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 TopMarx | How shot volume, position, and squad value help predict finishing skill Finishing skill is a really interesting topic, and I think one aspect of finishing skill that doesn't get spoken about enough is something Michael Caley observed back in 2014 https://cartilagefreec… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 19 |
 The Final Boss | Lukaku has "muscle fatigue" Belgium coach Roberto Martinez: "Romelu Lukaku is suffering from muscle fatigue, same as Eden Hazard. They're not in best conditions to play. They're leaving the national team camp due to these pro… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 7 |
 Rotation's Alter Ego | September Community Writer of the Month Vote We’re once again asking for our community to vote for their favourite community writers of the month - apologies for the delay! A huge thanks to them all for the work they put in researching, pla… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 1 |
 Tonyawesome69 | Wildcarders: Best Goalkeeper to back? Fellow WCers, how are we getting on with the GK decision between Sanchez, Ramsdale and Raya | 4 years, 6 months ago | 42 |
 G-Whizz | GW8 Fixture and clean sheet odds GW8 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/1urv6n1 (Provided by Betbrain) GW7 clean sheet results: CHE: 49% ❌ MNU: 45% ❌ WOL: 41% ❌ WHU: 38% ❌ BUR: 36% ✅ LEE: 34% ✅ LEI: 32… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 3 |
 RedLightning | GW7 Mini-League Leaders This is a report on the leaders of various Fantasy Football Scout FPL mini-leagues and community competitions after a low-scoring Gameweek 7. ** FFSCOUT OPEN FPL LEAGUE Abhishek Yerra is the new … | 4 years, 6 months ago | 1 |
RedLightning | GW7 Rough with the Smooth Rough with the Smooth, Gameweek 7 How did your Gameweek go? Were your transfers, hits or wildcard successful? Did you get a big red or green arrow? Were you one of the few whose captain didn't bl… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 31 |
 Geoff | Who are the best Wildcard picks? I'm not sure how many Wildcards are in play, but I often find it a good exercise to think about what my ideal Wildcard would be; it helps me clarify what I like about my team, what I don't like, an… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 33 |
 Boris Bodega | Strikers Keepers, Losers Weepers scores The first Match Week of the best FPL Community Competition is about to get underway. To follow the scores, and see how the teams have lines up, click on this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadshe… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 1 |
 Az | Mark Sutherns GW7 Members Only Video Don’t forget to check out Mark and Andy N’s Members only video ahead of the GW7 deadline! https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2021/10/01/mark-sutherns-fpl-gameweek-7-preview-and-latest-tea… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 0 |
 J0E | Live Scoutcast Tuesday 8pm - leave your questions here Live Scoutcast Tues 8pm Feel free to leave your questions for us here. | 4 years, 7 months ago | 23 |
 Moderately content penguin | The case for Aubameyang Theoretical question Had Auba on my watchlist anyway but now getting more interested. I'd be looking at a modified version of the triple premium template simply substituting Ron and cheap defende… | 4 years, 7 months ago | 19 |
 Kay317 | Sell Ronaldo for Lukaku - or own both? What's the general consensus on her....better to have Lukaku with a well balanced team or Lukaku and Ronaldo with weaker defence and mid? I fear not owning Ronaldo. | 4 years, 7 months ago | 32 |
 Meltens | Allsvenskan Fantasy Scout Picks GW21 Scout picks GW21: https://allsvenskan.se/fantasy/scout-picks-gw21 | 4 years, 7 months ago | 1 |
 Skonto Rigga | Friday's Press Conference Times Friday's pressers - 15 of the buggers: Smith - 8.45am Bruce - 9.30am Klopp - 10.45am Solskjaer - 1pm Moyes - 1pm Vieira - 1pm Farke - 1pm Lage - 1.10pm Guardiola - 1.30pm Tuchel - 1pm Rodgers - 1.… | 4 years, 7 months ago | 9 |
 Nomar | A shortage of Bamford replacements? The paucity of good mid priced strikers available to replace Bamford is shocking. Almost feel its better to hope Torres plays and Gilmour comes in off my bench than waste a transfer on the other a… | 4 years, 7 months ago | 13 |
