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 PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from PlayON, If you have any questions about PlayON or about the article above, just add them as replies below and I will answer them all. Two questions we would like the opinion o… | 12 years, 1 month ago | 10 |
 J0E | Unlikely season saviours Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Unlikely season saviours In the 2011/12 season all looked lost for me after the first few weeks. I’d missed the bandwagons at the time. But about five w… | 12 years, 1 month ago | 20 |
J0E | Community leagues news Community Leagues news Just starting compiling this weekend's Community Round Up article. With no Premier League games last weekend the Community Leagues section is looking a little bare. If anyon… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 32 |
 Spencer | Mini-League Competitions Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Mini-League Competitions Does competing in the mini leagues influence which players you start or captain? For example, do you pick a differential captain t… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 31 |
 Koflok | Another ticker value alternative SEASON TICKER UPDATE! Okay well it's not the official one. Jonty mentioned earlier FFS team is working on an updated Ticker as the current one is a bit 'outdated' and all that. (Away to MU a 'very… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 24 |
 Slikk | The skinny on Solskjær Since I'm a Norwegian I thought I might as well try to give you my opinions about what to expect from OGS and Cardiff in the future, since I've been following his work at Molde for a couple of seas… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 12 |
 Alberto Tomba | Budget Midfielders Budget Midfielders Hello chaps, I'm currently on WC and wondering who to pick as a fifth mid. I went through players under 5.4 and without considering fixtures or rotations here's what I reckon.. … | 12 years, 2 months ago | 29 |
 Mary | FPL League Stats Hey, just thought I would post to let users on here know about a Chrome Extension I have developed to give insightful statistics on FPL Mini-Leagues. The stats calculated will be based on the curr… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 26 |
 r0nh | Does rotating cheap defenders actually work? Does the cheap rotating defenders system actually work? You obviously play the defender with the easiest fixture any given week... But how often do they return a clean sheet? | 12 years, 2 months ago | 27 |
J0E | Wildcard differentials Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Wildcard Differentials As you'd expect the same names are coming up in wildcard rate my teams. But what names should we perhaps be considering as key differ… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 36 |
Koflok | Fixture Difficulties and Sexy Potatoes Long post ahead. The few paragraphs between the lines is the 'journey' I took and how I get to the conclusion.. I know for most of you, you just want the good stuff. So if it's TLDR feel free to sk… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 21 |
J0E | Wildcard goalkeepers Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Wildcard goalkeepers With the wildcard deadline approaching at the end of the month how we line up our goalkeepers will be key. It’s a sport you will rar… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 25 |
 Phaze 1 | Will Yaya Keep It Up? Posting again for Sinik and for the zone in general. The case against Yaya 'LUCKBOX' Toure. I wanna start off by saying that I know players can go on streeks/purple patches and when they do you ju… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 12 |
 matskm | Assessing the Arsenal midfield options New to FPL comment posting, but been reading for a long time. My 2cents on Walcott replacements. I am a Gooner and follow the whole team closely (though not at most of the matches). However, I was … | 12 years, 2 months ago | 37 |
 Beavis | Walcott replacement options Walcott Replacements Right, I'm sure this is the question that is on everyone's mind so let's look at the options available to replace Theo. 1. OBVIOUS a) Ozil - 9.9m - 17.5% ownership - 6.33 P… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 22 |
 The Sarjeant | Wildcard defensive decisions The January Wildcard - Defensive Decisions. Fantasy football managers are now armed with the January wildcard, and whilst most of us know the attacking targets that we want, I thought I'd take a … | 12 years, 2 months ago | 3 |
Koflok | Baines as a 4th midfielder option? Had quite a bit of lengthy discussion over at DZ http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/01/05/the-community-round-up-22/?hc_page=9#hc_comment_6458463 Thought I would bring up the topic to a di… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 29 |
J0E | Is Wayne Rooney now a spent force? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Is Wayne Rooney at Manchester United now a spent force in fantasy terms? No longer nailed on due to injury, plays deeper in a position he said on record he … | 12 years, 2 months ago | 15 |
 SPorting | Anyone for a Diet-Wildcard? Anyone going for a "WC light" or a "Diet WC"? In other words, only changing 4, 5 or 6 players instead of the whole lot? | 12 years, 2 months ago | 21 |
 Dogba | Should we consider turning our backs on Coleman? Am I the only one who is considering going with Terry instead of Coleman for Jan WC? I think they'll score about the same amount of goals (2-3 more with some luck) until the end of the season, but … | 12 years, 2 months ago | 31 |
 Camzy | Ozil v Cazorla Ozil or Cazorla? Cazorla - 9.5m, 2.3% ownership Pros: - Differential - Good form - 90 minutes in last 3 gameweeks - Cheaper than Ozil - More goal attempts Cons: - If money is tight, won't allow t… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 8 |
 Bielsa's Bucket | FA Cup draw Full draw results Sunderland / Carlisle v Kidderminster / Peterborough Bolton v Cardiff Southampton v Yeovil Huddersfield v Charlton / Oxford Port Vale / Plymouth v Brighton Nottingham Forest v I… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 10 |
J0E | Cheap striker options Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Cheap Striker Options For those wildcarding and investing heavily in midfield and still wanting a decent defence a cheap to mid price third striker looks th… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 45 |
Koflok | Value defender potential A week ago I did a quick review on teams with value defenders; how they are doing so far and what's the likely performance in this second half of the season. Summing up quickly, the likes of Hull… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 8 |
 Evs | Wildcard: The Midfield Big Guns. Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic. The Midfield Big Guns. With the January wildcard now upon us a, how many BIG Hitters will you be looking to flood you midfield with? Who will your preferr… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 58 |
 lachyas | Eight Steps To A Wildcard Template Your Guide To The Wildcard Template Team This assumes a team value of around 108, although could easily be made to work with less or upgraded to a better team with more. There’s plenty of room f… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 9 |
