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For 364 days a year, we can be forgiven for devoting our attention to the merits of acquiring Alan Hutton; today we really should focus on friends and family.

Having said that, the cunning Fantasy Football manager will always sneak five minutes to scan that Boxing Day fixture list one more time as the mince pies are warming. So, while I’ve got your attention, I’d like to extend a very Merry Christmas from myself, and all those involved in Fantasy Football Scout, to you and your families.

Once again, I must thank you all for the outstanding support you’ve shown the site – although I’ll reserve further sentiment for the New Year message, along with a preview of things to come from us in 2015.

For now, you ought to get back to mulling over Alan Hutton, whilst pretending to listen to that anecdote that the Father-in-law told last year. And the year before that. Get back to it: they’ll be missing you.

Having said all this, be sure pop back later today for our views on Gameweek Differentials, the Boxing Day armband, our Mondogoal tips and our round-up of all the great things to come from you, the community, in the past week. We’re all friends and family here.

Merry Christmas.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

  1. WipWapJaws
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 12 months ago

    Merry Christmas everyone.

    When does the African players leave for their cup and how long are they away?

    1. QPR expects... glory!
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      Between GW 20 & 21. Depends how long they're in the tournament for! If you are thinking specifically about Yaya and Bony they will probably be away until end January.

      1. WipWapJaws
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        Cheers thanks for that, time to plan an exit strategy.

        Hope Santa is good to you 🙂

    2. keotes
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      They leave in a few GWs time.

      I'm selling Bony after this GW for Benteke

      1. WipWapJaws
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        I am thinking the same thing for Giroud. Either way they are a place holder for Kun

        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        he'll still have time to score against Liverpool & QPR.

  2. HVT
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 12 months ago

    Debbie/Monreal/Mert/Gibbs
    Chambers owners beware.

  3. keotes
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 12 months ago

    Should I play Guzan or Hamer?

    1. HVT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      Guzan, close tho

  4. Nabs Kebabs
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 12 months ago

    IMO the best captains this gw:

    1. Giroud
    2. RVP
    3.Bony

    1. keotes
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      Where is Sanchez!

      1. Nabs Kebabs
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        yet to score in the pl when giroud is on the pitch.

        1. Puyol Pants Up
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 12 months ago

          Hazard!?

  5. Mílanista
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 12 months ago

    Merry Christmas all.

    1. HVT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      And many many happy returns Milan.

  6. mozza
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 12 months ago

    Can I get away with saving this week?

    Fabianski
    Terry Baines Chester (Hutton Caulker)
    Sanchez Downing Hazard Erikson (Albrighton)
    Costa Austin Bony

    1 ft, 1.2 itb

    1. Emp
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      yep

  7. HVT
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 12 months ago

    @ Optimus,
    "Let it go"

  8. Mak_Gold
      10 years, 12 months ago

      Captaining Hazard. Who should I make my vice-captain?:

      A) Sanchez
      B) Silva
      C) Rooney
      D) Costa
      E) Austin

      Thanks.

      1. QPR expects... glory!
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        Silva

      2. mozza
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        B seems he safest

      3. keotes
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        Dirty Sanchez

    • OPTA FPL
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      wow that picture, every year in that article I remember...

    • Kip
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      I have Duff & Moore. 2FT, 0.0 itb:

      A) Moore => Wasilewski (save 1 FT)
      B) Baines+ Moore => Vergini + Zabaleta

      1. QPR expects... glory!
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        B

      2. HVT
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        The crazy thing is I feel Miore will either play tomorrow or the next day...

        1. HVT
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          10 years, 12 months ago

          And Baines could outscore the 2 your bringing in tomorrow....

        2. Kip
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 12 months ago

          i have the same feeling about duff 🙂

          1. Kip
            • 11 Years
            10 years, 12 months ago

            could also do Guzan => Panti instead of not using the FT

            1. HVT
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 15 Years
              10 years, 12 months ago

              I suppose with duff/Moore you have issues, with 2ft you need to act.
              Can you get Vergini/O'Shea in there and that gives you Sundy cover?

              1. Kip
                • 11 Years
                10 years, 12 months ago

                0.0 itb 😕

                1. HVT
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 15 Years
                  10 years, 12 months ago

                  Team lacks balance,
                  Ivan/Baines
                  Rvp/Costa
                  Someone needs to go but either suck it up this week or say
                  Rvp/Moore> giroud(c)/Zab/Kompany
                  I'd have no prob losing Costa either btw.
                  Or your Baines option
                  But those you are transferring have good fixtures.

                  1. Kip
                    • 11 Years
                    10 years, 12 months ago

                    i wouldn't mind losing RVP/Costa/Baines but it doesn't look like the GW to lose either of them

                    thx for the massive input mate. Have a nice xmas!

