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mir
Head-to-Head Leagues Officially Live!

I'm pleased to annouce that the 2022-2023 FFScout Head-to-Head Leagues are now live and on the site. The league tables and fixtures have all been generated and are available to view. This is the 4…

3 years, 10 months ago18

G-Whizz
GW3 Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW3 fixture odds can be found here: Saturday: https://prnt.sc/AecpSMGxf4r0 Sunday & Monday: https://prnt.sc/I3gg_lcYPD6N (Provided by Betfair.com) GW2 clean sheets: MNC: 67% ✅ LIV: 58% ❌ ARS: …

3 years, 10 months ago9

Skonto Rigga
Thursday's Press Conference Times

Hallo! Press conference times for Thursday are finally here: 1.30pm - Rodgers, Cooper, Hasenhuttl 2pm - Conte, Parker (UK times)

3 years, 10 months ago0

Dušan Citizen
Will KDB continue to outscore Salah?

So when are we going to accept the fact that KDB will have more points than Salah this season and just get him? The new Pep style suits City's number 8s, they get more space than ever, especially …

3 years, 10 months ago53

RedLightning
GW2 Rough with the Smooth

Rough with the Smooth, Gameweek 2. How did your Gameweek go? You can share your tales of joy and woe here.

3 years, 10 months ago23

Athletic Nasherbo
Best time to play Bench Boost?

Really good discussion here. Bold move getting rid of Jesus. I think he scores big this weekend. Bench boost is an overrated chip but it seems to have caused more headaches than points, obvious…

3 years, 10 months ago14

Az
gw2 premium members video with Mark and Andy N.

FFS Premium Members can watch Mark Sutherns and Andy North chatting all things Gameweek 2 tonight (Friday) at 19:45 https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/members-only-videos/ Enjoy!

3 years, 10 months ago2

TopMarx
RMT & Projections Updated

Hi All, The RMT and player projections have had a refresh following the press conferences. https://rate-my-team.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/players/ https://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/pr…

3 years, 10 months ago1

Skonto Rigga
RMT Surgery with Tom

Questions for Tom in here!

3 years, 10 months ago22

Skonto Rigga
Friday's Press Conference Times

Morning, all! Pressers are already underway this morning, here is Friday's list based on what I was sent yesterday - so the usual caveats apply about possible late changes to the schedule: 9am - H…

3 years, 10 months ago10

G-Whizz
GW2 Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW2 fixture odds can be found here: Saturday: https://prnt.sc/rQOQ8z3g5x9J Sunday & Monday: https://prnt.sc/mrdw8frwrgMj (Provided by Betfair.com) GW1 clean sheets: LIV: 49% ❌ MNU: 49% ❌ MNC: …

3 years, 10 months ago13

Skonto Rigga
Thursday's Press Conference Times

Afternoon, all! Six pressers today, the rest tomorrow. Thursday's list: 12:45 - Marsch 13:30 - Potter, Rodgers, Hasenhuttl 14:00 - Parker, Silva

3 years, 10 months ago6

☈☾
GW1 Blunders and Next Steps

What mistakes did you guys make before GW1 selection? How are you planning to correct them?

3 years, 10 months ago53

TopMarx
RMT Refresh & FPL Points Added

Hi All, the projections and RMT have had another quick refresh this evening, and FPL points are now appearing in the stats tables.

3 years, 10 months ago4

The Train Driver
Salah v Haaland - which one to captain this week?

Owners of both Haaland and Salah? Who are you capping for the next gameweek? Both home games and oposition seems similar imo. Both are on penalties. Both players capable of double digits.

3 years, 10 months ago20

RedLightning
GW1 Rough With The Smooth

Rough with the Smooth, Gameweek 1. How did your Gameweek go? You can share your tales of joy and woe here.

3 years, 10 months ago13

Athletic Nasherbo
Any lessons learned in GW1 so far?

What did you learn today, if anything?

3 years, 10 months ago34

THFC4LIFE
Who’s got a planned move this week?

Who’s got a planned move this week? What is it and when will you be making it? Son to KDB here, will go for it if KDB looks like rising

3 years, 10 months ago19

Geoff
Last minute A/B questions

Last minute A/B Hot Topic! For those who haven't seen these, 30 mins to the deadline we do a Hot Topic for your last minute questions about your team and moves. Please phrase your question in a w…

3 years, 10 months ago55

TopMarx
RMT final update for GW1

The Members RMT has been given a final update following today's press conferences. Our numbers are in line with the team odds for the next two Gameweeks and team season betting markets. They are a…

3 years, 10 months ago6

Skonto Rigga
RMT Surgery with Tom

Get your questions in for Tom here!

3 years, 10 months ago76

Skonto Rigga
Friday's Press Conference Times

Morning, gang! This list was mailed through yesterday so there might be one or two alterations (Pep's time changed from 1.30pm, for example, but that's reflected here). Some of the times given are …

3 years, 10 months ago2

Skonto Rigga
Thursday's Press Conference Times

Morning, folks. After much delay and hassling of contacts, here is the presser list for Thursday (all times BST)! Arteta - 12pm Vieira - 1pm Marsch - 1.30pm Lampard - 1.30pm Parker - 2pm Cooper - …

3 years, 10 months ago6

Camzy
Start with Kane or Haaland?

Erling Haaland. Yes or no? So I've thought about this at length and also listened to quite a few pods about it as well. And in the end, I most agree with Pras's assessment of the situation. Is Kan…

3 years, 10 months ago39

☈☾
Both Leicester GKs priced at £4.0m

Iversen 4.0m Gamebreaker!

3 years, 10 months ago27

Portsmouth Bubblejet
Leicester City Goalkeeper update...

