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Who are the best player picks for Gameweek 8 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL)?

Fantasy Football Scout contributors Sam, Neale, Tom and Az each have their own ideas ahead of Friday’s deadline, revealing their thoughts below.

The postponement of three Premier League matches and the absence of Messrs Salah, Alexander-Arnold, Diaz, James et al means there is a smaller pool of players to choose from, so we’ve got more consensus selections than usual – especially up front.


ABOUT THE SCOUT SQUAD

Everything you ever wanted to know about the FPL Bonus Point System - part one

In this series, our four resident writers each propose an 18-man squad of Fantasy players with the focus solely on the upcoming Gameweek.

Their selections serve as a long list for the Scout Picks, as the players nominated will then be narrowed down to a squad of 15 (with the starting XI not exceeding a total cost of £83.0m) for our final weekly selection ahead of Saturday’s deadline.

Each writer must meet the following requirements:

  • At least one sub-£5.0m goalkeeper
  • At least one sub-£5.0m defender
  • At least one sub-£6.0m midfielder
  • At least one sub-£7.0m forward
  • No more than three players from the same club

SCOUT SQUAD’S PICK OF THE BEST FPL PLAYERS FOR GAMEWEEK 8

 

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  1. TFP
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    looking for a one week FT punt on a player ahead of a WC next week, someone who'll definitely play and hopefully get something this week only.

    either:

    (a) a defender [budget 5.5 max, have trippier]; or

    (b) a midfielder [budget 6.1 max].

    1. More Tragic
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Demarai Gray

      1. TFP
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        really???

        1. More Tragic
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          have you seen the Hammer's D?

          1. TFP
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            not Gordon, at least?

    2. FPL Equilibrium
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Gordon

      1. FPL Equilibrium
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Or Bailey

  2. sirmorbach
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Free transfers got me the following team. Anything worth a hit?

    Pope (Ward)
    Cancelo, Perisic, Trippier, Saliba (Neco)
    KDB, Martinelli, Andreas
    Haaland, Jesus, Mitrovic

    1. n-doggg
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      All good

      1. sirmorbach
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Cheers!

    2. sirmorbach
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      I couldo do Groß to Bowen/Madds/Kulu, and bench Saliba. Worth it?

      1. n-doggg
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        I’d do gross to Bowen for a -4 probably

        1. sirmorbach
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Interesting. Much appreciated!

        2. trinzoo
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Where the love for Bowen is coming from? 6 blanks so far!

          1. FPL Equilibrium
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Fixture turn

      2. FPL Equilibrium
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Kulu if you think he starts

  3. n-doggg
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    I got this for -4. Stay with this or WC?

    Ward
    Cancelo, trippier, Williams
    Kdb, martinelli, paqueta, andreas
    Haaland, Jesus, mitro

    TAA, James, gross

    Thanks

    1. Robe Wan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Stay imo

    2. sirmorbach
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Stay!

  4. Arteta
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Martinez (Ward)
    Cancelo Trippier Patterson (Williams James)
    De Bruyne Maddison Saka Gordon (Zaha)
    Haaland Mitrovic Solanke

    Too many differentials for you liking? Should I stick with the template picks (Martinez/Zaha ➡ Pope/Martinelli)?

  5. Hansel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    A) Bailey + TAA bench
    B) Perisic + Zaha bench

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

      Trent and Zaha aren’t playing

      1. InsertPunHere
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        That’s why they’re getting benched?

    2. FPL Equilibrium
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      B until GW12

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

    Emerson or Coufal?

    1. FPL Equilibrium
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Whoever you like, both will play IMO. I went Emerson to free up funds

  7. Stavrosplay
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Hello all, would love to hear your views/ rating on my WC team before i confirm it tomorrow

    Pope/Ward
    Trippier/ Cancelo/ James/ Emerson/ Patterson
    KDB/ Martinelli/ Bowen/ Maddison/ Andreas
    Haal/ Mitro/ Isak

    1. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Similar
      Have neco over Emerson
      Zaha over kdb
      Kane over isak

    2. FPL Equilibrium
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Good team, pretty much template WC

  8. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Never play a Wild Card in a blank game week with a poor choice of players the week before the International break ... oops, too late 😉

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      I'm still on the fence about hitting the button but the teams aren't very exciting to me
      I guess if Newcastle CS, the double or triple double up on defence is nice

    2. Stavrosplay
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      i didnt want to but had 4 players on a blank week with 1 Ft team looked very week. postponements messed up my IB wilcard plans

    3. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Never repeat the same post with different words time after time!

