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AuthorHot TopicDateReplies

Valar(Keith)
Who benefits from Aguero?

Everyone talks about the negative effects of Aguero being fit on Citys fpl options(Yaya's penos lost, Dzeko/Negredo limited game time), but has anyone looked at the positives especially on 2 assets…

10 years, 1 month ago6

Holmes
Gwk 31 differential XI

Which players would you include in a Differential DGW31 team?

10 years, 1 month ago29

J0E
A catch up on defenders and bonus points

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Are centrebacks still hoovering up bonus points? Back at the start of the season a major change regarding defenders became apparent. Under the new BPS centr…

10 years, 1 month ago18

Valar(Keith)
Coleman or Baines?

Just goin through some Coleman stats and even though he has blanked attackin wise in the past couple of fixtures he's still creating chances, taking shots and getting a lot of peno box touches. doe…

10 years, 1 month ago22

J0E
UFPL quality bench fodder

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL quality bench fodder Following on from Archie's excellent hot topic on UFPL strategy http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/03/08/the-scoreboard-g…

10 years, 1 month ago16

The Machine
Lukaku the Aguero Alternative?

Fancy Lukaku with (SWA newc) to outscore Aguero over the next three Probably gonna end up playing 270 mins too Anyone else avoiding Sergio? Can't fit both him and Yaya and the latter is pretty mu…

10 years, 1 month ago27

J0E
Key gwk 30-31 transfers

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Key gwk 30-31 transfer decisions With the dgwk looming where will you be investing your cash? Sturridge and Suarez? Aguero or Lukaku? AJ or Nolan? …

10 years, 1 month ago21

A.
UFPL planning

Anyone still paying attention to UFPL? No? Well I'll carry on anyway, as i'm going to be fiddling with the unlimited transfers on there shortly Looking at the fixture spread to look at how easy it…

10 years, 1 month ago4

Piggs Boson
What's your Pre-amble ?

Preamble competition anyone? Upload your own preambles and the one with the most upvotes wins 😉

10 years, 1 month ago11

J0E
Gameweek 29 captain

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

10 years, 1 month ago10

Nice to Finally Michu
Schürrley not

Unraveling the fantasy enigma that is… Andre Schurrle - Schurrle in total has 6 goals this season, which in simpler terms is more than Silva, Ozil and Cazorla - However, Schurrle has scored on …

10 years, 1 month ago1

@ocprodigy
Scout Picks challenge

It's that time of the week again, Scout Picks Challenge time! For those who don't know yet... INSTRUCTIONS: Normally, you may only pick ONE person from each team (yes, two of your players will be…

10 years, 1 month ago78

J0E
An Expanded Evs Hit Topic

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Bit of a hit topic today. Expanding on Evs's hot topic yesterday about how many hits you are taking this week, he also asks how many hits do you plan to tak…

10 years, 1 month ago36

Evs
Who is taking a hit this week?

Right then, hands up who's taking a hit(s) this Gw ???

10 years, 1 month ago55

Courtois in the Rye
Don't put the Dgwk cart before the Gwk29 horse

This is going massively against the grain but is the possibility of scoring highly this week being overlooked in a lot of the planning - people going ahead with 6/7 players etc in favour of getting…

10 years, 1 month ago39

applebonkers
Smalling Stats

of the past 20 games smalling has started 15. of the other 5 he was injured for 2 and came off the bench in 3. the run includes starting 10 of the last 11, and all of the last 5. start 1: RB v sto…

10 years, 1 month ago12

J0E
Scoutcast Questions for Mark and Granville

Community scoutcast questions for Mark and Granville. Feel free to leave your questions here for our podcast pair.

10 years, 1 month ago33

J0E
Double gameweek 31 frontlines

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Today's is from Evs. He asks: "What will be your dgw frontline and why?" Who are the must have's. Is Sturridge and Suarez still viable with Aguero, Remy an…

10 years, 1 month ago26

Piggs Boson
Your Most Shameful Decision?

What's your most shameful decision you've made this season (so far)? Mine is probably buying Lamela for 9.0m.

10 years, 1 month ago35

Demel
Your Favourite World Cup?

What was your favourite World Cup? For me and my love of the underdog the 2002 World Cup had it all including the shock after shock of The South Korean team. England actually put in a decent show…

10 years, 1 month ago37

FPL Touches
The Dirtiest Team Ever?

Just been wondering which squad in history you would class as the dirtiest team EVER.. Surely there's been no-one worse than 2002 South Korea? 😯

10 years, 1 month ago38

roscola
Which non-DGW players will you keep?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Which non-DGW players will you keep? We're all rightly going bonkers over a big juicy double Gameweek but having a full complement of 'doublers' would mean …

10 years, 1 month ago31

President John F. Keninnsie
Is Aguero Essential for GW31

Is Aguero essential for GW31? I've made my mind up that I'll get Remy instead of him, here's why... Aguero + High-scoring team + Proven FPL player + Fixtures + On penalties + Plays Hull in GW30 …

10 years, 1 month ago30

Evil Greg
Kevin Nolan v Adam Johnson

Does any of you boffins fancy doing an AJ versus Nolan comparison? NOLAN: + 5.26 PPG (90 mins) + in form (5 in last 5 games) + 10 games remaining (DGW) + Two home ties for DGW - Liverpool/Arsena…

10 years, 1 month ago12

SwissGuinness
Gwk 29 defenders for a hit

DEFENDER FOR GW 29 FOR A HIT Hey guys ! I'm looking for a defender for GW29 for a hit. So I share my thoughts with you ! I looked at the options for GW29, focusing on CS, attacking threat and fix…

10 years, 1 month ago23

J0E
Best GWK 29 differential

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Best gwk 29 differential. I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that this is the best week of the year to take a hit for an outrageous differential. Most will …

10 years, 1 month ago35

Gwk 29 capt. candidates - the history

Gameweek 31 Captains - The History Robin van Persie vs West Brom 9 appearances - 5 goals - 3 assists Wayne Rooney vs West Brom 11 appearances - 6 goals - 4 assists (5 goals in last 4 apps) Frank…

10 years, 1 month ago6

Reedy
Gameweek 29 options

There really is a paucity of genuine armband contenders for GW29. One thing it has done is made me look beyond the usual suspects, and I think it's time I contributed something anyway - so here's m…

10 years, 1 month ago13

Irish Madridista ⭐
Would you bench Hazard over a doubler in Gameweek 31?