Leicester City goalkeeping situation update just now - if the Leicester Mercury is to be believed, it would be between Ward (£4.0m) and Iversen (not listed in the FPL) if Schmeichel leaves: "Dann…

3 years, 10 months ago28

FPL ZB
Man City Midfield - yay or nay?

Hi all, After the community shield and the general number of options in the midfield bracket this year, how do you rate the Man City midfielders? Is this the Grealish breakout year? Will Mahrez …

3 years, 10 months ago26

TopMarx
Community Shield stats added to the Members Area

Members can now access stats from the Community Shield yesterday. In the Members Area, switch the competition to 'English Community Shield' near the top of the page and click 'Go'. The expected da…

3 years, 10 months ago7

Stamford B
How highly do you rate Martinelli, Rashford & Neto?

Martinelli, Rashford and Neto are ace. Discuss

3 years, 10 months ago36

Piggs Boson
Kane or Haaland?

Pep on Haaland: "It's the first 40 minutes he's played. He's missed 4-5 training sessions. He needs weeks. He's not like Phil Foden, for example, in two days training session he can play 180 minut…

3 years, 10 months ago23

Christina.
4.5m defender - GW1 CS?

Give me a 4.5m def that will keep a CS in wk1

3 years, 10 months ago23

seamusseamus
Is Ederson good value at 5.5m?

One of Ederson or Alisson absolute essential this season imo

3 years, 10 months ago15

Davinho
How big a loss are Jesus and Sterling to City?

I think some people underestimate how much of a loss Sterling and Jesus will be to the way City play and the numbers they contribute. Without pace in those wide attacking areas they’ll become eas…

3 years, 10 months ago31

Geoff
Members Only chat - Arsenal assets

Members Only chat here, so feel free to share any Members Area data you want. Which Arsenal players are you getting? And are they influenced by data, ownership, or something else? 'Martinelli’s…

3 years, 10 months ago46

ted mcnure
Could a GW1 Bench Boost pay off in the long run?

Anyone for BBoosterism? After about 50 drafts, which I havent inflicted on you.. I seem to have a cracking 11, with a BB of maybe 12pts poss.. I reckon it´s worth it to be able to focus the budget…

3 years, 10 months ago20

TopMarx
Members Only - RMT Update

RMT given a quick refresh: Lingard included, Zinchenko switched to Arsenal, and Bailey given a minutes boost at the expense of Ings. Reece James remains the best value player over the first six GW…

3 years, 10 months ago1

G-Whizz
GW1 Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW1 fixture odds can be found here: https://prnt.sc/qMdd9sqwjLb6 (Provided by Betfair.com) GW1 clean sheet odds: LIV: 49% MNU: 49% MNC: 48% NEW: 46% TOT: 46% CHE: 42% AST: 36% ARS: 35% LEE…

3 years, 10 months ago16

Az
new YouTube graphics: quick survey

Hey all! If you've been watching the videos on the YouTube channel this week, you'll notice we have some new graphics! I'd really appreciate it if you could give me some feedback on them, there's…

3 years, 11 months ago1

RedLightning
FPL Mini-Leagues to enter

The Opening Day League (league code 947lmo) is for teams that enter it within 24 hours of FPL going live for the new season. It will be closed to new entrants at about 4.20pm on Wednesday 6th July …

3 years, 11 months ago32

FPLShakenBake
Bargain hunting

Who's everybody's bargain then? For me it has to be Jesus at £8.0m. 0.5 XGI per appearance last season. He's now the main man at Arsenal, so less rotation likely

3 years, 11 months ago32

J0E
Third Wildcard!

Third Wildcard! Unlimited free transfers can also be made between Sat 12 Nov 13:30 and Mon 26 Dec 13:30 when the Premier League season has been adjusted to accommodate the FIFA World Cup Qatar 202…

3 years, 11 months ago7

Az
Should Son have been classified as a FWD?

So Son is a midfielder again, and a pricey one at that (£12.0m). I'd have liked to have seen him as a forward, given that his heat map is very similar to the likes of Jota - and he was often the …

3 years, 11 months ago29

Andy_Social
Is Salah still a must-have at £13.0m?

That Salah price is very naughty. All the others are reasonable or lower than expected. Is Salah really value at 13m? I'm starting to wonder.

3 years, 11 months ago14

RedLightning
New price reveals

What are our reactions to today's price reveals?

3 years, 11 months ago25

Skonto Rigga
Conte and five subs: How he handled Perisic in 2020/21

A nice tie-in with the article above and a great bit of research from Wilko on Conte and his wing-backs at Inter in 2020/21, when five subs were allowed: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/202…

3 years, 11 months ago0

FPLGOOD
FPL Value - part two

There have been many good points here lately about how the best value is in defence and midfiled - or even in the goalkeeper position. However one thing that has been overlooked (or just missed b…

3 years, 11 months ago21

Chilli Heatwave
FPL Value - part one

Some sums that may be of interest. Using LiveFPL pricing, if we take the top 6 players from each position classification and divide their scores by the prices individually, then take the average ac…

3 years, 11 months ago25

Portsmouth Bubblejet
Home/away fixture rotation pairs

Each club has one team with whom they always rotate home-and-away. Some pairs are allocated due to close geographical proximity, created by the need to spread police resourcing. Other pairs exist p…

3 years, 12 months ago8

Skonto Rigga
Season Ticker live for 2022/23

The updated Season Ticker for 2022/23 is now live on the sidebar!

3 years, 12 months ago5

G-Whizz
Who's the first name on your team sheet for this season???

In the past seasons this has usually been an easy question to answer and I've normally started with Salah and worked my way from there, but this year he won't be the first name on my team sheet... …

4 years, 1 hour ago55