Rate My Team

FPL Rate My Team surgery with five-time top 1k finisher Tom Freeman

Postponements, Covid outbreaks, injuries, rotation, quick turnarounds – it’s the most wonderful time of the year, alright.

Yes, another festive Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Gameweek is almost upon us and this one is proving to be one of the trickiest of the season so far, not helped by Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wanderers and Leeds United v Aston Villa being called off.

As is always the case, the comments section of our site is filled with requests for advice on transfer dilemmas and team help. So we’ve asked five-time top 1k finisher and Scout’s Deputy Editor, Tom Freeman, to answer some of them right up until deadline.

He’ll be on hand to reply to comments below the line of this piece and will get through as many as he can until the next article goes up, with priority given to questions from Premium Members if there is a deluge.

As ever, you can chip in with your own opinions on the raft of RMT requests filtering through – and naturally, feel free to ignore the article subject matter and talk about any other wider FPL topics that you’d normally be musing on.

Don’t forget that, if it’s an algorithmic answer you’re after rather than an opinion-based one, we also have a ‘Rate My Team’ tool available in the Premium Members Area.

DEADLINE DAY STREAM

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  1. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Play Dalot or Broja?

    Best Captain?

    DDG
    TAA. Cancelo. Reguilón. Dalot
    Son. Jota. Foden. Bowen
    Ronaldo. Antonio.
    (Foster, Broja, Tierney*, Martinelli*)

    1. The Fantastic Mr Fox
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Dalot

  2. Oscar Slater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Gallagher non-essential.

  3. Jebiga
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Bench Bernardo Silva or Bowen ?

    1. JabbaWookiee
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Bilva

    2. Will Kane
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      That's more like it. Bilva

  4. JabbaWookiee
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Sticking with Ronaldo and no Salah. GULP. Ramsdale to DDG - yay or nay?

  5. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Play Dalot or Broja?

    DDG
    TAA. Cancelo. Reguilón. Dalot
    Son. Jota. Foden. Bowen
    Ronaldo. Antonio
    (Foster, Broja, Tierney*, Martinelli*)

    1. Dave2008
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Same problem I'm going with Broja

    2. Matjes_taet
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Broja

  6. Heisenberg W. W.
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    GOT ALL THREE

    1. SON
    2. KANE
    3. TAA

    CAPTAIN?

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Too late

    2. Critical Observer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      I went with Son out of those.

  7. Gubby-Allen
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Gallacher playing?

    Y/N?

  8. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    If you saw a rumour that Spurs vs Southampton was cancelled would you share it with only a few minutes to go? Asking for a friend

    1. HTL
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      May your differentials fail.

  9. Will Kane
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Good luck everyone 🙂

    Fielding a maximum of 10 this week, could be a tough one.

    Nobody
    TAA Dias Cancelo James
    Salah(c) Jota Bowen Son
    Broja King

  10. Kodap
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Quick, captain…

    Son or KDB?

    1. DF
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Kdb

    2. nolard
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Kev

  11. Firmino
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Site crashed!

  12. tim
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    CR7 or Son captain?

  13. Il Capitano
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Guaita > DDG (-4)?

    1. Jebiga
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      yes

  14. Ibralicious
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Final last-minute dilemma:

    A) Watkins —> King
    B) Save FT and start Livramento VS TOT

    Cheers!

    1. tim
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Save

      1. Ibralicious
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Thanks and good luck!

  15. Fpl_Ludwig
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Cancelo captain? Or foden?

    1. Oscar Slater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Foden due.

  16. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    is gallagher out?

    1. Thanos
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Quite popular

  17. Atimis
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    (c) Jota, give me a goal fest

  18. Cheeky Onion
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Is it worth transferring out Martinelli, White, Watkins or Locaida for a hit? Have 2.0m ITB

  19. estheblessed
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    How come many people are not captaining Salah?

    1. rrcmc
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Not me.

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      They don't own him.

      1. estheblessed
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Ok that makes sense then. I thought if missed something...

    3. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      They sold him at the weekend.

  20. Oggle22
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    G2G
    Ramsdale*
    Trent Reg James
    Salah(c) Jota Foden Mount Son
    Antonio Dennis

    Foster Livra Johnson Archer

    Done a -8 Laca/ESR/Bilva to Archer/Son and jota what could go wrong haha

  21. rrcmc
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    James to Reguilon for -4?

  22. FPL Emu
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Anyone know how likely that United blank next week is?

  23. Cok3y5murf
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Son to who? 9m itb

    1. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Bissouma

  24. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    This account is claiming Son is benched

    https://twitter.com/davis_burnley/status/1475818476732362752

    1. Oscar Slater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      PANIC!!

    2. Paqueta Rice
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Is he reliable

      1. Forza Papac
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        No idea

    3. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Freelance journalist who's tweeted twice since April...

    4. Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Better not be true - I brought in 2 not in that list.

    5. Dexters Laboratory
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      He has 250 followers .. I call BS

    6. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      264 followers and looks like a dork

      1. Paqueta Rice
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Lol harsh 😆

  25. Andy_Social
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Right, done. Taken a minus 8 hit, benched wiped out by covid, just need my Chelsea wingbacks to show up tomorrow to get a full side out.

  26. Toe-Knee Yeboah
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Kane(c) high stakes differential

  27. andre_c
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Cap

    1: Jota
    2: TAA (cheeky pick)

    Thanks

    1. avfc82
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Trent out of those two options.

  28. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Locked in ready for the 1:25 deadline!

    Saka & Martinelli to Gallagher & Jorginho (-4), good luck all!

    Guaita
    Trent | Cancelo | Alonso | James
    Son | Jota | Gallagher | Jorginho
    Kane | Vardy

    Steele | Mbuemo | Manquillo | Gelhardt

    Good luck all and pants down soon!!

  29. fish&chips
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Play DDG (BUR) or Guaita (NOR)

    1. Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      I'm going with the rumour Guaita has covid

  30. BIG TONES
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Last chance to get on the Pukki train