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 J0E | Worth spending a little more in defence? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Worth paying a bit more in defence. Craig Dawson has the potential to be FPL gold, with goals in his locker should West Brom once again struggle for clean… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 36 |
J0E | Palace prospects With De Boer set to take the helm at Palace things are looking up for the London side. Who is tempted by their players next season? Is Benteke a viable option, even if he was frustrating to own la… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 15 |
 Pep | In search of 6.0 defender Will any CHE defenders be 6.0 or maybe even Danny Rose? Those will get more pts than likes of 6.0 attackers from newly promoted eg Knockaert and co | 8 years, 9 months ago | 47 |
 Ludo | would Firmino the forward be a firm favourite? After playing 19 of his 35 games up front for Liverpool last season, there's been some speculation that Roberto Firmino could be re-classified as a midfielder for the 17/18 in FPL. Personally, I th… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 20 |
 Mark | The Promoted as third strikers Morning folks. So Depoitre adds to the cast of promoted strikers and today’s hot topic is based on these assets. Do we really see any of them fitting the bill as a third striker? Depoitre may … | 8 years, 9 months ago | 29 |
Mark | The Clean Sheet Magnets Inspired by Giggs Boson’s article, today’s Hot Topic is based on clean sheet prospects this season. Who do we feel will be the breakout team for shut-outs next term? Do we see Spurs, Chelsea… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 47 |
 Foozeball | Mauricio Pellegrino Mauricio Pellegrino is the new manager of Southampton Pellegrino previously managed Alaves, a newly promoted side in Spain who finished 9th. Alaves had one of the best defensive records in La Li… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 25 |
 Team Cruel | Fantasy Eliteserien Scout Picks GW14 Scout Picks GW14 Lie Rolantsson - Ruud - Rosted Zahid - Jevtovic - Ulland Andersen - Adegbenro - Brochmann Sigurdarson - Omoijuanfo ___ Captain Poll results Omoijuanfo 30.8 % Sigurdarson 30.8 %… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 12 |
 RedLightning | Rotation in top teams FFS Daily Hot Topic With five Premier League teams in the Champions League this season, which of them will suffer worst from rotation? How many of their players might be poor FPL prospects because… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 12 |
 The Bandit | Best & worst pre-season bandwagons Who have been the best and worse bandwagons based on preseason friendlies? Obviously Boselli is the most legendary but there must be plenty of others and some successes too. I fell for the Routledg… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 35 |
J0E | Cheap DEF/GK Pairings Fantasy Footbal Scout daily hot topic What are your top cheap defensive/goalkeeper pairings for the first few games of the season. As the article says Ryan rotates well with Southampton's Fraze… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 18 |
 white lightning | dare you go without kane? I see just about everyone is starting with Kane. The last couple of years he's started slowly so wouldn't it be better to start with Alli/Eriksen & pass on him. The money saved could be used elsewh… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 10 |
 Witty Pun: Not good at this… | Is a third striker worth it? Is investing in the third striker berth wise? Lord forgive me, for I have sinned in creating this monster. For those of you who can't be asked, there is a TL;DR at the bottom. 🙂 For this little p… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 68 |
 FPL ZB | Overrated players Good discussion, which footballers in the Prem do you think are overrated? And by overrated, I mean actually rated in the first place, for reasons that are unknown, not people everyone agrees are … | 8 years, 9 months ago | 96 |
J0E | Navigating Liverpool's midfield minefield Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Navigating Liverpool's midfield minefield. Just when you thought selecting the best Liverpool midfielder couldn't get any tougher - they look to be signing … | 8 years, 9 months ago | 22 |
Ludo | Pep's rotation redux This is a follow-up to Kuntheman's excellent hot topic on Pep's rotation policy, which showed there were several safe starters in the first ten gameweeks of Bayern's 15/16 season, suggesting that P… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 22 |
J0E | Time to stop penalising players that get tackled? | 8 years, 9 months ago | 16 |
