Hot Topics

The rule is... An assist can be awarded for a pass or cross, even if an opponent gets a touch before the goal is scored. However, that touch must not significantly alter the intended destination o…

So a big argument from the non-wildcarders last week was to wait for more info. So with only two games left this week what info has been gained so far by waiting? Perhaps getting Kane straight in …

Really interesting article, this analysis has added an intriguing dimension to the rank game, for sure. Am I the only one who feels that Big Data will bring a certain joylessness to FPL? Not even…

Today's Hot Topic Who are you captaining and why?

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 32 Still playing catch-up...sorry! ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, every evening prior to the start of the ga…

Usual Friday Hot Topic - who will be this weekend's best differential? Sorry it's a bit later than usual!

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Southampton and Newcastle options Two teams we ran out of time to discuss on the Scoutcast were Southampton and Newcastle. Thought it would be good to g…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is Lukaku in your season run in plans? With strong fixtures, good form for club and country and two double Gameweeks Romelu Lukaku looks an ideal pick for …

Some confirmed changes for EL/Cl (most of them are already known, just made official) - 4 clubs from 4 most powerful leagues are in CL directly (no qualification needed) - clubs will be able to ma…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Live Scoutcast tonight at 9:30pm Feel free to leave your questions for the team here

Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 32 Once again we are on the look out for a champion to represent the community to take on the Scout Picks and win the chance of a prize. If you…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is this the week to finally shun Salah for the armband? With Liverpool playing Man City just days after they face Palace could Salah's minutes be reduced? …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Season run in secret weapons Our next transfers will be largely dictated by which chips we have left. For example Burnley and Brighton players are popula…

In response to STOICHKOV#8's post about DGWs, I want to show why it is a better strategy to go for DGW players rather than SGW players. Let's rather look at Ryan's expected returns in each of the t…

BB prediction (sorry for long post) When I look at my possible benech GW 34 (Ryan, Lowton, Dunk/Tarkowski, Ibe/Cork) I wonder how many points will they give me and how many points would I get if I…

No Free Hit Chip Plans Following Gameweek 31 there are now far more Fantasy managers without their Free Hit chip. Its deployment in that blank Gameweek was a success, as Ragabolly’s research sho…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Season run in bench fodder Whatever a FPL manager’s situation they will need a small cohort of cheap players…who can be benched most weeks. But with do…

Damnit, I just wrote all this out and then this article was posted!! So i'll post it anyway, but is covered above.. This is more for those without the TC chip left. I would apologise for excluding…

GW32 DS Stats, Clean Sheet and Fixture Odds. Last week saw a historic moment when Liverpool (447DS) beat Watford 5-0 with Mo Salah(C) scoring 29 points with his 4 goals and assist. In a truncated …

For those on wildcard - anyone else tempted with having Aubameyang for 32 and 33 and then ditching for Lukaku for 34?

So people who have an active wild card and all the other chips yet to play...What's the plan?

My view for those who have live wildcard. Bb in 34 still possible - just Free hit 35 Kane tc in 37 with a load of dgw players

Think the doubles are this in GW34... Spurs v Man City (h), Brighton (a) Man United v West Brom (h), Bournemouth (a) Chelsea v Southampton (a), Burnley (a) Leicester v Burnley (a), Southampton (a…

I’ve seen a lot of comments about various teams having ‘nothing to play for’. So I took a look at the facts and the league table, and it’s not as clear cut as some would suggest. (Sorry for…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who have been the chip winner and losers so far? Everyone will have their own bar for success but I think for many a very good return on a chip would be 20 …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are the best defenders for the season run in? Is it best to go cheap at the back and spend money elsewhere in attack? Or does this limit the power of t…

Anyone else think the double game weeks make the run in to the season extremely boring? Its so clearly the best strategy to save all chips for the end that everybody ends up doing more or less the …

Dare I say it... Eriksen instead of Salah anyone? Especially those that will WC in 33 and FH in 35?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Best midfield for the season run in. We know the teams that have double gameweeks, although are still waiting to find out when they will be. This means t…

Apologies for the long 6am post - my baby was up early so time to kill! The FFS masses have been working on the general assumption that the postponed GW31 matches are going to be rearranged for GW…

Try again to get a discussion going: Which 3rd striker? Murray, Barnes, JAyew - discuss The latter 2 are 0.6m cheaper, but Barnes although he's just scored 3 games in a row, we've seen time and t…

Firmino only one double digit return in the last 11, are people overstating his ability to haul when making the decision on whether to keep or not?

Should we avoid premium defenders on WC ? With the exception of Chelsea (and DdG), I don't really see any standout DGW premium options. Arsenal : Monreal/Mustafi are tempting, but Europa is the p…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Season run in strikeforce Whether wildcarding or not what is your ideal frontline over the coming weeks. Alot will depend on your chips. So for example t…

When people are being patient and waiting until GW 33 to wildcard, what is the biggest benefit of this? As we'll know the doubles to come this week anyway won't we? Does it make much of a differenc…

Firmino - cpl, eve, BOU Vardy - bha, NEW, bur, ARS The last two years I've made the same mistakes in prioritising dgwk assets over genuine good options. I know the threat of rotation hangs over F…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 31 Rough with the smooth Feel free to let us know your Gameweek highs and lows here. Any Salah Triple captainers? Any non- Salah captainers?

so the template midfield (and mine atm) looks to be: salah mahrez willian son sterling/silva Now salah and mahrez should be in everyone’s teams (nailed/form/fixtures) but i’ve got some reser…

Welcome to Ragabolly who becomes a new addition to the FFS team. He brings his brilliant metrics, data tools and regular articles like this.

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Blank Gameweek 31 Have you used your free hit chip? If so would be great to see your XI. If not, how many do you have playing? How many hits have you …

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 31 Due to the enormous amount of blanks - the rule is A MAXIMUM OF 2 PLAYERS PER TEAM. Please list the teams. GW27: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment…

GK 31 players with more than 10% overall ownership Basically if you don't own some of this lot you will want them to have a quiet day. Salah - 61% Firmino - 46% Hegazi - 21% - likely to be mainly…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Season Run In: Man Utd v Arsenal Players A key issue those wildcarding/preparing for future doubles have encountered is Man Utd v Arsenal assets. Many …

Which players do you think are flying under the radar for this BGW?

GW31 DS Stats, Clean Sheet and Fixture Odds. Last week saw Manchester City (571DS) beat Stoke 2-0, Chelsea (517DS) beat Crystal Palace 2-1 and finally Arsenal who stole onto the radar with their D…

Getting closer to WC, how much is your SV? 103.5 here

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Which Chelsea players will be in your team for the season run in and why? Are the likes of Hazard and Alonso overpriced? Or worth their high price tags? Ca…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Whether wildcarding or not - who are your top transfer targets for Gameweek 32 onwards? This was discussed on last night's Scoutcast with Arsenal, Leiceste…

Looking at the expected value of Butland's score this week: - 2 expected points for playing. - 35% chance of a clean sheet based on betting odds and 4 points for a clean sheet, so 1.4 expected poi…

Gameweek 30 Rough with the Rough Feel free to leave your tales of woe and woe here. 😉 Also keen to hear from the handful of people who actually had a good Gameweek.