The Saturday Surgery

FPL GW18 Scout Picks - Final Selection

Pickford

O’Reilly
van Dijk
Keane
Saliba

Saka
Wilson
Wirtz

Thiago
Haaland
Ekitiké

Dubravka
Alderete
Miley
Le Fée

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Gordon	NEW	7.3m	126.4%	Very Likely
Woltemade	NEW	7.3m	117.5%	Very Likely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	105.9%	Very Likely
L.Miley	NEW	4.4m	111.1%	Very Likely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.6m	109.6%	Very Likely
Stach	LEE	4.8m	103.6%	Very Likely
Mukiele	SUN	4.2m	99.4%	Maybe
Lewis-Potter	BRE	4.8m	98.8%	Maybe
James	CHE	5.6m	94.8%	Maybe
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	91.1%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	5.9m	87.9%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	88.5%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.0m	87.2%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.3m	86.6%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	80.0%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.0m	72.7%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.5m	73.4%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	70.5%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	7.3m	56.9%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	69.0%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	69.1%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	63.6%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.8m	61.6%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	62.4%	Unlikely
E.Le Fée	SUN	4.9m	58.7%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	5.9m	56.7%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	57.1%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	56.9%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	56.6%	Unlikely
Konaté	LIV	5.4m	55.3%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	53.3%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	51.5%	Unlikely
Wirtz	LIV	8.1m	49.3%	Unlikely
Smith Rowe	FUL	5.6m	49.8%	Unlikely
Semenyo	BOU	7.7m	47.0%	Unlikely
Rice	ARS	7.2m	43.8%	Unlikely
Heaven	MUN	3.8m	46.3%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	46.9%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	46.4%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	44.4%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Thiago	BRE	7.1m	193.5%	Very Likely
Minteh	BHA	6.1m	134.3%	Very Likely
Muñoz	CRY	5.9m	127.8%	Very Likely
Barnes	NEW	6.2m	121.1%	Very Likely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	123.0%	Very Likely
Tchaouna	BUR	4.9m	114.4%	Very Likely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	112.4%	Very Likely
Vicario	TOT	4.9m	110.5%	Very Likely
Mamardashvili	LIV	4.3m	106.3%	Very Likely
Raúl	FUL	6.3m	105.6%	Very Likely
Mosquera	ARS	5.4m	107.1%	Very Likely
James	LEE	5.3m	105.7%	Very Likely
Udogie	TOT	4.4m	103.4%	Very Likely
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.3m	102.4%	Very Likely
March	BHA	5.8m	100.5%	Very Likely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	100.8%	Very Likely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	100.6%	Very Likely
Harriman-Annous	ARS	4.5m	98.6%	Likely
Tchatchoua	WOL	4.5m	99.4%	Likely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	99.2%	Likely
Nwaneri	ARS	5.1m	100.6%	Very Likely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	99.1%	Maybe
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	97.5%	Maybe
Yoro	MUN	4.3m	96.5%	Maybe
Odobert	TOT	5.3m	98.5%	Maybe
Webster	BHA	4.4m	95.8%	Maybe
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	95.3%	Maybe
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	94.3%	Unlikely
Ajer	BRE	4.4m	93.7%	Unlikely
Phillips	MCI	4.8m	93.4%	Unlikely
Doucouré	CRY	4.9m	92.3%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.3m	91.0%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	92.1%	Unlikely
Bayindir	MUN	4.8m	91.6%	Unlikely
P.M.Sarr	TOT	4.6m	90.4%	Unlikely
Bruun Larsen	BUR	5.3m	90.6%	Unlikely
Hannibal	BUR	4.8m	89.7%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	87.7%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	87.9%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	87.7%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
Up	Pickford	EVE	B, Vs
Down	Alisson	LIV	C, Vs
Down	Donnarumma	MCI	B, Vs, Sus
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	B, Vs
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:46pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C, Vs
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C
Up	Keane	EVE	Vs
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
No Change	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C
Down	Andersen	FUL	C
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C, Sus
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:50pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
Up	Matheus Cunha	MUN	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	A
Up	Wirtz	LIV	B, Vs
Up	Grealish	EVE	B, Vs
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B, Sus
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Minteh	BHA	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	C, £

