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| Author | Hot Topic | Date | Replies |
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 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 months ago | 24 |
J0E | Another Batch of Community Articles Now Published Just published the latest batch of community articles. Some great stuff here looking at injured stars, their replacements, more group analysis, an update from the FFS UEFA group and much much more.… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 1 |
J0E | World Cup predicted line-ups - have your say Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic World Cup predicted line-ups - have your say We have just launched a community article featuring all the predicted line ups for the World Cup matchday one. … | 11 years, 9 months ago | 4 |
J0E | A Trio of McD community articles Some really good community articles looking at the McD Official FIFA game have just come in. Here's DanielLevy16's look at budget goalkeepers and defenders http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 2 |
 Mark | The McD's FIFA FFS League Official McD's FIFA Scout League here... http://en.mcdonalds.fantasy.fifa.com/leagues/65483 More on this game from us tomorrow...including our take on the rules (ahem). | 11 years, 9 months ago | 14 |
PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session - World Cup Special Killian here from PlayON, We've just put our brand new, totally redesigned site live for the World Cup - you can check it out at www.playon.co We have new features such as multiple teams and in-… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 18 |
 Mr Sarcastic | FIFA Official game whining history McDonalds vs FFS community, whining history so far. It started like 'whaaat omg they are going to give point for everyone rb, Ramos is a must!' We have to play 5 at the back, stupid stupid, stuuuu… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 3 |
J0E | FFS World Cup Set Piece Takers Page Now Live World Cup Set Piece takers page has now been updated by Demi and myself. We've got as far as I can see the internet's most comprehensive list of all the tournament's penalty, corner, direct and ind… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 17 |
J0E | FIFA Official game RMT special Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic FIFA Official game RMT special The Fifa official game is now open and Fantasy managers are looking to get the best squad possible. So who thinks they have t… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 20 |
 tm245 | Deadzone World Cup Picks Challenge Evening. This was a Hot Topic from earlier in the week and we are now open for business as many will need a tonic from the grueling challenge of picking our individual FF squads. Please reply by … | 11 years, 9 months ago | 46 |
 BONZ | McDonalds FF GAME OVERVIEW McDonalds Fantasy Football Having had a good read through the ever changing rules, here is a quick guide: £100m to select 23 man squad with 3 per team cap on selection You must select 11 player… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 14 |
J0E | World Cup Set Piece Takers Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic World Cup Set Piece takers I thought it would be good to compile a useful list here of the World Cup penalty, corner, direct free kick and free kick takers.… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 19 |
 CABAYE4 | £1m Starters In The McDonald's Game Which 1M players actually start? I've only found Mbholi, Montazeri and Bentaleb but sounds like people think there's more. Care to share them? | 11 years, 9 months ago | 8 |
 Dr Dream | Can the McD game be trusted for community tournaments? Is the McD's site going to be reliable enough for our tournament ?...A bit late in the day but the Fox game is excellent and offers some good teams due to generous pricing. | 11 years, 9 months ago | 13 |
J0E | FIFA World Cup Game Hopes and Fears Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The FIFA official game opens in around two hours. Do you think the rules will change? Which rules do you hope they change? Which appeal to you? Do you think… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 17 |
 r0nh | Call for FPL price change reform. As this site is linked on the FPL site, the creators are aware of this site. I wonder if they ever read the comments here & consider our incorporating our ideas... If I could change one thing, it… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 20 |
Billy Gilmore | 4 year old mcdonald's If anyone's interested I have compiled the McD histories of all 598 players involved in the 2010 WC. It contains all the RB data from then (The rules were identical to this year's) as well as mins,… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 34 |
J0E | Fabregas to Chelsea rumour? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic If Fabregas goes to Chelsea who is tempted to get him? And what would such a move mean for other Chelsea assets. Oscar in particular would be vulnerable to … | 11 years, 9 months ago | 12 |
