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 J0E | Must Haves and Must Avoids Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Must haves and must avoids. This was asked on the Scoutcast earlier this week but thought I'd open up to everyone else to answer too. Name your must haves … | 11 years, 18 days ago | 24 |
 Ruth_NZ | Calling All ManU and Arsenal fans - Help Wanted For Article Arsenal and Manchester United Appraisal As some will know, I am compiling a series of articles reviewing the PL teams from a FPL perspective, looking back on last season while it is fresh in the m… | 11 years, 19 days ago | 20 |
J0E | Advising an FPL newbie Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Advising a FPL newbie. You are approached by someone who plans to play FPL for the first time next season. They ask you for one key piece of advice. What is… | 11 years, 19 days ago | 60 |
 Rhinos | Are You A Rank Slave? Are you a rank slave? The HoF debate earlier has got me thinking why we play this game. Obviously most of us want to finish as high as possible or what is the point but as I see it there are two ma… | 11 years, 19 days ago | 21 |
J0E | What did 2014/15 teach you about Fantasy Football management? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Key lesson learned This follows on from a Scoutcast discussion on what 2014/15 has taught us as Fantasy managers. For me the lesson learned is to look at … | 11 years, 20 days ago | 71 |
 The3rdTurd | Detailed FPL data from last 2 seasons If anyone is interested, I've uploaded a spreadsheet of all the detailed FPL player data for the season just ended here: https://goo.gl/McLpGk There's one row for each player appearance across th… | 11 years, 20 days ago | 30 |
 fatherted | It's Price Prediction Time Whilst we are on this train of thought, what do we reckon the key figures prices will be?? Kun £12.5m Haz £11m Ivo £7.5m Pva £5m Kane £10m | 11 years, 21 days ago | 52 |
 Defcons are for Kinnear | Cult Team of the Year Revealed The results are in for the forwards in our Bargain Basement Cult Team 2014/2015. The two obvious choices were of course Kane and Austin. Grabbing third place was Vardy Kane (33 votes) Austin (31 v… | 11 years, 21 days ago | 7 |
J0E | Who will be the first name on your 2015/16 Fantasy team sheet? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Every season Ivanovic starts well, every season I avoid him. No matter what the price, if he's injury free, he will be amongst the first names on my team s… | 11 years, 21 days ago | 58 |
Ruth_NZ | Man City Reviewed THE JANUS APPRAISAL: 2. MANCHESTER CITY I am in the process of writing a series of articles about next season's PL teams from a FPL perspective. These will include a look back on the season just… | 11 years, 21 days ago | 27 |
Ruth_NZ | Chelsea Reviewed The Janus Appraisal: 1. Chelsea Janus was the Roman God of transitions and is often pictured as having 2 heads, one looking back and one forwards. Personally I find that putting things in writin… | 11 years, 22 days ago | 80 |
 Az | FFS FIFA XBOX TOURNAMENT Hi guys, Still looking to get this FFS FIFA tournament up and running on XBOX ONE. Had quite a lot of interest, but then it sort of petered out. Let's get it revived again! If you want to join, … | 11 years, 22 days ago | 8 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tonight - Leave Your Questions Here Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Questions for the Scoutcast Team Feel free to leave your questions for Mark, myself and special guest FPL champion Simon March here. (Granville is on his h… | 11 years, 22 days ago | 59 |
 You Must Be Jokin Ere | Bonus Points Breakdown 2014/15 2014/15 Bonus Points Point Stats: Games - 380 Total Bonus Pts - 2429 Av Bonus per Game - 6.4 Goalkeepers: 112 (4.6%) Defenders: 783 (32.2%) Midfielders: 969 (39.9%) Forwards: 565 (… | 11 years, 22 days ago | 8 |
J0E | The Rough with the Smooth – looking for your final Gameweek tales of joy and woe Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The Rough with the Smooth – looking for your Gameweek 38 tales of joy and woe. We are looking for your input for our regular community article. Called The… | 11 years, 23 days ago | 51 |
 Chris_White | FPL moment of the season Favourite FPL moment of the year? | 11 years, 23 days ago | 57 |
 Simon March | Thanks From 2014/15's FPL Winner I don’t quite have the words at the moment (it’s been almost exclusively swear words and vowel noises round here the past few hours!) so I’ll keep it brief, but I just wanted to say a huge th… | 11 years, 23 days ago | 63 |
