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AuthorHot TopicDateReplies

TorresMagic™
Mark v TM - Let Battle Commence

How to beat Mark this week? Marks team Heaton Alonso Rose Chambers Sanchez Hazard Eriksen Alli Stanislas Ibra Lukaku My team Heaton Alonso Lovren Evans/Holebas Sanchez Hazard Eriksen Phillips …

9 years, 2 months ago49

applebonkers
Why Heaton is so good

think mark's heaton theory is more than a theory, verging on concrete fact. the holy trinity for goalkeepers is clean sheet chances, playing for a team who struggle to score and playing behind a de…

9 years, 2 months ago24

J0E
Live Scoutcast Tonight - Leave your questions here

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Live Scoutcast tonight (Start - some point between 9:45pm - 10pm) Feel free to leave your questions for the team here.

9 years, 2 months ago119

Kessler
Barkley or Mirallas?

Lads, Barkley or Mirallas?? Looking at the stats they are even stevens but Mirallas plays less minutes on average but is cheaper. Wanna find a nice differential against my main competitor in the …

9 years, 2 months ago15

J0E
Gameweek 21 Rough with the Smooth

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 21 Rough with the Smooth Let's hear about your gwk's best moves here. Seen a lot of great scores around over the weekend so Im sure we'll get lot…

9 years, 2 months ago137

J0E
Scout Picks Lottery - Gameweek 22

Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 22 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 ago0

maverickga
Bat hit crazy

What's with everyone being afraid of hits? I've taken 84 pts hit since the beginning of the year and in the top 60k

9 years, 2 months ago66

J0E
The Best Spurs Players To Get In Are....

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Spurs trio Having a Spurs asset looks vital given their current form in both defence and attack. But which one? Or is doubling, or even trebling up best.…

9 years, 2 months ago63

Make United Great Again
Best Costa replacement?

Best Costa replacement out of these 3.. A. Giroud B. Lukaku C. Defoe

9 years, 2 months ago15

J0E
Time to ignore Liverpool?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic With Mane on AFCON duty and Liverpool having mixed fixtures over January is it time to ignore Klopp's troops for the time being? Or can they find their scor…

9 years, 2 months ago31

@jegersdorff
Wildcard Advice from HoF leader

9 years, 2 months ago20

J0E
Is a move to 3-5-2 looking key to success?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Given the success that many at the top of our Hall of Fame have had with 3-5-2 who is going to make a switch to this formation? And for those who have alrea…

9 years, 2 months ago39

Bunk Moreland
Gueye Absence Costly For Everton Defenders

Idrissa Gueye has been a consistent starter for Everton this year. Having generally kept it tight, in the first match he missed they were a shambles and conceded 5 goals to Chelsea. He was then r…

9 years, 2 months ago16

Moin
Heart-Ake for Quadruple Chelsea Owners

Mods please Create a Hot-Topic using this tweet and explaining it. https://twitter.com/OfficialFPL/status/818069853370195969 "If Nathan Ake’s recall means you now have 4 Chelsea players in your…

9 years, 2 months ago11

J0E
Chelsea's loan recall head-ake

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What are Ake owners doing? Waiting it out and hoping he starts? Or moving on immediately? And what effect will he have on the Chelsea side? Any Alonso owne…

9 years, 2 months ago41

Sir Edo
Ville Ronka deposed

Any Hall of Fame discussions today regarding the fall of unbeatable FPL machine Ville Rönkä?

9 years, 2 months ago66

J0E
The Second half of the season stars will be...?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be this year’s second half of the season stars? New recruits, those back from injury and changes of formation and tactics could all produce a ra…

9 years, 2 months ago21

Jøssy ⭐
Seek value in goal

I took issue with a Hot Topic a few months ago, which claimed there was value in choosing a premium GK, as opposed to generally accepted wisdom of selecting a lower cost keeper who is likely to mak…

9 years, 2 months ago29

J0E
Hazard's Fantasy Football Travel Sickness

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Why is Eden Hazard such a poor Fantasy option away from home? At Stamford Bridge Hazard is sensational. Of his 120 FPL points 78 have come at home. Of h…

9 years, 2 months ago27

M.A.G
Aguero - the penalty-less midfielder

No one can deny the ability that Aguero possesses ,he is one of the best strikers in the world and might be the best in the EPL too ,but is he essential now in the term of fpl ? His heat map in th…

9 years, 2 months ago17

A.T
Do you get defensive with your transfers?

How often do you make a defensive transfer? Is it a last resort or do you like to upgrade the weakest link regardless of position? The reason I ask is I hardly do them myself as I'm always tweaking…

9 years, 2 months ago33

GreenWindmill
Is it too late to join the Alli party?

Is it a bit late to be transferring Alli in? His current goal conversion rates aren't even close to being sustainable...

9 years, 2 months ago53

J0E
Rough with the Smooth - Gameweek 20

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 20 Rough with the Smooth Feel free to leave your tales of woe and joy here.

9 years, 2 months ago59

A.T
Defoe or Giroud?

Who is the best option and why?

9 years, 2 months ago48

J0E
Community Writer of the Month Vote - December

Community Writer of the Month – December We are once again looking to give away an £20 Amazon voucher* to your favourite community writer of the month. To vote for your favourite in December …

9 years, 2 months ago36

Diva
Best Boro Defender?

