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FPL GW35 Scout Picks - Final Selection

Raya Martin

Bogle
Hill
Gabriel Magalhães
O’Reilly

Cherki
Eze
Bruno Fernandes

Haaland
Thiago
Calvert-Lewin

Darlow
Ballard
Fernández
Tavernier

GW36 Chip Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.6m	106.4%	Very Likely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	105.4%	Very Likely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	103.0%	Very Likely
Cherki	MCI	6.5m	99.2%	Maybe
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	96.7%	Maybe
Isak	LIV	10.3m	96.5%	Maybe
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	91.9%	Unlikely
Groß	BHA	5.5m	91.9%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	77.8%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	6.1m	74.0%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	67.6%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	65.2%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.5m	65.1%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.7m	64.8%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	63.8%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	63.0%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.3m	61.6%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.2m	61.1%	Unlikely
F.Kadıoğlu	BHA	4.4m	59.3%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.4m	59.2%	Unlikely
Brobbey	SUN	5.3m	58.4%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	57.2%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	56.0%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	54.0%	Unlikely
Bijol	LEE	3.9m	50.5%	Unlikely
Hermansen	WHU	4.2m	49.4%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	49.3%	Unlikely
N.Williams	NFO	4.8m	49.2%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	14.6m	48.0%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	46.4%	Unlikely
Gabriel	ARS	7.2m	44.1%	Unlikely
Hincapie	ARS	5.1m	43.1%	Unlikely
M.Fernandes	WHU	5.5m	42.9%	Unlikely
Beto	EVE	5.0m	42.3%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	41.7%	Unlikely
Osula	NEW	5.4m	41.2%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.2m	40.9%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	40.9%	Unlikely
Gomez	BHA	4.9m	40.6%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.8m	40.6%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Palmer	CHE	10.5m	107.7%	Very Likely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	100.0%	Maybe
Mayenda	SUN	5.2m	97.8%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.8m	96.5%	Maybe
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	95.8%	Maybe
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	94.0%	Unlikely
Strand Larsen	CRY	5.9m	93.5%	Unlikely
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	93.1%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	90.7%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	89.9%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	89.9%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	89.7%	Unlikely
Calafiori	ARS	5.6m	89.4%	Unlikely
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	89.1%	Unlikely
John	NFO	4.0m	88.4%	Unlikely
Estève	BUR	3.9m	87.0%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	84.3%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	81.8%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	79.7%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	79.1%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	78.8%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	77.3%	Unlikely
Kilman	WHU	4.1m	77.4%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	76.6%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	76.6%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	75.2%	Unlikely
Lucca	NFO	5.4m	74.0%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	73.7%	Unlikely
Woltemade	NEW	6.7m	70.9%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.5m	70.9%	Unlikely
Obi	MUN	4.2m	69.7%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	68.4%	Unlikely
Tolu	WOL	5.2m	68.4%	Unlikely
Senesi	BOU	5.2m	67.0%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	66.0%	Unlikely
Van de Ven	TOT	4.4m	64.0%	Unlikely
Amissah	FUL	3.8m	62.7%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	61.7%	Unlikely
Gonzalez	WOL	4.3m	60.2%	Unlikely
Caicedo	CHE	5.7m	59.9%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	B
Up	Henderson	CRY	C
No Change	Pickford	EVE	C
No Change	Verbruggen	BHA	B
No Change	Darlow	LEE	B, Vs, £
Down	Roefs	SUN	B

Last updated: 1 May, 2026 4:27pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	B, Vs
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A
Up	Lacroix	CRY	A
No Change	Keane	EVE	C
Up	van Hecke	BHA	B
Up	Struijk	LEE	B, Vs, £
Up	Hill	BOU	C, £
Down	Ballard	SUN	C
Down	van Dijk	LIV	A
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C
No Change	Cash	AVL	C

