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 The Missing Link | Bursting the Townsend Bubble? Andros Townsend History Townsend has been the ‘form’ player this week and many people have bought him in this week. I had a look at some of his stats and compared them to similar players in hi… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 6 |
 Gigging Order | Name FPL's current 3 most important players In your opinion, who are three most important players to own right now? | 12 years, 7 months ago | 14 |
The Missing Link | Southampton Stat Attack Southampton stats under Adkins and Pochettino defensive stats Southampton under Adkins 2012/2013 season (22 games) - 30 goals scored - 40 goals conceded - Average possession 51% - Yellow cards 20… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 10 |
 J0E | Spurs rotation? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Yesterday we looked at Arsenal rotation (see hot topic column) but what about Spurs, who also have a plum fixture? Will Eriksen get a start? Was he dropped … | 12 years, 7 months ago | 15 |
 GreenWindmill | Bogey Team Hoodoo Stats For those struggling to pick a captain and who believe in bogey teams, etc. here are the popular captain choices with some key stats of their previous performances against this week's opposition. … | 12 years, 7 months ago | 22 |
J0E | Arsenal Rotation Risk? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Arsenal have the plummiest fixture of them all this week as they take on managerless Crystal Palace. But with Chelsea in the League Cup a few days later and … | 12 years, 7 months ago | 34 |
 #CaptainVitoMannone | Europa League Game Preview With Europe’s B League on show tonight, I thought I’d take a look at some fixtures and players which are likely to produce returns. For those that are interested…. UEL Matchday 3 Summary Fio… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 18 |
 Smarty Pants | FPL's Top 25K Stat Attack Good evening, gentlemen. Please welcome FPL stats for the top1K, top10K, and top25K (as they are after GW8) 🙂 Some stats and facts about the top25K: - Average score last week was 65.8. - Over 80… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 12 |
J0E | Oscar v Hazard Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic This is one of the talked about decisions of the week as we look to beef up our midfield. Which is the better prospect Oscar or Hazard? | 12 years, 7 months ago | 21 |
 You Must Be Jokin Ere | Bap allocation by position After 8 Gameweeks, the following is the Bonus Points Breakdown: Games Played : 80 Bonus Points awarded: 578 (av 7.2 per game) Goalkeepers: 33 (5.7%) Defenders: 228 (39.4%) Midfielders: 184 (3… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 12 |
#CaptainVitoMannone | UCL key games and captaincy options I have attempted to highlight a few games which will offer good returns for matchday 3, excuse the poor formatting. UCL Matchday One Fixtures Arsenal vs. Borussia Dortmund FC Porto vs. Zenit St Pe… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 22 |
J0E | Who will win the FFS UEFA Beach Soccer World Cup? Fantasy Football Scout Daily (Beach Soccer) Hot Topic So after a round of friendlies we are starting to get the measure of the teams involved in the FFS UEFA Beach Soccer World Cup tournament. T… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 19 |
J0E | Mark RMT/Full Jonty Special Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Mark’s Full Jonty/RMT special Let’s help Mark sort his team out. With another red arrow beckoning, a Gameweek 8 score of 42 and a rank edging towards t… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 108 |
 Mark | New Beach Soccer Tournament Article New article started...we hit the threshold for comment pages. | 12 years, 7 months ago | 1 |
 floydy_floyd | Is Suarez the Prem League's best player? Best player in the prem right now ? For me Suarez. | 12 years, 7 months ago | 26 |
 Parm | Season Keepers? How many players in your team do you see as "season keepers"? Ozil, Suarez, Mignolet etc? | 12 years, 7 months ago | 18 |
 AllessandroSwissToni | Dear Roberto... An open Letter to Roberto Soldado: Dear Roberto Great game buddy, congratulations on your first goal in open play and a nifty assist to boot. I've stuck with you from the start of the season and … | 12 years, 7 months ago | 8 |
J0E | Aguero v Silva Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Man city are suddenly full of options. Which of Aguero or Silva take your fancy? And what of Yaya Toure? Has his ship now sailed? | 12 years, 7 months ago | 22 |
J0E | Gwk 8 Captain options Fantasy football scout daily hot topic This looks to be the toughest week yet to choose a captain, with Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, Swansea and Arsenal having great fixtures and armband… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 41 |
 Zep | Glen Johnson: Is he worth it ? Got burned last year by GJ in that Liverpool DGW, where JE stole the show... so don't think I will ever get him this year... even for the bargain price of 5.7... For all the hype surrounding him, … | 12 years, 7 months ago | 11 |
 DÏLKS | The case for Suarez or Sturridge (C) Interesting facts for the Suarez (C) argument. - There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 14 of Liverpool's last 16 away games in the Premier League. - There have been over 2.5 goals scored in New… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 9 |
 PlayON | The PlayON Q&A Killian here from PlayON, If you have any questions about the article above or about PlayON in general, just add them as replies below and I'll answer them all. Thanks | 12 years, 8 months ago | 25 |
 Hobo | Have a whirl on Schurrle The Schurrle Punt Schurrle had a great time against Sweden which has seen interest grow in his FPL potential and some have been suggesting a Schurrle punt for this week. I think its a pretty good … | 12 years, 8 months ago | 6 |
J0E | Best cheap midfielder Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic So just who is the best cheap/fifth midfielder to own for the next few weeks? Do you agree with Granville's adoration of Ravel Morrison? What about Jan..Jan… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 18 |
 Viper | Everton v Hull stats Game 1 - Everton vs. Hull No side has currently gone longer without losing at home in the Barclays Premier League than Everton (12 games - W9 D3). Hull have not conceded a goal in the Barclays Pr… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 2 |
Viper | Saints v Man Utd stats Manchester United have not lost successive Barclays Premier League home games since May 8, 2002. Southampton have conceded just two goals in their seven Barclays Premier League games in 2013-14; f… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 6 |
