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 J0E | Top wish to improve Fantasy Football in 15/16 Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What was wrong with 2014/15 in Fantasy Football? What needs to happen in 2015/16 to make fantasy Football better? For me last season was typified by a lac… | 8 years, 10 months ago | 73 |
J0E | The FPL All Time Dream Team Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The FPL All Time Dream Team I thought I'd take a look through the mists of time to see what an all time FPL side would look like. Its up to you which form… | 8 years, 10 months ago | 52 |
 Ruth_NZ | Everton and West Ham article - help wanted Everton and West Ham "Janus" Appraisal Here's the next draft article, as usual all comments (especially from those that know the clubs well) will be welcome and will be taken into account when rev… | 8 years, 10 months ago | 32 |
J0E | UEFA U21 RMT Surgery Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic U21 RMT Special The UEFA u21 tournament game has launched to scratch our collective Fantasy Football itch. There are plenty of familiar names and plenty of … | 8 years, 10 months ago | 15 |
 goriuanx | Moneyball and Moneypit Players In what order would you sign these strikers? A) 92 goals in 247 appearances. 24 years old. Has won the Serie A 3 times, Coppa Italia, Champions League, Premier League, Fa Cup and golden boy award… | 8 years, 10 months ago | 52 |
 The Sarjeant | U21 Defensive Bargains In my eyes, looking at who kept the most clean sheets in the qualifiers, a back line of this seems best - England - Germany - Denmark - Portugal - one from the first match day lot (Serbia/Czech) … | 8 years, 10 months ago | 11 |
 Saniul | Released Players XI I love making XIs, so here's one from the Released Players list. 😀 --------------------------------Boruc --Johnson------Richards-------McAuley--------Reveillere ----------Cleverley------Lampard--… | 8 years, 10 months ago | 9 |
 meerlight | Euro U21 Game Open Open for business: http://en.u21fantasy.uefa.com/ | 8 years, 10 months ago | 8 |
J0E | Is Theo Walcott the perfect FPL player? Fantasy Football Scout Is Theo Walcott the perfect FPL player? When he plays he often does well (eg the end of the last season). When he doesn't play its usually through injury, which in turn can… | 8 years, 10 months ago | 23 |
Ruth_NZ | Crystal Palace and WBA Article - Help Wanted Crystal Palace and WBA "Janus" Appraisal Here's the draft for the next article. As usual, comments from WBA and/or Palace fans (or those that know the clubs well) will be welcomed and taken into … | 8 years, 10 months ago | 20 |
 Billy Gilmore | Ultimate Dead Team Update For those interested I have got the Ultimate Dead Team up to 2466 points, 4 behind Simon March's winning tally. | 8 years, 10 months ago | 49 |
J0E | 2014/15 Scout prediction successes and failures Greenwindmill has just been looking back at The Scout's seasons predictions. http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/08/14/seasons-predictions-201415-the-view-from-the-scouts/ Nice to see ma… | 8 years, 10 months ago | 16 |
J0E | 2015/16's Best Differential Will Be... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic After successfully predicting Jordan Henderson would be one of the best differentials in 2014/15. I'm going to opt for Oscar as my 2015/15 best differential … | 8 years, 10 months ago | 71 |
 bitm2007 | The Most Expensive FPL Players Ever Last seasons highest starting prices by position were GK 6.0 Cech, Courtois and Hart DF 7.0 Ivanovic, Baines, Coleman MD 11.0 Yaya FW 12.5 Van Persie Have there been players in earlier seasons, w… | 8 years, 10 months ago | 23 |
Ruth_NZ | Norwich, Bournemouth and Watford article - help wanted Norwich, Bournemouth and Watford "Janus" Appraisal Here's the draft for the latest article in the series. As usual any comments will be welcome (especially by fans of those clubs or others who kn… | 8 years, 10 months ago | 46 |
 internal error | top of the flops Top 10 flops last season: 1. Lovren 2. Mario Balotelli 3. ADM 4. Cuadrado 5. Falcao 6. Shaw 7. Kramaric 8. Bony 9. De Jong 10. Ince Special mentions go to Fernando, B.Davies, Hernandez, Cabella i… | 8 years, 10 months ago | 68 |
 Ludo | Wait on wobbly Watford? Watford managed only 26 points from 22 games against their fellow top half sides, but 63 points in their 24 matches against bottom half teams - they have some good players, but are flat track bulli… | 8 years, 10 months ago | 23 |
