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 J0E | Live Scoutcast Tonight 10pm - Leave Your Questions Here Scoutcast questions We plan to have another live scoutcast tonight - about 10pm. We'll put a direct link up nearer the time. In the meantime our Fantasy Football Scout Youtube channel gives an ind… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 57 |
J0E | Aguero's Away Form Aguero captainers during the double have one consolation - at least they don't have to move the armband for Gameweek 29. Aguero points in his last six away starts - 56 (Just over 9ppg average) Ag… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 32 |
J0E | When is a DGWK not a DGWK? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic When is a DGWK not a DGWK? If, as expected, a large number of teams, miss Gameweek 33 and then gain a double Gameweek 34, is it really a double gameweek for… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 39 |
 Ryan | Kun you drop aguero? Should we start to consider the possibility of selling Aguero. He seems to be less effective with another striker in the team and even Silva is outperforming him. I have Giroud but he isn't giving … | 9 years, 2 months ago | 40 |
J0E | Single Gwk Fool's Gold During A Double Gwk. Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Why captain a single gameweek player in a double gameweek? In seven years of playing Fpl I've never once captained a single gameweek player during a double … | 9 years, 2 months ago | 44 |
 President John F. Keninnsie | Current rank milestones Current rank milestones: Rank | Points 1 = 1813 50 = 1741 100 = 1732 500 = 1699 1k = 1681 5k = 1635 10k =1612 25k = 1578 50k =1549 100k = 1516 200k = 1479 | 9 years, 2 months ago | 17 |
J0E | Fantasy Football dirty tricks Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Fantasy Football mini-league dirty tricks What is the dirtiest trick you've pulled in Fantasy Football? Who has told a blatant lie to a rival manager about… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 52 |
 Lanley Staurel | Anyone for Schlupp? Jeffrey Schlupp + defender playing OOP as an attacking winger + DGW up coming + owned by 0.5% + Costs £4.5 + seems nailed on - plays for Leicester | 9 years, 2 months ago | 24 |
J0E | Best 3rd Chelsea DGWK Player - Should Costa Be Banned. Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Best Third Chelsea Player - who isn't Costa. Ordinarily Diego Costa looks a shoo-in for the Chelsea DGWK to slot alongside a Chelsea defender and most likel… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 41 |
 Epic Fail | Will you ever give up FPL? Do you think you'll ever give up playing fantasy football? I can't see it myself, considering I've been playing for pretty much 20+ years straight. | 9 years, 2 months ago | 51 |
J0E | Is Sanchez back or was his midweek goal just a blip? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is Sanchez back or was yesterday a blip? There has been mounting evidence that the Arsenal man was no longer worth his hefty price tag. Ozil was looking the… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 44 |
 Kings of Lyon ★ | Add 42 To Your Name In Support Of Doosra Following on from Numbs idea i have added a 42 to the end of my username it will remain there as a sign of support for Doosra and it will not be removed until the legend returns #WeAreAllDoosra | 9 years, 2 months ago | 68 |
J0E | Where is the most unusual place you've made a transfer? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Where is the most unusual place you've made a transfer? This was discussed on the Scoutcast this week in which the team recounted how previous FPL winner Sp… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 143 |
J0E | Reminder to vote for your favourite February community article Here's a reminder to vote for your favourite community article in February Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Vote now for your favourite community article of February. Each month we honour … | 9 years, 2 months ago | 10 |
 Zasa | Current 1k & 10k template teams Gw28's Top 1k template XI (most highly owned players per position) Foster (44.5%) Clyne (46.0%) Bellerín (43.7%) Terry (35.4%) Eriksen (83.6%) | Hazard (91.1%) | Silva (70.9%) | Sánchez (56.6%)… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 24 |
 PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from PlayON, Rather than promoting any aspects of the site today, I would really welcome any feedback or issues people are having with the site at present. We are working very hard o… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 9 |
 Granville | Get well soon Doosra I just received a reply from Doosra's workplace. He's very unwell unfortunately. I replied wishing him a speedy recovery from all the community. | 9 years, 2 months ago | 226 |
J0E | How Many DGWKers Will You Own? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic How many DGWK players will you own this week and which ones? Are there any going for a full house of six? Apart from Kane, Eriksen and Austin who else do y… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 31 |
 Puyol Pants Up | Giroud to Austin for a hit, is it worth it? About to pull the trigger on Giroud to Austin (-4) First hit since GW 7! 😆 | 9 years, 2 months ago | 74 |
 @ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 28 Kept my promise, onwards and upwards with more results and hoping to have GW27 up and running tomorrow night for you guys! GW25 results - http://www.fantasyfoo… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 37 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast link Scoutcast getting underway at 10pm. Here's the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSVxvh9Mucw Feel free to leave your comments here. | 9 years, 2 months ago | 12 |
 d1sable | lessons learned? What have we all learned for next season then? Obviously each season is different (not just in scoring with the BPS etc) with seasons past having the power 5 in midfield and this season being argu… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 59 |
 andy85wsm | Captain Kane reporting for duty GW28 – Captain stat attack! So after the matches at the weekend, coupled with not including Austin/Eriksen last time I thought I’d update my captain stats a little. For me the choice is Kane … | 9 years, 2 months ago | 42 |
 Demí | FOND DGW MEMORIES Ahead of tomorrow's deadline, i thought i'd reminisce and ask what your favourite DGW memories are from your time playing FPL? Here's one of mine, Step forward BAE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 20 |
