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As discussed yesterday, Joselu has now signed for Stoke from Hannover 96 for €8m plus possible add-ons. Even if this now leaves them without a recognised striker for the new Bundesliga season, …

*** Clean Sheets 14/15 - Ordered by manager *** . Team (Manager)..........CSs per game.....Extrapolation (CSs) West Brom (Pulis)..............0.53.......................20 Chelsea................…

Aston Villa and Leicester "Janus" Appraisal This draft is posted here for feedback, especially from those that know the clubs well. All comments will be taken into account in the final revision. …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Can Bilic ensure West Ham have lots of viable Fantasy options? Or will Europa League and possible price hikes for key players like Adrian, Downing and Cres…

Let's say all the rumours we read in the newspapers were true, what would be the prices of: Schneiderlin (Arsenal) - Falcao (Chelsea) - Kovacic (Liverpool) - Tevez (Liverpool) - Sterling (…

Germany's U21. -----------------------ter-Stegen ---Can-------Ginter--------------Knoche----------Schulz/Gunter ------------Arnold-----------------------Leitner ---Bittencourt------------Meyer----…

U21 - The search for interesting low/mid-price midfielders So far I can only see Leitner of any interest in the 7m and below bracket. Masupost is apparently likely to keep his spot which makes him…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic With price rises expected for Swansea, Southampton and some Stoke players the search for under priced players among mid table sides becomes harder. Could New…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Rooney could surpass Bobby Charlton's goal scoring record for England today. Joe Hart is heading towards keeping the most clean sheets. Who for you have …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What was wrong with 2014/15 in Fantasy Football? What needs to happen in 2015/16 to make fantasy Football better? For me last season was typified by a lac…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The FPL All Time Dream Team I thought I'd take a look through the mists of time to see what an all time FPL side would look like. Its up to you which form…

Everton and West Ham "Janus" Appraisal Here's the next draft article, as usual all comments (especially from those that know the clubs well) will be welcome and will be taken into account when rev…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic U21 RMT Special The UEFA u21 tournament game has launched to scratch our collective Fantasy Football itch. There are plenty of familiar names and plenty of …

In what order would you sign these strikers? A) 92 goals in 247 appearances. 24 years old. Has won the Serie A 3 times, Coppa Italia, Champions League, Premier League, Fa Cup and golden boy award…

In my eyes, looking at who kept the most clean sheets in the qualifiers, a back line of this seems best - England - Germany - Denmark - Portugal - one from the first match day lot (Serbia/Czech) …

I love making XIs, so here's one from the Released Players list. 😀 --------------------------------Boruc --Johnson------Richards-------McAuley--------Reveillere ----------Cleverley------Lampard--…

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Fantasy Football Scout Is Theo Walcott the perfect FPL player? When he plays he often does well (eg the end of the last season). When he doesn't play its usually through injury, which in turn can…

Crystal Palace and WBA "Janus" Appraisal Here's the draft for the next article. As usual, comments from WBA and/or Palace fans (or those that know the clubs well) will be welcomed and taken into …

For those interested I have got the Ultimate Dead Team up to 2466 points, 4 behind Simon March's winning tally.

Greenwindmill has just been looking back at The Scout's seasons predictions. http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/08/14/seasons-predictions-201415-the-view-from-the-scouts/ Nice to see ma…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic After successfully predicting Jordan Henderson would be one of the best differentials in 2014/15. I'm going to opt for Oscar as my 2015/15 best differential …

Last seasons highest starting prices by position were GK 6.0 Cech, Courtois and Hart DF 7.0 Ivanovic, Baines, Coleman MD 11.0 Yaya FW 12.5 Van Persie Have there been players in earlier seasons, w…

Norwich, Bournemouth and Watford "Janus" Appraisal Here's the draft for the latest article in the series. As usual any comments will be welcome (especially by fans of those clubs or others who kn…

