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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.

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  1. FCSB
    • 9 Years
    4 months, 1 day ago

    1. Reijnders
    2. Anderson

    ??

    1. gfcc20
      • 2 Years
      4 months, 1 day ago

      1

      1. Beanfield
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        2

  2. user.n
    • 8 Years
    4 months, 1 day ago

    Gakpo or Marmoush?

    1. gfcc20
      • 2 Years
      4 months, 1 day ago

      Gakpo

    2. Moon Dog
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Gakpo

        Just an insane level of competition for Marmoush's spot.

        1. user.n
          • 8 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Thanks all

    3. Fernandito
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 months, 1 day ago

      Sanchez Dubravka
      Murillo VDV Porro Dorgu Esteve
      Salah Palmer Bruno Rutter xxx
      Watkins xxx xxx

      A Reijnders Bowen Guiu (352)
      B King J Pedro Fullkrug (343)

      1. gfcc20
        • 2 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        B

      2. Dee Lixon
        • 9 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        The general trend has been that you get more value from midfield than from forwards so based solely on this I go A

    4. You've got red on you.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 1 day ago

      J Pedro or Mateta?

      Think Pedro will get the minutes?

      1. gfcc20
        • 2 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Pedro

      2. Dynamic Duos
        • 12 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        It's a tough decision Mateta is nailed, Chelsea have Delap

      3. ball c
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Same dilemma.
        I’m currently on Mateta. Nailed and on pens. Likely to play 90 mins
        Already have Palmer too.

      4. waltzingmatildas
        • 15 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Mateta

    5. gfcc20
      • 2 Years
      4 months, 1 day ago

      Which one?
      A) De Cuypher + Diouf + Milenkovic
      B) Rodon + N Williams + Porro

      Other defenders Andersen Esteve.

      1. Eze Come, Eze Go
        • 1 Year
        4 months, 1 day ago

        B - forest better fixtures and Porro more points

        1. gfcc20
          • 2 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Makes for Rodon Esteve bench my only concern

      2. theshazly
        • 2 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        B

    6. Dynamic Duos
      • 12 Years
      4 months, 1 day ago

      Is it too risky to go against the grain and Gyokeres and Mateta over Watkins and Pedro? I do have Rogers and Palmer as cover. Rp

    7. Eze Come, Eze Go
      • 1 Year
      4 months, 1 day ago

      Help please. Unsure about lack of Salah and playing Kudus?

      Sanchez
      De Cuyper - Wan-Bissaka - VDV
      Palmer - Wirtz - Kudus - Ndiaye
      Ekitike - Haaland (C) - Joao Pedro

      Dubravka - Sarr - Esteve - Gudmundssson

    8. FCSB
      • 9 Years
      4 months, 1 day ago

      1. Thiago
      2. Strand Larsen

      Thanks

      1. gfcc20
        • 2 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        2

      2. theshazly
        • 2 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        2

      3. Sun God Nika
        • 5 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        2 for now

      4. waltzingmatildas
        • 15 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        2

    9. theshazly
      • 2 Years
      4 months, 1 day ago

      Who to start this week ?

      1 - KDH 352
      2 - DeCuyper 442

      1. Holding Matip
        • 8 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        KDH

        1. Beanfield
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          2

    10. Sun God Nika
      • 5 Years
      4 months, 1 day ago

      Would you rather Porro or Ai Nouri

      I'm really indecisive especially because GW2 will either make or break my justification on who i pick

      1. theshazly
        • 2 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Im on both with Diouf & DeCuyper rotating

      2. Holding Matip
        • 8 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Porro

      3. waltzingmatildas
        • 15 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Porro

    11. Under my Cucurella
      • 10 Years
      4 months, 1 day ago

      Rank these 4.5 defenders from best to worst as fpl assets to start with

      A - De Cuyper
      B - Diouf
      C - Dorgu
      D - Van De Ven

      1. Holding Matip
        • 8 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        VDV
        Dorgu
        Diouf
        De Cuyper

    12. CoracAld2831
      • 4 Years
      4 months, 1 day ago

      Would going triple Liverpool attack (Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo) be too much?

