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The ScoutCast – Episode 255 – Wilder

Wildcards are very much active among the ScoutCast crew, and while only three of us make this latest episode, all five are in play ahead of the Double Gameweeks.

Not surprisingly, our rebuilding programme dominates the discussion as Jonty and Andy join me to reveal our current squads and our chosen strategy leading into the remaining seven Gameweeks.

In an exhaustive and in-depth episode, the three of us also look back on the success of the Free Hit in Gameweek 31. Then we attempt to offer a balanced view on the variety of chip tactics from this point on, with a team-by-team analysis of the player targets to consider.

We fail miserably of course, with our own bias no doubt shining through, though the conclusion is an uplifting one: whatever your chosen route with the chips to Gameweek 38, we will all win out in the end.

Unless you don’t have your Wildcard and Free Hit, in which case you’re now consigned to spending the next two months behind the sofa and hate us all anyway.

This ScoutCast was first beamed live via our YouTube channel on Tuesday evening. 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.

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  1. VardysParty
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 29 days ago

    Play Willian or Barnes this week?

  2. Pedaso Pirates
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 29 days ago

    My WC currently:
    De Gea - Hennessey
    Smalling - Monreal - Christensen - Lowton - Chilwell
    Mahrez - Son - Salah - Willian - Gudmundsson
    Auba - Lukaku - Barnes

    No free hit to play so looking over the 2 DGWs.
    Auba/Luk out for Vardy/Kane for the first DGW.
    £0.9m ITB.

    Thoughts?

    1. Johnny 8
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 29 days ago

      Don't lose Lukaku for the first DGW, the fixtures are too good to move him on then.

  3. VardysParty
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 29 days ago

    Play Lowton or Barnes this week?

    1. Johnny 8
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 29 days ago

      Barnes

  4. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 29 days ago

    to those who get rid of auba for kane/lukaku in gw 34, will you try to get auba back for 37 ? thanks

    1. VardysParty
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 29 days ago

      Tough to afford Kane, Lukaku and Auba... will depend on form I guess

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 29 days ago

        i m planning kane vardy and auba in 37, only way i ve worked out to do so is to have a premium front 3 from the start in order to swap them over

    2. Fitzy.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 29 days ago

      I'll get him back in GW35 and then leave him in.

      1. Fitzy.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 29 days ago

        But I don't have a FH chip.

        1. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 9 Years
          6 years, 29 days ago

          ok, cheers

  5. Rhodes your boat
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 29 days ago

    Better to go with Vardy over bobby to get kaku for auba soon?

  6. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 29 days ago

    City and Pool attack going to punish us ?

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 29 days ago

      most definitely !!

    2. Euro Raiders
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 29 days ago

      Yep. It’s coming.

    3. tisza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 29 days ago

      short-term yes could haul pts and non-WCers more likely to be holding onto a couple - particularly Liverpool having had them for GW31.
      City argument hasn't necesarily changed all season - so many players sharing the pts really worth going with just the one? 1m Sterling sales last 3 GWs before WC sales kick-in.
      But in terms of ownership maybe only Firmino capable of real rank damage.

      1. Hotdogs for Tea
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 29 days ago

        Five of the top 10 point scoring mids come from Liverpool & City, two of the top 3 forwards too.

        Double up is the way to go and I expect Sane & Silva for example, to out score Willian and Son from now until the end of the season ... but at best most WC teams have just Salah ?

    4. Takedog1
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 29 days ago

      cant belive how many wc's i see without a city attacker and only salah! MENTAL

      1. william prunier
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 29 days ago

        Let us know how it goes

  7. The Royal Robin
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 29 days ago

    (C)

    A) Salah
    B) Mahrez
    C) Aub

    1. Johnny 8
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 29 days ago

      A

      1. Euro Raiders
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 29 days ago

        A

  8. french holiday
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 29 days ago

    Kane is gonna be back!!

  9. french holiday
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 29 days ago

    Ignore Kane at your own peril.

    1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 29 days ago

      Wait the fella who was top scorer two years in a row is a good fpl asset 😯

  10. Perthite
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 29 days ago

    Are all the WC people going Alonso out of desperation to have a Chelsea defender?

    1. doublyG
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 29 days ago

      No. It's because he's the best FF defender this year

    2. Netley Lucas
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 29 days ago

      Wouldn't that be Christ?

  11. doublyG
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 29 days ago

    I think I've settled for my WC team:

    De Gea, Ryan
    Alonso, Bailly, Lowton, Morgan, Tarki
    Salah, Mahrez, Eriksen, Willian, Cook
    Auba, Vardy, Barnes

    33: Save
    34: BENCH BOOST + Auba -> Kaku + 1 extra FT
    35: FREE HIT
    36: Kaku -> (T)Kane + Eriksen -> Ki (-4)

    G2G?

  12. Wish you were me
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 29 days ago

    is it possible for aguero to start this weekend

  13. allaboutthemagic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 29 days ago

    Courtois Bailly Valencia

    Or

    DDG Azpi/alonso Smalling?

  14. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 29 days ago

    Anyone else looking forward to the Kiko Femenia bandwagon this Saturday at 16:50?

  15. Slitherene
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 29 days ago

    Will Elliot start?

  16. Stinglikeabee
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 29 days ago

    Vardy or Jesus? On WC

    1. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 29 days ago

      Kun lurking, so vardy.

      Jesus a great option this week.

      1. Stinglikeabee
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 29 days ago

        Thinking of going Jesus just for this week as my WC has no city cover and I'm already fearing getting bobby and Mane out

  17. MannionUK
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 29 days ago

    Managed to save WC and get this on my 1FT. Worth getting in Ozil/Sanchez/Marez for a hit? Wildcarding next week I think... 5.8M in the bank

    Lloris
    Dunk, Alonso, Schindler, Maguire
    Stanislas, Salah, Mane
    Aubameyang, Firmino, Mounie

    Fab, Daniels, RLC, McArthur