Premier Fantasy Tools to join the Scout Network in 2021/22

Ooops what I mean is ……., Play up Ragabolly

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Yeah agree. Ragaboly has done.such a great job with his site and tools.

I agree. I used FFHub last season which had very similar insights and it just created a mess.

I'll stick with this site.

Hey LegendMoon, just wanted to be super clear to you and everyone else that collaborating with Fantasy Premier Tools will not in ANY way impact on the support and relationship we have with LiveFPL.

We have championed Ragabolly's incredible live tools and site for years (and got increasingly behind it in the last two) and nothing is changing about that, we'll continue to work closely with LiveFPL in 21-22 and beyond, in fact we're even plugging a few bits into our new members area!

FPL is an increasingly broad church though and we will continue to look for new partners that are doing interesting things in the space, and Premier Fantasy Tools is one of these. PFT also offers a version of the Hall of Fame, that doesn't mean we'll be abandoning ours, quite the opposite - we have some cool developments coming up on that front soon!

What do you want it to do?

Who’d have thought it

Thanks for the feedback. It also offers some differential picks, but I think you would agree Salah is the top captain pick, would you not?

Also a second question to this. My membership renews in Sept and I'd want to renew it now to make the most of the offer. How can I do this?

Nothing you can do now, expect the heavies round at the end of next week to collect the debt

Hazz - Email me please, ted@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk, and I'll explain. (Can't say publicly as I have to talk about account details)

Flair - Likewise to Hazz, email me if you want to talk specifics but your renewal cost will be whatever you originally signed up at and not the current price. That is to say, if prices go up it won't impact you, just new customers. Therefore you are likely due to pay less than the current promotion so don't cancel if you still want membership!

Yes
Coufal
Yes (unless they sign another)

No
Coufal
Doubt it come season start myself (uninformed guess)

TAA is dead expensive. Think he needs very regular cs to outpace the 5.5 types for value - I'm sceptical about that. He looks the likely source of returns but Digne Shaw Castagne James Cresswell could all easily be better value and closely match returns. There are also plenty of 7.5 forward types who can out value him. Advisable but scarcely essential.

Yes
Coufal
Depends if they sign an attacking midfielder

lovely! though no United attack could cost you especially if Bruno continues to get big points

Pretty close to my current draft with no United players

0itb
Bachmann
TAA Robbo Veltman
Salah Mahrez Son Raphinha
Antonio Watkins Toney
(Foster Ayling Brownhill 4.0def)

Nice enough

Like the 0.5 itb - smart play

Havertz over Mahrez for preference here but tasty double up.

I have Robbo money further updfield to start - dubious about early clean sheets there and rather move money back not forwards. Half of one...

Not keen on the triple 7.5 up top but that could work of course. I'll be interested to see how long you hold them and where you go from them.

If 4 at back : Digne-Keane-Godfrey-Coleman

If 5 at back : Digne-Keane-Mina-Godfrey-Coleman

Mina might also get a start in 4 at back with Keane/Godfrey dropping.

Great game, lucky with the deflection for Australia in the goal but never have been a penalty to GB earlier

Obviously not poor on the day

343

3-4-3 but for future reference if you repost it your 3-4-3 has Obafemi not a 5th defender not that it matters much 🙂

Wilson to Toney

Buendia to Harrison/Sarr
Antonio to Toney
Shaw to Tierney/Coufal

Buendia to Harrison/Sarr.

TAA to Robertson

cheers all

I think it would be wise to cover Villa's good first 3 fixtures

We're fairly similar in our thought process to be honest. Whilst I've also been preaching about United's preseason, I am considering a way to put him into my team. In the grand scheme of things, we're talking about United potentially losing the game but that doesn't mean Fernandes wouldn't get a return.

I think your team is very good by the way.

United may turn out to have had the best preseason of the big teams in making their purchases early and allowing time for bedding in?

Not sure you can call Spurs almost complete with the Kane cloud hanging over them - esp in FPL terms. Take him out and they are a very different proposition. (Do have Son here too but I'm discounting preseason sharpness and using him as a convenient price point and known reliable performer)

Definitely something to consider. I've been planning no Bruno from the start due to his poor form since around February, but I was considering trying to work Sancho or Greenwood in but I think I might just stick with slabhead for now now that I've been reminded of the slow starts that they've had recently.

The choice is Fernandes Raphina Ayling v Son Mahrez 4.0, I asked this earlier and it was a resounding Fernandes one. It allows for Shaw over Tierney too.

Sanchez
TAA Digne Shaw
Salah Bruno Raphina Buendia
Antonio Watkins Iheanacho
Foster Brownhill Ayling Omo

A

One with Trent

That's one a piece, any other takers?

