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The Scout Squad: Our top picks for FPL Gameweek 22

16 January 2026 250 comments
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After the annual winter hiatus, the Scout Squad returns for Gameweek 22.

In this article, our in-house team discuss who they think the best Fantasy Premier League (FPL) players are for the upcoming Gameweek in isolation.

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The focus is only on the upcoming Gameweek with the Scout Squad, so there’s no medium-term planning involved.

Staff writer Marc, general manager Sam, deputy editor Tom F and editor Neale each take turns explaining their picks.

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

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: BEST FPL PLAYERS FOR GAMEWEEK 22

 

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  1. antis0cial
    • 9 Years
    8 hours, 24 mins ago

    2.3 itb and 1 ft, but tempted to roll as starting 11 have decent fixtures. Any upgrade worth it this week?

    Vicario
    Gabriel Chalobah O'Reilly
    Saka Rice Foden Gordon Wilson
    Haaland Ekitike

    Dubravka Rodon Guiu Dorgu

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    1. Deulofail
      • 9 Years
      8 hours, 16 mins ago

      Good week to save. Selling O'Reilly works if there's someone you'd like to replace him with with a good fixture, like Newcastle, Sunderland, Chelsea, Tottenham. But there's no player I would want to buy this week

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      1. antis0cial
        • 9 Years
        8 hours, 13 mins ago

        Thanks, yeah he does need to go, just tempted to hold for Wolves and hope he plays

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    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 hours, 14 mins ago

      Depending on what happens in the Manchester derby, think it could be a high scoring week with the fixtures.

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  2. Deulofail
    • 9 Years
    8 hours, 22 mins ago

    Bench one:

    A) Tarkowski (avl)
    B) Bowen (tot)

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    1. Deulofail
      • 9 Years
      8 hours, 22 mins ago

      Play one:

      A) Tarkowski (avl)
      B) Bowen (tot)

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      1. antis0cial
        • 9 Years
        8 hours, 12 mins ago

        B

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      2. PogChamp
        • 14 Years
        8 hours, 11 mins ago

        Everton’s best form seems to be against teams that are around them in the table. I’d probably play Tark. I’m thinking of starting Garner.

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        1. Deulofail
          • 9 Years
          8 hours, 5 mins ago

          Thanks for your reasoning. My instinct was to play him and bench Bowen, despite my Arsenal bias against Spurs. Or maybe I over-rate Spurs for that reason, hmm, interesting.

          Villa are third in the table, though, so Everton might not show form against them?? Still, I imagine a tight game, where Villa don't have the quality or nous to find the killer blow

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          1. PogChamp
            • 14 Years
            8 hours, 1 min ago

            Yeah makes sense. I’m having a bit of a brain fart this morning and confused Villa with Spurs.

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          2. PogChamp
            • 14 Years
            7 hours, 59 mins ago

            Everton’s away form since November is actually pretty good though.

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    2. Deulofail
      • 9 Years
      8 hours, 21 mins ago

      Have a game of Carcassonne with one:

      A) Tarkowski (avl)
      B) Bowen (tot)

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      1. antis0cial
        • 9 Years
        8 hours, 12 mins ago

        A

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        1. Deulofail
          • 9 Years
          7 hours, 40 mins ago

          Same. I like a challenge, and I bet he plays all the time (and with a smile on his face, unlike my partner). I heard somewhere that he plays against Pickford during the warm-up, but can't get Pickford to sit still. Apparently, Pickford has a small set of tiles in his duffel bag, which has the number of each tile type written on the back of each piece. Unfortunately for him, he struggles with spatial reasoning, so when trying to align the city pieces, he sometimes dives across the room into the game of Brass: Birmingham, which Grealish and Iroegbunam are playing in the middle of the dressing room. This isn't great for the team's focus-building before the game, and generally arouses the wrath of David Moyes, who empties his Connect 4 discs from the Connect 4 frame (which he is playing by himself), and walks intimidatingly round the room, placing one disk on each table. He then splits the players into the smart defenders and stupid attackers, and instructs the teams to rearrange the tables to connect 4 of the tables with like-coloured discs on them. When Tarkowski's team inevitably wins, this demonstrates that the strength of the team is in the back four and that James is going to get lots of defensive contributions against Villa.

