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PRICE CHANGES Thanks to my inability to sleep at a decent hour I've been following the price changes for a couple of seasons now. As you've probably noticed, price changes are occurring less frequ…

Just done a quick bit of analysis on whether we can read into the apparent defender bias in the new bonus system. I've ignored the "top 6" teams - those with the most expensive defenders, United, C…

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Is the age of the premium midfielder over? Out of the top 11 players this season in terms of FPL pts so far just one is a midfielder (Nolan). Four of thos…

I was tinkering around with my team and came to the conclusion that even if I had almost unlimited resources to spend on my front 3, I would still have trouble choosing them. Why? because midfield …

BAPS: Ful vs Ars Podolski 3 Giroud 2 Bent 1 Eve vs Wba Jagielka/Baines/Foster/Jones 3 Hul vs Nor Brady 3 McGregor 2 Chester/Davies 1 New vs Whu Colocinni/Santon 3 Collins 1 Sot vs Sun Fon…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Last week Barkley emerged as the budget priced hero of the Gameweek. Who will be the budget hero of Gameweek 2?

(c) Soldado or Wally? Both will have a European hangover, but at least Spurs opponents will too. Wally got more minutes, and has less recovery time, but is fitter than Soldado, who is still getti…

Tweaked the Explosion imminent table to get it up and running for the season, rather than waiting for 4 gameweeks. http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/public-stats-tables/view/266/ Who will…

Killian here from PlayON. If you have any questions about the article above our about PlayON in general, just add them as replies here and I’ll answer them all

Thoughts/Suggestions/Insults appreciated! Boruc (Davis) Zabaleta, Toure, Collins (Chester, Ward) Walcott, Silva, Mirallas, Nolan (Barkley) Van Persie, Sturridge, Dzeko GK is obviously the weak li…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Who do you think will be the Premier League's top three goalscorers this season?

i have both Mignolet and Benteke, and i can't decide because hardly to predict what Aston Villa vs Liverpool will be this week. so i did a research and finally found this: http://www.bettingexpert…

With decisions to be made this GW on who is the best option to captain, and Man U with a tough game against Chelsea, I did some research on RVP's performance last season against the Top 5 teams las…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic What key lesson have you learnt from Gameweek 1?

I just made my FT while laying prone on an acupuncturist's table, with assorted needles stuck in me and some bloody machine giving me electric shots. IF THAT DOESN'T GET RESULTS THEN I DON'T KNOW …

Just thoguht I'd share from my new blog: To WC or not to WC? ( may as well keep with the Shakespeare theme) This is a short article on my philosophies concerning the elusive, or not-so-elusive …

IS BENTEKE ESSENTIAL? I believe he is starting to be and was getting close at points last season. Home or away he can be deadly, I remember when we got beat 3-1 at Anfield, he was instrumental. Th…

Our first Scout Surgery piece went up on FPL site today. Fill out the form if you want some dubious advice from Paul and myself.... http://t.co/OziG8y7hml

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic One for the RVP-less people here. Are you now basing your transfers on getting RVP in within the next three gameweeks? Or are you resigned to going RVP-le…

morning guys, is anyone else not sold on the dzeko-wagon? I mean he had a good all round game but he fluffed a lot of good chances that could have been critical in a game that was close and could h…

Is coverage a myth? Not the word itself, I understand the principle but why is it essential to have players to 'cover' teams or not have too many players from a team? Defensive cover - if a goal …

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Which Man City player looks the best to get? Does Silva or Toure offer security? Anyone going to attempt to navigate the Man City striker maze?

Dzeko yay or nay Havr to remove Lukaku , and thinking long and hard about bringing in Dzeko Positives 1) Looks very sharp 2) Will get lots of chances 3 Easy fixtures 4) He an easy swap due t…

Lukaku Replacement Strategies Posting this early this morning and wasn't many people around to fuel the debate. I am guessing that is where we will see the most transfer-out's with 27K (tops alrea…

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic What do you think of the new bonus system? Better than the old one? How will it influence your transfer decisions?

