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Every Members article we published ahead of Gameweek 1 deadline

Those who sign up to Fantasy Football Scout in 2019/20 will have access to more Members articles than in any previous season.

We’ve upped our game for these exclusive pieces of content for the new campaign and are looking forward to bringing you a greater level of analysis each week.

But do not worry, this increase in output won’t just help you out throughout the whole season, we’ve already put out plenty of Members articles throughout the summer.

Ahead of the Gameweek 1 deadline, we’ve pulled together all the ones we’ve published since FPL launch to help you pick the perfect team for the new season.

For your convenience, we have sorted these by team, where we can.

ARSENAL

Why it’s hard to trust Arsenal in 2019/20

ASTON VILLA

What to expect from Aston Villa manager Dean Smith in FPL

What to expect from Aston Villa’s defence in FPL

What to expect from Aston Villa’s attack in FPL as Smith forced to recruit

BOURNEMOUTH

Is it worth paying extra for Wilson over King in FPL?

Bournemouth attack appeals but defence remains suspect

BRIGHTON

The tough task facing new Brighton manager Potter

BURNLEY

Improving Burnley on FPL radar ahead of fixture turn

CHELSEA

Analysing the FPL assets Lampard has to choose from at Chelsea

CRYSTAL PALACE

Departures could hurt Crystal Palace’s FPL assets this season

EVERTON

Summer signings may be key to Everton’s FPL appeal

Is it worth paying extra to have Digne over Coleman?

How Zouma’s future could impact Everton defensive potential

Is Richarlison or Gylfi Sigurdsson better FPL value at £8.0m?

LEICESTER

Leicester differentials could reward investment in 2019/20

How does Tielemans affect and compare to Leicester’s other FPL assets?

FPL position change and Leicester move boost Perez’s appeal

LIVERPOOL

How Liverpool’s key FPL assets compare ahead of 2019/20

How to cover Liverpool defence after price hikes

Salah v Mane: how they compare after FPL price changes

MANCHESTER CITY

How Man City assets changed towards the end of 2018/19

Can De Bruyne offer better value than Sterling or Aguero in Man City attack?

MANCHESTER UNITED

The impact Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has had on United’s Fantasy assets

Is Wan-Bissaka worth £5.5m in FPL after United move?

NEWCASTLE UNITED

The Fantasy legacy left by Rafael Benitez at Newcastle

NORWICH CITY

What to expect from Norwich City manager Daniel Farke in FPL

What to expect from Norwich’s defence and attacking full-backs in FPL

Can Teemu Pukki and Norwich’s attackers score goals for FPL managers?

SHEFFIELD UNITED

What to expect from Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder in FPL

Sheffield United’s attack-minded defenders could be budget FPL gems

What to expect from Sheffield United’s attacking options in FPL

SOUTHAMPTON

The impact Ralph Hasenhuttl has had on Southampton’s FPL assets

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

Which Spurs players are worth owning in FPL this season?

Can a price drop boost Harry Kane’s FPL appeal?

WATFORD

Which Watford players should FPL managers consider in 2019/20?

WEST HAM UNITED

Coming soon…

WOLVES

Is it worth paying extra to have Jiménez over Jota?

MISCELLANEOUS

Set Pieces page upgraded for 2019/20 Scout Members

A Fantasy manager’s guide to expected goals (xG)

The Complete Guide to FPL Pre-season 2019/20

4,506 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Bialystrzelec
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Who would you rather have?

    A. KDB
    B. Siggy

    1. Blanka
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      A no brainer.

      1. polis
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Debatable.

        Siggy will play no. 10. KDB deeper.

    2. josepe
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      A

    3. DantheManinaPan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Has to be A.

      Unfortunately I personally can't find the extra 1.5

  2. pingissimus
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Pop quiz

    Best value goalkeeper on last season points and this season’s cost
    He faces all 3 promoted teams in the first 7 matches
    Conceded one goal in preseason

    Ownership is definitely not a clue.

    1. jtreble
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Not much of a pre-season for Allison.

    2. AuFeld
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Who is Fabianski?

      1. pingissimus
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        No right price though

    3. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Pickford?

