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The final international break of the season is over and the deadline for Double Gameweek 31 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) is little more than a day away.

The questions on transfer dilemmas or chip strategy are coming thick and fast in the comments section and so it’s with that in mind that we’ve asked five-time top 1k finisher and Scout’s Deputy Editor, Tom Freeman, to answer some of them over the next 60 minutes.

He’ll be on hand to first reply to requests from Premium Members in the Hot Topic below the line of this piece and will get through as many as he can until the next article goes up.

If there’s time, Tom will also turn his attention to other requests in the comments section.

As ever, you can chip in with your own opinions on the raft of RMT requests filtering through – and naturally, feel free to ignore the article subject matter and talk about any other wider FPL topics that you’d normally be musing on.

Don’t forget that, if it’s an algorithmic answer you’re after rather than an opinion-based one, we also have a â€˜Rate My Team’ tool available in the Premium Members Area.

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  1. RMT Surgery with Tom
  2. ryanlatty
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Hey Tom, hope you're well.

    If Trent is out, I have to play Kilman & Coady this week.

    With 0.0 itb, I can't fund a move to a premium def unless I drop Son, Laca, Trent...

    WWYD?

    1. Roll
    2. Kilman to Roberts
    3. Remove cash cow (Son to Foden/Havertz or Laca to Weg/Gelhardt) to fund Kilman to premium def?

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      2

  3. Miguel Sanchez
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Sell one from:

    A) Raphinha
    B) Ramsey
    C) Kulujevski

    1. Gunners in Haaland
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      B

    2. Botman and Robben
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      B.

      Why is Kulu even there?

  4. Skogen89
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Jimi > weghorst(-4) or
    Jimi > richarlison (-4)

    1. Bavarian
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Not for -4

  5. oi no professionals
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Who’s the better option while Trent is out:

    A. Tsimikas
    B. Matip
    C. Gomez

    1. FPL_Crisis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      B is the only answer

    2. Zinedine Kilbane
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Be great if found out Tsimikas was starting tomoro

  6. Trovsmash
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    2 fts, .3 itb

    FH36 set up for 33, BB at some point

    Sa
    TAA Tierney Holgate Doherty Rudi
    Salah Saka Raph Son
    Kane

    Dubravka, Broja, Hwang Ramsey

    A. TAA & Hwang to Weg & Cancelo
    B. Rudi & Trent to Cancelo & Robbo
    C. TAA & Hwang & Sa to Weg & Cancelo
    D. Rudi & Trent to Cancelo & James

    1. all moves could include Sa to pope for -4

  7. G Banger
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Right bench order in case TAA doesnt make it?

    Sa
    Rudi Robbo Cancelo TAA
    Martinelli Raph Salah Kulu
    Kane Broja

    (White / Mateta / Willock)

  8. LT74
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Saiss & Broja to Reece James & 4.5 fwd, yea or nay? Cheers.

    1. G Banger
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      If you've used BB and have a decent bench otherwise then could work. Just make sure you have 2 other good ones on bench due to rotation and Covid.

  9. Opperkaker
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Hi Tom,

    I'm planning on losing Coutinho, Raphinha, Saïss and Rüdiger between now and GW 34 and getting in Kulusevski, Foden, Cancelo and Rüdiger for them. What do you think of those moves and which transfer would you prioritise for GW 31 and 32? I'd like to have 2 for GW 33.

    1. Opperkaker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Sorry, I meant get in James instead of Rüdiger

  10. The Red Devil
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    So dubravka should be fine to start right?

  11. tomives2
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Hey Tom,
    I have both son and Kane, and both robbo and Trent!
    I have 2 free transfers
    1) Trent Saiss out for Cancelo/ James and Laporte
    2) Son Saiss out for Havertz/ Foden and Cancelo

    Which option would you go for?
    And would you pick out of cancelo vs James and havertz vs Foden?
    Cheers

  12. Flynny
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Hi....what would you do here with 2fts and 0 cash?

    Thinking laca and saiss to weghorst and cancelo

    Would love robbo or James but doesn't seem viable......thanks

    Sa (Dubravka)
    Taa vvd rudiger doherty (saiss)
    Salah Coutinho kulusevski saka (ramsey)
    Kane laca (broja)

    1. popey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Does the maths work on Cout > Foden & Saiss > White (or Chalobah as you have a strong bench)

      otherwise Saiss > Cancelo and Cout > best mid you can afford (Martinelli?)

