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24 August 2017 2783 comments
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Two Gameweeks down and already the dilemmas are building; the siren song of the Wildcard button is calling.

Failing big hitters are the major bone of contention as Jonty, Andy and Luke join me for the second ScoutCast of the season.

We give our verdicts on Spurs talisman Harry Kane, while also assessing the fall-out from Manchester City and, in particular, the shot-shy Kevin De Bruyne.

Driven by another round of community questions, we also chew over The Pogba vs Mkhitaryan debate and the big Bournemouth bail out, before previewing Gameweek 3.

Oh, and after his ten point return on the Aaron Mooy investment, we wrestle to prevent Jonty dropping his name into the conversation at every opportunity. I think I counted two. That’s a win for everyone involved.

This ScoutCast was first beamed live via our YouTube channel on Tuesday night. Be sure to subscribe to get notice of future live episodes.

If you’re a traditional type, you can acquire the mp3 audio version via this link on the first player below, or take in the full visual experience via the second player below.

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

  1. Kylo 13
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Morning guys

    Some help please if you don't mind.

    a) Alonso, Salah and Pogba
    or
    b) Luiz, Mane and Mhiki

    Thoughts?

  2. jg7u
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Which transfer should I make?

    DDG (Foster)
    Davies - Stephens - Dawson (Daniels, Long)
    Carroll - Tadic - Willian - KDB - Salah
    Lukaku - Kane

    A) Daniels > Trippier
    B) Salah > Alli
    C) KDB > Eriksen

    There is a high possibility of WC next week, especially if I'm doing option A) as I want to have a slot for a Spurs mid.

    1. jg7u
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Forgot to mention 0.5 ITB.

    2. MESSINHO
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      A, and play Trippier instead of Carroll then.

  3. reason17
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Who is the best southampton attacker?

    I am tempted by gabiadini and tadic

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      I would avoid saints attack altogether to be honest

    2. kime67
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      i would too.yoshida is the only player who is a good option

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Think he is nailed though with the new signing from Lazio ? I would go for Cedric myself 🙂

  4. Zizou
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    foster elliot
    suttner ake zanka kola stephens
    kdb atsu carroll salah mkhi
    mounie lukaku kane

    any changes needed or just save

    cheers

  5. Punter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Think I know the answer to this but....

    A) KDB + Salah
    B) Eriksen + Mane (doubling with Kane, no City)

    1. Hasselbaink Forever
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      B of course

  6. Mind över Mata
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Take the hit?

    A) Play Dunk (wat)
    B) Daniels -> Jones / Trippier (-4)

  7. davies
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    A) Salah + Alonso + 4.0 (Have Mbemba already)
    B) Mane + SPURS + Hegazi

    1. kime67
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      b

  8. johnnybeefcake
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    rmt (on wildcard)

    foster (elliot)

    alonso jones trippier (mee mbemba)

    eriksen pogba d.silva RLC (carroll)

    Lukaku Kane Chicharito

    1. SuperAlly77
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      I had the exact same, but decided to downgrade Jones & Tripp to have three 4.5m defenders (and one 4m bench warmer) rotating around Alonso. Lets you upgrade Silva to Mane. Silva is a good option I think, but Mane is a beast and will get a lot more points I think. You can still get points from rotating your defenders well.

  9. kime67
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    martial 25 minutes played 16 pts. wonder why hes not getting starts

    1. Over Midwicket
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Mourinho probably doesn't play FPL

      1. Speédy
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        This

    2. kime67
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      fpl points=irl good preformance

      1. Over Midwicket
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Okay.

  10. foreverton
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Worth taking a punt on Lanzini or wait itll next week (might be too late)?

    1. Over Midwicket
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      A punt too far.

    2. secret_account
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Wait

  11. Afghanistanislas
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Which of these would you go for?

    A) Trippier, Hegazi, Cedric, Mane, Chicharito (4-3-3)
    B) Alonso, Fernandez/Lowe (rotated), Richarlison, Mooy, Firmino (4-3-3)

    1. Afghanistanislas
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Woops - B is meant to say 3-4-3

    2. aleksios
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Tough-a

    3. Over Midwicket
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      B

  12. Roys Peak
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    is it ok to have these double ups?
    Foster Dawson
    Mkhi Lukaku
    Trippier Eriksen Kane

    1. Speédy
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Yes. I might have triple spurs,triple united,double southampton soon.

