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And we have a winner. Congratulations JonnyCO7. Great team. Going to give us a very stern test this week. If you could email me your final picks - based on injury news etc - by 5pm Thursday complet…

Was thinking yesterday that Baines has 0 attacking returns since Mirallas returned and wondering if the theory really is true that he ruins Baines' attacking threat and that maybe an injury would b…

A few folks have been asking about players that are departing from the epl in the upcoming tournaments so I’ve popped a list down below. African Cup of Nations Crystal Palace Adlene Guediora (A…

Hall of Fame updated Members can see the updated version of our Hall of Fame - this is up to and including Gameweek 15's scores. http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/hall-of-fame/career/

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Man City options, false 9s and aged stars. With Milner possibly being fielded as a false 9 and Lampard being increasingly relied on by Manchester City, who…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Navigating Man City's zero striker conundrum With Dzeko, Aguero and Jovetic seemingly all out for a week or two what is the best strategy to deal with Man …

Killian here from www.playon.co, A quick note to say that we have £350 in FREEROLLS and over £2,000 in Guaranteed Pots on offer this week at http://www.playon.co We have also extended our team…

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 16 Gameweek 13 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/9075010 Gameweek 14 will be up later tonight (guaranteed), with gameweek 15 following either …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be this week's best differential punt?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Does Aguero's injury mean 3-5-2 is now the best formation. With Yaya, Ramsey and many more high priced midfielders doing well this does on paper look the bes…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Using the Aguero spare change wisely. Unless you get RVP, Aguero owners will find themselves with potentially a large amount of money in the bank once they'…

Instead of asking who people are bringing in for Aguero, it is probably more useful to find out what people's front 3 strikers look like post-Aguero (as there are many permutations of what the othe…

Hey guys. I haven't posted in aaaages as life has been unbelievably hectic. But I managed to carve out a few minutes to look into Yaya and Silva. Basically, I wondered if Silva helps or hinders Yay…

::::: Dead Team Challenge - GW15 Leaderboard Updated ::::: Ladies and Gentlemen, we finally have a new leader... give it up for Woeisme... his superior consistency has seen him jump into the lead …

Why do people say getting "cover" or having "enough cover" from a team is a myth? It's perfectly logical. Let's say you have Fabregas and Costa and no City-players, and let's assume you predict Ch…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is RVP a genuine contender to replace Aguero?

Just worked out the Baseline BPS/min for City defenders... Zabaleta = 0.141 Kompany = 0.160 Clichy = 0.189 Demichelis = 0.165 Mangala = 0.139 Kolarov = 0.174 Clichy wins by a distance 😯 Now…

Imagine if I was called Costa, Imagine if I actually got 6.2ppg, Imagine if I'd scored in every game I started (+1 off the bench), Imagine if I'd only just returned from injury, Imagine if I sco…

It's interesting that, in the week where the best fantasy option (Aguero) gets injured, arguably the two best fantasy players from last season (Yaya and Ramsey) are slowly showing signs of regainin…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is it time to ditch the top priced defenders? Baines and Ivanovic have proved poor investments for their hefty price tags in recent Gameweeks. Ivanovic is …

The Aguero Replacement Sweepstakes! This seems to be the question on everyone's lips tonight, so I thought I'd take a more objective look at the top 5 replacements for Aguero, with particular focu…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic If, as feared, Aguero is facing a number of weeks out with injury what are your exit strategies? Is Costa a viable alternative, even though he is failing to…

If they are selected AFRICA CUP Yaya - Bony - Bolasie - Cisse - Sakho - Bentaleb - Mane - Mahrez - Mulumbu - Elmohamady - Salah - Schlupp - Demel - Sagbo - Tiote - Traoré (Eve) - Eto'o - Song - …

::::: Dead Team Challenge - GW14 Leaderboard Updated ::::: Meant to get this out last night after work and before the game's started, but then I started drinking... but anyway... Well well well, …

Sergio Aguero, mechanism of injury update Receiving the ball on the edge of the area, Aguero gets tackled, falls, then immediately gets back up and attempts to retrieve the ball again, at this poi…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this gameweek and why? Any non Aguero captainers out there?