Last updated: 1 May, 2026 4:31pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
Up	Cherki	MCI	A
Up	Saka	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	Wilson	FUL	B
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	C, Rest
No Change	Rogers	AVL	B
No Change	Gibbs-White	NFO	A
No Change	Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	A, £
No Change	Palmer	CHE	C
Down	Szoboszlai	LIV	C
No Change	Tavernier	BOU	C, £
No Change	Hinshelwood	BHA	B, £

Last updated: 1 May, 2026 4:39pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B
No Change	Bowen	WHU	A
No Change	Watkins	AVL	A
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	B
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C, Vs
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	C
Up	Isak	LIV	B

Last updated: 1 May, 2026 4:43pm

[sbu_large_image] Selection

25 July 2011 775 comments

Mark

Chelsea find their feet and rack up the goals, with Frank Lampard -significantly playing on the right of the central midfield three- opening the scoring in a 4-0 romp.

New boy Darren Pratley stakes his claim for a mid-price starting berth in the Bolton midfield with his second goal in three games for Owen Coyle’s side. Victor Moses warms to the N’Zogbia wing role. Mario Balotelli enrages Roberto Mancini with an impudent back-heel when clean through on goal and is substituted straight away.

With just three weeks to go, we’re beginning to get some handy pointers with would-be first choice players now starting to earn more pitch time and formations perhaps resembling those on show on August 13.

Our pre-season guide has been fleshed out with all the latest results, with our team news notes now filling up with insight on form and lineup trends.

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MB10
14 years, 9 months ago
Will Briggs be a starter for Fulham? LM maybe?
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King Dar
14 years, 9 months ago
A) Downing and Ba

or

B) Suarez and Walters

Cheers folks
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1. Cooper123
  14 years, 9 months ago
  I'd have to say A) purely because I have no time for Walters whatsoever.
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  1. hillbillypete
    14 years, 9 months ago
    cant say i want any
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2. Jimjam
  14 years, 9 months ago
  I'd go for A
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Oz lotto
14 years, 9 months ago
to get Lampard or not?
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1. MB10
  14 years, 9 months ago
  get him
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  1. NeedleVor
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Get the little rascal, tickle him!
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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
      14 years, 9 months ago
      NeedleVor, please cut all this negative rubbish out. If you have a problem, tell us about it - otherwise, try to contribute in a positive way! 🙂
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      1. Get up ya bum
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Well said as usual merry man
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Screaming Midget
14 years, 9 months ago
My current thinking is to pick a side that is good for at least the first 3 games... then in the Int break play Wild Card.

But try and pick a side which is good for 5-6 games on the off chance I change my mind and use the WC later.

Anybody penciled in their WC timing?
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1. njfsdkffslkf
  14 years, 9 months ago
  As late as possible.
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2. Oz lotto
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Nah.. just seeing how it goes. to plan to do it that early might be unwise
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  1. Screaming Midget
    14 years, 9 months ago
    I know what you mean, but 3 GWs could be enough to see form and getting the profit in early to use later in the season.
    
    I might try and cover both bases - pick a side which on paper should do well for the GWs 1-3, but also is decent for say GWs 1-6 so I have a backup plan should after GW3 be too early.
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3. Scoredelario
  14 years, 9 months ago
  my plan this year is to use the january wildcard first, and use the other one to go crazy on double game weeks.
  
  I'm trying to favour quality over fixtures, and pick players playing 90 mins frequently, where possible so think i can get quite far without major transfers.
  
  Then hopefully when it comes to dgws i can absolutely kill it with my last wildcard.
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  1. Screaming Midget
    14 years, 9 months ago
    The risk is, there might not be many DGWs this season.
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    1. Get up ya bum
      14 years, 9 months ago
      January snow's a given.
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    2. Scoredelario
      14 years, 9 months ago
      there'll always be a gameweek with at least 2-3 extra games because of cup games etc...
      
