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Scoutcast Episode 275 – Thirties

With scores all in the thirties, Gameweek 13 was one to forget for the Scoutcast crew.

After forcing themselves to relive this dire set of points, Az, David, Luke and Joe dust themselves off and look ahead to better times.

Manchester City’s wealth of midfield options come under particular scrutiny during the community questions segment. A total of 44 points from David Silva, Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling against West Ham last weekend makes this is a group of players that demand attention.

Tottenham’s emerging assets in the centre of the park have also caught the community’s collective eye.

Son Heung-min, Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen all impressed in the north London side’s victory over Chelsea at the weekend. However, the Scoutcast crew are more interested in their premium-priced teammate Harry Kane to help them take advantage of Spurs’ kind set of festive fixtures.

Elsewhere, David reveals some notable team frailties and the players who are set to exploit them over December. Gylfi Sigurdsson is looking such a strong option in this regard that Joe wishes there could be two of the Everton set-piece specialist to draft into his squad.

Differentials, clean sheets, captaincy and transfer plans are also discussed. With the festive fixture list stepping up a gear, this covers both Gameweeks 14 and 15 as both take place during a frantic six-day block of Premier League matches starting this Friday.

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1,628 Comments Post a Comment
  1. lespaul
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    re team news page
    1 Liverpool have 2 x mane playing
    2 man utd lindelof out but in starting xi

    1. Jayv807
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      1 = Mane is captain (x2)
      2 = Bench Wankery

  2. JustPark
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Chances of Pool to get through the group?

    1. korbendallas82
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Slim pockins. Paris saint have red star in next round.

      1. JustPark
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Thye need a big win against Napoli aren't they?

        1. Ruth_NZ
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          If you call 1-0 a big win. 🙄

    2. waldo666
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      100/1 imho.

      1. lespaul
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        4 to 1

  3. korbendallas82
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Lol x2

  4. Lignja
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Gtg for this week?

    Fabianski
    Alonso, Robertson, Wb, Doherty
    Salah, Hazard, Sane, Richarlison
    Aguero, Arnautovic

    Hamer, Bennett, Hojberg, Kamara

    1. Manumana
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Yes

  5. Ask Yourself
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Sane or sterling -4

  6. rainy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Price Changes - 29th November 2018

    🔺  Pickford (5.0), David Silva (8.7)

    🔻  Monreal (5.4), Lichtsteiner (4.5), Lacazette (9.6), Ibe (5.0), Tarkowski (4.7), Barnes (5.6), Depoitre (5.1), Trippier (6.1), Ghezzal (5.1)

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Damn Trippier 🙁

      Laca woohoo, Dilva awww

      Cheers Rainy

    2. waldo666
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Cheers, Rainy.

    3. El Lobito 10
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Trippier incoming after Arsenal

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

      cheers rainy!

    5. Skid Vicious
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Thx Rainy.
      One - Nil 🙂

    6. fclackless [Brazil Nuts]
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      cheers

    7. FredtheRed
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Look at this almost daily and hardly ever say...Thank you. 🙂

      1. rainy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Cheers Fred 🙂

  7. Goonsquad245
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    No rise for Sterling - another day of agonising!

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

    G2G?

    Ryan

    1. Kabayan
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Good to go

  9. Cheese Crunch
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Transfer out Siggy or Richy for GW13, in purusit of City coverage?

    1. Cheese Crunch
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      GW14*

  10. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Start Chillwell (WAT) or Doherty (car) this GW?

    1. Zladan
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Doc

  11. akhilrajau
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    15 hours, 28 mins ago
    Def ->Doherty,Alonso, Robertson, wan-bissaka
    Mid-> Richarlison,Hazard,Salah, Kenedy
    Fwd->Arnautovic, Aguero
    Bench ->Frazor,Success, ,Daniels
    In bank = 0.4
    Free transfers =1
    Enderson out for xmas,?
    Enderson, Frazor -> fibinaki, Anderson?
    Any other options for city mid

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

      No easy route to a City mid unless you want to lose Salah or Haz

      1. akhilrajau
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Ok thinking to out Salah but what about current option I mean removing enderson ?