Match Ratings for Cardiff http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rate-cardiff-city-players-v-5746155 Now i believe this to be massively inflated. here's mine Marshall, 5, had t…

Great day for Southampton fans.. Capturing italy's number 9 with the world cup coming up, Brilliant. Heard he's a bit like suarez as far as temper goes but he should be a class signing. Reckon JRod…

After the first weekend of Premier League action I've just taken a very quick look at how the BPS system is awarding points for players outside of the "obvious" scoring. Not worth fleshing out into…

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic How are those jerky knees doing? Anyone made a transfer yet? Anyone wildcarded? If not what key transfer are you planning for gwk 2?

As requested I've reposted this to keep it off the bottom. Evening deadzone. I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the differences in what bonus point scores would have been on the …

Provisional baps Liverpool v Stoke Mignolet 3, Johnson 2, Aspas 2 Arsenal v Villa Benteke 3, Giroud 2, Szczesny 1 Norwich v Everton Coleman 3, Barkley 3, Whittaker 1 Sunderland v Fulham Hangela…

To not quote Frank Sinatra: regrets? I've had a few, but not my GW1... I think as long as you're not even contemplating whipping out the WC, I consider GW1 a success. Coleman's disappointing, but…

At least non-RVP owners don't have to worry about RVPs price rocketing as much as it might if he was cheaper. 43% ownership surely means there isn't that much room for an increase in ownership. A…

Is there going to be a massive trannyfest for Migs? He's not gonna save a peno every week and toure is better value at .5 less I believe!

The bonus points are updated in real time, I think. Look at the 'detailed stats', the column called 'BPS', it appears to be updating during the game.

Not sure how this will format. If anyone is interested in seeing how some Elite players have picked, details below (top 50 any season) Name Team Name Best Season Last Season URL RVP? Chelsea Vill…

So last night Cameron Jerome tweeted, asking for any fantasy football leagues to join. I found his team here: http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1444141/history/ He is in a league with loads …

Hi...needless to say that was a horrible morning for me. I'm so sorry that we could not cope with the pre 11.30 crush. We had lots of servers to deal with it but the issue was, we think, down to an…

Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Ok, lets see your teams then. Anyone not captained Hazard?

In aid of page decluttering community service - post your RMT here and I'll give you some feedback.

So for those wondering about Aston Villa's likely line-up, as a season ticket holder (and watcher of their pre-seasons on AVTV) I hope to give a bit of insight. Almost certainly we will line up as…

I've hardly been able to log on lately due to starting a new job and slightly more strict IT procedures! Anyway just thought I'd give a bit of an insight to Fulham and what to probably expect Fanta…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic - RVP-less RMT special. We've already asked for your RVP RMTs...now lets see what you can do when that 14m worth of Dutch striking power can be spread around…

Generating last minute love for Altidore 😉 : Having done a video analysis of Carrick (http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2013/07/30/friendlies-round-up-monday/?hc_page=2#hc_comment_5130830), Va…

So who would be your 4.5m space savers, or bench fodder midfield maestro 🙂 ? Earlier on there wasnt a RMT without Jerome Thomas, but now he's injured for a few weeks there is same uncertainty on…

I have cobbled together some historical (or hysterical) stats for the upcoming games; some may find it of interest (I couldn't resist sticking in the Torres information). LIVERPOOL V STOKE Liverp…

Dzeko Vs Lambert is the choice that's bugging me at the moment. City's top scorer could easily become the next Tevez, and by which I mean a hugely under-priced City forward. We're all finding it h…

Evening folks, I've updated the Probable Starters spread sheet to reflect the latest changes to squads: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B03D_KnVF1fRcG9MQVpHbEh5Qm8/edit?usp=sharing Also included…

How do people see Berba's appeal being affected by Kacaniklic being an injury doubt for GW1 and the new signings at Fulham? We want him playing as the furthers forward with Ruiz in the hole behind…

Which players would everyone put down as 'Essentials' in each category ranging from GK to FWD? I know this is very subjective in the term but think as Essential as it can get. Ronaldo and Messi are…