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With Gameweek 14 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) nearing, five-time top 1k finisher Tom Freeman is here to help with your pre-deadline dilemmas for the next hour.

Whether it’s thoughts on Erling Haaland (£12.2m), the best three-week punts or anything in between, Scout’s Deputy Editor will tackle whatever’s thrown at him.

Tom will 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. Rider on the Storm
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Maybee, the case has already been treated : who to bring in instead of Perisic?
    A - Shaw
    B - White?

    1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      A

    2. Botman and Robben
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Shaw is the exciting pick.

  2. Pegboy
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Play:

    a) Gomez (LEE)
    b) Almiron (AVL)
    c) Andreas (EVE)

    Currently on B

    1. The Tinkerman
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Tough. Probably B but any could outscore the others.

    2. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      BBB

    3. Rider on the Storm
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      B easy

    4. Pegboy
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Thanks all

  3. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Bowen -> Saka done
    GTG or start Perisic over Cucurella?

    Pope
    Cancelo Trippier Cucurella
    Foden Saka Martinelli Zaha
    Haaland(C) Kane(VC) Mitro

    (Ward Andreas Perisic Neco) 0,6 ITB

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

      Peri

      1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Thanks

    2. Digital-Real
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Perisic starts?

      1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Dont know! Same with Cucurella.

    3. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah probably Perisic
      Not sure about that BHA-CHE game and how Cucu performs vs. old club also the recent minutes 45, 60, 45 show he is at decent risk of a 1 pointer just like Peri

      1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Perisic has the higher ceiling also..
        Thanks a lot!

  4. RomeluAndJuliet
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    What to do with Cucurella?
    A) Hold
    B) Sell for Shaw
    C) Sell for Saliba
    D) Sell for White

    1. DRIZ ✅
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      C

    2. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Punt on B sounds fun

    3. SirWenger
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      A

  5. MannionUK
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    2FT available. Can do:

    A) Azpilicueta + Gorden to
    Martinelli + 3.8 non-started

    B) Azpilicueta + Gorden to
    Salina + Almiron

    C) Azpilicueta to Salina and keep 2FT for next week.

    Pope
    Doherty, Trippier, Guehi
    Andreas, Salah, Foden, Zaha
    Mitro, Kane, Haaland

    Ward, Gordon, Azpilicueta, N Williams

    1. MannionUK
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Problem I have is with the extra players, I don’t know who I would drop.

    2. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      C and play Saliba over Guehi

  6. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Haalanddd, Haaland can we sing this song.......

    1. DRIZ ✅
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      He's a blue like his dad, now he's at the Etihad. Ha Ha Haaland

  7. Phil Pino
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Any and all suggestions for what I should do this GW are appreciated:

    a) play Andreas (roll FT)
    2) play Tross (roll FT)
    iii) Tross -> Rashford / Antony

    Currently on a) but feels like wasting an opportunity to be benching Tross

  8. Zidane's Floor
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Jesus (C) anyone?

  9. The Philosopher
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Start one:

    A: Kilman
    B: Mings

  10. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Congrats Bowen owners to his inevitable haul now that I transfer him out!

    1. The Philosopher
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Transferred him out just now myself

    2. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Is he out?

      1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Yes out of my team. Saka is in

        1. BobbyDoesNotLook
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Might do the same but I need a hit 🙁

  11. Firminooooo
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Solanke, Bowen, Haaland, Perisic…and only 1 FT.Just Bowen to Saka or take a hit.

    1. DRIZ ✅
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Save ft otherwise bowen to saka

  12. 1966
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Stupidly did Salah to Foden when I was drunk, I have 1 free transfer left and I'm considering doing Foden back to Salah and Salah as captain, is that madness?

    Just taking into account Liverpool have Leeds at home and Salah is much better at home and City have Leicester away and Foden is also much better at home.

    Thanks

    1. The Philosopher
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Remember a couple seasons ago, I drunkenly brought in Grealish for a hit, and then on another drunken night, I again realised it wasn't Grealish that I wanted, so took him out for another hit, all in the same GW. Ah, fun times.
      PS don't drink and FPL though

      1. 1966
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Echoes haha, definitely don't drink and fpl, that's for sure.

    2. Rider on the Storm
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Madness

      1. SirWenger
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Live a little

      2. 1966
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Rider, it sounds madness but Leicester have one of the best defences in last few games and have only conceded 1 goal in their last two games at home to City whereas Leeds have a terrible defence now and in the last two games v Liverpool at Anfield they've conceded 10 goals.

        1. dansully3
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          That Leicester defence is thrown together and will get torn a new one guaranteed

    3. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      😮

    4. banskt
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Madness.

      Foden usually scores more points than Salah.

      1. 1966
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Foden's record away is poor and he barely gets any chances, whereas Salah is due a haul at home looking at his stats and with Leeds looking awful.

        1. banskt
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Yes, every player in the game is due a haul at some point. You can't buy all of them. You buy those players who actually hauls every now and then: Maybe once or twice in 10 games. Foden does, Salah does not.

          1. 1966
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            Yes but it was the wrong time to buy Foden, Salah's had 8 big chances at home and Foden has had none away, Leicester defence looks good and Leeds look awful. The time to buy Foden is next week when City are at home and Liverpool are away.

            1. banskt
              • 12 Years
              3 years, 4 months ago

              Good luck.

