FPL Gameweek 1 Scout Picks: Jota over Salah, Solanke in

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Woltemade	NEW	7.4m	157.2%	Very Likely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.4m	114.4%	Very Likely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	101.4%	Very Likely
Foden	MCI	8.3m	90.8%	Maybe
J.Timber	ARS	6.4m	94.7%	Maybe
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	96.6%	Maybe
Raya	ARS	5.9m	85.0%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.1m	80.9%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	88.6%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	84.7%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	84.1%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	83.4%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	83.8%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	81.4%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	80.2%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	77.0%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	75.8%	Unlikely
Neto	CHE	7.2m	67.7%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	6.9m	74.4%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	70.9%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.8m	68.7%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	69.7%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.1m	64.4%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	65.1%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	62.6%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	62.0%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	56.5%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	55.3%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	54.3%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	50.2%	Unlikely
Donnarumma	MCI	5.7m	52.0%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.2m	48.4%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.1m	42.7%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	47.9%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.4m	41.4%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	41.8%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	45.6%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	41.4%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	43.0%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.6m	44.1%	Unlikely

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Mbeumo	MUN	8.6m	114.5%	Very Likely
Caicedo	CHE	5.9m	120.5%	Very Likely
Rodney	CRY	4.5m	99.9%	Likely
Strand Larsen	WOL	6.3m	99.0%	Likely
Vicario	TOT	5.0m	98.2%	Maybe
Tel	TOT	6.3m	96.3%	Maybe
Coppola	BHA	4.3m	95.9%	Maybe
Lewis	MCI	4.8m	93.7%	Maybe
Pinnock	BRE	4.3m	95.5%	Maybe
Dixon	EVE	3.9m	94.9%	Unlikely
J.Araujo	BOU	3.9m	93.8%	Unlikely
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	93.1%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.2%	Unlikely
Kerkez	LIV	5.7m	92.2%	Unlikely
Welch	EVE	3.9m	92.5%	Unlikely
Ortega Moreno	MCI	4.8m	90.9%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	91.4%	Unlikely
George	CHE	4.9m	91.3%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.4m	91.0%	Unlikely
Boateng	BUR	4.8m	89.7%	Unlikely
Georginio	BHA	5.7m	84.6%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	88.8%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	4.0m	87.2%	Unlikely
Dasilva	BRE	5.0m	82.1%	Unlikely
Knight	BHA	4.5m	84.2%	Unlikely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	84.7%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.2m	84.7%	Unlikely
Abbott	NFO	3.9m	85.0%	Unlikely
M.Bizot	AVL	4.3m	85.0%	Unlikely
Cox	BRE	4.0m	84.3%	Unlikely
Matete	SUN	4.4m	82.5%	Unlikely
McGill	BHA	4.0m	83.6%	Unlikely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	83.2%	Unlikely
Baleba	BHA	4.7m	82.9%	Unlikely
Young	AVL	4.4m	81.8%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	83.2%	Unlikely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	82.0%	Unlikely
Christie	BOU	5.0m	80.9%	Unlikely
Sonne	BUR	3.9m	81.7%	Unlikely
Gannon-Doak	BOU	4.9m	81.3%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C, Vs
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No Change	Sels	NFO	C, Vs
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No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	A, Sus
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	de Ligt	MUN	C, Vs
Up	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Andersen	FUL	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C, Vs
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	B, £
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A, Vs
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Gakpo	LIV	A, Vs
No Change	Minteh	BHA	A
Up	Anderson	NFO	A, Vs, £
No Change	Fernández	CHE	B
Up	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	B
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

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FPL Gameweek 1 Scout Picks: Jota over Salah, Solanke in

16 August 2024 1122 comments

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Fantasy Premier League (FPL) 2024/25 begins today – so it’s time to finalise our Gameweek 1 Scout Picks.

There’s plenty to consider, with Liverpool, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur up against newly-promoted opposition.

Indeed, those fixtures play a significant part in how we assess the Fantasy landscape ahead of Gameweek 1.

As usual, our Scout Picks selection draws on the Scout Squad submissions made by Neale, Tom, Sam and Marc.

There are certain restrictions for our picks, however:

An £83.0m budget for our starting XI
An overall squad limit of £100.0m
No more than three players per team

GOALKEEPER

To kick us off, we have Nick Pope (£5.0m) in goal.

Nominated by two of our Scout Squad panel, the Newcastle shot-stopper gets his season underway at home to newly-promoted Southampton.

With the Magpies racking up eight home clean sheets in 2023/24, more than any other side except Everton, Pope has both the FPL pedigree and fixture to warrant investment.

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Lallana_
1 year, 3 months ago
Good to go? Fun element is there as I can be invested in every kickoff time but West Ham vs Villa.

Henderson
Pedro Porro | Alexander-Arnold | Quansah
Diogo J | Saka | Nkunku | Eze | Smith Rowe
Haaland | Isak (C)

Valdimarsson / Gvardiol / Barco / Jebbison
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Big Mac 24
1 year, 3 months ago
First draft and I'm happy to run with it! Couple of ?? over mins with Hall & Quansah.

Henderson
Hall Zinchenko Saliba
Hudson-Odoi Salah Murphy Jota
Pedro Haaland Isak

Turner Nkunku Quansah Munoz
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1. Big Mac 24
  1 year, 3 months ago
  Any feedback on if you think these changes make sense to the team above:
  
  Salah Quansah to Saka TAA
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Dlarder26
1 year, 3 months ago
Thougts please

A Rogers, Nkunku, Wood
B Smith-rowe, Sangare, Solanke

team

Henderson, Valdimarson

Gabriel, TAA, Quansah, Robinson, Barca

Saka, Jota, Eze, xx, xx

Haaland, Isak, xx

Rogers and sangare to be mostly benched.

