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Ahead of Friday’s Scout Picks selection, our in-house team of Sam, Marc, Tom and Neale each put forward the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) names they think should make the cut.

Our panelists submit 18-man player longlists with the focus just on the upcoming Gameweek – and with various stipulations, as detailed in the next section.


ABOUT THE SCOUT SQUAD

Everything you ever wanted to know about the FPL Bonus Point System - part one

Our four resident writers are solely focused on the upcoming Gameweek with their selections. Anything outside of this window, we cover in the Watchlist.

The players who get the most votes are much more likely to make the Scout Picks, although the final XI can’t exceed £83.0m – so occasionally, cheaper alternatives have to be found.

Each of our writers must meet the following requirements for this feature:

  • At least one sub-£5.0m goalkeeper
  • At least one sub-£5.0m defender
  • At least one sub-£6.0m midfielder
  • At least one sub-£7.0m forward
  • No more than three players from the same club

SCOUT SQUAD’S PICK OF THE BEST FPL PLAYERS FOR GAMEWEEK 24

 

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  1. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Mitro to Felix on free

    A Yes
    B No

    1. Dušan Citizen
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      yes

    2. Ne0
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Depends on your team. Mitro has a fixture in GW25. So unless you have a strong team for that game week, then yes. But otherwise, I'd want to use my transfers with an eye toward that.

      1. dunas_dog
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        This would be week 25 team if made move ( admittedly needs -4 next week)

        Kepa
        White James Tarkowski
        Salah Mahrez Saka Andreas
        Felix Haaland Nketiah

        Ward Rashford Shaw Trippier

        1. Ne0
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          That's a pretty strong team. Looks good then!

  2. Ne0
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Just wanted to check up on how y'all's season has been going. What are your lowest and highest ranks so far this season, and what's your current rank? And what chips do you have left?

    Mine:
    Lowest: 1.5M (gw1)
    Highest: 42k (gw12)
    Current: 158k
    Chips left: WC, BB, FH

    1. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Lowest: 897,000 ( gw1)
      Highest: 3003 (gw23)
      Current: 3003
      Chips left: WC, BB,FH

      1. Ne0
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Looks like you are having a great season, bravo!

    2. No Salah
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Lowest: pre WC GW16 - outside 1 million

      Highest: Now at GW23 - 50K

      Chips left: WC BB FH

    3. Fulchester's New Centr…
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Lowest/Current: 2,034,434
      Highest: 138,469 (GW2)
      Chips left: BB, FH
      Stopped trying: GW13

  3. juicewagz
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Is Mitrovic to Joao Felix necessary now?

    1. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Very tempted!

  4. Ruinenlust
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Why was Rashford celebrating that second goal like it was his?

    1. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Habit

  5. juicewagz
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Tarkowski or Kilman?

    1. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      T

  6. Eleven Hag
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    How has Leicster been at the back lately? I am genuinely considering Rashford as a captain option over Haaland whether the later will be rested or not.

    1. The Mentaculus
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Half their backline is made of new signings now. Victor Kristiansen (LB) has been excellent, Souttar still settling in. They've definitely improved a bit, but not so much that I'd be put off Rashford (C). I could see a 3-2

  7. Bob B
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Martinelli to Saka (-4) ?

    1. Eleven Hag
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Yes

    2. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Yes

  8. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Bottomed:

    Hi guys, my team is:

    Ederson
    Shaw - Trippier - White
    Rashford - Saka - Mahrez - Odegaard - Bruno
    Kane - Haaland
    ______________________________________
    Kepa: Gnonto: Schar: Aurier

    1FT, 0.2 ITB

    Very well May roll the FT for this GW, but if I want Salah, how would you go about it for GW 25?

    Thinking maybe Bruno and Mahrez > Salah + 5.2 and below mid?
    Maybe even Bruno + Kane > Salah + Darwin?

    Bit puzzled how I’d go about it really and looking for some inspiration

    Thanks for any input gents.

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

      Zero replies today, give up lol. Hopefully tomorrow.

    2. GC123
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      I wouldn’t bother. Salah’s form isn’t great and he might only score 8 points over the DGW. Means sacrifices and burning transfers to get him in and possible ship him out after the double. Typical DGW trap. Don’t unbalance your team on a whim

    3. Fulchester's New Centr…
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Agree with GC123, no point breaking your team for Salah. Palace not good, but still steady at home and Wolves are, to be frank, better than Liverpool at the moment.

