Below are the Hot Topics currently being discussed, with access to all past discussions.
To create a Hot Topic you have to post and interact with the community in the comments section under articles. Moderators read these comments and will and promote some important comments to Hot Topics as the conversations develop.
You should use the flag option to alert mods to posts and discussions that you feel should be promoted to Hot Topic status. Write ‘Potential Hot Topic?’ in the box that pops up after ticking the flag.
And don’t forget to use your voting powers: upvote posts that positively contribute to important discussions. These posts are seen more often by the moderating team!
| Author | Hot Topic | Date | Replies |
|---|---|---|---|
 J0E | Latest Community Article - Scouting Switzerland And the final in today's trio of community articles is this excellent piece about Switzerland by Edgar Davids. 8th in the world rankings. Who knew? http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/05/… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 4 |
J0E | Latest Community Article - Scouting Japan Another new article - this time Somalion's guide to Japan's prospects in the World Cup. Really good read. http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/05/15/scouting-japan/ To submit an article and… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 15 |
J0E | New Community Article - Forgotten Fantasy Players Latest Community article has been published - its an excellent look at some of this year's forgotten players who could shine next year. Great work from Bowstring the Trout. http://www.fantasyfootb… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 0 |
J0E | Which sleepers will awaken in 2014/15? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Walcott is certainly on many fantasy managers radars for 2014/15 after a dire 2013/14 where his playing time was curtailed by injury. Aside from Walcott who… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 41 |
 BONZ | Managerial Merry Go Round The Managerial Merry Go Round.......this is likely to have a significant impact on FPL selections as with any changes at the top it can have an effect on the players selected but also the style of … | 9 years, 11 months ago | 10 |
 Somalion | Will Walcott Be The Same Post-Injury? Anyone avoiding Wally next season or at least waiting a bit? I'm not sure he'll have his speed back, a cruciate injury can really change a lot. Hope he gets back to himself but I'm not sure. | 9 years, 11 months ago | 51 |
 roscola | Recovered Balls Analysis Recovered Balls. The McDonalds game looks to be very generous with Recovered Ball points, giving a whole point for each one. The 2012 Euros game gave 1 point for every 5 recovered balls, for exampl… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 53 |
 Baines on Toast... | Why did Suarez's form drop in the last 8 gwks? 5 9 5 4 8 2 5 2 Suarez end of season form. Amazing how much it dropped off. Any theories as to why - had teams figured him & Liverpool out? | 9 years, 11 months ago | 11 |
J0E | Latest Community Article - Planning for next season Latest Community Article published Here's Stevie52 with a great guide to preparing yourself for next season...I especially like his gameweek 1 and 38 team comparison...really highlights the need t… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 2 |
J0E | New Community article published - Fantasy cricket anyone? New Community article published - Fantasy cricket anyone? Fresh from his success in this year's FFS UEFA Europa league competition here's Thomass with some exciting news about a fantasy cricket ga… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 5 |
J0E | Fifa World Cup Game Top Tips Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Fifa World Cup game top tips The Fifa McDonalds World Cup fantasy game has now opened for registration. Teams can be selected from June 8. Crucially the rul… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 64 |
 super zlatan | The Top 10k Gang How many top 10k finishes has ppl had here? I have had two. Although out of six seasons my worst rank has been 35k | 9 years, 11 months ago | 79 |
J0E | New Community articles - Applebonkers's tribute to Koscielny and an analysis of Palace under Pulis New Community Articles Published - Applebonkers poetic tribute to Koscielny. http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/05/13/koscielny-le-coeur-a-poem-for-my-favourite-defender/ Plus The Sarjea… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 2 |
 Zep | Penalty stats 2013/14. Should the rule be amended? There were 87 penalties in the PL this year. Of those 87 penalties (p), 73 were scored (s) and 14 were missed (m). That is an average success rate of 83.9% (suc), which correlates to an average… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 38 |
