lost your mind. This is an FPL forum that occasionally has repetitive and annoying or simplistic trolling posts. You're alluding to an insidious and pervasive culture that has somehow established itself as a shadow kingdom.

                      Take a break.

                      1. Ginkapo FPL
                        • 12 Years
                        6 years, 5 months ago

                        No. I think that the entirety of western culture is fundamentally flawed at its heart.

                        It just happens that I've posted about this on a fantasy football forum.

                  3. The Fantastic Mr Fox
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Sorting by 'rating' used to work well before. Now even is filled with angry pple who get pushed up due to folk responding to them.
                    Best way is to ignore, I guess

                9. The Fantastic Mr Fox
                  • 9 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Or a better option would be if we could mute some posters.
                  I'd rather not see what they have to say, even if it is occasionally useful. Blinkered view of the comments section, but still it's a lot less irritating to go through

                10. noquarternt
                  • 8 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Yeah I miss WAXYS too. Let's vote Milner for the next GW captain poll in protest!

                  1. Fantasy Gold
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Who was that other lad who was obsessed with Lacazette?

                    1. Cok3y5murf
                      • 7 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      Random Name

                  2. Hymie
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 10 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    whatever happened there?

                    1. noquarternt
                      • 8 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      Heard he got banned. No idea if it is true or not.

                      1. Hymie
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 10 Years
                        6 years, 5 months ago

                        Oh right, thanks. His comments were a touch aggravating.

                11. Yozzer
                  • 6 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  "Comments that are adjudged to have the intent of deliberately provoking an extreme or negative reaction, may be removed at our discretion."

                  but yet we constantly see this happen and its the same bunch of users ("lol at xxx especially). Not going to name because that would make me a tad hypocritical (provoking a negative response 🙂 ).

                  I been here since 08/09 in the days of Akers and many other good posters (a few I still see here) and I know a few simply will not post here no more because of the few idiots that ruin it for everyone else .. Back then of course you had the odd one but never before to this extent. I will always use the site regardless as I find it invaluable and most of the posters I think are quite decent folk and offer something but I urge the mods to tighten it up a bit more. Or simply get more mods if there are not enough to go around. I think it would benefit the site and help it grow even more.

                  I guess if we all use the "report post" button more then maybe mods will realize that most of us don't want it. I am not saying eliminate the banta, but there is a fine line between bantz and trolling 🙂

                  1. noquarternt
                    • 8 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Saying lol@ is mildly annoying but mostly funny. It's not a targeted racist attack or something else that is genuinely worthy of deletion/banning.

                    You need to relax and let the moderators continue to do a good job or vote with your feet.

                    1. Cok3y5murf
                      • 7 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      This

                    2. Yozzer
                      • 6 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      I don't think its funny at all and I actually curse people for doing it even when I am not affected. I guess you could say "chill, its only a game" and to be honest yes , you are right . A lot of people take the game seriously (me included). Would you laugh at someone at a poker table if they just took a really bad beat in a serious game? Probably not

                      fact is , it does provoke a negative response. surely I'm not alone with this?

                      1. @persecuted_by_mods
                          6 years, 5 months ago

                          It's not funny at all, and is usually done with the aim of annoying people

                        • noquarternt
                          • 8 Years
                          6 years, 5 months ago

                          A 'negative response'. So subjective, everything could be adjudged to be interpreted negatively.

                          When lol@s are supposed to invoke the wrath of moderators, 'political correctness has gone mad'.

                      2. Now I'm Panicking
                        • 9 Years
                        6 years, 5 months ago

                        It's like having a missus who has taken up smoking and won't quit - you don't like it, but she ain't going to stop. You either have to put up with it and stay with her for reasons other than her annoying habit, or ditch the bitch.

                        1. Yozzer
                          • 6 Years
                          6 years, 5 months ago

                          hahaha that's a good way of putting it, 🙂

                          I am part of other FPL communities too . Never seen such posts on any of them. Maybe because they smaller

                          nah ill not leave because of it. I just wanted to get my point across in the small hope that something could be done. Nothing to lose everything to gain and all that

                  2. Cok3y5murf
                    • 7 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Lol'ing is banter. Why do some people here take it so seriously? It's just a game. Have a laugh.

