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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 …

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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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 …

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'…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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 …

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'…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Planned a "wait on Falcao" post, after I read in the paper about him trying to get a visa whilst on international duty in Amercia... and seeing how Rojo has had issues. Plus his lack of fitness...…

Can anyone remember their worst fantasy moment? Something worse than Yaya scoring when you didn't have him? I remember my main ML rival captaining Friedel the day he saves two penalties for Black…

Early Bird Cup Update https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AjjtGjCCBpZvdHpodVVxWWFsV3dsYnpKeHRkT09kZUE&output=html The last 16 fixture list is now live. Good luck to all those left. There…

i know simply wanting something is not enough for it to happen more, but mourinho seems genuinely fuming about conceding 3 at everton, a reaction is ominous surely. this brings a dilemma, bench sig…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Manchester United starting XI Just what will be the ManU starting XI for most matches? Who is nailed on? Who will start?

Reporting from yesterday, in case it helps more people: How to build your wc team: Step 1 - essentials After much consideration and deliberation I have reached the conclusion that there are only…

So a lot of the WC RMT’s seem to be taking a punt on Welbeck and with Giroud being out for 4 months he should start up front and at 6.9m that seems pretty good for an Arsenal forward. On paper W…

There is NO template anymore. So many options up front, big established heavy hitters, cheap options aplenty, new big hitters coming in, cheap options playing for big teams like Welbeck and in mid…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Transfer day moves Which player move for you is the most exciting in Fantasy Football terms. It could be their effect on the team or themselves in terms of …

I didn't spot the transfer of Sadio Mane being discussed in the post above so I thought I'd share some thoughts on it. Well, its not thoughts on Mane per se, its more about how I think the transfer…

Garg's post about the Gargatron reminded me of another Chrome extension that I like: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fpl-mini-league-stats-cal/ofjikfigpedfahjpninpbegobibogbda

Hello, friends! Thought I'd inform you that I've updated and released the Gargatron, the FPL stats machine for the 2014/2015 season. Some of you will have used it last season and if that is the c…

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 3 FINAL RESULTS Again, sorry for the late results but it's been a busy weekend! Finally sorted, calculated and I have personally gone over the teams to ensure no i…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Why did we all miss Nathan Dyer? Nathan Dyer has been one of the stars of the campaign so far, but he's poorly owned and I've seen no RMTs with him over the…