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| Author | Hot Topic | Date | Replies |
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 Piggs Boson | What's your Pre-amble ? Preamble competition anyone? Upload your own preambles and the one with the most upvotes wins 😉 | 12 years, 2 days ago | 11 |
 J0E | Gameweek 29 captain Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this week and why? | 12 years, 2 days 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 … | 12 years, 2 days 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… | 12 years, 2 days 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… | 12 years, 3 days ago | 36 |
 Evs | Who is taking a hit this week? Right then, hands up who's taking a hit(s) this Gw ??? | 12 years, 4 days 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… | 12 years, 4 days 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… | 12 years, 4 days 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. | 12 years, 4 days 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… | 12 years, 4 days 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. | 12 years, 4 days 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… | 12 years, 4 days 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? 😯 | 12 years, 4 days 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 … | 12 years, 5 days 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 … | 12 years, 5 days 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… | 12 years, 6 days 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… | 12 years, 6 days 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 … | 12 years, 6 days 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… | 12 years, 6 days 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… | 12 years, 7 days ago | 13 |
 Irish Madridista â | Would you bench Hazard over a doubler in Gameweek 31? Are people planning on benching Hazard for the DGW? I'm currently planning on having a cheap 5th mid like Livermore with 2 fixtures and not sure if I'd play Hazard.. | 12 years, 7 days ago | 52 |
J0E | Gameweek 29 line ups Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 29 line ups Let's see your line ups then for Gameweek 29 as it stands - will you take any hits, or are you happy to go in to the week with less tha… | 12 years, 7 days ago | 35 |
 Colonel Shoe è‚æ± | The Double Gameweek Captain dgw captain is goin to be interesting, could make or break it | 12 years, 7 days ago | 27 |
 Demí | Mirallas - Keep or Kick? Everton fans are saying Mirallas and Lukaku were on the bench as Martinez plans to start them vs Arsenal so thought yesterday would be an opportune game to rotate and play the likes of Deulofeu an… | 12 years, 7 days ago | 9 |
 The Machine | The DGW 'Big' Five (but there are 6...) Can't really imagine many having the "BIG FIVE" for the DGW How many of the following do you plan and NOT having for the DGW: Hazard Yaya Aguero Suarez Sturridge Mata (Nowhere near the big five, … | 12 years, 8 days ago | 26 |
 Mark | Ultimate FPL - GW28 - Story So Far Quick check around the community... Points after today's changes, today's players in action and current Captain. I'm on 69 having made my changes for today. I've Vorm, Williams, Vlaar, Snodgrass,… | 12 years, 8 days ago | 41 |
J0E | Sturridge or Suarez for the captaincy? Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Suarez or Sturridge If you own/owned Suarez and Sturridge which do you captain from now on? This has been suggested by Mark by the way. | 12 years, 8 days ago | 15 |
J0E | Gwk 28 captain and transfer? Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Gameweek 28 capt and transfer Who are you captaining and why? What was your transfer and why that player(s)? | 12 years, 9 days ago | 19 |
President John F. Keninnsie | Deadzone Foursome It's time for Round 2 of Innsie's Weekly DZ Draft! Pick 4 players for the upcoming GW only, with a total combined price of 23m (or less). Current FPL prices will be used. The weekly winner is the … | 12 years, 9 days ago | 133 |
 Probniii | Rest = goals. In the previous article I made a post arguing that forwards with more regular rest between matches (ie. times when they are required to peak) are more likely to score more points that those that ar… | 12 years, 9 days ago | 8 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Pick Challenge SCOUT PICK CHALLENGE Welcome to GW28 Scout Pick Challenge! Good luck, sorry I'm around 45 mins later than planned but plenty of time to put your picks in! INSTRUCTIONS: One simple rule - you can … | 12 years, 9 days ago | 81 |
 PlayON | PlayON Q&A Killian here from PlayON, I'm happy to answer any questions you have about the article above or about the game in general. This week we have two special offers: 1) Facebook competition where yo… | 12 years, 10 days ago | 12 |
