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3 October 2011 1159 comments
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Okay…you might have noticed – things have changed around here.

After months and months of time, money, sweat and tears – we thought we’d roll out the new layout just to see if things held together. It’s a gamble – it may disappear before your very eyes and revert back to the old Scout. Then again, it might be here to stay.

We hope that all goes smoothly – the that the new layout settles on our servers and will provide the basis for a new era for the site. Let’s see how we go.

There is more to do (we know the Watchlist is incomplete and the poll is old). More features to roll out – particularly within the comments code. For now, we’re taking baby steps – although this is a pretty big first stride.

So then, if you stayed with us long enough to reach this ungodly hour, you get to the see the new look on the live servers – a proper first.

We hope you like.

Ps: apologies for any lost comments from the last couple of hours – needs must I’m afraid.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

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  1. Random_Guy
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Can you guys actually post the scores you get from your Scout Picks each gameweek?

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    1. applemanthai
      15 years, 1 month ago

      +1 - posted a similar suggestion earlier... would be interesting to read back over history...

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  2. Turbodog
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Loving the ticker being visible from inside the thread

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    1. stilicho
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      I really like that too, it's already come in useful when making suggestions - you don't have to go back to the home page to check rotations etc.

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      1. Kings of Lyon ★
        15 years, 1 month ago

        yeah, i usually have two tabs open one for the ticker and one for the thread 🙂

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      2. Turbodog
        15 years, 1 month ago

        Indeed. Are we pals again now Stilicho? Not the sort for bad blood, me 🙂

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        1. stilicho
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          15 years, 1 month ago

          Yes we are! Me neither 🙂

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          1. Turbodog
            15 years, 1 month ago

            Ah great stuff 🙂

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  3. Gerhardinho
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    15 years, 1 month ago

    nice!

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  4. In Like Flynn.
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    Any ManU fans please, assuming Vidic and Smalling return to fitness for the 15th as FPL say.
    Who do you think would be your normal starting back four?

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    1. Just A Hat
      15 years, 1 month ago

      I assume...

      RB: Jones (possibly Smalling)
      CB: Rio
      CB: Vidic
      LB: Evra

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      1. PAVLYUCHENKOSAURUS
        15 years, 1 month ago

        +1 I had given it good thought, the RB position I wasn't sure on. But I think this looks pretty spot on.

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        1. The Finnisher
          15 years, 1 month ago

          Jones is a wait and see imo.
          Evans, Smalling and even Valencia will be rotating youd thnk

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  5. Scroobius Mac
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Wow this is jazzy. Nice one guys.

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  6. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    Love the new look. Hopefully it starts an improvement in my rank.

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  7. The Finnisher
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Feeling the love around here today!

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  8. PAVLYUCHENKOSAURUS
    15 years, 1 month ago

    There is going to be so much abuse reported on here it will be unreal... JackAttack likely the first to go at 5/1

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    1. Hughes the Daddy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      15 years, 1 month ago

      TEST

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    2. The Finnisher
      15 years, 1 month ago

      😯 haha

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    3. Scroobius Mac
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Maybe I miss it but I don't understand why he has a bad reputation on here.

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      1. The Finnisher
        15 years, 1 month ago

        +1 😆
        I do try and help...

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      2. Timmy Cahill Rules
        15 years, 1 month ago

        lol

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      3. PAVLYUCHENKOSAURUS
        15 years, 1 month ago

        It's because he has the odd mouth off as we all do, just as banter, but people just seem to hate him. I'm sure you'll agree JA 😉

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        1. The Finnisher
          15 years, 1 month ago

          I do, I do 😉

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      4. Hughes the Daddy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        15 years, 1 month ago

        His obsession with dissiing Ferguson owners turned a bit RBJ for some probably. It's all good though 🙂

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        1. Scroobius Mac
          15 years, 1 month ago

          Ah RBJ would have more ! pressed on this new site than a teenage girl who's just found out that One Direction are coming to their school.

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          1. Manamongst
            15 years, 1 month ago

            Yeah RBJ was on another level, oppressive and nasty to noobs or questions he didn´t like.

