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d1sable | Essential or Safe? Essential should be changed to Safe. The ultimate safe pick, safety in numbers, safety in points, safe as a captain. And its the captain part that matters really Hazard + 4.5 or Milner/Chadli… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 22 |
Sweetpea | GW1 - The Bookies Favourite According to the bookies, the best Gw1 team is something like this (Odds are for CS for defenders and To score anytime for attackers): Hart (5/4) Ruddy (7/4) Azpili (4/5) Mertesacker (4/5) Franci… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 22 |
Mark | Dugout FC Draft Night Confirmation Just to stress... We are carrying out all FFS league auctions on Thursday 9pm UK time. If your Division shows otherwise (e.g.: 6pm tonight) it will be changed. Apologies for this - we've no id… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 19 |
Ludo | Surprising Differentials Worried that your team simply follows the FFS 'template', and that you're going to struggle to catch a break from the start? Fear no more, with this selection of popular picks, that actually have l… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 29 |
J0E | The Template XI Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The Template XI Each season our carefully laid plans so often backfire as newbies to FPL and so-called casuals steal a march by opting for familiar names ov… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 83 |
@FuzzyWarbles | Gwk 1 Community Picks - Help Needed Well, community This is the starting point in the challenge... Schmeichel Koscielny, Azpilicueta, Huth Hazard, Walcott, Ozil, Ritchie Rooney, Lukaku, Pelle 82.5m spent TALK TO ME! | 8 years, 8 months ago | 32 |
Mark | Weekly Fantasy Football - Your thoughts So, Weekly/Daily Games. Do you play them? If not, why not? Does the ruleset put you off? Is it a time/mind space issue? Are they not available in your territory? Would bigger prizes help? We'd… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 24 |
Ruth_NZ | There shouldn't be a template I managed to post this in an old thread, silly me. I'll try again. Yesterday someone was lamenting the lack of variation in RMTs, saying that "we are picking from a pool of 30 or 40 players" and … | 8 years, 8 months ago | 122 |
J0E | Community article of the month vote - July Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Vote now for your favourite community article of July Each month we honour the endeavours of our community writers by offering a £20 Amazon voucher to the … | 8 years, 8 months ago | 31 |
BeachBadger | Tick off your FPL achievements Afternoon all. Apologies for not been on much. Had holidays and now a scheduling change this month means I wont me on much til Fridays. I put together some of those PFL achievements into a spreads… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 21 |
Ricky - it doesn\'t ta… | Fifa16 tribute to Absinthe Portsmouth's Fratton Park will be in FIFA 16 in honour of Simon Humber, [aka absinthe] a creative director on the game who sadly passed away. Great touch | 8 years, 8 months ago | 29 |
thepuntmaster | New player analysis *UPDATE* Here is the link to the update of my "New Players Analysis" Spreadsheet. Sorry it is a bit later than expected! http://bit.ly/1I2WWcf New players have been added to the transfers page a… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 8 |
Lanley Staurel | wildcard strategy Have people a wildcard strategy that decides the make up of their team? I cant decide which option to take and have a bout 5 draft teams. I need to nail my colours to the mast soon. In previous sea… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 28 |
Jaffalicious! #SomosCubanos | Can Kane Continue? Avoid Kane at your peril! Kane's performance last season: -Went on a run of 15 starts in which Kane recorded just three blanks and tallied 17 goals and 14 assists, not to mention an 18-point haul … | 8 years, 8 months ago | 65 |
J0E | Early Gwk 1 Captaincy Thoughts Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Early Captaincy Thoughts Our first Capt poll of the season is now live. Please take a look and cast your vote. In the meantime I thought it would be good … | 8 years, 8 months ago | 72 |
Badluck Jonathan | Hazard-less Consensus on here seems to be that only the brave or stupid would go without Hazard from the start. I don't want to end up in either of those camps, but I'm seriously considering going without. Her… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 50 |
