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| Author | Hot Topic | Date | Replies |
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 J0E | Spurs early thoughts Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What are your early thoughts about Spurs options next season? With Kane, Eriksen and Alli all set for substantial price hikes the days of doubling or tripli… | 9 years, 12 days ago | 24 |
J0E | Community Writer of the Month Vote - May Best Community Writer of May - Vote Now We are once again asking for your votes to name your favourite community writer of the month. This time we want your votes for the best writer in May. Al… | 9 years, 13 days ago | 18 |
J0E | Fan versus Fantasy Loyalties Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Fan versus Fantasy manager Patience with players, keeping hits to a minimum and favouring 3-4-3 are tried and tested formulas for success in FPL. With Ben a… | 9 years, 13 days ago | 45 |
J0E | Brighton close to signing new keeper The Brighton goalkeeper situation has taken a turn. The prospect of Stockdale staying looks even more remote after he rejected a new contract on offer. But they've moved quick and reportedly ar… | 9 years, 14 days ago | 13 |
J0E | Should Sanchez be reclassified as a forward? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Should Alexis Sanchez be reclassified as a forward next season? Even when deployed on paper behind the striker he was often the furthest forward and for muc… | 9 years, 14 days ago | 37 |
 ★Kuntheman★ | City CB options Not just saying this because Van Dijk is nailed to go to Liverpool, but I think we're fine with Kompany-Otamendi. Otamendi gets a lot of stick, but he had some of the best defensive statistics this… | 9 years, 15 days ago | 16 |
 Parm | Can Salah impress at Liverpool? Any thoughts on Mohamed Salah at Liverpool fantasy wise? 29 games, 15 goals, 11 assists for Roma last season in an attacking Spaletti side(90 Serie A goals, only Napoli(94) with more). He certainl… | 9 years, 15 days ago | 23 |
 TheTinman | Newcastle key players To sum up Newcastle assets fpl wise... Yedlin - good but not nailed in Championship so likely to struggle in Prem for nailedness Gayle - One step away from pulling a hammy at all times Shelvey - p… | 9 years, 15 days ago | 11 |
 FPL Virgin | Is VVD worth £50m+? £50m for an injured defender who does little more than carry a bit of a goal threat. £30m for Sakho just because he had a handful of good games. Does no one else not think there is something se… | 9 years, 15 days ago | 70 |
J0E | Time to bin the traditional 'budget spread'? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Time to bin the traditional 'budget spread'? With 2017/18 set to be another season of “you can’t have them all” in relation to the wealth of premium p… | 9 years, 16 days ago | 24 |
 RedLightning | English European Champions Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic: English clubs were European Champions in 1968, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1999, 2005, 2008 and 2012. We had 7 champions in the 8 seasons from… | 9 years, 16 days ago | 32 |
RedLightning | Chips With Everything Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic: Should there be a ban on playing the Bench Boost and Triple Captain chips in DGWs, so that we don’t all use them at the same time? Should there be two of… | 9 years, 17 days ago | 33 |
 Team Cruel | Eliteserien Picks GW12 Scout Picks GW12 Dyngeland Rolantsson - Hedenstad - Kirkeskov Jevtovic - Koomson - Gyasi - Adegbenro Mos - Vilhjalmsson - Omoijuanfo ___ Captain Poll results Omoijuanfo 27.3 % Mos 27.3 % Vilhjal… | 9 years, 18 days ago | 2 |
 Mark | The Impact of European Football Okay, daily Hot Topic - one I'm thinking over as we approach the player list date. How will European Qualification influence your approach to next season? We saw what Chelsea and, to an extent, … | 9 years, 18 days ago | 23 |
 andy85wsm | Wenger signs a new deal Fantasy Football Daily Hot Topic - Arsenal With Wenger reportedly signing a new 2 year deal how does that affect your thoughts about Arsenal? It's still early days in the summer and potentially p… | 9 years, 20 days ago | 23 |
 Johqvist | When did the season light up FFS? When during the season do you think the FFS was the most lit up? When King announced his injury 30 minutes before deadline? When Aguero scored in his first DGW? Anyone else? | 9 years, 21 days ago | 28 |