      1. Flynny
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Thanks....I'll take a look

        I do like martinelli

  13. Devos
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Looking for some critical input about my team and plans.

    Current team (1 FT, 1.3m ITB, FH, BB and WC left)

    Pickford
    Cancelo / TAA / Robertson
    Salah / Son / Saka / Mount / Kulu
    Laca / Broja
    B: Foster / Cash / Dennis / Burn

    GW31: Broja or Dennis > Weghorst
    GW32: Pickford and Mount > DDG and Maddison (-4)
    GW33: Son > Bruno (8 dgw-players)
    GW34: WC
    GW36: BB
    GW37: FH

  14. Fpl_Ludwig
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Thoughts on this?
    No FT and nothing itb (My FT was Jimenez—> Weghorst)

    Sa
    Doherty - Rudiger - Robbo
    Mahrez - Salah - Saka - Martinelli
    Weghorst - Richarlison - Kane

    Bench: Ramsdale - Barnes - RAN - Thomas

  15. it lies in the proles
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Please rate my team

    Pope (foster)
    James, Cancelo, Matip (Johnson, Amartey)
    Salah, KDB, Mahrez, Cornet, Gordon
    Kane, Weg (Greenwood)

    1. House Frey Wedding Planner
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Think more depth is required.

      3 X Burnley and multiple low value fodder (Johnson, Amartey, Gordon, Greenwood) could leave you short if your City/Pool/Chelsea assets get rotated

    2. No Kane No Gain
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Good team. Very weak cover though. I’d consider downgrading Mahrez or James to get better cover.

  16. Taegugk Warrior
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    2FT.
    A. Dubravka+Jim to Pope+Weghorst (other GK is ramsdale)
    B Dubravka+TAA to Pope+ Robbo
    C. Jim+TAA to Weghorst+ Robbo play Dubravka
    D. Dubravka+TAA+Jim to Pope+Robbo+Weghorst (-4)

  17. House Frey Wedding Planner
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Any changes needed for this WC draft?

    Pope, Schmeichel
    Robbo, Cancelo, Rudiger, Cedric, Schar
    Salah, Saka, Barnes, Kulusevski, Havertz
    Kane, Broja, Weghorst

    Will BB33 with 10 DGW plus Robbo, Cancelo, Rudiger, Havertz and Kane (most likely do Salah to Bruno in 32 and bring him back for 34). FH in 36

    1. Root
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Needs triple Arsenal and Leicester, IMO.

      1. House Frey Wedding Planner
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Don't think I'd want triple Leicester for Utd away in gw31. Have double Arsenal and Leicester already and could possibly add one more to the mix for Kulusevski as my transfer for gw33

        1. Root
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Bench them. Schär to Roberts. Triple Burnley also!

      2. No Kane No Gain
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Nothing needs triple Leicester

        1. Root
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          If I was wildcarding now I'd definitely have both Barnes and Maddison.

          1. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Even with two legs against PSV the main priority for a trophy this season?

    2. No Kane No Gain
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Barnes to Maddison?! Prefer his potential and is fully fit. Is Cedric Nailed?! I don’t think he is. I’d change him.

      The rest looks solid

      1. BobB
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        I'd go Barnes over Maddison.

        1. No Kane No Gain
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Cheers for the support BOBB

          1. House Frey Wedding Planner
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Have 0.2 in the bank and therefore 0.1 short of upgrading Cedric to White or Barnes to Maddison. Though Maddison could be an option in addition to Barnes for gw33 as I'll have the funds from doing Salah to Bruno in gw32.

            As for Cedric, he's started the last 7 for Arsenal and playing a bit more advanced than Tierney. Tomiyasu is also yellow flagged and Arteta has stated they are taking it easy with Tomiyasu

            1. No Kane No Gain
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 8 months ago

              Taking it easy with Tomiyasu doesn’t mean he won’t play though. He might share playing time and get 55 min subbed off or on which is annoying.

  18. Jafooli
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

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    1. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      A Hooli spin-off?

  19. JonnyIn
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Hey Tom!

    My current WC team:

    Pope - Foster
    TAA - Matip - Cancelo - James - White
    Saka - Salah - Kulusevski - Barnes - Gordon
    Kane - Weghorst - Adams

    I am considering (if TAA is def out for Watford) to downgrade TAA to Robertson which enables me to upgrade Kulusevski to Havertz.
    The plan is for Kulu(or Havertz) to become a player with a double in 33, which would give me the funds to get back TAA at any point after that.