      1. Hotdogs for Tea
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Can’t wait to see the vastly different GW9 wc’s

        1. Eat my goal!
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Haha true facts

      2. Stavrosplay
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        who are you replying too ? i find this sites threads ridiculously hard to follow. Cant work out who's commenting on what

  9. InsertPunHere
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Panic FH gtg?

    Pope Ward
    Cancelo Perisic Trippier Emerson Royal Neco
    KDB Martinelli Ward-Prowse Andreas Colback
    Haaland Kane Mitrovic

    0.8 itb

    1. InsertPunHere
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Bench would be Ward Andreas Neco Colback.

    2. FPL Equilibrium
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Definitely play Andreas over JWP

  10. Stranger Mings
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    I wasn’t keen on Gordon but West Ham 1 c/s in 6 perhaps worth considering .

    1. FPL Equilibrium
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Good for 5.5 mil

      1. Stranger Mings
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Yeh looking at gross to Gordon as an option now

  11. trinzoo
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Who to get rid for Maddison (to have 11 players):
    Sterling
    L. Diaz

    1. I Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Diaz

    2. FPL Equilibrium
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Neither, but I would drop Diaz only because of fixture swing until GW12 but they have Brighton at home GW9, also Madders isn’t a good pick this week

    3. Stavrosplay
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      defo not Sterling

  12. MannionUK
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Ready to go??? This excites me.

    Pope
    Perisic, Trippier, Emerson
    Martinelli, Foden, KDB, Gordon
    Mitrovic, Harland, Kane

    James, Williams, Andreas, Iversen

    1. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Looks fun

    2. Dan D
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Perisic not 100% playing . Foden -> Maddsion /Zaha / Bowen ...etc .

      1. MannionUK
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Thanks. I might change defender.

        Why no Foden? Best chance of points??

        1. FPL Equilibrium
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Kulu could be fun

        2. Dan D
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Folden ok for one week. Long therm "Pep roulette"

  13. Dan D
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    For ONE week

    1) KDB + Bailey + Mitrovich
    2) KDB + Almiron + Mitrovich

    3) Saka +Foden + Mitrovich
    4) Saka + Madison + Mitrovich

    Or

    5)Kane +Saka + Bailey / Gordon ?

    1. FPL Equilibrium
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      2

  14. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Best 6.8m Mid? Not Martinelli

    1. FPL Equilibrium
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Easily St Max

      1. FPL Equilibrium
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Or Rashford, but doesn’t play this week

        1. RAFA THE GAFFA
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          I should have said 1 week punt

      2. RAFA THE GAFFA
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Injured

  15. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Bowen or Kulu?

    1. FPL Equilibrium
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      This week or to keep?

      1. Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        On w/c, thinking of future gws
        Kulu benchings bit of concern, he’s the better player

  16. Hutchiniho
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    More important?
    Cancelo or KDB?
    Have Bernado and Haaland

    1. estheblessed
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      KDB

    2. n-doggg
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Cancelo. Value is unmatched

    3. FPL Equilibrium
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Both important and different positions

    4. Big Mike
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Cancelo. He'll get more minutes than KDB.

  17. Bob B
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    A. Salah to Son
    B. Jesus to Isak

    WC most likely next week so a one week punt

    1. Dan D
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      a. to KDB
      B . What is the point of taking off Jesus this week ?

  18. estheblessed
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    On a wild card ...

    Best defender for £5m?

    1. Drexl Spivey
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      I thought you were free-hitting?

      1. estheblessed
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        I did weigh up the options and I think a lot of the players I'm getting in I'd like permanently. I still think if you've got the right team a FH can still work. The only loss I really get here is losing Salah but can easily get him back next week.

        1. Drexl Spivey
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Fair play.

        2. Sheffield Wednesday
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          So much for the famous last words "I think I'm done tinkering. Final WC." lol

          Get Dier then after a couple of weeks transfer to a Palace or Wolves 4.5M

          1. estheblessed
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            I thought I was finished! Always something else..

