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After playing 19 of his 35 games up front for Liverpool last season, there's been some speculation that Roberto Firmino could be re-classified as a midfielder for the 17/18 in FPL. Personally, I th…

Morning folks. So Depoitre adds to the cast of promoted strikers and today’s hot topic is based on these assets. Do we really see any of them fitting the bill as a third striker? Depoitre may …

Inspired by Giggs Boson’s article, today’s Hot Topic is based on clean sheet prospects this season. Who do we feel will be the breakout team for shut-outs next term? Do we see Spurs, Chelsea…

Mauricio Pellegrino is the new manager of Southampton Pellegrino previously managed Alaves, a newly promoted side in Spain who finished 9th. Alaves had one of the best defensive records in La Li…

Scout Picks GW14 Lie Rolantsson - Ruud - Rosted Zahid - Jevtovic - Ulland Andersen - Adegbenro - Brochmann Sigurdarson - Omoijuanfo ___ Captain Poll results Omoijuanfo 30.8 % Sigurdarson 30.8 %…

FFS Daily Hot Topic With five Premier League teams in the Champions League this season, which of them will suffer worst from rotation? How many of their players might be poor FPL prospects because…

Who have been the best and worse bandwagons based on preseason friendlies? Obviously Boselli is the most legendary but there must be plenty of others and some successes too. I fell for the Routledg…

Fantasy Footbal Scout daily hot topic What are your top cheap defensive/goalkeeper pairings for the first few games of the season. As the article says Ryan rotates well with Southampton's Fraze…

I see just about everyone is starting with Kane. The last couple of years he's started slowly so wouldn't it be better to start with Alli/Eriksen & pass on him. The money saved could be used elsewh…

Is investing in the third striker berth wise? Lord forgive me, for I have sinned in creating this monster. For those of you who can't be asked, there is a TL;DR at the bottom. 🙂 For this little p…

Good discussion, which footballers in the Prem do you think are overrated? And by overrated, I mean actually rated in the first place, for reasons that are unknown, not people everyone agrees are …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Navigating Liverpool's midfield minefield. Just when you thought selecting the best Liverpool midfielder couldn't get any tougher - they look to be signing …

This is a follow-up to Kuntheman's excellent hot topic on Pep's rotation policy, which showed there were several safe starters in the first ten gameweeks of Bayern's 15/16 season, suggesting that P…

With all of the FFS talk about Pep and his “rotation policy”, I had to delve into some the statistics from the last season before he came to City, as I believe that his Bayern 2015/2016 team ha…

I'm a little bit confused regarding the pricing of players. All I seem to hear at present is that a lot of last seasons players will be have price hikes this season. Even Jonty's hot topic alludes …

Why do football fans seem to have no comprehension that clubs don't get 100% of shirt sales funds? 'Buy Ronaldo for 200m, club will make it back in one week of shirt sales'... No they won't.

Who will be next season’s versions of Alli, Eriksen and Mane Last season Liverpool and Tottenham midfielders started off priced at around the 8-8.5m mark but out performed their price tag. Alli…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic If Ronaldo (and it's a big if at this stage) re-joined Manchester United would it harm or hinder FPL. With the Portuguese likely to command a 14m price tag…

Morning folks. Harry's a big favourite of mine and so it made sense to base today's FFS Hot Topic on the big man. I loved him at Hull City and, even with the likely rise to 5.0, I reckon he can p…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What is your preferred spend and strategy for goalkeepers? Do you prefer a 4.5/4.5 double up of two sure starters for sides that are unlikely to keep many …

Scout Picks GW13 Hansen Rolantsson - Grøgaard - Kind Mikalsen Haugen - Knudtzon - Jevtovic - Gyasi Sigurdarson - Orlov - Mortensen ___ Captain Poll results Knudtzon 50 % Haugen 25 % Sigurdarso…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Why a Manchester United defender is a must from the start of Gameweek 1 I’m playing slightly devil’s advocate here by immediately decreeing the Manchest…

So, it rotates like so: Rotation Pairs: ... ... 38 ... 36/(34) ARS/TOT; HUD BOU/SOU; SWA BRI/HUD; NEW; TOT BUR/CHE; CHE/BUR; CPL/STO; MCI; EVE EVE/LIV; CPL HUD/BRI LEI; ARS LEI/NEW; HU…

Davy Klassen agrees personal terms with Everton. http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/davy-klaassen-agrees-personal-terms-13188359 A box to box mid who has scored goals in …

Manchester City’s defence Who thinks City’s defence is worth investing in next season? With Edersen joining they may finally have found the goalkeeper to match Pep Guardiola’s vision for hi…

Sorry if this has been posted already, but I couldn't see it anywhere. These are the pairings that rotate home and away for all 38 gameweeks this season, so whenever one team plays at home, the ot…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic More big chances missed than any other player last season. http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/16995/ Yes he scored 17 league goa…

As a Benfica fan I'm going to offer my 2 cents on what to expect, football- and fantasy-wise, from big money signings Ederson (Man City) and Lindelof (Man Utd). I'm not a football nor fantasy exper…

Thoughts on the top six fixtures to start with, anyone you'd avoid or double/triple up on purely fixture based? Arsenal - LEI, sto, liv, BOU, che, WBA Chelsea - BUR, tot, EVE, lei, ARS, sto Live…

Delighted to say that the Ticker - both free and members - is live in sidebar. Get frisking.

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Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Premier League Fixtures Announced - Early Thoughts The fixtures are revealed....what are your early thoughts on issues such as GWK 1 Captaincy, rotation e…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is Lukaku a viable Fantasy option next season? With a price hike expected to around the 11.5 mark and a move likely to Chelsea or another top four side - wi…

One of the guys on Twitter (I can't remember if he posts here) has done some different analysis on the best FPL managers of all time. Some of you might be interested 🙂 Total Points https://twit…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Kane and next season's 3-5-2 conundrum When I was writing an analysis of the Hall of Fame top ten recently a key theme emerged – they, in the main, used 3…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Could Arsenal be a better source of Fantasy points next season than they were this season? With no Champions League fixtures for the Gunners rotation will…

Any players your tipping to outscore their last season? And more importantly be FPL options (price dependent of course). Based on the info we have now i reckon some of these might be worth a dabb…

Will Pep rotate another world class player into insignificance? Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez, 28, has finalised a summer move to Manchester City, according to Chilean journalist Fernando Solabar…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Why Fantasy managers need better Manchester United assets. In my decade or so of playing Fantasy Premier League some of the best Fantasy players have been…

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 38 RESULTS Apologies it is this far delayed I've had not much time at all! The ultimate gameweek results! ***** GAMEWEEK RESULTS ***** Scores on the doors; 1st …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Top tips on targeting promoted players With a poor scoring and clean sheet record Huddersfield on paper look like a no-go zone for Fantasy managers. But…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…