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Here're some stats for you: FF Scout template team / most selected players (sample = 60 RMT's from Jonty's "Rate My Team Surgery" article): Foster (68%) / Elliot (67%) Trippier (73%) - Daniels (3…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is Salah’s pre-season form too good to ignore Salah’s strike against Bayern last night was his fourth of Liverpool’s pre-season campaign. Clearly …

In my effort to find the cheapest possible defensive unit (in a 3 at the back formation) I've come up with this rotation scheme for the first 7 gws. I plan to use my WC over the 2nd international b…

not spending time on this to be bottomed out! Choose a team. Choose a 4.0 keeper. Choose some bench fodder. Choose an OOP defender, Choose a f*****g big lad up top Choose wingers, wingbacks, Compa…

I see a question being asked quite regularly on here is that how will the signing of Matic impact Pogba. The common perception is that this will free up Pogba as an attacking option as he can play …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Your top punt for FPL Already our first RMT surgery article has created a number of talking points. Who is the best third striker? Which 4.5 midfielder is …

I'm trying to summarize all the trending Hot Topics over the last week to distill the best/most controversial advice FFS has had to offer so far. Here are my takeaways : - This is the season of Wi…

Penned some thoughts while waiting to download the new episode from Winterfell. All these doom and gloom hot topics about what if you don't get our essential englishman. Ya he's a great pick but le…

Anybody formed a counter argument to the don't get West Brom defenders? Do we all really hunk they'll do that bad? Who's going without any?

Can't wait to hear how spending £40-50m on a 29 year old will make an £89m midfielder play good.

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic City v Kane When the FPL player list was revealed Kane was, for many, the first name on their team sheet. But with Spurs patchy form in pre-season and Kan…

Is this season going to end with everyone playing 5 at the back. The no. of options at attacking wing backs at top teams has never happened before. Arsenal and Chelsea look set to play with wingbac…

Are you also contemplating starting the season without Kane? Assuming : - a lot of us are building a team for 4 to 7 gameweeks at most (GW4 and GW7 are international breaks), - most of us want Spu…

Being as Doosra has him,..My thoughts... The captain pick in this game is by far the biggest consideration. The two best in the game are Sanchez and Kane who just happen to rotate Home and away pe…

Sorting the pre-season wheat from the chaff, this is a cautionary tale from last season. On the eve of the 2016/17 season, the Telegraph highlighted 10 stars of pre-season. Here's the who's who and…

Premium mids - maybe only one is needed? We can almost declare only two are needed, and maybe even just one. Sanchez - great player great returns - but 12.0, not playing forward anymore with lacc…

Alli vs Kane Spurs first off are generally quite slow off the mark - proven again with their preseason performances so far, leading Pochettino to admit they are a bit behind in preparations for th…

A lot is made of Kane's slow starts, so let's look at the actual facts behind it. We'll call the first 5 gameweeks the start of the season. 2016/17: 2 goals, 1 assist. GW1 - Blank v Everton GW…

Attended the Emirates cup today, here are some notes I took regarding the game and the players likely to be starting gw1. On the basis of today's game, the RWB position will be filled by the Ox. B…

Can Kolasinac be the ‘new Alonso’? Following on from Kolasinac’s impressive home debut yesterday, I have seen a few people ask whether Kolasinac can be the ‘new Alonso’, so I have had a …

Massively impressed by City in that first half and, with the wing-backs working so well, I personally think that Pep will start with that system. For me, that shuts down both Sane and possibly Ag…

Which of the "big six" do you feel the most need to cover (attacking) and why? I think a lot of that decision making will help plan which team you select. For example, my list is. 1. United (will …

Let's play the "red roulette". Who are you planning to get? Coutinho or Salah or Mane? Should we get 2 or 3 like last season? One of the biggest issues of the day and we hear nowt from FFS to he…

Just thinking - not seeing Sanchez in any teams, nor has he come into mine. But are we missing a trick? Read an article just now and Wenger seems resolute that he's not going and we're holding him …

Good morning. Lots to cover with so many teams in action. Lets start by looking at the Chelsea situation with a first HT. Has Morata’s performance and Conte’s post-match comments poured cold …

