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Author Hot Topic Date Replies

dunas_dog
Chances of Lingard to West Ham?

Does the fact Lingard may rejoin West Ham put you off Benrahma?

5 years, 1 month 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…

5 years, 1 month 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…

5 years, 1 month 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…

5 years, 1 month 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…

5 years, 1 month 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 …

5 years, 1 month ago 10

RedLightning
GW1 Rough with the Smooth

Rough with the Smooth, Gameweek 1. How did your Gameweek go? Did you score your first century of the season? Did you use any chips? Did you have a differential captain failure? Did you leave big …

5 years, 1 month ago 56

RedLightning
GW1 Mini-league leaders

Mini-League Leaders, Gameweek 1: This is a report on the leaders of various Fantasy Football Scout FPL mini-leagues and community competitions after a high-scoring Gameweek 1 (if you owned Salah a…

5 years, 1 month ago 2

The Train Driver
New Players added...

New players added to FPL Thomas (DEF) BUR £4.0m Richardson (FWD) BUR £4.5m Karbownik (DEF) BHA £4.0m Caicedo (MID) BHA £4.5m Richards (MID) BHA £4.5m Zeqiri (FWD) BHA £4.5m Hannam (DEF…

5 years, 1 month ago 6

potatoace
Thoughts on Toney?

I thought he had a good game. Skysports man of the match. Some lovely weighted through balls, got space and should have been picked out on at least 2 occasions. Could have had 2 assists also. All …

5 years, 1 month ago 16

Meltens
Allsvenskan Fantasy GW15 - Scout picks and players to watch

Scout Picks for GW15: https://allsvenskan.se/fantasy/scout-picks-gw15 Thanks Gerardo for your continued contributions, always a good read and very appreciated! How are you looking ahead of GW15? …

5 years, 1 month ago 4

Freshy
Membership Renewal questions...

Any management onboard? Is there a link for members to renew at today's discount? Or is it not available for existing members?

5 years, 1 month ago 11

Zimo
LMS League code...

6dcode

5 years, 1 month ago 0

G-Whizz
Pre-Deadline A or B questions!

Time for the pre-deadline A or B thread! What are your last minute questions on captaincy, transfers, bench or even anything else? Please post as an A or B question, and please answer a few other…

5 years, 1 month ago 85

ffs casual
Buendia states he's fit...

Looks promising https://twitter.com/EM10Buendia/status/1425938696814186503

5 years, 1 month ago 0

Collie01
Whipping boys! Who's yours to target?

Early doors, there seems to be many potential whipping boys. By this, I mean teams that could potentially concede multiple times a game on a pretty regular basis. In no particular order: - Norwic…

5 years, 1 month ago 15

diesel001
Lukaku price revealed, you going for him?

Lukaku!!!!! £11.5m - yay or nay for your FPL team?

5 years, 1 month ago 20

G-Whizz
GW1 Fixture and clean sheet odds (updated)

GW1 Fixture and clean sheet odds (updated) https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/23925066

5 years, 1 month ago 0

jia you
The Case for BB GW1

7 reasons why an early BB could work out well for the non-expert FPL manager: 1. It gets it out of the way and allows you to focus your transfers on your first XI after your first WC and for the m…

5 years, 1 month ago 45

DAZZ
Jota vs Greenwood

A huge talking point and one the more popular decisions people seem to be making, is Jota v Greenwood. Both the same price. Who are you going with if any, and why?

5 years, 1 month ago 24

Stormbringer22
Is Tsimikas worth it?

The more I think about it, the more I lean towards Tsimikas not being worth it. While I appreciate that over the course of GW1 and GW2 Tsimikas + Raphina + Ings likely score more points than Ayling…

5 years, 1 month ago 42

The Train Driver
28 new players added

28 New Players added to FPL: Cutrone FOR Wolves £5.0m Coventry MID West Ham £4.5m Alves DEF West Ham £4.0m Scarlett FOR Spurs £4.5m Long FOR Southampton £5.5m Broja FOR Southampton £5.0…

5 years, 1 month ago 7

Rotation's Alter Ego
Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery - Gameweek 1

It's a new season and after AA33 stormed to the title last year, Scout Picks Community Champion is back for another year.

 For the uninitiated among you, each week the Scouts pick a team of pl…

5 years, 1 month ago 0

Too Many Tacos
Fellowship of the 4.0

One 4.0 to rule them all... My internal debate around Tsimikas is reaching Council of Elrond proportions: "It is a gift. Why not use this 4.0?" "You cannot field him. None of us can. Not without l…

5 years, 1 month ago 10

Rainer
Robertson update

Andy Robertson update from Jurgen Klopp. Seems it will 2/3 games absence “I think we got lucky,” said Klopp. “It could have been much worse. It will not be too long. I’m not sure if it wil…

5 years, 1 month ago 19

MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
Potential Liverpool Targets

Liverpool fpl review: Attackers: Salah should be in everyone's team regardless of a slow pre season. He had one last year and belted in a hat trick in gw 1. Talk of decline is grossly exaggerated …

5 years, 1 month ago 18

Witty Pun: Not good at this…
Iheanacho warning

PSA to anyone still holding on to Iheanacho: Rodgers seems to be happily returning to four at the back. This change unfortunately means Iheanacho is very unlikely to start much, at least to begin …

5 years, 1 month ago 10

Az
Don’t miss Mark Sutherns’ (Members only) video

If you're a Premium Member of FFS, don't forget to check out Mark Sutherns and Andy as they talk how real like transfers could impact on their sections and the sharing of their current drafts ahead…

5 years, 1 month ago 0

Avery
Will you own Lukaku?

Will you be fitting Lukaku into your team?

5 years, 1 month ago 14

Meltens
Allsvenskan Fantasy GW14 - Scout Picks & Captains

GW14 is just around the corner with a kickoff time of 15.30 CET! If we are lucky we might get some team news ahead of the deadline. A tricky week for captaincy, who are you placing the armband on?

5 years, 1 month ago 10

Az
FFS TRANSFER PLANNER

Hey guys, Just dropping a note to say I am absolutely PSYCHED about the new FFS Transfer Planner. I've been working on it for the last few months with the brains behind the Championship Manager F…

5 years, 1 month ago 20

G-Whizz
GW1 Fixture and clean sheet odds (updated)

GW1 fixture odds can be found here: https://www.betbrain.com/football/england/premier-league/ GW1 clean sheet odds: CHE: 56% (+4) LEI: 44% (-1) LIV: 43% MCI: 39% BHA: 38% (+1) MNU: 36% (+1) ARS: …

5 years, 1 month ago 16

Geoff
Fofana injury - budget defenders

Following Fofana's injury, who is your pick for the best budget defender? Why? Looks to be a difficult choice now with no one standout option. Who is on your watchlist?

5 years, 1 month ago 24

⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
Danny Ings to Aston Villa

Ings to villa done

5 years, 1 month ago 14

Rasping Drive
Are Community Shield line-ups a good guide for GW1?

Are Community Shield lineups a reliable guide for GW1? A common assumption is that the lineups in the CS are a good guide as to which players will feature in GW1. I spent a bit of time to find out…

5 years, 1 month ago 9

Ginkapo FPL
Impact of refereeing changes

Hot Topic - What do we anticipate to be the impact of refereeing changes? Penalties: "Referees will look for contact and establish clear contact, then ask themselves the question: does that conta…

5 years, 1 month ago 33

Rasping Drive
Is Jota worth the risk?

Is Diogo Jota worth the risk? Using last season as a guide we can see that: Jota was available for selection for 19 gameweeks over the whole season. Starts: 12 (63% of total) Featured as sub: 7 (3…

5 years, 1 month ago 17

Athletic Nasherbo
Is double Liverpool defence justifiable?

Surprised more of the FPL community have not mobilised to explain why Liverpool defensive assets aren’t as good as we might think! Negatives: - TAA + Robbo priced at 7.5 + 7.0 respectively. T…

5 years, 1 month ago 27

Meltens
Allsvenskan Fantasy - Scout Picks BGW13

https://allsvenskan.se/fantasy/scout-picks-gw13 Scout Picks for Blank GW13! Will you be able to fit a full 11 without taking a hit? Who are you looking to captain this tricky week with Hammarby …

5 years, 1 month ago 8

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…

5 years, 1 month 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…

5 years, 1 month 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…

5 years, 1 month 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…

5 years, 1 month 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!

5 years, 1 month 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…

5 years, 1 month 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…

5 years, 1 month 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…

5 years, 1 month 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.

5 years, 1 month 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…

5 years, 1 month 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/

5 years, 1 month ago 0