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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 ago | 49 |
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 ago | 24 |
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 ago | 119 |
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 ago | 15 |
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 ago | 137 |
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 ago | 0 |
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 ago | 66 |
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 ago | 63 |
Make United Great Again | Best Costa replacement? Best Costa replacement out of these 3.. A. Giroud B. Lukaku C. Defoe | 9 years, 2 months ago | 15 |
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 ago | 31 |
@jegersdorff | Wildcard Advice from HoF leader | 9 years, 2 months ago | 20 |
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 ago | 39 |
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 ago | 16 |
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 ago | 11 |
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 ago | 41 |
Sir Edo | Ville Ronka deposed Any Hall of Fame discussions today regarding the fall of unbeatable FPL machine Ville Rönkä? | 9 years, 2 months ago | 66 |
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 ago | 21 |
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 ago | 29 |
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 ago | 27 |
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 ago | 17 |
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 ago | 33 |
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 ago | 53 |
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 ago | 59 |
A.T | Defoe or Giroud? Who is the best option and why? | 9 years, 2 months ago | 48 |
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 ago | 36 |
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 ago | 33 |
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 ago | 24 |
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 ago | 9 |
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 ago | 74 |
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 ago | 56 |
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 ago | 10 |
A.T | Gw 20 best differential Who will be gw20's best differential? (Approximately 7% or less ownership) | 9 years, 2 months ago | 26 |
J0E | Gwk 20 captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? | 9 years, 2 months ago | 49 |
@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 ago | 41 |
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 ago | 25 |
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 ago | 47 |
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 ago | 34 |
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 ago | 46 |
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 ago | 24 |
TorresMagic™ | Make hits more costly Hits should be worth -5 or -6? Worth that make FPL more interesting? | 9 years, 2 months ago | 30 |
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 ago | 84 |
J0E | Gameweek 19 Captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? | 9 years, 3 months ago | 66 |
@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 ago | 43 |
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 ago | 84 |
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 ago | 24 |
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 ago | 70 |
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 ago | 14 |
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 ago | 9 |
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 ago | 36 |
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 ago | 30 |