    2. pundit of punts
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Dare I say it

      Digne

      Or maybe Andersen and save cash

      1. Sheffield Wednesday
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Digne has nice fixtures tbf but 5 FPL points from 540 minutes...

  19. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Good to go? 🙂

    Ward
    Trippier - Saliba - Neco
    Martinelli - ASM - MGW - Andreas
    Haaland - Toney - Mitrovic

    Sanchez - Salah - James - Walker

    6.2m in the bank to bring in Madisson next gw and Zaha after than and maybe Darwin And Kane as well over the next few.

    1. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      I think ASM is going to be out. The rest looks ok

      1. pundit of punts
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Really?

        He was supposed to be back on the bench last gw and has been training I thought

        1. RAFA THE GAFFA
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          I really hoped so too both as a fan but also as a 1 week FPL punt 🙁

      2. pundit of punts
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Any sources?

        Or just an educated guess?

          1. pundit of punts
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Right

            Toon fan

            My bad

            Thanks for the info

            Luckily didn't get him in yet and will look elsewhere now

    2. Big Mike
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      If you have 6.2 in the bank then I'd upgrade Sanchez to Pope.

  20. FOO FIGHTER
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Why people are going for Maddison or Bowen when Foden is a better option. Must be Pep roulette I guess.

    1. Saka White Rice
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Obviously

      1. Hansel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        3 city already

    2. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Always pep roulette

    3. pundit of punts
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Can understand one of them + Foden

      Going for both is ludicrous given their individual forms

    4. I Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Because Haaland + KDB + Cancelo is the ideal City triple up.

      1. pundit of punts
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Would rather keep Salah on the bench for KDB and go for Foden if on WC

    5. FPL Equilibrium
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Fixture swing buddy old pal. They both have great fixtures on the horizon

    6. Stranger Mings
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Agree think foden better option

    7. estheblessed
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Leicester are awful. Madison is not someone I'd want right now.

    8. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Isn't Foden mainly an assist guy now Haaland is there? His mins per xG have doubled vs. last year

  21. Saka White Rice
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Surprise surprise another blank for Bowen. Easy decision two best midfielders around that price bracket are Foden ASM or Maddison

    1. Drumandbaines123
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      He was only on for half an hour...

    2. Stranger Mings
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Foden

    3. FPL Equilibrium
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      ASM if fit

  22. royals forever
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    On WC

    Bernardo or Foden (doubling up with KDB)

    1. Stranger Mings
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      F

    2. pundit of punts
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Phil

  23. I Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    A) KDB + Isak
    B) Foden + Kane

    1. Dan D
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      same question 🙂 but consider Mirtrovich not Isak and Saka not Foden ...

  24. Saka Punch
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Toney -> Mitro worth a -4? (nfo game looks so tasty)

  25. Dan D
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    sorry for re-posting

    For ONE week only

    1) KDB + Bailey + Mitrovich
    2) KDB + Almiron + Mitrovich
    3) Saka +Foden + Mitrovich
    4) Saka + Madison + Mitrovich
    5)Kane +Saka + Bailey / Gordon ? ( any other combinations with Kane)

    1. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      2

    2. Big Mike
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      1

  26. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Team for the GW

    Pope
    Cancelo Trippier Neco
    Martinelli Andreas DaSilva
    Toney Jesus Haaland
    Subs * TAA James Salah GroB

    A GroB/DaSilva to Bailey/Gordon
    B GroB/Mo to KDB/Bailey
    C GroB/Mo to Kulusevski/Bowen

    1. Dan D
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      one more to your list Saka + Foden 🙂

  27. Eirern
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    KDB or Foden, and why?

    1. Stranger Mings
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      KDB more secure

  28. Stranger Mings
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Right think I am down to 2 choices so a) Bailey or b) Gordon? Thanks

    1. Dan D
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      a

      1. Stranger Mings
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Thanks yeh tempted - just more risky pick

  29. Manani
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    got Perisic, so 1st sub kinda needed mroe often than not

    A. Isak + Cancelo (Gordon first sub)
    B. Kane + Coufal (Coufal first sub)

    1. DeeJazz
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      I would prefer 1st option. Isak has good fixtures and he's form is nice and Cancelo is essential, he is another winger in Pep tactic.

  30. DeeJazz
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Which option you will prefer ?
    A)Bowen & Bernardo
    B)Paqueta & Foden