Friends in the FFS chamber, if you were buying a Middlesbrough defender for 4.4m, would you pick Chambers or Friend?

9 years, 2 months ago33

Rhinos
Ease Off The Giroud Hype

Think people need to calm down with the Giroud hype. Fpl wise he's done great but Arsenal were rubbish v West brom and rubbish most of Bournemouth. They a better team with Alexis up top and Wenger …

9 years, 2 months ago24

ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
FFS Terminology in Real Life

In response to the post about FFS terminology..... http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2017/01/02/the-knee-jerk-gameweek-20/?hc_page=22#hc_comment_14794439 ........have come up with some real li…

9 years, 2 months ago9

Over Midwicket
Time to ditch Hazard?

What are Hazard owners doing? Surely a blank against Spurs will mean he needs to be sold, even with Leicester and Hull coming up. At his price he should be scoring double digits regularly. Selling…

9 years, 2 months ago74

J0E
Is Aguero worth getting in?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is Aguero worth getting in? He was benched, then he scored and grabbed some bonus points. But at 12.8m do you want a more reliable option – a sure starter…

9 years, 2 months ago56

TopMarx
HoF Update - New Year Striker Shake Up

This gameweek's stalker update on the top 5 HOF managers. I apologise if it freaks any of them out seeing their moves analysed in this way, but for us lesser mortals I hope it provides insights on …

9 years, 2 months ago10

A.T
Gw 20 best differential

Who will be gw20's best differential? (Approximately 7% or less ownership)

9 years, 2 months ago26

J0E
Gwk 20 captaincy

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why?

9 years, 2 months ago49

@ocprodigy
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 20

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 20 Gameweek 18 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/14772107 Gameweek 19 will be here shortly (later this evening) ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** Fo…

9 years, 2 months ago41

Team Cruel
is pogba undervalued?

I'm surprised how much Pogba is slipping under the radar. A third of his total attempts have come in the last 4 GWs. This is not a coincidence imo. In the first 10-12 GWs he was being tried everywh…

9 years, 2 months ago25

GK
The New Year Template

With Aguero back and 2nd wildcards now available I, like many others on here, have been playing around with various options in distributing money across my squad. The template as I see it currentl…

9 years, 2 months ago47

J0E
Gwk 20 Rotation risks and certain starters

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who is safe to start and who is at risk of rotation for Gwk 20, the final set of festive fixtures?

9 years, 2 months ago34

J0E
New year's resolutions

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What is your Fantasy Football new year's resolution? Less hits perhaps? More hits? Or perhaps never trusting Lukaku or Kane again? Let us know here.

9 years, 2 months ago46

AA33
Brunt blunted by Nyom AFCON decision

Allan Nyom looks set to depart for AFCON after GW 20 http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/west-bromwich-albion-fc/2016/12/30/tony-pulis-says-losing-allan-nyom-for-january-would-be-a-big-blow/ This…

9 years, 2 months ago24

TorresMagic™
Make hits more costly

Hits should be worth -5 or -6? Worth that make FPL more interesting?

9 years, 2 months ago30

Ryan
Time to reward the patient manager?

I would love to see a new rule added that rewards the patient manager. It's not a chip, just a normal rule. - if you make 10 or less transfers over a 10GW period you get 2 extra free transfers. Th…

9 years, 2 months ago84

J0E
Gameweek 19 Captaincy

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why?

9 years, 3 months ago66

@ocprodigy
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 19

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 19 Still in Amsterdam. GW18 results tomorrow (flying back, will do in airport).l ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't awa…

9 years, 3 months ago43

J0E
Rough with the Smooth - Gameweek 18

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 18 Rough with the Smooth Let's hear about your tales of woe and joy here. Remember - its about what you did do, not what you didn't.

9 years, 3 months ago84

Get up ya bum
Spurs v sou review

My thoughts on the match The Spurs midfield continues to be a puzzle needing a solution for Pochettino. The link up play between Kane, Alli, Eriksen, Lamela and Dembele that was so instrumental to…

9 years, 3 months ago24

ktk_interista
Is Aguero overhyped?

Cannot understand the Aguero overreaction here. He is back from suspension and has terrible fixtures coming up, other premium options like Ibra, Sanchez and Costa are delivering explosively and con…

9 years, 3 months ago70

diesel001
2016/17 Unanswered questions

FPL - A game of choices FPL really is a game of choices. That is probably part of what makes it great - combining football with a test of our own judgement against others. This season has tested e…

9 years, 3 months ago14

SAY SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT
Swans Caretaker Manager Curtis' History

With Alan Curtis being named as Swansea caretaker manager for the third time*, in light of Bob Bradley’s sacking, I thought there might be some value in having a look at how he performed last tim…

9 years, 3 months ago9

pompeyfan
Is a Kobra frontline (Costa, Ibra, Aguero) viable?

anyone else considering an Ibra, Aguero, Costa front line? Currently have Ibra, Costa and Kane, but might do Kane to Aguero either this week, if Walcott is ruled out or next week.

9 years, 3 months ago36

J0E
Costa v Hazard

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Costa v Hazard With Aguero returning, Ibrahimovic in fine form and competition still rampant in midfield places many Fantasy managers may be facing a tough…

9 years, 3 months ago30