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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."

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…

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…

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

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…

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),…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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%,…

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…

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, …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.. …

Feeling dizzy. My wife just called me that she is pregnant 😐

Let's reminisce a little. What was your most memorable captain pick of ANY season and why? 🙂

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Why is everyone suddenly going on about Lanzini?

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

Here we go folks...a "comprehensive" international nation-by-nation round up.... EUROPE -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------…

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…

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

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.

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

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

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 …

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…

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? …

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

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…

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…

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…

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…