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4 May 2017 3655 comments
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You get your Wildcard active, and we’ll do the maths. Or rather Jonty will.

This week’s ScoutCast gets highly technical as my aforementioned co-host goes all Rachel Riley on us (wishful thinking) and attempts to bewilder with a cheeky little algorithm he’s just happened to have rustled up.

Attempting to cut through the noise of the forthcoming double Gameweeks, Andy and Luke join me while Jonty gives his numbers an airing via another round of your targeted queries.

We chew over Gabbiadini’s demise, assess the Gameweek 37 potential offered by Spurs and Chelsea and, yet again, make another assessment of a slumbering Sanchez.

The end result all leads to the ScoutCast Wildcard template squad, as Big Vic crashes in and Luke stands alone in shunning Arsenal’s Chilean timebomb.

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Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

  1. fellainiisbetterthanzidane
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Jesus or Costa?

    1. Geoff
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Jesus, cheaper

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

      Jesus

    3. fellainiisbetterthanzidane
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Lukaku to Costa? What say you?

    4. Nigawan
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Jesus will save us this week

  2. tm370
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    repost - a reply would be much appreciated:

    A) King, Anichebe (will only play in 37 bb) - 4 points.
    B) Gabbiadini, Tom Carroll (will only play in 37 bb)

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

      Keep Gabbi for this week, no point getting rid now

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

      Dont sell Gabbi if not on WC.

    3. kumast
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      So it´s King or Gabbiadini? If it was just one game each in GW36 then for me it´s King, easy. But Gabb has two games. However he and southampton have been rubbish recently. He may not even play both GW36 games.
      Probably King.

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

        But maybe not for a hit. If Gabb does something in GW36 you´ll want him for GW37.

    4. Reggie Nainggolan
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      A got king who's a must imo unless ur mid is crazy

      1. tm370
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Cheers guys -

        The rest of the attack is: Hazard, Sanchez, Alli, Eriksen, Kane and Jesus. But I understand the logic of avoiding hits, esp with Gabb's games.

  3. liiusions
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Bench one:
    A) Gabbi
    B) Eriksen

    Playing Alli and Kane

    1. Fer Fuch's Ake
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      I would personally drop Ali over Eriksen, I suppose Gabi has DGW so best to play since you already have spurs coverage

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

      Have to play Gabbi if keeping him.

    3. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Gabbi will be on the bench for me in 36 and then use as part of bench boost in 37

    4. mcrayeps
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Jakupovic vs Caballero on GW 36

      Japu :
      Hull Home conceded 26
      Sun Away goal 10 (2nd lowest on PL)

      Caballero :
      MCI Home Conceded 15
      CRY Away goal 26

      Question : Japu or Caballero?

  4. Fer Fuch's Ake
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Can you help rank SOUT Mid by the most playing minutes this game week?

    A- Redmond
    B- JWP
    C- Romeu
    D- Tadic

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

      CDAB

      Romeu isn't an option though

    2. Manani
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      CADB

  5. mcrayeps
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Bench One :
    Cout King Sane Hazard Ozil
    Gabbi Kane Lukaku

    😉

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

      Sane

    2. dark91
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Coutinho

    3. Fingerspitzengefühl
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Sane

  6. Manani
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    only got 101.3m sell on value for my whole team, really struggling to make a good team for WC

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

      Try to go 442 instead of 352 or 343.

  7. Max City
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Anyone goes without Sanchez?

    Which set will score more until the rest of the season?
    A) Sanchez Stephens
    B) Alli Cahill

    1. Fer Fuch's Ake
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      A purely on having extra game

    2. Pierce34
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      On current form you'd have to say B. If Sanchez gets back to being Sanchez then he'd swing it to A.

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

      I am. But I think A is slightly better here. I have all of those but Sanchez

    4. Nigawan
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      B

    5. Manani
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      don't think there will be any difference to be honest. pretty much a coin flip

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

    Seems that the week is coming to an end and also means that there will not be wc left till end of the season. However, my main concerns is having too many players from the same team and there is no bench boost left. So the coming weeks, I will have:-

    Chelsea - Cahil, Hazard, Costa
    Arsenal - Gabriel, Sanchez
    Spurs - Vertongan , Alli, Kane
    City - Caballero , Jesus
    Soton - JWP, Stephans
    Others - Pennington, Carol

    GTG or there is something that im missing out that will be costly ?

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

      The teams you listed all have the best fixtures so would make sense why you and others have so many from them teams

    2. Fer Fuch's Ake
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Since you don't have bench boost your funds are well spend on getting the big guns playing, I question gabriel playing both DGW but otherwise gtg

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

    Thank God it's nearly over 😆

    Cheers for all the advice & input. My final decision of my WC 16/17 is:

    A. Matic & Gabbiadini

    B. Fabregas & Anichebe

    A strange one I know..

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

      A

    2. Manani
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      A, I don't like gabby but 2 dgws are too good to ignore

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

      A but I'd keep the 3rd Chelsea spot free just in case.