      1. Moon Dog
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Probably not. Their attack was quite far ahead of everyone else's last season, and have made aggressive improvements to it. Ekitike and Wirtz are super talented, plus they're playing wingers as fullbacks. It's a huge pool of attacking points.

        • waltzingmatildas
          • 15 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          I'm waiting to see how they all gel, but I don't hate it

      2. v3n0m
        • 4 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        A) VDV + Wirtz
        B) Porro + Gakpo

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

          I have B

        2. Eze Come, Eze Go
          • 1 Year
          4 months, 1 day ago

          I have A

      3. Back of the Garnett
        • 4 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        GK - Sanchez
        DEF - Wan-Bissaka, Van de Ven, Aina
        MID - Salah, Palmer, Wirtz, Ndiaye
        ST - Watkins, Bowen, Strand Larsen
        Bench - Dubravka, Reijnders, Esteve, Rodon

        Thoughts?... Feels wrong to be benching Reijnders but I'm liking the upside of allowing early rotation with Srand-Larsen. Am I better downgrading SL to e.g.
        Guiu to free up 2.0m and investing in improved defence and GK?

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

          If not playing Reindeer this fixture get someone else

          1. Back of the Garnett
            • 4 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            GK - Kelleher
            DEF - Porro, Cucurella, Aina
            MID - Salah, Palmer, Wirtz, Ndiaye, Reijnders
            ST - Watkins, Bowen
            Bench - Dubravka, Guiu, Esteve, Rodon

            Makes more sense to sell SL given the 2 mil he frees up, invested into improved defence here. Reijnders seems a rotation risk but hopefully all bench are starters so should cover that

      4. PartyTime
        • 4 Years
        4 months, 1 day ago

        Tbh, Wood is being overlooked. 200 pts last season ain’t too shabby.

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

          Yeah agree. Had him this morning but downgraded to get Gakpo and play BB

          1. PartyTime
            • 4 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            Fair enough. Good luck!

        2. JT11fc
          • 7 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Hard to know if hel regress, Thats what got me last season, just kept over performing

          1. PartyTime
            • 4 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            I want to be in early on anything he offers unlike last season.

            1. JT11fc
              • 7 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              Forrest making signings which is good if he remains first choice

        3. Moon Dog
            4 months, 1 day ago

            Agreed. But I think I'm going for the more explosive players like Pedro. I think Wood will do better long-term but I'm in risk-mitigation mode at the start of the season, cover the explosions. Wood probably caps out at 1 goal per game, Pedro's ceiling could be immense.

            1. PartyTime
              • 4 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              Fair enough. Think Igor jesus probably a threat to his minutes but should get at least 70 minutes. Maybe Wood- Watkins- Pedro could work

        4. JT11fc
          • 7 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          1. Kudus
          2. Johnson
          3. Rogers
          4. Other 7.0m

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

            3

            1. JT11fc
              • 7 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              Thanks

          2. Fantasyfreaks
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 4 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            3

            1. JT11fc
              • 7 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              Thanks, easy swap if needed

        5. ShaunGoater123
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Morning all,

          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

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

            Probably all play which is main thing

        6. OverTinker
          • 7 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Kelleher
          Diouf Murillo N. Williams
          Writz Palmer Bruno Gakpo Rogers
          Solanke Haaland(C)

          Dub - Moreno Guiu Esteve

          Suggestions please

          1. OverTinker
            • 7 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            I am leaning towards Porro now instead of Murrilo

        7. Team17
          • 10 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Ok, my dilemma: Palmer. Which one to go for?

          1.
          Sels
          Frimpong, Porro, Diop
          Salah, Cunha, Kudus, Rutter
          Joao Pedro, Haaland, Fullkrug

          Or…

          2.
          Sels
          Van de Ven, Diop, Walker/Konsa
          Salah, Palmer, Kudus, Rutter
          Joao Pedro, Haaland, Fullkrug

          1. Mozumbus
            • 4 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            I'd go with Palmer among these two options

            1. Team17
              • 10 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

        8. Mesh
          • 11 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Any update on Rogers?
          Is he likely to start?

