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 andy85wsm | Sunderland Assets Fantasy Football Daily Hot Topic - Sunderland assets With David Moyes being announced as the new Sunderland manager this morning does that make you more or less likely to pick up one of their play… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 26 |
andy85wsm | Third striker sweet spot Fantasy Football Daily Hot Topic - That third striker... A lot of Fantasy Managers will likely be looking towards a more affordable player for the third striker slot. There's a good few players to… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 55 |
 Home Run Baker | Wisdom of crowds or the blind leading the blind? Those of you who have been regulars on here for a while will remember my “Consensus RMT” posts. The idea is simple – I collate RMTs for a given period, then report the frequency with which th… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 19 |
 S.Kuqi | Ibra you do or Ibra you don't, Zlat is the question? Any valid arguments left why Zlatan should / shouldn't be in our gw1 squads? | 9 years, 8 months ago | 22 |
 Slam | Haz you Haz or Haz you not got hazard? Do you have Hazard in your team? Why or why not? | 9 years, 8 months ago | 49 |
 Hazard for Ballon D'or | Kun you go without Aguero? Everyone seems to think aguero is a necessity I would much rather have silva and Costa for 18.5 then aguero and gradel? Is aguero really that essential when you spread the money around you can g… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 50 |
 Eden Hazardous | from the gradel to the grave? You decide! I think a certain 5.5m midfielder might prove to be the bargain of the season who is a personal favourite for me - Max Gradel. The pacy left winger joined Bournemouth from St.Etienne last summer fo… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 45 |
 J0E | The RMT Surgery is Now Open The Rate My Team Surgery is now open. The first of this summer's dedicated RMT Surgery articles has now been published. Please use this to submit your RMTs and remember to give advice to others to… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 0 |
 JAC THE CAT | Mods vs Elite FFS H2H league *** FFS Premier League 2016/17 *** I am setting up a H2H league for 20 managers, 10 mods and 10 elite players from FFS. I have been in contact with AZ who is already rounding up 10 mods. I now n… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 42 |
J0E | FA Crackdown on dissent Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic FA crackdown on dissent Next season could see more red cards than ever before thanks to change in the rules where players who confront match official and u… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 23 |
 CameronJromeWasntBuiltInADa… | Problems logging into fpl? Hey Folks, Saw a few posts on this the other day but no answer. If anyone else is having a problem with resetting their password and not receiving the confirmation email I solved it for me by addin… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 3 |
J0E | RMT Tool Launch Details RMT Tool set for Monday launch. We have had to make some changes to the Members area RMT to factor in changes by FPL this season but aim to have that sorted next week, with a Monday launch pencile… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 3 |
J0E | FPL Bargains Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic FPL Player List Bargains Which players do you think have been kindly priced and could be set to far outperform their price tag? For me Walker at 5.5m, comp… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 65 |
 Zasa | Grab a Grav For all the gravless peeps out there tonight, if you want to get more responses & get noticed, a grav goes a long way. https://en.gravatar.com/ Register with the same email you're using for FFS, … | 9 years, 8 months ago | 8 |
 Bøwstring The Carp | The value of Zlatan Zlatan Just going from Ruth_NZ article from a while back on player value. He used the example of Eden Hazard at 11.5m and looked at whether he was worth it, and what he needed to score to justify … | 9 years, 8 months ago | 22 |
 RedLightning | Mini-league Recruitment Mini-leagues now open: Opening Day League (1441-838) - entries will be closed by 10.30am Wednesday. Top 10k Any Season (1441-819) - only for those whose history shows that they have finished the s… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 7 |
 Däzzy | FPL Rank Expectations What are all of your rank expectations/goals this season??? | 9 years, 8 months ago | 42 |
J0E | Time for FPL to reward defensive mids? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is it time for FPL to recognise the important role that defensive midfielders like Kante play? Or are you happy with goals, assists and clean sheets still ru… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 45 |
 Ludo | Predicting Goals Hey guys! I've been looking over stats in the members area since the Euros finished, and came across Rakkhi's article on Shots on Target being the 'One Stat To Rule Them All'. For those that don't … | 9 years, 8 months ago | 30 |
J0E | FPL Maverick XI - Early Thoughts Fantasy Football Scour daily hot topic Yesterday I canvassed ideas for a 2016/17 FPL Dullard XI. With WBA cheap midfielders and defenders joining the likes of James Milner it proved that dull can … | 9 years, 8 months ago | 23 |
 oghash | GW1 Predictions to Win FFS Membership A little friendly competition? Why not? Comment in reply to this post with a correct score prediction for every Gameweek Premier League game. Person with the highest score will win a ffs membershi… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 121 |
J0E | FPL Dullard XI - Early Thoughts Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Early Planning for a Dullard XI. Ahead of the launch of FPL I thought I’d ask for some help for all us dullards out there to ensure we have the most borin… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 24 |
 Davido989 | Midfielder and striker - stats stats stats Hello all. Ahead of the much anticipated launch this week, I've been crunching some numbers for midfielders and strikers - around 120 players and counting. 🙂 Sheet 1: Midfielders - Goals + Assis… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 17 |
andy85wsm | Looking forward to FPL Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic With the FPL Launch imminent (ish) - what are you most looking forward to? Is there a certain player or club that you'd like to see the prices of? Will you … | 9 years, 8 months ago | 23 |
 ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$ | Never Too Early To Start DGWK Planning Double Gameweek Planning (no, really!!!) There are a lot of “ifs” and “buts” here, so take this with a pinch of salt! If there are no postponements for non-football reasons, there shouldn… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 16 |
