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FFS Paddy Power Cup XI and Members Cup V – First Round Draw

This afternoon we roll out the first round draws of the Fantasy Football Scout Cup XI, as sponsored by Paddy Power, as well as the fifth Fantasy Football Scout Members Cup.

In the Fantasy Football Scout Cup XI the cut off for qualification was 81 points,  with rank deciding entry for those who scored exactly that tally in Gameweek 28. The rankings cut off was 150,163rd place.

One of the most eye catching ties in this open entry tournament is former champion Wild Rover’s match up against our team news man Demi.

Among our other cup winners Gribude will take on Snotgrass, reigning champion CMIFLFC faces Toon_army_htl, Goonerdave squares up to Blue Mooners, former champ MCH takes on Aliminator and Jonty (that’s me) faces Big Dolls.

Chris8910 is among those hoping to claim a high profile scalp, when he takes on Mark, whose Scoutcast co-host Granville sadly failed to qualify. Powerslice will be hoping Paul slips up to see him through to the next round.

Other notable community matchups include Hvt’s clash with 1966 was a great year.

In the Members Cup V, the cut off for qualification was also 81 points. As with the Paddy Power Cup, rank is the decider for those who matched this cut off score in Gameweek 28. The ranking cut off point for this competition was 2,515th.

Former winner Trigg faces the toughest task among our former champions as he squares up to world number one Dufflinks. Another former winner Fuzzy Dunlop also faces a familiar name, when he takes on Jafooli.

Shiregeriatric has the task of attempting to oust Mark from the Members Cup, while Dynamic takes on Paul.

Other familiar names from our community facing up to each other include Innsie’s match up with Shatner’s Bassoon and Torresmagic’s first round tangle with Shipstontrev.

The full draw for the Fantasy Football Scout Cup XI can be found here, while the draw for the Members Scout V can be found here.

Good luck to those involved in the weekend’s action. In the meantime, though, if you’re looking for more information on the Scout Cup schedule and prizes available, click this link for a more thorough rundown.

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530 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Jay10
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Play Rose,Bertrand or Baird?

    1. fusen
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Baird but he might not play, so Rose first defender sub

  2. Black Knights
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Drawn against jjesus. Can't say I recognise the name? 200 odd rank though. Giantkilling incoming!

  3. Yaya Toure's Birthday …
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Hi all, I can't find Stoke press conference news anywhere....do we have any further news about Wollscheid's injury?

    Trying to decide whether to lose Wollshchied or Phil Jones, or to hang on to the FT.

    Thanks

    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Wollschied still a doubt

  4. Spoiler
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    2 freebies and 0.2 in bank. suggestions please

    ­Forster
    Ivanovic, Dawson, Bellerin
    Sterling, Hazard, Sanchez, Eriksen
    Kane, Aguero, Giroud

    Hamer, PVA, Wollscheid, Boyd

    1. Le Limpar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Nice team.

      I'd just use 1 FT

      Wolly > Zouma and bench Dawson?

      1. Spoiler
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        zouma a sure starter?

        1. Le Limpar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          He's risky, but I'm pretty sure he'll start this weekend - and it's a free hit.

          1. Daniel Exeter
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 2 months ago

            What makes you think he'll start?

    2. The 12th Man
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Looks good.
      can you do Forster + Erikson > Foster + Silva?

      1. Spoiler
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        nope.

    3. Vardy Gras PBFC
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Are you comfortable with Sterling in there?

      I have him and the WB thing is bothering me. Coutinho and save?

  5. Vpan
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Jones -> Ivanovic

    or

    Hutton -> Bellerin

    ???

  6. The 12th Man
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Please help.
    Forster
    Ivanovic, Bellerin, PVA
    Hazard, Sanchez, Coutinho, Erikson
    Aguero, Kane, Austin

    4.0m, Bertrand, Boyd, Pieters

    4.4m itb 1 FT

    options.
    a) Erikson > Silva or Puncheon for free
    b) Boyd > Puncheon for free and bench Erikson for Puncheon.
    c) Erikson + Boyd > Silva + Puncheon for -4
    d) something else

  7. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    ok lads

    a) Bertrand to Terry and Wollschied to Toby next week
    b) Wollschied to Zouma

    1. Trigg ⭐️
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      I'd do neither, tbh.

      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        want some Chelsea and Saints defence to go with Kos.

        1. Gideons Rolling Another One
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          Same conundrum here. I'm going Wasi to Zouma.