          1. JT11fc
            • 7 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            1.30 presser

          2. Kiwivillan
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            I think there's more posts like this than the hundreds for 2 days that he was seen training

        9. ball c
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Rank these premium defenders.
          Currently on Cucurella but tempted to go with Munoz due to attacking upside. But also tempted by A Nouri.

          A) Cucurella
          B) Munoz
          C) A Nouri

          GK & def:
          Sels
          Porro - Cucurella - Andersen - Milenkovic - Gudmunsson

          1. JT11fc
            • 7 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            A C B currently

        10. Sanchit
          • 10 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          BB with no Haaland or Salah. Suggestions?

          Sels Dubravka
          VVD AitNouri Murillo Cucurella Porro
          Palmer Bruno Wirtz Gakpo Anderson
          Watkins Fullkrug Beto

          1. JT11fc
            • 7 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            No Erling or Mo here too. Prehaps a little too many funds at the back, may prove hard to shift funds uptop

            1. Sanchit
              • 10 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              Which defender to downgrade?
              Upgrade Beto to Pedro?

              1. JT11fc
                • 7 Years
                4 months, 1 day ago

                Personally Vvd down

          2. Mozumbus
            • 4 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            Downgrade one of 6.0 def and upgrade forwards, maybe

          3. bobson5
            • 15 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            Agreed I would downgrade one defender and upgrade Beto

        11. Pukki Party
          • 8 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          I'm going with this

          Sels
          Ait-Nouri VanHecke Andersen
          Salah Palmer Marmoush Rogers I.Sarr
          Bowen Evanilson

          Dubravka Toti Guiu Esteve

        12. Jon Snow
          • 10 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Anyone else having trouble making their team?

          Add the 15, click enter squad, page refreshes, then nothing... Goes back to first squad selection page.

          Tried last night and again today, same issue

          1. Pukki Party
            • 8 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            Maybe try the app? Mine works fine in browser. Or delete cookies etc

            1. Jon Snow
              • 10 Years
              4 months, 1 day ago

              Switched over to Firefox mobile and managed to get it working. Was probably the cookies, useless website!

        13. bobson5
          • 15 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Best option?

          A Kelleher Porro Murillo
          B Sels Romero Murillo
          C Sels VDV Cucurella?

          Thanks

          1. ball c
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            I like C the best

        14. ball c
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Which is best options to start with:

          A) Cucurella
          B) A Nouri

          1) Milenkovic
          2) Munoz

          I have Porro - Andersen - Gudmunsson as other defenders.

          1. bobson5
            • 15 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            A1

            Prefer Cucurella just for security of starts

        15. theshazly
          • 2 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Porro / KDH

          Or

          VDV / Georginho Rutter

          ???

          1. JT11fc
            • 7 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            A

        16. thisisdiz
          • 11 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Please help me with this:
          A) Wirtz + Joao Pedro
          B) Palmer + Beto

          (Have Salah)

          1. ball c
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            B

          2. Mozumbus
            • 4 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            A

          3. OptimusBlack
            • 12 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            A

          4. thisisdiz
            • 11 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            Thanks all

        17. Mozumbus
          • 4 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          A. Cucurella + Anderson
          B. VDV + Rogers
          Got Palmer and Watkins

          Sels Dub
          Cucurella Neco DeCuyper Diouf Esteve
          Salah Palmer Writz Kudus Anderson
          Watkins Bowen Guiu

          1. ball c
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            A

        18. PascalCygan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          4 months, 1 day ago

          Hi Tom, happy new season. Hope you had a good break!

          I keep coming back to a threemium. Logic tells me to go more balanced and take out Haaland, KDH and a cheap defender for Watkins, Wirtz and Cucurella, but Haaland is such a tempting (relative) differential. So would you stick with this threemium team or make those suggested changes? Pedro could also be downgraded to JSL/Fullkrug too.

          Sels
          Porro Tarkowski Dorgu
          Salah Palmer Reijnders Anderson KDH
          Haaland Pedro

          Dubravka Andersen Guiu Esteve

          Thanks!

          1. PascalCygan
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            4 months, 1 day ago

            Oops, reply fail to Tom! Apologies