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 J0E | Which theory/dream will come true in 2017/18? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The theory you think will come true in 2017/18 is.... I love a good theory - Kane can't score without Dembele, West Brom can't score on a Monday and so on.… | 8 years, 7 months ago | 34 |
 Twisted Saltergater | Cherry Picking Bournemouth are stacked attacking wise. I've just spent the past hour researching their pre-season form, quotes from Eddie Howe, and how they finished the end of last season. Defence A.Smith/Fran… | 8 years, 7 months ago | 31 |
 André94PT | Newcastle latest: Atsu shines, rotation looms for Gayle Hello everyone! I just saw the match between Wolfsburg and Newcastle and I would like to share with you my thoughts about it. Coach Rafael Benítez has launched a team in a 4-4-1-1 system, with go… | 8 years, 7 months ago | 30 |
 Lyonnais | The FFS Template Team & Stats Here're some stats for you: FF Scout template team / most selected players (sample = 60 RMT's from Jonty's "Rate My Team Surgery" article): Foster (68%) / Elliot (67%) Trippier (73%) - Daniels (3… | 8 years, 7 months ago | 36 |
J0E | Is Salah's form too good to ignore? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is Salah’s pre-season form too good to ignore Salah’s strike against Bayern last night was his fourth of Liverpool’s pre-season campaign. Clearly … | 8 years, 7 months ago | 49 |
 Oven Glover | Cheap defensive rotation combo In my effort to find the cheapest possible defensive unit (in a 3 at the back formation) I've come up with this rotation scheme for the first 7 gws. I plan to use my WC over the 2nd international b… | 8 years, 7 months ago | 28 |
 Malcolm Tucker for England … | Trainspotting....FPL style. not spending time on this to be bottomed out! Choose a team. Choose a 4.0 keeper. Choose some bench fodder. Choose an OOP defender, Choose a f*****g big lad up top Choose wingers, wingbacks, Compa… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 19 |
 BigManBakar | Pog set to boom? I see a question being asked quite regularly on here is that how will the signing of Matic impact Pogba. The common perception is that this will free up Pogba as an attacking option as he can play … | 8 years, 8 months ago | 38 |
J0E | Differential Gem for 2017/18 Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Your top punt for FPL Already our first RMT surgery article has created a number of talking points. Who is the best third striker? Which 4.5 midfielder is … | 8 years, 8 months ago | 75 |
 Enzo the Baker | Template team based on FFS comments I'm trying to summarize all the trending Hot Topics over the last week to distill the best/most controversial advice FFS has had to offer so far. Here are my takeaways : - This is the season of Wi… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 22 |
 Lateriser 12 | The Premium Striker Eco-system Penned some thoughts while waiting to download the new episode from Winterfell. All these doom and gloom hot topics about what if you don't get our essential englishman. Ya he's a great pick but le… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 27 |
 Rupert The Horse | Are WBA defenders essential? Anybody formed a counter argument to the don't get West Brom defenders? Do we all really hunk they'll do that bad? Who's going without any? | 8 years, 8 months ago | 35 |
 Davido989 | Can Matic really improve Pogba? Can't wait to hear how spending £40-50m on a 29 year old will make an £89m midfielder play good. | 8 years, 8 months ago | 41 |
J0E | City v Kane - can Harry compete with Pep's stars? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic City v Kane When the FPL player list was revealed Kane was, for many, the first name on their team sheet. But with Spurs patchy form in pre-season and Kan… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 79 |
 nisag17 | The Power Five returns....in defence. Is this season going to end with everyone playing 5 at the back. The no. of options at attacking wing backs at top teams has never happened before. Arsenal and Chelsea look set to play with wingbac… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 20 |
 Cesc's old mullet | Daring to go Kane-less Are you also contemplating starting the season without Kane? Assuming : - a lot of us are building a team for 4 to 7 gameweeks at most (GW4 and GW7 are international breaks), - most of us want Spu… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 34 |
 Dr Dream | Sanchez & Kane - the captaincy kings Being as Doosra has him,..My thoughts... The captain pick in this game is by far the biggest consideration. The two best in the game are Sanchez and Kane who just happen to rotate Home and away pe… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 29 |
