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Just a quick heads up in case y'all didn't know - please feel free to use the flag button under posts to highlight both good and bad posts - it's not just there to report things that shouldn't be p…

Disagree with all those saying Silva won't keep it up this season. He was one of only four mids who managed over 200 touches in the box last season and that always means pts...and lots of them. One…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic RMT Etiquette RMTs are coming in thick and fast and the community is here to help. Most of us first starting using the site by posting a RMT and asking for …

Neutrals... ie not fans of Chelsea, both Mancs, Arsenal and Liverpool (included for the hate of Man U) 😉 Can Man Utd win the league this year? It's a big yes from me

Gary mcsheffrey 14 goals 21 assists in championship followed by 3 goals 8 assists in the prem Graham dorrans 13 goals 19 assists in the championship followed by 1 goal 2 assists in the prem Just a…

Report: Sacramento Republic 1v0 Sunderland Sunderland 1st half team: http://i.imgur.com/MF2Gihu.png - Sunderland don't look very threatening up front. - Only chances came from Defoe striking narr…

Report: Club Atlas 2-1 Newcastle Newcastle team until 72nd minute: http://i.imgur.com/o7gjHso.png - Janmaat got forward plenty of times - Lascelles and Williamson didn't look great at the back, p…

Liverpool vs Thai All Stars (4-0) Goals: Markovic, Sakho, Lallana, Origi Assists: Teixeira(2), Henderson(2) First Half XI: -----------------Bogdan------------- -Gomez---Toure—Sakho---Wisdom ----…

Expanded comments on Alexis Sanchez by Wenger: "He'll be back with us on Aug. 3 and it takes about three weeks to competitive," Wenger told a news conference in Singapore, where Arsenal are compet…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL discussion The Ultimate Fantasy Premier League is now open. I for one am signed up again, after finally getting to grips with the game during the secon…

I know you've all been waiting eagerly for this news Mark is now father to a baby girl called Edith 🙂 Now you can get back to your RMT's

Hey guys how goes it? Excitement of kick starting a new season got me thinking, what are your goals for this year, besides the obvious overall winner 😆 I decided to jot down some FPL Achieveme…

Sanchez stats(again).... Starting WITH Giroud: 5.79 PPG Starting WITHOUT Giroud: 6.4 PPG Starting WITH Ramsey: 5.16 PPG Starting WITHOUT Ramsey: 7.2 PPG Starting WITH Özil: 4.71 PPG Starting W…

Fabregas or Hazard? A common dilemma for fantasy managers at the start of the new season. I pick Fabregas by a distance, and here's why... Price: Last season, Fab came in at 9m, Hazard at 10m (I …

So. I am the only one who thinks that the Manchester United midfield will be an inglorious mess? OK, then. 🙂

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Best ManU option. With the imminent acquisitions of Schneiderlin and Schweinstieger Manchester United's central midfield is really shaping up. A knock on ef…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic New recruits Cabaye is the latest new recruit (or returning player) to the Prem League. Which new players for 2015/16 will be the highest scorers in Fantas…

The more I think about it, the more I'm tempted by Lukaku. Bare with me. The main reason people are being out off are his first 10 fixtures: WAT, sot, MCI, tot, CHE, swa, wba, LIV, MUN, ars. Most…

I'm really bored (if you can't tell), so I made a list of all the midfielders who since 2012/13 season, have had over 30 goals + assists combined, might find it interesting: Eden Hazard - 37 Goa…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Chips Ahoy! Or are the chips are down. What do you think of the new 'chips' in FPL. Do you think they will ruin the game? Or do you think they are a neces…

Has anyone tried inputting their draft FPL side into RMT yet? Just done mine - got 310.45 over next six and a v good 58.75 for the first gameweek. Pretty happy with that.