Only made my first draft. I'm currently looking at 3ATB with double LIV def and rotating 4.5s

I was thinking about having both with those nice fixtures for both teams.

Wan Bissaka? Rudiger?

You can also go for 5m assets like Coufal or Dunk

I'd rank the 5.5 options

1. Shaw (if fit)
2. Digne
3. Castagne

Digne created 11 'big' chances last season (same as Robbo). That is up there with the mid-high priced midfielders.
He will possibly be taking more set pieces this season.
Rafa has already said that he is focusing on getting more crosses into the box, so expect more chances created (and bps).
Also expect more cleansheets due to the Rafa effect.
I'm expecting Digne to score around 150points, excellent value for £5.5m.

I keep fluctuating between having him and not having him.

May well go with him and TAA and 3 £4.5s to rotate with them.

I’m still heavily leaning towards giving him a crack of the whip

Served me very well for the run in last year, he read the script & almost perfectly delivered points when in my team & vice-versa

He’s got several positives that not many other players have

Certainty of start, attacking instincts, track record of producing attacking returns over the seasons, corker of a left footed set piece delivery, a bit of the old FPL X-Factor…

Lots have players have one, two, three of those strings to their bow, but it’s a very select group that have all of them

Would be nice if Jrod would feck off to jail along with Siggy though just to nail down the set piece dominance aspect - that bit is still a bit up in the air

Regulon at 5mil could be a steal

B

Start with Son and see how Sancho plays out.

Not like you'll be missing out on much since you have Bruno.

Robbo - yes - he was much luckier than TAA last season when you scratch into some underlying data

TAA - that’s a hard no from me - that guy was freakishly unlucky last year & still ended up with a respectable points total

If he reverts to “normal” output from his underlyings along with Liverpools defensive upturn he has a very clear path to 200 points

Whereas the “wealth of attacking fullbacks” are very hard to pick & guess from week to week who will be getting the 2’s & who will be getting the 12’s

None of us have a crystal ball unfortunately & it’s hard to nail player’s hauls in individual gameweeks

He was in the stands at the Brentford game at OT this week so he's definitely not competing for Tunisia in the Olympics.

Does look scary like him though.

Like it

Really hope this goes through for FPL purposes

Simultaneously puts Grealish in risky FPL territory, makes City mids game-time even more dodgy to predict, probably rules out Kane moving before TDD (will city spend 250m on two players in one window??) and a makes fair few Villa assets less attractive too all else being equal

It would be a real field-thinner

Oof, that’s a tough one.

They should and Grealish will want to move as well.

Pep
- "We are not going to buy any striker, it is impossible, we cannot afford it"
- Offers £100m for another mid/winger

Sounds about right for City

Crazy money

I have said it before, he’s a good player but very over rated

He’s 25 and 26 in September. I can’t actually recall anything major noteworthy he has done. I think he’s great fit for villa, a big fish in a small pond

Will probably improve with better players but for me not to the extent of 100m

Wishful thinking

I think it's decent, and I can see the reasoning behind it due to fixtures, but I don't think personally that the Liverpool defensive double up is worth it at the moment. I don't think it's fair to expect VVD to just slot straight back in at his absolute best after such a long lay off. Henderson and Fabinho - so important to Liverpool's CS hopes - might not be up to full speed after their busy summers. No Gini anymore either. Liverpool's pre-season form has been so-so.

What's the latest news on Grealish, presume they are still in talks stage, or have City made a bid of 100m?

Well it nails him on and I think with those fixtures still worth a look

All Villa options are less appealing if Grealish leaves imo. Could be wrong, maybe everything will go through Buendia now and he'll be the chief chance creator, but I can't see Villa improving as a team if they lose their best player.

Yeah good shout, definitely agree. Will talk to the team about this when I next see them, but for reference is this better?

https://imgur.com/a/I3V67Vt

Just out of interest, does green and red look the same for you, I always wondered how it works, like for example you know a traffic light is red amber green, so the colour you see, you know it's red amber green? Do you know what I'm on about?

Yes there's a chance Digne gets more set-pieces if Siggy and James aren't on the pitch (rumours James will be sold as he doesn't get on with Benitez)

James is an issue

Hi Spatburgunder, just to reiterate the point I made earlier.
Starting to work with PFT doesn't mean we're cutting off LiveFPL in any way, Ragabolly's site is part of our network and will continue to be a goto place for live data and promoted through our channels.

When you say 'pay per article' business, what do you mean?
We put up more free content and resources on more games than anyone, nothing has changed on that front in the last few years (in fact we've increased the volume).

too expensive for someone who probably wont start every game

If you think he is "surely better" then go with him, most people probably don't think that way and hence don't have him

Cavani 8.5, Bam 8.0

Nacho, Watkins, Wilson, Antonio all only 7.5

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