      1. pingissimus
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        No this one is good keeper 🙂

        Had 3rd highest save percentage in Spain before coming here.

    4. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Guaita

      1. pingissimus
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        My boy nowadays.

        0.5 % ownership makes little sense even with wrong price point. He also averaged 50% cs against non top 6 sides if one first choice defender was playing,

        Palace defence may regress of course but still.

        1. Pukki Party
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Owned him most of last season, didn't even think of him as an option this season at 5.0 for some reason. Think Cahill will boost chances of clean sheets?

          1. pingissimus
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Cahill won’t weaken the defence! AWB effect worries me. But Palace defence has always held up pretty well if the manager wasn’t Holloway or FdB.

            Likewise had him last season and just read a rundown of his stats. Pope is a temptation but Guaita has early fixtures and vibe GW8/9 they turn horribly - I’ll be in funds of WC by then.

    5. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Guaita

    6. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Guaita.

    7. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Guaita?

  3. Pep Pig
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    David Luiz wanting to go to Chelsea has really shocked me. Didn't see that one coming

    1. Pep Pig
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Arsenal..... I meant arsenal

    2. DeathoftheParty
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      At 32 you'd surely want to take the cash? Transfer ban or not?

  4. Karan14
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Heaton
    TAA - Robbo - Digne
    Salah - Sterling - Fraser - Perez - Trossard
    Wilson - Deeney

    Quite happy with this lot.
    Anything you would change here?

    1. Blanka
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Not sure on Troy.

      1. UnitedFan
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Why not? Good first 4 fixtures overall and on pens? Who would you suggest at 6.5/6.0 other than King?

        1. Sloths
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Joelinton

    2. Whazza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I have no idea about this Trossard dude, would rather "punt" on Barkley. Prefer Jota over Deeney longer term but I guess he is just in there for his good starting fixtures.

      1. Karan14
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        If Jota gets benched tom ill seriously consider him got Troy in for the fixtures.

        Trossard seems to be nailed for Brighton, on set pieces, good fixtures and showed some form in pre season.

    3. EgyptianKing
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I am on something really similar.

      Maybe Chenko (+0.5) over Trossard.

      Prefer King to Deeney even with Wilson

      1. Karan14
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Tripe Bou attack is too much.

        I like Watfords fixtures better.

        Zinchenko isnt nailed.

    4. Robin Cook
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Personally not keen on Trossard, otherwise like it

      1. Karan14
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        He is a punt/placeholder with good fixtures, nailed and on set pieces.

    5. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Like it- similar to my team below but I went King and Moura over Deeney and Fraser

  5. Riggs
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Pope and Laporte vs Ederson and AWB

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      B

    2. FPL Diet
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      B

    3. Thomas Jerome Newton
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I did that move when heard Laporte maybe injured. Just don't trust any other Man City defence 100%

  6. kennethrhcp
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    is Haller the real deal or preseason hype?

    1. Robin Cook
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      He'll be great long term.

    2. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      He could score a fair few this season, he was very good for Frankfurt. One of the new players I'm thinking of getting already.

    3. kennethrhcp
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      cheers lads, think ill stick him in instead of looking at their midfield

    4. Hits from the Bong
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Think he’ll have a similar season to Jimenez last year. 10 goals 15 assists kind of territory

    5. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Leaving 1m ITB to do King > Haller. Want to see him play first and no need for first GW IMO.

    6. NestorC
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Have him for gw1

  7. josepe
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    A: van Dijk & King
    or
    B: Zinchenko & Wilson

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      A just about

    2. Gandalf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      B for me (if feel that Zinchenko will be regular starter)

    3. Thomas Jerome Newton
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      A) because of niggling Zinchenko doubts

  8. UnitedFan
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Best 4.5 defender for the bench?

    A) O'Connell
    B) Montoya
    C) Guilbert
    D) Cathcart
    E) Diop
    Other?

    1. GE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      B or Dunk

      1. UnitedFan
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        You don't think they'll be quite leaky under the attacking Potter?

        1. polis
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          He's attacking, get the wing back.

