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Dugout Discussion – Gameweek 38

Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers have one last chance for mini-league glory as the 2017/18 season comes to its conclusion this Sunday afternoon.

Mohamed Salah and Harry Kane, the top two players in our Captain Poll for Gameweek 38 and rivals for the Golden Boot, both start.

Three goals ahead of the Spurs striker, Salah seeks a tenth double-figure home haul as Liverpool welcome Brighton to Anfield.

Sadio Mane is passed fit to start for the Merseysiders, while Roberto Firmino and Dominic Solanke are also in the XI against a Seagulls’ side that they have already beaten 5-1 earlier in the season.

Meanwhile, Kane collides with a Leicester defence that he’s scored five goals against in their previous two league meetings. However, owners of Dele Alli, Son Heung-min and Ben Davies are left disappointed as all three are named on the bench at Wembley.

Elsewhere, Jose Mourinho is true to his word and makes numerous changes to the Man United teamsheet.

The likes of David De Gea and Chris Smalling are – as their manager suggested – both rested, though there’s no Anthony Martial in the squad to face Watford at Old Trafford, as the Frenchman misses out through injury.

In the blue half of Manchester, Gabriel Jesus is the man to miss out up front, with Leroy Sane, Raheem Sterling and Bernardo Silva all starting against a Southampton side with two clean sheets in 17 home matches. Ederson and Kyle Walker are named among the subs, while David Silva and Nicolas Otamendi miss out altogether at St Mary’s.

Arsene Wenger rolls out the big-hitters for his final match in charge of Arsenal, with Alexandre Lacazette flanked by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan for the trip to Huddersfield.

Eden Hazard and Olivier Giroud are named on the Chelsea teamsheet at Newcastle but there’s no place for Marcos Alonso, who drops to the bench. Eight goals in nine against the Magpies makes Giroud a potentially big differential today.

The most transferred in player for Gameweek 38, Wilfried Zaha is again named up front by Roy Hodgson for Crystal Palace’s clash with West Brom. The Ivory Coast international has delivered 14 points in each of his last two at Selhurst Park.

Finally, Marko Arnautovic is another out-of-position starter who could have a big impact in the final standings.

The Austrian has ten goals and six assists since being moved up front in Gameweek 16 and could prove the difference as David Moyes looks to get one over former club Everton at the London Stadium.

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  1. shawry
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 6 days ago

    Hi,
    If 2 teams in a normal mini league finish on exactly the same points, and have made exactly the same number of transfers, what would a league be decided on??

    1. Regin
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 6 days ago

      Whoever is more handsome.

    2. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 days ago

      Goals scored.

    3. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 6 days ago

      Likely tie.

    4. Lone Wolf FPL
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 days ago

      Lower id number wins?

    5. JJO
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 6 days ago

      goals scored

    6. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 6 days ago

      In the event of a tie between teams, the team who has made the least amount of transfers will be positioned higher. Any transfers made using a wildcard or free hit will not count towards total transfers made.

    7. BeDreamin
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 days ago

      It's done on team value (including money in bank) if transfers are identical

    8. Jairzinho
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 6 days ago

      It’s a draw.

  2. ruuddude
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 6 days ago

    I had Ederson starting and he got a -1 for the card, but didn't play.

    The rules say: "If your Goalkeeper plays 0 minutes in the Gameweek, he will be substituted by your replacement Goalkeeper, if he played in the Gameweek" so I should get McCarthy's points, right?

    My Mini-league is tight so need anything I can get.

    1. CloudSky
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 days ago

      You get McCarthy in.

  3. asif316uk
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 6 days ago

    Hope you all had a good season.

    Cam anyone provide me with the link to show who you have captained throughout the season please? Thanks in advance

      1. asif316uk
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        Thanks dude

        1. Norman Conquest
          • 10 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          most welcome

      2. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        I’ll pass.

        Most weeks it won’t make good reading!

  4. Leaf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 6 days ago

    The guy that won it ! Fabianski pen save has done it for him !

    1. eazy
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 days ago

      Won me my ML as well 😀

    2. Jairzinho
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 6 days ago

      Plus many other decisions

  5. Rik Waller
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 6 days ago

    Will there be a scoutcast on Tuesday?

    1. Lone Wolf FPL
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 days ago

      yes

    2. eazy
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 days ago

      Yes

    3. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 days ago

      Yes.

      Hearing Virg is the guest thanks to his winning strategy.