    4. Fer Fuch's Ake
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      I'm toying with Kante so I know where you're coming from, B seems more exciting

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

        I'm so tempted to punt on Fabregas. It's the one player no one else will have (maybe for good reason 😆

        1. Fer Fuch's Ake
          • 12 Years
          8 years, 7 months ago

          He doesn't need more than 20-30min to inflict damage, but frustrating not guaranteed start, Pedro best option

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

      Thanks for the replies!

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

      A

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

    Gtg. On WC.

    0itb

    Cech
    Alonso / Monreal / Yoshida
    Sanchez (c) / Hazard (vc) / Alli / Sane / King
    Kane / Jesus

    Pickford / Stephens / Holgate / Anichebe

    1. tm370
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Yeah looks very good.

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

      Yup!

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

    Should I downgrade Albrighton to upgrade Monreal to Kosc?

    Albrighton (or replacement) will be benched this week. Replacement can't be Chelsea

    1. Heels_Over_Head
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      I like Capoue better than Albrighton FWIW

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

        Interesting. Can't think why

    2. tm370
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      You could swap Albrighton for Fraser - that Bournemouth home fixture in 37 is superb, and his stats are decent.

      Personally I'd just stick with Monreal and Albrighton though.

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

        Cheers I think I will. Fraser doesnt turn me on. Capoue will at least get 4 like Albrighton most likely

    3. NATSTER
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Threat wise, Capoue is far better in stats. But his DGW is too difficult.

    4. Boomerang V
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      kosc is more nailed but also more injury prone and therefore with some rotation risk

  12. The Nuttmxn
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Anyone up and into Classic Rock/Alternative/The heavier side of Rock, I'm making a playlist of an A-Z with 3-4 bands per letter and was after suggestions to see if I can add new music to it:

    1x I, J, L, R, U
    2x Q, V, Z
    3x X, Y

    Tah.

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

      Why would you do that?

      1. The Nuttmxn
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        I like the alphabet and I like rock music

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

          Don't need to explain yourself 🙂

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

      I'll Nino - What comes around

      Rammstein - Sonne

      Linken Park - Runaway

      Static X (does that count) - Cold

      Queens of the stone age - Go with the flow & no one knows

      Velvet revolver - Slither

      Lacuna Coil - Enjoy the silence

      1. The Nuttmxn
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Cheers for the suggestions, will add a couple 🙂

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

          Some might be a bit on the too heavy side 🙂

    3. Liftbox
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      depends on how far back you are going. These are in my playlists
      Jet city woman
      Rocket queen
      Immigrant song
      Ziggy Stardust
      LA woman
      Under Pressure
      Velcro fly
      you give love a bad name

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

        I could go on and on if I started with the Alt side 🙂

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

          And... I totally read it wrong oops

          1. The Nuttmxn
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            8 years, 7 months ago

            No problem, the songs still give me ideas

  13. Trashpanda
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Kompany or Southampton def?

    1. Heels_Over_Head
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Shampton

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

        Cheers

  14. VFORVANDETA
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Bench 2?

    Alonso Company Yoshida Stephens Gabriel

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

      Yoshida Stephens probably

  15. MrZ
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    is it mad to do heaton>cech for a hit?

    heaton may get a CS vs WBA but 2 fixtures are tempting... plus i dont have arsenal cover

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

      Not mad since you get 2 extra games from it. Sensible

      1. MrZ
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        but will he be rotate with ospina?

  16. ⚽️ Omardiola ⚽️
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Hello Guys any sants fans here ?
    Gabbi will play or not and how many matches he will play?

  17. Manu5
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Can someone give some advice on who to bench out of this front eight?

    Sanchez,Alli,sane,king,hazard
    Jesus,Kane,Gabbi

    Currently have Alli on the bench but i feel sick over it

    1. Heels_Over_Head
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Sane

      1. Manu5
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        That's the one I was thinking about, thanks

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

      Sane

    3. Skyarm
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      I went Gabbi > Anichebe and upgraded my defense just to not have to deal with this headache.
      I would bench Sane as he is the least explosive

      1. Manu5
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Yeah, I hear you, the headache should just be this week with the bench boast next week

  18. Scheister
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Bench sorted? Hate to leave out a DGWer...

    Willy
    Yoshi Gabriel Alonso
    Sanchez(TC) Hazard Alli King Sane
    Kane Gabbi

    Pickford Stephens Bailly Anichebe

    1. Heels_Over_Head
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Gtg

  19. Krafty Werks
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Final decision, which pairing?

    Cech, Cabellero
    Alonso, Monreal, ??, Yoshida, Stephens
    Sanchez, Hazard, Eriksen, Pedro, ??
    Kane, Jesus, Anichebe

    A - Holgate & Sane
    or
    B - Vertonghen & King

    BB in 37 and would bench Vert for Yoshi in 36 so both options getting 4 games next two.