 ★Kuntheman★ | Pep's Rotation Policy analysed With all of the FFS talk about Pep and his “rotation policy”, I had to delve into some the statistics from the last season before he came to City, as I believe that his Bayern 2015/2016 team ha… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 36 |
 Shawcus | Price rises - set by quota or potential? I'm a little bit confused regarding the pricing of players. All I seem to hear at present is that a lot of last seasons players will be have price hikes this season. Even Jonty's hot topic alludes … | 8 years, 9 months ago | 47 |
FPL ZB | Are high transfer fees justified by increased marketing revenue? Why do football fans seem to have no comprehension that clubs don't get 100% of shirt sales funds? 'Buy Ronaldo for 200m, club will make it back in one week of shirt sales'... No they won't. | 8 years, 9 months ago | 36 |
J0E | Next season's 8-8.5m midfield stars will be... Who will be next season’s versions of Alli, Eriksen and Mane Last season Liverpool and Tottenham midfielders started off priced at around the 8-8.5m mark but out performed their price tag. Alli… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 52 |
J0E | Would a Ronaldo return help or hinder FPL? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic If Ronaldo (and it's a big if at this stage) re-joined Manchester United would it harm or hinder FPL. With the Portuguese likely to command a 14m price tag… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 42 |
Mark | Can Maguire be a viable 5.0 option? Morning folks. Harry's a big favourite of mine and so it made sense to base today's FFS Hot Topic on the big man. I loved him at Hull City and, even with the likely rise to 5.0, I reckon he can p… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 19 |
J0E | Goalkeeper spend and strategy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What is your preferred spend and strategy for goalkeepers? Do you prefer a 4.5/4.5 double up of two sure starters for sides that are unlikely to keep many … | 8 years, 9 months ago | 37 |
Team Cruel | Eliteserien Picks GW13 Scout Picks GW13 Hansen Rolantsson - Grøgaard - Kind Mikalsen Haugen - Knudtzon - Jevtovic - Gyasi Sigurdarson - Orlov - Mortensen ___ Captain Poll results Knudtzon 50 % Haugen 25 % Sigurdarso… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 0 |
J0E | Why a Man Utd Def GWK 1 is essential Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Why a Manchester United defender is a must from the start of Gameweek 1 I’m playing slightly devil’s advocate here by immediately decreeing the Manchest… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 39 |
 Doosra - â˜DeclanMyGeniusâ… | Home/Away Rotation pairs So, it rotates like so: Rotation Pairs: ... ... 38 ... 36/(34) ARS/TOT; HUD BOU/SOU; SWA BRI/HUD; NEW; TOT BUR/CHE; CHE/BUR; CPL/STO; MCI; EVE EVE/LIV; CPL HUD/BRI LEI; ARS LEI/NEW; HU… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 28 |
 A.T | Can Klaassen Prosper At Everton? Davy Klassen agrees personal terms with Everton. http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/davy-klaassen-agrees-personal-terms-13188359 A box to box mid who has scored goals in … | 8 years, 9 months ago | 26 |
J0E | Time to invest in City's defence? Manchester City’s defence Who thinks City’s defence is worth investing in next season? With Edersen joining they may finally have found the goalkeeper to match Pep Guardiola’s vision for hi… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 15 |
Ludo | Home and Away Rotation Sorry if this has been posted already, but I couldn't see it anywhere. These are the pairings that rotate home and away for all 38 gameweeks this season, so whenever one team plays at home, the ot… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 26 |
J0E | Does Zlatan really deserve praise? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic More big chances missed than any other player last season. http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/16995/ Yes he scored 17 league goa… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 37 |
 ricardo_vaz | Recruits from Benfica As a Benfica fan I'm going to offer my 2 cents on what to expect, football- and fantasy-wise, from big money signings Ederson (Man City) and Lindelof (Man Utd). I'm not a football nor fantasy exper… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 6 |
 Parm | PL Fixtures: Top 6 targets early on Thoughts on the top six fixtures to start with, anyone you'd avoid or double/triple up on purely fixture based? Arsenal - LEI, sto, liv, BOU, che, WBA Chelsea - BUR, tot, EVE, lei, ARS, sto Live… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 16 |