 Elniñorules | Playing For The World Cup A big consideration for me in the WC teams is player motivation for the World Cup. Will be looking at players who're looking to make a strong case for breaking into the first team. Who are we look… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 43 |
J0E | Late wildcard planning - frisking the gwk 24-29 fixtures. Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Late wildcard planning For those thinking of leaving it until the last minute to wildcard I thought I’d look ahead to the six gameweeks from Gameweek 24.… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 24 |
 President John F. Keninnsie | Wildcard Rotations Posted this earlier. Long post alert! I've posted a lot of this information separately before the WC can be used so now that the WC is available I've grouped it all together in one long post. Headi… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 12 |
 Granville | Time for 3-5-2? I reckon this wildcard has come at the right time to consider going 3-5-2 and picking a budget striker. Good options now with the like of JRod, Hooper, Agbonlahor, Berahinho, Gouffran all performin… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 34 |
 Absinthe 42 | interesting article on fixture scheduling Is this an article that has done the rounds before? Very interesting analysis of how a lack of rest leads to poorer performance for teams. http://www.fifpro.org/news/news_details/1933 | 12 years, 2 months ago | 6 |
 BMox81 | One GK and a non-playing backup or rotating keepers For those who have gone half the season with one GK and a non playing backup - do you intend on changing this for the second half of the season? I think I'm going to stick with it. It's served me … | 12 years, 2 months ago | 17 |
J0E | Rate my early wildcard team Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Rate my early wildcard So who is wildcarding this week and if so feel free to share your wildcard team so far? Are you going for price rises? Which stri… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 24 |
 GK | More wildcard bargains With January wildcards being played as of today who are YOU tipping as potential bargains or the best value for money? There's plenty of players out there coming back from injury, just coming in to… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 6 |
 Smarty Pants | Top 1K Stats Full Stats: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqtVjAktDqTFdEtIckNxaWVtal9JYWhRYmV4d1R2UHc&usp=sharing HIGHLIGHTS GW20 transfers made 1160 Teams which were in the top 1K in GW19… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 32 |
J0E | Gameweek 20 benches Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Let's see your benches With rotation and injuries set to plague Gameweek 20 our sub benches could be key. So what shape is your subs bench in? I'll go fi… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 37 |
 Bauerhaus 24 | January wildcard bargains SOME JANUARY WILDCARD BARGAIN/DIFFERENTIAL OPTIONS RETURNING FROM INJURY Keepers: BORUC £4.7 - 11.2% ownership (mostly dead) - 4.5points per game - Expected return* 11th Jan - Excellent fixtu… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 14 |
 BON | What does it take to be a top fantasy manager? Evs (FFS) & spiderm4tt (FISO); currently the best managers? Evs from FFS finished 5th last year, and this season is currently 1,099th. http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/8486/history spiderm4… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 26 |
PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from www.playon.co.uk, I'm happy to answer any general questions you have about PlayON. Also, as per the article above, there is a bounty on OptaJoe's head for the New Year's Day ga… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 2 |
J0E | Second half of the season key players Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Second half of the season success stories With wildcards becoming active from tomorrow I thought it would be good to try and predict which players are likel… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 24 |
 Gargamel | The Gargatron: Version II Good evening my friends. Just wanted to tell you that I updated the Rankings tab on the Gargatron to now show how far away from rank 5 000 and 50 000 you are, as I've seen some posts about that on… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 23 |
Koflok | Cheap Defensive Rotation Posted this couple days ago to a different crowd, just wanna share it to you guys. A simple review on probably one of the most important aspect of the Jan WC – the defense rotation. And with a t… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 23 |
 FORCA INTER | Second half of the season expectations after half season is gone -are you happy with your season so far? -wich rank you at this moment? -wich rank you expecting at the end? for me this season has been real rollercoster and i realize… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 51 |
Gargamel | The case for an expensive defence I don't see much love for the big defences in the wildcard discussions. Guys like Mertesacker has delivered just about 1 PPG less than the big midfielders for a cost of more than 3m less. The way t… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 32 |
J0E | Early wildcarders unite Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Early wildcarders unite So who is wildcarding at 11:31 or thereabouts this week. What is your strategy? Are you aiming for price rises during the FA Cup bre… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 19 |
 Twelve years a slave | January Wildcard Tips How to make maximum use of the January wildcard 1) Use it as late as possible Anticipate in advance which players are likely to be popular in the first wildcard window. Ie Sterling Hazard Walc… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 22 |
 jdoyle | Which type of poster are you? The Five Most Annoying FFS Posters 1. The Guy Went Unnecessarily High Expectations He wants his team to do really well. So much so in fact that he will write out a shopping list of his demands. H… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 42 |
J0E | Gwk 20 - who is nailed on, who will be rotated? Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Gwk 20 - Nailed on or rotated? Given the rotation during gwk 19 who do we think will be rested and who is nailed on for gwk 20? | 12 years, 2 months ago | 25 |
President John F. Keninnsie | More Goalkeeper Rotations Following on from my post on budget goalkeeper rotations, I have done some analysis on more expensive goalkeepers for those who plan to spend more on this position when they play their wildcard. T… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 10 |
President John F. Keninnsie | Budget Goalkeeper Rotations Budget Goalkeeper Rotation With the impending January Wildcard, I've done some research and fixture analysis for teams with 'budget' goalkeepers. The fixtures start in GW 21, 11 Jan, (the first we… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 17 |