    • Rex Lapis
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      Who to captain?

      A. Hazard
      B. Bony

      1. OPTA FPL
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        A

      2. QPR expects... glory!
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        A but make sure you have a VCboth nailed on to play AND with a favourable fixture

      3. mozza
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        b
        WHam take pride in frustrating at the Bridge

      4. Rex Lapis
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        thanks all

        so Haz (C) & Bony (VC)

    • Surezh06
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      Hazard will be rested 😛

      1. OPTA FPL
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        never

        1. tokara
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 12 months ago

          Without hazard, Chelsea is toothless. ...song can easily shut out Fabre

          U can't count on willan or schurrel

      2. Rats Ass
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        I think there's a good chance. Mourinho will want to give him at least one game rest and this 'injury' gives him the perfect reason to rest him this week.

        I've just done Haz to Silva as my mid is weak and I can't afford 10.5 on the bench.

    • Mull
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      Live video of Optimus
      https://i.imgur.com/tqzGqEg.jpg

      1. HVT
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        Just let it go now Mull!
        😉

    • Citizen kano
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      Costa to giroud done cpt haz vc giroud good move or not?

      1. Holmes
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        Captain Giroud

        1. Citizen kano
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 12 months ago

          cheers sherlock

    • keotes
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      Who should I hand the armband to?
      A) Bony
      B) Costa
      C) Fab
      D) Silva
      E) Sanchez

        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        Your Order is OK.

      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      Big Sam will see the game at home against Arsenal after 2 days as Winnable fixture than the one on Friday at Stamford Bridge. So I can smell effortless Victory for Chelsea against Hammers on Boxing Day.

      1. kalmoffit
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        More likely to go for the six points, I would say

    • HVT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      Personally I'm not wasting transfers on budget def I just wanna have fun,
      Defensive transfers is so meh and boring!
      🙂

      1. Ginkapo FPL
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        Kolarov

        1. HVT
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          10 years, 12 months ago

          🙂

      2. Holmes
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        Not if you get likes of Skrtel and Kolo Toure 😀

        1. HVT
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          10 years, 12 months ago

          Lol and loler!
          😉

      3. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        So my Moore to Clark doesn't turn you on then?

        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 12 months ago

          Come here baby 😉

        2. Mull
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 12 months ago

          That's posibly the second most boring transfer in history surpassed only by Gorkks to Shorey 2 seasons ago 😀

          1. Ginkapo FPL
            • 14 Years
            10 years, 12 months ago

            I did Naughton (RC) to Dummet (benched) earlier this season. That has to be up there

          2. HVT
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            10 years, 12 months ago

            This and then he gets dropped!
            😉

            1. The Bandit
              • 15 Years
              10 years, 12 months ago

              I did it to give me starting cover for any no shows. Just watch Moore start now 😆

      4. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        Good man! 🙂

    • Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      Happy Christmas everyone!

      1. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        Today could well be a FIFA day 🙂

    • FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      WIll RVP start and how many min do we expect him to play? He was taken off early so that means good for his minutes no?

      1. Skipdipper
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        Yes. About 67

      2. Kip
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        i'm expecting at least 75 mins from him. probably 90

      3. HVT
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        Yes 75+ mins - just (c) him Daniel, don't overthink it, click confirm, log off, have a lovely day!

        1. FPL Daniel
          • 16 Years
          10 years, 12 months ago

          thank u man

    • Skipdipper
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      Merry Christmas all

      Captain choice...

      Hazard or Sanchez? Swaying to Sanchez in case hazard starts but succumbs to his knock

      Vice captain...

      Siggy or Silva? Silva for security?

      1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        Yaya capitain.
        It's hattrick time 😉

        1. Skipdipper
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 12 months ago

          Don't have him. Choice is

          Costa
          Hazard
          Sanchez
          Kane
          Austin
          Silva
          Siggy

    • Ginkapo FPL
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      I'm actually gonna have to take Lemsips with me to my parents today! My nose just wont stop running

      1. Skipdipper
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        Already had one

        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 12 months ago

          Sucks dont it.

          1. Skipdipper
            • 14 Years
            10 years, 12 months ago

            Yup. Soon be alcohol o'clock though!

            1. Ginkapo FPL
              • 14 Years
              10 years, 12 months ago

              YEAH BOI

              And that is why I am staying till boxing day rather than driving home

              1. Skipdipper
                • 14 Years
                10 years, 12 months ago

                Ditto!!

              2. Skipdipper
                • 14 Years
                10 years, 12 months ago

                Might have to try stay off the fpl website once the lemsip, antibiotics and alcohol kicks in!!

