The Fantasy Football Scoutcast

Joe and Seb are joined by Rich, aka FlapjackFpl from the FPL Surgery podcast, to look at the key issues facing Fantasy Premier League managers ahead of Gameweek 34. Burnley’s Chris Wood (£6.3m) was the surprising stand out star of Gameweek 33 for many FPL managers, with a 20pt haul against Wolverhampton. But a points bonanza at some point soon for the New Zealand international was arguably predictable, given his stellar underlying statistics in recent weeks. The former Brighton striker was among ‘unfairly unfashionable’ picks the Scoutcast crew focused on two weeks ago and given his strong returns since, Joe once again looks at this list to find the next Chris Wood. Can Everton forward Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£7.5m) be back in vogue? Will FPL managers see beyond Matheus Pereira (£5.5m)’s West Brom label? And is it possible that Newcastle’s Joelinton (£5.7m) and Dwight Gayle (£5.9m) can continue delivering unexpected returns? Meanwhile, Leeds have dropped off the Fantasy Football catwalk in recent weeks du