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FPL Double Gameweek 23 Scout Picks: Watford double-up and De Bruyne selection

We have chosen our best Fantasy Premier League (FPL) players for Double Gameweek 23 ahead of today’s 18:30 GMT deadline.

We line up in a 3-4-3 formation and, as ever, are limited to an £83.0m budget for our starting XI.

Our four substitutes, meanwhile, are always chosen from the budget crop of players.

GOALKEEPER

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Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Jose Sa (£5.2m) is our chosen goalkeeper in Double Gameweek 23, ahead of a favourable away fixture at Brentford. The 29-year-old is FPL’s highest-scoring keeper and this week he’ll be up against a Bees’ side struggling for goals, with just four across their last six matches. Bruno Lage’s rearguard have been in excellent form in recent weeks, with Sa’s nine saves against Southampton last time out a prime example of just how crucial he is for Wolves.

DEFENDERS

The best FPL defenders for a Gameweek 4 Wildcard 5

Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold (£8.4m) sits second overall for FPL points, with last weekend’s assist against Brentford making him the first defender in Premier League history to register 10 or more in three separate seasons. The England full-back has produced either a goal, assist or clean sheet in 14 of his 19 appearances in 2021/22, and now takes on a Crystal Palace side that has conceded 75 crosses from their left-flank across their last six matches, compared to just 48 on the right.

 

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  1. Junks
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    *REPOST* Moura to...

    A. Countinho
    B. Ramsey
    C. Raph

    1. antis0cial
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      C

    2. BrockLanders
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      C

    3. JoeJitzu +42
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      C

  2. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Play one:
    A. Antonio
    B. Gallagher

    1. NABIL - FPL otai
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      A

    2. upforgrabs
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      A

  3. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Iirc Imran Louza is on some set pieces..

    Damn, AFCON.

  4. Firminooooo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Antonio to King with FT?

    1. NABIL - FPL otai
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Antonio to Dennis with FT here to double up

      1. Firminooooo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Thinking double up to.

    2. BrockLanders
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Yes

  5. Vlad Tepes
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Laporte or Dias, the big Q. Thoughts?

    1. Jack.Armstrong96
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Laporte

  6. Christina.
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Some really stupid posts on here atm.

    1. No Kane No Gain
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Like this one

    2. FPL Brains
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 12 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Big time.

      It's gameday, it all comes out of the woodwork.

    3. NABIL - FPL otai
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Like mine?

    4. james 101
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      “atm” wasn’t really required

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

        Maybe he's looking at an Automated Tiller Machine? 😀

    5. The Polymath
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Well stop posting them. 😀

  7. phuang
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Who to bench in order for me to start Watkins?

    Jota, Maddison, Foden, Raphinha, Bowen.

    Playing a 3-5-2 atm with my other 2 forwards being King and Dennis.

    1. FPL Brains
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 12 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Watkins

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

        LOL 🙂

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

    Captain:

    A) Joao Pedro (NOR, bur)
    B) KDB (sou)

    1. Catastrophe
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      B. coin-flip between KDB and Dennis though (for me)

    2. The Mentaculus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      B

    3. FPL Brains
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 12 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      A

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

      B. Just having JP is maverick enough!

  9. tryf88
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Foster (Norwich home, Burnley away) vs DeGea (West Ham home) ?

    1. Catastrophe
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Fos

    2. No Kane No Gain
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Foster

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

      Foster

  10. C_G
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    am i gtg? no hits taken, 1.6 ITB, who to (C)??

    Sanchez

    TAA Cancelo White

    Bruno Bowen Jota Foden Raph

    Dennis Laca

    Steele Antonio Rudi Livra

    1. FPL Brains
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      White

  11. Catastrophe
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Captain:

    A) KDB
    B) Dennis

    Start:

    1) Sa (bre)
    2) Foster (NOR, bur)

    One GW only (Salah Placeholder):

    X) Fernandes
    Y) Jota

    Cheers.

    1. C_G
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      A2Y

      1. Catastrophe
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Cheers!

    2. No Kane No Gain
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      B2Y

      1. Catastrophe
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Ta

  12. OLA
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Reguilon or Cash to bench? AV has a better fixtures on paper, but spanish is far better attacking and Chelsea is vulnerable now.

    Any thoughts are welcome.

    1. Catastrophe
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Hmm, perhaps Cash given Reguilon has a bit rocky recently. Expect both teams to concede anyway

    2. popey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      play Cash IMO

      he scored in reverse fixture FWIW

  13. TheYogaDaddy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Best move here?

    Foster (De Gea)
    TAA Cancelo Dias (Livramento) (Johnson)
    Jota Fernandes Bowen Trossard (Brownhill)
    Antonio Watkins King (C)

    1 ft, 5.5 itb

    a. Trossard to Raphinha/Foden/Coutinho
    b. Livramento to Digne
    c. Save FT

    1. Nobodinho
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      b for a stronger bench imo

    2. FPL Brains
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      • 12 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      A

  14. grennans2
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    A or B?

