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 @ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 26 It's that time of day (evening!), Scout Picks Challenge time! Gameweek 24 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/9744777 GW25 will be up tomor… | 11 years, 3 months ago | 37 |
 Mondogoal | Mondogoal Q&A Our First ever contest where EVERYONE wins. A little thank you to the FFScout fans for supporting us so quickly and we've got some other special things lined up in the coming weeks. Exciting that… | 11 years, 3 months ago | 0 |
 J0E | DGWK Memories Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Double gameweek memories With the dgwk fast approaching I thought I'd start a thread on favourite double gameweek memories. Here are two of mine to get the… | 11 years, 3 months ago | 46 |
J0E | Mondogoal exclusive offer We've got some exciting news from Mondogoal for you - offering the chance to win a sizable cash prize. Mondogoal have lined up a £30,000 prize pot for the season climax – with the winner of the… | 11 years, 3 months ago | 10 |
 Mark | No ScoutCast This Week I'm afraid there's no ScoutCast coming tonight. The day job interfered with a morning meeting overrunning into our lunchtime studio time so, despite doing the prep, we've had to abandon it. It wa… | 11 years, 3 months ago | 13 |
 Ludo | GW1 Revisited This week sees the reverse of the GW1 fixtures - how many of the same players (if any) do you have in your team? I've just got John Terry, with Clyne on the bench as he was on the opening weekend … | 11 years, 3 months ago | 30 |
J0E | Gameweek 26's best differential will be? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gameweek 26's best differential/punt? I'd take Costa here as an option as while well owned, he is not that well owned in the top 10K or among th… | 11 years, 3 months ago | 21 |
 Demí | GAMEWEEK 26 CAPTAINCY DEBATE The Captaincy debate. 1) Hazard + Penalties + Almost always a 90 minute man + Burnley have conceded 2+ in 9 of their last 10 away games - No goals in his last 4 home games - 6 attempts at goal in… | 11 years, 3 months ago | 71 |
 The 12th Man | Do you dabble in other Fantasy Sports games? FANTASY SPORTS. With so many fantasy sports games going, I wondered what is everyone's favourite and how many do we get involved in every year? For me I play Football - FPL, ESPN Cricket Golf - yah… | 11 years, 3 months ago | 40 |
J0E | Save or not to save? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Save or not to save Who is saving a transfer this week in anticipation of the blank and double over gwk 27-28? Who is throwing caution to the wind and is … | 11 years, 3 months ago | 20 |
 sinik | How important are stats? I thought I would take this DZ opportunity to ask you fine folk about STATS. Obviously as FPLers, we take a lot of stats into consideration, but how heavily do you weight them when casually discus… | 11 years, 3 months ago | 59 |
J0E | The Cost of Costa Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The Cost of Costa Will Costa prove to be the key Gameweek 26 differential? Or will those that draft him in regret their decision, as he faces a blank and is… | 11 years, 3 months ago | 21 |
 JK - Cønt ⭐ | Potential Defoe replacements Defoe owners, if he's out this week who's on your radar? Ings would be ok but fixtures are dreadful Ideye has form (which probably means a blank incoming) Cisse very tempting | 11 years, 4 months ago | 18 |
 Perchinho | Future blanks and Dgw updated That draw means the GW33 blanks and GW34 DGW teams are as follows: Arsenal and Sunderland or Chelsea and Man United Liverpool and Hull (or just 4 teams with blank/DGW if Liverpool lose) Palace and… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 13 |
@ocprodigy | Scout picks challenge gw24 results SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 24 FINAL RESULTS I'm catching up promise...As I sit here in Glasgow enjoying a few casual drinks... GW24 results ladies & gents; 1st - FFS Scout (50pts) 2nd - Pun… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 2 |
J0E | What further new tools would you like to see? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic New features After the recent launch of our team profiles and team comparison functions I thought it would be good to ask for your views on what further to… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 121 |
J0E | Battling the blanks Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Yesterday's hot topic looked at dgwk 28 differentials. But what about the Gwk 27 blanks? Who is going into those fixtures happy to field less than 11? Which… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 11 |
J0E | Dgwk 28 differentials Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Dgwk 28 differentials Assuming the Dgwk 28 is just qpr and Spurs how many of their players do you plan to own that week? Given most will either already hav… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 37 |
 Hasselbaink Forever | This season's biggest FPL let-down? Who's been the biggest let down FPL wise this season? I'll start the ball rolling with Falcao, thought he'd have a great season | 11 years, 4 months ago | 70 |
 Rhinos | 5 Golden Rules to Keeping the Fantasy Faith Just read through the great hot topics started by HVT and RoysCallerAnne on FPL disillusionment. I see myslf as someone who has taken this game pretty seriously for at least 5 or 6 seasons yet have… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 46 |
J0E | Post Wildcard Trends Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Post Wildcard Key Trends Thought it would be good to highlight some of the key trends to emerge post winter wildcard. Hopefully this should help address any… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 40 |
 RoysCallerAnne | FPL disillusionment part 2 I enjoyed that hot topic thread from HVT about becoming disillusioned with FPL. I'm not enjoying it at all at the moment and I'm glad there's a break for FA cup. Red arrows definitely = bad mood an… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 72 |
Perchinho | Future blanks and dgw's Unless there are any fixtures postponed because of bad weather, the blanks and DGWs for the rest of the season are: Blanks GW 27: Tottenham, QPR, Chelsea & Leicester GW 33: Fixtures involving team… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 10 |
 Baby Cuties | Your Highest Ever Gameweek Rank What's your highest ever Gameweek rank? I track mine back to GW36 of 2012-13 with a GW rank of 411 That was an epic bumper double gameweek with Chelsea, Man C and Spurs amongst others having two … | 11 years, 4 months ago | 54 |