      1. Rik Waller
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        Andy should have a pic of him on his wall

  6. goriuanx
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 6 days ago

    Winner of Fook Day Maywedders, top 6 Cont and around a 2/3k rank. I'll have that down as a success 😎

    1. RoysCallerAnne
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 6 days ago

      Congrats on the PB

      1. goriuanx
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        Cheers 🙂

        1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Well done Berbs. I couldn't get any traction.

          1. goriuanx
            • 13 Years
            6 years, 6 days ago

            Cheers Doos. Looking to expand next season 🙂

            1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              6 years, 6 days ago

              OK, mate. I'l be there if you still want me.

    2. CloudSky
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 days ago

      Great stuff Berbs.

  7. stat
      6 years, 6 days ago

      Instant transfer points into account (not taking subs/captains into account) between GW 1 - 19: 2 pts
      Between GW 19 - 38: 149 pts (87 pts if you ignore FH)

      1. stat
          6 years, 6 days ago

          in my team* (not "into account")

      2. Bullet Eder
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        Tough FPL year for me but delighted with my final week transfers. Christensen and Eriksen out for PVA and Salah.

        1. RoysCallerAnne
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Very nice.

          I did Vardy to Firmino 🙁

          1. Debauchy
            • 11 Years
            6 years, 6 days ago

            Thoughts were with you there 🙂

        2. JJO
          • 11 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          nice one
          or two 🙂

        3. Pocky
          • 14 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          I done De Gea, Lingard, Pogba to Arnie, Zaha, Fabs...nice end to a poor season.

        4. osceola31909
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Pogba out for Zaha and MaGuire out for PVA. Wish I had done better transfers like that throughout the season.

      3. Ghost Gooner
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        Thanks to this great forum I've won all my MLs with mates and projected to go top 50k but after a great season last year (top 2,5k), I've really struggled this year (top 50k).

        This year I went against the 3 principles that served me well last term and have been punished. Next season I'm going back to these;

        No Kane policy
        This is the last time I'm owning Kane especially since he has bad starts (unless he drops to 11m).

        With Salah around, Kane just isn't captain worthy anymore as he hardly assists when he doesn't score and doesn't haul in games you expect him to score in. The other downside is he limits your captain punts. Last season I had Lukaku (4 goals) King (hattie) Sanchez (West Ham haul) and Kun (hattie) as capt punts.

        Other than Lukaku at the beginning, I've only had the Salah Watford haul but everyone was captaining Salah that gw so it doesn't count really. The Kane blanks have burned me badly this season.

        Cheap defence
        I'm also going rotation defence and GKs again with only 2 premium assets. The premium defenders are getting ridiculously expensive and rotation prone. Spurs, Che and Liv will have 4 good fullbacks next season and all will be 5.5-6.5.

        Premium goalies hardly get baps and saves points, and as another poster noted; since gw 11 to gw 37 Ryan 105pts DDG 107pts iirc. Cheap KG's lost c/s points can be offset by baps or the odd pen save.

        DGWs/Chips
        I'm only going to get players in that are are on form and ignore getting a full team of dgw'ers. Players on form>average dgw'ers.

        Keeping the TC for gw37 when we don't know who will be performing at that time is not wise. Rotation is an issue too.

        Same for BB. I'm using it the 1st instance I have a bench that has great fixtures and not waiting for dgws.

        Eye test to get differentials
        I haven't picked a differential player all season. Last year I had King before he was a bandwagon. This year I've failed to pick one this year. I really liked Izqueirdo but was too preoccupied with putting out fires

        1. Debauchy
          • 11 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          WD GG , but I really need to join your ML next

        2. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          I’m feeling you on all of this, brother.

        3. RoysCallerAnne
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Every season is different.
          You can't make those kind of restraints on yourself.
          Adapting to the changing weekly FPL landscape is the only rule to follow.

          1. The Suspended One
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            6 years, 6 days ago

            Wisdom bomb

        4. Deulofail
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          I think everything depends on price. I'll get a cheap defender if he looks great value compared to all other defenders as well as players in other positions. I'll get 5 if they all look great value.

          I really think that pre-set strategies like this box you into making decisions for the wrong reasons. Like how everyone wanted a couple of 7.0 midfielder slots at the begining of the season, but the only week that there was ever really more than one 7.0 midfielder that people desired was GW38! 😆 (Okay maybe a few exceptions, but you get my point).