    2. Ludo
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Pass

      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        can't decide or both bad moves?

        1. Ludo
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          Somewhere between the two... Neither jumps out. Probably A of the two, I think Zouma's brilliant, but you want your Chelsea defender to be completely nailed on with the DGW in mind.

    3. Lucy.
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      I like option A.

  8. Rum Ham
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Use my FT for Boyd > Bolasie or just play Mane and keep FT?

    1. Trigg ⭐️
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Keep. 2 FTs always good to have.

  9. Trigg ⭐️
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Hutton to Naughton? Or save the FT?

    Would leave me with Clyne, Ivan and Rose as a back 3.

    1. Rum Ham
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Can you afford Dawson? If so do you not fancy him?

      1. Trigg ⭐️
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        No. But otherwise, I would.

  10. Jay10
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Whom to play?
    Rose/Bertrand/Baird
    I have Young in my starting xi.

    1. RustyBz
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Rose

  11. antongus1
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Terry Wollscheid Jones Bertrand Wasi

    Already used my FT, so need to take a hit. Jones/Wasi probably won't play while Wolli is injured. What do I do?

  12. Rabbinton
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Bertrand or Bellerin?

    1. radawson
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Bellerin

    2. Lucy.
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Bellerin

    3. Rabbinton
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      better change my team then

    4. Ludo
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Bellerin by miles. Good fixture vs hardest fixture of the season.

  13. Vardy Gras PBFC
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Any Skrtel news lads? Skrtel.e.vision is blocked at work.

  14. radawson
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Who to play?

    PVA (AVL)
    Bruce (lei)

    1. cjw176
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Pva

  15. Lucy.
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31873471

    Best news all day 😀

    1. internal error
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      wait till the big boys start chasing him

  16. Big Col
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    With only 16 points between them, is Ivanovic really worth 0.8 more then Terry?

    1. d1sable
      • Has Moderation Rights
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Hopefully not but the gap will probably only increase

    2. Gnu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Not logged on, but compare their form over the last 4-6 games. I would say Ivan is worth it at the moment.

    3. Ludo
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Are you going to do much with 0.8m elsewhere? I'm pretty confident Ivanovic will score more points, that's reason enough to justify the outlay for me.

      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        I agree if £ is not a factor Ivan over Terry every time

        sadly for me it is. I can get 99% of my ideal DGW team with Terry (Ivan being the missing 1%) I can get about 75% with Ivan

    4. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Depends what you do with the spare cash.

    5. foley_fd
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Look at their recent stats

    6. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      yes, due to open play threat

      I'm going for Terry as I have low TV and need that 0.8 for my DGW team

  17. internal error
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Rojo a doubt is bad news for Utd. He's surprisingly their best defender

  18. saata
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Hey all,

    I wasn't able to follow what's going on this week.
    I see that everybody is talking about DGW 34 for Arsenal and Liverpool.
    Why are we sure that the dates will be those? Why is it not tracked in FPL yet?

    Cheers

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Liverpool can and probably will still be knocked out of the FA cup,

      1. saata
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        That's still unknown, yeah.
        But why are we sure that FA will schedule the matches in GK34?

          1. saata
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 2 months ago

            Thanks, EpicFails

    2. Ludo
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      We're not sure yet.

      Fixtures can't clash with European matches, which means rearranged matches would have to fall in GW31, 34 or 37. GW31 looks less likely the closer it gets, whilst 34 seems the most obvious, as it comes right after the games would have been originally.

      There's also the small matter of Liverpool having to win their replay to get a DGW at all.

      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Pool's DGW can not fall in GW31 as the replay is April 8th, which is GW31 midweek. Thus if they win it will have to be GW34 or GW37, I think the PL would rather not leave it till the pneultimate GW so I think Arsenal and Pool (if they get one) will go into GW34

        1. saata
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          Looks reasonable.
          I'll save a transfer then and reassess next week.
          I think we could know more after Arsenal's CL match. (I presume FA are waiting to see what will happen with that)

        2. Ludo
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          Ah okay. Seems likely then.

      2. saata
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks Ludo

  19. The 12th Man
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Costa, Giroud or keep Austin?

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Keep.

  20. Who Ate All Depays?
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    A) Clyne, Toby & Terry
    B) Clyne, Ivanovic & PVA

    1. Jaffalicious! #SomosCubanos
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      B

      1. Who Ate All Depays?
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        thanx mate

  21. faux_C
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Torn between playing Bellerin or PVA. Any ideas?

