Colm Hayes
Fantasy Football Scout Members can now access all the important data from Saturday’s matches in the Members Area.
As we have such a tight turnaround between Gameweeks 18 and 19, we’ve collated all of our Members Analysis entries, which usually sit on the footer of each Scout Notes articles, into one piece.
We’ve compared all the assets from Saturday’s matches to see which impressed us the most ahead of the Boxing Day programme.
So what do we reckon to Ancelotti’s appointment at Everton then?
A massive name with a huge pedigree, Ancelotti is more used to competing for titles and winning European Cups than fighting against the threat of relegation and squad building, but I think the Italian will do well.
Player wise, I’ve got more than an eye on early season favourite Lucas Digne who came out of yesterday’s game with a clean sheet and all three bonus points, Everton now sit top of the ticker over the next 8 games for teams with the best fixtures for the defence and at a reduced price of £5.7m, huge assist potential and a penchant for the odd direct free kick, I think he has once again become a hugely enticing asset.
In the midfield, Gylfi Sigurdsson may benefit if Ancelotti plays him in the hole in a 4-2-3-1 formation or potentially at the tip of a diamond. Sigurdsson scored 182 points last season and looked nicely priced when the season began at £8m - likely on pens and most set pieces, you can now pick up the Icelander for a paltry £7.4m.
It will be interesting to see who plays up front and if it’s a one or a two, but wherever he is playing I would expect Richarlison to continue to have a good season and even kick on from here whilst Dominic Calvert-Lewin could prove to be a bargain if he can cement his spot whilst Moise Kean could be one to now keep an eye on under his compatriots tutelage, though I wouldn’t be surprised if Everton make moves to sign a new forward in January and certainly another centre half.
Do you expect Everton to improve now under Ancelotti and what players, if any, will you be looking at bringing in?
Holgate 4.4 seems s bargain?
Yeah, could be. Like I say though I think they’ll be looking to bring in another centre half in January so it could be a bit risky.
Do you think he's a starter for the next 2 games? He'll be perfect at 4.4 for the short term.
The new manager probably hasn't even met him yet.
I might get Digne on WC next week. And punt on him for free transfer. Rico out
Like it.
If my recollection is correct, there is 'always' a period of high team spirit when a new manager is coming regardless what team it is. So yes will keep an eye. DCL is on my radar to start with due to the price.
Sigurdsson price is better value if he can return to a regular starting place, slightly worried about Match fitness.. Could be a good replacement for Zaha in my team..
Big 'IF' though ...
Very tempted by Digne as my de facto TAA replacement (already gone) - just a case of whether funds are right for shifting around in midfield
“Ancelotti is more used to competing for titles and winning European Cups than fighting against the threat of relegation and squad building”
This is a perfect summary of why I think he’ll be a flop just like Pellegrini is at West Ham at current.
Look at Pellegrini at West Ham. These high end managers are lost when they’ve got to take over teams with an average squad, not as much funds and can’t attract the type of players they are used to being able to purchase.
Ancelotti is in an entirely different league.
So was Rafa Benitez, but we didn’t buy Newcastle players.
Think he’ll be a flop.
Same answer as every other HT when a new manager takes over before a ball has been kicked under him. "wait and see"
The fixtures are good though, it may pay to get ahead of the curve.
Better teams have better fixtures for the next few. GW22 is when their real swing is. Gives a sensible time to assess rather than a semi-blind punt
Exactly the same thinking here. Wait and see for the next 3 games and then after the City game decide if they are any good under the new manager.
If I can buy Siggy at 8.0 and held him for 3 GWs, surely I can buy him again at 7.4! As long as carlo doesn't bring in anyone in his position..
Guys, I'm driving the wagon.
If he is a starter Mina is on my watchlist
I got Rich in on WC this week and he isn't going anywhere for now. Will monitor other assets but I like the Digne shout, he's back on my watch list along with Siggy.
I'm thinking of getting in Digne this week for Doherty. As you say, assist potential, will probably get a goal or two during the season, and great fixtures.
Yeah, reckon i’d have been bringing Digne in had it not been for Son’s moment of lunacy.
Thoughts on Tammy? Worth holding him while Ings and Jim are still ticking?
Some tough games coming up for Southampton and Wolves though, it’s a hold for me.
Will give him next week vs SOU and asses
I shipped this week for Kane
Finding it difficult to sell Abraham / Pulisic before Southampton and Arsenal.
This...
WC gw20:
A) Maddison Tammy Rico
B) Martial Tammy Rico
C) Grealish Rashford Rico
D) Grealish Ings TAA
Rest of WC:
Guaita Button
Soy Lund Aurier Kelly XXX
Salah Son Alli KDB XXX
Vardy XXX Greenwood
C
D
D
C
D
Choose another 4.0 keeper that's further from a drop to 3.9
C
Greenwood to make me happy today! Gogogo
What to do here? 1 free transfer and 4.2 in the bank.
