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 J0E | Template Busters Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Template v Differentials Looking at those leading the Hall of Fame and many others leading FPL I was surprised given the wide choice how a template had inde… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 31 |
 ktk_interista | Pep Tackles City's Away Day Blues During the spells under Mancini and Pellegrini, City have made the Etihad a fortress. They are a team that scores a lot of goals and usually thrash the smaller teams. The big scores were usually at… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 39 |
J0E | Arsenal's November Curse Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Given an injury to Bellerin and suspected injury to Sanchez, can the November curse strike Arsenal again? Here’s how they did in November 2015 Arsenal 1-… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 21 |
J0E | Trouble between the sticks Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Trouble between the sticks With Butland back in training and Mannone now with a full reserve team game under his belt is it the end of the line for the bu… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 46 |
 RubeRx | Sanchez update Hello everybody Just wanted to give a brief update/summary on Alexis Sanchez's injury based on what the news outlets here in Chile are reporting today, as of Wed November 9th. First of all, I me… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 26 |
 Leaf | HoF - Dullard Rules, OK I'm going to create controversy here ... Hall of fame is just hall of 'Dullard' managers *i don't mean this in a bad way , nothing wrong with that approach I think , if anyone played the 'dullar… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 39 |
J0E | Team Balance - Where To Splash Your Cash Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Team balance. How are you currently or looking to set up your team in terms of spreading the cash across the positions. Are you looking for balance - wit… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 27 |
RubeRx | A Gunner in Chile on Sanchez Injury Hey guys just wanted to let you guys know that most of the news outlets here in Chile are reporting that Alexis will miss the Colombia game on Thursday for sure and possibly the Uruguay game. This… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 23 |
J0E | Community Writer of the Month Vote - October Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Community writers of the month vote – October Its time again to pay tribute to our community scribes and help one win a £20 Amazon voucher. To vote for… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 34 |
 Rhinos | Time to Ditch Aguero? Seen so many Sanchez to Hazard? posts but i think you may be approaching this from the wrong angle, it's clear that can't have Sanchez Hazard Aguero Liv mids and Lukaku in same team so one big hitt… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 80 |
 ANON. | 2016/17 Is the Season of the Hit. Not being aggressive with transfers has really cost me quite a few points this season. Last 2 years I've always found myself very close to the "template", never really had to take hits and had fini… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 56 |
J0E | Ozil v Sanchez Ozil (9.6) last six Gameweeks 36 FPL Points 36 ÷ 9.6 = 3.75 Sanchez (11.4) last six Gameweeks 40 FPL Points 40 ÷ 11.4 = 3.5 Hmmmmmm......could Ozil be the best value Arsenal midfielder for th… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 61 |
J0E | Gameweek 15 Fixture Shift Strategy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The great Gameweek 15 fixture shift. From Gameweek 15 the stars realign with London, Wales and the North West in the ascendency. Chelsea embark on a sen… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 49 |
J0E | The Morning After the Hazardous Night Before Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Post Hazard 19 pt haul fall out. So he rose in price last night and two more rises look on the cards. There's tough fixtures ahead though, but from GWK 15… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 79 |
 HammersFan | KDB over Aguero? Are we all missing a trick with city here? KDB 62 points Aguero 61 points KDB 2 goals, 8 assists 12 bonus Aguero 8 goals, 1 assist, 13 bonus KDB 9+ points hauls 3 Aguero 9+ points hauls 3 Kdb … | 9 years, 1 month ago | 35 |
J0E | Gameweek 11 Captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this GWK and why? Particularly keen to hear from those going with someone other than Aguero. Middlesbrough are tight at the back wh… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 29 |
 @ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 11 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 11 GW10 results tomorrow sorry. ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, every evening prior to the start of the gamew… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 51 |
J0E | RMT Members Tool Updated Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic RMT Updated The Professor has been busy with his abacus this week carrying out a refresh of the Rate My Team tool in the Members area. http://rate-my-team… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 8 |
 Arteta | Friday press conferences Today's press conferences Hughes, Moyes, Phelan, Pardew & Howe - 9:00 Claudio Ranieri - 10:00 Jurgen Klopp - 11:00 Pulis, Puel, Poch - lunch time Conte, Guardiola - from 13:00 | 9 years, 1 month ago | 5 |
J0E | Has the Schmeichel injury prompted a Lei def rethink? Has the Schmeichel injury prompted a rethink regarding drafting in a Leicester defender? Back up Zieler has started two games this season offering us little to go on. He kept a clean sheet at ho… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 39 |
 Bubz | The Walcott Conundrum - will he start? Walcott will come off the bench vs Spurs at best imo. Why would he start him with his injury record? When they have Ox, Giroud and Ramsey fit. | 9 years, 1 month ago | 36 |
J0E | How to go 3-5-2? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Talk of going 3-5-2 has picked up markedly this week. With so many premium midfielders performing it looks to make sense. If I had a wildcard now I'd certa… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 32 |
 LakhaneeFC | Allen v Gundogan Allen vs Gundogan debate: I know everyone will probably consider yesterday's results to be definitive proof that the City mid is the perfect 4th/5th midfielder, but I am not so sure: Pep's statem… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 37 |
J0E | Sacrifices to be made in the garden of Eden Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic On last night's Scoutcast Eden Hazard topped the bill (closely followed by Gundogan obvs 😉 ) But how do you include him in your squad that is likely to … | 9 years, 1 month ago | 60 |
