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 J0E | Cheaper Alternatives To Sanchez Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Cheaper alternatives to Sanchez With Giroud back in training and Walcott on the brink of regular first team action are credible cheaper alternatives to Sanc… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 28 |
 BeachBadger | Don't Trust My Rank, Trust My Politeness Continuing on from the previous post about what Gnu and Royscalleranne were disucssing on the previous page, I feel a lot of people get hung up on ranks. Not so much their own rank, but focusing on… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 85 |
 Poseidon. Not arrogant, jus… | The Best Premier League Fantasy Asset Ever Is... I only started playing fantasy football last season, but if you could pick from anyone in EPL history, who would be the 1st name on your teamsheet? Van Nistlerooy for me. I know there have been be… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 52 |
J0E | Sturridge to smash the template? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Sturridge to smash the template? A template is emerging that is so far proving successful. With value midfielders and strikers a popular template has been … | 11 years, 7 months ago | 71 |
 ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS | Ditch Saints At Your Peril A quick analysis to prove what some of you may have been thinking, but thought I'd post it nevertheless. I have analysed the total number of goals scored and conceded by SOT's first 11 games, and … | 11 years, 7 months ago | 18 |
 Defcons are for Kinnear | You know you're a fantasy football addict when... You know you're a fantasy football addict when............ | 11 years, 7 months ago | 112 |
J0E | Taxi for Di Maria? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is ADM really as important in Fantasy terms as we think. This quote from LVG is worrying. Could he be subbed early on a regular basis - or even dropped whe… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 22 |
 | Conflict of Interests Conflict of Interests This might be happening every week, but I’ve certainly noticed with my team this week that my returns are severely limited by my defences facing my attacks, or vice versa. … | 11 years, 7 months ago | 35 |
J0E | Season ticker updated Our season ticker has had a rejig - see right hand column. Members can access it with all its bells and whistles here. http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/season-ticker/ | 11 years, 7 months ago | 7 |
 Brian (Not the Messiah) | Don't You Dare Ditch Baines Baines, 3rd highest scoring player in the game for 7.3 and people are thinking of taking him out?? Mental. | 11 years, 7 months ago | 45 |
 MJ6987 | The 4 Must Haves Are... There are 4 must-haves (or near must-have) at the moment I reckon: Baines Sanchez Costa Aguero Anyone disagree? | 11 years, 7 months ago | 39 |
J0E | Form over fixtures or fixtures over form. Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic. Form over fixtures or fixtures over form. Which side do you fall on? Arguably there has been a great case for fixtures over form in the first 11 weeks. wou… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 22 |
 sinik | Time to get rid of Fabregas? so, Fabregas.. 1) injured right now. what? who knows..FPL says groin, some reports say thigh, others say hamstring. clearly not "Mou mind games" as Spain have their own doctors and they have left … | 11 years, 7 months ago | 23 |
 EAGLES (0 Chelsea players) | Hazardous appeal I'm confused about all the Hazard love... Is he secretly getting points that only owners can see? | 11 years, 7 months ago | 39 |
 Piggs Boson | Team formations and FPL relevance I don't believe formations are static. A players' role is more crucial to their output than their positional label in a formation. Ramsey(CM) may score more than Welbeck(ST) for instance. When you… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 17 |
J0E | Essential Watch Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Essential watch. A few weeks back Costa was essential. Now Sanchez seems essential. Who if anyone is essential? For me I think neither are. I've been think… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 53 |
J0E | UFPL stick or twist? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL stick or twist? Who is changing captain (presumably not Aguero owners)? Who is coming in? Also has anyone made a loan move yet - I'm tempted next gamew… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 37 |
 PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from www.playon.co There's just 45 minutes to enter the FREE ENTRY £500 WINNER TAKES ALL Game You can enter up to 3x different teams into the game - deadline for entries is 10.45 … | 11 years, 7 months ago | 1 |
| A history lesson on the saints Maybe not one for a Saturday morning, but I’ve seen a lot of chat about what to do with Southampton defenders. It’s been similar to last year. Lots of cleanies, but when the tricky fixtures co… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 25 |
J0E | GW11 Captain Choice Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining and why? | 11 years, 7 months ago | 29 |
 @ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 11 Just for some clarification - FFS Scout Picks do count towards the game, this was a decision made early in the game's inception and is exactly why "bonus points… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 51 |
 Dr Dream | Falling stars update Falling Stars GW11…Guest star special edition Earlier in the week I put this week’s “Falling Stars” post out to tender and had an agreeable response from one of our top Puntsters, Arvin At… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 7 |
J0E | Gameweek 11's best differential Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gameweek 11's best differential punt? | 11 years, 7 months ago | 37 |
J0E | Hall of Fame updated Hall of Fame updated The live version of our Hall of Fame has been updated....Members can see where they are here. http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/hall-of-fame/live/ The career versio… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 17 |
J0E | Fixture shifting minnows Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Fixture shifting minnows Newcastle, Villa, West Ham and Burnley are heading for an exception run of good fixtures. Which if any players from these teams are… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 21 |
 d1sable | Lessons learnt Every season there's lessons to be learned so what have you guys learnt so far? Mines simple. Always start the season with Ivanovic...... | 11 years, 7 months ago | 30 |
