With the Fantasy Premier League game brought into focus this morning, it’s time to turn our attention to our other supported Fantasy game, as we look at the current Scout rankings in the Sky Sports effort. We get some insight on the latest market trends and, of course, look ahead to another episode of Fantasy Football Club…
The Scout League
Little changes at the very top of the Scout League, as Paul Hennessy opens up the gap after Gameweek 6. He now leads the way by 22 points from Jonathan Lenharth, with Ben Salter tied with him for second on 317 points. Hennessy is now third in the race for the £25,000 first prize, 11 points off the lead in the overall game.
There are new names in fourth and fifth, with Chris Tuck and Ray Martin edging into the top echelons of our league. Scout contributor Andy slipped down from fifth to 11th this week and sits on 393 points overall.
With such high standards maintained, the Scout League stretched the lead in the Private League rankings and is now 13 points ahead.
A reminder that if you’re playing the Sky Sports game and have yet to join our league, you can sign up to the FFScout League with this Pin: 8004519.
Market Forces
This week’s movement in the market is interesting to say the least, with Carl Jenkinson sitting on top of the “transfers in” rankings over the past seven days. The Arsenal full-back has, of course, provided great value for his Fantasy managers across the games – in the Sky Sports game he is on top of the overall value rankings, offering 7.63 points per million on his 3.8 price tag. However, with Bacary Sagna expected to return to contention after the international break, Jenkinson will surely be pushed to retain his start.
The other names in the rankings are perhaps more understandable, with Marouane Fellaini, Santi Cazorla, Robin Van Persie and Demba Ba (who has now climbed on top of the value rankings for forwards) making up our top five. As for transfers out, Carlos Tevez has again seen the biggest loss of faith with almost 7% shedding the Argentine going into the weekend meeting with Sunderland. With Tevez leading the transfers out in the Fantasy Premier League this week but set to start at the weekend, there could be a wave of frustration building here.
Eden Hazard ranks second for transfers out and, again, he’s a player that will go into the weekend fresh and with a strong fixture. Clearly Sky Sports managers are losing faith with the early template players but, getting rid of both Hazard and Tevez looks a risk ahead of favourable home fixtures and likely starts.
Fantasy Football Club
Granville and I will be watching from the comfort of the lounge (not the same one) this week, having snuck into the studio for filming last Friday. This time around Fenners and Merse welcomes Anfield legends Robbie Fowler and Jason McAteer into the studio. Also, having tipped Luis Suarez going into last weekend, look out for the ITK’s input again this week.
