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G-Whizz
DGW28 Fixture and clean sheet odds

DGW28 fixture odds can be found here: Part i https://prnt.sc/uNV-ELBjIMWu Part ii https://prnt.sc/0v34rhnlca1j (Provided by Betbrain.com) GW27 clean sheets: MCI: 49% ✅ MNU: 49% ✅ SOU: 43% ✅ …

4 years, 6 months ago 20

RedLightning
Best Chelsea defender - Rudiger or James?

Which is the best Chelsea defender to bring in this week? Rudiger has only missed one match all season (against Brentford in GW8) and has played 90 minutes in all the others, so he would be the sa…

4 years, 6 months ago 12

Skonto Rigga
RMT Surgery with Tom

RMTs/questions for Tom go here!

4 years, 6 months ago 72

Skonto Rigga
Friday's Press Conference Times

Morning all, a bumper crop of pressers for you today: Howe - 9am Smith - 9.30am Tuchel - 11am Vieira - 12pm Klopp - 12.30pm Gerrard - 1pm Lage - 1pm Rangnick - 1.15pm Lampard - 1.30pm Guardiola - …

4 years, 6 months ago 3

RedLightning
GW27 Rough with the Smooth

Rough with the Smooth, Gameweek 27. How did your Gameweek go? You can share your tales of joy and woe here.

4 years, 6 months ago 30

J0E
Live Scoutcast 8pm Tues - questions

Scoutcast 8pm Tues Feel free to leave your questions for us here We'll be focusing on DGWK 28 and beyond.

4 years, 6 months ago 10

Rotation's Alter Ego
Chelsea Norwich pencilled in for DGW28

Chelsea Norwich will double in 28 if either win their FA Cup Game this midweek https://twitter.com/NorwichCityFC/status/1497904347576950784?t=mWq8Exm7aV7BRsCoSBaJjw&s=19

4 years, 6 months ago 12

Rotation's Alter Ego
Reaction to Bielsa sacking

Leeds have now officially "parted company" with Bielsa They also confirmed that they "will aim to make an announcement on a new appointment tomorrow" with Marsch being the current heavy favourite.…

4 years, 6 months ago 8

Skonto Rigga
RMT Surgery with Tom

RMTs/questions for Tom go here!

4 years, 6 months ago 60

RedLightning
GW26 Rough with the Smooth

Rough with the Smooth, Gameweek 26. How did your Gameweek go? You can share your tales of joy and woe here.

4 years, 6 months ago 35

G-Whizz
GW27 Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW27 fixture odds can be found here: https://prnt.sc/mTjm08KbyLSO (Provided by Betbrain.com) GW26 clean sheets: LIV: 60% ❌ & 50% ✅ ARS: 52% ❌ & 52% ❌ MCI: 52% ❌ BHA: 49% ❌ AVL: 46% ❌…

4 years, 6 months ago 8

Skonto Rigga
Friday's Press Conference Times

Morning all, here are today's pressers: Bielsa - 9am Howe - 9am Gerrard - 9am Rangnick - 12.45pm Vieira - 1pm Hodgson - 1.30pm Moyes - 1.30pm Conte - 1.30pm Frank - 1.30pm Guardiola - 1.30pm Lamp…

4 years, 6 months ago 4

Az
premium members video: Gameweek 27 preview w/ Simon March

Hey all, A new Premium Members Video is up in the Members Area. I chatted to former winner of FPL & Pro Pundit Simon March about how he got on in GW26 and how he's set up for GW27 and beyond. Che…

4 years, 6 months ago 8

Skonto Rigga
Thursday's Press Conference Times

Morning all, just a handful of pressers today, including Burnley's: Smith - 9am Dyche - 1.15pm Potter - 1.30pm Hasenhuttl - 1.30pm Lage - post-match tonight

4 years, 6 months ago 1

Rupert The Horse
DGW27 Best Picks

With FHs being wielded by quite a few in the FFS crowd, who are you looking at or should FFS managers be looking at? It does seem a bit of a template is emerging, which is inevitable, and which sh…

4 years, 6 months ago 45

Geoff
Chip strategy for GW27

I'm curious about chip strategy.. I Wildcarded last week with the plan to FH for GW27. I'll still be doing that (triple Arsenal and triple Liverpool). What chip are you playing and why? And has y…

4 years, 6 months ago 32

G-Whizz
DGW26 Fixture and clean sheet odds

DGW26 fixture odds can be found here: Part i http://prntscr.com/5ISpu9fGsWRj Part ii http://prntscr.com/S4Df8BZttn9C (Provided by Betbrain.com) GW25 clean sheets: MCI: 60% ✅ WHU: 43% ❌ MNU: 42…

4 years, 7 months ago 5

Az
mark & gianni members video live stream - 8 p.m. tonight!

