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 Arteta | Friday press conferences Today's press conferences Hughes, Moyes, Phelan, Pardew & Howe - 9:00 Claudio Ranieri - 10:00 Jurgen Klopp - 11:00 Pulis, Puel, Poch - lunch time Conte, Guardiola - from 13:00 | 9 years, 4 months ago | 5 |
 J0E | Has the Schmeichel injury prompted a Lei def rethink? Has the Schmeichel injury prompted a rethink regarding drafting in a Leicester defender? Back up Zieler has started two games this season offering us little to go on. He kept a clean sheet at ho… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 39 |
 Bubz | The Walcott Conundrum - will he start? Walcott will come off the bench vs Spurs at best imo. Why would he start him with his injury record? When they have Ox, Giroud and Ramsey fit. | 9 years, 4 months ago | 36 |
J0E | How to go 3-5-2? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Talk of going 3-5-2 has picked up markedly this week. With so many premium midfielders performing it looks to make sense. If I had a wildcard now I'd certa… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 32 |
 LakhaneeFC | Allen v Gundogan Allen vs Gundogan debate: I know everyone will probably consider yesterday's results to be definitive proof that the City mid is the perfect 4th/5th midfielder, but I am not so sure: Pep's statem… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 37 |
J0E | Sacrifices to be made in the garden of Eden Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic On last night's Scoutcast Eden Hazard topped the bill (closely followed by Gundogan obvs 😉 ) But how do you include him in your squad that is likely to … | 9 years, 4 months ago | 60 |
 JAC THE CAT | FFScout Mobile Upgrade Update After months of me moaning about the current version of the mobile site, I've been lucky enough to test out the pending update. Its so much better, everything that was missing has been added like… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 11 |
 Defcons are for Kinnear | Shift to defensive focus? We need a proper hot topic to discuss defence. Are clean sheets on the rise or will the early season lottery continue. This in turn helps with how much to invest in defence | 9 years, 4 months ago | 22 |
 Differentiator | Turn Your Back On Payet At Your Peril Dmitri Payet has created more chances this season, at 33, than any other Premier League player, despite playing only 71% of available minutes. Moreover, he has more chances created than anyone in L… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 22 |
 Poor mans Pep | Better without Kun? Kun punishment ? Ok I'll just confess I sold Kun and did Kun + Antonio > Lukaku + Hazard for -4 on Friday... needless to say I felt sick on Saturday and tbh I would have been clamouring "Kun punis… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 37 |
 Scotty B | Gundogan - nailed on and essential. I think this means Gundogan so nailed for all those doubting. http://metro.co.uk/2016/10/31/its-impossible-to-win-the-premier-league-without-ilkay-gundogan-says-pep-guardiola-6224987/ Sterling K… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 26 |
 Jonjo Shall_We? (Flowers - … | The case for double saints A case for Redmond+Austin . For the next 2 fixtures of Southampton I feel it is justified to double up on Saints attack. They face Hull and Liverpool and the two matches look promising for the atta… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 23 |
J0E | Scout Picks Lottery - GWK 11 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 11 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, 4 months ago | 0 |
 uptheboro | Boro Assets Update Morning all! I’ve given you all a bit of breathing space since my last Boro update, which came at a bit of low point where it looked as though there was nowhere to turn in terms of Boro assets. … | 9 years, 4 months ago | 29 |
J0E | Halloween Fantasy Football Horror Stories Fantasy Football Scout Halloween hot topic With Halloween night almost upon us I thought I’d find out about your scariest Fantasy Football moment this season. For 100,000 FPL managers who ditch… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 71 |
 ktk_interista | Arsenal and Spurs Defenders Late to Jonty's hot topic about changing defense but I'd like to share my opinion. I do not agree Spurs and Arsenal defenders should be dropped yet and certainly not for Bournemouth or Boro defende… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 28 |
J0E | All Change In Defence? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Time to refresh your defence With Spurs and Arsenal facing a few tricky games and budget options like Amat and Collins now seemingly out of the first XI are… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 43 |
J0E | Gwk 10 Captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? | 9 years, 5 months ago | 51 |
 Mark | The Saturday night solution Right Deadzone, I need your views. Not happy with the Saturday/Sunday article set up. I thought the Stock Check would work on Saturday night but, the fact is, I often need to sleep on things and … | 9 years, 5 months ago | 66 |
 @ocprodigy | Scout picks challenge - gameweek 10 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 10 GW9 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/14348289 GW8 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/14352508 ****** WHAT IS IT? ****… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 46 |
 bclara | Boufal, tadic & redmond I'm not sure why you are so certain that Tadic's place wouldn't be under threat from Boufal and Redmond's would. If Claude Puel sticks with his diamond formation, I don't see why Boufal and Tadic w… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 19 |
 ZakAFC_ | Sanchez v Lukaku for the GWK 10 armband Alexis or Lukaku captain? | 9 years, 5 months ago | 26 |
J0E | What to do with Walcott? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What to do with Walcott? What are Walcott owners doing? Taking the money and moving on. With Wenger suggesting he'll be back Tuesday and with Arsenal have… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 62 |
Arteta | Friday's press conferences Today's press conferences Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Bournemouth, Hull, West Brom - 9:00 Liverpool - 12:00 Everton, Chelsea - 13:00 Man City - 13:30 Manchester United - 14:00 Sunderland, Southampto… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 10 |
J0E | Top Tips On Turning Around a Failing Fantasy Side Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Top Tips On Turning Around a Failing Fantasy Side As has been well documented I’m having a bit of a poor season. But over the last couple of weeks I’ve … | 9 years, 5 months ago | 60 |
