Scout Picks
4 May 2018 2330 comments
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Double Gameweek players unsurprisingly take up all 14 of our Scout Picks berths as we now reveal the players to make the cut from Wednesday’s Scout Squad article.

The first of three Manchester United assets to earn selection is David De Gea (5.9), Fantasy Premier League’s (FPL) top scoring keeper (163 points) is also leading the race for the Golden Glove with 17 clean sheets.

He wins a place ahead of two favourable away trips, to face a Brighton attack that has just four goals in their last six. Meanwhile, midweek hosts West Ham have recorded just four big chances in their last four home matches, only Huddersfield Town have produced fewer.

On paper, Spurs also have two kind match-ups, away to bottom side West Brom and at home to Newcastle. This has driven us to triple up on their assets, beginning with centre-back Jan Vertonghen (6.0), who looks poised to start both Gameweek outings.

Top-ranked in the Bonus Points System among the Spurs backline, the Belgian could offer bonus returns should clean sheets drop in. Vertonghen also struck a post in Monday’s 2-0 victory over Watford as he stepped up his bid to claim a first league goal since 2014/15.

Cesar Azpilicueata (6.9) has replaced Marcos Alonso as our Chelsea defender of choice for home matches with Liverpool and Huddersfield.

Over their last four run-outs, Azpiliceuta has proved the more productive, with a goal and two sets of maximum bonus returns. The Spaniard is the overall BPS leader and, like Vertonghen for Spurs, he looks the most assured of two starts over the Gameweek.

Swansea City offer cut-price options with strong fixtures; a trip to Bournemouth and visit from Southampton make them ideal choices to help free up vital funds.

Alfie Mawson (5.1) is one of two Swans to earn a spot – two goals and an assist hints that he may even be able to offer attacking returns to compliment potential shutouts.

Our four-man backline is completed by Arsenal’s Shkodran Mustafi (5.5), who has largely escaped rotation during the Gunners’ ultimately doomed Europa League campaign. The German has only failed to start once since Gameweek 20 and his three goals, assist and ten bonus points also serve up multiple routes to points.

Christian Eriksen’s consistency helps to justify his 9.6 price tag as the most expensive Spurs midfield option.

An assist against Watford on Monday was his fifth attacking return in six Gameweeks and, while both Son Heung-min and Dele Alli have been rested in recent matches, Eriksen remains a mainstay after chaining together 13 successive starts.

Marko Arnautovic (7.0) is another reliable performer. With ten goals and five assists from his last 16 Gameweek starts, the Austrian is West Ham’s driving force as they bid to finally seal mid-table safety. Since being handed a striker’s role back in Gameweek 16, only Mohamed Salah has fired more shots on target among FPL midfielders (33 vs 25).

Cover of the Manchester City attack looks essential ahead of home matches with Huddersfield and Brighton. Both of those defences are lacking confidence, with the Seagulls claiming just a single clean sheet from their last 13 outings. Meanwhile, Huddersfield Town last earned a shutout away from home back in Gameweek 6, having conceded at least once in their last 12 road trips.

Among City midfielders, Raheem Sterling (9.1) looks irresistible – he’s been directly involved in 35 goals over the season. He has three successive double-figure scores and is second only to Salah for shots (12 to 17) and penalty box efforts (10 to 11) in that spell.

Gabriel Jesus’ (10.4) four goals and three assists over the last five starts makes him another vital option. With Sergio Aguero still injured, the Brazilian’s seemingly assured starting role also helps justify his selection. Ahead of tonight’s deadline, Jesus is the most popular transfer target, with over 200,000 managers swooping to acquire his services.

Harry Kane (13.1) may not be at his best, but a goal against Watford (from four shots) gives us hope that the Spurs striker can continue to deliver returns against West Brom and Newcastle.

Kane is currently top of our Captain Poll and has attracted more than 127,000 new owners this week.

The final place in or 84 million budgeted XI goes to Swansea striker Jordan Ayew (5.3), who looks primed to be more than just a makeweight, having scored seven goals from 14 Gameweek starts.

He faces a pair of suspect defences; Southampton have matched West Ham’s record tally of 13 goals conceded over their last six run-outs, with Saturday’s opponent Bournemouth placed just behind, shipping 12 in the same period.