J0E | If 2013/14 was the season of the casual, who is benefiting this season? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic If last season was the season of the casual, with popular players like Toure and Suarez maintaining form throughout the season, who is benefiting from this s… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 23 |
 Jafooli | Strugglers surgery is now open Anyone else struggling this season? Every move I make seems to be wrong. | 11 years, 4 months ago | 43 |
 HVT | Becoming disillusioned with FPL I can see why Evs is calling it a day, It crossed my mind last night too, Anyone else? Do we really classify this as fun? | 11 years, 4 months ago | 93 |
 FPLSuarridge | Has Sanchez Lost His Essential Status? Sanchez not essential anymore. Comment. | 11 years, 4 months ago | 35 |
 CABAYE4 | Making the most of the remaining double gameweeks I thought I'd summarize my conclusions to what I've wasted the last 2 hours doing. In an attempt to move on from Alexis(C) and Defoe in for a hit, and trying to add some meaning to FA cup games thi… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 15 |
 Black Knights | Romantic meal ruined by Sanchez (c) I had to go out to a restaurant last night during the football. I tried not to check the scores but couldn't resist. When I saw Defoe and San(c)hez captain (-4) had blanked, I let it ruin the rest … | 11 years, 4 months ago | 47 |
J0E | UFPL Stick or Twist? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL Stick or Twist What are your plans for today's matches? How many are you bringing in? Anyone get the captaincy right yesterday? And also special menti… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 28 |
 Zasa | Gwk 25 Top 1000 Template Team Top 1000 template after the apocalypse, Pantilimon(43.2%) Clyne(42.6%) | Terry(50.2% | PvA(72.0%) Cazorla(51.0%) | Hazard(98.0%) | Silva(44.3%) | Sánchez(73.3%) Agüero(95.0%) | Defoe(34.7%) | K… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 17 |
Zasa | Liverpool's Battle For the Centre Ground Pool, have a 6-3-1 record since the middle of December and not a single loss since the holidays. When did this resurgence start for Pool? Well, the turning point was a 3-0 defeat to ManUnited, when… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 17 |
 Davido989 | Is Kane Really That Able? Harry Kane has done very well but still hasn't convinced me fully. More to do with form and confidence than ability, imo. Has scored some crackers though. | 11 years, 4 months ago | 19 |
 Siva Mohan | Key Fixtures Coming Up SOME IMPORTANT DATES FA Cup - 14/15 Feb [Fifth Round] UEFA CL - 17/18 Feb [Round of 16] UEFA EL - 19 Feb [Round of 32] Premier League - 21/22 Feb [GW26] UEFA CL - 24/25 Feb [Round of 16] UEFA EL -… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 11 |
sinik | Is It Time For FPL To Ditch Captains? reposting FPL really should remove captaincy as a feature and simply add more scoring metrics, especially for defenders. Not all the way like UFPL have done but a nice middle ground. Simple is goo… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 21 |
J0E | Gameweek 25 captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? | 11 years, 4 months ago | 74 |
@ocprodigy | Scout picks challenge gw25 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 25 Phew, with two exams tomorrow I'm impressed I've remembered this! Ladies and gentlemen... It's Scout Picks Challenge time! Gameweek 23 results: http://www.fant… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 40 |
JK - Cønt ⭐ | Post-Wildcard Reflection Right now the wc window has closed, what do you consider to be your best successes and your biggest blunders. For me my biggest successes lie with Sunderland, getting Panti and Defoe in has worked… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 39 |
J0E | Tackling Tuesday's Transfer Trauma Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Tackling Tuesday’s Transfer Trauma This Tuesday marks one of those rare moments in Fantasy Premier League where some team sheets are revealed before the t… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 74 |
J0E | UFPL Stick or Twist? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL stick or twist I imagine like me there will be a lot of UFPL players with Aguero as their captain yesterday. Personally I'm sticking, but with only Wis… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 15 |
 Simon March | Dufflinks Makes World Number 1 Gentlemen, it happened: Number 1 in the world (!). How about we all just end the season now, huh? 🙂 | 11 years, 4 months ago | 36 |
 Granville | Prayer Room I'm reserving this space for non-Aguero captainers. (not me). Like one of those prayer rooms at the airport. | 11 years, 4 months ago | 22 |
J0E | Gwk 24's best differential will be... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gwk 24's best differential / punt? | 11 years, 4 months ago | 25 |
 Portsmouth Bubblejet | The Wisdom of Pulis at WBA A few words of caution as regards the West Brom full-back situation. West Brom journalists and supporters are united in being amazed (and annoyed) that André Wisdom has been first choice right-bac… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 11 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 24 *** New spreadsheet will be coming...I promise...soon...I hope. It'll make my life 10x easier if I get time to do so! *** Gameweek 22 results: http://www.fanta… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 32 |
 PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from PlayON, If you have any questions about PlayON I'm happy to answer them - just paste them in as replies below and I'll answer them all | 11 years, 4 months ago | 9 |
J0E | Wildcarding Top Tips And Pitfalls Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Wildcard Top Tips and Pitfalls Those of you who are regular Scoutcast listeners will know that my winter wildcard team has come under discussion from Mark … | 11 years, 4 months ago | 41 |
 Jönny | Today's Press Conferences Just seen on BBC, presser times for today... Hull 08:30 GMT, Arsenal 09:00, West Ham 09:30, QPR 09:45. West Brom 11:30 GMT (new signing Darren Fletcher) 13:00 (Tony Pulis); Man City 12:45 Newc… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 3 |
J0E | Player Prices - who is set for dramatic change next season? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be the biggest victims of 2014/15 inflation/deflation when the FPL announces its 2015/16 prices during the summer? Wayne Rooney for example simply … | 11 years, 4 months ago | 42 |