FFS Cup

Fantasy Football Scout Cup – The Final

After two months of ties, we can now reveal who has made it through to the final of our Fantasy Premier League Cup, which takes place over Gameweek 38.

An impressive score of 86 points was more than enough for 2EyedTurk to see off PetesBlair’s tally of 48 and book his place in the final.

Ranked in 20,336th place, he will be up against Boxing Can Girouds, who is 9,486 places above him in the overall standings and had a far tougher semi-final clash, beating Batmaniac by a slender 82-79 margin.

Each of our finalists currently has eight differentials for the season finale.

Both own Manchester United stopper David De Gea, Manchester City duo Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling, Chelsea’s Marcus Alonso, Spurs striker Harry Kane and budget defenders Matt Lowton of Burnley and Crystal Palace’s James Tomkins.

In midfield 2Eyed Turk can call on Manchester City winger Leroy Sane, Spurs midfielder Dele Alli, Manchester United’s Jesse Lingard and Stoke’s Joe Allen.

Whereas Boxing Can Girouds is at a slight disadvantage in the centre of the park as Newcastle midfielder Kenedy is ineligible to face parent club Chelsea. However, he can turn to West Ham’s Marko Arnautovic, Burnley set-piece specialist Johann Gudmundsson and Paul Pogba, of Manchester United.

Boxing Can Girouds’ striker differential of Jamie Vardy has good recent form, having found the net against Arsenal midweek. However, a trip to Spurs looks tough for the Foxes’ striker. In contrast, 2Eyed Turk’s selection of Jordan Ayew has the stronger fixture, at home to Stoke, but poor form, having failed to score in each of his last four run-outs.

De Gea looks set to earn a rest in United’s final day encounter with Watford at Old Trafford, which leaves Boxing Can Girouds relying on Brighton’s Mat Ryan to earn points away to Liverpool. Meanwhile, 2Eyed Turk will be hoping that Burnley’s Nick Pope, who hosts Bournemouth, can keep his spot ahead of Tom Heaton for the final fixture.

Elsewhere in the selection, 2EyedTurk will rely on Spurs full-back Ben Davies to avoid rotation, while Boxing Can Girouds will be optimistic of a start for Manchester City centre-back Nicolas Otamendi, who was rested midweek.

The winner receives a £150 Amazon voucher, while the runner-up earns a £100 Amazon voucher.

The contest is not quite yet over for Petes Blair and Batmaniac, who go head to head in Gameweek 38’s third place play-off. The winner of this encounter wins a £50 Amazon voucher.

The semi-final results and the outcome of all our previous rounds can be found here,

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  1. aborg
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    I need to make two choices here which are important to me to win my ML...what do you recommed:

    1. Pogba out for:
    A) Arnie
    OR
    B) Zaha

    2a) Jesus out for Aubamayeng
    OR
    2b) Barnes out for Rashford (and keep Jesus)

    1. Mayor of Flair
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      A
      2a

    2. ThisTimeNxtYrRodney
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Definately zaha over arnie but I would be cautious with arsenal away form and auba will probably play out wide to acommodate laca. If it means taking a hit then no to second option.

      1. aborg
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        Thanks mate...so you think I should play Laca as a differential since my rival has Auba?

        1. ThisTimeNxtYrRodney
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 11 months ago

          Yes I do but go with your gut instinct.

  2. Jet5605
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Who would you ditch to get Kane:

    A - Jesus
    B - Vardy

    1. Mayor of Flair
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      B

  3. Tmel
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    A point between my rival and I, here are our differentials below based on expected starting XI:

    Me:
    Ryan
    Tark
    Lowton
    Vert
    Naughton
    Salah
    Barnes

    His team:
    Lloris
    Long
    Tomkins
    Smalling
    Dilva
    Pogba
    Zaha

    My best move?
    a) Burnley def > TAA
    b) Gross > RLC/Mili (play 3-4-3 and bench either a Burnley def or Naughton)
    c) Barnes > JAyew
    d) DDG & Gross > Romero & Zaha -4 (covers rival having Zaha)

    Captain:
    1) Kane (we both have)
    2) Salah (only I have)

  4. TheDragon
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    How many points is realistically catchable? I’m 25 behind in my ML

    Best differential captain option?

