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AuthorHot TopicDateReplies

J0E
GWK 30 Rough with the Smooth

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic GWK 30 Rough with the Smooth Let's have your tales or woe and joy here. Best will be read out on tonight's Scoutcast.

9 years, 2 months ago89

diesel001
GW31 stats preview

GW31 Stats Preview Burnley have picked up 29pts from a possible 45pts at home. The points they have dropped have generally been against sides in the Top 6. Stoke have not won a game away from home…

9 years, 2 months ago10

InSaneMan-e
Dare to ditch Alonso?

Anyone else thinking about ditching Alonso? Chelsea just dont want to keep clean sheets anymore, and could get some serious $$ to play with

9 years, 2 months ago21

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Frequent Posters Cup update

***Frequent Posters Cup - UPDATE*** 45 was the cut off score to finish in the top 60 of main qualifying - those bang on 45 are all through apart from aa33, who missed out due to having the worst O…

9 years, 2 months ago26

Mark
The Navas BPS

Those wondering why Navas earned a high BPS He won 8 tackles, 3 more than any other player in Gameweek 30. He also made 3 open play crosses and 3 key passes but the tackles were the big factor.

9 years, 2 months ago47

J0E
Scout Picks Lottery - Gameweek 31

Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 31 Once again we are on the look out for a champion to represent the community to take on the Scout Picks and win the chance of a prize. If you…

9 years, 2 months ago11

J0E
What to do with Mane?

What to do with Mane. With Mane out midweek most likely and possibly more what are his owners doing with him? Holding out and happy to bench for a while? Or seizing the moment to move to anothe…

9 years, 2 months ago36

J0E
Gameweek 31's best differentials will be...

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic One Gameweek draws to a close and within days another begins. I thought I'd canvass your views on who will be Gameweek 31's best differentials? Will it be…

9 years, 2 months ago15

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Frequent Posters Cup update

***Frequent Posters Cup - qualifying*** Updated scores via the following link: http://tyroreports.wixsite.com/ffsfpc2017/current-scores

9 years, 2 months ago16

Mark
Paddy's Current Odds

No Paddy Says this morning but I've got up early to sort you the current odds... Anytime Scorer Costa 1.66 Aguero 2.1 Hernandez 2.29 Rodriguez 2.29 Long 2.29 Son 2.4 Janssen 2.4 Pedro 2.4 Hazard …

9 years, 2 months ago15

J0E
Gwk 30 Captaincy

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Who are you captaining this Gwk and why?

9 years, 2 months ago49

d1sable
Sky Sports average remaining transfers

@ Sky players Average remaining transfers: Top 10 – 5.90 transfers Top 100 – 4.98 transfers Top 1000 – 4.91 transfers Top 5000 – 4.78 transfers

9 years, 2 months ago50

Team Cruel
Eliteserien GWK 1 Picks

Scout Picks GW1 Fernandes Vilsvik - Hedenstad - Rosted - Kind Mikalsen Zahid - Midtsjø - Sander Svendsen Abdellaoue - Marcus Pedersen - Omoijuanfo ___ Captain Poll results Marcus Pedersen 53.3 …

9 years, 2 months ago26

Mark
Mazzarri on Deeney availability

Deeney available for selection it seems but starting role in doubt. "If he doesn't start tomorrow, he will be ready to come from the bench. It's the same for Prödl." https://www.watfordfc.com/t…

9 years, 2 months ago9

⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
Conte on Hazard & Costa doubts

Antonio Conte reports he has to check on two or three situations regarding injuries before deciding on his team tomorrow. https://twitter.com/ChelseaFC/status/847786596250398720

9 years, 2 months ago15

J0E
Captaining a defender - can it work?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Captaining a defender- can it work? There is a lot of talk this week of captaining Valencia or Alonso - in the absence of strong attacking options. But ca…

9 years, 2 months ago49

Arteta
Friday's press conferences

Today's press conferences Eddie Howe, Tony Pulis – 9am Mark Hughes, David Moyes - 9.30am Jurgen Klopp, Sam Allardyce – 12pm Marco Silva - 12.30pm Ronald Koeman, Craig Shakespeare, Walter Mazza…

9 years, 2 months ago19

Smurf
Are We Poster, or Are We Lurker?