                    Moaning is fine too, nothing wrong with that. What happened to free speech?

                    Only obvious spammers should be moderated, imo.

                  3. Qubit
                    • 14 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Nothing new, every year it gets a bit worse. Somewhat a victim of its own success.

                  4. Get up ya bum
                    • 14 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Well said. I've watched the decline for twice as long. Inevitable? Maybe. I used to buy membership to support the site but the way it is these days I don't want to support it, so I dont.

                    1. noquarternt
                      • 8 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      Why do you come here then?

                      1. Hooky
                        • 8 Years
                        6 years, 5 months ago

                        To lol at the members of course

                        1. noquarternt
                          • 8 Years
                          6 years, 5 months ago

                          Lol@me

                      2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 14 Years
                        6 years, 5 months ago

                        Because he is a well-respected poster, someone with whom in fact I often don't agree, who generally offers excellent advice. He also comes here to glean snippets of information that are rarely available elsewhere. I do too.

                        1. Get up ya bum
                          • 14 Years
                          6 years, 5 months ago

                          Cheers Doos mate 🙂

                        2. Get up ya bum
                          • 14 Years
                          6 years, 5 months ago

                          Though unfortunately I rarely put the time and energy into considered advice on here these days because it just feels like pissing in the wind.
                          More just drop in for the odd snippet or a chat with the posters I do like and respect, and they're still around, just buried in an avalanche of something now.

                          1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
                            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                            • 14 Years
                            6 years, 5 months ago

                            I'm always getting my trousers wet, here. See just below.

                            😆 😆 😆

                            1. Get up ya bum
                              • 14 Years
                              6 years, 5 months ago

                              😆

                        3. noquarternt
                          • 8 Years
                          6 years, 5 months ago

                          I thought you came to rattle off incomprehensible numbers with a strange sense of moral superiority?

                          Never get all this 'I'm a long time poster so I'm owed something' attitude. The website is what it is, use it and enjoy it, good and the bad or don't use it.

                          It couldn't be any simpler.

                          1. Get up ya bum
                            • 14 Years
                            6 years, 5 months ago

                            I dont even know what you are arguing about. Nobody mentioned being owed anything and I've explained "why I'm here"
                            Peace

                          2. Yozzer
                            • 6 Years
                            6 years, 5 months ago

                            Don't think anyone is saying they owed anything mate. It's more that us long time posters have witnessed the decline . It's natural that we would like it back to its better state.

                  5. Fred54
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Very strange atmosphere this morning.

                    Anyway I haven't been around as long as you guys (late 2014), but I've been a vet of many an internet forum since 2001 so I'm well versed in the 'use to better back in the day'. I'm afraid that's just an invietably.

                    While its true even in my short time the general posts have changed tone and are nuch more spammy than I can remember. And that annoying level of trolling where it crosses the line of friendly banter but banter is in the eye of the beholder.

                    The more analytical user posts (community as they say here) seem to have migrated towards other forums/platforms and of course that is a shame.

                    But to be honest even in my early days I picked up the mantra come for the bantz, ideas and opinions and make your own decision because in this wonderful game of FPL no one really knows. Although obviously some are better at predicting than others.

                    Yes the moderation in certain cases can be better but I'm afraid its just the sign of the times and things just evolve or devolve infront of your eyes.

                    You can move on, stay but there's certainly no going back.

                    1. Ginkapo FPL
                      • 12 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      Try being around since 2008.

                      1. Ginkapo FPL
                        • 12 Years
                        6 years, 5 months ago

                        Not to be a downer on you, its dived horrendously since 2014, however, it had already sunk quite far by then already. Those commenting have been around for a decade.

                        1. Yozzer
                          • 6 Years
                          6 years, 5 months ago

                          +1

                          1. Patch
                            • 6 Years
                            6 years, 5 months ago

                            I find the website useful and is my main source of info

                            I am still on par with my Nemesis, pretty certain without this site I would be lost

                            All I would say is that it needs a Useful Links section ;0)

                  6. The Fantastic Mr Fox
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Perhaps I'm reading too much into this. I'm going start using the flag up option to make the mods remove stuff from the top page of comments sorted by Rating.
                    Maybe that will work

                    1. Pep says
                      • 8 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      I'll join you on this. Although I get sick of the repetitive posts on here some days and just go to search for content elsewhere

                      1. Hooky
                        • 8 Years
                        6 years, 5 months ago

                        I'll join you on this. Although I get sick of the repetitive posts on here some days and just go to search for content elsewhere

                        1. Pep says
                          • 8 Years
                          6 years, 5 months ago

                          ????

