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Big thanks to all for making this another great day on FFS. My baby is now a week late with the c-section booked in for Monday. So, I make no apologies for retiring early after a hectic one while…

Well done FPL Towers for listening to complaints about GK and defender baps and changing accordingly: Save is worth 2 BPS instead of 1 2 CBIs is 1 BPS instead of 3 CBIs Successful tackle is worth 2…

Bonus changes. A quick look at the BPS reveals a couple of key changes. There are less points available for passes. In 2014/15 9 BPS 90% pass completion 6 BPS 80 to 89% pass completion 3 BPS…

Hey kids, Here are my picks of 9.0 keeper combos: Guzan/Ruddy (Villa/Norwich): bou STO SUN BOU WBA whm LEI new WBA tot SWA eve WAT wat EVE new WHM AVL sun CPL LEI wba whm NOR WHM lei EVE swa TOT…

First impressions of the FPL prices Arsenal - Sanchez seems a bit expensive compared to his Arsenal rivals. Defence reasonably priced once more. Aston Villa - Bacuna reclassified and could now be …

Not a usual poster here, guys, but always read this website. http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1/history/ Might even quit now! 😀

Okay I somehow missed this: Deadlines are subject to change and will be 1 hour before the kick-off time in the first match of the Gameweek.

Best Weeks To Use Your Chips Aside from Double Gameweeks key weeks to look to make the most of these rule changes look to be weeks where top 4 attacking sides all have favourable fixtures. If any …

Chips can be used to potentially enhance your team's performance during the season. Only one chip can be played in a single Gameweek. The chips available are as follows: All Out Attack - Allows y…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Bournemouth have a great start, but are we expecting too much of the south coast side? Will they end the season as another Southampton, or delve deeper into …

(Warning - long post). There has already been some fantastic research and analysis into defensive rotations, and whilst I'm sure people don't want to be saturated with information on the topic, I …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Does Falcao kill off Costa as a fantasy option? Or will he be back up as Drogba was and the Columbian turned out to be at ManU?

First person in people's teams other than Hazard or Aguero?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Amusing team names. What amusing team names are you looking to use for the forthcoming season's Fantasy games?

34 matches rotation minimum(all Season): ARS/TOT; MCI AVL/WBA; EVE; WAT BOU/WAT; WBA CHE/WHM; LEI; SUN CPL/STO - EVE/LIV; AVL LEI/SWA; CHE; SOU LIV/EVE; WBA MCI/MUN; ARS MUN/MCI; TOT NEW/SUN; NOR;…

OK, while we are waiting, TFF have released their provisional player list - anyone spot any bargains? http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03366/Fantasy_Football_1_3366350a.pdf

*** What are the best fixtures? *** WARNING - Long post alert. This post aims to find out which fixtures provided the most CSs last season to help give us a rough idea of what fixtures to look out…

Lukaku being on permanet pen duty and with the addition of Deulofeu and also with no Europa league worries makes him one of the most interesting forward options this season for me. Will be watching…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Do penalties really matter in choosing a player? I was just doing some research to answer a comment on Tiggsy's excellent Simple Guide to Fantasy Management…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic When the FPL game opens which player prices will you look at first? And what are your genuine hopes for the big hitters' price tags. Is it sensible to look …

What if..... There was a year long fantasy game, let's call it Ironman Ultra for now, in which you took part in a series of fantasy games, throughout the year, across multiple platforms, multiple …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Which Arsenal midfielder/forward? I know we don't know the prices yet, but lets ignore that for the moment and let us know who you think will be the best Ar…

Semi-serious question. Is there any rational reason why as a supporter you should tie yourself to a football club for life? A club from the local area makes some kind of sense (supporting your com…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is Fantasy Premier League Football better than real Premier League football? Given that the top four are most years the same teams, given that the same team…

This is so misleading. Why does (almost) everyone talk about points scored as if that's the criteria? It isn't. Saying that these players that scored 160+ points were mainly midfielders and forw…

I personally think it's a good idea. The 'Overall Dream Team' last season was in a 3-4-3 formation (only just, Austin beat Cazorla by 8 points), but the 'Dream Team' for each GW had a 3-5-2 format…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Are Liverpool mounting a genuine challenge for a top four place with their busy summer transfer dealings? Or like last season will they just miss out again?

If you could wish for any changes this year, what would it be: Mine: 1) Manager substitutions overnight between Sat/Sun/Mon and Tue/Wed including captain change 2) Transparency over price changes…

On potential rule changes, particularly the ones that prevent the templates from quickly forming - how about reduce the FTs to something like one every 2 GWs? I've not really thought it through but…

Just a heads up, Paypal are currently having issues with their service (as of 12.01am today) which is causing issues for a lot of sites that use their service. On our side, it's just failing to t…

Hi lads, Here you go. The history of FPL launch and EPL season opener. Enjoy it. The relaunch date is soon, I can feel it 😛 FPL Launch EPL Season Opener ——————————-----------…

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

Really hope we wrap up Schneiderlin soon because I don't actually believe we will sign Ramos (new contract), Schweinsteiger (will be promised regular football by Bayern), Coleman (not even convince…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Rotation Dos and Don'ts What are your top tips for getting the most out of a rotation strategy? Has it worked for you in the past? Has it also failed and in…

Name your teams for the following categories for the upcoming season: - Overachiever - Underachiever I'm going to go for Overachiever - Newcastle (relative to last season) and Southampton being…

Looks like WHU have a plan and they're ready to step up

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Navigating the pre season friendlies Many players are starting to return to pre season training this week. This means that friendly games are on the horizon…

As discussed yesterday morning, Shinji Okazaki's move to Leicester has now gone through. Mainz 05 fans are very sad to see him go, as he's been excellent for them in the last 2 season, scoring 27 g…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

@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

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…

What teams and in what order do you think will be the top four next season?

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…

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…

*** 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…

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…