Sky Sports Focus

Our regular Friday look at the Sky Sports Fantasy game sees a change at the top of the Scout League as Fantasy managers stake a claim for the overall top prize of 25K. We cast an eye over this week’s transfer market and look forward to tonight’s Fantasy Football club…

The Scout League

Charles Mouzon is the new top dog in the Scout League. Having climbed his way up the rankings in the last few weeks, he now has a three-point lead at the top – his side “Geordie Boys” sit on 672 points, 12th overall. Long-time leader Chris Tuck has finally been overtaken, then, though his side “Vuvuzela Symphony” are just three points off the pace. Paul Hennessey is back to occupy third spot; his “Hennessey’s Heroes” are four points further behind Chris.

At present, we have four of the top 20 managers in the overall rankings, with Lewis Nicklen also riding high. The gap at the top has opened up a little, though; Charles is 54 points behind the overall leader in the chase for the £25K top prize.

As you may have heard in this week’s ScoutCast, Granville enjoyed another fine week in the Sky Sports game and is now ranked above Mark for the first time this season. Andy still remains the top Scout contributor, however: he sits in 54th place in the Scout League, despite Granville’s 68 points ranking as the second top overall score in our league this week.

Overall, the Scout remains at the summit of the League of Leagues but our lead has been cut from 14 points down to six points, with our top five averaging 663.8 between them.

A reminder that if you’re playing the Sky Sports game and have yet to join our league, you can sign up to the FFScout League with this Pin: 8004519. We have a home cinema system, worth £600, available to the winner.

Market Trends

Marouane Fellaini is the most in-demand player ahead of Everton’s trip to Reading this weekend. The Belgian’s goal and assist in the 2-1 win over Sunderland earned him 15 points and with a price of 6.1, he’s been subject to over 32% of all trades in this week. Stoke’s resilience at the back has made Asmir Begovic a popular pick – the Bosnian stopper has soared to the top of the keeper rankings and subsequently drawn a raft of new interest. Over 27% of transfers made this week saw Begovic brought in with Michel Vorm and Ben Foster both suffering heavy sales – that pair were shipped out en masse following their Gameweek 11 absence; both were included in 16% of the transfers out made over the last seven days.

Luis Suarez’s form has seen him attract more interest that Robin Van Persie this week with the Liverpool man commanding 26% of the transfers in, with the Dutchman claiming 23%. Interestingly, Van Persie also suffered significant sales as managers presumably made the trade to Suarez: almost 15% of transfers made this week saw Van Persie move out of squads, perhaps a trend as folk seek a differential to close a mini-league gap. Even so, with United’s fixtures strong, that looks a major risk.

The Fantasy Football Club

The boisterous Jimmy Bullard joins Fenners and Merse on this week’s episode of the Fantasy Football Club : it should be noisy. Join the boys from 10pm on Sky Sports one for the usual mix of banter and “ITK” Fantasy tips for the Sky Sports game.