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 FPL Puppy | Thank you! This is a THANK YOU-post. Last time Lukaku scored a hattrick (Sep 12th 2016); didn't own him, got Barkley's 1 pointer (after being subbed at halftime for being useless), captain fail from Hazard, … | 9 years, 1 month ago | 4 |
 J0E | Gwk 24 captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? | 9 years, 1 month ago | 43 |
 @ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 24 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 24 GW23 results tomorrow. ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, every evening prior to the start of the gameweek FF… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 39 |
J0E | GWK 24's Best Differential Will Be... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gameweek 24's top differential and why? | 9 years, 1 month ago | 64 |
 Hutch_James | Fantasy Six Nations - A Reminder Fantasy Six Nations final call: A quick note for those playing Fantasy Six Nations - all the team lineups are in at http://www.superbru.com/sixnationsfantasy/fstartinglineups.php so you can confir… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 0 |
 JogaSemmedo | Aguero Owners - Stick or Twist? Aguero owners A) Holding Or B) Selling | 9 years, 1 month ago | 12 |
 applebonkers | Blank Fixtures Are Like A Black Hole On the Season a hugely annoying part of these blanks is not all the teams/players missing out but the impact it has on transfers in the meantime. aside from finding it very difficult to have a fun punt on someon… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 21 |
 Pirlø's Pen | Is this the end for Aguero as a FPL Asset? Is this the end of Sergio Aguero? Has Pep's man in the form of Jesus claimed the strikers spot? Leaving Aguero as the most expensive sub in FPL history. | 9 years, 1 month ago | 18 |
J0E | FA Cup's Stock Plummets Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic More of a general football discussion today. What do you think of teams fielding weaker sides in the FA Cup. All those looking for promotion to the Premier… | 9 years, 1 month ago | 43 |
J0E | Coping with the Blanks - Latest | 9 years, 2 months ago | 26 |
 Dr Dream | Giroud v Walcott Is Not So Simple The problem we have with the starting line up for Arsenal is that Giroud isn't any better or worse than Theo/Welbz....the problem is he's very different. Giroud offers great aerial threat and a sta… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 13 |
 Lawrø | Who's your favourite all time FPL player? Your favourite FPL player ever? 🙂 Hard to look past Wally for me... his Newcastle haul a few years back was magical. Absolutely golden | 9 years, 2 months ago | 147 |
J0E | January Transfer Window - Key Moves So Far Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic January Transfer - Key Moves So Far It’s been a pretty tame January transfer window so far but there have been some significant moves, especially among FP… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 29 |
J0E | Relegation Battling Options Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Relegation battling options. In recent seasons the January transfer market and threat of relegation have produced some exciting new Fantasy options. Papi… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 22 |
 FPL Virgin | FPL Chips and Tweaks Suggestions Jonty said on the scoutcast "The more ways to score points, the more people enjoy the game." Surely FPL need a part clean sheet bonus then. And perhaps replace or compliment assists with "key con… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 97 |
 Arteta | AFCON Update http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/10741758/afcon-2017-which-premier-league-players-have-returned-and-who-are-still-in-gabon Premier League players still at the AFCONS: Arsenal: Mohamed… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 4 |
J0E | Tackling GWK 26's Reduced Fixture List Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Dealing with the League Cup blanks With the Southampton v Arsenal clash now odds on to be postponed and Man Utd favourites to join them with a blank fixtur… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 62 |
Dr Dream | More thoughts on Team Value Just noticed my post saying that TV/AV doesn't matter got a hot topic... http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2017/01/24/this-much-we-know-gameweek-22-4/?hc_page=2#hc_comment_14930548. Sadly I go… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 28 |
 Snevitz | Going Big At The Back There is an ingrained thinking in those who have played this game a long time that your attacking players are more important than defence. Midfielders and strikers get the goals and bonus points, a… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 66 |
J0E | Live HoF Update Live Hall of Fame updated Ville Ronka retains his lead once again. TM top rated Scout, closely followed by Evs. http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/hall-of-fame/live/ | 9 years, 2 months ago | 12 |
J0E | Cut price gems Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Cut price gems Could Berahino emerge as a cut price gem in our Fantasy sides? A new team that he'll seemingly be the focal point of would indicate he could… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 38 |
FPL Puppy | Baines or Coleman? Baines or Coleman. Baines or Coleman. Coleman or Baines… After last GW, there have been a numerous posts with the question; ”Baines or Coleman?” If these people even bothered reading more th… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 28 |
Dr Dream | Points Not Profit. Time to Abandon Obsession With Value Just on the matter of TV/SV (as above) For the past four seasons I've probably taken more hits than most on this site, and ended up with a higher SV than most in doing so...which is actually the o… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 41 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tonight 10pm- Leave your questions here Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Live Scoutcast Tonight (10pm) Feel free to leave your questions for the team here. | 9 years, 2 months ago | 129 |
 Epic Fail | Dispelling the ffs myths. FFS Myths? 'Cover' - I get the concept, but in reality you are just getting the individual players that are good prospects. In the Spurs team there are 3 players that you can get for 'cover', but … | 9 years, 2 months ago | 41 |
 A.T | Captain sensible Kane, Ibra, Sanchez, Alli or Eriksen? Who is the best captain option for gw23 and why? | 9 years, 2 months ago | 29 |
