Scout Notes

Abraham enters FPL forward debate as Chelsea concede again

Our final Scout Notes article of Gameweek 4 reflects on an eventful game at Stamford Bridge, with Chelsea’s defence once again the focus of our attention.

Chelsea 2-2 Sheffield United

  • Goals: Tammy Abraham (£7.2m) x2 | Callum Robinson (£5.3m), Kurt Zouma (£4.9m) own-goal
  • Assists: Christian Pulisic (£7.5m), Jorginho (£5.0m) | Enda Stevens (£5.0m), Robinson
  • Bonus: Abraham – 3, Jorginho – 2, Stevens, Robinson – 1

Last week we wrote an article on Emerson Palmieri (£5.5m), praising the left-back’s attacking threat but also expressing concern about Chelsea’s defensive fragility.

The Blues’ first three games were against attack-minded teams in the shape of Manchester United, Leicester City and Norwich City, so the visit of Sheffield United – who are ranked bottom or joint-bottom for shots in the box and efforts on target this season – was a good test to see if Frank Lampard’s side could register a shut-out against a less-offensive team ahead of their favourable fixture run from Gameweek 7 onwards.

The usual frailties were apparent again, though, with another second-half capitulation costing the Blues points.

Six of the nine goals Chelsea have conceded this season have come after the break, while only Norwich have shipped more Premier League goals in 2019/20.

Callum Robinson (£5.3m) had already missed an excellent headed chance by the time he tucked away a cross from Enda Stevens (£5.0m) and it was the ‘out of position’ FPL midfielder, starting his fourth successive game up front for the Blades, who provided the teasing delivery that Kurt Zouma (£4.9m) sliced past his own goalkeeper late in the game.

Speaking after the game, Lampard said:

It’s not defence, it is conceding as a team. The lack of concentration and mistakes for the goals are moments, you defend as a team as much as attack as a team.

We conceded because you switch off in a game that should be comfortably seen off at 2-0. That is no disrespect to Sheffield United, 2-0 is not the end of the story. I was clear with the players on that at half-time, this can either be 3-0 and nice, or a potential 2-2.

Disappointing factor is the first goal more than anything, because it allowed it but we only have ourselves to look at as a group and not individually.

Lampard gave Fikayo Tomori (£4.5m) his first league start in a Chelsea shirt and the former Derby County boss was later asked if he was concerned about Chelsea’s previous defensive pairing of Zouma and Andreas Christensen (£5.0m) at centre-half, replying:

No, I wouldn’t say I was worried about it. I am trying to work all over the team to get the right combinations. Rudiger is fit after the international break, gives me another choice. We can isolate goals and talk about centre-backs or whatever, it’s not, it’s the team. When we score goals, sometimes it’s because of the centre-back playing the ball quickly. I am not relating the centre-back issue. I trust the four centre-backs I have completely, we are just in a moment where obviously we need to stop conceding goals.

I think Tomori played very well for me last year and training at a very high level. There is competition at centre-back, he deserved to play and I thought he played well. It was just a choice.

Cesar Azpilicueta (£6.0m) again struggled at right-back and both of the goals came from crosses on his side.

Chelsea at least have reinforcements in the shape of Reece James (£5.0m), Antonio Rudiger (£6.0m) and N’Golo Kante (£5.0m) who will be fit soon, although the Blues’ defensive problems seem to run deeper than merely unavailable personnel right now.

While Jorginho (£5.0m) and Mateo Kovacic (£5.5m) impressed in the double-pivot, there was less joy for the more popular Chelsea midfield assets further forward.

Christian Pulisic (£7.5m), Mason Mount (£6.4m) and Ross Barkley (£5.8m) created one chance between them, with Mount nullified on the Chelsea left by the resolute Sheffield United backline and Barkley delivering one of the frustrating performances that he has sadly become synonymous with.

