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AuthorHot TopicDateReplies

AA33
World Cup - early chip strategy

These are some key points according to me 1) Playing the BB in the group stages. There will be a larger pool of attacking players in the group stages and weaker oppositions won't be there in the k…

8 years, 9 days ago15

André94PT
World Cup Set Piece Takers

I just found this list of the expected World Cup 2018 set piece takers for all 32 international teams. It might help some of you https://www.fantasybet.com/blog/world-cup-2018-set-piece-takers/

8 years, 11 days ago2

Butcher
FIFA WC Fantasy: You Can't Deactivate the Chips!

Anyone know how to deactivate a chip on the McDonalds game??

8 years, 9 days ago3

Niemi
Eliteserien GW13 captaincy and transfers

The GW13 preview won't get published in time, so I'll try with a hot topic instead. Who's your captain this week? Who are you bringing in and who are you selling? Do you have any benching headache…

8 years, 10 days ago32

Aurora Borealis?
WC FANTASY BENCH STRENGTH

OK the more I think about this the more I think the bench doesn't matter. Why? 2 reasons: 1) I feel a lot of premium players are overpriced and trying to squeeze them into a team is proving very d…

8 years, 10 days ago14

★Kuntheman★
Bargain WC Targets

Who are your bargain WC players? For me: Advincula @ 4.5 Tagliafico @ 5.0 De Arrascaeta @ 5.5

8 years, 10 days ago13

DavidMunday815
Winter Break - FPL approach

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic How would we like Fantasy Premier League to deal with the new Winter Break which comes into effect in the 2019/2020 season? The break is staggered across two…

8 years, 10 days ago8

Geoff
WC Fantasy first impressions

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic With the World Cup Fantasy game officially launched, what has surprised you so far? Who are the players you think are close to essential? Are the premium st…

8 years, 11 days ago27

CloudSky
World Cup Fantasy RMT analysis

Share your WC Fantasy RMTs here: Nailed it. Cavani Lukaku Salah Isco James/Muller Carrasco Mendy Sidibe Varela Meunier Muslera Uzoho Cueva Asensio Vestergard

8 years, 11 days ago51

FFFrog
Fantasy Frogball World Cup Community Tournament

FANTASY FROGBALL WORLD CUP Hi all, After the success of Fantasy Frogball at the Euros two years ago, it is back for this World Cup. This is a community tournament that will work through the McDon…

8 years, 11 days ago27

FFFrog
World Cup Fantasy - captaincy strategy

While a lot of people that will play the WC fantasy are on here, I thought I'd ask - is having two big hitters playing on the same day/ for the same team bad value, because you can't captain both, …

8 years, 11 days ago5

Geoff
Early transfer window thoughts

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Are you happy with your team’s transfer window so far? Although it’s still early, Liverpool have signed Fabinho and have sold Emre Can to Juventus, whil…

8 years, 12 days ago35

Geoff
World Cup GoalScorer Challenge

How many of you are playing World Cup GSC? http://goalscorerchallenge.co.uk What's your strategy? Are you saving big players from big teams until after the group stage, or are you using them to …

8 years, 13 days ago25

Geoff
Fred's potential impact on Manchester United

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic With Fred expected to sign today for Manchester United, they look to have significantly improved their midfield depth. If, as expected, United play a midfiel…

8 years, 13 days ago37

Geoff
Community Writer of the Month vote – May

It’s time to vote for your favourite community writer of the past month! Send in your vote to the Community inbox with the name of the author you think had the best contributions: community@fant…

8 years, 14 days ago0

McNulty
Odds on remaining unbeaten in World Cup group stage

Just doing a bit of World Cup number crunching and thought I would share as a lot of the teams I have pretty limited knowledge and that might be the case for a few other people as well. I have c…

8 years, 14 days ago12

Geoff
Implications of World Cup squad announcements

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic With the deadline for World Cup squad announcements today, how closely are you watching them? Sane has missed out on the Germany squad and is part of a Manc…

