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FPL GW17 Scout Picks - Bus Team

Verbruggen

O’Reilly
Senesi
Hincapie

Semenyo
Saka
Wilson
Foden

Ekitiké
Haaland
Thiago

Kelleher
Rodon
Clyne
Kroupi

GW17 Chip Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Semenyo	BOU	7.5m	98.6%	Likely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	100.8%	Very Likely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	101.5%	Very Likely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	101.3%	Very Likely
Wilson	FUL	5.6m	93.2%	Maybe
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	91.9%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	89.2%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.2m	88.3%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	84.5%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	80.5%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	8.6m	73.7%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.8m	72.1%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	74.5%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	70.5%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	69.8%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	68.3%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	67.4%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	66.3%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	65.3%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	62.9%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	61.9%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	62.0%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	61.1%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	58.2%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	56.4%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	56.0%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.3m	49.8%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	50.0%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	51.2%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	50.1%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	50.4%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	48.5%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	48.0%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	47.7%	Unlikely
L.Miley	NEW	4.4m	39.8%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	40.2%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	39.6%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	39.4%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.5m	36.0%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	38.4%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Enzo	CHE	6.6m	115.8%	Very Likely
Lammens	MUN	5.1m	103.0%	Very Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	101.5%	Very Likely
Woltemade	NEW	7.4m	98.8%	Likely
João Pedro	CHE	7.3m	100.3%	Very Likely
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	100.9%	Very Likely
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	100.6%	Very Likely
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	100.5%	Very Likely
Mayenda	SUN	5.3m	100.7%	Very Likely
Gudmundsson	LEE	3.9m	100.3%	Very Likely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.5%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	98.8%	Maybe
Irving	WHU	4.4m	95.7%	Maybe
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	94.8%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.5%	Unlikely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	93.4%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	93.0%	Unlikely
Sels	NFO	4.7m	92.4%	Unlikely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	92.9%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	93.0%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	92.3%	Unlikely
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	92.9%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	91.9%	Unlikely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	91.2%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	89.5%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.3m	87.0%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	88.9%	Unlikely
Worrall	BUR	3.9m	88.7%	Unlikely
Munetsi	WOL	5.4m	86.0%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	86.3%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	86.2%	Unlikely
Danso	TOT	4.3m	86.3%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	86.2%	Unlikely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	85.7%	Unlikely
Yarmoliuk	BRE	5.0m	87.5%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.4m	83.6%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	84.1%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	84.4%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	83.6%	Unlikely
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	83.3%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Sus
Up	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:16am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Inj
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Up	Andersen	FUL	C
Up	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
Up	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:28am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	B
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Szoboszlai	LIV	C
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:34am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	C
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	B
Down	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:43am

Site Features

17 September 2011 2286 comments

Andy

The Fantasy Games have updated and another weekend of disappointment begins now.

Missed penalties, red cards, disallowed goals and all sorts of contentious decisions – they’re all coming the way of the intrepid misbegotten Fantasy Manager. To help everyone through this hardship we’ve opened up our Saturday edition of the Dugout Discussion so like minded souls can wallow together. At least until someone turns up at five o’clock and casually mentions how they’ve got a “measly” 100 point haul.

We begin with Arsenal at Blackburn. Most notably Yakubu starts for Rovers while Theo Walcott sits out for the Gunners. Line-ups in full are…

Blackburn XI: Robinson;, Salgado, Dann, Samba, Givet; Hoilett, Nzonzi, Lowe, Rochina, Formica; Yakubu
Arsenal XI: Szczesny; Sagna, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Santos Song, Arteta, Ramsey; Gervinho, Arshavin, Van Persie

After the dust has settled on that tie we’ll have five more match-ups at three o’clock including Leighton Baines at home against Wigan, Swansea still awaiting their first ever Premier League goal and Kevin Davies and Grant Holt duking out a battle of the gargantuan strikers.

Plenty to keep you busy on a Saturday afternoon and the Dugout Discussion will be here for it all.

