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 Your Mum's Athletic | What the bookies say - Gwk 8 results Last week I took a look at GW8 captaincy options, this time factoring in odds + form + fixture: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2016/10/13/what-the-bookies-say-gameweek-8-captaincy/ Let’s… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 9 |
 SwissGuinness | getting the most from your fifth mid Do you want £0.7 more to spend in your team ? With good management of the fifth mid, you can do that. How ? Let me explain : One condition is to have started with Capoue, which many of us did … | 9 years, 5 months ago | 22 |
 J0E | Time To Take The Armband off Aguero? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is it time to take the armband off Aguero? Aguero has blanked in half of his six games this season and was a substitute in Gameweek 8 due to international a… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 36 |
 EspanYOLO | Sanchez v KDB So I asked this question on the last post. Everyone seems to be talking about doubling up on Arsenal. However, Man City have a great run of fixtures and Debryne is back from injury. How are peo… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 15 |
 jia you | Capoue to Allen Makes No Sense Capoue to Allen I've seen people on here talking about making this 5th midfielder swap. I just don't get it! Fair enough wanting to cash in on Capoue but you will not be freeing up this cash by pi… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 18 |
 Bob. | Wilson v Austin So hard to choose between Austin and Wilson. Austin has better stats. Wilson has better fixtures in the short-term. Both taken pens.Leaning towards Austin at the mo | 9 years, 5 months ago | 30 |
 Albrightondknight | The numbers are in - 3-5-2 is the winner. Ok here is about as basic evidence you can get to back up a 352. 15 mids have more than 40 point. 3 forwards do and Defoe scrapes in at 40. 2 defenders costing over 6.0 mil do also but further to t… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 15 |
J0E | Scout Cast 9:45pm Tonight - Leave Your Questions Here Live Scoutcast Tonight at 9:45pm via our Youtube channel. Feel free to leave your questions for the team here. | 9 years, 5 months ago | 90 |
J0E | Rough with the Smooth - GWK 8 Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Rough with the Smooth - GWK 8 Let's hear about your tales of woe and joy. Best tales will be read out on tonight's Scoutcast. Remember its what you did … | 9 years, 5 months ago | 114 |
J0E | Hall of Fame Updated Hall of Fame has now been updated. Technical glitch rectified. All being well will be regularly updated throughout the season now. Career version now fully updated http://members.fantasyfootba… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 3 |
 A.T | Current rank milestones Current rank milestones 1st = 548 100th = 513 1k = 491 5k = 474 10k = 465 50k = 442 100k = 430 250k = 414 500k = 398 1 million = 374 | 9 years, 5 months ago | 11 |
 Parm | Joe Allen analysed Joe Allen; hype train or smoke screen? Positioning: So on FFS i've seen Joe Allen continuously talked about as being 'in the hole' and playing as a #10. Having not seen any Stoke games this seaso… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 38 |
 internal error | Is Allen Capoue Mk II? Is Joe Allen just doing a 'capoue' or are his returns looking like he can continue to chip away with goals? | 9 years, 5 months ago | 10 |
J0E | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 9 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 9 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, 5 months ago | 1 |
J0E | Sanchez v Walcott v Get Both Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Sanchez v Walcott or just get both. Is Walcott now a better option than Sanchez, or with their kind fixtures is it better to double up? | 9 years, 5 months ago | 46 |
J0E | Swans or Ugly Ducklings? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Swans or ugly ducklings? Are Swansea back on the radar with their gritty display against Arsenal? The Welsh side's fixtures ease up from Gwk 9 and Sigur… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 12 |
 @ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 8 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 8 GW7 results tomorrow, sorry. ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, every evening prior to the start of the gamewe… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 41 |
J0E | GWK 8 - Mark v Jonty ...who will win? Mark v Jonty Round 5 in FanDuel So far I lead Mark 3-1 in our weekly FanDuel head to head. Who do you think will win this time? Remember defensive midfielders and defenders against tough teams … | 9 years, 5 months ago | 5 |
J0E | Hall of Fame Latest Hall of Fame Latest Huge apologies, The Professor has noticed a bug in the Hall of Fame which meant there was a slight error in some of the rankings. I've removed the hot topic on it and rest assu… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 10 |
J0E | Stoked by Stoke, or Not Potty About the Potters? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Stoked by Stoke, or Not so potty about the Potters. As discussed on last night's Scoutcast Stoke are the ultimate form v fixtures team. Great fixtures, but… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 38 |
 Jøssy ⭐ | Getting Crabby About Sideways moves I want to register my frustration with the term "sideways move". Is Antonio > Son sideways? Is Firmino > Mane? Surely any transfer is designed to find a player that will produce more points (or m… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 23 |
 Dino | Spurs defenders I have been pondering the Spurs defence for a while now and I have a few questions re which is the best option. Toby Alderweireld I always presumed Toby was the star man but looking at it close… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 27 |
 PvA | sanchez and aguero gw8 minutes Captain Picks: Aguero vs Alexis - Will They Play Alexis Sanchez Alexis Sanchez's schedule now: Thu 6th Oct: Ecuador vs Chile Wed 12th Oct: Chile vs Peru Sat 15th Oct: Arsenal vs Swansea (GW8) Wed… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 30 |
 Worzel Gummidge | Your Sheep Swerving, Template Busters In your team who do you have that you consider not "following the crowd" or could be labelled a "sheep" on this site. They can be highly owned but it is picks you consider. Only one for me is Cos… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 35 |
J0E | Best Striking Trio for GWK 8 and Beyond Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 8 and beyond frontlines. Who are the best three strikers to own for Gameweek 8 and the next six or so matches? Given that Aguero will be in most … | 9 years, 5 months ago | 26 |