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:54pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A, Vs
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	A, Vs
Up	Bowen	WHU	B, Vs
Down	Thiago	BRE	C, Vs, Inj
No Change	Mateta	CRY	C
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B, Rest

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:56pm

FPL GW18 Scout Picks - Final Selection

Pickford

O’Reilly
van Dijk
Keane
Saliba

Saka
Wilson
Wirtz

Thiago
Haaland
Ekitiké

Dubravka
Alderete
Miley
Le Fée

GW18 Captain Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Gordon	NEW	7.3m	126.4%	Very Likely
Woltemade	NEW	7.3m	117.5%	Very Likely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	105.9%	Very Likely
L.Miley	NEW	4.4m	111.1%	Very Likely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.6m	109.6%	Very Likely
Stach	LEE	4.8m	103.6%	Very Likely
Mukiele	SUN	4.2m	99.4%	Maybe
Lewis-Potter	BRE	4.8m	98.8%	Maybe
James	CHE	5.6m	94.8%	Maybe
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	91.1%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	5.9m	87.9%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	88.5%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.0m	87.2%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.3m	86.6%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	80.0%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.0m	72.7%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.5m	73.4%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	70.5%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	7.3m	56.9%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	69.0%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	69.1%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	63.6%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.8m	61.6%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	62.4%	Unlikely
E.Le Fée	SUN	4.9m	58.7%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	5.9m	56.7%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	57.1%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	56.9%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	56.6%	Unlikely
Konaté	LIV	5.4m	55.3%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	53.3%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	51.5%	Unlikely
Wirtz	LIV	8.1m	49.3%	Unlikely
Smith Rowe	FUL	5.6m	49.8%	Unlikely
Semenyo	BOU	7.7m	47.0%	Unlikely
Rice	ARS	7.2m	43.8%	Unlikely
Heaven	MUN	3.8m	46.3%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	46.9%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	46.4%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	44.4%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Thiago	BRE	7.1m	193.5%	Very Likely
Minteh	BHA	6.1m	134.3%	Very Likely
Muñoz	CRY	5.9m	127.8%	Very Likely
Barnes	NEW	6.2m	121.1%	Very Likely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	123.0%	Very Likely
Tchaouna	BUR	4.9m	114.4%	Very Likely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	112.4%	Very Likely
Vicario	TOT	4.9m	110.5%	Very Likely
Mamardashvili	LIV	4.3m	106.3%	Very Likely
Raúl	FUL	6.3m	105.6%	Very Likely
Mosquera	ARS	5.4m	107.1%	Very Likely
James	LEE	5.3m	105.7%	Very Likely
Udogie	TOT	4.4m	103.4%	Very Likely
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.3m	102.4%	Very Likely
March	BHA	5.8m	100.5%	Very Likely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	100.8%	Very Likely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	100.6%	Very Likely
Harriman-Annous	ARS	4.5m	98.6%	Likely
Tchatchoua	WOL	4.5m	99.4%	Likely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	99.2%	Likely
Nwaneri	ARS	5.1m	100.6%	Very Likely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	99.1%	Maybe
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	97.5%	Maybe
Yoro	MUN	4.3m	96.5%	Maybe
Odobert	TOT	5.3m	98.5%	Maybe
Webster	BHA	4.4m	95.8%	Maybe
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	95.3%	Maybe
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	94.3%	Unlikely
Ajer	BRE	4.4m	93.7%	Unlikely
Phillips	MCI	4.8m	93.4%	Unlikely
Doucouré	CRY	4.9m	92.3%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.3m	91.0%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	92.1%	Unlikely
Bayindir	MUN	4.8m	91.6%	Unlikely
P.M.Sarr	TOT	4.6m	90.4%	Unlikely
Bruun Larsen	BUR	5.3m	90.6%	Unlikely
Hannibal	BUR	4.8m	89.7%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	87.7%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	87.9%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	87.7%	Unlikely