Lurking! After getting an invite to Jarvish's frequent posters league it got me thinking back about how I first started off on this site. I've been using this site for 12 years now. But I was a c…

9 years, 2 months ago111

J0E
GWK 30's best differential will be...

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 30 looks to be a golden time for differentials, with many of the top teams playing each other and rotation and international fatigue set to play hav…

9 years, 2 months ago70

Arteta
Thursday's press conferences

Today's press conference Arsene Wenger - 9am Slaven Bilic – 10am Mauricio Pochettino – 12.45pm Sean Dyche – 1pm Claude Puel – 1pm Paul Clement – 2pm

9 years, 2 months ago7

Mark
The Latest on Sigurdsson

Just the latest on Siggy for those wondering.... It appears there's still no firm reports of an injury concern associated with his absence from last night's friendly - both the club's official sit…

9 years, 2 months ago13

@chapellefpl OR 577TH
Norwegian League Set Piece Takers

Molde Corners: Petter Strand Fouls: Petter Strand Penalties: Harmeet Singh, Fredrik Aursnes   fire Corners: Fredrik Haugen Fouls: Fredrik Haugen penalties:    Aalesund Direct free kic…

9 years, 2 months ago12

Oddjobleff
Is team value still important?

Why is it time to worry less about team value? If we've got a WC to go, making moves early to catch rises increases the value we can play with on the WC. I don't get why it's perceived to be less i…

9 years, 2 months ago17

andy85wsm
Lukaku undroppable?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Lukaku.... In great form but two away fixtures coming up (Liverpool, Man United) and no DGW. Is there anyone who thinks there's enough to offload, even in…

9 years, 2 months ago31

ekul the lokonga enthusiast
Captaincy: Form v Fixtures

I read a FPL article today about the worlds #1 and how he's stayed at the top for so long To summarise, he said captaincy is key but the twist is that he captains good/inform players on away fixtu…

9 years, 2 months ago26

Snevitz
Is Zlatan essential?

Posted as a Scoutcast question but I'll put it here as well.... Is Ibrahimovic really 'essential' in week 34? In the reverse of the fixtures (both at home) he scored a total of 7 points. In his la…

9 years, 2 months ago32

J0E
Live Scoutcast Tonight 9:30pm- Leave your questions here

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Live Scoutcast tonight at 9:30pm. Feel free to leave your questions for the team here.

9 years, 2 months ago81

Mark
Hot Topics Page - Views and Ideas

So a few things. Obviously views on some of the ideas above. Also, where should we add the link to this page? In the menubar? On a new Community page? What do we think about granting permissio…

9 years, 2 months ago69

TorresMagic™
Hall of points

Thinking of a better way to measure Career HoF. Points scored over the past 5 or more seasons. You add 2000 per season you didn't play or scored under 2000 in. 2,112 2,287 2,199 2,226 2,…

9 years, 2 months ago102

McQueen
Will Valencia Be Rested In April?

How sure are we Valencia is not going to be rested in april with their busy schedule? He wasn't rested until now, with that said, really hoping it's not a trap. The most obvious Coleman replacement…

9 years, 2 months ago22

J0E
Scout Picks Lottery - Gameweek 30

Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 30 Once again we are on the look out for a champion to represent the community to take on the Scout Picks and win the chance of a prize. If you…

9 years, 2 months ago1

J0E
Preparing for the doubles - your sacrifices

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What sacrifice are you about to make to gear your team up for the impending double Gameweeks. With pricey options once again becoming desirable with double…

9 years, 2 months ago23

MTPockets
Hall of Fame or Form?

