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In the first edition of ScoutCast Extra Time, Joe finds out how Gameweek 1 went for Mark, and how he intends to play Gameweek 2. You can watch the video below or on our YouTube channel.

Spurred on by 72 points but with 30 on his bench from the opening round of fixtures, he is keeping his captain’s armband on Mohamed Salah (£13.0m) for Liverpool’s trip to Crystal Palace. However, he does admit to being worried about the potential damage inflicted by Sergio Aguero (£11.0m).

Benjamin Mendy (£6.0m) will slot into Mark’s first XI for a home match against Huddersfield Town, as it was the Frenchman who made up 50 percent of the bench opening weekend bench score. In fact, Mark went as far as to say he will never bench Mendy again.

On the transfer front, Sutherns Comfort look set to hold firm this week, enabling two free moves and perhaps a “mini Wildcard” for Gameweek 3. With that in mind, the pair tentatively look ahead to assess the possible options.

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  1. tibollom
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    who would you captain?

    a. kun
    b. salah
    c. sanchez

    1. Garlana
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Be your own man

      1. tibollom
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 8 days ago

        thanks for the life lessons mate, appreciate it!!!

      2. Sgt. Schultz
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 8 days ago

        Do the right thing

    2. Urchin
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      A in GW2
      B in GW3

      1. tibollom
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 8 days ago

        yea that's what i was thinking - thanks

    3. Johnny 8
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      a

    4. OptimusBlack
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      A

    5. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      A

    6. Tev
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Sanchez

  2. PB-THE-VET
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Aguero captain for the craic lads! Our hearts need the exercise sure

  3. Urchin
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Peltier CS in the very first game would be sweet, an assist with CS even better 🙂

    1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      if he plays...

      1. Urchin
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 8 days ago

        Didnt even consider that possibility

        *checks bench order*

    2. Finnish Fish
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      In ur dreams 😆

      1. Urchin
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 8 days ago

        Thats what a sweet dream is then? 😉

  4. Winks Club
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    PEltier expected to start?

  5. Diego Hazard
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Would you transfer in Aguero for Auba? Even with the potential of him not starting.

    1. Finnish Fish
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      No

    2. Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      No lol

    3. Sgt. Schultz
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      no

  6. FPL Ultras
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Captain?

    A) Eriksen
    B) Aguero
    C) B. Silva

    Currently have Eriksen as captain.

    1. Finnish Fish
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Eriksen, safety.

    2. the dom 1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      B be daring lad

  7. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    303pts for Mo last season.

    #justsaying

    1. Rainer
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      😮

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 8 days ago

        Many braves & hatties.

        Baps, the lot

        1. Jafooli
          • 14 Years
          8 years, 8 days ago

          *braves

          1. Jafooli
            • 14 Years
            8 years, 8 days ago

            *braces

            F this....

            1. Rainer
              • 10 Years
              8 years, 8 days ago

              *BAPs

    2. Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Locked in as my captain.

    3. BadgersBoys
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      🙂

    4. JustPark
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      The past is in the past.

    5. The Overthinker
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Aguero is the King of FPL. #justSaying

  8. caldracula
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Is everyone still panicking about their Captain choice?

    1. Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Many are

  9. Ginkapo FPL
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    As we near the deadline the panic increases and tension heightens. Doubt starts to reach unbearable levels, will Aguero be benched? Was Ruben Neves a one off? Is Kante really the greatest marksman this side of the Pyrenees? Some sit there coyly with certainty on what they are going to do, yet there smugness seems all too false as they will be crying on the floor with everyone else when Jorginho bags a brace assisted by Loftus Cheek.

    Its a curious thing, this panic. Gameweeks are usually a week long, 7 days to make a decision, just one decision. Yet here we are on a saturday morning still believing that there is some key piece of information out there that will make this easier. Silently we sat through the early parts of the week, wisely holding on till the press conferences as the last thing we need is a training pitch injury to our star midfielder. Then we hung on further, as surely the weather forecast on saturday morning will favour Van Anholt at Selhurst Park.

    All this information and yet here we are making the same transfer we had decided on at 11:31 seven days ago. Seven days we could have spent living like Craig David rather than nervously biting our nails and rolling around restlessly at night thinking about Ryan Fraser's left foot.

    Was it worth it? All those days shouting into the void on a forum that is losing all its sense of community, supporting by a team who are ditching the medium in favour of video content. When is the time to say, we had a good run, and I would do it all again, but for now, lets make transfers on a sunday like common man and enjoy the bliss as we reach the top 10k without the stress.

