FPL Question Time – Consult our panel ahead of Gameweek 22

Iwobi

Sterling

Firmino

Eriksen, still overlooked.

Samir nasri

Nathan Redmond

Not Sanchez
Maybe Lukaku

Martial

I reckon Pereyra (Watford) will end up a lot higher on the end of season points totals than people would think.

Sanchez and Lukaku

Townsend.

Aguerooo

Eriksen, Aguero, and if he gets into the starting 11 again, Lukaku.

Son when he returns will have

KDB.

James Maddison - GW27 to GW35.

Bilva and Dilva

One of VVD and Firmino.

Either Liverpool will get nervy chasing the title, keep it tight and churn out 1-0 wins from now until the end of the season (set piece goals from VVD).

Or they will think attack is the best form of defence and start battering teams, whereby Bobby F will score tons.

De Bruyne too.

Sterling & Eriksen

Did this really need hulking?

Salah or Kane

Arnie

HUDSON ODOI (Chelsea)

Ander Herrera

Jota

Vardy

Dwight McNeil - Burnley

Player - Hazard
Team - Man City
Talking point - best squad structure now

Player - Mo Salah. Essential for the rest of the season?
Talking point - Players to ditch to get Salah in.

Nasri - impact on west ham attacking returns?
Bournemouth - impact of Jan transfers?
Best new options coming in Jan transfer window?

Spurs with there upcoming fixtures life without son, and will it enhance the performance of players such as Eriksen..

A) Aguero - time to jump on?
B) Man Utd - aren’t looking great but are grinding out great results. Are players such as Sanchez and Lukaku becoming relevant again?
C) Noting Salah is become indispensable, which premium is disposable? Kane, Aguero, Auba or Hazard

Player - Nasri, Clyne, Puncheon
Team - Southampton, can we consider their players as FPL options?

Player: Kane. 4 of his next 5 are at home where he doesn't do well and Spurs are goal shy. These include a tough game against Utd, matches against Newcastle and Leicester who can park a bus. Kane drops deep in these kinds of matches. Son also leaving after Utd game will affect Kane as he has assisted a lot of Son's goals. Auba is under performing on his stats and will explode soon. City look to be back in form and money will be needed in midfield. Time to get rid?

Team: Man CIty. Time to jump back on their assets? They seem to be back to form and Aguero is back.

1. Aubameyang vs. Kane - With many managers looking to upgrade mid-high priced midfielders (Fanderson, Son etc.) to Man City assets whilst holding Salah and Hazard, there appears to be room for only one premium forward, who should that be?
2. Manchester City - Following impressive back to back wins, is it too early to jump back on their assets, and with the squad nearing full fitness, who should we be looking at?
3. The emergence of a new template? - With recent swings in form for teams with numerous significant FPL assets (West Ham, Everton, Man City), is now the time to move away from players who comprise the current template (whether they have good fixtures or not) or should we keep the faith?

Marcus Rashford - could he be a premium forward disguised as a mid-priced forward that allows us to go without the likes of Kane, Auba, Aguero, etc?

Spurs - who from their midfield is the best option over the next 6 fixtures? Eriksen, Alli or could Lucas Moura take up similar positions on the pitch to Son?

Topic - defensive double ups. Some teams are about to go on great fixture runs (i.e playing only one ot two Top 6 teams in a period of 8 or more GWs). Are there any teams worth doubling up on in defence?

looks like man city are back to their usual best after recent wins...which city premium asset should we target ahead of the next three gws: sane/sterling/aguero/de bryune

Talking point should be a general discussion of premiums in my opinion, like the member's article the other day. I can't remember a time the last couple of seasons that we have so many fantastic viable premium options, but it makes it hard to decide who to go for. How do you decide who to ditch and who to keep?

Which player(s) should we discuss and why? Kane (again). Is he worth the price? Hazard next on the list- same question when so many others are performing well too.

Which team(s) should we discuss and why? Spurs/Burnley- Tasty fixtures + team shapes/styles are changing.

