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 Rains of Castamere | Bohemian Fantasy So I've been in a right quandary about what to do with my strikers. It's kept me up at night. So the only way I can release this anxiety is through song. Tune: Bohemian Rhapsody ----------------… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 15 |
 Beavis | All I Want For Christmas is Kane, or Maybe Lukaku, or Maybe Aguero Aguero, Xmas Period and the fear of not owning him GW16: SWA - but Kane/Lukaku have NEW/nor respectively. GW18*: SUN - but Kane/Lukaku have NOR/new respectively. *Furthermore, this is 5 days afte… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 38 |
 J0E | Latest Goals and Assist Imminent Tables Some tables for Members. One Stat to Rule Them All. Focuses on Shots on Targets. Last 4 GWKs tends to be the best judge. Good for finding out the strikers and attacking mids in form. Big Chances … | 10 years, 3 months ago | 33 |
J0E | Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 14 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 14 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, 3 months ago | 1 |
 Irish Madridista ⭐ | The ultimate forward line The forwards dilemma... So am I right in saying we're all trying to choose 3 strikers out of: (A) Kun (13.1) -- (7 G // 1 A // 3 Bps) -- 50 pts in 609 mins (SOU, sto, SWA, ars) (B) Kane (9.5) -… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 37 |
J0E | Daring to go Aguero-less Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Daring to go Aguero-less A goal and a price rise on his return and the Sergio Aguero bandwagon has begun in earnest as his new owners hope he can significan… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 79 |
 andy85wsm | Rise of the Liverpool mids So with the performance today along with the upcoming fixtures of Swansea (h), Newcastle (a), WBA (h), Watford (a), Leicester (h), Sunderland (a), a Liverpool midfielder has suddenly become top of … | 10 years, 3 months ago | 14 |
 PlayON | PlayON FPL games Killian here from PlayON, 45 minutes left to enter today's Daily Fantasy Premier League games - you can view all the below games in our lobby at: https://playon.co/#/enter-games Weekly: Gamewee… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 13 |
andy85wsm | Live FPL Q&A Scouts doing a live Q&A with the Premier League - https://twitter.com/premierleague/status/668015013563617280 | 10 years, 3 months ago | 1 |
 Bøwstring The Carp | Happy birthday Bowstring! Think this is my first birthday I'll be on FFS 🙂 Folks are away in New York, girlfriend is in Czech Republic and my two best mates are working. Just me and the two dogs to hide behind the couch … | 10 years, 3 months ago | 18 |
J0E | Gameweek 13 Captaincy Decisions Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? | 10 years, 3 months ago | 30 |
 @ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 13 Still in the Bahamas so GW12 results will come up most likely Sunday morning (when I land - 14 hours of flying to complete the spreadsheet in!) Gameweek 11 res… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 60 |
 Doolittle | Doolittle says goodbye Here we are then, the final frontier. Now the end is near, and so I face the final curtain. I will still be Doolittle on Monday, I will still bleed the same blood and breathe the same air, but we w… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 105 |
 Spatburgunder | Aguero fit Manchester City FC @MCFC now PELLEGRINI: “Sergio is fit – he’s ready to come back. David continues with some small sprain in his ankle so it’s a risk for him to play." | 10 years, 3 months ago | 18 |
 roscola | Will Mane start this week? I did some fact checking about Mane's playing time immediately following international duty. Long story: 15/10/14 - National game 18/10/14 - (SUN) - 25 mins off the bench 19/11/14 - National game… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 31 |
J0E | Gameweek 13's Best Differential Will Be... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who do you think will be GWK 13's best differential and why? And who on earth is going to play up front for Manchester United? Could a differential emerge a… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 54 |
 Demí | Fridays press conferences Today's 10 PL press conferences: 0845 Norwich 0900 West Brom 0930 Man United 0930 West Ham 1200 Chelsea 1230 Tottenham 1245 Man City 1315 Palace 1400 Newcastle 1400 Sunderland | 10 years, 3 months ago | 14 |
 Mr Alex | Holding fire on Aguero plans Since beginning to use FFS I have only ever been a skulker, skulking around the sites content, taking on board that which I deem useful. So, I thought after all this time greatly appreciating the i… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 50 |
 Zasa | GW13 stat attack Stat Attack for Gw13: You miss 80% of the shots you don’t take, 25% of the time. Team Stats: - Most chances created in Europe's top 5 leagues in 2015/16: Bayern Munich (182), Real Madrid (179),… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 17 |
J0E | Chelsea and the Form v Fixture Debate Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Chelsea's form but such great fixtures The overwhelming feeling on the Scoutcast last night was that Chelsea should be avoided in spite of their excellent k… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 54 |
 Scoredelario | Could King Josh V Be Dethroned? I just read the Bournemouth fans forum. I know... quiet day at work. Most of the fans don't rate King and there is even a multi page thread with the title "Is King the worst player to ever play fo… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 22 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Wed 9:15pm - Leave Your Questions here Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Live Scoutcast tonight at 9:15pm. Featuring Mark, myself and Granville stand in Andy85wsm. Feel free to leave your questions for the team here. | 10 years, 3 months ago | 119 |
Irish Madridista ⭐ | Firmino Folly Fears I feel a "Rough with the Smooth" entry coming in about a week's time... "Irish Madridista.. I took an 8 point hit to dump Pelle, Yaya and Payet, and brought in Lukaku, Ozil and Firmino. Pelle r… | 10 years, 3 months ago | 27 |
 Saniul | Sanchez Fatigue Concerns I have seen a lot of international managers try to take it to Arsene, but can't remember too many as direct as Sampaoli.. Sanchez was literally limping all of last game, was probably at 30% or 40%,… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 49 |
J0E | Top Ten Most Voted For Posters Top Ten Posters by votes received- as of 11:42am today. 1. Demi - 10,344 2. Wild Rover - 7,174 3. Optimus - 6,964 4. EpicFail - 6,761 5. Doosra 6,259 6. Applebonkers 5,450 7. Parm 5,388 8. Torres… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 71 |
