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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…

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…

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…

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…

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? …

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…

Preamble competition anyone? Upload your own preambles and the one with the most upvotes wins 😉

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

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 …

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…

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…

Right then, hands up who's taking a hit(s) this Gw ???

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…

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…

Community scoutcast questions for Mark and Granville. Feel free to leave your questions here for our podcast pair.

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…

What's your most shameful decision you've made this season (so far)? Mine is probably buying Lamela for 9.0m.

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…

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? 😯

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 …

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 …

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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..

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…

dgw captain is goin to be interesting, could make or break it

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…

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, …

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,…

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.

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)?

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 …