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FPL Fixture Ticker

Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
Up	Pickford	EVE	B, Vs
Down	Alisson	LIV	C, Vs
Down	Donnarumma	MCI	B, Vs, Sus
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	B, Vs
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:46pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C, Vs
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C
Up	Keane	EVE	Vs
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
No Change	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C
Down	Andersen	FUL	C
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C, Sus
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:50pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
Up	Matheus Cunha	MUN	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	A
Up	Wirtz	LIV	B, Vs
Up	Grealish	EVE	B, Vs
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B, Sus
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Minteh	BHA	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	C, £

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:54pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A, Vs
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	A, Vs
Up	Bowen	WHU	B, Vs
Down	Thiago	BRE	C, Vs, Inj
No Change	Mateta	CRY	C
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B, Rest

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:56pm

GW18 Chip Poll

Matchday Surgery

24 November 2012 357 comments

Mark

A wet and windy Saturday is warmed by a dozen Premier League fixtures, beginning with Sunderland’s clash with the Baggies with the Stadium of Light and culminating in Arsenal’s trip to Villa Park this evening. In between, Robin Van Persie will wear the Fantasy armband for thousands as QPR turn up at Old Trafford hoping the incentive of the new broom will help them stand up to the United assault.

Our Saturday Surgery Chatroom is now open, signally the start of our the Gameweek, with just over an hour to go before the deadline drops.

The day’s Dugout Discussion follows around 12.30, with a philosophical preamble on the way in the next half hour.

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Mikei
13 years, 1 month ago
Silva, Cazorla or Valencia? What do you think?
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1. Owd Big 'Ed
  13 years, 1 month ago
  To play or buy?
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  1. Mikei
    13 years, 1 month ago
    Buy. Instead Fellaini.
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Dr Dream
13 years, 1 month ago
Begovic
Gallas Shawx Merts
Michu Silva Mata Sterling
Rooney Suarez Tevez

Felliani Demel Baird Jaaski Mata > Sant/Bale next week
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Mumm-Ra
13 years, 1 month ago
Hi Peeps, thoughts please if you can

Schwarzer (Fed)

Vermaelen Rafael Cuellar (Demel, Hangeland)

Morrison Sterling Michu Yaya-(transferring in for HBA) (Fellaini)

RVP(c) Tevez Berbatov

How does this seem to you?
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Green-Pea
13 years, 1 month ago
Play gunter / zab?
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deppman007
13 years, 1 month ago
begovic
cameron ivanovic baines
maloney sterling hazard walcott
rvp berba tevez

ruddy mcanuff clark nelsen

1 ft, 0.6 bank

Last week I transferred out Caz for Walcott to save cash but now he is injured should I:

a) Walcott - Caz
b) Mcanuff - Johnson (sun)
c) Mcanuff - Sessegnon
d) Ivanovic - Cueller
e) Ivanovic - Rafael
f) Berbs - Giroud
g) A number of the above
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seanie3
13 years, 1 month ago
lost on last page

begovic (jussi)
baines, rafael, shawcross (mccartney, tierney)
mata, bale, fellani, sterling (maloney)
rvp, ba, berbatov

1 FT & 1.9m in the bank, should I

a) bench fellani and play maloney
b) fellani out for michu
c) fellani out for santi
d) other option
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Big_Andy_GAWA
13 years, 1 month ago
Playing Shorey ahead of Cameron here. Need/want Berbs to score/do well, so that's the best plan of attack, yeah?
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bigbraff
13 years, 1 month ago
Hi all. Would appreciate some help as I'm agonising over whether to switch out Nolan and Berbatov for Puncheon and Giroud Podolski. Help please!
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Crouch Potato!
13 years, 1 month ago
Redknapp in at last, lets hope he kicks some ass! 🙂
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