J0E | Kane, Lukaku or Giroud? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Which striker? Here’s a trio of options to consider drafting in or put the armband on if you already own them. Lukaku Fixtures AVL, bou, CPL, nor, LEI, … | 10 years, 4 months ago | 58 |
 JK - Cønt ⭐ | Bony to Aguero, or Wait Fellow Bony owners are you going straight for Kun or are you taking a stop gap in between? Right now I am minded to go straight for Kun as I don't see Kane as a stop gap and given the fixtures L… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 19 |
 Eden Hazardous | King Josh the Fifth Thoughts on Josh King...most SoT in GW 12 (including all forwards) , is classified as a MID but is playing OOP , just 4.6m and Howe said that King is first choice atm + Murray was not even include… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 24 |
J0E | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 13 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 13 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, 4 months ago | 5 |
J0E | 5th midfielder or 4th defender? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic How has a credible five-man midfield gone for those who have shunned the tried and tested cheap fifth midfielder strategy in recent weeks? For me its not go… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 18 |
J0E | Moderation Issues Explained Moderation explained I’ve had one or two requests over the last week for us to explain a bit more about our moderation policy in terms of issues like racism. Just to be clear a lot of work g… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 41 |
 GreenWindmill | Best Bad Luck Stories Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Best Bad Luck Stories In honour of today being Friday the 13th we're looking for your tales of outrageous misfortune. Personally I remember bringing in Dze… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 79 |
 Nickofoz | The case for Bolasie There's been a little bit of chatter about Bolasie around these parts, so I thought I'd summarise as to why he could turn out to be a decent option. I do think Ozil is the best replacement for Paye… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 31 |
 PurpleCobras | The High Rankers Set For A Fall Morning all! I just wanted to do a brief motivational post for those like Jonty that are beginning to worry about their rank. I've had a little look at the teams that ARE doing well with the idea… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 46 |
J0E | Baines and the Forgotten Men Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Baines and the forgotten men. Has Baines, even without penalties, still got what it takes to be a viable Fantasy option. Which other forgotten men do you th… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 19 |
 DaddyPig | Baby Daddypig has arrived So, after my post yesterday my wife went straight into labour and a baby boy (Louie) and hopefully a future FPL champion was born, so I'll now be one of those asking about Payet replacements etc.. … | 10 years, 4 months ago | 23 |
 S.Kuqi | Kuqi Kuqi coo Feeling dizzy. My wife just called me that she is pregnant 😐 | 10 years, 4 months ago | 63 |
 Jaffalicious! #SomosCubanos | Most memorable captaincy ever Let's reminisce a little. What was your most memorable captain pick of ANY season and why? 🙂 | 10 years, 4 months ago | 109 |
 Parm | International round up Rest of the world international nation-by-nation round-up... (Europe round-up can be found here: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2015/11/09/the-treatment-table-gameweek-12-2/?hc_page=8#hc_co… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 29 |
Doolittle | Even Karl plays Fantasy Football I know there are many other Karl Pilkington fans on here, and I just stumbled across this on his Facebook page: Tom Stevens Karl you looking forward to the big Manchester Derby tomorrow? Come on U… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 47 |
J0E | How to Deal With a Shabby Rank Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic How do you dig yourself out of a hole. Like many I've found myself in the position of having a truly terrible rank. I'm anticipating that the second half o… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 68 |
 RoysCallerAnne | A Goal To Fall In Love With Not hot topic chasing at all 😉 (it is international break, zzz) What was the goal that meant you fell in love with football when you were a kid? Of course it may have been at a match that… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 97 |
 | Baseline BPS Update After the chat about Ozil and assists and BAPS I went back and updated my baseline BPS calculator. This is a stat dump for the top 40 midfielders and forwards, with a filter on a minimum of two att… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 31 |
 Twelve years a slave | The Case Against Lanzini Why is everyone suddenly going on about Lanzini? | 10 years, 4 months ago | 30 |
 Sepp Blattered | Leicester for Europe and Vardy a Season Keeper Maybe Leicester can finish top 6... Remember Newcastle's effort for the top 4, Leicester's team is almost as good as that Newcastle team. Also the top 4 are lacking quality bar City and Arsenal du… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 51 |
RoysCallerAnne | The 5th Midfielder Revisited Lots of people (including me) looking at a cheap 5th midfielder to enable an Aguero transfer and avoid benching the likes of Mahrez's 15 pointer (again, including me). I also benched Ayoze 8 point… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 72 |
 Bedknobs and Boomsticks | Saving some points I've gone through pretty much all the keepers in FPL, and counted up the number of actual points they have been awarded for making saves this season, as opposed to just the total number of saves. I… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 14 |
J0E | Aguero Timing and Strategy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic When and how do we make the move for Aguero? Who goes from your team to make that move? Or do we not make the move at all and hope Kane or another can prove… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 68 |
 Ryan | Ozil and Sanchez Double Up Fears And doubling up on Sanchez and Ozil in time for a fixture away to the Pulis defence seems questionable at best. I think we need to look outside the square a little more | 10 years, 4 months ago | 51 |
Parm | International Fixtures (Europe) Round Up Here we go folks...a "comprehensive" international nation-by-nation round up.... EUROPE -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------… | 10 years, 4 months ago | 12 |