 AA33 | New community tournament I am thinking of setting up a new community tournament next season. Since this will be a season long tournament, it will be impossible to conduct unless I get some help and some new partners/organ… | 9 years, 21 days ago | 27 |
RedLightning | Huddersfield Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic (with thanks to Spencer). With Huddersfield Town securing the final place in the Premier League, how do you rate their players from a fantasy perspective? W… | 9 years, 21 days ago | 15 |
andy85wsm | Midfield/Forward hybrid spots for FPL Should there be a different method of selecting a player as midfielder or forward for FPL? There's now quite a bit of crossover with players playing as "forwards" rather than midfielders - the lik… | 9 years, 22 days ago | 32 |
andy85wsm | Your Favourite Midfielders 16/17 Fantasy Football Daily Hot Topic Who have been your favourite 3-5 midfielders this season and why? | 9 years, 22 days ago | 32 |
Mark | Dunk a BPS darling? Thoughts on Dunk? Looks to be the full BPS package with CBI and tackles won. Cards the only issue. Will be interesting to see if he avoids a 5.0 pricing. Keane got that for Burnley but he had retur… | 9 years, 23 days ago | 21 |
RedLightning | Silva Band Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic: Which of the Silva band is likely to be most influential next season - Marco, Bernardo or David? How much will Watford improve under their new manager, or … | 9 years, 23 days ago | 19 |
Team Cruel | Eliteserien Picks GW11 Scout Picks GW11 McDermott Rolantsson - Grøgaard - Kind Mikalsen Helland - Haugen - Sander Svendsen - Eirik Andersen Omoijuanfo - Orlov - Mortensen ___ Captain Poll results Haugen 61.5 % B. Si… | 9 years, 24 days ago | 2 |
andy85wsm | Fa Cup Predictions Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic - The FA Cup! What are your predictions for today's final? Will it be an easy Chelsea win, or can Arsenal overcome the odds and do what they did against Man… | 9 years, 24 days ago | 25 |
J0E | Your favourite player of 2016/17 Your favourite player of 2016/17 When asked for my weekly Radio Yorkshire FPL slot about who my favourite player is - I replied Romelu Lukaku. https://audioboom.com/posts/5959260-fantasy-football… | 9 years, 25 days ago | 39 |
J0E | Mini-Leagues' best prizes and worst forfeits Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What impressive or unusual prizes have you won in your mini-leagues? What has been the worst forfeits? (Anyone worse that Genius' mini league forfeit of a … | 9 years, 25 days ago | 20 |
 ⚔★Vibudh★⚔ | We're on the hunt for saboteurs Has anybody ever had their team sabotaged by a competitive friend/foe. Have you yourself ever been so angry with a fellow player that you have sabotaged their team and made 150 transfers? I only as… | 9 years, 26 days ago | 22 |
 Dugout | FPL Chip Scores - The Results Thanks for all the responses. Here are my findings: - firstly it's important to acknowledge what several people have said - the BB chip and very hard to evaluate because most of us played it strai… | 9 years, 27 days ago | 0 |
 Piggs Boson | Bang for your buck - points and cash analysis Did a quick analysis of PpG over the season. Below I've said how many players are above 5.0 PpG, and then listed the top 3. I've also given my take on the stats. . Goalkeepers: Zero above 5.0 - Hi… | 9 years, 26 days ago | 28 |
J0E | Your favourite 16/17 defenders Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who have been your favourite three defenders this season and why? | 9 years, 26 days ago | 44 |
⚔★Vibudh★⚔ | Chelsea's best players Lets do this for every PL club starting with Chelsea : Who do you think is Chelsea's 1)Best Player 2)Player of the Season 3)Most underrated player 4)Most overrated player 5)Your Favourite player fr… | 9 years, 27 days ago | 59 |
Dugout | Points gained from chips Hi, has anyone done any work on average points gained for each chip? If you reply here with your "Chip points gained", I'll work out the average... | 9 years, 27 days ago | 95 |
Team Cruel | Psychic cow Manchester United will LOSE Europa League final to Ajax… according to a psychic Dutch cow. A COW famous in Holland for predicting the outcome of football matches has had its say on the Europa Le… | 9 years, 28 days ago | 54 |
