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Podcast March 27

Scoutcast Episode 289 – Double Bubble

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All four of our Scoutcast crew are firing up their Free Hit chip ahead of the largest Double Gameweek of the season.

Among issues they discuss is the danger of being caught in a social media ‘bubble’, where Free Hitters are scrambling to find differentials away from a perceived template.

Latest figures from the Fantasy Premier League though knock this theory out of the water, with just 1.3% of managers actually triggering this chip ahead of Gameweek 32.

Even among Free Hitters the notion of a template appears to be a myth, with the Scoutcast crew of Joe, Luke, Az and Neale revealing their markedly different approaches.

In this episode, each contributor discusses in detail the different formations they favour and answer the community’s questions on the best defence, midfield and attacking assets to accumulate.

The Gameweek 32 captaincy debate is also looked at in detail, with Sergio Aguero, Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane all in the mix.

Those using their Wildcard or simply not using any chips this time around are not forgotten, with the crew keeping an eye on forthcoming fixtures with some key tips on players to bring in for the long-term.

Over more than 90 minutes of chat, the Scoutcasters also ensure there is time to quickly look back on their decidedly average Gameweek 31 and reveal their clean sheet and differential tips.

This Scoutcast was first beamed live via our YouTube channel on Wednesday evening. Be sure to subscribe to get notice of future live episodes.

If you’re a traditional type, you can acquire the mp3 audio version via this link or the first player below. Or you can take in the full visual experience via the second player below.

In addition, the Scoutcast and all our other podcasts are now also available via our Soundcloud channel.

It is also worth mentioning that FFScout moderator Rotation’s Alter Ego has collected this latest episode’s timestamps to help find particular sections. This can be found as the top comment in the Youtube version.

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  1. Jimmy Boy
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Already got Hazard and Pogba. Would you pick Higuain or Rashford?

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    1. FPL Mentor
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Rashford

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    2. i am jose mourinho
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      If rashy plays both pick him

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    3. One Terry Hurlock
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Rash but maybe Hig if you're chasing

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    4. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Rashford

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    5. Modest Bob
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Vardy

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    6. PrettyDick
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      higuain if you don't already have triple chelsea

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    7. KunDogan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Both?

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  2. FPL Mentor
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    RMT

    FH Active

    Kepa
    Luiz Lindelöf Schlupp
    Hazard Sterling D.Silva Pogba Delofeu
    Aguero(C) Rashford

    Speroni / Connolly / Simpson / Quaner

    0.2 ITB

    Good to go?

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    1. umerlfc
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yes! You seem to be a bit low on team value, so this is a really good team

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    2. Modest Bob
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Wheres all your monies bro?

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      1. FPL Mentor
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Hahaha. Had a few dire weeks lol. Not all about the TV though brother.

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    3. Shineonme
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      That's similar to mine but I have Bats instead of Delou, Leporte instead of Lindelof, Azp instead of Luiz,

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  3. Pierce34
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Bottomed, but I'm self-centred enough to want people to see this 😀

    I've seen lots of arguments for David Silva over Ederson recently, and I think I'm yet to be convinced personally. The argument goes like "Ederson really has a ceiling of 6 points, so at most he'll get 12-13 points in the DGW if he's lucky enough to keep two clean sheets", whereas "City could score 5-6 goals a game and Silva is bound to be heavily involved." Something along those lines at least. But is he? Looking at the whole season, David Silva doesn't strike me as either particularly consistent, or particularly explosive. Lots of single-digit scores, even when he got attacking returns, and few bonus points.

    I really don't see how he can realistically have a better upside or ceiling than Ederson. Can you change my mind?

    (This isn't about my team btw, I haven't even made a draft yet and I don't whether I'll go with a City defender or attacker for that 3rd spot - just in general terms)

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    1. Ghost Gooner
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      FPL is about taking chances and Dilva/Bilva have better odds of getting more than 12 points than Ederson.

      Safe option is Ederson no doubt but the riskier option with more reward is Dilva/Bilva

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      1. Pierce34
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Does David Silva have better odds? Looking at his returns recently I doubt that.

