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AuthorHot TopicDateReplies

J0E
Top Differential Tip for GWK 3

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic With a template forming thanks to the goals of Aguero, Zlatan and the 6.5 forwards the search for a differential is now more than important than ever. Who …

9 years, 7 months ago66

Mark
FFS & Premier League

Hi Sess I'm obviously super busy as it's Friday etc. However, I will come back on this again. From my situation, I'm fully aware that with the Premier League communicating the content we provide…

9 years, 7 months ago0

J0E
International Break Wildcarding

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic International Break wildcards Anyone wildcarding over the break? If so who are the players that top your shopping list? And what advice do you have for othe…

9 years, 7 months ago36

J0E
Biggest regret this season so far

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What has been your biggest regret so far this season? This was asked on last night's scoutcast but thought it would be good to find out your regrets over th…

9 years, 7 months ago61

pundit of punts
Can Pogba Be Fantasy Gold?

Re Pogba on the last page. I agree that he is a good player in real life but can't see him being a FPL pick in any way at 8.5m.

9 years, 7 months ago27

J0E
GWK 2 Rough with the Smooth

Rough With the Smooth Feel free to leave your tales of woe and joy here from GWK 2 Remember its what you did do not what you didn't.

9 years, 7 months ago73

J0E
Scout Cast 9.45 pm Tonight - Leave Your Questions For The Team Here

Scoutcast Tonight - feel free to leave your questions for the team here. Looking to get underway at 9:45pm.

9 years, 7 months ago97

Kings of Lyon ★
The snodgrass is always greener

Srsly why the avoid Snodgrass? http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/public-stats-tables/view/15942/ http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/public-stats-tables/view/1373/ Compare Snodgra…

9 years, 7 months ago18

ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
Count Down With Jarvish

If anyone is interested, I (real name Martin Hurst) am appearing as a contestant on the TV quiz show Countdown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countdown_(game_show) on Thursday this week – 3:10pm o…

9 years, 7 months ago24

uptheboro
evaluating the middlesbrough assets

Here's my latest view on Boro's attacking options: Strikers Negredo - Nailed, no more to be said on that front. BUY/HOLD Stuani - A favourite of Karanka's. Always plays wide right and before chri…

9 years, 7 months ago28

J0E
Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 3

Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 3 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, 7 months ago2

J0E
Is Patience a Virtue?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic How patient are you? Do you have a set time or criteria for a player that is underperforming to be shown the exit? I ask this as many of those with a stro…

9 years, 7 months ago44

1
ICT scores - Top 10's - GW2

ICT - Top 10s - GW2 Threat Lallana*** - 109 Aguero*** - 77 Antonio - 61 Janssen - 57 S Cook - 55 Barry - 54 Januzaj - 53 Llorente*** - 52 A Hernandez - 52 Lens - 52 Nolito -52 McCauley - 52 Cr…

9 years, 7 months ago10

J0E
Best 5 Man Midfield

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who is in your optimal five man midfield? And given the cost of Aguero and Ibra is this a good season to cut down on midfield premium options?

9 years, 7 months ago54

Ruth_NZ
Friday night transfer trends

This week's knee-jerks... Vardy to Ibra is the big forward move. Ibra has 37k transfers in so far (in less than a day) and Vardy 13k transfers out. Kane is also being switched out for Ibra. The…

9 years, 7 months ago43

Lateriser 12
Zlatan and Jose - A Match Made In Fantasy Football Heaven

Good time to repost this. Its a beautiful Ibra Land. Mourinho Main Men FC Porto 2003/2004 - Benni McCarthy (Top Goalscorer - 20 goals in 23 games. Won the Golden Boot.) Chelsea 2004/2005 - Fran…

9 years, 7 months ago5

J0E
Managing the Zlatan and Sergio Show.

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is this season already shaping up to being the Aguero and Ibrahimovic show, with both in most teams? If so how do we manage that? Select captaincy between t…

9 years, 7 months ago22

J0E
GWK 2 Captaincy

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

9 years, 7 months ago44

@ocprodigy
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 2

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 2 Return of the Mack (Come on)... Return of the Mack (Oh my God)... You know that I'll be back (Here I am) Ladies and gentlemen, we are back with Scouts Picks Chal…

9 years, 7 months ago78

FFFrog
FROGGY FIVE PREDICTION COMPETITION

FROGGY FIVE PREDICTION COMPETITION Welcome to the Froggy Five Competition! I'm doing this on my own so if you ever see a mistake, or just want to suggest an improvement, please drop me an email or…

9 years, 7 months ago86

Agger
Beware the turf moor fortress

For those worried about not having Liverpool coverage vs Burnley in GW2. So, i've had a look at Burnley's home record last time out in the premier league (2014/15) vs the Top 7 of that season - vs …

9 years, 7 months ago16

J0E
Is it too early to label a fixture good or bad?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is there such a thing as a good or bad fixture at this stage of the season? Last season Leicester was seen as an easy fixture at this stage - turns out faci…

9 years, 7 months ago34

THE REAL RON ⚽
4.0 Defender Watch

4.0 Defender Watch... JORDI AMAT - Still in pole position for the 4.0s. Nothing to suggest he'll lose his place until Swansea sign a new CB. Verdit: Safe for now STEPHEN KINGSLEY - http://goo.gl/…

9 years, 7 months ago12

Mark
RMT Update

A heads up, we've just made a major update to Rate My Team and Projections. Apologies for the issues with the Build my Team facility - we're now up and running and tonight we added the new probab…

9 years, 7 months ago9

★Kuntheman★
Picking apart Pep's players

Breakdown of Pep's Man City setup: Like everyone else, I've been intrigued by Manchester City's setup under Pep Guardiola. It's a system that seems to produce amazing attacking plays and catastrop…

