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27 April 2017 3715 comments
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Gradually weaned off our double fixture helping and returned to normality, the ScoutCast team take time out to pick through the wreckage of Gameweek 34, before we set our sights firmly on what lies ahead.

Wildcards and Bench Boost chips lodged up their end of season sleeves, Jonty, Andy and Luke join me to embrace another round of community questions.

With the rebuilding programme imminent, we take a look at those shot-term punts who can do a job in Gameweek 35, before weighing up single fixture assets who can possibly hold their own amid the forthcoming circus of Gameweek 37.

And, of course, we carry out our weekly appraisal of Alexis Sanchez, as the Chilean hints at a return form just as an irresistable Eden Hazard closes in.

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  1. Viper
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    The question above, should have actually been, play McAuley or Davies?

    Thanks 🙂

    1. Champione
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      McAuley

    2. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      McAuley

  2. AYLD28
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    My team:

    Henn / Pick
    Alonso / Valencia / Davies / Bertrand / Holegate
    Eriksen / Hazard / Sanchez / King / Zaha
    Kane / Gabbi / Benteke

    1.4 itb

    Rival team

    Henn / Heaton
    Gibson / Valencia / Davies / Azpi / Ward
    Eriksen / Hazard / Sanchez / Siggy / Davies
    Negredo / Kane / Barnes

    He's 65 points ahead. This week I brought in Gabbi for Negredo, I think hel prob do the same. What moves in the future GWs would you do? I need differentials from him. We both have BB and no WC..

    1. Dr Kenneth Noisewater
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Eriksen > Alli, Sanch > KDB, Heaton > Caballero

      Time to get risky.

  3. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Joel Ward likely to play v Burnley? Played twice in a few days already

    1. Netley Lucas
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Yep, solid RB and no real cover atm.

  4. Bruno Bruno!!
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    If you had decribe your FPL season in terms of a club which club would it be and why?

    Mine would Arsenal started okay had long poor patch in the middle of the season and at the business end my team has found its rhythm and going strongly

    1. Viper
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Liverpool. Looked strong at times, staggered in easy looking weeks but could still potentially achieve my goal of top 1k (top 4 in their case)

    2. Deulofail
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Leicester. Good on paper but not performing. Recent resurgence of 500k in 2 GWs

      1. Deulofail
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Or Palace

        1. Deulofail
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 7 months ago

          OR updated. 491k*

    3. Robben Mee Blind
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Burnley - solid but unspectacular, and Tom Heaton has saved the day for us both on so many occasions!

    4. Tansey
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Liverpool here too. Started off deadly strong, probably punching a bit over my weight, reality finally arrived and I took a bit of a slip but still going well given my expectations at the start

    5. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Spurs

      Close but no cigar

    6. Jigger & Pony
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Utd. Started strong and am finishing strong. Very meh mid season...

  5. Dr Kenneth Noisewater
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Could use some sagacious input gents:

    A) Cech - Darmian - Sane
    B) Cech - Kompany - Herrera
    C) Caballero - Blind - Sane
    D) Caballero - Kompany - Walcott/Pedro

    Edging towards B or D as I already have Valencia, but I feel like Sane is the better choice of mid-priced mids.

    Rest of team:

    Pickford - *****
    Valencia - Vertonghen - Yoshida - Stephens - *****
    Sanchez - Hazard - Alli - **** - JWP
    Aguero - Kane - Anichebe

  6. Flynny
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Wow...including anichebe on wildcard makes such a difference.

    Any views on this wildcard for gw36 bb37?

    Just can't find alternative 3rd striker.. ..costa too pricey and Jesus need to convince me

    Willy pickford
    Alonso vert monreal yoshida holgat e
    Sanchez oil hazard alli king
    Kane gabbi anichebe

    0.6itb......any views?...thanks

    1. Knowledgeable meerkat
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Is oil ozil? If so, ozil > city mid (sane) is a possibility

      1. Flynny
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Yup oil is ozil....

  7. @FPL_liverbird (liverpoolfa…
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    If you are BB gw37 and need a low cost defender just for that week, Kelly from Cpl plays hull at home!!

  8. Bruno Bruno!!
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    OR updated up 15k from 137k to 122k, 7th green arrow in a row 🙂

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Well done!

      1. Bruno Bruno!!
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Thanks TM, a top 100k finish would be nice this season then next season finish in top 1% of players

    2. Yank Revolution
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Nice dude.

      139 k here...a small jump, but I'll take it. WC time!

      1. Bruno Bruno!!
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Well done hopefullt this form continues for the rest of this season and into next season.

    3. BigManBakar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Congrats 🙂

      1. Bruno Bruno!!
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Thanks, onward and upwards as i think i saw you say to someone else

  9. Totti
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    valdes pickford
    walker baily gibson stephens holgate

    Gibson to
    A) youshida
    B) other suggestion

  10. Dušan Citizen
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Getting Blind and Jesus for Davies and Negredo for -4

    1. T444
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      I don't want to miss any Jesus points so I think I'll just take a punt

  11. Knowledgeable meerkat
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Sat at 21k, and have been around there for some weeks now. Do we have any idea how many of the top 20k have already used their bench boost? Or just a reasonable estimate?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Roughly 60% have bench boost left.

