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Scoutcast crew discuss resurgent Man United and Leicester’s fixture-turn

There are a handful of issues for the Scoutcast crew to get through tonight.

You can join us on our YouTube channel from 20:00 GMT to 21:00 GMT but you can watch the latest episode back any time after that.

Joe will be joined by Az and Karam to discuss Manchester United’s new-look side, built around the in-form creative midfielder, and penalty-taking, Bruno Fernandes (£8.2m).

Meanwhile, a turn in the fixtures could mean a return to the headlines for Leicester options including Jamie Vardy (£9.7m), James Maddison (£7.4m) and Harvey Barnes (£6.0m).

After that, the tough decisions to make about life past Blank Gameweek 28 will be our talking point of the week.

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  1. El Copo
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Barnes, Perez or Armstrong to replace Grealish? Doubts about all.

    1. Dammed Utd
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Michail Antonio West Ham

      1. I SPEAK ENGELS AND DRINK GI…
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Lol West Ham are going down sorry

    2. Dammed Utd
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Transfer you should be looking at

      Tammy
      Antonio
      Barnes
      Vardy

      I am going Tammy + Barnes

      1. Letsgo!
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Will barnes even start?

        1. Bushwhacker
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          He should ; Rogers was playing silly buggers with tactics against City.

  2. Angelic upstart
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Who to transfer in for Grealish, 7.5 available to spend.

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

      Maddison

      1. Peter Ouch
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Heck no

      2. FourLokoLeipzig
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Yep, that’s my move

    2. yakirh
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Moura

  3. Flynny
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Hi. 2fts.....stuck on whether to do the auba to vardy move (and maybe back again for gw29).....playing Bb29

    A....auba and grealish to vardy and barnes.....play 433

    B....egan and grealish to evans and barnes (bench auba) 532

    Mccarthy (hendo)
    Taa robbo boly stephens (egan)
    Salah traore (kdb grealish fleck)
    Jiminez ings (Auba)

    Thanks

  4. noquarternt
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Surprised I can’t see many mentions of Maddison, yet a plethora of Vardy and Perez posts... what’s the deal?

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

      I own him, he's playing a bit deep imo. Always a threat from set pieces tho.

    2. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I suspect a lot of people have been burned already this season and just don’t want to go back there

    3. Peter Ouch
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I was owner for the last 2 seasons.
      I had enough

    4. -Klaus-
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Dem fixtures tho! I've gone for him

  5. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Who's doing the Auba-Vardy-Auba hokey-cokey? Or do we think Vardy will continue his barren run?

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Done. If he can't score against Norwich there's no hope and he'll be straight back out.

      1. yakirh
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        This

  6. jtreble
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Alphonso Davies: the best left back/left wingback prospect in the world. Unreal. 🙂

    1. jtreble
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      100% tackles won
      91% pass accuracy
      8 ball recoveries
      6/7 take-ons
      1 assist
      0 goals conceded

    2. Gnu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Didn't see the game but he's getting rave reviews.
      Looks like Canada are the new Scotland then.....
      10 numpties and a world class left back

      1. Syd.
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Surely he won’t pick up a mysterious injury just before an international break

    3. Maddi Son
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Earlier I wanted to say; is this kid better than Robertson? But thought I'd get destroyed for it. Even if that's a step too far you can tell he's gonna be the most sought-after LB in the world, no doubt.

      1. jtreble
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Ask Barry Hunter. 🙂

  7. FPL Virgin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Well done to Andy for sticking to his plan. Took some guts. Unbelievable score...... https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/58/event/27

    Although a lot of luck was involved in the Burnley Bournemouth game. McNeill hadn't returned since gameweek 12. And as they said on Match of the Day, it is impossible for VAR to know if the ball struck the shoulder or the upper arm on both occasions in the replay.

    1. The Polymath
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Sorry Andy was very, very Jammy. If it wasn't for VAR it would have been a different story. I'd like to be impressed but can't.

      1. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        You need a tonne of jam to do well in FPL. Fair play to him.

      2. Maddi Son
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        It's strange how some managers on FPL are branded geniuses and others lucky. Whenever Magnus Carlsen has a good week, he's a genius... it's never luck.

        Before somebody points out he's #38 in the world, he's had a 3 mill finish and a 175k finish. Just sayin

        1. FPL Virgin
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Are you comparing Andy to Magnus Carlson?

        2. -Klaus-
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Yeah but.....the season Magnus Carlsen was 3 million finish his points total was 39 for the entire season so unless he's really bad he probably just joined in the final gameweek to get some experience. (I am not Magnus Carlsen)

    2. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Setting the top 500k on fire

      1. Syd.
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Those Pro Pundits are smashing it

        1. FPL Virgin
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          How much do you think they are on a year?

          1. Syd.
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Do they get paid?

            I thought it was just a hobby for them

            1. FPL Virgin
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Andy's full time job is to give FPL advice. Our membership fees pays his mortgage.

