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 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 talking … | 7 years, 4 months ago | 62 |
 Gregor | Gameweek 10 Captaincy Salah’s at home to Cardiff, probably playing up front and maybe on pens, if you’ve got him, you surely have to captain him. If you haven’t, I would give some serious thought towards trying to… | 7 years, 4 months ago | 25 |
 @ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge - GW 10 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 10 Just in from a night out and I'm knackered but remembered this! GW7&9 today too, sorry about the delay. Exhausted... ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of yo… | 7 years, 4 months ago | 28 |
 Geoff | GW10 breakout players Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Who do you think will step up in GW10 and be a popular transfer in for GW11, and why? Do you think it will be an already-established name in many of our sid… | 7 years, 4 months ago | 46 |
 Demel | How important is attacking potential for defenders? Defenders - How important is attacking potential? On the previous page I had a discussion with Ibrox where we disagreed on the importance of attacking potential when selecting defenders. What do yo… | 7 years, 4 months ago | 45 |
Geoff | Site Updates Updates There's a new 'FPL Price Updates' widget on the main page under the Suspension Tightrope widget Right now it's sorted by Date, before number of GW transfers, and then ownership; this sho… | 7 years, 4 months ago | 34 |
Geoff | How heavy should we go in defence? Great stuff thanks for this! It's an interesting one.. I'm not happy with Fraser after this GW and I'm considering looking at someone cheap to help fund defence. Unfortunately, to do it correctly… | 7 years, 4 months ago | 37 |
Geoff | Champions League FPL implications What are your biggest takeaways from the Champions League games? Is Salah seemingly confirming he is Liverpool's number 2 penalty taker significant? Are you more convinced now that Spurs should be… | 7 years, 4 months ago | 29 |
 Limited & Mediocre Mana… | How is your season going? Roughly 1/4 of the way into the season, how happy are you with your start? Have your goals changed since the beginning? What is your aim now, either in terms of OR, mini-leagues or anything else? | 7 years, 4 months ago | 71 |
 Legomané | Wildcards...what are you waiting for?! Fellow wildcard hoarders..what are you waiting for?! Is it the upcoming fixture swing for Spurs and Arsenal post GW15? Is it the insane Christmas congestion period? Is it to try and catch a templa… | 7 years, 4 months ago | 39 |
 The Cherry Picker | BPS for attacking returns Morning all, I thought I would put together some information I have recently compiled for how the BPS works. BPS for attacking returns: Playing 1-59 minutes = 3 Playing 60 and over = 6 Fwd scori… | 7 years, 4 months ago | 34 |
 G-Whizz | GW10 DS, Fixture and clean sheet odds GW10 DS, Fixture and clean sheet odds Last week saw Manchester City (538DS) put five past Burnley without reply and Liverpool (382DS) beat Huddersfield by a 1-0 scoreline. Last but not least Arsen… | 7 years, 4 months ago | 27 |
 Rotation's Alter Ego | Scoutcast timestamps - EP 272 Scoutcast Ep 272 Timestamps This week's team of Joe, David, Az and Luke are accompanied by some lovely graphics throughout. Top Scoutcast as always 🙂 2:29 Gameweek 9 Review - Luke 3:57 Gameweek … | 7 years, 4 months ago | 4 |
 Old Wulfrunian | Liverpool defence rotation As a TAA owner i did a bit of research on Klopp’s defence decisions last year. I looked at 3 situations similar to this year.3 games in one week.PL game- CL game- PL game.The rotation is clear an… | 7 years, 4 months ago | 22 |
Geoff | Arsenal and Leicester assets Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Lacazette looked dangerous, Aubameyang did damage off the bench, and Bellerin looked very attacking; with Ozil quietly becoming an option and maybe Ramsey to… | 7 years, 4 months ago | 33 |
Geoff | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 10 Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 10 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, 4 months ago | 0 |
Gregor | The Eye Test - GW9 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? This week, i’d like to g… | 7 years, 4 months ago | 34 |
