Hot Topics

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	A
Up	Donnarumma	MCI	B
No Change	Pickford	EVE	B
No Change	Kinsky	TOT	B
No Change	Hornícek	NEW	C, Vs
Down	Martinez	CHE	C
Down	Verbruggen	BHA	B, VsX

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Konsa Ngoyo	ARS	B
No Change	Calafiori	ARS	A
No Change	Gvardiol	MCI	A
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C, Vs
No Change	Tarkowski	EVE	A
Down	De Cuyper	BHA	A, VsX, OoP
No Change	Muharemovic	LEE	B
No Change	Williams	NFO	B
Down	Lacroix	CHE	C
Up	Khalaili	CRY	C
No Change	Ajer	BRE	C

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Palmer	CHE	A
No Change	Rogers	CHE	A
No Change	Saka	ARS	A
Up	Gibbs-White	NFO	A
No Change	Szoboszlai	LIV	B
No Change	Mbeumo	MUN	A
Up	Odegaard	ARS	A
No Change	Semenyo	MCI	B
No Change	Groß	BHA	A, VsX
No Change	Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	B
No Change	Barnes	NEW	B, Vs
Up	King	FUL	B, Vs
No Change	Sangaré	BRE	B
No Change	Le Fée	SUN	C

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	A, Inj
No Change	Wissa	NEW	B, Vs
No Change	Isak	LIV	A
No Change	Thiago	BRE	C
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	B
No Change	McBurnie	HUL	C
No Change	Barry	EVE	C
No Change	Gonzalo García	FUL	C, Vs

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Author	Hot Topic	Date	Replies
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, 10 months 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, 10 months 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, 10 months 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, 10 months 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, 10 months 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, 10 months 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, 10 months 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, 10 months 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, 10 months 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, 10 months 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, 10 months 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, 10 months 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, 10 months 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, 10 months ago	43
J0E	Gwk 10 Captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why?	9 years, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 11 months ago	19
ZakAFC_	Sanchez v Lukaku for the GWK 10 armband Alexis or Lukaku captain?	9 years, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 months ago	36
ktk_interista	Aguero is not the messiah Why aren't we treating Aguero by the same standards we are treating other players? 2 points from 3 GWs is shocking return for a player like Fletcher let alone a 13.1m player who plays for City and …	9 years, 11 months ago	49
J0E	Scout Picks Lottery - GWK 10 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 10 New Budget - 84m!! 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…	9 years, 11 months ago	4
J0E	Rough with the Smooth - Gameweek 9 Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Rough with the Smooth - GWK 9 Feel free to let us know your tales of woe and joy from GWK 9. Any happy new Shaqiri owners? Any caught out by rotation?	9 years, 11 months ago	72
A.T	Current rank milestones Current rank milestones 1st, 597 100th, 564 1k, 540 5k, 521 10k, 512 50k, 488 100k, 475 250k, 456 500k, 439 1 millionth, 417	9 years, 11 months ago	13
Twelve years a slave	Doubling up on the Liverpool mids Am I the only one who does not like the idea of Firmino AND Coutinho?	9 years, 11 months ago	34
RedLightning	Choosing the best captain is difficult Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic: After yesterday's captaincy failures for Sanchez and Walcott, what is the best way to choose your captain? What the Bookies Say? The Magnificent Seven Capt…	9 years, 11 months ago	35
Parm	Sanchez or Walcott for the armband? So here we are folks, 4:30am on a Saturday morning. Here's a fire take on Sánchez vs Walcott. I've decided to use Arsenal's most recent games against Swansea(PL) and Ludogorets(UCL) as case stud…	9 years, 11 months ago	11
J0E	Gameweek 9 Captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why?	9 years, 11 months ago	37
@ocprodigy	SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 9 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 9 GW8 results tomorrow, apologies for delay. GW7 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/14308795 **** WHAT IS IT? **** For those of you who h…	9 years, 11 months ago	45
J0E	Mark v Jonty FanDuel GWK 9 Mark v Jonty FanDuel GWK 9 Mark and I are going head to head in FanDuel again this week. So far its 3-1 to me, although could be 4-1 as he hasn't told me his score from last week, when I won anot…	9 years, 11 months ago	9
Demí	The 'Understanding' Aguero Meme Mark: I spoke with Jonty - he was very understanding about his poor recent run, and helped us with the streaming. When Jonty decides to leave the scoutcast, it will be his decision	9 years, 11 months ago	21
bigbudgie	Is Zlatan a problem at United? Is Zlatan a problem at United? I'm a United fan, and I'm not convinced. He's static, looks clumsy in possession and does not fit into the system. Well, he fits into one system, but is it the righ…	9 years, 11 months ago	18
J0E	Fantasy Football's Forgotten Men Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Fantasy Football's forgotten men. Which forgotten men could be good assets to bring in as we head into winter. Anthony Martial and Paul Pogba offered a re…	9 years, 11 months ago	38
Arteta	Friday's press conferences Today's press conferences Stoke - 8:30 Arsenal, Bournemouth, Hull, Sunderland, Crystal Palace - 9:00 West Brom - 12:00 Chelsea - 13:00 Man City, Southampton - 13:30	9 years, 11 months ago	2
Arteta	thursdays press conferences Today's press conferences West Ham 10:00 Liverpool - 12:00 Spurs, Middlesbrough - 12:30 Leicester - 13:00 Swansea - 13:15 Burnley - 13:30 Everton, Watford - 14:00	9 years, 11 months ago	3
J0E	What Do Aguero-Less Teams Look Like? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The discussion around Aguero has turned swiftly from Must Have to Don’t Captain to Considering Going Without over this week. Two benchings have played a s…	9 years, 11 months ago	39
gawa11	Fantasy Football Forfeits Does anyone have any forfeits in their mini leagues like this?? http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/football-fan-who-lost-friends-12050906	9 years, 11 months ago	9
Ruth_NZ	Will pep ruin aguero as an fpl asset? Is Guardiola in the process of ruining Aguero as a FPL asset? There is a worrying subtext to the Aguero benchings in the last 2 City games. Worrying for FPL managers anyway. Aguero has been the …	9 years, 11 months ago	66
Your Mum's Athletic	What the bookies say - Gwk 8 results Last week I took a look at GW8 captaincy options, this time factoring in odds + form + fixture: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2016/10/13/what-the-bookies-say-gameweek-8-captaincy/ Let’s…	9 years, 11 months ago	9
SwissGuinness	getting the most from your fifth mid Do you want £0.7 more to spend in your team ? With good management of the fifth mid, you can do that. How ? Let me explain : One condition is to have started with Capoue, which many of us did …	9 years, 11 months ago	22
J0E	Time To Take The Armband off Aguero? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is it time to take the armband off Aguero? Aguero has blanked in half of his six games this season and was a substitute in Gameweek 8 due to international a…	9 years, 11 months ago	36

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