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 ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$ | FA Cup - yes or no guv'nor? FA CUP THIRD ROUND WEEKEND YES/NO COMPETITION Just for fun, 10 yes/no questions on the FA Cup this weekend. Simply, put your answers below in reply to this post, and whoever gets the most correct… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 64 |
 Irish Madridista ⭐ | Half-way predictions Halfway through predictions?? Top 4? Bottom 4? Best budget player from now till the end? Biggest disappointment from now till the end? Next manager to go? | 10 years, 2 months ago | 47 |
 J0E | FFSCOUT ESPN League now live FFSCOUT ESPN league now created For those playing ESPN we now have a league. Go to find a group and key in FFSCOUT. http://games.espn.go.com/premier-fantasy/2016/en_GB/groupfind | 10 years, 2 months ago | 13 |
J0E | Time to Overhaul Our Forwards? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is it time for a complete overhaul of our frontlines? With Lukuku injured and with poor fixtures, Kane next to useless without Dembele and Vardy’s form s… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 42 |
 Dr Dream | Expecting too much from the doubles? I'll just chuck a few thoughts into the pot re these DGW's and folk contemplating their WC's. Whilst there's no doubt that IF a DGW works out well it can give you a boost it's seldom on the scale … | 10 years, 2 months ago | 34 |
 | DGWK Planning Update League Cup double gameweek planning As Jarvish has already gone over in detail, the League Cup will present 2 or 4 blanks in gw27 while the possible options for dgws in weeks 25, 34 or 37. As the … | 10 years, 2 months ago | 14 |
J0E | Wed's Scoutcast - watch again here Alli, Aguero, differentials and GWK 21 plans top the bill in our latest Scoutcast. Catch up here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ6FD_HAJIE This is a new link that merges last night's two s… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 3 |
J0E | Rough With the Smooth - Differentials Special Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Differentials rough with the smooth How successful have you been this season with selecting differentials. Have they brought in the points to steal a march… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 41 |
J0E | Further FPL Rule Changes? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What comes after chips in FPL? This season Fantasy Premier League introduced one of its biggest rule changes with the creation of chips. Wildcards are now c… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 88 |
| Alli v Sigurdsson Looking at Siggy vs Alli in depth and I'm none the wiser 😕 The stats http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/12380/ Broadly similar over the last 6 weeks and for fixtures p… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 19 |
J0E | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gwk 21 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 21 This season we have revamped how we involve the community in our Scout Picks. Once again we are on the look out for a champion to represent th… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 2 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast (WED 9:30pm)- Leave Your Questions Here Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Live Scoutcast to take place tomorrow (Wed 9:30pm). Feel free to leave your questions for the team here. Is Aguero on your mind perhaps? What about how on e… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 63 |
| BAP Hunting update I've fully updated my BAP Hunting spreadsheet, so here's the link and my analysis of it. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WN7wHzk8VeoCdPEZM40uFi0UVUVM81RU9dNl5R1GlBc/pubhtml# Defences Use t… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 28 |
J0E | Best Community writer for December Vote Best Community writer of December prize Please take a moment to cast your vote for the best community writer of December. You can do this by mentioning the name of the writer in the comments belo… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 16 |
J0E | GWK 20 Rough with the Smooth Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic GWK 20 rough with the smooth Looking for your tales of woe and joy in what was one of the lowest scoring Gameweeks for some time. Expecting a fair few rough… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 55 |
 Bøwstring The Carp | Is the template finally broken? Is the template finally broken? Vardy, Mahrez, Ighalo, Deeney, Kane, Ramsey, Barkley, Coutinho , KDB, Ozil, Shaqiri and Arnautovic all blanking with a 9 day gap til the next gameweek. More option… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 21 |
J0E | The Festive Average The festive average across the three sets of Xmas and New Year games was 141. So how was your FPL Christmas? Were you below or above the average? I said before the festive fixtures that I like … | 10 years, 2 months ago | 53 |
Bøwstring The Carp | The too good 5th mid conundrum So many with Alli on the bench Really begs the question, is there any point in a 5th mid that is getting returns so regularly? The likelihood is we all have form players making up our starting 7, … | 10 years, 2 months ago | 32 |
J0E | UFPL Discussion Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL discussion So did we have a December winner? And how is January going so far? Who were your MD1 stars? Who comes in for you today? For me I sadly cap… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 11 |
J0E | Gwk 20 captaincy decision Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gwk and why? | 10 years, 2 months ago | 36 |
 @ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 20 This was posted really late, apologies. Depending on how many join, I may have to cancel the game week. Similarly GW19 results will come shortly. Sorry, life h… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 41 |
J0E | Fantasy Football New Year Resolutions Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Happy New Year - what is your Fantasy Football new year's resolution? Is it more or less differentials? Less risks with captains? Or to win a cup, or mini… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 29 |
| FFS best of 2015 As is a must on New Year's Eve, I want to start a 'Best of 2015' thread. I'll get the ball rolling with Jairzinho collating the ultimate N'Doye pun collection: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 18 |
J0E | Festive Rough with the Smooth Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Festive rough with the smooth....your highs and lows so far. What have been your best transfers/captaincies so far over the festive fixtures? What have bee… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 59 |
 Sánchez | The best or the worst? Just read article on Daily Mail website saying this is the worst premier league season ever. Amongst the reasons gave were 1. Arsenal are top with 4 defeats and tgat is more than chelsea lost all … | 10 years, 2 months ago | 36 |
