The Community Round Up

Options in the centre of the park hog the limelight in our latest look back at the community’s best articles, discussions and statistics.

Three midfield maestros in particular stand out for our community writers, while our hot topic posters take in the rising stars and fading suns when it comes to the captaincy.

Our round up of the week’s key Members tables sees Liverpool’s wealth of options come under scrutiny, as well as those who are more than a little due in terms of finding the net.

Finally, we catch up on those who have mastered the art of selection across all positions to reach the top of our community competitions.

The Community Articles

With 21 points over his last two league fixtures, Bobby F finds it incredulous that Theo Walcott is only owned by just 5% of FPL managers. His latest community article outlines four key reasons why the Arsenal midfielder should take pride of place in your team.

Az is keen to promote Liverpool’s Adam Lallana as another must-have Fantasy asset after he served up a 15-point haul last weekend.

There was more waxing lyrical about value options in the centre of the park in Andy85wsm’s review of the Scouts’ Gameweek 6 selections. Tottenham’s Heung-Min Son was among our Spot the differential success stories.

Don’t forget, if you’ve got some analysis, scout reports or features brewing, be sure to visit our community section to submit your article.

The Hottest Topics

Sergio Aguero returned from suspension in style in Gameweek 6 to reward his new owners with a brace. But this weekend Rukawa urges Fantasy managers to look elsewhere for the captaincy. He says Tottenham are now a far better side than the one the Manchester City striker so regularly humiliated in seasons past.

Our hot topic on Gameweek 7’s captaincy saw more of you suggest there are better candidates for the armband this week, while MNR96 dropped by to outline the pros and cons of some of the leading captaincy contenders.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is currently tussling with Alexis Sanchez at the top of our Captain Poll. Our hot topic on the big Swede’s haemorrhaging of FPL owners over the last two weeks details how his stock is set to plummet far further should he fail to rack up a decent score against Stoke on Sunday. Jafalad is among those urging his patient owners to keep the faith.

With Lallana joining Philippe Coutinho, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and even James Milner as viable options, Liverpool’s midfield is proving a tricky minefield for Fantasy managers to navigate through this season, according to our hot topic on Anfield’s finest.

Staying with Liverpool, Firmino and Coutinho’s inability to both bring in points hauls in the same match was among the latest conspiracy theories trumpeted on this week’s Scoutcast. GulliermoDickero is among those who thinks Firmino’s selfless style of play may indeed force his owners to reach for the transfer button.

Elswhere, we considered whether Fantasy veterans are too biased by Walcott’s history of rotation, examined the best third strikers and looked back at your outstanding and dire Gameweek 6 scores in Rough with the Smooth.

If you were at the rough end of that hot topic, Kings of Lyon offered some kind words of encouragement. He looked back at the improved performers who emerged from a league he set up last season for those
with terrible early overall ranks.

The Members Tables

With Everton’s Leighton Baines set to miss tonight’s home clash with Crystal Palace, many owners are looking elsewhere. My attacking defenders table offers up some strong picks for those seeking replacements.

Those going into Gameweek 6 without Ibrahimovic are urged to sit down and take a deep breath before looking at my latest Goals Imminent table, while Az has constructed this Liverpool focused table to justify his love affair with Lallana. 

If you’re a member and are yet to get to grips with the custom statistics tables, you can view this movie for an explanation of how they work. Also, remember to tag them so that people can find the tables with ease.

The Community Tournaments

Applebonkers continues to top the FFScout Moderators and Contributors league, closely followed by Evs.

The new leader of Red Lightning’s Top 10K Any Season mini-league is David Slade, who is also up to 954^th in the overall rankings.

In TorresMagic‘s Last Man Standing competition, Cutch hit the top score in Gameweek 6 with 92. There are now 2543 teams qualified after 165 were eliminated when the safety score was set at 35.

If you are running a community tournament and would like the latest scores included in future Community Round Ups please email me a brief summary of the current leaders and a link to your league, spread sheet or head to head competition, at jonty@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk.