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Geoff |
UCL Fantasy Comment Section is open
For anyone looking at playing for the first time this year, we're looking to expand our coverage a bit so there should be more to help you get started. Also, having this dedicated UCL chat space w… |
6 years, 16 days ago | 0 |
G-Whizz |
GW5 Fixtures and clean sheet odds
GW5 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/v01myq (Provided by Betbrain) GW4 clean sheet results WOL: 51% ✅ LIV: 46% ❌ ARS: 45% ❌ CHE: 43% ✅ EVE: 38% ❌ SOU: 38% ✅ LEI: 36% … |
6 years, 17 days ago | 7 |
BigManBakar |
GW4 Review
The Review - GW 4 Hi everyone, welcome to “The Review” where I look back on the key numbers of GW 4 with a look ahead to the football to be played after the international break: (Data taken f… |
6 years, 17 days ago | 24 |
Geoff |
GW5 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… |
6 years, 17 days ago | 28 |
Lateriser 12 |
Burning Questions Feedback
Tried a new format with this one. Hope you enjoy it. Looking forward to your feedback. Also side note, will be recording the next episode of The FPL Wire in an hour so should be with you in 2-3 h… |
6 years, 19 days ago | 28 |
andy85wsm |
SCOUT PICKS CHAMPION LOTTERY - GAMEWEEK 5
We're looking for a new Community Champion for Gameweek 5. 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 us… |
6 years, 19 days ago | 0 |
J0E |
Live Scoutcast Tonight (Tues) 8pm - leave your questions here
Live Scoutcast tonight at 8pm Feel free to leave your questions here. Perhaps KDB's 'injury' is on your mind? Spurs captaincy facing an in form West Ham side? Let us know. |
6 years, 19 days ago | 22 |
Legomané |
Pondering Price Changes
International Break thoughts on Price Changes this season? Anecdotally, these feel a lot more chilled to me than the past couple of seasons. We’ve seen few seismic shifts and the fallers have l… |
6 years, 22 days ago | 27 |
HurriKane |
Watkins: Want Him or Willing to Wait?
Opening your premier league account with a hattrick against champions Liverpool is incredible What are your thoughts on Watkins? Too early to gamble or worth a punt at 5.9 playing for a very attac… |
6 years, 23 days ago | 23 |
Camzy |
Wildcarding Wisdom
All of these wildcards will score 100 points... last gameweek. Crazy how reactionary people are and just get in the highest scorers from last week. I'm seeing Cresswell in teams when they have tot… |
6 years, 23 days ago | 59 |
The-Red-1 |
Liverpool defence - buy, sell, or hold?
What do you think, ditch Liverpool defence? |
6 years, 24 days ago | 28 |
Geoff |
Live HOF updated
The Live HOF has been updated! Apologies that this has taken a GW or two longer than most seasons. https://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/hall-of-fame/live/ |
6 years, 24 days ago | 15 |
Rotation's Alter Ego |
September Community Writer of the Month
September is done and was it ever a busy one for Community Articles - in fact, I think this is the most writers we've had up for the prize in a single month! Every month we ask you to vote for the … |
6 years, 26 days ago | 0 |
J0E |
Live Scoutcast Tonight (Tues) 8pm - leave your questions here
Live Scoutcast tonight at 8pm! Karam is joining Az and me to try and make sense of a crazy four opening weeks of the season. This will be looking back at the start of the campaign and see what l… |
6 years, 26 days ago | 50 |
Geoff |
Biggest Deadline Day signings
Which Deadline Day signing is the biggest, and will make the most impact on their new team? Or is it an outgoing move that will have the biggest impact? |
6 years, 27 days ago | 19 |
Gregor |
Make hay while the Son shines?
With a second haul in four gameweeks, Spurs Heung-Min Son is now the highest scoring player in this season’s Fantasy Premier League and with any doubts about his form and condition seemingly now … |
6 years, 27 days ago | 28 |
RedLightning |
Mini-leagues Update after Gameweek 4
Mini-leagues Update after Gameweek 4: Shahen Withana is the new leader of our open-to-all Fantasy Football Scout mini-league (https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/111864/standings/c) (code: 5… |
6 years, 27 days ago | 6 |
kime67 |
Views on Villa
This villa team is actually really good, do you see any weak point? i dont. Great gk, cash is fantastic, watkins can score goals, barkley and grealish bossing the midfield, only sky is the limit. |
6 years, 27 days ago | 8 |
Geoff |
Gameweek 4 Rough with the Smooth
How was your GW4? 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 4, here: |
6 years, 27 days ago | 60 |
Silver_and_Gold |
Strange season!