J0E | HoF update imminent Hall of Fame Update News Been getting lots of enquiries about when the Hall of Fame will be updated. Firstly, huge apologies for the delay. With some technical changes taking place regarding FPL… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 11 |
 ktk_interista | Why isn't Costa more popular here? Costa 's overall ownership is almost 30% yet he is still a no go for many people here.The 2 reasons I see common are: 1) He is a card magnet and a suspension waiting to happen. 2) He is a bap repe… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 35 |
J0E | Gameweek 8 and other myths and legends Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic GWK 8 and other stories. What completely unproven, unevidenced myths do you back no matter what? With Gameweek 8 proving game changer for the last two se… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 18 |
J0E | Passed their sell by date Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Passed their sell by date Watching England proved another example of how Rooney has passed his prime, something thankfully Jose Mourinho has noticed. He's n… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 28 |
J0E | GWK 8 Captaincy - early thoughts Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Early captaincy thoughts. Who are you captaining in Gameweek 8 and why? Will Aguero's love affair with Gameweek 8 sway you? Or do you dismiss talk of res… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 38 |
 andy85wsm | Fantasy Football Scout Review - Gameweek 7 Hey all - not sure the FFS Review I've been writing warrants it's own article (although correct me if I'm wrong 🙂 ) - so I might just keep tracking it but do it as a hot topic instead. That should… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 13 |
J0E | The Key Factor Behind Your Transfer Decisions Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The Key Factor Behind Your Transfer Decisions Over in the community article section I've just written an article for Members about the goals imminent table,… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 33 |
 JØ | Aguerno? Is Kun really a straightforward captainicy pick this week? Ronald Koeman has faced Man City 4 times in his PL managerial career so far. Even though those games offered us a high number of goals (a… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 32 |
 Zasa | Is points per game the best stat? Points per game is arguably the best stat out there, IMO. Always very indicative of future performances. | 9 years, 5 months ago | 30 |
 jmcclory123 | Ding, Ding... Son v Walcott Round Two Son Heung-min (4 goals, 2 assists / 10.78 ppg / 5.69ppg last season): Next 4 games: wbrom (Conceded 4 in 3 at home = 1.3 goals per game) bou (Conceded 3 in 3 at home = 1 goal per game) LEI (Conc… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 14 |
 applebonkers | Ballad of Zlatan Ibrahimovic Ibra's first month: When the prices hit your eye like a big pizza pie, Zlat's amore. When his goal record did shine like you've had too much wine, Zlat's amore. Shots would rain in - a - lin - a -… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 12 |
J0E | Bonus Magnets so far... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Bonus point magnets so far I thought I’d take a look at the bonus point stars of the season so far. I’ve gone for the top 8 as there are a fair few on… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 41 |
 zøphar | Ibra and price drops Dear all, everyone here seems to be fear-mongering about Ibra drops - let me explain a bit how the price rises/drops work It's very easy for a player to rise above his base price as thresholds ar… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 18 |
J0E | Best Community Writer of Sept Vote Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Best Community Writer of Sept Vote Its time to place your vote for your favourite Community Writer of the month. To vote simply name your favourite writer… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 29 |
 GENERATION X | Forgive Me, Fantasy Managers, For I Have Sinned Confession time… Seeing as it’s the break I thought it would be a good time to head to the FPL church and try and get my sins forgiven. Currently at 450k odd treading water thanks I feel to the… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 60 |
 AA33 | Why Sanchez Won't Be Rested Again Post Internationals Will Sanchez start in GW 8? The last time after the international break he didn't start but I strongly believe that this time he will start because The last time they had to play a CL match on Tues… | 9 years, 5 months ago | 20 |
 Net Gains | Captain pick strategy One tip I'd like to share on choosing captains. I've been using it this season and last and I've found that it has something like a 90% probability that you will choose someone who doesn't blank an… | 9 years, 6 months ago | 116 |
J0E | Centre Forwards - Fantasy Flops and Stars This Season Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Which teams have useless centre forwards for Fantasy, and which have good Fantasy choices. This is only partly to do with the actual quality of the team's … | 9 years, 6 months ago | 25 |
 Mark | Ad redirect help Hi Will - can you email me at support@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk Urgent that we address this but that involves us communicating details to our ad agency. Anyone who has screenshots or even a de… | 9 years, 6 months ago | 0 |
 tm245 | 343 vs 352 Hopefully we are close enough to the DZ that this isn't too overwhelming. Didn't feel long enough to be an article. Apologies if it hurts your eyes, I'll be on later to respond if there is any in… | 9 years, 6 months ago | 46 |
jmcclory123 | Mid price striker analysis Mid-Price Striker analysis: Points per game: Calculated by Points/(Total Minutes/90) Rank: (1) Austin - This Season 6.96 | Last Season 6.39 -- Fixture: BUR, mci, CHE, hul (2) Rashford - This Seas… | 9 years, 6 months ago | 21 |
J0E | Ibra replacements Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Ibra replacements Blank against Leicester at home. Blank against Stoke!. That's right Stoke. I've seen enough. It's time for Zlatan to go (although I'm s… | 9 years, 6 months ago | 45 |
 Numb | Walcott v son Son or Walcott? This must be a popular dilemma | 9 years, 6 months ago | 32 |
J0E | Chip Change Please Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Chip Change Please Last season showed us what a game changer the bench boost and triple captain chips were when used around the double Gameweeks. The Al… | 9 years, 6 months ago | 87 |
J0E | Coping with the great GWK 8 fixture shift Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Coping with the GWK 8 fixture shift. Stoke's fixtures start to pick up (SUN, hul, SWA, whm, BOU, wat) and so too do Hull's (bou, STO, wat, SOT, sun, WBA) f… | 9 years, 6 months ago | 53 |