J0E | Double Digit Captaincy Candidate Kings Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Double Digit kings When looking for a captain ideally you want a candidate that has the strongest chance of gaining a double digit score. With nine Gamewe… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 62 |
Differentiator | Aguero Season Predictions Earlier today I asked a question: how many goals do you think Aguero will score come season end? There were 20 entries, and I wanted to see whether consensus expectations on here were in line with … | 9 years, 5 months ago | 16 |
J0E | HoF GWK 9 update Our Hall of Fame has been updated Members can see the post GWK 9 standings here http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/hall-of-fame/live/ | 9 years, 5 months ago | 18 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tonight - Leave your questions here Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Live Scoutcast tonight (9:45pm) - feel free to leave your questions for the team here. | 9 years, 5 months ago | 111 |
 FPL Virgin | Importance of Team Value Just looking at Jonty on Twitter and he is really stressing the importance of team value. Do you agree and how do you go about it? Do you simply jump on/off bandwagons even if it means taking hit… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 15 |
 Heels_Over_Head | Remember, Remember the 5th goal of Aguero The time-to-drop-Aguero brigade is getting noisy in these parts. Short-term memory loss? Remember when he had that drought at the start of last season and all y'all dropped him right before the … | 9 years, 5 months ago | 24 |
 Bøwstring The Carp | Is it time to ditch aguero? Aguero 26th Oct (A) Manchester United - EFL 29th Oct (A) West Brom - PL 1st Nov (H) Barcelona - CL 5th Nov (H) Middlesbrough - PL 10th Nov (A) Brazil - WCQ 15th Nov (H) Colombia - WCQ 19th Nov (A)… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 36 |
ktk_interista | Aguero is not the messiah Why aren't we treating Aguero by the same standards we are treating other players? 2 points from 3 GWs is shocking return for a player like Fletcher let alone a 13.1m player who plays for City and … | 9 years, 5 months ago | 49 |
J0E | Scout Picks Lottery - GWK 10 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 10 New Budget - 84m!! 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… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 4 |
J0E | Rough with the Smooth - Gameweek 9 Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Rough with the Smooth - GWK 9 Feel free to let us know your tales of woe and joy from GWK 9. Any happy new Shaqiri owners? Any caught out by rotation? | 9 years, 5 months ago | 72 |
 A.T | Current rank milestones Current rank milestones 1st, 597 100th, 564 1k, 540 5k, 521 10k, 512 50k, 488 100k, 475 250k, 456 500k, 439 1 millionth, 417 | 9 years, 5 months ago | 13 |
 Twelve years a slave | Doubling up on the Liverpool mids Am I the only one who does not like the idea of Firmino AND Coutinho? | 9 years, 5 months ago | 34 |
 RedLightning | Choosing the best captain is difficult Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic: After yesterday's captaincy failures for Sanchez and Walcott, what is the best way to choose your captain? What the Bookies Say? The Magnificent Seven Capt… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 35 |
 Parm | Sanchez or Walcott for the armband? So here we are folks, 4:30am on a Saturday morning. Here's a fire take on Sánchez vs Walcott. I've decided to use Arsenal's most recent games against Swansea(PL) and Ludogorets(UCL) as case stud… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 11 |
J0E | Gameweek 9 Captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? | 9 years, 5 months ago | 37 |
@ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 9 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 9 GW8 results tomorrow, apologies for delay. GW7 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/14308795 ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who h… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 45 |
J0E | Mark v Jonty FanDuel GWK 9 Mark v Jonty FanDuel GWK 9 Mark and I are going head to head in FanDuel again this week. So far its 3-1 to me, although could be 4-1 as he hasn't told me his score from last week, when I won anot… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 9 |
 Demí | The 'Understanding' Aguero Meme Mark: I spoke with Jonty - he was very understanding about his poor recent run, and helped us with the streaming. When Jonty decides to leave the scoutcast, it will be his decision | 9 years, 5 months ago | 21 |
 bigbudgie | Is Zlatan a problem at United? Is Zlatan a problem at United? I'm a United fan, and I'm not convinced. He's static, looks clumsy in possession and does not fit into the system. Well, he fits into one system, but is it the righ… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 18 |
J0E | Fantasy Football's Forgotten Men Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Fantasy Football's forgotten men. Which forgotten men could be good assets to bring in as we head into winter. Anthony Martial and Paul Pogba offered a re… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 38 |
Arteta | Friday's press conferences Today's press conferences Stoke - 8:30 Arsenal, Bournemouth, Hull, Sunderland, Crystal Palace - 9:00 West Brom - 12:00 Chelsea - 13:00 Man City, Southampton - 13:30 | 9 years, 5 months ago | 2 |
Arteta | thursdays press conferences Today's press conferences West Ham 10:00 Liverpool - 12:00 Spurs, Middlesbrough - 12:30 Leicester - 13:00 Swansea - 13:15 Burnley - 13:30 Everton, Watford - 14:00 | 9 years, 5 months ago | 3 |
J0E | What Do Aguero-Less Teams Look Like? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The discussion around Aguero has turned swiftly from Must Have to Don’t Captain to Considering Going Without over this week. Two benchings have played a s… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 39 |
 gawa11 | Fantasy Football Forfeits Does anyone have any forfeits in their mini leagues like this?? http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/football-fan-who-lost-friends-12050906 | 9 years, 5 months ago | 9 |
 Ruth_NZ | Will pep ruin aguero as an fpl asset? Is Guardiola in the process of ruining Aguero as a FPL asset? There is a worrying subtext to the Aguero benchings in the last 2 City games. Worrying for FPL managers anyway. Aguero has been the … | 9 years, 5 months ago | 66 |