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 TeamSteam | The case for Henderson and Sterling Still in a sense of shock after todays game. Really amazed by how well we played. If it weren`t for the tough fixtures, Sterling or Henderson could really be worth a shout. Very impressed with Rodg… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 11 |
 The Sarjeant | More Aguero replacement options With Sergio Aguero highly likely to be out for numerous weeks, many of us are looking for the ideal candidate to replace the Argentine with. Here's my choices on who to replace him with, even if so… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 6 |
 J0E | Dare to be different Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Dare to be different With Walcott and silva proving their value and frontlines looking increasingly similar with each week a January wildcard template tea… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 16 |
 Nice to Finally Michu | Aguero replacement options With the recent injury to Sergio Aguero many managers have been wondering who to replace the Argentine with. Earlier in the season the amount of great forward options were abundant and you really c… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 16 |
 Smarty Pants | Top1k statistics GW 16 Statistics for the Top 1,000 FPL teams Full Stats: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvWn-PT-iYTHdG0tSS1XVFhwbXphcUxqdTk0MW02Q1E&usp=sharing HIGHLIGHTS GW16 transfers mad… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 29 |
 Sean. | Goal Time Just to blow a few myths out of the water , I've calculated the average goals per game of the matches this season Early Saturday KO 2.7 3PM Saturday KO 2.4 Late Saturday KO 2.7 Early Sunda… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 20 |
J0E | Gameweek 16 captain Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Gameweek 16 captain Tricky week for the armband. Who are you captaining and why? | 12 years, 6 months ago | 30 |
 PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian has just arrived Demi, Happy to answer any questions you have about PlayON | 12 years, 6 months ago | 5 |
J0E | Soft Spots Fantasy Football Scout Hot Topic Soft spots In the latest podcast Mark revealed he had a soft spot for Steven Ireland, based largely on his one and only incredible season five years ago when he e… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 27 |
J0E | The Midprice Minefield Fantasy Football Scout Hot Topic The midprice minefield Today’s hot topic is from D1sable. He asks: “How swayed are you by the latest round of low to mid price midfielders trying to claim p… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 21 |
 Twisted Saltergater | GW16 Captain Analysis To save all those "who should I captain?" questions, here's how I see the main runners going into the weekend. 1. Aguero A run of 12, 2, 13, 7, 18, 15, 1 in Sergio Aguero's home fixtures tells yo… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 19 |
J0E | The new holy midfield trinity? Fantasy Football Scout Hot Topic The new holy midfield trinity? With Walcott already registering two assists since his comeback, Silva getting on the score sheet last night and Hazard in explosiv… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 46 |
 Monkey Hanger | Rank + Hit = Sad Times 829pts = 550k 928pts = 50k 965pts = 10k 1003pts = 1k Which means depending upon where you are on the above list, each 4pt hit approx. represents:- 829pts = 20k OR per 4pt hit 928pts = 4k OR p… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 16 |
 Evs | FPL Other Influences I've been promoted from the bench this morning to cover Jonty with the... Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic. Today's subject is... Other Influences. There is always a lot of discussion on… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 43 |
 7shadesofsmoke | Picking Differentials in FPL Having read Test Eagles' post on differentials, i started thinking... Differentials are an interesting topic. Here are my thoughts on the matter. I think there are only 4 strikers worth owning at… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 31 |
J0E | Rooney v Lukaku Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Rooney v Lukaku. If we are to accept that Suarez is undroppable and all credible managers now own him, plus that Aguero’s explosive returns particularly a… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 62 |
 Valar(Keith) | The Everton Defence (incl. Baps) @Roscola/Whoever else was asking.. Found it.. Written before the Arsenal game so ignore that result 😉 Just did an analysis on Baps for Jagielka and Distin and Everton in general 1. Everton D… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 9 |
J0E | Time To Cheapen Our Defences? Fantasy Football Scout Hot Topic Today’s one is from Tinkerman Time To Cheapen Our Defences? He says “The last few weeks have seen clean sheets for Palace, Cardiff, Newcastle, Norwich, Sunde… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 22 |
Evs | How many Toffees? With a great run of fixtures ahead (FUL, swa, SUN, SOT, stk, NOR) Fantasy Managers thoughts are turning to Toffee cover in December. What Everton players do you currently have, and who are set to … | 12 years, 6 months ago | 39 |
Smarty Pants | TOP 1K STATS: Gameweek 15 Full Stats: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvWn-PT-iYTHdDlDdy1uSWdIVVJrUy14S1N6LXlfTkE&usp=sharing HIGHLIGHTS GW15 transfers made 1133 GW15 wildcards played 0.5% Point hit… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 18 |
J0E | Time to bail on Saints defence? Fantasy football scout daily hot topic With the likes of Boruc and Wanyama injured and poor fixtures is it now time to bail on the once secure Southampton defence? | 12 years, 6 months ago | 22 |
PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from www.playon.co.uk, This week there’s a bounty on Robbie Fowler’s head - take him on in a £1 one-on-one game and one person who beats him will win £10 free credit. As usual,… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 1 |
J0E | The Community Team Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic The Community Team Behind the scenes we've started getting some early discussions in on new article/feature ideas for next season. One that is gathering mom… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 50 |
J0E | Stick or twist Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Stick or twist With key players suspended this weekend and others now prone to rotation what are you doing with your flagged and benched players? Can you af… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 31 |
 Ryan | Striking a Balance Ok so here's the deal regarding team structure. As far as I can see, apart from Ramsey, there are no good mid priced mids. There are plenty of solid cheap mids and expensive mids but none in the mi… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 29 |
