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Scoutcast Episode 281 – Buzzing

Harry Kane’s ankle injury, which is set to keep him out of action until March, tops the bill during an action-packed show that bizarrely also takes in James Bond and Toy Story.

After taking great pleasure in looking back on their excellent Gameweek 22 scores, the Scoutcast crew tuck into the key questions from the community ahead of the next set of matches.

Kane’s absence sees David, Joe, Az and Luke discuss the best forward options, with Manchester United’s talismanic striker topping their lists. Moving money into midfield is also considered as the crew look at Dele Alli’s Buzz Lightyear-esque ability to step up whenever his Spurs’ team-mate is absent.

Whether to ditch disappointing players from the ranks of Chelsea, Everton and West Ham is another issue tackled.

Meanwhile, there are some words of warning for those looking to deploy their second wildcard now rather than save it to help navigate the double and blank Gameweeks to come.

Elsewhere, Az’s round-up of the community’s recent moves showcases a high-flying manager with a licence to thrill in the overall rankings.

The crew finish off with a look at their transfer and captaincy plans as well as the best differentials and defences in Gameweek 23.

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2,349 Comments Post a Comment
  1. SuperDan
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    TAA & Richarlison > Digne & Sterling worth -8?

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Will you sell Digne/Sterling in blank gw ?? If yes then get only one imo.
      Not worth the hassle.
      If prepared to bench them do it. Both are serious upgrades.

    2. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      nah

  2. davies
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Bottomed...

    A) Sterling Kamara (352)
    B) Auba Camarasa (343)

    1. Carroll to the rescue
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I'd do B.

    2. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      B

    3. waldo666
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      B

    4. BIGREDDOG
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      B if you have Sane

    5. Eze Really?
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      B

  3. Carroll to the rescue
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    How does this WC team look?

    Fab Hamer
    Digne Shaw Robertson AWB Bednarek
    Salah Pogba Anderson Sane Camarasa
    Auba Jimenez Rashford

    0.9ITB; any changes needed?
    Cheers!

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Beautiful.
      Maybe get Lloris for Fabs as he has great CS chances in next 4.

    2. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Looks decent

    3. BIGREDDOG
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Very nice team!

    4. Eze Really?
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Fabs could be a problem. Get a back up or someone like lloris.
      Great side otherwise.

    5. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Hamer to Speroni and you will have 1m in bank 😉

  4. VardysParty
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    A) TAA to Shaw
    B) Camarasa to Alli

    1. BIGREDDOG
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      A

    2. waldo666
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      A

  5. BIGREDDOG
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Good to go? 0FT 0.2ITB

    Foster (4.0)
    Salah Sterling Hazard Pogba Richarlison
    Rashford Jimenez (Kamara)

    TIA

    1. BIGREDDOG
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Oops.
      Defence: Robbo Kolasinac Doherty (Bennett AWB)

    2. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      whats your team value? 😮

      1. BIGREDDOG
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        103.5 - Not much!

  6. 007 [RoboKlopp]
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Will Higuain be a good FPL assets?
    How much he will cost?

    1. BIGREDDOG
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Prob 10.5m - no idea. Huge potential to flop

    2. Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      No
      9.5

    3. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      DGW punt 😀

    4. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Yes Hattie vs Huddersfield

  7. Stevie B
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    What is better?

    A) Alexander-Arnold -> Robertson this week

    B) Jimenez -> Aubameyang next week? (both for free)

    Thank you!

    1. Karan14
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Robbo is just too good value to ignore.

  8. Rik Waller
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    4 new red flags in one week. Can't remember that ever happening before to me.

    1. Eze Really?
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      TAA Kane Son who?

  9. Grounderz
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Off-loading Kane and Deulofeu for a hit, which option?

    (1) Salah and Jimenez
    (2) Aubameyang and Martial

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      1

    2. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      What Deulofeu has great fixture

    3. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      No one else to sell?

    4. sunzip14
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      You must really be considering 1) for a hit, for fear of not having Salah. But why sell Deulofeu before Burnley? I wouldn't take a hit.

