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Five-time top 1k finisher Tom Freeman is here to help with your pre-deadline dilemmas for the next hour.

Whether it’s questions on team selection, transfers, chip strategy or anything in between, Scout’s Deputy Editor will tackle whatever’s thrown at him.

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  1. Jebus Saves
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 months, 14 hours ago

    What Chelsea players do you like for this GW?

    1. _Greg
      • 16 Years
      9 months, 14 hours ago

      Estêvão!

      1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        • 9 Years
        9 months, 13 hours ago

        Is that because Enzo is a doubt?

        1. _Greg
          • 16 Years
          9 months, 13 hours ago

          No just like him!

          1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
            • 9 Years
            9 months, 13 hours ago

            Right. No idea if he is going to start though? I like him too

    2. La Roja
      • 14 Years
      9 months, 14 hours ago

      Cucu

  2. RMT SURGERY WITH TOM
  3. Obi 1 Kenobi 0
    9 months, 14 hours ago

    Would you BB the below with Caicedo a doubt? Or just play and if so is benching right?

    Raya
    Gab/VDV/Mukiele
    Reindeer/Semenyo/Kudus/Sarr
    Haaland/Gyok/Isak

    Dub/Caicedo/Guehi/Senesi

    1. _Greg
      • 16 Years
      9 months, 14 hours ago

      Bench Boost Away!!!

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      BB

      I activated on

      Dub, Chalo, Senesi and Stach.

  4. _Greg
    • 16 Years
    9 months, 14 hours ago

    Bench boosting this:

    Roefs
    Alderete Richards Mukiele
    Saka Foden Gordon Sarr
    Isak Haaland Gyökeres

    Dubravka Caicedo Diouf Esteve

    GL to all the rebels!

    1. Harper_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      Oh my days, banking quite a lot on a Sunderland cleanie!

  5. potatoace
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 months, 14 hours ago

    Has Enzo trained at all this week?

    1. _Greg
      • 16 Years
      9 months, 14 hours ago

      Possibly trains today, check later. He will start.

      1. potatoace
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 months, 14 hours ago

        Yes, If he trains today he surely starts

  6. JayJay96
    • 11 Years
    9 months, 14 hours ago

    Cannot decide my back three for this game week, who would you go for? My mind at min is

    Munoz - Konsa - Truffert

    (Burn - VDV) bench. My mind thinks more defcon Konsa away at spurs and Brighton good at home.

    1. Four Letter Wirtz
      • 10 Years
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      I would go Munoz - Burn - VDV, but there's good arguments for all of them... with Defcons it has become much harder to nail rotations.

  7. Gooner Kebab
    • 13 Years
    9 months, 14 hours ago

    Finally wwapped Wood for Wolte. Hope Wolte is right and Ange is wrong

  8. Lp12343
    9 months, 14 hours ago

    I have 1 free transfer
    My team is
    Raya
    Gvardiol, Burn, Gudmundson, Senesi
    Semenyo, Kudus, Stach
    Haaland JoãoPedro Gyokeres
    Bench: Reijnders, Dubravaka, van de ven, bFernandes.

    Would you take a hit and swap Gyokeres for Bowen and Fernandez for saka, or just Gyokeres for Bowen.

    Ps. I don't have budget for Fernandez to saka

  9. La Roja
    • 14 Years
    9 months, 14 hours ago

    Thinking to sell Bruno

    A) Kudus
    B) Sarr
    C) Foden

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      9 months, 14 hours ago

      B

      1. La Roja
        • 14 Years
        9 months, 14 hours ago

        There is also Doku tbh

    2. waltzingmatildas
      • 15 Years
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      B

    3. The Road to Turfdom
      • 9 Years
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      B

  10. Lp12343
    9 months, 14 hours ago

    A

  11. RUUD!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 months, 14 hours ago

    Based on Marescas comments would you bench Enzo and start Reijnders or start Enzo and have Reijnders first on bench?

    1. Fiasco da Gama
      9 months, 14 hours ago

      Didn't train today. Unlikely to feature this week.

      1. potatoace
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 months, 13 hours ago

        Didn't train today, or do you mean yesterday as per press comments? Please, do you have any link to not training today?

        1. Fiasco da Gama
          9 months, 13 hours ago

          Bunch of training photos released today. No sign of him.

          1. potatoace
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            9 months, 13 hours ago

            Ok cheers

    2. NoOneCares
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      People playing Enzo are completely delusional.

      1. Four Letter Wirtz
        • 10 Years
        9 months, 13 hours ago

        Hard disagree. Eyeballing the situation I'd say he probably starts, maybe he's rested, but he's very unlikely to sub in for a 10min 1-pointer. So I can't see the delusion in playing him.

        1. NoOneCares
          9 months, 13 hours ago

          Thanks for confirming the delusion.

        2. RUUD!
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          9 months, 13 hours ago

          That’s what I’m thinking Wirtz, if he doesn’t start. He doesn’t feature at all, so safe having Reijnders first bench

        3. Fiasco da Gama
          9 months, 13 hours ago

          Agreed. I think he'll miss the game but I also doubt he'll be used as a sub. Starting him with Ndiaye first sub.

  12. Powers106
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 months, 14 hours ago

    Who to start?
    A, Reijinders
    B. Paqueta

  13. JayJay96
    • 11 Years
    9 months, 14 hours ago

    Cannot decide my back three for this game week, who would you go for? My mind at min is

    Munoz - Konsa - Truffert

    (Burn - VDV) bench. My mind thinks more defcon Konsa away at spurs and Brighton good at home. Thoughts?

    1. Fiasco da Gama
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      Burn, Van de Ven, Munoz.

    2. La Roja
      • 14 Years
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      I’d bench and start VDV

      1. La Roja
        • 14 Years
        9 months, 13 hours ago

        Bench Konsa*

  14. Sailboats
    • 10 Years
    9 months, 13 hours ago

    Bruno > saka for free?

    1. waltzingmatildas
      • 15 Years
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      I would

    2. XX SMICER XX
      • 8 Years
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      Yes

  15. Jordan.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 months, 13 hours ago

    going to BB petrovic,tarkowski,watkins and gudmunsson,big h2h ,crave at least 15 points

  16. FPL Sanky
    • 2 Years
    9 months, 13 hours ago

    Caicedo should start. right?

    1. NoOneCares
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      No

    2. Fiasco da Gama
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      Trained, so likely to feature.

      1. FPL Sanky
        • 2 Years
        9 months, 13 hours ago

        Thanks

  17. waltzingmatildas
    • 15 Years
    9 months, 13 hours ago

    Which move?
    A) Richarlison to Thiago
    B) Richarlison to Woltemade
    C) Richarlison, Reijnders to Pedro, Stach
    D) Keep Richarlison

    1. XX SMICER XX
      • 8 Years
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      B

    2. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      Save FT

    3. waltzingmatildas
      • 15 Years
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      Cheers, those are the two I'm torn between....

    4. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      9 months, 12 hours ago

      Surprised no one thinking of bowen

    5. I have no Wirtz
      9 months, 12 hours ago

      B

  18. XX SMICER XX
    • 8 Years
    9 months, 13 hours ago

    Thoughts on this wildcard team? Any changes needed?

    Verbruggen Dubravka
    Cucurella Timber Richards Anderson Diouf
    Saka Eze Semenyo Enzo Sarr
    Haaland Woltemade Thiago

    1. The Road to Turfdom
      • 9 Years
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      Im unconvinced on Woltemade but that's preference. I'd consider an Arsenal defence double up

      1. XX SMICER XX
        • 8 Years
        9 months, 13 hours ago

        Thanks. Earlier draft I had double Arsenal defence instead of Eze. Struggling alittle with midfielders but might switch back

  19. EgyptianKing
    • 7 Years
    9 months, 13 hours ago

    Paqueta or Caicedo?

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      Paq

  20. EL tridente
    • 8 Years
    9 months, 13 hours ago

    BB this team?
    Raya, Dubravka
    Gabriel, VDV, Richards, Truffert, Rodon
    Saka, Mbeumo, Semenyo, Reijnders, Dewsbury-Hall
    Haaland, Pedro, Woltemade

    1. The Road to Turfdom
      • 9 Years
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      Looks decent

  21. The Road to Turfdom
    • 9 Years
    9 months, 13 hours ago

    Start

    A) Ndiaye (mci)

    Or

    B) TArkowski? (mci)

    Thx!

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      A of course

      Unless Tark is going to power in a header?

