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 avfc82 | Mid-Price Midfielders Something I talked about in my recent Meet the Manager video was mid-price midfielders, and why I’m quite aggressive with transfers in this category, whilst sometimes experimenting with a differe… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 112 |
 Rupert The Horse | How's your season going? Anyone having a good season? Or a particularly bad one? This is my 13th season and am currently ranked 2.5m. It’s not a temporary thing either. I’ve been down here for most of the season. | 6 years, 4 months ago | 139 |
 Rotation's Alter Ego | FFS Cup is Open! FFS Cup is open for another season! As promised to Deulofail last year (https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/19958920), I'll be putting up a fair few reminders for this cup as HTs to mak… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 13 |
 VanDijksToWatchOutFor | How much is LOrd Lundstram really worth? With the inexorable rise of John "Lord" Lundstram reaching 4.9 last night, I think it's worth questioning what you would actually pay for him. Non-owners surely still need to get him in ahead of … | 6 years, 4 months ago | 52 |
 Boris Bodega | Pundits Playoff Transfer Window Opens! The Pundits Playoff Community Tournament's very first transfer window is now open! For those of you reading about the Pundits Playoff for the first time, this is a season long tournament where team… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 18 |
 Lateriser 12 | Time to make the Mount switch? Weighing up the Mount to Pulisic move. Can see Lampard playing a 3 man mid with Kova Jorginho Kante versus them. Then it's Tammy + 2 of William Mount Pulisic. Lamps loves Mount but Pulisic has to … | 6 years, 4 months ago | 30 |
 Geoff | GW12 Rough with the Smooth Gameweek 12 Rough with the Smooth How did your GW12 go? Were any of your players benched? Did you get any injuries? How did your bench perform? Did your captain return? Feel free to post your tal… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 61 |
 andres | Best Liverpool Triple Up? I know it has been discussed a milion times and there is no conclusion. Liverpool triple up - needs to happen to doubt about it. The config is the issue. A two defenders + mid This is kind of a … | 6 years, 4 months ago | 37 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | GW 12 News Roundup Here we go again - what we learnt in the runup to Gameweek 12… Friday Deadline! Set those teams now, tinker later! Liverpool Just Matip and Shaqiri out for Liverpool. Henderson is over his ill… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 13 |
 @ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge GW12 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 12 Greetings from Thailand! Okay.. I do seldomly swear the GW10 results will be available in around 2 hours, followed quickly by GW11. I'm ****** WHAT IS IT? **… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 32 |
 Eze Really? | Too much money, nowhere to spend it 5.8 to 7.5 mids are all the rage atm; and that high number is only because of Martial. There is a massive gap between 7.5 and the next viable value for money mid. Son is probably the only one, then… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 33 |
avfc82 | England – who would you pick? England manager Gareth Southgate named his squad for the European Qualifiers against Montenegro and Kosovo yesterday. There was a return to the squad for Liverpool’s Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and … | 6 years, 4 months ago | 68 |
Geoff | GW12 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, 4 months ago | 37 |
 HollyShand | Are we overlooking Salah and Mané for captaincy this GW? Are we overlooking Mo Salah and Sadio Mane as captain options this weekend? The odds seemed in their favour for a win against Manchester City and may have been bolstered by the absence of Ederson. … | 6 years, 4 months ago | 17 |
 d1sable | Leandro Trossard Leandro Trossard 5.8m TSB: 0.3% Mins per chance created: 25 Mins per attempt: 33 Mins per goal: 152 Mins per xGI: 128 Shot accuracy: 33% Goal involvement when on the pitch: 80% These stats are… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 29 |
 G-Whizz | GW12 DS stats, Fixture and clean sheet odds GW12 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds Last week Manchester City (724DS) came from behind and beat Southampton 2-1 at home and Liverpool (411DS) managed to mirror the same feat away as they … | 6 years, 4 months ago | 8 |