  20. XABI 15
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    No chips left, have Kane and Robertson.

    Would you do Jimenez + TAA to Roberts + Ronaldo?

    1. Rassi
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Yes

    2. Cojones of Destiny
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      yep live a little

  21. Arteta
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    https://twitter.com/JamesPearceLFC/status/1509857220921643021

    Klopp on Trent AA fitness: "He trained yesterday in parts of the session and he will train today. Then we will see what we do. It will be tight for tomorrow."

    1. Silecro
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      so that is basically in line with everything he has been saying past 2 weeks, of Trent's injury being worse than it actually is. I expect him to start tomorrow

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      He's probably needed more vs Watford than he is for the City match tbf.

      1. Hy liverpool
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Lol

  22. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Good afternoon all!! My initial plan was Raphinha to Salah this week but having second thoughts so who goes for salah???!

    A- Raphinha
    B- Maddison
    C- Martinelli -4

    Thoughts welcomed!!!

    1. No Kane No Gain
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Not C

    2. No Kane No Gain
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      A due to no future doubles and poor returns

    3. popey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      probably Raph - despite the fixtures Leed/his form is poor and no Bam return likely hinders his assist potential

      1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Cheers fellas!! Glad you have said Raphinha coz he was my initial thoughts and I’ve got BB and FH left to play and wanna try and not use a chip in 33 so Keeping Maddison and Martinelli makes the most sense!! And also Raphinha has been so frustrating to own

    4. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      B because of PSV.

  23. popey
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Few injury worries so does it make sense to begrudgingly sacrifice Son (I'd not cap him when have Kane) for the good of the team? no chip 33 but BB/FH 36/37 depending on how the fixtures fall

    2ft 0.1m in bank

    Rams* (Forster)
    TAA*, Rudiger, Alonso, Davies*, (Kilman)
    Salah, Son, Saka, Raph (Ramsey)
    Kane, Broja (Gelhardt)

    Son, Alonso, Ramsey >> Foden/Sancho, Cancelo, Martinelli for -4

  24. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Which one would you have? Probably for GWs31&32 as wanna FH33 and WC34.

    1) Foster, Rudiger, Havertz (Selling TAA)

    2) Pope, Weghorst, Broja (Keeping TAA)

    1. popey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      1 if WC 34 (even if fit TAA has city and utd). Foster as bench for Ramsadle I assume?

      1. Atimis
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Yeah, benching Ramsdale in 1)

  25. Silecro
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Klopp on Alexander-Arnold: "It will be tight for tomorrow but it's possible. With our rehab and fitness department, it was really intense what he did before he trained with us. Physically he should be fine and now we have to make a decision about rhythm etc."

    This sounds like he will either start or miss altogether. I'm starting him

    1. OPTA FPL
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Lol

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      It sounds like he'll start.

      He's saying he has match fitness built in, so as long as his thigh is recovered in time he'll go.

      So a ruse to miss international games all along then. With some leaks the other day to make it seem worse.

      1. boc610
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        dont see it, watford benfica and city all in a week, would be crazy to risk him for the easiest fixture

  26. oi no professionals
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Would you:

    A. Trent / Watkins > Matip / Kane
    B. Foden / Watkins > Gordon / Kane

    1. Traction Engine Foot
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      A

    2. Cojones of Destiny
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      A

  27. Traction Engine Foot
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Save transfer or do TAA to Cancelo? Plan to WC in 34.

    Ramsdale
    TAA VVD Doherty Lamptey
    Salah Son Kulu Saka
    Lacazette Weghorst

    Sanchez Antonio Ramsey Targett

  28. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    I've just spotted the world cup draw is today.

    For November/December.

    1. Rhysd007
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Yeh with 3 unknowns too...

  29. jcr1997
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Start Ben White (Palace away) or Raphinha (Southampton home)?

    1. Traction Engine Foot
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Raphinha

    2. Cojones of Destiny
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      raph

  30. corderz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Sa Dubravka
    TAA Robbo Tierney Digne Kilman
    Salah Saka Raphinha Kulusevski Ramsey
    Kane Lacazette Broja

    2FT'S + 0.1m
    Transfer suggestions?