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FPL GW30 Scout Picks - Bus Team

Raya Martin

van Dijk
Gabriel Magalhães
Hill

Szoboszlai
Bruno Fernandes
Semenyo
Tavernier

Thiago
Ekitiké
João Pedro

Kelleher
Lacroix
Maguire
Gibbs-White

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Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Ekitiké	LIV	9.1m	99.8%	Likely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	90.5%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	88.9%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.6m	87.7%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.6m	86.9%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.9m	77.4%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	77.4%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	6.9m	75.4%	Unlikely
Šeško	MUN	7.3m	73.8%	Unlikely
J.Timber	ARS	6.3m	73.0%	Unlikely
Diouf	WHU	4.0m	71.4%	Unlikely
Stach	LEE	4.7m	68.7%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.7m	67.6%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	67.8%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	67.6%	Unlikely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.3m	65.2%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	63.4%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	63.3%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.2m	60.5%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	60.5%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	59.2%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	58.4%	Unlikely
Henderson	CRY	5.0m	57.4%	Unlikely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	57.9%	Unlikely
Garner	EVE	5.2m	57.6%	Unlikely
Barry	EVE	5.7m	55.5%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	55.2%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	52.5%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	51.8%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.3m	50.3%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.7m	50.2%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	47.8%	Unlikely
Adli	BOU	5.4m	47.3%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	47.1%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.2m	45.8%	Unlikely
Rodon	LEE	3.9m	43.2%	Unlikely
Martinez	MUN	4.8m	43.1%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	9.8m	40.9%	Unlikely
Nallo	LIV	3.7m	39.1%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.2m	36.8%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Enzo	CHE	6.7m	99.6%	Likely
Lucca	NFO	5.5m	99.3%	Maybe
Perri	LEE	4.5m	94.7%	Unlikely
Carvalho	BRE	4.7m	93.4%	Unlikely
Tchaouna	BUR	4.9m	90.9%	Unlikely
Poveda	SUN	4.8m	90.4%	Unlikely
D.Leon	MUN	4.2m	90.2%	Unlikely
Gnonto	LEE	5.2m	89.0%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.1m	88.5%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.9m	86.8%	Unlikely
Soler	BOU	4.0m	85.2%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.1m	84.6%	Unlikely
Heaton	MUN	3.9m	83.4%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.9m	81.9%	Unlikely
Lewis-Skelly	ARS	5.1m	80.6%	Unlikely
Pope	NEW	5.1m	80.3%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	80.2%	Unlikely
Clarke	ARS	3.8m	78.1%	Unlikely
Isak	LIV	10.3m	75.3%	Unlikely
Alleyne	MCI	4.0m	74.4%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	74.1%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	72.6%	Unlikely
Milenković	NFO	5.1m	72.4%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.7m	70.0%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.5m	70.9%	Unlikely
Burrowes	AVL	4.4m	70.1%	Unlikely
Digne	AVL	4.5m	69.8%	Unlikely
Spence	TOT	4.2m	69.8%	Unlikely
Bruun Larsen	BUR	5.3m	70.3%	Unlikely
Martinez	AVL	5.1m	68.9%	Unlikely
Isidor	SUN	5.1m	67.1%	Unlikely
Ramsay	LIV	3.8m	67.0%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.3m	64.6%	Unlikely
Diakité	BOU	4.2m	64.0%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.2m	63.7%	Unlikely
Malacia	MUN	3.8m	63.1%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.6m	62.3%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.4m	60.9%	Unlikely
Merrick	CHE	4.0m	61.0%	Unlikely
Valdimarsson	BRE	3.9m	60.8%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Alisson	LIV	B, Vs, Rest
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Martinez	AVL	B
No Change	Petrovic	BOU	B
Up	Darlow	LEE	C, £

Last updated: 3 Mar, 2026 5:07pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	A, Vs
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	B
No Change	Hill	BOU	A, £
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, Inj, OoP
No Change	Andersen	FUL	C, Vs, Inj
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	B
No Change	Kayode	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Cash	AVL	C
No Change	Ballard	SUN	C