              3. Denis Tueart on the wing
                • 15 Years
                10 years, 12 months ago

                Vodka and fresh orange will sort you out. Vodka so you don't care and fresh orange for medicinal purposes and of course the vitamin C content to replace the deficiencies due to dehydration - Merry Xmas 😀

    • Moe Milan
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      Merry Christmas everyone.. I am considering Falcao forthe captaincy this week? Does it make sense?

      1. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        No, not really

        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 12 months ago

          But its christmas, so yes it makes perfect sense

      2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        It's a gamble, could pay off, could blow up in your face

        1. Skipdipper
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 12 months ago

          This

      3. kalmoffit
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        Who dares wins

    • Gazza2000
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      Merry Christmas !

      This is me this week, good luck all

      Pantilimon
      Chambers, Taylor, Baines
      Sigurdsson, Yaya Touré, Hazard (c), Sánchez (vc)
      Kane, Austin, Costa

      (Elliot, Downing, Clyne, Wisdom)

    • _Gunner
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      G2G?

      fabianski
      baines zapaleta hutton
      hazard sanchez (C) sig matic
      rooney costa (vc) welbeck

      subs: begovic dummet waiselwski quin

      1. Puyol Pants Up
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        get rid of matic

    • Citizen kano
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      guzan
      terry baines clyne chambers
      sig haz sanchez erriksen
      giroud kane

      cpt giroud vc haz GTG

      1. Mull
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        Where's Austin?

        1. Puyol Pants Up
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 12 months ago

          he is playing Arsenal away..

          1. Skipdipper
            • 14 Years
            10 years, 12 months ago

            Arsenals defence ain't great. I am playing him ahead of Downing and chambers

            1. Puyol Pants Up
              • 11 Years
              10 years, 12 months ago

              Qpr's away form is 10000000 times worse then Arsenals home defence

              1. Skipdipper
                • 14 Years
                10 years, 12 months ago

                Yeah but he's flying

                1. Puyol Pants Up
                  • 11 Years
                  10 years, 12 months ago

                  He is flying after every home game. Then he has an easy game away and blanks, look at his history

                  1. Skipdipper
                    • 14 Years
                    10 years, 12 months ago

                    I did see below

                  2. Skipdipper
                    • 14 Years
                    10 years, 12 months ago

                    He's a bully and arsenal hate that

              2. Skipdipper
                • 14 Years
                10 years, 12 months ago

                And he's scored Chelsea and soton away who have way better defences

                1. Puyol Pants Up
                  • 11 Years
                  10 years, 12 months ago

                  But he didn't score against Swanesa away and others..

        2. Citizen kano
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 12 months ago

          next week mate haha

          1. Mull
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            10 years, 12 months ago

            😀

      2. Skipdipper
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        Wouldn't play chambers. He is at risk of rest and being replaced as sh1te

        1. Citizen kano
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 12 months ago

          if he doesn't play hutton will come on don't want to double up on villa

          1. Skipdipper
            • 14 Years
            10 years, 12 months ago

            Third striker?

            1. Citizen kano
              • 11 Years
              10 years, 12 months ago

              my favourite player sakho haha

    • t4thomas
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      This is what Santa has given me:

      Pantilimon
      Baines | Clichy | Chambers | Taylor
      Sanchez (V) | Hazard | Silva | Eriksen | Sigurdsson
      Costa (C)

      Austin | Carroll | Wisdom | Elliot

      I feel like I should get Austin on the pitch, even if he does have a tough game. Do I wait for it to happen naturally, or sacrifice Taylor/Sigurdsson/Other?

      1. Emp
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        it looks like chambers wont play anyways so your decision will be made for you

      2. Fitzy.
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        With Aguero sidelined, no forward has scored more points than Austin, and he has scored away against better defences than Arsenal's. Not sure why you'd bench him...

        1. t4thomas
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 12 months ago

          Who for then?

      3. kalmoffit
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        Sacrifice Baines, if that works and it probably will, you'll have to think about selling him

    • AIRMILES
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      Merry Xmas scouts. Merry Xmas members.

      1. Ginkapo FPL
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        And Merry Xmas all of you who arent sitting on comfy seats!

    • Tomeister
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      Merry Christmas:)

      Three questions:
      Terry or Cahill?
      Clichy or zabaleta?
      Hazard or fabregas?

      1. Emp
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        terry , zab , haz

    • tommidee
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      Captain Zabaleta. Madness?

      Was playing like a forward in last match...

      1. Emp
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        nah too risky imo

      2. Puyol Pants Up
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        But could easily concede against WBA

    • MoSalad
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 12 months ago

      Merry Christmas my FF friends. What's peoples thoughts on Hazards game time this week?

      1. Puyol Pants Up
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 12 months ago

        He will either play 80-90 min or 0 min imo