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 J0E | Live Scoutcast Tues 8pm - leave your questions here **Scoutcast Tues 8pm ** Joining me to discuss #gw31 #fpl is @SebWassell and @KaramTayser Will be discussing #wildcards and more! Feel free to leave your questions here | 5 years, 2 months ago | 9 |
 G-Whizz | Pre-GW30 Deadline A or B questions Time for the pre-deadline A or B thread! What are your last minute questions on captaincy/transfers/bench/anything else? Please post as an A or B question, and please answer a few other people af… | 5 years, 2 months ago | 58 |
 Geoff | GW30 Breakout Players Who do you think will find form this GW, stepping up with a big score, and why? Maybe someone who hasn’t scored well lately, has very low ownership, or is being broadly overlooked in the c… | 5 years, 2 months ago | 35 |
 BigManBakar | GW29 Review The Review: GW 29 Hi everyone, welcome to “The Review” where I look back on some recent numbers with a look ahead to the football to be played after the international break: (Data taken from … | 5 years, 2 months ago | 18 |
 Sam FPLFamily | SUBMIT QUESTIONS TED TALKS FPL Q&A Twitter Q&A with Ted Talks FPL Over on the FFS_Community twitter account at 6:00pm tonight we will be running a Q&A with Ted Talks FPL. Post your questions for Ted in a reply to this Hot Topic, … | 5 years, 2 months ago | 3 |
 Rotation's Alter Ego | Double Gameweek 32 Confirmed April TV times dropped today and with them it looks like a double Gameweek announcement? Tottenham vs Southampton is now in 32 Along with: Aston Villa vs Man City Chelsea vs Brighton Leicester v… | 5 years, 2 months ago | 7 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tues 8pm - leave your questions here LIVE SCOUTCAST TUES 8pm Feel free to leave your questions for us here! | 5 years, 2 months ago | 11 |
 Deulofail | How valid is the 'something to play for' hypothesis in practice? Has anyone ever demonstrated the 'something to play for' hypothesis or is it just a widely accepted assumption at this point? | 5 years, 2 months ago | 26 |
Sam FPLFamily | Submit questions for Current World Number 1 At 5pm over on the new @FFS_Community Twitter account we will be doing a LIVE Q&A with the current FPL world number 1. If you have any questions you'd like answered on strategy, players, teams etc… | 5 years, 2 months ago | 7 |
 FPL Froggies | City cameos City cameos Hi all, While, generally at this time of the year, the FPL manager with his second Wildcard still available struggles to find the budget to squeeze all the premium in for the run-in, … | 5 years, 2 months ago | 9 |
 TheDragon | Differential captains Twitter appears to be filled with talk of the need for ‘differential’ captain picks and that you are ‘never going to win’ and are ‘dull’ if you go with highly favoured high EO captain p… | 5 years, 2 months ago | 27 |
 Andy_Social | Is the Bonus Point System fair? Sorry, I really don't like the baps system as it is. What I dislike is the way players are rewarded or penalised twice over for the same thing. You win points for goals and assists, penalty saves a… | 5 years, 2 months ago | 26 |
 Camzy | Best midfielders for the run-in Anyone want to discuss run-in midfielders? I'd like to start narrowing down who I want on WC in 31. Must-have: Gundogan, Fernandes -- I'm pretty sure I'm not gonna go without these 2. Elite tier:… | 5 years, 2 months ago | 56 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Make or Break Punts Big thanks to Greyhead for writing the Community Article above, excellent as always. Reading through it, he makes an interesting point in it - is it now time to be brave? As we come into the final… | 5 years, 2 months ago | 22 |
G-Whizz | GW30 Fixtures and clean sheet odds GW30fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/10rwhvp (Provided by Betbrain) BGW29 clean sheet results: BHA: 48% ✅ ARS: 30% ❌ FUL: 30% ❌ TOT: 30% ✅ LEE: 27% ❌ WHU: 27% ❌ AVL: … | 5 years, 2 months ago | 9 |
 Hazz | Team Preview tool - Chrome extension... Hey, my friend has built a Chrome Extension for FPL that allows you to preview your team for future GWs, inside the 'My Team' page on the FPL website. Full credit to him; I've only helped test it… | 5 years, 2 months ago | 7 |
