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G-Whizz
GW18 Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW18 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/23c3a44 (Provided by Betbrain.com) GW17 clean sheets: CHE: 58% ❌ LIV: 58% ❌ MCI: 56% ✅ BHA: 42% ❌ MNU: 36% ❌ CRY: 35% ❌ BUR: 33%…

4 years, 6 months ago1

RedLightning
GW17 Rough with the Smooth

Rough with the Smooth, Gameweek 17. How did your Gameweek go? You can share your tales of joy and woe here.

4 years, 6 months ago12

Rotation's Alter Ego
4 (more) Gameweek 18 Postponements

Southampton v Brentford Watford v Crystal Palace West Ham United v Norwich City Everton v Leicester City All postponed!

4 years, 6 months ago18

Gizzachance
MUN v BHA in GW18 postponed.

Utd v Brighton off

4 years, 6 months ago6

The Philosopher
LEI v TOT at risk

Rumours on twitter from a "reliable" account that Leicester-spurs could also get called off this evening. Sigh.

4 years, 6 months ago9

Skonto Rigga
Thursday's Press Conference Times

Hi folks, today's pressers are as follows: Frank - (already happened) Bielsa - 12.30pm Dyche - 12.30pm Hasenhuttl - 4pm Rodgers - 9.30pm

4 years, 6 months ago0

rainy
Frank asks PL to postpone GW18

‘Speaking ahead of his side's trip to Southampton on Saturday, Frank said he had been in touch with the Premier League, as well as other managers in the league who he said are in agreement’ ht…

4 years, 6 months ago15

Bruin
Burnley Vs Watford Postponed

Burnley v Watford off

4 years, 6 months ago26

J0E
Live GWK 18 Scoutcast Thurs 5pm - let us know your questions

**SCAST 5pm Thursday - looking ahead to #gw18 ** Let us know your questions here! And yes Man City will be discussed...partic keen for any questions about Pep's lads.

4 years, 6 months ago23

Skonto Rigga
Wednesday's Press Conference Times

Nowt we can do about it now, but... today's press conference times: Howe - 9am Klopp - 12.30pm Rodgers - 1.30pm Benitez - 1.30pm Conte - 1.30pm Tuchel - 1.30pm

4 years, 6 months ago0

Camzy
Ronaldo on toast: Six ways

Okay... I've slept on it. Here is what I'm thinking regarding Ronaldo and MUN postponement. 1. It depends on how good your bench is. It doesn't have to be a really good bench, it just needs to be …

4 years, 6 months ago47

Skonto Rigga
Tuesday's Press Conference Times

Morning folks, here are today's press conference times. The worst-case scenario was that all six of the managers whose teams play on Thursday would face the media after the FPL deadline. It's the …

4 years, 6 months ago8

G-Whizz
FPL Deadline moved...

The deadline has now been moved to 18:15...

4 years, 6 months ago11

FPLMACKEM
Ronaldo owners, what’s the plan?

Ronaldo owners what's the plan? A keep B sell with 1ft C sell including a -4

4 years, 6 months ago26

Rotation's Alter Ego
Man Utd vs Brentford Postponed

Manchester United vs Brentford has been postponed. https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/1470541754294231045 What does this mean for your transfer plans? Ronaldo owners - hold or bail?

4 years, 6 months ago9

Ze_Austin
Arsenal staff Covid, no players currently

Arsenal ramping up #COVID19 measures after some positive cases among training ground staff. No players affected at present. Returning to some of the Project Restart protocols e.g testing in car bef…

4 years, 6 months ago2

Do I Not Like Orange
Coping strategies for Covid

Do people have any strategies for coping with these random Covid postponements? IMO it hits engaged managers a lot harder because squad building and carefully planned targeting of fixtures can be r…

4 years, 6 months ago18

FPLShakenBake
MUN v BRE in doubt

Sky Sports are reporting that Man U are in talks with the PL to get their game vs Brentford postponed. What to do with Ronaldo? Do i go back to Kane with my tail between my legs? OR keep him and …

4 years, 6 months ago12

RedLightning
GW16 Mini-League Leaders

GW16 Mini-League Leaders: This reports on the leaders of various Fantasy Football Scout FPL mini-leagues and community competitions after Gameweek 16, and also on the latest update to the FFS Live…

