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Herd Behaviour Ruth_NZ often challenges groupthink in FFS debate and that is healthy for the community. In that spirit, I set out to challenge Ruth_NZ's popular (+38) assertion that "The reason fo…

Essential should be changed to Safe. The ultimate safe pick, safety in numbers, safety in points, safe as a captain. And its the captain part that matters really Hazard + 4.5 or Milner/Chadli…

According to the bookies, the best Gw1 team is something like this (Odds are for CS for defenders and To score anytime for attackers): Hart (5/4) Ruddy (7/4) Azpili (4/5) Mertesacker (4/5) Franci…

Just to stress... We are carrying out all FFS league auctions on Thursday 9pm UK time. If your Division shows otherwise (e.g.: 6pm tonight) it will be changed. Apologies for this - we've no id…

Worried that your team simply follows the FFS 'template', and that you're going to struggle to catch a break from the start? Fear no more, with this selection of popular picks, that actually have l…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The Template XI Each season our carefully laid plans so often backfire as newbies to FPL and so-called casuals steal a march by opting for familiar names ov…

Well, community This is the starting point in the challenge... Schmeichel Koscielny, Azpilicueta, Huth Hazard, Walcott, Ozil, Ritchie Rooney, Lukaku, Pelle 82.5m spent TALK TO ME!

So, Weekly/Daily Games. Do you play them? If not, why not? Does the ruleset put you off? Is it a time/mind space issue? Are they not available in your territory? Would bigger prizes help? We'd…

I managed to post this in an old thread, silly me. I'll try again. Yesterday someone was lamenting the lack of variation in RMTs, saying that "we are picking from a pool of 30 or 40 players" and …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Vote now for your favourite community article of July Each month we honour the endeavours of our community writers by offering a £20 Amazon voucher to the …

Afternoon all. Apologies for not been on much. Had holidays and now a scheduling change this month means I wont me on much til Fridays. I put together some of those PFL achievements into a spreads…

Portsmouth's Fratton Park will be in FIFA 16 in honour of Simon Humber, [aka absinthe] a creative director on the game who sadly passed away. Great touch

*UPDATE* Here is the link to the update of my "New Players Analysis" Spreadsheet. Sorry it is a bit later than expected! http://bit.ly/1I2WWcf New players have been added to the transfers page a…

Have people a wildcard strategy that decides the make up of their team? I cant decide which option to take and have a bout 5 draft teams. I need to nail my colours to the mast soon. In previous sea…

Avoid Kane at your peril! Kane's performance last season: -Went on a run of 15 starts in which Kane recorded just three blanks and tallied 17 goals and 14 assists, not to mention an 18-point haul …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Early Captaincy Thoughts Our first Capt poll of the season is now live. Please take a look and cast your vote. In the meantime I thought it would be good …

Consensus on here seems to be that only the brave or stupid would go without Hazard from the start. I don't want to end up in either of those camps, but I'm seriously considering going without. Her…

Just posted some pics up on Facebook and Twitter from the FFScout moderators and contributors annual get together over the weekend. The facebook pics can be found here https://www.facebook.com/m…

Liverpool pre-season round up Thai All Stars 0-4 Liverpool: • Goals: Markovic, Sakho, Lallana, Origi • Assists: Teixeira (2), Henderson (2) Brisbane Roar 1-2 Liverpool: • Goals: Lallana, M…

Getting Saints coverage - Pelle vs Mané vs Tadic Pelle is much more predictable than Mané and that's why I like him at this stage. If he's on a bad run, he won't hit a cow's arse with a banjo (t…

Is a GW2 WC a viable strategy? We'll know starting XIs And hence bargain defenders/mids Aguero will be back West Brom's fixtures may now warrant defensive investment West Ham, Swansea, Spurs now h…

Norwich With pre-season now complete, here is a quick overall view of the Norwich team and form over pre-season. First, the likely line-up. The formation will be a 4-2-3-1 / 4-5-1 set up. The % f…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Ivanovic, #Rutland, Rooney and Walcott have not moved from my RMTs drafts this summer. Many of the other roles have. Who is nailed on for your Gameweek 1 si…

Just a reminder of the remaining preseason matches Friday 31st 19.30 Bristol v West Brom 19.45 Bournemouth v Cardiff 19.45 Watford v Sevilla Saturday 1st 14.00 Koln v Stoke 15.00 Birmingham v L…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Yesterday for a brief moment on Twitter #rutland was trending to refer to the popular goalkeeper combination of Butland and Ruddy. ARe you opting for this …

