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Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Today’s is brought to you by D1sable. He asks: “Has Benteke firmly been smacked with second season syndrome or will the return of his lieutenants Gabby…

I keep reading how Rooney is in great form and a must have etc etc but then comparing the stats to Lukaku, someone who has generally been out of form recently, the stats are quite surprising (beari…

- Benteke owners - Since joining Villa last year, he has scored 34 goals in all competitions for us. I looked at the common factors in all of his goals and was pretty amazed to see just how relian…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Balancing the tightrope The suspension tightrope is bulging, especially with Rooney now placed on it. Mark asks: “With the Suspension Tightrope growing …

Aguero Vs Suarez - Captaincy Conundrum - GW 13 Aguero and Suarez are both undoubtedly in amazing form, and both of these players have favourable fixtures for game week 13. Some people have said it…

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Today's is from D1sable. He asks: "Has the issue of who to captain simply come down to captain Aguero at home and Suarez at all other times."

Just a reminder for those considering defensive or midfield rotation that gameweeks 13-20 constitute the longest fixture block of the season. So from now until New Year's Day, teams in Group 1 wil…

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Today's hot topic is from D1sable. He asks:"Who will be the 'key' defensive players over the xmas period. I have seen a lot of focus on the attacking side …

Here we go 🙂 GW 12 Statistics for the Top 1000 FPL players Full stats: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvWn-PT-iYTHdGpZZUF5NDVneW16M3hGOEhhYXBkMkE&usp=sharing HIGHLIGHTS TRA…

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

who's got a dodgy line-up this week? share your team if its shit!

Killian here from PlayON, This week we are asking the FFS community to critique our newly designed site ahead of it being launched - http://playon-ui.herokuapp.com/ In addition to the new design…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Take the 5th. Today’s FFS hot topic is brought to you by Evs. He asks – “The 5th midfielder.... is having a good one such as Ravel or Januzaj availa…

There's been some talk recently about the congestion of upcoming fixtures, between now and January. I wanted to take a look into this and see what teams have the most matches to play, and how many …

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 Today's daily hot topic was brought to you by community member Templatastic. He asks: "At what moment did you know you were 'addicted' to fantasy football?"

In recent years it has been seen as an unwise move to captain a player in the first game of the weekend, the best players seem to falter and it is a crapshoot most owners want to stay away from. Bu…

For those interested in Fantasy Ashes. Code : 409872 http://cricketdreamteam.sportal.com.au A dozen of us in it atm.

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Cheap bench options - stick or upgrade? We have been pooling our brain cells up at FFS towers to come up with some more daily hot topics ideas. Today’s i…

Daily Hot Topic Who will be the dominant manager come the end of the Season? Gran "Injury Prone" Ville or Mark "Wrong decisions at every turn" Sutherns

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic RMT Etiquette Already this week we've had an influx of new users register with the site. This means there will be lots of first time RMT posters. Let's h…

DOING THE JANUARY "WILDTHING" A couple of posters have asked when is the best time to use January Wild card. I'm looking at you David999… In short - there is no correct time. Injuries, pos…

there was a myth last week about rooney always doing well against arsenal. how about nasri v spurs: 12/13: home - not in the squad away - goal 11/12: home - goal away - 3 assists 10/11: home - …

Since Jonty is scraping the barrel with daily topics... TM, hulk this post... I have looked at three of the bottom 4 teams(I have ignored Crystal palace) and identified a attacker and defender …

Apologies in advance for the length of this post but the pages are hardly flying by! Last week, to widespread indifference, I posted the fixture schedules including cup games for all teams between…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Is having a top heavy strike force the recipe for success? Or does it undermine the rest of your squad? Having Suarez Ageuro and Rooney/RVP arguably covers …

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Which teams are you avoiding this year when making transfers? Any teams where their players have let you down too many times ? Or any teams that you are a…

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Most memorable captain fail We've all had 2pt captains, but some disastrous armband picks really stand out. For many one of the most memorable was the Mil…

A bit of January WC prep for DZ I decided to look at the best clean sheet potential rotation between 2. I also put down what i think is the best 2 players to rotate from those teams. This is for G…

Just to confirm, 55 looks to be the qualifying score for the FFS Cup. Entry is, of course, closed now. If you scored 55 you may or may not have qualified due to rank. A first round draw has been …

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Sometimes the gods conspire against us and deliver an attrocious week even if our teams are great on paper. A 2pt captain, a sudden sickness bug affecting yo…

Just a heads up for anybody who may not have noticed...RVP's avg position is moving further and futher backwards as Rooney's appears to be moving further forward...A quick check on the comparison t…

For all those that don't know what all the fuss has been. I'll give you the reason why the Chris Brunt bandwagon is the real deal. Actually I'll give you 10 reasons why Chris Brunt is essential: 1…

The Ideal midfield... IMO... I believe having 2 high priced midfielders, 2 middle of the road guys and 1 Cheopo is the best option this year (Not that I have solved my midfield crisis just yet, nee…

Mourinho seems determined to kill Chelsea's season dead. How is Azpilicueta a better left back than Cashley? How is Ivanovic a better right back than Azpilicueta? How is Oscar a better no 10 th…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Christmas Shopping Just take a look at the December schedule. Gameweek 13 starts Sat Nov 30 Gameweek 14 starts Tues Dec 4 Gameweek 15 starts Sat Dec 7 Ga…

Here's a little discussion point. I always think that in FPL, you've gotta know when to "go for it" and when to consolidate. I am mainly talking about transfers here, although it also applies to ca…

The Erik Lamela Conundrum Basically we all know Lamela isn’t getting the game time he deserves. People are saying the French league is completely different and can’t be compared to the premier…

We're waiting on Ed to roll the cup system live and process the results - I'm hoping to get this sorted today.

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Manchester United's form in the past has often picked up over Christmas and the second part of the season. Trouble is they haven't been keeping clean sheets …

A bit of FPL trivia: Teams listed in order of how many player price rises they have had so far this season: Southampton.....39 Arsenal.............37 CIty..................36 Everton.............…

Anyone else on here consider themselves to be a 'semi-casual'? I don't post on here often apart from the odd questions for advice on transfers or captain choice but the 'lurkers' thread from a few…

Mark and myself are considering new ways to involve the community in the scoutcast whilst the Full Jonty is off air. So what we're looking for are a couple of fantasy football related questions wh…

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Is it time to shift funds to midfield? With Walcott returning soon and good fixtures for Chelsea and Liverpool's heavy hitting mids is it now time to switc…

Goals Scored per Team by Position & The Highest Scoring Player in each Position: *Please note that the percentages have been rounded up/down. Man City - Total - 26 Goalkeepers: 0% Defenders: 3.8%…

As I like looking at the past, and I have nothing better to do with my life, I figured i'd do a little analysis of the next few fixtures (relating to potential captaincy choices), The following fi…

Falling stars update Another BOOM for the patient pickers as the knee jerk Ramsey transfers continued unabated…For those who read the “falling stars” post for GW11(7/11), I based a team of f…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Well my defence is in tatters, upgrading to the likes of Suarez and Aguero up top has meant my backline needs some tender loving care. I'm sure many others …

I was hoping to continue speaking to Isacki about this but he doesn't appear to be around anymore... I would appreciate it if you guys would have a read through this little thread we started a few…

Beware chasing bandwagons. Here are the top scoring players for each gameweek, followed by their score the next gameweek. Benteke 2 Campbell 2 Davies 1 Sigurdsson 3 Baines 0 Lukaku 6 Reid 1 …