        Bernardo might be a different proposition if he plays in a front 3 though.

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        1. Ghost Gooner
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          I prefer Bilva over Dilva myself. But I wouldn't write off Dilva (most rested mid) because of recent history only. If Fernandinho is healthy I'd go Dilva.

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    2. aborg
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I agree with you but football is so unpredictable at times.

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    3. Modest Bob
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Choose the foreign player

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    4. The 5% Team
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I guess it's mainly personal, no right or wrong. Just who do you have the most faith and trust in. I believe D.Silva will get a lot of minutes this GW, and get a goal and assist (just a feeling, not based on stats/history), that's why I picked him over City defender.
      I also find it makes watching the City matches a lot more enjoyable 🙂

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      1. Shineonme
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        ^^^ THIS ^^^

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    5. Tommo1888
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Could Sane not make a return, he's been great for Germany and not played a lot recently, whys pep dropped him?

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      1. Pierce34
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Yep, Sane is explosive and has by far the highest ceiling of anyone not named Aguero or Sterling. Of course, it all hinges on whether Pep wants to play him or not.

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      2. pingissimus
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Check his performance in the cup where he was subbed o before 60 minutes before Mahrez.

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    6. KunDogan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      No need to change your mind, prefer Ederson 🙂

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    7. RedLightning
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I expect Ederson to get 8 or 9 points and Dilva about 10.
      Dilva's highest scores this season have been 11 and 10, giving a ceiling of 21.
      Ederson's have been 8 and 8, giving a ceiling of 16.
      So advantage Dilva, if they both play 180 minutes.

      Dilva is however 2.9m more expensive, so the question is whether that 2.9m difference could be spent more profitably elsewhere.

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      1. Pierce34
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        But how likely is Ederson to get close to that maximum? Chances are close to 50%, judging by the fact that City have kept clean sheets in almost half the games they've played. Silva on the other hand doesn't strike me as very likely to get close to that ceiling, which isn't that much higher in the first place.

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        1. RedLightning
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          If Ederson's chances of keeping a clean sheet in each match individually are both 50% then he has a 50% chance of keeping one clean sheet, 25% of no clean sheets and 25% of keeping two.
          And his average score when he does keep a clean sheet is 6.5, with a ceiling of 8 points.
          So he probably has a 50% chance of keeping one clean sheet and scoring 8 or 9 points (2 + 6 or 7),
          a 25% chance of scoring 13, and an extremely small chance of getting more than 13.

          In matches against teams outside the big six, Dilva has scored 9-1-2-11-3-9-7-9-1-3-1-10-3-1-5-6-3-7-6 (average 5.1).
          His scores in two consecutive such matches have been 10-3-13-14-12-16-16-10-4-4-11-13-4-6-11-9-10-13.
          This gives him a 50% chance of scoring 11 or more in two consecutive such matches, a 33% of 13 or more, and a 5% chance of 16.

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  4. cheekumz
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Assuming all fit come deadline what looks better:

    A) Rashford, D Silva, Lindelof, Kepa
    B) Erikson, Mili, D Luiz, Ederson

    Really struggling to set them apart

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    1. One Terry Hurlock
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I prefer A

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    2. Modest Bob
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      B easy bro

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    3. Modest Bob
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Lock that team up bro

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    4. FPL Mentor
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      A. But I also have those four.

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    5. L S P
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      defo A

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    6. Saint Steve-O (@EliteFPL)
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      A

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    7. Maddamotha
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      A

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    8. Shineonme
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      A for me

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  5. Pumpkinhead
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Thoughts on this?

    Kepa,
    Azpi, Laporte, Schlupp
    Haz, Sterling, Pogba, Son, Jota
    Aguero, Rash

    Son and Jota 14.7 (to play with)

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    1. Modest Bob
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      6/10

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    2. Lucky Z
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Son Jota Laporte => Mili D.Silva Smalling/Lindelof

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  6. Lucky Z
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Guys, please advise the best combo for FH:

    A. DDG AWB Azpi Laporte Deulofeu
    B. Kepa Lindelof Schlupp Montoya D.Silva
    C. Patricio AWB Luiz Duffy D.Silva
    D. Ederson Lindelof Schlupp Azpi Mili

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    1. KunDogan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      D

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  7. Amey
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    So, as Lukaku is apparently out of gw 32, and:
    A. I don't trust Higuain
    B. Kane doesn't allow to get Rashford in the team (££)

    Is Son a better option with Rashford + better defense ???

