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| Author | Hot Topic | Date | Replies |
|---|---|---|---|
 J0E |
Vote for your favourite community article in Sept here
Another day, another vote. This time for your favourite Community article for September. The winner of your vote gets a £20 Amazon voucher. To vote simply add the name of the author and his/her… |
11 years, 10 months ago | 36 |
 ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐ |
Finding the right Forward Balance
people falling into the trap of cheap forwards again. Happens every season. People consistently argue that cheaper options offer more value which they do for a period of time. Up until the premium… |
11 years, 10 months ago | 26 |
 AAAAA |
Stewart Downing Love In
Any Downing owner/buyer care to explain to me the Downing love around here? |
11 years, 10 months ago | 22 |
J0E |
The Gameweek 7 Scout Picks Champion Will Be...
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The Community Champion for Gameweek 7 will be...... a machine. Greenwindmill using the RMT computer's selection within budget will be the community's repres… |
11 years, 10 months ago | 21 |
J0E |
Gameweek 7 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, 10 months ago | 115 |
 Costa Nostra |
Why not take a hit for a defender?
Trying to figure out the thinking on this forum. I always read "don't ever take a hit for a defender". Now, I can kinda understand that since even if you get a clean sheet it's a 6 (or less if no… |
11 years, 10 months ago | 39 |
 The Sarjeant |
Tadic or Mane?
Mane or Tadic? Tadic's stats were a lot better at the weekend than Mane's. |
11 years, 10 months ago | 10 |
 Defcons are for Kinnear |
Rooney and Ramsey exit strategy
Can we just have a separate article/hot topic of what to do with Rooney and Ramsey? Bear in mind some people have cash in the bank too |
11 years, 10 months ago | 30 |
J0E |
UFPL stick or twist ?
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL stick or twist Anyone think they can better yesterday's captain (Costa for most). Anyone got any decent players coming in? |
11 years, 10 months ago | 11 |
J0E |
Who Dares Not Captain Costa?
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who dares not captain Costa? And given most will, which player is your key differential (note this is a player in your team, not who you think is a good dif… |
11 years, 10 months ago | 49 |
 The Fantastic Mr Fox |
Diego Costa Analysis
Costa - Explosive Captain or Consistent teammember? I've been trying to look at Costa's numbers from the last few seasons to see how he scores his goals, in clumps or evenly. This was mainly to se… |
11 years, 10 months ago | 12 |
 @ocprodigy |
Scout Picks Challenge
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 6 ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, every evening prior to the start of the gameweek FFS releases their picks of… |
11 years, 10 months ago | 62 |
 d1sable |
SkyFF Surgery
SkyFF Surgery: let us know your teams/concerns/plans etc for a little group hug and advice. |
11 years, 10 months ago | 17 |
 saata |
Clean sheet odds for the weekend
I see a lot of questions around which defender to start. Here is a list of CS odds according to PaddyPower ordered by possibility: Southamption N/A Chelsea 4/6 ManCity 11/10 ManUtd 7/5 Stoke 7/5 W… |
11 years, 10 months ago | 28 |
 PlayON |
PlayOn Q&A Session
Killian here from PlayON, We have a £1,000 GUARANTEED POT on offer this weekend - you can enter up to 3x different teams into the game before the 10.45 deadline on Sat morning. We also have 3x… |
11 years, 10 months ago | 10 |
J0E |
Gameweek 6's top differential will be...
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who is your top differential for Gameweek 6? Mine is .....fanfare....Peter Crouch...as unfashionable as a pick can be, but against Newcastle his knock downs… |
11 years, 10 months ago | 54 |
 Obi Wan Elokobi |
Get your ranks out
Going of GB's post last page what's the highest you've ever finished overall in the season? Would be interesting to see how well the regular poster on here does. |
11 years, 10 months ago | 58 |
J0E |
ManU Defence Becoming Endangered Species
So Man U back four could be..... Rafael - Rojo - one of Blind/McNair/Thorpe - Shaw Thorpe and McNair have yet to be added to the game as of yet. |
11 years, 10 months ago | 50 |
J0E |
Holding back your wildcard
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Holding back your wildcard Every year I've used my wildcard by gwk 9. This year feels different though. Price changes aren't such a factor and cheap options… |
11 years, 10 months ago | 35 |
 Dr Dream |
Wakatronics latest: Crouch watchlisted
Final post from my newly constructed "Wakatronic stats generator" looking at likely goalscorers from open play, and this time it's the turn of the forwards...The numbers have been processed through… |
11 years, 10 months ago | 15 |
 Ludo |
Minnows Beware - Sturridge Is Near A Return
There's been some talk about Daniel Sturridge's return on this site, but not very much. Although he might not feature in the Merseyside derby on Saturday, these are Liverpool's next ten fixtures: … |
11 years, 10 months ago | 17 |
J0E |
How Long Before Your Knees Jerk?