J0E | Where will you be watching today's matches? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Where will you be watching/listening to the 3pm games today? Anyone at any matches? Anyone getting together with other fantasy football managers? | 11 years, 24 days ago | 54 |
 @ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 38 The drum roll plays towards its empathetic crescendo, the fat lady manoeuvres her way onto the stage with microphone in hand, and football fans around the world… | 11 years, 24 days ago | 26 |
Defcons are for Kinnear | Bargain Basement Cult Team - Forwards The results are in for the Bargain Basement Cult Team Midfielders. The obvious candidates made it but a fierce battle for the 5th midfielder Sigurdsson (38 votes) Boyd (31 votes) Downing (30 votes… | 11 years, 25 days ago | 41 |
J0E | Members Tables - Striker Options For those looking for a sharp shooting striker here's a list. Number three on the list looks particularly intriguing this gameweek http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view… | 11 years, 25 days ago | 8 |
J0E | Gameweek 38 Captaincy Decisions Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining in Gameweek 38 and why? | 11 years, 25 days ago | 26 |
J0E | Gameweek 38's best differential will be... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gameweek 38's standout differential/punt? | 11 years, 26 days ago | 40 |
 Scoredelario | Season Assessment Tool Launched This site gives you a very detailed breakdown of your season... http://anewpla.net/fpl/ Near the bottom it lists every player you've owned. I must have a bad memory. Don't remember owning half th… | 11 years, 26 days ago | 19 |
 Jinswick | Chasing The FPL Crown - Advice Needed Morning DZ. Hell of a season for me so far, and now just 1 week left to role the dice and hope for a miracle. Currently No.4 OR and 43 points behind 1st. Which of these would you get your vote? … | 11 years, 26 days ago | 40 |
J0E | What will 2014/15 be remembered for? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Last season was all about consistency, with players like Toure, Suarez and Sturridge offering a reliable source of points this week. This season has been t… | 11 years, 27 days ago | 41 |
 Twisted Saltergater | Final day preview After complaining to Mark & co about ‘tl;dr’ style posts being lost all too soon in seasons past, I thought with the Hot Topic feature a welcome addition, I could post my musings on the final G… | 11 years, 28 days ago | 40 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tonight - Leave Your Questions Here Scoutcast tonight. Join Mark, Granville and myself after tonight's matches to discuss the dgwk, Mark's Mane selection and a look ahead to Gwk 38. We are looking to include your questions. Feel fre… | 11 years, 28 days ago | 78 |
J0E | Rough with the Smooth submissions wanted Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The Rough with the Smooth – looking for your Gameweek 37 tales of joy and woe so far. We are looking for your input for our new regular community article.… | 11 years, 28 days ago | 38 |
Defcons are for Kinnear | Bargain Basement Cult Team Midfield Voting Thanks for a great response to the Bargain Basement Cult Team Defenders. Plenty of votes spread across the defenders but here are the ones, in descending order, to make our squad. Bellerin (37 vot… | 11 years, 28 days ago | 56 |
J0E | Gwk 38 midfield punts Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Yesterday we looked at options to replace Kane and good Gwk striker punts in general. Today I thought I'd ask about midfield punts. Who have you got that y… | 11 years, 29 days ago | 41 |
 d1sable | Player positions So anyone think FPL might re asses certain players positions next season? Its mainly the tricky midfielders/Inside forwards Here's a few that need looking at imo: Sanchez Hazard Agbonlahor Wei… | 11 years, 29 days ago | 26 |
 The Sarjeant | Summer Football Key Dates There's been a lot of talk about what football fixtures are on during the break in Premier League football. Here's a list of all the key dates for your footballing desires to note down in your cale… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 36 |
Ruth_NZ | Chelsea Stars Emergence As Gwk 37-38 Differentials I knew tonight's game would be important for my team as I have 3 Chelsea (Terry, Hazard, Cesc) but I didn't realise quite how significant it could be in the OR. 1650 managers in the top 10k transf… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 51 |
