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 J0E | How do you solve a problem like Di Maria? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic ADM owners - are you benching or ditching, even if its just for one gameweek? And if getting rid who for? Plus how will his absence effect other ManU players… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 52 |
 Punty | The Costa Replacement Options Who do you think the highest scoring striker will be untill January? Wondering if I should get rid of Costa.. and for who? Rooney: £10.3m, on a streak, could be moved back into midfield with AD… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 19 |
 UnitednationsXI | Costa vs Aguero vs ADM Given all the indecision on captaincy (along with mine), here are the pros/cons to each. feel free to add/argue A: Costa pros: - plays for the best league in the team hands down - is the focal poi… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 20 |
 PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from PlayON, A quick note to say that there's only 30 minutes left to enter the £300 in FREEROLLS and £2,000 in Guaranteed Pot on offer this week - you can enter any of the below g… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 0 |
J0E | Gwk 13 Captain? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be your Gwk 13 captain and why? | 9 years, 5 months ago | 27 |
 @ocprodigy | Scout picks challenge SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 13 Gameweek 12 results will be posted tomorrow - work commitments this week have prevented me! ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 51 |
PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from www.playon.co, This week we have £300 in FREEROLLS on offer on the site, as well as £2,000 in Guaranteed Pots. Weekly Game = £1,000 GTD + £200 Freerolls Daily Game Sat 29th… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 14 |
J0E | Saints: Dump or Keep? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Southampton players Who is ditching based on fixtures, and who is resolutely sticking with them based on form? | 9 years, 5 months ago | 37 |
 Wingate | Costa v Hazard v Sanchez for captain Costa v Hazard v Sanchez captaincy (for those with no Man U) FORM COSTA v Sunderland (a) - Has scored 7 at home and 4 away. FORM is 5.0 - Owned by 59% SANCHEZ v WBA (a) - Has scored 4 at … | 9 years, 5 months ago | 13 |
 John t penguin | Rotating Defenders Article - Help Needed I am working on a potential article around the return for rotating cheap defenders. I have looked at the rotation for 9.0 article from start of season and selected the best looking options and the … | 9 years, 5 months ago | 28 |
J0E | Gameweek 13 Punts Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 13 punts Who will be Gameweek 13's surprise differential/punt and follow in the footsteps of Jonathan Walters last week? | 9 years, 5 months ago | 31 |
 Cars and Mané | Assessing The Ox Should we be considering the ox as a chadli or downing (and in my case, Moses) replacement? Here's the for case... In arsenal's last ten games in all competitions the ox has played an average of 7… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 39 |
 Carrick Doesn't Deserv… | Is Wayne Rooney Boring? this perfectly sums up my thoughts on rooney, words by the guardian's daniel harris "Aggressive, instinctive, unique and absurd, his was a transcendental talent able to commandeer a game featuring… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 39 |
 SouthCoastSaint | Hits - short term pain or long term gain? Would like to see an article on the pros/cons of taking hits. People seem to judge transfers on a week by week basis. I try and look back at the last 4 weeks to see if a transfer I made for a hit w… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 24 |
J0E | 5th midfielder - genuine prospect or bench fodder? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Fifth midfielder - genuine prospect or bench fodder With Gameweeks coming thick and fast and festive rotation on the horizon what are you planning to do wit… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 43 |
 GreenWindmill | UFPL winners and losers If anyone is interested I've just undertaken an exercise to compare the total points for all players in FPL vs UFPL to see who the major winners and losers are under the alternative scoring systems… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 15 |
J0E | Chelsea Options Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Chelsea options For this hot topic I thought I’d take a look at the last six weeks and overall to see how the three main Chelsea midfielders Fabregas, Haz… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 54 |
J0E | Is Rooney ready to smash the template? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is Wayne Rooney ready to smash the template and become one of an expensive frontline, alongside Costa or Aguero. Or do you shun one of that pair to accomodat… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 53 |
 Dr Dream | Is Yaya An Option Again? Is anybody considering Yaya....worryingly high number of shots at the moment...http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/4382/ | 9 years, 5 months ago | 10 |
J0E | UFPL stick, twist, loans & rule changes Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL stick or twist Who is sticking and who is switching captains? Lots of players to come in? Also has anyone dabbled in the loan system - Are the pts ded… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 6 |
PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from PlayON, This week we have announced a £100 TWITTER FREEROLL game where you get free entry into this game every week if you follow @playon on Twitter - you can follow us now and… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 5 |
J0E | Gameweek 12 Captain Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this gameweek and why? | 9 years, 5 months ago | 25 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 12 The excitement in the air. The Premier League returns. Let the fun begin. ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, … | 9 years, 5 months ago | 58 |
 fusen | Updated Stats Tool Have your transfers been an immediate hit? Due to a suggestion sent in I've added a table showing transfers in and out for each game week with the respective points the players earnt for that game… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 52 |
PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from PlayON, I'm happy to answer any questions you have about PlayON or about the article above - if you add them as replies below I'll answer them all. This week we have announced… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 4 |