Guaita Button
TAA Aurier Soy Lund Reid
KDB Alli Son Grealish Hayden
Jimenez Vardy Abraham
Currently thinking about Jimenez to Rashford
See out this gw then decide imo, i have rash but newcastle, Burnley coming up wonr be easy fixtures as utd struggle against teams that defend deep. Keep tammy in mind aswell.
Josh king/ callum wilson are ones to watch with Bournemouth fixtures turning but of course they need to start scoring first
I understand United lack of creativity ... but that does not directly mean Rashford will not score points (read: his form & on penalty)
Agree wiv you there mate, them pens are a right pain up the rear when you dont have rash, my concerns wic him though lay in utds creativity and rash not scoring frequently in open play , id say if you have ,keep and monitor if you dont, let the gw end and then decide
The only thing about Rashford is his price now ... I brought him in very early GW11 I think
That's my front line up Jimenez > Rashford unless you want to plan Salah/Mane in at some point?
I'll get the Pool mids back eventually but getting Rashford doesn't make it more difficult actually
I did not see you've got good cash there ... so by all means
Cheers!
Best def under 5m apart from kelly?
A)Targett
B) holgate
C) fernandez
D)? Other
Current team
Hendo, button
Taa, willems*, rico, lund, aurier
Mane, maddy, son, kdb, kante
Rash , vardy, ings
0.9itb
1ft
KDB to get a rest on Boxing Day, calling it.
I dunno, it’s a tough game against an opponent City have struggled against.
Against WOL? Doubt it, if he gets any rest it will probably be vs Aston Villa
I predict 28/12 vs SU
Would cure my benching headache. Currently have either mads or grealish on the bench
The next game after wolves I think
Some are considering Son out, why?
Wowzers, really?
Yep, have seen mention of Son to Kevin, Salah, Mane etc...
I’m wanting to do Kevin to son
You want to get rid of Kevin?! Think you need to ask yourself again.
After his brace today them ideas will soon be quashed
Let’s see how he does today
Swap to Salah/Mane I guess and have Alli?
depends how he performs against spurs and brighton but I'm not getting rid of kevin and alli is cheaper so easiest way to salah is son but magical performances today and against brighton he stays for norwich and southampton also
Came in drunk last night and wrecked the house.
They can tell the future.
Trying to work out how to freshen up the forward line. Have VAJ (snigger). In the foreseeable...
A. Lose Jimi.
B. Lose Abra
C. Lose both.
D. Keep both.
I have the same 3. I think Abraham is the most likely to leave at some point because I want to raise funds for Digne in if Everton start doing well.
I doubt Chelsea will not bounce back ... Jimenez to go between those two. Otherwise I will keep both D.
Same train here. Was thinking of Jimmy to Rashford,but Jimmy is just so consistent. I would be so happy if all 7M player can deliver 6-7 pts every week. He has 2 tricky fixtures but then 3 easy one so really in a dilemma !
And any idea what happened to Willems? No tweets from the scout or NUFC, no flags on FPL, was it just a rest or should I be concerned as an owner?
Knock ruled him out. Surprised he's not flagged, maybe that will happen later today.
No idea how serious the knock was though.
Usually dont want to waste transfers on goalies but ryan has been outscored by pretty much every other alternative last 5-6 weeks and I feel it is really hurting my rank. So ryan >
A. Guaita
B. Gazzaniga
C. Dubravka
D. Henderson
A
Keep, fixies about to get good....
Jesus to aguero?
34 plus Aurier, Mount and Kane (C).
Red or green arrow?
Plus Greenwood
Redwood.
Took me a while to appreciate this post, great work
Red I'm afraid
🙁
No rashford, son and alli so my guess is red
Kane covers Son/Alli
Greenwood covers Rash?
Lol
Kane will be the highest scorer today. Expect 25-30 points as captain. Green arrow congrats
Awesome cheers!
36 with Son (c), Alli, aurrier, Tammy
R or G?
Green
Hmm tough, tiny green I think
What about 30 with Alli [C] Aurier Martial Rashford Tammy? Small red?
Green, big United win
Some hope here ...
Your rank is great but it could be so much better if you just sold Kane.
And went Son, Alli etc?
Not necessarily. Just have higher output at a cheaper price for the Kane spot and spread the cash how you want. You should be top 5k easily.
Thanks, making my head feel big you are lol
Red I guess
And Greenwood too
Fail
but do you have Greenwood.. huh huh
Yes lol
I've got 2FT and 0.7 ITB. How to solidify this squad.
Schmeichal
TAA Robertson Pereria Lundstram Aurier
Mane KdB Ali Zaha Grealish
Vardy Ings Mousset
Would it be crazy to do the following
Robertson Ali Mousset
Kelly Salah Greenwood?
Might cure the weekly bench headache
Would rotate between 3-5-2 & 4-4-2
61 with son & tammy to play, probably going to fall some today
Same players left but son as captain, scored 55.. willems no show was annoying with Soy coming in.