4 years, 6 months ago0

Skonto Rigga
Monday's Press Conference Times

We go again - today's press conference times: Frank - 9am Smith - 10.30am Bielsa - 12.30pm Dyche - 12.45pm Potter - 1.30pm Gerrard - 1.30pm Guardiola - 1.30pm Hasenhuttl - 2pm

4 years, 6 months ago8

G-Whizz
GW17 Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW17 fixture odds can be found here: https://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/premier-league (Provided by Oddschecker) GW16 clean sheets: MCI: 62% ✅ CHE: 51% ❌ LIV: 48% ✅ MNU: 44% ✅ AR…

4 years, 6 months ago8

RedLightning
GW16 Rough with the Smooth

Rough with the Smooth, Gameweek 16. How did your Gameweek go? You can share your tales of joy and woe here.

4 years, 6 months ago28

Ze_Austin
Do underlying stats give the whole picture?

Stats are getting a bad rep Goals, assists, shot conversion, average position and xGoT are statistics too It's very easy to simplify the complex chaotic system of factors in the football ecosyste…

4 years, 6 months ago21

Az
Gameweek 16 Q&A

Morning guys! Sam and I are live on YouTube at 1130 a.m. fielding any questions you might have ahead of tonights deadline https://youtu.be/BfWf14UozNw I'll then be on the board immediately after…

4 years, 6 months ago5

FPLShakenBake
Is anyone considering Free Hit?

Free Hit or Points Hit? With the Spurs Brighton game postponed, the rumours of Jota being injured, Toney still out and a few other highly owned assets flagged. Is anyone considering a free hit th…

4 years, 6 months ago13

Skonto Rigga
Friday's Press Conference Times

Morning, folks. Here are today's presser times: Howe - 9am Gerrard - 9am Smith - 9am Rangnick - 12pm Klopp - 12.30pm Vieira - 1pm Lage - 1pm Rodgers - 1pm Dyche - 1.15pm Tuchel - 1.30pm Benitez -…

4 years, 6 months ago6

The Philosopher
Jota reportedly absent from training

Jota not seen in training today. This GW is shaping up to be a perfect GW from hell already, and it's not even deadline day yet.

4 years, 6 months ago6

Az
Gameweek 16 Members Video

Fantasy Football Scout Premium Members can watch the latest Members Video on the standing page https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/members-only-videos/ I was joined by Lateriser and Zophar to …

4 years, 6 months ago3

TopMarx
Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery - GW16 & GW17

A rare victory for the Community over the Scout Picks panel of Neale, Tom, Sam and Az in Gameweek 15 - congratulations to Husky! Although his 14-point winning margin was not quite enough to overta…

4 years, 6 months ago0

Football Chatbox
What are your plans with Salah?

With AFCON confirmed to start on the 9th of Jan and Liverpool looking to try and keep Salah a bit longer so that he misses only 2GW's in 22 and 23 against Brentford and Palace, what are your plans …

4 years, 6 months ago33

Skonto Rigga
What to do with Spurs/Brighton players

Spurs expecting an announcement from the Premier League on Brighton (a) today, while their training ground is shut until "early next week at least" - so Leicester v Spurs in GW17 (a week today), es…

4 years, 6 months ago21

Ze_Austin
Team Style of Play Updated

Styles of play update, based on my observation and opinion: Everton is feeding their striker. Now that their engine room is fit, Benitez has them playing how they started the season: everything go…

4 years, 6 months ago3

Skonto Rigga
Thursday's Press Conference Times

Morning, folks Hope we're all good. The sour quince log of press conference days (I suppose Bielsa's will be interesting at least): Ranieri - 12pm Bielsa - 1pm Hasenhuttl - 1pm

4 years, 6 months ago0

Nate(U)dog(ie)
Leicester report Covid cases

Rodgers: “There are some players and staff who are not here. We have had some positive cases and some people who are not well. Youri (Tielemans) is available, and Ryan (Bertrand) has been out for…

4 years, 6 months ago3

Legomané
GW16: Brighton v Spurs, possible postponement

Reports and rumours are accelerating online, that Spurs have requested a postponement to this weekend’s fixture with Brighton. How would this impact your FPL plans ahead of GW16?