      That's enough to overload!
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4. Drip Doctor
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Im holding onto it for as long as possible, preferably for a DGW. I always use it too early. This season, if my team is failing i am going to take a big points hit rather then use my wildcard early.
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  1. Scoredelario
    14 years, 9 months ago
    ditto but also don't assume your team is failing because of 1-2 bad weeks which is a mistake we've all made only to see our sold players come good!
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  2. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Yeah? Interesting. I always end up using my wildcard early but would be nice to have it post january. What's the logic behind a big points hit then as opposed to using the WC? You think you'd be able to make those points up later in a DGW?
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    1. Drip Doctor
      14 years, 9 months ago
      By big point hit i mean 12max. I'll avoid taking hit's if possible. I took way too many last season. It would be nice to use one WC for a DGW and then use the 2nd WC straight after to sort my team out for the rest of the season.
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5. Woy of the Wovers
  14 years, 9 months ago
  I tend to think that the early use of the wild card suggests more a poor initial team selection than anything. You should hold your wild card until it can be used to maximum effect and that means bringing in strong DGW players.
  
  All the early WC seeks to do is gain value by jumping on whatever bandwagons there are going. In practice, the wheels fall off a lot of those and you are left two weeks later with a team you do not want.
  
  Given the effort most people put into their initial team selection, why would they suddenly feel the team was poor after two games?
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  1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Normally because my initial team selection is appalling and i leave myself no flexibility in the bank!
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    1. Drip Doctor
      14 years, 9 months ago
      I've been trying to leave some in the bank this year, but it's too hard!
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Cooper123
14 years, 9 months ago
Repost from previous page.

Why is there so much love for Kenny as a rotation partner for Given? Doesn’t it all go a bit tits up GWs 10-19?
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1. Boom!!!
  14 years, 9 months ago
  i think many are planning to wc in gw11 that is why the are going for given/kenny ...
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2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Yes - by which time Begovic will have taken his place ...
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3. Woy of the Wovers
  14 years, 9 months ago
  No it doesn't. Only one potentially dodgy match where Villa host Liverpool but for the rest, you get some decent home fixtures for QPR to carry you through to GW 18
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Aditya K
14 years, 9 months ago
Think i sorted my team out..still dont think it's not that good..anyways,
my team:

Given Ruddy

cole komp hughes simpson orr

kuyt taarabt sinclair sessgnon barton

rooney holt bent

have 2.0 in bank..2nd week..kuyt>lampard!

any changes reqd?
cheers
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1. njfsdkffslkf
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Almost a carbon copy of the one i posted this morning 😛
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  1. Aditya K
    14 years, 9 months ago
    ha!..so this team good enough!
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2. Jimjam
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Looks good!
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3. Oz lotto
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Rip it to shreds please.
  Al Habsi (given)
  Cole Kompany Hughes (Simpson Orr)
  Taraabt Yaya Downing VDV (Moses)
  Suarez Gyan (Beattie) 4 in the bank.
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4. Drip Doctor
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Poor IMO.
  Barton - Arsenal
  Sessegnon - Liverpool
  Sinclair - City
  
  Need a stronger midfield.
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  1. Oz lotto
    14 years, 9 months ago
    i think u posted on the wrong team mate
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    1. MB10
      14 years, 9 months ago
      no he didn't he replied to the 1st one
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    2. Drip Doctor
      14 years, 9 months ago
      It's a reply to adi-wazza, you posted your team in the wrong place.
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      1. Oz lotto
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Repost from above..
        
        Rip it to shreds please.
        Al Habsi (given)
        Cole Kompany Hughes (Simpson Orr)
        Taraabt Yaya Downing VDV (Moses)
        Suarez Gyan (Beattie)
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        Oz lotto
        14 years, 9 months ago
        for fu"ks sake.
        won't post properly
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  2. njfsdkffslkf
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Can easily bench Sinclair.
    Arsenal are weak from set pieces and Sessogon is playing out of position and Liverpool arent great at the back
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    1. Drip Doctor
      14 years, 9 months ago
      We are weak from set pieces but Newcastle aren't really a big team now. Barton's points against us last season came as a result of 2 joke penalty decisions.
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Manred
14 years, 9 months ago
kuyt mıght be > lamps but VDV > Kuyt
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1. Aditya K
  14 years, 9 months ago
  jus for a week..i'd prefer kuyt and also may play a striker role(unsure though)..if suarez is out for initial gwk!
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big oak
14 years, 9 months ago
here is my team atm:

given ruddy
Kompany cole baines skrtel- orr
silva modric taarabt -sinclair nzonzi
bent ba gyan

im very satisfied with my team but affraid wnt be able to buy a 10mil+ players
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1. NeedleVor
  14 years, 9 months ago
  You're joking? Now you won't be able to qualify for the 'teams with players worth 10mil+ league' this season 🙁
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2. Oz lotto
  14 years, 9 months ago
  defense heavy at the cost of the mids. nice fwds.
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Cooper123
14 years, 9 months ago
More tweaking. Have outed Ruddy, Luiz and Simpson for Kenny, Gibbs and S. Taylor. Sensible?
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1. Shteve
  14 years, 9 months ago
  i dont see Arsenal keeping clean sheets in any of their first 3 games so although Gibbs is good value, I will be giving him a miss.
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Tommyg
14 years, 9 months ago
Just been announced on the radio that N'zog has been sold to villa for 9.5 mil. Bargain for villa IMO.
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1. Shteve
  14 years, 9 months ago
  That makes N'Zogbia a must have imo, well either him or Bent. I cant see Bent scoring many goals from N'Zogbia assists
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Spaghetti Hoes
14 years, 9 months ago
Rather than post a RMT I am going to post my team and why I chose them. If you have any thoughts feel free to chime in. Typically a 343, 352 Formation.

Given Begovic
Kompany ACole Bardsley Orr Simpson
Downing Malouda Sinclair Tchoyi Buszacky
RVP Suarez Zamora

*Given & Bego - Rotate perfectly, solid teams, good value, good save points
*Kompany - Solid Team, Reasonably Cheap
*Cole - Attacking in solid team, While expensive allows me to change to most other exp Defs if nec
*Orr, Simpson, Bardsley - The above 2 will always start, These will be rotated - Best 1 Playing, Rotate almost perfectly
*Downing - Solid, consistant performer, As a LFC fan I can see him starting 90% of games, great delivery for assists and the way we will play I can see him getting into scoring positions (a la Maxi last year)
*Malouda - Che have good fixtures, if he starts he is in my team, Good EArating, Goals, Assists
*Sinclair - Bit of a Gamble, Reasonably Priced,
Tchoyi - On Form it seems, Cheap, playing up front (OOP)
Buszacky - Put him in when Taarbat was supposed to leave, cant find anyone to replace him with (Budget)
RVP - Bad Start but so does Rooney, May consider swap to Tevez but can score against anyone
Zamora - Good Start, Good Price, Gets Goals
Suarez - If he starts he's in my team, Great form, Scoring Goals, new players will help him, As will new rule on freekick assists.
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1. Scoredelario
  14 years, 9 months ago
  anyone got a printer, paper, a hole punch, a ringbinder and a bookmark?
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2. NeedleVor
  14 years, 9 months ago
  We're going to need a few more reasons for your selections if you wan't to be taken seriously. 🙂
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  1. Scoredelario
    14 years, 9 months ago
    see needle i'm even better than you at needling and it's all you do
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3. Jimjam
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Good post man, I'd be interested to see more people talk us through their choices.
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4. Soop
  14 years, 9 months ago
  I like it. I have about half those players, and I like your reasoning for the ones I don't. I'm becoming more drawn towards malouda.
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5. Scoredelario
  14 years, 9 months ago
  anyway i read it and agree with a lot of what you say... good team. Not sure about ashley cole - He needs to improve dramatically from last season.
  
  Also i had tchoyi in my team but then decided against him because he might not start - i'll be ready to snap him up if the chance arises.
  
  downing is my main disagreement with you... which would free up funds to improve tchoyi and busz if you buy someone a bit cheaper
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  1. Scoredelario
    14 years, 9 months ago
    so i'd do downing + tchoyi + busz -> nzogbia + barton + o'hara
    
    I think you'll find sinclair rotates well with barton but that's from memory.
    
