Scout Notes

Jota off the mark as Wolves show improvement at Palace

Wolverhampton Wanderers are still without a league win this season but were thankful to come away from Selhurst Park with a point after a last-gasp leveller on Sunday.

We round up the main Fantasy talking points from their 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace in our Scout Notes article below.

Crystal Palace 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

  • Goals: Leander Dendoncker (£4.5m) own-goal | Diogo Jota (£6.2m)
  • Assists: Joel Ward (£4.5m) | Adama Traore (£5.0m)
  • Bonus: Jota, Traore x3, Ward x1

After an underwhelming start to 2019/20, there were faint glimmers of hope on Sunday that Wolves are beginning to awake from their early-season stupor.

A 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace is hardly Roy of the Rovers stuff and Fantasy managers will likely need a lot more persuading but there were a couple of positives to take from this match at Selhurst Park.

The strength of character needed to fight back from 1-0 down after Romain Saiss‘ (£4.4m) 73rd-minute dismissal was to be applauded, especially after the struggles of recent weeks when succumbing to defeats to Everton, Chelsea and Braga.

Perhaps more significantly, though, Wolves looked more like their usual selves in the opening 45 minutes, creating the better chances and restricting Palace to just one shot on goal.

This was Wolves of old, with Nuno Espirito Santo sending his troops out in a 3-4-3 (the formation favoured in the first three months of 2018/19) and Matt Doherty (£6.0m) evoking memories of last season when popping up in the box to force a superb save from Vicente Guaita (£5.0m).

Leander Dendoncker (£4.5m) also had a gilt-edged opportunity to open the scoring but saw his goalbound shot blocked on the line, while Diogo Jota (£6.2m) fired straight at Guaita after an excellent one-touch Wolves move.

The 3-4-3 saw Adama Traore (£5.0m) join Jota and Raul Jimenez (£7.3m) in a front three, with the Mexico international the spearhead of the attack.

The advantages of that system were evident in the first half with the West Midlands club looking more fluent in attack, although Nuno Espirito Santo’s side reverted to a 3-5-2 from around the hour-mark as Palace fought back into the match and Wolves’ central midfield became overrun.

Still, it needed a huge slice of luck for Palace to take the lead – an off-target Joel Ward (£4.5m) effort being deflected in by Dendoncker – and the Eagles didn’t really carve out too many clear-cut chances until Saiss was sent off and Wolves had to chase the game.

Santo said of his side’s display:

The first half was very good. It was very well played and I think this is what we should stick to and build from the way we played in the first half.

We played very good, created chances, managed and controlled the game and this is what we want from the growing of the team to sustain this performance because one of the reasons is if you play so good in the first half and produce so many things you must punish. That allows you to control the game in a better way.

One thing we Fantasy managers will have to get used to at Wolves is rotation, which remains a major downside to their assets.

Depending on their EFL Cup progress and because of their UEFA Europa League involvement, Santo’s outfit may well play twice a week, every week between now and 2020.

This time it was the turn of Ruben Neves (£5.5m) to drop to the bench, while Ryan Bennett (£5.0m) was missing from the matchday squad for the second Gameweek in a row – although his absence is more about tactical preferences and form than rotation.

Neves’ benching means that Jimenez, Conor Coady (£5.0m) and Rui Patricio (£5.1m) are now the only ever-present starters for Wolves in the Premier League this season. At this stage last year, Santo had yet to make a single change to his starting XI.

The Wolves boss said after full-time:

It will be the same. There are always changes depending on what we need from the game.

The players that we want to manage and realise we have a game-plan. It is impossible to do what we did last season, I think we played ten times with the same XI.

You have to realise the situation but we have a squad and we trust in our squad. Every player has to be ready to grab their chance.

While there were promising signs from a defensive perspective from Wolves, it should be said that they were up against one of the limpest attacks in the division.

Palace had only one shot on target in the first hour of Sunday’s game and no club has scored fewer goals or carved out fewer ‘big chances’ than Roy Hodgson’s side in 2019/20.

