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Here's one ... first 5 names on your WC teamsheet. Not including Suarez as he is too obvious!

What are Lukaku owners doing?

Stats for top 200 in FFScout league: http://docs.google.com/document/d/1okjvRR9dOmpHOZ0AfzfsnPkgqj5sY1PDcorphVNsdLE/edit?usp=sharing Summary: Percentage still in cup: 53.50% Average Team Value…

Adebayor lovers, please explain to me rationale of getting him over others in similar bracket? eg Soldado, Lukaka or Giroud.

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Last minute wildcard surgery With many of you wildcarding this week I thought I'd start a handy thread to discuss your last minute changes. Key questions w…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 Jonty mentioned earlier FFS team is working on an updated Ticker as the current one is a bit 'outdated' and all that.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…

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…

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.. …

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…

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?

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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 …

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…

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 …

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?

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…