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      5. Villan14
        15 years, 1 month ago

        lol

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  9. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone got any more information on this story and how, or if, it will affect the way we watch matches?
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15162241

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    1. Kings of Lyon ★
      15 years, 1 month ago

      It might affect Sky quite a bit. if every pub in the country pulls sky and bget a decoder they could be hit hard.

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      1. Hybrid.power
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        15 years, 1 month ago

        I have no problem with that. I hate the way Sky are snapping up all the best sports, especially since they've got the F1 now too.

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        1. Kings of Lyon ★
          15 years, 1 month ago

          I dont either, it might effect the Premier Leagues cut though. I didnt know they had F1, sport on terrestrial TV will soon become a thing of the past.

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          1. Hybrid.power
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            15 years, 1 month ago

            Yeah they're taking the full F1 coverage from next season. BBC will only show half the races live, the other half will be highlights. It's a disgrace. It would cost me an extra €35 a month if I was to get Sky.

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            1. PAVLYUCHENKOSAURUS
              15 years, 1 month ago

              What will Jake Humphries do now then?... Back to broadcasting 'Animal Park' on BBC lunchtimes for him 😀

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        2. Grimmaldi - Send in the Clo…
          15 years, 1 month ago

          Let's hope it could damage Sky Sports, generally disgraceful company.

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    2. PAVLYUCHENKOSAURUS
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Be nice if it brought the sport packages down a few quid though!... Not that that's likely. Although I do feel that they will need to do something positive to combat the amount of people who can just sit and stream live games to their laptops. I know this is abit off topic, my apologies.

      At the end of the day, I'll be more disappointed when the BBC eventually lose rights to MOTD.

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      1. Hybrid.power
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        15 years, 1 month ago

        I would glady pay for the sports packages if they did drop the price. I fear for sports on the BBC.

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        1. Doosra - ☭BowenOfRice☭
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          15 years, 1 month ago

          I will never subscribe to Sky,

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    3. In Like Flynn.
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      Interesting Hybrid, Would be a great idea if it gave a greater choice of suppliers and at more competitive prices (Cheaper 🙂 ). I have a feeling Sky and the FA will find some sneaky way round it so they can still charge fortunes.

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      1. Hybrid.power
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        15 years, 1 month ago

        Of course they will, even the article hints at the fact that they would have contingency plans. What annoys me is it's clear people are finding it hard to pay bills these days, yet they expect us to pay an extra €35 or whatever a month just to see some games or races. Why not try and get on our side and lower the prices? I have no problem with streaming sports, even if they're in a different language. Sky get enough money.

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        1. Hybrid.power
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          15 years, 1 month ago

          I'm feeling very ranty this morning...

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    4. Manamongst
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Some people say this is a win, but some say the Murdoch/Darroch lawyers will have this sorted by the end of October. I say, with all the problems and money via legal problems currently in the UK and States w/ wiring tapping, keep milking their ass. On face value, and current settled law, of course the bastards have legal standing. But to me Satellite is a totally different beast, and it seems the EU sees it the same as well. When you have a chemical plant the fumes travel in the free air, when you transport pigs they stink up the free air, if a tractor trailer transports pecans to Belarus and 10 fall off en route, do they have legal standing to prosecute you if it falls in your yard and you eat them? These people create their own equipment to catch signals in the free air. Not manipulate BskyB´s own equipment to steal. This is why radio stations don´t and can´t charge you for listening to their station, they´ve hit the wall technologically where they can´t prevent selectively you from listening and inflict commerce directly. The same is happening with Satellite, it´s not our fault you sank 18 million 25 years ago to some Japanese firm to send that piece of metal into space. They were worth £5.354 billion in 2010 (total assets). They are basically fighting tooth and nail to the bitter end to keep a dying billed revenue stream. Open-source sat-capture devices/software will be the death-knell soon. I don´t feel too sorry for landlords, only those in pubs/towns too small to recoup the ridiculous flat rates, which should have obviously been scaled to metro and pub size. Bottom-line, James Murdoch is a greedy çunte

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      1. Manamongst
        15 years, 1 month ago

        And oh yeah Sky uses VideoGuard a pay-TV scrambling system owned by NDS, (also a News Corp owned company) and a monster private equity firm called Permira. People don´t see the importance of acquisitions made 5 or 6 years ago until they get the higher bill.