Tammy Abraham (£7.2m) at least carried on where he left off at Carrow Road, showing an opportunistic streak to first pounce on a fumble by Dean Henderson (£4.5m) and then take advantage of a mix-up between Jack O’Connell (£4.5m) and John Egan (£4.5m) to double Chelsea’s lead.

Henderson denied Abraham a hat-trick with a superb save after the break.

Lampard said of his young striker:

I’m delighted with Tammy. He has a really great attitude in training, a desire to score goals and his all-round game was really good as well. Myself and the staff are working closely with him on little bits of his game where I think he can be even better and he’s been very receptive to that.

After successive 13-point hauls, the Chelsea forward is the most-bought player of Gameweek 5 at the time of writing.

Cynics may say that all four of his goals have come against defences that played in the Championship last season but a ‘flat-track bully’ is arguably what we Fantasy managers want, particularly if targeting the more winnable fixtures – of which Chelsea have several from Gameweek 7 onwards.

While Norwich and Villa languish in the bottom three, Sheffield United are now up to eighth.

They are unquestionably the more secure of the three promoted clubs from a defensive perspective and have conceded fewer big chances, shots in the box and efforts on target than Daniel Farke and Dean Smith’s sides this season.

There will be frustration, indeed, that it was two uncharacteristic individual errors, rather than anything Chelsea created, that saw the Blades fall 2-0 down.

Chris Wilder said after full-time:

I thought we deserved it but I was disappointed with their goals. We could have done better on both. Take nothing away from the boys. How can you? Still, we know we should have kept them out.

There was nothing wrong with our shape to begin with. But we stood off them a bit and then gave some silly things away. But the boys, all of them, dug in and dug it out. And that’s what being at this level is all about.

Oli McBurnie (£5.9m) for David McGoldrick (£5.5m) was Wilder’s only change for this match, although the summer signing from Swansea didn’t have much of an impact and failed to have a single shot in a 63-minute showing.

Sheffield United sit second-bottom of our Season Ticker over the next ten Gameweeks and interest may be limited in their FPL players over this run – with the exception of the benchable John Lundstram (£4.2m), of course.

On the evidence of what we have seen so far this season, however, Fantasy managers can expect the Blades to be no pushovers when our other attacking assets come up against Wilder’s troops.

Members Analysis


Chelsea XI (4-2-3-1): Kepa; Azpilicueta, Tomori, Zouma, Emerson; Kovacic (Batshuayi 83′), Jorginho; Pulisic, Barkley (Willian 60′), Mount; Abraham (Gilmour 83′).

Sheffield United XI (3-5-2): Henderson; Basham (Osborn 84′), Egan, O’Connell; Baldock, Lundstram, Norwood, Freeman (Mousset 79′), Stevens; McBurnie (McGoldrick 63′), Robinson.

Lessons learned from Gameweek 4

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  1. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    A mcginn
    B ceballos ( still not sure about him)

    Thanks

    1. Pinturicchio10
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Had the exact same decision, went McGinn purely because he's more assured to play regularly.

        1. Come on you Kante
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Same here

      • AndyCook
          4 years, 6 months ago

          You can’t assemble much of an argument to buy Ceballos on the data currently available but then McGinn is not a great pick either

          1. Eat my goal!
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            This - rather not choose either

          2. EMBOLOFAN
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            basically this lol

        • F4L
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Ceballos will never be nailed, but will get decent returns when he plays for his price. Even though I don't rate him, Iwobi @ 5.9 is probably a decent punt to take, if you can find the extra money.

        • golden skulltula 69
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          McGinn, he is nailed

      • goriuanx
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Best non Pool defender up to 6.5m?

        1. JT11fc
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Digne

        2. Pinturicchio10
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Digne.
            Really like the prospect of Otamendi too, until what's his face is back of course. Then bye bye.

          • EMBOLOFAN
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            digne. city options at ~5.5 pretty unmissable also

          • goriuanx
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            And apart from Digne..oops

            1. JT11fc
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Zinc/Otamendi

          • diesel001
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Walker

          • Shineonme
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Digne by a mile

          • Wild Card this!
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Digne for sure. Have him and TAA...will get Otamendi or Mendy when he is fit

        3. The_Socca_Philosopha
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          How nailed is Soyuncu?

          1. AndyCook
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Very

            • EMBOLOFAN
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              looks set unless they sign someone in january

            • Wild Card this!
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Nailed as the guy on the cross 🙂

              1. Miguel Sanchez
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Aguero?

          2. JT11fc
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Any thoughts on my no Salah team?

            Pope
            Digne Trent Otamendi Kola
            Raz KdB Son Mount
            Auba Barnes

            Button Hayden Lundy Surridge

            1. JT11fc
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              WC team

            2. Garth Marenghi
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              No mane or Firmino either..

            3. Rhodes your boat
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Would want salah aha

              1. JT11fc
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Its either Auba and Son or Salah and Haller

            4. goriuanx
              • 13 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              My opinion is that Salah is close to a must have

            5. EMBOLOFAN
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              get rid of kola. not sure i fancy auba if he's stuck out wide

              1. JT11fc
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Yes him outwide is an issue cheers

            6. F4L
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Tierney back soon so no to Kola. Rest looks nice, I don't own Salah either, prefer Son + Pepe over him.

              1. JT11fc
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Thanks. Yes he would be a 2 or 3 week punt. Just got forward alot v spurs

            7. Hibbo
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Who's Kola?

              1. Pinturicchio10
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Kola Toure. He's back.

                • JT11fc
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Haha exactly. Kolasinac punt

                • George Sillett
                  • 8 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Get with it Hibbo . Kola , Auba , Pogsy, Rashy, .
                  Daft abreviations are where it's at.

              2. Shineonme
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                You must be an Arsenal fan?

              3. Brosstan
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Id have Mane over Auba any day even at .5 more. Auba will be rotated. Mane is nailed and gets one more point for goals.

                1. Brosstan
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  And 1 point for clean sheets too

              4. Wild Card this!
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Mane or Salah is must I would say

              5. Maddi Son
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Looks like I'm the only one who loves your team. Very good.

              6. KnightSlayer
                • 12 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                whos Raz midfielder

            8. Rhodes your boat
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              What to do here guys? Hit?

              Heaton button
              Taa laporte** digne soy lundstram
              Salah sterling kdb martial* dendoncker
              Pukki joelinton greenwood

              1FT 0.0itb

              1. JonBoy
                • 10 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Because of Greenwood, I think you need to wait.

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

                I'd go down the Laporte and Joelinton route. Either Ota and Barnes or 4.5 and Haller.

                1. Rhodes your boat
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  That’s what I was thinking but worth a hit?

              3. Wild Card this!
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                I would get hit to get Laporte out and with another City defender, definitely it will come with returns

            9. JonBoy
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Non WC team, 3-4-3, Dunk and Lund rotate well until GW9.

              Pope Heaton
              TAA Digne Dunk Lund Kelly
              Salah Sterling KDB Ceballos Dendo
              Haller Barnes Abraham

              Thoughts?

              1. JonBoy
                • 10 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Would be -8 btw.

              2. Rhodes your boat
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Yeah like it! Keeping ceballos?

                1. JonBoy
                  • 10 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Yeah. I really like him. But Emery!

              3. Eat my goal!
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Dunk & Lund do not rotate well imo

            10. Fpl Richie
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Pope
              Vvd Zinc Digne Lundstram
              Mount Salah Sterling Kdb
              Haller Pukki
              Bench: Heaton Dendoncker Greenwood Rico (1.7itb 1ft)

              Some advice on the set up above. My biggest concern is no TAA perhaps or whether other parts of the squad should be strengthened.
              A. Zinc to TAA (leaving no cash)
              B. VVD to TAA (leaving some cash)
              C. Upgrade Rico (up to 5.7)
              D. Upgrade Dendoncker (6.2)
              E. Other/Save

              1. goriuanx
                • 13 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                A

                1. Fpl Richie
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 8 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Safe to go without city defence?

