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AuthorHot TopicDateReplies

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 ago25

J0E
Gameweek 38 transfer decision

Fantasy Football scout daily hot topic Which type of player do you plan to draft in for gwk 38? 1. The title chasing goal getters from Liv's or ManC's ranks? 2. This season's Emmerson Boyce- the…

9 years, 11 months ago13

Mull
And the Gwk 38 Tchoyi/Boyce award will go to ...

So who's going to be the Somen Tchoyi of GW38 this season otherwise known as a ridiculous punt who will score a massive amount of points?

9 years, 11 months ago10

Kingston
FPL heroes and villians

Who have been your fantasy football heroes and villains this year? For me Mirallas has been the villain averaging 2.5 points per game in my team. Whenever I've taken him out of my side he has sco…

9 years, 11 months ago21

J0E
UFPL Stick Or Twist

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic UFPL stick or twist Whose sticking with their captain? Who is drafting in their bench? Tough one this week with lots of middling scores from potentially in…

9 years, 11 months ago14

Andy1
Relegated players on the move

Which players from the relegated teams can you see being in the premier league next year? I can think of Marshall Medel Hangeland Parker Caulker

9 years, 11 months ago21

Demel
Rooney injury - what the papers say.

Rooney news from the Daily Mail... Rooney will miss Saturday's game at home to Sunderland, having also come down with a stomach upset during the week, and it remains to be seen if he will feature …

9 years, 11 months ago12

J0E
Gwk 37's deadline dilemmas

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gwk 37 - key deadline dilemmas 1. What to do with Rooney? If dumping who for? 2. Ramsey v Eriksen? Many are going to bench or dump one for a dgwk player.…

9 years, 11 months ago25

President John F. Keninnsie
Deadzone draft game

Sorry for the late one today lads, but better late than never! 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…

9 years, 11 months ago72

@ocprodigy
Scout Picks Challenge

Better late than never at all eh! Apologies for the (very long) delay, but alas I present you with the one and only - Scout Picks Challenge! INSTRUCTIONS: *********** YOU MAY ONLY PICK ONE PLAYER…

9 years, 11 months ago45

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 ago4

J0E
DGWK 37's Surprise Star Will Be...

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Double Gameweek 37's surprise package? Ross Barkley and Jason Puncheon have been among the recent surprise differential points scorers in this s…

9 years, 11 months ago24

The Sarjeant
Punters' predictions GW37

Punters' Predictions Gameweek 38. For this week, I'll only be doing the fixtures on Saturday through till Monday, (none of the double gameweek matches,) so I'll have enough time in the week to to…

9 years, 11 months ago75

J0E
Who will be next season's best bargain defenders and goalkeepers?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Next season's bargain defenders This season West Brom and Stoke defenders and goalkeepers were overpriced after doing well in the previous season. Next se…

9 years, 11 months ago43

Wet Knee Houston
Gameweek 37's key matches.

Very intrigued about many games this round. Would like to hear some opinions about: WHU - TOT - normally, i would be content with Ade here, away games suit him well, plus WHU is not the fortress i…

9 years, 11 months ago13

ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
DGW big hitters with and without each other

As we know, RvP may be returning from injury, so, how will this effect Rooney's points? Rooney WITH RvP: 6.2 Points per game (93 in 15) Rooney WITHOUT RvP: 7.4 Points per game (96 in 13) Further …

9 years, 11 months ago36

J0E
Who dares to RVP?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who dares to RVP? He's failed to live up to his hefty price tag all season, but could just be the differential needed to turn mini league failure into glory…

9 years, 11 months ago37

The Sarjeant
The most bizarre football match ever?

Here's a funny footballing story I've just read about Grenada and Barbados in 1994. Barbados needed to beat Grenada by two goals in the last group game of the Shell Caribbean Cup in order to reach…

9 years, 11 months ago33

Rasping Drive
End of season differentials

Calling all mini-league chasers. What with the DGW upon us, we have perhaps one last throw of the dice to claw back some points. Assuming that our respective leaders will play the percentages and g…

9 years, 11 months ago19

J0E
The Revenge of the Single Gameweekers.

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Which single gameweek players that you plan to bench this week will come back to haunt you with a huge score you have no access to. There will be alot this …

9 years, 11 months ago43

Christina.
Dgwks: Quality over Quantity

Quality over Quantity For everyone taking hits to accommodate as many DGW players as possible, beware. First of all, ensure you have a decent DGW captain and v/c. Rooney, Kun & Yaya springs to min…

9 years, 11 months ago12

Robareid
Most enjoyable players to own

Which player/s have been the most enjoyable to own for you this season? For me it has been Eriksen. I think I've had him three times, and he's gone on a run of form as soon as I've got him all thr…

9 years, 11 months ago26

J0E
FPL team of the year

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic FPL XI of the year We've had the PFA team of the year. P Cech, L Shaw, V Kompany, G Cahill, S Coleman, E Hazard, Y Toure, S Gerrard, A Lallana, L Suarez, …

9 years, 11 months ago45

President John F. Keninnsie
Nasri -> Yaya for a hit?

I'm not the only one debating whether Nasri -> Yaya is worth a hit, so I've done a little bit of research.. Nasri - PPG: 4.3 - 2232 minutes played - Played full 90 mins: 10/26 games - 6 goals, 9 …

9 years, 11 months ago33

Walrus Eggs
Is Suarez to Wickham nuts?

Is Suarez to Wickham nuts if I don't need the money?

