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FPL GW16 Scout Picks - Final Selection

Raya Martin

Lewis-Potter
Chalobah
Andersen

Szoboszlai
Saka
Bruno Fernandes
Eze

Raúl Jiménez
Haaland
Thiago

Dubravka
Spence
Heaven
Le Fée

GW17 Chip Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Rogers	AVL	7.0m	123.2%	Very Likely
Wilson	FUL	5.5m	112.2%	Very Likely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	104.7%	Very Likely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	102.3%	Very Likely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	87.5%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	88.2%	Unlikely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.5m	89.0%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	87.5%	Unlikely
Rúben	MCI	5.6m	82.5%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.2m	82.1%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	80.9%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	78.1%	Unlikely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.6m	71.2%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	76.8%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	73.2%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	67.0%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	68.8%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	67.4%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	66.1%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	66.5%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	66.0%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	65.6%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	61.3%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	59.1%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	57.2%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	56.2%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	55.6%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	55.4%	Unlikely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.1m	58.8%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	54.5%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	53.5%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	51.4%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	47.1%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	47.3%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	47.5%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	47.6%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	45.2%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	42.8%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	41.1%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	38.1%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mateta	CRY	7.9m	158.7%	Very Likely
Longstaff	LEE	4.9m	102.6%	Very Likely
Minteh	BHA	6.2m	102.9%	Very Likely
Bobb	MCI	5.2m	101.8%	Very Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	101.6%	Very Likely
Gudmundsson	LEE	3.9m	100.1%	Very Likely
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	99.9%	Likely
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	99.3%	Maybe
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.8%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	100.1%	Maybe
Mayenda	SUN	5.3m	96.9%	Maybe
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	96.8%	Maybe
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	95.0%	Maybe
Anthony	BUR	5.3m	92.2%	Maybe
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.2%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	93.5%	Unlikely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	93.1%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	92.6%	Unlikely
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	92.6%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	92.2%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	91.6%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	92.8%	Unlikely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	91.6%	Unlikely
Yarmoliuk	BRE	5.0m	93.8%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	91.6%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	90.2%	Unlikely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	90.1%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	90.1%	Unlikely
Irving	WHU	4.4m	87.7%	Unlikely
Toti	WOL	4.3m	89.4%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	86.9%	Unlikely
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	86.5%	Unlikely
Worrall	BUR	3.9m	86.1%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	85.6%	Unlikely
Danso	TOT	4.3m	83.5%	Unlikely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	82.8%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	85.2%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	84.2%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	81.1%	Unlikely
Sels	NFO	4.7m	79.2%	Unlikely

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FPL Fixture Ticker

Watchlists

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

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:16am

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

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:28am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	B
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Szoboszlai	LIV	C
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:34am

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

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:43am

Members

The Numbers Game – Community Shield Match Analysis

12 August 2014 7256 comments

Paul

This evening’s Members article takes a look over the action in Sunday’s Community Shield showdown between Arsenal and City. Having assessed Alexis Sanchez’ display our lunchtime Technical Area post, we delve into the data to discover for any hints of form ahead of the weekend Gameweek 1 deadline.

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7,256 Comments Login to Post a Comment

Goonther
11 years, 4 months ago
My first RMT post: Fire away please

Myhill [Krul]

Debuchy Cahill Kolorov Lovren [Cameron]
Ramsey Sterling Young [Mutch, Noble]
Giroud Rooney DCosta(c)
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1. Toma123
  11 years, 4 months ago
  cahil might not start and young will not start, u could sell cahil get filipe luis and use that 0.5 in the midle
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50shades of o'shea
11 years, 4 months ago
What is happening :OOOOOOO
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Defcons are for Kinnear
11 years, 4 months ago
The comments are down. What am I supposed to do with my life now!
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FPL Daniel
11 years, 4 months ago
My morning coffee isn't the same without FFS 🙁 Fix it lads, we are with u
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Epic Fail
11 years, 4 months ago
I demand a full refund and membership for life.
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Jarvis
11 years, 4 months ago
Yeah, you do have problems.. Who am I going to replaced Ward with after his injury now!
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Chu Young Ping Pong
11 years, 4 months ago
OMGGGGGGGGGG
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A.T
11 years, 4 months ago
3-2-1 you're back in the room.
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Licky
11 years, 4 months ago
So what price do we think Moreno will be?
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HVT
11 years, 4 months ago
Wtf?
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Tmel
11 years, 4 months ago
Luis & Bego or Cahill & Krul? Other keeper is Gilks so would prefer first option but not sure how nailed Luis is
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Wouter
11 years, 4 months ago
My team:

DDG, (4.0)
Ward, Chester, PVA (Wisdom, Moore)
_______, ________, Siggy, Ramsey (Marney)
Costa, Rooney, ________

What should I put in:

A) Silva, Tadic, Sturridge
B) Nasri, Eriksen, Sturridge
C) Sterling, Hazard, Dzeko + 1.0
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1. Elwood
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Is wisdom going to get game time?
  