Talking point ? Which premiums are the most essential? Salah/Hazard/Auba/Kane/Sterling/Sane etc etc- So many players are faced with conundrums here on who to ditch and who to bring in. Are any of them actually ESSENTIAL?

1. Many, like myself, will have had two Hazard captain blanks over Xmas. Dare we dispense with him being as Salah and Kane offer safer captaincy options over the next few weeks.. Does three captain options complicate things too much?

2. Jason Puncheon? Worth a transfer in for Hojberg to free up 0.2m? Especially for recent wildcarders like myself again with two free's and no pressing issues this week...

3. Mitrovic! On the Goals Imminent table permanently it seems! Gave him another game after the seven first half shot fiasco, returned me a nine pointer fair enough, but is he worth keeping going forward. Fulham look doomed.

1. Jason Puncheon
2. Puncheon FC - an imaginary team made up of Jason Puncheon’s throughout the years
3. Does Jason still pack a Puncheon?

Talking Point: Which premium striker is the way to go for the upcoming GWs? Kane und Auba showed some form recently but Aguero seems to be back in for City and one of their most secure starters in their offense ... Regarding the offer of good mid price options, their just seems to be space for one premium attacker!

Hazard. Is it worth making the swap to Salah/Sterling. Hasn’t proved to be a reliable captain and Chelsea don’t look anywhere near as good as Liverpool/city.

Plus shifted back out wide in his last 2. Is it worth selling after castle at home? Proving most of us have Sane, Pogba, Kane, and Salah to fit in also.

A: the never ending midfield discussion, hazard, eriksen, city milfs etc
B: City
C: Best cheap options at the back to afford a more expensive midfield/frontline

Player - Guaita/Hennessey.
Talking Point - is an early second wildcard ever justified?

Sterling & Eriksen
Man city Tottenham
Chips & second WC

Player(s) - which heavy hitting forwards do the Socutcasters want in their teams and why? (Kane, Auba, Aguero, none/power midfield)

Team - Man United. Is their return to form sustainable and best assets to have (Pogba, Rashford, Martial, Shaw).

Talking point - as we are halfway through the season, what are the Scoutcaster's fantasy New Year Resolutions? Anything different they want to aim to do in second half of the season or tactics/methods that have been successful in first half of the season they want to continue doing (could also be heavy hitting forwards).

What strategies/captains/differentials are the scoutcast members looking to utilize in order to increase rank and likelihood of green arrows in the 2nd half of the season?

Seems like a good bunch of top fpl managers (Jay E, Fpl General, Az) seem to be treading water and even moving backwards in what has been a tough season to get a hold on.

Is 352 still the go to formation?

Siggy, Rich, Anderson, Pereyra etc have all gone off the boil a little.

On the other hand Arnie, Rash, Jimènez, Wilson, Ings, Rondon all have done pretty well recently.

Having two budget forwards and flipping between them based on fixtures/form looks a good strategy?

Talking Point - the 2019/20 new H2H Leagues.

Player - Hazard (yet again... he looks like a great option so I get him in just in time for him to do sweet nothing for a few weeks and then I consider shipping him out again)

Team - Liverpool defense (now that the City game is behind them, should we be pairing two Pool defenders/GK with Salah... and if so which ones... one pricey and one cheap/value?)

Talking point - Taking hits after the busy holiday period to do a bit of a team reset (without using a WC). For those of us who have missed some promising bandwagons or had some red arrows of late and are considering a -8 to reshuffle a bit. Or should we be patient if we're mostly happy with our squads.

Talking point: Getting ahead of the curve.

Mark has had amazing success by jumping on players like Hazard, Sterling - and more recently Arnautović - very early.

How do we get ahead of the curve in the next 17 gameweeks? Which currently overlooked players have the potential to go big in future gameweeks?

And is this the season NOT to be patient - should we move as quickly as possible on emerging prospects?

P.S. Get well soon, Kenneth.

player: Aguero
team: Liverpool
talking point: is it time for Fabianski to go ?