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AuthorHot TopicDateReplies

sinik
Euro Game Transfer/Sub Issue

Mods, hulk this: If you're having trouble making subs or changing the formation of your team, first change your captain and confirm, then you should be able to.

9 years, 9 months ago7

Az
Welcome New Mod - AZ

Afternoon all! What a day I've had. Completed my official Panini Euro 16 sticker album, bought my FFS membership for another year, and been made an official moderator of this wonderful community. …

9 years, 9 months ago22

champion_elect
Price Change Conundrum

PRICE CHANGE CONUNDRUM? The rules state prices will change after the group stage, based on performances. This seems like it might have a big impact for those considering the GW3 wildcard approach.…

9 years, 9 months ago13

J0E
Community Article of the month vote - May

Community Article of the month vote - May Its time again to vote for your favourite community article of the month. This is for those submitted in May. To make your vote simply say the name of t…

9 years, 9 months ago7

J0E
Stick or twist - Day 5

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Stick or Twist - Day 5 With time now all but run out on captaincy who is putting everything on a final gameday punt from the ranks of Portugal, Austria, Hun…

9 years, 9 months ago9

J0E
Stick or twist - the business end of the Match Week.

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Stick or twist - the business end of the Match Week. With popular captaincy choices Muller and Lewandowski failing to impress last night who are you lookin…

9 years, 9 months ago31

juggos
UEFA Player Price List

Can you view this? https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BXIJAMR9N5BFgKLj72cLSB1znCyWrxCaQ1AKGp-yK-0/edit?usp=sharing I take no credit for this as it isn't my work. I just added a copy to my dr…

9 years, 9 months ago0

Old Man
Roy hodgson's rmt

Just been looking various at the various showing England player ratings last night - the variation in the individual assessments was wide. Some of them are widely different from miine. (Yes I know …

9 years, 9 months ago45

J0E
Game Day 3 Captaincy Stick or Twist

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Game Day 3 Captaincy Stick or Twist For those playing the Official UEFA game are you sticking or twisting with your captaincy? Do you have Mulller or Lewan…

9 years, 9 months ago14

Pap Le Cissier
Getting a head start in FPL

Getting away from the euros for a moment. How do you guys go about starts my your fpl campaign? Safe and secure route, or take some risks and then hits if it doesn't work out? Reason I ask is I h…

9 years, 9 months ago41

J0E
UEFA Game Capt Stick or Twist

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Giroud (c) stick or twist? With the realisation that a single goal gives small returns it looks like Giroud's 5 pts is not enough to keep the armband on him…

9 years, 9 months ago23

Mark
Euro Tournament Stats Now Available

The Members area now has the European Championship Finals selectable in the competition dropdown so you can see the stats from tonight's game. Sorry for the delay, we had to do some set up. Tomorro…

9 years, 9 months ago4

J0E
Best Official UEFA Game picks

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic With deadline approaching in the Official UEFA game I thought it would be good to find out your top picks and the reasons behind them. Who is the best goalk…

9 years, 9 months ago22

TorresMagic™
McDonalds Euro Subs Deadline Rules

Manager substitutions After all matches on a single day have finished and before the next matches start, you can: Replace any player (unless they were sent off) with one from your bench whose team…

9 years, 9 months ago10

⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
All aboard the Calhanoglu-choo-choo

Nobody going with Calhanoglu of Turkey, free kick specialist, scored 11 direct free kicks in one season (2013/14 season) and 6.5m

9 years, 9 months ago23

J0E
Ronaldo or Ronaldon't

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Ronaldo or Ronaldon't I've not had Ronaldo in a single official UEFA game draft so far. The price was too high , I thought. Portugal not attacking enough as…

9 years, 9 months ago42

Do The Friendlies Matter?