 Legomané | PRE-BGW29 DEADLINE A OR B QUESTIONS Time for a Pre-Blank-Gameweek deadline A or B thread! What are your last minute questions on your Free Hit chip deployment/ captaincy/ transfers/ hits/ anything else? Please post as an A or B que… | 5 years, 2 months ago | 62 |
Geoff | BGW29 Breakout Players Who do you think will find form this GW, stepping up with a big score, and why? Maybe someone who hasn’t scored well lately, has very low ownership, or is being broadly overlooked in the c… | 5 years, 2 months ago | 24 |
BigManBakar | The Review: GW 28 The Review: GW 28 Hi everyone, welcome to the latest edition of “The Review” where I look at Free Hit and the upcoming blank GW29 at length: (Data taken from FFScout with consent) Before I … | 5 years, 2 months ago | 10 |
 RedLightning | Ideas for improving Mini-Leagues and Community Competitions articles. We would welcome any ideas for improving our Mini-Leagues & Community Competitions articles. Do you think that any of the sections should be expanded, reduced or otherwise changed, or are there any… | 5 years, 3 months ago | 21 |
Geoff | Best BGW29 midfield picks Following on from Sterling Archer's quoted line about Son from Mourinho above, who is the best Son replacement for those who want to sell him? It looks to me like a tough GW to find strong options… | 5 years, 3 months ago | 20 |
G-Whizz | BGW29 Fixtures and clean sheet odds BGW29 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/10nf5nc (Provided by Betbrain) GW28 clean sheet results: MCI: 51% ✅ LEI: 48% ✅ LIV: 41% ✅ EVE: 40% ❌ AVL: 39% ❌ CRY: 39% ✅ MNU:… | 5 years, 3 months ago | 2 |
 andy85wsm | SCOUT PICKS CHAMPION LOTTERY - GAMEWEEK 29 We're looking for a new Community Champion for Gameweek 29. Think you have the eye to pick the differentials and form a winning team vs the Scout Picks? We need a Community Champion to represent u… | 5 years, 3 months ago | 0 |
 fusen | Selling Salah: Recent vs Historical form I wonder if this season will be one when lots of FPL managers look back and just wonder at why they kept Salah for so long. I've owned him for 28 gameweeks, why oh why I've listened to nostalgia … | 5 years, 3 months ago | 12 |
 Moderately content penguin | Should we look at Arsenal defence for BGW29? The Arsenal clean sheet record is absolute tosh this season isn't it? Just 6 and if you factor in United approach to "big" matches it's close to as low as it could rationally be Fulham United Lee… | 5 years, 3 months ago | 18 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tues 8pm - leave your questions here SCOUTCAST - looking ahead to #GW29 #fpl TUES 8pm Joining me is @DavidMunday815 and an internetted @SebWassell Feel free to leave your questions here | 5 years, 3 months ago | 12 |
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/anything else? Please post as ONLY an A or B question, and please answer a few other peop… | 5 years, 3 months ago | 154 |
Geoff | GW28 Breakout Players Who do you think will find form this GW to score big, and why? Maybe someone who hasn’t scored well lately, has very low ownership, or is being broadly overlooked in the community. … | 5 years, 3 months ago | 22 |
G-Whizz | GW28 Fixtures and clean sheet odds GW28 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/10ja0nl (Provided by Betbrain) GW27 clean sheet results: CHE: 46% ✅ LIV: 46% ❌ TOT: 46% ❌ ARS: 43% ❌ MCI: 43% ❌ & 50% ❌ SOU: 39%… | 5 years, 3 months ago | 6 |
Deulofail | Do Free Hits have to be differential? The guys on BlackBox think that FHers (in 29) will be looking specifically for differentials to make the most of the chip. For example, you'd get Lingard over Antonio because Antonio will be owned … | 5 years, 3 months ago | 15 |
Geoff | Allsvenskan Fantasy is live Welcome back, Allsvenskan! Our mini-league code is above, along with the new rules. Check out the link to our opening article on the official Fantasy Allsvenskan site, found in the article above. … | 5 years, 3 months ago | 6 |
BigManBakar | The Review: GW 27 The Review: GW 27 Greetings everyone, welcome aboard as I present “The Review” where I reflect on the happenings of GW27 with a look ahead to GW28: (Data taken from FFScout with consent) Bef… | 5 years, 3 months ago | 13 |
Geoff | Gameweek 27 Rough with the Smooth How was your Gameweek? Were any of your players benched? Did your transfers pay off? How did your bench perform? Did your captain return? Share your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek… | 5 years, 3 months ago | 38 |