How much stock do people out in having s pricing "structure" withing their squad which allows them to move with one or two transfers if a great pick emerges? I've always tried to get balance thro…

Morning. Pretty tame stuff from this pair. Let’s look at West Ham with this morning’s HT. We are perhaps likely to avoid them for the opening five Gameweeks but are we prepared to re-asses…

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Has anyone ever been told they're not allowed to enter a work's cash league? I've been told exactly that this year - I am however, allowed to enter the league if I accept a "points handicap" (base…

Morning folks. So Everton did little to impress us last night and we might even expect Rooney's 20.7% ownership to take a knock now. That might be knee jerk, but last night's tie issued a remin…

Bertrand easily outscored Cedric last season 4.4ppg vs 3.4ppg. There is nothing to state that the same won't happen again. Plus Cedric isn't sure to start initially. Simple probabilities state that…

GK + Defender Combos (This is in Chapter 8 of Waxys' Fanny Pack btw 😛 ) When it comes to dividing your budget between goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and strikers, every 0.5m saved in defen…

(A repost from earlier- for anyone interested- on the Man City attack) After Man City's convincing win last night, and with the wealth of attacking talent that they have in their team, it really i…

If Rashford was nailed, would you dismiss him due to being reverse oop? I could very well be grasping at straws in my attempt to avoid spending 11.5m on Lukaku, but are the following arguments som…

Following Chicharito's- fairly generous- pricing of 7.0m, I've been wondering if he solves the conundrum of the third striker. A poacher through and through, I believe that he will be very suited …

I don't care if it's pre-season or not, Guardiola had a choice between giving one of his strikers valuable minutes and he gave them to Jesus. The team then went onto score 4 goals with Aguero off t…

I think everyone's spent so long becoming accustomed to their mid-priced mids, and deliberating over which to choose, that they've convinced themselves they are essential to their teams, and withou…

Danny Murphy reckons Harry Kane can't sustain his goal scoring because according to in-depth Opta stats, he shouldn't be scoring as much as he has in the last 2 seasons.. and his goal conversion ra…

Heung-Min Son broke his arm on international duty, and is expected to miss the start of the season. I think that could have a real fantasy impact, though perhaps not in the most obvious way. In th…

Morning. So much to digest here. Kevin De Bruyne’s performances surely tops the bill, however. While we need to avoid reacting to every stellar performance in friendlies, has the Belgian issu…

Question: is anybody else actually really struggling with nailing down 4 mids that they're fully settled on? To me there seems to be question marks over almost every popular midfield option, and it…

It seems we were willing to forgo Alonso for 7.0 but yesterday’s goal seems to have convinced us to re-assess that. Given Robertson’s arrival at Liverpool casting doubt on Milner’s minutes,…

Alonso seems to be trending since he scored today so I thought Id have a quick look in to him. Points per game of those who played over 2,000 minutes. Defenders: Alonso is in first with 5.7, the n…

The ‘ownership’ debate I see so much, SO much about ownership and the idea that not having a certain player can hurt if he 'explodes' or gets a haul. I'm quite keen to get the discussion going…

United defence yesterday, City today for the Hot Topic and poll. Man City have now compiled the most expensive defence in the history of football. So how come we’re still thinking twice when it…

I never seriously consider starting with a premium GK, but if there's uncertainly surrounding Lindelof's start heading into GW1, does de Gea come into contention? - Bailly offers strong bonus poin…

The article says: "our quest for value keeps Cedric as the main man for now" It even compares Bertrand's 4.4 ppg to Cedric's 3.4. 0.5 for 1 ppg, not to mention more nailed to start the season. I…

Okay, so Lindelof looks a bit shaky. Are we losing confidence? Where is your United defensive investment going? Are you prepared to spend on Valencia? Is Bailly the safest and most economical or a…

Was reading Athletico Timbo's predictions for 2017/18 and had some extra time on my hands so I threw everything into a calculating system and got these figures. The calculator automatically rounds …

Having scoured through a few pages of RMT on FFS, I think Alonso is being overlooked on here as an option. BUR tot EVE lei ARS sto Apart from the GW 2 game against Spurs, I wouldn't mind playing …