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Morning all. Thoughts on the above. The Cazorla decision is against my better judgement as Sanchez clearly can and likely will outscore him, but the price difference, and Santi's form thus far is a…

The Theory of Hold. Now i know this is something which any serious FPL-er would practice, but in the early weeks when many other choices are scoring and players with seemingly less skill/effort th…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Last year was arguably defined by consistent returns from cheap players such as Mahrez and Alli. Coupled with a lack of credible players from Chelsea and Ma…

Had a quick look at Ozil and Cazorla's chalkboards from yesterday's game: Based on their passes received, Ozil receives the ball in more advanced positions than Cazorla, but Cazorla is more involv…

After watching the Arsenal game today, I am worried as an Ozil owner. He is less involved than Cazorla who is supposedly playing the double pivot. We thought Cazorla and Ozil are sharing set-pieces…

With Capoue having now scored 3 goals and gotten an assist in the opening 4 games is he worthy of the 4th mid slot, or is that too much of a risk considering it could be a major reshuffle if he get…

Asked my grade 6 class :''which striker under 8m should Mr Sutton get in his fantasy team?'' Decided we needed to look at data. Made some graphs on which stat best predicts goals. We made graphs on…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining in gwk 4 and why?

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 4 Gameweek 3 results will be here tomorrow, apologies for the delays (out of my hands really - manual updates are time consuming and life got in the way!) GW2 res…

Hmmm. How are Sanchez owners feeling? Think he'll be rested for PSG? Or does he not do rest? Is Ozil a better option now?

Mark and I are going head to head in FanDuel this week. Quick reminder of the scoring - only goalkeepers get clean sheets. CBI rules among defenders Chances created rule among midfielders a…

People saying that Lukaku is a terrible pick are just in denial. He scored in 7 consecutive games last season when he had good fixtures. That can't be luck. Similar situation now. I think he will…

Arsène Wenger has revealed the latest team news ahead of the game against Southampton: - on team news I haven’t seen Alexis and David Ospina because they arrived late last night. Everyone looks…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Unusual transfer situations In an interview this week Mo Farah revealed that just ahead of one of his races in the Olympics he was on his phone trying to so…

Friday's Pressers: 08:30 - Stoke 09:00 - Arsenal, Hull, West Brom, Crystal Palace 13:00 - Chelsea 13:30 - Man City, Man Utd, Sunderland

Benteke & Bony are over priced by 0.5m-1m. There I've said it. Everyone is banging on about either one being capable of scoring +/-15 goals. Of course they are. Both have in the past. But they ar…

Serious question - as Liverpool have never won the Premier League, do the community believe they can achieve the milestone in the near future or what will tip the balance in their favour?

So we have Coutinho, Firmino and Lalana. One tops the GA's, one the KP's and one the SiB milf list. Yet no one on WC owns any of them. Good luck then.

[IBRAHIMOVIC VS GUARDIOLA] You think the Manchester derby will be 0-0 ? It won't. I may even captain Ibrahimovic, and this article is the reason why : https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2…

Just a reminder on ways to help us out in our search for hot topics among the comments each day. 1. Best way if you see a discussion thread that you think we should flag up, press the flag button…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are this season's iron men and women. I'm every happy to be part of community regular Teddy's regular Iron Man competitions where we take each other on …

Anyone want to give their thoughts on the Derby? From previous history, quick effective counters with fast players running against Peps defenders will be the key. I think Pep will target Bailey an…

CL rotation for next week is a bigger factor than international minutes, imo

Thursday's press conferences Bournemouth - 8:00 West Ham - 10:00 Spurs & Middlesbrough- 12:30 Liverpool & Leicester & Burnley - 13:30 Everton & Southampton - 14:00 Swansea - 14:15

Ivanovic is dead man walking. I cant see him being in the side for much longer

Still very few prive changes I see. Fairly difficult to increase team value this season.

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Lukaku Who is keen to draft him in based on Everton's fixtures? Who is fearful of his poor Premier League goal less run that stretches back to March. And…

The Scoutcast is back! We are Scoutcasting tonight at 9:45pm. Feel free to leave your questions for the team here.

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Putting the fun back into Fantasy Football. A lot of people have been questioning my wildcard this week, wondering why after a relatively good start, with …

Congratulations to Jarvish on becoming a Countdown Octochamp - if you don't watch the show that basically means he is very very clever indeed. 🙂 https://twitter.com/FFScout/status/77283206926951…

Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 4 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 Aguero exit strategy - the one that got away. Whether wildcarding or using transfers to deal with Aguero's ban it is tough to get all the players you want.…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Different Wildcard/coping without Aguero ideas For those wildcarding/or using two or more transfers to deal with Aguero's absence are you considering a di…

Case for Sanchez over Ozil Reading through arguments for Ozil over Sanchez, one constant argument is how Ozil is more consistent and will likely get more points throughout the season than Sanchez …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What are you going to do with Aguero? And how are you going to get him back in if ditching?

New table - Quick fire Kings - most frequent and accurate shooters. Also includes fastest chance creators. Handy for wildcarders looking to compare Barkley, Lukaku, Costa, Hazard, Ozil, Sanchez e…

Just read the hot topic on Cech, and I wanted to make a case for a certain 4.5 - but it's probably not who you think. Although WBA is solid at the back, providing Foster with good CS prospects, th…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Best Aguero replacement. Yes, I know he hasn't been banned yet. But let's assume he's unsuccessful in his appeal. What I'm keen to find out from you is w…

With Capoue doing well, is anyone thinking of starting him and buying a second 4.5m midfielder to warm the bench ... and, more importantly, to free up funds? If so, who?

RP for new page All this fuss around Sanchez having a game on 7/9 before the Southampton game on 10/9. Since most international breaks are similar for the South Americans, here's Sanchez's perform…

Cech is being overlooked, in this analysis I will use Foster to compare are a few points Arsenal are defensively solid and with the additions of Mustafi and Xhaka they will be even more solid. C…

Thoughts on Everton: Valencia enters the team with more fantasy points than all of our strikers combined (a whopping 8 points). Sad, that. Lukaku can't buy a goal at this point. Frustrated, no co…

Despite the best endeavours of both clubs, a deal has not been completed for the transfer of Mika Domingues from Boavista to Sunderland AFC.

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What was the impact of the final transfer window deals on Fantasy Football? I thought I’d list a few of the key deals this week and assess how they may af…

Am I alone in thinking that some very large sums of money are being paid for seriously average players?

Why doesn't Costa get BPs? Genuinely interested as I don't delve into all that stuff. I (think I) know yellow cards/ dispossession/ missed passes/ shots off target etc. come into it. I watched hi…

I think Conte might play 3 at the back with Luiz, Cahill, Terry giving the wingbacks some freedom to raid. Could be gold for Azpi, Alonso/Ivano if he does. On the other hand the Matic/ Kante holdi…

Bony (7.3m) - Next 5 fixtures = Spurs (h), Palace (a), West Brom (h), Man United (a), Sunderland (h) Benteke (7.4m) - Next 5 fixtures = Boro (a), Stoke (h), Sunderland (a), Everton (a), West Ham (…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic I asked whether people were wildcarding last week, back in the days when Aguero wasn't set to miss two games, Andre Gray's old tweets were still secret and A…

Question for those wildcarding and bringing back Aguero in round Six What are you doing about Liverpool? They are home to Hull in GW 6 and if you have to use your free transfer to bring in Aguero …