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 G-Whizz | GW1 Fixture and clean sheet odds GW1 Fixtures and clean sheet odds GW1 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/ud63id (Provided by Betbrain) GW1 clean sheet odds LIV: 47% ARS: 40% WOL: 39% CHE: 38% TOT: 38% LEI: 34% W… | 5 years, 9 months ago | 31 |
 Gregor | Favoured Fodder With just over a week now to get our tinkering done, I think I’m happy with the bulk of my squad and the biggest question marks probably hang over the ‘fodder’ players that I will be largely … | 5 years, 9 months ago | 35 |
 mir | Head-to-Head Leagues Entry Just a reminder the FFScout Head -to-Head leagues close at the GW1 deadline. Details on how to enter are in the link below. https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2020/08/28/2020-21-ffscout-head-t… | 5 years, 9 months ago | 2 |
 Lateriser 12 | The FPL Wire, Episode 1 *New Pod Alert* "It was an emotional time" - The FPL Wire Ep 1 (Now Live) Zophar666, BigManBakar and I are really excited to share this with you. We hope enjoy, RT & Subscribe. A Big Thank You t… | 5 years, 9 months ago | 23 |
 Rotation's Alter Ego | August Community Writer of the Month After a fantastic August that saw 30 CAs published in the runup to the new season, it's now that time where we ask you to show your thanks to the writers. Every month we ask you to vote for the Com… | 5 years, 9 months ago | 0 |
 FPL ZB | Penny pinching forwards Where are you looking for your budget forwards? (6.0 and below) Mitrovic, Adams and Rodrigo seem the current picks, but the likes of Batshuayi could get a transfer and become viable. Or will yo… | 5 years, 9 months ago | 28 |
 Geoff | Best 'season keeper' picks Who is your top 'season keeper' this season? *Obviously no one is essential *Obviously no one is actually a must have *Obviously BGWs and DGWs mean most players won't be in our team for 38 GWs. S… | 5 years, 9 months ago | 50 |
 Camzy | Too Soon for Timo Time? Getting more and more settled without Werner in the draft to start the season. To be clear, I don't think he's a bad pick. I think he'll be very good in fact and may be bringing him in as early as… | 5 years, 9 months ago | 23 |
 sully29 | Dissecting Doherty Regarding Doherty and whether he's a better/worse pick at Spurs..... The issue isn't whether he will be attacking, it's whether he'll be able to attack in the same way he does at Wolves. Because i… | 5 years, 9 months ago | 70 |
 Meltens | Allsvenskan GW18 - Scout picks and captains https://www.allsvenskan.se/fantasy/fantasy-football-scout-gw18-scout-picks Who are you captaining this week? Malmö and Hammarby had midweek fixtures, does that play into it for you? Final GW befo… | 5 years, 9 months ago | 5 |
 Piggs Boson | Liverpool 19/20 attacking shape compared with Man City 17/18. If anyone's interested, here's a comparison of the Liverpool 19/20 attacking shape with the Man City 17/18 attacking shape. Arguably two of the best ever Premier League sides (99pts & 100pts 😯 ):… | 5 years, 9 months ago | 22 |
 Davido989 | The Worst FPL Terms FPL Terms you don't like I'll go first: Price points | 5 years, 9 months ago | 170 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Mid-priced forwards to lead the line Really good roundup of the mid-priced forwards here, thank you Mentor! Speaking of which, who is the best 2nd forward? Assuming most people are using a 352 (or a 343, despite it's fall in popular… | 5 years, 9 months ago | 19 |
 AK ⭐ | The Potential New Look Chelsea With all the news (and there's so much of it) on Chelsea business in this transfer window, I thought I'd share my thoughts and educated guess and predictions with you lot on how Frank Lampard would… | 5 years, 9 months ago | 48 |
 TopMarx | Spurs Scout Notes My thoughts on Spurs and notes from the first pre-season friendly yesterday: Ostensibly a 4-4-2 line-up but changes in attack, Gedson was playing the advanced right-back role. Son up top with All… | 5 years, 9 months ago | 41 |
Geoff | GW1: Picks, Chips, and Captains With the fixtures now out, who is a lock for your GW1 team? Alongside that, how are you planning to get around the BGW? Early WC? Chip? Strong bench? Do you have a GW1 captain lined up? | 5 years, 9 months ago | 47 |
