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 HollyShand | 5 in Midfield? Forward Formation Surely it's not just me who feels that there's a distinct lack of forwards to pick from? I'm thinking of switching to a 3-5-2 this week, with Rashford and Jimenez, bolstered by N… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 24 |
 BigManBakar | The Review - GW32+ The Review - GW32+ Hi everyone! Confused with what transfer(s) to make? I present to you this week’s “The Review” with a view of bringing clarity to your transfer thoughts ahead of GW33+: (… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 24 |
 Long ago I drew a walrus | Who might get rotated this week? My thoughts on FH choices and rotation for the upcoming GW. 1. There is no reason for Salah and Mane to be rested. They're playing their 2nd match in 4 days, not their 4th in 11, they're naturally… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 28 |
 Coys96 | Priorities for a plethora of attackers With so many good attacking options coming through at the moment, which should we prioritise? It seems sensible to double up on both City and United attack and of course Mr Reliable, Jimenez. But … | 5 years, 8 months ago | 17 |
 Geoff | Gameweek 32+ Rough with the Smooth How was your GW32+? 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 32+, here: | 5 years, 8 months ago | 16 |
 avfc82 | Summer transfer window The 2020 summer transfer window in England is expected to open as soon as the Premier League season ends, with clubs looking at how they can improve their squads. But who is likely to be splashing… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 54 |
 G-Whizz | GW33+ Fixture and clean sheet odds GW33+ fixtures and clean sheet odds GW33+ fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/tarsbb (Provided by Betbrain) GW32+ clean sheets ARS: 42% ✅ MUN: 42% ✅ WOL: 41% ✅ CPL: 38% ❌ C… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 6 |
 _Make | Targeting Captaincy Hauls OK here's a fun bit of analysis which I think heartily supports Lateriser's strategy for targetting the hauls each gameweek. The question I asked myself is this: taking a ludicrously (and unnecess… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 33 |
 Rotation's Alter Ego | June Community Writer of the Month After a brief pause due to no football, Community articles have been flowing freely including a fantastic growth in the Scandanavian Fantasy games. Every month we ask you to vote for the Community … | 5 years, 8 months ago | 0 |
 Meltens | Allsvenskan GW 5 Plans | 5 years, 8 months ago | 11 |
 J0E | Live Scoutcast Thursday - leave your questions here Live Scoutcast 1pm Thursday. We'll be looking ahead to GWK 33+ Feel free to leave your questions here | 5 years, 8 months ago | 40 |
 Sam FPLFamily | Looking forward The mid-price forward options continues to give FPL Managers lots of choice. Danny Ings has scored in two of Southamptons opening three games, Jimenez likewise has return in 2 out of 3, with Rashfo… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 26 |
 FPL_Sponge | Gameweek 32+ Captaincy GW32+ captains: Jiminez - “the postman” of FPL consistency and playing early for those worried about captaining someone with an FA cup fixture. Despite Villa looking a good opponent “on pape… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 29 |
 @ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge GW32+ SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 32+ Some results.. rest incoming soon I promise. I want to be caught up very soon! GW27 results: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/21951583 GW28 resu… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 16 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Latest Community Articles ICYMI - 4 Community articles went up today, so I'll give them all a shout as they'll likely be the last ones before the 3 deadlines (FPL, Allsvenskan and Eliteserien). First up was an update on th… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 0 |
BigManBakar | GW31+ Review The Review - GW 31+ Hi everyone, welcome to the latest edition of The Review. I hope that this summary of takeaways from GW31+ will be helpful for FPL managers heading into GW32+: (Data taken fro… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 27 |
avfc82 | Best forward options for the run in Thought I’d jump on and talk forward options for the run in. I currently own Calvert-Lewin, Jimenez and Vardy, and will probably move on the latter this week. Looking at my ‘Hitman’ custom … | 5 years, 8 months ago | 55 |
HollyShand | Buy, Sell or Hold Man City? What should we do with Manchester City assets now? I only have Kevin De Bruyne at present, but even tempted to sell him to free up funds for some Manchester United players in my squad. It's Liver… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 20 |
Geoff | GW31+ Rough with the Smooth How was your GW31+? 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 31+, here: | 5 years, 8 months ago | 41 |
 MGD | Sometimes Goals are scored... What is your current rank, rank goal for the season and your rank this year compared to the previous year? Why have you succeeded or failed in this year compared to previous year? | 5 years, 8 months ago | 71 |
G-Whizz | GW32+ Fixture and clean sheet odds GW32+ fixtures and clean sheet odds GW32+ fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/t6khxe (Provided by Betbrain) GW31+ clean sheets LIV: 55% ✅ MUN: 52% ✅ WOL: 46% ✅ LEI: 41% ✅ T… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 7 |
 zøphar | Time to Triple on United attack? Triple Man. Utd. attack? The Red Devils have the best fixture run from now till the end of the season. With B. Fernandes in most teams, FPL managers have mostly opted for a defender + either Marti… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 30 |
_Make | Site Suggestions What site developments would the community like to see on FFS in the off-season (albeit a shorter one than usual, presumably)? For me, the one that is top of the list is something that I discusse… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 78 |
 andy85wsm | New Live Matchday Stream on YouTube Hey all, We're trialling a new live show tonight - Scoutcast: Matchday! I'll be live on Youtube with Gianni + Toby from FPL Diary and Lee from FPL Family, reacting to all the matches with covera… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 0 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast 5:15pm Thurs - Leave your questions here Gameweeks moving swiftly. It's Scoutcast time again tomorrow (THURS) Feel free to leave your questions here Looking at 5:15 start with Az and Andy joining me. Look out on our Twitter stream to… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 31 |
 Lateriser 12 | Early captaincy plans What is everyone's early thoughts with captaincy next week? No standout fixture except Wolves maybe? Do we risk captaining a player playing in the FA Cup? | 5 years, 8 months ago | 65 |
