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 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 6 months ago | 12 |
 Miguel Sanchez | South American Internationals avoid ban South American players cleared to play this weekend | 4 years, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 months ago | 7 |
Skonto Rigga | Thursday's Press Conference Times Belated confirmation of Thursday's press conference times (BST): | 4 years, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 months ago | 0 |
 Camzy | Time for Traore? I believe there is a real misconception about Adama Traore. Just listened to PlanetFPL's pod from Sunday and also a few other pods/threads. Most of them dismiss Traore rather quickly as being some… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 33 |
 Steve The Spud | Deciding when to Wildcard What thought process do you use to decide if to wildcard or not ? Last season was my first season and my first wc was a complete horror but the 2nd was really successful Guess I’m just lookin… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 36 |
 The Big Fella | Is Ronaldo worth ripping up a good team for? All the talk, understandably, is on Ronaldo and how/if to get him in. I have actually come up with a great WC team that includes him, Salah and Lukaku (along with Torres, Antonio, Jota, Raphinha) b… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 59 |
 824545201 | Are we underestimating Arsenal's defence? People are underestimating Arsenal defensive assets way too much. I think a double-up on Arsenal defense can be an absolute goldmine of points per million. | 4 years, 6 months ago | 35 |
Skonto Rigga | Ronaldo's FPL Price Revealed Ronaldo a £12.5m forward! | 4 years, 6 months ago | 17 |
 G-Whizz | GW4 Fixture and clean sheet odds GW4 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/1qr9l88 (Provided by Betbrain) GW3 clean sheet results: MCI: 51% ✅ TOT: 48% ✅ WHU: 43% ❌ MNU: 39% ✅ LEI: 36% ❌ BHA: 35% ❌ AVL: 34… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 6 |
RedLightning | GW3 Rough with the Smooth Rough with the Smooth,Gameweek 3. How did your gameweek go? Did you get a big red or green arrow? Did your transfers improve your team or make it worse? Did you play a chip, and how did it turn o… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 36 |
RedLightning | GW3 Mini-League Leaders Mini-League Leaders, Gameweek 3. This is a report on the leaders of various Fantasy Football Scout FPL mini-leagues and community competitions after Gameweek 3. ** FFSCOUT OPEN FPL LEAGUE The Fa… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 9 |
Meltens | Allsvenskan Fantasy - Scout Picks GW17 Scout Picks GW17: https://allsvenskan.se/fantasy/scout-picks-gw17 Hope you're all geared up for the last GW before the International break. Anyone fancy a chip? Who are you captaining? Is it time… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 6 |
RedLightning | Wildcard Timing When do you expect to play your First Wildcard, and why? (a) Already played it in Gameweek 2 or 3. (b) Gameweek 4 (after the first International Break and the end of the transfer window) (c) Gamewe… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 42 |
 sully29 | What will be the FPL impact of Ronaldo joining United? So what is the impact of Ronaldo at United? Does he become a perma-captain for a huge swathe of people playing the game, particulary given the size of United's fanbase? Or is he just another big h… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 59 |
Skonto Rigga | Friday's Press Conference Times Today's pressers: Bruce - 9.30am Smith - 9.30am Bielsa - 11am Benitez - 11am Frank - 11am Lage - 1pm Vieira - 1pm Munoz - 1pm Klopp - 1.15pm Farke - 1.15pm Solskjaer - 1.15pm Dyche - 1.30pm Tuchel… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 5 |
Az | Fanteam video: Gameweek 3 Recorded the newest FanTeam video with last years winner, Josh, for anyone that's interested! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCerwmVoGM-cZpHHOS_tGKZg New dedicated channel, so likes and subs app… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 1 |
The Big Fella | Ronaldo's FPL Price How much do we think Ronaldo will be in FPL if he goes to City? 11.5? 12.5? 13? | 4 years, 6 months ago | 52 |
Az | Chess FPL league I played last season (and survived in Division 1!). Would strongly recommend anyone with an interest in Chess gets involved in this, really well organised and a lot of fun! | 4 years, 6 months ago | 23 |
Skonto Rigga | Thursday's Press Conference Times Morning, all. Just the four pressers today (all UK time): Arteta - 12.30pm Potter - 1.30pm Rodgers - 1.30pm Hasenhuttl - 4pm | 4 years, 6 months ago | 3 |
TopMarx | SCOUT PICKS COMMUNITY CHAMPION LOTTERY - GAMEWEEK 3 Ready to take on the Scout Picks? Get your Community Picks in for Gameweek 3! 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, 6 months ago | 0 |
