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Dugout Discussion – Gameweek 38

Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers have one last chance for mini-league glory as the 2017/18 season comes to its conclusion this Sunday afternoon.

Mohamed Salah and Harry Kane, the top two players in our Captain Poll for Gameweek 38 and rivals for the Golden Boot, both start.

Three goals ahead of the Spurs striker, Salah seeks a tenth double-figure home haul as Liverpool welcome Brighton to Anfield.

Sadio Mane is passed fit to start for the Merseysiders, while Roberto Firmino and Dominic Solanke are also in the XI against a Seagulls’ side that they have already beaten 5-1 earlier in the season.

Meanwhile, Kane collides with a Leicester defence that he’s scored five goals against in their previous two league meetings. However, owners of Dele Alli, Son Heung-min and Ben Davies are left disappointed as all three are named on the bench at Wembley.

Elsewhere, Jose Mourinho is true to his word and makes numerous changes to the Man United teamsheet.

The likes of David De Gea and Chris Smalling are – as their manager suggested – both rested, though there’s no Anthony Martial in the squad to face Watford at Old Trafford, as the Frenchman misses out through injury.

In the blue half of Manchester, Gabriel Jesus is the man to miss out up front, with Leroy Sane, Raheem Sterling and Bernardo Silva all starting against a Southampton side with two clean sheets in 17 home matches. Ederson and Kyle Walker are named among the subs, while David Silva and Nicolas Otamendi miss out altogether at St Mary’s.

Arsene Wenger rolls out the big-hitters for his final match in charge of Arsenal, with Alexandre Lacazette flanked by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan for the trip to Huddersfield.

Eden Hazard and Olivier Giroud are named on the Chelsea teamsheet at Newcastle but there’s no place for Marcos Alonso, who drops to the bench. Eight goals in nine against the Magpies makes Giroud a potentially big differential today.

The most transferred in player for Gameweek 38, Wilfried Zaha is again named up front by Roy Hodgson for Crystal Palace’s clash with West Brom. The Ivory Coast international has delivered 14 points in each of his last two at Selhurst Park.

Finally, Marko Arnautovic is another out-of-position starter who could have a big impact in the final standings.

The Austrian has ten goals and six assists since being moved up front in Gameweek 16 and could prove the difference as David Moyes looks to get one over former club Everton at the London Stadium.

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  1. Point-one short
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Doubled my OR. 🙁

    1. shotgunnufc - MANIAC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      totally shinned it

  2. The Suspended One
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Just squeeked inside 100k, not bad after being at 750k in Jan

    1. shotgunnufc - MANIAC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      well played

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

    Snuck in to the top 5k with 2,341, highest rank of the season. Lush.

  4. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    411k finish, at least I've set an easy target for 2019

  5. CloudSky
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    7k. Quite happy with that. Onto the World Cup and some stress free football.

    Cheers lads for some great times here! 🙂

    1. CRO KLOPP
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      I have 2328 points,you?

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

        2325

        1. CRO KLOPP
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 11 months ago

          Good job, thanks for help through out season

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

            No problem mate, congrats on your score! 🙂

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

      Great stuff, well done!

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

        Cheers!

  6. shotgunnufc - MANIAC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    certainly seems like it was the week to take risks this week. most the high scores come from those taking a punt on zaha, arnie, Liverpool defence

  7. Fiona B
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    WTF a score of 63 today (no hits) pushed me from 14k to 17k. I was expecting a green arrow.

    What a hard boring season, I scored about 50 points less a couple of seasons ago and was just outside the top 10k

    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      top 10k av was 69...anything less would be a red arrow in that zone

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

        I stated today 11,300 scored 71 and thought I’d be close to too 10k. Didn’t even get into the top 11,000

  8. Az
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    I made the top 1k 😀
    OR: 820
    Yay!

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

      Result

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

      Nice one AZ

    3. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Nice job

    4. FPL Virgin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Congratulations, Doc!

      Good things happen to good people 🙂

    5. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Brilliant AZ 😀

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

      Well done Mate. You’ve been on form this season and on the Scoutcast.

      I’m gonna follow you a bit more now, and steal some moves

      1. Az
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        Thanks bud! 😀

    7. Nascimento
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Wow, you even beat Poseidon! Congrats!

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

      Well done! I was 1 fantasy point away from you going into gw38, but alas, made the wrong moves, and slipped from top 1k to 2,611.

    9. Blue&White85
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Well done Az! Great season.

  9. FPL Virgin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Top 20K.

    Absolute disaster. 😥

    1. Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Yeah those foolish Scoutcast folk coming top 1k.

      I hope they let you on for some diversity at the low ranks 😉

    2. Nascimento
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Ouch. I've seen worse though - it's just been one of those seasons. Even I barely made it into top 1k

    3. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      How is 20,822 top 20k?

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

        Is he at it again? 😮

      2. Gnu
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        He did this last year as well, at least he's consistently misleading.

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

          Innovators always round down.

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

            Is that another word for bullshitter?

      3. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        It's an alphabetical rounding error. Should be clarified in due course.

        Twice in 2 seasons now.

    4. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      If only you WC'd in GW32 😛

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

      Top 21k surely.

    6. Rik Waller
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      haha *20'822

      Beat you by 10 pts pal 😎

      Guess what chip strategy I used? 😉

    7. Gnu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      No your not.
      Can you not read or just bending the truth again?

    8. CRO KLOPP
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Good person,helps others and his team suffer

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

      Yes it is, seeming hiw you solved FPL two months ago.

    10. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      top 25k..

    11. willl
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Your score was 2286.

