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 sinik | FPL rule change I think that they could make FPL a bit more interesting if they gave each position a special category from which to gain points for racking up a large enough tally: Goalkeepers already get saves D… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 12 |
 Camzy | DGW Differential Strikers Let's talk double gameweek strikers, because I really don't think the three slots are as much of a foregone conclusion as some think. I am seriously considering losing Lukaku. Yes, those fixtures… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 30 |
 J0E | Who Dares Not To Captain Suarez Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Today's is from Athletico Timbo Gameweek 31 captaincy He asks: "Suarez seems a forgone conclusion for the captaincy this week but are we not jumping the gu… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 30 |
J0E | Gerrard or Silva? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Silva or Gerrard Over the weekend two midfielders stood out to grab our attention - Gerrard and Silva. Some will get both. Most will get one for the double … | 11 years, 9 months ago | 21 |
 The Bandit | ManU under Moyes What exactly has Moyes done so wrong that SAF would have got right? Seems to me that the team had run its course an SAF bailed out at the right time | 11 years, 9 months ago | 28 |
 Andy | Handball assists analysis I don’t like making grandiose points without doing my research... so I’ve done my research. I’ve taken on the chin many FPL decisions that have gone against me. Nothing is perfect, people a… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 36 |
J0E | UFPL stick or twist? Fantasy football scout daily hot topic UFPL stick or twist So who got lucky yesterday in UFPL and is sticking with their captain. And who like me (lukaku) is twisting? How many players are you b… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 11 |
J0E | Gameweek 30 captain decisions Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this gameweek and why? | 11 years, 9 months ago | 39 |
 Nice to Finally Michu | Foursome Picks As some of you know by now Innsie's internet will be down for the next two GWs so I will be filling in for him in his absence. So without further ado it's time for Round 4 of Innsie's Weekly DZ Dra… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 64 |
 Dots321 | Gwk 30 clean sheet odds Clean sheet odds for this week from Paddy Power 😀 Everton 55% Chelsea 50% Southampton 48% Man City 44% Sunderland 42% Stoke 42% Swansea 40% Arsenal 32% Newcastle 29% West Ham 29% Crystal Palace 2… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 6 |
 @ocprodigy | This Week's Scout Pick Challenge What time is it? It must be Scout Pick Challenge time! For those who don't know yet... INSTRUCTIONS: *********** YOU MAY ONLY PICK ONE PLAYER FROM EACH TEAM *********** I cannot re-iterate this … | 11 years, 9 months ago | 54 |
 PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Killian here from www.playon.co.uk, I'm happy to answer any questions you have about the article above or about PlayON in general - if you post as replies below I'll answer them all. | 11 years, 9 months ago | 6 |
 Scroobius Mac | Double gameweek punts to consider Double gameweek punts. The template looks so blindingly obvious and restricted with Remy and Aguero likely out meaning Yaya, Hazard Suarez, Sturridge, Lukaku will be in most teams add to that the l… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 15 |
J0E | Second half of the season form Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Second half of the season form In seasons gone by the likes of Baines, Benteke, Bale, Jelavic and PCisse have had strong second halves of the season. In som… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 18 |
 rohan | Rooney v Lukaku If you had the cash, would you go Rooney over Lukaku? | 11 years, 9 months ago | 20 |
 TorresMagic™ | January wildcard - ditch or keep? Thought on the January WC? Saved my season. Wish it would disappear though. | 11 years, 9 months ago | 21 |
J0E | Best 3 strikers for the double? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Best three strikers for the double This is not who you have currently, but if you had a clean slate which three would be the best line up for the double. … | 11 years, 9 months ago | 32 |
 | Lukaku and Baines revisited My planned transfers this week were Lukaku and Baines in… but oh no, Jonty had to go and ruin it with that hot topic. DEVASTATED! 😉 (http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/03/12/scout-scribb… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 5 |
 Kings of Lyon ★ | Best Sunderland defender 'Bardsley, at 4.3, has a couple of goals and assist to his name thus far and looks the greatest attacking threat amongst Poyet’s defensive regulars' I would disagree with this. Compare Alonso an… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 16 |
 Granville | Scoutcast questions Place your Scoutcast questions here please. We're recording tomorrow. My answer to your question is strawberry. | 11 years, 9 months ago | 58 |
 Your Mum's Athletic | Mata v Silva v Gerrard Re-post for a new post (I'll squeeze this in one last time for a new crowd) A question I see come up a lot is whether to keep Mata or not, so I thought I'd delve a little deeper: Mata - 9.6m - ow… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 12 |
J0E | Is Lukaku the anti-Baines? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is Lukaku the anti-Baines? This is revisiting a theory put forward earlier this season (we think by Roscola) that Lukaku’s presence seriously dents Baines… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 31 |
 Valar(Keith) | Who benefits from Aguero? Everyone talks about the negative effects of Aguero being fit on Citys fpl options(Yaya's penos lost, Dzeko/Negredo limited game time), but has anyone looked at the positives especially on 2 assets… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 6 |
 Holmes | Gwk 31 differential XI Which players would you include in a Differential DGW31 team? | 11 years, 9 months ago | 29 |
J0E | A catch up on defenders and bonus points Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Are centrebacks still hoovering up bonus points? Back at the start of the season a major change regarding defenders became apparent. Under the new BPS centr… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 18 |