      1. EMBOLOFAN
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        salah (c) makes it worth it

    5. Grounderz
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Ok, based on the responses, I get the direction I am going now. Thanks, all!

  10. Halmari Tea
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    If there is a DGW 25
    Who would you look to get into your team from chelsea and city ? also consider they have a blank gw 27 thus if you have too many of them for DGW 25 then your GW 27 will be screwed
    Personally ill be looking at hazard , sterling and a chelsea defender

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      will keep what I have, no more addition

      Hazard, Sterling, Sigurdsson, Richarlison, Digne

    2. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      there wont be dgw gw25

      1. Max City
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        So blank GW27 will be shifted to which GW?

  11. SuperDan
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    What to do here?
    Guaita, Hamer
    Robbo, TAA, Luiz, AWB, Bennett
    Salah, Hazard, Pogba, Richarlison, Fanderson
    Rashford Jiminez Kamara
    5.2m ITB

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      sit back and relax

    2. The Blackadder
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Kamara to Llorente

      1. Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        What if he doesn't play?

        1. The Blackadder
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          surely must get some minutes now and to be honest, i’d rather have him in my team for next 6 weeks than Kamara

          1. SuperDan
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Kamara doesnt start. Most worried about Guaita and TAA

    3. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      if no ft just leave it

    4. HNI
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Guaita to allison
      Taa to digne

  12. wernerhedgehog
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Alonso >> Robertson -4

    Yay or Nay? Kinda sick of owning Alonso. Think it'll pay off this week and then some.

    1. OPTA FPL
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      yes

    2. Bavarian
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      not for a hit

    3. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Alonso biggest score of season was return game against Arsenal

      1. wernerhedgehog
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        good catch.

    4. Carroll to the rescue
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I'd do it, frees up funds as well.

      1. wernerhedgehog
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        eh i'm actually losing 0.1 now. robbie went up to 6.7

    5. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      no way

  13. The Blackadder
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    does anyone know when the transfer waivers go through on the draft game?

  14. HurriKane
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Is Luke Shaw a viable Robertson alternative? I'll move him for Pereira when leicester fixtures clears (or get TAA back when he recovers)

    - Shaw next 4 - (BHA BUR lei ful)

    - Pereira- after next 4 gws (CPL BHA wat FUL bur BOU hud NEW whu)

    Getting Shaw allows be to get more secure Sterling over Sane as city choice of attacker.

    1. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      btw current defence is

      Patricio 4.0
      *TAA* Alonso Doherty Digne AWB

    2. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      shaw then perr gw27 is a good move

  15. KUNingas
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    What would you do with this? 1FT and 5.6 ITB
    A) Guaita -> Alisson / other
    B) Kamara -> Firmino
    C) Richarlison -> Sane

    Guaita
    Robertson, Pereira, Digne
    Salah, Hazard, Pogba, F.Anderson, Richarlison
    Rashford, Ings

    Speroni, Bennett, Kamara, AWB

    1. Lazaretti
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      A) Alisson, Lloris, Fabianski, Etheridge.

      You need playing keeper

  16. Ruinenlust
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Anyone else doing Kane -> Higuain?

    1. Christina.
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      yes

      1. Ruinenlust
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Hi Christina 😉

    2. Halmari Tea
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      FPL will overprice him at 10.5 or something

    3. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I am doing Kane to kun to auba to higuan back to Kane ha

    4. hueycho
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Higuain coming in might influence me to keep Hazard but not sure about getting him straight away?

    5. Pieterke30
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      No way. Not interested in the slightest

  17. HurriKane
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    What if i told you Alonso has 0 attacking returns in last 11 pl games. (5cs)

    Expect more from a 6.5 def. Considering moving him out for Robbo.

    1. Christina.
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      What if I told you Alonso already has more BPS than last year and is only 58 pts short of his stellar 177 pts season 2 yrs ago.

      With 16 games still to go.

      Not bad for a 6.5m player.