8 years, 14 days ago22

G-Whizz
WC Group Stage Clean Sheet Odds

World Cup 2018 Clean Sheet Odds Group stage Thursday 14th June Russia 60% Saudi Arabia 17% Friday 15th June Egypt 22% Uruguay 58% Morocco 45% Iran 36% Portugal 27% Spain 44% Saturday 16th Ju…

8 years, 15 days ago32

Lone Wolf FPL
FANTASY WORLD CUP FRIENDLIES GW2

FANTASY WC FRIENDLIES TOURNAMET - GW 2 (02.06) 5 games (all times are CET) 18:00 Austria vs Germany 18:15 England vs Nigeria 19:45 Sweden vs Denmark 20:45 Belgium vs Portugal 22:00 Iceland vs No…

8 years, 16 days ago31

Tommytour
Transfer Plan (Rounds 1 & 2): FIFA WC Fantasy Football

With the key part of Maccy Ds being you are able to sub players and change captains each day, I thought I'd have a look at key players to target for your starting squad. I have only focussed on G…

8 years, 16 days ago5

Geoff
World Cup Fantasy - elite player choices

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic With the World Cup beginning in two weeks, who are you most looking forward to having in your Fantasy squad? Will you be hoping to load up on the elite playe…

8 years, 17 days ago11

FFFrog
McDonalds FIFA World Cup Fantasy opens 7th of June

Reposted for the new article https://fantasy.pre.fifa.com/en/faq McDonalds game opens 7th June - official announcement

8 years, 17 days ago7

Lone Wolf FPL
Fantasy World Cup Friendlies GW1

FANTASY WORLD CUP FRIENDLIES Community Tournament - GameWeek 1 (01.06) 5 games (all times are CET-an hour later than in UK) 13:00 Australia vs Czech Republic 13:00 South Korea vs Bosnia & Herzeg…

8 years, 17 days ago30

FFFrog
Marco Silva and Everton's transfer needs

Marco Silva confirmed as Everton boss

8 years, 18 days ago10

Geoff
Manchester City attacking options

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic If Manchester City strengthen as we think they will, with Mahrez and Jorginho coming in, what are you thinking you’ll do for Man City attack? Is Kevin De B…

8 years, 18 days ago28

Lone Wolf FPL
World Cup Friendlies Community Tournament

I would like to write few things as supplement the information contained in the article. First of all it would be nice if could reply here are you like this idea and are you going to play? Thanks …

8 years, 19 days ago8

Geoff
World Cup fatigue - impact on FPL

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic With many top Premier League players going to the World Cup, how are you looking to adapt for the start of the FPL season? If a World Cup team makes a deep …

8 years, 19 days ago13

bitm2007
Early thoughts on Chip Strategy for FIFA Fantasy WC

Chips strategy for Fifa McDonald's game. This looks tempting, if you can navigate the group stage with only 2 FT's. Bench Boost round 4 (last 16). When you've got an unlimited amount of transfer…

8 years, 19 days ago38

Geoff
2018/2019 value predictions

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic While new signings can shake up our FPL seasons, we often also see existing players step up and perform at a new level. This is particularly useful when the …

8 years, 20 days ago34

Twelve years a slave
New player positions in FPL?

Does Fpl needd more categories? Attacking and defensive mids, Full backs and centrebacks

8 years, 21 days ago123

Geoff
The transfer window and players to watch

Fantasy Football Scout daily Hot Topic With Liverpool finishing off their season on Saturday, all the PL teams can now fully focus on the beginning of next season and their transfer plans. Every s…

8 years, 21 days ago68

FFFrog
Liverpool in the GW1 Template?

Last night Liverpool were beaten by the better team, and whatever your opinion on Ramos' behaviour, they would have lost anyway. However, they've got to be up there as one of the only teams that ca…

8 years, 22 days ago39

Lone Wolf FPL
The Fantasy WC Friendlies Tournament

Fantasy Friendlies (Pre-WC) 2018 Before last season we had here a fantasy game about European Cup qualifications made by one of our members. I really enjoyed that so how about a fantasy game with …

8 years, 22 days ago15

Epic Fail
Aston Villa V Fulham predictions

Only an hour before the biggest game of the day. Predictions - Fulham or Villa?

