The ScoutCast – Episode 246 – Smashing

A. Son & DCL to Mahrez & Wilson
B. DCL & Daniels to Wilson & Chilwell
C. Just hold

Have 2FT & .2 ITB

One to BENCH please:

a. Richarlison
b. Lingard
c. Arnautovic
d. Wilson

???

Hey gang, been off the grid for a while... thoughts on Martina / Holgate (or Tomkins)? Looking to replace Ogbonna, as I have 2FT and Adrian.

Really surprised with the emerging consensus that Aguero is a really solid captain pick this week while captaining Sterling risky.

Did some digging and in the PL matches where they have both played at least 45 mins (13 games), Sterling has scored more highly in 8, Aguero in 4 and they have the same score in 1.

City’s style this season seems to be favouring the wide players, not to mention Sterling’s extra point per goal and potential clean sheet point.

Surely the evidence is that Sterling is the safe captain pick for City with Aguero the risky differential option?

Captain choice:

a. Kane
b. Aguero
c. Salah

???

Terrified now after making an early move to lose hazard for lanzini in order to bring in Bobby F. Feel like hazard could run riot :/

Vardy to Morata for -4?

Or play Dunk, Hemed (Chelsea) or Zanka (Stoke.

I know the Morata fan base is dwindling but with his next 3 fixtures being BOU, what, and WBA I'm leaning towards keeping?

I must be seeing things or Aguero really is ahead of Sterling in the Captain Poll!

Are owners living in 2015?

Which team in your opinion is least likely to keep a clean sheet this weekend?

A. Arsenal (CPL)
B. Chelsea (bha)
C. Spurs (sot)
D. Man Utd (but)

N.b it looks likely that Kosc and Monreal will return for Arsenal

Triple captain Sergio this week? Is there anymore two games in a gameweek?

Lingaard > Mahrez is the standard move this week, yeah?

I have Son too and could be tempted to shuffle him off next week.

However, I’d rather lose Lingaard with those blanks ahead, a few dodgy games and the arrival - I assume - of Sanchez

Just before Christmas I was top 2K and made the same fatal error Jay made. Took out Kane and what followed was a rank plummeting to as low as 20K at one stage and now back at 11K.

As a result I think it will be very difficult to claw my way back to that tok 1K goal I have, especially with a solid template team settled for most managers in the top 10K. So my strategy for the new year will be to follow the template so I don't fall back and try to earn extra points each week by way of selecting cheap players with low ownership as differentials.

Last week, my Jordon Ibe pick worked out!

and this week my punt is: Shinji Okazaki.

I really do think that the key right now is to not go overboard with selecting different players than the template. Not owning Salah or Kane or Alonso right now has the potential to hurt rankings much more than it would do any good.

But trying to be flexible with my formation, I can allow myself to switch from 433 to 343 to 352 all depending on those cheap differentials I bring in.

So I have what I call a core in my squad(In Bold letters), that will play week in week out. And a set of cheap options I can rotate and transfer as I see fit:

DDG
ALONSO, Jones, Vvd, Stones, Duffy
SALAH, STERLING, Lingard, Ibe, Milivojevic
KANE, AGUERO, Okazaki

(1.0 itb to allow for my weekly punts)

Would be nice to hear what strategies the rest on here have to break into that 1K bracket!

Should I keep Alli or get Mahrez instead

Alliand morata-> aguero and arnautovic (-4)

Unusually for me, I have 2FT and I'm thinking of Aguero - Firmino to allow Naughton - Alonso.
Selling Kun at home to Newcastle seems crazy, the alternative is to save the FT and just go DCL to Ayew (on bench).
Any thoughts?

Dilemma. Who should I play out of the team below (4-5-1 or 3-5-2) and who???

GK: Adrian (Elliott)
DEF: Alonso Azpi Jones Stones (Simpson - Injured)
MID: Son Arnautovic Pogba Salah Sterling
ST: Kane Wilson (Quaner - Injured)

Sterling and Wilson for Loftus Cheek and Morata?

Howe really has become a parody of himself in pressers. Everyone is always "tough and go", does my head in.

Could Son deliver in the next 3 as well as Mahrez?

Am I right in saying, had you your WC active, Pickford would be most peoples number 1?

What am I missing? Everton are awful at the back and their fixtures aren't exactly great.
Looking at Ederson myself

Salah ill?? Heard he missed training!!!??

Oh balls. Didn't see Salah hadn't trained.

GTG?

Foster,
Alonso, Jones, Ota,
Richarlison, Lingard, Salah, Sterling,
Kane, Aguero, Wilson

0FT. Anything worth taking a hit for?

At this rate I'm going to hit the deadline with a car-crash combination of Kelly, Bardsley and Chilwell in my backline.

Really struggling to accommodate all the big names 🙁

Why do I feel weird captaining Salah over Kane...

For this week only, who do you pick?
(Already have Sterling)

a) Aguero
b) KDB
c) Sane

Good to go? Or anything worth a hit? (2.0 in the bank)

Adrian,

Alonso, Ota, Jones

Silva, Sterling, Salah, Lanzini, Lingard,

Kane (c), Depoitre

Ryan, J Ayew, Mee, Lejeune

Team and bench order correct?

Lloris
Alonso - Kenny - Maguire
Richarlison - Sterling - Son - Lanzini - Salah(c)
Kane - Firmino

Bench: Elliot - Masuaku - Quaner - Dunk

Aguero 2/5
Kane 3/4

Anytime goal odds

Does anyone have a rotation guide/link etc for the second half of the season? I see there was one for the first 20-odd weeks but can't see one from here onwards....I'm trying to decide which budget defensive combinations to plump for ahead of any wildcard moves....any shouts much appreciated.