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AuthorHot TopicDateReplies

FPL Puppy
Payet Price Drop Stats

About the whole Payet selling value situation. Things to know; a player cannot drop more than 0.3 per GW (according to a lot of sources). This means Payet will (most likely) end at 8.0 and stay at…

10 years, 4 months ago17

Del Monte
Payet out for up to 3 months!

BREAKING: Dimitri Payet set to be out for up to three months with injury #whufc

10 years, 4 months ago55

DA Minnion (Former great)
Tenuous Football Claims to Fame

Another tenuous link to a premier league star. My sister who lives in New York met harry kanes brother Charlie yesterday .He was watching the game in the pub she works in. Bet no one can beat that.

10 years, 4 months ago64

Arvin-ation
Is Kane essential?

Kane creeping towards "essential" status this season. Top forward option at the moment, imo.

10 years, 4 months ago33

J0E
The Rough with the Smooth – - Gwk 12

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Rough with the Smoth Feel free to share your tales of woe and joy from Gameweek 12.

10 years, 4 months ago91

andy85wsm
When will Aguero start getting in the points again?

How long does it take Aguero to score following an injury? This is some quick data I've pulled from transmarkt.ie. The numbers at the end in brackets are the minutes played in each match until he …

10 years, 4 months ago25

J0E
UFPL Discussion

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL discussion Who is aiming to be our community's next monthly winner, after Wild Rover scooped the October prize.? Which players are coming in? Any capt…

10 years, 4 months ago21

Jinswick
The case for avoiding Aguero

The case for avoiding Aguero when he returns.... With all the planning to bring him back in straight away (myself included), I got to thinking, is he really worth it, at least in the short term? …

10 years, 4 months ago29

J0E
Gwk 12 Captaincy

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining in Gameweek 12 and why?

10 years, 4 months ago47

@ocprodigy
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 12 Gameweek 11 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/11764688 NOTE: GW12 results won't be available until GW13 as I'm on holiday until the 22nd N…

10 years, 4 months ago59

Grand Play Offs Results

Hi guys, This is just a quick run-down of the Community Grand Playoffs Round 1 results and round 2 draw. Full draw: http://challonge.com/grandplayoffs You can also now find the link to your op…

10 years, 4 months ago22

That Was Easy!
When does Sanchez like to score?

For those wondering how Sanchez is affected by Giroud (and Ozil). From last season: His overall figures for the season (35 appearances) was 16 Goals and 8 Assists, 122 shots and 82 key passes. Av…

10 years, 4 months ago19

Demí
Friday's Press Conferences

Today's press conference times if anyone was interested: 08:45 - Norwich 09:00 - Arsenal 09:00 - West Brom 12:00 - Manchester United 12:45 - Chelsea 12:45 - Manchester City…

10 years, 4 months ago6

J0E
Gameweek 12's best differential will be

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gameweek 12's best differential and why? Here's my two top picks Barkley. He's 'due' according to my goals imminent table. http://members.fant…

10 years, 4 months ago36

Zasa
GWK 12 Stat Attack

Pre-Gw12 Stat Attack: Buckle yourselves in, & witness the analytical odyssey bestowed upon you. Embrace the stats. Team Stats: - (vs CSKA) ManUnited ended a run of 404 minutes in all competitions …

10 years, 4 months ago21

TorresMagic™
AOA SOS

On behalf on Wild Rover Rare long post from me Still seeing a constant flow of questions about when to play the AOA chip but the truth is, unless you get really lucky it has very little value. Th…

10 years, 4 months ago13

Boris Bodega
boris' rollercoaster season

The amazing FPL brain that is Boris Bodega. His season so far – watch and learn people, watch and learn….. GW1 – After promising that he would play AoA chip the entire week before the season…

10 years, 4 months ago32

Le Limpar
North London Derby stat attack

Looking into the idea that Arsenal vs Tottenham is a ‘combustible’ fixture, and one where ‘form book goes out the window.’ Head to Head results shows it really was a rip-roaring affair fro…

10 years, 4 months ago29

J0E
Live Hall of Fame Update

Live Hall of Fame update Takes into account Gameweek 11's points. http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/hall-of-fame/live/?page=1&search=

10 years, 4 months ago36

J0E
Double or Quits?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Double or quits On this week’s Scoutcast Granville asked an interesting question, which of Riyad Mahrez or Jamie Vardy would we ditch? Our answer was a sw…

10 years, 4 months ago30

J0E
Community article of the month vote - October

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Vote now for your favourite community article of October Each month we honour the endeavours of our community writers by offering a £20 Amazon voucher to t…

10 years, 4 months ago26

applebonkers
Can WBA hack the pace?

think there is a theme emerging with west brom and their unorthodox fullbacks. they seem to get a clean sheet or concede three, very polarised and tbf pretty useful for FPL rather than those infuri…

10 years, 4 months ago30

J0E
Live Hall of Fame Update

Live Hall of Fame has been updated Members can see the latest standings here..... http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/hall-of-fame/live/?page=1&search= Note this is post GWK 10...a GWK 11 u…

10 years, 4 months ago9

J0E
The Rough with the Smooth – looking for your Gwk 11 tales of joy and woe

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Rough with the Smooth - GWK 11....looking for your tales of woe and joy from Gameweek 11. The best will be read out on tonight's Live Scoutcast (9:30pm sta…

10 years, 4 months ago69

Doolittle
Are Vardy and Mahrez Captaincy Material v Watford?