    I realise this means leaving a little bit more on the bench each week but think it's worth it
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    1. Scoredelario
      14 years, 9 months ago
      oh wait what about taarabt instead of ohara and downgrade cole?
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6. big oak
  14 years, 9 months ago
  why would u want tchoyi against chelsea an MU? to be bougth with rvp after GW2
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Jimjam
14 years, 9 months ago
Given, Begovic
ACole, Kompany, Hughes, Kelly, Simpson
Yaya, Sessegnon, Taarabt, Tchoyi, O'Hara
RVP, Bent, Ba

Could anyone offer any advice? I don't think my team is quite perfect yet...

Here are my thoughts/concerns:
- I think my keepers rotate well.
- I like my defence, although I'm not sure about Kelly?
- I think my midfield has some good picks but I'm worried there's no big hitters.
- I'm thinking of swapping RVP for Suarez (and thus freeing up some money).
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1. Hanso Lo
  14 years, 9 months ago
  If you get a SUN defender to rotate with Simpson then you could get rid of Kelly. RVP will always be worth it and perhaps keep your front 3 until Suarez looks certain to start games. I'd then shift Bent for him rather than RVP. Your Mids are pretty shallow...in fariness you only have RVP and maybe Bent as captain options...not a good thing. I'd sacrifice Cashley and use the money to bring in Downing maybe for either Sess or Taarabt. Just a thought...
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  1. Hanso Lo
    14 years, 9 months ago
    *fairness....not fariness...
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    1. Get up ya bum
      14 years, 9 months ago
      "in fairyness you have rvp"
      Seems quite apt to me 😛
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      1. Hanso Lo
        14 years, 9 months ago
        True that...
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  2. Jimjam
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Thanks for the tips - do SUN and NEW rotate well?
    
    Agree mids are shallow - might try and get Malouda in if that's a good idea?
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    1. Hanso Lo
      14 years, 9 months ago
      Chelsea will be interesting to watch...and from what I've seen and read I do think Malouda is worth a gamble. SUN and NEW rotate perfectly due to location.
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    2. In Like Flynn.
      14 years, 9 months ago
      Sunderland/Newcastle perfect rotation home and away all season,fixtures not always perfect but about as good as you'll get.
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2. Get up ya bum
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Kelly probably won't be starting if we buy a left back. Tchoyi is a risk too. I don't rate Yaya personally, way too many 2 point returns for 8.0. I'm not sold on taarabt when you can get proven players for 6.5, he has the ability and fixtures to be a worthwhile gamble though.
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  1. Jimjam
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Thanks for the heads up on Kelly probably not starting.
    
    Tchoyi might be a risk, but given he's almost OOP playing up the field almost as a striker, it seems possible he could pick up some goals?
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    1. Get up ya bum
      14 years, 9 months ago
      He won't score many from the bench though. I may be wrong but I think he'll be mainly used from the bench.
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      1. Jimjam
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Fair enough - I'll watchlist him rather than start with him!
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        Jimjam
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Having re-jigged some money, I've Malouda, Sessegnon and O'Hara, and need two more midfielders, with 11.5 left to spend.
        
        Who would be the best choices?
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  2. Fratboy
    14 years, 9 months ago
    I don't like yaya either, I know some people are thinking of making him (c) but he seems to be playing quite deep in the new city attacking style....
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3. Pards Against Humanity
  14 years, 9 months ago
  I like this team a lot as it takes a risk, and is more based around the potential that new players and team structure can offer.
  
  I think O'Hara will be better this season as he can finally settle at Wolves, as can Ba who is now the go-to man up front for Newcastle.
  
