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Team Cruel
Player motives and incentives for GW38

GW38 - Who are the players with motives and incentives? Every season at this stage there are players with certain motives and incentives. Players that are either chasing the golden boot, golden gl…

7 years, 1 month ago21

TopMarx
Jordie van der Laan and TopMarx

You guys will no doubt remember I recently wrote a community article on Dutch professional footballer and FPL manager Jordie van der Laan https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2019/04/19/what-it-m…

7 years, 1 month ago18

Geoff
Gameweek 37 Rough with the Smooth

Gameweek 37 Rough with the Smooth How did your GW go? Did your transfers pay off? Did a hit turn out badly? How did your bench perform? Feel free to post your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek …

7 years, 1 month ago48

DavidMunday815
Live Scoutcast 9:30pm Tuesday - leave your questions here

The Scoutcast is at 9:30pm tonight. Let us know what you'd like us to discuss for Gameweek 38... Who is the key player? Which team should we look at? What is the main Fantasy talking point?

7 years, 1 month ago17

TorresMagic™
Villaweeal Wins Last Man Standing!

Villaweeal wins the 6th edition of Last Man Standing https://www.livefpl.net/LMS Gussy finished 2nd and The Pesci Challenge and Ronin13 finish equal 3rd. Congrats to Villaweeal on beating the 3 …

7 years, 1 month ago30

boc610
Are United players too much risk for GW38?

Could easily see ogs fielding a team of academy players against Cardiff. The game is worthless. Wouldnt be surprised to see pogba or rashford drop out

7 years, 1 month ago20

The Royal Robin
Son replacements?

Best replacement for Son besides Pogba?

7 years, 1 month ago31

Rotation's Alter Ego
GW 37 News Roundup

What we learnt in the runup to Gameweek 37… Manchester City De Bruyne hasn’t trained with the squad since his injury and Guardiola doesn’t know if he’ll play again this season. He won’t…

7 years, 1 month ago20

Gregor
Gameweek 37 Captaincy

Has to be Aguero or Sterling doesn’t it? Champions elect Manchester City take on Leicester at the Etihad on Monday night in what promises to be an entertaining clash between two of the form tea…

7 years, 1 month ago27

@ocprodigy
Scout Picks Challenge GW37

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 37 Two more gameweeks to go. Still a battle at the top with the FFS Scout having taken a whooping 13 points in the last 5 GWs to stand their ground firmly at the t…

7 years, 1 month ago13

Geoff
GW37 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, who has a series of no attacking returns, or has very low o…

7 years, 1 month ago25

Merlinsnose
Best GK to finish the season

Apart from Ederson and Alisson, who is the best keeper for the last two games do you think? De Gea? Thank you

7 years, 1 month ago13

Gregor
Speculating on Spurs

Many of us are still holding Tottenham players after the recent double gameweek and favourable looking fixtures, but given the unconvincing performance at home to Ajax last night and with injuries …

7 years, 1 month ago76

G-Whizz
GW37 DS stats, Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW37 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds Last week with a season high DS of 946 saw Liverpool thrash already relegated Huddersfield at Anfield 5-0. Manchester City (545DS) come in second place…

7 years, 1 month ago10

Geoff
Warning against deliberately misleading pre-deadline posts

As many here know, we've had trouble lately with some users posting comments just before the deadline making claims about teamsheets that aren't true. These comments often take the shape of '[playe…

7 years, 1 month ago90

Jafalad
Are you considering Hazard?

I see Hazard is trailing in the captaincy poll already. He looks an incredible differential right now for those playing catch up. Low ownership and sure to go out with a bang in Chelski’s last …

7 years, 1 month ago18

Pras (FPL)
How have you done in Chip Season?