Morning all, Seeing as I don't think last nights West Ham game was televised, I thought I'd write a brief match report for you. Bilic lined us up in a 4-3-1-2 formation, with 16 year old Reece O…

* Extrapolated saves * The new rules have doubled the BPS value for saves this year, so which keepers should benefit the most? Saves (Proj) = Estimated no of saves if they had played all season …

Debut post, sorry if TLDR for many. 3-4-3 / 3-5-2 is the preferred formation for many – but consider is this really the best approach early doors? These formations aspire to pack attacking slots…

Brady 5.5 Caulker 5.5 Chester 5.0

After the false alarm yesterday, it's now actually here: @premierleague: The #FPL app is now available to download on iOS, coming soon to Windows & Android. More: http://t.co/2KIIy6rWGo

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Last night saw the first of our pre season RMT live surgeries with advice offered both via a special Scoutcast and on site. Thanks to all those that gave adv…

Hangout Movie now added to the article.... Sorry we could only cover 4-5 teams tonight, this was very much a dry run of the format. I hope you enjoy the ramblings. Hats off to those who spent …

What are the main questions you'd want answered by the FPL experts? . What are your Aguero plans? Money itb/start with him/WC Defence budget? Is Ivanovic worth it? Is a cheap defence crucial in s…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Set Piece Takers Update -Your Eagle Eyes Needed Just added Ross Barkley to Everton's list of penalty takers after his spot kick last night. Ahead of the ne…

Today's Matches: Manchester United Vs PSG Doncaster Rovers Vs Sunderland Rotherham United Vs Leicester City York City Vs Newcastle United MLS All Stars Vs Tottenham Hotspur (Their First Pre-Season…

Premier League ‏@premierleague 3m3 minutes ago NEW #FPL ADDITIONS: Aston Villa duo Jordan Ayew (£6.0m) and Jose Angel Crespo (£4.5m) are now available for selection Premier League ‏@premie…

I thought I would re-post this that I posted this morning now it is busier for more eyes to have a look over... A lot of people are using defensive rotations for both keepers and defenders, based…

Ok I'm a bit bored so I just wanna see what's the general consensus on these things.. 0. 3-4-3 or 3-5-2 or others? 1. Rotation GK or 1 GK + 4m? 2. Azpi or Ivan? 3. Southampton defense, Y or N? 4. …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Arsenal's pre season form, the wealth of options in midfield plus their kind early fixture run have prompted me to double up on Arsenal's attacking assets in…

Sterling Fixtures: wba CHE eve Free kicks: None Corners: None Penalties: None Main BAP competition: Silva, Aguero, Toure Goal conversion: 8.3% 14/15 PpG: 4.5 (Henderson was 4.4) . I think I'll pa…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Hazardous to go without Looking at my own and others RMTs a key issue is emerging - do you go with or without Hazard. I've tried tinkering around with a tea…

I think the 3 most important things to consider while setting up your FPL team should be : 1. Whether (it looks like) your team will outscore the overall Average points in each the first 2-3 week…

I remember making a post last year about how to post the perfect RMT, and I've just found it on google. I think it's quite relevant to post it again due to the large number of new/gravless RMTs tha…

Post a wild FPL 15/16 prediction you think may happen - Sterling to be in the top 3 midfield point scorers this season

Just why are we so concerned about penalties? Often see posts asking about Player A vs Player B, and one chooses Player A over Player B because he is the penalty taker etc. Here are the penalty sta…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic As has been well documented already FPL has brought in three chips, giving Fantasy managers the chance to triple their captain score, add their bench points …

Probable Starters 15/16 Update: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B03D_KnVF1fRbmxPTnhEOXJNaE0/view?usp=sharing I've now included little markers to indicate who started the match so we can see if th…

Long Post Alert Man Utd 3-1 Barca I will only focus on the first 60 mins (1-0 Rooney) as after it was our youngsters. Line up: De Gea Darmian Jones Blind Shaw Carrick Schneiderlin Mata Depay Yo…

Do you consider yourself a FPL veteran. How many of these do you remember when playing the game? Let's see what you get and what more can be added 1) When the FPL players team pitch was just a g…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic With yesterday’s comments from Pellegrini implying that there’s a chance Aguero will miss GW1 due to the Copa America does Aguero still warrant a place i…