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  8. Modest Bob
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Rate my FH team ( not quite finished) :-
    Foster

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    1. TyroneGAA
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      It’s a got good balance but I’m just not sure I can put my finger in how to make it better ..

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      1. Modest Bob
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Hahaha

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    2. Pras (FPL)
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Too many WAT players

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  9. DOUBLEDOWN
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    What combo is better please?

    A. Laporte, Duffy, Milivojevic, Kane

    B. Lindelof, Son, D.Silva, Rashford

    Costs exactly the same! Thanks

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    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Nearly same question in my mind 😮

      Son+Rashford with better defense
      OR
      kane+Jimenez with slightly light defense.

      Leaning towards Son+Rasf atm.

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    2. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      A - but go Townsend/Deulofeu over Mili

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    3. Lucky Z
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Don't like Spurs options from each combo

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    4. Saint Steve-O (@EliteFPL)
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      B

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    5. FPL Mentor
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      B

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  10. Jimmy Boy
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    *
    Lindelof - Schlupp - Luiz
    Pogba - Hazard - Sterling - *
    Aguero - Rashford

    A) Mahrez and Kepa (Chelsea defensive double up)
    B) Sane and Kepa
    C) Alli and Ederson
    D) Son and Ederson

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    1. ClothedinSun
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      C.

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    2. FPL Mentor
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      B

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  11. VardysParty
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    On free hit:

    A) Wan Bissaka, Luiz, David Silva
    B) Laporte, Azpi, Mili

    Shlupp is in both teams

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    1. ClothedinSun
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      A.

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    2. Saint Steve-O (@EliteFPL)
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      A

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    3. Teomi
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      A

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    4. FPL Mentor
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      A but with Schlupp

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      1. FPL Mentor
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        A.*

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  12. ClothedinSun
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Dubravka,
    AWB,Kola,Azpi
    Sterling,JWP,Haz,Pog
    Aguero,Vardy, Rash

    Subs: Brooks, Bednarek, TAA

    Am I g2g with this lot!?

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    1. The 5% Team
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      who is your 2nd keeper?
      Looks decent enough...not playing TC or BB?

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      1. ClothedinSun
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Second keeper is Boruc,

        All chips have been played earlier in the season. :'( Got Aguero cap and Haz VC.

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        1. The 5% Team
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          ah ok, can't see any major flaws then. Probably gotta take a hit (or 2) next GW maybe, but wouldn't change anything for this GW.
          Or maybe play Boruc over Dubravka, bit of a coin flip

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  13. El Matador
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Pick one please

    A) D Silva Zaha Azpi
    B) Mili Higuain Laporte

    Team pretty much set apart from this.

    Cheers

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    1. ClothedinSun
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      A.

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    2. Saint Steve-O (@EliteFPL)
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      A

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    3. Teomi
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      A

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  14. EL tridente
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Who to start?
    A) Van Dijk
    B) Redmond
    C) Arnautovic

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  15. ct mariner
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Playing FH

    Ederson
    Azpil, Lind, Schlupp
    Sterling, Hazard, Jorginho, Jota
    Aguero, Kane, Deeney

    Guita, AWB, Peltier, Stephens

    0.2 IB

    Alternative is Ederson/Azpil/Lind/Jorg -> Kepa/Luiz/Doh/Deulo which I can just afford (already own Doh)

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  16. Teomi
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    First FH team to get 5 vote wins 🙂

    A
    Ryan*
    Azpi schlupp lindelof*
    Haz sterling pogba bilva*
    Kun rash higuain*

    B
    Kepa*
    Azpi schlupp laporte*
    Haz sterling pogba son*
    Kun rash bats*

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    1. Pras (FPL)
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      B

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    2. donkey73
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      B without Bats

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    3. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      B

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  17. thunder_mike
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Kepa
    Azpi Schlupp Lindelof Duffy
    Sterling Dilva Pogba
    Kane Kun Rashford

    Want Kane, so have to lose Hazard. Keeping Pogba because of ownership and getting a nice diff in Dilva.

