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12 October 2018 1162 comments
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The Fantasy Football Scout community haven’t relented in their efforts despite us entering the dead zone that is the international break.

Early transfers were a source of discussion, along with premium strikers and Liverpool defenders.

Our latest Community Round-up feature also looks over the various tournaments and mini-leagues that involve FFS users.

The Hottest Topics

Brazilian pair Bernard and Kenedy were two of the names mentioned in Gregor‘s “eye test” as the Community began the week by looking back at Gameweek 8.

With those matches out of the way, we asked whether you were pushing the button early on your Fantasy transfers or waiting till the FPL assets in question were back from international duty.

Bullet Eder asked if we should go without a premium striker this season, while ZoumasBloomers switched focus to the defence and wondered if doubling up on the Liverpool backline is worth a gamble.

Taking stock has been in order over this international break, too.

Deulofail asked for your season by numbers, while WesManTooth and Jealous Viper wanted to hear your biggest delights and most lamentable regrets of 2018/19.

Pierce34 challenged the FFS community to beat his captain score for the season, meanwhile.

Community Tables

Here is just a small selection of the excellent array of public tables created this week and available in the Members’ area

Remember, to see your table featured here (if that’s what you want!) please ensure you include a description explaining the purpose of it.

Community Tournaments

Brayden McCullough still leads our public Fantasy Football Scout League but has slipped to second overall after three Gameweeks at number one.

Luke Aiello is the new leader in our Fantasy Football Scout Members League and has also regained the lead in RedLightning‘s Top 10k Any Season mini-league. He played his Wildcard in Gameweek 7 and is now up to 28th overall. He has had two previous top 10k finishes (6,621st in 2014/15 and 2,759th in 2016/17).

RedLightning still leads the FFS Mods & Cons mini-league, with Chris Atkinson (RMT’s Professor) now in second place.

FFS user Lawrø has created a new community tournament which he describes as “similar to Community Watch but shorter.” Find out more about it HERE.

We’d like to remind our readers that it is not too late to sign up to the Fantasy Football Scout Charity Cup taking place on Saturday November 17. Find out more about it HERE.

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  1. camarozz
    8 years, 6 days ago

    I have Patricio + Doherty.

    I have to sell PVA to afford Salah with my 2fts.

    Seeing as I'm playing Alonso/Doherty/Mendy as a back 3 would I be as well off to get Bennett for the bench over, say, Duffy??

    1. Hart-ake
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      8 years, 6 days ago

      I would go Duffy tbh as a 4th def.

    2. Slitherene
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Balbuena, as he rotates with Doherty pretty well.

      1. DeathoftheParty
        8 years, 6 days ago

        This

  2. Monkey Hanger
    8 years, 6 days ago

    Electrifying atmosphere in Croatia.

    1. Piggs Boson
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Feels like a pre-season friendly.

    2. THE Wild Rover
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Stones, Walker and Sterling should feel at home 😉

      1. Concrete
        8 years, 6 days ago

        Yawwwwn

  3. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    8 years, 6 days ago

    How come no fans have turned up to watch this Croatia vs England game?

    Two WC simi finalists,you would get a bigger crowd than this for a Castleisland AFC game.

    1. diesel001
      8 years, 6 days ago

      LOL.

      It is strange. It will also take the ballkids longer to get the ball back when the shots go into the stands.

  4. Nascimento
    8 years, 6 days ago

    Quieter than Old Trafford, this

  5. THFC4LIFE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    8 years, 6 days ago

    G2G? No Liv attacker is a worry but not sure it’s worth a hit. Could do Dilva/Kane > Salah/Arnie?

    Hennessy
    Doherty Robertson Alonso
    Hazard Dilva Rich Knockaert
    Kun(c) Kane Mitrovic

    Hamer Hojbjerg WB Holebas

    1ft 0.6itb cheers

  6. Ray In Bruges.
    8 years, 6 days ago

    Did they close the door to the public or something? Sheesh.

    1. Four Hit Wonder
      8 years, 6 days ago

      You think?

      1. Ray In Bruges.
        8 years, 6 days ago

        😀

  7. Ragabolly
    8 years, 6 days ago

    Salah injured!
    Dunno the extent but he was forced off

    1. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      8 years, 6 days ago

      This changes everything

    2. Ray In Bruges.
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Oh dear; say it ain't so Ragabolly

    3. Total Slotball
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Price about to plummet

    4. child of God
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Unbelievable! Just what I needed. I hope it's nothing serious

    5. Monkey Hanger
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Walked off, limped off, carried off?

      1. Ragabolly
        8 years, 6 days ago

        He limped off, looks like a groin injury.. Subs were all done and he still had to leave the pitch.

    6. Dr. Rog
      8 years, 6 days ago

      shaqiri wagon

      1. diesel001
        8 years, 6 days ago

        This. He has been playing well too.

