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| Author | Hot Topic | Date | Replies |
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 J0E | Live Scoutcast Tonight (Thurs) 8pm - leave your questions here SCOUTCAST TONIGHT AT 8pm! Join me, Seb and visual #fpl stats man @TedTalksFPL to look ahead to #Gw21 Feel free to leave your questions for us here | 5 years, 4 months ago | 17 |
 WE GO FOR IT | Where does Cancelo play? Q: Where do you play? Cancelo: Yes! https://twitter.com/TheSportsman/status/1354363767069552641/photo/1 | 5 years, 4 months ago | 10 |
 Legomané | PRE-GW20 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, 4 months ago | 89 |
 Geoff | GW20 Breakout Players Who do you think will find form and step up to score big this GW, and why? Maybe someone who hasn't had a double digit score in a while, has a series of no attacking returns, or has very low owner… | 5 years, 4 months ago | 40 |
 AK ⭐ | Chelsea under Tuchel Chelsea under Tuchel After reading about Chelsea's sacking of Lampard and the inevitable appointment of Thomas Tuchel, I read about Tuchel and studied his game style to know what exactly he could … | 5 years, 4 months ago | 22 |
 BigManBakar | GW19 Review The Review: GW 19 Hi everyone, welcome to the latest edition of “The Review” where I look at the double GW gone by, De Bruyne and Vardy replacements in detail: (Data taken from FFScout with … | 5 years, 4 months ago | 13 |
Geoff | Lampard sacked - Chelsea assets? If as rumoured Tuchel is the replacement for Lampard, what does that mean for FPL assets? Do you expect a change in formation to 4-2-2-2? Who are you more, and less, interested in? Official Lamp… | 5 years, 4 months ago | 25 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tonight (Mon) 8pm - leave your questions here SCOUTCAST TONIGHT AT 8pm!! #fpl #gw20 #fplcommunity Look forward to seeing you there. Joining Seb and me is Karam. Let us know your questions here | 5 years, 4 months ago | 12 |
Legomané | Points scored and chips used in Gameweeks 18 & 19. 1) What was your combined FPL Points total (deducting any -4 hits) for GW18 and GW19? 2) Which Chips did you use, if any? (e.g FH18, BB19?) Interested to see roughly how each strategy performed o… | 5 years, 4 months ago | 86 |
Geoff | GW19 Rough with the Smooth How was your Gameweek? Were any of your players benched? Did you get any injuries? How did your bench perform? Did your captain return? Tell us your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek 19, here: | 5 years, 4 months ago | 61 |
 G-Whizz | GW20 Fixtures and clean sheet odds GW20 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/xjas2j (Provided by Betbrain) DGW19 clean sheet results: MCI: 57% ✅ ARS: 48% ✅ TOT: 45% ❌ CHE: 43% ✅ WHU: 42% ✅ LEI: 38% ✅ WOL: … | 5 years, 4 months ago | 15 |
 Coys96 | Stats on Leicester without Vardy... I just made a thread on Leicester w/o Vardy. I think it's pretty useful... Check it out if u want https://twitter.com/CoysFPL/status/1352975216188784640 | 5 years, 4 months ago | 8 |
 Zladan | Who is the best KDB replacement? KDB out for 4-6 weeks. Best KDB Replacement Hot Topic needed by anyone who can step up and spill their thoughts. Please use an assumption that we all already have Son Salah Bruno, because if you … | 5 years, 4 months ago | 32 |
 Old Wulfrunian | Vardy replacements Brendan Rodgers: "Jamie Vardy will be out for a few weeks. We’ve been managing him over these number of months and he’s been fantastic but we have a window now that allows him to have an operat… | 5 years, 4 months ago | 8 |
 andy85wsm | SCOUT PICKS CHAMPION LOTTERY - GAMEWEEK 20 We're looking for a new Community Champion for Gameweek 20. 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, 4 months ago | 0 |
 Zambian FPL Addict | I tried to warn you... i tried to warn you | 5 years, 4 months ago | 45 |
 Botman and Robben | KDB replacements? If KDB is confirmed that he'll be miss GW20, who will you replace him with,if you don't want to bench? | 5 years, 4 months ago | 36 |
 Footieboot | Will Salah come good? What are people smoking regarding Salah? So reactionary. He is definitely the favorite for the golden boot this season. Pretty clear that in the past few GWs being without Matip (proper CB pairing)… | 5 years, 4 months ago | 36 |
