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At what point does a player become essential, based on 'teams selected by %?' Because if say Frank Lampard was owned by 86.3% of players, then I'd have to have him in my team. But at what point do …

Those who have played this game a while will know that it often works in cycles with not just certain players emerging throughout the season but, often, certain 'new' positions emerging that unexpe…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Can you succeed at FPL by taking lots of hits? Brutus619 and I are having an ongoing discussion about this issue this season. He advocates many hits to get …

What's your favourite Grav on the site? Which ones do you look out for ?? I like MJs Grav Grav. I also like Uncle Albert (WR) - can beat Only Fools & Horses.... 🙂

Does the transfer sell-on policy need changing? The rise of the budget mid-fielders and in particular a free-scoring, Welsh wizard from North London [not Cristiano's new best friend] and their rel…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Bargain watch Quick update on prices of some excellent players, who are currently injured but should be a bargain when they return. Inspired by Valar Morgh…

Surely with the Re-emergence of Lukaka as a cheap 3rd striker this creates a good foil for Rvp owners to keep him . Also now that Suarez has started scoring surely this will impact on Rvps price a…

Goalkeeper Assists With 2 assists for goalkeepers this weekend, I've decided to do a bit of statistical research into how often they've occurred this season and how likely they are to occur again.…

Tell me what the best attacking cover is for the following teams. You can have 2 players from 1 team if you like. Gold star to the first correct answer Arsenal Spurs Everton Liverpool

Vertonghen vs Walker? Admittedly i have not watched many tottenham games but why does everyone have a boner for vertonghen over walker? Both have got the almost the same amount of bonus and point…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic This season has seen many a seasoned pro (including many of the FFS mods and contribs) struggle to replicate their previous glories. What key advice would …

If you were the rules writer of FPL what new, possibly quirky rules would you put in? Me: 1 point for hitting the woodwork 5 bonus pts if a goalkeeper comes forward and scores a goal (not direct…

Here is a league table that consists of data which looks at what teams would be good to invest in for differentials, if they kept a clean sheet, and what teams you'd want to concede if you don't ha…

Sturridge or Suarez?

I bet just like me most of you would've laughed at the beginning of season if some guy told you that Ramsey would score overall 8 goals this SEASON. Surely we can't call him as new Michu as the Sp…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Can Aaron Ramsey and Yaya Toure continue their surprising and incredible form? What are non owners doing? Is it too late to get them due to price rises?

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Which player will be Gameweek 6's top FPL points scorer? Feel free to give reasons.

Just did a quick scout of Arnautovic from the Match of the Day highlights of Arsenal v Stoke. Couple of other observations from that game but will focus on Arnie. If you want to spot him, Arnie is …

Killian here from PlayON, I’m happy to answer any questions you have about PlayON or about the Gameweek 6 article above. If you post your questions / feedback as replies below, I’ll answer th…

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic What's your policy for taking a hit to ensure you have at least one player on your bench? With so many injuries at the moment many managers' benches are f…

Falling stars Getting into my stride now...Another look at those Crocs and random fallers who are currently costing less their opening GW values arranged into a squad whose total is at or less tha…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic There seems to be a real lack of quality budget defenders this year. Any reason why so few options exist? Or maybe you don't agree, if so feel free to list t…

Which of these premium defenders would you rather have in your team from these options? Reasons appreciated if possible 🙂 Walker (6.0) Dawson (5.1) Ferdinand (5.5) Vidic (6.0) Rafael (6.0) Nasta…

Discussion topic: Baines as Captain this week? Discuss (he's not in the Captain poll options, hence worth discussing)

What do we look for in a striker? I would like to suggest a semi scientific method to evaluate strikers. Basically, we look for 9 elements with different weighting: A - quality - most important -…

Lots of folks taking hits at the moment - how do people judge whether they think a hit is worthwhile or not? Do you look at the next game and decide whether Player A will outscore Player B by at l…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic With some of fantasy games most popular players falling to injury over the last week many managers' teams are already looking like a shadow of the one they …

If money is no option here are my top walcott replacements in order Ozil Michu Oscar Ramsey Yaya Toure Eriksen

What is the best formation moving ahead ? I usually prefer 3-4-3 but ready to listen suggestions with reason. Thanks in advance

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Walcott owners...what are you doing with him should he be confirmed out until mid October? I'm assuming wildcarders will be ditching. But if he's only out f…

Falling Stars----Update An update for those who have been following my falling stars posts every Thursday....and for those who are unfamiliar...It's a fictitous squad made up of fifteen random fal…

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic This season seems very different to all the others I've known. Defenders are mopping up the points, familiar, previously reliable players are misfiring and e…

For anyone who is operating with rotating pairs in defence or midfield, GW6 constitutes the end of a fixture block in which teams are either home or away on a regular basis. The ten blocks create…

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Suarez or sturridge and why? Is Suarez worth his price? Or will the cheaper Sturridge match or even better his points tally over the coming weeks? What do …

Just a quick fact finder for those Arsenal captainers. I could go into more detail but its gone past the deadline now, meh. Since 2008/9 when Stoke came back to the top flight Arsenal have scored …

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Last minute panics - what is the best and worst 11:29 Sat am transfer or captain change you have made?

Killian here from PlayON. I’m happy to answer any questions you have about PlayON or about the article above. One point to note is that we have changed the deadline for finalising your team f…

Wayne Rooney has now either scored or assisted 40 goals in his last 44 Premier League games. Since the start of 2012-13, no side has kept more clean sheets in the Premier League than Manchester Ci…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Who do you think will be Gameweek 5's ultimate differential? There were some great punts last week from some of you (eg Giggs Boson's Rooney (c) and Moses p…

Could this be the season where defenders become the highest scorers in their respective teams? I decided to compile a brief list of the top scoring defender vs the top scoring attacker 9 teams ha…

Hat tricks last season Van Persie 2 (and 1 brace) Suarez 2 (and 3 braces) Gomez Cazorla (and 1 brace) Bale Walcott Kagawa Bentenke (and 2 braces) Sturridge (and 1 brace) Nolan Lukaku (and 2 brac…

Why Lukaku? Warning this is a long post and people who are not even thinking of Lukaku in their plans can skip right past. This article will give you a better view of Lukaku based on the statistic…

Do you think it's possible that RVP will remain at exactly 14m for the whole season? So many players already own him who will likely eventually become dead teams, and so far he's never really got c…

So many players are dropping in price each day. Miralles and Kim both fallen for me. You can't keep hold of any player waiting for their points this season. Mata has fallen from 10.5m to 9.8m !!!

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Arsenal look irresistible right now as an attacking force with great fixtures. How many and which Arsenal players do you plan to get? Feel free to put forwar…

This might sound madness but stick with me. Arsenal attacking players may be ones to avoid. Lots of people are trying to shoehorn in 3 Arsenal attacking players and yes their attack looks great. T…

Just a heads up...regrettably we've just tried to record a ScoutCast but the Skype call kept dropping due to problems, I think on my connection. We just had to abandon it I'm afraid. I'm on holida…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Be good to compile any Champions League game advice in one handy hot topic for those looking to make changes. Feel free to leave your CL game questions her…

Lamela, Eriksen, Chadli and Lennon would be better options if they were assisting Van Persie,Sturridge, Giroud, Rooney,Suarez or Benteke. Soldado reminds me of Giroud this time last year, needing …

Here's my reasoning for owning Ozil as well as Wally and Giroud currently. 1: Goal scoring: A lot has been said about Ozil being "just" an assister. Now the evidence is there to suggest he of co…