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The best set piece takers and targets for FPL Gameweek 5 – Part 1

Some previously powerful Fantasy Premier League set piece assets seems to have lost their edge in the first four Gameweeks of 2018/19.

That’s what our latest research into set plays data has shown us this week.

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  1. mourinho_el_fenómeno
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Mahrez > DSilva (-4) ???

    1. Sweetboi
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      It's tricky...I'd say yes just because Silva will make it up long term by playing more games.

    2. Triple P
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Not for a hit if you ask me

  2. Sweetboi
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Which one?

    A) Doherty - Salah - D Silva

    B) Robertson - Hazard - D Silva

    C) Alonso - Salah - Pereyra

    1. Triple P
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      B, but I hope you have Mane as well

      1. Sweetboi
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        I do.

        1. Triple P
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          Good then! Although I would prefer Alonso over Robertsob though, but that probably doesnt fit the budget..?

    2. Ghost Gooner
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      C

    3. Silecro
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      C definitely, Alonso best of premium defenders, Salah best of all players generally, and Pereyra negates DSilva higher ceiling by secured starts

      1. dbeck
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        This guy has nailed it, decent rationale, c for me

    4. Sweetboi
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Cheers all.

    5. DivocksHighSocks
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      looks like B initially, but it's C on closer inspection

  3. Super Silva Haze
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Guys any advice for this team pls. 1ft.

    Patricio
    Robertson Alonso Mendy
    Salah Mane Bilva Fraser
    Aguero Arnie Wilson

    Foster WanB Musuaku Peltier

    1. Sweetboi
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Bilva a rotation risk and Fraser could be injured. Other than that, g2g.

      1. Super Silva Haze
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Yeah Bilva is my main concern. Thinking of Bilva to Maddison? City's fixtures are amazing though.

  4. Setpiecemad
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Is Wan-Bissaka injured. Left out of the under 21 squad

    1. ted mcnure
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Past his bedtime.

  5. Triple P
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    A) Maddison + Richarlison
    B) D. Silva + 4.6 mid (or play 4-4-2)

    1. Sweetboi
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      I really like David Silva but has to be A. The 4.5 won't get any points.

      1. Triple P
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Cheers, thinking the same. Really want him in, but I like the rest of the team too much to downgrade elsewhere. Will probably stick with A

    2. DivocksHighSocks
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      same dilemma, agree it has to be A though

      1. Triple P
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Cheers 🙂

  6. Zebrahimović
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Robertson —> Chilwell?

    1. DivocksHighSocks
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      not as a one off transfer no.

      maybe if part of a WC and that extra million gets you someone else you particularly want

  7. #FPLBhuna
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    RIP Scoutcast..

    1. 1569Tippins
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Yeah... wtf is this quiz thing???

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

      This is awful!

    3. Adz87
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Worst I've ever seen

    4. #FPLBhuna
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      This is bloody shocking..

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

        😆 looking forward to the quiz now

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

      haha I'm only about 25 mins in and it's been more engaging than usual so far

    6. Kevin Malone
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Painful - gone downhill so quickly...

    7. Cityzen Kane
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Absolute rubbish. Losing all credibility.
      And not even entertaining ... 1st time in 2 years I've switched off

    8. Sweetboi
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      This quiz is ridiculous...what is going on?

    9. Fletcher Moss
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Kudos to them for trying to freshen things up. I laughed. Nothing wrong with light hearted banter amongst the very serious business that is FPL.

      1. #FPLBhuna
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Time & place - a separate video would have served this purpose better so we dont all need to watch that garbage

        1. Fletcher Moss
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          Maybe. But it was near the end so if it seems like it’s going to be a love it or hate it type of feature then if they save it till last then people have the option to turn off beforehand.

          There’s features I don’t like that many others do (e.g. rough with the smooth) but that’s always going to be the case with a pretty big audience.

    10. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      😆 That quiz feature. Sorry lads, back to the drawing board.

  8. DivocksHighSocks
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    A) Doherty & Richarlison
    B) Robertson & Jorginho
    C) Another def/mid combo for 11.1m

  9. RussWells89
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Opinion appreciated!

    A) Moura & Ings
    B) Richi & Mitro

    Am thinking about option A for this GW and B for next and onwards...?