Top 10 flops last season: 1. Lovren 2. Mario Balotelli 3. ADM 4. Cuadrado 5. Falcao 6. Shaw 7. Kramaric 8. Bony 9. De Jong 10. Ince Special mentions go to Fernando, B.Davies, Hernandez, Cabella i…

Watford managed only 26 points from 22 games against their fellow top half sides, but 63 points in their 24 matches against bottom half teams - they have some good players, but are flat track bulli…

PLAYER PRICE PANIC Name the player in each position whose price you are most interested in , that you will check first thing once FPL opens... me... Def: Terry Midf: Siggurdson Striker: Kane

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic How many players from promoted clubs will you be taking a punt on? Troy Deeney does look like he's worth a punt as a third striker (as long as he's 6m or be…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic In seasons gone by Nasri and Ireland have been among emerging high scoring players who failed to replicate their fine form the next season Who of 14/15's e…

Manager Impact: Team Analysis Last season saw several mid-season managerial changes to Premier League teams as clubs attempted to avoid the drop. Of six teams to make changes to their head coach, …

Fantasy Football Scout Is there such a thing as a season keeper in Fantasy Football. With players like Hazard and in season's gone by Suarez providing consistent returns and remaining injury free…

Swansea and Stoke "Janus" Appraisal Here's the draft for the next article. As usual, any comments (especially from Stoke and Swansea fans or those that know the clubs well) will be appreciated an…

Some of you may remember an article I posted last November looking at how clean sheets have historically broken down between each half of the season: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/11/…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic At what price do you ignore your key targets for next season? So for example if Charlie Austin was priced at 8.5m and played for the likes of Newcastle or V…

Hey, data nerds, let's start already with figuring out the best dead team of the season that just passed.

Just looking at the pricing midfielders such as Mata/Ramsey/Silva/Cesc/Caz started off the 2014/15 season.... 9m/9m/9m/9m/8.5m Scored: 138/116 /191/165/168 What you guys about prices this seaso…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be the next Kane? Will one of the cheep strikers at the promoted sides emerge? Or is there a likely cheap attacking gem among the established team'…

Spurs and Southampton "Janus" Appraisal This is the draft for the forthcoming article. Comments are welcome, especially from Spurs and Southampton fans and those that know the clubs well. All co…

Hi all, i made a basic Windows program to backup my FPL season and some of the player stats etc. You can download it here if you like, you may get some use from it. Please read the "Read Me" inclu…

Christian Fuchs had become Schalke's third-best left-back behind Aogo and Kolašinac. Although extremely popular with the fans for his character and work rate, there was no place for him in a Schal…

Previous FPL Opening Dates & Times: Last year, with the help of Epic Fail, I sourced the dates and times for the previous launches of FPL. 2014/15 - July 16th - 4 weeks 3 days before the start of…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who is the best fantasy forward of all time? In midfield we have had many legends, most notably the holy trinity of Gerrard, Lampard and Ronaldo. But what …

Just thinking back over the season and I suddenly remembered to check in on this prediction I made: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/09/15/this-much-we-know-gameweek-4-2/?hc_page=7#hc_co…

Hi folks! I've now made public a few tables - or "BAPMAPS" - that served me well last season. They are loosely based around the criteria for getting bonus points but they also helped me in deciding…

Gameweek 1 Team Selection – Lessons learned from 14/15 The team selection that Fantasy managers spend the most time on is Gameweek 1. I was surprised looking back at my Gameweek 1 side how good …

All comes down to price (and possible transfers) but here's my watch list for next season: DEF: Stones Cresswell Dawson/Lescott Bellerin Smalling Terry/Ivanovic MID: Hazard/Fabregas Silva Ramse…

GKs: Brad Jones (Liverpool), Gerhard Tremmel (Swansea City), Brad Friedel (Tottenham Hotspur), Thomas Sorensen (Stoke City), Ben Amos (Manchester United), Steve Harper (Hull City), Brian Murphy (QP…

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

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Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Which Arsenal attacking player? The end of the season showed how getting the right Arsenal attacker was key to success. But with rotation across midfield…