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AuthorHot TopicDateReplies

WorldCupDanB
Pre-season predictions gone awry

What did you predict at the start of the season would happen that you were completely wrong about. For me I thought West Ham would be in a mess and would concede loads and score few with Sam tryin…

11 years, 7 months ago16

J0E
Gameweek 5 Armband and Late Transfers

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining and why? And is there anyone yet to make a transfer this week? Who are you considering this morning and for who?

11 years, 7 months ago38

@ocprodigy
Scout picks Challenge

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 5 Good evening everyone. Later than normal (I say this every week...) but here we go, it's that time again! Scout Picks Challenge! ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For …

11 years, 7 months ago54

To you, to me: Chelsea passing analysis

Jonty’s hot topic regarding Match of the Day suggesting Fabregas ‘looks for’ Costa was interesting… but I’m always sceptical about MotD analysis. You can make any point with the right cli…

11 years, 7 months ago26

PlayON
PlayOn Q&A Session

Killian here from PlayON, This week we have a Free Entry £250 Guaranteed Pot on offer, as well as our usual £1,000 Guaranteed Pot - you can enter the games now at www.playon.co There are also …

11 years, 7 months ago12

Kalix
Fantasy Eggs & Baskets

Ineresting topic I just thought of with team selection: Do you hedge your bets? or play for maximum points? two scenarios come to mind 1) Play a goalie/defender from the same club? or bench the d…

11 years, 7 months ago8

J0E
Four new community articles now live

We have a quartet of great community articles for you this morning. Here’s Puntmaster with his latest trio of differentials http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/09/18/gameweek-5-best-punt…

11 years, 7 months ago2

J0E
Are We Wrong To Never Captain Baines?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Are we wrong to never captain Baines? History has told us that Baines is a good player to own but handing him the armband is risky. A Palace goal this weeken…

11 years, 7 months ago27

Piggs Boson
Best year yet for Baines?

Baines hasn't been this cheap since 2009/10, 5 years ago!! But is he worth it? These are his PPG (Points per Game) values from the previous 4 seasons. . Season........PPG ..13/14 ........ 5.28 .…

11 years, 7 months ago18

Zep
Dead team challenge gw4 leaderboard

::::: Dead Team Challenge - GW4 Leaderboard Updated ::::: Congratulations to our current leader, The Casual who is on an impressive 272pts, which equates to an amazing Overall Rank of 1.3k... :sho…

11 years, 7 months ago18

J0E
Searching for the new Lineker and Beardsley

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Best Partnerships This is inspired from a comment JK made yesterday about whether to ditch Hazard. http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/09/17/say-w…

11 years, 7 months ago43

The Sarjeant
The form gauge

The Form Gauge. I've decided to do a new weekly thing called The Form Gauge. With this I'll be looking into teams form in the Premier League over a three week and six week period. We have a watch …

11 years, 7 months ago22

Twelve years a slave
Is Di Maria essential?

People without Di Maria have a real dilemma, his price is rocketing very fast, and he will soon be out of reach for mny. Those looking at the stats for comfort are kidding themselves. He may of…

11 years, 7 months ago70

J0E
Top tips for climbing your mini-leagues

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Top tips for climbing your mini-leagues It's only four weeks into the season and already some managers are panicking over their mini-league position. It is …

11 years, 7 months ago22

Az
Early Bird Cup GWK 4 Results

Evening all! The 'Early Bird' Cup has claimed another batch of distinguished scalps. We now move into the Quarter finals, the last 8, which will of course become 4 after GW 5's doors have slammed …

11 years, 7 months ago7

MJ6987
Season keepers

Season Keepers At the start of the season, I (like many) thought that Ramsey and Hazard looked like the main season keepers. Ramsey has not done anything to contradict this yet. Hazard has been un…

11 years, 7 months ago25

J0E
The Gameweek 5 Scout Picks Champion Will Be...