mir | H2H league entry is LIVE Just a quick note to advise that the FFScout Head-to-Head 2020 / 2021 entry league is now open. I've renewed last seasons league so if you remained in that league until the end of the seson you'll … | 5 years, 10 months ago | 7 |
 Portsmouth Bubblejet | Home and Away Rotation Pairs Here are the 38-game home & away rotating pairs for the 2020-21 season. Each club has one team with whom they always rotate home-and-away. Some pairs are allocated due to close geographical proxim… | 5 years, 10 months ago | 22 |
Davido989 | An early template? Yes I know fixtures aren't out yet (even so, only blanks would affect my thought process) so feel free to ignore this if it's not your thing 🙂 4.5 | Nyland Trent | Virgil | Vinagre | 4.5 | 4.0 Sa… | 5 years, 10 months ago | 48 |
 The Mighty Hippo | Top Punts Which players are you taking a punt on this year, either because you have a feeling they will break out and do well, or because they are a new addition to the league who's grabbed your attention? … | 5 years, 10 months ago | 47 |
Geoff | FFS mini-leagues update Mini-leagues update! With the new T&Cs regarding cash mini-leagues in FPL, we will be adjusting the requirements for our FFS leagues. The Fantasy Football Scout mini-league will still be availab… | 5 years, 10 months ago | 0 |
 Ze_Austin | The best defences With full manpower and based on regularly seen performances over the last three seasons, the best fixture-proof defences in the league are Liverpool, Man City and Wolves. In FPL, that gives you TAA… | 5 years, 10 months ago | 28 |
FPL ZB | Gameweek Deadline moved Gameweek deadlines have now moved to 90 minutes before kick off of the first match of the gameweek. This should eliminate any advantages gained from ‘in the know’ accounts leaking team news. … | 5 years, 10 months ago | 20 |
Gregor | Overpriced Assets Firmino at the same price as last season is disappointing for me, anyone else you think is over priced and you will be avoiding? | 5 years, 10 months ago | 26 |
 RedLightning | Mini-leagues to enter Mini-leagues to enter: The Opening Day League (2kyuez) is for teams that enter it in the first 24 hours after the FPL launch. It will be closed to new entries at about 10.40am on Sunday 16th Augus… | 5 years, 10 months ago | 24 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Day One Bargains With the game now live, who is immediately jumping out as a bargain to you? Foden 6.5m catches my eye, Antonio as a 6.5m forward doesn't sound bad either! | 5 years, 10 months ago | 24 |
Meltens | Allsvenskan GW16 - Captains and Scout Picks Scout picks for GW16 here: https://www.allsvenskan.se/fantasy/fantasy-football-scout-gw16-scout-picks Another tough week for the captaincy, who are you going with? Berget and Vecchia both in form,… | 5 years, 10 months ago | 10 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Friday's Price Reveals Friday 14th Price Reveals Lots of price reveals today, and whenever I thought they were done they've been adding more so this list will constantly update. Kevin De Bruyne - Midfielder - £11.5m M… | 5 years, 10 months ago | 61 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Premium midfield price teasers | 5 years, 10 months ago | 37 |
 Karan_G14 | Premier League matchweek dates announced Matchweek dates Announced: Matchweek 1: Saturday 12 September Matchweek 2: Saturday 19 September Matchweek 3: Saturday 26 September Matchweek 4: Saturday 3 October Matchweek 5: Saturday 17 Octobe… | 5 years, 10 months ago | 21 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Community Article Round-up Afternoon everyone, amongst all the excitement that Mark is back, I thought I'd give some more appreciation to the Community articles we have had recently. There have been 12 in the last 7 days (wh… | 5 years, 10 months ago | 1 |
 MTPockets | Allsvenskan GW15 - Captains and Scout Picks Scout/Melten picks: https://www.allsvenskan.se/fantasy/fantasy-football-scout-gw15-scout-picks | 5 years, 10 months ago | 8 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Surviving the first season Following on from the article above, what should Leeds, West Brom and Fulham focus on if they want PL success? We've seen in the past that spending big isn't the easy answer, with Fulham finishing… | 5 years, 10 months ago | 12 |
