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 Nickofoz | Arsenal Defender BPM With Arsenal defenders being the talk of the town at the moment I though I'd calculate the baseline BPM for each (even the not-so-nailed-on ones) Mertesacker: 0.180 Kosc: 0.171 Bellerin: 0.172 (s… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 17 |
 @ocprodigy | Scout picks challenge gw 22 results SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 22 FINAL RESULTS I keep apologising but I'm managing to keep up for the most part! GW23 results will be up tomorrow night as I try to make sure I'm back, but for n… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 3 |
 Lucy. | Southampton's Midfield Selection Headache For those who were asking last night about Saints' selection policy in midfield (now players are coming back from injury and international duty), I think it goes as follows: Wanyama is having a gr… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 18 |
 J0E | Community article of the month vote - January. Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic January Community Article of the month Each month we honour the endevours of our community writers by offering a £20 Amazon voucher to the community’s fa… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 21 |
 Rupert The Horse | GWK 25 Team Sheet Reveal Reminder Don't forget GW 25 we get to see 4 crucial game line ups before the deadline. | 9 years, 3 months ago | 17 |
 Ruth_NZ | Sanchez Is No Longer The Top Gunner I just don't get the assumption that Sanchez is a given. 1. He's not fit. A Grade 1 Hamstring Strain is generally 1-3 weeks. With other options now available, Wenger may well be cautious with … | 9 years, 3 months ago | 26 |
J0E | Ufpl stick or twist? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Ufpl stick or twist How did yesterday go for you? Who are you bringing in? Also how will you be using your last transfers ahead of next Gameweek? | 9 years, 3 months ago | 10 |
 ViperStripes | More Goalkeeper Rotation Thoughts I thought I would combine the Goalkeeper rotation article by Mouldmaster, and the 2 way and 3 way rotation articles by Jaffalicious and Dynamic respectively to see if there was a combination that m… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 4 |
 Drop Dead Tsimikas | Is this Gwk 23's highest scoring bench? This is so stupid, it bears repeating: BEST BENCH EVAR. Krul, Kane (because I let myself be convinced that Puncheon was a better idea), Wasilewski. At least Baird produced nothing, yippee. | 9 years, 3 months ago | 21 |
J0E | Gwk 23 Captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? | 9 years, 3 months ago | 31 |
@ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 23 **** spreadsheet new format delayed (haven't had enough time to play with it this gameweek **** Gameweek 21 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comm… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 29 |
 Demí | Last minute wildcard advice Repost: What one piece of advice would you give to people wildcarding tonight? | 9 years, 3 months ago | 29 |
J0E | Hall of Fame updated The live version of the Hall of Fame has been updated to take into account Gameweek 22's games. Members can see the risers and fallers here. http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/hall-of-fame/l… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 20 |
J0E | Gameweek 23's best differential will be? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be the best differential/punt in Gameweek 23? Will it be a heavy hitter like Walcott or Ozil or will ManU surprise us? | 9 years, 3 months ago | 29 |
 Captain Shirokov | The best three forwards to pick on the wildcard are...? What are people's WC forward lines? I'm on Aguero and Giroud atm, not sure who else to get. | 9 years, 3 months ago | 29 |
J0E | Dealing with the Costa fall out Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Dealing with the Costa fall out. How are Costa owners dealing with the fall out of his likely three game suspension for stamping on Emre Can. With the very … | 9 years, 3 months ago | 28 |
 Hasselbaink Forever - Defoe… | Today's Press Conference Times Today's Pressers - 09:00 GMT - Everton 09:30 - West Ham 13:00 - Newcastle & West Brom 13:15 - Burnley 14:00 - Liverpool & Crystal Palace 14:30 - Leicester | 9 years, 3 months ago | 3 |
 Klopp's Kids | Top Three Managers of All Time? Top 3 managers of all time? For me it's: 1) Clough 2) Ferguson 3) Not sure Mourinho is creeping up to 3. | 9 years, 3 months ago | 120 |
 Saint Steve-O (@EliteFPL) | Poll's Position A quick note on the Costa situation (based on what Graham Poll has just said) The decision of retrospective action will be decided/acted upon by 6pm today He also concludes that he will probably… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 28 |
J0E | Navigating the Double Gameweeks and Blanks Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Double gameweeks and blanks How do you plan to cope with our first blank and impending double gameweek of the season. Which Chelsea players will you hang… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 36 |
 sinik | Are Costa or Aguero Essential? with Bony at City and Chelsea's midfield..who is more essential (hate that word): Costa or Aguero | 9 years, 3 months ago | 40 |
J0E | When Did You Become a Fantasy Football Addict? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Addicted to Fantasy Football. What was the point when you knew you were addicted to fantasy football? Be interested to read your responses. Last time I as… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 69 |
 Trading Bear | kane vs defoe Kane vs. Defoe Price: Kane = 5.9m Defoe = 6.0m Ownership Top 10k (GW22): Kane = 91.9% Defoe = 00.1% Fixtures: Kane = wba, ARS, liv, WHM, *qpr, SWA, mun, LEI Defoe = BUR, swa, QPR, WBA, mun, h… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 11 |
Ruth_NZ | What are your weaknesses? What are your weaknesses as a FPL manager? I think mine are mainly to do with prejudice against certain clubs or players. For example I don't like Sturridge as a player at all having seen him pla… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 43 |
J0E | Which Arsenal Trio To Go For? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Which Arsenal trio to go for? Or is it worth tripling up? Personally when a team has good form and fixtures I like to triple up. Its worked for me this seas… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 27 |
J0E | Where have all the bargain midfielders gone? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Where have all the good bargain priced midfielders gone. By bargain priced I don't necessarily mean George Boyd, I'm talking about those excellent value mid… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 22 |