Saints’ Cedric Soares (4.7) may struggle to earn us clean sheets against the Swans and Everton, but he claims one of our three bench spots thanks to a potential for attacking points. Handed the attacking freedom of a wing-back role, he created both goals at Arsenal in Gameweek 33, a feat that also earned him two bonus points.

Paul Pogba (7.9) just misses out on a berth in our XI, but still looks an enticing prospect for Manchester United’s visits to Brighton and West Ham. The Frenchman has claimed three goals and an assist, along with six bonus points, over his last four starts.

With Pogba’s team-mate Romelu Lukaku expected to miss out on both these ties through injury, we have handed our final bench spot to Marcus Rashford (7.3), who is likely to deputise for the Belgian up front. With six goals and five assists across just 15 starts, he has a strong record of making the most of limited pitch time.

The Community Champion

Representing the community against the Scout Picks in Gameweek 33 is Red Arrows who has opted for a 3-5-2 line up of: Lloris; Mawson, Vertonghen, Laporte; Alli, Arnautovic, Hazard, Sane, Tadic; Jesus, Aubameyang.

The community member who beats our picks by the biggest margin over the campaign will win a £100 Amazon Voucher and a place in our Contributors and Moderators League for the following season.

The champion to beat remains Gregor, who achieved victory over the Scouts by a 33-point margin in Gameweek 5.

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  1. Bruno Bruno!!
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Who is more nailed for a 2 starts D.Silva or Sane ?

    1. Ruinenlust
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Silva obvious

    2. @sund1ata
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Silva, but I'm going with Sane.

  2. dimitros
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    A) Naughton
    B) VDH

    1. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      A all day long.

      1. dimitros
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Dunk to Naughton for -4 sounds ok?

  3. jdp219
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Chilwell out for -8

    -- Or --

    Play Mariappa or Lowton instead (other starters: Azpi, Mawson)

  4. TrollMasterDeluxe
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    The big Q, if you have Kane, Sterling and Jesus. Who would you cap, HIT ME 🙂

    1. Ohh1454
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I'm going Kane TC

    2. CoffeeBean
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Kane

    3. Je suis le chat
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Who's got the broadest shoulders?

    4. kaneishungry
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Kane

  5. Spokey
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    On BB. Anything worth hit(s)? 0 FT, 0.0 ITB

    Fabianski - Ryan
    Walker - Vertongen - Fernandez - Ogbonna - Morgan
    Salah - Sterling - Eriksen - Mahrez - T.Carroll
    Kane - Jesus - Perez

  6. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Son Willian Vardy to Tadic Arnie Jesus -12?

    Or only Willian to Arnie -4??

    1. Konig Luther
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      only Willian to Arnie -4

    2. CoffeeBean
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Get Jesus

  7. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Imagine how fast pages will be in two hours 😆

    1. @sund1ata
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Lol.

  8. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Hennessey to Mccarthy (-4) yay or nay?

    1. Stats Don\'t Lie
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Nay

  9. CoffeeBean
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    A. Morgan
    B. Chambers (-4)

    1. Stats Don\'t Lie
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Cedric over chambers?

  10. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Yoshida is nailed for both games?

  11. cutch
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    What's the source of this Chilwell injury? Is it reliable? I haven't found it on the net.

    Thanks in advance

    1. Brehmeren
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Club website

    2. cutch
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Cheers!

  12. amullea
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Went with Willian & Vardy > Arnie & Rashford (-4 with £2.8m ITB) to give me:

    DDG
    Vert / Smalling / Alonso / Morgan
    Arnie / Mahrez / Son / Alli
    Jesus / Rashford

    Ryan | Gross / Barnes / Tark

    Cash league leader is ahead by 7 (now 11 with my hit) but the only players we have in common are Smalling & Morgan so I'm hoping his Sterling & Kane (with TC on one) don't ruin me!

    1. @sund1ata
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Think they might.