 Abel Xavier | Pre-season Stars Sorting the pre-season wheat from the chaff, this is a cautionary tale from last season. On the eve of the 2016/17 season, the Telegraph highlighted 10 stars of pre-season. Here's the who's who and… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 5 |
 Lord Flashheart | The case for just one premium mid Premium mids - maybe only one is needed? We can almost declare only two are needed, and maybe even just one. Sanchez - great player great returns - but 12.0, not playing forward anymore with lacc… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 14 |
 MB10 | Kane v Alli Alli vs Kane Spurs first off are generally quite slow off the mark - proven again with their preseason performances so far, leading Pochettino to admit they are a bit behind in preparations for th… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 25 |
 PvA | Kane's slow starts - the facts A lot is made of Kane's slow starts, so let's look at the actual facts behind it. We'll call the first 5 gameweeks the start of the season. 2016/17: 2 goals, 1 assist. GW1 - Blank v Everton GW… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 12 |
 Man Getting Hit By Football | Arsenal Game Review Attended the Emirates cup today, here are some notes I took regarding the game and the players likely to be starting gw1. On the basis of today's game, the RWB position will be filled by the Ox. B… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 17 |
 AceKn1ght | Can Kolasinac be the ‘new Alonso’? Can Kolasinac be the ‘new Alonso’? Following on from Kolasinac’s impressive home debut yesterday, I have seen a few people ask whether Kolasinac can be the ‘new Alonso’, so I have had a … | 8 years, 8 months ago | 33 |
 Mark | Dare we overlook the City attack? Massively impressed by City in that first half and, with the wing-backs working so well, I personally think that Pep will start with that system. For me, that shuts down both Sane and possibly Ag… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 38 |
 The Hindu Monkey | Big Six Attacking Cover Which of the "big six" do you feel the most need to cover (attacking) and why? I think a lot of that decision making will help plan which team you select. For example, my list is. 1. United (will … | 8 years, 8 months ago | 15 |
 FPL Virgin | "Red Roulette" in Liverpool's midfield Let's play the "red roulette". Who are you planning to get? Coutinho or Salah or Mane? Should we get 2 or 3 like last season? One of the biggest issues of the day and we hear nowt from FFS to he… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 40 |
 Individual | We will go back to Sanchez? Just thinking - not seeing Sanchez in any teams, nor has he come into mine. But are we missing a trick? Read an article just now and Wenger seems resolute that he's not going and we're holding him … | 8 years, 8 months ago | 29 |
Mark | Batshuayi over Morata for GW1? Good morning. Lots to cover with so many teams in action. Lets start by looking at the Chelsea situation with a first HT. Has Morata’s performance and Conte’s post-match comments poured cold … | 8 years, 8 months ago | 40 |
 bojack | Balancing the Budget How much stock do people out in having s pricing "structure" withing their squad which allows them to move with one or two transfers if a great pick emerges? I've always tried to get balance thro… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 32 |
Mark | When is Hammers time? Morning. Pretty tame stuff from this pair. Let’s look at West Ham with this morning’s HT. We are perhaps likely to avoid them for the opening five Gameweeks but are we prepared to re-asses… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 27 |
 ★Kuntheman★ | Predicting City's Lineup -----------------Ederson------------------ Walker-Kompany-Otamendi-Mendy ----------------Gündogan--------------- ------De Bruyne-------Bernardo---- Jesus-----------Agüero-----------Sané Bench: … | 8 years, 8 months ago | 47 |
 1569Tippins | Mini-League Handicaps Has anyone ever been told they're not allowed to enter a work's cash league? I've been told exactly that this year - I am however, allowed to enter the league if I accept a "points handicap" (base… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 36 |
Mark | Early UEFA Knock Ons Morning folks. So Everton did little to impress us last night and we might even expect Rooney's 20.7% ownership to take a knock now. That might be knee jerk, but last night's tie issued a remin… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 29 |
 Egg noodle | Bertrand > Cedric Bertrand easily outscored Cedric last season 4.4ppg vs 3.4ppg. There is nothing to state that the same won't happen again. Plus Cedric isn't sure to start initially. Simple probabilities state that… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 18 |