                  1. goriuanx
                    • 13 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    Laporte injured and Rodri, while brilliant, is different to Fernandinho and needs time to have an effect

              2. JonBoy
                • 10 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Greenwood to Ayew if no injuries. At least upgrading to a playing sub but maybe it can wait a week.

                1. ‘Tis the Season
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Terrible advice

                  1. JonBoy
                    • 10 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    Non player to a rising player in form?

              3. Karan14
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                B and then Rico to a 4.5m def the following week because Lundstarm has bad fixtures after this week.

              4. bench boost for every gamew…
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                rico to otamendi

                1. Fpl Richie
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 8 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Can't do - 3 city

            11. diesel001
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              So which players actually constitute the template?

              I have it as the below. Is that correct?

              Pope - Button
              TAA - Digne - Zinchenko - Kelly - Lundstram
              Salah - Sterling - KDB - Mount - Cantwell
              Pukki - Haller - Greenwood

              1. goriuanx
                • 13 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                I think Barnes over Haller

              2. Ask Yourself
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Too template for me

              3. Bojos Brexit Boys
                • 4 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Looks like what I have seen everywhere. Templates will change. IMO the only season keepers are:
                TAA Digne
                Sterling salah

            12. Come on you Kante
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Who would you say has the better fixtures over next month?

              Chelsea
              Wolves

              1. Shineonme
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Wolves

              2. FC Hakkebøf
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Next month or next 4 gameweeks?

              3. Wild Card this!
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                I would avoid Wolves with all this Europe matches and rotation

            13. Stokelona
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Is there a scout cast tonight?

            14. Shineonme
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              seriously thinking of trebling up on Man City attack for GW5 and doing Abraham>Aguero or should I just do Pukki> Kane. what do you guys think?
              Pope/
              Dunk/ Awb/ Digne/ Lundstram/
              Mane/ Sterling / KDB/ Lanzini/
              Abraham/ pukk/ 5.2mill itb

              1. bench boost for every gamew…
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                auba instead of kane, if you want to go in that direction
                seriously lundtram can´t be played every week, so depends what you got elsewhere in your team as well

                1. Shineonme
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Thanks. Yeah was thinking maybe Aub from GW 7

            15. FC Hakkebøf
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              I find it a bit funny, that after Pukki's hattrick in gw2, people called him ''essential'' with following reasoning: If he keeps on scoring then great, if not, then you can cash always cash in on at a later time as people will inevitably be bringing him in even if he blanks a few times in a row.

              Why does this logic not apply to Abraham? ''Casuals''* are rushing him in. Could easily be 7.4 by the end of IB.

              *Hate this word btw. Most of us are casual on this site regardless of what we think of ourselves.

              1. FC Hakkebøf
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Then you can always cash in on him at a later time*

              2. Karan14
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                After GW2 there were only 2 budget forwards doing well and those two were Pukki & Barnes. All other were doing nothing and there was talk going with one striker.

                After GW4 there is Pukki, Barnes, Haller & Abraham thus the attention is split.

                1. FC Hakkebøf
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Sure, but does that mean that a player is suddenly essential just because he is playing as a forward in FPL? The man scored 4 goals in two games. Abraham has now scored 4 goals in the only two 90 minutes game he has played this season. I think it's a fair comparison.

              3. Eat my goal!
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Next two fixtures aren’t great

                If he is still an option putting in good performances over those then he looks good for GW7 but then so does vardy

              4. Tomerick
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Pukki had already demonstrated that he was capable of scoring against teams at the highest level ie Liverpool and is hence a season keeper unless his form dips significantly.

                Abraham is yet to show that. His goals have come against promoted sides.

                1. JonBoy
                  • 10 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Abraham also hit the inside of the post vs Utd and has significantly higher xG than Pukki, who scored against a messy, disjointed Liverpool and Chelsea who are just a mess defensively.