    4. No Kane No Gain
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Gameweek 25 Bruno and Mahrez out. Salah and a shady wolves midfielder in.

  9. Bob B
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Play 2:

    A. Andreas (bha)
    B. Gnonto (eve)
    C. Trippier (LIV)
    D. Dunk (FUL)

    1. Eleven Hag
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      D

    2. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      B C

  10. Dušan Citizen
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Just did Martinelli to Odegaard. God, hope we won't hear about some his sudden illness or injury.

    1. Dušan Citizen
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Perhaps should have gone with Nketiah for 3rd Arsenal spot, but I was thinking more long term as I would try not to use FH in gw 28.

  11. Sheffield Wednesday
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Saw on FPL Reddit that there are planned rail strikes affecting DGW27? Bit hard to follow from the antipodes but should all Brighton players come with a health warning - may not play due to random ongoing fruitless strike action. Or should the games just go ahead without half the fans present.

    1. Fulchester's New Centr…
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      The socialism I believe in isn’t really politics. It is a way of living. It is humanity. I believe the only way to live and to be truly successful is by collective effort, with everyone working for each other, everyone helping each other, and everyone having a share of the rewards at the end of the day. That might be asking a lot, but it’s the way I see football and the way I see life - Bill Shankly.

      Last time was train strikes plus car parks (which they share with university) being unavailable at the same time so my understanding is that this is more than likley to go ahead.

  12. Pique and De Bruyne
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    How on earth is De Bruyne close to a price rise when yesterday he was about -75% ish and is more than 30k negative on transfers for the week?

  13. FPL Brains
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Kepa
    Shaw - James - Tarkowski
    Saka - Mahrez - Rashford - Mitoma
    Haaland - Kane - Nketiah

    Ederson - Trippier - Odegaard - Botman

    Good to go?

    1. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Very good to go

    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Neigh. Tark is a trap. Play the FPL top scoring defender.

    3. The Mentaculus
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      You too?! What is this craze for benching Trippier? You know he has 1 home blank in a year, right? Bruno is obviously important but I really think this is going too far. Leicester much more likely to score imo & Trippier's chance creation is miles ahead of Shaw

  14. Taegugk Warrior
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    A. White to Tarkowski
    B. Doherty to Tarkowski (bench white)
    C. Roll FT (just play white)

    plan to WC at GW27

    1. cravencottage
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      B

    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      C

  15. Zenith UK
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Just need some thoughts to my plans please? I have used my WC and really don't want to FH25 (although it might be worth it);

    24 - 2FTs & 0.7 ITB;
    Kepa
    White, Shaw*, Badiashile
    Mahrez, Ode, Rashy, Bruno
    Haaland (c), Kane, Nketiah

    Ward, Trips, Mitoma, Burn

    *Shaw > Kilman (free)

    25;
    Rashy & Bruno > Salah (c) & Iwobi (free)

    26;
    1FT w/ 0.6~ ITB, but roll it.

    27;
    Mahrez & Nketiah > Rashford & Toney (free)

  16. Ragabolly
    • 15 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Risers: João Félix (7.6) Shaw (5.4) Arrizabalaga (4.7)

    Fallers: Mudryk (6.9) Trossard (6.6) Palhinha (4.9) Álex Moreno (4.4)

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Ta duck

    2. Sheffield Wednesday
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Shaw heaping more misery on me for transferring him out for Gabriel. Enjoy your BGW25 new owners.

      1. Zenith UK
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Thought I was going to get a 0.1 bump before transferring him out shortly, alas that's not the case...

      2. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Don’t be bitter.

        1. Sheffield Wednesday
          • 5 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          I thought I was being sensible...

          1. Sharkytect
            • 11 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Same here. Would have hit my first triple-point score if I'd just left him in. But I looked at the fixtures and it just seemed to make sense to do that exact same trabsfer

      3. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Oh no whatever will I do with my haul last week, potential haul this week and two free transfers and 11 non blanking players. Damn you really thought this through

        1. Sheffield Wednesday
          • 5 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          You already had Shaw, therefore did not contribute to his price rise, and are not a new owner who just used a transfer for a player with one fixture before he blanks. New owners don't get the benefit of last week's haul - though chasing last week's points is apparently a thing.