      20k is 2288.

      Unlucky pal, maybe next year.

  10. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    There wont be a cow milked in Tanzania for 3 months!

    1. CRO KLOPP
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      And no virgins available

  11. Flynny
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    6,808 this year

    Nicely backs up my 1,234 last year

    Pleased with that. Thanks for all your help

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

      Well done Flynny

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

        Cheers mate . You too

  12. Sedemuda
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    69 -4 & a red arrow down to 10,602 from 9,134.
    Won ML though so happy with that in my first full season.

  13. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    If Salah was the same value as the other top 30 midfielders this season (on average), he would be priced around 19.0m. His score is almost double what the other top 30 averaged.

    If he stays at Pool, I'd happily pay 13.0 for him...

    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      first on my team sheet

    2. shotgunnufc - MANIAC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      depends on his position classification as well. sterling will be high on my list and Aubameyang

      1. Piggs Boson
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        Sterling was also way above, a clear 2nd place on value, but still no where near Salah,

  14. purple.emu
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Feel sorry for Bharat! Leading for that long!

  15. Flying Finns
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Fell 11k to 28k OR. Hurts but overall decent season. Love this site.

  16. CM07
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 11 months ago

    Finished on 2402, scraped into the top 500 which I'm delighted with. 488 final rank.

    1. shotgunnufc - MANIAC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      well played

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

      Haha same points as me! Beat me on transfers made it seems.

  17. stat
      5 years, 11 months ago

      No 3rd consecutive Top 10K finish

      Finished in the Top 35K, could have gone much worse considering how my season has gone (wasted TC on Sterling, and took me 19 GWs to break into the Top 100K).

    • arndff_
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      750 OR here

      Still unable to swallow it because Top 500 Club was achiavable.
      However, decided not to make a hit (Lowton > PvA) and lost 13pts at all.

      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        dont look a gift horse in the mouth......top 1k is incredibly good

        1. arndff_
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 11 months ago

          Thanks!

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

        Not making the hit was the right decision in a one week season. Cracking work

        1. arndff_
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 11 months ago

          Thanks!

      3. StoichkovFPL
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        wow! nice! congrats

      4. shotgunnufc - MANIAC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        don’t beat yourself up, it’s easy to look at that move in hindsight, but at your rank it was a massive risk. not many would have made that switch. still an amazing season well done

      5. CRO KLOPP
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        Great finish,you did sensible move,I was playing to preserve my rank,If I was chasing I would get better result this week for sure

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

        Well played ARNDFF.
        Enjoyed your comments this season, fair play to you.

        1. arndff_
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 11 months ago

          Thanks!

          You played very good at your 2nd season. Next year I believe you'll make the top 10k!

          🙂

      7. RoysCallerAnne
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        Well done that's fantastic!

      8. tisza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        well done

      9. arndff_
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        Cheers all!

    • Mike82
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Well, won 4 or 5 ML’s, 13k rank, beat my last season score by 23 points, not so bad, maybe I’ll know about this sites league next year lol

    • Karan14
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Fell from 5.5k to 9090 last 3 gameweeks.
      Still not bad but what could have been a Top 5k finish.
      Happy to get 2 consecutive Top 10k finishes in my 3 seasons.

      Looking forward to the next season. Thanks for all the help guys! 🙂

    • umerlfc
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Dropped from 3,319 to 6,247 🙁
      Top 5k finish denied

      1. Mike82
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        Trade you my 13k finish if you like lol

      2. Chucky
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        poor you

      3. Point-one short
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        7.9k to 17.8k here. Top 10k denied.

    • I.K
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      850 it is. plus 1000$ mini league won

    • TheCurseOfRaheem
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Would’ve come 175th had I not made such atrocious transfers these past few weeks. Gutted.

    • MGD
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Improved from 15k last year to 2,092 this year, new all time high! 🙂 (A bit bummed to miss top 2k tho) and ML victoy of 900 euros.

      Thanks for a great season and great banter/helping each other out with everyone i have interacted with!

      Cheers!

    • Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      the relativity on here is hilarious and depressing 😆

    • Rik Waller
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Highest rank of the season. I peaked perfectly!

      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        same here, not the rank i wanted, but my highest all the same

      2. Gilberto.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        Same here. Didn't want the season to end !

    • CloudSky
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      Is top 21k the new top 20k? Asking for a friend.

      1. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        Lol we both hang around with virgins 🙂

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

          😎

    • Gorbitz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      My 2nd season ended at 65k, although it looked much more promising at gw20 (8k).

      Thanks to everyone for plenty of advise and a few good laughs over the season!

      The forum member who earlier today told me to go Salah+McArthur over Arnie+Zaha forced me out of the '1% community'.. see you all in August.

    • Gnu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 11 months ago

      I hope this place is better next year, that's my one hope.

      1. Spike ⚽️
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        Just get me a place in WTM please. You did promise

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

          Message me with your e-mail so I can catch you in the mid-season.

          1. Spike ⚽️
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 11 months ago

            Will do

      2. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        hi5 from me

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

          🙂

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

      Everything's relative, but I was hovering around 10k for months and finished 11.7k and I'm gutted. Does anyone know what pts total 10k was? Feeling I only missed out by a few.

      1. Point-one short
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        gargatron says 2314

      2. BananaNose Maldonado
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 11 months ago

        Same. Keep your head up. I ended one point shy of 10K after Son coming on kept Vardy on my bench. Top 10K is somewhat arbitrary, but the four-digit ORs just look so much better.

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

          Ouch, that's painful. At least I had a decent final GW to offer a bit of hope. Anyway, thanks.