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Agreed

    2. Ginkapo FPL
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      And seriously, if you are going to do lots of video content, please get some cardboard backing screens, the "I havent tidied my mums backroom", no longer flys.

      https://www.amazon.co.uk/Paperpod-Divider-Cardboard-White-2-Piece/dp/B008M53UMA

      1. Deulofail
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 7 days ago

        "I am really disappointed with this product. It is described as sturdy and that's a joke. I realise that the dividers are cardboard but I had thought that there would be some sort of reinforcement they are rubbish. I also assumed that if you ordered a specific colour then both sides would be that colour. Not so. It looks what it is on the other side, a piece of cardboard."

        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 15 Years
          8 years, 7 days ago

          It was just an idea, they could probably just break into the Amex and nick the media boards if they want high quality versions.

          1. Deulofail
            • 10 Years
            8 years, 7 days ago

            ITV donated their boards to my school back in the day. Perhaps the Scouts should target news producers with FPL leagues who happen to have the influence to donate all of production equipment to random dudes.

            1. Business Cat
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              8 years, 7 days ago

              You can get green screens for YouTubers dirt cheap:
              https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_10?k=green+screen&sprefix=green+scre&crid=1GCAUJ8K8CPGF

              ...and bit of technical wizardry and they could put anything in the background.

      2. MTPockets
        8 years, 7 days ago

        No I like that.

    3. BadgersBoys
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Definitely

    4. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Excellently preamble-esque

      1. Ginkapo FPL
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 8 days ago

        If Mark wont deliver anymore, then its not exactly hard to do. If anyone fancies it they can start their own very easily, whilst Mark was someone we liked to follow, its hardly a unique story.

        1. Rupert The Horse
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          8 years, 7 days ago

          Good idea.

    5. thepeen555
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      It was 19:30 8 days ago

    6. Sgt. Schultz
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Love your writing style!

    7. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Is this a pre-amble replacement?

      Not a bad effort if so 😎

    8. Urchin
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Upvoted this

    9. GENERATION X
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      is this a job interview?

      1. Ginkapo FPL
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 8 days ago

        Nope, just following on from Twisted Saltergates post earlier. Its not Mark we miss, its his ability to change writing style for each article. Getting the same marketing crap every single article is not good. David is a good writer, he just needs to approach some articles with a different mindset thats all.

        1. GENERATION X
          • 12 Years
          8 years, 8 days ago

          hey i enjoy all the musings so well done. bit of culture on the site is welcome

    10. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Pre-amble wannabe 😆

      1. Ginkapo FPL
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 8 days ago

        ^

    11. Amateur Pundit Zan
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Thanks for this little bit of wheat between all the chaff

    12. adams_6
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      The preparation for last's nights video with Neil and Joe was really poor in my opinion, hopefully they'll learn as they go and it will improve. I was cringing watching it.

    13. Tev
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      What’s wrong with Fraser’s left foot? 😉

      1. Ginkapo FPL
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 8 days ago

        Is it the real deal? Should I have made the switch from Mhki? It would give me freedom of budget to move anywhere going forward. What am I really worrying about, Mhki was useless last week, but oh how much livelier they looked when Lacca came on and Ozil dropped behind the front free. Am I overthinking this?

        In the end I have made no transfer, and could still make that move if he continues.

    14. The Overthinker
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 days ago

      Want this every week

  10. theroadrunner
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    peltier or bertrand
    kepa or patricio

    quick quick got no time!!!!

    1. Mackans
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Peltier & Kepa

      1. theroadrunner
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 8 days ago

        thats exactly where im at atm

    2. Finnish Fish
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Kepa & Bert

    3. Arceus
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Bertrand
      Kepa

    4. Sgt. Schultz
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Wooster
      Kepa

    5. theroadrunner
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      lol peltier not even in the squads!!!

  11. Mackans
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Draft: Ramsey or Özil?

  12. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    People acting like this is GW37 and a wrong captain choice will lose them their mini leagues lmao. It's just GW2 guys, such a long way to go and you can easily make up for it if you flop. Go with your gut instinct and enjoy the weekend

    1. Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Thank you.

