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AuthorHot TopicDateReplies

andy85wsm
Are Cheeky Penalties Disrespectful?

People describing the Barca pen as "disrespectful" 🙄

10 years, 1 month ago89

J0E
The no-Aguero experiment revisited

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The no - Aguero experiment revisited Given there’s no FPL matches this weekend and no Scoutcast this week I thought I’d revisit Mark’s no Aguero poli…

10 years, 1 month ago54

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Wimbledon Doubles- Last 16 Draw

Wimbledon Doubles results are up and TM and I are out. Alexis Sanchez has not done the business for me and its cost us. Full draw for the last 16 here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m-0_…

10 years, 1 month ago6

J0E
UFPL and Sky mid gameweek changes

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Sky and UFPL changes What changes are you making in Sky? different captain, or a chance to remove yesterday's poor performers perhaps? What of UFPL - new c…

10 years, 1 month ago9

J0E
Gwk 26 Captaincy

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

10 years, 1 month ago37

@ocprodigy
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 25 Results; GW23: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/12653121 GW24: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/12658233 GW25: http://www.fantasyfoot…

10 years, 1 month ago56

J0E
Who will be GWK 26's best differential and why?

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

10 years, 1 month ago68

J0E
Bottom of the Page Quote Competition

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Bottom of the Page Quote competition About time we refreshed our quote at the bottom of the page. These wise words from Abreu 42 have remained in place so l…

10 years, 1 month ago274

The Sarjeant
Aguero (c) a no-no?

Here's why I've decided not to captain Agüero: - Tottenham are the only team in the Premier League who haven't conceded three goals or more in a game. - Tottenham have conceded two goals in a l…

10 years, 1 month ago41

Eden Hazardous
Help defeat the scouts

I am representing the community vs the Scout Picks , so I will try to include as much of your ideas in it after all it I am representing the COMMUNITY 🙂 Keep in mind , we have to beat the Scouts …

10 years, 1 month ago89

J0E
Top Tips for A Rankings Rise

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Last night's Scoutcast featured a detailed discussion on how we can rise up the rankings and break the template. Key strategies included opting for goal sco…

10 years, 1 month ago130

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GWK 30 Missing Fixtures Latest

Updated likelihoods of gw30 games going ahead: Norwich v Man City 52% Aston Villa v Spurs 32% Bournemouth v Swansea 58% Man Utd v Crystal Palace 7% Stoke v Southampton 100% Sunderland v…

10 years, 1 month ago31

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Can Mahrez Be An All Time FPL Great?

26 appearance points for Mahrez between now and the end of the season takes him to 209 points, this would put him 31st in for points in a season over 14 years of fpl. What a hero.

10 years, 1 month ago24

RustyBz
Biggest Ball & Chain of 15/16 So Far

Which FPL player has been the biggest burden on your season so far? Either that you've owned or not owned. Cech and Vardy have really damaged me 🙠Not owned either of them for a minute and all my…

10 years, 1 month ago47

Trigg â­ï¸
Payet - pretty passer or FPL asset?

Doos - I'd like a WHU midfielder. Do I need Payet, or can I get away with Antonio?

10 years, 1 month ago45

Team Cruel
Long Shot Odds To Match Leicester

Leicester were 5000/1 at the start of the season. Here are some other long shots if you're feeling lucky: David Moyes to be an X Factor judge 2500/1 Arsenal to sack Arsene Wenger and install Piers…

10 years, 1 month ago7

J0E
Live Scoutcast (Tonight 9:30pm)- Leave Your Questions Here

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Live Scoutcast Tonight (Tues) 9:30pm. Feel free to leave your questions for the team here. Are dgwks and blanks on your mind? Are captaincy conundrums trou…

10 years, 1 month ago75

Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
Leicester Stat Chat Pt 2

Leicester's main chance creators: http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/13484/

10 years, 1 month ago43

DGWjegy
2015/16 - where did it all go wrong?

what went wrong for you in this season? i see a lot of this site posters are not in top 10k like they used to be in every season before? my rank is 450k and i am very dissipointed cause i've been…

10 years, 1 month ago26

J0E
Scout Pick 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…

10 years, 1 month ago0

Christina.
Costa - the best a Fantasy manager can get

Costa NEW south nor STOKE That's about as good as it gets I reckon.

10 years, 1 month ago53

J0E
Rough with the Smooth - Gwk 25

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Rough with the Smooth - Gwk 25 How did the gameweek go for you? Any huge bench hauls? Any amazingly profitable captaincy or transfer moves? Be great to hear…

10 years, 1 month ago80

J0E
UFPL Discussion

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL discussion How did yesterday go? Who is in today? And with so many Saturday games how many bench points did you accrue? And monthly game players? How…

10 years, 1 month ago7

J0E
Gwk 25 captaincy

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

10 years, 1 month ago59

@ocprodigy
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 25 Good news - confirmation I passed BOTH my exams! 2/3s of my cohort failed, so amazing achievement. Bad news, last two GWs are still overdue. But they will be h…

10 years, 1 month ago53

Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
Can Leicester Win The Title?