Valar(Keith) | Coleman or Baines? Just goin through some Coleman stats and even though he has blanked attackin wise in the past couple of fixtures he's still creating chances, taking shots and getting a lot of peno box touches. doe… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 22 |
J0E | UFPL quality bench fodder Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL quality bench fodder Following on from Archie's excellent hot topic on UFPL strategy http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/03/08/the-scoreboard-g… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 16 |
 The Machine | Lukaku the Aguero Alternative? Fancy Lukaku with (SWA newc) to outscore Aguero over the next three Probably gonna end up playing 270 mins too Anyone else avoiding Sergio? Can't fit both him and Yaya and the latter is pretty mu… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 27 |
J0E | Key gwk 30-31 transfers Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Key gwk 30-31 transfer decisions With the dgwk looming where will you be investing your cash? Sturridge and Suarez? Aguero or Lukaku? AJ or Nolan? … | 11 years, 9 months ago | 21 |
 A. | UFPL planning Anyone still paying attention to UFPL? No? Well I'll carry on anyway, as i'm going to be fiddling with the unlimited transfers on there shortly Looking at the fixture spread to look at how easy it… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 4 |
 Piggs Boson | What's your Pre-amble ? Preamble competition anyone? Upload your own preambles and the one with the most upvotes wins 😉 | 11 years, 9 months ago | 11 |
J0E | Gameweek 29 captain Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this week and why? | 11 years, 9 months ago | 10 |
Nice to Finally Michu | Schürrley not Unraveling the fantasy enigma that is… Andre Schurrle - Schurrle in total has 6 goals this season, which in simpler terms is more than Silva, Ozil and Cazorla - However, Schurrle has scored on … | 11 years, 9 months ago | 1 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks challenge It's that time of the week again, Scout Picks Challenge time! For those who don't know yet... INSTRUCTIONS: Normally, you may only pick ONE person from each team (yes, two of your players will be… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 78 |
J0E | An Expanded Evs Hit Topic Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Bit of a hit topic today. Expanding on Evs's hot topic yesterday about how many hits you are taking this week, he also asks how many hits do you plan to tak… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 36 |
 Evs | Who is taking a hit this week? Right then, hands up who's taking a hit(s) this Gw ??? | 11 years, 9 months ago | 55 |
 Courtois in the Rye | Don't put the Dgwk cart before the Gwk29 horse This is going massively against the grain but is the possibility of scoring highly this week being overlooked in a lot of the planning - people going ahead with 6/7 players etc in favour of getting… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 39 |
 applebonkers | Smalling Stats of the past 20 games smalling has started 15. of the other 5 he was injured for 2 and came off the bench in 3. the run includes starting 10 of the last 11, and all of the last 5. start 1: RB v sto… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 12 |
J0E | Scoutcast Questions for Mark and Granville Community scoutcast questions for Mark and Granville. Feel free to leave your questions here for our podcast pair. | 11 years, 9 months ago | 33 |
J0E | Double gameweek 31 frontlines Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Today's is from Evs. He asks: "What will be your dgw frontline and why?" Who are the must have's. Is Sturridge and Suarez still viable with Aguero, Remy an… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 26 |
Piggs Boson | Your Most Shameful Decision? What's your most shameful decision you've made this season (so far)? Mine is probably buying Lamela for 9.0m. | 11 years, 9 months ago | 35 |
 Demel | Your Favourite World Cup? What was your favourite World Cup? For me and my love of the underdog the 2002 World Cup had it all including the shock after shock of The South Korean team. England actually put in a decent show… | 11 years, 9 months ago | 37 |
 FPL Touches | The Dirtiest Team Ever? Just been wondering which squad in history you would class as the dirtiest team EVER.. Surely there's been no-one worse than 2002 South Korea? 😯 | 11 years, 9 months ago | 38 |
 roscola | Which non-DGW players will you keep? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Which non-DGW players will you keep? We're all rightly going bonkers over a big juicy double Gameweek but having a full complement of 'doublers' would mean … | 11 years, 10 months ago | 31 |
 President John F. Keninnsie | Is Aguero Essential for GW31 Is Aguero essential for GW31? I've made my mind up that I'll get Remy instead of him, here's why... Aguero + High-scoring team + Proven FPL player + Fixtures + On penalties + Plays Hull in GW30 … | 11 years, 10 months ago | 30 |
 _Greg | Kevin Nolan v Adam Johnson Does any of you boffins fancy doing an AJ versus Nolan comparison? NOLAN: + 5.26 PPG (90 mins) + in form (5 in last 5 games) + 10 games remaining (DGW) + Two home ties for DGW - Liverpool/Arsena… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 12 |
 SwissGuinness | Gwk 29 defenders for a hit DEFENDER FOR GW 29 FOR A HIT Hey guys ! I'm looking for a defender for GW29 for a hit. So I share my thoughts with you ! I looked at the options for GW29, focusing on CS, attacking threat and fix… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 23 |
J0E | Best GWK 29 differential Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Best gwk 29 differential. I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that this is the best week of the year to take a hit for an outrageous differential. Most will … | 11 years, 10 months ago | 35 |
| Gwk 29 capt. candidates - the history Gameweek 31 Captains - The History Robin van Persie vs West Brom 9 appearances - 5 goals - 3 assists Wayne Rooney vs West Brom 11 appearances - 6 goals - 4 assists (5 goals in last 4 apps) Frank… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 6 |
 Reedy | Gameweek 29 options There really is a paucity of genuine armband contenders for GW29. One thing it has done is made me look beyond the usual suspects, and I think it's time I contributed something anyway - so here's m… | 11 years, 10 months ago | 13 |