    1. dbeck
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      If you’ll have 2FT next week then sure, if not, go b

    2. DivocksHighSocks
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      B for sure, as long as you can get through this gameweek. Mitro might even nick one against City, you never know

  10. Daghe Munegu
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    What do you think please?
    1ft 0.1itb

    Pickford
    Mendy Robertson Luiz PVA
    Salah Eriksen Bilva Walcott
    Aguero Zaha

    Stek Wan Kamara Cairney

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

    I miss Mark.

    1. #FPLBhuna
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Me too

      Munday needs to go

      1. Cityzen Kane
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Wrecking it... Seems to be trying to add in rubbish ideas from his Herold pod.
        Ratings will plummet

    2. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Who’s mark?

      1. SuperMane Returns
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Mark Sutton ....Mr FPL himself

  12. Arsenal97
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    I need answers

    1. DivocksHighSocks
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      let her go mate, you're only making it worse

      1. ted mcnure
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        couple o special brews and it'll all be right

  13. Arsenal97
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    1 Should i get Richarlison or pedro ?
    2 If i have to drop one who would be : mkhitaryan or Fraser or walcott ?
    3 Salah to Hazard : yes or no ?s

    1. DivocksHighSocks
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      1. depends on whether you have hazard. inclined to say Rich either way though
      2. Walcott
      3. keep Salah

    2. Sweetboi
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Pedro
      Monitor the injuries to Fraser and Walcott
      No

  14. Qaiss
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Just switched off from the Scoutcast. That second new feature introduced is a load of self indulgent rubbish and so boring. Literally no point to it whatsoever.

    1. fclackless [Brazil Nuts]
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      features supposedly chosen by us ....

      1. DJDave1979
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Must have been away that day 🙂

  15. stat
      5 years, 8 months ago

      To those WCing, do you think that bringing in Lukaku is a bigger priority than bringing in Silva?
      There's no rotation threat whatsoever for Lukaku while the same can't be said about Silva.

      Thinking of something like:

      Patricio - Hamer
      Mendy - Alonso - Shaw - Doherty - AWB
      Hazard - Mane - Pedro - Schurrle - Stephens
      Mitrovic - Lukaku - Aguero

      Gives me four decent captain options in Hazard / Mane / Lukaku / Aguero.

      1. DivocksHighSocks
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        I do like Lukaku, but my thinking is if you've got an 11 million player, you need to be captaining him a bit more than 1 in 4 games.

        Personally I think you could get rid of one of those options - doesn't even have to be Lukaku - and give the rest a leg up.

        I do quite like your team in general though. Not overly keen on the Hazard/Pedro double up perhaps.

        1. stat
            5 years, 8 months ago

            Pedro would be a temporary placeholder that would be replaced with Richarlison in the near future.

            I think I'd be captaining Lukaku a lot due to the fact that he's probably my likeliest scorer in most weeks, given that Aguero could be rotated due to the CL.

            However I don't want to get rid of Aguero yet because his fixtures look very enticing. At the same time I don't want to get rid of Mane simply because I think he's great value for a Liverpool attacker.

        2. Daft Bob
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          I think kaku is a great option at the moment and I put together a similar hypothetical wildcard team with the same forwards as that team. The thing that holds me back from having two premium forwards is that forwards don't generally score as many points as high scoring midfielders. Also there are loads of budget/mid priced forwards that look good this season, and when I do the maths I struggle to believe having Kaku and aguero is better than one of them and Arnie/zaha/deeney/etc with Salah in midfield or Silva in your case (who I happen to own). Tossing the arm band around is risky but I'm sure you have a strategy for that.

          Basically I think there's enough cheap options in midfield and up front that I don't think there's a need for so many 10m+ players. I think that bench could be better as well. I could be wrong of course.

      2. Qaiss
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Now we really know who Scotty B is cough David 😉

      3. AK ⭐
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Miss the times when Scoutcast was all about Mark and Granville going at it without any live videos.

        But what is going on today??

