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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…

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…

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…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Live Scoutcast Tonight (10pm) Feel free to leave your questions for the team here.

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 …

Kane, Ibra, Sanchez, Alli or Eriksen? Who is the best captain option for gw23 and why?

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be this Gameweek's best differential and why?

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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 …

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…

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.

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 …

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…

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…

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

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.…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…