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1 March 2018 1611 comments
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Mohamed Salah’s remarkable debut season just keeps on rolling and, while the ScoutCast crew have been fervent in their support for the Egyptian from Gameweek 1, we’ve been a lot more reluctant to hand him the captaincy.

Salah’s numbers and, in particular, his head-to-head with Golden Boot and armband rival Harry Kane, come under scrutiny in this latest episode. Jonty, Andy, Granville and Az join me as we reveal the true tale of our lack of faith and the damage done. The evidence is conclusive and nobody has more regrets than yours truly.

Elsewhere, your community questions have us revisit some of the Gameweek 31 casualties that had their credibility knocked by a weekend littered with eye-opening disappointment and we assess the allure of Arsenal’s favourable run-in. That’s also conclusive.

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Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

  1. jia you
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Captaincy differential punt for the weekend guys, who would you go with?
    A. Mahrez
    B. Sanchez
    C. Eriksen

    I did Mahrez(C) last week, although he played well, once bitten twice shy and all that! But BOU looks a prime fixture for him as they won't come to the KP and sit back!

    1. justlikehoney
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Eriksen out of those perhaps. Not sure how you can look past Kane or Salah personally.

      1. jia you
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Don't own Kane, Salah boring as my season is over rank wise. Finishing top 500k or top 1m is much of a muchness. Sad after my top 5k finish last season alas!
        Just going to enjoy the rest of the season with captaincy punts and a differential team and see where it take me! 🙂

    2. Thiga
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      A

    3. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      B would be a nice diff punt.

      1. jia you
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        It's the one thats tempting me the most, although I think Mahrez could be the one this week.

  2. We Will Klopp you
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Best course of action to ease my Monreal headache? Slim pickings as I have Robertson and Davies.

    A. Bailly -4 (risky)
    B. Smalling -4, likely clean sheet and baps, Bellerin in next gw.
    C. Bellerin -4 this gw, likely will concede.

    1. jia you
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      No playing defender to cover this week?
      I dont like those choices but with a gun to my head I'd punt on Bailly!

      1. We Will Klopp you
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Not great, I know. Forced me to think of something else

  3. Trovsmash
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Walcott & Richarlison to Mahrez/Arnie & Pritchard

    Yay or nay?

    1. We Will Klopp you
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Mahrez over Arnie and yes

  4. The White Pele
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Sterling to Eriksen or Mahrez?

    1. @fpl_phenom
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Eriksen

  5. Thiga
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    GW18 24k
    GW23 9k
    GW28 21k

    Stagnation at its finest

    1. Ask Yourself
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Imagine that around 400k for 10 weeks

      1. Thiga
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Man that's a bummer. I had that last season. Let's hope for a strong finish though!

    2. Cok3y5murf
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      I have been there since GW11.

  6. Alonso The Great Midfielder
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Still cant decide between arnautovic and ramsey.Although arsenal loss but ramsey still showing potential.Which one should i priotiries between the two??

    1. Viper
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Arnautovic. Arsenal are toxic right now 🙁

    2. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Ramsey. Fixtures.

      1. Alonso The Great Midfielder
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        yeah, this make my mind too. (bha,WAT) is nice fixtures than (swa,bur) but form more to arnie. A bit tricky choice here

    3. Four Letter Wirtz
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      I'm in a similar pickle. Selling one or two out of Sterling, Son and Lingard and buying Arnie/Ramsey. Can't make my mind up at all, and it's been days!

      1. Alonso The Great Midfielder
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        im keeping son for sure this week and maybe lingard too

  7. YoungPretender
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Time to thank Aguero for his points and move him on for Firmino?

    1. Alonso The Great Midfielder
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      yes and im moving him out too for kane

  8. mash
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Looks like Jones dropping tonight, which would lose me SV. Who would be the best replacement?

    A) Maguire
    B) Bavies/Aurier
    C) Monreal
    D) Mee
    E) Schindler/Hegazi/Bauer/Daniels/Martina (i.e. cheapie with GW31 fixture)

    Current squad:

    Pickford Fabianski
    Alonso VVD Jones* Duffy Ogbonna
    Salah Sterling* Walcott Arnautovic T.Carroll
    Kane Firmino Wilson

    2FT, £0.8m in the bank

    1. @fpl_phenom
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      B

  9. We Will Klopp you
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    My plan is Monreal and Sterling to a United defender and Arnie -8 this gw. United defender to Alonso next gw free. Will decide whether to get Sterling back or not for the double later.

    Which United defender is worth it for the gw.

    A) Valencia for attacking threat
    B) Smalling for a likely cleanie and potenial baps

    1. jia you
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Valencia has looked out of sorts for weeks now (although I didnt see the CHE game) and def doesnt look worth the extra!

