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AuthorHot TopicDateReplies

J0E
Gwk 26 captaincy

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this week and why?

9 years, 3 months ago43

@ocprodigy
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 26

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 26 GW24 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/15095879 ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, every…

9 years, 3 months ago39

AA33
Aguero Gametime

Left behind on old post, so posting again.... I am surprised that some (or many) people here are so pessimistic on Aguero. Clearly he was Pep's first choice before Jesus came. GW 1 : 90 mins GW 2…

9 years, 3 months ago44

andy85wsm
Happy Birthday Jonty!

It's Jonty's birthday today - happy birthday!

9 years, 3 months ago47

J0E
Gwk 26's best differential is...

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be gwk 26's best differential and why?

9 years, 3 months ago52

Jay_
Beat the Blanks and Doubles league

Just made a league. For this key part of the season. Scoring starts this week, up until end of season. It's called 'gw26, chaos began'. Feel free to enter, will be interesting to see how people do …

9 years, 3 months ago43

J0E
Don't Forget Stoke

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Don't forget Stoke. With all the excitement of Manchester City possibly having a double, Stoke could be forgotten. In my experience of DGWKs some of the ch…

9 years, 3 months ago24

Individual
Assessing the Manchester city options

Hmm, so of the FPL assets we're all now looking at for City, what do we reckon the prospects of rotation are given the fact they could have 5 games in 15 days or something mad like that? I had a bi…

9 years, 3 months ago50

Twisted Saltergater
The Aguero curse

Aguero is going to be the death of me. Kept him hoping for a start vs West Ham, Swansea and Bournemouth, then sold for Lukaku this week. I'm going to be buying him back again now and will see him…

9 years, 3 months ago12

Cheeseoid
Congratulations to mr and mrs cheese

Good evening folks. A year and a half ago I came on here on the night when Mrs Cheese had had some problems and the result had been we couldn't have kids naturally any more and everyone was really …

9 years, 3 months ago112

J0E
Preparing for the Man City Double

Manchester City Double Gameweek How geared up are you for the City GWK 27 DGWK? Which 2-3 players are you getting in? Is Aguero a must? And who will you captain?

9 years, 3 months ago43

J0E
Aguerno or yes?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Aguerno or yes? With an impressive display in Europe last night and with Jesus, his chief rival for a first XI spot, now injured, should we now be considere…

9 years, 3 months ago33

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

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

9 years, 3 months ago112

FPL Virgin
Spreading the Sanchez Cash

Quick poll: 1) Have you sold (or plan to sell) Sanchez? 2) If so, have you spread the cash throughout your team? Thanks!

9 years, 3 months ago32

The Bandit
Blanks v DGWK planning

Playing with less than 11 in gw 28 so you can have more with doubles in later weeks seems odd to me, it's about getting the right players.

9 years, 3 months ago51

Shawcus
Does Age Bring FPL Wisdom?

I don't know if this as ever been asked before but I was wondering earlier what the average age is of serious FPL players, ie. People that use this site. I would presume that most players would pro…

9 years, 3 months ago56

⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
Mane or Firmino?

Mane or Firmino and why?

9 years, 3 months ago34

J0E
Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 26

Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 26 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, 3 months ago14

J0E
Ignore Spurs at your peril

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Should we make sure we have Spurs coverage over the coming Gameweeks, given key players ( Vertonghen and Rose) are set to return or have already returned to …

9 years, 3 months ago56

Mark
GW28 - the state of play - updated

Full Scout Notes will arrive again in the morning and Perchino will follow up with an article on Tuesday but here’s a handy check on the status of fixtures as a result of today’s results. Kno…

9 years, 3 months ago27

J0E
FA Cup Saturday's FPL Fall Out

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic FA Cup Saturday fall out With Burnley and Liverpool now on in Gameweek 28 how are you set up for this set of fixtures? Are you in better shape, with perha…

9 years, 3 months ago31

Mark
GW28 - the state of play

Full Scout Notes will arrive in the morning and Perchino will follow up with an article on Tuesday but here’s a handy check on the status of fixtures as a result of today’s results. Known kno…

9 years, 4 months ago55

J0E
FA Cup Dream Result

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What realistic FA Cup result do you most want for your FPL side and why?

9 years, 4 months ago36

J0E
Zlatan - ditch, bench or keep?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Zlatan - ditch, bench or keep? For Zlatan owners - has his hattrick made you think twice about ditching for the blank Gameweek 26, especially with BOU up ne…

9 years, 4 months ago50

J0E
Where now for Arsenal?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Where now for Arsenal? Are their players in danger of falling down our watchlists- with arguably Alexis Sanchez now the only Gunner midfielder or forward w…

9 years, 4 months ago45

J0E
Best beat the blank bench kings

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Best beat the blank bench kings Who are the best cheap players that can be happily benched but will be needed in GWK 26 and 28 A key factor is the drop in …

9 years, 4 months ago24

Dreams
The best single piece of FPL advice is....

What would be that "one advice" with respect to FPL that you would give to someone?

