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 J0E | The Rough with the Smooth – - Gwk 15 Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Rough with the Smooth Please leave your GWK 15 tales of woe and joy here. Remember to only mention what you did do (Eg captained Mahrez) and not what you di… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 79 |
 Enzo the Baker | Top 100K Christmas Challenge To remind ourselves that FPL is a marathon, not a sprint, I guess many of us try to set targets in terms of Overall Rank for stages in the season. In the last couple of years, the formula I've foll… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 26 |
J0E | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 16 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 16 This season we have revamped how we involve the community in our Scout Picks. Once again we are on the look out for a champion to represent th… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 2 |
 Twisted Saltergater | Manager classifications I posted this on Friday while the pages were moving quickly. It tickled me writing it, anyway 😛 I think we should all have a "manager classification" next to our username. This will give the per… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 19 |
 Bøwstring The Carp | Message to the Captain Hindsights To all the captain hindsights out there, I still believe KDB (2), Hazard (2), Kane (2) and Firmino (3) were decent options, even (C) options to go with prior to the deadline. Obviously many would … | 10 years, 4 months ago | 33 |
J0E | UFPL Discussion Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL discussion How has the week gone so far? Who comes in over the next two days? Who were your stars? And your flops? Also keen to hear for others who h… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 10 |
 Rödallegabomb á´¿á´® | Effective Ownership update - GW15 RP, bottomed 🙄 Last week I touched on the topic of 'effective ownership'. The original post can be found here: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/11965699 I thought it would be i… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 12 |
J0E | Gwk 15 Captaincy Decisions Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? | 10 years, 4 months ago | 69 |
 @ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 15 GW14 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/12013109 ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, every… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 76 |
 Hibbo | UFPL December prize mini league code Hi Andy I have set up a mini league for those playing for the UFPL December prize. 23519-3370 Tony | 10 years, 4 months ago | 0 |
 andy85wsm | How will injury hit Arsenal line up? To sum up the press conference: Walcott + Koscielny are a maybe for the weekend - being assessed tomorrow Sanchez + Cazorla - Doesn't know how long they're out for Ramsey - It's a possibility he c… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 38 |
 Hasselbaink Forever | Friday's Press Conferences Friday's Press Conferences - 08:45 Norwich 09:00 Arsenal & West Brom 12:00 Chelsea & Everton 12:15 Man Utd 12:45 City 13:45 Palace 14:00 Liverpool & Southampton 14:30 Stoke. | 10 years, 4 months ago | 12 |
 | Cherries Defence Looks Hazardous Here's my post from last week on Bournemouth, turning the focus to this week. After the talk of them tightening up, they went on to concede three. Very happy with my Everton points personally. ___… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 9 |
 Zasa | GW15 Stat Attack GW15 Stat Attack: "An approximate answer to the right problem is worth a good deal more than an exact answer to an approximate problem." Team Stats: - Southampton have conceded six goals at home … | 10 years, 4 months ago | 16 |
 ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$ | DGWK Planning Update Repost as got stranded at the end of an article last night........ DGW update/musings C1C Final is GW27 Currently scheduled PL GW27 fixtures involving teams still in the C1C: Liverpool v Everto… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 20 |
J0E | Which Liverpool Player? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What to do about Liverpool. Looking at their recent attacking form and kind fixture run investment looks key. But with Daniel Sturridge and Jordan Henderso… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 29 |
andy85wsm | Happy birthday Mark! A little birdy told me it's Mark's birthday today. Happy birthday Mark! 🙂 | 10 years, 4 months ago | 49 |
Zasa | Liv v Sou C1C Match Report Here's the recap from the Southampton vs Liverpool C1C match: Assists in parentheses. Liverpool: A variant on Klopp's 433, it played as a midfield diamond in a 442. -----Origi--------------------… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 11 |
 The Red Devil | Hazardous Hazard Weighing in on the hazard vs non hazard debate, I'd like to think its more about 2 factors 1- as many budget players have performed exceedingly well, so, we're left with lots of moolah, meaning we … | 10 years, 4 months ago | 24 |
 Jose's Magic Omelette | Community scout picks help COMMUNITY PICKS HELP Hi again everyone, I won the lottery so I'm Community Pick Champion for this week! I think I have a pretty good team worked out but I would really appreciate your help and adv… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 25 |
J0E | Best Community article for November Vote Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Best Community article for November Vote We are looking to hand out a £20 Amazon voucher to your choice of the best community article/or series of articles… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 16 |
andy85wsm | Aguero has previous with self diagnosis How well can Aguero diagnose himself? Myself and 1 other last night and Tim on the previous page have pointed out remembering that Aguero has self diagnosed on Twitter before to say he's fine only… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 14 |
J0E | Live Hall of Fame Update Live Hall of Fame updated. See where you are after GWK 14 here... http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/hall-of-fame/live/ | 10 years, 4 months ago | 1 |
 Kings of Lyon ★ | First DGW on the horizon... Following last nights C1C results we are a step closer to our first DGW 🙂 the teams which could miss their GW28 fixture (end of Feb) are Everton Manchester City (new) Liverpool / Southampton (C… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 7 |
 facer | Aguero Injury Latest Evening folks quick Aguero summary: The Sergio Aguero incident evolved when the Argentine over-leaps the trajectory of a cross and in an attempt to correct his alignment, leans back and consequen… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 34 |
ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$ | You Know You Are On FFS A Lot When... You know you are on FFS a lot when……… - Your toddler hands you a scribbled drawing and instead of suggesting it gets put on the fridge, you say “hulk this” - When you are asked by your … | 10 years, 4 months ago | 65 |
 Your Mum's Athletic | Triumph for FFS's Romance Experts Morning all, who was the lad asking whether he should go on a date or listen to the scoutcast? It reminded me of this: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2015/09/07/moving-target-glenn-murray/… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 65 |
 GreenWindmill | Is anyone safe from rotation at Christmas? I've done this before and I don't think it's ever been particularly useful but I'll be damned if I let that stop me. I've just run some top level numbers to gain a view on how much the current Pre… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 53 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast (Tonight 9pm ish) - Leave Your Questions Here Live Scoutcast tonight (9pm ish- may end up being a little later) Feel free to leave your questions here. | 10 years, 4 months ago | 100 |
J0E | The Rough with the Smooth – Gwk 14 Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Rough with the Smooth. Feel free to leave your tales of woe and joy from Gwk 14 here. Remember to mention what you did do not what you didn't - eg not to… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 114 |
facer | Sanchez Injury Evening chaps My take on the Sanchez injury: The injury occurred as Alexis Sanchez accelerates maximally towards a loose backpass, then, in an attempt to decelerate with force, his studs appear t… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 34 |
 Dr Dream | Happy Birthday Wakey Jr Gonna share something with you. Quite a few folk on here know I am the full time carer to my son who has Down Syndrome and Autism. Shortly after he was born it was discovered he had a major heart… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 65 |
 mad_beer ✅ | FFSers relief after Aguero tweets Sergio Kun Aguero @aguerosergiokun 29s29 seconds ago For everyone asking, I'm fine. It's just a harmless bump on the heel. Thanks, all of you, for the support! | 10 years, 4 months ago | 44 |
J0E | Sanchez Replacements Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Sanchez replacements If Sanchez is out for a number of weeks as expected - who are your top choices to replace him. Alot will do with who you already have… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 55 |
J0E | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 15 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 15 This season we have revamped how we involve the community in our Scout Picks. Once again we are on the look out for a champion to represent th… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 2 |
 MarkFLR | Another FFSer wins £1,000 in UFPL So unless there is a rule where you can't win after setting up halfway through a season, I think I've won the November prize for UFPL. Thanks Wild Rover, because I only signed up when I heard you … | 10 years, 4 months ago | 19 |
Rödallegabomb á´¿á´® | Effective Ownership Effective ownership is something which is rarely discussed on here, yet many will be quick to assume that because a certain player is owned/captained by so many, they will not benefit from their po… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 74 |
J0E | 3-4-3 or 3-5-2 for Christmas Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic 3-4-3 or 3-5-2 for Christmas Has a strong front three won the day when it comes to Christmas fixture pile up planning. Are the likes of Kane, Lukaku, Vardy,… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 36 |
J0E | Gameweek 14 Captaincy Decisions Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this week and why? | 10 years, 4 months ago | 61 |
 Mark | Wenger Presser On Sanchez Not sure if this has been shared... For those concerned on Sanchez, Wenger's statement at 2.09 is interesting... "....spontaneously it may not be the best time to rest Sanchez" https://www.youtu… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 8 |
@ocprodigy | Scoutpicks challenge gw14 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 14 Gameweek 13 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/11937370 Take advantage of the deadline! (Although it's VERY strictly enforced) ****** WHAT… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 53 |
 Essrick | Biggest mistake of the season What's the biggest mistake you've made on FPL so far this year? Mine would be bringing in Schlupp in GW11. I didn't even start him in that GW, got 1 point in GW12, benched him for GW13 and I'm shi… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 58 |
 Le Limpar | Don't Underestimate Bournemouth More useful to look at Bournemouth last 3 defensive stats rather than the last 4. Since they were tumped for 5 2 weeks in a row vs City and Spurs they've tightened up. Third lowest for shots in … | 10 years, 4 months ago | 22 |
J0E | GW14s best differential Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gameweek 14's best differential and why? | 10 years, 4 months ago | 54 |
 A.T | Fridays press conferences Today's press conferences 9:00 West Brom, 9:30 West Ham, 10:15 Manchester United, 12:30 Chelsea, Manchester City, 13:30 Liverpool, 14:00 Crystal Palace, 14:30 Bournemouth, Newcastle and Swa… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 10 |
Zasa | Zasa's GW14 stat attack GW 14 Stat Attack: “There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics.” Team Stats: - Everton have the best chance conversion rate in the PL, scoring with one in five of their … | 10 years, 4 months ago | 7 |
J0E | Not Playing For Overall Rank Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who is not playing for overall rank? Over in the community articles section Wild Rover there's a good discussion going on about playing the UFPL, not for ov… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 62 |
| Sanchez Captainers Beware 😡 Sanchez cappers beware. 😡 The last time Norwich were on't tele, they got spanked by Newcastle. That's what we all remember when we slide that armband onto Sanchez. But, all has changed i… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 28 |
 Dynamic | Unhappy Mondays For Fantasy Managers There are lots myths regarding kick-off times that are discussed on here, so I have carried out some research into how the kick-off time of matches affects the output of teams/players so far this s… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 45 |
Le Limpar | Should we consider Benteke? I was impressed with Aguero’s goal last weekend, but not half as impressed as I was with Liverpool. Really tempted to go for Benteke as well as one of Firmino/Coutinho and back them over their ex… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 43 |