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    3. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 hours, 15 mins ago

      A

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    4. antis0cial
      • 9 Years
      8 hours, 12 mins ago

      A

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  3. PogChamp
    • 14 Years
    8 hours, 20 mins ago

    Who to bench?
    A. Nunes (man)
    B. Garner (avl)
    C. Le Fee (CRY)

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  4. Defcons are for Kinnear
    • 12 Years
    8 hours, 19 mins ago

    No scout suggesting Minteh?

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    1. Deulofail
      • 9 Years
      8 hours, 15 mins ago

      They fresh enough already

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    2. Philosopher's Stones
      • 5 Years
      7 hours, 29 mins ago

      Doubt they're already that drunk even though it's a Friday mate.

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  5. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 hours, 16 mins ago

    Best moves here with 2 FTs?

    Raya Dúbravka
    Gabriel Chalabah Van Hecke Mukiele Heaven
    Saka Cunha Semenyo Rogers BrunoG
    Haaland Ekitiké Guiu

    Rather than rolling I think the Raya to Rice switch, along with Cunha which releases £1.5m is the way to go.

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    1. Deulofail
      • 9 Years
      8 hours, 10 mins ago

      Oof, a difficult situation to find yourself in, but if I try to imagine myself in it. Hmmmm..... Yes I think I'd have to do it. I like Rice too much.

      However, betting against Rice is perfectly viable (eurgh I sound like I'm on a podcast), since there are plenty of intriguing midfielders available and emerging. Possibilities with Palmer, Enzo, Mbuemo, Fernandes, and chepos like Rice-lite, Anderson

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    2. antis0cial
      • 9 Years
      8 hours, 9 mins ago

      Yeah I think switching Raya/Cunha out to get Rice is a good move. If you're happy without Rice, maybe just Cunha to Enzo

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  6. Assisting the assister
    • 10 Years
    8 hours, 15 mins ago

    A. Cunha > Bruno F
    B. Cunha > Enzo

    Which one is best - can do either for free?

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    1. antis0cial
      • 9 Years
      8 hours, 7 mins ago

      B. Two rough fixtures for United would put me off getting BrunoF right now, maybe look to get him after that.

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    2. Soyland
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      7 hours, 54 mins ago

      Want both for sure, long term - maybe wait for Bruno to GW24, but not sure...(se my post below).. Not so afraid for the City-game, as it might turn out to be a goal-spree both ways, but reckon there will be not much joy away at Arsenal...

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  7. Jebiga
    • 13 Years
    8 hours ago

    Nobody captaining Haaland?
    I think Halland officially said that he hates Manchester United the most in the league...

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  8. Soyland
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    7 hours, 58 mins ago

    My midfield:

    Saka, Cunha, Gordon, Foden, Garner

    2ft, 1,4 itb

    a) Cunha to Bruno (as I want him for sure from gw24)
    b) Cunha and Garner to Rogers and Enzo
    c) Roll

    d) Any other suggestions? I plan to get rid of Gordon and foden befor gw24. If I keep Garner, I shold be able to fit in both Palmer and Bruno...

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  9. Srcha
    • 1 Year
    5 hours ago

    Since I don't have any Arsenal defense simply because I cannot afford Gabriel, can't afford Timber either (I'm short 0.1m). I was wondering, because Calafiori is injured and Hincapie (which I have) got recently injured, what are your thoughts on getting Lewis-Skelly? Or I should just skip Arsenal defense and get something else like Cash, Mukiele, etc.?

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  10. Hxnsey
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    2 hours, 15 mins ago

    Petrovic to Roefs for -4?

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  11. joeynse99
    • 10 Years
    1 hour, 15 mins ago

    Good to go? Any changes?

    Donnaruma,

    Cash, Timber, Mukiele
    Cunha, Bruno Guimaraes, Saka, Enzo
    Haaland, Calvert-Lewin (c), Thiago

    Subs: Dubravka, Foden, Andersen, Mitchell

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