A.T | Super Kev or boss Barkley? With Everton's good run of fixtures on the horizon the time looks ripe to invest in one of their midfield options. So which do you prefer (and more importantly why?) out Mirallas and Barkley or doe… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 15 |
 ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$ | Planning for the wildcard For those who haven't WC'ed yet, there seem to be 3 main options....... 1) WC GW28 2) Sacrifice GW28 and WC later for the DGWs (WC33 for GW34 or WC 36 for GW37) 3) Start bringing in players now … | 9 years, 2 months ago | 33 |
J0E | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 23 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 23 Once again we are on the look out for a champion to represent the community to take on the Scout Picks and win the chance of a prize. If you… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 0 |
J0E | GWK 22 Rough with the Smooth Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 22 Rough with the Smooth Please leave your tales of woe and joy here. Remember it's what you did do, not what you didn't. ( a story of almost getti… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 109 |
ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$ | More on GW28 blanks According to the DGW/blank tracker spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AXOuLIzI4un4adZxpsTCN7amF8Go81NHAPZcbi51ZbI/edit#gid=2131840260 only 4 games have got a more than 50% chance o… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 43 |
J0E | Patience v Kneejerking revisited Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is Patience once again a virtue. With his first double digit haul in four Gameweeks Firmino certainly rewarded those who have clung onto the Brazilian. Arou… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 40 |
J0E | Gwk 22 captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will you be captaining this Gameweek and why? | 9 years, 2 months ago | 33 |
@ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 22 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 22 Late with GW21 sorry! It's been a 45 hours plus week of work this week. Brutal. ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't a… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 40 |
J0E | GWK 22's best differential will be... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be this Gameweek's best differential and why? | 9 years, 2 months ago | 64 |
 Demel | Time for double baggies at the back? West Brom have only kept 3 clean sheets all season. A ratio of 1 clean sheet in 7 games. So forget about the fixtures it looks like it is best to stay away from West Brom defenders. But I am looki… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 21 |
ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$ | Blanks and DGWKs latest A quick blanks/DGW summary (as questions are starting to trickle through more steadily on this) Blanks GW26 = blanks for EFL cup final (A) GW28 = blanks for FACQFs (B) GW34 = blanks for FACSFs (C… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 11 |
 Ruth_NZ | Defence stat'll do nicely DEFENCE STAT DUMP 1. Penalties 2016/17 GW1-8 there were 31 PKs awarded; 3.87 per gameweek. GW10-21 there were 38 PKs awarded; 3.17 per gameweek. The number of penalties is high this season co… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 23 |
 Numb | Will this season's wing-backs be Mids in 2017/18? Should wing backs be classed as defenders or midfielder in FPL? This has only really started to become an issue this season with the emergence of 3 at the back. Logically if the formation is "3 … | 9 years, 2 months ago | 88 |
Hutch_James | FFS Six Nations Fantasy League Hi all, please join the FFS Six Nations Fantasy League if you'd like to follow the Rugby. The Six Nations starts on 4th Feb, so please sign up here if you're keen to play in the Fantasy game. I'l… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 0 |
 Sess! | Captain's stat attack Quick stat attack on a few of the usual suspects for the armband this week. Scores taken from their last 10 games played: Sanchez PPG - 8.1pts Home PPG - 7pts Highest Score – 23pts (away vs Wes… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 20 |
 HurriKane | Does Giroud's Return Diminish Sanchez's Armband Prospects? Does Giroud starting diminish Sanchez captaincy appeal ? Lets not forget it was a close escape when Alexis scored against swansea after arsenal were 3-0 up. | 9 years, 2 months ago | 28 |
J0E | Coutinho or Coutinhyes? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Coutinho or Coutinhyes With travel sick Swansea visiting Anfield this weekend and Coutinho now with a start under his belt, could the Brazilian midfielder b… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 22 |
 facer | Olivier Giroud Injury Update Olivier Giroud Injury Update As Olivier Giroud tucked away the first goal at Swansea, there did not appear to be any noticeable deleterious movements or actions, no extended range of joint movemen… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 17 |
 Johqvist | Knut Hebaek interview Hey guys! TM uploaded a youtube FPL show earlier today where they interviewed Knut Hebæk who's the current OR leader in FPL. For those of you that don't understand norwegian I made a summary of th… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 14 |
J0E | Jac the Cat joins the moderator team We have a new moderator joining us - Jac the Cat. He has been an active member of the community for some time and has already given us invaluable help behind the scenes regarding our recent redes… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 21 |
J0E | Ronka back on top Ronka toys with the opposition to reclaim the HoF top spot. Can Jay the usurper mount a second successful dash for his crown? Also, four of the HOF top ten are currently ranked 644 or higher. H… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 39 |
 Jafooli | Scouting the budget defenders. Okay just to summarise the 4.3m or below def category: A. Love - playing OOP, but is he nailed? B. Yoshida - but for how long, Fonte return or replacement. And he's a bit crap. C. Britos - meh but… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 24 |
 Lone Wolf FPL | Worst Transfer Decision so far? What's your worst transfer decisions so far? 1. Picking Wally instead of Eriksen when their price was the same and according to other problems I bought Erik just now. 2. Austin replacement fiasko.… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 77 |
J0E | Top Tips For Mini League Success Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Top tips on holding onto a mini league lead and also on catching the leader. Last night's Scoutcast saw us reveal our top tips on mini-league victory, which… | 9 years, 2 months ago | 26 |