 Pras (FPL) | Members Only - Who is the best Chelsea defender? Having watched the Che-MU game, I was very impressed with Luiz. Even though Rudiger took the plaudits, Luiz was in the box a lot, even took a few set pieces. I think it is safe to say he is now nai… | 7 years, 4 months ago | 8 |
 TopMarx | Bold vs. Patient - which do you prefer? Thanks Geoff 🙂 I've enjoyed collaborating on this with Greyhead. I like his 'The Great and The Good v Hall of Fame' idea, although not happy about losing Ville 😉 I've found it interesting to loo… | 7 years, 4 months ago | 21 |
Geoff | Gameweek 9 Rough with the Smooth Gameweek 9 Rough with the Smooth Although we still have one game remaining, Feel free to post your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek 9 here: | 7 years, 4 months ago | 62 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tuesday 9:30pm - community questions Live Scoutcast Tuesday at 9:30pm Each week we look at the key player, team and talking point. Which player(s) should we discuss and why? Which team (s) should we discuss and why? What should ou… | 7 years, 4 months ago | 68 |
 HamezMace | Is Aguero still a captaincy option? I'm sure no one has asked this yet...well not in the last 10 minutes anyway, so Aguero owners, what's the general feeling, happy that he's getting consistent enough returns, or does this 60 minutes… | 7 years, 4 months ago | 56 |
Geoff | Eliteserien: 5 GWs left Early deadline today all! Who's your captain? What are your transfers? Are you using any chips? I've sold Rolantsson for Granli, and TLO for Johnson. Captaincy for me is between Haland, Johnson,… | 7 years, 4 months ago | 24 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge GW9 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 9 In order to explain GW8... I didn't realise there was a Friday game, so didn't open the gameweek. Apologies! Gameweek 7 results later this weekend... been that … | 7 years, 5 months ago | 42 |
Gregor | Gameweek 9 Captaincy So, although Aguero is miles ahead in the captain poll, given Mohamed Salah had been an injury doubt for much of the week but has now returned to training, are you tempted to go with the Liverpool … | 7 years, 5 months ago | 33 |
 COYS Down Under | Big 4 captains: opposition defensive stats Defensive stat for the opponents of the big 4 captaincy options this gameweek (Kane, Hazard, Aguero and Salah) West Ham average home defensive stats xG Conceded: 1.1 (7th best home record) Goals C… | 7 years, 5 months ago | 16 |
Geoff | GW9 breakout players Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Who do you think will step up in GW9 and be a popular transfer in for GW10, and why? Do you think it will be an already-established name in many of our side… | 7 years, 5 months ago | 49 |
 Ruth_NZ | Outside the box thinking : save pts magnets? Group A+ (Excellent) Wolves 55%/51 Group A (Good) Burnley 47%/76 Arsenal 47%/57 Group B (Fair) City 43%/22 Leicester 42%/35 Chelsea 42%/32 Everton 43%/36 B'mouth 42%/45 United 43%/36 Palac… | 7 years, 5 months ago | 49 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Scoutcast timestamps - EP 271 Afternoon all. Apologies for the lack of timestamps last time, was otherwise engaged all week. This week we had the whole spectrum of technical difficulties, with Az joining late following a batt… | 7 years, 5 months ago | 13 |
TopMarx | How do you overcome biases? Thank you for editing Geoff! I think it's fascinating how the Cønts team beat all except one of our individual teams! Individually we didn't manage to completely overcome our biases. I'd be inter… | 7 years, 5 months ago | 34 |
 Pacer. | Is Lacazette’s conversion rate sustainable? Interesting scoutcast with discussion about Lacazette and shots on target / sustainability and comparisons to vardy etc, asking if Lacazette could be that player... This is where the eye test come… | 7 years, 5 months ago | 34 |
G-Whizz | GW9 DS, Fixture and clean sheet odds GW9 DS, Fixture and clean sheet odds Last week Spurs (441DS) could only score a solitary goal but was still victorious over Cardiff. Manchester United (435DS) overcame a two goal deficit at Old Tr… | 7 years, 5 months ago | 16 |
 Mr. Hindsight | FPL turning points - the big decisions Looking back at the season, I see clearly 3 major turning points for FPL managers, moments that either propelled managers to greater heights or that brought them crashing down to earth. Of course t… | 7 years, 5 months ago | 107 |