 ChelseaGuy | The Case for Antonio Captaincy The case for Antonio captaincy So, all the talk of captaincy have mostly been around Salah & Ronaldo, I believe Antonio is being overlooked as a captaincy option. Looking at their individual stat… | 4 years, 7 months ago | 20 |
Skonto Rigga | Thursday's Press Conference Times Morning all - only five pressers today but Bielsa's is amongst them: Munoz - 1pm Dyche - 1.15pm Bielsa - 1.15pm Potter - 1.30pm Frank - 4pm | 4 years, 7 months ago | 9 |
TopMarx | SCOUT PICKS COMMUNITY CHAMPION LOTTERY - GAMEWEEK 6 Ready to take on the Scout Picks? Get your Community Picks in for Gameweek 6! Each week the Scout panel of Neale, Tom, Sam and Az pick a team of players who they think will fare best in the upcomi… | 4 years, 7 months ago | 1 |
Meltens | Allsvenskan Fantasy - Scout Picks GW20 Scout Picks for GW20: https://allsvenskan.se/fantasy/scout-picks-gw20 Midweek games! It's been a while, and it looks like a potentially tricky one as well other than the (supposed) slam dunk Djurg… | 4 years, 7 months ago | 5 |
G-Whizz | GW6 Fixture and clean sheet odds GW6 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/1so2zaz (Provided by Betbrain) GW5 clean sheet results: MCI: 55% ✅ LIV: 51% ✅ WOL: 45% ❌ CHE: 41% ✅ ARS: 36% ✅ NOR: 35% ❌ MNU: 33… | 4 years, 7 months ago | 14 |
Az | Gameweek 6 Q&A Sam and I will be live tomorrow on YouTube for the weekly Q&A. Any questions you’d like us to tackle? Drop them below and / or tune in live 🙂 | 4 years, 7 months ago | 16 |
 Alisson WondHaaland | Tough run for West Ham attackers? Top 8 best teams by xG conceded so far this season: 1. Man city 2. Brentford 3. Aston Villa 4. Liverpool 5. Everton 6. Wolves 7. Brighton 8. Chelsea West Ham's upcoming fixtures after Leeds: Br… | 4 years, 7 months ago | 33 |
 james 101 | What do we do with Diogo Jota? What are Jota owners doing? A. Hold B. Drop | 4 years, 7 months ago | 31 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tues 8pm - leave your questions here Scoutcast Live Stream Tuesday 8pm Let us know your questions here. #fpl #GW6 | 4 years, 7 months ago | 18 |
 cfreel | Differential League 2021 - GW 6 Differential League 2021 - GW 6 Form, apology for GW 5 and GW 4 results. Pick a new team each week with players that have under 10% ownership and see who the differential master is by the end of t… | 4 years, 7 months ago | 3 |
RedLightning | GW5 Mini-League Leaders Mini-League Leaders, Gameweek 5. This is a report on the leaders of various Fantasy Football Scout FPL mini-leagues and community competitions after Gameweek 5. ** FFSCOUT OPEN FPL LEAGUE The Fa… | 4 years, 7 months ago | 1 |
Meltens | Allsvenskan Fantasy Scout Picks GW19 Scout Picks GW19: https://allsvenskan.se/fantasy/scout-picks-gw19 Anyone fancy a chip this week? I’m deploying the attack-chip with Nyman - Adegbenro - Jeremejeff. | 4 years, 7 months ago | 3 |
Skonto Rigga | Friday's Press Conference Times Friday's press conference times: Smith - 9.30am Frank - 11am Klopp - 12.30pm Tuchel - 1pm Lage - 1pm Vieira - 1pm Farke - 1.15pm Guardiola - 1.30pm Potter - 1.30pm | 4 years, 7 months ago | 0 |
Az | Members only video with Mark: Gameweek 5 Morning all. Mark recorded his weekly members video last night with Andy N, and you can watch it here ahead of GW5 https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/members-only-videos/ | 4 years, 7 months ago | 8 |
 Greyhead | SKLW Final Draft 8pm Sunday The final draft will take place here at 8pm (ish) UK time on Sunday night to fill the remaining 35 places. So if you have signed up then look out for the Boris updates as the team captains make the… | 4 years, 7 months ago | 3 |
Skonto Rigga | Thursday's Press Conference Times Morning folks, here are the press conference times for Thursday: Bruce - 9.30am Bielsa - 1pm Arteta - 1pm Benitez - 1pm Munoz - 1pm Dyche - 1.30pm Hasenhüttl - 1.30pm Solskjaer - 2pm Rodgers - po… | 4 years, 7 months ago | 2 |
