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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, 11 months ago18

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, 12 months ago7

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, 12 months ago68

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, 12 months ago5

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, 12 months ago0

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, 12 months ago34

@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, 12 months ago13

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, 12 months ago9

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, 12 months ago28

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, 12 months ago33

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, 12 months ago0

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…

6 years, 12 hours ago0

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…

6 years, 13 hours ago4

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…

6 years, 15 hours ago38

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…

6 years, 1 day ago0

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…

6 years, 1 day ago30

G-Whizz
GW30+ Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW30+ fixtures and clean sheet odds GW30+ fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/syofc5 (Provided by Betbrain) GW30+ clean sheet odds LIV: 39% MCY: 39% & 51% CHE: 38% WOL: 35% SHU: …

6 years, 4 days ago32

BigManBakar
Some key numbers

Some key numbers: *Aubameyang and whether he's worth it for GW30+? https://twitter.com/BigManBakar/status/1270387658817142784 *Jimenez and his numbers vs West Ham https://twitter.com/BigManBaka…

6 years, 4 days ago8

J0E
Scoutcast is back on Monday - leave your questions/views here

SCOUTCAST #DGW30 PREVIEW SPECIAL MONDAY JUNE 15 I'll be joined by two special guests to look ahead to the double Gameweek. Chips and fishing for players on the menu. Single Gameweek options too!…

6 years, 4 days ago39

Niemi
Top Eliteserien tips

Goalkeepers Sandberg (6.0, Stabæk) - Still one of the best GKs in the league, good fixtures for Stabæk and decent defence Sandvik (5.5, Haugesund) - Decent goalkeeper and one of the better defe…

6 years, 5 days ago13

Geoff
Best GW30+ RMT scores and players

What's the best GW30+ score you can get in RMT? My team as I have it currently is at 97.24, though with some tweaks I could likely get it higher. What's your team at? What's the highest score yo…

6 years, 7 days ago24

Rotation's Alter Ego
Unlimited Transfers FAQ

Seeing a few people getting bored of the same questions coming up again and again, so will try to collect a few of the answers in one HT in an attempt to reduce this. If there's anything I've misse…

6 years, 7 days ago13

Lateriser 12
Early Strategy Thoughts

A few thoughts: - BB30, WC31, FH when sh*t happens (its 2020) is the obvious play. Else FH in 38. - Could look at FH in 30+ if you have a good long term team already but free transfers will be of …

6 years, 8 days ago48

Rotation's Alter Ego
Who to target with unlimited transfers

Fantasy Premier League is back up... ...and Unlimited transfers have been given to everyone! I imagine this will push a lot of managers who have the majority of chips left to invest heavily in Ga…

6 years, 8 days ago22

andy85wsm
Remaining Premier League fixtures announced

Remaining fixtures - https://www.premierleague.com/news/1678153

6 years, 9 days ago5

Rotation's Alter Ego
Initial fixtures for restart officially released

Official fixtures have been released (or at least the first 3 games for each team) https://www.premierleague.com/news/1676010

6 years, 11 days ago13

DavidMunday815
Project Restart FAQs

Hey guys, I've noticed a number of users ask if there's a way of catching up on the content we put out over the last three months. Just to let you know we've got a Project Restart page set up with …

6 years, 12 days ago0

andy85wsm
Arsenal DGW Fixtures leaked

Looks like the Brighton website has inadvertently leaked their first fixture so we pretty much know what Arsenal's double gameweeks will be: Man City and Brighton away - https://twitter.com/FFScou…

6 years, 13 days ago16

FPL Virgin
Early FFS Comments

This surely isn't the first ever comment on FFS?https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/1 Surely there haven't been over 21 million comments to date on here? I.e. https://www.fantasyfootba…

6 years, 15 days ago38

DavidMunday815
Membership Renewal Clarification

Hi guys, Apologies for the confusion over the new memberships and the timing of the pre-season deal. We are currently working out how to allow those on extended 2019/20 deals the opportunity to sig…

6 years, 14 days ago1

J0E
Live Scoutcast 1pm Tues - How should FPL resume?

Live Scoutcast- Tuesday 1pm https://youtu.be/hxvC6Kpypn0 I'll be joined by Andy and David to chat about how FPL should resume. Chips, strategy, transfers and more. Feel free to leave your qu…

6 years, 15 days ago39

Rotation's Alter Ego
Double Gameweek 39 confirmed

Update from FPL https://www.premierleague.com/news/1665216

6 years, 17 days ago51

FPL Virgin
Should we get a free wildcard?