Thanks
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ididnt
1 year, 3 months ago
Is Quansah too risky a pick? Change him to a more nailed 4.5 defender or live a little?
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1. Bobby Digital
  1 year, 3 months ago
  Live a little
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ididnt
1 year, 3 months ago
Best 4.5m keeper to set and forget?
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1. Manani
  1 year, 3 months ago
  henderson
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2. beerhockeyrock
  1 year, 3 months ago
  Henderson
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cheekymonkeytoo
1 year, 3 months ago
Focused on finalising keepers - have Pickford (5.0) and Sanchez (4.5) mostly as early games seem good
Have nothing in the bank. Happy with that for now - albet 0.5 would be handy

a) Pickford > Pope (same price)
b) Pickford > 4.5 Henderson or Flekken
c) Sanchez > another 4.5 (or 4.0)
d) Leave as is for now.
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1. Crystal Alice
  1 year, 3 months ago
  Henderson Flekken rotation for 9m?
  Pickford Virginia is also 9m
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Mizzzza
1 year, 3 months ago
OK, finally locked. Thoughts?

HENDERSON/Fabianski

TRENT/PORRO/GVARDIOL/Harwood-Bellis/Johnson

SAKA/ESR/NKUNKU/JOTA/Winks

SOLANKE/HAALAND/ISAK(c)
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1. Maddamotha
  1 year, 3 months ago
  Good. But ESR will probably not start.
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  1. Mizzzza
    1 year, 3 months ago
    Thanks, what makes you think he won’t start?
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  2. The Big Fella
    1 year, 3 months ago
    Why not?
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  3. BobB
    1 year, 3 months ago
    ESR hasn't left Arsenal to sit on Fulham's bench.
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  4. WVA
    1 year, 3 months ago
    Here we go lol
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  5. Largo1066
    1 year, 3 months ago
    Why do you think ESR will not start?
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HaalandHaaland
1 year, 3 months ago
Think I'm locked in and ready to go:

Henderson
Robinson Munoz Porro
Saka Gordon Jota Eze
Haaland Isak Wood

Sub: Fabianski, Gvardiol, Rogers, Harwood-Bellis
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1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
  1 year, 3 months ago
  Start Gvardiol over Robinson surely
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  1. HaalandHaaland
    1 year, 3 months ago
    Yea I actually made the change shortly after posting
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Brehmeren
1 year, 3 months ago
Start Quansah or ESR gw1?
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1. The Big Fella
  1 year, 3 months ago
  I would go with ESR but somebody above is saying he may not start
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2. You've got red on you.
  1 year, 3 months ago
  If you're not going to start Quansah against Ipswich then do you really need him?
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  1. Brehmeren
    1 year, 3 months ago
    When ever ESR is facing a better defense than Man Utd?
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BusbySwede
1 year, 3 months ago
Someone with some thoughts and input would be appreciated

0.5 itb
Henderson
Andersen, Mykolenko, Aina
Saka, Gordon, Nkunku, Jota
Haaland, Isak, Solanke

4.0, ESR, Konsa, Robinson

Too light in def?
Is there better 4.5 def?
I dont know if im completely sold on Nkunku or of i should go maybe Eze?
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Goonerette
1 year, 3 months ago
RMT!

Raya (Fabianski)
Gabriel Porro Quansah (Konsa Burn)
Garnacho Saka Jota Murphy (Nkunku)
Haaland Isak Wood

Cheers!
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AZ-B
1 year, 3 months ago
What do we think on this one peeps:
A. Salah & Solanke
B. Palmer & Isak?
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1. You've got red on you.
  1 year, 3 months ago
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You've got red on you.
1 year, 3 months ago
How am I looking? Time to stop tweaking? Could go for Qhansah but worried I'll block a Liverpool spot.

Henderson
TAA - Saliba - Gvardiol
Salah - Saka - Gordon - Garnacho - Eze
Solanke - Isak

Subs: Valdimarsson - Robinson - Johnson - Fraser
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Myg21
1 year, 3 months ago
Turner
Andersen,hall,Gvardiol
Jota,Saka,minteh,Gordon
Isak,haaland,watkins
Bench
Sanchez, robinson, rogers, holgate
Suggestions? Rankings ?
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Head mashed
1 year, 3 months ago
Onana (Hendo)
Gabriel, Gvardiol, Barco (Konsa, Robinson)
Eze, Jota, B Fernades, Ode (Sangare)
Wood, Isak (c), Haaland

Think it should do me for a couple of weeks to allow others to come back 100%, Ode is my only concern

Wanted 1 or 2 Chelsea in there but not sure on their starting 11 and pre season was all over the place

Any thoughts?
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Frank Henderson
1 year, 3 months ago
RMT please

Raya
Burn Quanash Mykolenko
Saka Gordon Hudson-Odoi Diogo J. (V)
Haaland Isak (C) Solanke

Henderson - Nkunku - Robinson - Barco

Last minute doubt: Myko (BHA) or Robinson (mun) for GW1
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Wheato182
1 year, 3 months ago
Thought i was all set but having last min jitters should I do Quansah > Zinchenko?

Current backline

Henderson
Porro - TAA - Quansah* (Barco/Konsa)
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Paulished
1 year, 3 months ago
A. Salah Rogers
B. Jota Son

Rest of team is:
Raya (4.0)
Porro Barca Konsa (4.0)
Saka. * Eze *
Haaland Wood Isak(c)
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adebayorfan
1 year, 3 months ago
2 ITB.. should I do a or b?!

Henderson (Flekken)
TAA Robinson Hall (Barco, Harwood)
Son Gordon Jota Salah ESR
Watkins Isak (Fraser)

a) Barco to Gvardiol
b) ESR to Eze/Bowen?
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