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GW17 Stat Attack - "The combination of some data and an aching desire for an answer does not ensure that a reasonable answer can be extracted from a given body of data." Highlight of the week: Go…

Thoughts about having Sanchez, Ozil and Ramsey?

Fantasy Island risks and Clean sheets Seeing as there is no Scoutcast this week I thought I'd put some of our research into hot topics. Yesterday I took a look at how Dembele influences Kane's poi…

So I've done a bit of research into the Alli effect on Kane and why Dembele back could be good news for Kane. It looks as if Dembele offers far greater chance creation and passing accuracy from cen…

Scoutcast cancelled. Sorry to report that the Scoutcast tonight has been cancelled. Mark's son is unwell and he's needed on fatherly duties tonight. We will pack our notes up for now and hopefu…

This season 85% of goals have been scored from inside the box. So when looking at underlying stats, I think it's vital that a player at least matches his shots on target with shots in the box. Find…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Live Scoutcast tonight (9:30pm UK time) Feel free to leave your questions for the team here.

I wrote some simple "program" in excel, and import 34 FPL squads (11 teams from FFS Moderators & Contributors League, 16 from Overall Hall of Fame, 3 from currently top 100 overall and four more). …

In last year's 28th/29th December fixtures, the following players were rotated, having started the previous game on the 26th Dec. Arsenal - Gibbs, Rosicky, (Giroud was ineligible after a red card …

Looking to overhaul my midfield. Is Ramsey the perfect foil to Ozil owners or will Sanchez have an effect on Ramsey's points potential when he returns? Is Henderson the way to go into Liverpool's m…

Morning folks! I believe this season has proved that we should always be following the form players, regardless of fixture and price. Look at Mahrez, Vardy, Igahlo, Lukaku, Ramsey, Ozil. Don't …

Mahrez(C) or Lukaku(C)? 😛

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Rough with the Smooth - GWK 16 Feel free to leave your tales of woe and joy from GWK 16 here. The best ones will be read out on tomorrow's live Scoutcast (W…

Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 17 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…

Moving on from Wakey's qn, if you were a prem manager for a year and could pick any 11 current prem players to be in your starting XI, depending on your managerial style, who would you go for? Fo…

This is Mahrez's points when he plays away from home. 81 minutes - WHU - 10 45 minutes - BOU - 1 90 minutes - STK - 11 45 minutes - SOU - 4 90 minutes - WBA - 15 88 minutes - NEW - 9 89 minutes - …

Time to sell Harry Kane...? Yes, I'm being serious. That was infuriating to watch and, frankly, if I didn't have more important things to do, I'd be thinking about it. - Penalty box touches......…

Hey Everyone, It's Adam West's Birthday Happy Birthday

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL discussion Who is coming in for you today and how are the monthly players doing so far. I'm 100th for December and just 25 pts off the £1,000 but w…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why?

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 16 GW15 results: Right above this post... ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, every evening prior to the start of…

I don't comment very often on here but just wanted to say how much I enjoyed listening to this weeks Scoutcast! A lot of funny talk about the two things that frustrate me the most about FPL - award…

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

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Has Giroud done enough to smash the frontline template? With five goals (one an OG admittedly ) in the last two games has the Arsenal man done enough to sec…

Hi Peeps. This got lost in the Team Form comments section, and I want some thoughts on the analysis because i might do it regularly if it works.... I do like the weekly article (http://www.fantasy…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Playing the percentages We had a good discussion last night about playing the percentages - getting high ownership players in to help avoid a ratings slide …

Recap & highlights with some stats of the Tuesday CL match between ManCity vs M.Gladbach. ManCity: On paper it was a 4231, though it played as a 433 with a fluid front three, Sterling in as false …

Name your best differential over the Xmas schedule? Theo Walcott. 1.5% ownership.

On the twelfth day of Scoutmas, my gameweek gave to me... Twelve Deeneys Diving Eleven Payets Probing Ten Lovrens Leaping Nine Busses Parking Eight Mané Minutes Seven Swans a-Winning Six Ö…

Scout Cast Tonight - join the team tonight at 9:30pm (after the Champs Lg matches) where we will be discussing your questions and looking ahead to Gwk 16. Feel free to leave your questions for th…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Rough with the Smooth Please leave your GWK 15 tales of woe and joy here. Remember to only mention what you did do (Eg captained Mahrez) and not what you di…

To remind ourselves that FPL is a marathon, not a sprint, I guess many of us try to set targets in terms of Overall Rank for stages in the season. In the last couple of years, the formula I've foll…

Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 16 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…

I posted this on Friday while the pages were moving quickly. It tickled me writing it, anyway 😛 I think we should all have a "manager classification" next to our username. This will give the per…

To all the captain hindsights out there, I still believe KDB (2), Hazard (2), Kane (2) and Firmino (3) were decent options, even (C) options to go with prior to the deadline. Obviously many would …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL discussion How has the week gone so far? Who comes in over the next two days? Who were your stars? And your flops? Also keen to hear for others who h…

RP, bottomed 🙄 Last week I touched on the topic of 'effective ownership'. The original post can be found here: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/11965699 I thought it would be i…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why?

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 15 GW14 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/12013109 ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, every…

Hi Andy I have set up a mini league for those playing for the UFPL December prize. 23519-3370 Tony

To sum up the press conference: Walcott + Koscielny are a maybe for the weekend - being assessed tomorrow Sanchez + Cazorla - Doesn't know how long they're out for Ramsey - It's a possibility he c…

Friday's Press Conferences - 08:45 Norwich 09:00 Arsenal & West Brom 12:00 Chelsea & Everton 12:15 Man Utd 12:45 City 13:45 Palace 14:00 Liverpool & Southampton 14:30 Stoke.

Here's my post from last week on Bournemouth, turning the focus to this week. After the talk of them tightening up, they went on to concede three. Very happy with my Everton points personally. ___…

GW15 Stat Attack: "An approximate answer to the right problem is worth a good deal more than an exact answer to an approximate problem." Team Stats: - Southampton have conceded six goals at home …

Repost as got stranded at the end of an article last night........ DGW update/musings C1C Final is GW27 Currently scheduled PL GW27 fixtures involving teams still in the C1C: Liverpool v Everto…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What to do about Liverpool. Looking at their recent attacking form and kind fixture run investment looks key. But with Daniel Sturridge and Jordan Henderso…

A little birdy told me it's Mark's birthday today. Happy birthday Mark! 🙂

Here's the recap from the Southampton vs Liverpool C1C match: Assists in parentheses. Liverpool: A variant on Klopp's 433, it played as a midfield diamond in a 442. -----Origi--------------------…

Weighing in on the hazard vs non hazard debate, I'd like to think its more about 2 factors 1- as many budget players have performed exceedingly well, so, we're left with lots of moolah, meaning we …

COMMUNITY PICKS HELP Hi again everyone, I won the lottery so I'm Community Pick Champion for this week! I think I have a pretty good team worked out but I would really appreciate your help and adv…