J0E | FFScout get together pix Just posted some pics up on Facebook and Twitter from the FFScout moderators and contributors annual get together over the weekend. The facebook pics can be found here https://www.facebook.com/m… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 4 |
goriuanx | Liverpool pre-season write up Liverpool pre-season round up Thai All Stars 0-4 Liverpool: • Goals: Markovic, Sakho, Lallana, Origi • Assists: Teixeira (2), Henderson (2) Brisbane Roar 1-2 Liverpool: • Goals: Lallana, M… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 19 |
Lucy. | Southampton attacking options Getting Saints coverage - Pelle vs Mané vs Tadic Pelle is much more predictable than Mané and that's why I like him at this stage. If he's on a bad run, he won't hit a cow's arse with a banjo (t… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 33 |
Piggs Boson | A gw2 Wildcard? Is a GW2 WC a viable strategy? We'll know starting XIs And hence bargain defenders/mids Aguero will be back West Brom's fixtures may now warrant defensive investment West Ham, Swansea, Spurs now h… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 87 |
Trading Bear | A nice Norwich Summary Norwich With pre-season now complete, here is a quick overall view of the Norwich team and form over pre-season. First, the likely line-up. The formation will be a 4-2-3-1 / 4-5-1 set up. The % f… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 54 |
J0E | Gameweek 1 Sure Things Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Ivanovic, #Rutland, Rooney and Walcott have not moved from my RMTs drafts this summer. Many of the other roles have. Who is nailed on for your Gameweek 1 si… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 59 |
Bøwstring The Carp | Remaining Pre Season fixtures Just a reminder of the remaining preseason matches Friday 31st 19.30 Bristol v West Brom 19.45 Bournemouth v Cardiff 19.45 Watford v Sevilla Saturday 1st 14.00 Koln v Stoke 15.00 Birmingham v L… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 13 |
J0E | Best GK Combo Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Yesterday for a brief moment on Twitter #rutland was trending to refer to the popular goalkeeper combination of Butland and Ruddy. ARe you opting for this … | 8 years, 9 months ago | 56 |
Guy Demel's SH | West Ham Review Morning all, Seeing as I don't think last nights West Ham game was televised, I thought I'd write a brief match report for you. Bilic lined us up in a 4-3-1-2 formation, with 16 year old Reece O… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 43 |
Piggs Boson | GK saves = BPs? * Extrapolated saves * The new rules have doubled the BPS value for saves this year, so which keepers should benefit the most? Saves (Proj) = Estimated no of saves if they had played all season … | 8 years, 9 months ago | 20 |
Dreaming of Irene | Are we giving 4-3-3 enough thought? Debut post, sorry if TLDR for many. 3-4-3 / 3-5-2 is the preferred formation for many – but consider is this really the best approach early doors? These formations aspire to pack attacking slots… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 47 |
Detweiler | New FPL additions Brady 5.5 Caulker 5.5 Chester 5.0 | 8 years, 9 months ago | 17 |
Wouter | FPL app live After the false alarm yesterday, it's now actually here: @premierleague: The #FPL app is now available to download on iOS, coming soon to Windows & Android. More: http://t.co/2KIIy6rWGo | 8 years, 9 months ago | 18 |
J0E | Key Rules For Getting The Perfect Gwk 1 Side Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Last night saw the first of our pre season RMT live surgeries with advice offered both via a special Scoutcast and on site. Thanks to all those that gave adv… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 11 |
Mark | RMT Surgery Hangout Video Hangout Movie now added to the article.... Sorry we could only cover 4-5 teams tonight, this was very much a dry run of the format. I hope you enjoy the ramblings. Hats off to those who spent … | 8 years, 9 months ago | 2 |
Piggs Boson | Key questions to answer ahead of Gwk 1 What are the main questions you'd want answered by the FPL experts? . What are your Aguero plans? Money itb/start with him/WC Defence budget? Is Ivanovic worth it? Is a cheap defence crucial in s… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 50 |
J0E | Set Piece Takers Update -Your Eagle Eyes Needed Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Set Piece Takers Update -Your Eagle Eyes Needed Just added Ross Barkley to Everton's list of penalty takers after his spot kick last night. Ahead of the ne… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 45 |
Moin | Wed's Pre Season Matches Today's Matches: Manchester United Vs PSG Doncaster Rovers Vs Sunderland Rotherham United Vs Leicester City York City Vs Newcastle United MLS All Stars Vs Tottenham Hotspur (Their First Pre-Season… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 5 |