              1. 1966
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                3 years, 4 months ago

                Thanks, you too 🙂

              2. 1966
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                3 years, 4 months ago

                Madness you said ffs

  13. Stimps
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Hey all.... Make any changes here? or Save FT and hope Gabriel plays? 0.1 itb....

    Pope
    Cancelo Trippier Gabriel
    Salah (c) Martinelli Almiron Andreas
    Haaland Kane Mitrovic

    Ward Bowen Neco Emerson

    1. The Reptile
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      is Gabriel a doubt?

      1. Stimps
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Was seen limping down the tunnel after last night and no presser since

      2. The Reptile
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        oh no was hoping to roll my FT

  14. FPL Emu
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Got a feeling with DCL now. Think he could be gold until the WC. He's pretty patchy

    1. DRIZ ✅
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      No one captaining Haaland? Seeing many Salah Cappers

      1. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        49% of players capping Haaland according to the poll on here, 17% Salah, 8% Kane 😉

  15. Manani
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    choose 2 to start:

    A. Andreas
    B. Bowen
    C. Guehi
    D. Perisic
    E. Dunk

    1. DRIZ ✅
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      AB

  16. Mirror Man
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Anyone have any skills drops handy? I seem to have a skills ache.

      TIA.

    • DRIZ ✅
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      No one captaining Haaland? Seeing many Salah Cappers

      1. RamaJama
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        What’s the bigger risk, that Haaland won’t start or that Salah won’t score?

        1. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          A risk is something that might happen, so the first one

        2. JAlves47
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Definitely Salah not scoring, he's been too unreliable so far this season.

      2. El Presidente
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        It's all BS, they say I'm captaining Salah but then they all captain Haaland...

        1. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          I am csptaining Salah. Rubs hands together

        2. Salarrivederci
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          I'm captaining Salah

        3. FPL Brains
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          I'm doing this...

    • Shark Team
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      I think Solanke is the best Mitro replacement next gw.
      I see some people selling Solanke this gw but idk why

      1. DRIZ ✅
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        I think Mitrovic is fix proof

      2. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        > idk why
        Spurs fixture and flagged

    • Digital-Real
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Imagine Salah benched. Now that's a thought!

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

        Is there a reasoning behind this or pure fantasy?

        1. FPL Brains
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Pure fantasy.

    • banskt
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."

      This quote is generally attributed to Einstein, but there are no substantive evidence that Einstein wrote or spoke the statement above. In quantum mechanics, you can actually do the same thing many times and get different results. Football is not quantum mechanics but I think it follows some probabilistic randomness. So, we may observe a particular result, if we keep doing the same thing over and over and over.

      1. Salarrivederci
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.

        1. Deulofail
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          I'm not

    • Feyzi
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      With 9.0 funds for a FWD, as part of a 2FT, who to go for? Darwin or Wilson? or Toney if I feel confident I will have a FT at GW16? Or DCL? Nooo...?

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

        Darwin, most people don't have that money for a striker position.

      2. Feyzi
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Thanks mate and apologies as this had already been asked earlier.

    • Old Wulfrunian
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Best midfielder to replace Bowen?
      a)Saka
      b)Rashford
      c)Mount

      1. The Tinkerman
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Think I’m going Antony as a punt but it’s tough

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

        C could work out.

      3. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        A

      4. THFC4LIFE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        I’m going Rashford I think

      5. Old Wulfrunian
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        cheers all

    • Tshelby
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Salah and Zaha are still in my team on this Friday night. Might just keep them for this weekend? Or time to get rid?

    • La Roja
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Is this worth -4?

      Martinelli Bowen ➡ Saka Almiron/Rashford

      1. THFC4LIFE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Not for me

        1. La Roja
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Why is that exactly?

          1. THFC4LIFE
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            Martinelli to Saka is sideways imo

            Would do Bowen to Rashford though

    • Slitherene
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Salah -> KdB, for a hit?

      Ward | Iversen
      Trippier Shaw Guehi
      Salah Son Saka Zaha Andreas
      Haaland Mitrovic
      ¦ Solanke Dunk N.Williams

      1. La Roja
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Wouldn’t do it for free

    • FPLMACKEM
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Guaita
      Trippier, Cancelo, Guehi
      Salah, Zaha, Foden, Martinelli, Andreas
      Haaland (c), Mitrovic

      Ward, Solanke, Dunk, Neco

      1ft 2.9itb

      A Guehi > TAA/VVD
      B Roll (gamble on the Palace double defence)

    • ox95
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Mount out for
      A) saka
      B) almiron
      C) roll free transfer
      D) other

      1. La Roja
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Why would u want to sell Mount though?

        1. Mirror Man
            3 years, 4 months ago

            Folks from my area would say he's a bit of a gicknah.

          • ox95
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            Better options for next few weeks?

        2. dansully3
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Wouldn't be selling him.

      2. El Copo
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Play Doherty or Dalot?

        1. THFC4LIFE
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Dalot

      3. Babit1967
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Gtg lads?

        Sanchez
        Saliba Cancelo Trippier
        Foden Saka Martinelli Rashford
        Haaland (C) Kane (VC) Toney

        Ward Andreas Guehi Castagne + 3.2 m itb no FT.

        1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          For sure

      4. THFC4LIFE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Estupinan and Bowen to Shaw and Rashford for a hit?

        Or just do the Bowen move and play Neco or Jonny?

        Cheers