Indeed, their only real clear opportunities came late in the game when breaking on the counter-attack, with Jeffrey Schlupp (£5.5m) and Christian Benteke (£5.8m) wasting excellent chances when clean through on goal.

Wilfried Zaha (£6.8m) looked a little more like his old tricky self, at least, and it will be interesting to monitor his form as a mid-price midfielder ahead of Palace’s fixture turn in Gameweek 14.

Zaha is yet to register a goal or assist in 2019/20, with a lack of pre-season and the biannual distraction of a failed move away from south London perhaps affecting his early-season performances.

The Fantasy potential is certainly there given his falling price and reclassified position and he did, after all, bank 21 attacking returns last season.

The Eagles sit bottom of our Season Ticker for defence until Gameweek 13 and few managers will be interested in recruiting any of the Palace backline over the coming two months, despite Hodgson’s side being only seconds away from banking their third straight clean sheet at home.

It could be argued that the return of Mamadou Sakho (£5.0m) has perhaps made the Eagles temporarily weaker at the back, too, with the former Liverpool stopper still getting to grips with competitive football after a lengthy lay-off and looking rusty in the 4-0 defeat at Spurs last week.

Sakho was a little better in Gameweek 6 at least and Gary Cahill (£4.5m) delivered another excellent performance at centre-half, with the spot perhaps his to lose now.

Budget FPL defender Martin Kelly‘s (£4.1m) race may be run, however, as he was back among the substitutes for this match and now faces additional competition at centre-back from the fit-again James Tomkins (£5.0m).

Right-back Ward was culpable for Wolves’ equaliser as he made a complete hash of Traore’s 95th-minute cross to allow Jota to stab in his first league goal of the campaign.

Hodgson said of his side’s display:

I thought that we did more than enough in the second half of the game to win it. It was a very good second-half performance.

Perhaps we should have taken one or two of those very good chances that we created or those situations apart from the obvious chances that we created around the penalty area, then maybe we wouldn’t have been concerned about the last minute of the game and a cross coming into our box. But we didn’t.

We weren’t able unfortunately to manage those last five minutes by preventing them from getting any sniff at our goal or any balls in our penalty area and as a result, they took the chance.

Members Analysis

Crystal Palace XI (4-3-3): Guaita; Ward, Cahill, Sakho, Van Aanholt; McArthur (McCarthy 81′), Milivojevic, Kouyate; Schlupp, Zaha, Ayew (Benteke 69′).

Wolves XI (3-4-3): Patricio; Saiss, Coady, Boly; Doherty (Neves 57′), Dendoncker (Neto 65′), Moutinho, Jonny; Traore, Jimenez (Cutrone 76′), Jota.

Lessons learned from Gameweek 6:

961 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Pacer.
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    No Otamendi is going to be a great differential when they don't keep a clean sheet for about two months

    1. Don Kloppeone
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Great top post !

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

      eve, WOL, cry, AVL, SOU next 5

      He could be 6m by the end of that run too.

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

      If you think that city won’t keep CS with the easiest possible games I think you’re very silly

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

        If you think Otamendi and Fernandino are going to defend corners...

    4. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      You can't beat the desperate rant of a non-owner 😉

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

        Lolllll

        I have transfers.

        But I won't be getting him. Because I've seen their defence.

        Enjoy your zero clean sheets

        1. Now I'm Panicking
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          I don't have him, but thanks and good luck to you too 🙂

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

            I won't be getting any either. I have taa and vvd

            1. The Overthinker
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Hope your double pool is getting you cs every other week

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

      Enjoy your constant rank drops

    6. FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Lol, City defence vs a better team than Watford, I fully agree.

    7. bemanfaisal93
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Lol.he will have a lot of cs. I have TAA, otamendi,Robertson,Rico, lundstream. They work well together for me

    8. Goat
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      He WILL score goals

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

    If I go ahead with my WC I will have a tough immediate benching decision. Bench one from:

    A) Aurier (SOT)
    B) Soyuncu (NEW)
    C) Otamendi (eve)
    D) Pukki (cpa)

    ta

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

      WOW

      Err...

      Damn, this is tough. Quick points prediction in my brain has Aurier on the bench, but even that feels wrong

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

      Really ! No one else you can bench ??