    1. foley_fd
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Has to be Bellers

    2. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Bell

  22. Mak_Gold
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Pick one to start:

      A) Naughton (LIV)
      B) Clyne (che)
      C) van Aanholt (AVL)*

      *Also got Pantilimon. Or I could bench Pantilimon for Krul and play PVA.

    • La Roja
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      What to do here gents?

      Forster
      JT Cawson Naughton
      Hazard Eriksen Silva Sanchez
      Kane Kun Austin

      4.0 Clyne Sameobi Woly

      2.1m ITB and 1 FT

      A) Woly out for Bellerin ( Bench Naughton )
      B) Austin out for Giroud
      C) Clyne out for Ivan
      D) save FT

      1. Chris_White
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        If I had the time to follow football, I would have probably had a better answer but...

        A looks good

      2. Wiz
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        A

    • The 12th Man
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Coutinho or Erikson > Silva?

      1. Epic Fail
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Save

        1. The 12th Man
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          thanks,
          Would you make any changes this week?

          Forster
          Ivanovic, Bellerin, PVA
          Hazard, Sanchez, Coutinho, Erikson
          Aguero, Kane, Austin

          4.0m, Bertrand, Boyd, Pieters

          4.4m itb 1 FT

      2. RamaJama
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Eriksen

      3. RustyBz
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Eriksen, especially if Liverpool get a double soon

        1. The 12th Man
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          thanks

    • Vatroslav
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      On a WC, and Henderson is to rise another 0.1 tonight, and I can sell him tommorow for 0.1 more. The thing is, I'm out drinking tonight, so probably I won't be able to get up before the deadline... what do you think I should do ?

      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Who will you get in for Henderson, as I'd be minded to keep with a DGW incoming

        1. Vatroslav
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          Puncheon. I don't think Henderson will maitain his goals, and he has a blank before the double too.

          1. JK - Cønt ⭐
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 2 months ago

            Not sure Puncheon is the best pick but if you can manage to wait then do so, you may still be out when price changes happen, so you can sell him before you go to bed

            1. Vatroslav
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 2 months ago

              Well, according to fplstatistics, Puncheon is set to rise tonight too, so that kinda solves the problem 😀

      2. Epic Fail
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        You don't need to get up. Sell him later tonight.

        1. Vatroslav
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          When does the price change happen?

          1. Epic Fail
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            9 years, 2 months ago

            I think it's 2:45 uk time. Someone will have to confirm. I haven't bothered with price rises for ages.

            1. Vatroslav
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 2 months ago

              Thank you, but just saw Puncheon will probably rise tonight too, so problem solved 😀

              1. Epic Fail
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 13 Years
                9 years, 2 months ago

                Though there is still a chance Punch won't rise. The site isn't spot on. I'd keep an eye out on the chances tonight and make a decision,

          2. A-VB
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 2 months ago

            It's 2.30AM GMT

    • Ksimparomenos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      madness to play mahrez instead of kane?

      1. Epic Fail
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Of course.

      2. RustyBz
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        insanity

    • tissae
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Good to go this GW?

      Foster
      Clyne Terry PvA
      Mane Silva Sanchez Hazard
      Giroud Aguero(c) Kane

      Subs : Pantilimon Naughton Boyd Wasilewski

      1. RustyBz
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        I've got Basically the same XI, but Punch over Mane.

        1. RustyBz
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          And a completely different back 4 but that is irrelevant 😀

    • Jairzinho
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Damn, I got 84 (-4) points last week! Missing out 🙁

      1. The 12th Man
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        lol, I got 88 ( -8)

      2. Epic Fail
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        I qualified like a boss.

      3. Mak_Gold
          9 years, 2 months ago

          Same. 🙁

      4. The_Colonel
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        What do people think of Jones + Cazorla => Bellerin + Silva for -4?

      5. TheBabyfacedAssassin
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        1FT 1.5 ITB.

        a) Eriksen > Silva (0.2 spare, so I could do Wolly > Alderweireld next gw maybe)
        b) Jones > 6.7 DF (Zabaleta?)
        c) Save
        Other suggestions?

        Pantilimon
        Azpilicueta Koscielny Jones
        Hazard Eriksen Puncheon Özil
        Kane Giroud Agüero

        Subs: Mané Wollscheid Naughton

        1. RustyBz
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          I'd get rid of Jones for someone like C Dawson