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AuthorHot TopicDateReplies

J0E
Gameweek 10's best differential

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 10's best differential Which low ownership player is going to explode with unexpected points this week? I have a feeling one of the Newcastle chea…

9 years, 5 months ago30

@ocprodigy
SCOUTPICKS CHALLENGE

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 9 FINAL RESULTS Apologies guys but due to my work commitments (normally away from home Sunday evening until Thursday evening) it is looking more and more likely th…

9 years, 5 months ago7

J0E
Stickers v Twisters - The Template Busting Gameweek is Upon Us

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Stickers and Twisters - The Template Busting Gameweek is Upon Us With a clear divide emerging between those reluctant to sell Gwk 9's misfiring or injured p…

9 years, 5 months ago27

Beavis
Aguero Doesn't Need Silva - He's Gold

Posted this last night in the DZ: In case people think that they should sub out Aguero to accommodate Costa based solely on the fact that Silva is out... (or having second thoughts about captaincy)…

9 years, 5 months ago6

Demí
Manchester Derby predictions

What are people's predictions for the derby should Silva not play?

9 years, 5 months ago38

J0E
Transfer risks

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Transferring out the points With Sterling and Sigurdsson rested this week and Costa still in the frame to start against QPR will this weekend see the bigges…

9 years, 5 months ago30

NIGHTHIKER - I Kane, I Shaw…
The worst pre-season bandwagons?

Worst pre season bandwagons? For me: Felipe Luis, Ben Davies, Siem De Jong, Arnautovic and Bojan.

9 years, 5 months ago30

Agbonlahorse
A small fish in a big pond?

Danny Welbeck Now I own him, I can't help wonder if I've been duped in to thinking he is a better FPL prospect than he actually is. Pros: -Seems to be first choice striker at one of the so called…

9 years, 5 months ago26

J0E
Best money saving midfield picks

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Best money saving midfield picks Budget to mid price midfield differentials. With many struggling to fit in so many great and expensive midfield options I …

9 years, 5 months ago42

Dr Dream
Falling Stars update

Falling Stars update GW9 Blurb..Falling stars is a fictitious team/squad made up of players who have all fallen in price since the opening GW and are collectively valued on, or less than, the orig…

9 years, 5 months ago6

J0E
The Gameweek 10 Scout Picks Champion Will Be...

And we have a winner. Polls now closed. Congratulations to Magerost. If you could email me any ammendments and final XI together with a 200 explanation for your picks by Thursday 5pm that'd be gr…

9 years, 5 months ago3

rickardinho
Dont ignore OSCAR

The case for Oscar - 3rd in fpl "form" or midfielders on 6.5, behind only Tadic and Sanchez - plays qpr next who have worst away defensive record in the league. Has good fixtures for a while, wba …

9 years, 5 months ago18

J0E
Costa Injury Fatigue

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Costa fatigue Who has had enough of all this Costa injury business and is ditching? Further updates from Mourinho are likely to be vague. Why not just cut o…

9 years, 5 months ago33

The Fantastic Mr Fox
Doubling up on the Toffees defence

A case for doubling up on the Everton back-line With Soton's excellent run of fixtures coming to an end in 3 weeks, the owners of Clyne and Bertrand will be looking for an alternative soon. A feas…

9 years, 5 months ago9

Evs
Your Best FPL Player or Moment (so far...)