8 years, 23 days ago26

Davido989
John Terry won't play v Chelsea if promoted

Jim White: If Villa get promoted to the PL, John Terry will sign a contract extension with one of the potential clauses being him missing out on the 2 games against ex club Chelsea.

8 years, 25 days ago10

PvA
Next season's top scorer will be...

Predictions for the top FPL scorer next season? I'm going with Son

8 years, 25 days ago44

Niemi
Eliteserien GW12 captaincy and transfers

The gameweek 12 deadline is slightly earlier than usual due to the CL final. Make sure you have your team set before Saturday 3:00 P.M. Last week there were few standout captaincy options, this we…

8 years, 24 days ago16

Emiliano Sala
Early plans for your GKs - cheap rotation or premium?

Which gk you will have next season you think? De gea (6.0) Ederson (5.5) Pope (5.0) Other cheap options Personally monitoring arsenal gk choice and it's price

8 years, 25 days ago53

Geoff
Welcome Legomané and Rainy

Continuing to take advantage of the quiet off season to give the mod team a refresh before next season, I’m happy to announce two more signings to the FFS mod team with Legomané and Rainy joinin…

8 years, 26 days ago39

Geoff
Where do Arsenal need to improve?

Where do Arsenal need to improve next season? Arsenal clearly need a lot to be challenging for the title, but the top 4 might not be too far away. Now that Emery is in place, what should his prior…

8 years, 26 days ago50

Big P
Pellegrini's impact on West Ham potential

What do people make of Pellegrini to West ham? Good appointment? Always liked him at City, seems a decent bloke. Not sure how tactically astute he is though?

8 years, 28 days ago15

Twelve years a slave
Hit Value

How much is a hit worth? I am trying to find out how much an average hit costs in terms of points loss for the following gameweek. I have finally analysed all my transfers in and out and calcula…

8 years, 28 days ago20

Deulofail
Alonso vs Willian a Value comparison

So who *was* the best value, Alonso or Willian? Who *will be* the best value, Alonso or Willian? Before the season, there was a debate about the value of Willian and Alonso. Those who sided with W…

8 years, 28 days ago27

The Rumour Mill
How do championship outputs translate to the PL?

Barry Douglas is the key asset here. He's listed on many footballing websites as a left sided mid, but if wolves are playing 3-4-3 with wing backs then he is basically playing the same role as Alon…

8 years, 28 days ago12

Geoff
Welcome G-Whizz and Gregor

Following two additions from last week, I’m happy to announce two more signings to the FFS mod team with G-Whizz and Gregor joining. G-Whizz is a regular poster who has quickly built a good repu…

8 years, 28 days ago35

Niemi
Eliteserien GW11 captaincy, transfers and benching headaches

A quick reminder that deadline is at 4pm today. The lineups will be out for all games ahead of the deadline, except for Lillestrøm - Brann. In a week with no standout captaincy options, who are …

8 years, 28 days ago18

J0E
Is 3-4-3 doomed?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is 3-4-3 doomed? According to recent analysis from community writer Wesmantooth, strikers offer poor value in FPL. Instead there is far greater bang for yo…

8 years, 28 days ago44

J0E
Looking beyond FPL

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Looking beyond FPL Fantasy Premier League is without doubt the most popular Fantasy football game, with almost 6m teams registered by the season close. …

8 years, 29 days ago42

J0E
Favourite FA Cup memories

FA Cup final memories Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What has been your favourite FA Cup final? Is it far in the mists of time? Or have there been any good recent finals? Has the compet…

8 years, 1 month ago38

J0E
Career Hall of Fame Top Ten Successes and Failures

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Career Hall of Fame Top Ten Successes and Failures I’ve just been sifting through the new top ten in our Career Hall of Fame. https://members.fantasyf…

8 years, 1 month ago7