 Christina. | Most Anticipated Player Prices PLAYER PRICE PANIC Name the player in each position whose price you are most interested in , that you will check first thing once FPL opens... me... Def: Terry Midf: Siggurdson Striker: Kane | 8 years, 10 months ago | 51 |
J0E | Taking a punt on promoted players Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic How many players from promoted clubs will you be taking a punt on? Troy Deeney does look like he's worth a punt as a third striker (as long as he's 6m or be… | 8 years, 10 months ago | 24 |
J0E | Are 14/15's Emerging Stars Just Flash in the Pans? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic In seasons gone by Nasri and Ireland have been among emerging high scoring players who failed to replicate their fine form the next season Who of 14/15's e… | 8 years, 10 months ago | 9 |
 Bøwstring The Carp | New manager, better performance? Manager Impact: Team Analysis Last season saw several mid-season managerial changes to Premier League teams as clubs attempted to avoid the drop. Of six teams to make changes to their head coach, … | 8 years, 10 months ago | 23 |
J0E | Season Keepers - myth or reality? Fantasy Football Scout Is there such a thing as a season keeper in Fantasy Football. With players like Hazard and in season's gone by Suarez providing consistent returns and remaining injury free… | 8 years, 10 months ago | 28 |
Ruth_NZ | Swans and Stoke article - help wanted Swansea and Stoke "Janus" Appraisal Here's the draft for the next article. As usual, any comments (especially from Stoke and Swansea fans or those that know the clubs well) will be appreciated an… | 8 years, 10 months ago | 26 |
 The3rdTurd | Sheets don't get cleaner with time Some of you may remember an article I posted last November looking at how clean sheets have historically broken down between each half of the season: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/11/… | 8 years, 10 months ago | 10 |
J0E | Prohibitive Price Tags Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic At what price do you ignore your key targets for next season? So for example if Charlie Austin was priced at 8.5m and played for the likes of Newcastle or V… | 8 years, 10 months ago | 21 |
 Camp No No | Ultimate dead team challenge Hey, data nerds, let's start already with figuring out the best dead team of the season that just passed. | 8 years, 10 months ago | 73 |
Christina. | Midfield Heavy Hitter Price Predictions Just looking at the pricing midfielders such as Mata/Ramsey/Silva/Cesc/Caz started off the 2014/15 season.... 9m/9m/9m/9m/8.5m Scored: 138/116 /191/165/168 What you guys about prices this seaso… | 8 years, 10 months ago | 53 |
J0E | Who will be the next Kane? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be the next Kane? Will one of the cheep strikers at the promoted sides emerge? Or is there a likely cheap attacking gem among the established team'… | 8 years, 10 months ago | 56 |
Ruth_NZ | Spurs and Saints article - help wanted Spurs and Southampton "Janus" Appraisal This is the draft for the forthcoming article. Comments are welcome, especially from Spurs and Southampton fans and those that know the clubs well. All co… | 8 years, 10 months ago | 42 |
 Halftime | FPL data app Hi all, i made a basic Windows program to backup my FPL season and some of the player stats etc. You can download it here if you like, you may get some use from it. Please read the "Read Me" inclu… | 8 years, 10 months ago | 11 |
 Portsmouth Bubblejet | The low down on Fuchs! Christian Fuchs had become Schalke's third-best left-back behind Aogo and Kolašinac. Although extremely popular with the fans for his character and work rate, there was no place for him in a Schal… | 8 years, 10 months ago | 5 |
The Sarjeant | FPL Start Dates Since 2010 Previous FPL Opening Dates & Times: Last year, with the help of Epic Fail, I sourced the dates and times for the previous launches of FPL. 2014/15 - July 16th - 4 weeks 3 days before the start of… | 8 years, 11 months ago | 15 |
J0E | Who is the best Fantasy Football forward of all time? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who is the best fantasy forward of all time? In midfield we have had many legends, most notably the holy trinity of Gerrard, Lampard and Ronaldo. But what … | 8 years, 11 months ago | 49 |