How did you do since chip season started? Would be interesting to see how many points people got over the period and what strategy they used BGW31 - GW36. For me: - Strategy - FH32, WC33, BB35, TC…

7 years, 1 month ago65

Gregor
Third Strikers

How do we feel about third strikers as the season comes to a close then? Andre Gray looks to have served his purpose now and I did have an eye on Rashford but he’s now a doubt with a shoulder inj…

7 years, 1 month ago35

Geoff
Live Scoutcast 9:30pm Tuesday - leave your questions here

Live Scoutcast 9:30pm Tuesday Each week we look at the key player, team, and talking point. Which player should we discuss & why? Which team should we discuss & why? What should our talking po…

7 years, 1 month ago34

Geoff
Gameweek 36 Rough with the Smooth

Gameweek 36 Rough with the Smooth How did your GW36 go? Did your transfers pay off? Did a hit turn out badly? How did your bench perform? Feel free to post your tales of joy and woe from Gamewee…

7 years, 1 month ago62

rainy
Price Changes

Price Changes - 29th April 2019 🔺  Alexander-Arnold (5.7), Salah (13.3) 🔻  Aubameyang (10.8), Ibe (4.9), Alonso (6.2), Kanté (4.9), Gündogan (5.4)

7 years, 1 month ago7

Meltens
Allsvenskan - GW6 plans

What was your transfer this gameweek? Who are you looking to captain? Paulinho/Jeremejeff at home to AFC Eskilstuna seems interesting, but perhaps Linus Hallenius at home to Falkenberg could be the…

7 years, 1 month ago18

Brosstan
It's not easy to finish regularly in the top 10k

How many members are in the FFS members leagues? Seems to me people underestimate how many managers there are who play seriously now. You're not entitled to 10k just because you spend a lot of time…

7 years, 1 month ago96

@ocprodigy
Scout Picks Challenge GW36

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 36 I still owe GW33-35, sorry guys! Today is the deadline day for one of my firm's biggest engagements that's been on-going since November, so after this I plan to…

7 years, 1 month ago12

Gregor
Gameweek 36 Captaincy

With league hopefuls Liverpool hosting already relegated Huddersfield tonight, it looks to be a case of which red will you backing and for those with the Triple Captaincy chip still intact, does th…

7 years, 1 month ago38

Geoff
GW36 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, who has a series of no attacking returns, or has very low o…

7 years, 1 month ago40

Geoff
Gameweek 35 Rough with the Smooth

Gameweek 35 Rough with the Smooth How did your GW35 go? Did your transfers pay off? Did a hit turn out badly? How did your bench perform? Feel free to post your tales of joy and woe from Gamewee…

7 years, 1 month ago71

Tommyg
'Must have' players

Who are the 'must have' players for the next three games?

7 years, 1 month ago23

G-Whizz
GW36 DS stats, Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW36 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds Last week of the teams which had a SGW Liverpool (615DS) saw off Carfiff 0-2 meanwhile Chelsea (520DS) and Bournemouth (416DS) both had surprising resu…

7 years, 1 month ago10

HollywoodXI
Get well soon Joe

Massive get well wishes to the legend that is Joe (formerly Jonty) who just posted this on his Twitter account: “Bleed on brain. Focusing all energy on getting better.”

7 years, 1 month ago198

Tsssst
Are you looking at Pogba?

anyone still got Pogba planning on getting rid of him? i know he's been pretty poor but his next 3 cant be ignored, can they? Chelsea love to concede as they have shown v Slavia and Burnley. then …

7 years, 1 month ago16

HamezMace
How is your GW so far?

So close to triple Brighton defence euphoria...that Eriksen goal was tough to take, but still pretty happy with them in general. Where is everyone at so far, and with how many left to play tonight…

7 years, 1 month ago102

Legomané
Time to collect your party bags?

