The Scout Squad: Our top picks for FPL Gameweek 23

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	B
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

FPL GW15 Scout Picks

Verbruggen

Tarkowski
Muñoz
Thiaw

Foden
Bruno Guimarães
Bruno Fernandes
Minteh

Woltemade
Haaland
Thiago

Dubravka
O’Reilly
Andersen
Damsgaard

GW15 Captain Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Woltemade	NEW	7.4m	131.7%	Very Likely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.4m	104.7%	Very Likely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	100.6%	Very Likely
J.Timber	ARS	6.4m	90.3%	Maybe
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	95.7%	Maybe
Raya	ARS	5.9m	78.8%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.1m	73.6%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	89.2%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	85.3%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	84.5%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	83.4%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.3m	68.0%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	85.3%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	83.1%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	81.1%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	75.5%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	77.9%	Unlikely
Neto	CHE	7.2m	61.3%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	6.9m	77.1%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	71.3%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.8m	68.5%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	72.5%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.1m	61.9%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	65.2%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	62.8%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	62.4%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	55.8%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	55.3%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	54.9%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	47.2%	Unlikely
Donnarumma	MCI	5.7m	53.7%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.2m	48.5%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.1m	37.1%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	48.0%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	45.9%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.4m	37.7%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	39.0%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	37.8%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.6m	44.0%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	41.8%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mbeumo	MUN	8.6m	99.1%	Likely
Caicedo	CHE	5.9m	111.5%	Very Likely
Strand Larsen	WOL	6.3m	96.1%	Likely
Rodney	CRY	4.5m	99.4%	Likely
Vicario	TOT	5.0m	96.6%	Maybe
Tel	TOT	6.3m	94.4%	Maybe
Pinnock	BRE	4.3m	96.0%	Maybe
Dixon	EVE	3.9m	94.6%	Maybe
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.3%	Unlikely
Lewis	MCI	4.8m	92.1%	Unlikely
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	91.9%	Unlikely
J.Araujo	BOU	3.9m	93.2%	Unlikely
Kerkez	LIV	5.7m	90.5%	Unlikely
Coppola	BHA	4.3m	94.7%	Unlikely
Welch	EVE	3.9m	91.9%	Unlikely
Ortega Moreno	MCI	4.8m	90.5%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	90.7%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.4m	90.9%	Unlikely
Dasilva	BRE	5.0m	77.6%	Unlikely
George	CHE	4.9m	90.7%	Unlikely
Georginio	BHA	5.7m	80.0%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	88.8%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	4.0m	86.5%	Unlikely
Boateng	BUR	4.8m	89.4%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.2m	84.0%	Unlikely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	84.0%	Unlikely
Knight	BHA	4.5m	83.5%	Unlikely
M.Bizot	AVL	4.3m	85.5%	Unlikely
Baleba	BHA	4.7m	82.3%	Unlikely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	82.7%	Unlikely
McGill	BHA	4.0m	83.1%	Unlikely
Cox	BRE	4.0m	83.9%	Unlikely
Abbott	NFO	3.9m	84.8%	Unlikely
Gruev	LEE	4.8m	80.7%	Unlikely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	81.2%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	83.1%	Unlikely
Young	AVL	4.4m	80.7%	Unlikely
Sonne	BUR	3.9m	81.2%	Unlikely
Matete	SUN	4.4m	81.5%	Unlikely
Gannon-Doak	BOU	4.9m	80.5%	Unlikely

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FPL Fixture Ticker

Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Vs, Sus
Up	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Sels	NFO	C, Vs
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 3:14pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	A, Sus
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	de Ligt	MUN	C, Vs
Up	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Andersen	FUL	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C, Vs
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	B, £
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 2:34pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A, Vs
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Gakpo	LIV	A, Vs
No Change	Minteh	BHA	A
Up	Anderson	NFO	A, Vs, £
No Change	Fernández	CHE	B
Up	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 2:44pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	B
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

GW15 Chip Poll

Scout Squad

The Scout Squad: Our top picks for FPL Gameweek 23

23 January 2025 185 comments

Skonto Rigga

It’s time for the Scout Squad, in which our in-house panel of Marc, Sam, Neale and Tom offer up their thoughts on the best Fantasy Premier League (FPL) picks for Gameweek 23.

MORE ABOUT THE SCOUT SQUAD

In this article series, our team discuss who they think the best players are for the upcoming Gameweek in isolation. In other words, there’s no medium-term planning involved.

The players who get the most votes are likelier to make Friday’s Scout Picks.