FPL Virgin | What can improve FPL next year? 3 Suggestions for FPL Next Season - My Two Pence 1) Double Clean Sheet Chip This could replace AOA which people slate and then say they find useful. Simply put, when this chip is played, your s… | 9 years, 28 days ago | 53 |
J0E | Best keepers 2016/17 Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who were your best two goalkeepers in 2016/17? And next season will you be opting for a cheap goalkeeper rotation or going for a regular starting expensive… | 9 years, 27 days ago | 20 |
 Samwise the Brave | How to pick a solid defence Hey All Now the season is over I am looking for some general advice How do people pick solid defenses? Every season I have the same issue, I just cannot get the defense right, regularly getting 0… | 9 years, 28 days ago | 32 |
 TopMarx | How Will Wembley Affect Spurs? re-post from previous page - Spurs record at Wembley since 2015: Loss vs Chelsea (0-2), 2015 EFL Cup final (Kane 0 goals, 90min) Loss vs Monaco (1-2), 2016 CL (Kane no goals, 90min) Loss vs Bayer … | 9 years, 29 days ago | 9 |
andy85wsm | Griezmann speculation Let's talk about Griezmann He has said that a move to Man United is rated at "6 out of 10". That's led to speculation that it all comes down to the Europa League. Win and he'll move, lose and he w… | 9 years, 28 days ago | 26 |
J0E | Is Kane worth 13M+? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is Kane essential in 2017/18 priced at 13m or even higher? A price hike for Harry Kane is assured after another stellar campaign. But with plenty of other p… | 9 years, 29 days ago | 34 |
AA33 | Top 1K Overall FFS Poster Positions Update of FFS posters with ranks inside top 1000 (1k) rank from GWK 37 (along with some more names) Overall Rank - FFS Username 8 - Hana 12 - Ogie 15 - Billy Ketsu 22 - Gothenburgsaints 29 - Ali … | 9 years, 29 days ago | 53 |
 Stats Don\'t Lie | FPL Changes Wishlist So with the season now over, I thought we could start a series of discussions to do with the new season. Today's Topic: Rule Changes What are some changes you'd like to see Introduced into next ye… | 9 years, 29 days ago | 32 |
Parm | FPL Launch Date: week commencing 10 July Counting the days... We can reveal: next season's game launches week commencing 10 July. | 9 years, 29 days ago | 31 |
 Somethodox | 20 lessons learnt Hi folks, By way of a memo for myself for next season I've listed out my lessons learned from this year. Thought it might be interesting to share and also hear the thoughts of the more grizzled in… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 18 |
J0E | GWK 38 rough with the smooth Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic GWK 38 rough with the smooth Let's hear your tales of woe and joy from GWK 38. | 9 years, 29 days ago | 82 |
Piggs Boson | Hit Warning: Average Points Per Game Average Points per Game 7.1 - Kane 6.9 - Sanchez 6.2 - Jesus 6.1 Hazard 6.0 - Eriksen 5.9 - Alli & Lukaku 5.8 - Zlatan & Mane & Alonso 5.6 - Costa 5.4 - KDB & Coutinho 5.3 - Aguero 5.1 - Ozil & Fi… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 23 |
 @ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 37 RESULTS SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 37 RESULTS The penultimate gameweek results! ***** GAMEWEEK RESULTS ***** Scores on the doors; 1st - The Tinkerman (137pts) [3pt] Top 4% - FFS Scout (135pts), M… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 0 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge - Gameweek 38 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 38 The final gameweek! IanP1970 has officially earned the crown, and well played to him! He came from way behind to a dominating lead. Second and third are still w… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 19 |
J0E | GWK 38 Captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining in Gameweek 38 and why? | 9 years, 1 month ago | 39 |
TopMarx | Top 5 Career Hall of Fame – Gameweek 37 Review Latest Top Five HoF article - Gameweek 37 review: Double Gameweek 37 was a tumultuous week for our Top Five career Hall of Fame (HoF) managers. FPL legend Ville Ronka is on the verge of his worst … | 9 years, 1 month ago | 24 |
Mark | Koscielny Trains & is Bibbed up Koscielny trains then, with bib theory indicating he starts...scroll for a shot of him bibbed up http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20170520/arsenal-train-before-everton-match | 9 years, 1 month ago | 21 |