                          1. Hooky
                            • 8 Years
                            6 years, 5 months ago

                            Couldn't resist the repetitive post joke sorry!

                            1. Pep says
                              • 8 Years
                              6 years, 5 months ago

                              Lol @ me

                  7. tisza
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    too much traffic on here for mods to filter out idiots.
                    Most of the "silly" behaviour is inoffensive anyway.
                    Repeat posts are often related to the speed at which pages move due to volume of traffic. Ask a question on page 1 and 10 minutes later you can 5 or 6 pages of comments gone through. People aren't going to read through all those pages or answer questions that are so far back. Large numbers of posts don't get seen/answered and so people are going to repost in search of an answer.
                    That's why good posts are often marked as "hot topics" just so people make the effort to check back through to read them.
                    It is a shame that some people have stopped contributing. Ruth NZ is a good example. Used to write some top articles but "told" me last season gave up due to levels of "abuse" that used to acompany his efforts.
                    Maybe some simple user guidelines could filter out some of the nonsense.
                    Fact is FFS is a world-wide community and so you've different opinions on what is aceptable behaviour on the forums e.g. what's funny or not.
                    It's not that bad. You don't have to read or react to some of the garbage. As i said earlier, posts go through so quick that the garbage can soon be left behind.

                    1. tisza
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 9 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      see i've already written something far too long that can easily be ignored 🙂

                    2. Fred54
                      • 9 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      Ruth's problem was that say 50 people loved him and 1 would say something abusive he'd focus on the abuse.

                      Then there wad multi team which is a whole other issue.

                      However he's an intelligent and more importantly an insightful fella who certainly doesn't mince his words or sit on the fence and I read his blog/posts on a certain other forum, which I've been lurking on for many years.

                12. Sánchez
                  • 11 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Start 2 for next week

                  A) Lowton (sot)
                  B) Jones (che) ... got morata
                  C) Kolasinac (mci) ... got sterling
                  D) T.Carroll (BHA)

                  1. Skyarm
                    • 7 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Personally would go Lowton and Kola

                    1. Sánchez
                      • 11 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      I'm certain no CS for Kola but at least possible attacking return. Other 2 probably 2 pointers

                13. HD7
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Hi Guys:

                  Would you play Elliot or Fabianski next week? Both have favourable fixture

                  1. The Son Haz got Atsu on
                    • 6 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Elliot, Bou have injured strikers plus New a better team

                    1. HD7
                      • 7 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      Thanks, I will assess after their Burnley game

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

                  I already have De Gea and need to replace Cresswell in defence. Should I double up on Man U defence and get in Jones? Or should I avoid double up and get Daniels?

                  1. Skyarm
                    • 7 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Wouldn't get jones this week but a double up could be good in the future

                    1. Pauntley
                      • 7 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      Cheers that’s what I’m thinking - after Chelsea I see 3 clean sheets there

                  2. fusen
                    • 12 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Man United have shown they can get cleaners in all circumstances. Pretty safe bet to double up and the only team I'd consider doubling up in defence with, maybe man city as a second

                  3. Over Midwicket
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 12 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Daniels is more fun but Jones is a season keeper

                15. Skyarm
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Am I crazy for considering a -12?

                  Vardy Cresswell Cameron Carroll all out for
                  Abraham Kolasinac Tuanzebe Richarlison

                  Obvioulsy pending on Vardy's performance as well as whether Kola is injured.

                  1. Holmes
                    • 10 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Why bring Kolasinac before 2 tricky games

                    Just Jamie and Tom to Tammy and Richo

                    1. Skyarm
                      • 7 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      Might just do that cheers

                  2. HD7
                    • 7 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    I am selling Kola and you dont need him after his haul... look his fixtures... better get Daniels or Pool defenser my tip

                    1. Skyarm
                      • 7 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      Yeah realised my mistake I've wanted him all season but haven't managed to find a way cheers for the tip

                  3. Rash
                    • 6 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Madness

                  4. bojack
                    • 7 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Yes you are -12 will rarely work in your favour. Better off doing nowt sometimes.