J0E | Sneaky Peak At the Scout Picks Committee Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Thought I'd open up the windows of our Scout Picks Committee a tiny bit for this hot topic and reveal some of the key decisions we are mulling over. Feel fre… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 19 |
 maxi - REAL ENGLISH FAN | A celebration of English football Lost at bottom of last page What's everyones favourite thing about ENGLISH football? Pick three things. 1. Fighting spirit - we get stuck in no matter what. No stupid scarves in winter, no gloves… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 42 |
 Kudo Warrior | Injury update Latest on Benteke: "Benteke is set to return to the Villa line up on Sunday against Spurs after recovering from a hip injury." But to be honest I still think it's a doubt for now. Watch the press r… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 14 |
 joinho | Best time to say goodbye to a player? What are peoples thoughts on holding on to players for too long? i.e. players who's prices have risen massively since you bought them; holding on to them for fear that if you get rid and then want … | 12 years, 8 months ago | 10 |
J0E | Will international form be replicated this weekend? Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Have this week's internationals influenced your team selection for gameweek 8? Anyone now tempted to switch the armband to Rooney, or even draft him in? An… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 14 |
 Dangerous Dave | The Power 3 Spending all my money on defense this year instead of midfield. Could be looking at a power 3. | 12 years, 8 months ago | 18 |
J0E | Which international players are set for a gwk8 bench role? Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Which players do you fear/expect will be rested after their international commitments this week? Does anyone have any examples of managers being more keen to… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 48 |
 The Sarjeant | All midweek European games until X-mas Champions League & Europa League Fixtures: In-between Gameweek 8 & 9: Tuesday 22nd October Arsenal v Borussia Dortmund Schalke 04 v Chelsea Wednesday 23rd October CSKA Moscow v Man City Man Utd … | 12 years, 8 months ago | 16 |
 tm245 | European spanners in the works? Most of the supposed Strong here are playing in Europe as well -- will be interesting to see the impact on how well they actually do over the next six. This is one of the trickiest times to measur… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 6 |
 Camp No No | Which Liverpool striker? This has been discussed in some RTM's and transfer questions, but now for this one and only subject: Which Liverpool striker? I want your arguments on this subject, and yes, I have an interest in… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 26 |
J0E | Who will break the template? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Following on from our breaking the template article yesterday ( http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2013/10/13/breaking-the-template-part-two/ ) which play… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 14 |
The Sarjeant | 2013/14 sheets really are cleaner I posted this on the last article, just before this was posted! I'm on holiday and at night there's not much to do apart from drink and analyse football statistics! So here's something to consid… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 5 |
J0E | Next 6 GWK Dream Team Here we go.... Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Following on from The Sarjeant’s excellent recent long term planning hot topic (see side bar to the right) I thought I’d have a look at t… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 65 |
 Evs | FPL All Time Select XV As it's boring international window time, little question.... What would be your fpl ALL TIME dream team ? But you can only pick those players you have selected during your fpl history (e.g. I ca… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 84 |
 Piggs Boson | EPL XI v La Liga XI La Liga XI Vs EPL XI ..............Courtois Adriano Varane Martinez Marcelo ..........Xavi Koke Iniesta ..Ronaldo...Costa......Messi ....Rooney....RVP.....Suarez ............Ozil.Yaya.Mata Baines… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 37 |
 The3rdTurd | Template team discussion I’m not sure I entirely buy the premise of this article, or perhaps I’ve not quite understood it. Forming any conclusions from the top 10 teams out of 3 million at such an early stage is alway… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 16 |
J0E | Best defence and gk line up? Fantasy football scout daily hot topic What is your ideal five man defence and goalkeeper lineup? Would Baines be there? Is Chelsea defensive cover essential? What about goalkeepers; is Mignolet… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 17 |
 Rossamous | The Chester Return Conundrum Is Rosenior or Faye likely to drop out once Chester returns? | 12 years, 8 months ago | 32 |
The Sarjeant | Pre-January Wildcard Planning Hey guys! I posted this last night in the Dead Zone, I thought I'd re-post in case you missed it, and for the fact it took me 5/6 hours to write, and I wrote it all on my phone! My hands were dead … | 12 years, 8 months ago | 17 |
 Caine & Co. | Coleman's Potential Questioned How many of you have Coleman? Happy keeping or tempted to get rid? His GW1 score was flukey imo so I wanted to make a defenders chart excluding GW1 score, here it is: 1.Baines 42 2.Fonte 40 3.Lovr… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 47 |
J0E | Has the BPS altered your player selection? Fantasy football scout daily hot topic In what ways has the new BPS altered your decisions around which players to transfer in? For me I've gone for Yaya this year as the BPS rewards his all roun… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 43 |
 Kostja | Front 2 or Lone Striker? Something we already discussed yesterday regarding RVP, Rooney, Sturridge and Suarez. All of them probably essential in fantasy when playing up front on their own unless they are 14 mil like RVP. … | 12 years, 8 months ago | 26 |
 Dr Dream | Falling stars update Sorry for the repost...managed to get it at the end of the last topic.... Falling stars First the blurb…sandwiched between the knee jerk and the coming GW falling stars is a fictitous squad/te… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 10 |
J0E | Post international break surprise stars Fantasy football scout daily hot topic The first match back after an international break always seems to bring unusual results and even more unusual points scorers. The last game back after an int… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 17 |