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

        Pope
        TAA
        Sterling KDB Son Mount
        Firmino Abraham

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

          Shame you can't bench Pope!
          Hopefully it will be one of those weird games that you benefit from rotation

    3. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Aurier will probably get rotated and make your decision for you

      Buying a Spurs fullback is just the same as scheduling a future FT to sell them

    4. M.I.A.
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      A

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

      That's ridiculous. Soyuncu has a low ceiling I guess

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

      Soyuncu out of those for me. Aurier and Otamendi bigger goal threat and more CS potential and don't bench a striker in form IMO

    7. FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      OTA

    8. bemanfaisal93
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Easy decision for me. Aurier bench. Play 343 with that squad.
      Pope
      TAA,otamendi,soyuncu
      Sterling,kdb(VC),son(C),mount
      Firmino,Abraham,pukki

    9. The Overthinker
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      C

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

    Probably my last day to ponder the merits of a WC this week. Can you choose the best WC team and I'll then compare to my current one?

    (A)
    Pope (Heaton)
    Ota TAA Aurier (Lund Soyuncu)
    Son Sterling Kdb Mount (Cantwell)
    Abraham Pukki Firmino

    (B) (Same keepers)
    TAA Soyuncu Ota (Lund Rico)
    Abraham Pukki Aguero

    (C) (Same keepers and defence as B)
    Salah Kdb Sterling Mount (Dendoncker)
    Abraham Pukki Wilson

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

      B has Son and Aguero?

    2. Gooner Kebab
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Kinda hard to compare but A for the next few weeks. You'd need a Salah/Mane plan once their fixtures turn.

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

      Ah screw it - forgot to put the midfield in with B.
      Salah Kdb Maddison Cantwell Mount

  4. StoichkovFPL
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Deleted accounts are back!

    https://twitter.com/LetsTalk_FPL/status/1176417651888967680?s=19

    Welcome back Andy and Neale!

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

      Good news

    2. StoichkovFPL
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      ... and fpl_chef obv too!

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

      Great stuff - well done FPL. Now time to seriously consider two factor authentication and tying teams to mobile numbers so we reduce multiple teams and one week teams.

      1. The Son-dance Kid
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        I would vote for this 100 times over!

    4. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      The bhoys are back.

      Good to see.

    5. kime67
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Great news!

  5. M.I.A.
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Thoughts on the below transfers on a WC...

    VVD > Robertson
    Zinchenko > Rico
    Salah > KDB
    D Silva > Son
    Auba > Firmino
    Greenwood > Wood

    Leaves me with the below and 1.7m ITB:

    Button/Pope
    Robertson/Digne/Kelly/Rico/Lundstram
    KDB/Son/Sterling/Mount/Dendoncker
    Firmino/Wood/Pukki

    1. bemanfaisal93
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Firmino, Abraham and pukki should be your 3 strikers not wood. Digne also out for otamendi. Kelly too for soyuncu

  6. Neale's and Andy's accounts reinstated!
    DavidMunday815
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Looks like we have some fantastic news this morning. Official FPL have just tweeted this statement:

    "Following an investigation, we are satisfied that three accounts were deleted by a malicious third-party as there was a consistent pattern between the activity. As such, we have reinstated the accounts to the original owners. Furthermore, we can confirm there was no breach of our servers and only three accounts were impacted by this activity. We encourage all FPL users to practise good password management, keep their passwords secure and not supply them to any third-parties."

    Welcome back Andy and Neale!!

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

      Great news! 😀

    2. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Phew - I can sleep tonight now.

    3. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Hide your email Dave.

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

      Who cares about Andy? He has nothing to do with this site

      1. jia you
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        your membership sponsors his stream btw

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

          Disgusting

          1. jia you
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            🙂

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

          Ffs who

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

        Why do you have to be mean? Guy is an active member of the community and seems like a genuinely nice person. People felt bad for him because of this incident and I'm sure you can understand why.

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

          He's also contributed far more to previous Scoutcasts than Brosstan (and 99% of us) ever did.