 Az | WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR MAN CITY PLAYERS? Manchester City's sea of lovely fixtures is coming to an end. They have 3 away games in the next 5. Chelsea and Man United visit the Etihad as well as trips to Anfield, The Sports Direct Arena and … | 6 years, 4 months ago | 38 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 12 In a week that was all about Lundstram, he led the Scout Picks to a tight 63-57 victory this week but eyes are already turning to a week that might be all about the differentials with most "templat… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 0 |
Az | FPL TOPGUNS - GW 12 PREVIEW FPL Topguns is back for anyone that would care to listen 🙂 Come listen to myself and Luke as we talk complete nonsense as usual. Youtube: https://youtu.be/2_SQtXcU1Io Soundcloud: https://soundc… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 10 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | October Community Writer of the Month Another new month means we ask you to vote for the Community writer that you believe has made the biggest/most important contribution in October. The winner will receive a £20 Amazon voucher from … | 6 years, 4 months ago | 0 |
 Greyhead | Mark of a madman - Suthern's Wildcard Thanks for reading my ramblings. Mark’s wildcard has started with a bang with 73 points but will his investment in an expensive double City/Liverpool defence set him up for success when others ar… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 29 |
 J0E | Live Scoutcast 8pm Tues - leave your questions here Live Scoutcast 8pm Tuesday night. Which #FPL players, teams and talking points do you think we should discuss ahead of #GW12? Let us know here | 6 years, 4 months ago | 28 |
 Sam FPLFamily | The Continued Rise of the Cheap Defender Lundstram now leads the way as the highest scoring defender in the game. This week his 21 points solidified him as FPL royalty, however it’s not just him in the cut price defender bracket that’… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 36 |
Geoff | GW11 Rough with the Smooth Gameweek 11 Rough with the Smooth How did your GW11 go? Were any of your players benched? Did you get any injuries? How did your bench perform? Did your captain return? Feel free to post your tal… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 79 |
 zøphar | How Do You Predict Clean Sheets? How do you predict Clean sheets? Arguably, the hardest thing to predict in FPL is when a team is going to keep a clean sheet. I've benched six clean sheets over the last three gameweeks, including… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 40 |
Geoff | GW11 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, 4 months ago | 41 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge - GW11 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 11 GW10 results are coming tomorrow after the Rugby WC! In the meantime, enjoy and good luck... GW7 results: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2019/10/31/the… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 31 |
HollyShand | Sterling for Triple Captain? Are we overlooking Raheem Sterling as a Triple Captain contender this weekend? Form and fixtures have converged, he looks set for a start and it seems to be one of the best single gameweek options … | 6 years, 4 months ago | 31 |
avfc82 | Walcott as a differential punt? Following my post highlighting Jack Grealish as a differential ahead of Gameweek 9, I’ve been on the lookout for another midfielder with low ownership who I think could do well over the next few … | 6 years, 4 months ago | 58 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | GW 11 News Roundup What we learnt in the runup to Gameweek 11… Liverpool Klopp will be without Matip for a few weeks but Keita is an unknown with Klopp saying “we will see”. He’s unsure how he will deal wit… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 22 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Allsvenskan Final Gameweek Plans This is it! The final gameweek of Fantasy Allsvenskan is upon us and besides an exciting end fantasy-wise, three clubs are still in the running to win the title. Above you have the superb-as-always… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 5 |
avfc82 | HAVE MAN UTD TURNED A CORNER? Three wins on the bounce, following a credible draw with Liverpool, has seen a lot of talk within the community about whether or not Manchester United have turned a corner. Marcus Rashford and Ant… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 47 |
G-Whizz | GW11 DS stats, Fixture and clean sheet odds GW11 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds Only two fixtures made the grade last week as Manchester City (623DS) beat Aston Villa 3-0 and Liverpool (374DS) beat Tottenham 2-1 at Anfield. https:… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 11 |
