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Snevitz |
Is Zlatan essential?
Posted as a Scoutcast question but I'll put it here as well.... Is Ibrahimovic really 'essential' in week 34? In the reverse of the fixtures (both at home) he scored a total of 7 points. In his la… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 32 |
J0E |
Live Scoutcast Tonight 9:30pm- Leave your questions here
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Live Scoutcast tonight at 9:30pm. Feel free to leave your questions for the team here. |
9 years, 5 months ago | 81 |
Mark |
Hot Topics Page - Views and Ideas
So a few things. Obviously views on some of the ideas above. Also, where should we add the link to this page? In the menubar? On a new Community page? What do we think about granting permissio… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 69 |
TorresMagic™ |
Hall of points
Thinking of a better way to measure Career HoF. Points scored over the past 5 or more seasons. You add 2000 per season you didn't play or scored under 2000 in. 2,112 2,287 2,199 2,226 2,… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 102 |
McQueen |
Will Valencia Be Rested In April?
How sure are we Valencia is not going to be rested in april with their busy schedule? He wasn't rested until now, with that said, really hoping it's not a trap. The most obvious Coleman replacement… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 22 |
J0E |
Scout Picks Lottery - Gameweek 30
Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 30 Once again we are on the look out for a champion to represent the community to take on the Scout Picks and win the chance of a prize. If you… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 1 |
J0E |
Preparing for the doubles - your sacrifices
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What sacrifice are you about to make to gear your team up for the impending double Gameweeks. With pricey options once again becoming desirable with double… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 23 |
MTPockets |
Hall of Fame or Form?
"HOF...with the latest season, weighted the heaviest and each corresponding season weighted at roughly 70% that of the previous season" Taking 16/17 = 1, 15/16 = 0.7 etc that would give 06/07 rela… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 74 |
J0E |
3-5-2 v 3-4-3 v both
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic 3-5-2 v 3-4-3 v both We have a couple of Live Hall of Fame analysis articles coming out soon looking at the strategies, formations, transfers and forthcomi… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 51 |
J0E |
Defender options
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Sad to have to write this one but here goes - who is the best Seamus Coleman replacement? Is Valencia the obvious replacement? Or should we be looking eve… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 40 |
J0E |
GWK 30's best differential will be...
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic First Gameweek back after internationals is often a minefield due to uncertainty over injuries and rotation. This means it is also often a golden time for di… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 31 |
Jafooli |
PL players playing FPL, conflict of interest?
I've said this before and I'll say it again. As FPL becomes more & more popular, I can see a genuine conflict of interest with PL footballers continuing to play the game in the future. Of course c… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 39 |
J0E |
Time to reclassify wingbacks?
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Time to reclassify wing backs? With even England now adopting a 3-5-2 (or variety of) line up, is next season time for FPL to fall in line with other Fant… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 99 |
J0E |
Early GWK 30 captaincy thoughts
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Early GWK 30 captaincy thoughts. Ahead of next Monday's launch of the captain poll for GWK 30 I thought I'd gather some early thoughts on where you will be… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 73 |
Enzo the Baker |
The case for a dgwk 34 bench boost
I think a case can be made for BB in DGW34 if we change how we perceive the Bench Boost chip. Don't look at it as a way to have 4x2 mediocre players coming off your bench during a DGW. Instead, l… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 16 |
J0E |
Top tips on tackling DGWKs
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Tackling the doubles - top tips With many in the community having experienced a great many of DGWKs over the years what top tips would you offer to ensuring… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 42 |
makaveli123 |
April Fool Scheduling for Man Utd
There have been some discussions on Man United players, DGWs and rotation of the squad. April will be a busy month for the club, fighting for a CL spot in two competitions. Out of the top 6 in the… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 26 |
Rossamous |
Bertrand at the double
Is anyone here considering a punt on Bertrand? Yoshida the value pick but with no Ibra or Kane, money can be splashed elsewhere |
9 years, 5 months ago | 22 |
Team Cruel |
Norwegian Fantasy Football
The developers of FPL have launched a brand new game - Fantasy Eliteserien (Norwegian league): https://fantasy.eliteserien.no/ The site is currently only in Norwegian but it's fairly easy to regis… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 113 |
Rogue Todd |
DGWK Chip Strategy
First impression for those with all chips left: Up to GW32, get in Man U GW33, get in Palace GW34, get in Boro TC Ibra in GW34 Then, If Southampton v Arsenal is GW35: WC GW35 with lots of Arsen… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 9 |
J0E |
GWK 29 Rough with the Smooth
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic GWK 29 rough with the smooth - how did your GWK go...feel free to list your tales of woe and joy here. |
9 years, 5 months ago | 77 |
The Rumour Mill |
DGWK 34 players to target
Not a set of DGW's that promise huge hauls, however, initial thoughts on players would be: MNU: Valencia, Ibra, DDG. All fairly nailed and have scored well in FPL this season. Would avoid the midf… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 21 |
AA33 |
GWK 34's Doubles
DGW 34: Manchester United - BUR(A), MCI(A) Middlesbrough - BOU(A), SUN(H) Crystal Palace - LIV(A), TOT(H) |
9 years, 5 months ago | 25 |
J0E |
Are Arsenal players best avoided?