Az | Gameweek 3 Q&A Morning guys! Any burning questions for Sam and I on the weekly Q&A ahead of Gameweek 3? https://youtu.be/uuvsZX2WZeg | 4 years, 6 months ago | 46 |
G-Whizz | GW3 Fixture and clean sheet odds GW3 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/1qh2byi (Provided by Betbrain) GW2 clean sheet results: MCI: 58% ✅ LIV: 57% ✅ BHA: 45% ✅ CHE: 40% ✅ MNU: 38% ❌ TOT: 36% ✅ AVL: 35… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 9 |
RedLightning | GW2 Rough with the Smooth Rough with the Smooth, Gameweek 2. How did your Gameweek go? Did you get a big green red arrow? Did you make any transfers or use any chips? Did your differential captain outscore the favourites?… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 23 |
RedLightning | GW2 Mini-League Leaders Mini-League Leaders, Gameweek 2. This is a report on the leaders of various Fantasy Football Scout FPL mini-leagues and community competitions after Gameweek 2, another high-scoring one despite th… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 0 |
 Eze Really? | Template tedium? Just looked at my ML. 2 sides identical. I wonder if Andy has something to do with it? Shame. Not for content creators, the cheating sheep who follow him. Maybe it is time to put some rules in plac… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 104 |
 Boris Bodega | FPL Community Competition Applications to enter the greatest FPL Community Competition there is are now open, link below to the article where you can sign up. https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2021/08/20/community-tou… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 3 |
G-Whizz | Ollie Watkins: What to do now? Ollie Watkins: What now? Dean Smith said he "doesn't expect" Ollie Watkins to play this weekend, while Bertrand Traoré has suffered a hamstring injury and will be out until just after the interna… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 24 |
 Sterling Archer | Press Conference Times... bbc sport delivering on the presser times!!....... Fifteen of the 20 Premier League managers will be speaking to the media today. We'll bring you the latest from those news conferences as we get i… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 4 |
Camzy | Bruno (C) or Salah (C)? Bruno vs Salah (c)... Here's my take on it. Overall, stats favor Mo Salah. He plays higher up, he shoots a lot, everything seems to align on him being objectively better. But there's another angle… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 60 |
 Piggs Boson | Gündogan trained as normal... The Gundog has trained as normal. https://twitter.com/City_Xtra/status/1428044746640007178?s=19 | 4 years, 6 months ago | 17 |
G-Whizz | Add Antonio to the GW4 missing list? Antonio could be playing for Jamaica in the International Break... https://twitter.com/Football_LDN/status/1427982362034413574?s=20 | 4 years, 6 months ago | 18 |
Az | TRANSFER PLANNER: HAVE YOU GOT YOURS? Hey all, Thanks to the 4,000+ people that have requested a transfer planner, and apologies if it took a while to get to you. James and Rob who built the planner encountered numerous obstacles fro… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 11 |
 dunas_dog | Chances of Lingard to West Ham? Does the fact Lingard may rejoin West Ham put you off Benrahma? | 4 years, 6 months ago | 16 |
G-Whizz | GW2 Fixture and clean sheet odds GW2 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/1pz9zys (Provided by Betbrain) GW1 clean sheet results: CHE: 52% ✅ LEI: 45% ✅ LIV: 41% ✅ MCI: 39% ❌ BHA: 37% ❌ EVE: 35% ❌ MNU: 35… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 42 |
Az | Any questions for Matt Holland? I'm going to be having a chat with former Ipswich and Charlton midfielder Matt Holland! He's a big FPL player, and was a keen supporter of Fantasy Champ man last season. Any questions you want me… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 11 |
 Rupert The Horse | Gündogan owners, what's the move now? Its probably been discussed but the Gundo injury is a problem, it always hurts more when your pick blanks and gets injured and the other picks you had in a number of drafts like Greenwood, Jota and… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 35 |
Az | Live Q & A today at 12 Morning guys! Sam and I will be live on YouTube at 12.00 for a Q&A. Any questions you'd like us to answer ahead of Gameweek 2? If so, just drop them in the comments below. https://youtu.be/r-A9… | 4 years, 6 months ago | 17 |
 Collie01 | GW1 Observations A few thoughts on GW1 as a whole. Very small sample sizes disclaimer. - The big takeaway for me is that home advantage is back. 7 out of 10 home teams won. I would personally categorise 4 of the … | 4 years, 6 months ago | 10 |