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 Deadeye367 | Key Wildcard Decisions Long Post Alert!! Hit the Wildcard button this GW and most people seem to be facing the same decisions even if we each end up with different teams. Here is how I think most people will be picking … | 10 years, 3 months ago | 18 |
 maxi - REAL ENGLISH FAN | Should FPL only let you pick two strikers? One very VERY easy and OBVIOUS thing fpl can do to stop template teams: When it began they thought everyone played 4-4-2 so they made it so that you had one backup plus your starting11 based on a … | 10 years, 3 months ago | 16 |
 J0E | The case against Januzaj Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The case against Januzaj Oddly I’m looking to get rid of Januzaj the week 28,730 managers have got him in. Here are my reasons. I’ve made a tidy pro… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 33 |
 Simon March | Second Half of the Season Theories 2nd Half of the Season Shifts: It's consistently demonstrated that the 'big' teams start winning more clean sheets in the second half of the season (arguably more due to 'smaller' teams becoming l… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 14 |
J0E | Is the SAS attack back on? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Is the SAS attacking formation back on? With Suarez essential, Aguero looking ready to start against Cardiff and Sturridge proving he's still a great prospe… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 24 |
J0E | Key wildcard decisions - the story so far. Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Gwk 22 key wildcarding decisions Each week new wildcard conundrums emerge. Here's the latest. Be good to get your thoughts in any of these and add your own… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 22 |
 Trigg ⭐️ | First 5 names in your Wildcard team Here's one ... first 5 names on your WC teamsheet. Not including Suarez as he is too obvious! | 10 years, 3 months ago | 24 |
 Heydudes13 | Lukaku: ditch or keep? What are Lukaku owners doing? | 10 years, 3 months ago | 27 |
 Mary | FFS Top 200 league stats Stats for top 200 in FFScout league: http://docs.google.com/document/d/1okjvRR9dOmpHOZ0AfzfsnPkgqj5sY1PDcorphVNsdLE/edit?usp=sharing Summary: Percentage still in cup: 53.50% Average Team Value… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 10 |
 Evs | Why do you Love Ade? Adebayor lovers, please explain to me rationale of getting him over others in similar bracket? eg Soldado, Lukaka or Giroud. | 10 years, 3 months ago | 30 |
J0E | Wildcard surgery Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Last minute wildcard surgery With many of you wildcarding this week I thought I'd start a handy thread to discuss your last minute changes. Key questions w… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 57 |
 PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from PlayON, If you have any questions about PlayON or about the article above, just add them as replies below and I will answer them all. Two questions we would like the opinion o… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 10 |
J0E | Unlikely season saviours Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Unlikely season saviours In the 2011/12 season all looked lost for me after the first few weeks. I’d missed the bandwagons at the time. But about five w… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 20 |
J0E | Community leagues news Community Leagues news Just starting compiling this weekend's Community Round Up article. With no Premier League games last weekend the Community Leagues section is looking a little bare. If anyon… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 32 |
 Spencer | Mini-League Competitions Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Mini-League Competitions Does competing in the mini leagues influence which players you start or captain? For example, do you pick a differential captain t… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 31 |
 Koflok | Another ticker value alternative SEASON TICKER UPDATE! Okay well it's not the official one. Jonty mentioned earlier FFS team is working on an updated Ticker as the current one is a bit 'outdated' and all that. (Away to MU a 'very… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 24 |
 Slikk | The skinny on Solskjær Since I'm a Norwegian I thought I might as well try to give you my opinions about what to expect from OGS and Cardiff in the future, since I've been following his work at Molde for a couple of seas… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 12 |
 Alberto Tomba | Budget Midfielders Budget Midfielders Hello chaps, I'm currently on WC and wondering who to pick as a fifth mid. I went through players under 5.4 and without considering fixtures or rotations here's what I reckon.. … | 10 years, 3 months ago | 29 |
Mary | FPL League Stats Hey, just thought I would post to let users on here know about a Chrome Extension I have developed to give insightful statistics on FPL Mini-Leagues. The stats calculated will be based on the curr… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 26 |
 r0nh | Does rotating cheap defenders actually work? Does the cheap rotating defenders system actually work? You obviously play the defender with the easiest fixture any given week... But how often do they return a clean sheet? | 10 years, 3 months ago | 27 |
J0E | Wildcard differentials Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Wildcard Differentials As you'd expect the same names are coming up in wildcard rate my teams. But what names should we perhaps be considering as key differ… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 36 |
Koflok | Fixture Difficulties and Sexy Potatoes Long post ahead. The few paragraphs between the lines is the 'journey' I took and how I get to the conclusion.. I know for most of you, you just want the good stuff. So if it's TLDR feel free to sk… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 21 |
J0E | Wildcard goalkeepers Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Wildcard goalkeepers With the wildcard deadline approaching at the end of the month how we line up our goalkeepers will be key. It’s a sport you will rar… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 25 |
 Phaze 1 | Will Yaya Keep It Up? Posting again for Sinik and for the zone in general. The case against Yaya 'LUCKBOX' Toure. I wanna start off by saying that I know players can go on streeks/purple patches and when they do you ju… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 12 |
 matskm | Assessing the Arsenal midfield options New to FPL comment posting, but been reading for a long time. My 2cents on Walcott replacements. I am a Gooner and follow the whole team closely (though not at most of the matches). However, I was … | 10 years, 3 months ago | 37 |
 Beavis | Walcott replacement options Walcott Replacements Right, I'm sure this is the question that is on everyone's mind so let's look at the options available to replace Theo. 1. OBVIOUS a) Ozil - 9.9m - 17.5% ownership - 6.33 P… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 22 |