J0E | GWK 12 Midfielders Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gwk 12 midfielders. Just been looking at the midfield options this week. Aside from Oscar/Hazard, Sanchez (if not jet lagged), Moses (yes he is an assist ma… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 43 |
 Ryan | Assessing the budget defenders Are there any good nailed on cheap defenders around the 4m price range? I would argue there isn't. Most in that price range will probably see rotation during the busy xmas schedule, few apart from… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 71 |
 BigManBakar | Thursday's injury updates For all those asking for detailed information regarding injuries, here is an roundup of all the major information we collected today: - Big Sam on Downing and Sakho: 'We don't know about Sakho he… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 11 |
J0E | Fantasy Football Exchange Q&A Fantasy Football Exchange Q&A Here’s a new game for you to get your teeth into. Have a read through our article and feel free to post your comments and questions here. Harri from Fantasy Footbal… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 7 |
J0E | Gameweek 12's best differential will be Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gameweek 12's best differential punt? And by differential this can include high ownership players that few top managers will own or have a low o… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 30 |
 rickardinho | The Full Skinny on Costa Just flicked back a few pages and read Bsloebadgers post about Costa vs fatter CB's which I thought was excellent and exactly the sort of thing that makes FFS the home of FFSers. (http://www.fantas… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 17 |
 BeachBadger | The Skinny on Costa Long and possibly pointless post coming. Okay, someone made a post yesterday wondering if Lescott would be able to muscle Costa about in the same way Skrtel and Dunne did to good effect recently … | 9 years, 5 months ago | 42 |
 Dušan Citizen | Africa Cup of Nations players Players from countries which will take a part in African Cup of Nations (17th January-8th February). Algeria: Nabil Bentaleb, Riyad Mahrez Cameroon: Samuel Eto'o, Alex Song DR Congo: Youssuf Mul… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 20 |
J0E | Tackling The Injury Doubts Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What is your tactic for dealing with injury doubts? With so many injury doubts this weekend there is a strong chance that many Fantasy managers will not be … | 9 years, 5 months ago | 30 |
 RoysCallerAnne | Most heartwarming post of the week I brought my 7 year old son to his first ever game tonight. Ireland 4 USA 1. He was so excited for days. The jersey, the scarf, face painted.. The look on his face as we climbed the last few st… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 22 |
 Pringle | Is Terry Worth More than Azpilicueta? Do you think Terry/Cahill is worth the extra 0.3 over Azpi? | 9 years, 5 months ago | 44 |
 Tinmen | Aguero v Costa For The Armband Aguero or Costa captain? Im thinking with City playing Munich midweek, Aguero will be used with caution but perhaps the same could be said with Costa but their champs league game isn't as importa… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 15 |
J0E | Liverpool Tactics Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Liverpool tactics Can Sturridge and Balotelli work as a front two. Both are notoriously selfish players in front of goal but could one of them adapt to beco… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 33 |
fusen | Your Team Analysed http://anewpla.net/fpl/ FPL stats, I've now added a sortable table for all of the players you've used over all gameweeks. | 9 years, 5 months ago | 45 |
J0E | Tempted by RVP? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is RVP a viable option in our squads as a differential? Any other premium strikers people would recommend to break the Costa - Aguero template? | 9 years, 5 months ago | 25 |
J0E | Festive Planning Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Festive planning The Christmas articles have started http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/11/14/fantasy-ghosts-of-christmas-past-present-and-future/ … | 9 years, 5 months ago | 59 |
J0E | Baines Contingency Plans Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic If Baines's injury is serious who is the best replacement? Members can access this attacking full backs table here to see some options (sort by last four fo… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 32 |
J0E | Cheaper Alternatives To Sanchez Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Cheaper alternatives to Sanchez With Giroud back in training and Walcott on the brink of regular first team action are credible cheaper alternatives to Sanc… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 28 |
BeachBadger | Don't Trust My Rank, Trust My Politeness Continuing on from the previous post about what Gnu and Royscalleranne were disucssing on the previous page, I feel a lot of people get hung up on ranks. Not so much their own rank, but focusing on… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 85 |
 Poseidon. Not arrogant, jus… | The Best Premier League Fantasy Asset Ever Is... I only started playing fantasy football last season, but if you could pick from anyone in EPL history, who would be the 1st name on your teamsheet? Van Nistlerooy for me. I know there have been be… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 52 |
J0E | Sturridge to smash the template? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Sturridge to smash the template? A template is emerging that is so far proving successful. With value midfielders and strikers a popular template has been … | 9 years, 5 months ago | 71 |
 ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS | Ditch Saints At Your Peril A quick analysis to prove what some of you may have been thinking, but thought I'd post it nevertheless. I have analysed the total number of goals scored and conceded by SOT's first 11 games, and … | 9 years, 5 months ago | 18 |
 DGW blindness is for Kinnea… | You know you're a fantasy football addict when... You know you're a fantasy football addict when............ | 9 years, 5 months ago | 112 |
J0E | Taxi for Di Maria? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is ADM really as important in Fantasy terms as we think. This quote from LVG is worrying. Could he be subbed early on a regular basis - or even dropped whe… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 22 |
 | Conflict of Interests Conflict of Interests This might be happening every week, but I’ve certainly noticed with my team this week that my returns are severely limited by my defences facing my attacks, or vice versa. … | 9 years, 5 months ago | 35 |