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AuthorHot TopicDateReplies

J0E
Who will be GWK 32's best differential and why?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be GWK 32's best differential/pre wildcard one week punt? And why?

9 years, 11 months ago32

FFFrog
FROGGY FIVE PREDICTION COMPETITION - GW32

FROGGY FIVE PREDICTION COMPETITION - GW32 Welcome to the Froggy Five Competition! INSTRUCTIONS In this competition you enter 5 predictions for ANY 5 fixtures in the upcoming gameweek. For Exampl…

9 years, 11 months ago40

J0E
Double Gameweek Definites, Probables and Maybes

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Double Gameweek Definites, Probables and Maybes Like many of you with wildcards intact and a bench boost or triple captaincy to use over GWKs 33 and 34 I’…

9 years, 11 months ago47

J0E
No Scoutcast Tonight 🙁

Apologies but tonight's Scoutcast has been cancelled. Making the new site look lovely has taken priority. Provisionally the next one will take place next Wed (Apr 6)

9 years, 11 months ago4

Mark
Downtime Today

Just a heads up... We're going to be taking the site down, maybe for several hours this morning while we undergo some upgrades and changes. You will see a temporary message while this takes plac…

9 years, 11 months ago15

Kings of Lyon ★
Chips Mini-League

For increased visibility Following the great idea by Back on The Horse I have created a private league which will run from GW32-GW38. The purpose of this league is to understand which way is best…

9 years, 11 months ago80

J0E
DGWS - what can history teach us?

Fantasy Football Scout Double Gameweeks - Can We Learn From History? Double gameweek players have the potential to offer Fantasy managers huge points returns. Rooney's 64 captaincy hau and even …

9 years, 11 months ago41

draftcup
Is Sanchez worth his price tag?

For anyone deciding whether to include Sanchez in your wildcard teams, here are some numbers to consider. With at least one of Giroud and Welbeck on the pitch this season (all competitions), Sanch…

9 years, 11 months ago12

The Hindu Monkey
Sanchez v Kane - The DGWK Dilemma

TIP: If you're tearing your hair out on whether to keep your spurs/foxes assets or go hell for leather on your wildcard/bench boost - remember, turn the problem around As such: Would you feel wo…

9 years, 11 months ago27

J0E
Live HoF update

Live Hall of Fame now updated. There are now 4 FFScout mods and contribs on the first page (top 50). There are some other notable risers and fallers too. Members can view the latest here.... http…

9 years, 11 months ago14

J0E
Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 32

Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 32 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, 11 months ago3

BPS Study

A short BPS Study BPS vs Bonus Points graph: http://imgur.com/Y6CyJC1 BPS Thresholds so far this season: < 20, never any bonus points 25, 25% got at least 1 bonus point, 10% of which got 2 bonus&hellip;

9 years, 11 months ago17

J0E
Butland Exit Plans

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Best Butland replacement. Whether wildcarded or wildcardless, with two frees, one free, no playing goalies or a good back up Butland is very well owned so &hellip;

9 years, 11 months ago20

Ryan
DGW Perfection

The perfect storm GW32 WC Robles Elliot Bellerin Gabriel Dann Sakho Janmaat Sanchez Firmino Payet Barkley Bolasie Aguero Lukaku Wickham GW33: 6DGWers - Save FT GW34: 15DGWers - Bolasie -> Couti&hellip;

9 years, 11 months ago71

J0E
Everton and Palace double trouble

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Everton and Palace double trouble For Everton's triple double (GWKs 33, 34 & 37) we all know that Lukaku is looking like the must have player. But given Ev&hellip;

9 years, 11 months ago40

Maxed out double game weeks

Double Gameweeks Maxed Out. GW32 WC Robles, Hart Dann, Koscielny, Sakho, Clichy, Clyne Sanchez, Ozil, Coutinho, Barkley, Bolasie Aguero, Lukaku, Wickham Robles, Dann, Barkley, Bolasie, Wickham, &hellip;

9 years, 11 months ago23

J0E
You Know Double GWK fever has struck when....

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic You know that double Gameweek fever has struck when......