          1. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
            • 8 Years
            6 years, 6 days ago

            Zaha injured, Lallana injured, Arnie injured, Willian not nailed, Ramsey in and out of injury. That magnificent 7s theory blew up so fast 😆

        5. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Izquierdo will be good at 5.0

          I had Kane pretty much all season and have an excellent rank, it's not as simple as Kane/no Kane. Both can work 🙂

        6. Lone Wolf FPL
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          agree to all apart from BB "rule"

        7. Unfathomable Ruination
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          I agree with most of this except for the BB - having two chances for clean sheets esp when doubling up on a defense worked out well for me in both DGW's.

          I'm with you on TC captain though. There were two games I felt a strong urge to play a TC - Kane against Southampton (hat-trick) and Salah against Watford (4 goals).

          In both games, I was tempted to TC because they had great fixtures and I knew most around me in my ML would captain as well so, if successful, would be a guaranteed advantage. Lower risk, I suppose.

          Instead, I TC Sterling last week and almost lost my ML.

        8. danmonkey
          • 12 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          I had Kane for much of the season and should finish top 1k (for the second time, two other top 3k finishes).

          My tip, sweeping generalisations and history based ‘rules’ will severely restrict your ability to flex around the fundamentals of FPL - form and fixtures.

      4. Lone Wolf FPL
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        Fabiański should go to Liverpool.

        1. shotgunnufc - MANIAC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          there’s Butland as well, and foster come to think of it, all good keepers. arsenal would be better with any of them

      5. Mr. Greedy
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        Will there be an official FIFA World Cup fantasy football this year?

        1. Debauchy
          • 11 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Yes

      6. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        Kane was player of the week 3 times
        Son was player of the week 2 times

        1. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          And...........?

      7. FFSbet.com
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        So what will happen with Ederson -1,it stays like that or we get bench GK points?

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Bench playing GK.

        2. dunas_dog
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          If goalie on bench played you get bench points

        3. Barnsley FC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          If your bench keeper played, he gets subbed in. If he didn't, you keep the -1.

        4. FFSbet.com
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Cheers all

      8. Lucky Z
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        Why Milner have not played today -just rested?

        1. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Injured

          1. Lucky Z
            • 6 Years
            6 years, 6 days ago

            Thanks

      9. asif316uk
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        I'm using gargatron.com
        How do I check the list of people who have captained throughout the season? Or is it another link?

        1. RoysCallerAnne
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          FPL Statistico

      10. Epic Fail
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        Barca losing.

      11. wulfrunian
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        What an awful defence from Leicester.

        1. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Disaster they are. I'm just glad I had Maguire for his goal threat 😎

        2. The Suspended One
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          They may get relegated next year if they don't get the manager decision right, that Def is epically terrible

        3. XabiAlonso
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Chilwell and Morgan for the run in wasn't my best choice this season

      12. Delima
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        My team for next year will contain Robertson, Salah, Dubravka, Kane, Danilo, Burnley def.
        Thats how i see now.

        1. willl
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Danilo, you reckon Walker is gonna get dropped even after England win the world cup?

        2. Ligdon
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Bit early m8

          1. Epic Fail
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            6 years, 6 days ago

            Wait until you see the pre season spreadsheets.

        3. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Hope Toon sign Dubravka permanently.

      13. oranjes
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        Long-time lurker here.

        Thanks to all for all the (usually) informative posts this season, along with the entertaining Saturday morning meltdowns... it's all helped me to 20k which I'm pretty pleased with.

        Here's to pre-season!

      14. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        Best League = FantasyFootballScout.co.uk

        1. CloudSky
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          We've done it lads and lasses!

        2. Epic Fail
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Baby we did it. Break out the red panties.

        3. Debauchy
          • 11 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Simply the best , better than all rest...

        4. Clifford☯
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Yeah!

      15. The Suspended One
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        That Jesus goal from a long ball, what a way to sum up their season.

      16. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        Kenneth Tang might miss out on a record 6th top 1K season after all.

        https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/team/706559/event/38

        1. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Unlucky

          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 14 Years
            6 years, 6 days ago

            He was 9 ahead so will be close.

        2. Epic Fail
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Who?

        3. Sim Simma
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          He finished 24k 2 seasons ago 🙂

          1. FPL_Hazards
            • 11 Years
            6 years, 6 days ago

            he didnt say consecutive

        4. Fantastisk
          • 6 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Dunno who that is but I couldn't care less, I just won my ML.

      17. Debauchy
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        Cheers Arsene, thanks for all the good times and yes even the good times in the bad times.
        The younger among us have no idea what you brought to the English game
        Hambe Kahle (go well)

        1. goriuanx
          • 13 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Great guy, wish him the best. Don't think some understand what he has done for English football.