  I would be worried about Tchoyi, and i'm still not convinced that Taraabt can step up. But defensively it looks great
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Hanso Lo
14 years, 9 months ago
Which of these "slightly" lower priced Mids:

Watson, Moses, Hoolahan, Tchoyi

...would be selected over these "slightly" higher priced Mids:

Gardner, Brunt, O'Hara, Barton?
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1. Duckbill
  14 years, 9 months ago
  tchoyi if he gets starts or moses for the first few games.
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Pards Against Humanity
14 years, 9 months ago
Morning all,

Could I get a quick RMT, in return I will offer my opinions on others'

Given (AL-Habsi)

Rafael - Kompany - Simpson - Distin [Orr]

VDV - Lamps - Brunt [Dyer, Derry]

Suarez - RVP - Zamora

Many thanks!

- PS - I'm slightly worried about my defence, and beleive I may have all my eggs in one basket having invested 22m in Lamps and VDV
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1. Shteve
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Its a decent team, but as you say, I think you may have overdone it slightly in midfield with both Lamps and VDV plus West Brom have a very tough start so Brunt wont get you a whole lot.
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2. Jimjam
  14 years, 9 months ago
  I think your keepers look good, and I like your strikers a lot. Defence looks decent, although I'd be concerned about rotation for Rafael - for the same price you could consider Gibbs, Kelly, Hughes? I also think your midfield drops off a bit after VDV and Lamps - you could do with a bit more strength in depth.
  
  Could you see mine above?
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3. JCSkala
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Pure Quality. except Simpson
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Tariq1981
14 years, 9 months ago
Sorry I know that this has been asked a few times but is there a printable/excel version of the players list?
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1. Sasquatch
  14 years, 9 months ago
  http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2011/07/25/pre-season-guide-updated-3/comment-page-2/#comment-1747636
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  1. Tariq1981
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Cheers mate 🙂
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jamez
14 years, 9 months ago
hi guys i just heard the news that taarbart is not leaving and am puting him back in my squad who will i replace though .. albrington sinclair pederson .. thanks (the othe midlfielders are my expensive ones so wont be swaping them
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1. Tariq1981
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Pedersen/Sinclair
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  1. jamez
    14 years, 9 months ago
    ok thanks and one more thing does/will albrington start regurly for villa
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    1. Tariq1981
      14 years, 9 months ago
      Initialy I thought that Albrighton was nailed on, however the immenent arrival of N'zogs may affect this...not sure if they'll switch one or the other left!
      
      He was in my initial draft but now I've gone for Barton...good value for 6.5.
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      1. Tariq1981
        14 years, 9 months ago
        By the way....my gut feeling is that your midfield is slightly on the cheap side, you may wanna look at that!
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        jamez
        14 years, 9 months ago
        my other two are lampard and van der varrt so im happy enough with it
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        Tariq1981
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Fair enough 🙂
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        jamez
        14 years, 9 months ago
        lol could u ratw my team below .. cheers 😀
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        Turbodog
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Don't they play on opposite wings though? I was thinking both Alb and Zog would be pretty nailed.
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        jamez
        14 years, 9 months ago
        where can you find zog i cant anywhere ????
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abatoirnoises
14 years, 9 months ago
right after more tinkering than raneri i've come up with this any thoughts?

given ruddy

orr rafael bardsley clichy jagielka

yaya albrighton pratley lampard moses

suarez rooney ba
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1. jamez
  14 years, 9 months ago
  good team .. can i just ask what club ba plays for cant find him anywhere :0 thanks
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  1. Tariq1981
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Newcastle
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    1. jamez
      14 years, 9 months ago
      thanks .. will he start regurly ???
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      1. Tariq1981
        14 years, 9 months ago
        They only have him/Ameobi and Best so I would have thought he would be a starter. The only thing holding him back is his injury record. Showed great potential at West Ham last season though
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2. Fratboy
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Like the inclusion of Pratley, been thinking of having him or Petrov for GW1, they'll have to taken straight out after that though that's the problem.
  
  Yaya seems to be playing quite deep atm...just a thought!
  
  Distin might be the better Everton choice, scored a couple towards the end of last season.
  