    3. cravencottage
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Surprised Martinelli survived

    4. Casual Player
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Went the rare early moves to catch the Saka rise and Martinelli fall and neither happened.

      I guess it'll be tomorrow.

      1. Andy_Social
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        I got burned benching Shaw, but that's a tiny compensation. With Kepa, 2-0 today. Rolling the tran.

    5. MissouriMarten
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Wow, the amount of salt on here every day over 0.1 here and there makes for an entertaining read, but it's pretty sad.

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • 16 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        I’ll class this comment as insulting but cowardly; you wanted to pass judgement but didn’t want the conflict so posted it separately 🙂

        1. MissouriMarten
          • 10 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          It's your prerogative to class it as whatever you like, though I think you'd have to be pretty thin-skinned to be offended by it.
          I've taken extra special care to make sure that this response appears exactly where it should in the thread, to avoid any further ambiguity.

    6. Lemongrab
      • 16 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Mudryk owners in the Mud!

    7. Twisted Saltergater
      • 16 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Who’d have thought we’d have such a microcosm of society on today’s price changes!

  17. cravencottage
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Some advice please- which 3 this week:

    A) Gabriel-AVL Away
    B)Tarkowski- Lee Home
    C)Ake- NFO away
    D)Shaw- Lei Home
    E)Tripper - Liv Home

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      CDE

  18. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Reckon rashford starts v Leicester? Not sure who to captain this gw...

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Of course. He’s the most in form striker in Europe.

    2. Zenith UK
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Haaland (c), Kane (vc) for me.

    3. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Cheers both

  19. the dom 1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Bruno > KDB this week then KDB > Salah DGW?

    Y or N

    1. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      N

      1. the dom 1
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Cheers

    2. Sheffield Wednesday
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Bruno > Salah GW25
      Expect you can make productive use of that other transfer

      1. the dom 1
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Thanks and most likely bring Tark in with other free if I save which is looking that way

  20. Jengkreng
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Will mahrez and kdb start tommorow vs forest?...or they will be rested...really tempted to get mahrez

    1. No Kane No Gain
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Mahrez is don’t buy don’t sell this gameweek

  21. Sabz_1111
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Who would you start this gw pls:

    Odegaard or Nketieh?

    On Ode at the moment but keep changing my mind. Thoughts welcome.

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

      Why not both?they both could score

      1. Sabz_1111
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        My front 8 are:

        Mahrez-Rash-KDB-Saka-Odegaard
        Felix-Haaland-Nketieh

        So narrowed it down to benching either Ode or Nketieh. Benching headache

  22. dansmith1985
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Which trade this week?
    1)DDG to Kepa
    2)Botman to Tarkowski

  23. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Got to sit 1 of these
    Fernandes-Ødegaard-Rashford(VC)-Mitoma-Saka
    Haaland(C)-Kane-Toney

    Kane
    Ode
    Bruno

    1. Nobodinho
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Ø

  24. Eleven Hag
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Want to captain Rashford but worried about the fatigue after the trip to Spain and the busy schedule in general, also team as a whole am not sure we will be at our best.

    1. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Haaland fixture too juicy

  25. dansmith1985
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    DDG and Botman to Kepa and Badishile for a -4,yay or nay?

  26. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    As much as I need to use FH GW25
    GW28 will probably be worse?

    1. OPTA FPL
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      32 worst

  27. OPTA FPL
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Play Shaw or Tripper?

    1. Eleven Hag
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Shaw

    2. Sheffield Wednesday
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Trippier

  28. trafalgarlaw
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Botman to James and bench Trippier ?

    Kepa
    Trippier Shaw White
    KDB Odegaard Martinelli Rashford
    Kane Haaland Gnonto

    Ward Andreas Botman Bueno

  29. Eleven Hag
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    A) Shaw -> Badishile (gw24)
    Bruno -> Salah (gw25)
    B) Save FT (gw24)
    Shaw + Bruno -> Tarkowski + Salah

    Which move plz?

    1. Bggz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      save

  30. Carlsmil
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Guys what to do

    1.9 itb and 1 ft

    Kepa
    Trippier Lewis Shaw
    Martinelli KDB Rashford Saka
    Haaland Mitro Darwin

    Subs: Ward Andreas Lewis Bueno

    Should I do Martinelli and Mitro for Ødegaard and Felix (-4)

    Other suggestions?