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AuthorHot TopicDateReplies

Gregor
The Eye Test - GW’s 14-16

A couple of players who caught my eye this week; Javier Hernandez impressed with a brace at Newcastle in GW14 and some were quick to make the trade from Marko Arnautovic following his injury in m…

7 years, 6 months ago34

Geoff
How will you deal with rotation?

With so many big names starting on the bench in the past 2 GWs, are you re-assessing how you will go into the rest of December? Are you looking to spread your budget across your front 8, or will …

7 years, 6 months ago25

J0E
Live Scoutcast Tuesday at 9:30pm - 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 and why? Which team should we discuss and why? What should our talkin…

7 years, 6 months ago68

G-Whizz
Mo Salah or No Salah? Keep, sell or...

For many this was Salah's last chance before selling. Wonder what owners will do now? Surely too hard to let go, but still not showing his value at £13m? What would you do or are you doing, kee…

7 years, 6 months ago54

Ginkapo FPL
Band Aid Christmas Footballers Song.

For those who want light relief: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AxKgUKUpFc This is amazing

7 years, 6 months ago6

Gregor
Gameweek 16 Captaincy

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang arrives into the gameweek on the back of a staggering five price rises in six days and now sits in around 1 in every 3 FPL teams. With Arsenal at home to Huddersfield this…

7 years, 6 months ago29

@ocprodigy
Scout Picks Challenge - GW16

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 16 I owe a lot of results... they'll be coming ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, every evening prior to the sta…

7 years, 6 months ago27

Deulofail
Will Kola's Fizz Leave Owners Flat?

Emery has given us every sign that his team is adaptable to the oponent and even to the ever-changing situation in-match. His management is dynamic and pragmactic, and he is not afraid to make chan…

7 years, 6 months ago27

asquishypotato
Sparks to fly in der Hasenhuttl?

So I was doing abut of research on the new Southampton managers style, and thought that I would share some of the things that I’ve come across. Red Bull played mainly 4-2-2-2, counter attacking/…

7 years, 6 months ago13

Geoff
Arnie replacements revisited

The above article nicely sums up the arguments for many of the picks. Is there anything you disagree with? Which point is most compelling? Who have you gone for, or are you still undecided? What h…

7 years, 6 months ago35

Geoff
GW16 breakout players

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Who do you think will find form and step up in GW16 to score big, and why? Do you think it will be an already-established name in many of our sides or someo…

7 years, 6 months ago47

Cigars
What should we do with Hazard?

Who is keeping Hazard and who is ditching him? A fairly decent run after the City game, but do we think he is not delivering?

7 years, 6 months ago56

Geoff
Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 16

Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 16 Once again, one champion representing the community will take on the Scout Picks this week with a chance to win a prize at the end of the sea…

7 years, 6 months ago0

Geoff
Gameweek 15 Rough with the Smooth

Gameweek 15 Rough with the Smooth Feel free to post your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek 15 here:

7 years, 6 months ago53

TheDragon
Forward Thinking

Let’s talk Forwards Lots are now looking to get 2 big hitters up front (primarily Kane and Auba). However Wilson and Jimenez are providing incredible value and appear fixture and rotation proo…

7 years, 6 months ago28

G-Whizz
GW16 Fixture and average clean sheet odds

GW16 Fixture and clean sheet odds Best fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/lrcl4x (Provided by Betbrain) For the first time since November 2010 not a single clean sheet kept over t…

7 years, 6 months ago15

J0E
Live Scoutcast Tonight at 9:30pm - Leave your questions here

Live Scoutcast 9:30pm Tonight (Wednesday). Each week we look at the key player, team and talking point. Which player should we discuss and why? Which team should we discuss and why? What should…

7 years, 6 months ago52

IRBOX ⚽
Replacements for Arnie.

Arnie replacements will no doubt be a big topic of discussion. Wilson: No brainer for non-owners. Incredible form, value for money and season keeper. Mitrovic: Ranieri has stated that the Serbia…

7 years, 6 months ago45

Geoff
GW15 breakout players

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Who do you think will find form and step up in GW15 to score big, and why? Do you think it will be an already-established name in many of our sides or someo…

7 years, 6 months ago26

Rotation's Alter Ego
Rotation Roulette

The dreaded winter rotation is often talked about with fear and caution, but the actual impact of it is debatable. So, time for you all to earn some sweet (meaningless) bragging rights 😉 Let's h…

7 years, 6 months ago21

@ocprodigy
Scout Picks Challenge

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 15 GW12 results: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/19376408 ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, ever…

7 years, 6 months ago19

Legomané
Bench ready?

With rotation likely to be a feature of the GW ahead...how is your bench shaping up?

7 years, 6 months ago39

G-Whizz
GW15 Fixture and average clean sheet odds

GW15 Fixture and clean sheet odds Best fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/lq8vqo (Provided by Betbrain) GW14 clean sheets finished like this... MCY: 52% ❌ CHE: 50% ✔ CRY: 48% …

7 years, 6 months ago8

Rotation's Alter Ego
Members Only - Gooner rather than Later

Arsenal's next 5 games: United - Away Huddersfield - Home Southampton - Away Burnley - Home Brighton - Away Looking at some shots conceded data from the last 6 games: United have allowed the 6th…

7 years, 6 months ago23

Gregor
The Battle of the Big Hitting Strikers

With Sergio Aguero ruled out at the weekend and a doubt for the mid-week game as City look to manage him through the busiest period of the season, a lot of managers are now turning to Harry Kane or…

7 years, 6 months ago44

Defcons are for Kinnear
Mark Hughes sacking - what are the FPL impacts?

What impact will Southampton sacking Mark Hughes have on the team's performance against Spurs?