    Looking decent?

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  18. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Lukaku, Hig and Aguero worth a slightly cheaper defence of Watford, Wolves, Palace and Brighton?

    Other most likely thing to do is downgrade Hig to Zaha, Bat or Deeney and upgrade defence?

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    1. thunder_mike
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Lukaku probably injured and happy to own any of the good cheaper options over Hig.
      Rashford and Bats/Jimenez already saves you a good chunk of change.

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  19. ArsenalWenger
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Pogba & Vardy out
    Aguero & Bilva in

    Would you?

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    1. ArsenalWenger
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Forgot to mention, it's for a -8. Using TC Sterling this week.

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

        I wouldn’t lose Pogba for a hit.

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        1. ArsenalWenger
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Good point.

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    2. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      What's team?

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  20. Pras (FPL)
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Think I’m set pending injury news. Most nailed and explosive team my budget can afford:

    Ederson
    Azpi / Lindelof / Shlupp / Duffy
    Haz / Pog / Raz
    Kane / Kun / Rash

    Gtg?

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    1. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Like that tbh, Lukaku on your radar?

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      1. Pras (FPL)
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        If Lukaku fit then I’d prob avoid Rash and go Bats. Upgrade Duffy to Luiz.

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    2. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Definitely G2G.
      I'm 1.2m short of that team 😮

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      1. Pras (FPL)
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers bud

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    3. GS456
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Like that mate.

      One of the best I’ve seen

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      1. GS456
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Incidentally I’m 2.8m off that.

        What is your team value

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        1. Pras (FPL)
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          SV is 105m - but have had Pogba since the start

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    4. ct mariner
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Maybe dumb question but who is Raz?

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      1. Pras (FPL)
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Sterling

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        1. ct mariner
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Cheers!

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  21. Tosa86
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    if lukaku/rashford are not fit for DGW32...who is the possibile replacement?
    kun and bat first and second forwards.

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    1. GS456
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Higuaín?

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  22. GS456
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Ederson or David Silva?

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  23. Teomi
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    With the rotation risk on aguero and sterling, anyone consider a differential and putting the armband on pogba?

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  24. Gríma Wormtongue
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Not sure what to do...
    Currently have 5 DGW players. 1FT

    A) Triple Cap Aguero

    B) Free Hit

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    1. GS456
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      B

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  25. anish10
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    General consensus:

    a) Triple city attack
    b) Double city attack + def

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    1. GS456
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Asked a similar question above.

      My gut is saying, Sterling and Aguero are worth the rotation risk, the others aren’t.

      So b with Ederson.

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      1. anish10
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah Dilva is a good differntial but unsure about minutes :/

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    2. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      b

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    3. Pras (FPL)
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      They ran a poll for this a few days back. Better so see that then 3 random responses

      Fwiw- I’m on 2 attack + 1 def

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  26. FPL Maldini
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Has this Lukaku injury news changed much for people?

    For me, I feel like it has unlocked many more helpful opportunities for my team.

    Even considering Martial!

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    1. Pras (FPL)
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yep - it’s locked in Rashford in my team. 7m odd striker for a top 6 team is insane value.

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  27. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    If money no issue?
    Lindelof or Smalling

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    1. GS456
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Smelling

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    2. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      mike

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  28. Miguel Sanchez
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Who has the higher chance of being benched in DGW, if at all:

    A) David Luiz
    B) Laporte

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    1. GS456
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Easy B

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  29. Ange Ball
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Can I please get Ideas of how to improve my team.

    Ederson
    Azi Lindelof Luiz
    Deul Hazard Alli Pogba Sterling
    Aguero Rashford

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  30. McSauce
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    A or B for DGW?

    A) Jimenez
    B) Batshuayi

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    1. GS456
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I’m going b.

      No way Jiminez gets both with wolves’ biggest game for years a few days later.

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