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 Zasa | Gwk 34 Ownership stats GW 34's top 1000 template XI: (most highly owned players per position according to FPL rules) Schmeichel (28.6%) Terry (54.7%), Skrtel (47.9%), Schlupp (35.4%) Hazard (99.9%), Sterling (82.1%), S… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 6 |
 J0E | Gwk 34 Captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gwk and why? | 11 years, 1 month ago | 40 |
Zasa | DGW odds Paddy Power clean sheet bookies odds - (decimal and fractional odds) ManCity: 2.00..............................................(evens) Chelsea (vs Lei): 2.20...................................(6/… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 3 |
 Ryan | Is Costa the ultimate DGW differential? The biggest differential anyone can have this week is Costa. No player has more potential to do serious damage in your mini-leagues/OR than him. If you're chasing it could be massive. | 11 years, 1 month ago | 39 |
 @ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 34 Turned around for a few mins and missed 8pm! What can you do eh?! Either way, Scouts Pick Challenge timeeeeee! GW33 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 32 |
J0E | Injury Transfer Conundrum Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Injury transfer conundrum Should Remy still be a doubt this weekend he would represent one of my worst transfers this season, managing not a single minute i… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 38 |
 Ruth_NZ | Wildcarders vs Non Wildcarders A lot has been said about wildcards. Non-wildcarders are singing the praises of SGW players like Kane, Aguero, Silva, Clyne/Bertrand, Giroud etc and saying wildcarders would be mad to get rid. Th… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 88 |
@ocprodigy | Scout picks challenge gw33 results SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 33 RESULTS Should have been posted earlier - admittedly been a bit lazy, apologies! Now, for the results, and a bit of bad news comes with them... 1st - FFS Scou… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 0 |
J0E | Hall of Fame updated Our live Hall of Fame (available for members to view) has now been updated to take into account Gwk 33's scores. See where you are in our hall of fame here.... http://members.fantasyfootballscout… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 39 |
J0E | Who will be Gameweek 34's best differential/punt? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gameweek 34's best differential/punt? | 11 years, 1 month ago | 64 |
Ruth_NZ | Captaincy options DGW Captains I wanted to take a look at DGW captain options from a more considered angle than just "who has scored most points in the past". I'm attempting to use interpretation and judgement con… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 55 |
 Piggs Boson | Dgw form *** DGW Form - Updated *** . Midfielder/Forward form (last 6) ......................Goals.......Assists........Bonus.........PPG Hazard..............4...............2................11...........… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 14 |
Ruth_NZ | The Case for N'Doye (c) in Gwk 34 So, here's a quiz question: If Giroud averages 2.73 SiB's and 3.68 Total Shots per 90 with 55% accuracy, does a DGW striker with 2.26 SiBs, 3.46 Total Shots and 52% accuracy strike you as a realis… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 61 |
 SPorting | Weaknesses of a late WC Having patience and saving your WC for later in the season always seems like the Holy Grail but, in reality, late WC's can be a pain in the arse. They usually result in mediocre returns vs your pr… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 29 |
J0E | Don't forget Gameweek 35 Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Don't forget Gameweek 35. Are we getting so caught up in Gameweek 34 double gameweek fever that we are forgetting about the next Gameweek and beyond. Wha… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 33 |
 Enzo the Baker | The Silva Out For A Hit Conundrum Following up on an earlier post - http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2015/04/21/the-watchlist-updated-gameweek-34-the-defence/?hc_page=7#hc_comment_10140372 I thought I'll do a quick and dirty … | 11 years, 1 month ago | 34 |
Enzo the Baker | Damage limitation for the wildcardless Definitely a dullard way to look at it, but for those of us without a WC, this dgw is all about damage limitation. So who do you think are the most damaging players that you've got to own for DGW34… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 32 |
 Nabs Kebabs | Your favourite five so far Who have been your top 5 EPL players of the season thus far? I'll start us off 1. Eden Hazard 2. Harry Kane 3. Alexis Sanchez 4. Kun Aguero 5. David Silva | 11 years, 1 month ago | 46 |
J0E | Is There A Lucas/Gerrard Effect On Henderson? Lucas not necessarily bad news for Henderson. I've seen some talk about Lucas back being bad news for Henderson in terms of points potential. Just had a look into the stats and there is no evide… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 33 |
J0E | Which Song Sums Up Your Season? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic This was a question posed by Stilicho that we discussed on last night's Scoutcast Which song sums up your Fantasy Football season this year? | 11 years, 1 month ago | 46 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast link -10pm Monday kick off. Live Scoutcast gets underway about 10pm ish. Tune in here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGl2JipKmxY | 11 years, 1 month ago | 5 |
 A.T | Questions for tonight's live scoutcast The Live Scoutcast will be taking place tonight at 10pm. Feel free to leave your questions for Mark, Granville and the team here. The Scoutcast can be accessed via our Youtube Channel https://www… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 69 |
A.T | The rough with the smooth Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic courtesy of Jonty. The Rough with the Smooth – looking for your Gameweek 33 tales of joy and woe. We are looking for your input for our new regular commun… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 26 |
 Bod | 5 reasons to keep your wildcard another week 5 reasons to keep your wildcard another week 1. Fixtures There's quite a few teams that have a dramatic shift in the ease of their fixtures from GW34 onwards. Crystal Palaces and Swanseas fixtures… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 29 |