      3. DeadStarComing
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Great news. Now lets hope FPL do something to avoid this happening to anyone again. It's a shame it had to happen to some more well known players but unfortunately I think that's the way the world works. FPL knew how they handled this would be highly publicised.

        Now make all of our FPL accounts secure!

      4. doy
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        You do realise that he used to be on the Scoutcast and that he is a mod on this site, right? Also, FFS sponsors his Youtube page. Moreover, he is an affable bloke who knows his stuff. Who are you exactly?

    5. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Good glad for them

    6. kime67
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      great news!

    7. Pras (FPL)
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I too popped this pimple that has been bothering me for weeks.

    8. jia you
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Good news, some people have little to be doing!

    9. bemanfaisal93
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Good for him but I don't care.he isn't good too. Me was following bunga mas.current no.2 overall rank advice.was competing with him to get better results

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

        You cared enough to comment.

    10. Christina.
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Now my stomach ulcer can heal.

    11. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Fair play to them but it takes the pis that it had to happen to someone associated with FFS before they looked into it.

      1. Nightcrawler
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        True. Wasn't the 1st guy's request totally dismissed?

        1. S.Kuqi
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Yes. They replied that nothing can be done.

        2. have you seen cyan
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Lol well they probably just don’t like chef

    12. Dele
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      In other news Suspending Parliament was unlawful, court rules.

      1. Now I'm Panicking
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        All of Munday's Christmases have come at once in one day.

    13. FC Jammer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Fantastic!

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

      Can you or anyone confirm the 3rd person please.

      1. THFC4LIFE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Fpl chef, I’ve never heard of him either

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

          Cheers, yeah he's part of the twatterati, he didn't need his team back in the end as FPLFly just so happened to have a spare team and gave it him, must have been team Fly_NZ I reckon.

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

    I'm hesitant about getting Abraham when he has two other strikers to compete with making it a higher risk than usual for losing time due to CL rotation, loss of form and early subs.
    Better to go with someone without those risks?

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

      Mount?

    2. antis0cial
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      He's pretty much nailed and great fixtures.

    3. Artemis Titans
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      When is CHO in contention?

    4. Mr. Mystic
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I disagree, for the value I think Abraham is a great person to bring in

  8. corderz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Can anyone save salvage this team with 2 free transfers and 0.1m or is it time to wildcard?

    Pope Button
    TAA Robertson Digne Soyuncu Lundstram
    Salah Sterling Dilva Mount Cantwell
    Vardy Pukki Greenwood

    1. Steve McCroskey
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Vardy > Abraham and upgrade Silva?

      1. Lets jump straight into it.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Keep Vardy, has NEW at home next

    2. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Think you are having a laugh tbh as your team is fine. But; digne>ota?
      Second move, save it or do cantwell>mcginn

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

        I get what you're saying, team doesn't look too bad but feel it's either no transfers or about 4/5 to get the team that I'd like.....
        Might do Digne and Dilva to Son and a cheap defender

        1. Pinturicchio10
            4 years, 6 months ago

            That's what I would do.

      2. Gooner Kebab
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Nothing too wrong here, downgrade Digne to get a better 3rd fwd?

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

          Digne looks the most likely candidate to get the chop this week

      3. FOO FIGHTER
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Downgrade Digne to Rico. Upgrade Greenwood to Barnes or Wood.

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

          I'm 0.1 off getting Barnes. So it could be either Wood or Wesley

      4. Jarnathan
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Here goes... for -4 you could do the following:

        Digne + Dilva + Vardy -> Abraham + Son + Otamendi

        1. osfp7
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          This yeah

      5. osfp7
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        I would take -4 and go:
        Dilva to Son
        Vardy to Tammy
        Digne to Otamendi

    3. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      This group of Misfits, differentials and those who just aren’t that popular around here. Sure some may be relatively well owned but they generally all fit into one of the category’s above and all could offer something going forward.