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic How long do you give a player before you consider ditching? For me it depends on the opposition but if a striker can't score against easy opposition - I'd c… |
11 years, 10 months ago | 25 |
 applebonkers |
Aguero: home and away
inspired by discovering man city have 6 away games in their next 9 i had a look deep inside aguero. so deep that i found his first pet's name, his mother's maiden name and that his prostate is just… |
11 years, 10 months ago | 9 |
 Qubit |
Scout pick voting discussion
Dear Scouts, I dont suppose there's any way we can try and make the Scout Picks Champion selection process less of a popularity contest? Just think that would be fairer. It really puts me… |
11 years, 10 months ago | 69 |
 7shadesofsmoke |
Is aguero fool's gold?
LONG POST ALERT 😀 I'm sitting on Balotelli with enough in the coffers to bring in Agüero ahead of Manchester City's amazing run of blue on the Season Ticker... but having dug a little deeper, th… |
11 years, 10 months ago | 38 |
J0E |
The Gameweek 6 Scout Picks Champion Will Be...
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic We have a winner in our search for a Gameweek 6 Community Scout Picks Champion. This week Giggs Boson has emerged victorious, beating off late charges from … |
11 years, 10 months ago | 12 |
 GetYerYayasOut |
Common misconceptions
Hello I work as a data scientist, and I have noticed some common misconceptions on this site. 1. Being Due There is no such thing. Scoring goals can be viewed as a random process, scoring a goal… |
11 years, 10 months ago | 62 |
 Ryan |
Why bother with ManU attack?
Is United attack even necessary? The goals are likely to be spread around numerous premium priced assets. Falcao 11m RVP 12.4m Rooney 10.4m ADM 9.8m Mata 8.8m Herrera 7.3m Of these 6 players I d… |
11 years, 10 months ago | 32 |
 Zep |
Dead team challenge
::::: Dead Team Challenge - GW5 Leaderboard Updated ::::: Before I begin, just to let you know that a mistake was made last week which has since been corrected, so apologies to The Casual for that… |
11 years, 10 months ago | 14 |
 Parm |
The Ramsey Exit Conundrum
I've currently got Ramsey(with Sterling & Di María as my other big hitters). Usually i'd be looking to jump ship after just one assist in his last three league games(and a half hearted game in the… |
11 years, 10 months ago | 37 |
 Lucy. |
Saintly Centre Mid Stars
Southampton's central midfielders: a word of caution At the beginning of the season, I wrote Schneiderlin, Cork and Wanyama off as picks. Davis and JWP seemed the much better picks, with natural … |
11 years, 10 months ago | 32 |
 Az |
Early bird cup update
Early Bird Cup Update: The dust has no settled on GW5, and another exciting round of the Early Bird Cup has ended - leaving just 4 survivors to compete in the semi finals. View all the action by … |
11 years, 10 months ago | 6 |
@ocprodigy |
Scout picks challenge gw5 results.
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 5 FINAL RESULTS Well, after what was definitely a "different" week with all but one of last season's top 7 winning a game, I present to you this week's SPC results… |
11 years, 10 months ago | 2 |
J0E |
Gameweek 6 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, 10 months ago | 51 |
Lucy. |
Best goalkeeper combo
If you were going to WC now, what would your GK picks be? |
11 years, 10 months ago | 17 |
J0E |
Ufpl stick or twist
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL stick or twist Are you sticking with your captain? Who's in, who's out? |
11 years, 10 months ago | 9 |
 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, 10 months ago | 16 |
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, 10 months ago | 38 |
@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, 10 months ago | 54 |
 |
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, 10 months ago | 26 |
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, 10 months ago | 12 |
 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, 10 months ago | 8 |
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, 10 months ago | 2 |
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, 10 months ago | 27 |
 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, 10 months ago | 18 |
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, 10 months ago | 18 |
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, 10 months ago | 43 |
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, 10 months ago | 22 |
 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, 10 months ago | 70 |
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, 10 months ago | 22 |