9 years, 11 months ago47

J0E
Everton and Palace DGWK 33 Discussion

Everton and Palace Double How has the news that Everton and Palace now have a double gameweek 33 changed your plans. Anyone tempted to wildcard right now to maximise their double double. Also w&hellip;

9 years, 11 months ago40

J0E
Home Comforts and Away Day Blues

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Why are some teams so bad away from home? Given that Aguero will be a popular captaincy pick during the double Gameweek I thought it would be good to get yo&hellip;

9 years, 11 months ago32

Nickofoz
Mitrovic at the double

Anyone thinking Mitrovic could be a nice DGW differential? Coming into form, Newcastle have a lot to play for and he has SWA, MCI. He's also on pens, could see some points for him in both of those &hellip;

9 years, 11 months ago37

J0E
Gameweek 32 punts and differentials

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 32 punts and differentials With wildcards fluttering round in Gameweek 33, the next gameweek is a great opportunity to opt for a punt. For me I t&hellip;

9 years, 12 months ago36

J0E
DGWK Second Thoughts

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic DGWK second thoughts Who is having second thoughts about fielding a full 15 with a wildcard and bench boost for GWK 34? Is the form of single gameweekers &hellip;

9 years, 12 months ago65

Irish Madridista ⭐
Is Pelle the fella to make our teams stellar?

Anyone considering Pelle? No DGW, but no blank either and lots to play for, seems to be a player that does well in bursts too.. Newcastle, Everton, Villa in GW33-35...

9 years, 12 months ago21

andy85wsm
DGWKs Are Clouding Our Judgement

Never known two double game weeks where we feel we absolutely must have 11 DGW players (15 in this case). Maybe because we can it's clouding our judgement...definitely is mine. Although my judgeme&hellip;

9 years, 12 months ago30

RoysCallerAnne
DGWK Differentials

As my train wreck season comes to it's ungainly conclusion, I'm simply going all-out differential on my currently active WC. I will stick to the brilliant stuff posted on here regarding maximising &hellip;

9 years, 12 months ago16

Jøssy ⭐
DGW Tool Created

You might find this tool I created helpful... https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WMoQEicmkrJMusLUmzb0FuVCkBQ44xyKB22LkHTJ7hM/edit?usp=sharing Some pointers on what it does: - States the DGW&hellip;

9 years, 12 months ago0

Twisted Saltergater
Another DGWK Tool

Hey DGW planners Here's a simple template where you can fill in the player and team you have in mind, and it will auto fill in the fixtures they have. I found it quite useful to see which combina&hellip;

9 years, 12 months ago23

Lightbody
Which SGWers to Keep?

So. Anyone who's WCing 32 or 33 for BB in 34, who's considering keeping single GWers like Kane, Alli and Mahrez (even Simpson)? I can't see anyone in Mahrez's price bracket who's likely to outsco&hellip;

9 years, 12 months ago52

ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
Frequent Posters Cup Update

FREQUENT POSTERS CUP - LAST 32 RESULTS (repost) iCon 91 v 66 Sjaugen Feed Feo 88 v 83 Danno Spineless Weasel 87 v 78 Gooner Kebab $howMeTheMane 87 v 83 HVT Slartibartfast 87 v 84 Thunder_Mike Spec&hellip;

9 years, 12 months ago11

J0E
Rough with the Smooth - Gwk 31

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Rough with the Smooth - Gameweek 31 How was your gameweek? Lots of chuffed Kane captainers I imagine. What about Aguero captainers? Anyone own Fabregas? And&hellip;

9 years, 12 months ago92

Evs
Pick Players That Aren't Already On The Beach

Remember folks, pick players from teams who have something to play for at the end of the season. Obvious statement I know, but just saying...

9 years, 12 months ago31

J0E
In Gameweek Changes - UFPL and Sky

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic In Gameweek Games Changes - UFPL and Sky What moves are you making today? Was yesterday a wash out for your UFPL captain? What of Sky. Mahrez captainers wi&hellip;

9 years, 12 months ago4

J0E
Gwk 31 captaincy

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? Kane and Siggy the obvious choices I imagine. But is anyone daring to be different?