J0E | Kane replacements Fantasy Football Scout - daily hot topic Kane replacements Surely even the most hard line of Kane fans must accept he has been a long overdue departure from our teams. Many already have. But th… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 64 |
 Enzo the Baker | 2014/15's Most Striking Moments Continuing with 2015-16 FPL discussions.. Correct me if i'm wrong, but the common theme between everyone's most memorable / worst moments of this season has been striker related (I think there were… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 24 |
 | Gwk 1 price spread My Gameweek 1 price breakdown to try and help planning: 5.5 [4.0] 5.5, 4.5, 4.5, [4.0, 4.0] 9.0, 9.0, 9.0, 8.0 [6.0] 10.5, 10.5, 6.0 | 11 years, 1 month ago | 34 |
 JK - Cønt ⭐ | In Defence of Falcao I'll stick this here as well I'd like to make a couple of points on Falcao. I have no doubt he's leaving but frankly I think it's a shame They say class is permanent and he was the best striker i… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 33 |
J0E | UFPL Stick or Twist? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL stick or twist How as the weekend been so far for those playing the UFPL game? Any loan moves paid off? Anyone with Mane? And who is coming in for you … | 11 years, 1 month ago | 17 |
J0E | Gwk 37 Captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining in Gameweek 37 and why? | 11 years, 1 month ago | 13 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge GW37 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 37 That time of the week ladies and gentlemen - the latest Scouts Pick Challenge! GW34 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/10267225 I'm doing … | 11 years, 1 month ago | 28 |
Defcons are for Kinnear | Bargain Basement Cult Team of the Year - Defender Nominations After a well contested poll, the Bargain Basement Cult Team GKs have been selected as Pantillimon (11 votes) and Schmeichel (7 votes). Other popular GKS were Myhill and Heaton. Our next category… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 64 |
J0E | Gameweek 37's best differential will be... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who do you think will be Gameweek 37's best punt/differential? Is it a double gameweek player? Or do the likes of Gerrard and other single gameweekers have … | 11 years, 1 month ago | 33 |
J0E | Who has something left to play for? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who has something left to play for? If so what? And who, like me, has a little bit of and end of term feel to the season as goals have either been achieved … | 11 years, 1 month ago | 71 |
 Captain Peacock | Bright Young Thing Last season it was Ramsey, this season it was Kane. Which bright young thing will emerge as next season's must have? If Newcastle manage to stay in the PL and Ashley gets the wake up call to inv… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 12 |
J0E | Hall of Fame updated The live version (available to Members only) of our Hall of Fame has been updated to take into account Gameweek 36's scores. See where you are here.... http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/h… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 12 |
J0E | Double Gameweek 37 Plans Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Which double Gameweek players do you plan to have in Gameweek 37? Anyone getting a full six? Anyone taking a hit? Which Sunderland players appeal the mos… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 51 |
 Goodfella | Hits to FPL Rank correlation How many hits have you taken this season AND what is your current rank? (want to see what the correlation is) | 11 years, 1 month ago | 92 |
Defcons are for Kinnear | Cult Fantasy Hero Goalkeeper of the Year Nominations As promised, here is the list of nominations for GKs to make up our Bargain Basement Cult Hero XI of 2014/15. The rules are simple. The GK must have started with a price of no more than 5m so you'… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 41 |
J0E | Rough with the Smooth submissions wanted The Rough with the Smooth – looking for your Gameweek 36 tales of joy and woe. We are looking for your input for our new regular community article. Called The Rough with the Smooth we want to he… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 43 |