 Cheeseoid | How to beat the Wildcarders? This next gameweek is doing my head in already. Scared of getting Liverpool players because they are a bunch of underachievers. Scared not to get them because everyone will be filling up. Chelsea d… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 27 |
A.T | Current rank milestones Current rank milestones 1st - 2119 100 - 2030 1K - 1975 4K - 1930 😉 5K - 1923 10K - 1897 25K - 1858 50K - 1826 100K - 1789 | 11 years, 1 month ago | 14 |
 President John F. Keninnsie | Tips for navigating the run in Your tips for navigating the final few weeks? - Don't underestimate the potential of a DGW - but don't get DGWers for the sake of it (Hull players) - Don't be scared to take a punt or two - time i… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 35 |
J0E | Dgwk 34's one match stars Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Which single Gameweek players will you be fielding in Gwk 34? Which has the potential to beat the various dgwk options that Gameweek? | 11 years, 1 month ago | 24 |
J0E | Gwk 33 Captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? | 11 years, 1 month ago | 20 |
@ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 33 That time of the week ladies and gentlemen - the latest Scouts Pick Challenge! Gameweek 32: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/10101697 ****** WHAT… | 11 years, 2 months ago | 31 |
J0E | Who will be Gwk 33's best differential? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gameweek 33's best differential/punt? | 11 years, 2 months ago | 34 |
 McNulty | Curse of the Captain Poll Looks like we have a captain poll curse here! Of all the 'landslide' captain polls this season (over 40% of votes to the poll leader) we have raked in a whopping 4 point average, with the highlig… | 11 years, 2 months ago | 26 |
J0E | Shots in the Box v Accuracy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Shots in the Box v Accuracy What is the better guide to goal scoring potential - shots in the box (ie quantity) or goal accuracy (ie quality). With those w… | 11 years, 2 months ago | 55 |
 Tommy J | Aguero Vs Silva (c) Analysis I've lost whoever asked whether its worth having Silva as capt over Aguero. I've done a little analysis and in the 21 games they have played where both have ben on the pitch(although some of those … | 11 years, 2 months ago | 47 |
 andy85wsm | Best signing of the season? Following on from Lucy's post.... Best signing of the season? Costa has to be up there - exactly what Chelsea have needed. Think Blind has been an excellent signing too. | 11 years, 2 months ago | 55 |
 Lucy. | Worst signing of the season? Worse signing of the season? ADM for me. | 11 years, 2 months ago | 107 |
 Demí | Who should be manager of the season? Is Van Gaal a worthy candidate for manager of the year if United come 2nd? Who do you think should/will get it? | 11 years, 2 months ago | 100 |
J0E | Are we ignoring single gameweek prospects? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Are we ignoring single gameweek prospects. In the rush to draft in Leicester, Chelsea and Liverpool assets are we forgetting some good single week prospects … | 11 years, 2 months ago | 33 |
 Ludo | Double Gameweeks Are All About Attack Here's a look at the points scored by Double Gameweek players to start both DGW matches so far this season. Its quite clear that we're yet to have a clean sheet by a DGW side, but I think it shows … | 11 years, 2 months ago | 18 |
Zasa | The merits of wild carding in GW35 WCers, has anyone considered the merits of a WC Gw35? I think there is a strong case for doing so, and one reason being the fixtures for the top sides that GW. Arsenal (hul) / Liverpool (QPR) / … | 11 years, 2 months ago | 16 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Change- Now Taking Place Wed 10pm The Live Scoutcast will take place on Wednesday night at 10pm not tonight. Apologies for the inconvenience, its Granville's twins birthday so today's not great for him. If you want to ask the te… | 11 years, 2 months ago | 8 |
J0E | The Rough with the Smooth – looking for your Gwk 32 tales of joy and woe. Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The Rough with the Smooth – looking for your Gameweek 32 tales of joy and woe. We are looking for your input for our new regular community article. Called… | 11 years, 2 months ago | 40 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Wed 10pm- Leave Your Questions for the team here Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Questions for the live Scoutcast Feel free to leave your questions for the team here. All being well we will be broadcasting at 10pm tonight via our YouTube… | 11 years, 2 months ago | 48 |
 7shadesofsmoke | Liverpool's midfield - Crunching the numbers Liverpool's Double Gameweek (DGW) could prove a significant turning point in mini-leagues as the season draws to a close. Skrtel appears the choice defender with Moreno worthy of consideration. Da… | 11 years, 2 months ago | 11 |
J0E | Revisiting the ditching Kane scenario I'll admit that I almost spat my tea out in incredulity when I read RuthNZ's hot topic on ditching Harry Kane. http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2015/04/05/the-scoreboard-gameweek-31-sunday-2… | 11 years, 2 months ago | 25 |
J0E | Vote for your favourite Community Article in March here. Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Vote now for your favourite community article of March Each month we honour the endevours of our community writers by offering a £20 Amazon voucher to the … | 11 years, 2 months ago | 22 |
 Absinthe 42 | Absinthe Without trying to steal any sympathy from good old Doos, sadly it looks as if my time is coming to an end. Two years trying to fend off a rare little swine of a cancer named Ocular Melanoma is alm… | 11 years, 2 months ago | 80 |
 Detweiler | Six of the best for Dgwk 34 So - who are the top 6 key players to have for the DGW and in which order? I would say: 1- Hazard 2- Ivanovic 3- Coutinho 4- Skrtel 5- Henderson 6- Fabregas | 11 years, 2 months ago | 21 |
J0E | UFPL Stick or Twist? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL stick or twist What are your plans today? Who is on, who is out and have you got many Matchday 3 player to fall back on. For me pretty much the whole … | 11 years, 2 months ago | 3 |
Lucy. | Why Was Clyne Benched? Clyne owners shouldn't panic - Koeman: "It's about freshness. I spoke to Nathaniel Clyne yesterday. It's just a rest for the player" This could be a cover for the contract negotiations/disagreem… | 11 years, 2 months ago | 17 |