Anyone slightly concerned with captaining a Leicester player this week? Watford have only conceded more than one goal against Man City, Arsenal and Everton - the 3 best attacking teams in the leagu…

10 years, 4 months ago28

The Bandit
Wild Rover - October UFPL Champion!

Just! Needed a Kane goal

10 years, 4 months ago0

Rödallegabomb ᴿᴮ
FIVE-A-SIDE WORLD CUP friendly results

The scores are in! The numbers in the brackets are the team's score / number of players, since some teams had only 5. Canada 382 (63.6) v 375 (62.5) Australia USA* 339 (67.8) v 307 (61.4) Tahit…

10 years, 4 months ago42

S.Kuqi
Morenow or Morenot?

S.Kuqi's hot topic: Is it too early to bring Moreno?

10 years, 4 months ago19

J0E
The Perils of a Great Front 8

With nearly 10 per cent of top 10K managers benching Mahrez he was one of the biggest high profile bench fails in recent weeks. For those that remember Harry Kane against Chelsea, or Jason Punche…

10 years, 4 months ago95

J0E
Live Scoutcast- Leave Your Questions Here

Live Scoutcast - Questions from the community Feel free to leave your questions here. Are Leicester's foxes on your mind? Perhaps ManU's duds? Be gentle with us though, Mark and me benched Mahr…

10 years, 4 months ago102

J0E
Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 12

Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 12 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 ago8

Demí
Foxtrot Oscar?

Is the most delicate issue facing fantasy managers right now, knowing whether to drop either or both vardy/mahrez when the tough fixtures arrive?

10 years, 4 months ago24

J0E
Goals Imminent Members Table

A great weekend for my goals imminent table. Coutinho, Pelle and Ighalo come crashing off in style so far in Gwk 11. Well done to their owners. For those Members who want to see who the latest l…

10 years, 4 months ago20

J0E
UFPL Discussion

UFPL discussion Who is in, who is out? How did yesterday's captaincy go? If not so well who are you relying on today and tomorrow to get a big captaincy haul?

10 years, 4 months ago15

J0E
Gwk 11 captaincy

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining in Gameweek 11 and why?

10 years, 4 months ago31

@ocprodigy
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 11 Gameweek 10 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/11691721 ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware…

10 years, 4 months ago74

J0E
Kane v Lukaka v Bony

Kane v Lukaka v Bony Which one and why ?

10 years, 4 months ago50

J0E
Who will be Gameweek 11's best differential and why?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gameweek 11's best differential and why? Also what is a differential to you? Is it simply overall ownership? Or is it more subjective and based …

10 years, 4 months ago63

Moin
FFS T-shirt anyone?

Off-Topic Question (Which could be Hot-Topiced, Just Sayin 😉 ) If their were Official FFS T-Shirts and you could get your FFS Name printed on back would you buy one?

10 years, 4 months ago40

J0E
Fixture Shift Strategy

Fantasy Football Scout Fixture shift strategy. With Everton, Southampton and Manchester United seeing a shift in the fixtures, plus with Leicester and Manchester City among those with continuing…

10 years, 4 months ago44

Zasa
Wildcard Timing

Having saved my WC until this GW for the massive fixture swing for Everton & United, this was always both under the assumption that Mata & Martial would be in better predicaments & that LVG would f…

10 years, 4 months ago52

ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
DGWK Planning Update

DGW update/musings C1C Final is GW27 Currently scheduled PL GW27 fixtures involving teams still in the C1C: Liverpool v Everton Newcastle v Man C Southampton v Chelsea Stoke v Villa Any of thes…

10 years, 4 months ago10

J0E
This Week's ScoutCast

Re last night's Scoutcast. Apologies - the first 10 minutes didn't record due to a technical glitch. What you missed was Mark getting stick for keeping Hazard, Granville for benching Ayew and m…

10 years, 4 months ago17

Dino
Is Rotation Dead?

Valar posted previously that he had not had more than 2pts from his gk at any point this season after switching between three gk's (lei, swa and che I think?). I was wondering if there was a lesson…

10 years, 4 months ago63

J0E
Do Fixtures Still Trump Form?

Fantasy Football Scout Do fixtures still trump form. This season Newcastle had an early tough run and failed to provide fantasy assets. Since their fixtures have eased they have some good prospe…

10 years, 4 months ago28

Kings of Lyon ★
FFS beginnings....

Using the link on the previous page I think ive sourced the first ever comment http://web.archive.org/web/20070430181904/http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2007/02/28/villas-moore-set-for-reca…

10 years, 4 months ago38

Jaffalicious! #SomosCubanos
Mahrez the Fifth Midfielder

Ok, I'm serious about Mahrez being a 5th mid option which can be benched for a good third striker. In the last three games (excluding the one he was benched for), he's averaged 4ppg and has played…

10 years, 4 months ago29

Demí
Bail on Baggies?

I don't see a WBA clean sheet in any of their next 6 games. Right time to sell Dawson/Myhill if you have that luxury?

10 years, 4 months ago47

J0E
Live Scoutcast- Leave Your Questions Here

Scoutcast Community Questions Please leave your questions for the Scoutcast team here. We are just discussing an exact date. It'll either be tonight at 9:15pm or tomorrow. Will confirm details t…

10 years, 4 months ago123

Heels_Over_Head
We aren't joke donkey strikers...

We Aren't Joke Donkey Strikers (to the tune of "we didn't start the fire") We aren't joke donkey strikers We are still firing, sometimes off target but we keep on trying So what you say? That wa…

10 years, 4 months ago34