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ScoutCast Extra Time – How Mark is playing Gameweek 2

In the first edition of ScoutCast Extra Time, Joe finds out how Gameweek 1 went for Mark, and how he intends to play Gameweek 2. You can watch the video below or on our YouTube channel.

Spurred on by 72 points but with 30 on his bench from the opening round of fixtures, he is keeping his captain’s armband on Mohamed Salah (£13.0m) for Liverpool’s trip to Crystal Palace. However, he does admit to being worried about the potential damage inflicted by Sergio Aguero (£11.0m).

Benjamin Mendy (£6.0m) will slot into Mark’s first XI for a home match against Huddersfield Town, as it was the Frenchman who made up 50 percent of the bench opening weekend bench score. In fact, Mark went as far as to say he will never bench Mendy again.

On the transfer front, Sutherns Comfort look set to hold firm this week, enabling two free moves and perhaps a “mini Wildcard” for Gameweek 3. With that in mind, the pair tentatively look ahead to assess the possible options.

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1,587 Comments Post a Comment
  1. tibollom
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    who would you captain?

    a. kun
    b. salah
    c. sanchez

    1. Garlana
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Be your own man

      1. tibollom
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        thanks for the life lessons mate, appreciate it!!!

      2. Sgt. Schultz
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Do the right thing

    2. Urchin
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      A in GW2
      B in GW3

      1. tibollom
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        yea that's what i was thinking - thanks

    3. Johnny 8
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      a

    4. OptimusBlack
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      A

    5. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      A

    6. Tev
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Sanchez

  2. PB-THE-VET
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Aguero captain for the craic lads! Our hearts need the exercise sure

  3. Urchin
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Peltier CS in the very first game would be sweet, an assist with CS even better 🙂

    1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      if he plays...

      1. Urchin
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Didnt even consider that possibility

        *checks bench order*

    2. Finnish Fish
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      In ur dreams 😆

      1. Urchin
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Thats what a sweet dream is then? 😉

  4. Winks Club
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    PEltier expected to start?

  5. Diego Hazard
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Would you transfer in Aguero for Auba? Even with the potential of him not starting.

    1. Finnish Fish
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      No

    2. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      No lol

    3. Sgt. Schultz
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      no

  6. FPL Ultras
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Captain?

    A) Eriksen
    B) Aguero
    C) B. Silva

    Currently have Eriksen as captain.

    1. Finnish Fish
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Eriksen, safety.

    2. the dom 1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      B be daring lad

  7. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    303pts for Mo last season.

    #justsaying

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      😮

      1. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Many braves & hatties.

        Baps, the lot

        1. Jafooli
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 9 months ago

          *braves

          1. Jafooli
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 9 months ago

            *braces

            F this....

            1. Rainer
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 9 months ago

              *BAPs

    2. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Locked in as my captain.

    3. BadgersBoys
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      🙂

    4. JustPark
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      The past is in the past.

    5. The Overthinker
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Aguero is the King of FPL. #justSaying

  8. caldracula
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Is everyone still panicking about their Captain choice?

    1. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Many are

  9. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    As we near the deadline the panic increases and tension heightens. Doubt starts to reach unbearable levels, will Aguero be benched? Was Ruben Neves a one off? Is Kante really the greatest marksman this side of the Pyrenees? Some sit there coyly with certainty on what they are going to do, yet there smugness seems all too false as they will be crying on the floor with everyone else when Jorginho bags a brace assisted by Loftus Cheek.

    Its a curious thing, this panic. Gameweeks are usually a week long, 7 days to make a decision, just one decision. Yet here we are on a saturday morning still believing that there is some key piece of information out there that will make this easier. Silently we sat through the early parts of the week, wisely holding on till the press conferences as the last thing we need is a training pitch injury to our star midfielder. Then we hung on further, as surely the weather forecast on saturday morning will favour Van Anholt at Selhurst Park.

    All this information and yet here we are making the same transfer we had decided on at 11:31 seven days ago. Seven days we could have spent living like Craig David rather than nervously biting our nails and rolling around restlessly at night thinking about Ryan Fraser's left foot.

    Was it worth it? All those days shouting into the void on a forum that is losing all its sense of community, supporting by a team who are ditching the medium in favour of video content. When is the time to say, we had a good run, and I would do it all again, but for now, lets make transfers on a sunday like common man and enjoy the bliss as we reach the top 10k without the stress.