JK - Cønt ⭐ | New FPL additions Premier League @premierleague 3m3 minutes ago NEW #FPL ADDITIONS: Aston Villa duo Jordan Ayew (£6.0m) and Jose Angel Crespo (£4.5m) are now available for selection Premier League @premie… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 17 |
Smurf | Home/Away rotation myth? I thought I would re-post this that I posted this morning now it is busier for more eyes to have a look over... A lot of people are using defensive rotations for both keepers and defenders, based… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 38 |
Koflok | The burning questions Ok I'm a bit bored so I just wanna see what's the general consensus on these things.. 0. 3-4-3 or 3-5-2 or others? 1. Rotation GK or 1 GK + 4m? 2. Azpi or Ivan? 3. Southampton defense, Y or N? 4. … | 8 years, 9 months ago | 41 |
J0E | Gunners At The Double Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Arsenal's pre season form, the wealth of options in midfield plus their kind early fixture run have prompted me to double up on Arsenal's attacking assets in… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 84 |
Piggs Boson | The Value of Sterling Just Fell Sterling Fixtures: wba CHE eve Free kicks: None Corners: None Penalties: None Main BAP competition: Silva, Aguero, Toure Goal conversion: 8.3% 14/15 PpG: 4.5 (Henderson was 4.4) . I think I'll pa… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 28 |
J0E | Hazardous to go without Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Hazardous to go without Looking at my own and others RMTs a key issue is emerging - do you go with or without Hazard. I've tried tinkering around with a tea… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 63 |
Enzo the Baker | Top 3 Tips For a Great Start I think the 3 most important things to consider while setting up your FPL team should be : 1. Whether (it looks like) your team will outscore the overall Average points in each the first 2-3 week… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 28 |
President John F. Keninnsie | The perfect RMT? I remember making a post last year about how to post the perfect RMT, and I've just found it on google. I think it's quite relevant to post it again due to the large number of new/gravless RMTs tha… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 25 |
Demí | Wild FPL 15/16 predictions Post a wild FPL 15/16 prediction you think may happen - Sterling to be in the top 3 midfield point scorers this season | 8 years, 9 months ago | 77 |
NOMONEY | The Case for the Penalty Taker? Just why are we so concerned about penalties? Often see posts asking about Player A vs Player B, and one chooses Player A over Player B because he is the penalty taker etc. Here are the penalty sta… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 28 |
J0E | Your Dream Chip Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic As has been well documented already FPL has brought in three chips, giving Fantasy managers the chance to triple their captain score, add their bench points … | 8 years, 9 months ago | 66 |
Couti & the Below5th | Probable starters update Probable Starters 15/16 Update: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B03D_KnVF1fRbmxPTnhEOXJNaE0/view?usp=sharing I've now included little markers to indicate who started the match so we can see if th… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 5 |
Big4FPL | Man United Match Report Long Post Alert Man Utd 3-1 Barca I will only focus on the first 60 mins (1-0 Rooney) as after it was our youngsters. Line up: De Gea Darmian Jones Blind Shaw Carrick Schneiderlin Mata Depay Yo… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 34 |
skooldaze | Are You An FPL Veteran? Take the Quiz Do you consider yourself a FPL veteran. How many of these do you remember when playing the game? Let's see what you get and what more can be added 1) When the FPL players team pitch was just a g… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 20 |
andy85wsm | Aguero in GW1? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic With yesterday’s comments from Pellegrini implying that there’s a chance Aguero will miss GW1 due to the Copa America does Aguero still warrant a place i… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 56 |
Geoff | ScoutCast Community Team? @Mark and Granville. What if this years scoutcast team is a community team? You're always looking for ways to help integrate the community, and getting them to choose your joint team's transfer wou… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 8 |