Our teams are almost identical. 54 points and no show Willems, Son and Tammy left. Except I captained Raul.
I got 8 from cap grealish happy with that but not if son lights it up today or rash for that matter
How did you guys score so high?
Hendo lundy ings grealish my main scorers
63 here with kane son and pulisic, hoping for a man utd fail!
Nice - captain still to play?
nope plumped for grealish
Dropping that 2 bonus position was annoying
Good score
Brought in Kdb for -4 as well, so providing mount doesn’t do anything spectacular yeah having a good one - you?
Having pretty nice GW myself 🙂
59 with Sonny Rashford Aurier to go.
Nice - here’s to a comfortable United victory!
Yesssss 😀
You're on 65 mate
Took a hit for Kdb
Ahhh I see
Doesn't matter, you've hit the magic number. Arrows irrelevant after 60+pts.
All I want from today is manunited win and rashford blank
This
We r gonna bottle it as usual
That’s a 1/2 time thought - have some faith
Fred to score a worldie
Can he ever 🙂
Have your wishes (on FPL) usually happened? 😉
I want him to score one goal exactly !
I want just CS and Rashford fails
point prediction time
rashford
son
alli
aurier
2
6
10
5
5
2
4
1
6 (Assist, 1 bonus)
9 (1 goal, 2 bonus)
1 (yc)
1 (2 goals conceded)
2 6 13 2
8
9
7
6
12
13
9
-3
Kane haul and United fail would be the best gift for me. Please
as long as son assists I'm in
Lesson learned. Never take captaincy off Vardy..
This
I largely agree but Son is tempting. More explosive and pretty reliable v bad teams.
I have to play my WC next gw but perfectly fine with it and finally seeing a few green arrows. Pretty sure the WC will mess things up. Ideas on what’s lacking in this team
Pope* — Heaton*
Taa Lundy Kelly — Rico Lascelles*
Alli Son Kdb Grealish Pulisic*
Vardy Rashford — Ings
* players I plan to remove on the WC
- I feel Salah is a must from gw20 so def want to get him but how? I was thinking Alli/Pulisic >> Salah/dendocker?
- Any other essential players? I think Maddison might be good given their fixtures from gw20
- Keep or get rid of tAA on WC?
I'd probably keep TAA. To fit Salah + keep all the other guys you'll have to do a move as you've said and go straight up 3-4-3 and have less cash on the bench/rotation options than you've currently got.
What to do here ? got 1m itb
Pope
Targett Lundstram Tomori
Martial Son KDB Pulisic
Vardy Rashford Kane
Button Cantwell Hanley Soyuncu
save
you'll want pulisic and martial out and Salah in somehow, could downgrade kane with cheaper doing as well or better...food for thought
Yeah the plan for gwk20 is exactly this mate. Martial/Pulisic to Salah and Kane to a fwrd 7.4/7m
Crazy difficult season.
My 13 Yr old son is beating me by 80 pts. Last two seasons iv advised him this season he's going solo.
Double Sheffield defence.
Had Vardy before me
But got his capt right for about 5 wks while I blanked each time. (thnks Sterling)
embarrassing mate, hang your head in shame, sabotage his team maybe?
Start advising him again should sort it out lol..
Lol
You could always withold inheritance or ban him from the Internet on account of his search history.
52 with Maguire Tammy and Son(c) so if Sonny does good and Rashford fails I expect a nice green arrow 🙂
Who would you rather sell from KDB, Mane, Alli, Grealish, Vardy, Kane and Rashford to free up some cash?
Defence is in need of some investment but I don't really want to sell any of them...
Kane
Hurricane
Probably agree, but those fixtures are so good!
kane or rashford I'd say, depends on today's showing
Kane
De Bruyne
Alli
Grealish
Mane
Vardy
Oops Rashford over De Bruyne
Surprised KDB is that high on the list. Can't see myself selling him all season. Agree Kane is the one that would have to go but those fixtures are incredible!
Any chance of a captain Son hattrick to kick off Christmas in style
There's a chance but I sure hope it doesn't happen 😀
1 goal and an assist will be enough as a christmas gift for me
Always a chance
For next gw, who would you play?
A) pulisic home to South or
B) jiminez home to city
B
Cheers better form and a bout so great city defence. Still Jimi even if puli plays outta this world today?
Did we ever find out why Willems wasn't featured yesterday?
injured ?
Thank you
Jimenez to Tammy for free?
Chelsea's next 5 fixtures are very good for attacking returns.
God no..
Tough one. Jimi is very consistent and Wolves always perform well in tough fixtures, so don't be put off by that. I think Chelsea are struggling a little bit
GTG?
Or play Ings over any of this lot?
Ryan
Lund, Tomori, Kelly
Pulisic, Grealish, Alli, Son, Mané
Vardy, Rasford
Button, Ings, Soy, Rico
100% play Ings. Over Pulisic or Grealish.
Its between pulisic and ings for bench but ings is just in electric goal form and chelsea defense aint exactly water tight.