      Alonso, Mendy, AWB, Buendia, Yarmolenko, Maddison, McGinn, Saka, Wilson,

      None of them that particularly highly owned so all decent prospects. Even the likes of Maddison you would expect should be popular but only at 11%, fact is most people will pick the cheaper Mount for that position. Some to consider anyway, if you like to be different or in the likes of McGinn, just sensible (see him or Buendia as an alternative to Cantwell)

      1. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        If I had a 6th midfield slot I'd buy Yarmolenko.

        1. have you seen cyan
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Think I might try get him, tempted. That’s why he is good pick because no one really has room for players like that. Everyone just has mount for instance

          1. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            That's what makes him a bad pick, I'd counter. Forcing space for these kinds of differentials can be dangerous (who am I to talk though, I own Vardy)

            1. have you seen cyan
              • 4 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              I wouldn’t say as an alternative to mount but if u can find that extra space then yea maybe. I know what you mean tho, differentials can be risky. Just not too many and sensible ones who have fixtures and form, can’t go to wrong then

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

        Vardy 8.4%

        1. have you seen cyan
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Wow that lowly owned? Was going to say him but just assumed he was more popular. I much prefer Maddison tho so probably excluded him for bias lol

          1. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Why do you prefer Maddison? Is it purely price?

            1. have you seen cyan
              • 4 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Yea vardy is just too much

              1. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Fair enough. Would monitor the much maligned Perez's form over the next couple, has been improving performances for Leicester and just had his best game for us.

                1. have you seen cyan
                  • 4 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  He did look a lot better! Gawd not sure tho lol, he will have to be super good for me to consider going there.

      3. Eddie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Maddison I'm bringing in, I think he'll become very popular very soon once Liverpool game out of way with. Buendia and Yarm on my radar but just don't have the mid spots left. Would need an injury or big spending up front to think about bringing them in.

        Alonso and Mandy I see as big risks, Saka I'm unsure of game time.

        1. have you seen cyan
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          True those last three you mentioned super pointy. I just chucked them in there. The defenders could be ok though. Saka @ 4.5 was just as bench fodder in my mind

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

        Add Deulofeu. Very good stats, considering Barnes to him

        1. have you seen cyan
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Yea been seen you and a few others talking about him. Having paid much attention to him myself but I know his stats are good. Just big unknown with Watford at the moment I guess

      5. The Overthinker
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Son owned by 8.2%

        1. have you seen cyan
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Haha how, he just doesn’t feel like a differential or shouldn’t be. If he was fit at the start of the season son would be in maybe 15/20% of teams probably.

          1. have you seen cyan
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            How was your gameweek btw? I ended on 69, Lundstram and Rico both did well for me so lucky week probably.

            1. The Overthinker
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              62 with no kdb,Aguero and Sterling no show.

              4/4 cs for me.

              First green of the season. Hope it kick starts my season

              1. have you seen cyan
                • 4 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Nice I’m a bit pessimistic so I see my defence as lucky this week, people in my leagues who did better than me all got lucky with their defence it seems. Won’t happen every week :/ then again you missed out on sterling so probably balances out for you

                1. The Overthinker
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Kdb just looks must have. He is on some another level this season. Playing so brilliantly
                  Hopefully sterling scores something against Everton ( his record against them is bad, i am expecting a blank).

                  1. have you seen cyan
                    • 4 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    Kdb is legendary status in fpl already imo. When he went out injured last season that was gutting, to have him this season fully fit is great. My only stupid move was not having him since GW1.
                    Just hope he doesn’t get injured at all, want to see the points he get this season. Could very well be in top 3 for points, dare I say number 1.

                    Hmm sterling has bad record vs Everton? So to does Kun who hasn’t scored nor assisted vs them in the league since 2014 lol.

                    Not sure anyone other than kdb at city is a smart captain choice this week then

                2. The Overthinker
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  How's the team for this week?

                  1. have you seen cyan
                    • 4 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    Yea well fine I guess just not expecting anything from cantwell. Relying on him week in week out was a mistake probably especially with two away games on the trot, with mcginn looking far better.
                    Ditched digne for ota, saving two free transfers in the weeks coming. So yea I’m just going to stick to the plan for now Kane captain and cantwell play for the next 2/3.