Az | Gameweek 5 Q&A Any questions for Sam and I on the Q&A tomorrow ahead of Gameweek 5? We'll be live on the YouTube channel at 1030 🙂 | 4 years, 7 months ago | 25 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tues 8pm - leave your questions here Live Scoutcast tonight - at 8pm feel free to leave your questions here | 4 years, 7 months ago | 23 |
G-Whizz | GW5 Fixture and clean sheet odds GW5 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/1s5lqgw (Provided by Betbrain) GW4 clean sheet results: CHE: 54% ✅ MNU: 51% ❌ ARS: 42% ✅ TOT: 42% ❌ MCI: 41% ✅ EVE: 38% ❌ WOL: 36… | 4 years, 7 months ago | 7 |
Geoff | UCL Fantasy - Ceiling Fans Welcome back all! I'm looking to play really aggressively this year, and am looking for high-upside players. Who are the best punty picks with huge upside? We're looking for ceiling here, without… | 4 years, 7 months ago | 14 |
RedLightning | GW4 Rough with the Smooth Rough with the Smooth, Gameweek 4. How did your Gameweek go? Did you get a big green or red arrow? Did you play your wildcard or take a hit? Were you rejoicing or despairing as the goals wemnt in… | 4 years, 7 months ago | 27 |
RedLightning | GW4 Mini-League Leaders 1Mini-League Leaders, Gameweek 4. This is a report on the leaders of various Fantasy Football Scout FPL mini-leagues and community competitions after Gameweek 4, when many Wildcards were played an… | 4 years, 7 months ago | 0 |
 Mullered in Maenam | Fantasy Bundesliga Wildcard Discussion Many thanks for the article FFFrog, here’s my MD 4 Wildcard picks: Hradecky – Baumann Davies – Roussillon – Lucoqui – Gießelmann – Scally Kimmich – Bellingham – Stindl – Kainz… | 4 years, 7 months ago | 12 |
 Miguel Sanchez | South American Internationals avoid ban South American players cleared to play this weekend | 4 years, 7 months ago | 10 |
cfreel | New Community Differential League Differential League 2021: One of the best FPL moments is when you pick that player that nobody else has and they score big. It's bragging rights amongst mates. It proves that your endless hours of… | 4 years, 7 months ago | 6 |
Meltens | Allsvenskan Fantasy Scout Picks GW18 Scout Picks for GW18: https://allsvenskan.se/fantasy/scout-picks-gw18 Hope you’re all feeling well post this international break, now it’s time to get back into it! Who are you looking to capt… | 4 years, 7 months ago | 13 |
Skonto Rigga | Friday's Press Conference Times Morning all, press conference times for Friday: Bruce - 9.30am Smith - 9.30am Klopp - 12.30pm Bielsa - 1pm Lage - 1pm Vieira - 1pm Solskjaer - 1pm Farke - 1.15pm Benitez - 1.30pm Tuchel - 1.30pm M… | 4 years, 7 months ago | 7 |
Skonto Rigga | Thursday's Press Conference Times Belated confirmation of Thursday's press conference times (BST): | 4 years, 7 months ago | 8 |
 tuvok | Do Bruno and ronaldo lack chemistry? Some interesting points on possible impact of Ronaldo on Bruno & their relationship in this article: - 'During qualifying for the European Championship, the pair scored 12 of the 22 goals by Port… | 4 years, 7 months ago | 21 |
Az | Gameweek 4 Q&A Morning all! Sam and I are live on YouTube in about an hour. https://youtu.be/t9kH36uBWno Any questions you'd like us to answer? | 4 years, 7 months ago | 16 |
 Pep Roulette | Brazilians to miss out? Breaking: #ManCity will be unable to select Ederson and Gabriel Jesus against Leicester on Saturday, after the Brazilian Football Association asked world football’s governing body to enforce rule… | 4 years, 7 months ago | 21 |
TopMarx | SCOUT PICKS COMMUNITY CHAMPION LOTTERY - GAMEWEEK 4 Ready to take on the Scout Picks? Get your Community Picks in for Gameweek 4! Each week the Scout panel of Neale, Tom, Sam and Az pick a team of players who they think will fare best in the upcomi… | 4 years, 7 months ago | 0 |
 Twisted Saltergater | Quarantine info for returning internationals Good article here on the quarantine rules following the World Cup qualifiers, and how it affects West Ham players. The same rules will apply to the players of all other Premier League teams too. … | 4 years, 7 months ago | 14 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | August Community Writer of the Month Vote With the season back in full force, we’re once again asking for our community to vote for their favourite community writers of the month. Another great list of names who deserve serious thanks an… | 4 years, 7 months ago | 0 |