Mark and Gianni will be on hand for the Members video at 8 p.m. tonight to discuss their plans for GW26 and their reactions to the DGW news!! Members can find the link here: https://www.fantasyfoo…

4 years, 7 months ago 2

Rotation's Alter Ego
DGW 28 and 29 announced

Bunch of doubles announced! https://www.premierleague.com/news/2489359?sf253653656=1 Thursday 10 March 19:30 Southampton v Newcastle 19:30 Wolves v Watford 19:45 Leeds v Aston Villa (Amazon Prime…

4 years, 7 months ago 3

Atimis
Best Liverpool Triple?

So are you getting third Pool player - one of Diaz, Mane, Firmino or Robo? I say that most of you say that none of these is actually a good option so are we pushing it because of DGW? What are yo…

4 years, 7 months ago 20

Skonto Rigga
Friday's Press Conference Times

Morning, all! A bumper day of press conferences today, all eyes and ears on Klopp at lunch: Bielsa - 9am Howe - 9am Smith - 9am Klopp - 12.15pm Vieira - 1pm Hodgson - 1pm Lage - 1pm Tuchel - 1pm …

4 years, 7 months ago 2

TopMarx
Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery - GW26 & GW27

Fancy taking on the Scout Picks? I’m after two Community champions one for GW26 and one for GW27. How it works: a member of the Community will be selected to go head-to-head against the Scout P…

4 years, 7 months ago 0

Atimis
What defenders are you targeting?

What is your def setup going forward ? Recon Chelsea def will be needed since GW27/28 so are you gonna play 4 at the back ? Or just scarifying one of Robo/Laporte to go TAA/Cancelo/James ?

4 years, 7 months ago 18

Skonto Rigga
Thursday's Press Conference Times

All your Weghorst questions answered (with a "touch and go") this lunchtime: Hasenhuttl - 1pm Dyche - 1.15pm Lampard - 1.15pm Potter - 1.30pm Rodgers - post-match tonight (the GW26 bit likely emba…

4 years, 7 months ago 6

RedLightning
GW25 Rough with the Smooth

Rough with the Smooth, Gameweek 25. How did your Gameweek go? You can share your tales of joy and woe here.

4 years, 7 months ago 21

Az
more ways to filter by FPL points in the Members Area

Just wanted to draw people's attentions to some new tweaks to the Members area. One of the most requested features since I joined full time has been a more comprehensive way of filtering by FPL po…

4 years, 7 months ago 2

G-Whizz
GW25 Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW25 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/26tx71b (Provided by Betbrain.com) DGW24 clean sheets: MCI: 60% ✅ WHU: 43% ✅ MNU: 42% ❌ LIV: 41% ✅ TOT: 40% ❌ ARS: 38% ✅ CRY: 36…

4 years, 7 months ago 5

Skonto Rigga
RMT Surgery with Tom

RMTs etc for Tom go here!

4 years, 7 months ago 67

Skonto Rigga
Friday's Press Conference Times

Better late than never, the presser list has just arrived. Already done this morning: Bielsa, Smith, Howe, Klopp Vieira - 12.30pm Gerrard - 1pm Rangnick - 1pm Dyche - 1.15pm Lampard - 1.30pm Pep …

4 years, 7 months ago 1

RedLightning
GW24 Rough with the Smooth

Rough with the Smooth, Gameweek 24. How did your Gameweek go? You can share your tales of joy and woe here.

4 years, 7 months ago 32

banskt
Which path to Salah?

I want to see the results of a poll for the "path to Salah" for those managers who don't have Salah yet. A. Player X -> Bruno (GW25) -> Salah (GW26) B. Player X -> Salah (GW25) Is it possible to …

4 years, 7 months ago 32

Rotation's Alter Ego
Burnley to double in GW 27

https://www.premierleague.com/news/2478871 Burnley given a DGW 27 as expected, Leicester just a SGW (no longer blank)

4 years, 7 months ago 6

Skonto Rigga
Thursday's Press Conference Times

Very little on the press conference front today, folks: Potter - 1.30pm Hodgson - 2pm Lage - post-match tonight Rodgers - post-match tonight

4 years, 7 months ago 3

G-Whizz
GW24 Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW24 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/26qwuuo (Provided by Betbrain.com) DGW23 clean sheets: ARS: 49% ✅ MCI: 46% ❌ CHE: 41% ✅ LIV: 39% ❌ WOL: 36% ❌ BRE: 33% ❌ WAT: 33…

4 years, 7 months ago 0

Skonto Rigga
RMT Surgery with Tom

Submit your RMTs, your As v Bs, your 'is Dennis availables' of this world to Tom here!

