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Hey everybody, I'm attempting to crack the Saints midfield dilemma here for those that are interested in alternatives to Lambert and co. I am a devoted Saints fan and watching the Carling cup mid…

Little help with my captaincy choice needed if you wouldn't mind giving up a minute of your time. This is the way I see it.... 1. Do you think the NLD will continue the recent trend and be high sc…

A few thoughts on the merits of using your WC in the international break. I think there are some good and many bad reasons for wildcarding then, my thoughts are as follows: 1. "I want to WC to pla…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic What plans do you have for your team during the international break? Are you saving a transfer in case of injuries? Are you wildcarding to freshen up your …

A lot of people here think that Aguero and Negredo will start for City thus week. Am I missing something that Pellegrini has said or done to suggest that Dzeko will not start?

SQUAD BALANCE Do you ever put the fixtures and form (what little of it there is to actually examine ATM) to one side and just look purely at the balance of your squad. In an ideal world, would the…

Never take a hit for a defender. Heard that around here, I reckon it's sound advice.

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic What is your ideal defensive and goalkeeper combination, given that centre backs and only the most attacking full backs are prospering under the new Bonus Po…

Captaincy Options (Non-RVP) First, apologies for the blurb of text, if you're not into fixtures move along. This is from a purely fixtures point of view and of course form will guide us too soon e…

Long post alert! Decided to see how RVP compared to Rooney last season, when both were on the pitch together. Below is a list of each gameweek and how each player performed while the other was on …

Fantasy Football Scout Does RVP's blank in gameweek 2, Rooney's likely decision to stay at Manchester United and a wealth of attacking options from other teams, mean that RVP is no longer essentia…

No question there's a mass movement to get rid of Hazard this week, I wasn't planning on being part of it just yet so I'm keen to understand the motivations and see if it changes my mind. What are…

Most people seem to be doing the Hazard out, Silva in transfer for GW3. I'm just not as convinced. Its the obvious transfer, but does anyone on here think there is a better option? I've got up to …

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic What are you doing with your Chelsea and Aston Villa players? Any you want to keep? Which players are you looking to replace them with?

Morning all...if anyone wants me to take a look at their team (a dubious honour), we're taking appointments at the Scout surgery over on the FPL from this morning... http://t.co/OziG8y7hml

PRICE CHANGES Thanks to my inability to sleep at a decent hour I've been following the price changes for a couple of seasons now. As you've probably noticed, price changes are occurring less frequ…

Just done a quick bit of analysis on whether we can read into the apparent defender bias in the new bonus system. I've ignored the "top 6" teams - those with the most expensive defenders, United, C…

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Is the age of the premium midfielder over? Out of the top 11 players this season in terms of FPL pts so far just one is a midfielder (Nolan). Four of thos…

I was tinkering around with my team and came to the conclusion that even if I had almost unlimited resources to spend on my front 3, I would still have trouble choosing them. Why? because midfield …

BAPS: Ful vs Ars Podolski 3 Giroud 2 Bent 1 Eve vs Wba Jagielka/Baines/Foster/Jones 3 Hul vs Nor Brady 3 McGregor 2 Chester/Davies 1 New vs Whu Colocinni/Santon 3 Collins 1 Sot vs Sun Fon…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Last week Barkley emerged as the budget priced hero of the Gameweek. Who will be the budget hero of Gameweek 2?

(c) Soldado or Wally? Both will have a European hangover, but at least Spurs opponents will too. Wally got more minutes, and has less recovery time, but is fitter than Soldado, who is still getti…

Tweaked the Explosion imminent table to get it up and running for the season, rather than waiting for 4 gameweeks. http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/public-stats-tables/view/266/ Who will…

Killian here from PlayON. If you have any questions about the article above our about PlayON in general, just add them as replies here and I’ll answer them all

Thoughts/Suggestions/Insults appreciated! Boruc (Davis) Zabaleta, Toure, Collins (Chester, Ward) Walcott, Silva, Mirallas, Nolan (Barkley) Van Persie, Sturridge, Dzeko GK is obviously the weak li…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Who do you think will be the Premier League's top three goalscorers this season?

i have both Mignolet and Benteke, and i can't decide because hardly to predict what Aston Villa vs Liverpool will be this week. so i did a research and finally found this: http://www.bettingexpert…

With decisions to be made this GW on who is the best option to captain, and Man U with a tough game against Chelsea, I did some research on RVP's performance last season against the Top 5 teams las…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic What key lesson have you learnt from Gameweek 1?