      1. The Road to Turfdom
        • 9 Years
        9 months, 13 hours ago

        Defcon likelihood feels good? but maybe I've overthought it

    2. XX SMICER XX
      • 8 Years
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      A
      Everton will concede and City still look vulnerable at the back

  22. ZeBestee
    • 11 Years
    9 months, 13 hours ago

    Ndiaye 》Garnacho

    Thinking of punting on this transfer for the next 2 or probably longer if he does well. Would that be a waste of transfer or even 2? Or a nice punt which can work ?

    1. The Point About It Is
      • 14 Years
      9 months, 12 hours ago

      Madness - go for it 🙂

  23. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    9 months, 13 hours ago

    Order of preference for the below…..
    I have no other attackers from their respective teams

    Paqueta
    Enzo
    I Sarr
    Anthony
    Minteh

    1. The Road to Turfdom
      • 9 Years
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      C B (fitness outstanding) D

      E A

  24. Legohair
    • 10 Years
    9 months, 13 hours ago

    Raya
    Gabriel-VVD-Munoz
    Semenyo-Reijnders-Gakpo-Gordon
    Haaland-Gyökeres-Pedro

    Dubravka, Senesi, Andersen, King

    1 FT
    A. Gakpo to Sarr
    B. Gakpo to Enzo
    C. Reijnders to Minteh
    D. Save

  25. Lp12343
    9 months, 13 hours ago

    I have 1 free transfer
    My team is
    Raya
    Gvardiol, Burn, Gudmundson, Senesi
    Semenyo, Kudus, Stach
    Haaland JoãoPedro Gyokeres
    Bench: Reijnders, Dubravaka, van de ven, bFernandes.

    Would you take a hit and swap Gyokeres for Bowen and Fernandez for saka, or just Gyokeres for Bowen. Or would you roll the transfer?

    Ps. I don't have budget for Fernandez to saka

  26. Mighty Duck
    • 1 Year
    9 months, 13 hours ago

    Tryna guess starting LFC forwards for the next 3 games. The serious factor is Ekitike's previous team Eintracht which LFC play against in the CL on Wednesday. I'm pretty sure Slot's gonna start him in front of the former fans. That said, I also think Slot has no a persuasive enough reason to bench in-form Ekitike in the home derby vs MU. So, I'd presume the French forward will start the games vs MU and Eintracht and gonna be benched vs BRE on Saturday.

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      I reckon Isak starts on Sunday

    2. The Point About It Is
      • 14 Years
      9 months, 12 hours ago

      spent too much moola on Isak to be able to bench him.

  27. Sebbo29
    • 11 Years
    9 months, 13 hours ago

    G2G with BB or any changes needed?

    Roefs (Dubs)
    Gabriel / Senesi / Guehi (Rodon / VdV)
    Mbeumo / Foden / Kudus / Semenyo (Xhaka)
    Haaland (C) / JP / Gyo

    Anyone know more about why Foden didn’t play for England? Any concern he may not start vs EVE?

    Thanks chaps!

  28. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 months, 13 hours ago

    Richarlison to

    1. Wolt
    2. Bowen
    3. Mateta

    4. Roll and play him
    5. A N Other up to £8.9m

    1. XX SMICER XX
      • 8 Years
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      1 or consider Pedro

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      2

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 months, 13 hours ago

        Cheers guys

        I'm currently on 3!

  29. Fiasco da Gama
    9 months, 13 hours ago

    Still contemplating triple Haaland. Better games ahead but this is a very favorable fixture also.

    1. Harper_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      I would wait for LEE (H)

      1. Fiasco da Gama
        9 months, 11 hours ago

        For pure fixtures yes, 13 and 15 are a lot better. What concerns me is City have a brutal run of games after this week and leads into a packed end of November and December schedule. They're firing now. I think I'll go for it.

        1. Fiasco da Gama
          9 months, 11 hours ago

          Villareal (a)
          Villa (a)
          Swansea (a)
          Bournemouth (h)
          Dortmund (h)
          Liverpool (h)
          Newcastle (a)
          Leverkusen (h)

          Then Leeds on Nov 29.

  30. Babit1967
    • 10 Years
    9 months, 13 hours ago

    Hey all - would you take a hit for Guiu to Woltemade or just play Esteve and do the transfer for free next week?

    Pope (Dubravka)
    Gabriel Timber Munoz Esteve (Gud)
    Saka Kudus Reijnders Semenyo (Grealish)
    Haaland Mateta (Guiu)

    No ft 3.7 itb.

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      9 months, 13 hours ago

      Play Esteve