The ScoutCast – Episode 246 – Smashing

Ibe is the flavour of the month. Not sure of price.

ur name is ibe wisdom...

Ibe is 4.8 right?

Cheeky Ireland or Sobhi could be good with the fixtures. Carroll for 4.3 if you need the cheddar.

Ibe remains your strongest bet in that price range.

Sako at Palace for 4.9 if you can find a little more looks good.

For Members here's some more options among 5.0 max price mids.

http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/21698/

I think you're looking for magic beans in the wrong area. I would maximise your midfield and go for Quaner or Niasse if he moves.

I believe you have two premium strikers, thats why you need 5th cheap mid.
For me, ibe would be good to replace Loftus.

I'd try to get Ox - I now have Wilson 343 so I can keep RLC where he was on the bench for now

McArthur

Thanks for the HT, fellows.

Not sure Ibe is as good as RLC was. He costs 4.8, but his numbers are good only for the two previous games. That does not convince me at all.

Is it better to save up some money and get a 5+ mid instead?

Alli and RLC to Shaqiri and Lanzini, and committing to 3-5-2.

Good question, and there are a number of potential solutions, depending on what team structure you want to have moving forward, your current team, and amount of money itb.

There is a good argument that this is the time to switch to 3-5-2, therefore you'll want a little more money on the pitch as your 5th mid - to do that 5th midfield contenders include Oxlade-Chamberlain and Albrighton. They look the best contenders to me as they are playing for teams with good runs of fixtures, also have a guarenteed attractive fixture in (potential) blank gameweek 28, and appear to be players in decent form too. Albrighton looks nailed to me, Ox more of a risk with Liverpool having Henderson, Lallana, Wijnaldum, Can, Ox, and Milner fighting out for just 3 midfield slots, and European games on the horizon too which could see rotation return. However since Coutinho left he has played more minutes than before, which could indicate he is the favoured option by Klopp. Obviously if you have the money itb, Lingard and Arnautovic are probably even better options than these 2.

If you are playing 3-4-3 or 4-4-2 and are happy to do so for the next few fixtures, then you could just simply hold and put RLC third sub, focussing your transfers on the value positions in your squad, "focussing on the core", to put it another way. As the high value players are where most of your points will come, this could be the most efficient way to maximise your points over the coming gameweeks. Also, we are out of the most fixture congested period of the season now, so our benches are less likely to be needed. Its feasible you could manage with RLC until the second wildcard, depending on when you plan to play it. However you could leave yourself exposed in blank gameweeks 28 and 31 with this strategy.

Finally (and to actually answer your question! 😉 ), if you just want a straight swap, then I would consider Atsu or Ibe (both have attacking threat, are in favour with their managers, and guarenteed a fixture in 28). However my favoured pick would be Milivojevic. He is cheaper than those 2 at 4.6, plays every game, has a guarenteed fixture in 28, is on penalties, and even showed he has a goal threat from open play by scoring a lovely goal against Southampton 2 weeks ago.

Good luck, whichever option you go with 🙂

I'll ignore the obvious options already mentioned.

I still quite like Milivojevic - Hodgson has Palace playing better, he's on penalties and can chip in from open play occasionally.

I would also love someone to succeed with a punt on Stephen Ireland.

Mesa or King for 4.2 for me, or just bench RLC. The budget is tight this season and by the time 8th attackers become important, that's around the time to be playing the wildcard or free hit.