So, whose been your favourite fpl player or moment this year (so far) ? I suspect a lot will say the Aguero 4 goals, but for me it was Tadics 20 pts in the same GW. It was unexpected, even at hal…

9 years, 5 months ago54

Mílanista
The confidentiality of price changes in FPL

Long post warning: Does anyone else think its nonsense that FPL don’t just disclose the data on how close players are to changing in price? Couple of GWs ago I was looking to get Aguero and Sak…

9 years, 5 months ago41

J0E
UFPL Stick or Twist?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL stick or twist. What are your plans today? Anyone keeping their captain. And are you relying in your Chelsea players to save the Gameweek? And what o…

9 years, 5 months ago6

Twelve years a slave
Costa Sellers Surgery

Those of us who sold Costa now have an interesting choice A) Buy him back B) Turn Siggi or Sterling into Sanchez B has the advantage of being able to use a forward spot on many of the form optio…

9 years, 5 months ago35

PlayON
PlayOn Q&A Session

Killian here from www.playon.co A quick note to say there is less than 1 hour left to enter the £1,000 Guaranteed Game this week on PlayON - entries close at 10.45. There are also Daily games o…

9 years, 5 months ago1

Mark
Mourinho & Costa The Morning After

Excellent article on Mourinho's presser and Costa stuff here... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/11186654/Diego-Costa-may-be-risked-by-Chelsea-for-Manchester-United-clash.ht…

9 years, 5 months ago17

J0E
Gameweek 9 Captain Decisions

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this week and why?

9 years, 5 months ago34

President John F. Keninnsie
New tactics for a new season

Is anyone taking a different approach to this season than previous seasons? In the 2 years I've played FPL, I've made over 65 transfers both seasons. This season I'm taking a more conservative app…

9 years, 5 months ago36

Billy Gilmore
Dead team challenge update

Dead Team Leaderboard GW8 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1raAyvT8NYalwe4_-1EqJZBOOcbwjmixKpFu18ySKGVQ/edit#gid=1608235918 The Casual and Dusan Citizen hit triple figures this week 😯

9 years, 5 months ago14

@ocprodigy
Scout Picks Challenge

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 9 ******** As a warning, gameweek 8 is NOT finished ******** It will be done tomorrow night but I'm currently away on business and I have not had enough time to up…

9 years, 5 months ago46

Dr Dream
FALLING STARS UPDATE

Falling Stars GW 8 Not bad last week..Tough to match the Aguero four up and some of the 8-0 picks but some nice bright spots anyway… http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/10/21/scout-notes-…

9 years, 5 months ago10

Arvin-ation
Attacking Punts Gameweek 9

Didn't manage to submit my article in time this week - been pretty busy, so just going to post it here and it might get published as a proper article tomorrow. 🙂 The three differentials below ar…

9 years, 5 months ago19

Mark
Costa Situation - Post Presser

Okay, what do we think then. Costa is back in "individual training". Mourinho rules out Remy and has "no idea" if Drogba starts. Chances of Costa figuring. I'd say 50:50 at worst, personally.

9 years, 5 months ago41

J0E
Gameweek 9 Best Differentials

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Which player will be Gameweek 9's best differential/punt?

9 years, 5 months ago49

Dino
Ignore Arsenal's Defence At Your Peril

I just wanted to get people's opinion on Arsenal's defensive capabilities. I decided I'd start the ball rolling with some stats just so everyone wouldn't jump on the populist theories that Arsenal'…

9 years, 5 months ago37

J0E
North London Assets

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic North London assets Spurs and Arsenal are embarking on a kind run of fixtures. But where to invest. Is Eriksen worth the extra money over Chadli? Which Arse…

9 years, 5 months ago24

kesh
Arsenal RoundUp

Some insights for fantasy managers on Arsenal's game against Anderlecht (from an Arsenal fan that sat through the game) 1) Arsenal had a fair bit of possession but lacked penetration. Arsenal pro…

9 years, 5 months ago21

teachmunna
RATE MY GRAV

Just for shits n giggles I'm trying to start a "rate your gravatar" thread here. To enter just reply to this thread with the words "rate my grav". Let the community rate out of 10 whichever grav…

9 years, 5 months ago145

J0E
What to do with Costa?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What to do with Costa? With Costa likely to be out this weekend according to Mourinho - but possibly back against QPR do you keep him or draft him out? If …

9 years, 5 months ago45

rickardinho
Costa to aguero for a hit?

