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| Author | Hot Topic | Date | Replies |
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J0E |
Live Scoutcast Tonight 9:30pm- Leave your questions here
Live Scoutcast tonight - 9:30pm Feel free to leave your questions for the team here |
9 years, 2 months ago | 115 |
J0E |
Gameweek 1 Rough with the Smooth
Fantasy Football Scour daily hot topic Gameweek 1 rough with the smooth Let's hear about your tales of woe and joy here - best will be read out on tonight's Scoutcast. Any Hegazi captainers out … |
9 years, 2 months ago | 79 |
theBoose |
Lukaku's poor swans form
Lukaku has garnered nearly half the votes for the captain poll this weekend, yet his record against Swansea is less than admirable, especially at the Liberty.. Games - 11 (5 Home, 6 Away) Goals - … |
9 years, 2 months ago | 20 |
Lawrø |
FFS FIFA Team
For anyone who plays Fifa time to time on PS4. We currently have an FFS Team (FFScout FC) in the game mode Pro Clubs on FIFA 17. Fairly large squad too, around 20 of us - but we'd like to grow eve… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 32 |
Mark |
Welcome Peter K
A second debut of the day. Peter K or "Special K" as I predictably like to call him, arrives with his weekly views on the Gameweek. Lovely stuff. Welcome to the team, Peter. |
9 years, 2 months ago | 29 |
Mark |
Welcome Nick & Tom to FFS
Yep, a big welcome to Nick and Tom to the site. We've never really focused on the market with a dedicated article and, given the work that these guys were doing on their own site and podcast, thi… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 0 |
Mark |
Captain Poll Reset
Massive apologies. I omitted Sergio Aguero from our Captain Poll this morning and therefore have added him now. However, I feel that we need to reset the vote given the advantage that Jesus was s… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 6 |
AceKn1ght |
Should've Done Better - GWK 1 Results
Hi guys, for anyone interested, I've had a look at the players over the weekend who 'Should have done better'- they were well involved in their team's attacking play, but didn't register any attack… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 14 |
J0E |
Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 2
Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 2 For the second time this season we are on the look out for a champion to represent the community to take on the Scout Picks and win the chance … |
9 years, 2 months ago | 1 |
J0E |
Goals imminent
Fantasy Football Scout Fantasy Football Scout daily (anti-knee jerk) hot topic Goals imminent The goals imminent table works best over a four match period but nevertheless we can still garner a… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 60 |
Costa Nostra |
Knee-jerking
The thing about this so called "knee jerking" is this.....The people calling it knee jerking don't want you to sell players they own for fear they will drop in price. Has nothing to do with it bei… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 24 |
J0E |
GWK 1 Bonus Magnets
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Bonus magnets Early days, with GWK 1 not even complete, but I thought it was worth having a look at the players that could emerge this season as bonus poin… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 33 |
FlockofSeagulls |
Chelsea match report
If anyone's interested, I watched the Chelsea match as a neutral, and whilst the negatives can be debated for days, I thought I'd list some of the positives I saw. 1. Despite their defensive shor… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 17 |
J0E |
Your early GWK 1 kneejerk
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Your Early Kneejerk. What has been your early Gameweek 1 kneejerk? Mark posted up his last night around the potential for Lacazette to prosper after his de… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 67 |
Diva |
The bigger they are, the faster they fall?
Can anyone point me to the origin of the theory that high ownership players drop faster in price? Thanks. |
9 years, 2 months ago | 47 |
The Royal Robin |
Lacazette - early thoughts
So what were people's thoughts on Lacazette in general? |
9 years, 2 months ago | 22 |
The Gobstopper |
Fantasy Football v real football
Kind of an off-topic question. Do any of you worry that FPL adversely affects how you enjoy the game (and the matches)? Each year I put together a squad (at least partially because it gives me some… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 24 |
J0E |
Gameweek 1 Captaincy
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining in Gameweek 1 and why? |
9 years, 2 months ago | 60 |
The Butch |
Friday pressers
Pressers I just found: Stoke City (08:30 BST) Liverpool (11:00 BST), Spurs (12:30 BST), Chelsea (13:15 BST) Man City & Man Utd (13:30 BST) Will add the missing ones once I have them |
9 years, 2 months ago | 7 |
That Was Easy! |
£6m Midfield Men (& Friends)
I wanted to post something worthwhile instead of everything that's been buzzing around right now... Budget Midfielder ~6.0M Phillips: while he went on a tear last year racking up assists and look… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 38 |
Pacer. |
Your family's attitude to Fantasy Football
So what do other people, your friends, nearest and dearest think about fantasy football, and in particular your addiction to it? My partner is very understanding; she totally gets it, the geekery … |
9 years, 2 months ago | 49 |
J0E |
Your one key piece of advice for GWK 1 is....
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic This was asked on the Scoutcast but would be good to get your views as well. It's Friday afternoon - a panicking group of Fantasy managers approach you and … |
9 years, 2 months ago | 61 |
Trigg ⭐️ |
Defence spend
What is your defence structure? I'm currently on: 5.5 4.0 6.0 5.5 4.5 4.5 4.0 |
9 years, 2 months ago | 70 |
Granville |
Willian v Alonso
Why do I see Willian in so many sides when Alonso is the same price and comfortably outscored him last season. |
9 years, 2 months ago | 64 |
Couti & the Below5th |
Probable Starters - GWK 1
Probable Starters 2017/18 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B03D_KnVF1fRYTdvakt4c3Q1MmM/view?usp=sharing The aim of Probable Starters is to provide a rough guide to early-season appearances for al… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 33 |
Ludo |
Long live the King
I'm starting to think that Josh King might make us all feel a bit silly in the next couple of weeks. People seem to have gotten over their initial aversion to Firmino being re-classified as a Forwa… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 25 |
Sleep Talk |
Has pre-season influenced your thinking?