                  Pukki's next 3 are tough. MCI, bur, cry.

                  1. Tomerick
                    • 9 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    Abraham’s next two are Wolves and Liverpool and I don’t expect many goals from him in those. If he does then I will strongly consider bringing him in before Brighton and I’ll be fine with whatever he has risen by in that time. I’m convinced that my Pukki, Vardy, Haller is a solid front line for now.

                    1. FC Hakkebøf
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 6 months ago

                      Do you think Pukki will outscore Abraham over next 5? I would take that bet I think.

                      1. Tomerick
                        • 9 Years
                        4 years, 6 months ago

                        Yes I do but as I say if Abraham continues to score in the next two I’ll be happy to be proven wrong and bring him in.

                2. AuFeld
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  To be fair, he had 29 mins vs LEI and 65 mins vs MAN in GW1.

                3. FC Hakkebøf
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  He scored vs a Liverpool team who also conceded vs Southhampton and could have conceded quite a few in that game to be honest. He then went on to score a hattrick vs Newcastle who we're a mess defensively.

                  Those two games were all people had to judge him by at the time he was labelled as essential.

                  Abraham has scored 4 goals in the 2x 90 minute games he has played so far. Granted it's against promoted teams. But that's my point. Either the reasoning also apply to Abraham or it does not apply at all

                  1. Tomerick
                    • 9 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    I can’t say as it was never my reasoning. I don’t think many actually said “essential”. It was simply that he was the only budget striker scoring and it was a win win. Either he continued or you pocket the price rises and move on. The Abraham situation is slightly different in that we now know that there are numerous options with good scoring potential and Abraham’s next two fixtures look like shutouts.

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

                Because those people knee jerked in Pukki and want to rationalize it. Typical casuals who make decisions first and then pretend that it was rational.

                1. FC Hakkebøf
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Brosstan has it ever crossed you that you are a casual as well?

                  The reasoning stated came from Joe during a scoutcast episode...

            16. The Marshal
              • 4 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Heaton
              Zinchenko Digne Pieters Lunds
              Salah Sterling KDB Guendouzi
              Barnes Vardy

              Pope Mings Cantwell Pukki

              On a WC and have been tinkering. Improvements?

              1. Rhodes your boat
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Guendouzi??

                1. The Marshal
                  • 4 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Placeholder really. I need a budget mid and not sure between a few of them (Douglas Luiz etc) so just put guendo there for now. Got 2 weeks to tinker

              2. ‘Tis the Season
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Needs some TAA

                1. The Marshal
                  • 4 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Was thinking that. Might downgrade vardy to Ayew and try to work TAA in

                  1. ‘Tis the Season
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    I have Vardy and definitely holding. I am not a fan of 343 so I would get rid of Barnes and upgrade Mings. Might be wrong

            17. Rhodes your boat
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Been thinking of options

              A) laporte to ota/ stones
              B) laporte to 4.9 or below and joelinton to haller (-4)

              1. Party time
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Save ft

                • The Marshal
                  • 4 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  B) lundstram a good shout or mings

              2. rozzo
                • 10 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Pope
                TAA Laporte Digne Lund Elmo
                Salah Sterling KDB Mount Cantwell
                Haller Pukki Greenwood

                1ft
                0itb

                What to do with Laporte? Don't mind taking a hit but where would I put the extra if I downgraded him?

                Tempted just to go for VVD, Ota and Zinc are rotation risks arent they

                Cheers

                1. Ask Yourself
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Looks like a WC team. Laporte > Ota imo use the change later on

              3. Sanchit
                • 8 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Coleman / AWB - > 4.0
                Dendoncker - > Dilva

                Worth a hit?

                Also, who would you ship out first? AWB or Coleman?