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  10. Back on the horse
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Like it. Maybe you should've done the new FPL site!

    What will the 'reputation' field be filled with in the profile?

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    1. stilicho
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      There's going to be a "+1" button that people can click when they agree with you, and all your +1s add up to your reputation score.

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      1. The Finnisher
        15 years, 1 month ago

        How do you know? Did the scouts say something?

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        1. stilicho
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          15 years, 1 month ago

          It was a feature on the test site.

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      2. Hughes the Daddy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        15 years, 1 month ago

        cool

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      3. Granville
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        15 years, 1 month ago

        Baby steps. The +1 button puts extra load on the server, so for now Mark has chosen to go without it.

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  11. Browndog
    15 years, 1 month ago

    i just wanted to see how my avatar looked

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    1. Hughes the Daddy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      15 years, 1 month ago

      looks good 🙂

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  12. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
    15 years, 1 month ago

    boooo change

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  13. Kings of Lyon ★
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Very very nice new swanky site 🙂 I had planned on getting back to my day job today, but i can see this being a distraction 🙂

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  14. Hughes the Daddy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Looking great! Distinction between posts and replies are not as easy to see - would be my only negative comment.

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  15. Timmy Cahill Rules
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Im going to risk doubling up on city and chelsea after week 9

    Mata and Sturrige

    Nasri and Silva

    risky move but with brunt as my first sub he can come in if any rotation happens.

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    1. Scroobius Mac
      15 years, 1 month ago

      So who are you not covering from Spurs, Man U, Arsenal and Liverpool?

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    2. Hughes the Daddy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Mata needs to start getting some points in imo. Beginning to seem like a bit of an assiter of the assister type but as a Mata owner I'm hoping that will change.

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      1. applemanthai
        15 years, 1 month ago

        +1 - i watched him closely last game and was not impressed..... wasted a lot of good ball..... he is taking a lot of deadballs though... even with Lamps on pitch so that is good... but his overall contribution was very bad imo. And he keeps getting hauled off with 20 or 30 minutes left..... when he could be hoovering up points......

        Not worth a hit atm but i will be dumping him come wildcard in GW11 if he doesnt buck up....

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    3. everyday, i'm shufflin…
      15 years, 1 month ago

      I'm too considering Nasri + Silva as alternative to avoid FW rotation of City, but still not sure if it can outscore a pair of Aguero with someone, e.g. VDV or Ramsey.

      Sturridge is very nice option into Chelsea attacking with his current form. Mata still not so convinced as EPL might not let him freely play like La Liga. Anyway, if he can adapt, he would be Chelsea's Silva and consistently gain points..

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  16. King Nil Miss ✩
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Congratulations this looks very nice! Does the watchlist been shortened on purpose?

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  17. Timmy Cahill Rules
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Whos the best option for a cheap defender from Norwich

    Tierney or Barnett ?

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  18. Grimmaldi - Send in the Clo…
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Great new look, hopefully it's all seemless and wonderful.

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  19. King Nil Miss ✩
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Love the "quote of the day" down there!!

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    1. Team Hayemaker
      15 years, 1 month ago

      just noticed that...quality!

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    2. Hughes the Daddy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Indeed, nice feature. Be much better not in all-caps. All-caps has been proven to be the biggest thing you can do to text to get people to not read it as it's just uncomfortable on the eye. Probably why I never noticed it there till you mentioned.

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      1. applemanthai
        15 years, 1 month ago

        DID YOU READ THIS?

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        1. PAVLYUCHENKOSAURUS
          15 years, 1 month ago

          No

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  20. Nibbsy
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Love the new look, especially having replies hidden by default so that you can choose which conversations you want to read. Makes it so much quicker to browse the comments and more of a forum style lay out.

    Good work scouts, look forward to discovering the other new features!

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  21. Villan14
    15 years, 1 month ago

    i like the new look, not sure about having to show replies, may take sometime to get use to?

    what does the hash permalink do??

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    1. Nibbsy
      15 years, 1 month ago

      You can uncheck the box at the top that says 'hide comments by default'.

      Permalink is the URL of the comment for bookmarking.

