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FPL Rate My Team surgery with five-time top 1k finisher Tom Freeman

21 August 2026 355 comments
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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 your team, specific players, chip strategy or anything in between, Scout’s Deputy Editor will tackle whatever’s thrown at him.

He’ll be on hand to first reply to requests from Chief Scout Members in the Hot Topic below the line of this piece.

If there’s time, Tom will also turn his attention to other requests in the comments section.

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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’s subject matter and talk about any other wider Fantasy Premier League (FPL) topics.

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  1. statenisland
    • 11 Years
    51 mins ago

    gtg? 3x Sunderland on the bench for BB in GW1. WC in GW3.

    Lammens // Kinsky
    Caliafiori, Murharemovic, Maguire // Ballard, Hume
    Wirtz, Tzolis, Semenyo, Mbuemo // Le Fee
    Joao Pedro, Haaland, DLC

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    1. The Tonberry
      • 2 Years
      12 mins ago

      If you're gonna WC in GW3 then you're better off getting Bruno in over Haaland. And you could probably fit Gabriel in there as well

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    2. The Tonberry
      • 2 Years
      7 mins ago

      It's also probably best set up for BB2. I have 13 of those 15 with White and a Cov defender instead of your 2 Sunderland defs.

      Maybe change one of them to someone in their price bracket who can give you better options for GW3-5 and you don't need to wildcard

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      1. statenisland
        • 11 Years
        2 mins ago

        Don't you think the Ips v Sun (A) compared with the Sun v Ful is the easier? - despite them being away, I thought we might see a decent victory for Sunderland v Ipswich..

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  2. wotwot
    • 11 Years
    50 mins ago

    Pick one in each price bracket but shouldn't be from the same team:
    5.0 def:
    A. Muharemovic
    B. Maguire
    C. Ballard

    4.5 def:
    1. Rodon
    2. Shaw
    3. Hume

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    1. Steve Stiffler
      • 10 Years
      5 mins ago

      B1

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    2. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      5 mins ago

      B3

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    3. JELLYFISH
      • 14 Years
      2 mins ago

      I'm on B3 fwiw

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    4. Dutchy FPL
      • 3 Years
      just now

      B1. For a BB1 punt B3

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    5. The Tonberry
      • 2 Years
      just now

      B1

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  3. Steve Stiffler
    • 10 Years
    49 mins ago

    Welcome back all, best of luck in all cash leagues! One question:

    Bench one out of:

    DCL
    Joao Pedro
    Tzolis

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    1. Under my Cucurella
      • 11 Years
      4 mins ago

      Not willing to BB? If not, DCL

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      1. Steve Stiffler
        • 10 Years
        just now

        Na I’ll keep my BB for later on, bench is Diop and Thomas

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    2. wotwot
      • 11 Years
      just now

      Dcl

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  4. GreennRed
    • 14 Years
    49 mins ago

    Cesar Palacios 5.5m. Good preseason form. Opening fixtures don't look good for Fulham wins but this boy could pick up returns.

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  5. Kodap
    • 9 Years
    48 mins ago

    Out of De Cuyper and Kadioglu, which one would you pick as final decision?

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    1. pdxsteve
      • 2 Years
      just now

      I was in the same situation, and after Kadioglu played almost 90 at Tromsø and de Cuyper is playing out of position at left wing, he was the choice.

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  6. Malcolm Tucker
    • 5 Years
    47 mins ago

    Overarching strategy heading into the first stretch

    Based on last season I'm expecting big at the back to be a generally successful long term approach, if you can identify the regular defcons of this season, rather than paying the premium for those who piled them up last time, you can build a solid foundation of points, no real thrills but a steady flow requiring minimal changes, allowing the banking of transfers, to facilitate maximum flex further up the pitch. With that in mind the approach I'm going for is a small field of high value attacking players, allowing maximum flexibility to hop across the vagaries of form and fixtures as and when desired, with the aim to get to five free transfers as quickly as possible.

    To that end I'm on

    Kinsky
    Canvot/Muharemovic/Jacquet/Vuskovic/O'Reilly
    Bruno/Palmer/Wirtz
    Haaland/DCL

    4.0/Sangare/4.5/4.5

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    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 min ago

      Good luck
      It is kind of funny to see defcons be the way forward last season but most of the drafts this year be not defcon focused

      That being said it feels harder to identify the nailed players at the outset, I remember going for Forest defenders this time last year as they were meant to be good on DCs and it was a disaster!

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    2. The Mighty Hippo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      just now

      Nice to see someone think about different optons. Good luck with your approach!

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  7. FlyingCanary
    • 7 Years
    47 mins ago

    Guys, who gets more points before the international break

    A) Shaw / Bruno / Tzolis

    OR

    B) Gabriel / Semenyo / Szoboszlai

    ???
    Thanks

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  8. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    46 mins ago

    Was looking at a thread on here from this time last year and it was like every post and expert reveal had Palmer.

    Scored 3 in his opening game then 0 and sold by 3m+ in GW3. Wonder who the candidate is this season!

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    1. Malcolm Tucker
      • 5 Years
      35 mins ago

      Szobo!