 President John F. Keninnsie | Fox Defensive Strategy What strategy are people going with defensively in Fox? 2 big hitters playing every game and one rotating cheapie for the third spot? 1 big hitter with 2 cheapies? A full uber defence? | 11 years, 9 months ago | 10 |
Gargamel | World Cup - Goalscorer challenge game Hi everybody. I created a mini league in the http://wc.goalscorerchallenge.co.uk game. Anybody can join and I would like it if you did. The password you need to join is 74e312c1 The concept of t… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 19 |
J0E | Friday Quiz Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Here’s a quick quiz about last season’s Premier League for today’s hot topic. I’ll start easy and get harder 1. Who scored the most own goals? 2. Wh… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 75 |
 Christina. | Strategies for the Fox game Fox strategy? | 11 years, 9 months ago | 22 |
J0E | Can Costa Really Break The Template? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Back to the Premier League today Diego Costa looks certain to be a Chelsea player for next season and thereby bringing back a fantasy asset that has long al… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 25 |
J0E | Fox World Cup Fantasy Game Discussion Anyone playing the Fox Sports World Cup fantasy game? Looks really good so far and just like FPL. Website seems pretty quick too. http://worldcupfantasy.foxsports.com.au/ If anyone has any leagu… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 33 |
CABAYE4 | Are The Right Teams At The World Cup? This might go down badly with some on here, but does anyone else think that Europe should have more spots in the WC? I can't help feel that the group stages would be more competitive if say Swede… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 44 |
J0E | Can Germany Win the World Cup? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Can Germany win it? Germany always perform well at international tournaments. Could this be their year to actually win it. And which of their players will… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 10 |
 roscola | Roscola's World Cup fixture ticker Since everyone else was too lazy to make a WC fixture-ticker for me I had to make one myself. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Qqaj3dS4F_by1NZ0dFaEo1cW8/edit?usp=sharing I expect much disagreem… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 22 |
 Saniul | Will recovered balls scupper the McD game? Anyone else thinks that 1 point/recovered ball would kill the McD game completely? | 11 years, 9 months ago | 18 |
 El Muñeco | Italy Update I recently wrote a community article on the Italy squad and thought it would be useful to provide a quick update. -The Italians played out a 0-0 friendly with Republic of Ireland. The most signif… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 3 |
 Piggs Boson | FPL defender pricing - What's your preference? *** Which defence do you prefer? *** Poverty 4.5 - 4.5 - 4.5 - 4.5 - 4.0 The Emperor 7.0 – 4.5 – 4.5 – 4.5 – 4.0 The Master and the Apprentice 6.5 – 5.5 – 4.5 – 4.5 – 4.0 The Th… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 37 |
 Tony Warner Fan Club | A Happy Meal of Recovered Balls in the McD Game. Going to retread some old ground here but I thought as the game gets nearer, I'd use some data from FIFA's WC 2010 stats to further highlight how absurdly biased the 2014 McDonald's WC points scori… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 10 |
J0E | LATEST COMMUNITY ARTICLES - SCOUTING USA AND WORLD CUP QUALIFIER STATS Two more community articles published - Blue Lion's look at World Cup qualifier stats http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/06/03/world-cup-qualifiers-goals-scored-and-conceded-stats/ And Wa… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 3 |
J0E | Community Article of the Month Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Community Article of the month The response to the launch of our community submissions section has been incredible. During May alone we published 41 article… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 28 |
 WorldCupDanB | World Cup Penalty Takers I've updated the penalty taker doc (I used a list someone put on here to fill gaps but don't know who it was so sorry I can't credit you). https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sSZkkkpihf-9C0zpt… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 4 |
J0E | Argentina - could this be their World Cup? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Argentina - could this be their World Cup? Messi and co have been underachievers in recent years. But could this finally be the year that Argentina relive p… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 19 |
J0E | 2014/15 FPL ambitions Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Yesterday we published an update to our Hall of Fame. There are some impressive veterans and new managers alike in the new table. What is your realistic a… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 40 |