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 J0E | U21s - Strategy for the final Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic U21 - strategy for the final. How did the semi-finals go for you? Can you now field 11 in the final with your remaining transfers? Who will be the key play… | 10 years, 8 months ago | 14 |
 The Pep Revolution | Can Man City Win the Prem Lg in 2015/16? Why is everyone writing off City winning the league next season? I have seen a lot of people predicting City will finish 4th next season. What is the thinking behind that? Ok City had a disappoint… | 10 years, 8 months ago | 38 |
J0E | Who will win 2015/16's Premier League? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will win the Premier League next season? Have Arsenal finally discovered how to put together a title winning campaign? Will LVG finally get ManU's ho… | 10 years, 8 months ago | 11 |
J0E | 2015/16's Bottom Three Will Be... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Which three Premier League teams will be relegated in 2015/16? Which of the newly promoted teams has the best prospects of surviving? Which of the class of … | 10 years, 8 months ago | 30 |
J0E | U21 Semi Final Changes Fantasy Football daily hot topic U21 changes. Which six players are you bringing in? Anyone with a wildcard left and looking to do a wholesale full revamp? Who are the key players to own from… | 10 years, 8 months ago | 15 |
 Couti & the Below5th | Clean Sheet Analysis By Manager @GB - I finally finished that Clean Sheet analysis I was on about, hope its of some use https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B03D_KnVF1fRRE5KUzlQeUJyVkk/view?usp=sharing | 10 years, 8 months ago | 24 |
 Twisted Saltergater | Clean Sheet Ticker Evenin' all! Following some feedback from Doos, I've tweaked my CS Season Ticker to rate defences like this: No. of CS kept x 2 + no. of times conceded just the 1 goal IMO, calculating this scor… | 10 years, 8 months ago | 4 |
The Pep Revolution | 2015/16's Top Four Will Be... What teams and in what order do you think will be the top four next season? | 10 years, 8 months ago | 40 |
 Ludo | The Toughest Fixtures For those who are trying to work out rotations for next season, this might come in handy. What's particularly interesting is just how much of a role home advantage plays. Oh, and if your rotation f… | 10 years, 8 months ago | 4 |
J0E | New recruit successes and failures Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic New recruit success stories and failures There seems to be a raft of new recruits coming into the Premier League for the 2015/16, many of whom will be unkno… | 10 years, 8 months ago | 25 |
 Piggs Boson | Promoted sides' clean sheet chances *** FFS Myth Busters *** Question: Does a promoted side's clean sheet total from the Championship relate to their Premier League CS total in the subsequent season? . . ** Promoted Teams - Clean S… | 10 years, 8 months ago | 81 |
J0E | Will 15/16 see the end of the cheap rotating GK strategy? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Goalkeeper strategy. With Cech moving to Arsenal, ManU more than likely to have a new goalkeeper and former budget favourites such as Pantillimon likely to… | 10 years, 8 months ago | 37 |
 Anorak | Ultimate FPL - Going Again? I've not seen much UFPL chat in the close season (perhaps that's telling in itself!) but I'm interested to know others thoughts on the '14/15 game? Personally I enjoyed the format and found the di… | 10 years, 8 months ago | 14 |
J0E | U21 Surgery Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UEFA U21 latest So how has the competition been so far. How have you coped with no bonus points. Anyone with Kliment captained in Matchday 2? Anyone in with… | 10 years, 8 months ago | 42 |
 Lucy. | Fixture Proof Defenders Do you agree with the idea of some defenders being fixture proof? If so, which teams? Just Chelsea or even just Ivan? Top 4? | 10 years, 8 months ago | 32 |
 Ruth_NZ | Newcastle and Sunderland article - help wanted Newcastle and Sunderland "Janus" Appraisal This draft article is posted here for comments, especially from those that know the clubs well. All feedback will be taken into account in the final rev… | 10 years, 8 months ago | 14 |
J0E | Fantasy Football Families Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Do any of your family also play Fantasy Football? Do you have a strong rivalry with them? Any Fantasy Football couples? I thought I'd ask this on Father's… | 10 years, 8 months ago | 28 |