4 years, 7 months ago 123

Skonto Rigga
Tuesday's Press Conference Times

Hi folks! As suspected, just the seven pressers today - Klopp, Rodgers, Lage and Arteta are set to do theirs after the deadline (ie Wednesday). Smith - 9am Hasenhuttl - 11am Gerrard - 1pm Vieira -…

4 years, 7 months ago 0

Skonto Rigga
Monday's Press Conference Times

Morning all! Today's pressers are already underway with Bielsa: Bielsa - 9am Howe - 10am Hodgson - 12pm Rangnick - 1.30pm Lampard - 1.30pm Moyes - 1.30pm Dyche - 3.30pm

4 years, 7 months ago 3

Rotation's Alter Ego
DGW 26 Announced

They were getting rumoured this morning, but a bunch of doubles now confirmed for 26! Burnley v Spurs Watford v Crystal Palace Liverpool v Leeds Arsenal v Wolves So I think our doubles are: ARS…

4 years, 7 months ago 20

Ragabolly
VirtualFPL starting soon!

Hi all! If you like a little virtual fun while FPL is on a break, come participate with us in the new Virtual FPL tournament, for free www.livefpl.net/play. Winner gets a customized FPL shirt 🙂 …

4 years, 7 months ago 11

Camzy
FanTeam/FPL strategy for BGW27

FanTeam season long game is very interesting compared to FPL. It might even be changing my thinking a bit in FPL. There are no FHs and just the one WC available. How would you navigate 27 if you h…

4 years, 7 months ago 17

Black Knights
DGW25 for Man Utd/Brighton

https://www.premierleague.com/news/2463015//?sf253084049=1 Man United v Brighton confirmed for DGW25, but nothing else.

4 years, 7 months ago 9

_Make
Value in defence

@Camzy, please consider this in many ways a reply to your HT - I just put in a lot of work so wanted to give this a shot of generating its own discussion points XD Regarding the conversation aroun…

4 years, 7 months ago 30

Camzy
Downsides to Robertson/'Big at the Back'

Why I don't like Robertson and big at the back setups. I've been quite vocal about my dislike of heavy defenses like: TAA, Robertson, Cancelo, Digne, Dalot. Without full reasoning, it doesn't seem…

4 years, 7 months ago 28

Az
ffs users: mid season survey!

Hey guys! I've put together a mid-season survey for anyone and everyone that uses Fantasy Football Scout. You might remember the end of season survey that we carried out before the start of the s…

4 years, 7 months ago 16

Camzy
Chip strategy thoughts

Chip/strategy thoughts for the end of the season Assuming you have all chips remaining, the most logical chip usage for the run-in imo is: FH27, FH30, WC35, BB36 It uses each of the chips most op…

4 years, 7 months ago 29

TubThumper
Is Salah essential from GW24?

Is there anyone here considering the potential benefits of not going like a lemming off a cliff to get Mo back in? If he come back flat....or scores 5's-8's.....and you back the right horses again…

4 years, 7 months ago 50

NABIL - FPL otai
GW28 Wildcard

Lots of WC talk since the last post. Be wary that there'll be fixture swings in GW28 for teams like Arsenal, Chelsea, Southampton, Wolves (all good), United and Brighton (bad). I'm contemplating …

4 years, 7 months ago 24

Az
any GW24 Wildcards?

If anyone has or is pulling the trigger on their wildcard, could they drop their teams below? Interested to see what people are building!

4 years, 7 months ago 24

Ajax Hamsterdam
Sanchez owners: Plans for GW24?

Sanchez/steele owners playing with 10 men this gw? I would need to take a hit for a replacement as I need to buy Salah as well.

4 years, 7 months ago 12

Rains of Castamere
Man Utd v West Ham notes

Just a few musings from being sat near the halfway line at Old Trafford on Saturday: MAN UTD - Ronaldo - personally don't think he's worth the outlay. Feels like two premiums in midfield will be …

4 years, 7 months ago 4