  C)
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FPL Daniel
11 years, 4 months ago
So can we reply now?
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flippetyflop
11 years, 4 months ago
Who is the best 5.0 defensive option at the start of the season?
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1. The Hindu Monkey
  11 years, 4 months ago
  yes, please tell me. Please.
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FPL Daniel
11 years, 4 months ago
paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiicccccccccc
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FPL Daniel
11 years, 4 months ago
sturridge captain
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Cathal Cantona
11 years, 4 months ago
Whats the 3 best 4.5 or 4.0 defenders to rotate for the first 10 gameweeks? PLus whats the best 4.5 mil mid??
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RSe
11 years, 4 months ago
A)Sterling + .5
B)Silva
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jopsahl
11 years, 4 months ago
So.. best benchfodder?
Max 5m

Im between these 3 atm:
Jedi,Barry and Rodwell.

I want som1 that playes week in and out, dont care about price drop.
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alis ba-bas
11 years, 4 months ago
Rate my team please
Szczesny
Debuchy Cahill Jones
Oscar Henderson Ramsey Mata
Costa (c) Bojan Rooney (vc)

Given Sigurdsson Bruce Wisdom

Looking to alternate between bojan and sigurdsson depending on fixtures

Any criticism is welcome!
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1. EatMyGoal
  11 years, 4 months ago
  I like - apart from Given.
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interwebme
11 years, 4 months ago
Anyone have any news on Koscielny or Evans injuries? I have both currently but I'm getting cold feet...
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EatMyGoal
11 years, 4 months ago
Hey, which team you think?

Krul/Manonne
Chambers, Terry, P Jones, Bruce, Bartley
Fab, Mata, Sterling, Siggy, Albrighton
Rooney, Costa, Dzecko

or

Krul/Manonne
Chambers, Terry, P Jones, Mariappa, Bruce
Hazard, Mata, Sterling, Henerson, Siggy
Rooney, Costa, Bojan
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Performance Series
11 years, 4 months ago
RMT:

Mannone Myhill

Lovren Caulker Wisdom Bruce Moore

Marney Mata Sterling Young Ramsay

Rooney Sturudge Costa
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CarelessGenius©
11 years, 4 months ago
Rate My Team?
I'll burst your spleen.
If I have to read another Rate My Team.

Rate My Team?
May your d**k turn green
And fall into a blender if you post that bulletín.

Rate My Team?
Use the proper page.
Save those moderators some time, sweat and rage.

Rate My Team?
Just pick some guys.
Preferably the ones who score, assist or rise.

Rate My Team?
Just pick it yourself.
Or use AutoSelect to preserve one's health.

Rate My Team?
Flip a coin.
Then save the time by cooking up a nice sirloin.

Rate My Team?
Give me strength.
To knuckledust the posters who go on at length.

Rate My Team?
Kiss my butt.
I'll get a contract out on you via Jabba the Hutt.

Rate My Team?
I must go now.
But remember I'm a crazy with a huge snow plough.
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1. JK-R9
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Poet?
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2. Well you know, Triffic
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Doosra2014
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Performance Series
11 years, 4 months ago
RMT:

Mannone Myhill

Lovren Caulker Wisdom Bruce Moore

Marney Mata Sterling Young Ramsay

Rooney Sturudge Costa
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Pinhas
11 years, 4 months ago
A) Sturridge and Wanyama

B) Remy and Fabregas (B1) / Ramsey (B2)

C) Giroud and Coutinho (C1) / Eriksen (C2) ( Lamela in my team)

D) Bojan and Hazard (D1) / Yaya (D2) / Alexis (D3)
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Tkinley686
11 years, 4 months ago
RMT:

Krul (Myhill)
Jones Debuchy Lovren (Wisdom) (Bruce)
Fabregas Sterling Mata Ramsey Siggy
Rooney (C) Diego Costa (Zamora)
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alis ba-bas
11 years, 4 months ago
Okay then having recieved some feedback for my team I have come up with an alternative team, please evaluate, all criticism is welcome lads! All feedback is helpful feedback

Lloris – (Gilks)
Cahill – Jones – Dawson – (Bruce) – (Widsom)
Ramsey – Fabregas – Mata – Barkley – (El Ahmadi)
Rooney (vc) – Costa (c) – Bojan
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MrCricket778
11 years, 4 months ago
Went for another approach here. What do you guys think?
Guzan/Krul
Bruce/Jones/Terry/Debuchy/Wisdom
Eriksen/Mata/Ramsey/Sterling/El Ahamadi
Bojan/Rooney/Costa
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Well you know, Triffic
11 years, 4 months ago
I've basically copied Ev's team. I'm all set. Cya
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