        1. Cityzen Kane
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          It's seriously going to lose viewers. Way down the pecking order now of pods

      4. liiusions
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        It is such a shame so many comments on here every Tuesday are how the ScoutCast is dying...

        Used to look forward to it every week but it's just not the same without Mark 🙁

        1. Qaiss
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          Mark is the Scoutcast

          1. liiusions
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 8 months ago

            You didn't even realise how integral he was to it till there's been a few without him!

        2. Warby84
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          Who’s mark??

        3. Warby84
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          Sorry he’s the one who is struggling this year and pulled his wildcard out....

          1. Qaiss
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 8 months ago

            So if it’s down to how well each guy on it plays the game then why is David on it who’s never finished above 150k rank in a season or something.
            Mark may be having a bad season so far but it’s still early on and I think we all know he is the guy who made the Scoutcast what it is.

          2. Twisted Saltergater
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 8 months ago

            Jog on

            1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
              • 14 Years
              5 years, 8 months ago

              Bit harsh ? He's only telling the truth ?

              1. Twisted Saltergater
                • 14 Years
                5 years, 8 months ago

                Warby84? Why the superiority complex about still holding his wildcard??

                1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
                  • 14 Years
                  5 years, 8 months ago

                  Ah i didn't read it that way.

                  Thought he was genuinly explaining who Mark was to somone. Didn't know he was bragging 😆

                2. Kiwivillan
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 10 Years
                  5 years, 8 months ago

                  Seen people saying they will hold as long as possible. Meaningless strategy

                3. Warby84
                  • 8 Years
                  5 years, 8 months ago

                  I’m not being serious, I’m only kidding..

        4. Epic Fail
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          I haven't watched it in a while now. It's a steaming pile of shite.

          1. Epic Fail
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 8 months ago

            Although ironically all these comments are making me want to watch today's video to see how bad it is. 😀

            1. #FPLBhuna
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 8 months ago

              The worst ive watched to this day i would say

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

              It was ok mostly. The quiz sequence was utter rubbish though.

              1. 1569Tippins
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 12 Years
                5 years, 8 months ago

                I for one will be turning off if that quiz reappears next week... brings absolutely nothing for the viewer

          2. AK ⭐
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 8 months ago

            You're lucky you're missing the one that's on right now.

            1. Epic Fail
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              5 years, 8 months ago

              How did things get so bad.

              1. AK ⭐
                • 11 Years
                5 years, 8 months ago

                Everyday is a Munday now

        5. Netley Lucas
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          The quiz must be an hour long next week

          1. Monkey Hanger
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 8 months ago

            Then an hour of forfeits.

        6. Ber2k
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          Mark has been told to curtail his FFS stuff to concentrate on FPL Show commitments obviously. It is definitely worse off for his absence. They are lost without him.

          1. Epic Fail
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 8 months ago

            Source?

            1. Ber2k
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 8 months ago

              What else could it be?

              1. The Rumour Mill
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 8 months ago

                Mark isn't on the FPL show.

                1. Ber2k
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 9 Years
                  5 years, 8 months ago

                  At all in any capacity?

                  1. The Rumour Mill
                    • 7 Years
                    5 years, 8 months ago

                    At all. He announced on here at the start of the season he had quit it.

          2. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 8 months ago

            Nothing lasts forever . You all gotta get used to it fella, no point in pining over Mark .

            I not watched it myself for a while but if you all hate it then why watch it? It's a choice you have. Seems a bit unfair everyone blaming the new guy just because Mark bailed out.

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

              Jonty, Az and Andy would still make a good show by themselves.

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

            BER2K, This isn't true.

            1. Ber2k
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 8 months ago

              I stand corrected. I assumed this to be the case and had been expecting it from midway through last season.

              I just don’t like change and prefer to live in the past. I still watch old TFI Fridays on youtube.

      5. FPL Maldini
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Do we really think Ederson will miss the game at the weekend?

        1. Epic Fail
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          Hopefully.

      6. Monkey Hanger
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Scoutcast so going down the pan. Come back Mark. Please.

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

          It would still be fine with Jonty, Az, Andy and Granville.

      7. FPL Maldini
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        How about a new feature called...

        ‘What is Mark doing right now?’

