Introducing the Scout Academy for the 2020/21 season

Couldn't agree more . Getting ridiculous now. So pretentious

Post of the day. Green it up

I like it. Similar to mine in many ways. Think it has lots of bases covered.

It's good considering you'll save the transfer and still put out a strong enough GW1

I have a feeling that one of the promoted teams will cause an upset GW1

FUL 1-3 ARS
CRY 1-1 SOU
WHU 2-0 NEW
LIV 2-0 LEE
WBA 0-1 LEI
TOT 1-0 EVE
BHA 0-2 CHE
SHU 0-1 WOL

Ful - Ars 1-2
Cry - Sou 0-2
Whu - New 2-1
Liv - Lee 3-1
Wba - Lei 0-1
Tot - Eve 3-0
Bha - Che 3-0
Shu - Wol 0-0

FUL 2-3 ARS
CRY 3-3 SOU
WHU 3-1 NEW
LIV 5-2 LEE
WBA 1-3 LEI
TOT 2-1 EVE
BHA 1-0 CHE
SHU 2-2 WOL

Probably don't be on any of them!

FUL - 1 ARS - 2
CRY - 1 SOU - 1
WHU - 1 NEW - 1
LIV - 2 LEE - 1
WBA - 1 LEI - 2
TOT - 1 EVE - 1
BHA - 1 CHE - 2
SHU - 0 WOL - 1

It is getting out of hand now.

An fpl academy for the self appointed experts to nurture new talent.

Do people actually buy into this garbage?

Is this FPL Sam any good ?

The outcome will be even more people spouting nonsense on twitter

Down with this sort of thing

I remember when all this used to be fields.

Beautiful organic, unadulterated fields.

I don’t know and couldn’t give a monkeys.

I miss the good old days of fpl during the Ronaldo lampard eras. Had worse ranks back then but the game felt more genuine and fun

The inability of people to make their own mind up when playing FPL seems to have created a market where they’ll pay to be told what to do.

What can these Patreon account wielders really be telling anyone that they couldn’t find out themselves by y’know, watching a game of football like we used to do back in ‘t day?

Absolute nonsense.

There's nothing these 'experts' in a video can share that I don't already know.

The content I want is interesting data analysis and there's a lot less of that in the video sphere because frankly it's harder to engage with and most people don't understand what these statistics mean.

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I'm with you

To be fair to them, they are offering help on the social media side rather than the being an FPL expert side, which is nice becasue in some 'industries' (it's not a real industry is it), the ITKs would try to keep it to themselves. However, it is still probably a clique but that's people everywhere. Can't see 'FPL Mate' being invited in.

They are fantasy artist,making money from FPL nerds

Very Nice! 9/10

1. Safe unless Wolves sign a player.

2. Wouldn't touch him. Won't have offensive threat and we still need to see how this Chelsea team gels together with all the new signings (and more to come).

1 - Vinagre will almost certainly start the season (80% chance), but expect him to be one of the first to be rated. Vinagre is very talented so Nuno will want to give him the opportunity to develop, if we sign someone Nuno is unlikely to throw them straight in. I would be more worried about Nuno doing something funny occasionally like putting Dendoncker or another midfielder in a similar position to Vinagre.

2 - Silva is a great player but there are cheaper players with more attacking potential with defences of similar or better record e.g. Walker-Pieters, Vinagre etc. He's not a bad pick just there not a massive upside for 5.5M.

He's getting competition from Leicester defenders in my team.

Vinagre should start

T.Silva doesn’t have enough of a goal record to get anywhere near 6.5 - if he improves the Chelsea defence he will have a CB partner at 0.5 less or Chilwell available at the same price with attacking threat

Cheers. Good points.

Your prediction on Silva is madness

I have always been a big Thiago Silva supporter, but he will be 36 years old this month. Not sure what we are expecting him to do attacking-wise, he has had 1 goal 1 assist TOTAL last 3 seasons in Ligue 1.

B, A, C

B.A.C

I feel like it’s a very big risk going without him, and I know as humans we like to take risks, but I don’t think this will pay off.

There is little upside to this team at all, and the mid/fwds are the same as a team with Trent in.

He will punish you oh so hard, but it is your choice and your team 🙂

I don't understand the love for Adams nor JWP but if I had to choose one B.

Martial & Adams if possible.