In the recent weeks, while making their Euro Fantasy teams, managers have been highly influenced by players' performances in the friendlies. In example, Alaba had been an extremely popular pick unt…

9 years, 9 months ago9

J0E
EURO2016 - Not As Nailed As You Think

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Not as Nailed On As You Think With so much uncertainty over the Spainish goalkeeper situation it is surprising t see that in the official UEFA game De Gea h…

9 years, 9 months ago16

dmcqt
EURO 2016 Strategy tips

Any problems here? Sommer - Rui Patrício Juanfran - Rami - Dier - Hector - Denayer Matuidi - Alaba - Fàbregas - Özil - Wilshere Ronaldo - Morata - Giroud If Nolito turns out to be more nailed t…

9 years, 9 months ago37

Mark
Custom Stat Table Fix

We've now fixed the issue in Custom Stat Tables where players in teams outside of the 24 qualifiers were being shown. All tables will now have these players and teams filtered out by default to mak…

9 years, 9 months ago1

J0E
Euro 2016: Set Piece Takers

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic EURO 2016 set piece takers. Who are the most eye catching set piece takers at the tournament? which penalty takers, corner takers and free kick specialists…

9 years, 9 months ago15

Eden Hazardous
Costa as good as Aguero

There was a discussion two - three days ago about the top strikers in the PL and I remember that nobody rated Costa on par with Aguero. See this > https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CkRo4pwW0AArVWf.jpg …

9 years, 9 months ago52

Meinhoff
Mahrez to Arsenal?

Arsenal will follow the signing of Jamie Vardy by going after his Leicester City teammate Riyad Mahrez. (Source: Sun Sport) 😯

9 years, 9 months ago43

J0E
Is Vardy to Arsenal good or bad news for Fantasy managers?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What do you think of Vardy's very likely move to Arsenal? Will it be bad news for Fantasy managers as he competes for a place up top with Giroud? Or will he …

9 years, 9 months ago18

J0E
Live Hall of Fame Up Update

Members can see the final 2015/16 standings in our Hall of Fame here... http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/hall-of-fame/live/ Lots of big names among the risers and fallers.

9 years, 9 months ago15

J0E
EURO 2016 Must Haves

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Euro 2016 Must Haves Everyone will have their own idea of who the must have players are for the official UEFA Fantasy game. For me Muller was the first na…

9 years, 9 months ago23

J0E
Who will win Euro 2016?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who do you think will actually win EURO 2016? Will it be another long shot, like previous winners Greece or Denmark? Or will it be one of the usual suspect…

9 years, 9 months ago25

Ludo
Kane needs Alli to play number 10.

With Euro 2016 just days away, England fans have reached a remarkable consensus – drop Rooney, their captain and record goalscorer, from the 'Number 10' role, and instead play a 20 year old, fres…

9 years, 9 months ago10

raff97
Euro 2016 - best time to WC?

Haven't seen much discussion on this, but when is the best time to wildcard? After 1 game: Pros - You can immediately get rid of the under performers - Can jump on the train of players who look li…

9 years, 9 months ago11

Parm
2015-2016 Baseline BPS review

2015-16 Baseline BPS review: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19mzLcazDA_vMWWgW7UQYSmJeTxZoGptLK9uyUwxAfQk/edit?usp=sharing

9 years, 9 months ago2

J0E
Euro 2016 Members Tables

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Euro 2016 Members Tables I've noticed that some of you have already started compiling some excellent Members tables based on our 2016/17 Membership includin…

9 years, 9 months ago7

The Rock
Euro 2016 predictions

Things are quiet on here right not, not sure if this was asked before but what are people's predictions for the Euros? 1) Winner 2) Finalists 3) Top Goalscorer 4) Most Assists 5) Player of the To…

9 years, 9 months ago48

J0E
Spain options

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Can Spain rule Europe once again? Or has their time passed? Which Spain players are in your team or considering? Or are there simply better and cheaper opt…

9 years, 9 months ago11

Eden Hazardous
EURO 2016 Stat Attack

Euro 2016 Stats 1) Austrian & Slovakian Midfielders - http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/13399438 2) German Midfielders - http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/13399479 3) C…