Last updated: 3 Mar, 2026 5:13pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Salah	LIV	C, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	MCI	A
No Change	Wilson	FUL	A, Vs, Inj
No Change	Dango Ouattara	BRE	B, Vs
Down	Rogers	AVL	B
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	C
No Change	Rice	ARS	B, Inj
Up	Tavernier	BOU	B
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £
Up	Stach	LEE	A, £

Last updated: 3 Mar, 2026 5:16pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B, Vs
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B
Up	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C
No Change	Kroupi	BOU	C, Rest, £

Last updated: 3 Mar, 2026 5:18pm

Podcast

4 February 2020 1046 comments

DavidMunday815

There are some big questions for the Scoutcast crew to answer tonight.

The Fantasy Premier League template continues to break up and dissolve while new players are making cases for a place in the new so-called ‘meta team’.

Join Joe, Karam and Pro Pundit Tom Freeman on our YouTube channel to hear their discussion.

The show will run from 20:00 GMT to 21:00 GMT.

Up for consideration in the new template is Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero (£12.0m), so we will begin our analysis with him ahead of a favourable Gameweek 26 match against West Ham.

Meanwhile, those on the chopping block include John Lundstram (£5.1m), Leicester players and other cheap defenders.

Our pundits will discuss which of these they will be keeping and who should be ditched as soon as possible.

Finally, we’ll be looking ahead to the upcoming Blank and Double Gameweeks to assess when the best time to play the chips will be.

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LloristheHounds
6 years, 1 month ago
A)
Martial + lundstram out for
Son+ vvd

B)
Cantwell + lundstram out for
Son+ lacelles

Help
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1. LE CHARO
  6 years, 1 month ago
  A looks good
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2. fgdu
  6 years, 1 month ago
  A. Good idea to shift martial imo
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  1. LloristheHounds
    6 years, 1 month ago
    I wanted to use my BB chip in ML head to head.
    
    He has martial
    
    Henderson(McCarthy)
    TAA,lundstram, dunk,holgate, williams
    Salah, cantwell, mahrez, dendonker, martial
    Aguero(C). Ings, maupay
    
    Have 4.8mil in bank
    
    Any other ideas?
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    1. Marmalade Forest
      6 years, 1 month ago
      I’d fear you’d be bench boosting for two keepers.
      
      Denders, Williams, Mathews, Lundstram all might be dropped.
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      1. LloristheHounds
        6 years, 1 month ago
        Who's Mathews?
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bigbudgie
6 years, 1 month ago
The Lundstrum conundstrum...
A) play.. He might start
B) bench... Play soy
C) bench.. Play Rico
D) sell for a hit and play...gomez?
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1. King Kohli
  6 years, 1 month ago
  D. Will easily pay off long term probably even this gw.
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2. Bavarian
  6 years, 1 month ago
  A
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3. SirT83
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Same problem. Dont have enough insight on Sheffield United. But if he competes with Sander Berge he will loose, I've followed him since he played in Valerenga (Oslo) and he is truly an amazing talent.
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Werner Bremen
6 years, 1 month ago
Aguero or Salah C?
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1. bigbudgie
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Aguero
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2. THFC4LIFE
  6 years, 1 month ago
  If I had Aguero would be him
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3. Better off with a pin and a…
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Is Auba - Aguero worth a transfer this week (no hit).
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  1. Offs!de
    6 years, 1 month ago
    You try your luck with Agu
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Lord Flashheart
6 years, 1 month ago
Firmino to ings Ismaïla crazy right ?
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1. Lord Flashheart
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Ismaila = is
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2. Bruno Commando
  6 years, 1 month ago
  i wouldnt do it
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3. FPL Pillars
  6 years, 1 month ago
  There’s no reason too unless you think Firmino will not start. Seems a bit brave
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SirT83
6 years, 1 month ago
Is Lundstram done?
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1. Old Man
  6 years, 1 month ago
  We don't know - but are you prepared for regular benchings and potential 1 pointers when SHU are keeping lots of clean sheets and have several juicy upcoming fixtures?
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  1. SirT83
    6 years, 1 month ago
    Absolutely not, that's why I asked. Your take is get rid i presume? Another SHU player? Egan?
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    1. Old Man
      6 years, 1 month ago
      Yes, I cannot take the chance. It will probably be Stevens as tend to go with a "premium" having potentail attacking returns, Otherwise it will be O'Connell.
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      1. rokonto
        6 years, 1 month ago
        Why not Baldock?
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2. FPL Pillars
  6 years, 1 month ago
  His goose is in the oven, and it’s nearly eating time
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  1. SirT83
    6 years, 1 month ago
    Hehe, thanks.
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  2. Amey
    6 years, 1 month ago
    Will it taste better than Berge(r) ?
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Bruno Commando
6 years, 1 month ago
Is it worth it to use my WC to get rid of option A and go with B/C?