                    1. have you seen cyan
                      • 4 Years
                      4 years, 6 months ago

                      My planned moves in two or three weeks will be downgrade one of Kane/Auba.
                      Upgrade ota to taa, cantwell to maddison And the striker to Tammy. Then I pretty much cover most of the players who are threat to me.

                      1. The Overthinker
                        • 7 Years
                        4 years, 6 months ago

                        Looks good.

                        Pool def from gw10 will be essential with great fixtures and return of Allison.

                        1. have you seen cyan
                          • 4 Years
                          4 years, 6 months ago

                          The pool double up with robbo and taa looks really good to me but would essential destroy my entire teams doctrine to go down that route.

                    2. The Overthinker
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 6 months ago

                      (k)ane a good choice this week

          2. The Overthinker
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            He was fit, he just was banned.
            Good that he didn't start the season. Atm he is a great differential..

    4. HD7
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Bench one of Haller, Guilbert and Rico next GW?

      1. antis0cial
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Guilbert

      2. The FPL Units
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Rico

      3. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        B.

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

        Rico. How could you bench Haller?

    5. Steve McCroskey
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Would you WC this lot?

      Heaton/Pope

      TAA/Robbo/Otamendi/Digne/Rico

      Sterling/Salah/Mount/James/Dendonker

      Pukki/Abraham/Greenwood

      1. Now I'm Panicking
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Why would you WC that?

        1. Steve McCroskey
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          May be a bit of an overreaction had a mare of a gameweek transfering out Bilva and Jota!

          1. Now I'm Panicking
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Team looks fine to me. Look forwards, not backwards 🙂

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

      Having exact money to make Sterling&Barnes to Son&Auba. Does it worth -8?
      2.0 ITB

      Pope
      TAA, Tomori, Ota
      Mane, Sterling, KDB, Mount
      Barnes, Pukki, Abraham

      Subs: Button, Cantwell, Pieters, Lunds

      1. Gooner Kebab
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        a week early imo

    7. shelvey33
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Hey guys! I need your competent opinion on my WC team:

      Pope-Heaton
      TAA-Otamendi-Aurier-Diop-Lundstram
      Salah-KDB-Madisson-Catwell-Mount
      Auba-Tammy-Pukki

      Also how can I add Son in it, which one should I sacrifice for him and do I need Son or I am GTG?

      1. FOO FIGHTER
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Do you have anyyhing ITB?

        1. shelvey33
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          0.1 ITB

          1. FOO FIGHTER
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            My humble opinion.

            Heaton to Button or another 4.0. Rotating keepers a headache.

            That leaves you with 0.6 ITB.

            You obviously like the CHE double up but Mount for me over Tammy.

            I would do this, not saying you have to though and do not hold it against me either. Without tearing your idea apart and without money calculstions hopefully it will square out.

            Pope Button
            TAA OTA Aurier Diop Lund
            Salah KDB Son Cantwell Mount
            Auba (Barnes or Wood) Pukki

            That is how I would get Son in and if my thumbsuck calculations on money are correct.

    8. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Hackgate.

      Show us some brief.

      The Russians did nothing wrong.

    9. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Start Cantwell or Greenwood?

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

        Cantwell

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

      Those holding Digne - do you have a plan when or if to sell?
      I had planned to do...
      Digne and Cantwell to Soyuncu and Maddison for GW9 (352) but I can see that being the customary Digne haul!

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

        Sold him for a hit yesterday.

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

          Sadly I'm on -4 with this (pre-WC).
          Heaton (Pope)
          Ota TAA Rico (Digne, Lund)
          Mount Cantwell Salah Sterling KDB
          Abraham Pukki (Gwood)

      2. Mr. Mystic
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        My team is quite similar to yours:

        Pope Heaton
        VVD Ota TAA (Lund, Kelly)
        Salah Sterling KDB Cant Mount
        Abraham Pukki (Greenwood)

        (I did Digne -> Ota before the price changes on Sunday)

    11. Captain Kakaroto (I blame R…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Hi guys,
      This is my 3rd year I take this game seriously and I'm pondering about team structure. Sorry for my English but would love to hear your opinions.
      The consensus of the community (here, Twitter, etc') is to invest your money with few big hitters for captaincy and not lay money on the bench. thus, you have a few captaincy options, you don't have a benching headache and generally, all your money invest at your 11 players.
      But, are we missing something? As I see it, there is an option of 2 rotating big hitters for captaincy and a good bench so we can deal with rotation and maximize more teams with favorable fixtures.