      2. THFC4LIFE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        8 years, 6 days ago

        Sturridge wagon

      3. ChristoBisto
        8 years, 6 days ago

        More like Mane

    7. ChristoBisto
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Gamechanger!

  8. child of God
    8 years, 6 days ago

    I'm looking to bring arnie in bt I wondering if it's worth it bringing in mitrovic first for the next 3,
    Is it worth the extra transfer or should I just do a straight arnie?

    1. The Head-Ake
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Mitro

    2. barracuda
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Ask your dad.

      1. child of God
        8 years, 6 days ago

        Maybe my dad's arnie, you ever thought of that?

        1. diesel001
          8 years, 6 days ago

          Arnie = God?

          1. child of God
            8 years, 6 days ago

            Of course not

        2. barracuda
          8 years, 6 days ago

          Hmm. Undecided 🙂

          1. child of God
            8 years, 6 days ago

            Hehe I meant arnie could be my biological dad

  9. Zilla
    8 years, 6 days ago

    Is this Etihad?

    1. child of God
      8 years, 6 days ago

      No , it's Stamford Bridge

      1. The Head-Ake
        8 years, 6 days ago

        Sure

    2. Piggs Boson
      8 years, 6 days ago

      I went there once and it literally was this quiet.

      It was a good match too. City 3-2 Spurs, Bale and Modric were immense.

    3. Concrete
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Old Trafford pre 1992

      1. Nascimento
        8 years, 6 days ago

        Only difference post 1992 is a few more camera flashes

  10. Four Hit Wonder
    8 years, 6 days ago

    Didn't have to use an actual stadium for the game.

  11. Total Slotball
    8 years, 6 days ago

    Salah went off feeling his hamstring.

    1. Total Slotball
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Stand corrected. Groin

      1. Team Bobcat
        8 years, 6 days ago

        Bettee get it right. Leg

  12. Positive vibes
    8 years, 6 days ago

    Hi, how about this 433 wc team?

    Patricio*
    Alonso • Robbo • Mendy • Doherty
    Salah • Haz • Rich
    Kun • Mitro • Wilson*
    (Button, Knockaert/Kenedy, Bennett, Hojberg)

    *Wilson, Patricio -> Arnie, Fabs in gw 11 as Bou and Wol start to have hard fixtures while Whu start decent fixtures.
    Cheers 🙂

    1. The Head-Ake
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Don't you want Maddy?

      1. Positive vibes
        8 years, 6 days ago

        Can only have 2 out of Doherty, Maddy and Wilson/Arnie.

  13. Total Slotball
    8 years, 6 days ago

    Shaqiri essential

    1. Four Hit Wonder
      8 years, 6 days ago

      True

    2. child of God
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Hey hey hey! Let's not get ahead of ourselves now.

  14. Monkey Hanger
    8 years, 6 days ago

    Anyone for Sturridge?

  15. Ray In Bruges.
    8 years, 6 days ago

    So if Salah is injured and I'm out of FTs, is it worth a hit to get him out? I have Fraser on the bench but I'm afraid of an imminent price plummet.

    1. Woy_is_back
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Only if he misses more than 1 GW

    2. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Wait for more news

  16. Sandy Ravage
    8 years, 6 days ago

    If a tree falls on a football pitch played in an empty stadium, does it make a sound?

    1. Piggs Boson
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Yes, but not a noise.

    2. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Timber

  17. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    8 years, 6 days ago

    Salah injured?

    1. Monkey Hanger
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Groin.

    2. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Page 1 🙁

  18. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
    8 years, 6 days ago

    No Goals anywhere !

  19. Monkey Hanger
    8 years, 6 days ago

    What was the argument for no England fans? This is just as unsettling for England as it is the Croatians.

    1. Piggs Boson
      8 years, 6 days ago

      It's an odd choice of punishment.

      Baffling decision.

    2. ChristoBisto
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Yeah right I was thinking that. England should be allowed their fans there.

  20. diesel001
    8 years, 6 days ago

    If England don't win any of their Nations League group games then it shows how far we have to go. This is Croatia - they are good, but hardly at the same level as France, Brazil, Spain etc.

    1. ChristoBisto
      8 years, 6 days ago

      World Cup says they were pretty good.

  21. THE Wild Rover
    8 years, 6 days ago

    No wonder the crowd is so quiet, terrible quality fare

    1. BOATIES FC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      8 years, 6 days ago

      On the plus side the moronic band aren't there..

      1. THE Wild Rover
        8 years, 6 days ago

        Wow, imagine them with no crowd to drown them out!

  22. Flynny
    8 years, 6 days ago

    Possibly a silly question - but if you had enough money to purchase Lacasette, would you buy him or mitro?

    Thanks

    1. barracuda
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Depends on your team. Sorry to be boring.

  23. Dynamic Duos
    8 years, 6 days ago

    I remember when Hazard was mocking Sterling is when he was warming up, yet Hazard has never had a season as good as Sterling's last year

    1. MTPockets
      8 years, 6 days ago

      But his running style is amusing to be fair.