Strange season... 1. KdB - must have! world class! assured points each GW! 2. Liverpool - stats showing very low xGC. Defense will come good 3. Southampton after Spurs game - whipping boys! Target … |
6 years, 28 days ago | 15 |
Meltens |
Allsvenskan GW23 - Scout picks and chips
Scout picks GW23 here: https://twitter.com/allsvfantasy/status/1312073737408262144?s=21 How are you all getting along ahead of the internationals? WC popped or is it being saved ahead of the DGW25… |
6 years, 29 days ago | 5 |
Gregor |
Gameweek 4 Captaincy
Lots of armband anguish last week with blanks for many of the big hitters, but surely we won’t be seeing that sort of captaincy carnage again this week?! Kevin De Bruyne and Mohammed Salah lead… |
6 years, 29 days ago | 37 |
BigManBakar |
GW3 Review
The Review – GW 3 Greetings all! I present to you this week’s “The Review” as I cast my eyes on the Premier League football played over the weekend: (Data taken from FFScout with permiss… |
6 years, 1 month ago | 21 |
gryffsonofarthur |
Brewster: essential or value-blocker?
After monitoring the Rhian Brewster transfer speculation for the last few weeks, I thought he'd be a shoo in as a 4.5 playing striker for Sheffield United. However with the abundance of mid price … |
6 years, 1 month ago | 52 |
Geoff |
GW4 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… |
6 years, 1 month ago | 28 |
G-Whizz |
GW4 Fixtures and clean sheet odds
GW4 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/urduoo (Provided by Betbrain) GW3 clean sheet results CHE: 46% ❌ TOT: 44% ❌ MCI: 42% ❌ EVE: 38% ❌ LIV: 38% ❌ MNU: 38% ❌ WOL: 38% … |
6 years, 1 month ago | 25 |
RedLightning |
Mini-leagues Update after Gameweek 3
Mini-leagues Update after Gameweek 3: This is surely the most unpredictable season ever. Teams have been flying high one week, then crashing down to earth the next, many experienced managers inclu… |
6 years, 1 month ago | 7 |
Geoff |
GW3 Rough with the Smooth
How was your GW3? 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 3, here: |
6 years, 1 month ago | 59 |
AK ⭐ |
Further Thoughts on The New Chelsea
After reading the Hot Topic by the ever brilliant Portsmouth Bubblejet, I thought I had to jump in and talk about some points made here. https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2020/09/26/southampt… |
6 years, 1 month ago | 10 |
J0E |
Live Scoutcast Tuesday 8pm - leave your questions here
We'll be back with another Scoutcast on Tuesday at 8pm There's plenty to talk about after a testing Gameweek 3 #FPL Let us know your questions here. 🙂 |
6 years, 1 month ago | 44 |
Iceball |
Son Selling Strategies
Son to Mahrez or some "safe" pick like Barnes, Rashford, Zaha? Very tempted to get Mahrez for 2 games and then see what happens, maybe get Son back before Brighton and WBA. What is your "Son-plan"? |
6 years, 1 month ago | 32 |
TopMarx |
What's the deal with the crazy football results?