                  5. Syd.
                    • 14 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    I would replace the word crazy with another word

                  6. @fpl_phenom
                    • 8 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Ah stop

                  7. noquarternt
                    • 8 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Lol. Tuanzebe in on a -12. Seen it all.

                16. Smurf
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 14 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  I desperately need low "boring" scoring mates for the rest of the gameweek to claw back some points. I've got players in each game:

                  Cedric
                  Dunk
                  Simpson
                  Vardy
                  Pope

                  1. Karan14
                    • 7 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Same here:

                    VVD
                    Vardy
                    Ward
                    Pope

                17. Rash
                  • 6 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  As I feared the scouts put the curse on richarlison

                  1. Bleach †
                    • 8 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    So you expect 6mil mid will score every week? Geez some people here.. 😀

                    1. Rash
                      • 6 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      Haha not quite but I just had a feeling his mini points train he was on would come to an end this week.

                  2. SuperMane Returns
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 7 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Feel for Az. He went Richa for captain, and got rewarded with a paltry 2 points. Props for a ballsy capper pick tho!

                    1. Rash
                      • 6 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      He was my vice tbf lucky I went morata over aguero

                18. Karan14
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Any ideas guys?

                  Pope
                  Luiz • VVD • Davies • Ward
                  Salah • Silva • Richarlison
                  Morata • Jesus • Vardy

                  (Elliot TC Wimmer RLC)
                  1 FT & 4.2 ITB

                  Some of the moves I’m considering this week:

                  Davies ➡️ Daniels/Jones
                  Jesus/Vardy ➡️ Kane (if fit)

                  Appreciate your thoughts! 🙂

                  1. Over Midwicket
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 12 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Get Jones and play every week

                    1. Karan14
                      • 7 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      Yup if Kane isn’t fit Davies to Jones is my move.

                  2. Hymie
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 10 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    What are your plans from GW12? Looking to double-up on Lukaku (for Vardy) and Jones (for Davies) from then? If so, I'd look at downgrading Jesus this week to Abraham or Ladapo (if the $ don't work), and upgrading TC to Alli.

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

                  Just catching up on everything from yesterday, I'm on 37 with Elliot, Mee, Gross & Vardy to play.

                  What sort of score is that? About average or God awful? All I know is selling Lukaku & Alonso didn't work out!

                  1. Over Midwicket
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 12 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    It's very good.

                  2. Holmes
                    • 10 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Way above average

                    Need some negative points 😛

                  3. noquarternt
                    • 8 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Average.

                  4. Fantasy Gold
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Another humble bragger in the house.

                    Yay.

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

                      I promise I genuinely have not a clue. 37 is hardly ground breaking 😆

                      1. Fantasy Gold
                        • 9 Years
                        6 years, 5 months ago

                        Look at the average, and some of the scores posted on previous pages.

                        Pretty straight forward

                        1. Ginkapo FPL
                          • 12 Years
                          6 years, 5 months ago

                          Leave it out. Viper has been on here for years and never been a jerk.

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

                            Cheers Gink

                          2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
                            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                            • 14 Years
                            6 years, 5 months ago

                            + 42.

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

                    Better than most on here

                    1. Fantasy Gold
                      • 9 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      Sorry if any offence was caused.

                      Didn't realise at all 🙂

                20. SH
                  • 9 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Ederson
                  Davies Cedric Jones
                  Hazard Silva Srerling Choupo
                  Kane Lukaku J.Ayew

                  Elliot Ward Dunk King

                  How to get Tammy in place of Ayew? 2FT 0ITB

                21. RAFA THE GAFFA
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Salah’s pen was horrible!!!

                  1. Fantasy Gold
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Keeper five yards off his line didn't help

                  2. AzzaroMax99
                    • 7 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    I hope that he is off pens now. 🙂

                  3. Fred54
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    The worst part was knowing he'd more than likely mess it up.