    2. kime67
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      gtg

  13. Butters_lfc9
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Biggest issue in this team? Daniels? Rodriguez? Ritchie?
    Thinking of taking a hit to ship out Daniels and Ritchie, 0.0ITB

    Foster
    Trippier-Daniels-Yoshida
    KDB-Mane-Ramsay-Ritchie
    Lukaku-Kane-Rodriguez

    Elliot-Carroll-Suttner-Long

    1. kime67
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      wc

    2. Speédy
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Daniels - Jones. No hit.

  14. aleksios
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    It all come down to this:
    a) Alonso-Richarlison-Firmino
    b) Cedric-Mane-Chicarito.
    Any help?
    Many thanks.

    1. Mind över Mata
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      A

    2. MESSINHO
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Close, but B.

    3. Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      A.

    4. Over Midwicket
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      A

  15. FPL ElasticO
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    This is my current team ..... Do I need to make any changes as i have already used my FT....

    Foster
    Hegazi/ Bertrand/ Kolas
    KDB/ Mooy/ Salah/ T Carroll
    Firmino/ Kane(c)/ Lukaku

    Elliot/ Atsu/ Suttner/ K Long

    1. MESSINHO
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Atsu over Carroll, then G2G.

  16. FootballManiac
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Rank in terms of best defence

    1.Saints
    2.Westbrom
    3.huddersfield
    4.Burnley

    1. Over Midwicket
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      2-3-1-4

      1. FootballManiac
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        isn't burnley defence better than HUD?

    2. Kun Tozser
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      1 and 2 both a bit unpredictable

      Burnley decent home fixtures

  17. Swagat
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Any Thoughts on My Team?
    Foster
    Bertrand Stevens Dann
    KDB Salah Ramsey William
    Lukaku Kane(c) Jrod
    Elliot CA Mee Rosenior

    Thinking about saving my FT for next Gameweek

  18. Cruz88
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Which is better:

    a) Firmino and Alonso
    b) Mane and Davies

    1. Over Midwicket
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      A easily

  19. Pinky Blinders
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    OK, MC clearly had some work to do on the training pitch this week.

    But I just rewatched the BOU/WAT match. Yikes! Ake looked good but Cook looked scary bad. Ibe, not sure what to even say. He just dribbles straight into blind alleys and loses the ball over and over again. And King, he looks slightly overweight and slow.

    If MC doesn't put at least 3 goals past this team, then yes, we might have some serious things to discuss over the international break.

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Yeah but would will score the goals , that is the question 🙂

  20. Zoostation
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Made a mess of it and played WC. Need to make the best of it and it is coming down to these two options.

    Many thanks to any comments:

    A:

    Foster (Elliott)

    Alonso, Jones, Cedric (Lowe, Mbemba)

    Pogba, Mane, Ramsey, Richarlison (RLC)

    Kane, Lukaku, Chicharito

    B:

    Foster (Elliott)

    Alonso, Jones, Cedric (Lowe, Mee)

    Pogba, Eriksen, Sanchez, RLC (Carroll)

    Firmino, Lukaku, Chicharito

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      A because Sanchez is still an uncertainty. Not sure about ramsey though

      1. Zoostation
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Thanks.

    2. TH
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Agreed. A but would replace Ramsey with someone

  21. reason17
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Do we think KDB will get a lot more points than David silva or is it worth taking silva?

    1. Ronny Hotdog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      I think Silva might be worth a punt although unlikely to be explosive as KdB can.

  22. foreverton
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Do I give Defoe a final chance this week?