                1. Ask Yourself
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Not worth it and wait for AWB injury news

              4. BobbyDoesNotLook
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                What to do with KWP? Quite good fixtures

                1. AuFeld
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Spurs have looked better imo. How about AMN? Don't know how nailed he is - perhaps some ARS fans can chime in.

                  1. BobbyDoesNotLook
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 6 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    Dont really want to waste ft or take hits. I like KWP as right back with 5 0 pricepoint for Spurs. Questions are regarding his injury and playtime generally after IB.

              5. La vida FPL
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 10 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Scoutcast tonight amigos?

                1. J0E
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • Has Moderation Rights
                  • 14 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Tues night before gwk so next week.

                  1. La vida FPL
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 10 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    Cheers Joe!

              6. Bojos Brexit Boys
                • 4 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Guys best FPL podcast please...

                1. AuFeld
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  FML FPL. Entertaining and insightful.

                  1. Brosstan
                    • 9 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    Two grown men who think its cool to swear twice every sentence. No thanks.

                    1. JonBoy
                      • 10 Years
                      4 years, 6 months ago

                      10 mins in. 1 F word. Jury's still out for me though.

                      1. Brosstan
                        • 9 Years
                        4 years, 6 months ago

                        Maybe they toned it down. I havent heard it in over 2 years

                        1. JonBoy
                          • 10 Years
                          4 years, 6 months ago

                          It's a different perspective thus far. It's ok.

                    2. AuFeld
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 6 months ago

                      Different strokes for different folks.

                    3. Mr Bird
                      • 5 Years
                      4 years, 6 months ago

                      I don’t think they’re grown men to be fair

                2. J0E
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • Has Moderation Rights
                  • 14 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Scoutcast obviously 😉

                  1. J0E
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • Has Moderation Rights
                    • 14 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    Who got the assist, always cheating and fpl general are great listening.

                    Informative and entertaining - with insight from those who have a good track record, offer good advice and speak openly about their mistakes and how to learn from them.

                    1. J0E
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • Has Moderation Rights
                      • 14 Years
                      4 years, 6 months ago

                      And no swearing! 🙂

                  2. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 6 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    Absolutely correct Joe!!!! Next level to all its competitors!!!

                    1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 6 Years
                      4 years, 6 months ago

                      *Scoutcast that is

                    2. J0E
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • Has Moderation Rights
                      • 14 Years
                      4 years, 6 months ago

                      Cheers.

                3. Mr Bird
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Always cheating deserves a mention i think

                  1. Mr Bird
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    even though it’s already been mentioned above *facepalm*

                4. I Member
                  • 8 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Don't think it qualifies as a podcast but I really enjoy Let's Talk FPL.

              7. dunas_dog
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Would you hold on to Diop as 4th mid? Cantwell is 5th mid who likely to rotate with

                1. Hitmonlee
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  I’m looking at rotating Mount and Cantwell over the next few GWs

                2. AuFeld
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Diop is a defender iirc.

                  1. dunas_dog
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 8 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    My mistake! But same applies as defender

                    1. AuFeld
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 6 months ago

                      Worth a hold. Playing MCI will skew stats. WHU have conceded just two goals since GW1.

              8. Hitmonlee
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Who will return more points in GW5:

                A) Abraham
                B) Otamendi

              9. Cpthavoc
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Anyone know when the scoutcast is?

                1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Next week

                  1. Cpthavoc
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 7 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    Thanks

              10. Jack Burton
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Sorry all probably been asked but is otamendi nailed wanna shift laporte was gonna wait but looks like he is dropping thanks in advance

                1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  He should be for now but pep mentioned the fact that walker might play cb

                  1. Jack Burton
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 8 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    Heard that may just go with walker cheers Ajax nice team by the way

                2. It's his Job.
                  • 10 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Laporte > VVD sorted.

                  1. Jack Burton
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 8 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    Yeah made a mistake getting rid actually that is an option cheers

              11. Ajax Hamsterdam
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Have I nailed it ?

                Wc team
                Pope ( button)
                Taa digne dunk/soyuncu (Lund)
                Salah kdb maddison lanzini mount
                Aguero pukki (greenwood)

                Any input more than welcome

                Thanks

              12. Hazardous1983
                • 13 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Teams a mess any suggestioms wc used gwk 3.