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    2. Doosra - ☭BowenOfRice☭
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      15 years, 1 month ago

      It is very handy - it fixes the comment ID in the header, so that you can copy and paste for a direct referral! 🙂

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      1. In Like Flynn.
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        15 years, 1 month ago

        Oh! Good 😕

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        1. Doosra - ☭BowenOfRice☭
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          15 years, 1 month ago

          😛

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  22. Team Hayemaker
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Without trying to sound critical and the new site looks great. However I dont like the fact you have to click to see replies and when you do there in no indentation to the right so its difficult to see what is a reply and what is a new post.

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    1. stilicho
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      There's a checkbox at the top which allows you to automatically show/hide replies

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      1. Team Hayemaker
        15 years, 1 month ago

        cheers!

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    2. Villan14
      15 years, 1 month ago

      i just worked out that there is a tickbox at the top which defaults back to the old way of showing replies. (that is if you see this reply! lol)

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    3. Granville
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      15 years, 1 month ago

      There is a difference in colour. Original post in white, replies in pastel blue.

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  23. Bedknobs and Boomsticks
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Well that took a weirdly long time to log in. Now that I'm here, the site looking great, now how's my grav....

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    1. Team Hayemaker
      15 years, 1 month ago

      homo

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      1. The Finnisher
        15 years, 1 month ago

        I'm going to report abuse, this is just a warning for you.

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    2. Doosra - ☭BowenOfRice☭
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Still gorgeous ... 😉

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      1. Bedknobs and Boomsticks
        15 years, 1 month ago

        Even more terrifying!

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        1. Doosra - ☭BowenOfRice☭
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          15 years, 1 month ago

          😆 Yeees. I may have to change it ... 😉

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    3. stilicho
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      15 years, 1 month ago

      Gorgeous darling.

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  24. Hawk Eye
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Great new look! well done.
    Though it seems that with all the graphics the site is much heavier & slow, and that is before I use my cell...
    I hope this gets better.

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  25. Kings of Lyon ★
    15 years, 1 month ago

    The search comments will be great and save your trailing through old pages to reply. On the flip side my rivals will be able to view all my posts in seconds, i liked that they had to work for it 😛

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  26. Hughes the Daddy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Really must do some work]

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  27. Stevomill
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Like it guys, yeah not sure replys are obvious as before now ive unchecked the box, but I reckon i'll get used to it quite quickly. Good job guys

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  28. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    15 years, 1 month ago

    I have to admit, I'm not a fan of the 'click to drop down' reply button. It's easy to miss informative comments.

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    1. The Finnisher
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Start of the comments on the page, top left corner..that is all

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      1. Hybrid.power
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        15 years, 1 month ago

        You sir, are a legend.

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  29. Gold Monster
    15 years, 1 month ago

    Can I see ALL replies and then hide them? It's a pain, I would rather see everything and then hide what I don't want to see.

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    1. The Finnisher
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah

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    2. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Top of the comments, 'Hide comments replies by default'.

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    3. Gold Monster
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Yep got that now cheers, tiny iPhone screen lol

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  30. stilicho
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    15 years, 1 month ago

    Scouts - is the "report abuse" button just aimed at reporting spammers etc or is it also meant for reporting "abuse" in the more conventional sense of name calling?

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    1. The Finnisher
      15 years, 1 month ago

      Im no scout, but i am guessing anything along those lines.
      Spamming, name calling, when kaz96 posts the same thing 500 times a page et

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      1. Granville
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        15 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah spam, abuse etc..

        Anything you don't like which isn't just an opinion or harmless fan rivalry.

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        1. Hybrid.power
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          15 years, 1 month ago

          Your name is stupid! Yeah! How do you like that for abuse!!!

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    2. Mark
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      15 years, 1 month ago

      It's for reporting any comment that is seen as abusive or one that breaks our T&C's. A reported comment gets emailed to admin and also the post gets flagged rather obviously for all admin and mods in the thread. Obvisously this needs to be used sensibly and not just to report someone who disagrees with you your point of view.

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      1. PAVLYUCHENKOSAURUS
        15 years, 1 month ago

        There should be ramifications for frequent abuse of the abuse button.

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