Andy_Social | Teams with motivation I've a hunch that with the PL sewn up and 3 cup comps to win, City will ease off in the PL and rotate even more than usual. I'm gonna gradually divest myself of my 3 City assets, losing one for GW2… | 5 years, 3 months ago | 41 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | February Community Writer of the month vote Hey all, Later than billed (apologies for that, very much my fault) but another new month means we ask for your favourite Community writer from February. As always, the winner will walk away with … | 5 years, 3 months ago | 0 |
andy85wsm | SCOUT PICKS CHAMPION LOTTERY - GAMEWEEK 28 We're looking for a new Community Champion for Gameweek 28. Think you have the eye to pick the differentials and form a winning team vs the Scout Picks? We need a Community Champion to represent u… | 5 years, 3 months ago | 0 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tues 8pm - leave your questions here SCOUTCAST Tues 8pm! David and Seb will be joining me to look ahead to GWK 28. Feel free to let us know your questions. | 5 years, 3 months ago | 16 |
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/anything else? Please post as an A or B question, and please answer a few other people af… | 5 years, 3 months ago | 104 |
RedLightning | FFS Mini-League and Community Tournaments round-up, GW26 Welcome to the Fantasy Football Scout mini-leagues and community competitions round-up after Gameweek 26, an eventful record Double Gameweek. As well as the two main FFScout Leagues, we also report… | 5 years, 3 months ago | 0 |
G-Whizz | GW27 Fixtures and clean sheet odds GW27 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/10dt7si (Provided by Betbrain) DGW26 clean sheet results: Part One: MCI: 52% ❌ LIV: 45% ✅ TOT: 44% ✅ BHA: 39% ❌ WOL: 39% ❌ FUL: 38… | 5 years, 3 months ago | 4 |
BigManBakar | GW26 Review The Review: GW 26 Greetings everyone, welcome aboard to the latest edition of “The Review” where I cast my eyes on FPL events, past and future, heading into GW27: (Data taken from FFScout wit… | 5 years, 3 months ago | 14 |
Geoff | GW27 Breakout Players Who do you think will find form this GW, stepping up with a big score, and why? Maybe someone who hasn’t scored well lately, has very low ownership, or is being broadly overlooked in the c… | 5 years, 3 months ago | 29 |
andy85wsm | SCOUT PICKS CHAMPION LOTTERY - GAMEWEEK 27 We're looking for a new Community Champion for Gameweek 27. Think you have the eye to pick the differentials and form a winning team vs the Scout Picks? We need a Community Champion to represent u… | 5 years, 3 months ago | 0 |
 tbos83 | Worst decision of the season What's your worst decision of the season? Mine = not getting Martinez | 5 years, 3 months ago | 77 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tues - leave your questions here Live SCOUTCAST TUES (Time TBC) Ahead of tomorrow's Scoutcast feel free to let us know your questions. Will let you know tomorrow re time as may be an early evening meet up. | 5 years, 3 months ago | 12 |
G-Whizz | Pre-deadline A or B questions! Time for a pre-deadline A or B thread! What are your last minute questions on captaincy/transfers/bench/anything else? Please post as an A or B question, and please answer a few other people afte… | 5 years, 3 months ago | 146 |
Legomané | Notional DGW Captaincy matrix Any last minute captaincy or triple captaincy doubts? This matrix might help you 🙂 IMAGINE if every consecutive pair of gameweeks had formed a Double Gameweek so far this season — how would ea… | 5 years, 3 months ago | 10 |
G-Whizz | DGW26 Fixtures and clean sheet odds DGW26 fixture odds can be found here: Part One: http://prntscr.com/10610ak Part Two: http://prntscr.com/106111l (Provided by Betbrain) GW25 clean sheet results: MNU: 48% ❌ BHA: 46% ❌ MCI: 43% … | 5 years, 3 months ago | 15 |
BigManBakar | GW25 Review The Review: GW 25 Greetings everyone, welcome aboard as I present the latest edition of “The Review” ahead of the biggest double GW in FPL history: (Data taken from FFScout with consent) Bef… | 5 years, 3 months ago | 19 |
 Collie01 | Ranking the DGW Captains I think captaincy will be a huge factor this week. There will be plenty of TC chips in play with lots of good DGW options. I'm looking primarily at 3 things: fixtures, form and stats. Stats taken p… | 5 years, 3 months ago | 57 |