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Hate that rotation
14 years, 3 months ago
NOT ANOTHER GABBIDON CS.
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SOM.... This is Fellaini�…
14 years, 3 months ago
Ba off Marveaux on
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BigUps
14 years, 3 months ago
Leon Best at 5 mill is intriguing.
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Jax
14 years, 3 months ago
brunt always gets booked.
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super zlatan
14 years, 3 months ago
Wingie booked
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1. njfsdkffslkf
  14 years, 3 months ago
  🙁
  
  Horror day
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FPL Daniel
14 years, 3 months ago
Everybody don't worry about Brunt dropping, now he will be protected from falling and its playing at home next game. After this 3:0 battering I can see him definitely starting.
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1. Arse Craic
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Why will he be protected?
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2. Cars and Mané
  14 years, 3 months ago
  why will he be protected?
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jimnastics
14 years, 3 months ago
Neil Taylor on oxygen... at least I'll get his cleansheet :p
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Jax
14 years, 3 months ago
anyone captain sinclair? well done
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User
14 years, 3 months ago
This gameweek is barely going better than last season where I had a score of 8 - that was when most matches were postponed and I only had one played playing.
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Duckbill
14 years, 3 months ago
i can't wait to get rid of ohara, baines & yaya. Would have got petrov in but instead saved my transfer to get a big hitter in midfield next week.
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trimmtrabb
14 years, 3 months ago
Ok time to dump Walcott and RVP and bring in mata and dzeko?

When to price rises kick in?

cos il need to use my whole budget an can see both rises and fall aplenty with them 4!!
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1. Fray Bentos
  14 years, 3 months ago
  not much risk of any of those rising/falling today
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2. Feanor
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Well I'm keeping RVP for Bolton at least.
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1justlookin
14 years, 3 months ago
I have spent Hours and days sorting and obsessing over my team. I am seriously thinking about jacking it all in, this is taking over my life! Before this gameweek I had 130 points, I've used my wildcard and I'm having another shit week....

Given, Ward, Simpson, Walcott, Brunt, Jarvis!!!!!!