            2. Gnu
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              One of them gave up his job as a banker I heard.

          2. Now I'm Panicking
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Enough to tempt them back to FFS after abandoning the site for Twitter it seems

            1. FPL Virgin
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              It was a bit of kneejerk reaction to Hub signing up all the big names in FPL. FFS rounded up anyone who was left with a half decent following and chucked serious ££££ at them.

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

                Lol at serious money

      2. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Have you ever had a 258 gameweek rank?

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

          Is that cockney rhyming slang?

          1. FPL Virgin
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            No it isn't my little apple and pears.

    3. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      One swallow doesn't make a summer. Overall not great.

      1. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        When you're having a nightmare season, it's almost impossible to make it stop. The halve rank like that is unprecedented.

    4. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Not a lot of diversity in that team I must say.... too many eggs in few baskets

      1. Maddi Son
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Pretty sure he's taken GW31 into consideration, hence so much Wolves and Burnley. He wont have to burn his FH chip that week.

        1. FPL Virgin
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Clever. Very clever.

        2. El Presidente
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Still dont like it.

      2. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        As long as Burnley score loads and loads of goals like they are renowned for it should be fine.

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

      His team looks like an Egyptian one game week team which is basically what it is as he wild carded last week to set up the bench boost. Nice for him that it worked out but his team looks very lop sided now with a lot of money on the bench and some dodgy double and triple ups.

      1. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        It looks in great shape for 31, as mentioned above. Allows him to keep the FH for a double.

        1. El Presidente
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Well, as it stands he can only field 5 players anyway, so I dont get it.

    6. jtreble
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Pfft. Amateur. 🙂 Here's a 126 point BB:
      https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/797745/event/27

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

        Nice.

    7. Bow Locks
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Pretty impressive getting it right while in the spotlight. I think I'd find that quite stressful.. So much easier being distinctly average.

    8. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      A lot of luck was involved is basically where it ends.

  8. The King
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Reckon Vardy will rise tonight?

    1. Dammed Utd
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Nope

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Nope, only 40ish percent.

    3. The King
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Reckon Aguero's price will drop tonight?

      1. TLF
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        -74 on Fpl stats so doubtful

  9. J to the T
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Pope
    Trent Soy Stephens Saiss
    Salah Martial Cantwell
    Firmino Vardy Ings

    Button Holgate KdB* Grealish*
    1FT £0.1 ITB

    Bank the free, right?

  10. Old Gregg
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Is Grealish time up?

    Main man at Villa. But those fixtures aren’t great

    1. Dammed Utd
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yep

    2. The Polymath
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Some are convinced the fixtures don't matter.

    3. St Pauli Walnuts
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I still think he could do well in the fixtures. He’s been top 5 players of the season for me. But I’m still selling, there’s decent cheaper options with no BGW and betters fixtures, hard to justify keeping

      1. estheblessed
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Like who?

        1. St Pauli Walnuts
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Barnes, Perez, Traore, Armstrong, McNeill, Mount

          1. estheblessed
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            I wasn't questioning u btw just curious about the options!

            1. St Pauli Walnuts
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              No probs. Some of the options are clearly better than others!

              I'm probably going with Barnes and chasing the fixtures against weak defences, he's in pretty good form at the moment too. With my other FT I'll likely go Egan to Boly.

    4. Gimli son of Gloin
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I got rid. He's quality, Villa are rubbish.

    5. I Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I'm selling him this week but may go back to him for the run in.

  11. Dammed Utd
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Who thinks the Bengals will draft Joe Burrows

    1. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I only know one of their songs

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

        Just another manic Munday

        1. Syd.
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          😆

      2. DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Always liked Susannah Hoff

  12. The Senate
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Got a horrible feeling Joe Gomez will get benched at the weekend -
    Sell him for Pereira?

    1. nolard
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I think he stays in the team.
      Look at the record they have with him in there.

      1. The Senate
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        That’s a great point - perhaps he’ll just be rotated in the cup game

        1. nolard
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          I'd say that is more likely . Matip to come in then.

    2. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah, Joel is asking questions....

    3. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Why on Earth would he be benched??!?!?!

  13. yanky
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    dendocker rico or lundstrom (had since gwk1) worth -4 with 2m in bank

    my team is in shambles...thinking grealish > barnes as my FT and it would leave me with 2m in bank

    Guaita
    TAA Lascelles Soyuncu Rico
    Dendocker Salah Barnes Traore
    Ings Vardy

    KDB* Auba* Lundstrom*

    1. nolard
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      With Traore not starting probably, it would be nice to get 11.

