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The next round of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) is fast approaching, with the Gameweek 6 deadline at 11am BST on Saturday.

Five-time top 1k finisher and Scout’s Deputy Editor, Tom Freeman, is back again to answer some of your pre-match posers over the next 60 minutes, whether you’re mulling over transfers, deliberating over the captaincy or anything in between.

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.

You can, as ever, chip in with your own opinions on the RMT requests filtering through – and naturally, you’re 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 ‘Rate My Team’ tool available in the Premium Members Area.



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  1. RMT Surgery with Tom
  2. scabbyz
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Is Saka to Martinelli worth it for a 4 point hit?

    1. Babit1967
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Nope

    2. Vlad Tepes
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      no way

    3. Pep's Money Laundry
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      No, saka looked really dangerous last game. But for a free I would do it

    4. mad_beer ✅
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      No chance.

    5. N1ceguyEdd1e
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Not for a -4... Saka could score the same or more next GW

  3. Viprin
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Is Isak on pens for Newcastle?

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Total penalties scored: 6

      1. Bobby Digital
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Total penalties missed: 4

      2. Viprin
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Ah, so he wasn't the primary pen taker at Sociedad then I presume

        1. Bobby Digital
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          His record for Sociedad is 2 missed 2 scored

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      I doubt it with that record...

      1. Viprin
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Cheers Bobby

  4. Iain80
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Best mid or forward under 7.5m for the next 3 gws

    1. Babit1967
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Isak or Toney or if u fancy a punt, Alvarez (pep roulette obv an issue)

    2. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Alvarrz. The way I see it if Haaland doesn't play Alvarez does

  5. McQueenPC
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Which 2 to play in GW6 out of the following 4:

    1. Mitrovic vs tot
    2. Zaha vs new
    3. Trippier vs CRY
    4. N. Williams vs BOU

    Thanks in advance and keep up the good work

    1. FMPM
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Trips and Neco

      1. McQueenPC
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Thanks!

    2. No_Mo_Salah?
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      1 and 2 for me

  6. Miguel Sanchez
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Is Perisic a sell now?

    Have Saliba and Patterson as cover this GW but fixtures get tricky, he's a rotation risk with UCL back and he hasn't looked quite as attacking as I'd hope.

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

      I’d sell for Nevo. Has a great fixture this GW and frees up funds

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

        * Neco, obviously

  7. THE LUCKY ONE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Hi mate, currently looking a Midfield and maybe going cheaper to get to Mitrovic GW7 - keen to know what you might do here..

    Currently on:

    Rambo
    TAA Cucu Dunk Nico Cancelo
    Salah Martinelli ?Gundo?
    Jesus Haaland (C)

    Ward Aaronson Andreas (Fodder)

    Thoughts on replacement for Gundo:

    - Diaz
    - Foden
    - Zaha
    - Gross/Trossard
    - who have I forgotten?

    Gross is only option to get me to Mitrovic in GW7 - would you do that or spend £8m on a better player now....

    Thanks very much!

    1. Arn De Gothia
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Is Jesus still a musthave?

    2. Arn De Gothia
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      I bought JWP

      1. THE LUCKY ONE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Fair point - have considered moving on but after the break? ..

  8. mad_beer ✅
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Should I play Saliba or Almiron?

    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Almiron

      1. mad_beer ✅
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Thanks dude!

    2. Babit1967
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Almiron

    3. Gooner97
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Almiron

  9. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Ohhhhh! Auba: "I have some unfinished business here in the Premier League"

    1. Pep's Money Laundry
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Hinting at more time keeping issues and unauthorised absences

  10. MidTableFantasy
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Anyone going Salah (C) over Haaland?

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Yep

    2. mad_beer ✅
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      I am.

    3. Shearer & Sutton
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      I am.

    4. Arn De Gothia
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      o/

    5. No_Mo_Salah?
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Was going to but Peps comments made me put it back on Haland.

    6. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      No.
      Everton won't be easy

  11. KeyserSoze87
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Hullo Tom. Struggling with a few conundrum’s for GW6. Best Rodrigo replacement and hold or sell Perisic, and if so, for whom? My original plan was to bring in Gross & Trippier. Alternatively, change team structure and go three up top for a hit?

  12. FMPM
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Auba @9M

    Good option when fit?

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      See how it goes. Might be worth upgrading Jesus when he starts playing

  13. Babit1967
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Bench order look ok here? Still debating Sterling captaincy punt or playing safe with Haaland

    Sanchez
    Taa Cancelo James Neco
    Sterling Martinelli Dias
    Haaland Toney Jesus

    Ward Saliba Andreas Dasilva 3.2 itb

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Haaland(c) and Sterling(vc) for me

      1. linkafu
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        This

    2. Babit1967
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Cheers lads

  14. SuperG
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    A) Perisic and Martinelli
    B) Cancelo and 5.0

    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      You need to help yourself by specifying a 5.0m

  15. FleckyT
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Saka to (?) for the next three fixtures only,

    A) Zaha
    B) Trossard (enables Mitro/Isak next GW)
    C) Gross (enables Mitro/Isak next GW)

    1. FDMS All Starz
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Saka has Everton and Brentford in the next 3, confident he will do well over those games?

  16. N1ceguyEdd1e
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    I've gone with Gross and seeing how rotation plays out this week. Zaha is on my Radar when I WC GW9 and his fixtures turn. Diaz was one I wanted but with Nunez and Jota back, holding off for now...

  17. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Leicester fixtures getting better. Any chance of cs? Have ward but tempted to sell Mendy for iversen to free funds. Or is it just a no go ?