Meltens | Allsvenskan GW13 - Scout picks Scout picks for GW13 can be found here: https://www.allsvenskan.se/fantasy/fantasy-football-scout-gw13-scout-picks What are you doing with Vecchia, holding or selling? Is it time to go heavy on Ma… | 5 years, 10 months ago | 5 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Who to sign and who to sell Who do each PL team need to sign for next season? I'll start with Chelsea, as it's the team I support. The addition of Ziyech and Werner is absolutely huge and they both offer something sorely ne… | 5 years, 10 months ago | 66 |
Meltens | Allsvenskan GW12, Scout Picks and captains Scout picks for GW12 here: https://www.allsvenskan.se/fantasy/fantasy-football-scout-gw12-scout-picks How are you getting on ahead of an intense schedule? 7 Gameweeks in the space of a month might… | 5 years, 10 months ago | 5 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | How should FPL handle position changes? By my count, there could be 15 players having their positions changed according to FPL current definitions, with a number of high profile forwards (Aubameyang, Rashford etc) being moved to midfield… | 5 years, 10 months ago | 88 |
 My heart goes Salalalalah | How should City improve their team? I think Akè is a great signing for City | 5 years, 10 months ago | 45 |
 HammersXI | Spying on Leeds Part 2 Spying on Leeds (Part 2) Just following up on my post 2 days ago regarding Leeds prospects next season. I've covered the defensive aspect, now I shall take a very quick look at the attacking optio… | 5 years, 10 months ago | 56 |
Lateriser 12 | FPL Captaincy Did a really long captaincy thread. Have a read. https://twitter.com/lateriser12/status/1288374596358422528?s=20 | 5 years, 10 months ago | 33 |
HammersXI | Spying on Leeds Hey everyone, I haven't seen any write-ups about Leeds atm so maybe I'll just potentially cover some options next season with some price predictions. There's still a lot of unknowns regarding our t… | 5 years, 10 months ago | 87 |
 FOO FIGHTER | Is Salah in decline? Sterling since joining City points each season 96 149 229 234 204 and 204 And some on here suggest Salah is in decline LOL How many players have scored 32 EPL goals in thier debut season and ave… | 5 years, 10 months ago | 125 |
 Ragabolly | How to save your season history... If you want to save some of your FPL data for this season, I made a tool on LiveFPL that loads your GW history and weekly squads and points into an excel file. www.livefpl.net/save, enter your FPL… | 5 years, 10 months ago | 42 |
 J0E | Live Scoutcast Tonight (Mon) 8pm - leave your questions here Live Scoutcast 8pm tonight. Join Andy, Az and myself on Youtube to chat about this season's highs and lows and any lessons we have learned. In the meantime, feel free to ask us questions ahead o… | 5 years, 10 months ago | 59 |
 dorrian123 | Sky Fantasy Football Winner! I am the sky fantasy football champion for 19/20. | 5 years, 10 months ago | 17 |
Davido989 | Mistakes made and lessons learnt What lessons have you learnt this season and what will you look to change going into next season? Which starts in less than 50 days by the way 🙂 | 5 years, 10 months ago | 97 |
Geoff | GW38+ Rough with the Smooth How was your GW38+? Which of your players were benched? How did your transfers go? How did your bench perform? Did your captain return? Did playing a chip work for you? Tell us your tales of joy … | 5 years, 10 months ago | 84 |
 @ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge GW38+ (with prize) SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 38+ I'm really sorry for the delay on this... celebrating my birthday ended up with way too many drinks! 3 hours to enter... as a thank you for this site, and to a… | 5 years, 10 months ago | 13 |
Geoff | Pre-deadline A or B questions Let's do a little pre-deadline A or B thread here. What are your last minute decisions on captaincy/transfers/bench/anything else? Please post as an A or B question, and please answer a few other… | 5 years, 10 months ago | 137 |
Geoff | Alllsvenskan: GW11 Captaincy and Transfers Deadline fast approaching Who are you captaining in Allsvenskan? I'm strongly considering Lauritsen, though Haksa seems the sensible choice.. What are your final transfer calls? | 5 years, 10 months ago | 12 |