 HVT | How to increase your rank 1. Fill a plastic bottle of water with stones and place it inside your toilet cistern. It will save water on every flush. Use either a one litre bottle, a milk carton or a few small plastic… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 24 |
J0E | Last minute hit success stories Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Last minute hit success stories This one is from D1sable He asks: "Have taken a last minute hit (-4) etc and have it pay off in style instantly? If so who… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 21 |
 Granville | Bonus points system Great example last night of bonus points system not working. A total of 15 points were given out rather than 6. Had Palace not scored then I suspect a few West Ham defenders would have also picked… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 65 |
 President John F. Keninnsie | Budget defender rotation *Budget Defender Rotation* With expensive strikers and midfielders becoming popular again, many people are going to have to shift funds from their defence. I've discovered some decent rotations wi… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 21 |
Smarty Pants | Top 100 Heroes some interesting teams in the top 1K • the only guy in the top 1K who didn't make a single transfer this season http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1405403/event-history/14/ • the only guy… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 20 |
Smarty Pants | GW14 Stats TOP 1,000 FPL players Stats GW14 Full Stats: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvWn-PT-iYTHdHJ5VWtIXzV5Vk1LczdsV2UxUElhckE&usp=sharing HIGHLIGHTS GW14 transfers made 1010 Poin… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 36 |
 Los Pollos | Most spectacular ever 'the answer is in the question' post When is the January wildcard valid? | 12 years, 6 months ago | 23 |
 banskt | Goalkeeper rotation options With the recent injuries to the goalkeepers, I needed to rethink about my goalkeeper strategy for the rest of the league (yes, I am talking till GW38) with 2FT in hand and 10m budget. What would be… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 17 |
HVT | The Ultimate 'Casual' Team Boruc (rip) Terry / Coleman / lovern Rambo / Yaya / SG / Hazza Suarez / Aguero / Rooney Is this the ultimate "casual team" ? | 12 years, 6 months ago | 17 |
 maxi - REAL ENGLISH FAN | Team Value is a Joke! Team value is a bit of a joke mate. First off you lose. At least half of your gains anyway. Second if its spread around your team its worth even less. Say everyone goes up by 0.3 you only get 0.1… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 16 |
J0E | How Could FPL Be Improved? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Today’s hot topic is from Evs. He asks: “If you could make any improvements to the FPL game what would they be, and why do you think it would improve it… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 124 |
Valar(Keith) | Walcott to break into the Arsenal team? So Wally got 20 odd minutes vs Soton.. Would have come on early vs Cardiff but wenger decided to tighten up, played 15 odd minutes in the UCL(did he? cant remember).. Been in first team training fo… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 32 |
Evs | Southampton keepers are double red. Which way do we turn? Well, as are many I struck by the DOUBLE Southampton keeper curse. Just to keep me on the edge, I'm getting Pantomime as a replacement. It's that time of the year after all 😉 | 12 years, 6 months ago | 30 |
J0E | Gameweek 14 rotation fears Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Who do you think will be rested during Gameweek 14? And who will be the key differentials that may seize the opportunity to fill their place? | 12 years, 6 months ago | 13 |
 Konig Luther | Ranking targets RANKING TARGET...to see how much you need: 1st: 917 1000th: 845 5000th: 821 10,000th: 810 20,000th: 797 30,000th: 789 40,000th: 783 50,000th: 778 80,000th: 767 100,000th: 761 150,000th:… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 10 |
J0E | The Dawn of the Cheap Striker Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Is the dawn of the cheap striker upon us? With Deulofeu and Gouffran getting on the score sheet yesterday and heavyweight midfielders still proving their … | 12 years, 6 months ago | 18 |
Smarty Pants | TOP 1K STATS: GAMEWEEK 13 Top 1K Stats this week for those interested Full stats: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvWn-PT-iYTHdFVzZ283Y3dqWUFfTVBGWWNWaFNkS0E&usp=sharing TRANSFERS AND TEAM VALUE Numbe… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 11 |
J0E | Aguero(c)-less managers unite Fantasy football scout daily hot topic So is anyone not captaining Aguero this week? If not who have you gone for and why? | 12 years, 6 months ago | 24 |
PlayON | The PlayON Q&A Killian here from PlayON, This week we have a £500 guaranteed pot on offer at www.playon.co.uk. If you have any friends / work colleagues that might be interested in PlayON, we would really appr… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 7 |
 GreenWindmill | GWK 13 Captain Stats My weekly look at the captaincy choices and their form against this week's opposition. For those struggling to pick a captain and who believe in bogey teams, etc. here are the popular captain choi… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 8 |
J0E | Guess Mark's Transfers Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic It's competition time. Mark is being cagey about his three transfers that he has already made this week. No prize, apart from the kudos of being right, but… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 51 |
J0E | Don't Shoot The Messenger Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Today's is from D1sable again....he's on a roll. He asks: "What's the worst piece of advice you have given a fellow Fantasy manager?" And was it deliberate… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 16 |
 HurriKane | Failed Bandwagons: Which Did You Fall For Or Avoid? Bandwagons this year I gladly stayed away from HBA - everyone was crazy about him a month or so ago but seems to be out of favor now Barkley - looks promising but 4 blanks in a row Lallana- faded … | 12 years, 6 months ago | 13 |
 Gargamel | Introducing the Gargatron Good evening everybody. Some of you will remember that I last year made a little program that presented some stats for your FPL team. I ran it from my own computer by entering an ID and thereby pr… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 35 |
 Dogba | Jagielka v Distin Everton CBs! Jagielka versus Distin: It looks cut and dry looking at the points, but I decided to look at the data before making up my mind. * Both have played every single minute this season, so… | 12 years, 6 months ago | 28 |