Here is my take on Costa>Aguero(-4) PRICE CHANGES: - Aguero has already risen 0.1 this GW, and according to fplstatistics he will rise tonight again, and could feasibly rise another 0.1 later this…

9 years, 5 months ago30

Dr Dream
Falling Stars Update

Falling stars update GW8 You know the drill…Falling stars is a fictitious squad/team made up of players who have all fallen in value from GW1 and have a combined value within the original 100 mi…

9 years, 5 months ago10

J0E
Community Champion - £100 prize announced

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Congratulations to Saniul who has won the vote to be this week’s Community Champion in the Scout Picks. With more than a 100 point gap to bridge he has a …

9 years, 5 months ago55

Dušan Citizen
Is Aguero this season's Suarez?

Repost 😛 Is Aguero this season's Suarez? 😀

9 years, 5 months ago27

Jay_
Highest ever gameweek score memories

Just out of curiosity, what's the highest single gw score yous can remember ? And the highest in a double gw ? And was anyone on this site ever involved ? Seems to be quite a lot of phenomenal pla…

9 years, 5 months ago28

J0E
Gameweek 9 Community Champion Vote

Fantasy Football Scout Community Champion needed. As you may have noticed we’ve revamped our Scout Picks. Mark, myself, Paul and a community champion picked by you each week are up against each …

9 years, 5 months ago120

Costa Nostra
The Case For Coleman

Repost from bottom of last page. Why not a love fest for Coleman? The guy is a fantasy point magnet. He's only played 4 games + a cameo 6 minute appearance to start the season. He had an unlucky …

9 years, 5 months ago20

Game of Stones
Is Tadic essential?

Afraid of not owning Tadic... is he a "must" get?

9 years, 5 months ago20

J0E
UFPL stick or twist

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL stick or twist Who are you bringing in , who are you planning to captain? Plus -anyone beat beta ufpl champion Alex's score of 138 so far?

9 years, 5 months ago9

J0E
Gwk 8 Captain Decisions

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this week and why? And if Costa is your captain, who is your vice capt?

9 years, 5 months ago30

@ocprodigy
Scout picks challenge Gw8

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 8 Prepared freshly on my iPad in an underground train in London as I make my way up to Manchester, ladies & gents it's time once again for the Scout Picks Challeng…

9 years, 5 months ago63

J0E
Liverpool bib theory latest

Any bib theorists about? Here's today's training pics from Liverpool. Gerrard, Sterling, Lambert and Lallana in orange bibs. Balotelli and most squad players in green. Make of those bibs what you w…

9 years, 5 months ago27

Dr Dream
FALLING STARS - GAMEWEEK 8

Falling Stars… I published my first “falling stars” post of the season at the beginning of the international break with a caveat for change as the next GW drew closer…so here’s my caveat…

9 years, 5 months ago11

PlayON
PlayOn Q&A Session

Killian here from PlayON, We have a £2,500 Guaranteed Game on offer the week and are running a special promotion: Enter One Team and Get a Second Entry Free You can enter now at www.playon.co…

9 years, 5 months ago22

J0E
Is Baines really the best route into Everton's kind run?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is Baines really the best route into Everton's kind run? Do others like Lukaku or Naismith offer a either a greater chance of points or better value? And h…

9 years, 5 months ago37

J0E
Best Arsenal assets

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Best Arsenal assets. With Walcott back in contention and Ramsey not far away suddenly the Arsenal squad looks to offer lots of choice for Fantasy managers. …

9 years, 5 months ago16

Dr Dream
The case for Eriksen

Tsk...Tadic....pfft Going to try a new tactic..i'm going to try shouting... ERIKSEN IS THE THIRD HIGHEST SCORING MID IN THE LAST FOUR GAMEWEEKS !! ADM 40 pts Diame 28pts Eriksen 26 pts...and fix…

9 years, 5 months ago13