      I think this year we got a lot of cheap enablers that can afford that. I can end with a team that looks like this for the next few GWs:
      Pope
      TAA | Aurier | Otamendi | Periera
      Mount | KDB | Son | Maddison
      Aguero | Abraham

      Bench: 4.0, Pukki, Cantwell, Lund.

      Indeed, there is a good bench, but If they score, I'm more then happy that I got them as they give me an indication of their capabilities. With this squad, I can play 3-4-3, 4-4-2, 3-5-2. It's very flexible. I think the key to this is the Cheap enablers that we got this season such as Chelsea assets, Norwich assets, Lund, Son + KDB that can consider as big hitters.
      Would love to hear your thoughts on structure

      1. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        That's not a huge bench really, you're just mistakenly playing Aurier over Pukki.

        1. Captain Kakaroto (I blame R…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Could be, we can discuss it as I think Aurier got more chances of CS home against SOU then Oukki to score against Palace away. But you understand what I'm saying.

          1. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            My reply to those who beef up their bench: has anyone ever won FPL doing that?

      2. Eddie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        I past years I've had a strong bench, but it just isn't worth it. The money sat on the bench could be invested in first 11 every week and scoring you more points. I seem to have a very similar team as you but will have Salah playing over Son cause less money sat on bench.

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

      Best move here?

      A) Haller -> Abraham

      B) James -> Maddison (if fit)

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

        b

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

          Cheers pal

      2. Neves say Never
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        I want to do A, but it would cost me -4...

      3. Mr. Mystic
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        A - Chelsea have some great fixtures...

    13. Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 7
      Rotation's Alter Ego
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Morning all!

      Following a pretty crazy gameweek where many managers fortune went to one extreme or the other, it's no surprise to see a new leader in the Community Champion Scout Picks competition! The Scout picks racked up an impressive 72 points, but couldn't match Irfansheikh's massive 88 point score, which makes them the new leader with a 16 point victory! Big well done to Irfansheikh!

      Another new gameweek means we have some new Scout Picks and therefore we need a fresh Community Champion for Gameweek 7.

      The Community Champion picks a team to go up against the Scout Picks, within a budget of 83m and in a playable FPL formation. Whichever Gameweek champion beats the Scout’s team by the largest margin will win a £100 Amazon Voucher!

      If you're interested in applying, email Geoff (geoff@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk) with your FFS username and FPL Team ID.

      The Champion will be picked Thursday midday, so make sure to enter by then! The Champion then has until 11am Friday morning to send in their team.

      Good luck!

    14. Eddie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Sterling is dropping hard. A double price drop would be very welcome.

      1. have you seen cyan
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Indeed, I want sterling for 11.5£

      2. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Blank next week as well would be gorgeous.

        1. have you seen cyan
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Or another benching for a guaranteed triple drop LOL

      3. SHOOTER MCGINN
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Yeah wouldn't mind buying him back at 12 again in a few weeks.

      4. kime67
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        the rising starts again after everton

    15. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Worth doing Coleman to anyone this week? Or just save for 2 free transfers next week?

      Currently playing Ota, Soy and Rico so Coleman is only on the bench, but I don't really want anything to do with Everton and if Rico doesn't play Coleman will.

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

        I would sell him.

    16. Angin out the Begović
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Opinions on Kelly? Is he deed or is he coming back?

      1. Rotation's Alter Ego
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Likely done, but next weekend should be the test case.

      2. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Bench dweller till price drops after unlock.

    17. Atimis
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Early thoughts - Son (c) over Mane ?

      Pope
      TAA/Ota/Aurier/Soy
      Mane/Son/KDB
      Auba/Pukki/Abraham

      Button/Cantwell/Hayden/Lund

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

        No for me.