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: GAMEWEEK 23 PICKS

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Letsgo!
10 months, 15 days ago
So amazing people are selling palmer haha
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1. Eze Really?
  10 months, 15 days ago
  His game involvement has dropped considerably. I will be keeping for now though.
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  1. TMERC187
    10 months, 14 days ago
    What goes down must come up or is it the other way around?
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rjcv177
10 months, 15 days ago
Wood to Gakpo for free

Yay? or Nay?
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1. C. SAMBA
  10 months, 15 days ago
  Yay
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2. RICICLE
  10 months, 15 days ago
  Nay
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3. Yank Revolution
  10 months, 15 days ago
  Negatory
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Pep Roulette
10 months, 15 days ago
Captain Gakpo over Salah?
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1. TorresMagic™
  10 months, 15 days ago
  Best result/worst result?
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Khalico
10 months, 15 days ago
Would you rather have Foden or Son?
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1. TorresMagic™
  10 months, 15 days ago
  Fixtures not the best for City now.
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2. C. SAMBA
  10 months, 15 days ago
  Son. He likes to play Leicester
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TorresMagic™
10 months, 15 days ago
Ideas on this bunch?

Pick Fab
TAA Hall Gab (Timber Greaves)
Salah Palmer Gordon Bruno Rogers
Isak Wood JPedro

2 FT, 0.2 in bank, no TC.

a) Wood/Pedro + Bruno > Gakpo + max 7.8m / 6.5m mid
b) save
c) something else

Saving leaves AM open next GW but seems more difficult to do.

Cheers for any help.
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1. rjcv177
  10 months, 15 days ago
  same front eight and looking at wood to gakpo (roll the dice)
  But then will give me a bench problem.
  
  i've been tinkering with TC Salah vs AM Slot/Moyes
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  1. TorresMagic™
    10 months, 15 days ago
    Cheers, really comes down to which chip you want to use in GW24.
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Royal5
10 months, 15 days ago
Not a fan of this visual update when picking my team. Subs look weird.
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1. C. SAMBA
  10 months, 15 days ago
  Feels like all the subs are compressed together
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2. TorresMagic™
  10 months, 15 days ago
  Will look weirder in GW24 when rivals play their Assistant Manager.
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  1. Royal5
    10 months, 15 days ago
    Probably why they have messed it up
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b91jh
10 months, 15 days ago
Start two (must include one DEF):

A) Gabriel
B) Munoz
C) Rogers
D) Wood
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1. C. SAMBA
  10 months, 15 days ago
  Gabriel, Rogers
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2. Gommy
  10 months, 15 days ago
  A & C
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3. Yank Revolution
  10 months, 15 days ago
  AD
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Khalico
10 months, 15 days ago
DCL or Ndiaye ?
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1. C. SAMBA
  10 months, 15 days ago
  DCL. Pens
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2. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
  10 months, 15 days ago
  Is the third option a blunt spoon to the eye? If so, that one.
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Ange Ball
10 months, 15 days ago
Worth minus 4

Jota Foden out Diaz Mbeumo IN
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1. C. SAMBA
  10 months, 15 days ago
  yes
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Philosopher's Stones
10 months, 15 days ago
A: Lewis -> Konate worth a hit?

B: TC Salah?
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1. TorresMagic™
  10 months, 15 days ago
  Why can't it be both?
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  1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
    10 months, 15 days ago
    He's asking two independent questions
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  2. Philosopher's Stones
    10 months, 15 days ago
    It can. Was a yes/no question for both.
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    1. TorresMagic™
      10 months, 15 days ago
      Is A) for this GW or next? Who would start if no for A)
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      1. Philosopher's Stones
        10 months, 15 days ago
        Lewis will start if I don't do the move.
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        TorresMagic™
        10 months, 15 days ago
        no and yes on current info
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Cruyff's Eleven
10 months, 15 days ago
Play Aina or Timber (also have Gabriel)?
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1. C. SAMBA
  10 months, 15 days ago
  Aina
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the dom 1
10 months, 15 days ago
which def would you play this GW?

a. Kerkez v NFO

b. Robinson v MUN

Cheers
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1. TorresMagic™
  10 months, 15 days ago
  b
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2. Royal5
  10 months, 15 days ago
  B - assist machine
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3. PartyTime
  10 months, 15 days ago
  B
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Royal5
10 months, 15 days ago
Sanchez / Fab
Timber / Gabriel / Hall / Collins / Greaves
Palmer / Mbeumo / Salah / Gordon / Amad
Wood / Isak / Gakpo

1 FT, 0.8 itb

Sanchez > Alisson a good idea? Feel he is a worse pick than Timber atm.
Any other ideas more than welcome!
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1. C. SAMBA
  10 months, 15 days ago
  timber to Liverpool
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  1. Royal5
    10 months, 15 days ago
    Timber > Konate is an option. Just hate my keepers atm
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2. Yank Revolution
  10 months, 15 days ago
  I did the same exact move this week - you will be soooo happy once you do it too!
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  1. Royal5
    10 months, 15 days ago
    Nice. Yeah really want to get rid of Sanchez, have for a good while. And Ipswich home, followed by a dwg certainly makes sense.
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evilfish
10 months, 15 days ago
Bench Two:

Amad
Sarr
Robinson
Palmer
Semenyo
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1. C. SAMBA
  10 months, 15 days ago
  Sarr, Robinson
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Letsgo!
10 months, 15 days ago
Will u do jota and iwobi to mbeumo and diaz for -4?
Or just jota to diaz and start diaz over iwobi?
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1. Royal5
  10 months, 15 days ago
  Not sure about Diaz. Could see rotation.
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  1. Letsgo!
    10 months, 15 days ago
    Gakpo also rotation risk btw
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2. PartyTime
  10 months, 15 days ago
  Yes, Jota to Diaz imo. I’m taking a hit to get Díaz. Had a strange dream a night ago. He scored 6 goals vs Ipswich. So I’ll have him for the next 3 games.
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  1. Letsgo!
    10 months, 15 days ago
    Funny..
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For Beto or Wirtz!
10 months, 15 days ago
Need to get rid of Jota and it looks like it'll have to be Diaz for the DGW. Why oh why is Gakpo not classed as a mid like Diaz. So frustrating.
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1. Letsgo!
  10 months, 15 days ago
  If diaz get 16 pts and gakpo 2 pts this week. Things are gonna be different isnt it?
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  1. Holmes
    10 months, 15 days ago
    I would prefer Diaz regardless
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  2. For Beto or Wirtz!
    10 months, 15 days ago
    I wish. Luck does not follow me but thanks for giving me the positive
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PartyTime
10 months, 15 days ago
Djokovic has been on fire this Australia Open. Big match now vs Zverev. I think he wins this. Sinner will likely be the next finalist.
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1. SpaceCadet
  10 months, 15 days ago
  Seems to have recovered well from his ‘injury’
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  1. PartyTime
    10 months, 15 days ago
    Yes. Coach Murray also doing a great job.
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  2. PartyTime
    10 months, 15 days ago
    All of a sudden the injury aggravated against Zverev or he simply sold the match. Retired in the game now so Zverev is the first finalist this year.
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    1. SpaceCadet
      10 months, 15 days ago
      Probably would have carried on if he won the first set. Guess he knew with the injury he coudn't go four or five sets.
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      1. PartyTime
        10 months, 15 days ago
        Spot on!
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2. Holmes
  10 months, 15 days ago
  Best tennis player of all time?
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  1. PartyTime
    10 months, 15 days ago
    Yes, highest Grand Slam.
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3. Brehmeren
  10 months, 15 days ago
  I guess not.
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  1. PartyTime
    10 months, 15 days ago
    😆 it looks like he sold it ffs lmao. Maybe Zverev v Sinner this year. Us Open 23 all over again 🙂
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    1. SpaceCadet
      10 months, 15 days ago
      Sinner all the way, looks miles above the rest in this slam.
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      1. PartyTime
        10 months, 15 days ago
        Yes, it won’t be easy but Sinner is a beast. Just love how focused & cold he is on court. Djoko could have won today but the tourney probably took a toll on his old legs.
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4. Eze Really?
  10 months, 15 days ago
  What is his XGI?
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  1. PartyTime
    10 months, 15 days ago
    Lol… in tennis we say expected forehand volley(xFV) 😆
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SpaceCadet
10 months, 15 days ago
Better option? 1 ft.

A. Jackson > Gakpo, bench sarr
B. Play sarr, bench Jackson
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1. PartyTime
  10 months, 15 days ago
  A, in case he hauls vs Ipswich & does jack sht in the dgw.
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dansmith1985
10 months, 15 days ago
Henderson
Robinson Hall Gabriel TAA
Gordon Salah Palmer Mbeumo
Wood Isak

Fab Aina Raul Amad

A)Robinson to Konate
B)Amad and Raul to Choudhury and Gakpo -4
C)Roll transfer and trade Gabriel and Raul to Mykolenko and Gakpo next week
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1. Holmes
  10 months, 15 days ago
  C
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2. Mohamed Medany
  10 months, 15 days ago
  Roll better to see if there is unexpected injury could happen before DGW24
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3. Ini
  10 months, 15 days ago
  I like B be cause you’re attacking the Ipswich fixture followed by the dgw. You can play a strong 3-4-3
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  1. PartyTime
    10 months, 15 days ago
    Yeah I think anyone attacking the dgw may as well attack the Ips game.
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dansmith1985
10 months, 15 days ago
Bench 1

Gordon
Hall
Mbeumo
Wood
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1. popey
  10 months, 15 days ago
  Probably Wood given Bou defence at home. Though every time Ive done this its backfired!
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SpaceCadet
10 months, 15 days ago
Start Sarr or Wood? Tempted by Sarr for the home fixture.
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1. popey
  10 months, 15 days ago
  Sarr for me. Brentford defence poor away
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Bavarian
10 months, 15 days ago
Salah TC?
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popey
10 months, 15 days ago
Looking at third pool as priority given next 3 GWs
2FT 0.9M ITB

Flek (Vald)
Gab, TAA, Robinson (Aina, Myko)
Salah, Palmer, Gordon, Bruno, Rogers
Isak, Pedro, (Wood)

a) Aina to Konate (don't love nfo fixtures in near term, can get Sels in for Flekken when they turn)
b) Flek/Aina > Allison/def to 4.7
c) Bruno > Diaz
d) Bruno/Pedro > Eze/Gakpo
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