  12. learnedlizard
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Play
    A. Dunk
    B. Wilson
    This gw? cheers

  13. El Lobito 10
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Trippier second most transferred out player. Wow, absolutely ridiculous.

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Why is it?

      1. El Lobito 10
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        He's expected back soon and their fixtures will be great. Plus, they are in form. He's practically a winger for 6.1m who will guarantee some CS and assists. Even if rested at times, he is still a great pick. People think in the short term, it's human nature, it's why most are actually crap at fantasy.

    2. jtreble
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      At 6.1 Trippier is nicely priced. Vertonghen is also very close to a price drop to 5.8.

    3. Zladan
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Good! Price coming down nicely before his essential status in a few weeks.

  14. learnedlizard
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Who should start among these
    A.Dunk,richa,ryan
    B. Kenedy,dunk,pat
    Cheers

    1. learnedlizard
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      A.wilson,richa,ryan

      1. learnedlizard
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        *

    2. korbendallas82
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Try again .

  15. osceola31909
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Hopefully it is a moot issue, but who is the current second choice GK for Brighton?

    1. osceola31909
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Thanks. So kind of unclear really.

    2. korbendallas82
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I have ryan steele. Bought wrong second keeper.

    3. G-Whizz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Button is but currently injured so that's why Steele has been appearing on the bench recently...

  16. sodom85
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    What choice is better?
    A:Kepa TAA Laporte
    B:Ederson TAA Luiz
    Thank.

    1. El Lobito 10
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      A but not Kepa. Hennessey, Patricio, Ryan better picks with £ saving in mind.

      1. sodom85
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Thank

  17. SweeSwee
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    What’s the news on Arnie and Hazard?

    1. Ziyech on the Bench
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Arnie is g2g, hazard is training and being rested for tomorrow’s game.

      1. SweeSwee
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Thanks

  18. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Looking through the Members Cup entries, looks like mid 40s needed to qualify.

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

      Thanks - looking good so.

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

    So Pooch comments about rest and rotation putting us off Spurs assets or still pile in from GW15 or too much risk of rotation in GW16?

    1. Pierce34
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      What did he say?

    2. El Lobito 10
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      All top teams will rotate now. Good bench helps. I will be getting two of Trip, Son, Alli or Kane.

  20. Will101810
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Thoughts on who the best cheap (less than 5m) keeper and defenders are over christmas?

  21. chaser123
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Thoughts on Holding from GW16?

    1. Lucky Z
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Kos is back. Then no.

    2. NOMONEY
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      emery clearly not bothered about clean sheets

  22. The Big Fella
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Mane or Sane this week (and indeed, going forwards)?

    1. waldo666
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Sane

      1. The Big Fella
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah this is what I am thinking too. Can't see the derby being high scoring and City scoring for fun plus I have Salah

        1. korbendallas82
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Post your team?

          1. The Big Fella
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            Fab - Hmer
            Alonso, Robertson, Laporte, WB, Peliter
            Salah, Mane, Rich, Fraser, Stephens
            Aguero, Arnie, Wilson

            I will wildcard after this GW

    2. korbendallas82
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      My post Got deleted? Just said selling mane is Maby, just Maby, jumping early.

      1. The Big Fella
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        No idea. It was a valid point too. He is not a chop cow but he is at the right price point where you can swap him to almost anybody else without having to do a -4. In my case, I have Salah and Mane but Salah gets returns more often than Mane (although Mane always gets higher returns). I also don't think the Liverpool derby will be a high scoring match, especially after CL exertions today. I am WCing next week anyway so I can bring him back in if it proves to be a mistake.

  23. korbendallas82
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    This is funny.måeople ask for help. They dont like the answer. So They post a new Q. Thats the way to go brother.

    1. korbendallas82
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      People. Ask for help*

    2. NOMONEY
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      dont we all?

  24. Wakanda
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Current Linup :
    Patricio
    Doherty/Robertson/Balbuna/Rudiger
    Sterling/Mane/Hazard/Salah/Murphy
    Arna/Zaha

    GTG ?

