Scout Picks
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With another international break now behind us, it’s time to nail down our Scout Picks for Gameweek 8 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL).

We considered the Scout Squad submissions made by Marc, Sam, Tom and Neale before coming up with our final team.

As ever, we are limited by certain restrictions.

  • An £83.0m budget for our starting XI
  • An overall squad limit of £100.0m
  • No more than three players per team

GAMEWEEK 8 SCOUT PICKS

GOALKEEPER

Chosen by three of our Scout Squad pundits, Robert Sanchez (£4.9m) gets the nod between the sticks. The Spaniard hasn’t exactly impressed recently, having failed to keep a clean sheet in each of his last four matches, a situation exacerbated by his red card at Old Trafford. However, Chelsea have a plum away fixture this week with goal-shy Nottingham Forest – no side has scored fewer goals than Ange Postecoglou’s team this season (five). As the only defensive option to feature in every league game thus far, Sanchez looks like a solid route into the Blues’ rearguard.

DEFENDERS

FPL Gameweek 7: Saturday’s goals, assists, bonus + ‘DefCon’ points

 

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  1. Philosopher's Stones
    • 5 Years
    1 month, 19 days ago

    A: BB with Alderete and save FT
    B: Alderete -> Mikuele and BB

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 19 days ago

      A

    2. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 19 days ago

      A

    3. Defcons are for Kinnear
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 19 days ago

      Same position as you.

  2. Jack Kemp
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    1 month, 19 days ago

    Current team:

    GK
    Pope, Dubravka

    DEF
    Senesi, Van De Ven, Lacroix, Andersen, Van Dijk

    MID
    Semenyo, Mbuemo, Reijnders, Ndiaye, Anthony

    FWD
    Haaland, Gyokeres, Foster

    2 FT's. Opinions welcome

    1. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 19 days ago

      Needs more Arsenal...not sure to get there...roll FT

    2. Donny_Rover
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 19 days ago

      What do you have in the bank? Definitely need an Arsenal defender.

      1. Jack Kemp
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        1 month, 19 days ago

        4.3 m in the bank, near on guaranteed to transfer van de ven for gabriel

        1. Iain Dowies Love Child
          • 15 Years
          1 month, 19 days ago

          Agree on that. Enough left over to do Mbuemo to Saka? Otherwise go Eze imo

          1. Jack Kemp
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            1 month, 19 days ago

            Yes, would be able to but always superstitious about having three of the same club in my team haha

            I keep thinking Foster to Mateta is also viable if I go off his xG delta.

            1. Iain Dowies Love Child
              • 15 Years
              1 month, 18 days ago

              Well you don't own Sarr so Mateta would be a good buy imo

              1. Jack Kemp
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 6 Years
                1 month, 17 days ago

                It certainly was

  3. tuturututu
    • 4 Years
    1 month, 19 days ago

    BB active, what do you think?

    Petrović (cry), Dubravka (LEE)
    Timber (ful), Chalobah (nfo), Guehi (BOU), VdV (AVL), Esteve (LEE)
    Saka (ful), Doku (EVE), Semenyo (cry), Kudus (AVL), Enzo (nfo)
    Gyokeres (ful), Haaland (C) (EVE), Evanilson (cry)

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 19 days ago

      What's the bench?

      1. Defcons are for Kinnear
        • 12 Years
        1 month, 19 days ago

        Serious question?

        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          1 month, 19 days ago

          Yeah

          I found the formatting difficult to process

          Dub
          eSteve
          Etc?

  4. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    1 month, 19 days ago

    Should I go for Bowen, rather than Mateta or play Richarlison one last time?

    Team news will be interesting for Spurs.

    Cheers and good luck guys and gals

    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 19 days ago

      Bowen and/or Mateta are pretty similar picks imo. Neither are "wow" picks, just decent picks for the prices.

      1. JBG
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 19 days ago

        So can't go wrong either way imo. Forgot to add that

      2. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        1 month, 19 days ago

        Yeah

        I just think that Mateta might come good again

        If I played Richie I could roll and downgrade to fodder after my BB, which is a consideration and upgrade Stach, now he's sharing set pieces with Longstaff.

  5. UTFB
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 19 days ago

    A - Bruno to Eze

    B - Bruno to Gakpo

    C - Richarlison to Pedro

    D - Richsrlison to Woltemade

    1. Teddy10
      • 6 Years
      1 month, 19 days ago

      C

    2. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 19 days ago

      C

    3. Iain Dowies Love Child
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 19 days ago

      Without seeing your team, A.

  6. Teddy10
    • 6 Years
    1 month, 19 days ago

    Would you do A or B?

    A) Watkins to Bowen
    B) Anderson to Sarr

    1. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 19 days ago

      b

    2. Donny_Rover
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 19 days ago

      Both

    3. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 19 days ago

      B
      A might be a move you need to make to stop haemorrhaging team value, though.

    4. Wild Card this!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 19 days ago

      A

  7. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 19 days ago

    Play

    A Dubravka or
    B Pope

    Bench Two from

    1 Richarlison
    2 Ndiaye
    3 Alderete
    4 Stach

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 19 days ago

      B
      1, 3

    2. PascalCygan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 19 days ago

      A
      1,4

    3. Wild Card this!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 19 days ago

      B
      1,3

  8. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 19 days ago

    Hi folks, line up correct here?

