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 Hairy Potter | Fans' return: The downsides I wonder if the return of fans with have a positive or negative impact on teams this season. Still not a lot of love in Newcastle for Bruce and some of the performances last season rank up there w… | 4 years, 10 months ago | 11 |
 Nate(U)dog(ie) | Would Grealish be nailed at City? I have Grealish and Foden in my current draft and have been pondering who I'd prefer to keep (if either) if Grealish goes to City. Was thinking for the price he'd end up being you'd imagine Grealis… | 4 years, 10 months ago | 13 |
 Greyhead | Calling all Community Captains The Community Tournament has been supersized this year - some questions answered in the latest article. We have already doubled the number of captains from last year but want to triple up (mainly b… | 4 years, 10 months ago | 1 |
 Baps Hunter | How to fit in 3 heavy hitters No matter what I do, having 3 very big hitters is overkill if Kane goes to Manchester. One strategy might be trying to play fixtures with them and have 2/3 of them all the time. If starting with Sa… | 4 years, 10 months ago | 14 |
 Az | guinea pigs needed Am looking for a few FFS users to try out a new tool that's in the works. If you're interested, can you email me at az@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk Cheers! | 4 years, 10 months ago | 8 |
 Avery | Everton friendly report Half time It’s a good run out for the Everton players. Temperatures are roasting there.They are definitely playing like it’s an exhibition match. - Digne took a high boot to the face at 43mi… | 4 years, 10 months ago | 12 |
 Ruth_NZ | Toney reservations Seems like there's a fair old bandwagon about Ivan Toney [Brentford, 6.5m] with many talking as if he's a good thing. So thought I'd take a look at his prospects. First things first: you can't equ… | 4 years, 10 months ago | 60 |
 Meltens | Allsvenskan GW12 - Scout Picks Scout picks GW12: https://allsvenskan.se/fantasy/scout-picks-gw12 How are you dealing with a tricky captain week with some potential rotation on the cards for the clubs involved in European qualif… | 4 years, 10 months ago | 5 |
 Kloppage Time | Fitting Kane in Not sure I wanted Kane to go to Man City as I will have to rip my team apart now to fit in him, just cannot see going without him now. | 4 years, 10 months ago | 25 |
 mixology | Early or late WC? How many fixtures are you looking at when selecting your GW1 team? I always get off to a slow start by selecting mostly players who I want to keep long term, combined with the fact I'm a rubbish F… | 4 years, 10 months ago | 17 |
 Boris Bodega | New FPL Community Tournament for 21/22 Managers required for the best Fantasy Football Community tournament there is! https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2021/07/20/community-tournament-2021-22-strikers-keepers-losers-weepers/ | 4 years, 11 months ago | 0 |
 Athletic Nasherbo | Leicester players overlooked? Are we sleeping on Leicester assets? 20/21 after 7 games - 2nd place (1 point off Liverpool) 19/20 after 7 games - 3rd place (7 points off top - Liverpool had won all) 21/22 - Leicester have … | 4 years, 11 months ago | 47 |
 G-Whizz | GW1 Fixtures and clean sheet odds GW1 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/1btpvg4 (Provided by Betbrain) GW1 clean sheet odds: CHE: 52% LEI: 45% LIV: 41% MCI: 39% BHA: 37% EVE: 35% MNU: 35% WHU: 33% ARS: 32% … | 4 years, 11 months ago | 13 |
 Rotation's Alter Ego | Would old-fashioned pricing be more fun? A couple weeks ago, I spent a bit of time looking through how FPL have changed their pricing strategy over the years. One year that caught the eye was 04/05. As a general summary: Premiums were… | 4 years, 11 months ago | 17 |
 HurriKane | The Case for Buendia Case for Emi Buendia !! Villa record signing at 38m is going straight into my team and here's why. - Buendia scored 15 goals and registered 16 assists claiming Sky Bet Championship Player of the … | 4 years, 11 months ago | 14 |
 DAZZ | Too much Raphinha love? Why all the Raph love? 3/4 tough opening fixtures. GW5 on yes, great option. | 4 years, 11 months ago | 32 |