    2. Stats Don\'t Lie
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I'm sorry to say you may be screwed :/

    3. amullea
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Payout for 1st-3rd plus I'm miles ahead in my other cash league so I'm still making good money

  13. Claudio555
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Any United lineup leak?

  14. Jude Rooney
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Where are these Chilwell rumours coming from?

    1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      The press conference

      1. Kingston
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        It's not in the tweets

    2. cutch
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      This. I've just asked the same. Hope the source is reliable.

  15. Stevie B
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    What to do with this team? I have one free hit.

    De Gea (Ryan)
    Smalling, Vertonghen, Morgan (Lowton) (Long)
    Sterling, Son, Arnautovic, Salah (Lewis Cook)
    Jesus, Kane, Jordan Ayew

    Thank you!

    1. Jaok
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      nice team, maybe switch morgan to swansea\southampton def?

      1. Jaok
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        help below please

  16. Jaok
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Willian to Rambo or Arnie? Main rival has Rambo.. Im leading by 52. soon 44 after -8

    1. Stevie B
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Of course Arrnautovic. Willian is a risk. Many here say that Conte do not like him. In the last two games he played only nine minutes. Ramsey will tired. Arnautvic is the main forward for West Ham. A few Leicester players are injured.

  17. Az
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Right back to work.
    Lame.
    Hope I helped some of you!

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      goodluck az 🙂

      1. Az
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        You too bud!

    2. Fpl Richie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      You could still help me Az (see Anzhi post below). Go on 🙂

    3. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Good luck

      1. Az
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        You too =D

    4. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Did that count towards your community service?

    5. GOTHAM City F.C.
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Thanks. Good luck

    6. JD @JDCochran2
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      you made your transfers already!

  18. Stats Don\'t Lie
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    A) willian, cresswell, Bertrand
    B) arnie, smalling, yoshida (-4)
    C) Ramsey, rudiger, cedric (-4)

  19. Fpl Richie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    A. Alonso Kenedy (-4).
    B. Mawson Willian (-4).
    C. Mawson Arnie (-8).
    D. Alonso J.Ayew (-8).

    I'd be delighted for your kind vote. To fund Jesus from Vardy.

    1. Az
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Well you can rule B out immediately.
      I'd go for A.

      1. Fpl Richie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks Az. Sadly I have that Willian chap stinking out the team.

    2. Stats Don\'t Lie
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      A

    3. CoffeeBean
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      B

  20. Boleyn Boy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Afternoon all. Is Xhaka the best option for 5.1m or less? Or is there anyone else to consider? Thanks in advance.

  21. Pep says
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    6 of my 10 outfield players have white jerseys.

    Worth a -16 to get 4 more white jerseys for the dgw? It's only a -8 after all...

  22. Weeb Kakashi
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Mahrez> Sane(-4)?

    1. Ohh1454
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      No

    2. Jaok
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I would

    3. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Yea

  23. Ohh1454
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Which one ?
    A. Vvd > Alonso/azpi (-4)
    B. Lowton > smalling (-4)
    C. No joy and play vvd

    1. Ohh1454
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Hit not joy

  24. BON
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Biggest decision of my season right here lol

    A. Burnley DEF
    B. Smalling (-4)

    1. Ryan
    2. Fabianski (-4)

  25. mgrea
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Christiansen, Chilwell, Zaha, Vardy to Smalling, Mawson, KDB, Ayew (-12)?

    1. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      -12 is a lot. But in isolation those moves all look good.

  26. Bubbles1985
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    My team is :

    Lloris (Ryan)
    Smalling - Masuaku - Dunk - Mustafi (Lowton)
    Willian - Salah - Gross - Sane (Ibe)
    Jesus (TC) - Kane(vc) (Barnes)

    Leaves me with 0.7m itb and -4 already.
    I am chasing 23 points.

    GTG?

  27. Les Bleus
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Do you guys think any of these is worth a hit?

    A) Barnes to Ayew
    B) Lingard to Arnie
    C) Willian to Sane
    D) Son to Sane
    E) Chilwell/Christensen to anyone

  28. skriniar
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    when is FC final?

  29. Marquis-Cha-Cha
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Who to transfer out?

    A. Morgan
    B. Bong

  30. Feloh
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    what's up with willian??

    should i keep of ship to Arnie or Ramsey for a hit.

    1. Jaok
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      same dilemma, Im think Im going for Rambo to cover main rival