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 J0E | World Cup Knockout Stage Selection Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Your World Cup Knockout Stage teams Let's see your your teams for the knockout stages of the World Cup and please specify which game you are playing. For… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 14 |
J0E | How will the Suarez ban affect your planning for next season? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic How will Luis Suarez's ban affect your planning for the forthcoming Premier League season. Does this make Daniel Sturridge a shoo-in? Or is Rickie Lambert no… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 23 |
 SW6 | The Non-World Cup XI Best XI from teams that didn't qualify for the World Cup? ---------------------Handanovic Coleman----Ivanovic------Subotic ---- Alaba ------------Eriksen-------Ramsey Bale-------------------------… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 9 |
J0E | Knockout Stage Budget Options Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Knockout Stage Budget Options Earlier this week I asked which top three strikers would you consider bringing in for the World Cup knockout stages. Now with … | 11 years, 10 months ago | 10 |
 Zep | Breaking The Fox Template Since we're on the subject on Fox strategies... By the looks of things it's the 4th midfielder that will be the only real differential in the Fox game... that and the armband... The lenient budge… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 10 |
J0E | Where next for England? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Where next for England? With England players clearly falling short both technically and tactically in this World Cup does England have a credible future in … | 11 years, 10 months ago | 46 |
 CABAYE4 | Rest v momentum Anyone else think that resting players would be a bad idea for the sides already qualified? Tournament football is all about momentum, surely rotating your squad and potentially losing/drawing gam… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 21 |
 PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from PlayON, A quick note to say that all pots for the Round 1 and Round 2 gameweeks will be paid out later today. The Live Matchday is now back working properly so we're looking f… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 0 |
J0E | Best front 3 - knockout stages Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What is the best front three for the knockout stage of the World Cup and please state which game you are playing? For this you have to take into account obv… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 21 |
 Portsmouth Bubblejet | Home and Away rotation While we're on the subject of season tickers, I’ve made 2014/15 home-and-away rotation tables for each of the 20 PL teams (PDF available). While this didn’t work out too well last year, as Fost… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 18 |
PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from PlayON, A quick note to apologise again for the issues being experienced on the site at present. We now have the live matchday back working correctly and as such, all pots from … | 11 years, 10 months ago | 3 |
 Siva Mohan | World Cup Players on One Yellow Card Players on 1 Yellow Card Players also receive a one match ban if they pick up a single yellow card in two different games from the beginning of the group stage until the end of the quarterfinal ma… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 4 |
J0E | First, survival or pride- The Matchday 3 line up minefield Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Playing for first, to stay in or pride Here’s a list of the World Cup teams based on what they are playing for in Matchday 3. May give a useful guide to w… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 5 |
J0E | England line up v Costa Rica will be... Hodgson has been interviewed this afternoon saying that he will make changes against Costa Rica and make sure everyone in the squad gets minutes at some point this tournament. Given this what do … | 11 years, 10 months ago | 20 |
J0E | Who is world class? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Which players at the World Cup are truly world class? It's a phrase that is used a lot but what is your criteria for a player being world class? | 11 years, 10 months ago | 57 |
 Dr Dream | World Cup Attacking Stats Some shots stats. Attempts on target from inside the box to date Benzema 9 Robben. 5 RVP. 4 Total attempts on Target to date Benzema. 11 Robben. 8 RVP. 7 Total attempts on target per team Fr… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 3 |
J0E | Knock out round XI Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic World Cup Knockout round XI When transfers kick in at the knock out stage what key 11 players are you looking to own/ hope get through the group stage? Pl… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 22 |
 Billy Gilmore | FFS UEFA Matchday 1 Results Repost for new post... I've created a site with the results for MD1 of the FFS WC. If someone has provided me with a screenshot of their team then it is linked to their name on the site. http://b… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 36 |
J0E | Where did it go wrong for England? Here's my take on last night's England performance. I thought one of poorest pieces of England play last night was from Leighton Baines. He kept getting into great crossing positions, but instead o… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 43 |
J0E | Best World Cup 2014 Moment So Far Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Let's forget the lows and focus on the highs. What for you has been the best moment of or associated with the World Cup so far? | 11 years, 10 months ago | 17 |
 Davido989 | Next Season Predictions Early stab at next seasons premier league table. City Chelsea Liverpool Arsenal Spurs United Everton Irrelevant...... Villa Burnley QPR Surprise package: West Ham Top scorer: Luis Suar… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 6 |
 The Missing Link | Arsenal's Summer To Do List @facuparse The problems Wenger needs to fix in ONE transfer window 1) You need a goal keeper 2) Jenkinson is your best right back 3) You only have 2 decent center backs 4) Arteta is your best CD… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 30 |
 Lord Dragon | Changing (c) in McD's Game on iPad or iPhone For people with iPad not able to change captain, try this; (though downloading Chrome might be alot of effort) Have an Android tablet and similar problem. With Chrome when you get the list of all … | 11 years, 10 months ago | 4 |
 teddy. | Cheap goalkeeper rotation Here's a couple of cheap keeper combos for the first half of the season for ya: Burnley/Sunderland wba swa qpr cpl SUN SWA STO WHM EVE cpl HUL lei AVL NEW qpr WHM new HUL avl Leicester/WBA SUN… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 15 |