J0E | Line ups for gwk 29 and 31? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Fielding 11 and dealing with the blanks Quick questions relating to transfers over the next few weeks as many will be looking at making a transfer today. H… | 12 years, 10 days ago | 38 |
 Doosra - â˜DeclanMyGeniusâ… | Members Table: Doosra's Cute Crossers http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/402/ Not just a great goalscorer, or a pretty face ... | 12 years, 11 days ago | 0 |
J0E | Scoutcast Questions for Mark and Granville Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Scoutcast questions for Mark and Granville Feel free to leave your questions here for Mark and Granville to answer when they record their podcast this lunch… | 12 years, 11 days ago | 66 |
 Will - Fantasy Football Hub | Best players gwks 30-38 GW30 and Beyond - time for a team revamp? Number of games left: 12 - Man City, Sunderland 11 - Everton 10 - Palace, Arsenal, Villa, Hull, Liverpool, Man Utd, New, Swansea, West Brom, West Ham … | 12 years, 11 days ago | 8 |
 Az | Cup competition for FFS cup non-qualifiers Would those that didn't manage to qualify for the FFS cups be interested if I set up another FFS cup for just those that failed to qualify? Same format as the regular cup, knockouts etc. if I can g… | 12 years, 12 days ago | 12 |
 elkunaguero | Selling Hazard is Hazardous Hot Topic Lots of talks here since yesterday on potentially selling Hazard for GW31... I think this is rubbish... as he now costs 11.0 and most serious players will have a selling price in the low… | 12 years, 12 days ago | 11 |
J0E | The demise of ManU as a fantasy football force Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The demise of Man United as a fantasy football force Last night was full of some excellent posts about the decline of Manchester United as a footballing for… | 12 years, 12 days ago | 62 |
 speardrops | Adam v Snodgrass The big question for most: Adam v Snodgrass Adam: +More explosive. +More dangerous from pens, corners (assists) and long range. +Higher chance of assists. -Plays away at Norwich soon. -Plays at A… | 12 years, 12 days ago | 17 |
 Fratboy | Rescheduling Scenarios UNASSIGNED GAMES: Arsenal vs Swansea Man City vs Aston Villa Newcastle vs Everton Liverpool vs Sunderland Man City vs Sunderland Sunderland vs West Brom Now, with Champions/Europa League taking u… | 12 years, 13 days ago | 33 |
J0E | Please Someone Save Me From Snodgrass Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Please Someone Save Me From Snodgrass With Hull and West Ham becoming the latest two teams to miss out on a fixture in Gameweek 29 options in midfield that … | 12 years, 13 days ago | 33 |
 Granville | Wildcard tactics for the wild fixtures What to do with your wildcard if you're still fortunate enough to have one. If I had a wildcard now I'd be considering getting 11 players out for GW 29 and then slapping out the wildcard for GW30.… | 12 years, 14 days ago | 13 |
J0E | Rage quitting Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Rage quitting For the first time in seven years of fantasy footballing I contemplated rage quitting a game at the weekend. After carefully substituting the … | 12 years, 14 days ago | 15 |
 marco_atk85 | Eriksen exit strategy Eriksen exit strategy Following yesterday Eriksen's non-used sub situation, I think everyone convinced that Eriksen is out of favor right now. As I already set my team for GW29 with 11 player who … | 12 years, 14 days ago | 10 |
 Ryan | Fear and bravery Fellow SAS owners. Is it time to finally captain Sturridge regularly over Suarez? I've been backing Sturridge for a few weeks now and have always vouched for him in the picks. However despite my gu… | 12 years, 14 days ago | 38 |
 Jackson123 | Yaya: keep or ditch? Yaya owners keeping through the double blank? | 12 years, 14 days ago | 22 |
 Phil_fox85 | Will 2013/14 see the highest ever FPL score? So, if I continue to score at the same rate that I have so far this season I'll end up with 2,293 points. That will be highest ever total score and in previous seasons it would have secured me a pl… | 12 years, 14 days ago | 18 |
 Red Viper | Armband for Adebayor? Are people seriously considering captaining Adebayor next week? Teams that get thrased badly one week tend to be a lot harder to beat the following game. | 12 years, 14 days ago | 19 |
J0E | UFPL stick or twist ? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL stick or twist? Are you sticking or twisting with your captaincy? For those who captained the likes of Yaya this is a real dilemma. For those like me… | 12 years, 15 days ago | 36 |