          1. UnitedFan
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            True, although A and C also carry attacking threat and arguably play for better defences 🙂

    2. DantheManinaPan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Purely as a bench player? I'd gamble on a 4.0, maybe Rico.

      I like Taylor / Diop rotation myself

      1. UnitedFan
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Yeah purely bench. Don't want a 4.0, but prefer a guaranteed starter long-term since I'm going with TAA who's a bit risky. Generally just want two playing bench players as I already have Wickham.

        1. DantheManinaPan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          That's understandable. As a standalone bencher I think I'd consider Cathcart... Though honestly I think the one you choose won't have a huge impact on your final result at all

    3. polis
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      B

  9. GE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Best mid-option here for max 6.5? 🙂

    1) Grealish
    2) Tielemans
    3) Lanzini
    4) Other?

    Pope
    TAA/Robertson/Digne
    Salah/Sterling/Siggy/Perez/xxx
    King/Jota

    Bench: 4.0, Montoya, Kelly, Wickham

    1. royals forever
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Tielemans

      1. GE
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Double up on Perez yes?

    2. UnitedFan
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Punt on Trossard?

    3. Rocky FPL
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Lanzini

    4. CostaCoffee
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Barkley

    5. FPL Diet
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Barkley

    6. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      2

  10. FPLShaqiri
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Just did the draft today (for the FPL Draft version of the game) and I was happy to get Kolasinac on my 11th pick... and now Arsenal sign Tierney. How does this affect Kola? Does Tierney come straight into the team for Sunday and replace Kola?

  11. Whazza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    FFS laggy for anyone else? Article too long perhaps 😀

    1. Party time
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Yeah

      • kennethrhcp
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        yep

      • Tshelby
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Yeah hoping for a new article soon

        1. kennethrhcp
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          could do what some of the more regulars did a few years back & go to an old article & chat in there... just a thought

          1. Tshelby
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Yeah was thinking about that but pretty hard to convince everybody to do that?

          2. Jordan.
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            yeah and watch and scoff popcorn as roysbrotherjohnson and dbronaldo argued about everything ,it was magical...

      • SEXY SOLO SAUCE
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Yeah does this weird scrolling thing when it reloads after comments too

    2. Ed
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Thoughts would be appreciated

      Ryan Button
      Laporte Robertson Digne Lundstram Taylor
      Moura Sterling Salah Trossard Perez
      Wilson King Wickham

      1. dunas_dog
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Very good- very similar to my team below. I doubled up Liverpool defence withVVD over Laporte and went Diop over Taylor

    3. Mossy Pebble
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Think I’m finally settled.

      Heaton (Pope).

      TAA VVD Digne Montoya

      Pérez Salah Sterling Lucas (Hayden)

      Vardy King (Wickham)

      Weak bench and not entirely sold on having Montoya as a regular starter but not sure where to shave funds to upgrade him.

      Any advice is appreciated! Cheers lads.

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Solid, but would prefer only one Leicester attacker in perez to begin with, i’d downgrade Vardy and upgrade Montoya and king, but that’s just preference.

      2. PascalCygan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Looks good. I've got a very similar team: Ederson, Taylor and Norwood instead of Heaton, Montoya and Perez. Really like Perez as a prospect but I've gone for Ederson for now with two rotating 4.5 defenders.

    4. HizzerWhizzer
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Anyone going for Siggy? Reliable FPL option on pens with great fixtures. Is he worth £8m though?

      1. polis
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Yes & yes.

      2. Robin Cook
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Great fixs for now. Still took him out but not because he missed 3 pens last season.

      3. thewhitepele
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Yup

      4. GE
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        I am

      5. Dybala10
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Si

    5. Kno
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Cheeky little dilemma:

      A: wilson /siggy
      B: king / kdb

    6. royals forever
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Rank these 6.0 STs from best to worst in terms of FPL

      Ings
      Adams
      Wesley
      Sharp
      Benteke
      Joelinton
      Maupay

      Any ideas would be welcomed

    7. FPL_DON
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Evening chaps,

      1m in the bank here but liking this a lot!