A) Robbo + Lunds + Kelly + Soy + Grealish + Vardy
B) VVD + Stephens + O'Connell + Lascelles + Grealish + Auba
C) VVD + Stephens + Baldock + Federico Fernandez + Barnes + Auba
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1. olidooley
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Nah
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olidooley
6 years, 1 month ago
Gtg? Lund out for Stephens
Anything for a hit?

Henderson
Robertson TAA Stephens
Salah KDB Martial Grealish
Vardy Ings Maupay

McGovern Soyuncu Dendoncker Kelly
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1. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Stick
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2. FPL Pillars
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Gtg
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3. Bruno Commando
  6 years, 1 month ago
  gtg
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THEKID_88
6 years, 1 month ago
Is Martial & Vardy to 7m & Aguero (c) for a -4 worth it?

Or am I being silly?
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Lord Flashheart
6 years, 1 month ago
Anything worth a hit?

A martial to son
B Maddison to son
C no hit, keep both for now
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1. Bavarian
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Keep
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2. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
  6 years, 1 month ago
  C
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3. FPL Pillars
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Reluctantly, C
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  1. Lord Flashheart
    6 years, 1 month ago
    My feelings exactly 🙂
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4. olidooley
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Save
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5. lilmessipran
  6 years, 1 month ago
  C, and do it for free next gw
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Bavarian
6 years, 1 month ago
Egan, Basham or O'Connell?
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1. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Egan
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2. Shatner's Bassoon
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Prefer JOC myself just for a bit of open play threat but there's a cigarette paper between him and Egan really.
  
  Dont think Bash is really an option.
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Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
6 years, 1 month ago
Henderson Button
Cathcart TAA Lascelles Holgate Lund

A stick
or for a -4
B Lund to VVD
C Lund to Egan
D Lund to Stephens
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1. Lord Flashheart
  6 years, 1 month ago
  C if you plan to bring mane at some point, b otherwise
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  1. lilmessipran
    6 years, 1 month ago
    This
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Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
6 years, 1 month ago
Any news on Traore?
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1. kamdaraji
  6 years, 1 month ago
  he's fine. Wish everyone would stop asking
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FPL Pillars
6 years, 1 month ago
My team will be in the dark this week. Only pressers from managers from two of my players before the deadline. Got a couple subs who play though which is most then a lot of non WCers.

Be interesting to see how spurs Southampton line up tonight.
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Bruno Commando
6 years, 1 month ago
Not sure if I should pull the trigger to WC. Please RMWCT thanks!!

Pope // Button
TAA // VVD // Stephens // Egan // CTaylor
Salah // KDB // Barnes // Bergwijn // Doncker
Kun // Ings // Jimi
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1. Offs!de
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Everything looks ok though I am not sure about Bergijn
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2. lilmessipran
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Getting Kun drastically weakens the midfield.. not really sure about Barnes and Bergwijn to be honest
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  1. Bruno Commando
    6 years, 1 month ago
    Not too sure about Bergwijn but Barnes seem to be in pretty good form!
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3. Ian J
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Need to see what your current team is - new team is ace though
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  1. Bruno Commando
    6 years, 1 month ago
    thanks dude!
    
    current team:
    Foster // Sketelenburg
    TAA // Robbo // Kelly // Lunds // Soy
    Salah // KDB // Martial // Grealish // Doncker
    Vardy // Ings // Jimi
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    1. Offs!de
      6 years, 1 month ago
      I wouldn't wc this team, honestly
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Jones Kusi
6 years, 1 month ago
Correct bench order and captain?