 Bøwstring The Carp | Liverpool fixture complications Liverpool's schedule is about to get crazy with their inclusion in the Club World Cup in December Just a quick look at the three different outcomes as part of early planning: 1) the Club World Cu… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 6 |
Lateriser 12 | Big Hitters: Set and forget or not? Inclined to hear more of your thoughts with respect to big hitter switching as per fixtures or are you a set and forget manager? What are your thoughts after reading the article? If the big hitter… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 45 |
d1sable | Sterling TC? For the first time i ever, I'm considering using the triple captain chip outside a dwg. Sterling TC anyone? | 6 years, 4 months ago | 30 |
 Pieterke30 | Tony Marshall - Take the bait or avoid the trap? Very weird with ManU. Always the same story here it seems. They play one good game vs a team that allows them to counter attack and everybody wants Martial. Then, they play vs teams who are happy … | 6 years, 4 months ago | 64 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 11 A tough week for the Scout Picks last time out, with Aguero being benched, Boly picking up an unexpected injury and CHO getting a late cameo. Full credit to AK though, who seized the oppotunity to… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 0 |
 DavidMunday815 | Scoutcast Tuesday 8pm - Topic suggestions Live Scoutcast - Tuesday 8pm What would you like us to discuss? Which players, teams and talking points do you think we should talk about? | 6 years, 4 months ago | 40 |
Sam FPLFamily | Should we invest in the misfiring Gunners? Arsenal sit pretty at the top of the fixture ticker and as FPL managers thats exactly what we want from our possible transfers in. However with their captain storming straight down the tunnel aft… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 27 |
Geoff | GW10 Rough with the Smooth Gameweek 10 Rough with the Smooth How did your GW10 go? Were any of your players benched? Did you get any injuries? How did your bench perform? Did your captain return? Feel free to post your tal… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 68 |
 Lemongrab | Is the previously popular Perez now well priced for a punt? Is Perez a legitimate option again? I'm still feeling caution after those early blanks but for 6m I'm thinking he could be worth a punt again. | 6 years, 4 months ago | 12 |
 Legomané | It's Andrew Forey's Account.. Impressive play this week by the current World No.2 Andrew Forey. Chilwell, Maddison and Vardy TRIPLE CAPTAIN and 87pts 😯 An OR rise from 325 to cruise into contention - now just 2pts back … | 6 years, 4 months ago | 38 |
Boris Bodega | Pundits Playoff match line-ups at 7pm Pundits Playoff match line up's will be revealed at 7pm tonight, here > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PsvPBp2KQySzWZdleYbWvuMDDpReTXBSdp-xTQQToSw/edit?usp=sharing Remember you can add yo… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 0 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge - GW 10 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 10 Two points - (1) I know I owe two GWs worth of results! They will both be delivered later today without fail. Apologies guys, its been a bit rocky lately but GW… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 27 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | GW 10 News Roundup What we learnt in the run-up to gameweek 10…. Two notes before we get started: 1) Friday deadline! Get a bus team set now so you don't risk forgetting. 2) Another week with Europa league games, … | 6 years, 4 months ago | 12 |
HollyShand | The risk captaining City Manchester City players seem to be in prime position to gain our captaincy armbands in Gameweek 10, for their home game against Aston Villa. At just over 30%, Raheem Sterling tops the Gameweek 10 … | 6 years, 4 months ago | 30 |
avfc82 | GW10 IN SEARCH OF CLEAN SHEETS In what’s been an unpredictable season to date, Sheffield United remarkably have the joint best defensive record in the Premier League, with seven goals conceded. In the last three Gameweeks, on… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 37 |
zøphar | Are you getting Wood? With four goals in the last four gameweeks, is Chris Wood (£6.2m) going under the radar ? No player across the league has been afforded more 'big chances' than his eight over the aforementioned pe… | 6 years, 4 months ago | 24 |
Geoff | GW10 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, 4 months ago | 23 |