RUBBISH!
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1. Breadbin
  14 years, 3 months ago
  I'm 20th out of 20 in my work league that I finished 2nd in last year, 22 points ahead of you. Stop caring, stick with most of the players as long term they'll be good. It's what I've done.
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2. Breadbin
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Oh, and my total score this week is 0 as I took a 4pt hit last week. My bench has 14, possibly worse than you.
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3. Piggs Boson
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Nearly EVERYONE is doing sh*t this week. It's all the unlicky players that are scoring. These weeks happen, it's only been five weeks, there is a lot of time left, your rivals will slip and you will get lucky weeks.
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  1. Piggs Boson
    14 years, 3 months ago
    *unlikely
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  2. MJ6987
    14 years, 3 months ago
    Not my rival...Agbongo (c), Barton, Arteta, Jags, he's a genius
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4. Jax
  14 years, 3 months ago
  just shut up and play the game. you're not gonna do well every week.
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The Finnisher
14 years, 3 months ago
EVERYBODY SELL ODEMWINGIE!
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1. Jax
  14 years, 3 months ago
  eh, not yet. you haven't heard how bad his injury is.
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  1. Hate that rotation
    14 years, 3 months ago
    ARRRRGGGGGGG! Now he injured.
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  2. The Finnisher
    14 years, 3 months ago
    Haha he is fine, i mean so i can get him cheaper this week? 😉
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    1. Hate that rotation
      14 years, 3 months ago
      Jack you seriously spooked me there
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O Fenomeno
14 years, 3 months ago
How long before Newcastle get 40 million from City for Cabaye?
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PB-THE-VET
14 years, 3 months ago
Oh ffs! Played brunt over dyer. Game is cursed
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CFCTom
14 years, 3 months ago
Adebayor needs to have the game of his life. No less than 5 goals and 2 assists are required.
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1. Microcuts
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Want.
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2. Piggs Boson
  14 years, 3 months ago
  That would be very nice.
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dogtanion
14 years, 3 months ago
baines fail...I really couldn't see this coming. worst season ever
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1. 7923dos
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Baines is not worth the money, better to have <5m defenders from teams like that and then spend the £ elsewhere
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  1. 7923dos
    14 years, 3 months ago
    Or expensive defenders from decent teams
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FPL Daniel
14 years, 3 months ago
I am considering having 2 uber cheap mids in Dyer and Johnson. They rotate excellent and that will let me have 3 from Young, DVD, Silva, Nasri, Mata, Walcott, Arteta
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1. The Finnisher
  14 years, 3 months ago
  I will have Dyer, SWP and 3 of those
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2. Feanor
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Which Johnson?
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3. Dai Chicken Pie
  14 years, 3 months ago
  wALCOTT?!
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4. Ronaldinhos_Front_Tooth
  14 years, 3 months ago
  i like it
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mufc802
14 years, 3 months ago
whats everyones score so far?
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1. jamez
  14 years, 3 months ago
  97 you
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  1. The Finnisher
    14 years, 3 months ago
    20 from 5
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2. andy85wsm
  14 years, 3 months ago
  98
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3. Breadbin
  14 years, 3 months ago
  4 from 3
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4. Jax
  14 years, 3 months ago
  45
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5. O Fenomeno
  14 years, 3 months ago
  11...
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6. fannyscabbages
  14 years, 3 months ago
  22 from 5
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Gunnersaurus Rex
14 years, 3 months ago
vorm for 2 more saves i wudnt put it passed him wat a bargain 🙂
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1. Piggs Boson
  14 years, 3 months ago
  The only player out of 4 that has scored more than 2, including my captain! Thank you Vorm, almost picked Krul!
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NeatBourbon
14 years, 3 months ago
Simple question, I have 2 free transfers for next week. If I wildcard will i still have two free ones the following week?
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1. super zlatan
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Dunno
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2. Breadbin
  14 years, 3 months ago
  No, you'll lose them. Save wildcard if possible, take 4 or 8 point hit if things are terrible & warrant it.
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3. Jax
  14 years, 3 months ago
  nope.
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rohan
14 years, 3 months ago
6 players done... only 20 points... i am so down
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1. Piggs Boson
  14 years, 3 months ago
  4 players... 12 pts and captain has played. I am waaay more screwed.
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Arse Craic
14 years, 3 months ago
Any sign of Hunt?
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1. Arse Craic
  14 years, 3 months ago
  nevermind...came on 10mins ago.
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  1. Breadbin
    14 years, 3 months ago
    Sickening eh...
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2. polis
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Wolves? Came on for Jarvis.
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Hate that rotation
14 years, 3 months ago
FF Golden Rule of 11/12:

Get Rooney, Aguero, Dzeko, Silva, Young and fill the rest with rubbish. Guaranteed at least 50 every week.
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1. jimnastics
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Just brought in Silva at last... feels good. Also brough in Sturridge, think he's a blinding bargain this season.
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2. Just Ruud
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Indeeeeeeed
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3. Jax
  14 years, 3 months ago
  unlikely.
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4. Fray Bentos
  14 years, 3 months ago
  actually young isn't that important - you could have nasri instead of silva and what about suarez
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5. applebonkers
  14 years, 3 months ago
  i disagree over young. both his goals were stunners. you don't score stunners every week, i'd rather he scored a couple from five yard off his webcam-wand
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SOM.... This is Fellaini�…
14 years, 3 months ago
Bent off
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FPL Daniel
14 years, 3 months ago
DJ that's a striker!!!
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SOM.... This is Fellaini�…
14 years, 3 months ago
Great save by Given from Cabaye.
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O Fenomeno
14 years, 3 months ago
I love you Velios!
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Nomar
14 years, 3 months ago
DJ off the mark. 3-0 QPR.

Casual.
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1. AP
  14 years, 3 months ago
  I really like QPR. Dunno why, but i do. Might be the kit.
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AP
14 years, 3 months ago
11 from 5 including my captain. This game is well easy.
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1. Breadbin
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Thanks for making the rest of us losers feel better!
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  1. AP
    14 years, 3 months ago
    Pleasure.
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2. applebonkers
  14 years, 3 months ago
  who was your (c)?
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3. Piggs Boson
  14 years, 3 months ago
  Wow, worse than me! 12 from 4 with captain played. I need Nasri and Adebayor to score 3 each. My rivals have all my other players, one captained dzeko, one rooney; so screwed...
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