4 years, 6 months ago17

The Mandalorian
Strong FPL Squad through December?

Given the Covid outbreak I'm going to use my Kane money to build a strong squad. Last Xmas covid infections in football were the highest of the season. Anyone else doing the same?

4 years, 6 months ago21

G-Whizz
GW16 Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW16 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/226quyi (Provided by Betbrain) GW15 clean sheets: MCI: 55% ❌ TOT: 49% ✅ LIV: 47% ✅ CHE: 44% ❌ MNU: 42% ✅ LEE: 36% ❌ ARS: 35% ❌…

4 years, 6 months ago1

RedLightning
GW15 Mini-League Leaders

GW15 Mini-League Leaders: This is a report on the leaders of various Fantasy Football Scout FPL mini-leagues and community competitions after Gameweek 15. ** FFS OPEN MINI-LEAGUE Srecko Kurtovic…

4 years, 6 months ago0

RedLightning
GW15 Rough with the Smooth

Rough with the Smooth, Gameweek 15. How did your Gameweek go? You can share your tales of joy and woe here.

4 years, 6 months ago39

J0E
Live Scoutcast Tues 8pm - leave your questions here

**SCOUTCAST 8pm TUES - WILDCARD SPECIAL** While @FplMode and I can only dream of using a wildcard, Seb has pushed the button....all will be revealed on the show! Leave your questions for us here …

4 years, 6 months ago12

JohnnyCroat
Gravatar password breach

There's been a Gravatar breach reported, so users might want to review their passwords if they match FFS (which might be the case since chances are this is the only site y'all use Gravatar for).

4 years, 6 months ago4

Meltens
Allsvenskan Fantasy - Scout Picks GW30

Scout picks for the final GW! Filled to the brim with potential differentials for one final push: https://allsvenskan.se/fantasy/scout-picks-gw30 Sorry for not being able to contribute more than t…

4 years, 6 months ago12

G-Whizz
GW15 Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW15 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/21l1u5h (Provided by Betbrain) GW14 clean sheets: CHE: 50% ❌ MCI: 46% ❌ LIV: 43% ❌ TOT: 42% ✅ WOL: 42% ✅ WHU: 37% ❌ NEW: 35% ❌…

4 years, 6 months ago4

RedLightning
GW14 Mini-League Leaders

GW14 Mini-League Leaders: This is a report on the leaders of various Fantasy Football Scout FPL mini-leagues and community competitions after Gameweek 14. ** FFS OPEN MINI-LEAGUE Srecko Kurtovic…

4 years, 6 months ago3

Skonto Rigga
Friday's Press Conference Times

Morning all, here are the 16 press conferences scheduled for today: Bielsa - 8.15am Howe - 9am Smith - 9am Rangnick - 9am Hasenhuttl - 10.30am Klopp - 12.30pm Vieira - 1pm Gerrard - 1pm Lage - 1pm…

4 years, 6 months ago14

RedLightning
GW14 Rough with the Smooth

Rough with the Smooth, Gameweek 14. How did your Gameweek go? You can share your tales of joy and woe here.

4 years, 6 months ago35

Az
GAMEWEEK 15 Q&A

Sam and I will be live for the Gameweek 15 Q&A tomorrow (Friday) at 9.30 a.m. Head on over if you want to ask us a question: https://youtu.be/l2AZ9Ml2M2Q The last Q&A was great, really enjoyed it…

4 years, 6 months ago2

Skonto Rigga
Thursday's Press Conference Times

Afternoon, folks - what a press conference line-up we have today: Ranieri - 12.45pm Dyche - 12.45pm Potter - 3.30pm Arteta - post-match tonight

4 years, 6 months ago0

J0E
Live Scoutcast Thurs 5:30pm - leave your questions here

LIVE SCOUTCAST - Thurs 5:30pm (UK time) Joining me and @SebWassell to look ahead to #gw15 is @FPL_Sonaldo Leave your questions for us here

4 years, 6 months ago19

Az
GW 14 Q&A

Sam and I are live on YouTube at 1p.m., ahead of the GW14 deadline. Come join in and we'll be answering your questions live on the stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcDBPLDZbC4

4 years, 6 months ago5