      1. EMBOLOFAN
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        🙂

      2. Hy liverpool
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        What if told you i kept saying this till i got rid for taa early this week. Lol

        1. Christina.
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          ...I would say get Alonso back in for TAA.

          lol

        2. HurriKane
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          😀

  18. sergioaguero67
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Best attacking option for Spurs?
    Please help

    1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Potentially alli

    2. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Alli

  19. The Blackadder
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    bit out of touch at the moment, hearing a lot about blanks in 25 & 27, which teams are definitely or potentially out for ? i’d better get planning

      1. The Blackadder
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        thank you

  20. MAN LIKE LACA
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Pick one to bench.

    A. Doherty (LEI)
    B. Holebas (BUR)
    C. Digne (sou)
    D. Pereyra (BUR)
    E. Anderson (bou)
    F. Jimenez (LEI)

    1. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      C or b

    2. Lazaretti
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      B

  21. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    I'm already on - 4 and have richarlison and Fanderson and taa
    + no salah

    A. WC
    B. Alli for rich/Fanderson - 8
    C. Salah - 12

    Leaning towards B

    1. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      And salah in next week

    2. Max City
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      There's nothing wrong with rich or Fanderson?

      1. Hy liverpool
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Except they are sh! T

    3. Lazaretti
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      If you get decent starting 11 then no need to take a hit. Otherwise transfer TAA.

    4. rainy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Definitely not A or C.

  22. chiragvirwani7
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Etheridge Mccarthy
    Robbo Alonso Doherty Digne AWB
    Salah Hazard Sterling Rich Hoj
    Rashy Jimi Ings

    1FT
    0.2 itb

    A) Save
    B) Mccarthy --> 4.0 goalie to save some cash
    C) Ditch alonso to upgrade hojberg.

    Kindly please help guys. Thanks.

    1. Eze Really?
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Fab Patricio
      Same Alders Same Same Same
      Same Same Sane Pogba Lamela
      Same Same Same
      You have the same problem as me. Getting a premium forward.
      I would plan to get Auba for GW27

      No other priorities really.

  23. Waylander
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    I did TAA > Van Dijk for -4 instead of playing Bednarek. Tell me everything will be ok, lads.

    1. Eze Really?
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      A minus 4 is long term so fine.
      don't get overloaded with ManU and pool players GW27 though.

  24. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    if any, which city mid are you getting this gw ? i m really tempted by sterling but have the feeling mahrez will start. kdb seems like a safer bet...but who know with Pep...thanks 🙂

    1. Eze Really?
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      You answered your own question

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        🙂

        1. Eze Really?
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          I have Sane mate. (Smile)

    2. kanat_karktl
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I am getting Sane. City lineup is always a gamble.

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        thanks

  25. kanat_karktl
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    WC active. please choose
    1) Etheridge + Nasri
    2) Lloris + Camarasa

    Nasri/Camarasa will be benched in 80% of the time

    1. Pieterke30
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      The n B

    2. Eze Really?
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      2

    3. kanat_karktl
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      how about
      3) Ederson/Kepa + Hojbjerg

  26. Kushal
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Play one
    A. Kolasinac
    B. AWB

    1. kanat_karktl
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      A

    2. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      A

  27. EL_FENOMENO
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Which move should i go for:
    a) Kane, TAA to Rash Robbo (No Salah)
    b) Kane, Sane to Rash Salah (Def for this week will be Luiz Duffy AWB)

    1. kanat_karktl
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      b

  28. HurriKane
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Which pair do you prefer ?

    A) Sane VVD

    B) Sterling Shaw/Pereira

  29. dee_top
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Starting line-up for GW23:
    Etheridge
    Robertson-Holebas-Doherty-Digne
    Hazard-Fanderson-Salah(c)-Pogba
    Rashford-Deeney
    Subs: Kane(!), AWB, Puncheon

    Already used 2 free transfers.
    A) Kane to Kun (-4)
    B) Kane to Auba (-4)
    C) save Kane and 4 pts

  30. Eze Really?
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Rather than put in names, enter a balanced side to get through to GW28. Mine is if Spurs Qualify
    WHam Wolves
    Pool Spurs Wolves Palace Leicester
    ManU Pool Hammers Spurs Citeh
    Arsenal ManU Soton

    Can have 11 GW27 and won't have to change too much for upcoming DGW's