 roscola | Baines demise predicted! Just thinking back over the season and I suddenly remembered to check in on this prediction I made: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/09/15/this-much-we-know-gameweek-4-2/?hc_page=7#hc_co… | 8 years, 11 months ago | 36 |
 Couti & the Below5th | Bonus Maps Hi folks! I've now made public a few tables - or "BAPMAPS" - that served me well last season. They are loosely based around the criteria for getting bonus points but they also helped me in deciding… | 8 years, 11 months ago | 1 |
J0E | Gameweek 1 Team Selection – Lessons learned from 14/15 Gameweek 1 Team Selection – Lessons learned from 14/15 The team selection that Fantasy managers spend the most time on is Gameweek 1. I was surprised looking back at my Gameweek 1 side how good … | 8 years, 11 months ago | 41 |
 d1sable | Early Watchlist Contenders All comes down to price (and possible transfers) but here's my watch list for next season: DEF: Stones Cresswell Dawson/Lescott Bellerin Smalling Terry/Ivanovic MID: Hazard/Fabregas Silva Ramse… | 8 years, 11 months ago | 39 |
 Beavis | Out of Contract players GKs: Brad Jones (Liverpool), Gerhard Tremmel (Swansea City), Brad Friedel (Tottenham Hotspur), Thomas Sorensen (Stoke City), Ben Amos (Manchester United), Steve Harper (Hull City), Brian Murphy (QP… | 8 years, 11 months ago | 30 |
J0E | Community article of the month vote - May Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Vote now for your favourite community article of May Each month we honour the endevours of our community writers by offering a £20 Amazon voucher to the co… | 8 years, 11 months ago | 34 |
 Will - Fantasy Football Hub | Who is the best FPL manager ever? Who's the best FPL manager ever? | 8 years, 11 months ago | 91 |
J0E | Which Arsenal attacker? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Which Arsenal attacking player? The end of the season showed how getting the right Arsenal attacker was key to success. But with rotation across midfield… | 8 years, 11 months ago | 29 |
J0E | Must Haves and Must Avoids Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Must haves and must avoids. This was asked on the Scoutcast earlier this week but thought I'd open up to everyone else to answer too. Name your must haves … | 8 years, 11 months ago | 24 |
Ruth_NZ | Calling All ManU and Arsenal fans - Help Wanted For Article Arsenal and Manchester United Appraisal As some will know, I am compiling a series of articles reviewing the PL teams from a FPL perspective, looking back on last season while it is fresh in the m… | 8 years, 11 months ago | 20 |
J0E | Advising an FPL newbie Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Advising a FPL newbie. You are approached by someone who plans to play FPL for the first time next season. They ask you for one key piece of advice. What is… | 8 years, 11 months ago | 60 |
 Rhinos | Are You A Rank Slave? Are you a rank slave? The HoF debate earlier has got me thinking why we play this game. Obviously most of us want to finish as high as possible or what is the point but as I see it there are two ma… | 8 years, 11 months ago | 21 |
J0E | What did 2014/15 teach you about Fantasy Football management? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Key lesson learned This follows on from a Scoutcast discussion on what 2014/15 has taught us as Fantasy managers. For me the lesson learned is to look at … | 8 years, 11 months ago | 71 |
The3rdTurd | Detailed FPL data from last 2 seasons If anyone is interested, I've uploaded a spreadsheet of all the detailed FPL player data for the season just ended here: https://goo.gl/McLpGk There's one row for each player appearance across th… | 8 years, 11 months ago | 30 |
 fatherted | It's Price Prediction Time Whilst we are on this train of thought, what do we reckon the key figures prices will be?? Kun £12.5m Haz £11m Ivo £7.5m Pva £5m Kane £10m | 8 years, 11 months ago | 52 |
 DGW blindness is for Kinnea… | Cult Team of the Year Revealed The results are in for the forwards in our Bargain Basement Cult Team 2014/2015. The two obvious choices were of course Kane and Austin. Grabbing third place was Vardy Kane (33 votes) Austin (31 v… | 8 years, 11 months ago | 7 |
J0E | Who will be the first name on your 2015/16 Fantasy team sheet? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Every season Ivanovic starts well, every season I avoid him. No matter what the price, if he's injury free, he will be amongst the first names on my team s… | 8 years, 11 months ago | 58 |