 JAC THE CAT | FFScout Mobile Upgrade Update After months of me moaning about the current version of the mobile site, I've been lucky enough to test out the pending update. Its so much better, everything that was missing has been added like… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 11 |
 Defcons are for Kinnear | Shift to defensive focus? We need a proper hot topic to discuss defence. Are clean sheets on the rise or will the early season lottery continue. This in turn helps with how much to invest in defence | 9 years, 1 month ago | 22 |
 Differentiator | Turn Your Back On Payet At Your Peril Dmitri Payet has created more chances this season, at 33, than any other Premier League player, despite playing only 71% of available minutes. Moreover, he has more chances created than anyone in L… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 22 |
 Poor mans Pep | Better without Kun? Kun punishment ? Ok I'll just confess I sold Kun and did Kun + Antonio > Lukaku + Hazard for -4 on Friday... needless to say I felt sick on Saturday and tbh I would have been clamouring "Kun punis… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 37 |
 Scotty B | Gundogan - nailed on and essential. I think this means Gundogan so nailed for all those doubting. http://metro.co.uk/2016/10/31/its-impossible-to-win-the-premier-league-without-ilkay-gundogan-says-pep-guardiola-6224987/ Sterling K… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 26 |
 Jonjo Shall_We? (Flowers - … | The case for double saints A case for Redmond+Austin . For the next 2 fixtures of Southampton I feel it is justified to double up on Saints attack. They face Hull and Liverpool and the two matches look promising for the atta… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 23 |
J0E | Scout Picks Lottery - GWK 11 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 11 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, 1 month ago | 0 |
 uptheboro | Boro Assets Update Morning all! I’ve given you all a bit of breathing space since my last Boro update, which came at a bit of low point where it looked as though there was nowhere to turn in terms of Boro assets. … | 9 years, 1 month ago | 29 |
J0E | Halloween Fantasy Football Horror Stories Fantasy Football Scout Halloween hot topic With Halloween night almost upon us I thought I’d find out about your scariest Fantasy Football moment this season. For 100,000 FPL managers who ditch… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 71 |
ktk_interista | Arsenal and Spurs Defenders Late to Jonty's hot topic about changing defense but I'd like to share my opinion. I do not agree Spurs and Arsenal defenders should be dropped yet and certainly not for Bournemouth or Boro defende… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 28 |
J0E | All Change In Defence? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Time to refresh your defence With Spurs and Arsenal facing a few tricky games and budget options like Amat and Collins now seemingly out of the first XI are… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 43 |
J0E | Gwk 10 Captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? | 9 years, 2 months ago | 51 |
 Mark | The Saturday night solution Right Deadzone, I need your views. Not happy with the Saturday/Sunday article set up. I thought the Stock Check would work on Saturday night but, the fact is, I often need to sleep on things and … | 9 years, 2 months ago | 66 |
@ocprodigy | Scout picks challenge - gameweek 10 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 10 GW9 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/14348289 GW8 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/14352508 ****** WHAT IS IT? ****… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 46 |
 bclara | Boufal, tadic & redmond I'm not sure why you are so certain that Tadic's place wouldn't be under threat from Boufal and Redmond's would. If Claude Puel sticks with his diamond formation, I don't see why Boufal and Tadic w… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 19 |
 ZakAFC_ | Sanchez v Lukaku for the GWK 10 armband Alexis or Lukaku captain? | 9 years, 2 months ago | 26 |
J0E | What to do with Walcott? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What to do with Walcott? What are Walcott owners doing? Taking the money and moving on. With Wenger suggesting he'll be back Tuesday and with Arsenal have… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 62 |
Arteta | Friday's press conferences Today's press conferences Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Bournemouth, Hull, West Brom - 9:00 Liverpool - 12:00 Everton, Chelsea - 13:00 Man City - 13:30 Manchester United - 14:00 Sunderland, Southampto… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 10 |
J0E | Top Tips On Turning Around a Failing Fantasy Side Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Top Tips On Turning Around a Failing Fantasy Side As has been well documented I’m having a bit of a poor season. But over the last couple of weeks I’ve … | 9 years, 2 months ago | 60 |
J0E | Double Digit Captaincy Candidate Kings Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Double Digit kings When looking for a captain ideally you want a candidate that has the strongest chance of gaining a double digit score. With nine Gamewe… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 62 |
Differentiator | Aguero Season Predictions Earlier today I asked a question: how many goals do you think Aguero will score come season end? There were 20 entries, and I wanted to see whether consensus expectations on here were in line with … | 9 years, 2 months ago | 16 |
J0E | HoF GWK 9 update Our Hall of Fame has been updated Members can see the post GWK 9 standings here http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/hall-of-fame/live/ | 9 years, 2 months ago | 18 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tonight - Leave your questions here Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Live Scoutcast tonight (9:45pm) - feel free to leave your questions for the team here. | 9 years, 2 months ago | 111 |
 FPL Virgin | Importance of Team Value Just looking at Jonty on Twitter and he is really stressing the importance of team value. Do you agree and how do you go about it? Do you simply jump on/off bandwagons even if it means taking hit… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 15 |
 Heels_Over_Head | Remember, Remember the 5th goal of Aguero The time-to-drop-Aguero brigade is getting noisy in these parts. Short-term memory loss? Remember when he had that drought at the start of last season and all y'all dropped him right before the … | 9 years, 2 months ago | 24 |
 Bøwstring The Carp | Is it time to ditch aguero? Aguero 26th Oct (A) Manchester United - EFL 29th Oct (A) West Brom - PL 1st Nov (H) Barcelona - CL 5th Nov (H) Middlesbrough - PL 10th Nov (A) Brazil - WCQ 15th Nov (H) Colombia - WCQ 19th Nov (A)… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 36 |