9 years, 12 months ago44

@ocprodigy
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 31 GW29 results tonight, apologies for delays. As for GW30... That was cancelled as I was drunk... ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been a&hellip;

10 years, 6 hours ago53

FFFrog
FROGGY FIVE PREDICTION COMPETITION

FROGGY FIVE PREDICTION COMPETITION GW31 Welcome to the Froggy Five Competition! INSTRUCTIONS In this competition you enter 5 predictions for ANY 5 fixtures in the upcoming gameweek. For Example &hellip;

10 years, 11 hours ago43

J0E
GWK 31's Best Differential

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gameweek 31's best differential and why?

10 years, 16 hours ago54

Arteta
Friday's Press Conferences

For those who haven't seen it yet: Arsenal - 9.00 West Brom - 9.00 Sunderland - 9.15 Manchester City - 12.45 Newcastle - 13.00 Norwich - 13.00 Chelsea - 13.15 Southampton - 14.00

10 years, 16 hours ago0

In Bale We Trust
DGWK 34 Forwards

What three strikers are people thinking of taking for DGW 34? Presumably Lukaku, Aguero and who else?

10 years, 1 day ago56

J0E
DGWK 34 Defenders

DGWK 34 Defenders Who will play both games? Just some very basic early notes on defenders at four key teams during the DGWK 34. Liverpool Safe Mignolet – He’s missed just one Premier Lea&hellip;

10 years, 1 day ago16

J0E
When The Chips Are Down

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Chips - The Haves and the Have-Nots On last night’s Scoutcast it was lamented that the chips could give too much of an advantage to those who plan ahead a&hellip;

10 years, 1 day ago67

gaurava1216
GWK 33 Wildcard Strategy

My Comments on DGW 34 for those using WC in 33....BB in 34 and TC in 37..... A) Pick 3 Liverpool players -------DGW 34, Play 35, play 36, DGW 37. Players in contention IMO: Either Moreno/Clyne DF &hellip;

10 years, 2 days ago22

Mr Pink
The Case for a GW36 WC

Currently leaning towards WC36 for the following reasons: 1) I can get 9 DGW players in GW34 without a hit. If anything, experience has taught us that a SGW player with a good fixture might very w&hellip;

10 years, 2 days ago37

McNulty
Dare You Go Aguero-less for the DGWKs?

Just continuing on from Grimandi's post in the other article (link at the bottom)... Has anyone considered an Aguero-less wildcard team to bench boost in GW34? Might seem like madness but there&hellip;

10 years, 2 days ago27

J0E
Live Scoutcast (Tonight 9:45pm)- Leave Your Questions Here

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Live Scoutcast tonight at 9:45pm DGWKs will surely be on the agenda - feel free to leave your questions for the team below on the doubles and any other Fant&hellip;

10 years, 2 days ago61

Ryan
All Quiet on the GWK 36 Wildcard Front

Its all gone very quiet on the alternative option 'WC GW36 BB GW37' Why is this?

10 years, 3 days ago78

DGWK Players Longlist

Before we get knuckled down in a gameweek 34 "template", let's cast our net wide. Liverpool: Mignolet, Moreno, Sakho, Milner, Lallana, Hendo, Firmino, Coutinho, Studger Everton: Robles, Coleman, &hellip;

10 years, 3 days ago39

BuK II
Gwk 33-37 Transfer Plan

Thinking about GW33 wildcard out loud and how to get 15DGWers for GW34, 11 out in GW35 and 11 DGWers for GW37... Everton, Liverpool and Crystal Palace have 7 matches in the 5GWs so loading up on t&hellip;

10 years, 3 days ago53

Bøss ⭐
Punt or Plan - Gameweek 31 Transfers

anyone else planning to prioritize transfers for DGW players that will be potentially rising in value (so that they can afford them come GW34) or are you planning to punt between now and the GW33 W&hellip;

10 years, 3 days ago15

Bubz
At the Double! Time to Triple Up on Liverpool

So triple Liverpool is basically essential if they have 2 DGW's and a fixture GW35 right?

10 years, 3 days ago17

J0E
DGWK 34 and 37 strategy

Hot Topic – Double Gameweek Strategy and Discussion So we now know when the double gameweeks will be with GWK 34 and 37 looking like busy times for being a Fantasy manager. Here’s what we kn&hellip;

10 years, 3 days ago70