    1. Mayor of Flair
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Leon Britton

    2. dbeck
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Sterling or Arnie, is do'able but you'll need lady luck on your side

      1. TheDragon
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        Rival doesn’t have Salah currently and can’t get him in with 1 transfer - so Salah the obvious choice?

    3. Fuchs Mane Kante
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Sane Zaha Pva maybe.

    4. pjomara
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      To see what's catchable see the difference between you and your rivals weekly scores (took 2 minutes using excel) Only once this season did he beat me by more than 25 points, but that's because we had similar teams all along (template).

  5. dbeck
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    who scores more:
    a) Salah and RLC -4
    b) Son and Zaha
    c) Zaha and JAyew -4

  6. Miguel Sanchez
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Start:

    A) J.Ayew (STK)
    B) Mili (WBA)

    1. dbeck
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      a

    2. I Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      I'm on A.

    3. Mayor of Flair
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      B for me

    4. Unfathomable Ruination
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      B

    5. Hart-ake
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      I'm also torn on this. Currently on B as the upside is greater...

  7. Azathoth
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Leading by 11 (2nd) and 19 (3rd).No chips for me,BB for the 2nd,TC for the 3rd.My best cpt choice?

    a) Salah
    b) Kane

    Thanx

    1. Mayor of Flair
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Salah

  8. Caleb's Kitties
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    A. Keep jesus

    B. Jesus to lacazette -4

    1. I Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      A

  9. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Going into the final game with the following defenders is not ideal to say the least.

    Davies - played last game so maybe Rose plays this one?
    Simpson - doubt
    VdH- doubt
    Mustafi - hopefully plays but hasn’t started the last few
    Dummett - plays Chelsea and I own Hazard

    1. Smurf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Also, with Kenedy my 5th mid being ineligible I may be down to 9 or 10 players should rotation hit.

    2. Unfathomable Ruination
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Mustafi should play. And didn't Rose play last game as well? Might be worth a trade for VdH or Simpson.

  10. Jet5605
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Which mid should I get to enable Vardy > Kane:

    A - Milo
    B - Gudmundsson

    1. walkman666
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      50-50 toss-up there. Two best options for the price, and arguments for either.

      1. Jet5605
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        True. I think Milo edges it with his penalty duties. Home crowd and Zaha partial to hitting the turf make it more enticing

    2. Fantastisk
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Gud

  11. Unfathomable Ruination
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    I have a 13 point lead in my ML. Rival has captained Auba last few weeks to great effect and has Sane. I have neither. Man U news is complicating things but planned to get Zaha and Auba (-4) for either D. Silva / Son and Vardy. Thoughts?!

    My team:
    De Gea - Ryan
    Smalling - Vertonghen - Lowton - Maguire - Naughton
    Salah - Sterling - D. Silva - Son - Mili
    Jesus - Vardy - Barnes

    1. Unfathomable Ruination
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      D. Silva or Son to Zaha?
      Jesus or Vardy to Auba?

  12. Caleb's Kitties
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Think i’m set on kompany to van dijk with my FT due to poor defensive subs and komp uncertain to play..decided not to take any hit..G2G?

    DDG
    Vertonghen vvd lowton
    Salah(C) sterling arnautovic gudmondsson
    Kane jesus vardy
    Subs: Henn groß duffy morgan

    1. dbeck
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      g2g, youve got your DDG cover

  13. Legomané
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Best players out to fund Salah?

    1. Eriksen
    2. Jesus

    A. Lingard
    B. Vertonghen
    C. DDG

    1FT 0.0ITB

    Ryan
    Alonso Vertonghen Mawson
    Eriksen Sterling Arnautovic Lingard Milivojevic
    Kane Jesus

    (DDG* Lowton Barnes* Chilwell*)

    1. dbeck
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      1A

    2. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      2C

    3. TLF
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      2C

  14. the vanisher
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Milner nailed?

  15. Super Frank8
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Likelihood of Bravo starting again this weekend or are we expecting Ederson to come back in?

    1. Unfathomable Ruination
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Hell no, he had his game.

  16. FPLAdmiral
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Best combo?

    Chasing a 19 point gap and need a differential captain choice. Which move chaps?

    (A) Auba + Vardy
    (B) Firmino + Jesus
    (C) Giroud + Jesus

    1. Unfathomable Ruination
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      I think Auba will haul and Arsenal will win Wenger's last game. But I'm looking at getting Auba for Vardy (and keeping Jesus). So...D?

    2. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      B.