9 years, 4 months ago113

The Wizard of Ozil
A Tough Knut To Crack

Chances of no.1 overall retaining top spot til the end now? Fair play to the guy, he's been there for 12 weeks with a small but comfy-ish 34 point cushion, and looks well prepared for upcoming fi…

9 years, 4 months ago29

J0E
Gameweek 25 Rough with the Smooth

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 25 Rough with the Smooth Let's hear about your tales of joy and woe, Jesus captainers and McAuley owners alike Remember its what you did do, not w…

9 years, 4 months ago149

_Freddo
Your (No Transfer) GWK 26 Teams

To all those benching Ibra and Sanchez, let's see your teams please. I'm benching both and don't think mine looks weak in 26 for doing so, 28 will have 8 players and no hits so really not sure why…

9 years, 4 months ago95

andy85wsm
Time to ditch Heaton?

So I've been looking at bringing in Jakupovic for Pickford (I own Heaton/Pickford currently), but I've also been wondering whether it actually makes more sense to get rid of Heaton instead and hope…

9 years, 4 months ago75

J0E
Costa: On the slide or explosion imminent?

I'll be lobbying for Costa in the Scout Squad. Only three goals in eight but his underlying stats are still strong. He looked good against Burnley - whole chelsea side was defeated by tactics but h…

9 years, 4 months ago33

J0E
Monthly FPL Prizes

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Monthly FPL Prizes Should FPL make more of their monthly prizes and competitions. I've only just seen that FPL actually has monthly prizes: Manager of t…

9 years, 4 months ago35

A.T
Time to boot the big guns?

Are you replacing Sanchez, Ibra or both and if so, for who and why?

9 years, 4 months ago59

Mark
Transfer Market Craziness

Moving Jonty's original post... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Last week 75,000 FPL managers got rid of Alexis Sanchez before a home game before Hull. This weekend 28,000 FPL managers …

9 years, 4 months ago66

Richd
Sexiest Scoutcaster

It got bottom pages so we try again Sexiest Scoutcast member. Vote now.

9 years, 4 months ago26

@ocprodigy
Scout Picks Challenge Latest

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 23 RESULTS Expect GW24 results later today too. Catching back up! ***** GAMEWEEK RESULTS ***** Scores on the doors; 1st - Skloppy Kops (52pts) [3pts] Top 4% - Z…

9 years, 4 months ago19

Ruth_NZ
Is the Siggy hype just hot air?

The Sigurdsson hysteria this week is a typical FFS hot air balloon. 3 articles I've seen so far with a big picture of him at the top. He's a good midfielder playing for as poor team who have Chel…

9 years, 4 months ago120

J0E
Who are Fantasy Football's Biggest Trolls?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are Fantasy Football's biggest trolls? Later today we have a community article out that reveals who Fantasy Football's biggest trolls are. These are pla…

9 years, 4 months ago71

J0E
Tackling Gameweek 26

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic How prepared are you for the Gameweek 26 blanks. While Gameweek 28's blanks are largely unknown, we do know that Man City, Man Utd, Sou and Arsenal will al…

9 years, 4 months ago52

THFC4LIFE
Who's top of the hit parade?

Anyone else taken a lot of hits? I've taken 60 points in hits!

9 years, 4 months ago66

A.T
Captain fantastic. Who's the best?

Ok then, total captain score 313

9 years, 4 months ago89

J0E
Live Hall of Fame Update - Gwk 24

Live Hall of Fame Update - GWK 24 There's drama in the upper echelons of the Live Hall of Fame with Ville Ronka once again toppled from the summit. Jay takes top spot again and will be hoping he c…

9 years, 4 months ago15

GS456
How will you plan for GW28?

Is everyone's plans really to get 11 out for GW28? From most likely 6 teams? It just seems strange to sell players we will want back in a week later. I'll be happy with 8 players and benching m…

9 years, 4 months ago61

Babit1967
Can Siggy deliver biggy as GWK 25 Captain?

Anyone else putting the armband on Siggy this weekend?

9 years, 4 months ago40

J0E
Community Writer of the Month Vote - January

Once again we are looking to hand out a £20 Amazon voucher to one of our community writers. Can you please mention in the comment section of this thread the writer you’d like to see the Best C…

9 years, 4 months ago30

J0E
Scout Picks Lottery - GWK 25

Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 25 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, 4 months ago0

J0E
GWK 24 Rough with the Smooth

Gameweek 24 Rough with the Smooth Let's hear your tales of woe and joy. Sure to be plenty about regarding the Everton and Man City games especially. Remember its what you did do not what you …

9 years, 4 months ago122

Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
Ideal Front 3

So with plenty of goals from forwards this weekend it feels like 3-4-3 could well be back on the menu. Forgetting the blanks going forward who would be your ideal front 3

9 years, 4 months ago38

ktk_interista
Keep faith in your world-class players

So Hazard burns his sellers again and now has Burnley and Swansea next. This season has been so cruel on those who chase points especially with heavy hitters (myself included. Sold Hazard for Alli …

9 years, 4 months ago20