    2. Rik Waller
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      United defender for just 1 week for a hit?

      1. We Will Klopp you
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Yes, Pool afterwards and Alonso in is a no-brainer. I'm likely to see my points back with a bit of profit.

        1. Rik Waller
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          I don't understand. The United defender would have to score 6+ for you to just break even, and that's assuming your replacement scores only 2

          1. We Will Klopp you
            • 9 Years
            7 years, 9 months ago

            Mainly £s orientated. Need cash to leave open the option of geting Sterling back so don't want to take the Monreal drops.

  10. andy85wsm
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Can anyone remind me what a green arrow feels like?

    1. Thiga
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      A what?

    2. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Like getting Kwiffed

  11. Scratch
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Unless Sterling looks unlikely to play Sunday I don't understand everyone selling him. Any team that comes to the Etihad and actually tries to play football gets thrashed
    4-1 vs Spurs
    3-1 vs Leicester
    5-0 vs Pool
    3-1 vs Arsenal

    1. Scratch
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      5-1 vs Leicester*

    2. Alonso The Great Midfielder
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      chelsea will be a tight games as usual

    3. Viper
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Surely his place is in doubt after consecutive 3-0 wins and champions league midweek

      1. Scratch
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        They're already through in the CL

    4. We Will Klopp you
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      If he had been on the bench this gw I'd keep him but he wasn't and could be on the bench v Chelsea, also depreciating in value which makes it easier to sell, tough fixtures & they are easy to identify replacements available e.g. Eriksen, Mahrez and Arnie

      1. Scratch
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        It's basically just down to the uncertainty as to whether he'll start. So i'll hold off until a presser at least.

        Fixtures mean nothing when it comes to City at home and nearly all his likely replacements will also miss Gw31. Stoke next week could be glorious

    5. jia you
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Chelsea to upset them 1-2 I reckon!

  12. Viper
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    I think I'm going to take the hit and not sell Jones tonight. Its only 0.1 but its frustrating as I bought at 5.0.

    There's potentially too many things that could change with the weather etc.

    I'll just hope Jones avoids a drop, but it looks very unlikely

    1. panda07
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Yeah I'm doing the same, I think it's a week where you should make your transfer right before the deadline

  13. jimmy.floyd
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Have Sterling,, Deulofeu, Kun and Alonso. Which one has to go first?

    1. waldo666
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      The one with the red flag and unknown return date.

    2. Viper
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Deulofeu

  14. @fpl_phenom
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Sterling has to go right?

    A Eriksen -4
    B Mahrez
    C Arnautovic

    1. waldo666
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      He doesn't have to, I'm keeping.

  15. Fer Fuch's Ake
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Didn't the Spurs have a fixture in GW 31?

    1. @fpl_phenom
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Where have you been? They beat Rochdale so now blank in GW31

  16. Schliegs
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Lingard > Van La Parra
    Niasse > Firmino -4

    Have exactly the right coin to do it and won't be able to do it any day now...

    yes or no?

  17. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Down to 31k... last 10 game weeks have been extremely average and boring. Starting to look forward to next season.

  18. jia you
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Now is their time, looking a shambles and every man and his dog slating them! Arsenal to go on a run of wins in the league battering the likes of Brighton, Watford and Stoke!
    Still it's hard to fit one into my team atm 😉

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      was tempted by Auba and/or Mkhi, not so sure now

    2. andy85wsm
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Sterling to Ramsey is tempting

      1. andy85wsm
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        ish

        1. jia you
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          Arnie looks a better pick at the price though?

      2. jia you
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Ramsey is the only asset that I'd consider atm tbh. Auba has shown very little so far! How did he play last night btw, apart from the missed pen?

  19. Arctic monkeys
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    LMS safety anyone ?

    Cheers

    1. rainy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Sort by stickies

    2. Arctic monkeys
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Nevermind, it's in the last page

  20. Tabbara
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Thoughts anyone
    Pickford Speroni
    Alonso Jones Mee duffy Simpson
    Mahrez Shaqiri Salah Sterling Walcott
    Kane firmino depoitre

    1FT 0.7 ITB
    Save?
    thx

    1. @fpl_phenom
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      You think Sterling will play? (Be fit)

      1. Fer Fuch's Ake
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Surely B Silva or Sane will be rested from DGW, so Sterling to start? Being optimistic

        1. @fpl_phenom
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          What DGW are you talking about?

          1. Fer Fuch's Ake
            • 12 Years
            7 years, 9 months ago

            The back to back arsenal games for the cup and epl, hoping someone in offensive line is rested for sterling

      2. Tabbara
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        would like to get mane for him, but don't have the funds.Hoping he will play

  21. @fpl_phenom
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    If there was going to be postponements, how long before deadline would we find out?

    1. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Saturday morning for saturday games most likely.