There is only one question on everyone's lips right now .... should we or should we not be given a free wildcard or unlimited transfers (like you get before gameweek 1) when the season resumes?

6 years, 18 days ago130

Rotation's Alter Ego
Planning for a Project Restart Double

Following the announcement yesterday that the Premier League would resume on June 17th with Arsenal, Man City, Sheffield United and Aston Villa playing their game in hand, these games will either m…

6 years, 18 days ago22

Lateriser 12
ChampManFPL - Guide and New League

Hope you guys are all fine and healthy. Just a little bit of an update on #ChampManFPL Those that aren't playing, its FPL based on a simulation in Championship Manager 01/02. I cannot recommend th…

6 years, 22 days ago10

Rotation's Alter Ego
Current state of transfers

Few posts on this page about the current state of transfers, so instead of replying to them all individually I'll make one post here. Currently the FPL game is in its standard post-38 stage, where…

6 years, 29 days ago23

J0E
Who are your favourite ever six #FPL players?

Who are your favourite six #FPL players of all time? Andy, Neale and I reveal our favourite ever players in this week's Scoutcast. Watch here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnNLKGBYLEs **PLUS…

6 years, 29 days ago25

DeadStarComing
Latest FPL Update

https://www.premierleague.com/news/1665216

6 years, 1 month ago12

J0E
Live Scoutcast - top tips from Meet the Manager interviews

Live Scoutcast getting underway shortly Top tips from the Meet the Manager interviews. We round up their key advice so far Join us at 1pm! Link here - https://youtu.be/HnunkZ1-y5A

6 years, 1 month ago1

Team Cruel
Eliteserien starts June 16th

June 16 is the date Eliteserien will start! Plan is to have a full season finishing within the calendar year, that means 30 rounds in 6.5 months. Going to be a wild ride! Guessing they've started …

6 years, 1 month ago4

J0E
Scoutcast 1pm Tues - mental health tops the bill. Leave your views here.

Scoutcast Live Steam Tues 1pm On this show we chat about Fantasy Football & mentalhealth The challenges we sometimes face & how the #FPLcommunity and the game can help our emotional wellbeing.…

6 years, 1 month ago7

J0E
Live Scoutcast 1pm Tues - FPL 19/20 successes and failures

SCOUTCAST 1pm TUES! This latest episode will focus on this season's biggest successes....and failures What have been your biggest brags and blunders? Will post a Youtube stream link later. Joi…

6 years, 1 month ago9

J0E
Live Scoutcast Tues - leave your questions/views here

The Scoutcast gets in its Time Machine this Tuesday and travels back to #GW1 19/20 How was your first gameweek? What lessons did you learn? Who were your key players? How important is a good start…

6 years, 1 month ago16

FPL Virgin
Rotation a risk?

If the premier league is going to be finished in 40 days (see https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52326617), are we going to see rotation on an unprecedented scale? Yes all the players are well re…

6 years, 1 month ago16

Ragabolly
Virtual FPL Mini-leagues added

I added mini-leagues to Virtual FPL, www.livefpl.net/vleagues You can create a league, share the code so that others can join it. Every league is assigned a league id and the league standings will…

6 years, 2 months ago2

Meltens
First Allsvenskan Fantasy drafts

First draft for Fantasy Allsvenskan, tear it to shreds! 😉 Krogh Gerson - Käck - Otieno Kačaniklić - Rieks - Nalic - Levi Kujovic - Jóhannsson - Moro (Nilsson/4.0, Berg, Gojani, Eriksson Ibrag…

6 years, 2 months ago11

Ragabolly
Virtual FPL Update

Hi all, I went to sleep for a few hours and woke up to Virtual FPL messing up people's ids and teams. Apologies for this, I really don't know what caused the issue especially that the game has bee…

6 years, 2 months ago6

andy85wsm
Scoutcast - Next Tuesday - Leave your questions here

The Scoutcast is back next week - Tuesday, 14th April - 1pm! You're in charge of the topics so feel free to leave any questions in this hot topic and we'll get through everything we can - FPL or o…

6 years, 2 months ago32

andy85wsm
Favourite FPL memories

Morning all! Wondering what everyone's favourite FPL memories are? They don't have to be massive hauls from big name players necessarily, could just be one week wonders over the years. I'll neve…

6 years, 2 months ago66

Ragabolly
New Virtual FPL game

Dear FPL friends, I have been developing "Virtual FPL": a simulation-based fantasy game, very similar to FPL but with games being simulated. The simulator has been built to take into account actua…

6 years, 2 months ago50