Geoff | GW31+ Breakout Players Who do you think will find form and step up to score big this GW, and why? Maybe someone who is a bit under the radar, has very few transfers in, or has low ownership. Have you seen something in … | 5 years, 8 months ago | 13 |
 Gregor | Gameweek 31+ Captaincy Bruno Fernandes leads the Captains Poll for the first time this season and it’s easy to see why - the January import has delivered in every game bar his debut, looks to be first choice for taking… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 34 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge GW31+ SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 31+ Onto the next one - look out for results today as well. I'll be spending quite a bit of time going through the GW27-31+ so hopefully at least 2-3 results today… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 14 |
Geoff | GW30+ Rough with the Smooth How was your GW30+? 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 30+, here: | 5 years, 8 months ago | 40 |
 TorresMagic™ | Price Changes Price Changes - 23rd June 2020 🔺 Rashford (8.9), Fernandes (8.7), Ings (7.2), Jiménez (8.2) 🔻 O'Connell 4.6, Lacazette 9.3, Fleck 4.9, Leno 4.9, Ighalo 6.4, Bowen 6.4, Sané 9.2, Samat… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 7 |
G-Whizz | GW31+ Fixture and clean sheet odds GW31+ fixtures and clean sheet odds GW31+ fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/t4mpbl (Provided by Betbrain) GW30+ clean sheets LIV: 39% ✅ MCY: 39% ✅ & 51% ✅ CHE 38% ❌ WOL: … | 5 years, 8 months ago | 8 |
BigManBakar | GW30+ review The Review - GW 30+ Hi everyone! The Premier League games are coming thick and fast and with a quick turnaround between GW30+ and GW31+, I present to you this week’s “The Review”: (Data tak… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 18 |
Geoff | Best GK to finish the season There are a few managers out there with Henderson or Leno, and a few on Wildcards. Are you looking to use rotating GKs or just sticking with one? Who is the best GK for the run in? | 5 years, 8 months ago | 42 |
Sam FPLFamily | Mid-table options for the run in The mid table sides that many FPL Managers often ignore at this time of the season all started well in Gameweek 30+ with wins for Newcastle, Palace and Southampton and a draw for Everton. These sid… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 18 |
HollyShand | Does Sane speculation make Sterling more nailed? So Pepe said in his press conference today that Sane will be going to Bayern this summer or next. Do we think he plays many minutes for the season run-in now? It's a tough one with him being out in… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 7 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Monday - leave your questions here Scoutcast next Monday! Feel free to leave your questions here. Will post more details and link nearer the time. | 5 years, 8 months ago | 68 |
 Deulofail | Saiss suspension risk For those of you looking at Saiss, be sure keep an eye out for YCs this GW. If he gets a YC in both GW30+ and GW31+, he will be suspended for GWs32+ and 33+. However, if he keeps a clean slate th… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 5 |
Geoff | Football is back! And so is unverified and fake lineup news Just a reminder - make sure you list a source if you are posting potential team news, particularly before deadlines. But beyond that, try to make sure any rumours you post are at least not obvious… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 0 |
Gregor | Gameweek 30+ Captaincy ‘It’s Aguero, captain, double gameweek!’ I think i’m with Joe on this one, we know the Man City players will be rotated and Pep will make full use of his substitutes, but when one of the P… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 34 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge - GW30+ SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 30+ Hi everyone! Following the restart of FPL, I will be looking to keep this running until the end of the season. Unfortunately I'm yet to catch up following GW2… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 13 |
 Champ | KDB vs Aguero Captain Choice (tldr KDB trumps Aguero) Given this is a BIG question this week, I thought it might be helpful to take a closer look at the 2 most popular options Aguero Vs KDB Total Points: … | 5 years, 8 months ago | 9 |
Lateriser 12 | Who don't you own and scares you? Today is the day folks. Good luck for the madness that is about to resume. Who are you scared of not owning? I don't own Auba but i'm not too scared (famous last words). More worried about not h… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 28 |
Gregor | SGW Selections Bench boosting managers will need at least a couple of them and seasoned managers will know that ignoring proven players with a single fixture in favour of riskier options with a double can often p… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 33 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | FCA vote closes tomorrow! Hi all. Little request from the team - you may have seen we've been nominated for the Football Content Awards Best in Fantasy Football Editorial. The vote closes on tomorrow and we would really, r… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 0 |
 Skonto Rigga | FFScout's Charity Shield Mini-league for the NHS Hi folks - as some of you will have seen, we've launched a new end-of-season FPL mini-league, with scoring starting from GW30+. We usually give out £300-worth of Amazon vouchers in our leagues an… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 0 |
 Team Cruel | Why you should try Fantasy Eliteserien Fantasy Eliteserien starts today! Here are 5 reasons why you should make a team before the deadline. 1. Games will be televised all across Europe on Eurosport. 2. It was the first official 'remak… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 4 |
Geoff | GW30+ Breakout Players We're nearly there! Let's have some differentials. Who do you think will find form and step up to score big this GW, and why? Maybe someone who is a bit under the radar, has very few transfers in… | 5 years, 8 months ago | 38 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | SCOUT PICKS COMMUNITY CHAMPION LOTTERY – GAMEWEEK 30+ Too long. It's been much too long. FPL is back and with it comes the Scout Picks competition! For those of you perhaps less familiar with this competition, or have pushed it out of your memory ov… | 5 years, 9 months ago | 0 |
BigManBakar | GW 30+ Preview The Preview - GW30+ Hi everyone! It’s great to be back and I hope you all have been keeping well. Shared below is a comprehensive guide of all things you need to know before setting up your squa… | 5 years, 9 months ago | 30 |