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Five-time top 1k finisher Tom Freeman is here to help with your pre-deadline dilemmas for the next two hours.

Whether it’s questions on your latest team draft, specific players, captaincy or anything in between, Scout’s Deputy Editor will tackle whatever’s thrown at him.

He’ll be on hand to first reply to requests from Premium Members in the Hot Topic below the line of this piece and will get through as many as he can until the next article goes up.

If there’s time, Tom will also turn his attention to other requests in the comments section.

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You can, as ever, chip in with your own opinions on the RMT requests filtering through – and naturally, you’re free to ignore the article’s subject matter and talk about any other wider Fantasy Premier League (FPL) topics.

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.

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  1. tom2224
    • 8 Years
    4 months, 5 hours ago

    What do you reckon guys?

    Sels
    RAN - De Cuyper - Porro
    Salah - Palmer - Fernandes - KDH - Reijnders
    Bowen - Watkins

    Dubravka - Guiu - Dorgu - Diouf

    Thoughts appreciated! Good luck for the season.

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    1. Mata of opinion
      • 6 Years
      4 months, 5 hours ago

      Solid. Good team

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    2. Nolberto Solano
      • 14 Years
      4 months, 5 hours ago

      I can see you prefer attacking full backs to centre backs! I like each of those picks, even though I prefer CB's for their guaranteed minutes and DEFCON chances.

      I'm not comfortable having KDH starting every week, unless your plan is to rotate with your defenders?

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    3. Ball Ake
      • 1 Year
      4 months, 5 hours ago

      Lovely team, mine similar but have squeezed in Saka instead of Brine. Prefer yours actually.

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      1. Ball Ake
        • 1 Year
        4 months, 5 hours ago

        Brine?, don't get salty. Bruno

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  2. Nolberto Solano
    • 14 Years
    4 months, 5 hours ago

    Some last minute dilemmas to sort out:

    A) Sels or Sanchez?
    B) RAN or Porro?
    C) Rogers or Kudus?

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    1. DennisTheMenace
      • 3 Years
      4 months, 5 hours ago

      A) Sanchez as id rather have a forest defender not gk
      B) RAN - higher ceiling, more CS potential
      C) Rogers - just look at last season. Kudus is a good player but doesn’t score loads of points, rogers is both

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      1. Nolberto Solano
        • 14 Years
        4 months, 5 hours ago

        Thanks! If you had to drop one of RAN or Rogers for those other options, which one would you do?

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        1. DennisTheMenace
          • 3 Years
          4 months, 5 hours ago

          Probably RAN to porro. Not kudus‘ biggest fan

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    2. Sebastes
      • 10 Years
      4 months, 5 hours ago

      Sels, Porro, Rogers

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    3. theshazly
      • 2 Years
      4 months, 5 hours ago

      Sels
      Ran
      Rogers

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  3. b91jh
    • 8 Years
    4 months, 5 hours ago

    Just found out a decent front 8 with both Haaland and the King accommodated.

    Palmer Wirtz Rogers Reijnders King
    Haaland Watkins Fullkrug

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    1. el polako
      • 8 Years
      4 months, 5 hours ago

      Two rotation risks and one injury waiting to happen there.

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  4. ManTree(v2!) or just JAY!
    • 14 Years
    4 months, 5 hours ago

    best 4.5m midfielders please?

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    1. b91jh
      • 8 Years
      4 months, 5 hours ago

      Potts or King

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    2. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
      • 10 Years
      4 months, 5 hours ago

      All shite

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    3. Nolberto Solano
      • 14 Years
      4 months, 5 hours ago

      Better off spending an extra 0.5 on KDH

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    4. DennisTheMenace
      • 3 Years
      4 months, 5 hours ago

      King looks really good imo. Fans seem to love him and looks sharp. Have even considered starting him GW1

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  5. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    4 months, 5 hours ago

    Is Dubravka going to start this week? Safe for BB?

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  6. Sebastes
    • 10 Years
    4 months, 5 hours ago

    For the first 7 weeks, all will be playing

    A) Milenkovic, Fernandes, Rogers, KDH
    B) Neco, Tielemans, Georgino, Watkins

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  7. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    4 months, 5 hours ago

    Which 4.5 would you pick along De Cuyper?
    Drogu could be exciting tho not the easiest fixtures, thinking VDV or Konsa with some nice fixtures around GW3-7?

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    1. theshazly
      • 2 Years
      4 months, 5 hours ago

      VDV

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    2. DennisTheMenace
      • 3 Years
      4 months, 5 hours ago

      I like richards due to palaces clean sheets last season and high defcon potential

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    3. Sebastes
      • 10 Years
      4 months, 5 hours ago

      Think you can't really go wrong with any of VDV, Konsa or Richards.

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  8. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
    • 14 Years
    4 months, 5 hours ago

    1 - Tark / Anderson
    2 - RAN / Dewbury-H?