J0E | U21 Changes Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic U21 changes What changes are you making today? Who's in? Who's out? Who will you captain? | 10 years, 8 months ago | 25 |
 Doolittle | Greatest Goals Just reading an article about Bergkamp's goal against Newcastle: http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/jun/19/golden-goal-dennis-bergkamp-arsenal-newcastle-2002 I remember watching it at t… | 10 years, 9 months ago | 105 |
Piggs Boson | A twist on the ticker ** Warning: Long and confusing post alert! ** Thought I'd share a snippet of analysis from a program I made. It's essentially a ticker with extra detail in calculations, and many other functions. … | 10 years, 9 months ago | 49 |
 Jafalad | Profile of an fpl winner I have this theory that to win FPL you need to be: a. unmarried b aged 27-45 c have a lot of time on your hands Discuss. | 10 years, 9 months ago | 124 |
J0E | Fourth Midfielder Choices Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is the fourth midfielder place the hardest to pin down? Who are your top contenders (and yes I know we don't know the prices yet, but its fairly evident th… | 10 years, 9 months ago | 50 |
 Valar(Keith) | Which Midfielders Are Best At Stepping Up? Considering there's not much going on here i got a debate for you guys.. What kind of Championship midfielder finds it easier to make the step up to the EPL? A) A Pacy Winger B) A Set Piece Hog C)… | 10 years, 9 months ago | 23 |
 Portsmouth Bubblejet | Premier League Rotation Blocks Just like last year, I've designed a home/away FPL fixture rotation spreadsheet for each club for the new 2015-16 season. It doesn't take degree of difficulty for each match into account, and shoul… | 10 years, 9 months ago | 22 |
 Mark | Please Report Video Ads We've had two users in the last week report video ads playing on the site. I want to stress that we do not allow our agency to use video ads that play automatically and with audio. If any user … | 10 years, 9 months ago | 5 |
J0E | U21 Group B Set Piece Watch U21 Group B Set Piece Watch Feel free to note down any fk and corner takers from amongst the group B teams here. So far I've noted Italy Viviani - corner, free kick Bianchetti - free kick Be… | 10 years, 9 months ago | 7 |
 Jaffalicious! #SomosCubanos | Two Team Rotation Options Afternoon gents! Found a few two-team rotations which could prove fruitful depending on prices of players. SWA/SUN lei NOR sun avl wat bou sot WHM wba NEW eve nor BOU STO LEI WAT WHM WBA cpl AV… | 10 years, 9 months ago | 21 |
J0E | Fixture List - Is a Template emerging? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic How is the template looking now, after yesterday's Premier League fixture announcement? If we assume the promoted clubs goalies are 4.5m will any of them ma… | 10 years, 9 months ago | 49 |
Mark | Season Ticker Now Live The free and members ticker is now fully operational. Click the link in the sidebar. | 10 years, 9 months ago | 19 |
J0E | U21 Group A set piece takers U21s free kick watch Denmark Hojbjeg fk 1 Czech Petrak fk 1 Přikryl corner 1 Germany Younnes c Meyer fk c Serbia Jojic c Pantic fk petrovic fk c | 10 years, 9 months ago | 15 |
Piggs Boson | 14/15 Home/Away Analysis *** 14/15 Home & Away stats *** Where are the fortresses in the Premier League? Does playing at home really affect attacking and/or defensive returns? . **Offence** Team...........Goals(H).....G… | 10 years, 9 months ago | 12 |
Couti & the Below5th | Fixture calendar I've put together a little Fixture Calendar for anyone interested in that sort of thing. All preliminary fixture dates can be viewed in the same place for the following: - Premier League - FA Cup… | 10 years, 9 months ago | 7 |
 Pasqualinho | Bumper Post March12 DGWK On The Cards So it's now confirmed that the FA Cup QFs will take pace on the weekend of 12th March, which will be the same as a scheduled league weekend (unlike last year when the EPL left a weekend free). I'm … | 10 years, 9 months ago | 9 |
 Egg noodle | Tick, tick, ticker! Hi Lads, Season Ticker is here!!! 🙂 http://1drv.ms/1IOB6cy Contains the Following: The Overall Ticker Attacking Ticker Defensive Ticker Combinations of 13 'cheap defender' teams all rotating w… | 10 years, 9 months ago | 27 |