J0E | Fixture busting teams Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Next season's fixtures. Which teams do you think will maintain their home and away form next season? For example witll Manchester United continue to be poor… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 8 |
 | McD's Formation Bug Fixed There's something new on formation change in McD. It says, they won't take out player who has played already.You should take him out manually. Relief! | 11 years, 10 months ago | 30 |
 Phil_fox85 | Letter to Fifa Chances of a response to this email to McD's....Slim or none!? ------------------------ Hi, This is a popular fantasy football game, but the user interface is shocking. I would suggest that in f… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 9 |
 Sess! | Premier League 2014/15 Fixtures - Sorted by Home and Away Fixtures laid out home and away up until Jan 1st for teams with keepers that should be in the £4.5- £5.5m bracket to help with your rotation spreadsheets: Sunderland wba, MUN, qpr, TOT, bur, SWA… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 10 |
 Tomlette Greggs | Premier League 2014/15 Fixtures Key Facts some interesting run-ins and starts to the season: * On the weekends following the Champions League group games, Chelsea play City, United, Arsenal and Liverpool. * Manchester United's first 5 fi… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 3 |
J0E | Premier League 2014/15- Who has the best first 6 games? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The Premier League fixtures are out this morning. Here are the opening six matches for the top sides where your captain is likely to come from. Which do you … | 11 years, 10 months ago | 29 |
 Louis | Premier League Fixture List 2014-15 http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2014-15/jun/fixture-list-for-2014-2015-season-released.html | 11 years, 10 months ago | 0 |
PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from PlayON, Firstly, my apologies for the current issues we are experiencing with the Live Matchday - we are working hard on getting these resolved and they should be sorted later t… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 11 |
J0E | Matchday Two - Predicted Lineups Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Matchday Two predicted line ups We have now released our Matchday Two predicted line ups. As with Matchday One's line up predictions we are also looking for… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 2 |
 Gnu | TV Commentary heroes and villians Hope Adrian Chiles gets the foreign reporter job at ITV, he can pop over to Syria and comment on what unfair criticism that nice chap Bashar Al-Assad seems to be getting. Get that chump away from f… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 14 |
 Parm | Full backs are the winners in Brazil As much as I've loved all the goals so far this tournament, it really has had a negative impact on my Fantasy teams(excluding McShit to an extent). Usually things tend to be tight in the opening ga… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 7 |
J0E | Fox Bonus Analysis Fox Bonus Analysis Looks like the man in the stands loves the top strikers in the Fox game. Of the bonus so far maximum has been awarded to eight strikers, three midfielders and no def or goalkee… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 13 |
J0E | Simple v Complex Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Keeping it simple? Imagine for a moment that the McD game is clear, not confusing and the interface is great. Ok...so with that in mind what do you think … | 11 years, 10 months ago | 22 |
 Scoredelario | In defence of McD I actually like the mcdonalds game because of the ability to pretty much guarantee beating 'casuals' (yes i hate that term too) by manipulating your squad and captains. I have only really played … | 11 years, 10 months ago | 23 |
 Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ | McD formation change explained A guide to changing formation I want to change formation what will happen YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY LOSE THE PLAYER ON THE LAST POSITION ON THE RIGHT Players are automatically locked in positions … | 11 years, 10 months ago | 8 |
 Gargamel | Is McD the worst ever Fantasy Football game? I've tried so many fantasy games over the year and this Mc Donalds game website is probably the worst I have ever come across. This thing with formation changes autosaving teams with the wrong play… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 11 |
Parm | England v Italy analysis My verdict on yesterdays game: The defence was fairly solid for me, the two goals came as a result of a lack of concentration at a set piece which was very well worked by the Italians, and the de… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 29 |
J0E | World Cup transfer hopes Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic When transfers next kick in during the World Cup game you are playing who will you draft in? Will it be an obvious choice such as RvP, for those playing Fo… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 8 |
Billy Gilmore | McDonalds Player Scores This really needs to be a hot topic. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HIwfmV6QOTOedAZsPyZ_UyckhgppY3-uyEE-F-6Jxro/edit#gid=0 | 11 years, 10 months ago | 16 |
J0E | Captaincy stick or twist? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Stick or Twist? For those playing games where you can change your captain how have you done so far and have you already changed? What are FantasyiTeam ma… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 15 |
J0E | Calling all World Cup minileague organisers Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Calling all World Cup game mini-league organisers. I'm looking to give a mention in this weekend's community round up for any mini leagues. Ideally I need t… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 7 |
PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from PlayON, The deadline for picking teams and entering games is at 19.00 this evening. Get involved at www.playon.co Happy to answer any questions you have about the game | 11 years, 10 months ago | 16 |
J0E | Fox Captain? Fox captain - who are you going for. Sanchez, Neymar, Messi and Benzema look the best based on fixtures. Really can't decide which one to go for. | 11 years, 10 months ago | 16 |
J0E | Last minute budget player picks Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Last minute budget player picks Which budget players are you drafting into your team? Please specify which game you are playing as well...as some players wi… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 5 |
 Demí | Last minute links Last minute links for your tinkering needs: Team by team guide for the 32 nations: http://www.zonalmarking.net/ List of all the World Cup set piece takers: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 17 |
PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from PlayON, With our new World Cup site now live at www.playon.co I'm happy to answer any questions you have. We are working hard to fix a few bugs that have cropped up since we w… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 24 |