Are people planning on benching Hazard for the DGW? I'm currently planning on having a cheap 5th mid like Livermore with 2 fixtures and not sure if I'd play Hazard..

10 years, 1 month ago52

J0E
Gameweek 29 line ups

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 29 line ups Let's see your line ups then for Gameweek 29 as it stands - will you take any hits, or are you happy to go in to the week with less tha…

10 years, 1 month ago35

Colonel Shoe 肝池
The Double Gameweek Captain

dgw captain is goin to be interesting, could make or break it

10 years, 1 month ago27

Demí
Mirallas - Keep or Kick?

Everton fans are saying Mirallas and Lukaku were on the bench as Martinez plans to start them vs Arsenal so thought yesterday would be an opportune game to rotate and play the likes of Deulofeu an…

10 years, 1 month ago9

The Machine
The DGW 'Big' Five (but there are 6...)

Can't really imagine many having the "BIG FIVE" for the DGW How many of the following do you plan and NOT having for the DGW: Hazard Yaya Aguero Suarez Sturridge Mata (Nowhere near the big five, …

10 years, 1 month ago26

Mark
Ultimate FPL - GW28 - Story So Far

Quick check around the community... Points after today's changes, today's players in action and current Captain. I'm on 69 having made my changes for today. I've Vorm, Williams, Vlaar, Snodgrass,…

10 years, 1 month ago41

J0E
Sturridge or Suarez for the captaincy?

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Suarez or Sturridge If you own/owned Suarez and Sturridge which do you captain from now on? This has been suggested by Mark by the way.

10 years, 1 month ago15

J0E
Gwk 28 captain and transfer?

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Gameweek 28 capt and transfer Who are you captaining and why? What was your transfer and why that player(s)?

10 years, 1 month ago19

President John F. Keninnsie
Deadzone Foursome

It's time for Round 2 of 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 …

10 years, 1 month ago133

Probniii
Rest = goals.

In the previous article I made a post arguing that forwards with more regular rest between matches (ie. times when they are required to peak) are more likely to score more points that those that ar…

10 years, 1 month ago8

@ocprodigy
Scout Pick Challenge

SCOUT PICK CHALLENGE Welcome to GW28 Scout Pick Challenge! Good luck, sorry I'm around 45 mins later than planned but plenty of time to put your picks in! INSTRUCTIONS: One simple rule - you can …

10 years, 1 month ago81

PlayON
PlayON Q&A

Killian here from PlayON, I'm happy to answer any questions you have about the article above or about the game in general. This week we have two special offers: 1) Facebook competition where yo…

10 years, 2 months ago12

J0E
Line ups for gwk 29 and 31?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Fielding 11 and dealing with the blanks Quick questions relating to transfers over the next few weeks as many will be looking at making a transfer today. H…

10 years, 2 months ago38

Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
Members Table: Doosra's Cute Crossers

http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/402/ Not just a great goalscorer, or a pretty face ...

10 years, 2 months ago0

J0E
Scoutcast Questions for Mark and Granville

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Scoutcast questions for Mark and Granville Feel free to leave your questions here for Mark and Granville to answer when they record their podcast this lunch…

10 years, 2 months ago66

Will - Fantasy Football Hub
Best players gwks 30-38

GW30 and Beyond - time for a team revamp? Number of games left: 12 - Man City, Sunderland 11 - Everton 10 - Palace, Arsenal, Villa, Hull, Liverpool, Man Utd, New, Swansea, West Brom, West Ham …

10 years, 2 months ago8

Az
Cup competition for FFS cup non-qualifiers

Would those that didn't manage to qualify for the FFS cups be interested if I set up another FFS cup for just those that failed to qualify? Same format as the regular cup, knockouts etc. if I can g…

10 years, 2 months ago12

elkunaguero
Selling Hazard is Hazardous

Hot Topic Lots of talks here since yesterday on potentially selling Hazard for GW31... I think this is rubbish... as he now costs 11.0 and most serious players will have a selling price in the low…

10 years, 2 months ago11

J0E
The demise of ManU as a fantasy football force

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The demise of Man United as a fantasy football force Last night was full of some excellent posts about the decline of Manchester United as a footballing for…

10 years, 2 months ago62

speardrops
Adam v Snodgrass

The big question for most: Adam v Snodgrass Adam: +More explosive. +More dangerous from pens, corners (assists) and long range. +Higher chance of assists. -Plays away at Norwich soon. -Plays at A…

10 years, 2 months ago17

Fratboy
Rescheduling Scenarios

UNASSIGNED GAMES: Arsenal vs Swansea Man City vs Aston Villa Newcastle vs Everton Liverpool vs Sunderland Man City vs Sunderland Sunderland vs West Brom Now, with Champions/Europa League taking u…

10 years, 2 months ago33

J0E
Please Someone Save Me From Snodgrass

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Please Someone Save Me From Snodgrass With Hull and West Ham becoming the latest two teams to miss out on a fixture in Gameweek 29 options in midfield that …

10 years, 2 months ago33