A for me if Z is declared fit

B

How

Frowned upon

Bamford may have limited time now that Rodrigo has joined, so maybe just select a 4.5 instead?

There are a few modifications which could be made to really transform the game. We've seen the emergence of attacking wing-backs who still labelled as defenders, we have defensive midfielders who are never picked by anyone.

If we saw a defensive midfielder category that had the potential to receive increased points from clean sheets, a wing back category that had a hybrid of attacking and defensive returns and a winger / inside forward category that was priced slightly differently from other midfielders & strikers it would lead to many more varied options and avoid the drifting towards template team structrures.

I think we need to split midfield into two positions Central Mid Attacking Mid, with players required to select three of each.

2 keepers
5 defenders
3 CM
3 AM
2 FWD

Well....true players knoe that. An all have one of listed players

Im gambling on Mitro early... always go with at least 1 promoted forward

Mids

Just ask yourself who will bring more pts. This game is not about names and position- its all about pts

Mount and Alli

There are plenty.

Digne, Saka, Nketiah, Alli (still less than 3% ownership), Adams.

I'm also growing to like DCL with the midfield support he appears to be getting and Barnes has also found his way into a few of my drafts.

Jarrod Bowen. 0.9% owned. Stats were excellent post lockdown. Has Championsip pedigree (which I think can translate to the PL). Plays a Dubravka-less Newcastle in GW1, and is the perfect price to be a placeholder for Phil Foden.

Be interesting to see how Eze slots in and whether Roy moves for another forward. Hard sell on Zaha though, when Ziyech, Pulisic, Greenwood and potentially Havertz are all priced around the same and play in much more attacking teams. It’s still Roy.

Jwp at 6 if he's still on pens

Bergwijn has potential. Love how he bombs into the box. Very direct player which is always good to watch but he will see a lot of rotation

Vardy and DCL

Alli. With Kane going to be up top, Son will revert to the wing, with Alli playing much more central and looking sharp so far in friendlies. He had some really high scoring seasons before having 2 injury ravaged seasons, and even last season his stats when fit were really promising. For the price I think he’s worth a punt, if it doesn’t work Chelsea assets are available for a similar price point.

Adams. If Southampton play two up top and he nails the position he could do very well this season, it will depend on his minutes though. He could well just get 60-70 ever week.

Robbo. I know he’s a premium and vvd has almost matched for last two season for .5 less but he has looked much better recently and could well have another 200+ season in him

With the imminent signing of Castagne that full-back position is set to lack clarity as both Justin and Castagne are able to play both flanks. Will wait and see, but reckon Justin still keeps his place as long as Ricardo isn't fit.

Dier - set piece threat

Dier getting the nod by many on here from my reading

Dier much more nailed. The LB/LWB in Jose's Spurs system doesn't get nearly as far advanced as the RWB. Besides, Sessegnon can swoop in, so its a bit of a gamble to pay 5.0 for a player you cannot say with 100% is nailed on.

Reckon Armstrong/ASM are worth the extra 0.5.

I think despite the fixtures soucek could still match the 5.5s. His main attacking threat is his aerial ability, so he always has a chance of nicking the odd goal from a set piece regardless of the opposition

I don’t think Martínez starts over Leno. Not sure about Mane over Salah due mainly to pens. You could very well have a non playing bench. It’s different but I think it’s just too risky overall.

A

Bruno and Martial

You could say that. Easy switch to Martial if he fails. Tough to take him out than to get him in.

Got Vardy, easy enough to get Werner if he does start banging.

I think the opposite. You can weaponize the ownership.

He will be practically price locked until after the Liverpool game because his ownership is so high and if he blanks in the first two there will be a huge firesale and his price will tank.

The first two fixtures are also not the easiest. You will want him for GW3-5 really.

I will go against % with Ziyech 🙂

ownership works both ways. I wouldn't worry about that tbh. It isn't unwise to give him a couple of games to see how he settles. Been so many big flops in this game it is almost a lesson worth learning

Might as well. When was the last time you had to call your 5th def off the bench.

Traore...RWB

If Nuno chooses not to put Traore into that spot there is a possible 4.0 in Burr, but it’s a monitor situation.

I like A and see your thinking, but it would hurt every single time Trent does anything. So B with two 90min 4.5s

B.

TAA not optional when fit at that price imo.

B