    18. HNI
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Many people are removing Digne and Zinch, but what are premium alternatives? Zinch out is understandable but then if you remove Digne which high potential defender you will get? Arse Manutd Che cant defend, Liv have tricky matches for double up assuming most have TAA/Robbo. Lei look best of lot with cheap Soyuncu. Or Azpi/Mendy for punty ones?
      At Spurs Aurier can be option but he looks inconsistent ane not nailed.
      Which premium defender is worth it?

      1. Don Kloppeone
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        I dropped Digne to Rico to switch from 4-4-2 to a more flexible 3-4-3

      2. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Ricardo is worth it. Fixtures. Bonus magnet. 10 G+A last season. Leicester more solid defensively this season, only conceded 5 to a list of Wolves, Man Utd, Chelsea, Sheff Utd, Spurs, and Bournemouth, and never more than one a game. This defensive solidity hasn't really affecting his attacking prescence, although when the team plays poorly he tends to not have as much of an outlet going forwards.

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

        Maybe someone from Chelsea.

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

        Otamendi?

    19. Don Kloppeone
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      As mentioned earlier today, I somehow found myself taking a -8 last night (having already used my FTs) but have ended up with a very template team.

      My main concern is I have no differentials (apart from the “differential” of not having certain players!).

      With my WC still in hand, would you use it now to avoid the hits and get some differentials to gain ground (currently 412k OR)?

      0.2itb
      Heaton
      VVD, Ota, Soy
      Salah, Sterling, KDB, Mount
      Pukki, Haller, Abraham
      (Button) (Cantwell, Lunds, Rico)

      Appreciate the advice gents

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

        I'd wc if you badly want Son/Auba etc. Otherwise stick.

        1. Don Kloppeone
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Tbh it’s not even them I’d be looking at, more the less owned picks like Bobby and Vardy/ Maddison.

          I’ll try and stick and watch who emerges as a decent differential

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

        Id stick with that team for next 2 gameweeks and then reassess.

        1. Don Kloppeone
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Cheers mate.

          Frustrating to be on the back foot with hits like that but by next week people may be clamouring for a new set of differentials anyway!

    20. jia you
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      On a scale of 1-10 how nuts is Zaha(C)?

      1. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        You're just doing it to be contrary, stop it. A 9, 10 being selling all your players for a hit.

        1. jia you
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          seems a good week for an out there punt though!

          1. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            That's beyond an out there punt. An out there punt would be captaining Pukki or Abraham or something.

            To understate, that is the definition of a high risk, low reward move.

            1. jia you
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Norwich are going to make him look like Messi 🙂

              1. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Crystal Palace are a less attacking team than Burnley. Benteke is sitting up front. Zaha can't assist himself and score as well. He'll roast Byram once or twice, get into good positions, and then pass the ball backwards because there's no one making runs in the final third. It's a totally needless risk. I'd genuinely rather captain Pope.

                1. jia you
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Hmmm Pope

                  1. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
                    • 7 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    Capping Pope is a 7

      2. The Overthinker
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        7

        1. jia you
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          yeah about right I'd say...have a feeling he's gonna haul 🙂

          1. have you seen cyan
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Please don’t do that lol

          2. The Overthinker
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            He can

      3. MosF94
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        5/10. Actually think he's a great differential captaincy option in a week where there's unlikely to be a clear frontrunner

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

      Who to bench?

      A. Cantwell (cry)
      B. Zouma (BHA)

      Thanks guys!

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

      Play one from

      A Greenwood (ARS)
      B Rico (WHU)
      C Ceballos (mun)
      D Diop (bou)

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

        a

    23. Igz08
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Digne, Ceballos,Zinchenko -> Aurier, Mount, Ota (-8) Done ✅

      Team:

      Pope
      TAA Aurier Ota
      Mount Cantwell Salah KDB
      Aguero Pukki Haller

      Heaton Pieters Dendoncker Kelly

      Worth activating WC to play around with the bench?

    24. HD7
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Ok so how to choose who to bench between Rico and Guilbert next GW?

      First has atracking potential and the second has better home clean sheet chance?