Mark | Fixture Tickers Are Alive Delighted to say that the Ticker - both free and members - is live in sidebar. Get frisking. | 8 years, 9 months ago | 22 |
 Lone Wolf FPL | Fantasy Euro Under 21s Fantasy Euro U-21 http://welltomek.usermd.net/ (sorry for repost) | 8 years, 9 months ago | 67 |
J0E | Fixtures Announced - Early Thoughts Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Premier League Fixtures Announced - Early Thoughts The fixtures are revealed....what are your early thoughts on issues such as GWK 1 Captaincy, rotation e… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 36 |
J0E | Is Lukaku a viable option for 17/18? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is Lukaku a viable Fantasy option next season? With a price hike expected to around the 11.5 mark and a move likely to Chelsea or another top four side - wi… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 64 |
 andy85wsm | Best FPL managers of all time One of the guys on Twitter (I can't remember if he posts here) has done some different analysis on the best FPL managers of all time. Some of you might be interested 🙂 Total Points https://twit… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 46 |
J0E | Kane and the 3-5-2 conundrum Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Kane and next season's 3-5-2 conundrum When I was writing an analysis of the Hall of Fame top ten recently a key theme emerged – they, in the main, used 3… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 27 |
 stilicho | Arsenal fantasy prospects Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Could Arsenal be a better source of Fantasy points next season than they were this season? With no Champions League fixtures for the Gunners rotation will… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 16 |
 d1sable | The next King? Any players your tipping to outscore their last season? And more importantly be FPL options (price dependent of course). Based on the info we have now i reckon some of these might be worth a dabb… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 16 |
 FPL Virgin | Sanchez to City Rumour Will Pep rotate another world class player into insignificance? Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez, 28, has finalised a summer move to Manchester City, according to Chilean journalist Fernando Solabar… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 23 |
J0E | Why FPL needs better Man Utd players Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Why Fantasy managers need better Manchester United assets. In my decade or so of playing Fantasy Premier League some of the best Fantasy players have been… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 46 |
 @ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - FINAL RESULTS SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 38 RESULTS Apologies it is this far delayed I've had not much time at all! The ultimate gameweek results! ***** GAMEWEEK RESULTS ***** Scores on the doors; 1st … | 8 years, 9 months ago | 7 |
J0E | Top tips on targeting promoted players Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Top tips on targeting promoted players With a poor scoring and clean sheet record Huddersfield on paper look like a no-go zone for Fantasy managers. But… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 18 |
J0E | Spurs early thoughts Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What are your early thoughts about Spurs options next season? With Kane, Eriksen and Alli all set for substantial price hikes the days of doubling or tripli… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 24 |
J0E | Community Writer of the Month Vote - May Best Community Writer of May - Vote Now We are once again asking for your votes to name your favourite community writer of the month. This time we want your votes for the best writer in May. Al… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 18 |
J0E | Fan versus Fantasy Loyalties Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Fan versus Fantasy manager Patience with players, keeping hits to a minimum and favouring 3-4-3 are tried and tested formulas for success in FPL. With Ben a… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 45 |
J0E | Brighton close to signing new keeper The Brighton goalkeeper situation has taken a turn. The prospect of Stockdale staying looks even more remote after he rejected a new contract on offer. But they've moved quick and reportedly ar… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 13 |
J0E | Should Sanchez be reclassified as a forward? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Should Alexis Sanchez be reclassified as a forward next season? Even when deployed on paper behind the striker he was often the furthest forward and for muc… | 8 years, 9 months ago | 37 |