Some thoughts on team performance so far: 1) Fitness. Different teams are at different levels of fitness, and the pre-season was especially short. 2) Squad changes. Players leaving can be just as… |
6 years, 1 month ago | 16 |
Portsmouth Bubblejet |
The New Chelsea
As I watch more Bundesliga matches than Premier League, a word in defence of Timo Werner and Kai Havertz. Both are good players, but Chelsea currently don't seem to have planned how to use them pro… |
6 years, 1 month ago | 38 |
Meltens |
Allsvenskan GW22, Scout picks and captains
How are you all doing in between the Double Gameweeks? Captains, transfers, general life stuff? 🙂 Scout picks are here: https://www.allsvenskan.se/fantasy/fantasy-football-scout-gw22-scout-picks … |
6 years, 1 month ago | 15 |
Gregor |
Gameweek 3 Captaincy
First off, in case you haven’t heard, there was a problem with the usual widget for the Captaincy Poll so they tried something different this week, suffice to say it has not gone down well and th… |
6 years, 1 month ago | 24 |
G-Whizz |
GW3 Fixture and clean sheet odds
GW3 Fixtures and clean sheet odds GW3 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/un7uvi (Provided by Betbrain) GW2 clean sheet results MNU: 49% ❌ EVE: 43% ❌ LEE: 43% ❌ LEI: 43% ❌ … |
6 years, 1 month ago | 14 |
Geoff |
GW3 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… |
6 years, 1 month ago | 43 |
Az |
FPL BlackBox | Episode Four
Hey all, Mark, Luke (a.k.a. d1sable) and I recorded FPL Black Box Episode 4 last night and there's lots of ways you can watch / listen if you missed it last night. The idea of FPL BlackBox is to … |
6 years, 1 month ago | 12 |
BigManBakar |
GW2 Review
The Review: GW 2 Hi everyone, welcome to the latest edition of The Review where I look back on the key numbers of GW 2 with a look ahead to GW 3: (Data taken from FFScout with permission) 1) Wh… |
6 years, 1 month ago | 20 |
RedLightning |
Mini-leagues Update after game-week 2
Mini-leagues Update, GW2: FFS Head-to-Head leagues (https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/head-to-head-leagues/): Over eight thousand FPL managers have now been allocated to appropriate twenty-te… |
6 years, 1 month ago | 1 |
Lateriser 12 |
The FPL Wire - Episode 4
The FPL Wire Episode 4 - The Boys Played Well (its a good one) Youtube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=gnMb9tKU8Fo&t=3014s Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5c9qKwPsPUjAxZ9WTT5nUM Apple: https:… |
6 years, 1 month ago | 9 |
Az |
Bale and Reguilón added
Bale (£9.5m) and Reguilón (£5.5m) both added. Both prices as expected IMO, although was some hope that Bale would be priced identically to Son (£9.0m). I'm really tempted by Bale. I know he … |
6 years, 1 month ago | 35 |
J0E |
Live Scoutcast Tonight (Tues) 8pm - leave your questions here
Scoutcast tonight at 8pm. Az and I will be joined by Karam. Feel free to leave your questions here. |
6 years, 1 month ago | 26 |
Geoff |
GW2 Rough with the Smooth
How was your GW2? 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 2, here: |
6 years, 1 month ago | 59 |
Geoff |
Wanted: Mods for Arabic content
Anyone out there interested in being an mod for Arabic content? Looking for a few, so please email me if you're interested! Geoff@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk |
6 years, 1 month ago | 0 |
DantheManinaPan |
To wildcard or not to wildcard, that is the question.
I was so so tempted to wildcard today, and very nearly hit the trigger, but I decided that before I would, I’d write down a list of reasons why it might not be worth it to see if I could convince… |
6 years, 1 month ago | 29 |
Gregor |
Gameweek 2 Captaincy
All aboard for Aubameyang? No arguing with the poll from me this week as the in form Arsenal man takes on a West Ham side that lost comfortably at home to Newcastle last week at the Emirates in t… |
6 years, 1 month ago | 28 |
Geoff |
GW2 Breakout Players
Who do you think will find form and step up to score big this GW, and why? Maybe someone who had a poor GW1 (or didn't have a fixture), or has very low ownership. Have you seen something in someo… |
6 years, 1 month ago | 46 |
G-Whizz |
GW2 Fixture and clean sheet odds
GW2 Fixtures and clean sheet odds GW2 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/uj1sku (Provided by Betbrain) GW1 clean sheet results LIV: 47% ❌ ARS: 40% ✅ WOL: 39% ✅ CHE: 38% ❌ … |
6 years, 1 month ago | 12 |
BigManBakar |
GW1 Review
The Review: GW 1 Hi everyone, welcome to the latest edition of The Review. Presented below is my analysis of the Premier League action in GW 1 with a look ahead to GW 2: (Data taken from FFScout… |
6 years, 1 month ago | 14 |