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    2. Pompel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      33 mins ago

      Tzolis

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    3. Bobby Digital
      • 9 Years
      32 mins ago

      Tzolis

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    4. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      22 mins ago

      Palmer before the groin was a monster, if he can repeat he will be again, last season was failure.

      Who’s the first train going to be, is what i’m waiting for.

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  9. GoonerSteve
    • 16 Years
    46 mins ago

    RMT BB1

    Kinsky, Verbruggen
    Jacquet, Calafiori, N.Williams, Shaw, O'Nien
    Odegaard, Bruno F, Szoboszlai, Tzolis, Ndiaye
    J Pedro, DCL, Haaland

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    1. Front 442
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 mins ago

      O’Nein will only start in the very short term. He could potentially be an early price drop.

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      1. GoonerSteve
        • 16 Years
        1 min ago

        Any better options at 4.0?

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  10. pjomara
    • 16 Years
    44 mins ago

    Rate my BB team...

    Verbruggen Kinsky
    O'Shea, Gabriel, Shaw, Gvardiol, Calafiori
    Szob, Fernandes, Tzol, Groß, Semenyo
    DCL, Pedro, Isak

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  11. Bluebulls
    43 mins ago

    Think I’m now locked in for a BB1 into early wildcard:

    Kinsky
    Calafiori Vuskovic Muharemovic
    Szobo Bruno F Tzolis Le Fee
    DCL Haaland JP

    Lammens Sangare (Brentford) mykolenko Hume

    Thoughts ?

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  12. Under my Cucurella
    • 11 Years
    43 mins ago

    Who is the best Ipswich defender for BB1? will be 3rd spot on the bench thereafter

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    1. Bobby Digital
      • 9 Years
      5 mins ago

      I like Davis, but some will say Greaves for DC

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      1. Under my Cucurella
        • 11 Years
        just now

        I'm on Davis atm, deliberating over whether his attacking upside trumps the DC opps from Greaves. Diop seems to be in a lot of teams as well and seen O'Shea mentioned a few times previously

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  13. popey
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    42 mins ago

    A) Isak, Le fee
    B) Palmer, Brobbey

    BB in GW2 and the sunderland attacker rotates with DCL

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    1. JELLYFISH
      • 14 Years
      1 min ago

      A

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  14. Pinatta
    • 14 Years
    42 mins ago

    I'm ready.

    Raya | 4.0
    Calafiori | Maguire | N. Williams | De Cuyper | Jaqcuet
    Rio Ngumoha | Bruno Fernans | Mbeumo | Tzolis | Gibbs-White
    Isak (c) | Igor Thiago | Joao Pedro

    Bench Boost GW1 >>> WC GW 5
    3x ManU
    3x Arsenal
    3x Liverpool

    Isak covers Haaland
    City is going to struggle without Rodri en Bernardo and a new coach
    Ngumoha before everyone else so I can later say I got him before everyone else

    Not too much template, because you can always go boring template after a few weeks. This is the time of the year to enjoy FPL and live a little.

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    1. OptimusBlack
      • 13 Years
      just now

      GTG

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  15. JELLYFISH
    • 14 Years
    42 mins ago

    Could use some help with my final team tinkering, which option guys:

    1) Jacquet & Slater
    2) 4m (probably Van Ewik) & Sangare

    (other defenders Maguire Hume Calafiori Thomas and plan to BB2)

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  16. OptimusBlack
    • 13 Years
    37 mins ago

    For Just GW1 BB

    A- Vuskovic
    B- Maguire

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    1. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      3 mins ago

      B

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    2. Pinatta
      • 14 Years
      just now

      You WildCarding in GW2?

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  17. GreennRed
    • 14 Years
    35 mins ago

    Football Weekly preview Arsenal To Fulham. 2nd preview on Spotify too. Not great but it's there!

    https://open.spotify.com/episode/28yFP4egEGMZjWl9FnqAM4?si=-RBFnZkMQ1SIFMQQrTXZkg&utm_source=copy-link

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  18. Ronnies
    • 11 Years
    28 mins ago

    A or B ?

    A) White & Gross
    B) Ajer & Tzolis

    Cheers.

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    1. ball c
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      just now

      B

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  19. Ray Kinsella
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    27 mins ago

    Happy New Season everyone! Is it me or does this season not feel quite so exciting as last, is it because we're suffering from World Cup fatigue?

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  20. Silecro
    • 8 Years
    27 mins ago

    Anyone contemplating Pedro captain? Bang on form, nice monday game which historically has goals in it. And subjective feeling where I like having captain play last

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    1. Ray Kinsella
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      1 min ago

      No!

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  21. Ray85
    • 8 Years
    15 mins ago

    Is Schades place under threat with the new signings? Could go Lê Fee or Gross, or upgrade to a 6.5m.

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    1. ball c
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      12 mins ago

      I like Tzolis or Dango

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      1. Ray85
        • 8 Years
        9 mins ago

        Already have Odegaard & Calafiori. Would prevent me from getting Konsa.

        Is Dango really worth the extra 0.5m?

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