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Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic How Can We Counter The Suarez Effect? Luis Suarez is now owned by 45% of FPL players and has risen by 2m since he returned from suspension in Gameweek 6. We…

Just some opinions regarding Man City: A lot of people have Silva or are at least thinking of bringing him in, here's some pros and cons; Pros - Man City do look more potent with Silva in the tea…

Just took a look at the roles of players in the big teams. Might help understand how they have been performing. A rough simplification only, only considered players who have started most games. Ar…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic January transfer wish list Today's is from Spencer. He asks: "With just four points separating 1st and 5th place in the Premier League, it looks like the …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Gameweek 16 captain Tricky week for the armband. Who are you captaining and why?

Killian has just arrived Demi, Happy to answer any questions you have about PlayON

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

@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…

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…

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 …

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…

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?

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

*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…

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…

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…

When is the January wildcard valid?

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…

Boruc (rip) Terry / Coleman / lovern Rambo / Yaya / SG / Hazza Suarez / Aguero / Rooney Is this the ultimate "casual team" ?

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…

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…

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…

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 😉

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?

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:…

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 …

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…

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic So is anyone not captaining Aguero this week? If not who have you gone for and why?

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…

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…

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…