J0E | Who will draft in Diego Costa for Gwk 1? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Diego Costa Who is looking to draft in Chelsea's new recruit, should he sign for the West London club? Who is waiting to see if he ends up being another So… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 31 |
 Ludo | The ultimate dead team? My fantasy season came to an end in January, as I grew frustrated by my lack of success, particularly given the amount of my time it had started to take up, and the fact that I still had a disserta… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 28 |
J0E | Two new, World Cup themed community articles published. Two new World Cup themed Community Articles published have just been published. We have an exciting teaser from FFS UEFA regarding their forthcoming summer competition http://www.fantasyfootballsc… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 19 |
 President John F. Keninnsie | What has been your favourite FFS moment this season? What has been your favourite FFS moment in the past season? | 9 years, 11 months ago | 60 |
J0E | The one key lesson from 2014/15 is... The Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The one key lesson learned is.... Every year I learn a new lesson which helps me do better (I've halved my rank every season so far). Two years ago it w… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 43 |
 Twelve years a slave | Why was 2014/15 so high scoring? This season has been a particularly high scoring one fantasy wise. What does this indicate | 9 years, 11 months ago | 18 |
 Granville | Next season price predictions next season price predictions Suarez 14.5m, Yaya 12m, Aguero 12m, Ramsey 10m, Mata 10.5m, Gerrard 10m, Hazard 11m, Rooney 11m, Sturridge 10.5m It's going to be tough | 9 years, 11 months ago | 55 |
 catch22 | Post your final Gargatron score here Total captain score 580 Captain score if you had swapped all C / VC 526 Captain score as % of overall score 24.55% Highest possible captain score 1048 Captain score as % of your highest possible ca… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 49 |
J0E | Let us know who has won your community competition. The community round up is tomorrow. I'll try and post as many winners of community competitions as I can. Please email me the details of who has won your leagues by 11am tomorrow. Cheers. Any late … | 9 years, 11 months ago | 4 |
 BigManBakar | The first names on my 2014/15 teamsheet are ... First names on your teamsheet next season? Ramsey,Yaya,Rose,Trippier,Suarez for me | 9 years, 11 months ago | 32 |
 Ryan | What was the successful FPL approach this season? Like many I went for the classic dullard move this week, Rooney -> Sturridge with the final transfer. Haven't diverged too much from a conservative strategy and as such I have struggled to break in… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 37 |
J0E | Final Gameweek key decisions Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining? How many hits are you taking? Who is your key differential? | 9 years, 11 months ago | 23 |
President John F. Keninnsie | DeadZone Draft For the last time this season... Innsie's Weekly DZ Draft! Pick 4 players for the upcoming GW only, with a total combined price of 23m (or less). Current FPL prices will be used. The weekly winner… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 40 |
 The Sarjeant | PUNTERS' PREDICTIONS GW38 Punters' Predictions Gameweek 38. The final Gameweek is upon us! Good luck for everyone tomorrow! The rules are; • Three points for a correct score. • One point for a correct result. • P… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 34 |
 @ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge The emotions are rolling, the red of Merseyside and the blue of Manchester prepare for battle, the skies turn grey, and the curtains are about to close on this rollercoaster of a season. Its had it… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 37 |
J0E | Gargatron updated Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic We hear via Gargamel that his fantastic Gargatron (as featured on our Scoutcast) has been updated and now includes details of how many players you have owned… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 46 |
 HuttonDressedasLahm | GW38 - The Best of the Rest Those picking people from teams with nothing to play for, may I just add my two pennies worth?..... Hull/Arsenal = minefield due to FACup next weekend Utd/Spurs = do they want Europa or not? Both… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 17 |
 Mark | New Community Article - West Ham in Review We've just published another community article - this time a superb in-depth analysis of West Ham's season from a Fantasy perspective, by Guy Demel's Shaved Head. http://www.fantasyfootballscout.c… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 5 |
 PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from PlayON, This week we have a £1,000 GUARANTEED pot on offer - you can enter on the multiplayer page at http://www.playon.co.uk We are also giving FREE ENTRY into the £1,000 GU… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 6 |
 Dr Dream | Hits Research Coming Soon Just to be polite before I use posters Gameweek histories. I did a random poll of (-8) hits earlier in the season to try and discover how successful, or not, they actually are. The results showed … | 9 years, 11 months ago | 23 |
J0E | World Cup Fantasy Games Early Options. Attention - our first community submission article has just been published. Really great piece by Bowstring the Trout about the World Cup. http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/05/09/fantasy… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 2 |
J0E | Next season's Scoutcast team theme should be... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What should be the theme of next season's Scoutcast team? To recap for our Scoutcast Mark and Granville share management of a team with restrictions. This s… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 33 |
 Demí | Sunderland's Gwk 38 starting XI analysis Poyet promises changes for final day v Swansea - Larsson and Cattermole both injury doubts #safc http://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/sunderland-afc/poyet-promises-changes-for-sunderland-s-swansea-… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 43 |
 Damo. | What would be your FFS t-shirt Slogan ? Seriously. The t-shirts. You've gotta get some merchandise out Mark man. Get a poll going on the best slogans. I'd have to go with "Who got the assist?" We've all asked it to someone. | 9 years, 11 months ago | 31 |
J0E | See the live Scoutcast recording here Scoutcast should be up and running soon at this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3hoIJ7zxNA | 9 years, 11 months ago | 9 |
 Cpt Crunch Scott talent | Extra clean sheet points for defensive mids As it is now a lot of midfielders are not realistic options as they are to defensive. Great players that is amongsg the best st whst they do, but as rules are they are just not viable options. A w… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 23 |
J0E | Where next for the Ubers? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Defender rotation After a flurry of cheap defensive rotation posts at the start of the season the so-called Ubers (who favour a cheap rotating defense) and … | 9 years, 11 months ago | 30 |
Ryan | Yaya's 2014/15 prospects Is there any reason why Yaya can't get 220+ points next season? And if he can achieve that why wouldn't he be worth it at say 12M? | 9 years, 11 months ago | 14 |
 Mr. Greedy | Best Gwk 38 striker (who isn't Dzeko) Need some new strikers to replace Rooney and Aguero. Don't want Dzeko as the rivals I am trying to catch have him. Who looks the best option this gameweek? | 9 years, 11 months ago | 11 |
 Shifty | Why Ignore A Treble Attack? In reviewing my ML, I thought i'd share a rather simple tactic one of my rivals adopted this season. Since January, rival noticed that Pool and City would probably not stop scoring, and as a conse… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 59 |
 tommidee | What is a good first season rank? What is a good overall rank for a first season? First season and currently on 203k. Feel like I've made some pretty horrible decisions and got wildcard and transfer strategy pretty badly wrong. Ta… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 47 |
J0E | Scoutcast Questions Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Scoutcast Questions The Scoutcast is back this week and bigger than ever. Our podcasting pair of Mark and Granville are joined by myself plus two special gu… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 48 |
 Kings of Lyon ★ | Mini league prizes Do you stand to win any money/prizes if all goes well on GW38? If all goes well im on for - ML1 £200 ML2 £120 side bet - £20 side bet - £20 & crate of corona So £360 and a crate of beer. … | 9 years, 11 months ago | 24 |
J0E | 2014/15's breakout and improved players Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be 2014/15's breakout and improved players from existing Premier League sides. There are those like Luke Shaw who could move after the prices have … | 9 years, 11 months ago | 19 |
 Acquafresca | I will do better in 2014/15 because... This season has been a disaster for some on the site, including myself. Seeing how the bonus system has changed, how do you plan on changing your style of play for next season to ensure you don't … | 9 years, 11 months ago | 64 |
 MJ6987 | Change of FPL player categories needed This is my big idea for FPL. I said it at the start of this season, to a mixed response, but I think it is becoming more valid as football tactics evolves. Instead of having GKs, Defs, Mids and Fw… | 9 years, 11 months ago | 25 |