 Daniel Exeter | Is Ozil killing Sanchez as an option? The ramblings of a man with limited time to write this up.. Has Ozil impacted on Sanchez? Noticeably Sanchez has dropped off the points per game radar – with many on here considering it is time… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 15 |
J0E | Comparison: Eriksen v Austin - double digit and double fixture hauls A good way of assessing the liklihood of a reasonable dgwk score from a player is how often they have blanked over a two game block of games. Austin and Eriksen provide a good example of this as … | 9 years, 2 months ago | 44 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast (10pm) - Leave Your Questions for the team here Tonight we are planning on another live video scoutcast, which if all goes to plan will be a foursome of Fantasy Scouts Feel free to leave any questions for Mark, Granville and the team here. Sh… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 25 |
J0E | Vote for your favourite Community Article in February here. Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Vote now for your favourite community article of February. Each month we honour the endevours of our community writers by offering a £20 Amazon voucher to… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 12 |
@ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE RESULTS SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 25 FINAL RESULTS I know I'm rpetty far behind but I'm catching up! GW25 is here for you ladies & gents! 1st - James One (63pts) 2nd - Kalmoffit (62pts) 3rd - Inns… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 0 |
andy85wsm | Your Highest 2014/15 Rank So Far Best rank this season lads? 6,954 here (7,983 currently) | 9 years, 2 months ago | 72 |
 Mull | SHORTEST FOOTBALL BOOKS Shortest football books ever written. I'll start The Art of Tackling by Paul Scholes Monogamy by Ryan Giggs. Effective Public Speaking by Paul Merson | 9 years, 2 months ago | 59 |
J0E | UFPL Stick or Twist? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL Stick or Twist You is coming in for your today. Anyone have yesterday's stars like Puncheon. For me I'm taking the armband off Downing and putting it … | 9 years, 2 months ago | 5 |
 HVT | Spurs Defender Stats Previous to my conversation with Demi on Spurs defenders I've decided to put it all together to make it a little easier for those considering; P. Pts. £. G. A. CS Ppg. B… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 18 |
Zasa | Top 1K and Top 10K stats Gw27's Top 1000 template (highly owned players), according to FFFix Krul (37.1%) Clyne (48.0%) | Bellerín (37.4%)| Wollscheid (25.4%)| PvA (61.3%) Boyd (38.6%) | Cazorla (51.2%) | Di María (46.9… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 8 |
J0E | Gwk 27 Captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining and why? | 9 years, 2 months ago | 33 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 27 I promise GW25 and 26 will be up by Monday evening! Had a lot to get done lately! ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 29 |
 Game of Stones | Eriksen's Dgw prospects *LONG POST* As Tottenham's DGW is approaching I have had a look at how Eriksen and Tottenham have coped with two games within a few days. Hopefully some of you find this helpful. EUROPA LEAGUE: … | 9 years, 2 months ago | 23 |
J0E | Gwk 27's best punt Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gwk 27's best differential/punt? | 9 years, 2 months ago | 43 |
 La Roja | PVA Owners' Sticky Situation Pva owners Keeping, selling ? | 9 years, 2 months ago | 27 |
J0E | Cheap defensive Replacements Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Cheap defensive replacements Who are your defensive deadwood players and who do you plan to replace them with? Anyone fancy upgrading the likes of Wisdom t… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 31 |
J0E | Luckiest and Unluckiest FPL moment Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic We've got a good community article on luck coming up later today from andy85wsm. Ahead of that I thought I'd ask what has been your luckiest and unluckiest … | 9 years, 2 months ago | 49 |
andy85wsm | considering captains - kane or kun I know we should be concentrating on GW27 but I can't help but think about the double gameweek that’s about to come. I'd like to discuss captain options. For me there's only really 2 (3 if you a… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 37 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast feedback Thanks for those that joined in the live Scoutcast. That'll get edited and released in usual audio form later this week. | 9 years, 2 months ago | 53 |
President John F. Keninnsie | GW28 - What's Your Thoughts ? My views on GW28: Spurs: First things first - Tottenham have 4 matches in 9 days (away at Fiorentina, cup final against Chelsea, then the DGW games against Swansea and QPR). You'd expect the 'sta… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 87 |
J0E | Gwk 27's Differential Captaincy Opportunity Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Among the issues discussed in last night's scout cast was Gameweek 27's potential for punting on a differential captain. With Aguero facing a tough Liverpo… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 62 |
andy85wsm | Dgw? Try it you might like it! Double gameweek - how much do you really have to lose? A lot of people (maybe rightly so) aren't seeing much value from the double game week ahead. Spurs fixtures are congested and QPR aren't exac… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 19 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast link Fantasy Football Scout Live Scoutcast Should be live in ten minutes or so at this link (10:10pm ish) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIyMJLC03FU Feel free to leave comments via the youtube link … | 9 years, 2 months ago | 7 |
J0E | Live Video Scoutcast Scheduled for 10PM. We are going to attempt a live video Scoutcast tonight, where I'll be joining Mark and Granville. Hoping to get this underway at about 10pm. We'll provide a videolink and hot topic it nearer that t… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 39 |
 Ludo | Charlie Austin as a DGW option? ‘QPR are good at home’. Yet here are their last five results at Loftus Road: QPR 0-1 Southampton QPR 0-2 Manchester United QPR 0-3 Sheffield United QPR 1-1 Swansea QPR 0-0 Crystal Palace Char… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 22 |
J0E | GWK 27's Imperfect Ten Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The imperfect ten. Is it worth taking a hit or even using both transfers if you have two, to field 11 players in Gameweek 27? Will a cheap defender really… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 15 |