Is planning for the first 4 game weeks only going to be a set up for fail? I see that a lot of people are planning for first 4 weeks and then looking to wildcard because of the way they've been sp…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Top 4 Heavy hitters to start with in FPL. Depending whether you want a balanced team or not the maximum optimum number of heavy hitters in Gameweek 1 is aro…

Big thanks to all for making this another great day on FFS. My baby is now a week late with the c-section booked in for Monday. So, I make no apologies for retiring early after a hectic one while…

Well done FPL Towers for listening to complaints about GK and defender baps and changing accordingly: Save is worth 2 BPS instead of 1 2 CBIs is 1 BPS instead of 3 CBIs Successful tackle is worth 2…

Bonus changes. A quick look at the BPS reveals a couple of key changes. There are less points available for passes. In 2014/15 9 BPS 90% pass completion 6 BPS 80 to 89% pass completion 3 BPS…

Hey kids, Here are my picks of 9.0 keeper combos: Guzan/Ruddy (Villa/Norwich): bou STO SUN BOU WBA whm LEI new WBA tot SWA eve WAT wat EVE new WHM AVL sun CPL LEI wba whm NOR WHM lei EVE swa TOT…

First impressions of the FPL prices Arsenal - Sanchez seems a bit expensive compared to his Arsenal rivals. Defence reasonably priced once more. Aston Villa - Bacuna reclassified and could now be …

Not a usual poster here, guys, but always read this website. http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1/history/ Might even quit now! 😀

Okay I somehow missed this: Deadlines are subject to change and will be 1 hour before the kick-off time in the first match of the Gameweek.

Best Weeks To Use Your Chips Aside from Double Gameweeks key weeks to look to make the most of these rule changes look to be weeks where top 4 attacking sides all have favourable fixtures. If any …

Chips can be used to potentially enhance your team's performance during the season. Only one chip can be played in a single Gameweek. The chips available are as follows: All Out Attack - Allows y…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Bournemouth have a great start, but are we expecting too much of the south coast side? Will they end the season as another Southampton, or delve deeper into …

(Warning - long post). There has already been some fantastic research and analysis into defensive rotations, and whilst I'm sure people don't want to be saturated with information on the topic, I …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Does Falcao kill off Costa as a fantasy option? Or will he be back up as Drogba was and the Columbian turned out to be at ManU?

First person in people's teams other than Hazard or Aguero?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Amusing team names. What amusing team names are you looking to use for the forthcoming season's Fantasy games?

34 matches rotation minimum(all Season): ARS/TOT; MCI AVL/WBA; EVE; WAT BOU/WAT; WBA CHE/WHM; LEI; SUN CPL/STO - EVE/LIV; AVL LEI/SWA; CHE; SOU LIV/EVE; WBA MCI/MUN; ARS MUN/MCI; TOT NEW/SUN; NOR;…

OK, while we are waiting, TFF have released their provisional player list - anyone spot any bargains? http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03366/Fantasy_Football_1_3366350a.pdf

*** What are the best fixtures? *** WARNING - Long post alert. This post aims to find out which fixtures provided the most CSs last season to help give us a rough idea of what fixtures to look out…

Lukaku being on permanet pen duty and with the addition of Deulofeu and also with no Europa league worries makes him one of the most interesting forward options this season for me. Will be watching…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Do penalties really matter in choosing a player? I was just doing some research to answer a comment on Tiggsy's excellent Simple Guide to Fantasy Management…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic When the FPL game opens which player prices will you look at first? And what are your genuine hopes for the big hitters' price tags. Is it sensible to look …

What if..... There was a year long fantasy game, let's call it Ironman Ultra for now, in which you took part in a series of fantasy games, throughout the year, across multiple platforms, multiple …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Which Arsenal midfielder/forward? I know we don't know the prices yet, but lets ignore that for the moment and let us know who you think will be the best Ar…

Semi-serious question. Is there any rational reason why as a supporter you should tie yourself to a football club for life? A club from the local area makes some kind of sense (supporting your com…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is Fantasy Premier League Football better than real Premier League football? Given that the top four are most years the same teams, given that the same team…

This is so misleading. Why does (almost) everyone talk about points scored as if that's the criteria? It isn't. Saying that these players that scored 160+ points were mainly midfielders and forw…

I personally think it's a good idea. The 'Overall Dream Team' last season was in a 3-4-3 formation (only just, Austin beat Cazorla by 8 points), but the 'Dream Team' for each GW had a 3-5-2 format…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Are Liverpool mounting a genuine challenge for a top four place with their busy summer transfer dealings? Or like last season will they just miss out again?