How are people planning to capitalise on Man City's fixtures? After this GW, it's... lei/CPL/wba/BUR/SUN I havent seen much chat about it, so would appreciate a good discussion. Is there any po…

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 15 Gameweek 12 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/8960664 Gameweek 13 & 14 will both be updated during the weekend/next week as I'm working fro…

Cup Qualification Queries Hi, we've been getting a number of queries from people to do with the cup. Some wondering why they haven't qualified. Here's a round up of some of the key reasons. 1. Qu…

Killian here from PlayON, This week we have £350 in Freerolls and over £2,000 in Guaranteed Pots on offer on www.playon.co - we have changed the game entry deadline to being the kick-off time o…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be the best differential/punt in Gameweek 15? I think Lampard is in with a good shout.

There are some interesting attitudes to risk-taking on this site. Benching a player with a high price or ownership and a tough fixture generally sees the poster criticised for their foolishness. O…

A heads up, there won't be a ScoutCast tonight I'm afraid for the following reasons: 1) it was birthday on wednesday and, due to the Gameweek being midweek, I had to work through and move my cards…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is Aguero safe for the armband every week? Is he the only essential player in the game?

Just out of curiosity.. What are the 3 main reasons you sign up to be a member. What are your 3 favourite things about this. I signed up at start of season and I am struggling to see what the benef…

UFPL stick or twist What are your plans for this current gameweek? Anyone happy with their captain? How many players are you bringing in? I'm switching Siggy (c) to Hazard (c) and bringing in a f…

Fantasy football Scout daily hot topic What is the template frontline? Who are your three strikers? Any others like me who have now ditched Costa? Getting nervous or happy in the knowledge that …

I was interested in how the template has evolved over previous game weeks, so I decided to take a look at it this week. According to top 10k stats, the template team based on ownership is: Foster…

Killian here from www.playon.co, We are today announcing that we are extending our team picking deadline from being 2 hours before the first kick-off to being right up to the kick-off time so you…

Fun Fact - Sterling scored 13 goals against me 😆 (This was during school matches whilst he was at Copland)

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Best Community Article in November Each month we honour the endeavours of our community writers by offering a £25 Amazon voucher to the community’s favou…

Premier League news conferences today include: Hull (08:30) Arsenal (09:00) Everton (12:00) Chelsea (12:30) Man City (12:45) (may be others, but these are the ones the BBC is promoting, so I guess…

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 14 Gameweek 13 results will be posted on Thursday - working away from home in the mighty Bracknell (Reading)! Gameweek 12 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.…

There's so much reluctance to sell Costa yet he's no where near essential and is being outperformed by many other forwards. He had 2 double pointers in GW2 and GW3 and non since. Yes he's ticking a…

::::: Dead Team Challenge - GW13 Leaderboard Updated ::::: Quick turn around this week, lads... Continuing with his relentless pursuit of all things dead, our current leader "The Casual" sits ato…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic One week punts With ADM and Costa out there is plenty of scope for those keen on one week punts. I'm sure we'll all be keeping an eye on The Puntmaster and …

The perils of the fifth "boyd" defender. I was just wondering why do people insist on having a "boyd" in their team leaving them no option but to knee jerk when one of their front 7 go down throu…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic ADM owners - are you benching or ditching, even if its just for one gameweek? And if getting rid who for? Plus how will his absence effect other ManU players…

Who do you think the highest scoring striker will be untill January? Wondering if I should get rid of Costa.. and for who? Rooney: £10.3m, on a streak, could be moved back into midfield with AD…

Given all the indecision on captaincy (along with mine), here are the pros/cons to each. feel free to add/argue A: Costa pros: - plays for the best league in the team hands down - is the focal poi…