Geoff | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 9 Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 9 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 seas… | 7 years, 5 months ago | 0 |
Geoff | Preferred formation The Great and The Good GW8 '343 remains the preferred weapon of choice for the majority of The Great and The Good and this has now been utilised 54% of the time.' Is 343, for you, the best format… | 7 years, 5 months ago | 39 |
Pacer. | Rigid price-points or a more flexible structure? I'd appreciate a bit of input about my strategy this year please! It was clear from a couple of reactions in earlier posts that some managers feel differently about. I want to get a more input to … | 7 years, 5 months ago | 82 |
 KickIt | FPL Dream Team REPOST: Lost on last article. Saw a post earlier on how many Dream team players people had so thought I would review the current Dream team. Ederson (43) Alonso (60) | Doherty (49) | Robertson (4… | 7 years, 5 months ago | 13 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tuesday 9:30pm - community questions Live Scoutcast Tues Oct 16 - 9:30pm 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, 5 months ago | 40 |
Geoff | GW9 Captaincy options Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic What are your thoughts on the captaincy this week? Are you looking somewhere other than Aguero, Salah, and Hazard? Is this a good week for a differential? I… | 7 years, 5 months ago | 49 |
 BigManBakar | Latest Salah Injury News Salah returning to Liverpool Mohamed Salah has returned to Liverpool for treatment after he limped off with an injury late in Egypt’s 4-1 win over Swaziland on Friday, after he earlier scored a … | 7 years, 5 months ago | 24 |
 WesMantooth | Best picks and biggest delights The IB is gloomy enough, so I'd like to Get some positive vibes going by going in the opposite direction of Jealus Viper. Lets all talk about our best desicions this season. I'll start the bragging… | 7 years, 5 months ago | 62 |
 Pierce34 | Captain Points I decided to take up Deulofail's suggestion 😛 https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2018/10/11/fpl-injury-monitor-the-latest-news-and-quotes/?hc_page=2&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_1907049… | 7 years, 5 months ago | 60 |
 Deulofail | Your season by the numbers Beat my team: Goals - 27 Assists - 20 Clean Sheets - 21 For quick calculation, use https://www.anewpla.net/fpl/report/ | 7 years, 5 months ago | 137 |
 Jealous Viper | Worst Picks & Biggest Regrets Which player has been your worst pick so far this season and your one biggest regret? For me Lowton has been my worst pick. Was expecting Burnley to be the usual but they have been so trash. Bigges… | 7 years, 5 months ago | 93 |
J0E | New Meet the Manager video now live New Meet the Manager Video In what proved to be excellent timing I caught up with Matthew Jones (Numb)) in the week he reached the summit of our Live Hall of Fame. Why patience is a virtue Four s… | 7 years, 5 months ago | 43 |
 FPL ZB | Should we double on Liverpool defence? Do we actually think TAA is first choice? Lovren back now and kept a CS against city, and Gomez has obviously played much better than TAA so far this year Who is the best to pair up with Robertson… | 7 years, 5 months ago | 55 |
Geoff | Writer of the Month: September It's time now to vote for your favourite community writer for September! Please email us (community@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk) with the name of the author you think was the most impressive throug… | 7 years, 5 months ago | 7 |
 MyPrettyPony | FFScout Charity Cup Sign up now for the second FFScout Charity Cup on Saturday 17th November 2018 We already have around 20 players signed up for the second Fantasy Football Scout Charity Cup but want around double t… | 7 years, 5 months ago | 12 |
 Lawrø | New Community Tournament! Hello everyone, Speedy, FC Lackless and I are starting a new FFS community team tournament similar to Community Watch but shorter and with far better organisation. There will probably be a draft p… | 7 years, 5 months ago | 23 |
Gregor | The Eye Test - GW8 The Eye Test - Which players caught your eye during any games or highlights that you saw during the last gameweek? For me, as mentioned in the article above, Bernard looked great during the highl… | 7 years, 5 months ago | 48 |