                    And yes I did see his pen for Egypt to secure a WC spot...in the Salah cycle he was due a miss.

                  4. tisza
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    there must be some sort of correlation between finishing ability and set piece ability.
                    Salah scores goals through sheer weight of opportunity - not because he's a natural finisher.
                    that was Salah's 1st club penalty taken.
                    Milner was on the pitch - hasn't he got an impressive penalty record?

                    1. RAFA THE GAFFA
                      • 7 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      Yep! Salah will be off them now

                22. AzzaroMax99
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  I'm one of those that shipped Lukaku&Jones for Aguero&Otamendi.
                  It was definitely a mistake so is it urgent to get back Jones? Despite they play vs Chelsea next? After that they have easy fixtures. But about Lukaku, I'll keep Kun for now.

                  1. AzzaroMax99
                    • 7 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    * I mean, should I get Jones back and ship out Cedric? That would give me Otamendi, Jones, Bavies, Naughton and Dunk at the back.

                    1. JustPark
                      • 8 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      Cedric out for gw12. Hold I think.

                  2. tm370
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Just relax and hold - I think that Aguero and Ota will comfortably outscore Jones and Lukaku next week.

                23. Sánchez
                  • 11 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  I lost 5 points late in the games yesterday to nothing really of any meaning in the actual results

                  Jesus yc (x2), Walker yc, Walker consolation goal conceded, Choupo yc, Richarlison yc.

                  This is the sort of stuff that gets me shouting swear words angrily at my players

                  1. Fantasy Gold
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    I would save your breath mate, they never listen 🙂

                    1. Sánchez
                      • 11 Years
                      6 years, 5 months ago

                      Kyle Walker got the worst.
                      His assist was wiped out by 2 late -1's
                      The bit that annoyed me was his late yellow. He got an assist then an OG a few weeks ago too.
                      I felt like he done it to annoy me

                      1. Fantasy Gold
                        • 9 Years
                        6 years, 5 months ago

                        lol

                24. CABAYE4
                  • 12 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Chances of Callum Wilson regaining full fitness and establishing himself as a starter by GW12?

                  Played 90 in the CC and was able to come on yesterday so fitness must be pretty good.

                  1. Rash
                    • 6 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Could be a good cheap option

                  2. El Lobito 10
                    • 6 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Good chance but Defo/King/Afobe there is a lot of competition

                25. LD
                  • 6 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Hi all, any thoughts on this -

                  DDG - Elliot
                  (3.9) Jones - Cresswell - Cedric - Mee
                  Sterling - Eriksen - D.Silva - Richarlison - Carroll
                  Kane - Lukaku - Calvert

                  Have 2ft and 0.7 ITB
                  Any help is greatly appreciated !

                26. El Lobito 10
                  • 6 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Thank you captain Hazard for saving an otherwise poor week 😀

                  Next moves:

                  GW11: Save FT
                  GW12: Fabianski/Kola > DDG/Daniels
                  GW13: Save FT
                  GW14: Lukaku/Sterling > Morata (if he isn't still shite) / Hazard and Davies out for a 4 point hit

                  Of course, it's a recipe for disaster often to think so far ahead and I will inevitably end up needing to abandon plan to put out fires..

                27. England23
                  • 6 Years
                  6 years, 5 months ago

                  Assuming Kane is fit how does this look?

                  Elliot
                  Azpu Otta Daniels
                  Hazard Richarlison Sane Eriksen
                  Abraham Kane Diouf

                  Subs: DDG Ward Bakyoko Jones

                  Not settled on starting line up yet waiting for Kane news first

                  1. El Lobito 10
                    • 6 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    DDG should never be on the bench.

                    With that forward line I'd be expecting a strong five man midfield. Erik>Silva and upgrade Bakayoko.

                  2. Team Bobcat
                    • 7 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    Looks pretty good

                  3. Team Bobcat
                    • 7 Years
                    6 years, 5 months ago

                    The only issue i have and it was the same this week is you dont seem to have a clear captain choice for next weekend if kane is still injured. Eriksen seems to be playing deeper so he is not an option.

                    Because of that only I would consider kane to aguero for captain purposes but that too is a gamble as agueros minutes are questionably