  18. FOO FIGHTER
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Manuel Akanji (MCI) DEF £5.0m
    Loic Bade (NFO) DEF £4.5m
    Duje Caleta-Car (SOU) DEF £4.5m
    Wout Faes (LEI) DEF £4.5m
    Layvin Kurzawa (FUL) DEF £4.5m
    Juan Larios (SOU) DEF £4.0m
    Antony (MUN) MID £7.5m
    Samuel Edozie (SOU) MID £5.0m
    Idrissa Gana (EVE) MID £5.0m
    Arthur Melo (LIV) MID £5.0m
    Boubacar Traore (WOL) MID £5.0m
    Denis Zakaria (CHE) MID £5.0m
    Willian (FUL) MID £5.5m
    Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (CHE) FWD £9.0m
    Wilfried Gnonto (LEE) FWD £5.0m
    Carlos Vinicius (FUL) FWD £5.5m

    1. FMPM
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Auba @9M€

      Good option when fit?

    2. Pep's Money Laundry
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      I'll pass on all of them but that Southampton defender is really good

      1. FOO FIGHTER
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Wout Faes, terrible hair but might just be another good signing for Leicester.

  19. FPLMACKEM
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Ramsdale
    TAA, Cancelo, James, Neco
    Salah (c) Neto, Martinelli, Diaz
    Haaland, Jesus

    Ward, Perisic, Andreas, Archer

    2FT 0.1ITB

    Fairly happy with this team and I'm willing to give Neto one more chance even though he probably doesn't deserve it.

    What changes would you make here?

    I did think if Perisic to Trippier but then I'd have a benching headache. Who would you bench for Trippier?

    Also would you do Ramsdale to Sanchez?

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

      Ramsdale to Sanchez this GW and Neto + Perisic to Gross and Trippier next week

      1. FPLMACKEM
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Yeah that's what I'm starting to think. I'd like to get Southampton out of Neto before getting rid.

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

          I’d actually play Andreas over Neto

          1. FPLMACKEM
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 7 months ago

            Away to spurs? I think Neto has been very unlucky not to get any returns the last three gw.

  20. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    If you could get as many wildcards as you want for -12 points, how many do you think you'd use in a season?

    1. ebb2sparky
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Assuming we still had the free ones then none. I don’t think I’ve ever taken a -12 hit in 15+ years playing this game.

      1. TheBiffas
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Even if you could make unlimited changes?

    2. TomSaints
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      20-30

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

        With a wildcard you should be smashing the average by 20-30 points every week. Well worth 12 points every 2-3 weeks

  21. ebb2sparky
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    What would you guys do here:
    A - Start Robertson and Neco with Andreas first sub and roll a transfer
    B - Robertson and Bailey > Trippier and Gross for -4 and probably bench Neco
    C - Bailey > 4.7 mid

    I think C is a waste of time and I’m not particularly happy with B since it involves a hit when I’ll be wildcarding in a few weeks. Therefore I’m on A currently.

    1. Arn De Gothia
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      A

  22. Gooner97
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Mendy (Ward)
    Robbo James White Dias Cancelo
    Salah Gundogan Martinelli (Andreas DaSilva)
    Jesus Kane (Archer)

    2FT, 0.3£ ITB

    What would you do with 2FTs?

  23. The Head-Ake
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Thoughts on this team? GTG?

    (Ward), Sanchez
    TAA, Walker, Saliba, Neco, (Patterson)
    Salah, Martinelli, GroS, (Reed), (Andreas)
    Kane(c), Jesus, Haaland

  24. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Do we think Matip starts this game?

    1. linkafu
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      One last game for Gomez

  25. linkafu
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Something worth a hit?

    Raya
    Cancelo Neco Trippier Cucurella
    Salah Martinelli Lingard KDB
    Haaland Jesus

    Ward DaSilva Saliba Archer

  26. FredrikH
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Bench Robertson or Perisic?

    1. More Tragic
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Conte will bench Perisic for you

    2. Gooner97
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      I'd play Robbo

    3. linkafu
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Perisic

  27. Lennox142320
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Hi Tom,
    My current team:
    Sanchez, Ward
    TAA, Cancelo, James, Dunk, Perisic
    Salah, Martinelli, Harrison, Andreas, Reed
    Haaland, Jesus, Toney
    Thoughts on Perisic to Neco or just roll it?
    Not out of the question for me to BB next week too as I’ll have money to get Reed up to a 6m and fixtures look good!

  28. Jet5605
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Anyone fancy JWP as a Rodrigo replacement? Already have GroB and Martinelli

    1. FMPM
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Next best option if not Zaha

    2. GC123
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Not really been on it lately. I’d prefer one of the Leeds boys. Sinisterra, Harrison or Aaronson

      1. Das Boot
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Bernado Silva if you have a wee bit more cash?

    3. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Nice fixtures good pick imo

    4. linkafu
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      It could work well. Not a bad option

    5. Arn De Gothia
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Did it already

  29. bazhef
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Sánchez

    Cucurella Alexander-Arnold Perišić

    Martinelli Aaronson Salah Andreas

    Jesus Toney Haaland

    Bench
    Alisson James N.Williams Matheus

    Thinking of selling:
    Matheus and James to get
    Trippier and Gross

    Worth it for -4?

    Want Gross in but will be 0.3mil short hence why i need the other sale.

    Otherwise I would have sold Perisic. Also have the option of selling Trent but James is safer bet seeing as i have Cucurella.

  30. Drumandbaines123
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Good news for Salah cappers - at least if he blanks they'll only have until the evening to wait for the torture to begin and not have it dragged out over the rest of the weekend.