 Camzy | Mane and Salah in GW1? Thoughts on starting with Mane + Salah? They have gotten really long summer breaks. VvD will also be back. I think Pool could be the strongest starters of the new season. Going Salah + Mane + TAA … | 4 years, 11 months ago | 34 |
 RedLightning | Light touch VAR? The officials at the Euros showed a much lighter touch as regards VAR, with the result that far fewer decisions were reversed after VAR reviews. None of the dodgy penalties and red cards for compar… | 4 years, 11 months ago | 10 |
 Skonto Rigga | Scout Notes Poll Trying to gauge opinion on the normal Scout Notes (not the pre-season variety) so set up a poll on the sidebar. Feedback seems to be mixed; some like the lengthier write-ups, some others find it a … | 4 years, 11 months ago | 5 |
 ritzyd | Is Toney all that? Is Toney all that? He was one of the first names of my draft one but i have since taken him out. Why? I watched the highlights on youtube of all his goals and assist from last season and looked at… | 4 years, 11 months ago | 33 |
RedLightning | FPL Editorial Content Suggestions Nine dormant article strands from the past are described in the article and survey above, but if there are any others that we’ve unfairly overlooked then please mention them here. And also pleas… | 4 years, 11 months ago | 34 |
 FPL Virgin | Picking settled/proven players in GW1 For me, I like certainty in my gameweek 1 side. I like players who have a good track record in the premier league. Not only that ... but they need a settled manager in charge of team. So I don't… | 4 years, 11 months ago | 19 |
 Steve The Spud | FPL Forward Line Plans What’s everyone’s front 2/3 atm I’m on Watkins dcl Toney atm but subject to change depending on transfers and Pre season form Feel like with the these 3 you play the stats and also get 3 … | 4 years, 11 months ago | 27 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Nuno New Numero Uno Manager merry-go-round in full swing now, Nuno to Spurs confirmed. https://twitter.com/SpursOfficial/status/1410316079105122304?s=19 Any interest here for FPL? My first thoughts are obviously Do… | 4 years, 11 months ago | 9 |
 Elfozzie 42 | Benitez to Everton - Does that change your picks? Benitez became the blues 5th manager in 5 seasons when he was unveiled at Goodison Park today https://twitter.com/Everton/status/1410240527988051968 It's fair to say the fan reaction has been 'mixe… | 4 years, 11 months ago | 9 |
 Holmes | Bench Boosting in Gameweek 1 Am I alone in BB1 camp? | 4 years, 11 months ago | 39 |
Skonto Rigga | New FFS editor and deputy Afternoon all, I'm chuffed to bits to be stepping up as Editor and humbled to be asked to do so. I'm even more delighted to welcome aboard Tom, a bona fide FPL great and a manager whose season hi… | 4 years, 11 months ago | 39 |
 schlupptheweek | Wolves bargains under Lage I know the season is a long way a way but Wolves could provide a few bargains given Bruno Lage's trust in youth and attacking 4-4-2 formation. We will very likely buy a striker but given we're unli… | 4 years, 11 months ago | 10 |
RedLightning | FPL Mini-leagues to enter The Opening Day League (league code 4bfkn8) 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 12.15pm on Wednesday 23rd Jun… | 4 years, 11 months ago | 18 |
 Maximus Bonimus Pointimus | Is a strong template forming? With those prices & fixtures - is anyone *not* starting with Watkins, Raphinia, Salah, Bruno, Sanchez and a Liverpool defender? That’s two thirds of most teams sorted already 😆 | 4 years, 11 months ago | 32 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | FPL Pricing First Impressions Lots of FPL price releases today - who are you liking the look of and who has been overpriced? Full list of the prices revealed so far (bar Liverpool, Norwich and West Ham, only included a select … | 4 years, 12 months ago | 34 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Could Palace offer value? Next on the list is Palace Zaha - MID - 7m Guaita - GK - 4.5m Mitchell - DEF - 4.5m Benteke - FWD - 6.5m https://twitter.com/CPFC/status/1406572536586964992?s=20 | 4 years, 12 months ago | 15 |
 SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE | Sanchez at 4.5m - easy pick? Sanchez (4.5m) that’s the GK sorted | 4 years, 12 months ago | 7 |
Skonto Rigga | FPL player price reaction Any stand-out players from these early prices? Smith-Rowe generous at £5.5m? The Pepe of GW35-38 would be a steal at £7.5m but... Arteta. | 4 years, 12 months ago | 11 |