    3. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      C. Arsenal away form cant be take lightly.

  17. Bissisine
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    What is the most important news from the press c??

  18. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Desperately need help, team is on pieces;

    Ddg*
    Smalling* Naughton VDH* Dummett
    Hazard Sterling Arnie Eriksen
    Kane Jesus

    Hart* Yoshida Kenedy* Barnes

    A) DDG Smalling ➡ Hennessey Alonso -4
    B) DDG Smalling Kenedy ➡ Zaha Tomkins Hennessey -8
    C) DDG Smalling Hazard ➡ Salah VVD Lloris -8
    D) other

    1. wulfrunian
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      c

  19. Pjr13100
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    aubameyang or firmino for jesus

    1. Unfathomable Ruination
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Auba

    2. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Firm

    3. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Just keep.

  20. WARIO
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Think it's extremely unlikely Son starts on Sunday.
    With that in mind, is a -4 to Martial stupid?

    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      why no Son-day?

      1. WARIO
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        Played midweek, poor form, cup final a week afterwards.
        Plus I can see Poch wanting to give Lamela, Lucas etc a chance to stake a claim for the final

        1. Unfathomable Ruination
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 11 months ago

          Spurs are out of the cup.

          1. WARIO
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 11 months ago

            Haha just as well I didn't pull the trigger! Thank you

            1. Desperately Seeking Dusan
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 11 months ago

              good that you have your finger on the pulse of what's going on in English football.

              1. La Roja
                • 12 Years
                5 years, 11 months ago

                😀

        2. Prøfeßör …
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 11 months ago

          Which final?

        3. La Roja
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 11 months ago

          Cup final?

        4. dbeck
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 11 months ago

          what final?

        5. Desperately Seeking Dusan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 11 months ago

          What final? Spurs failed to win a trophy AGAIN

        6. Red Dagger ✪
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 11 months ago

          Cup final?

  21. Bullet Eder
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    11 points behind my mini-league leader who won't have Salah this weekend. Worth me taking (-4) to get him in?

    1. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Yes and captain.

  22. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Scout picks this evening or tomorrow.

  23. Bissisine
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    News from todays pressers?

  24. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Kane and Jesus aside, who is the best striker this week?

    1. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Auba or Firmino

    2. Unfathomable Ruination
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Depoitre.

    3. Ibracadabra
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Auba/Laca

    4. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Jesus isn't one. Firmino

    5. goriuanx
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Firmino and Auba

    6. Fantastisk
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Ayew

  25. Ziyech on the Bench
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Anyone hear news for Chris Wood?

    Didn't see anything from Sean Dyche?

  26. KLOPPS AND ROBBERS... the s…
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Who to TC this GW?

    a) Salah
    b) Salah
    c) Salah
    d) Kane
    e) Simpson

    1. Unfathomable Ruination
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Jakupovic.

      1. KLOPPS AND ROBBERS... the s…
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        -4 to get in and TC set!

    2. LC1
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Simpson

    3. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      There's no Wes Morgan option?

      1. KLOPPS AND ROBBERS... the s…
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        you always get one...

  27. BIGREDDOG
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Why are people transferring Jesus out?

    1. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Because Auba got most points in GW37 so you have to transfer in whoever got those every week!

    2. FPL_Hazards
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Cos he couldnt get any points at home to 2 of the worst teams in the league

    3. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Because he effed up my TC. Dumped like a fat girlfriend after a lottery win.

  28. Miguel Sanchez
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Chasing 24 points and we both have Kane and Salah:

    A) Try and second guess their captain and go opposite
    B) Captain Zaha who they won't have

  29. RicardoAVFC
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Kane or Salah captain?

    First to 5.

    1. Gizzachance
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      salah

    2. Unfathomable Ruination
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      My friend tried to convince me to get in Kane but his form has been pretty bad recently.

  30. Ibracadabra
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Free transfer this week, which would you prefer:

    A) Wes Morgan -> Alexander-Arnold (FREE) [If I keep Morgan, can bench him and play double Burnley defense - Tarkowski + Lowton)]
    B) Willian -> Arnautovic (FREE)
    C) De Gea -> Ederson or Karius (FREE) [backup is Ryan]

    Not interested in a -4 but think De Gea, Morgan and Willian are the main issues.

    1. Egbunike
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      First B. Then perhaps DDG to Karius, but not sure if its worth a hit. And play Tark & Lowton.