 Arvin-ation | Goal Involvement Kings PLAYER GOAL INVOLVEMENT This only takes into account a particular player's goals as a percentage of the total team goals. Assists are NOT INCLUDED. The player had to be involved somehow in the ga… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 53 |
J0E | Can Liverpool Turn It Around? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Can Liverpool turn it around in time for their kind run of fixtures? Is Daniel Sturridge all that is needed to bring back the goals to Liverpool? Or are thei… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 16 |
J0E | The Community Writer Award for October Goes To .... Congratulations to Ludo, who has won the vote for October's Community Writer of the month award for his very topical Europa League hangover analysis. A £25 Amazon Voucher will be winging its way… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 11 |
 Doosra - â˜DeclanMyGeniusâ… | Is Tadic the real deal? Intriguing fact #1: Tadic, is, by far, the best dead ball striker in our league. http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/5595/ http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-s… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 46 |
J0E | Long haul flight report: Pre gwk 12 international fixtures Just looking ahead to transfers as Oscar is someone I've got my eye on. Was concerned with long haul flights and internationals ahead of gwk 12 but turns out I have nothing to worry about. ADM and … | 11 years, 7 months ago | 35 |
J0E | What has experience taught you about how to succeed at FPL? Experience tells me that Fletcher doesn't score two goals every week. In fact experience tells me that when you get Fletcher in he will either get injured or not score for many gameweeks, plus cruc… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 68 |
J0E | The Scout Picks Community Champion for Gwk 11 will be.... And we have a winner. Congratulations to Toon_Army_HTL for getting the most votes this week. If you can email me your final team, taking into account any inj and line up news, by end of Thursday (… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 1 |
 Your Mum's Athletic | Sanchez! Lord of the dance or dancing on ice? Most of you will react with horror to this question but is Sanchez essential, is he worth a hit? Is getting rid of the likes of a consistent Fabregas worth it in order to fund him? Maybe I haven't … | 11 years, 7 months ago | 35 |
 Lallana_ | Best routE INTO WEST HAMS ATTACK Haven't watched West Ham much but who is there best attacker? Downing? Valencia? Sakho? | 11 years, 7 months ago | 14 |
J0E | Vote for the best Community Article/Article series in October Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Vote for the best Community Article/Article series in October Each month we honour the endeavors of our community writers by offering a £25 Amazon voucher… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 28 |
 Bartowski | Are Southampton Fixture Proof? I'm curious, why does everyone seem to think that Soton will suddenly start to struggle playing at home to the likes of Everton and Man U? Just because their fixtures are tougher doesn't mean thei… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 17 |
 Davido989 | Liverpool New Boys - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly I'm still mad. Let's pick on the signings. The good: none. The okay-ish: Moreno: Has been at fault for 2 goals in 10 games but he's looked promising going forward and is looking to be a good l… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 28 |
Dr Dream | Is Pochettino able enough to pick Kane? Can anybody see any way that Poch can resist Kane's inclusion now ?..and if he notches when he get's a start will there be any going back ? | 11 years, 7 months ago | 19 |
 King Kohli | Sanchez v Costa **Long Post Alert** Since almost everyone has a Clyne/Bertrand + Pelle and with Aguero, Baines & ADM seemingly indispensable, it comes down to Sanchez vs Costa. Sanchez: +Main man at Arsenal. +N… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 38 |
J0E | UFPL stick or twist Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL stick or twist? What are your transfer plans and Capt plans? | 11 years, 7 months ago | 7 |
MJ6987 | Saving the wildcard for a double gameweek SAVING THE WC FOR A DGW I was asking before if a Wildcard is worth it to avoid an 8 point hit. Of course, I would take the opportunity to optimise my squad a bit in other areas as well, but that… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 33 |
PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from PlayON, A quick note to say that The PlayON Analyst is now live with expert insights, news and analysis - take a look at theanalyst.playon.co There's also just 1 hour left to e… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 0 |
J0E | Your Gameweek 10 Tough Decisions Tough decisions this gameweek and I've not been immune to them. After looking at the stats Sterling stays for me. In the end short term fixtures and form decree that I welcome aboard Baines and Dow… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 44 |
J0E | Gameweek 10 Captain Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 10 captain decisions. Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? | 11 years, 7 months ago | 25 |
Dr Dream | FALLING STARS UPDATE Falling stars GW10 A bit late this week due to spooky goings on..Nonetheless..My pick of players for this week all of whom have fallen in price since GW1 and are collectively valued on, or less t… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 14 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 10 *** SPC Gameweek 9 Results available at http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/10/30/the-scoutcast-episode-141-dither/?hc_page=7#hc_comment_8693048 *** Olo… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 50 |
J0E | Gameweek 10's best differential Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 10's best differential Which low ownership player is going to explode with unexpected points this week? I have a feeling one of the Newcastle chea… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 30 |
@ocprodigy | SCOUTPICKS CHALLENGE SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 9 FINAL RESULTS Apologies guys but due to my work commitments (normally away from home Sunday evening until Thursday evening) it is looking more and more likely th… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 7 |
J0E | Stickers v Twisters - The Template Busting Gameweek is Upon Us Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Stickers and Twisters - The Template Busting Gameweek is Upon Us With a clear divide emerging between those reluctant to sell Gwk 9's misfiring or injured p… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 27 |