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    1. Sebastes
      • 10 Years
      4 months, 5 hours ago

      1

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    2. Ball Ake
      • 1 Year
      4 months, 5 hours ago

      1

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  9. theshazly
    • 2 Years
    4 months, 5 hours ago

    Play DeCuyper in a 442 or KDH in a 352 ?

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    1. marcos11
      • 5 Years
      4 months, 5 hours ago

      KDH

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  10. niaz1982
    • 6 Years
    4 months, 5 hours ago

    Rate my team please, looking to BBGW1, only one i'm not sure on is Ndiaye or Kudus:

    Verbruggen
    VDV Milenkovic RAN Cucurella
    Salah Palmer Ndayie Tielemans
    Pedro Wood

    Subs: Kelleher* AWB Rice Beto

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    1. theshazly
      • 2 Years
      4 months, 5 hours ago

      Kudus

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      1. niaz1982
        • 6 Years
        4 months, 5 hours ago

        Otherwise G2G?

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  11. Red Red Robins
    • 5 Years
    4 months, 5 hours ago

    Anyone at work 'working' today?

    Nice sunny day, sat in the office looking busy whilst i look at my team scared about tonight with no Salah

    Ah, Fantasy Football is back!!!!!!!!!!

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    1. Ball Ake
      • 1 Year
      4 months, 5 hours ago

      I decided to join in the forum yesterday after much lurking, mainly as a way of avoiding work. Much better

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      1. Red Red Robins
        • 5 Years
        4 months, 5 hours ago

        As per George, 'just look angry and people think youre busy'

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        1. Ball Ake
          • 1 Year
          4 months, 5 hours ago

          Quality reference

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  12. Moon Dog
      4 months, 5 hours ago

      Alderete made La Liga team of the year and has gone to recently promoted Premier League team Sunderland. La Liga are FUMING.

      Ángel Torres (Getafe president): “We’ve given away Omar Alderete, one of the best centre-backs in La Liga, to a newly promoted Premier League club for peanuts just so that I could have 16-17 players registered by Sunday. When you call La Liga, all they tell you is ‘sell, sell’. They don't now even let me use personal guarantees. Our league is the laughing stock of Europe.”

      La Liga's pride is hurting right now.

      As a side note, I prefer Alderete to Reinildo. Surely more defcons. Might be touch and go for GW1 but shirley starts GW2.

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      1. Moon Dog
          4 months, 5 hours ago

          Check out my journalism. I a research dog. Woof woof mfs.

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          1. Kiwivillan
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            4 months, 5 hours ago

            Rough

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      2. Fantasyfreaks
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        4 months, 5 hours ago

        Hi Tom, best of luck you and all for the season ahead.

        Bit of a dilemma. Which do you guys prefer.

        A Kelliher, neco, D hall, j Pedro

        Or

        B) Sanchez, Murillo, reindeer, fulkrug.

        Rest of my team is set in stone.

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        1. Sebastes
          • 10 Years
          4 months, 5 hours ago

          B

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        2. Nolberto Solano
          • 14 Years
          4 months, 5 hours ago

          b for sure

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          1. Fantasyfreaks
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 4 Years
            4 months, 5 hours ago

            Thanks guys, was thinking B also. Bit more depth. It’s just the J Pedro ownership scares me a little. But I think the others will make up the difference and fulkrug might chip in also

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      3. Spurrsy
        • 6 Years
        4 months, 5 hours ago

        Sanchez
        Murillo/Pedro/Williams
        Palmer(C)/Bruno/Wirtz/Saka/Reinjders
        Pedro/Watkins

        Bench - Larsen/Dorgu/Esteve

        1. Marc Guiu & Gakpo or 2. Reijnders & Strand Larsen?

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        1. Sebastes
          • 10 Years
          4 months, 5 hours ago

          I like 1, but both solid.

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      4. Over Midwicket
        • 13 Years
        4 months, 5 hours ago

        Thinking Wirtz + JSL to Gakpo + Mateta/JP.

        Makes sense, right?

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      5. Ha.
        • 10 Years
        4 months, 5 hours ago

        A. Sels and Tark
        B. Sanchez and Milenkovic

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        1. DennisTheMenace
          • 3 Years
          4 months, 5 hours ago

          B by a mile

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      6. DennisTheMenace
        • 3 Years
        4 months, 5 hours ago

        Thoughts?

        Sanchez Dubravka
        Gabriel RAN VVD Neco Richards
        Salah Bruno Wirtz Reijnders King
        Watkins Bowen Guiu

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      7. Full ham tragic
        • 3 Years
        4 months, 5 hours ago

        Anderson or reinders?

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        1. DennisTheMenace
          • 3 Years
          4 months, 5 hours ago

          Boring vs exciting

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        2. Lallana_
          • 11 Years
          4 months, 5 hours ago

          Anderson

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          1. theshazly
            • 2 Years
            4 months, 5 hours ago

            R

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      8. Lallana_
        • 11 Years
        4 months, 5 hours ago

        Which one?