    Vicario
    Gabriel, Caliaflori, Senesi
    Saka, Semenyo, Sarr, Anthony*
    Haaland, Pedro, Woltemade

    Petrovic, Minteh, Munoz, De Ligt 1ft .2itb

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 19 days ago

      Munoz over Senesi surely? Fun over defcons

      1. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 19 days ago

        Sarr against Senesi or Semenyo against Munoz, it’s a tough one. Thinking of selling De Ligt and benching both!

        1. Mr. O'Connell
          • 13 Years
          1 month, 19 days ago

          I wouldn't, you've already got benching headaches as it is!

    2. Wild Card this!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 19 days ago

      Munoz and Minteh over Senesi and Anthony.

  9. putana
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 19 days ago

    do we usually get leaks for chelsea lineup?

  10. Well you know, Triffic
    • 15 Years
    1 month, 19 days ago

    Which striker: Pedro, Bowen or...Strand Larsen!

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 19 days ago

      Bowen

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 19 days ago

      Pedro has to do something with those fixtures, right?

    3. Leo14CFC
        1 month, 19 days ago

        Pedro for me

    4. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 19 days ago

      Locking in until the next international break

      Bowen or Gyokores? I have the money.

      Mr Reliable, but now playing in a Nuno team and reverse OOP.

      Or the second coming of Darwin Nunez?

      Other Arsenals are Saka and Timber.

      1. PascalCygan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 19 days ago

        I was close to getting Woltemade but went Bowen due to minutes, fixtures, penalties and the fact he's their talisman. Not going Gyok could leave Saka as an option for you?

    5. adstomko
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 19 days ago

      Thoughts on Summerville as a 4 week punt?
      Or should I choose Paqueta or Minteh if I already have the funds?

      1. Bobby Digital
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 19 days ago

        Paq

    6. Pringle
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 19 days ago

      What would you do?

      A. Sels to Raya
      B. Sels to Pope
      C. Porro to Gabriel
      D. Bruno to Saka

      1. FPL Sanky
        • 2 Years
        1 month, 19 days ago

        C

      2. PascalCygan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 19 days ago

        d

      3. Leo14CFC
          1 month, 19 days ago

          D

      4. Donny_Rover
        • 10 Years
        1 month, 19 days ago

        Current team:

        Raya
        Gvardiol Timber Munoz
        Semenyo Enzo Gakpo Reijnders
        Haaland (c) Gyok Watkins
        (Dubravka Van de Ven Gudmundsson KDH)

        Been fairly set on Watkins to Joao Pedro but I’ve just had a look and I can do Gakpo, Gyok & Watkins to Saka, Isak & DCL for a -4. The pros for this are that I thinkSaka will likely outscore Gyok, possibly by a decent margin, over the next few weeks; I’m expecting Isak to explode at some point and DCL has good minutes expectations and fixtures. The cons are that Isak has looked nowhere near exploding, Gyok to Saka is pretty sideways and DCL
        is a terrible, terrible finisher. All in all it would be mental, right?

        1. PascalCygan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          1 month, 19 days ago

          yeah, i wouldn't take that hit. Just JP is fine

      5. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 19 days ago

        Start one:

        A) Richarlison - worried he might get another cameo
        B) Enzo - flagged but could be fine

        1. PascalCygan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          1 month, 19 days ago

          b

        2. Leo14CFC
            1 month, 19 days ago

            Did he trained today ??enzo

        3. PascalCygan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          1 month, 19 days ago

          Bench order correct here? Or start Ndiaye instead of one of the defenders?

          And worth doing Bruno to Saka?

          2FT 2.2ITB
          Raya
          Gabriel Romero Senesi Rodon
          Bruno Semenyo Reijnders
          Haaland Pedro Bowen

          Dubravka Ndiaye Stach Tarkowski

          Cheers

        4. Steiner
          • 14 Years
          1 month, 19 days ago

          Current team 2 FT
          Any Suggestions?

          Sánchez
          Gudmundsson
          Senesi
          Van de Ven
          Estève
          Semenyo
          Salah
          Reijnders
          Wood
          Haaland
          Gyökeres

          Dúbravka
          Dowman
          Grealish
          Heaven

          1. Donny_Rover
            • 10 Years
            1 month, 19 days ago

            Wood & Dowman to Eze and anyone.

            1. Steiner
              • 14 Years
              1 month, 19 days ago

              Yeah wood out. Dowman is a bencher

        5. Leo14CFC
            1 month, 19 days ago

            Did Enzo trained today ? Anyone knows ?? Cheers

            1. Bradleyfarrell
              • 3 Years
              1 month, 19 days ago

              didnt train

          • Bradleyfarrell
            • 3 Years
            1 month, 19 days ago

            Thoughts

            Petrovic
            Gabriel - Gvardiol - Chalobah
            Saka - Semenyo - Reijnders - Enzo
            Haaland - Gyokeres - Pedro

            Dubravka - King - Gudmundsson - Reinildo

            Using 3 FT
            Salah > Saka
            KDH > Enzo
            Cash > Gvardoil

            1. PascalCygan
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              1 month, 19 days ago

              I'd quite like Salah this week, and not the week to bring in Enzo. Leave it

          • rivo4england
            • 3 Years
            1 month, 19 days ago

            On a WC and bought Gyokeres and J.Pedro. Assuming they both drop tonight, if I sell them and buy them back tomorrow, I make 0.2m right?