"HOF...with the latest season, weighted the heaviest and each corresponding season weighted at roughly 70% that of the previous season" Taking 16/17 = 1, 15/16 = 0.7 etc that would give 06/07 rela…

9 years, 2 months ago74

J0E
3-5-2 v 3-4-3 v both

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic 3-5-2 v 3-4-3 v both We have a couple of Live Hall of Fame analysis articles coming out soon looking at the strategies, formations, transfers and forthcomi…

9 years, 2 months ago51

J0E
Defender options

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Sad to have to write this one but here goes - who is the best Seamus Coleman replacement? Is Valencia the obvious replacement? Or should we be looking eve…

9 years, 2 months ago40

J0E
GWK 30's best differential will be...

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic First Gameweek back after internationals is often a minefield due to uncertainty over injuries and rotation. This means it is also often a golden time for di…

9 years, 2 months ago31

Jafooli
PL players playing FPL, conflict of interest?

I've said this before and I'll say it again. As FPL becomes more & more popular, I can see a genuine conflict of interest with PL footballers continuing to play the game in the future. Of course c…

9 years, 2 months ago39

J0E
Time to reclassify wingbacks?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Time to reclassify wing backs? With even England now adopting a 3-5-2 (or variety of) line up, is next season time for FPL to fall in line with other Fant…

9 years, 2 months ago99

J0E
Early GWK 30 captaincy thoughts

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Early GWK 30 captaincy thoughts. Ahead of next Monday's launch of the captain poll for GWK 30 I thought I'd gather some early thoughts on where you will be…

9 years, 2 months ago73

Enzo the Baker
The case for a dgwk 34 bench boost

I think a case can be made for BB in DGW34 if we change how we perceive the Bench Boost chip. Don't look at it as a way to have 4x2 mediocre players coming off your bench during a DGW. Instead, l…

9 years, 2 months ago16

J0E
Top tips on tackling DGWKs

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Tackling the doubles - top tips With many in the community having experienced a great many of DGWKs over the years what top tips would you offer to ensuring…

9 years, 2 months ago42

makaveli123
April Fool Scheduling for Man Utd

There have been some discussions on Man United players, DGWs and rotation of the squad. April will be a busy month for the club, fighting for a CL spot in two competitions. Out of the top 6 in the…

9 years, 2 months ago26

Rossamous
Bertrand at the double

Is anyone here considering a punt on Bertrand? Yoshida the value pick but with no Ibra or Kane, money can be splashed elsewhere

9 years, 3 months ago22

Team Cruel
Norwegian Fantasy Football

The developers of FPL have launched a brand new game - Fantasy Eliteserien (Norwegian league): https://fantasy.eliteserien.no/ The site is currently only in Norwegian but it's fairly easy to regis…

9 years, 3 months ago113

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DGWK Chip Strategy

First impression for those with all chips left: Up to GW32, get in Man U GW33, get in Palace GW34, get in Boro TC Ibra in GW34 Then, If Southampton v Arsenal is GW35: WC GW35 with lots of Arsen…

9 years, 3 months ago9

J0E
GWK 29 Rough with the Smooth

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic GWK 29 rough with the smooth - how did your GWK go...feel free to list your tales of woe and joy here.

9 years, 3 months ago77

The Rumour Mill
DGWK 34 players to target

Not a set of DGW's that promise huge hauls, however, initial thoughts on players would be: MNU: Valencia, Ibra, DDG. All fairly nailed and have scored well in FPL this season. Would avoid the midf…

9 years, 3 months ago21

AA33
GWK 34's Doubles

DGW 34: Manchester United - BUR(A), MCI(A) Middlesbrough - BOU(A), SUN(H) Crystal Palace - LIV(A), TOT(H)

9 years, 3 months ago25

J0E
Are Arsenal players best avoided?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Even with good fixtures after gwk 30's clash with Man City, Arsenal look a shadow of their former selves. Given their talisman Sanchez may now be injured…

9 years, 3 months ago15

Holmes
Gwk 30 priorities- Vardy or Costa

Thoughts on Vardy over Costa? Unnecessary risk?

9 years, 3 months ago17