        A) Wirtz, Dewsbury-Hall, N.Williams
        B) Rogers, Georginio, Murillo

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      9. AzzaroMax99
        • 9 Years
        4 months, 5 hours ago

        What do you think of this guys?

        G2G?

        0.0 left in the bank

        Sels
        Frimpong Cucu Konsa
        Salah Palmer Kudus Reindeer
        Bowen Jokers Pedro

        Dubravka AWB Ramsey Reinildo

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        1. DennisTheMenace
          • 3 Years
          4 months, 5 hours ago

          Like it. Would personally go for watkins over gyokeres and switch ramsey to king. Apart from that, pretty solid

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          1. AzzaroMax99
            • 9 Years
            4 months, 5 hours ago

            Thx!

            Also would you go with Kudus or Ndiaye?

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            1. DennisTheMenace
              • 3 Years
              4 months, 5 hours ago

              Personally i‘m not a fan of any 6.5m midfielder so would either downgrade to reijnders or try upgrade to rogers. Out of those 2 maybe kudus though

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      10. GGGIULY
        • 9 Years
        4 months, 5 hours ago

        thoughts on this one?

        Kelleher
        VDV Frimpong Ait-Nouri
        Cherki Salah Kudus Mbeumo Wirtz
        Gyokeres JPedro

        Dubravka - Rodon - Wan-Bissaka - Thiago

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      11. theshazly
        • 2 Years
        4 months, 5 hours ago

        Hi lads

        Which one ?

        DeCuyper 442
        KDH 352

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        1. theshazly
          • 2 Years
          4 months, 5 hours ago

          For GW1

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        2. fakelund
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          4 months, 5 hours ago

          De Cuyper

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      12. Sun God Nika
        • 5 Years
        4 months, 5 hours ago

        Outside Salah and Haaland - who has everyone picked for Captain Choices?

        Im tempted between Saka, Palmer and Bowen)
        tough man

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        1. Tonyawesome69
          • 7 Years
          4 months, 5 hours ago

          Palmer

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      13. GC123
        • 4 Years
        4 months, 5 hours ago

        Hi guys. Late sorting a team this season. Only rated at 84%. Have I gone too hard on DEF?

        Sels
        Frimpong VDV Cucu RAN
        Salah Cherki Palmer Kudus
        Pedro Ekitike

        Dubravka, Reijnders, Guiu, Esteve

        Any suggestions greatly appreciated

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        1. DennisTheMenace
          • 3 Years
          4 months, 5 hours ago

          I would ignore ratings anyway. I love defence heavy teams. Not too sure about cherki though

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          1. GC123
            • 4 Years
            4 months, 5 hours ago

            Frimpong, RAN and Cucu are not in there for their defensive capabilities tbh

            I thought Cherki had done pretty well in pre-season. Any suggestion of an alternative at similar price point? Rogers? Rice?

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            1. DennisTheMenace
              • 3 Years
              4 months, 5 hours ago

              Considering youve already got reijnders i dont think cherkis necessary. Would prefer rogers tbh

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              1. GC123
                • 4 Years
                4 months, 5 hours ago

                Thanks mate

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      14. ShaunGoater123
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 months, 5 hours ago

        think i'm still set on BB in GW1, thoughts on the below squad? Feels quite punty which is probably silly....

        Sels
        Diouf / Porro / Milenkovic
        Wirtz / Gakpo / Palmer / Reijnders
        Haaland / Fullkrug / watkins

        Verbruggen / Dewsbury-Hall / Tosin / Konsa

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      15. FantasyTony
        • 8 Years
        4 months, 5 hours ago

        Anyone squeezing in Salah, Haaland and Palmer?

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      16. DennisTheMenace
        • 3 Years
        4 months, 5 hours ago

        Who to play in GW1?

        A) Gabriel vs mun (a)
        B) Josh King vs bha (a)

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        1. Kiwivillan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          4 months, 5 hours ago

          There's high chance King doesn't start

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          1. DennisTheMenace
            • 3 Years
            4 months, 5 hours ago

            Theres also high chance he starts. Ik its a gamble

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      17. fakelund
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 months, 5 hours ago

        Which one of these two do you start this week?
        A) Munoz (CHE a)
        B) Diouf (SUN a)

        Milenkovic and Porro my other two starting...

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      18. Letsgo!
        • 9 Years
        4 months, 5 hours ago

        I wonder is mitoma or rutter on pen or setpieces if welbeck is not around?

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        1. Kiwivillan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          4 months, 5 hours ago

          Hopefully de Cuyper

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        2. Ball Ake
          • 1 Year
          4 months, 5 hours ago

          Blimey O'Riley likely on pens if Welbeck not on pitch

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      19. OptimusBlack
        • 12 Years
        4 months, 5 hours ago

        Who to get ?
        A- Firmpong
        B- VVD

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