Twisted Saltergater | Keeper & Defender Combos GK + Defender Combos (This is in Chapter 8 of Waxys' Fanny Pack btw 😛 ) When it comes to dividing your budget between goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and strikers, every 0.5m saved in defen… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 25 |
AceKn1ght | The route into City's attack (A repost from earlier- for anyone interested- on the Man City attack) After Man City's convincing win last night, and with the wealth of attacking talent that they have in their team, it really i… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 22 |
 Forever mirin | Are we overlooking Rashford? If Rashford was nailed, would you dismiss him due to being reverse oop? I could very well be grasping at straws in my attempt to avoid spending 11.5m on Lukaku, but are the following arguments som… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 10 |
AceKn1ght | Hernandez the ideal 3rd striker solution Following Chicharito's- fairly generous- pricing of 7.0m, I've been wondering if he solves the conundrum of the third striker. A poacher through and through, I believe that he will be very suited … | 8 years, 8 months ago | 19 |
 I Member | Pep loves Jesus I don't care if it's pre-season or not, Guardiola had a choice between giving one of his strikers valuable minutes and he gave them to Jesus. The team then went onto score 4 goals with Aguero off t… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 22 |
 Deulofail | Blinded by mid-price mids? I think everyone's spent so long becoming accustomed to their mid-priced mids, and deliberating over which to choose, that they've convinced themselves they are essential to their teams, and withou… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 26 |
 Agger | Kane goal rate unsustainable? Danny Murphy reckons Harry Kane can't sustain his goal scoring because according to in-depth Opta stats, he shouldn't be scoring as much as he has in the last 2 seasons.. and his goal conversion ra… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 27 |
 Ludo | Son and Spurs Heung-Min Son broke his arm on international duty, and is expected to miss the start of the season. I think that could have a real fantasy impact, though perhaps not in the most obvious way. In th… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 13 |
Mark | We need to talk about Kevin Morning. So much to digest here. Kevin De Bruyne’s performances surely tops the bill, however. While we need to avoid reacting to every stellar performance in friendlies, has the Belgian issu… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 54 |
 Distinctly Average | Struggling with midfield Question: is anybody else actually really struggling with nailing down 4 mids that they're fully settled on? To me there seems to be question marks over almost every popular midfield option, and it… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 49 |
Mark | Alonso Back In The Game It seems we were willing to forgo Alonso for 7.0 but yesterday’s goal seems to have convinced us to re-assess that. Given Robertson’s arrival at Liverpool casting doubt on Milner’s minutes,… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 47 |
Rupert The Horse | Alonso Under Analysis Alonso seems to be trending since he scored today so I thought Id have a quick look in to him. Points per game of those who played over 2,000 minutes. Defenders: Alonso is in first with 5.7, the n… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 34 |
 _Make | The Ownership Debate The ‘ownership’ debate I see so much, SO much about ownership and the idea that not having a certain player can hurt if he 'explodes' or gets a haul. I'm quite keen to get the discussion going… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 67 |
Mark | City's Defence still failing in Fantasy? United defence yesterday, City today for the Hot Topic and poll. Man City have now compiled the most expensive defence in the history of football. So how come we’re still thinking twice when it… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 24 |
 James H | DDG the United cover? I never seriously consider starting with a premium GK, but if there's uncertainly surrounding Lindelof's start heading into GW1, does de Gea come into contention? - Bailly offers strong bonus poin… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 26 |
 FFPro | Bertrand Not Cedric The article says: "our quest for value keeps Cedric as the main man for now" It even compares Bertrand's 4.4 ppg to Cedric's 3.4. 0.5 for 1 ppg, not to mention more nailed to start the season. I… | 8 years, 8 months ago | 22 |