    A) Alonso > Laporte (already have Cancelo) with FT
    B) Roll FT and play Mount

    1. Nobodinho
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      A

    2. FPL Brains
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      B

  15. Nobodinho
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Livra > Ait-Nouri (-4) to bench Lamptey, yay or nay?

  16. Saintjack01
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Which 2 players would you play out of the 5 below:

    Coady, gray, Bowen, Toney and dalot

    1. No Kane No Gain
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Coady Bowen

      1. No Kane No Gain
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        I have the same 4 players before dalot. Benching Toney and gray.

    2. FPL Brains
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      • 12 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Dalot, Toney.

  17. abaalan
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    a) antonio + bernardo -> dennis + kdb -4
    b) antonio -> dennis
    c) keane/ livra -> laporte

    play lowton over keane?

    1. FPL Brains
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 12 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Sure

  18. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    And I still got Wood..

    1. Gandalf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Take a lower dose next time

      1. King Kun Ta
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        ghegheghe

    2. Nobodinho
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Hat trick incoming..

      1. NABIL - FPL otai
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Amen to that!

    3. Walter White (WW)
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Needs fire & some buffalo meat

  19. Letsgo!
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Start antonio or alonso? If already have bowen

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

      antonio

  20. DavvaMC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    How many are holding back on getting DGW players in?

    If I do it would be for a hit, but thinking about doing nothing.

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

      Wouldn’t be taking a hit for anyone myself. I’m on WC so a little easier.

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

      Me. I already have Foster and King, that's plenty for me

  21. RogDog_jimmy
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Do I start Lowton (ars, WAT) over either Tierney (BUR) or Ait-Nouri (bre)?

    TAA and Cancelo obviously starting.

    1. Catastrophe
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Oof. I would go for Tierney.

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

        He’s currently starting. Tight one though.

        1. Catastrophe
          • 13 Years
          2 years, 2 months ago

          Indeed. Arsenal away isn't much of a fixture for Lowton. Tierney very good chance of CS and attacking returns.

  22. putana
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Gray -> raphinha (-4)?

    yes or no

  23. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Dennis at 40% ownership is actually pretty scary if you don’t own this week

    1. james 101
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      EO will be higher…

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

      I expect I will have to eat my words but Dennis really doesn't scare me. Plays for a terrible team, massively overperforming on his xGI. But he might get a new manager bounce for the second game when Ranieri is sacked after they lose tonight.

  24. james 101
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Mini cap poll (as the official one is out of date due to dgw…

    A. KDB
    B. Dennis
    C. King
    D. Bowden
    E. Ronaldo
    F. Bruno
    G. Raph
    H. Someone else - who?

    1. james 101
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      I’m on
      B Dennis (c)
      A KDB (vc)

    2. Catastrophe
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Cancelo should probably be thrown in there. B then A for me.

      1. james 101
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Yes, I could have added TAA, Cancelo, etc.

        Felt like too many already!.

    3. King Kun Ta
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      B

    4. TopBinFC
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Jota for me

      1. james 101
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Last massive week before M&S return

    5. RogDog_jimmy
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      KDB (c), Dennis (vc) at the moment.

      1. james 101
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Also a good shout

    6. The Mentaculus
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      • 2 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Going rogue...
      H. Martinelli
      VC KDB

  25. Fernandito
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    De Gea
    TAA Alonso Cancelo
    Bowen Jota Sterling Maddison
    Kane Toney King

    Steele Coufal Dier ESR

    A Toney to Dennis/Pedro
    B Toney to Dennis/Pedro & ESR to Raphinha (-4) Would mean benching Bowen or Maddison
    C ESR to Raphinha & Alonso/Dier to Digne (-4)

  26. King Kun Ta
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Sanchez
    TAA Cancelo Rudiger White
    Bilva Bowen Gray Jota
    Ronnie Dennis (c)

    Bachmann Broja Williams Son*

    1 FT & 2.6 ITB

    Out:
    A Son
    B Gray

    In:
    1 Coutinho
    2 KDB
    3 Raph

    Ta lads!

  27. mcsteely
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Ronaldo and Smith-Rowe to Dennis and KDB for free?

    Or just Ronaldo to Dennis then Salah in next week?

    1. Hansel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Both and then Salah

  28. Darthshearer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Any help appreciated - 1FT with 5.3m ITB

    Foster

    Rudiger | Coleman | Cancelo | Tomiyasu
    Foden | Maddison | Bowen
    King | Antonio | Toney

    Ramsdale | Gallagher | Salah | Livaramento

    I am not chasing, just trying to hold at the moment. Didnt have a too bad week thanks to Ronny getting no games.

  29. TopBinFC
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Right, decided against Bilva to Foden, and to roll transfer, correct decision?

  30. KLOPPS AND ROBBERS... the s…
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Trying not to gett lured into another "DGW"

    Alonso, Mount > Laporte, Raphinha (-4)

    Ramsdale
    Alonso, TAA, Cancelo (C)
    Foden (VC), Mount, Bowen, Jota
    Dennis, Watkins, Ronaldo

    Gunn, Sanchez, Dalot, Gilmour