          • Meta12345
            • 1 Year
            1 month, 19 days ago

            Rank 550k , captain salah or haaland?

            1. Wild Card this!
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 16 Years
              1 month, 19 days ago

              Since you’re chasing, captain Salah.

            2. g40steve
              • 7 Years
              1 month, 19 days ago

              Haaland, sold Salah for Saka

            3. Count of Monte Hristo
              • 12 Years
              1 month, 19 days ago

              Haaland, Salah is stinking up the place just now.

          • Drop Dead Tsimikas
            • 14 Years
            1 month, 19 days ago

            This would have been the week to BB had I WCed last week, but what are you going to do. Help me sort this lot out, friends.

            Roefs
            Gabriel | Rodon | Mukiele
            Saka | Gakpo | Semenyo | Doku
            JP | Haaland | Woltemade

            Dubravka, Reijnders, Richards, Senesi

            Benching Reijnders feels so wasteful. The alternative is upgrade him to Enzo now and bench ahead of their good run of fixtures and save a future transfer. Any thoughts?

            1. Bobby Digital
              • 8 Years
              1 month, 19 days ago

              I think your team is good to go

          • TeddiPonza
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            1 month, 19 days ago

            On WC

            A. Woltemade and KDH
            B. Bowen and King

            KDH amd King would be 8th attacker and the plan is to BB in gw 9

            Thanks

            1. Bobby Digital
              • 8 Years
              1 month, 19 days ago

              B

          • Bobby Digital
            • 8 Years
            1 month, 19 days ago

            This place is dead. Back in the day it would be buzzing this time of the week.

            1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
              • 14 Years
              1 month, 19 days ago

              Yet here you are.

              1. Bobby Digital
                • 8 Years
                1 month, 19 days ago

                Indeed.

            2. Defcons are for Kinnear
              • 12 Years
              1 month, 19 days ago

              They've all gone to a higher place

          • SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
            • 9 Years
            1 month, 19 days ago

            Bruno & Gyokeres to Saka & Bowen (-4)?

            Gives me the money ITB to do Munoz to Gabriel next GW too

          • RogueBlood
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            1 month, 19 days ago

            On a WC how is this looking, giving Gyokeres a little more time. 0.6ITB what changes would you suggest?

            Pope, Dubravka
            Timber, Senesi, Guehi, Andersen, Rodon
            Saka, Semenyo, Enzo, Sarr, KDH
            Haaland, Gyokeres, Bowen

            1. Count of Monte Hristo
              • 12 Years
              1 month, 19 days ago

              I honestly wouldn’t want Gyokeres on a wildcard, he is struggling for any kind of form and can’t buy a goal. Woltemade on the other hand is playing with a smile on his face and scoring, get him instead.

              The rest looks great.

          • Count of Monte Hristo
            • 12 Years
            1 month, 19 days ago

            Bench Boost this week?

            Dubravka Gudmundsson Ndiaye VDV

            Or next week?

            Dubravka Gudmundsson Ndiaye Senesi

            1. Bobby Digital
              • 8 Years
              1 month, 19 days ago

              Next week

          • Old Wulfrunian
            • 9 Years
            1 month, 19 days ago

            Is it worth to get a Chelsea defender?

            1. Wild Card this!
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 16 Years
              1 month, 18 days ago

              Apsolutely. Great fixtures

            2. Warby84
              • 10 Years
              1 month, 18 days ago

              No

          • Pedersen
            • 7 Years
            1 month, 19 days ago

            Bench correct?

            Raya
            Gabriel / Cucurella / Munoz / Senesi
            Sarr / Semenyo / Kudus / Anthony
            Pedro / Haaland

            Dubravka / Ekitike / Esteve / Reijnders

            1. JoeJitzu +42
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              1 month, 19 days ago

              Too difficult as Reijnders last on the bench seems wrong?!

          • JoeJitzu +42
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            1 month, 19 days ago

            Three free transfers;

            Thinking Foden, Fernandes and Richarlison to Kudus, Saka and Woltemade

            Raya
            Gvardiol VandeVen Gabriel
            Foden Fernandes Semenyo Caicedo
            Pedro Haaland Richarlison

            Dubravka Ndiaye Ron

            1. AC/DC AFC
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              1 month, 18 days ago

              Solid moves

              But you know one will bite you back this weekend, but what can you do?

            2. Q
              • 13 Years
              1 month, 18 days ago

              I’ve got the same players and free transfers and it’s foden that bothers me. He could easily return this week

              1. JoeJitzu +42
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 12 Years
                1 month, 18 days ago

                It’s such a difficult decision and damn if you do damn if you don’t… Saka scares me!