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AuthorHot TopicDateReplies

J0E
UFPL Discussion

UFPL Discussion How did yesterday go? Any Aguero owners burnt? Who comes in today and tomorrow? Also has anyone used the loan system yet? How did that go? I made my first one this gameweek, a bal…

8 years, 7 months ago10

J0E
Best Wilson replacement

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Best Wilson replacement. For Wilson's many owners its looking like he's out for a while. Who are you replacing him with? Which of popular alternatives Vard…

8 years, 7 months ago68

J0E
Gwk 7 captaincy

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining in Gameweek 7 and why?

8 years, 7 months ago46

@ocprodigy
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 7 Anniversary date, a little late, who cares... Gameweek 7! ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, every evening pri…

8 years, 7 months ago66

Jaffalicious! #SomosCubanos
In defence of Leicester's defence

For all the people who are saying that Leicester defence is bad: http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/7898/ 😉

8 years, 7 months ago58

J0E
Gwk 7's best differential will be...

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gameweek 7's best differential?

8 years, 7 months ago71

Zombie
Friday press conferences

From BBC: Here is the list of the news conferences today (time in BST) - Norwich (08:45) Arsenal (09:00) Liverpool (09:30) Aston Villa (10:00) Everton (12:00) Sunderland (12:00) Tottenham (12:30)…

8 years, 7 months ago10

Optimus.
FPL movie quotes

Right ok we have had movie related team names before so how about Fpl/movie quotes this time? eg. "Frank my Dier I don't give a Dann"

8 years, 7 months ago109

President John F. Keninnsie
Evans v Dawson

Is Dawson worth the 0.2 extra over Evans? If they both play every game I'd fancy Evans to outscore Dawson, but we all know he's injury prone. In saying that, the absence of European matches at WBA…

8 years, 7 months ago30

J0E
Has the Martial Love Got Out of Hand?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Has all the Martial adoration got out of hand. He has an incredible 0.3 price rise within just a week. Is this due to ManU's global appeal, or is Martial a g…

8 years, 7 months ago56

Siva Mohan
Benteke Replacement Options

Benteke replacement (for FT) A. Martial - SUNDERLAND arsenal everton MANCITY palace B. Wilson - stoke WATFORD mancity SPURS southampton C. Ighalo - PALACE bournemouth ARSENAL stoke WESTHAM D. Pell…

8 years, 7 months ago20

J0E
Live Scoutcast Wed 9:15pm - Leave Your Questions here

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic We are broadcasting out live Scoutcast tonight at 9:15pm (UK time) via our Youtube channel. Feel free to ask your questions here? Perhaps Martial is on yo…

8 years, 7 months ago92

A.T
The Best FFScout Fantasy Managers Are...

Who are your favourite Fantasy Football Scout Community Managers? Who are the ones whose opinions you trust the most? Who do you think are the best? Which one makes you laugh (if any). Come on peop…

8 years, 7 months ago112

Eden Hazardous
Dream Front 8

This is my dream(not real) front 8 over the next 8 fixtures - Hazard YYT Caz Mahrez Sako Aguero Pelle Vardy

8 years, 7 months ago47

Jaffalicious! #SomosCubanos
Why Ignore Pelle?

Why are people ignoring Pelle? Seems as though many people have succumbed to Martial fever! If we look at his stats, he tops the charts for Goal attempts and Shots in the Box amongst all players a…

8 years, 7 months ago45

Beavis
Hazard in a Costa-less Chelsea

Really quick look and Costa was out for the following games and Hazard's performance Palace 1-2 Chelsea - nothing United 1-1 Chelsea - nothing Chelsea 3-0 Spurs - 1 goal Chelsea 1-1 City - 1 assis…

8 years, 7 months ago0

GunsnRoses
Erratic Price Changes - The Strange Case of Pedro & Martial

In case anyone wonders about the erratic price changes in IPL Pedro Joins Chelsea on 20th So I am assuming he is added on 21st Hence his price is protected for 10 days. So it should be about 31st.…

8 years, 7 months ago17

Your Mum's Athletic
What the Bookies Say - Gwk 6 review

Due to more work commitments, going to be easier to do the review as a hot-topic (hopefully) and keep the previews as an article. If people are still keen on them, I'll keep going 😀 Here's a revi…

8 years, 7 months ago8

J0E
What To Do About Chelsea

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What To Do About Chelsea With new SOT AVL whu in the next four Chelsea have a set of great fixtures. But their early season form has been woeful - that was …

8 years, 7 months ago34

Boo Ya Ka Sha
Is chasing price rises really worthwhile?

is jumping on price rises really worth the hits in the end? like for the ppl who have played this for years.. what is your strategy?

8 years, 7 months ago33

Beavis
Scoutcast feedback

Which parts of the Scoutcast do you like most and which do you like least? For me: + Discussion about next week's transfers + Community questions + Most popular transfers in (bandwagons) - Rough …

8 years, 7 months ago61

J0E
The Rough with the Smooth – looking for your Gameweek 6 tales of joy and woe.

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The Rough with the Smooth – looking for your Gameweek 6 tales of joy and woe. We are looking for your input for our regular feature - The Rough with the …

8 years, 7 months ago80

J0E
Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery - Gwk 7

Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 7 This season we have revamped how we involve the community in our Scout Picks. Once again we are on the look out for a champion to represent the…

8 years, 7 months ago4

Heels_Over_Head
The case for Ighalo

The case for Ighalo Championship strikers tallies in 14/15 Ighalo, 20 goals and 4 assists in 1927 minutes Deeney, 21 goals and 10 assists in 3419 minutes Wilson, 20 goals and 13 assists in 3887…

8 years, 7 months ago15

Demí
Ighalo vs Martial

I think we need a serious debate about Ighalo vs Martial. Doesn't feel right that the latter's brace is so quickly forgotten when he has better fixtures

8 years, 7 months ago42

J0E
UFPL stick or twist?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Ufpl stick or twist ? What are your plans today? Who is in coming in? And who will be your captain if you failed yesterday. I'm going all out on Sako (c…

8 years, 7 months ago14

andy85wsm
Favourite to own?