    2. Mini Mane Mo
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      This...let’s capt Mendy then

  13. Latch86
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Go with Bailly or Shaw?

    1. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Shaw, more attacking role so far

  14. Miguel Sanchez
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Ask your self what would annoy you more.

    A) Kun gets a hat trick and you didn't captain
    B) Kun is benched and comes on for 20 mins without a goal and you did

    1. Tomerick
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Probably the benched bit but only because I think the story is bs and I don't want to be proven wrong.

    2. Hulk Smash
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Good point - B

    3. Pacer.
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Depends entirely on what Salah does

    4. Kulusexy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Minding my own business, not a care in the world - and then you go and type this!

  15. Tomerick
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Play Neves or Mitrovic?

    1. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Neves

  16. rnrd
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Jesus and Kun will both start.
    Jesus will get his couple of tap in and this will be the ultimate fpl Level

  17. The Cherry Picker
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Just so you know Aguero is 4/1 to score a Hat-trick against HUD. The bookies are always well informed and those odds are very short indeed.
    Kun (C) for me.

    1. Ha.
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Not at all influenced by betting patterns of newbs

    2. Beavis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Jesus is 5/1, what's your point?

    3. Richd
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Yeah but if he doesn’t play the bets refunded.

    4. Marvin.
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Odds are derived from betting patterns.

    5. insertcomedyname
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Odds on FPL has Salah outscoring Kun based on bookies odds.

  18. Dušan Citizen
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Should I do last minute captain twist from Eriksen to Kun or stick?

    1. Hurnt
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Kun cap higher ceiling

      1. Ha.
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 8 days ago

        Have you been round his house?

        1. Hurnt
          • 12 Years
          8 years, 8 days ago

          Brilliant

    2. The Overthinker
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Stick

    3. OptimusBlack
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Or from Kun to Eriksen

    4. aborg
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      It’s a coin toss dude. I’m sticking with Kun though. If I won’t captain him against Huddersfield when will I? 11m and never captained is a waste of money for me.

  19. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Sam Lee - Man city journalist for Goal on Aguero

    I couldn’t tell you either way whether he’ll definitely start but like I said on the video, before seeing the story, I’d have said Aguero would play

    1. Greenbackbøøg…
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Direct quote from Sam?

    2. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      *Changes captain

    3. OptimusBlack
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      (K)un

  20. Differential C (Mark)
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Going for Bilva. I've gona mad, havent I?

    1. hannesdela
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Captaining B. Silva too

    2. Touré De Force
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      No I think he's a decent shout this GW

  21. MrFootieIsHere
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    I've been confident on Peltier over PvA this week.
    Anyone want to give me any thoughts on why to play PvA over Peltier this week?
    PvA more attacking yes, but Cardiff likely to hold at home to Newcastle.
    Liverpool WILL score at least one...

  22. Old Wulfrunian
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Bench one please:
    a)Holebas
    b)Keane
    c)Chilewell
    thanks

    1. Finnish Fish
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      A or B, really tough one.. Id say B

  23. korbendallas82
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    I think it makes sence if Aguero benched. Jesus needs to play, and Sterling deserves to stay in team, cause of form. But Maby 25 from Aguero, is good.

    1. Arceus
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      They've been saying that for the past 2 seasons since Pep took over

    2. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Doesn’t make sense at all that city bench their clear no 1 striker already in gw 2

  24. In Carrick we trust
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Please please help, struggling to pick a captain, who would you pick out of this lot.

    A.Mendy

    B.erikson

    C.Richarlison

    D.Salah

    E. Aguero

    1. korbendallas82
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      D

  25. JustPark
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Page is slow. Guess this site isn't crowded anymore 🙁

  26. FootballFanatic365
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    No FT
    Fabianski
    Robertson DavidLuiz Mendy(c)
    Salah Pedro Jota Richarlison
    King Agüero Aubameyang

    Patricio Hudson-Odoi Wan-Bissaka Peltier

  27. Gentle_Turks
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Who is Jonty captaining?

    1. Garlana
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Kun according to most recent video

    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Joe Hart

  28. hannesdela
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Is it mental to captain B. Silva over Salah, Sanchez and Mendy?

    1. Hulk Smash
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Not this week imo given his form and the likelihood of him playing will never be higher.

  29. BOZ
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 8 days ago

    Hud will park the bus don't think it will be a high scoring match vs man city

    1. korbendallas82
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      Maby just 4-0

    2. yakirh
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      5-0 mate

    1. aborg
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 8 days ago

      The author said that he’d EXPECT Aguero out !! Careful