7 years, 6 months ago12

Geoff
November Community Writer of the Month

Hi all, With November now finished, it's time to vote for the Community Writer that you think has made the biggest/most important contribution to the site in the past month! Votes will be counted…

7 years, 6 months ago3

Geoff
Gameweek 14 Rough with the Smooth

Gameweek 14 Rough with the Smooth Feel free to post your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek 14 here:

7 years, 6 months ago47

Jealous Viper
GW15/GW16 Wildcard plans

For all ye gameweek 15 (and 16 to an extent)wildcarders, what is the plan? For me, firstly it's to go 14 players deep at least. Only player off is backup gk. Everyone would have one of Sterling, S…

7 years, 6 months ago10

Geoff
When to make transfers for GW15?

With loads to talk about from the weekend, and a short turnaround to the next GW, there are many talking points: heavy hitters performing and not performing, the template breaking, rotation, injuri…

7 years, 6 months ago13

Rotation's Alter Ego
Weighing up the big hitters

Salah, Auba, Kane, Sterling, Hazard – varying levels of success, varying levels of interest. But which do you think we should be buying, and which should we be selling? Salah – A disappointing…

7 years, 6 months ago38

Legomané
Aguerooooh-nooooooo!!

Aguero cappers, who is your Vice? Hazard here ... just 45 mins to the critical teamsheet 😯

7 years, 6 months ago37

Gregor
Gameweek 14 Captaincy

Mohamed Salah(C) was one of the few bright spots of my GW13 and kept my 100% record of returns from my captain this season going. So, now that I’ve gone and jinxed myself, I think I’m gonna try…

7 years, 6 months ago30

Geoff
Manchester City plans

What are your Manchester City plans going forward? Why are you picking the players you are? Why are you avoiding the ones you aren't choosing?

7 years, 6 months ago53

Boris Bodega
Manager Melee Fixtures

Fellow Melee Managers and participants, an article is on it’s way with our fixtures this weekend. For those who cannot wait, here’s a link to the fixture list - https://docs.google.com/spreads…

7 years, 6 months ago12

@ocprodigy
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GW14

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 14 Annoyingly enough... GW12 results are on my laptop, alongside the completed GW13 but I forgot to post... apologies! At Manchester airport awaiting a flight to H…

7 years, 6 months ago23

Geoff
GW14 breakout players

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Who do you think will find form and step up in GW14 to score big, and why? Do you think it will be an already-established name in many of our sides or someo…

7 years, 6 months ago36

G-Whizz
GW14 Fixture and average clean sheet odds

GW14 Fixture and clean sheet odds Best fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/lnd1ti (Provided by Betbrain) GW13 clean sheets finished like this... WOL: 58% ❌ EVE: 52% ✔ MNU: 51% …

7 years, 6 months ago13

Geoff
Gameweek 13 Rough with the Smooth

Gameweek 13 Rough with the Smooth Feel free to post your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek 13 here:

7 years, 6 months ago67

d1sable
Sky FF Transfer Stats

Sky FF average remaining transfers Top 10 – 13.5 Top 100 – 15.8 Top 1000 – 18.5 Top 5000 – 19.6 How many transfers do you guys have left? Confident of late rush up the rankings?

7 years, 6 months ago7

Geoff
Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 14

Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 14 Once again, one champion representing the community will take on the Scout Picks this week with a chance to win a prize at the end of the sea…

7 years, 6 months ago0

Lawrø
Manager Melee Pots Confirmed

The pots have been finalised 🙂 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tO4Ns8utM-CG80bND9rcBdUQ6L9RwyokwzzQtjPjaRY/edit#gid=0 Pot 1: Finding Nuno, RoboKlopp, The Silence of the Lambert, When 'Ar…

7 years, 6 months ago17

Gregor
The Eye Test - GW13

The Eye Test - Did any players, preferably those that might be going under the radar, catch your eye during any games or highlights that you’ve seen over the weekend? Heung-Min Son has had a qu…

7 years, 6 months ago33

Geoff
Spurs and City plans

With midweek CL games, many will be waiting until later in the week to pull the trigger on transfers. But from what we've seen so far, what are your Spurs and City plans? Spurs are about to hit …

7 years, 6 months ago20

The Hindu Monkey
GW13 The wreckage laid bare...

The wreckage of the Team of the Weak is laid bare by the Monkey. Enjoy 🙂 https://hindumonkey.blogspot.com/2018/11/premier-league-fpl-team-of-weak-gw_26.html

7 years, 6 months ago27

J0E
Live Scoutcast Tuesday at 9:30pm - 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 and why? Which team should we discuss and why? What should our tal…

7 years, 6 months ago41

Legomané
The Perils of PVA

Player Value Accumulation, that is 🙂 Hoarding value in players like Aguero and Hazard could well be the undoing of many this season, including myself. We've already seen how high profile altern…

7 years, 6 months ago33

Lawrø
Manager Melee Update

Hello everyone! 😀 I've just spent a good few hours updating the scoresheet. All scores are now visible including hits and autosubs. There is an updated table where I have added a list of remainin…

7 years, 6 months ago8

Rainer
GW13 Top 10k Captaincy EO

Top 10k Captains: Salah - 36.45% (108% EO) Agüero - 29.60% (120% EO) Richarlison - 23.77% (105% EO) Sterling - 4.05% (19% EO) Martial - 1.48% (28% EO) Mané - 1.33% (30.5% EO) https://www.livefp…

7 years, 6 months ago10

@ocprodigy
Scout Picks Challenge - GW 13

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 13 GW9 results: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/19285395 GW10 results: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/19302173 Gw11 results: https:/…

7 years, 6 months ago29