  22. Homo Neanderthalensis
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    What would be your ideal wildcard team? Or put simpler... who would be your essential picks in your wildcard? Robertson in defence is taking my fancy atm.

    1. noquarternt
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Salah Hazard KDB Firmino Alonso Kane

      1. Homo Neanderthalensis
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Awesome list! I got rid of Hazard a couple weeks ago and have regretted it since!!

        Do you recommend waiting for the wildcard or is now an alright time to pull the trigger?

        1. noquarternt
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          Depends on your chips.

          I'm WCing 32/33 for the BB34

  23. RESULT
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Son sterling to Arnie mane?
    -4
    Pope
    Mee vertongen ota vvd
    Arnie mane salah(c) lingard
    Kun kane
    Bench Quaner mili jones

    1. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      4 + Quaner for 31?

  24. Fer Fuch's Ake
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Is the consensus just to use the Free Hit chip on GW31 then?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Not on here.

      1. Fer Fuch's Ake
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Cheers, just surprised most are talking about transferring in players that don't have a game in GW31. Arnie/Ramsey/Mahrez etc

        1. Viper
          • 15 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          Because some of us have learned from past years that picking absolute rubbish doesn't outweigh quality

          1. Fer Fuch's Ake
            • 12 Years
            7 years, 9 months ago

            Makes sense, hard to find much quality in GW31 beside maybe liverpool, hoping to field 7-8players at least still

          2. Gnu
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            7 years, 9 months ago

            Not sure I agree with that Viper. Not seeing much to excite me in GW30 or GW32 fixtures for me to ignore going for Gw31 and WC in 32/33

    2. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Absolutely not

    3. noquarternt
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      You been in a coma?
      31 with transfers
      32/33 WC
      BB 34
      FH 35
      TC 37

  25. MartialMatas
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Advice for my team?
    Saving FH for 35. Probably WC in 32 or 33

    DDG Adrian
    Otamendi Daniels Bauer Ogbonna Kenny
    Salah Mane Sterling Walcott Ibe
    Kane Firmino Ulloa

    1ft 2.3m itb

    (1)

  26. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Price Changes - 2nd March 2018

    🔺  Sané (8.4)

    🔻  Rodriguez (5.4), Hart (4.2), Tosun (6.7), Aubameyang (10.4)

    1. Atwood
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      I sometimes forget Aubameyand is in the Prem

    2. noquarternt
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Tosun baby, how low can he go?

    3. MTPockets
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Sane rose on -9, Aubameyang fell on -2 ??
        Must be a record

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 16 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          Pretty crazy!

        2. panda07
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          Was it something to do with fplstats miscalculating due to his flag?

          1. panda07
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            7 years, 9 months ago

            Think that's happened before

          2. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 16 Years
            7 years, 9 months ago

            Yeah. Hadn't changed price for nearly a month.

          3. MTPockets
              7 years, 9 months ago

              Maybe, but been a while since the flag.

              1. Pep says
                • 10 Years
                7 years, 9 months ago

                If they miscalculated because of the flag, they aren't going to know until the price change so the when of the flag is irrelevant. If Sané didn't want to change price for the rest of the season, FPL Stats would never have known his delta was incorrect

        3. Reiko
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          At this rate, Tosun will be cheaper than Niasse by end of season

          1. Mysterion
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 9 months ago

            I reckon by GW38, fpl will pay us to transfer him in

        4. Ramboros
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          The Tosun situation is funny because the same thing happened with Eliteserien where the biggest fallers of the season were those that joined the league half way through the season. Players without a dead ownership are incredibly volatile when it comes to price drops.

        5. NATSTER
          • 15 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          Oh, Immediate rise for Sane.

          Insane!

          1. Mysterion
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 9 months ago

            #inSané 😛

        6. FPL Virgin
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          Has Tosun slept with the owner of FPL's wife?

        7. FC Lackless [BALEGIUM]
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          cheers

      • Atwood
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Hey Deadzoners
        Thinking Dunk/Ogbonna > Davies.
        1FT and 2.5 in the bank. Any ideas?

        Pickford
        Otamendi - VVD - Mee
        Salah - Lingard - Sterling - Shaqiri
        Kane - Firmino - Wilson

        Elliot - Walcott - Dunk - Ogbonna

        1. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          Og to Davies

      • +
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Just brought in Bellerin because I hate myself

      • noquarternt
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Pick 2 Spurs defenders to bring in.

        1. Viper
          • 15 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          Davies & Verthongen

          1. noquarternt
            • 10 Years
            7 years, 9 months ago

            You think Vert is back this weekend?

            1. Viper
              • 15 Years
              7 years, 9 months ago

              I think so

      • Viper
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Jones didn't drop. Praised be TM 🙂

        1. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          He will tomorrow

          1. Viper
            • 15 Years
            7 years, 9 months ago

            Hopefully we'll have an awful lot more info by then