9 years, 11 months ago22

Piggs Boson
2013/14 Gameweek top scorers

GW Top Scorers - It pays to be different GW 1 Benteke GW 2 Campbell GW 3 Davies GW 4 Sigurdsson GW 5 Baines GW 6 Lukaku GW 7 Reid GW 8 Hazard GW 9 Suárez GW 10 Agüero GW 11 Suárez GW 12 Navas G…

9 years, 12 months ago8

ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
FFS poster of the year

In light of the PFA player of the year awards... FFS Poster of the year award. Vote for who you think is the best poster on this site. I'll go for Evs, usually gives out pretty decent advice.

9 years, 12 months ago49

J0E
UFPL stick or twist?

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic UFPL stick or twist? Who made a successful armband selection yesterday? Who is hoping for bench replacements to prevail? And, how are those loan moves wor…

9 years, 12 months ago10

BigManBakar
Evra v Jones

EVRA VS JONES Most of you will be looking for a United defender for their double to follow. This argument will make your job a whole lot easier. I am not taking into account Vidic and Ferdinand as…

9 years, 12 months ago14

HVT
Giggs the gaffer analysis

On Giggs first day in charge A few points IMO. I wouldn't have played : ( I was never for Moyes ) Vidic - appalling all season and leaving / terrible attitude and lacking respect for the club w…

9 years, 12 months ago20

J0E
Gameweek 36 captain roll call

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

9 years, 12 months ago40

asdasdasdadasdasda
Rank and aims scorecard

Guys What is your Current Overall Rank and What is your aim that can be achieved in the last 3 GameWeeks?

9 years, 12 months ago30

President John F. Keninnsie
DZ Draft

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 is the person whose combined 4 p…

9 years, 12 months ago78

@ocprodigy
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE

Hope you're all having a better evening than myself! After figuring out the gym I've recently changed to closes at 8pm on a Friday evening, I rushed straight down as fast as I could for a quick wor…

9 years, 12 months ago45

MJ6987
Key players for 2014/15

Who are you pencilling in for next season's starting FPL squad?

9 years, 12 months ago30

PlayON
PlayOn Q&A Session

Killian here from PlayON, A quick note to say that we have a £1,000 GUARANTEED pot on offer this week - you can enter the game on the multiplayer page at www.playon.co.uk We are also giving awa…

9 years, 12 months ago8

J0E
Guess The ManU Line Up Challenge

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic It's guess the Manchester United line up time. Let's see what you come up with...and we can check back over the weekend to see who should be crowned 'FFS Be…

9 years, 12 months ago56

Ryan
Armband Analysis

Thought I'd do a points analysis for the key captaincy options this week based on the type of opposition they face. Rooney, Ramsey and Aguero are the key protagonists as they face seemingly easy op…

9 years, 12 months ago20

The Sarjeant
Punters' predictions

I thought it'd be fun if we could trial a Mark Lawrenson-esque game, like he does on the BBC website, until the end of the season and possibly do it next season as well. Basically each week you h…

9 years, 12 months ago64

J0E
Baines v Coleman: Season finale.

Fantasy football Scout daily hot topic This ones from 7Shadesof Smoke and carries on a very lengthy Baines v Coleman debate that goes on every month or so behind the scenes at FFS towers. He says…

9 years, 12 months ago28

Henry Hill
Why no love for Aguero?

I'm surprised at the lack of Aguero votes in the Captain's Poll. He is fantasy gold, his team have to keep winning to have a chance at winning the league, he scores lots of goals and is on penalti…

9 years, 12 months ago12

J0E
Scoutcast link

Scoutcast link The scoutcast live recording will be appearing at this link soon. Should be starting in the next ten mins or so. Feel free to leave any comments about the scout here or tweet us usi…

9 years, 12 months ago12

J0E
Leave your Scoutcast Questions here

Scoutcast Questions Please leave your questions for tonights all new, all interactive Scoutcast recording. Recording will take place from 9:30 feel free to leave your questions for the Scoutcast t…

9 years, 12 months ago56

J0E
Suarez Captain or Mourinho Mindgames

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Suarez for Captain It's been a no brainer for most of the season, but with Chelsea coming to Anfield, many are looking elsewhere. Suarez is currently in jus…

9 years, 12 months ago30

isacki: full casual
Mourinho tactics vs Liverpool

I assume you have seen this already right? wtf "Jose Mourinho: I want to rest key players against Liverpool at Anfield" http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27121567

9 years, 12 months ago43

J0E
How will Moyes's sacking effect ManU's fantasy assets?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic How will Moyes's sacking effect Manchester United for the remaining games of the season. Which players are not on your radar? Will it mean a recall for the l…

10 years, 14 hours ago49

Christina.
The Case for Rooney: Take Two

THE CASE FOR ROONEY - TAKE 2 One of the hot topics earlier was some nice work on Rooney's performance against the bottom 5 teams. I think it read 7 games, 4 goals and 3 assists. I had a closer …

10 years, 16 hours ago17

J0E
Dgwk 37 options

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic DGWK 37 What is the perfect side for dgwk 37, which doublers have you got and who do you plan to get. And which single gameweek players are still a must to …

10 years, 1 day ago16

pricycle
Best Man Utd defender?

Please can we have a hot topic: which United defender is worth having? (if any...) We're all thinking the same thing!

10 years, 2 days ago24

Ryan
Is Moyes to blame?

I think I've finally come to accept that Moyes should probably go at the end of this season. Its clear that he isn't able to get the best out of his players. Kagawa, Mata, Rooney, Nani, RVP etc are…

10 years, 2 days ago27