      8. #FPLBhuna
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Scoutcast ep28 4 years back

        https://youtu.be/CSVxvh9Mucw

        I miss this cast.. mark.. granny - throwback.. bleurgh.

        1. Twisted Saltergater
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          🙁

      9. Twisted Saltergater
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        The Scoutcast is going to the dogs! An improvised pub quiz... really??

      10. Lyonnais
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Sorry but this was the worst scoutcast ever.

        It's almost midnight here and I just watched some ridiculous quiz and I'm not even talking about the forfeit ideas...
        This used to be an expert discussion but today it was a discussion of three FPL experts + joke elements.
        Why let someone with an awful history take over the scoutcast and ruin it?

      11. Sterling Malory
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Feeling pretty settled on this but would appreciate any advice or suggestions to improve my WC team.

        Ryan
        Mendy Alonso Trippier
        Mane Hazard Dilva Madison
        Aguero Ings Mitro

        Button AWB Tarkowski Neves

        1. Twisted Saltergater
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          scoutcast only discussion

          1. Sterling Malory
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 8 months ago

            Haven’t watched it. Talk me through it.

            1. Twisted Saltergater
              • 14 Years
              5 years, 8 months ago

              I'd actually rather review your WC!

              I like it a lot. Maybe Pereira over Trippier which would give you another 1m, but isn't essential seeing as you have Tarkowski @5m too.

        2. DivocksHighSocks
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          I personally wouldn't go without the boy Salah but that's your call. Pretty much like it otherwise. Feel there could maybe be better options out there than Tarkowski but it's not biggy.

        3. liiusions
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          Would recommend getting Mark in somewhere

        4. Kiwivillan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          Wolves next 6 fixtures amazing and you have none of their defence or GK. Brighton have Spurs and City in next 3 so don't understand the Ryan love.

      12. Gudjohnsen
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        So many teams on here without Salah. Isn't he fixture proof?

        1. Kiwivillan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          He's 13m

        2. asquishypotato
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          I think he is, but other options can score more over the short term.

          For example, Hazard might get 3 or 4 over the next two, Salah may do too

      13. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        So is there now a big V searchlight in the sky as the Scoutcast looks for a new hero? To be continued...

      14. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Scoutcast: People arent interested in rough and smooth because its too much time spent on what happened last week
        Also Scoutcast: Lets spend 12 minutes asking each other questions about stuff that has already happened

        😆

        1. Smurf
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          Worst Scoutcast ever produced.

          More like a pathetic gameshow.

          Pretty sure there’s more information for the hard core FPL manager in the daily star than the scout cast but at least 14 year old child may like the Scoutcast.

          After all the feedback on the recent hot topic I’m baffled by how atrocious that Scoutcast was. As a person David seems a stand up guy, and I don’t care about his poor rank, but his ideas and way of interacting have ruined the Scoutcast for me. Or at least the majority of the changes seem to have stemmed from his involvement wether that may be the case or not.

      15. FPL Maldini
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        I actually like the ‘good luck bad luck’ feature. That deserves praise

        1. DJDave1979
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          Smacks to me as a way of 'experts' being able to moan that they deserved to beat the lucky casuals if their superior decisions had worked out.

      16. AFC49
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Stick or Wildcard?

        Current Team:

        Fabianski (Foster)
        Robertson, Mendy, AWB (Tomkins*, Bednarek)
        Salah, Dilva, Pedro, Walcott*, Fraser*
        Aguero, Auba (Kamara)

        Wildcard:

        Hennessey (Hamer)
        Robertson, Mendy, Alonso (AWB, Peltier)
        Salah, Hazard, Pereyra, Maddison (Højbjerg)
        Aguero, Mitrovic, Wilson

        0 ITB

        1. Kiwivillan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          Half the point of WC is to catch players you want before they rise. You've missed 0.4 since end of last GW I think

        2. Kiwivillan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          Also keeping Peltier on WC??? Hamer is not first choice so you'll be likely playing Hennessey every week. 2 from McCarthy/Patricio/Fab/Foster is best GK combo imo

        3. yakirh
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          Stick