 Lateriser 12 | What Kind of Real Life Footballer are you? What kind of a football player are you in real life? I'm a right back with a decent long ball and through ball on me. Pathetic dribbler but can put in a shift. Closest player in style is probably … | 9 years, 8 months ago | 112 |
J0E | Which Movers Will Be On Target? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic James Tomkins is among a handful of players that are swapping Premier League clubs in search of more starts. Ibe who has moved from Liverpool to Bournemouth … | 9 years, 8 months ago | 21 |
 Beautiful Game | Premium Defenders Thoughts What are your thoughts on the premium defenders? I am thinking of going with two of the following: Man Utd: As of now, it looks that Shaw maybe the best attacking option from the back four. Jose h… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 33 |
Eden Hazardous | FPL opening next week http://www.premierleague.com/contact/getintouch Next week it is | 9 years, 8 months ago | 11 |
 JK - Cønt ⭐ | new season predictions Whilst we wait let's have some predictions. Top scoring Keeper Defender Midfielder Forward. First manager to be sacked Player of the season Golden Boot winner | 9 years, 8 months ago | 44 |
J0E | Your Great Expectations Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Which of the class of 15/16 do you have great expectations for this season? Ideally we are looking for players that did reasonably well or showed promise … | 9 years, 8 months ago | 76 |
 AK ⭐ | Fpl weaknesses Having experienced FPL for 4 seasons coupled with this site, I have found the weaknesses in my game. My TV is always really low. It started happening when I became a little overcautious about my tr… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 36 |
 Jimjam | Triple Defensive Rotation Options In anticipation of FPL opening soon, I've been looking at triple defensive rotations today. Here are a few of the nicer ones I've found for the first 20 GWs: Watford / Crystal Palace / Sunderland… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 8 |
 Trigg ⭐️ | Boro's Defensive Strength I've seen some sniping on my beloved Middlesbrough today, so I'd just like to jump to their defence. Firstly, I know there is a jump between the Championship and the Premier League, I'm not naive.… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 50 |
 Az | Az's cash leagues Spots still open for my £5 and £20 entry leagues next year. 50% of pot to winner, 30% to 2nd, 20% to 3rd. Lots of interest already which is great 🙂 email me - fantasyfootballaz7@gmail.com with … | 9 years, 8 months ago | 11 |
 Dr Kenneth Noisewater | Team names for the coming season So we're forgetting the most important preseason activity. The team name. Any of the new acquisitions providing any puns or mirth? | 9 years, 8 months ago | 37 |
J0E | WHM & Palace - over or under achievers? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Did West Ham over perform last season and are due a slump this season? Or do you have faith they can continue to provide good Fantasy assets across all posit… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 16 |
 pompeyfan | High Hopes For Janssen Just a couple of points about Vincent Janssen: -He was the youngest player to score more than 25 goals in a season in the league since Ronaldo. -The first player to score more than 20 goals after t… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 16 |
 GS456 | Telegraph Fantasy Football - Player Lists http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fantasy-sports/fantasy-football/provisional-player-list-/ Telegraph players list is now out for anyone whose not seen it. Sanchez now classed as a midfielder which is … | 9 years, 8 months ago | 9 |
 d1sable | Form? How much does end of season form have an effect on teams/players and your choices for this season. Can it be even counted as form which such a gap? Will players like Townsend, Rondon, Tadic be pick… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 20 |
J0E | FPL Striker Options - Aguero, Ibra and ??? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic FPL three striker line up I think even without knowing prices it would be fair to assume that the likes of Aguero and Ibrahamovic are likely to be costly pu… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 58 |
andy85wsm | Guess the FPL price - Forwards Guess the FPL 16/17 prices - Forwards As with the midfielder hot topic make sure to include your price guesses for the following 21 forwards. It's probably easier if you copy and paste the list an… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 87 |
Lateriser 12 | Pep v Jose Strawpoll. Better manager? a) Jose b) Pep | 9 years, 8 months ago | 220 |
andy85wsm | Guess the FPL price - midfielders Guess the FPL 16/17 prices - Midfielders I've mainly included popular players, those that have moved clubs, or those rumored to be moving. Can you guess all 16 player prices? A point for each an… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 121 |
J0E | Scouts Annual Get Together - Pictures Over the weekend we had our annual get together of Scouts, featuring fine food, drink, quizzing from Disable and even late night bowling and cocktails. We have put some pics up on our twitter acc… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 9 |
J0E | Euro2016 fantasy final standings Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The ice packs are in place, the trophy on an open top bus and the Icelandic thunder clap a distant echo. So how did you do in the official Uefa game? Any min… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 31 |
 ducksfly2gether | DUCKSFLY2GETHER wins Euro Fantasy! The suspense is killing me here...was in 11th place 15 points behind 1st. Went all in on Portugal with Pepe captain. Anyone here do the same that was ahead of me??? | 9 years, 8 months ago | 22 |
 Milner4eva | Goalkeepers to consider So, talking FPL, who are people looking at for their goalkeepers, mids, and 3rd strikers? Hardest parts of the squad to pick IMO. Cheers | 9 years, 8 months ago | 30 |
 UnitedFan | Premier League Newcomers Who are the new BPL arrivals from abroad that will be in your FPL GW1 team? Do you usually go with players from other leagues from the off, or do you wait and see how they settle? Sometimes, they h… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 15 |
J0E | In Gwk Changes Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic In Gwk. Captaincy changes How have you enjoyed the official UEFA game's in game week captaincy and substitution changes? Does this improve the experienc… | 9 years, 8 months ago | 36 |