  Other than that I like it.
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TheBallersClub
14 years, 9 months ago
Long term.

A Moses and Odemwinge

B Zamora and Ben Afra
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Scoredelario
14 years, 9 months ago
see you all later i've got the irritating distraction of going out to eat with my wife now.

Will return to important things like fantasy football later!

😉
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benjamin100
14 years, 9 months ago
i think the following is the team of the season but am put off by difficult early fixtures for some:

given kenny
kompany rafael luis jagielka r.johnson
vdv walcott taarabt barton sinclair
rooney zamora holt
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1. bossa
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Nice one! I really like this one. But you should get a Wigan player because they have a really easy start. Moses for Barton?
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  1. Fratboy
    14 years, 9 months ago
    but wigan are so bad...I can a repeat start to the season for them! They've just lost 2 of their best players as well, N'Zog and of course in my own biased opinion, Cleverley
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HazardThiago
14 years, 9 months ago
could someone please rate this team ;

Robinson (Given)
Ivanovic Gibbs Kompany Rafael (Orr)
Lampard Nzog Taarabt Duff (Moses)
Rooney Zamora (Holt)
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1. Fratboy
  14 years, 9 months ago
  You have 10/15 the same as me!
  
  Therefore you score 10/15!! 🙂
  
  I like your choices to be honest! Think you can put your laptop away 😉
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bossa
14 years, 9 months ago
Two question!

Sinclair or Taarabt?

And what do you guys think of Tim Cahill? Will he do well at the start of the season.
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1. jamez
  14 years, 9 months ago
  i have the same delema lol sinclair or taarbart but im thinkin taarbart as i think qpr will do beeter than swansea this season
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  1. Tariq1981
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Taarabt I have gone for....they have a much kinder opening few games.
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2. Bubbles
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Both. They rotate very well most weeks.
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3. Tommyg
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Nope not IMO. Eerton always start atrociously.
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Turbodog
14 years, 9 months ago
I have a distilled dilemma for you :

Bent / Sinclair / Cheapest Mid (Ferguson)

OR

VDV / Albrighton / Cheapest Striker ( Beattie )
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1. Soop
  14 years, 9 months ago
  second one. By loads.
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  1. Fratboy
    14 years, 9 months ago
    +1
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  2. Turbodog
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Ta Soop. May I ask what's for lunch today? I have remnants of Friday night's home made chicken curry and a baked potato that looks a little like Wayne Rooney.
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    1. Soop
      14 years, 9 months ago
      heheh 🙂 I had pork stroganoff, potatoes and broccoli. Nothing special (canteen food)
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2. H Dog
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Bent/Sinclair/Ferguson
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jamez
14 years, 9 months ago
my team..

given kenny

kompany alcaraz huth skrtel orr

albrington taarbart lampard vdv pederson

carrol holt zamora
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1. jamez
  14 years, 9 months ago
  also should i bring gibbs in the defence
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  1. bossa
    14 years, 9 months ago
    Gibbs u mad?
    
    Arsenal have the toughest start of all the EPL. Also add CL qualifiers and a leaky defence.
    
    He will come good after a few weeks though.
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    1. jamez
      14 years, 9 months ago
      ok . and hows my team anyway thanks
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      1. bossa
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Very nice apart from Pederson and Carroll imo
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        jamez
        14 years, 9 months ago
        thnaks mate and i know bout pederson just looking for a replacement have you got any ideas ??
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        bossa
        14 years, 9 months ago
        I have Sinclair and Moses in my midfield
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CalumE5
14 years, 9 months ago
I have re-shuffled my team since last posting, what do people make of it? I will give a couple of reasons too.

Given (Ruddy)
Kompany, Samba, Riise (Jagielka, Simpson)
Y Toure, Taraabt, N'Zogbia, Downing (Jarvis)
Suarez, Gervinho, Ba

I've also got 2.5m lift over, so suggestions would be appreicated!