Legomané | PRE-DGW19-DEADLINE A OR B QUESTIONS Time for the pre-deadline A or B thread! What are your last minute questions on chips/captaincy/transfers/bench/anything else? Please post as an A or B question, and please answer a few other peo… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 216 |
Geoff | DGW19 Breakout Players Who do you think will find form and step up to score big this GW, and why? Maybe someone who hasn't had a double digit score in a while, has a series of no attacking returns, or has very low owner… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 26 |
G-Whizz | DGW19 Fixtures and clean sheet odds DGW19 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/wooa4i http://prntscr.com/wooe19 Aston Villa 4/5 Draw 14/5 Newcastle 9/2 (Provided by Betbrain) BGW18 clean sheet results: MCI: 53% ✅ TO… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 13 |
BigManBakar | GW18 Review The Review: GW 18 Hi everyone, welcome to the latest edition of “The Review” where I look at Bench Boost, Triple Captaincy and the upcoming double GW19 in detail: (Data taken from FFScout wit… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 20 |
 RedLightning | FFS Mini-leagues Roundup GW18 Welcome to the Gameweek 18 round-up of the Fantasy Football Scout mini-leagues and community competitions. FFSCOUT OPEN FPL LEAGUE Will Thorp is the new leader of the Fantasy Football Scout mini-… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 1 |
Geoff | Gameweek 18 Rough with the Smooth How was your Gameweek? Were any of your players benched? Did you get any injuries? How did your bench perform? Did your captain return? Tell us your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek 18, here: | 5 years, 5 months ago | 46 |
Geoff | EVE v AVL postponed, AVL v NEW in DGW19 From Newcastle: A new date has been set for #NUFC's postponed fixture against Aston Villa. The game will now take place on Saturday, 23 January with kick-off at 8pm. It will also be broadcast live… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 17 |
Geoff | DGW19 chip plans In light of the fixture changes, have your chip plans changed? Is BB less appealing now, because there are fewer players with DGWs? Is TC less appealing because there will be future DGWs? I'm loo… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 25 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast THURS 8pm - leave your questions here Live Scoutcast tonight at 8pm! Seb and I will once again be joined by Karam, this time to look ahead to double Gameweek 19. Feel free to leave your questions here. | 5 years, 5 months ago | 17 |
G-Whizz | Villa v Newcastle update... "Premier League bosses hope to rearrange Aston Villa's match against Newcastle for the FA Cup fourth-round weekend in an attempt to clear the coronavirus fixture backlog." https://twitter.com/BenC… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 10 |
 Flair | Villa v Everton postponement requested... Aston Villa ask Premier League to postpone Sunday's match against Everton https://twitter.com/guardian_sport/status/1349425547126910976 | 5 years, 5 months ago | 3 |
G-Whizz | Leeds v Southampton postponed... Southampton v Leeds is now officially off... "Southampton v Shrewsbury Town FA cup 3rd round tie re-arranged for next Tuesday. Leeds Utd v Soton in the Premier League on Wednesday 20th postponed… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 20 |
Geoff | 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, 5 months ago | 131 |
BigManBakar | GW17 Review The Review: GW 17 Hi everyone, welcome to the latest edition of “The Review” where I look at Free Hit and the upcoming blank GW18 in detail: (Data taken from FFScout with consent) Before be… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 14 |
G-Whizz | The end of BB19? The end of BB19? Looks like Southampton & Leeds won't get a Double Gameweek in GW19 if Southampton/Shrewsbury could face Arsenal/Leicester/Man Utd/Spurs (and possibly Man City) in the 4th or 5th R… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 10 |
 DavidMunday815 | BGW18 Captain Poll Reset Hi guys - in light of today's fixture switcheroo, I have reset the BGW18 Captain Poll to see what impact Spurs v Fulham will have on your decisions. I've included the top 10 candidates from the ori… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 1 |