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 5's Community Champion will be .....Doosra He won this week's vote and now goes head to head with Mark, Paul and myself to reclaim some pride for t…

11 years, 7 months ago8

Piggs Boson
Cheap defensive options

The Saints host CSs against WBA and NEW and suddenly their defence is essential? Burnley, Swansea, Spurs and United also have 2 CSs. And you can grab their defenders for 4.0m, 4.5m, 5.0m & 5.3m res…

11 years, 7 months ago15

davies
Leicester fan here to help.

Just want to say, I'm willing to answer any questions regarding Leicester (expected line up etc.), should you require information. Sort of what Lucy does with Saints, I'll be available. Repost.

11 years, 7 months ago37

roscola
Everton Cleansheet Credentials

I've been banging a drum since the start of the season about Everton's clean sheet prospects. It was fuelled by this piece over at statsbomb: http://www.statsbomb.com/2014/08/epl-2014-15-season-pre…

11 years, 7 months ago63

Ludo
Will Fabregas leave Mourinho's bus door open?

Can Mourinho still shut up shop as effectively with Fabregas in the side? Chelsea's away trips to the league's best attacking sides all resulted in clean sheets last season. These are their midfiel…

11 years, 7 months ago25

J0E
Gameweek 5 Community Champion Vote

Fantasy Football Scout Community Champion needed. As you may have noticed we’ve revamped our Scout Picks. Mark, myself, Paul and a community champion picked by you each week are up against each …

11 years, 7 months ago84

applebonkers
Is Di Maria a genuine FPL prospect?

was di maria that 'omg stop what you're doing and get this man in at all costs' today? i'm not going to play the QPR card as great fixtures exist, that's what happens over a season. it's more the i…

11 years, 7 months ago20

tm245
Dead Zone Champs League Picks Competition

Evening. This summer, TorresMagic helped me run a World Cup Picks Competition in the Deadzone. I would be happy to do the same for the Champions League. If you are interested, please post your pic…

11 years, 7 months ago39

J0E
Ufpl stick or twist?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL stick or twist. What are your ufpl plans today? Who didn't captain costa and is looking for a new captain? With most games played yesterday benches m…

11 years, 7 months ago6

Defcons are for Kinnear
Bandwagon extraordinaire

Can people please pay attention to this. The FPL we love is under threat Sterling 47.8 Fábregas 42.6 Ramsey 42.4 Sigurdsson 38.7 Hazard 15.9 Diego Costa 49.2 Rooney 35.5 Naismith 33.8 Stur…

11 years, 7 months ago65

Pepin - RIP Absinthe
The consequence of captain costa

I remember a few watershed captaincy weeks last year. I think it was Suarez away at Spurs in his second game back or something? Huge haul, most didn't captain, and captainers got a huge jump. Co…

11 years, 7 months ago8

PlayON
PlayOn Q&A Session

Killian here from PlayON, There's less than 1 hour left to pick your teams for the £1,000 GUARANTEED POT this week - entries close at 10.45. There's also £1,000 in GUARANTEED pots available in…

11 years, 7 months ago5

J0E
Gameweek 4 Captain Decisions

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining/ vice captaining this week and why? I've added vc as I think we may need them this week.

11 years, 7 months ago52

facer
Facer's verdict on Ramsey's injury

Evening Gents Had a look at the Ramsey footage and thought I'd post a few notes In a nutshell, he turns sharply, slips and inverts the right ankle unexpectedly. The movement is not at an extreme …

11 years, 7 months ago16

@ocprodigy
Scout picks challenge gw4

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 4 Premier League is back babyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!! And with that, we have this gameweek's Scout Picks Challenge! ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven'…

11 years, 7 months ago49

Dr Dream
attacking stats

Attacking stats for last week.....Top one may be problematic for some if his manager decides that a player who gets in a position to have that many chances is worth another pick...possibly....Secon…

11 years, 7 months ago5

Dr Dream
Bombing forward

Can't help with clean sheets but I can show those defenders who are bombing forward and making a nuisance of themselves up front...Flagged the top one last week before he notched...Not sure what's …