J0E | Who is in and out for you in the January sales? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who is in or out for you in January? Is a Vardy replacement on your mind? If so who? What about the midfield template? Is it time to bale on Barkley or mak… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 55 |
 sully29 | In Praise of the FFS Capt Poll Just looked at Triggerlips' site, apparently the FFS captain's poll hasn't blanked since GW12? Think this is the lesson I'll take from the first half of this season. Instead of trying to catch up … | 10 years, 2 months ago | 21 |
 Zasa | Top Player For 2016 I have some nostalgia with this guy, as he was one of the most consistent players last year early on when the team had a clinical striker to finish his majestic chances. Quality corner taker, more … | 10 years, 2 months ago | 23 |
 andy85wsm | How Can Aguero Woo You? For those WITHOUT Aguero, what would he have to do for you to get him in for next game week? Do you just want to see him get through 90 minutes or would he have to score a brace given how well oth… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 54 |
andy85wsm | Best Defender Next Four Who are the best defenders over the next 4-ish weeks do you think? (and thanks EH for previous reply) I'm interested to see what people are thinking as I'm looking at the popular choices and not c… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 22 |
J0E | In a Spin - who will be rotated and who is safe in GWK 20? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic In a Spin - who will be rotated and who is safe in GWK 20? Feel free to leave your thoughts here as to which players you think may be rotated and which shou… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 37 |
| Wimbledon Doubles Tournament Announcement **Announcing Wimbledon Doubles Tournament** Email me at grandplayoffs@gmail.com with your name, your partner's name, your partner's email (to verify) and both players FPL IDs Tournament to begin … | 10 years, 2 months ago | 151 |
Zasa | Gwk 19 Stat Attack GW19 Stat Attack: "The subjectivist (i.e. Bayesian) states his judgements, whereas the objectivist sweeps them under the carpet by calling assumptions knowledge, and he basks in the glorious object… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 12 |
J0E | Gwk 19 top differential Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Who will be Gwk 19's best differential and why? For me it's all about teams facing Nor and Sun ....,as they are currently conceding the most big chances. … | 10 years, 2 months ago | 34 |
 Acquafresca | Gwk 19 captaincy - revisited Where's Jonty and his shiny green hulked "Who are you captaining this GW and why" post? | 10 years, 2 months ago | 29 |
@ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 19 Sorry it's late again - all these Christmas schedules confuse me! Hopefully the late deadline makes up for the late entry opening. GW17 results - http://www.fa… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 52 |
 Your Mum's Athletic | What the Bookies Say - GW19 What the Bookies Say - GW19 - mini version (I'm ill) FFS Captaincy poll top 10 and their odds 1. Mesut Ozil - 9/5 2. Lukaku - 13/10 3. Aguero - 10/11 4. Kane - 13/10 5. Giroud - 19/20 6. De Bruyn… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 9 |
J0E | GWK 19 Captaincy decisions Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining in Gameweek 19 and why? Really tough gameweek with rotation set to figure prominently. Getting a player that will start will be just … | 10 years, 2 months ago | 36 |
andy85wsm | Full 3pm Boxing DAy lineups Full Boxing Day 3pm lineups: Aston Villa: Guzan, Hutton, Okore, Lescott, Bacuna, Gana, Westwood, Veretout, Sanchez, Ayew, Gestede West Ham: Adrian, Cresswell, Tomkins, Kouyate, Zarate, Valencia, … | 10 years, 2 months ago | 14 |
 Mark | FPL Cup Opponent Check In Quick Cup opponent check in... Mine appears to have left his armband on Ighalo. Either that's maverick genius or he's gone Ghostship over Xmas. http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/2454580/eve… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 23 |
J0E | Boxing Day Captain Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining on Boxing Day and why? | 10 years, 2 months ago | 34 |
@ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 18 Apologies its late - its Christmas! GW17 results tomorrow, guaranteed. GW16 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2015/12/22/the-big-numbers-gameweek-… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 46 |
J0E | All I Want For Christmas Is.... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Merry Christmas everyone. What do you want most over the festive fixtures? Is it for the veterans picks of Kane and Aguero to teach the likes of Mahrez an… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 47 |
 John t penguin | 'Twas the night before Christmas... 'Twas the night before Christmas, when on the webpage Not a creature was stirring, not even muppets rage The community round up hung by the chimney with care, In hopes we might get a mention in the… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 22 |
J0E | Festive benches Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Your Benches Who is on your bench for Boxing Day? Is it strong enough to withstand festive rotation? Who would you recommend as the best Christmas bench f… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 49 |
| Home and Away Fixture Planning tl;dr: Playing the fixtures anyone? With every team about to go on a stretch of home, home, away, away, home, home.... or the opposite pattern from gameweek 19 onwards for between 6 and 10 gamewee… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 23 |
 facer | A Physio's Eye View on Vardy's Injury Looking at the footage, it is clear that Jamie Vardy leaves the field in a little discomfort, rubbing the back of his leg, over the belly of the hamstring group of muscles. On a positive note attem… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 20 |
Bøwstring The Carp | City & Kolarov Rotation (posted last night but was quite late so I'll repost for those that missed it) Just a thought on Man City defence and Kolarov's starting chance Pellegrini has never made more than 1 defensive cha… | 10 years, 2 months ago | 14 |
J0E | Who has won 15/16 - Dullards or Mavericks? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who has won 2015/16 so far - dullards or mavericks? This was an issue we discussed last night on the Scoutcast. For the mavericks - they can point to the … | 10 years, 2 months ago | 52 |
 Jazz! | Today's press conference times In case Presser timings haven't been posted... 0800 BOURNEMOUTH 0830 WEST BROM 0900 ARSENAL 0930 WEST HAM UNITED 1230 CHELSEA 1230 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1245 MANCHESTER CITY 1300 NORWICH CITY … | 10 years, 2 months ago | 10 |