Henderson
Taa Robbo Soy
Salah(C) Maddison Kdb Trossard
Jimenez Ings Vardy

Lascelles Cantwell Kelly
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Whats the Huth
6 years, 1 month ago
Was there any presser after last nights games?
In particularly; Liverpool
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THFC4LIFE
6 years, 1 month ago
Kelly or Mings to Bertrand worth a hit?

Or could play Soyuncu
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1. Lord Flashheart
  6 years, 1 month ago
  The one that will not start anymore
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  1. Lord Flashheart
    6 years, 1 month ago
    But. It for a hit
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    1. Lord Flashheart
      6 years, 1 month ago
      *not
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2. lilmessipran
  6 years, 1 month ago
  play soy
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Lord Flashheart
6 years, 1 month ago
How about bellerin?

Awesome fixtures, good player. Very attacking, arsenal looks a bit more solid, only 5.4
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1. The 12th Man
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Digne > Bellerin is an option for me after 28.
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2. Geoff
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Blank GW28 though..
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lilmessipran
6 years, 1 month ago
I need to bench one of these options for this gw -

A Traore
B Maddison
C Graelish

Also have Vardy and Jiminez in the team if that matters
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1. Lord Flashheart
  6 years, 1 month ago
  A by a hair
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2. Ian J
  6 years, 1 month ago
  A as currently yellow flagged = a doubt
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3. Annie
  6 years, 1 month ago
  C
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subhojit123
6 years, 1 month ago
Vardy to Ings ?
1. Yay
2. Nay
Other two strikers are Auba and jiminez
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1. Lord Flashheart
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Probably 1
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AC Pilkington
6 years, 1 month ago
Who is the most nailed Man City attacker this GW would you say?
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1. Warby84
  6 years, 1 month ago
  I reckon mahrez due to sterling being out
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2. Lord Flashheart
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Kdb
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3. Shatner's Bassoon
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Kevin
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Warby84
6 years, 1 month ago
Had a pretty dreadful season and taken 13 hits but last 2 weeks has pulled me up to 112k rank.. I feel the hits are literally a 2nd WC and has seemed to have panned our pretty well, now done my Wildcard last week with a score of 77 so things are looking up.. Anyone else taken lots of hits to sort their squads out?
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1. Ian J
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Never be afraid of taking hits - just think about whether you can get the points back in the long run - sometimes you may need 3/4 weeks to get them so be patience. Also focus on what you may lose with the out going player
  Knee-jerk reactions & one week transfers very rarely pay off
  I’ve taken 13 hits so far and am having my best season
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Shatner's Bassoon
6 years, 1 month ago
Current defence with no FTs & no Dean Henderson:

TAA // Soyuncu // C.Taylor // Lundstram // Williams.

Options:
A) Just play the first three
B) Lunds -> Egan or O'Connell (-4).

Sideways defender move FOR A HIT is a classic FPL no-no but surely across the next three games (BOU / BRI / NOR) that gets repaid.
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jia you
6 years, 1 month ago
exact money for Haller + Maupay to Jimenez + Ings (-4)
decent move?
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1. Holmes
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Yep, almost no brainer
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  1. jia you
    6 years, 1 month ago
    pulled the trigger, cheers!
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    1. Holmes
      6 years, 1 month ago
      Already? Wait for tonight game if possible
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2. Party time
  6 years, 1 month ago
  Took you long to jump on board 😉
  
  Oui
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The Final Boss
6 years, 1 month ago
Guys what are the confirmed fixtures on gw31?
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Pedrolf89
6 years, 1 month ago
A have seen a lot of people mentioning Stevens. is Baldock at risk of losing his place in the starting 11 or has been moved to a defensive role? Even though he gets more yellow cards and is worst at bonus points he has got doble assist(4)and gols(2), against 2 Assist and 1 gol from Stevens, he also has got more points then Stevens in the same number of matches. So can you guy explain why Stevens gets much more mention? Cheers
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1. Pedrolf89
  6 years, 1 month ago
  *i have seen
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