9 years, 7 months ago50

applebonkers
Coutinh-yes?

would like to talk coutinho. so he seems to have 2 main reputations that work against him. 1) he loves a long-shot! as soon as he sees that semi-circle on the edge of the area it's like his right f…

9 years, 7 months ago10

J0E
How Much Do Price Changes Influence Your Transfers?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic How much do price changes effect your transfer moves. With Coutinho rising and non players like Yaya Toure falling already we are seeing the value of jump…

9 years, 7 months ago31

Kings of Lyon ★
Aguero v zlatan. Ding ding round 2

Aguero vs Ibrahimovic captaincy musings I had planned on roatating Ibrahimovic and Aguero home and away for captaincy this season but this week I think im going to go for Aguero. - Southampton a…

9 years, 7 months ago22

makaveli123
Fantasy horrors

What is your worst memory from playing Fantasy Football? I remember getting Walters off the bench in the two-own-goals-and-a-missed-penalty performance for Stoke against Chelsea.

9 years, 7 months ago37

J0E
Scout Cast 10pm Tonight - Leave Your Questions For The Team Here

Scoutcast tonight! Feel free to leave your questions for the team here ahead of tonight's 10pm Scoutcast via our Youtube channel.

9 years, 7 months ago109

J0E
GWK 1 Rough with the Smooth

Gameweek 1 Rough with the Smooth Feel free to leave your tales of woe and joy here. If you can put your Gameweek score and one particular player that either let you down or saved your gameweek tha…

9 years, 7 months ago102

1
GWK 1 ICT Scores

ICT - Over 50 ICT Threat Rondon - 89 Aguero - 81 Rooney - 79 Llorente - 78 Mane - 65 Redmond - 58 Lallana 57 Tadic 54 E Valencia - 53 Mata - 50 ICT Creativity Tadic - 94.5 Gardner - 74.8 Routl…

9 years, 7 months ago20

Bøwstring The Carp
Knee-jerking

Just airing my thoughts. After yesterday, the urge to kneejerk a few players in is unbearable, I know the feeling. I went with Firmino, and everyone but him did something. Likewise those with Alex…

9 years, 7 months ago47

J0E
Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 2

Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 2 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, 7 months ago4

J0E
Keep or Ditch?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Keep or ditch? Of those being transferred out this week, who do you think should be ditched and who should be given more time? Vardy – 23,000 FPL manager…

9 years, 7 months ago52

Gooner Kebab
Is Lamela the real deal?

Is Lamela the real deal for Spurs? Or a flash like his rabona last year.

9 years, 7 months ago11

Dušan Citizen
Who Will Be The Owner Of A Lonely Hart?

CITY UPDATE Now this update is gonna be a biggy coz I'm gonna include everything I know about the Joe Hart situation, from the moment I was originally told up to now! But first I'll get the other …

9 years, 7 months ago28

J0E
First goals imminent table of the season

First goals imminent table of the season. http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/6070/ I own three of the early season almost scored crew. How many do you own?

9 years, 7 months ago27

J0E
Gameweek 1 - Day 1 - Pluses and Minuses

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Gameweek 1 Day 1 Pluses and Minuses After spending weeks putting your Gameweek 1 squad together yesterday you found out whether your players were starters o…

9 years, 7 months ago55

J0E
Gwk 1 captaincy

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining in gwk 1 and why?

9 years, 7 months ago13

FFFrog
Froggy Five Prediction Competition

FROGGY FIVE PREDICTION COMPETITION Welcome to the Froggy Five Competition - new and improved for the 2016/17 season! I will be releasing a spreadsheet to keep up with everyone's results that will …

9 years, 7 months ago103

J0E
Who is 'Your Player'?

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Who is 'your player'? This is the player that for a few seasons now you keep turning to, whose game playe, personality and FPL performance best suit yours? …

9 years, 7 months ago49

FPL Daniel
Daniel's DEXIT

Forget about Brexit, forget about England Euro 2016 exit, let's talk about: DEXIT - Daniel FPL and FFS exit. I mean it has been almost a decade together, but when your last touch of the game and…

9 years, 7 months ago150

Kavali
Veterans Needed- Final Reminder

Tracking The Fantasy Football Veterans Final Reminder: There are already more than 90 applications for 15 veteran spots. If you have at least two top 10k finishes, and at least five season experie…

9 years, 7 months ago2

J0E
Scout Cast 10pm Tonight - Leave Your Questions For The Team Here

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The Scoutcast is back! Tune in tonight at 10pm via our Youtube channel to hear the team mull over the Gameweek 1 options and find out how their squads are …

9 years, 7 months ago110

Ludo
Spurs under the spotlight

With Spurs having a decent run of fixtures to start the season, their midfield attacking three of Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli and Erik Lamela are all popular picks. But which is the best option? H…

9 years, 7 months ago30

Ludo
overall ownership

Here's a look at FPL ownership as things stand - it's easy to be swept up by the 'FFS Template', losing sight of how typical your picks really are. Rather than focusing on ownership of individual…

9 years, 7 months ago25

Couti & the Below5th
2016/17 Probable Starters

Shameless repost from a few thousand comments ago but hopefully it helps people who are unsure of their picks... Probable Starters 2016/17 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B03D_KnVF1fRTHpmcEpuV2…

9 years, 7 months ago15

Beavis
Big name differentials

Are some options not being overlooked? - If people fancy Hazard to do well, then surely Costa will also do well? His goalscoring record is exceptional for Chelsea, he's the target man, will undou…

9 years, 7 months ago29

J0E
Sinking Swans and Other Relegation Battlers

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic With the departures of Andre Ayew, who has already left for West Ham, and Ashley Williams, who is on his way to Everton, are Swansea as good as relegated? …

9 years, 7 months ago22