11 years, 7 months ago14

PlayON
PlayOn Q&A Session

Killian here from PlayON, I'm happy to answer any questions you have about PlayON - if you add them as replies below I'll answer them all. I'd also welcome any suggestions anyone has for how we…

11 years, 7 months ago3

J0E
Will Gameweek 4 be the puntiest on record?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is Gameweek 4 shaping up to being one of the puntiest weeks ever. With heavy hitters like Ramsey, Costa, Hazard and Sturridge nursing injuries and players re…

11 years, 7 months ago26

PlayON
PlayOn Q&A Session

Killian here from www.playon.co, As per the article above, we have £2,000 in Guaranteed Pots on offer this weekend. You can also now start earning an income from your fantasy teams, as explain…

11 years, 7 months ago4

J0E
Player Selection Reality v Perception

Fantasy Football Scout I’ve noticed a few posts saying that Danny Welbeck isn’t a good striker misses too many chances In reality though he was one of the most lethal strikers in the Premier …

11 years, 7 months ago35

J0E
The Gameweek 4 Scout Picks Champion Will Be...

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The polls closed at 10am in what was the closest contest yet to be community champion. At 10am Arvination edged out Doosra by a nail biting 1 vote. The final…

11 years, 7 months ago31

J0E
Scout Picks Community Champion Needed - Apply and Vote Here

Fantasy Football Scout Community Champion needed. As you may have noticed we’ve revamped our Scout Picks. Mark, myself, Paul and a community champion picked by you each week are up against each …

11 years, 7 months ago96

7shadesofsmoke
UFPL investment analysis

UFPL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS Decided to have a little look at the data for the opening three gameweeks in UFPL and thought I'd share my findings ahead of the final deadline for our squads. [For anyon…

11 years, 7 months ago13

thetinkerman
Rainbow Laces Campaign

As you no doubt know, many Premier League players and clubs are backing the #rainbowlaces campaign run by the UK charity Stonewall, which is aiming to get players to sport rainbow coloured football…

11 years, 7 months ago27

J0E
Where next for the template?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Where next for the template? With the fixtures shifting after the international break and injuries mounting up what do we think the template formation will …

11 years, 7 months ago30

J0E
Should FPL abandon price changes?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Given price changes are less frequent this season should FPL consider abandoning this part of the game altogether? If not how would you like to see the game'…

11 years, 7 months ago94

Twelve years a slave
Top 5 ...but not for long

Nick may be fifth on the hall of fame but He no longer knows what he is doing 😀 So far my wildcard has gained me no money and no clue as to who to replace my current players with. Its starting t…

11 years, 7 months ago73

President John F. Keninnsie
Beware of attacking rotation

Reposting due to new post. Thought I'd do a little post on attacking rotations since a few people are on their wildcard. One of the problems with owning Naismith is, due to his price, you don't w…

11 years, 7 months ago17

J0E
Champions league differentials

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who is playing a Champions League fantasy game? Can you recommend any differential options that offer good value for money? Be good to compile a list here o…

11 years, 7 months ago17

Dr Dream
Forward thinking Mids

OOP mids ? not really, but they are... Had a couple of conversations in the last couple of days about "touches inside the box" for mids..and mids playing a "high Avg position" (amounts to the sa…

11 years, 7 months ago18

Qubit
A positive view on price changes

Its a human trait that most people don't like change. This year has seen a change to the FPL transfer system and how prices rise/fall. This seems to have resulted in a lot of discussion (mostly…

11 years, 7 months ago40

J0E
2014/15's surprise stars will be...

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be this season's surprise stars? We've had three gameweeks of stats and games to look at. Who do you think will be the surprise stars of the season…

11 years, 7 months ago34

J0E
New Tactic for 2014/15

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic New tactic for 2014/15 Each year I try a new tactic that I hope will improve my overall rank by Gameweek 38. A couple of seasons ago I tried focusing on cha…

11 years, 7 months ago41