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Scoutcast Episode 326 – FPL Season Start Review

How important is a good Gameweek 1 to the success or failure of an Fantasy Premier League season?

This and other early season issues are among the questions tackled by Joe, Andy and Neale in this latest Scoutcast episode.

The football season and much of life as we know it may be on hiatus, but the Scoutcast crew are still on hand to consider the pressing issues facing Fantasy managers.

Here they look back at Gameweek 1 and their biggest successes and failures as they met the challenge of ensuring their 2019/20 season is on track.

They look at how to select an early-season bandwagon, the best bench decisions and whether big at the back is ever a good way to kick off a Fantasy campaign.

Neale and Andy also talk about how a hacking incident during the autumn forced them to make some uncomfortable changes to their teams, during this Scoutcast’s trip down 2019/20 memory lane.

But this episode isn’t entirely about looking back.

Our trio also find time at the end of the show to chat about Ragabolly’s excellent Virtual FPL game, which has attracted over 3,000 entries. While Andy is riding high in the league by ironically missing transfers, Joe and Neale are considering a Wildcard. Their early start to the virtual campaign is clearly not going as well as their strong FPL scores in Gameweek 1 this season.

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If you’re a traditional type, you can acquire the mp3 audio version via this link or the first player below. Or you can take in the full visual experience via the second player below.

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35 Comments Post a Comment
  1. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 days ago

    Oi

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 days ago

      *First

  2. Don Van Vliet
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 4 days ago

    Happy Earth Day, all.

    1. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 days ago

      Not for me.

      The guy that came up with "earth day" Ira Einhorn murdered his girlfriend and put her in a trunk in his closet until she was composted.

      Like a lot of these climate activists he was also nuts.

      1. Don Van Vliet
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 4 days ago

        Okay.
        Let's all just continue to defecate on Mother Earth then, because Ira was a bad egg.

        1. Ógie
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 4 days ago

          If you defecate in on earth and come back a few months later for a look there will be flowers growing out of it. 😉

      2. Yank Revolution
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 4 days ago

        There's something seriously wrong with you

        1. FPL Pillars
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 4 days ago

          What a lovely comment to thumbs up, classy lot we have here.

          1. Yank Revolution
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 4 days ago

            What the hell are you talking about?

            The OP (DVL) posted something nice, then the first response is someone deciding to urinate on it. Well, screw that nonsense, I don't let idiocy stand.

            1. FPL Pillars
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 3 days ago

              Rude behaviour is remedied by further rude behaviour is it? It seem rather aggressive, that’s all.

        2. Poseidon.
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 3 days ago

          Bros, we’re all Utd fans here - lets not argue

      3. Gentle_Turks
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 4 days ago

        Talking of nuts....

      4. jtreble
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 3 days ago

        Einhorn died on Apr. 3.

      5. Poseidon.
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 days ago

        Are you a Trump fan by any chance Ogie?

        1. Gentle_Turks
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 3 days ago

          A read through his posts suggests strongly to me that he is.

      6. Oi! Shadders!
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 3 days ago

        Great logic. In the same way, I refuse to listen to music because Phil Spector killed someone.

  3. Marjie
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 days ago

    Please can someone kindly explain how you play your wildcard on Virtual FPL. Don’t want to accidentally take a large hit. Thanks

    1. QPR CARIBBEAN
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 days ago

      Activate it from the my team page.

      1. Marjie
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 days ago

        So, activate it, save existing team. Then make transfers?

        1. QPR CARIBBEAN
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 4 days ago

          Once activated proceed to transfer page and tinker away!

          1. Hazz
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 4 days ago

            Also works the reverse way. I made transfers first, then activated wildcard afterwards.

          2. Marjie
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 4 days ago

            Thanks, you’re a star ⭐️

    2. Bad Kompany
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 days ago

      How’s your wc team shaping up? I’m also currently on wc

      1. Marjie
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 days ago

        Haven’t started it yet! Dropped from rank 74 to 422 yesterday, so thinking I may need to shake up my team!

  4. SADIO SANÉ
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 days ago

    Einhorn is Finkle. Finkle is Einhorn.

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 days ago

      Laces out

  5. Duffy Dunk
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 days ago

    In vFPL, where can we find team stats like attacks made and attacks made against?
    There was a table on an article 2 days ago, with those stats up to gw4.

      1. Duffy Dunk
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 3 days ago

        Excellent, thank you!

  6. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 days ago

    In virtual fpl is DCL to Pukki move worth making on free?

    1. waldo666
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 days ago

      Could be, DCL fixtures turning and Pukki seems to be replicating his good early season form. Wood could be another option and one I am considering.

  7. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 days ago

    No price changes.

    1. NOMONEY
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 days ago

      thanks TM, how many days has it been without price changes?

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 3 days ago

        Price widget on the right says 17.