This is why Leicester won't win the Premiership: http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/13398/

10 years, 1 month ago258

J0E
Who will be GWK 25's best differential?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be GWK 25's best differential and why? This looks a good week for differentials with some tough matches for the big teams and some easy fixtures on…

10 years, 1 month ago50

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Captain Fantastic Firmino

This weekend, Manchester City are playing the league leaders who have lost once in their twelve games away from home this season and who have only conceded thirteen goals along the way. Liverpool o…

10 years, 1 month ago14

Arteta
Friday press conferences

8:00 - BOURNEMOUTH 9:00 - NORWICH 9:00 - ARSENAL 9:00 - WATFORD 9:00 - WEST BROM 9:15 - ASTON VILLA 10:00 - EVERTON 11:00 - SOUTHAMPTON 12:45 - MAN CITY 13:15 - CHELSEA 14:00 - LIVERPOOL …

10 years, 1 month ago12

In Like Flynn.
Faster and Bigger Price Changes Needed

I think FPL needs much faster and bigger price changes. IMO it is the only way to stop the template. When cheap players as the last few seasons do well throughout the year it is silly they are onl…

10 years, 1 month ago46

J0E
Lukaku Replacements

Lukaku replacements What are Lukaku owners doing? Even if he's fit to face Stoke arguably there are far better options around. Those without Kane arguably face an easy decision. But what of othe…

10 years, 1 month ago84

J0E
GWK 24 Rough with the Smooth

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic GWK 24 Rough with the Smooth Feel free to leave your tales of highs and lows here. Anyone dare not captain Aguero and see their score rocket? Barkley own…

10 years, 1 month ago42

andy85wsm
Is Aguero Really the Best (c) for GWK 25?

Dirty re-post for new article as I'm interested. Anyone going to be brave enough to not captain Aguero this week? Playing a Leicester side who have only conceded 5 goals in last 10 games, albeit …

10 years, 1 month ago38

J0E
Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 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…

10 years, 1 month ago0

J0E
Live Scoutcast (tonight 9:30pm) - Leave Your Questions Here

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

10 years, 1 month ago39

Mr Alex
Time to revisit 3-5-2?

Going to bring in a strong fifth mid for my bench fodder, which as it happens, I am completely against, only so it enables me to play 3-5-2 in gw27 with the Aguero blank. I was thinking Antonio a…

10 years, 1 month ago38

J0E
Best Community writer of January vote

Best Community writer of January prize Please take a moment to cast your vote (by mentioning the writer in comments below) for the best community writer of January The writer with the most mentio…

10 years, 1 month ago40

@ocprodigy
Scoutpicks challenge - GW24

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 24 GW23 results - apologies but I have two professional exams tomorrow that I'm (pretty much) not allowed to fail - I've been too focused on those to update GW23. …

10 years, 1 month ago53

J0E
GWK 24 Fantasy Island Risk

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gameweek 24's Fantasy Island Risk and why? Is it a player with a poor fixture with the ability to create an upset? Or a low owned player or new …

10 years, 1 month ago55

Perchinho
Early Blank/DGW Scenarios

Right then... here's all the info, permutations and some strategy for the blanks in GW 30: Fixtures that can't be blanks: Leicester vs Newcastle Stoke vs Southampton Fixtures that could be blank…

10 years, 2 months ago76

J0E
UFPL transfer plans

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL - final transfers We have our final transfers to make in UFPL by Tuesday. Who are you bringing in? Who is leaving? What moves are those playing the …

10 years, 2 months ago17

J0E
Early transfer horror stories

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Early transfer horror stories Plenty of Fantasy managers have made early moves for the likes of Payet, Aguero and Firmino even though they still have an FA …

10 years, 2 months ago35

J0E
Most Memorable FA Cup Moments

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Most memorable FA Cup moments. For many teams the FA Cup has become a side show to the Premier League. But that's not the case for most fans or I suspect m…

10 years, 2 months ago73

The Nuttmxn
Best Drinking Tea DGWK Analogy Ever

You drink 38 hot beverages a season, the caf owner then says that tea 27 will be without a teabag but tea 25 will have 2, potentially giving you a stronger brew. Many who do not normally drink tea …

10 years, 2 months ago0

Hasselbaink Forever
Friday's Press Conferences

Friday's FA Cup Press Conferences - 8 today 08:00 - Bournemouth 09:00 - Arsenal, Everton, West Brom 09:15 - Aston Villa 12:45 - Manchester City 13:15 - Chelsea 14:00 - Liverpool

10 years, 2 months ago3

ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
FA CUP 4TH ROUND WEEKEND YES/NO COMPETITION

FA CUP FOURTH ROUND WEEKEND YES/NO COMPETITION 10 yes/no questions on the FA Cup this weekend (plus a tiebreaker question). Simply, put your answers below in reply to this post by 7:55pm on Friday…

10 years, 2 months ago153

J0E
KDB replacements

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic KDB replacements. With KDB looking like facing a spell on the sidelines and a blank fixture in GAmeweek 27 his owners will surely be looking to ditch him. …

10 years, 2 months ago37

J0E
Live Scoutcast postponed until Wed 3 Feb.

Live Scoutcast cancelled this week. Sadly we've had to cancel this week's Scoutcast as Mark's still off work and ill with man flu. The good news is that we have pencilled in next Wednesday for o…

10 years, 2 months ago21

pax888
Favourite FPL player of all time

Who's your favourite Fantasy Premier League player of all time? I'm going to go with Amr Zaki the old Wigan striker.

10 years, 2 months ago63

J0E
Early DGWK planning - Everton and Liverpool assets

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic We now know that Liverpool and Everton will face a blank in GWK 27 and are likely to have a double GWK 25, 34 or 37. The tough part is knowing when that do…

10 years, 2 months ago20