9 years, 9 months ago26

J0E
Red Lightning Joins the FFSCOUT team

I'm delighted to announced that Red Lightning has joined our FFSCOUT moderators and contributors team. As someone who knows the community and Fantasy Football well, in particular through his tourn…

9 years, 9 months ago13

J0E
Has Roy got it right?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What do you think of Roy Hodgson's decision not to take two in form midfielders in Danny Drinkwater and Andros Townsend and instead opt for injury prone pla…

9 years, 9 months ago10

Ruth_NZ
Don't Call Me Schürrle

André Schürrle Is it crazy, I wonder, to be considering putting André Schürrle in my Euro team? Since the loss of Reus, Germany only have 2 wingers really, Schürrle and Sané. I know both G…

9 years, 9 months ago24

J0E
Last chance to view your FPL team

From tomorrow the Fantasy Premier League will be taking their login pages off line as they prepare for the new season. This means that from tomorrow you won’t be able to view your team, Gamewee…

9 years, 9 months ago0

J0E
Euro defenders

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Euro defenders With the possibility of Sweden's Viktor Nilsson Lindelof being nailed on for 4m does this alter the names in your back line? Who are your c…

9 years, 9 months ago10

J0E
Euros – is cutting corners on value worth it?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Euros – is cutting corners on value worth it? With the likes of Muller proving popular picks (see Lyonnais look at the FFS community template http://www.…

9 years, 9 months ago14

Lyonnais
Ffs euro template update

Here're some (updated) Euro fantasy RMT stats for you: FF Scout template team (sample = 50 RMT's from the last few articles): Rui Patricio (70%) / Sommer (40%) Denayer (56%) - Hector (44%) - Drag…

9 years, 9 months ago23

Mark
Hull & Burnley Back for Good?

Today's Hot Topic - with Hull confirming their promotion back to the top flight and Burnley having already sealed the Championship title, how different do you feel it will be for the pair this time…

9 years, 9 months ago12

FFFrog
Fantasy Frogball Euros update

New post Fantasy FrogBall Euros Having filled the 72 spaces within 3 days and seen there are more who want to join, I have reopened entries for the Fantasy FrogBall Euro's tournament, so now the …

9 years, 9 months ago13

J0E
Is England worth Fantasy Managers attention?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Are any England players worth drafting in for the Euro 2016 Fantasy games? Can their defence be trusted? Has Rooney's ship sailed? Can Alli steer clear of …

9 years, 9 months ago7

J0E
Pep's Man City Revolution

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Pep's Man City Revolution In all the excitement about Mourinho’s appointment at Manchester United I thought it was time to remember that there’s anothe…

9 years, 10 months ago31

J0E
How Psychology Drives Your Fantasy Football Decisions

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Over in our community articles section this morning Ludo has published this excellent analysis of the psychology of Fantasy management. http://www.fantasyf…

9 years, 10 months ago13

J0E
Euro 2016 - Midfield Options

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Euros 2016 midfield malaise. Perhaps like many I'm not having too much trouble finding good forward and defensive picks for my Euro 2016 team. With the lik…

9 years, 10 months ago35

Euro 2016 - What the Bookies Say

What the Bookies Say, Group Stage Matches Not a lot of markets are open yet across the whole group stage, but win-draw-win markets are open so here's a quick run-down of all matches the bookies ha…

9 years, 10 months ago4

Bøwstring The Carp
More New Chip Ideas

Chip ideas: following on from my article I wanted to try and think of a few chip ideas that wouldn't be specifically advantageous in a DGW. AOA was a pretty useless chip, but in it held a certain b…

9 years, 10 months ago16

J0E
Ibrahimovic – a hit or an expensive miss

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Ibrahimovic – a hit or an expensive miss With Ibrahimovic saying he is on the look out for a new challenge and Mourinho a clear fan it seems that the Sw…

9 years, 10 months ago40