  14. estheblessed
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    1 FT and £2m in the bank. Should I be getting someone in here or save;

    Pope,
    Taylor, AA, Gomez, Soyuncu
    Martial, Barnes, Salah
    Ings, Jimenez, DCL

    Henderson, Boly, KDB, Grealish

  15. Fernandito
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Is Pereira, Barnes and Vardy too much Leicester?

    1. yakirh
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      No

    2. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Definitely

    3. Tcheco
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I don't think going all in on Leicester is a bad idea with those fixtures

    4. I SPEAK ENGELS AND DRINK GI…
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I have Vardy, Söyuncu and Barnes.. I will give em couple of weeks and see

  16. JJeyy
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Richarlison or Bruno?

    Rich got better stats, but not fixtures

    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Rich

  17. stu92
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Thoughts?

    Ryan
    TAA - Robbo - Lascelles - Williams
    Salah - Maddison - Traore
    Vardy - Ings - Jimi
    (Martin - Hayden - Lund - KDB)

    0.5ITB, 2FT

    Ryan & Williams > Pope & Taylor??

    1. nolard
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Ryan and Traore to Pope and Barnes possible?

      Or get Pope and Boly, moving Lunds?

    2. Plant Based FPLer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      You might as well wait for the alleged gameweek announcements Thursday/Friday before making moves but in general getting Wolves and Burnley is good.

      1. nolard
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        you mean next week?

        1. Plant Based FPLer
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Well I thought the gw 29 fixtures were going to be announced before this weekend's deadline, maybe I heard wrong.

          1. nolard
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Cheers! I have no clue. Let's see.

  18. Manani
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    good Mahrez replacement?
    Want to get someone who will play GW31, as I am struggling to get enough player to start that week

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      do we know the gw31 fixtures for sure ?

      1. Manani
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        not certain, but a lot of teams is likely to miss

        1. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          ok cheers.

  19. Letsgo!
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Hi all, can i know why the love for barnes here? Will he start for lei?

    Why not perez or maddison?

    1. Marmalade Forest
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      v— Bloody love when this happens --v

    2. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Value over Madisson ; likelihood of starting over Perez. Tactically daft by Rogers to leave him out against City, but I can understand why he did it. Should be the last time.

  20. Marmalade Forest
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Why is there so much love for Barnes here and now?

    So much.

    1. andy85wsm
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I foresee a lot of frustration when new owners witness his finishing ability.

      That being said...I still want him 😉

  21. Henryyy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sell Grealish or Mahrez?

  22. Letsgo!
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sell firmino to vardy??

    1. andy85wsm
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I've thought about it but unless you want to captain Vardy I think saving a transfer is probably more beneficial.

      Firmino has been pretty unlucky not to score the last couple of games. Dare I say....he's due

      1. Letsgo!
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        I have two FT so no point saving transfer and i might just captain vardy.

        If i m nt getting vardy. Then i will need to choose between barnes or maddison for their fixtures

        1. andy85wsm
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          2 FTs makes it a different proposition.

          I think I probably made a mistake going Firmino over Robertson but can't help but feel a little unlucky too.

          Just not sure this is the week to sell him.

          1. Letsgo!
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            I had firmino for quite sometime and he really help me abit. But i might just sell him for vardy

  23. nolard
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    After the Chelsea battering, are you bringing in any of their players with the decent fixtures?

    Tammy could be a differential, but seems so out of sorts...
    Their defense, seems soft still.

    1. andy85wsm
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Don't pull the trigger just yet - https://twitter.com/alansmith90/status/1232429431865651200

    2. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I was thinking on a punt on Tammy, great diff on top 10k but idk.... does he start vs BOU?

    3. Letsgo!
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Please dont take any chelsea players lol

  24. E25
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    After holding Maddison for so long would it be crazy to take him out for Bruno this week? I have 0.1 to play with on the transfer.

    Ryan
    TAA Stephens VVD Doherty
    Traore Salah Maddison
    Vardy Jimenez Ings

    Button / Rico Hayden KDB 
    1FT 0.9ITB

  25. Muscout
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Why is Auba looking likely to go up in price tonight when he has a blank coming up?

    Also do we have an idea on when we will know about next DGW?

    1. andy85wsm
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      He's been brought by over 100k managers this week! Crazy

      1. El Presidente
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Pathetic

        1. -Klaus-
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Egregious

    2. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      before the deadline for this one i believe

  26. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    - mount or barnes to replace grealish ?
    - keep traore one more week ?

    thanks

  27. Tcheco
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    G2G?

    --------------McCarthy
    --------TAA Lascelles Taylor
    Salah(C) Richarlison Maddison Cantwell
    --------Vardy(VC) Ings Firmino

    KDB Baldock O'Connell

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      yep looks good

      1. Tcheco
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        cheers

  28. -Klaus-
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Delicious f#@kin pancakes!

  29. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Need a cheap midfielder, folks. 5-6 mill., tops. Wolves or Leicester, perhaps? Will be getting Vardy and also own Jimmy. Thinking Barnes or Mout.

    Thanks!

  30. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Auba+Grealish+Traore to Vardy+Bruno+Snodgrass for -4?

    Also, just in case anyone is looking to get Tammy in (not sure why you would be!) he was seen limping off the pitch during the warm down, not looking great.