      1. Knowledgeable meerkat
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Cheers, so being sat at 21k my goal of top 10k is very much still on

  12. Netley Lucas
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    38,512... time to post rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co5gy_2uOEY

    1. Bruno Bruno!!
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Nice one NETLEY

    2. T444
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Nice joke there

  13. ashkroft
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Any suggestions on this wc?

    pickford/caballero
    Alonso,monreal,yoshida,stephens,holgate
    haz,sanchez,king,sane,eriksen/1wk firmino
    Jesus,gabbi,kane

    0.0 itb

    1. Flynny
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Isn't it too early for jesus

      1. Deulofail
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        The early riser saves the world

      2. ashkroft
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        he looked ready. Peps post match interview was uplifting regarding time aswell

  14. GENERATION X
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    happy with a little jump back to 2.5k tonight sleep well eric n danny all your doing...

    1. Tansey
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      You'll sleep well with that OR

  15. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Is it looking like Jesus will start against Middlesbough? Easy transfer of Negredo to Jesus if so.

    1. Deulofail
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      I would guess so, but just a guess

    2. Yank Revolution
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      It's a maybe...he will get some time, but start, who knows...?

  16. Venom Snake
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    My highest attackers score this week was 4, and my lowest defenders score was 5.

    Dam!

    1. FP El Wonky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Well at least your defense did ok

    2. T444
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      I got 83 with rashford (c) could've been so much better

    3. Twisted Saltergater
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      You'll need to park the bus next time 🙂

      1. Venom Snake
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Haha definitely

  17. Sweetboi
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    How does this look for a one week punt before WC?

    Alexis + A Carroll > Hazard + Jesus (-4)

    Won't lose value on Sanchez and will get him back for 36?

  18. Point-one short
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    After what was looking like a crap GW, turned into a green arrow and up to 97k. 🙂

    1. Tansey
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Nice. Any chips still lying around?

      1. Point-one short
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Just BB left, WC in GW 30, but 1 red arrow in last 12 GWs and gone from rank 1.98M in GW 12 and not too badly set up for 37 hopefully. 🙂

  19. Old Wulfrunian
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    What would you do with this team?

    PIckford
    Brunt Valencia Yoshida
    Sanchez Alli Siggy Zaha
    Lukaku Benteke Kane

    Jacupovic-Vertonghen Gibson Clayton
    1ft 0.1itb

    Thanks

    1. Deulofail
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Does lukaku to gabbi allow you to do siggy to hazard? If not just do siggy to arnie or something if you have WC.

      1. Old Wulfrunian
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Cheers.Yes i can do Siggy+Lukaku->Hazard+Gabbiadini and i have wc for gw36.Hazard a certain wc pick but maybe for gw35 Coutinho/Sane a better pick?

  20. flippetyflop
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    What are my fellow Valencia owners doing? Can't see him starting vs Swansea myself!

    1. ryacoo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Can't see him starting either. I have Baines as first sub so may just risk it. Probably not worth a -4 with WC next week for me.

    2. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Hoping he starts. Not worth a FT of shifting him out before WC. Good thing is he's either 0 or 90.

    3. FP El Wonky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      I sold him for kompany, could not live with stress and uncertainties of owning Valencia another week

    4. Yank Revolution
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Selling on WC, got Bailly/DDG

  21. HurriKane
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Which option do you prefer on WC ? (Both costs the same)

    A) Sanchez Kompany Maguire Pickford

    B) Ozil Luiz Vertonghen Caballero

    1. UnitedFan
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      A

    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      For me, B.

  22. Je suis le chat
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Ta DDG, snuck a green arrow to 13k despite Negredo captain. Chastened!

  23. zizoo10
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Can get this team with 1FT

    DDG
    Alonso - Robertson - Chambers
    Sanchez - Alli - Eriksen - Siggy
    Kane - Kaku - Gabbi

    A) Stick, WC next week
    B) WC this week, bring in city/soton/king

  24. korbendallas82
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Which teams scores most goals in gw35?

    1. Manchester City
    2. Liverpool
    3. Bournemouth

    Crystal Palace and Manchester United will be solide, but maby not score that many goals?

    Any other Guess?

    1. Petr Cech the Table
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      2

  25. Magic Bean
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    19K to 22K this week. WC TC and BB left, hoping for top 10K fingers crossed!

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      I'm looking for the same answer if I take a hit this week. 🙂

      1. BigManBakar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Gabbiadini, Benteke, Vardy and Afobe all look good. Really tempted by Afobe.

  26. Ravager
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Hennessey Pickford
    Gibson Bailly Vertonghen (Holgate Stephens)
    Alli Zaha Sanchez King (De Roon)
    Lukaku Kane Negredo

    Plan was to do Negredo > Gabbi this week then Zaha > Hazard the next. But if Hazard rises tonight, leaves me with exact cash. Pull the trigger now or wait still?

  27. Venom Snake
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Anyone know how serious the Pogba injury is, is a transfer out?

  28. flippetyflop
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    I'm going Negredo to Gabbiadini but is anything worth a -4?

    De Gea Pickford

    Valencia Yoshida Davies Mustafi Holgate

    Sanchez Sane Son Zaha De Roon

    Kane Origi Negredo

  29. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    It is damn tempting to leave sanchez out of wildcard. Get Ozil instead

    Would be able to get a frontline of vardy kane costa then and have a team full of definite starters.

    Pickford the only non dgw player

    1. MikeDuff
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Pick has dgw

      1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Jayus I did not even notice that!
        That even seals the deal even more

    2. Yank Revolution
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      If Sanchez is going back to striker, then he's gotta be in the WC team.

      1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Maybe but the benefits of that 2m might be worthwhile elsewhere