I'm curious, with pre-season now over, have people actually learned anything? Or could you just as well have put up the team you have now as the minute the season started? For myself, I've ended u… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 12 |
Enzo the Baker |
The Case for Sacrificial Lambs
Sacrificial Lambs : The case for at least one 6 Mil+ defender After listening to the Scoutcast yesterday, I believe it's important to get at least 1 defender worth 6M+, purely from a structure P… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 48 |
Arteta |
Sanchez Situation In Full
https://www.arsenal.com/news/reason-why-alexis-could-miss-two-games “He had a little abdominal strain that he caught on Sunday morning in training, before he came to Wembley. He had a scan two d… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 11 |
J0E |
What is a Fantasy Island Risk?
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What is a Fantasy Island Risk? We are looking for your help to define a Fantasy Island Risk, for this element of the Scoutcast - where we select a player t… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 62 |
Keno |
Why Stephens?
Why is everyone about Stephens over Yoshida now? |
9 years, 2 months ago | 15 |
Evs |
Remember Boselli
Tip of the day... Dont get caught up in pre-season hype with unknown premier leagues quantites. Who remembers Boselli ??? |
9 years, 2 months ago | 15 |
theBoose |
Super Cup Verdict - avoid United's attack
Thought I'd provide everyone with my thoughts regarding the Super Cup, specifically in relation to United players and how they will fair in our fantasy teams: De Gea - The Spanish shot-stopper can… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 28 |
Mark |
Welcome Prokoptas!
Big apologies to Prokoptas. Meant to get this up before the Cast and completely forgot as I went on air. Rest assured, I will leave this up to mid-morning. A fine debut. Welcome to the team Pr… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 9 |
Lyonnais |
FFS Template and stats
Here're some (updated) stats for you: FF Scout template team / most selected players (sample = 50 RMT's from the last article): Elliot (84%) - Foster (54%) Cedric (44%) - Kolasinac (36%) - Mee (3… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 30 |
Bøwstring The Carp |
Preseason Managerial quotes
Just wondering if a mod can make this a HT. So over preseason, I've been following each team, and putting together a preseason "press conference" essentially, taking everything managers have said … |
9 years, 2 months ago | 41 |
J0E |
Live Scoutcast Tonight 9:30pm- Leave your questions here
First Live Scoutcast of the season - 9:30 tonight. Feel free to leave your questions for the team here. |
9 years, 2 months ago | 203 |
J0E |
Time to shun mid-price forwards?
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Are any of the midprice forwards worth getting? With many failing to impress last season would it be better just to get a cheap non playing 4.5 striker and … |
9 years, 2 months ago | 74 |
lilmessipran |
Are we overlooking T.Carroll because of his price?
It is actually intriguing to see that Carroll at 4.5 isn't being considered as a 4th mid option by many, if only fpl had priced him at 5 or 5.5 he would have been a 4th choice mid for lots of teams |
9 years, 2 months ago | 28 |
andy85wsm |
£5.5m midfield wonderland
Who are people looking at when it comes to £5.5m mids? This would be for a 4th midfield spot. Have you got your eye on someone to start with a view to being able to change? Is Tom Carroll actual… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 73 |
Whazza |
Dann, Dann, Dann, Daaannnn!
Scott Dann anyone? I need someone to share the love with. 5.0M, huge goal threat (9G in last two seasons, missed half a season(!)), presumably nailed on with jersey nr. 6 and Palace moving to 3 cen… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 32 |
J0E |
Community Writer of the Month Vote - July
It's that time again to vote for your favourite community writer of the past month. All you have to do is mention the name of the author who was your favourite for July in the comment section of … |
9 years, 2 months ago | 31 |
J0E |
GWK 1 Scout Picks Lottery
Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 1 For the first time this season we are on the look out for a champion to represent the community to take on the Scout Picks and win the chance o… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 4 |
J0E |
Community Shield Fall Out
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Did the Community Shield alter your thinking, given that both sides look out of sorts with key players missing through injury or summer fatigue? What now fo… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 37 |
_Greg |
Get a Grav Reminder
http://www.gravatar.com you fellas with no picture on your name, do yourself a favour, go to this site, spend 4 mins making an account for free and volia! You have a bit of personality, ppl are rep… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 36 |
Costa Nostra |
Points per 90 kings
I got to thinking about a previous post on points per match and I decided to break it down into points per 90 minutes played. Here are the results of some of the top players from last year and mos… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 15 |
André94PT |
Brighton & Hove Albion Round Up
Hello everyone! My final pre-season review is aimed at the newly promoted team Brighton & Hove Albion. Their opponents arrive at Amex Stadium after winning the Audi Cup championship by beating Nap… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 31 |
J0E |
All Saints Day
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic All Saints Day Saturday sorted out a few issues for those shopping for Southampton assets ahead of their very kind early run of games (SWA, WHU, hud, WAT,c… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 62 |
Jamie_GAWA |
Play safe and sensible
I think we sometimes try to be too clever for our own good around here, last year I played it safe and sensible and improved from top 200k (crap) to top 19k. Here's some things which helped me. 1… |
9 years, 2 months ago | 25 |
André94PT |
Crystal Palace Round Up
Good afternoon everyone! The match that I bring you today is between Crystal Palace and Schalke 04. Again, feel free to ask any questions you may have or to give your opinion. The point is of this … |
9 years, 2 months ago | 39 |