 The Sarjeant | Wildcard defensive decisions The January Wildcard - Defensive Decisions. Fantasy football managers are now armed with the January wildcard, and whilst most of us know the attacking targets that we want, I thought I'd take a … | 10 years, 3 months ago | 3 |
Koflok | Baines as a 4th midfielder option? Had quite a bit of lengthy discussion over at DZ http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/01/05/the-community-round-up-22/?hc_page=9#hc_comment_6458463 Thought I would bring up the topic to a di… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 29 |
J0E | Is Wayne Rooney now a spent force? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Is Wayne Rooney at Manchester United now a spent force in fantasy terms? No longer nailed on due to injury, plays deeper in a position he said on record he … | 10 years, 3 months ago | 15 |
 SPorting | Anyone for a Diet-Wildcard? Anyone going for a "WC light" or a "Diet WC"? In other words, only changing 4, 5 or 6 players instead of the whole lot? | 10 years, 3 months ago | 21 |
 Dogba | Should we consider turning our backs on Coleman? Am I the only one who is considering going with Terry instead of Coleman for Jan WC? I think they'll score about the same amount of goals (2-3 more with some luck) until the end of the season, but … | 10 years, 3 months ago | 31 |
 Camzy | Ozil v Cazorla Ozil or Cazorla? Cazorla - 9.5m, 2.3% ownership Pros: - Differential - Good form - 90 minutes in last 3 gameweeks - Cheaper than Ozil - More goal attempts Cons: - If money is tight, won't allow t… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 8 |
 Bielsa's Bucket | FA Cup draw Full draw results Sunderland / Carlisle v Kidderminster / Peterborough Bolton v Cardiff Southampton v Yeovil Huddersfield v Charlton / Oxford Port Vale / Plymouth v Brighton Nottingham Forest v I… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 10 |
J0E | Cheap striker options Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Cheap Striker Options For those wildcarding and investing heavily in midfield and still wanting a decent defence a cheap to mid price third striker looks th… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 45 |
Koflok | Value defender potential A week ago I did a quick review on teams with value defenders; how they are doing so far and what's the likely performance in this second half of the season. Summing up quickly, the likes of Hull… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 8 |
Evs | Wildcard: The Midfield Big Guns. Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic. The Midfield Big Guns. With the January wildcard now upon us a, how many BIG Hitters will you be looking to flood you midfield with? Who will your preferr… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 58 |
 lachyas | Eight Steps To A Wildcard Template Your Guide To The Wildcard Template Team This assumes a team value of around 108, although could easily be made to work with less or upgraded to a better team with more. There’s plenty of room f… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 9 |
 Elniñorules | Playing For The World Cup A big consideration for me in the WC teams is player motivation for the World Cup. Will be looking at players who're looking to make a strong case for breaking into the first team. Who are we look… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 43 |
J0E | Late wildcard planning - frisking the gwk 24-29 fixtures. Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Late wildcard planning For those thinking of leaving it until the last minute to wildcard I thought I’d look ahead to the six gameweeks from Gameweek 24.… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 24 |
 President John F. Keninnsie | Wildcard Rotations Posted this earlier. Long post alert! I've posted a lot of this information separately before the WC can be used so now that the WC is available I've grouped it all together in one long post. Headi… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 12 |
 Granville | Time for 3-5-2? I reckon this wildcard has come at the right time to consider going 3-5-2 and picking a budget striker. Good options now with the like of JRod, Hooper, Agbonlahor, Berahinho, Gouffran all performin… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 34 |
 Absinthe 42 | interesting article on fixture scheduling Is this an article that has done the rounds before? Very interesting analysis of how a lack of rest leads to poorer performance for teams. http://www.fifpro.org/news/news_details/1933 | 10 years, 4 months ago | 6 |
 BMox81 | One GK and a non-playing backup or rotating keepers For those who have gone half the season with one GK and a non playing backup - do you intend on changing this for the second half of the season? I think I'm going to stick with it. It's served me … | 10 years, 4 months ago | 17 |
J0E | Rate my early wildcard team Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Rate my early wildcard So who is wildcarding this week and if so feel free to share your wildcard team so far? Are you going for price rises? Which stri… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 24 |
 GK | More wildcard bargains With January wildcards being played as of today who are YOU tipping as potential bargains or the best value for money? There's plenty of players out there coming back from injury, just coming in to… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 6 |
 Smarty Pants | Top 1K Stats Full Stats: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqtVjAktDqTFdEtIckNxaWVtal9JYWhRYmV4d1R2UHc&usp=sharing HIGHLIGHTS GW20 transfers made 1160 Teams which were in the top 1K in GW19… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 32 |
J0E | Gameweek 20 benches Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Let's see your benches With rotation and injuries set to plague Gameweek 20 our sub benches could be key. So what shape is your subs bench in? I'll go fi… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 37 |
 Bauerhaus 24 | January wildcard bargains SOME JANUARY WILDCARD BARGAIN/DIFFERENTIAL OPTIONS RETURNING FROM INJURY Keepers: BORUC £4.7 - 11.2% ownership (mostly dead) - 4.5points per game - Expected return* 11th Jan - Excellent fixtu… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 14 |
 BON | What does it take to be a top fantasy manager? Evs (FFS) & spiderm4tt (FISO); currently the best managers? Evs from FFS finished 5th last year, and this season is currently 1,099th. http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/8486/history spiderm4… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 26 |
PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from www.playon.co.uk, I'm happy to answer any general questions you have about PlayON. Also, as per the article above, there is a bounty on OptaJoe's head for the New Year's Day ga… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 2 |