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23 October 2026 268 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 benching decisions, captaincy, 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.

READ MORE: FPL Gameweek 8 team news: Friday’s injury updates

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.

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. BLUEARMY83
    4 hours, 21 mins ago

    Verbruggen
    Konsa Calafiori Gvardial
    Rogers Palmer Grob Cherki
    Haaland Pedro DCL

    Steele Thomas Egan Odegaard

    Considering the BB despite no back up keeper as I can't decide who to start. Would you change the starting 11, opinions on BB?

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    1. Nazz
      4 hours, 21 mins ago

      BB woth a likely injured DCL?

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      1. BLUEARMY83
        4 hours, 4 mins ago

        Ahh FFS didn't know he was injured. Only just signed him this wk. Defo no BB then

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  2. FPL Emu
    4 hours, 20 mins ago

    Give Bruno being close to the top on most point projections I have seen, is it madness to sell him for either Schade or MGW?

    Even still have the wildcard

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    1. Nazz
      4 hours, 19 mins ago

      Im holding bruno i think. One last week

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  3. Machine Gun Skelly
    4 hours, 18 mins ago

    Odegaard to Mbuemo or Roll with 4 FT

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    1. Nazz
      4 hours, 18 mins ago

      I'd get mbuemo

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    2. GoonerSteve
      4 hours, 6 mins ago

      Man Utd look pretty poor. Not sure I would get Mbuemo.

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  4. bigbudgie
    4 hours, 17 mins ago

    Legends!
    Play
    De cuper or Ajer
    Grob or tav
    Brighton gonna Brighton or Liverpool keep them out basically
    Man Utd bounce back or classic smash and grab for the cherries?

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    1. Nazz
      4 hours, 16 mins ago

      I just think you cant bench de cuyper whilst he is playing winger for a team scoring 5 goals

      Gross vs tav harder

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  5. AMP
    4 hours, 16 mins ago

    Sell

    Hall for Konsa or keep?

    Have Calafiori and Raya

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    1. Nazz
      4 hours, 13 mins ago

      Keep hall for crystal place

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  6. ΒAZEΛOS
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    4 hours, 15 mins ago

    Advice please?

    Raya
    Calafiori Gvardiol MDC
    MGW Gross Rogers Cherki
    Haaland Pedro DCL

    Bench: Manzambi Thomas Van Ewing

    Who to bench?

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    1. Nazz
      4 hours, 12 mins ago

      Are you starting DCL?

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      1. ΒAZEΛOS
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        4 hours, 10 mins ago

        Probably. What do you think?

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        1. Nazz
          3 hours, 57 mins ago

          Hes Injured

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          1. ΒAZEΛOS
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            3 hours, 47 mins ago

            Contact injury. May start may not. Anyway any other input or advice?

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  7. Pilgrim62
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    4 hours, 9 mins ago

    Play DSH(ARS) or Slater(BRE) ?

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  8. GoonerSteve
    4 hours, 7 mins ago

    Man Utd seem pretty terrible. Surprised people are buying Mbuemo.

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    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      4 hours, 6 mins ago

      The team are dog sh1tt but that doesn’t stop Mbeumo scoring points, he is still a good FPL pick.

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      1. GoonerSteve
        4 hours, 5 mins ago

        Maybe so

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    2. x.jim.x
      3 hours, 28 mins ago

      You get points for player performances, not clubs

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  9. Kane Train
    4 hours, 5 mins ago

    With the DCL news would you bring in Evanilson instead of DCL??

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  10. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    4 hours, 4 mins ago

    with all the bad weather perhaps united v bournemouth is at risk?

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    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      3 hours, 58 mins ago

      It’s a lovely day on Sunday, no?

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    2. Ignasi M
      3 hours, 52 mins ago

      Nah, they should have good drainage.

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  11. ShaunGoater123
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    4 hours ago

    If you were going to get Gabriel in for 3rd Arsenal spot, would you rather take out king or Barnes to facilitate?

    Was thinking king to Rodoni, but playing Leno between the sticks…

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    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      3 hours, 59 mins ago

      Barnes

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  12. lekalatch
    3 hours, 54 mins ago

    Any point in leaving Saka on the bench and wait another gw to make a transfer for him? Accept the 0.1 price fall. Problem is if he goes down 0.2.

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  13. Kane Train
    3 hours, 41 mins ago

    Which one would you bring in this week?

    A) Evanilson
    B) DCL

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    1. Machine Gun Skelly
      3 hours, 36 mins ago

      Evanilson because DCL is flagged

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  14. Machine Gun Skelly
    3 hours, 37 mins ago

    Play De Cuyper or sell Hall to Muharemovic and play him instead?

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  15. ΒAZEΛOS
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    3 hours, 30 mins ago

    Advice please?

    Raya
    Calafiori Gvardiol MDC
    MGW Gross Rogers Cherki
    Haaland Pedro DCL

    Bench: Manzambi Thomas Van Ewing

    Ideas on benching/playing players?

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  16. ΒAZEΛOS
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    3 hours, 26 mins ago

    Anyone else considering captaining MGW?

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    1. swanseag55
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      3 hours, 2 mins ago

      I really want to. Surely Forest have to win and if they score MGW to be involved. Issue is these ideas normally fail for me

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  17. swanseag55
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    3 hours, 3 mins ago

    I really want to captain MGW but maybe he is differential enough if he does well. However undecided then on Haaland, who is on fire but I heard he’s not scored v Emery’s team in 6 games. Pedro a great should but Spurs defence improved . Should I go for MGW?

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  18. AldusSeller20
    3 hours, 1 min ago

    I made my transfers yesterday due to a price drop for my GK Kinsky, so jumped before he dropped.

    Transfers (2 for a -4) were:
    Saka out for Foden
    Kinsky out for Trafford
    Now I have 2.2m ITB

    I opted to select BB as my team was as follows and didn’t want to bench my Brighton players even though they play LIV this GW.

    Starting XI (3-5-2)
    Trafford, Jacquet/Konsa/De Cuyper, Odegaard/Foden/Mbeumo/Rogers/Groß,
    Joao Pedro/Haaland
    Bench - Verbruggen/DCL/Gvardiol/Thomas
    DCL now 50% chance of playing.
    Sub out for a playing FWD and retain BB or cancel BB and keep him?

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  19. AldusSeller20
    2 hours, 26 mins ago

    BB or not? See previous comment

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