I just made my FT while laying prone on an acupuncturist's table, with assorted needles stuck in me and some bloody machine giving me electric shots. IF THAT DOESN'T GET RESULTS THEN I DON'T KNOW …

Just thoguht I'd share from my new blog: To WC or not to WC? ( may as well keep with the Shakespeare theme) This is a short article on my philosophies concerning the elusive, or not-so-elusive …

IS BENTEKE ESSENTIAL? I believe he is starting to be and was getting close at points last season. Home or away he can be deadly, I remember when we got beat 3-1 at Anfield, he was instrumental. Th…

Our first Scout Surgery piece went up on FPL site today. Fill out the form if you want some dubious advice from Paul and myself.... http://t.co/OziG8y7hml

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic One for the RVP-less people here. Are you now basing your transfers on getting RVP in within the next three gameweeks? Or are you resigned to going RVP-le…

morning guys, is anyone else not sold on the dzeko-wagon? I mean he had a good all round game but he fluffed a lot of good chances that could have been critical in a game that was close and could h…

Is coverage a myth? Not the word itself, I understand the principle but why is it essential to have players to 'cover' teams or not have too many players from a team? Defensive cover - if a goal …

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Which Man City player looks the best to get? Does Silva or Toure offer security? Anyone going to attempt to navigate the Man City striker maze?

Dzeko yay or nay Havr to remove Lukaku , and thinking long and hard about bringing in Dzeko Positives 1) Looks very sharp 2) Will get lots of chances 3 Easy fixtures 4) He an easy swap due t…

Lukaku Replacement Strategies Posting this early this morning and wasn't many people around to fuel the debate. I am guessing that is where we will see the most transfer-out's with 27K (tops alrea…

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic What do you think of the new bonus system? Better than the old one? How will it influence your transfer decisions?

Match Ratings for Cardiff http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rate-cardiff-city-players-v-5746155 Now i believe this to be massively inflated. here's mine Marshall, 5, had t…

Great day for Southampton fans.. Capturing italy's number 9 with the world cup coming up, Brilliant. Heard he's a bit like suarez as far as temper goes but he should be a class signing. Reckon JRod…

After the first weekend of Premier League action I've just taken a very quick look at how the BPS system is awarding points for players outside of the "obvious" scoring. Not worth fleshing out into…

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic How are those jerky knees doing? Anyone made a transfer yet? Anyone wildcarded? If not what key transfer are you planning for gwk 2?

As requested I've reposted this to keep it off the bottom. Evening deadzone. I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the differences in what bonus point scores would have been on the …

Provisional baps Liverpool v Stoke Mignolet 3, Johnson 2, Aspas 2 Arsenal v Villa Benteke 3, Giroud 2, Szczesny 1 Norwich v Everton Coleman 3, Barkley 3, Whittaker 1 Sunderland v Fulham Hangela…

To not quote Frank Sinatra: regrets? I've had a few, but not my GW1... I think as long as you're not even contemplating whipping out the WC, I consider GW1 a success. Coleman's disappointing, but…

At least non-RVP owners don't have to worry about RVPs price rocketing as much as it might if he was cheaper. 43% ownership surely means there isn't that much room for an increase in ownership. A…

Is there going to be a massive trannyfest for Migs? He's not gonna save a peno every week and toure is better value at .5 less I believe!

The bonus points are updated in real time, I think. Look at the 'detailed stats', the column called 'BPS', it appears to be updating during the game.