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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
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.6m	99.3%	Likely
Rúben	MCI	5.6m	96.8%	Likely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	97.1%	Likely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.5m	98.7%	Likely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	97.1%	Likely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	92.1%	Maybe
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	86.0%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.2m	85.0%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	86.1%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	74.0%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	78.2%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	78.3%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	70.7%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	68.8%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	67.6%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	67.4%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	67.4%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	68.7%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	65.5%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	63.4%	Unlikely
Semenyo	BOU	7.5m	46.2%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	61.7%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	58.5%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	55.4%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	56.0%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	56.6%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	56.4%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.8m	42.8%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	8.6m	43.0%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	52.0%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	51.1%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	48.8%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	48.7%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	47.8%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	46.6%	Unlikely
Wilson	FUL	5.6m	30.7%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	41.7%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	36.6%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	40.2%	Unlikely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.1m	43.4%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Anthony	BUR	5.3m	108.3%	Very Likely
Minteh	BHA	6.2m	104.6%	Very Likely
Longstaff	LEE	4.9m	103.1%	Very Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	102.1%	Very Likely
Eze	ARS	7.8m	92.4%	Likely
Mayenda	SUN	5.3m	99.8%	Likely
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	100.7%	Very Likely
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	100.6%	Very Likely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.4m	93.4%	Likely
Gudmundsson	LEE	3.9m	100.1%	Very Likely
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	98.7%	Likely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.7%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	99.5%	Maybe
Lammens	MUN	5.1m	92.7%	Maybe
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	95.2%	Maybe
Yarmoliuk	BRE	5.0m	94.6%	Maybe
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	93.6%	Maybe
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	95.1%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.5%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	92.6%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	93.1%	Unlikely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	92.7%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	92.1%	Unlikely
Irving	WHU	4.4m	91.3%	Unlikely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	91.4%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	90.8%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	90.7%	Unlikely
Worrall	BUR	3.9m	89.1%	Unlikely
João Pedro	CHE	7.3m	85.1%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	90.6%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	89.1%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	88.7%	Unlikely
Sels	NFO	4.7m	85.7%	Unlikely
Danso	TOT	4.3m	85.9%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	86.7%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	87.9%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	88.3%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.6m	81.0%	Unlikely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	85.2%	Unlikely
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	83.6%	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

Members

The Numbers Game – Community Shield Match Analysis

12 August 2014 7256 comments

Paul

This evening’s Members article takes a look over the action in Sunday’s Community Shield showdown between Arsenal and City. Having assessed Alexis Sanchez’ display our lunchtime Technical Area post, we delve into the data to discover for any hints of form ahead of the weekend Gameweek 1 deadline.

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Carcetti
11 years, 4 months ago
Why has everyone gone for Hendo > Siggy?
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Well you know, Triffic
11 years, 4 months ago
Who are the definite picks in your team so far?

Terry, Mata, Rooney, Costa for me so far.
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1. The Missing Link
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Ramsey rooney sturridge costa mata. The rest is a much of a muchness
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2. Zombie
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Rooney, Costa, Mata, Ramsey, Clyne, PVA, Siggy
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VT9
11 years, 4 months ago
Please RMT lads, any feedback appreciated

DDG

Wisdom - Debuchy - Jagielka - Clyne

Fabregas - Mata - Ramsey - Silva

Costa - Rooney
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BENCH: Gilks - Zamora - Naylor - Marney

Fairly happy with the front 8, just not sure on the defence. I've chosen to avoid a Chelsea defender for now just because of the uncertainty...

Cheers!
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1. Galfadez
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Let's talk about Terry vs Cahill...
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cutch
11 years, 4 months ago
2 questions:
1) Sturridge+Bojan or Adebayor+Bony? (I have no other Liverpool player)
2) Silva or Mata? (I have no other City player)
Cheers!
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Willis.
11 years, 4 months ago
Hazard looks overweight. I'd be concerned if I had him.
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Pompel
11 years, 4 months ago
Thoughts on Kelly ? Is it too early, or is he a good route into the Palace defence from GW2?
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ChampionoftheWorld
11 years, 4 months ago
Any advice greatly appreciated.

Krul / Foster

Ward / Ferdinand / PVA / Naylor / Chester / Ferdinand (5 play 3 rotation)

Mata Ramsey Henderson Siggy (Wanayama)

Sturridge Rooney Costa

1.0 in bank, to change Henderson to De Jong in GW2 if he's fit.
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enrico.palazzo
11 years, 4 months ago
?
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Obligatory
11 years, 4 months ago
A) Debuchy + Adrian

B) De Gea + Neil Taylor
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Reddonkeyham 42
11 years, 4 months ago
Rooney, mata, cahill or terry

Is costa essential?
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Demelbrush
11 years, 4 months ago
How long is Naughton going to be nailed for?
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50shades of o'shea
11 years, 4 months ago
What is happening?
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Dele Harry
11 years, 4 months ago
A) Van Aanholt and Chester/Rosenior

B) Pieters/Bardsley and Bruce
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Wilshere Knowledge
11 years, 4 months ago
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Fernando Torres
11 years, 4 months ago
As a sturridge owner I will be really annoyed if sterling outscores him
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Billy Gilmore
11 years, 4 months ago
"No comments have been submitted for this post yet."

Strange when there's nearly 60 pages worth 🙂
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The Diablo
11 years, 4 months ago
Right... I have my heart and mind set on my front 8 - no point posting it for it to get torn up into a template!

Leaves me 32m for defence.

Is this about right to achieve an OK balance? If so, where should that cash go?

Currently on

Krul Elliot

Ward Clyne Chester Naylor Duff

Thoughts appreciated!
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RoelDw
11 years, 4 months ago
Please some advice guys

Begovic (Gilks)

Evans - Cahill - B.Davies (Widsom, Duff)

Eriksen - Mata - Sanchez - Siggy (Wanyama)

Costa - Rooney - Long

+ 1m in bank

Thoughts?
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CostaCoffee
11 years, 4 months ago
Cameron or Wilson
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TigerJK
11 years, 4 months ago
Decided to go with the following rotation (play 1 of 3):

Sunderland - QPR - Burnley

Judging from preseason play time Burnley defence will look like this

---------------- Heaton ----------------
Trippier - Duff - Shackell - Mee

Does this make Duff a good 4.0 prospect or his 36 years will force him to rotate
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A.T
11 years, 4 months ago
Test
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Defcons are for Kinnear
11 years, 4 months ago
Costa v Hazard. This is the question
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Chu Young Ping Pong
11 years, 4 months ago
whats going on
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Jam0sh
11 years, 4 months ago
Hendo, Dzeko, Mutch and 4.0
or
Hendo, Bojan, Eriksen, Rio
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President John F. Keninnsie
11 years, 4 months ago
Anyone else unable to see any comments?
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CostaCoffee
11 years, 4 months ago
Quick question

A) Pieters PVA and Ramsey
B) Baines Wilson/Cameron and 7 or under MID
C) Lovren Mangala and 7 or under mid
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50shades of o'shea
11 years, 4 months ago
I don't know what is happening, no comments are coming up and it doesn't show the page numbers 🙁
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leovesole
11 years, 4 months ago
Morning guys. How's everyone doing?

Torn between: -

1. Foster+Jones
2. DDG+Chester
3.Foster+Chester gives me 0.5 to upgrade my 4.5 mid.

Thoughts?
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Beavis
11 years, 4 months ago
Why can't I see comments?
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Billy Gilmore
11 years, 4 months ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-kA3UtBj4M
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