    1. vartshk
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      No

    2. Blue&White85
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Sell for Chicharito. Frees up 0.8 also.

      1. Pacer.
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        If you've been patient with him up until now then I think you should give him another week. There's every chance he'll be the designated penalty taker and I think Bournmouth will have greater goal threat the WHU once they get going.

        1. Pacer.
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          Also Chicharito is a trap and trust my words there'll be millions of managers with their head in their hands in a few weeks. Chicharito has never been a consistent goalscorer, going 2, 3, 4, 5 weeks at a time without goals. He also almost never assists and probably isn't on pens. It's a recipe for disaster

          1. SuperAlly77
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            8 years, 3 months ago

            Wouldn't surprise me, but with those fixtures he's surely worth a punt. Plan to down grade to a strong 4,4,2 or 3,5,2 if he turns out to be rotten

            1. Pacer.
              • 11 Years
              8 years, 3 months ago

              Definitely worth a punt but then it turns with 3 very tough fixtures in 4. Would be just as happy or more so with vokes or gabbiadini, though with those there's the risk of a drop

  23. Jarnathan
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Is Jones likely nailed until injury given that Rojo is back training? Is it only a matter of time before he's out?

    1. Top 210 Club
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Reckon safe for league rotation in cups.

  24. Jammy
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Sanchez or Kane
    Anyone getting Sanchez in?

    1. faver
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Depends on Sanchez position. His returns were great when he played as a front man last season. With Laca he may play wide and I need to see first how he will play.

      1. _Make
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        His returns stayed great after he went wide though, not quite as good but still. Worth 12m though? Wait and see.

        1. faver
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          Well he outscored everyone by 40 points. He was great but not spectacular. And I expect 'you' to be at least 2nd best player for 12m

    2. Darklord_bg
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Kane. Stats and fixtures are amazing.

    3. Balance
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Kane

      Too early for Sanchez

  25. CHICHI
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Greetings!

    Need votes please! Vote A or B (feel free to suggest changes too)

    Team A
    DDG/Elliot
    Hegazi/Davies/Zanka/Stephens/Rangel
    Mikhi/D.Silva/Eriksen/Phillips/Mane
    Lukaku/Chicharito/Gabi
    0.5ITB

    Team B
    Same back 7
    Mikhi/Mane/Phillips/Tadic/Mooy
    Lukaku/Chicharito/Kane
    0.1ITB

    I do favour A currently due to better midfield and have 0.5 to upgrade a defender but Kane is due, spurs have fixtures and he is a better spurs cover than a MF. Thanks!

    1. Emp
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      both these teams have too much invested in attack and therefore too much oin the bench

  26. InvertedWinger
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Swap out Daniels for:
    A) Trippier
    B) P. Jones
    Thanks!

    1. Darklord_bg
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Jones

    2. Blue&White85
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      A. Trippier but wait until press conference at 1:30 to confirm he's fit.

  27. Ronny Hotdog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Thinking of doing Kola and Aguero to Hegazi and Kane. Not sure if it's because I want to or just to do something. Hmm.

    1. Blue&White85
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      If no hit, do it.

    2. StayoutheSpiceZone
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Keep Sergio - he will net at least once against b mouth

  28. reason17
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    A) Alosno - David Silva
    B) Cedric - KDB

    1. Darklord_bg
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Alonso and Silva

    2. Rex Lapis
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      A

    3. Hagnus
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      A

    4. Jacket Potato
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      A

  29. Rex Lapis
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    play JWP or Carroll?

    1. Ronny Hotdog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Carrol I reckon. Not sure JWP is gonna play much any more

    2. drughi
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      I'm playing carroll

  30. Swagat
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    Repost
    Any Thoughts on My Team?
    Foster
    Bertrand Stevens Dann
    KDB Salah Ramsey William
    Lukaku Kane(c) Jrod
    Elliot CA Mee Rosenior

    Thinking about saving my FT for next Gameweek

    1. drughi
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      looks fine to save

    2. Darklord_bg
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Save for now, but it does not look too good.

      Salah & Ramsey rotation risks, Willian soon to lose his starting place, KDB playing too deep, Jrod useless.
      Might be time for a WC soon.