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Even with good fixtures after gwk 30's clash with Man City, Arsenal look a shadow of their former selves. Given their talisman Sanchez may now be injured… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 15 |
Holmes |
Gwk 30 priorities- Vardy or Costa
Thoughts on Vardy over Costa? Unnecessary risk? |
9 years, 5 months ago | 17 |
FPL Virgin |
Teams to target
If you're playing your WC or starting to bring in DGW players, these teams have more remaining games... 12 - ARS, MUN, SOU 11 - CHE, TOT, MCI, WAT, LEI, CRY, MID, SUN https://mobile.twitter.com/… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 7 |
Sliver |
When to triple captain
For those that haven't played it, what are your thoughts for TC given the remaining fixtures? |
9 years, 5 months ago | 23 |
Rhinos |
5 reasons to keep your wildcard until gw36
Personally I think it's pretty clear that the optimal strategy is to wc 36, bb 37. In no particular order here are 5 reasons why; A) Jesus, if he's back by 37 it changes who'd you want as a Man Ci… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 25 |
J0E |
You can’t have them all - the ownership giants to fear
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic You can’t have them all - the ownership giants to fear Usually on a Friday I canvass views on the best differentials for the GWK ahead. But with a full s… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 23 |
Swan - Villa Proud |
The DGW Theory
Hello all. Just wanted to share my thoughts on the upcoming DGW’s and what I THINK could be the schedule. It’s just a theory nut will give it a go. From all the blanks, there were a total of… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 44 |
J0E |
Can Man City recover?
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Can Man City recover from their Champions League exit? Will this herald a slump, that coincides with a tough fixture run? Or will Pep's troops bounce back? … |
9 years, 5 months ago | 15 |
casper86 |
In the market for a Kane replacement?
Harry Kane Injury Dilemma So Harry Kane is injured and some of you may need to make a transfer. I’ve had a quick look and made a few comments on some of the options (I was planning on transferr… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 32 |
Rupert The Horse |
Sell Liverpool players before a big game at your peril
This whole selling Liverpool players before big teams and buying against the small thing, stinks of inexperience and an inability to learn. It's literally week in week out now. Almost as if the pr… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 28 |
J0E |
Will Leicester out fox us?
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Will Leicester out fox us? With great upcoming fixtures and strong form on the side Craig Shakespeare's charges look ideally placed to deliver strong return… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 15 |
Karan_G14 |
Fixtures, flights and Jet lag
This is the schedule for most of the players going for International duty from this weekend: 18/19 March - PL GW29 23/24 March - International fixture 27/28 March - International fixture 1/2 April… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 14 |
Individual |
Warning Over Son's Busy Schedule
Been considering a Son punt to enable Costa in for Llorente. Though attractive, I don't think I'll do it - purely because of the fixture list for him: 19/03: TOT vs Sou 23/03: China vs. SOUTH KOR… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 18 |
zøphar |
3-5-2 v 3-4-3 revisited
I don't understnad - why would anyone switch back to 3-5-2 with kane's injury? ibra is back in 2 gameweeks. Lukaku is near "essential", so a front three of Gabbiadini - Lukaku - Costa/Ibra looks id… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 18 |
diesel001 |
Statistical analysis of the top teams
Some statistical analysis of the Top 12 teams: Chelsea: 36 pts from a possible 39 pts at home. Chelsea: 26 pts from a possible 30 pts away against teams outside the Top 7 Chelsea: Have favourable… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 30 |
J0E |
Is Sanchez a GWK 29 option?
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Sanchez in for GWK 29? With West Brom on their holidays already could Sanchez be back on the radar for a GWK 29 transfer? Granted his goal yesterday was ag… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 36 |
J0E |
Gwk 28 captaincy
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this gwk and why? |
9 years, 5 months ago | 47 |
TopMarx |
Top 5 career hall of fame analysis gw28
The hits continue this week for Ville! I wasn't in time to submit my article on this week's Top Five Hall of Fame, so I've posted it here for you all to read. http://bit.ly/2nekyp9 Good luck! |
9 years, 5 months ago | 13 |
@ocprodigy |
Scout Picks Challenge - GW28
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 28 Excel isn't working so GW27 results will come tomorrow. Slight scoring adjustment - Ziro actually earned 3pts following a spreadsheet glitch. As a result, Flami… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 38 |
J0E |
When to wildcard
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic When to wildcard I suspect there will be quite a few wildcards thrown around this weekend once people see how low their GWK 28 player numbers are. But sa… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 75 |
THE Wild Rover |
Hitting the Blanks Head On
When you are considering hits look at each one individually and not as a running total. I see a lot of posts saying 'I have already done X for -4, should I do Y for -8'? Y is -4, not -8 and if you … |
9 years, 5 months ago | 47 |
J0E |
GWK 27 Rough with the Smooth
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Rough with the Smooth - GWK 28 Let's hear your tales of woe and joy here. Particularly keen to hear from any brave heroes that got in Kolarov for the doubl… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 76 |
J0E |
Live Scoutcast Tonight 9:30pm- Leave your questions here
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Live Scoutcast tonight - leave your questions for the team here. Starting at 9:30pm...just in time to see our heartbreak at Aguero's triple captain blank. … |
9 years, 5 months ago | 114 |
camarozz |
Ideal Post GWK 28 Front 3
Preferred front 3 once things settle down etc? I'm on Ibra ,kun ,lukaku at the moment . Kane,lukaku,gabbiadini Should be able to afford big hitting dgw midfielders then. What are you're plans?… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 21 |
J0E |
GWK 28 differentials
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic GWK 28 differentials With many teams owning key GWK 28 players such as Lukaku, Sigurdsson and Mane who will be this reduced Gameweek's key differentials? C… |
9 years, 5 months ago | 42 |
Optimus. |
Congratulations Optimus
Not long back from the hospital, baby Leah was born to us this afternoon by c-section at a healthy 8lbs 5oz, mother and baby doing well 🙂 My crappy rank is now a distant memory 🙂 |
9 years, 5 months ago | 68 |
Demí |
season defining decisions
50/50 calls that have defined your season so far? For me, it's definitely going Baines over Coleman in GW22. 22 points for Baines to Coleman's 44 |
9 years, 5 months ago | 82 |