    1. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Agreed

    2. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      And seriously, if you are going to do lots of video content, please get some cardboard backing screens, the "I havent tidied my mums backroom", no longer flys.

      https://www.amazon.co.uk/Paperpod-Divider-Cardboard-White-2-Piece/dp/B008M53UMA

      1. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        "I am really disappointed with this product. It is described as sturdy and that's a joke. I realise that the dividers are cardboard but I had thought that there would be some sort of reinforcement they are rubbish. I also assumed that if you ordered a specific colour then both sides would be that colour. Not so. It looks what it is on the other side, a piece of cardboard."

        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 9 months ago

          It was just an idea, they could probably just break into the Amex and nick the media boards if they want high quality versions.

          1. Deulofail
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 9 months ago

            ITV donated their boards to my school back in the day. Perhaps the Scouts should target news producers with FPL leagues who happen to have the influence to donate all of production equipment to random dudes.

            1. Business Cat
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 9 months ago

              You can get green screens for YouTubers dirt cheap:
              https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_10?k=green+screen&sprefix=green+scre&crid=1GCAUJ8K8CPGF

              ...and bit of technical wizardry and they could put anything in the background.

      2. MTPockets
          5 years, 9 months ago

          No I like that.

      3. BadgersBoys
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Definitely

      4. Collie01
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Excellently preamble-esque

        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 9 months ago

          If Mark wont deliver anymore, then its not exactly hard to do. If anyone fancies it they can start their own very easily, whilst Mark was someone we liked to follow, its hardly a unique story.

          1. Rupert The Horse
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 9 months ago

            Good idea.

      5. thepeen555
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        It was 19:30 8 days ago

      6. Sgt. Schultz
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Love your writing style!

      7. Business Cat
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Is this a pre-amble replacement?

        Not a bad effort if so 😎

      8. Urchin
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Upvoted this

      9. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        is this a job interview?

        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 9 months ago

          Nope, just following on from Twisted Saltergates post earlier. Its not Mark we miss, its his ability to change writing style for each article. Getting the same marketing crap every single article is not good. David is a good writer, he just needs to approach some articles with a different mindset thats all.

          1. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 9 months ago

            hey i enjoy all the musings so well done. bit of culture on the site is welcome

      10. Twisted Saltergater
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Pre-amble wannabe 😆

        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 9 months ago

          ^

      11. Amateur Pundit Zan
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Thanks for this little bit of wheat between all the chaff

      12. adams_6
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        The preparation for last's nights video with Neil and Joe was really poor in my opinion, hopefully they'll learn as they go and it will improve. I was cringing watching it.

      13. Tev
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        What’s wrong with Fraser’s left foot? 😉

        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 9 months ago

          Is it the real deal? Should I have made the switch from Mhki? It would give me freedom of budget to move anywhere going forward. What am I really worrying about, Mhki was useless last week, but oh how much livelier they looked when Lacca came on and Ozil dropped behind the front free. Am I overthinking this?

          In the end I have made no transfer, and could still make that move if he continues.

      14. The Overthinker
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Want this every week

    3. theroadrunner
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      peltier or bertrand
      kepa or patricio

      quick quick got no time!!!!

      1. Mackans
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Peltier & Kepa

        1. theroadrunner
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 9 months ago

          thats exactly where im at atm

      2. Finnish Fish
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Kepa & Bert

      3. Arceus
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Bertrand
        Kepa

      4. Sgt. Schultz
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Wooster
        Kepa

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

        lol peltier not even in the squads!!!

    4. Mackans
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Draft: Ramsey or Özil?

    5. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      People acting like this is GW37 and a wrong captain choice will lose them their mini leagues lmao. It's just GW2 guys, such a long way to go and you can easily make up for it if you flop. Go with your gut instinct and enjoy the weekend

      1. Make United Great Again
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Thank you.

      2. Mini Mane Mo
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        This...let’s capt Mendy then

    6. Latch86
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Go with Bailly or Shaw?

      1. RamaJama
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Shaw, more attacking role so far

    7. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Ask your self what would annoy you more.