Who's your favourite player in your FPL team? One name that springs to mind immediately has to be Myhill, he's an absolute hero right now. My favourite though? Payet. I don't watch anywhere near…

8 years, 7 months ago36

J0E
Gwk 6 Captaincy

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining in Gameweek 6 and why?

8 years, 7 months ago63

@ocprodigy
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 6 Another Friday, another upcoming weekend of frustration! Onwards and upwards, gameweek 6 time! GW5 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/1127763…

8 years, 7 months ago60

Ludo
Myhill is king

After Ben Foster’s injury in Gameweek 29 of last season, Boaz Myhill has started the last 14 matches for West Brom, averaging 6 Points Per Game in FPL. Since then, he’s been the second best pla…

8 years, 7 months ago19

J0E
Trio of Community Articles To Prepare For GWK 6

trio of community articles Here's Your Mum's Athletic with his latest bookie based predictions http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2015/09/18/what-the-bookies-say-gameweek-6/ Rodellega bombs…

8 years, 7 months ago8

J0E
Gwk 6's best differential will be...

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gameweek 6's best differential?

8 years, 7 months ago42

Arsenals Number 19. Santi C…
Best Watford Defender

Best Watford defender to get ?

8 years, 7 months ago12

Kemosabe1
Bolasie v Sako

so i have done some research into bolasie vs sako.... whilst many articles are questioning putting bolasie in our teams over sako... Bolasie last season made 31 appearances but still only managed…

8 years, 7 months ago45

Bøwstring The Carp
Coming Home To Roost

Just a quick recap on Gameweek 5. Seems we're still miles away from getting our (c) right as a community. This week saw the majority of home teams win for the first time this season (7 of 10 fixtur…

8 years, 7 months ago13

Ludo
Slow Starting Big Hitters

Last season’s big hitters have started very slowly (except Silva), but none of them were exactly lighting the world at this stage last year, either. Ulloa had 36 points after 5 GWs in 2014/15! T…

8 years, 7 months ago10

Bolivian Seaman
Walcott Rotation Explained

When will Walcott play? This is not gospel I think he starts versus teams that park the bus and try to counter attack. Stoke was a perfect example. The consensus was that Arsenal would play Giro…

8 years, 7 months ago19

J0E
Chelsea's Turnaround

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic How can Chelsea turn it around? Given their success in Europe last night is there hope that they can turn around their fortunes in the Premier League. And if…

8 years, 7 months ago26

Flynny
Best Pedro replacement

Just read that Pedro is def out of arsenal game......so I'm going to replace him before Shaw..... Who is best Pedro replacement? Looking at coutinho, payet.... What do people think......Thanks

8 years, 7 months ago24

Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
Will Man City Be Hit By West Ham's Rhythm Stick?

It is not just about midfielders and hitting teams on the break! THE WEST HAM WAY: In the deserts of Sudan - And the gardens of Japan - From Milan to Yucatan, Every woman, every man ... Pass it …

8 years, 7 months ago21

Rödallegabomb á´¿á´®
Shaw replacements

You have to feel for Luke Shaw. He was in excellent form and to pick up an injury like that at any stage is awful. With it looking like he is going to be out now for an extended period of time, man…

8 years, 7 months ago68

Portsmouth Bubblejet
The unofficial glossary of terms

As the glossary of terms in the FAQ section is looking a bit threadbare, I wondered if we could help to fill it out a little. Some suggestions: "Casual" - anyone ranked higher than yourself "Diff…

8 years, 7 months ago59

J0E
Time To Go On The Defensive

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Time to go on the defence With so many full backs bringing in points, is now the time to seriously consider playing five at the back? Anyone had any success…

8 years, 7 months ago30

Your Mum's Athletic
What the Bookies Say - Gwk 5 Review

For sad reasons, I won't have enough time to submit a GW5 article review on 'what the bookes say'. Just a very quick bullet point round-up which maybe could turn into a hot-topic? - Only 1 (Mahre…

8 years, 7 months ago15

Daniel Exeter
Your Fantasy football weakness?

Answering a question above got me thinking - what is your fantasy football weakness? I'll start - I don't think I give unknowns a fair chance. I tend to opt for the name I know above the name I do…

8 years, 7 months ago29

J0E
Live Scoutcast Change- Now Taking Place Wed 9pm

Scoutcast rescheduled. Going to record tomorrow night (Wed) at 9pm now. Granville is ill and we can't get another at short notice. Tune in via our Youtube channel tomorrow. Cheers.

8 years, 7 months ago16

Siva Mohan
Baby News

Good Day Ladies & Gentleman! back after a busy & exciting week to share some news.. We are blessed with a baby girl on 10th of September 2015 🙂 and I have 2 FTs to use this week as well 😉

8 years, 7 months ago46

rozzo
Striker Bonus Point Malaise

Bonus points affecting the strikers? I am making a real claim to be playing 352 this season. Not only because there seems to be a lot of good midfield options at the moment and lack of strikers bu…

8 years, 7 months ago13

J0E
Web Developers Needed

Web Developers needed We are on the lookout for extra support with our web development to help out with some exciting new functions and improvements to the site. This would be paid work. If inter…

8 years, 7 months ago26

The3rdTurd
Bubbles and radars updated

For any members who are interested, I've updated my bubble and radar charts for the gameweek just ended. http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2015/09/11/charting-opta-statistics-with-bubbles-rada…

8 years, 7 months ago5