I chose Given and Ruddy as cheap options that will get starts, and be able to rotate if needs be, but Given is very much first choice.
Kompany, Samba and Riise will bring in a mixture of clean sheets and goals, with Jagielka as good backup and Simpson as a cheap option.
My midfield will get goals and assists, and I can choose the sub based on fixtures.
Strikers will score goals, and hopefully Suarez and Gervinho can grab a few assists too. Plenty of potential for bonus points.

Thanks!
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1. jamez
  14 years, 9 months ago
  your missing a top mide=fielder and suarez wont begin the season after the copa america and eing a new transfer imo
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MJ6987
14 years, 9 months ago
Given – Kenny
Baines – Kompany – Orr – Ward – Simpson
Yaya – NZog – Taarabt – Sessegnon – Hoolahan
RVP (c) – Torres – Zamora

Wow! Right?
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1. Soop
  14 years, 9 months ago
  It's nay bad.
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  1. Turbodog
    14 years, 9 months ago
    It's good but I'm not liking Torres in there as your only CHE attacker. And I can't help thinking that Roonpig might get off to a flyer with WBrom and 2 home games.
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2. Fratboy
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Want to pick it apart, but my fingers won't let me...maybe...erm...Baines>Distin and Yaya>Silva?
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NewtonHeath
14 years, 9 months ago
Ok so looks like N'zog is heading to Villa finally.
I'm sure I wont be alone in having Albrighton and N'zog in midfield.
With a difference in price of 1m any stand out swaps or with some favourable early fixtures is it wise to stick with both and see how they perform?
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1. H Dog
  14 years, 9 months ago
  I think N'zog going to villa is better for wigan, opening up the opportunity for moses/mcCarthy
  
  I would rather albrighton
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2. Shteve
  14 years, 9 months ago
  Sessegnon in for Albrighton
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bossa
14 years, 9 months ago
Rooney or Chicharito????
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1. H Dog
  14 years, 9 months ago
  none
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  1. bossa
    14 years, 9 months ago
    because?
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    1. Fratboy
      14 years, 9 months ago
      Rooney, ignore H Dog, Rooney will score regardless of fixtures, ie. Champions League final. NUFF SAID
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      1. Turbodog
        14 years, 9 months ago
        Yup agree on the Roonpig
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      2. Shteve
        14 years, 9 months ago
        +1
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      3. NewtonHeath
        14 years, 9 months ago
        +2 Rooney will score against anyone and is looking sharp pre-season
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    2. H Dog
      14 years, 9 months ago
      I don't think their fixtures are paricularly great, better options
      
      Maybe gw 11 ->
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      1. Turbodog
        14 years, 9 months ago
        it's not all about the fix's Dog - last season it certainly wasn't, with some very unpredictable results. It's about a sensible balance of fixtures AND form
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Spaghetti Hoes
14 years, 9 months ago
Thanks for all the comments above guys, I think I need a bit more tinkering
- With regards to Cole, I think he will do well this year, Good fixtures to start also.
- Downing,Buz, Tchoyi -> Nzog, Barton, O'Hara - Im 1mill short and not convinced by NZog - Villa are going to be defensive this year - Bent is the only one I can see getting attacking points and he is exp

Im reasonably happy with Def and Att - Ill play with the Mid a little bit more.
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billnats
14 years, 9 months ago
given, ruddy
kompany, cole, rafael (simpson, orr)
downing, nzogbia, bale, wilkshere (tiote)
RVP, suarez, odemwingie

questions i have about my team:
1) will rafael and wilkshere be regular starters
2) I have gone for a mid range midfield.. should i sacrifice in bring at least one star.. and who?
3) odemwingie or zamora? Whats the go with suarez missing matches?
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1. bossa
  14 years, 9 months ago
  WBA have a horrible start.
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2. jamez
  14 years, 9 months ago
  1) wilshire will start imo rafael might not
  2) yes you need a star midfielder i would go for vdv or lampard (i knw his expensive but hes a ledgend in fantasy football
  3) zamora imo
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