          1. Debauchy
            • 11 Years
            6 years, 6 days ago

            Yep, Great to see you Klopp getting there with a similar mentality

        2. Futile Tinkering
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          *Hamba kahle.

          1. Debauchy
            • 11 Years
            6 years, 6 days ago

            oops

        3. Rik Waller
          • 6 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Don't think he's on here... or maybe... could be that Ronka guy

        4. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          In my day, we spelled it Hamba Gashle ... 😛

          1. Debauchy
            • 11 Years
            6 years, 6 days ago

            pronounced Gashle yep

            1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              6 years, 6 days ago

              😉

      18. Fantasy Gold
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        Bloody typical that the game that Vertonghen finally misses is the one they concede 4 in.

        Jammy filthy casual owners 😉

        1. FPL_Hazards
          • 11 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          no Vert is why they conceded 4

        2. willl
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Probably conceded that many because he wasn't playing.

      19. RoysCallerAnne
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        I have finished lower than I was adter GW1. 😆

        1. Epic Fail
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Holy schit. You've barely been outside of the top 10k all season. That's some consistency.

          1. RoysCallerAnne
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            6 years, 6 days ago

            I haven't been out of top 100k for 2 full seasons 😎 had a great GW1 last year too 17k iirc)

            1. Epic Fail
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              6 years, 6 days ago

              And here's me starting pretty much every season with a GW1 rank in the millions. Every single season. It's always a slug.

              1. Debauchy
                • 11 Years
                6 years, 6 days ago

                Same but you slugged me in the latter part

        2. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Was Top 10k after GW1 and finished Top 10k after GW38.

      20. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        I lost a 70 point lead in the final 2 game weeks.. Triple captained blanked, everyone benched all over the place, today summed it all up with all 5 of my differentials from my rival's team being benched and blanking, Ederson even managing to get -1 from the bench, while his 5 differentials all scored 6+ points with a jammy Fabianski penalty save the cherry on top.

        Lesson learned, play even safer in the run in next year. I could have TCd Kane for safety in the DGW instead of trying to shoot for a top 10k finish and would have won.

        1. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          I blame Dusan

          1. Brosstan
            • 9 Years
            6 years, 6 days ago

            Yea him too, but Ive already whined too much about that so didnt feel the need to mention it again.

          2. Fantastisk
            • 6 Years
            6 years, 6 days ago

            Who?

            1. Brosstan
              • 9 Years
              6 years, 6 days ago

              Some guy who spread fake news about Zaha being out of the game. Made me and others not transfer him in.

      21. Richd
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        I captained Kane 20 times this season. And didn’t use my TC on him when I should have. Meh.

        Who did you captain the most guys ?

        1. Cok3y5murf
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Kane 11 times with a lot of fails

        2. Regin
          • 6 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Salah. At the beginning, I captained Lukaku few times.

        3. Karan14
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Kane 20 times. 13.2 avg.

        4. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Kane (11 times - 168 points - average 15.3 points)
          Salah (9 times - 216 points - average 24 points)
          Lukaku (7 times - 92 points - average 13.1 points)
          Sterling (2 times - 26 points - average 13 points)
          Jesus (2 times - 24 points - average 12 points)
          De Bruyne (2 times - 32 points - average 16 points)
          Aubameyang (2 times - 38 points - average 19 points)
          Vardy (1 times - 16 points - average 16 points)
          Morata (1 times - 2 points - average 2 points)
          Hazard (1 times - 30 points - average 30 points)
          Eriksen (1 times - 6 points - average 6 points)

          1. Richd
            • 11 Years
            6 years, 6 days ago

            Where’s this more detailed breakdown from ?

          2. Futile Tinkering
            • 7 Years
            6 years, 6 days ago

            39 GW's ??

        5. frankiefernandez
          • 14 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          Sarah (15)

          1. frankiefernandez
            • 14 Years
            6 years, 6 days ago

            Salah! Damn you autocorrect.

        6. Futile Tinkering
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 6 days ago

          1.Kane 11 times, 14.9 average return.
          2.Salah 9 times, 22,7 average return.
          3. Lukaku 8 times, 11,25 average return.

      22. Unfathomable Ruination
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        Robertson was the true hero of the GW.

      23. how now brown cow
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        Tough last few weeks.

        Groß and vardy to ki and Jesus will haunt me for a while.....

      24. Eden Wizard
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 6 days ago

        Why is the “My Team” button missing - Noooooo