                Pope (button)
                Awb vvd digne zinchenko (lundstram)
                Sterling salah mount kdb (dendonker)
                Pukki jota (greenwood)

                1ft 1.4 in bank

                1. Garth Marenghi
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Jota out and maybe also AWB

                  1. Hazardous1983
                    • 13 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    That was my thoughts also for whom

                    1. Garth Marenghi
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 6 months ago

                      Barnes, maybe haller if money works

                  2. Hazardous1983
                    • 13 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    How do i fit treny

                    1. Hazardous1983
                      • 13 Years
                      4 years, 6 months ago

                      Trent *

                2. Mike2795647
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Jota to Barnes

                  1. Hazardous1983
                    • 13 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    Shud i do it now or wait

                3. It's his Job.
                  • 10 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  I don't see a messy team, upgrade Jota I think the rest looks great + for 0.5 I would even slot in Ayew too for Greenwood.

                4. Dthinger
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  its not really a mess. Jota should be back in the lineup but with 1.4 M you can easily replace him

                5. It's his Job.
                  • 10 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  AWB >Soyuncu Jota >Tammy

                  1. Hazardous1983
                    • 13 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    Tammy ahead of haller and barnes??

                    Own mount alsi

                    1. Hazardous1983
                      • 13 Years
                      4 years, 6 months ago

                      Also

              13. Laserface
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 12 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                If you had to pick one Chelsea asset , will it be Mount or Tammy ? And why ?

                1. Mike2795647
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Tammy, more likely on pens than mount ( I assume) and overall more likely to score

                  1. golden skulltula 69
                    • 8 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    I'm on WC and I wondering if Abraham will be on pens.. because he missed one in UEFA Super Cup.

                    However, I think Abraham is better than Mount.

                    1. Lord.
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 9 Years
                      4 years, 6 months ago

                      Don’t think he’s better than Haller though.

                2. Bobby Digital
                  • 6 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Tammy.. goal threat

                3. Wild Card this!
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 14 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Forward, gotta be forward

              14. You want sum?
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Wondered if anyone would mind giving my team a rating.

                On WC.

                Pope (Heaton)
                TAA Digne Vestergaard Pieters
                Salah (C) Sterling Mount
                Haller Abraham Barnes

                Heaton Mings Dendocker Cantwell

                Any suggestions?

                I have 1.3m ITB.

                1. You want sum?
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Maybe Mount to DSilva and eventually Son?

                2. Ajax Hamsterdam
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  I would try to.fit kdb

                3. Mike2795647
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Upgrade at least one of your starting defenders

              15. Hitmonlee
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Who will return more points in GW5?

                A) Abraham
                B) Otamendi

                1. Bobby Digital
                  • 6 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Abraham

              16. It's his Job.
                • 10 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                What to do here? was thinking W/C to bring in KDB and Aguero

                Ederson
                TAA Lundstram Montoya Digne
                Mount Sterling Salah
                Pukki Kane King

                Button/Cantwell/Geundouzi/Kelly
                1.1 itb

              17. Brosstan
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Is anyone unlucky enough to have owned Zouma for these first 4 game weeks? 1 point in 4 game weeks is quite remarkable

                1. Mr Bird
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Yes i’ve had him and yes it felt good to remove him from my team this week on WC

                  1. Mr Bird
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    I actually thought he might do ok vs SHU but my god did he prove me wrong haha

                  2. Come on you Kante
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    Same here

                2. Clintymints
                  • 14 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  That sounds like a record for that many mins

                3. The Gobstopper
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Yep. Me. Finally dumped him after the last match...though, in retrospect, he never should have been in my squad at all.

                4. European Bob
                  • 11 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Had him for two then ditched him