Ruth_NZ | Time to avoid United attack? Genuine question... Can a case really be made for having anyone apart from DDG and/or Jones from Man Utd in a FPL squad? ADM is world class but who knows what position he'll play in and LVG's ref… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 13 |
 Nomar | Golden WILDCARD RULES TO FOLLOW For all wildcarders: Golden Rule of FPL. If you have to ask if a player's nailed on you shouldn't be looking at getting him in. Anyone else have any other 'golden rules' to follow when WC'ing? | 9 years, 3 months ago | 14 |
J0E | Best and Worst FA Cup Memories Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic FA Cup Memories What are your best and worst FA Cup memories? Here's mine: Best - 1983 Cup Final Brighton v ManU..."and Smith must score." Worst - 1983 C… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 45 |
J0E | Second Half of the Season Stars Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Second half of the season stars Top five goal scorers last season from Gameweeks 23 to 38 were Sturridge Dzeko Suarez Bony Yaya Toure Of these Toure, S… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 14 |
 Patio Kev | Double Gameweek Drought Whilst it is quiet, I thought I would look at the DGW possibilities as I am seeing regular comments about 'saving my original wildcard for a DGW' So far, every team has played 22 games, there has… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 12 |
J0E | Top Tips For Climbing The Rankings Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Top Tips For Climbing The Rankings Following Triggerlips recent article about climing up the rankings post January I thought I’d use this morning’s dai… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 89 |
 Jaffalicious! #SomosCubanos | Wildcard: Cheap defensive rotations Hi Everyone, For those of you on your WC or are planning to next week, take a look at the below. I have compiled a list of cheap defensive rotations which rotate near perfectly until the end of t… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 25 |
 Villan | kane on the wane? Is Kane going to regress? His stats aren't very impressive and he has an extremely high conversion record, will he be an anomaly like Yaya last year or is he just in a hot streak? Yes he offers g… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 35 |
J0E | Latest wildcard defences Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Latest wildcard defences The template wildcard defences seem to be a Chelsea and Southampton defender with either three cheap rotating options or an Arsenal… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 38 |
 toaster | The arsenal defence Arsenal Defence Have been thinking about this as I've seen a lot of Koscielny and Bellerin's in WC teams. Here's what I think in terms of how nailed on they all are: RB Debuchy - Out for three m… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 19 |
 Ludo | Ranking the league's best defences This may be of use to some wildcarders - the table I've been using to rank the league's best defences over the course of the season, updated after this weekend's matches. It's ordered by each side'… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 31 |
J0E | Unsteady Eddies Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Unsteady eddies Jason Puncheon proved great in Gameweek 22, but it could have been different. For much of the game he was ineffective until a change of form… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 11 |
 Walsh | The role of Puncheon Just a little post regarding Puncheon and his prospects moving forward...... Pardew lined up Palace in a 442 away with Sanogo and Gayle up top and we got thoroughly battered in the beginning of th… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 15 |
@ocprodigy | Scout picks challenge gw21 delayed results SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 21 FINAL RESULTS Apologies for the delay in GW21 - I have had it calculated but limited access to my laptop has made it difficult for me to do the league calculati… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 0 |
Rupert The Horse | Costa with aguero = what midfield? Top 5, top fixtures. City and Chelsea get out of the traps a little slow fixture wise over this coming period, simply as they face each other next game week. I realise this is treading on the toes… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 33 |
 Fiona B | Monday morning miffed What is currently grinding your fantasy gears? mine (1) Aguero's constant price rise before the Hull game (2) Dead teams with (C)osta causing me to fall to 700k OR despite a respectable 51 point… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 28 |
 Ice | Is bellerin on your radar? Think that Bellerin is a great punt. He could be nailed seeing as Arsenal have kept the first two clean sheets in a long time with him and Kosh playing. I've taken out Hutton for him and even if he… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 19 |
J0E | The 4th Midfielder revisited Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The 4th Midfielder revisited Earlier this month Kroos Kontrol wrote an excellent community article looking at the so called fourth midfielder. This is a pla… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 17 |
 Ibracadabra´s Spell | Wildcard Must Haves Terry, Saints defender, Hazard, Sánchez, Costa, Aguero e Kane are must haves to WC?? | 9 years, 3 months ago | 24 |
 Portsmouth Bubblejet | Asset or eliability? I'm surprised to see Eljero Elia being put in so many wildcard teams. Yes, he scored two goals against Newcastle, but the full picture is a little different. Elia has really only had one and a hal… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 14 |
 rozzo | Should the Costa-Less Reconsider? Are the one without Costa still going without him or looking to bring him in in the near future? I have three Chelsea already, will take a huge effort to get him in. Got Terry, Hazard and Fab, sur… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 25 |
J0E | UFPL Stick or Twist? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL Stick or Twist Which players failed for you yesterday and which players do you have coming in? Any Costa captainers? Guessing you are sticking. What a… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 12 |
J0E | Gwk 22 Capt Decisions Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this week and why? | 9 years, 3 months ago | 28 |
@ocprodigy | Scout picks challenge gw22 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 22 **** spreadsheet new format delayed (haven't had enough time to play with it this gameweek **** Gameweek 20 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comm… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 43 |