      A) Kun gets a hat trick and you didn't captain
      B) Kun is benched and comes on for 20 mins without a goal and you did

      1. Tomerick
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Probably the benched bit but only because I think the story is bs and I don't want to be proven wrong.

      2. Hulk Smash
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Good point - B

      3. Pacer.
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Depends entirely on what Salah does

      4. Kulusexy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Minding my own business, not a care in the world - and then you go and type this!

    8. Tomerick
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Play Neves or Mitrovic?

      1. Business Cat
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Neves

    9. rnrd
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Jesus and Kun will both start.
      Jesus will get his couple of tap in and this will be the ultimate fpl Level

    10. The Cherry Picker
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Just so you know Aguero is 4/1 to score a Hat-trick against HUD. The bookies are always well informed and those odds are very short indeed.
      Kun (C) for me.

      1. Ha.
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Not at all influenced by betting patterns of newbs

      2. Beavis
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Jesus is 5/1, what's your point?

      3. Richd
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Yeah but if he doesn’t play the bets refunded.

      4. Marvin of all he surveys
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Odds are derived from betting patterns.

      5. insertcomedyname
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Odds on FPL has Salah outscoring Kun based on bookies odds.

    11. Dušan Citizen
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Should I do last minute captain twist from Eriksen to Kun or stick?

      1. Hurnt
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Kun cap higher ceiling

        1. Ha.
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 9 months ago

          Have you been round his house?

          1. Hurnt
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 9 months ago

            Brilliant

      2. The Overthinker
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Stick

      3. OptimusBlack
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Or from Kun to Eriksen

      4. aborg
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        It’s a coin toss dude. I’m sticking with Kun though. If I won’t captain him against Huddersfield when will I? 11m and never captained is a waste of money for me.

    12. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Sam Lee - Man city journalist for Goal on Aguero

      I couldn’t tell you either way whether he’ll definitely start but like I said on the video, before seeing the story, I’d have said Aguero would play

      1. Greenbackbøøg…
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Direct quote from Sam?

      2. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        *Changes captain

      3. OptimusBlack
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        (K)un

    13. Differential C (Mark)
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Going for Bilva. I've gona mad, havent I?

      1. hannesdela
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Captaining B. Silva too

      2. Touré De Force
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        No I think he's a decent shout this GW

    14. MrFootieIsHere
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      I've been confident on Peltier over PvA this week.
      Anyone want to give me any thoughts on why to play PvA over Peltier this week?
      PvA more attacking yes, but Cardiff likely to hold at home to Newcastle.
      Liverpool WILL score at least one...

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

      Bench one please:
      a)Holebas
      b)Keane
      c)Chilewell
      thanks

      1. Finnish Fish
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        A or B, really tough one.. Id say B

    16. korbendallas82
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      I think it makes sence if Aguero benched. Jesus needs to play, and Sterling deserves to stay in team, cause of form. But Maby 25 from Aguero, is good.

      1. Arceus
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        They've been saying that for the past 2 seasons since Pep took over

      2. RamaJama
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Doesn’t make sense at all that city bench their clear no 1 striker already in gw 2

    17. Where dahoud at
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Please please help, struggling to pick a captain, who would you pick out of this lot.

      A.Mendy

      B.erikson

      C.Richarlison

      D.Salah

      E. Aguero

      1. korbendallas82
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        D

    18. JustPark
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Page is slow. Guess this site isn't crowded anymore 🙁

    19. FootballFanatic365
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      No FT
      Fabianski
      Robertson DavidLuiz Mendy(c)
      Salah Pedro Jota Richarlison
      King Agüero Aubameyang

      Patricio Hudson-Odoi Wan-Bissaka Peltier

    20. Gentle_Turks
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Who is Jonty captaining?

      1. Garlana
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Kun according to most recent video

      2. Twisted Saltergater
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Joe Hart

    21. hannesdela
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Is it mental to captain B. Silva over Salah, Sanchez and Mendy?

      1. Hulk Smash
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Not this week imo given his form and the likelihood of him playing will never be higher.

    22. BOZ
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Hud will park the bus don't think it will be a high scoring match vs man city

      1. korbendallas82
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Maby just 4-0

      2. yakirh
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        5-0 mate

      1. aborg
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        The author said that he’d EXPECT Aguero out !! Careful