Ruth_NZ | Fixture List - Home and Away Rotation Pairs Home/away rotation pairs take 2, I hope this is right now: Bournemouth - Watford Arsenal - Spurs Chelsea - West Ham Everton - Liverpool Leicester - Swansea United - City Norwich - Southampton Sto… | 10 years, 9 months ago | 25 |
J0E | Fixture List: Promoted sides' First 7 Gwks Promoted Sides First Seven Promoted sides NOR Cpl sun STK sou BOU liv WHU BOU AVL liv whu LEI nor SUN stk WAT Eve WBA SOU mci SWA new cpl Watford have a tricky start, with some tough defen… | 10 years, 9 months ago | 10 |
J0E | Fixture List - Top sides' first 7 fixtures. Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Which are the best top sides to select premium players from for the first 6-7 GWKs. Here are the first seven gwks for this selection of top sides. Opening… | 10 years, 9 months ago | 44 |
Portsmouth Bubblejet | Is Joselu the right man for Stoke? As discussed yesterday, Joselu has now signed for Stoke from Hannover 96 for €8m plus possible add-ons. Even if this now leaves them without a recognised striker for the new Bundesliga season, … | 10 years, 9 months ago | 13 |
Piggs Boson | Clean sheets by manager *** Clean Sheets 14/15 - Ordered by manager *** . Team (Manager)..........CSs per game.....Extrapolation (CSs) West Brom (Pulis)..............0.53.......................20 Chelsea................… | 10 years, 9 months ago | 45 |
Ruth_NZ | Villa and Leicester Article - Help Wanted Aston Villa and Leicester "Janus" Appraisal This draft is posted here for feedback, especially from those that know the clubs well. All comments will be taken into account in the final revision. … | 10 years, 9 months ago | 6 |
J0E | Can Bilic ensure West Ham remain strong Fantasy favourites? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Can Bilic ensure West Ham have lots of viable Fantasy options? Or will Europa League and possible price hikes for key players like Adrian, Downing and Cres… | 10 years, 9 months ago | 10 |
 Henrzd | Transfer Target Price Predictions Let's say all the rumours we read in the newspapers were true, what would be the prices of: Schneiderlin (Arsenal) - Falcao (Chelsea) - Kovacic (Liverpool) - Tevez (Liverpool) - Sterling (… | 10 years, 9 months ago | 22 |
 Saniul | Germany U-21 Line Up Predictions Germany's U21. -----------------------ter-Stegen ---Can-------Ginter--------------Knoche----------Schulz/Gunter ------------Arnold-----------------------Leitner ---Bittencourt------------Meyer----… | 10 years, 9 months ago | 29 |
 roscola | UEFA U21 - mids and fwd options U21 - The search for interesting low/mid-price midfielders So far I can only see Leitner of any interest in the 7m and below bracket. Masupost is apparently likely to keep his spot which makes him… | 10 years, 9 months ago | 23 |
J0E | Can Newcastle Provide 15/16's Best Value Players? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic With price rises expected for Swansea, Southampton and some Stoke players the search for under priced players among mid table sides becomes harder. Could New… | 10 years, 9 months ago | 16 |
J0E | England's greatest ever players Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Rooney could surpass Bobby Charlton's goal scoring record for England today. Joe Hart is heading towards keeping the most clean sheets. Who for you have … | 10 years, 9 months ago | 20 |
J0E | Top wish to improve Fantasy Football in 15/16 Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What was wrong with 2014/15 in Fantasy Football? What needs to happen in 2015/16 to make fantasy Football better? For me last season was typified by a lac… | 10 years, 9 months ago | 73 |
J0E | The FPL All Time Dream Team Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The FPL All Time Dream Team I thought I'd take a look through the mists of time to see what an all time FPL side would look like. Its up to you which form… | 10 years, 9 months ago | 52 |
Ruth_NZ | Everton and West Ham article - help wanted Everton and West Ham "Janus" Appraisal Here's the next draft article, as usual all comments (especially from those that know the clubs well) will be welcome and will be taken into account when rev… | 10 years, 9 months ago | 32 |
J0E | UEFA U21 RMT Surgery Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic U21 RMT Special The UEFA u21 tournament game has launched to scratch our collective Fantasy Football itch. There are plenty of familiar names and plenty of … | 10 years, 9 months ago | 15 |