    Thanks.

    1. Heels_Over_Head
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      B

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

      B

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

      B by a mile.

      1. tm370
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Yeah B - not even close imo

    4. Krafty Werks
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Ty all B it is then, good luck folks!!

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

    Vertonghen or Kompany?

    1. Heels_Over_Head
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Vert

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

      Vertonghen. Get into City backline through Willy.

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

      thanks

      1. tm370
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Vert - playing in a better defence, is less injury prone, and is not a rotation risk.

  21. Savastano
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    On WC, short of 0.1 for Albrighton 🙁 so gonna go capoue. Should I get Barnes or Anichebe as back up striker? Will only be used GW37.

    1. Heels_Over_Head
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Anichebe has two chances to get lucky

      1. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Anichebe or Gabbi Heels...???
        Anichebe just allows me to go Holegate to Vertonghen... otherwise no changes ????

        1. Heels_Over_Head
          • 12 Years
          8 years, 7 months ago

          I'd do Vert and Anichebe for now.

          Gabbiadini has better fixtures in 37.

          For 37, you can flip the two slots -4 or more likely have an injury in your team that creates funds to upgrade to Gabbiadini if he looks livelier this week.

          This is my plan because Anichebe also avoids a benching heads this week.

          1. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
            • 9 Years
            8 years, 7 months ago

            Cheers
            I was starting to lean that way... you may have been the final persuasion I needed... I was planning for Gabbi for weeks so it is weird to choose Anichebe over him... too bad Soton is a mess

    2. Heels_Over_Head
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      I like Capoue better

  22. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Having WC and BB and planing for two weeks is really bringing out the worst of my OCD????

    1. Heels_Over_Head
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Yep. Me too.

      Even worse, I just achieved the highest overall rank I've ever had in 10 years playing.

      1. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Congrats... I like your well thought out responses.. what do you think of the Anichebe v Gabbi question I put to you above??

      2. Scheister
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Well played!

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

    For THIS WEEK only:

    a) Sterling (CPL)

    b) Pedro (MID)

    1. Heels_Over_Head
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Pedro

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

      B

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

      B

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

      B

    5. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Mr Rodriguez

  24. Marknlard
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Play the WC this week and BB next week. Perfect. What can go wrong?

    A major benching dilemma in the front 8 this weekend, that's what.

    1. Manu5
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Dealing with the same dilemma,but it's only one week

    2. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Is it Sane vs Gabbi?

      1. Marknlard
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Yeah, probably boils down to that. Who do you prefer?

        1. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 7 months ago

          Sane...

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

      Welcome to the club! 🙂

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

    Who to bench?

    A) Pedro(MID)
    B) Gabbi(liv, ARS)
    C) Alli(whu)
    D) Erik(whu)
    E) Jesus(CPL)
    F) Kane(whu)

    1. The Owl
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      pedro

    2. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      A or B ... for 36 I am leaning B (although I have Sane instead of Padro);
      Then bench boost gets Gabbi in for 37

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

        Cheers guys

    3. Manu5
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Yeah, unfortunately Pedro

  26. The Owl
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Bench 2

    1) Monreal
    2) Gabbi
    3) Yoshida
    4) Stephens

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

      34

      1. The Owl
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        That what I have currently other defender is Azpi who I am playing, something feels not quite right having 2 DGW players on the bench

      2. Heels_Over_Head
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        This

  27. SunnyH1986
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    New WC Team (this week has driven me mad):

    Pickford/Cabellero
    Stephens/Yoshida/Gabriel/Davies/Cahill
    Sanchez/Hazard/King/Alli/Albrighton
    Jesus/Kane/Anichebe

    Please Please rate

    1. The Owl
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      I like it, which defenders would you bench though?

      1. SunnyH1986
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        This week I would bench Stephens, Albrighton and Anichbe and play 4-4-2 I guess. Next week will be BB.

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

      I take it your team value isn't fantastic?

      It's about as good as you could hope for although there are doubts over Gabriel & potentially Davies in gwk 37

      1. SunnyH1986
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Well I have 0.6 itb but have not been able to find any better players to upgrade to. Any suggestions?

  28. ⚽️ Omardiola ⚽️
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    hey guys what about gabbi he will play both games ??

    1. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      59 minutes of both games- 1 plus 1

    2. The Owl
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Probably in 36

  29. Nigawan
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    For GW36 which combo is better?

    A) Sane + Gabi
    B) Jesus + JWP

    currently having Gabi and Tadic.

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

      Jesus + Albrighton

    2. Ryan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      B.

    3. Heels_Over_Head
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      B

    4. thunder_mike
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      B

    5. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Jesus and Sane???

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

        cant afford sane jesus bro

  30. CloudSky
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Gabbi will be such a trap. Sadly, Ive fallen in it.

    1. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      There is still time if your on WC... I am trying to pry Gabbi out of my fear driven hands to Anichebe and upgrade elsewhere