Time to sell Vardy? Arguably one of the most in-form players right now with 8 goals in his last 8 PL matches, coinciding with the appointment of Brendan Rodgers GW28. With Arsenal(H), City(A) and…

7 years, 1 month ago17

Legomané
The last chip

The last chip - how will you spend yours? For me (and I imagine many others) it's the Triple-Captain chip. There are a few juicy options over the remaining 3 gameweeks. Link to a handy captaincy …

7 years, 1 month ago23

Geoff
Eliteserien: GW4 plans

Eliteserien deadline is fast approaching.. How is your team looking? Who will you captain and what are your transfers?

7 years, 1 month ago22

Geoff
Liverpool strategy

First, a reminder to everyone to upvote comments you think are useful and to flag comments you think should be Hot Topics! Second, Liverpool assets. With only HUD, new, WOL now to close the seas…

7 years, 1 month ago34

Gregor
Gameweek 35 Captaincy

It’s a tough call on the captaincy this week with another double gameweek on our hands but a lack of real standout players with the ideal scenario of a pair of attractive looking fixtures whilst …

7 years, 1 month ago55

@ocprodigy
Scout Picks Challenge - GW35

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 35 Work is a nightmare, I'm so sorry! Behind on GW32-34, but will produce the results this bank holiday weekend for certain! Frustrating me as much as it may be yo…

7 years, 1 month ago13

Geoff
GW35 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, who has a series of no attacking returns, or has very low o…

7 years, 2 months ago43

G-Whizz
DGW35 DS stats, Fixture and clean sheet odds

DGW35 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds Last week Spurs (608DS) beat Huddersfield 4-0. Manchester City (426DS) beat Crystal Palace 3-1 and Liverpool (418DS) beat Chelsea 2-0. Just under the …

7 years, 2 months ago9

Geoff
Gameweek 34 Rough with the Smooth

Gameweek 34 Rough with the Smooth How did your GW34 go? Did your transfers pay off? Did a hit turn out badly? How did your bench perform? Feel free to post your tales of joy and woe from Gamewee…

7 years, 2 months ago57

The Polymath
Is DGW35 still the best week to Bench Boost?

Is DGW35 still the best week to Bench Boost? What are the Pros and Cons?

7 years, 2 months ago39

Geoff
Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 35

As usual, we're looking for a Community Champion this week! The Community Champion picks a team to go up against our Scout Picks, within a budget of 83.5m and in a playable FPL formation. If you'…

7 years, 2 months ago0

Geoff
Deeney transfer plans

For those who own Deeney, does his red and three match ban significantly change your post-wildcard plans? Who are the options you're looking at for replacing Deeney? What are the pros and cons of …

7 years, 2 months ago37

Rupert The Horse
Anfield report

Was at Anfield yesterday, thought I'd jot a few things down. - Liverpool set out playing a very high line and VVD marshalled the back line wonderfully. I have never seen such a dominant display fr…

7 years, 2 months ago24

Geoff
Wildcard regrets

For me, there are at least two important ways to judge FPL decisions: 1. Did my decision result in points? 2. Was my decision one that I can look back on happily, knowing that I decided to do it fo…

7 years, 2 months ago98

J0E
Live Scoutcast 9:30pm Tues - leave your questions here

Live Scoutcast 9:30pm Tuesday Each week we look at the key player, team and talking point Which player should we discuss & why? Which team should we discuss & why? What should our talking poi…

7 years, 2 months ago26

Geoff
A or B final decisions

I don't usually do this kind of Hot Topic but, with one hour to the deadline and lots of us on our WC, let's hear your last minute dilemmas in 'A or B' format. Keep them simple, with the options c…

7 years, 2 months ago161

Gregor
Gameweek 34 Captaincy

Never captain a defender. Never captain a single gameweek player in a double gameweek. The unwritten rules of fantasy football look set to be shattered this week as Spurs’ Heung-min Son and B…

7 years, 2 months ago55

Rotation's Alter Ego
GW 34 News Roundup

What we learnt in the runup to gameweek 34… Liverpool Gomez will be needed according to Klopp, with some choices needing to be made over who makes a good fit for each game. Klopp will have to c…

7 years, 2 months ago5