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Mark/Granville. We're well used to (& enjoy) the weekly miffeds...but complaining about not captaining Suarez or not owning Toure at this stage is totally ridiculous...come on, it's gameweek 32! …

4 3 3 is really the way to go this days

Fantasy Football Daily Hot Topic Scoutcast questions for Mark and Granville. Feel free to leave your community questions for our podcast pair here.

Memo for Moyes: - Drop Evra for the rest of the season, give Buttner a run in the team and the chance to show he is worthy of keeping. - Never play Tom Cleverley again, he is NOT good enough, end…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Ross Barkley emerged as this double gameweek's surprise star. Who will be the surprise star of double gameweek 34?

Killian here from www.playon.co.uk, Today we are launching a new Twitter feed - @PlayONLive - https://twitter.com/PlayONLive - which will contain team selections, goals, assists, player points an…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic SAS Disassemblement When will be the right time to disassemble the SAS partnership, or are you keeping for teh rest of the season? Liverpool have no DGWs a…

I think Lukaku is getting a rough going. He's 20 years old you know. When Drogba was 22 he scored 0 goals in 11 appearances for Le Mans. At 23 he scored 5 in 21 league games. Both these years in …

Jonty's Hot Topic got me thinking.. Honest answers, who would be a contender for the best FPL managers on this site?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Which type of manager are you? I play fantasy football to get the most points I can, the highest rank I can and to try and win my mini leagues. It’s a s…

Getting a good start What is the secret to getting a good start each season? Instinct? Luck? Hits? The first 10GWs can help build a solid foundation in which to base your season upon. How then, ca…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL stick or twist How did you do yesterday? Anyone swapping any players out or switching the captaincy?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic I usually do a 'who are you captaining' hot topic on a Saturday morning. But this week I suspect that will only prompt a flurry of Suarez replies. Instead …

As most of you know by now Innsie's internet will be down for this GW so I will be filling in for him in his absence. So without further ado it's time for Round 5 of Innsie's Weekly DZ Draft! Pick…

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…

Killian here from www.playon.co.uk A few things to mention this week: 1) We are running a competition on Facebook and Twitter - WIN £25 FREE CREDIT Just answer who is most expensive on PlayON th…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL - transfers rule We are now starting the period of UFPL without any transfers, unless you want to take a large points hit to bring in players on loan. …

I've been saying Silva is a good option all year but I must say i'm surprised to see people choosing him over Gerrard this week. The 2 DGW games are obviously in Liverpool's favour and then City go…

Wow...Nolan's home record is sensational. Ridiculous goal conversion rate. Surely he can't keep it up? Over his last six home games he's got 52 points. That's a ppg of 8.66.

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Scoutcast questions for Mark and Granville Feel free to leave your questions for our podcast pair ahead of their recording this lunchtime.

For those playing in a Money League: 1) What's the prize? 2) How many players? 3) What's your current position? My answers: 1) £150 2) 20 3) 2nd Just curious, as we all seem to spend a lot of…

A couple of comments by ILF and SW6* got me thinking, and they were regarding teams with little to play for being easier opposition that those scrapping for the top/European qualification spots or …

Saw a good thing on twitter yesterday might be worth a go on here to pass the time... Name a Five a side team using first 2 letters of your surname. My surname is Galloway therefore all 5 players …

The case for Paul Dummett... OK, I've been giving myself a headache for my draft team over whether to bring a Hull or Newcastle defender for the DWK. It's pretty much of a muchness but I'm going t…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Single gameweek options in GWK 31. How many and which single gameweek players are you playing in Gameweek 31. Chelsea defenders in particular look like they…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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

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…

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…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this gameweek and why?

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…

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…

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 …

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.

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…

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…

If you had the cash, would you go Rooney over Lukaku?

Thought on the January WC? Saved my season. Wish it would disappear though.

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. …

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…

'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…

Place your Scoutcast questions here please. We're recording tomorrow. My answer to your question is strawberry.

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…

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…

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…

Which players would you include in a Differential DGW31 team?

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…