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 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… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 18 |
 rohan | Rooney v Lukaku If you had the cash, would you go Rooney over Lukaku? | 12 years, 3 months ago | 20 |
 TorresMagic™ | January wildcard - ditch or keep? Thought on the January WC? Saved my season. Wish it would disappear though. | 12 years, 3 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. … | 12 years, 3 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… | 12 years, 3 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… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 16 |
 Granville | Scoutcast questions Place your Scoutcast questions here please. We're recording tomorrow. My answer to your question is strawberry. | 12 years, 3 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… | 12 years, 3 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… | 12 years, 3 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… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 6 |
 Holmes | Gwk 31 differential XI Which players would you include in a Differential DGW31 team? | 12 years, 3 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… | 12 years, 3 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… | 12 years, 3 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… | 12 years, 3 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… | 12 years, 3 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? … | 12 years, 3 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… | 12 years, 3 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 😉 | 12 years, 3 months ago | 11 |
J0E | Gameweek 29 captain Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this week and why? | 12 years, 3 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 … | 12 years, 3 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… | 12 years, 3 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… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 36 |
 Evs | Who is taking a hit this week? Right then, hands up who's taking a hit(s) this Gw ??? | 12 years, 3 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… | 12 years, 3 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… | 12 years, 3 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. | 12 years, 3 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… | 12 years, 3 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. | 12 years, 3 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… | 12 years, 3 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? 😯 | 12 years, 3 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 … | 12 years, 3 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 … | 12 years, 3 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… | 12 years, 3 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… | 12 years, 3 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 … | 12 years, 3 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… | 12 years, 3 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… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 13 |
 Irish Madridista ⭐ | 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, 3 months 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, 3 months ago | 35 |
 Colonel Shoe 肝池 | The Double Gameweek Captain dgw captain is goin to be interesting, could make or break it | 12 years, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months ago | 38 |