Az | FIXTURE LIST 21/22 - EARLY THOUGHTS VIDEO Don't forget to check out my video with David on the new fixture list for the 21/22 season! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4aA3J60yDQ | 4 years, 12 months ago | 0 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | First look at rotation pairings As always, there are 10 pairs of teams that have perfect home / away rotations - if you target that kind of thing. Seem a lot less geographical this season, which is bizarre. Arsenal and Tottenham… | 4 years, 12 months ago | 10 |
Skonto Rigga | FPL players for the start of 2021/22 Obviously without having seen the new season player prices, any names leaping out for the start of 2021/22? Could see a mid-price (and no doubt frustrating) template front three of Watkins, DCL and… | 4 years, 12 months ago | 19 |
 Geoff | PL Fixtures - FFS Ticker is Live Fixture Ticker is LIVE 🙂 | 4 years, 12 months ago | 2 |
RedLightning | FPL Updating FPL has been updating for most of today, getting ready for 2021/22. Do we expect them to make any big changes to the game? What changes would we like them to make? And when do we expect it to relau… | 5 years, 2 hours ago | 28 |
 Deulofail | MD1 Stick or Twist thread - Sunday MD1 Stick or twist thread - Sunday Goal of this thread: - Concetrate captain questions in one place for efficiency - Increase the value of answers by forming a template with the minumum required … | 5 years, 2 days ago | 21 |
Deulofail | How to decide whether to stick or twist? I think the qustion you should be asking about captaincy, is: Am I likely to get more or less points at the end of the MD from switching? If "more", then switch. However, based on what I've been… | 5 years, 3 days ago | 26 |
Az | FANTEAM TOP PICKS VIDEO If anyone's playing FanTeam I've just finished a video where I go through all 24 teams in the tournament and pick our my best picks Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9dbEA_yOvE | 5 years, 4 days ago | 2 |
 Silecro | Euro Captaincy - Stick or Twist? If any of the captains haul early, what is the approximate captain return in your opinion that would make you stay with this player for the rest of MD? example, Berardi has 1G 1A right of the bat, … | 5 years, 4 days ago | 14 |
Az | FFS with Just Eat Minileague: Make sure you've joined! Just a note that with the new partnership with Just Eat comes some prizes for our UEFA Euro 2020 Mini league. They'll be vouchers for highest scoring teams of the 7 Matchdays + overall winner. Si… | 5 years, 5 days ago | 3 |
 _Make | Euro Qualifying Data Spreadsheet I have kept a spreadsheet since Euro 2016 to help me plan for tournament fantasy football. I use it as an at-a-glance indicator of which teams performed well in qualifying ONLY.* It's very basic b… | 5 years, 6 days ago | 6 |
Az | Chat with the Fanteam PL Champion: Josh Wooldridge If anyone is playing Fanteam for EURO 2020 check out the video I did earlier with the WINNER of the PL 20/21 season! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4w8ZcvOT_M | 5 years, 10 days ago | 0 |
 Sam FPLFamily | Euro goalscorer challenge Euro GoalScorer Challenge GoalScorer Challenge is one of the easiest fantasy games around. No captains, no transfers, just pick one player to score in each game. That’s it! It’s also free, s… | 5 years, 13 days ago | 1 |
Az | New Pro Pundit signing: Andy North Delighted to welcome Andy North (@fplmode) to the Pro Pundits team. Andy will be helping me with the EURO 2020 content and will be staying on for the 2021/22 FPL season. If you're not familiar wi… | 5 years, 14 days ago | 3 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Hall of Fame updated As a heads up for anyone that may not have noticed - HOF updated this morning with the latest numbers, with the career tab (that anyone can view, unlike the live tab) also updating. Feel free to ch… | 5 years, 15 days ago | 36 |
RedLightning | No home advantage to the average team in 2020/21. As we suspected, playing at home offered no advantage whatsoever to the average Premier League team this season. In 2019/20, the average team scored 28.8 goals and conceded 22.85 in their 19 Premi… | 5 years, 15 days ago | 3 |