G-Whizz | BGW18 Updated clean sheet and fixture odds Fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/wl6crt BGW18 clean sheet odds: MCI: 53% TOT: 46% MNU: 45% ARS: 44% SHU: 37% WOL: 35% NEW: 31% EVE: 30% CRY: 17% BUR: 15% FUL: 13% BHA: 10% AVL: -… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 0 |
Geoff | BGW18 FH RMT thread With the updated fixture list for GW18, how are you approaching it? Specifically, let's see those FH teams! Confident? Have any spots you don't know how to fill? | 5 years, 5 months ago | 38 |
 Rotation's Alter Ego | GW 18 Fixture Switcheroo Confirmed First officially called by the Athletic, Tottenham vs Fulham (previously unscheduled) is now scheduled for Wednesday 13th in Gameweek 18 as rumoured. Aston Villa vs Tottenham (GW 18) has been post… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 19 |
Geoff | GW18 Breakout Players Who do you think will find form and step up to score big this GW, and why? Maybe someone who hasn't had a double digit score in a while, has a series of no attacking returns, or has very low owner… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 14 |
Legomané | Possible change to Spurs BGW18 fixture, And DGW19 deadline The athletic Exclusive: Aston Villa v Tottenham (Wed) in doubt because of #AVFC #COVID19 issues. Premier League in talks to postpone, replace with rearranged Tottenham v Fulham & possibly move Ful… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 20 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tonight (Mon) 8pm - leave your questions here Scoutcast tonight at 8pm! - looking ahead to GW18 and hopefully armed with extra info around Spurs' involvement Joining me will be @SebWassell and @KaramTayser Feel free to leave your questions … | 5 years, 5 months ago | 11 |
Geoff | Cup takeaways With lots of cup games now out of the way, what (if anything) are you taking from what we've seen? Did anyone return to fitness or form that you're interested in? Were there any benchings that sur… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 9 |
G-Whizz | GW18 Fixtures and clean sheet odds GW18 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/wik4kj (Provided by Betbrain) GW17 clean sheet results: ARS: 40% ✅ CRY: 40% ✅ LEI: 40% ❌ BUR: 38% ❌ LIV: 35% ❌ BHA: 34% ❌ EVE: 3… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 19 |
Flair | Villa training ground closes following “significant” coronavirus outbreak https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1347190364281712644 Aston Villa can confirm that the Club has closed its Bodymoor Heath training ground after a significant Coronavirus outbreak. | 5 years, 5 months ago | 6 |
andy85wsm | SCOUT PICKS CHAMPION LOTTERY - GAMEWEEK 18 We're looking for a new Community Champion for Gameweek 18 - the pick of the blanks! Think you have the eye to pick the differentials and form a winning team vs the Scout Picks? We need a Communit… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 0 |
Geoff | Gameweek 17 Rough with the Smooth How was your Gameweek? Were any of your players benched? Did you get any injuries? How did your bench perform? Did your captain return? Tell us your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek 17, here: | 5 years, 5 months ago | 45 |
 alfoir | Free Hit Priorities Those fiddling with FH drafts for BGW18 - who are your must-haves? | 5 years, 5 months ago | 21 |
Old Wulfrunian | Burnley Vs Fulham Postponed Nooooooo https://twitter.com/David_Ornstein/status/1345332698253029377 | 5 years, 5 months ago | 7 |
BigManBakar | The Review : The Festive Fixtures The Review: The festive fixtures Hi everyone, welcome to the latest edition of “The Review” where I look at the blanks, doubles and the new fixture rescheduling in detail: (Data taken from FF… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 14 |
Geoff | Ticker updated The ticker should now be updated to reflect the added BGW18 fixture and the added DGW19 fixture! Happy planning 🙂 | 5 years, 5 months ago | 0 |
RedLightning | FFS Mini-leagues Roundup GW16 Welcome to a round-up of the Fantasy Football Scout mini-leagues and community competitions following a chaotic Gameweek 16 in which two matches were called off at short notice days after the deadl… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 3 |