      Heaton (4m)
      TAA VVD Digne Tayler (Diop) - rotate
      Sterling Salah Perez Moura (Dendoncker)
      Wilson King (Greenwod)

      Any help much appreciated 🙂

      1. DantheManinaPan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        I like it.

        Think Robertson is worth the extra over VVD.

        Holding 0.5 back may not be a bad idea so you can get from King to a Chelsea forward, or Moura to Siggy/Bilva for example

        1. FPL_DON
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Yeah thinking of that change actually but don't see much difference between the two... thanks for your help 🙂

      2. gilean
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Did you copy let's talk FPL's team?

        1. FPL_DON
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          I did not... great minds and all that

      3. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Good team, i was also left with a mill in the bank, so just made it more versatile by getting pope and getting a 4.5 defender.
        You could do the same with pope and possibly upgrade Taylor? Still good to go though 🙂

        1. FPL_DON
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Have you gone for rotating keepers? I have done that in the past and it led to much stress! Thanks, good ideas for investing the 1m

    8. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Anyone know who's on pens for Villa?

      1. Dybala10
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        I'm sure Wesley took one in pre-season?

    9. insertcomedyname
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Why is Button the go to 4.0 keeper? Looking at an early price drop as a result, no?

      1. FPL_DON
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Got the most points last season

      2. polis
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        No one's going to transfer out their 4m keeper

      3. Royal5
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Because? You think Hart will start?

        1. kennethrhcp
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          what?

        2. Royal5
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Read Pope.

      4. The-Red-1
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        If you have Ryan as first choice as well you're guaranteed a start

      5. Pooodle
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        For me it's because he's only one injury away from playing. The other 4m GKs are all 3rd choice I believe.

    10. shirtless
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Is Wilson and King too much?

      1. Whazza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        no

    11. YEAH PITCH!
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      A. Fraser and Kane.

      B. Sterling and King.

    12. DantheManinaPan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      My screen is flicking up and down for a few seconds to random points on the page before settling after a few seconds every time I reload the page or post a comment.

      Any other mobile users experiencing this?

      1. CostaCoffee
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Yeah seems the article is too long

      2. Miguel Sanchez
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Same - happens on phone and laptop

    13. The Seagulls and the Trawle…
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Lo Celso to Spurs seems to be a done deal.

      1. teneighty
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Eriksen leaving then?

        1. The Seagulls and the Trawle…
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Probably. And surely if Spurs also land Dybala.

    14. oah03
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Any suggestions on this team?

      Pope Heaton

      Digne Robertson TAA Zinchenko Lundstram

      Salah De Bryne Maddison Grealish Dendoncker

      Kane King Greenwood

    15. danlynch13
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Thought on this little 3-5-2...

      Pope/4.0
      Robbo/Digne/Stevens
      Salah/Fraser/Sterling/Perez/Moura
      Wilson/Jota

      Guilbert/Lundstrom/Greenwood

      Thanks!

    16. FPL Diet
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Which would you rather have...

      A) TAA & C. Wilson
      B) Montoya & Kane

      All thoughts / input gratefully received

      1. Robin Cook
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        A for me

    17. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Any thoughts on this team ? Trossard and Diop rotate quite well

      Pope
      TAA Van Dijk Digne
      Salah Sterling Moura Pérez Trossard
      Wilson King

      McGovern Greenwood Diop Lundstram

      McGovern Greenwood Guilbert Lundstram

      1. FPL Diet
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Wouldn’t personally rotate DEF with MIDS - stick with the attacker - Trossard has the potential to go well

    18. fkmzcgp
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Which pairing is best

      A) Wilson and Robinson
      B) King and Laporte

      1. FPL Diet
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        A

    19. Catastrophe
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      A) Fraser, Digne, Robinson, Montoya
      B) Fraser, Coleman, Perez, Dendoncker
      C) Fraser, Coleman, Barkley, Montoya
      D) Barkley, Digne, Robinson, Perez
      E) King, Coleman, Robinson, Perez

      Cheers

      1. Kuqi Monster
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Need more options

        1. Catastrophe
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          I will think of another

    20. Manani
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      likelihood of Stones to start?