      1. Dynamic Duos
        8 years, 6 days ago

        It really is 🙂

      2. ChristoBisto
        8 years, 6 days ago

        He's like a little t-rex, haha!

    2. Niho992
      8 years, 6 days ago

      it not everything about goals, Hazad's season 14/15 is better than all combined sterling's seasons.

      1. Dynamic Duos
        8 years, 6 days ago

        Goals and assists

    3. child of God
      8 years, 6 days ago

      He will this season

  24. Niho992
    8 years, 6 days ago

    Salah get injury ? is it serious ?

    1. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Came back on after treatment before being subbed so hopefully nothing serious. Wait for news I guess.

  25. Total Slotball
    8 years, 6 days ago

    Egypt’s assistant Manager Hany Ramzy on Mohamed Salah's thigh injury:

    "His injury looks like a slight sprain so we decided to take him off so he can rest. He will have an x-ray as a matter of precaution but we expect this to be a very light injury”.

    1. #FPLBhuna
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Interesting that..

      If he can be ruled out for hudd that would make my life very easy

    2. Four Hit Wonder
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Even if he will be passed fit to play, this doesn't help him with his "can't hit a barn" shooting issues.

      1. Monkey Hanger
        8 years, 6 days ago

        Stats for corners impressive though. 🙂

    3. THE Wild Rover
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Good old Ramzy, Arsenal should give him an improved contract just for this

    4. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Good job closing the baron door after the horse has bolted.

      He obliviously needed a rest and should have never started the game.Between Egypt and Liverpool they have both managed Salah's fitness very badly.

      1. Piggs Boson
        8 years, 6 days ago

        Yeah, it does look that way. The man needs a prolonged rest.

      2. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
        8 years, 6 days ago

        What an elitist Baron door.

      3. MTPockets
        8 years, 6 days ago

        Yep stupid, particularly as he's in my fpl team.

    5. Piggs Boson
      8 years, 6 days ago

      He's clearly not 100% atm. Worrying as an owner.

      1. Zilla
        8 years, 6 days ago

        Yep, not as sharp. Day after day Salah (C) is looking unlikely.

  26. xRedArrow
    8 years, 6 days ago

    On WC, biggest dilemma:

    A) Alonso
    B) Mendy

  27. SADIO SANÉ
    8 years, 6 days ago

    fake injury for Salah, get home and rest up Mo (c)

  28. Numb
    8 years, 6 days ago

    Come on TM - I’ve done it and given away my secrets. Now we need to be hearing your Aussie-Mediterranean voice and reveal the man behind the username....

    1. Dynamic Duos
      8 years, 6 days ago

      This and yours was very good.

      1. Numb
        8 years, 6 days ago

        Thanks.

      1. THE Wild Rover
        8 years, 6 days ago

        Looks better than Triggerlips tbf 😉

    2. THE Wild Rover
      8 years, 6 days ago

      He much prefers the power of anonymity 😉

    3. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Well done Numb it was great to see you getting grilled by Jonty.

      You say you need luck to get into the top 10 and it is skill of course to get the ranks you got.I am on to you buddy. 😉

      1. Numb
        8 years, 6 days ago

        Haha. I didn’t quite mean it like that.

        More like, you need skill to get to a certain level but then you need that skill PLUS luck to get to the really high ranks.

      2. Deulofail
        8 years, 6 days ago

        Haha yeah! Players who win are lucky because they often do poorly in other seasons? More like they don't play the "I want to be near the top 100 but not outside the top 10k" game. Their teams have to be a little more different than having one or two "differentials" all season.

        My humble opinion is that if Numb ever wins with such a conservative strategy, it would demonstrate more "luck" than someone winning who goes against the grain (risking rank drops), and getting it right (getting "lucky") one season, so long as they're not being different for the sake of it

        -but even then, being different can be a calculated strategy to win, because somebody's going to be different and make gains at some point, somewhere in the world!

    4. CRO KLOPP
      8 years, 6 days ago

      He is not human,he is a computer

    5. Piggs Boson
      8 years, 6 days ago

      TM is a bot.

      1. Piggs Boson
        8 years, 6 days ago

        is hot*

    6. Monkey Hanger
      8 years, 6 days ago

      I have to say I have been pleased with the ages of the MTM's so far. You over forty too TM?

  29. Dynamic Duos
    8 years, 6 days ago

    I would love to know what the Pros/Elite players think of my current team.

  30. Mackans
    8 years, 6 days ago

    The watchlist can't be updated, right? Robertson must be better than Tripper?

    1. captainjilflex
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Id say so. Spurs have bad fixtures, key players injured and must win CL games coming up. Not to mention Liverpool have been the better team this season.... and i’m a Spurs fan.

    2. JC9
      8 years, 6 days ago

      Which combo is better : Ings + Fraser VS Wilson + Neves ?