    1. Wakanda
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      players not listed out are not playable players.
      I only have 1 playing sub, probably murphy on the bench.

    2. Srv210
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Gtg for now...but I'll think of dropping either Salah or mane in a few weeks

    3. NOMONEY
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      id rather you get laporte than rudiger at that price range

  25. Srv210
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Anybody thinking of getting Lacazette or Aubameyang in for Arsenal's good run of fixtures in a few weeks???

    1. Wakanda
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      i will stay away. Past trends say that downfall begins after Christmas.

    2. The Cisco Kid
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Too many question marks at the moment. Lacazette isn’t fit for tomorrow's game, and Arsenal aren’t passing the eye test in spite of their results. They could both be good options, but I’d need more convincing.

    3. Pierce34
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I've had Lacazette for a few weeks now - and Aubameyang before that. Very disappointed with both. Will probably sell Lacazette now.

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

      lets see how they do in these two tough fixtures, focus on spurs assets first

  26. Manumana
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    1FT. this gw ill prob make no transfers. Ill be playing this. How does it look ? Really appreciated any opinions good and bad

    Fab
    Alonson Robbo Laporte Bennett AWB
    Salah Hazard VC. Rich
    Kun C Arnie

    McCarthy Wilson Fraser Billing

    Thx

    1. korbendallas82
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Bring in Kane when due, u bee good.

    2. NOMONEY
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      wait and see for arnie and hazard injury news

      1. Manumana
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Thank u both

  27. jon.terry.tfh
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    alisson
    Alonso Duffy wanB Bennett laporte
    Hazard salah sterling(C)
    Arnie Jimenez

    Bench: Wilson fraser richa hamer 0.1itb

    Used my ft to swap mane to Sterling. Still super worried about sterling getting rested. Should I consider hazard to sane? I don't plan to keep hazard anyways post this week

    1. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Can't sell Hazard eith Fulham next.

    2. NOMONEY
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      nope

  28. Super John McGinn-
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Think I'm WC'ing next week gameweek so any changes to this?

    Alisson
    Alonso, Robbo, Doherty, AWB
    Hazard (VC), Salah, Martial, Diangana
    Aguero (C), Arnie

    Fab, Fraser, Digne, Kamara

    1FT 0.4 ITB

    1. Wakanda
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      WC to bring who in ?

    2. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Diagana to Kenedy maybe

      Make sure you have a WC team ready since there wont be much time to do research

    3. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      You sure about Aguero C? I'm looking to sell fwiw

      1. NOMONEY
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        because you didnt want the double up with sterling/sane?

        1. Royal5
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Have sterling and looking to get Sane and downgrade Aguero. Looked very poor recently.

          1. NOMONEY
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            going with 3 cheapies/mid-priced fwds? or 1 premium (kane or auba)?

            1. Royal5
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Really not sure who to replace him with :/ Have Arnie and Raul atm. Wilson would be the best candidate but tgose fixtures are putting me off. Same goes for Mitro.

              1. NOMONEY
                • 8 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                utd away doesnt seem too bad for mitro

                i have the same dilemma, wanna load up on mids and bring in siggy and spurs mid on top of salah and sane

                1. Royal5
                  • 12 Years
                  5 years, 4 months ago

                  Could gdt Mitro and maybe bench him and play Wan Bissaka (BUR). Plenty of good options in midfield atm. Wish I had Don as well.

                  1. Royal5
                    • 12 Years
                    5 years, 4 months ago

                    Son

                  2. NOMONEY
                    • 8 Years
                    5 years, 4 months ago

                    yea might go with a power five in mid if aguero disappoints again

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

    First -8 of the season is done!

    1. Wakanda
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      what transfer did you make

    2. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Few more on the way 😛

  30. Will101810
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Thoughts on who the best cheap (less than 5m) keeper and defenders are over christmas? Thanks in advance

    1. NOMONEY
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      one of the palace guys, tomkins (4.3) or AWB (4.2)

      1. Will101810
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Got AWB think im gonna get Hennessey as well