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 Hasselbaink Forever | Friday press conferences 9 Pressers today - Hull 08:30 GMT WBA 09:00 Sunderland 11:00 Chelsea 12:30 Manchester City 12:45 Everton 14:00 Liverpool 14:00 Stoke City 14:30 Manchester United 16:00 | 10 years, 12 months ago | 2 |
 beric | Doosra update +42 I heard off Mrs. Doosra this morning, she has informed me that Doosra is off the lung bypass machine and kidney dialysis, but remains on a ventilator and isn't compos mentis yet. She said that if a… | 10 years, 12 months ago | 83 |
 J0E | Gwk 30's best differential Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be the best differential in Gameweek 30? I'm convinced that Ramsey is going to be a good pick this week (although he's owned by more than 10% overa… | 10 years, 12 months ago | 44 |
J0E | Who dares to blink first? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Here's another that was discussed on the Scoutcast - who dares to blink first? This relates to making a decisive move to ditch a poor performing heavy hitte… | 10 years, 12 months ago | 72 |
 kingozil-The Germans once a… | Your Rookie Mistakes List out your rookie mistakes or assumptions as an fpl player. Mine were: 1) In my first season I thought wildcard allowed you just one extra transfer 2) I thought in if a player in your team doe… | 10 years, 12 months ago | 48 |
J0E | How do you cope with a bad Gwk? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Following on from Fiona B's question on the live scoutcast last night about coping with a bad gameweek - How do you cope with a bad gameweek? Who is prone t… | 10 years, 12 months ago | 30 |
 President John F. Keninnsie | Will Leicester Out Fox Kane? Hey DZ, anyone here planning on captaining Kane? I posted this last night, might interest a few of you... Since Leicester reverted to playing with 5 at the back in GW25, they conceded to... - Wa… | 10 years, 12 months ago | 36 |
President John F. Keninnsie | Doosra's poem I'm planning on writing a little poem for/about Doosra and I'd love to have some ideas from you lot about what to include in it. If you have any memories about players he likes, players he doesn't … | 10 years, 12 months ago | 98 |
J0E | live scoutcast link Live Scoutcast to start at 10pm - tune in here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhljVp-UO-k | 10 years, 12 months ago | 5 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast (10pm) - Leave Your Questions for the team here Post your Live Scoutcast Questions here. Feel free to leave your questions for the Scoutcast team here. It'll be from 10pm tonight via our Youtube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKxYKQ… | 10 years, 12 months ago | 66 |
 ViperStripes | What is the ideal Chelsea trio for the DGW? Which 3 of 4 - Discuss? It seems the majority are lookign at 3 Chelsea players for GW34 and only 4 names are surestarters that are also regularly touted as the best Fantasy assets - Costa, Hazard,… | 10 years, 12 months ago | 18 |
J0E | The Top 3 Big Guns Are... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Big guns Who are the three key premium players to own for the run in? For me I think Ivanovic in defence, Sturridge in attack and still Hazard in midfield. | 10 years, 12 months ago | 34 |
 The Bandit | Moving forward Is it just me or does the game seem to be getting more depressing every week? I'm sure it's great for the teams already nailing it, but for the rest of us the teams are now so similar that it's har… | 11 years, 3 hours ago | 35 |
 Ziro Becomes One | The Season's Harshest Lesson is.... The season's harshest lesson has been not to get on immediate post-injury return bandwagons. But will that hold for next season? For the long-time veterans, how valid have your learnings from one … | 11 years, 17 hours ago | 33 |
J0E | Is it time to ditch FPL's mega beasts? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is it time to ditch FPL's mega beasts? With Aguero blanking again - and what's more in a plum tie against Burnley - and Sanchez once again being over shado… | 11 years, 17 hours ago | 73 |
 d1sable | Sky Fantasy Football - Transfers remaining in the Top 1,000 Sky Sports have been kind enough to provide us with some interesting data that fantasy managers may be interested in: The average amount of transfers remaining in the Top 1000 is: 6.262 Ill be ad… | 11 years, 1 day ago | 11 |
J0E | Your Gwk 29 Captain Will Be... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? | 11 years, 1 day ago | 16 |
 @ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 29 Work is killing me off, honestly! Missing gameweeks WILL be updated by the end of this weekend without fail. Guaranteed. Expect the first tomorrow evening. GW2… | 11 years, 2 days ago | 30 |
 Dr. Agabuse | Gameweek 29: Captaincy Lets have a serious captaincy debate: Here are the 4 realistic choices: Kane: + the in-form striker: scoring 4 doubleDigits in his last six games. Scored two in his last game + the away-day-asse… | 11 years, 2 days ago | 51 |
J0E | Gwk 29's Best Differential Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be the best differential for Gameweek 29? | 11 years, 2 days ago | 42 |
 GreenWindmill | How Much Football Do You Watch? I probably see no more than 4 live games a season too. Don't have Sky and do have a family. | 11 years, 3 days ago | 93 |
J0E | Will Chelsea Get The Blues Post Euro Exit? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Will Chelsea's exit from Europe make them an even more potent force in the Premier League for Fantasy managers? Or will it provoke a slide in form? Is there… | 11 years, 3 days ago | 20 |
 BeardedOldMan | Captains over differentials Captains over differentials Hi everyone, this might sound a bit simplistic to the non-casuals... But I reckon the main mistake I've been making since christmas (when I momentarily pushed into the … | 11 years, 3 days ago | 40 |
J0E | Creating The Perfect Gwk 33-34 Team Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Creating the perfect Gwk 33 and Dgwk 34 sides. The best scenario is to have a good XI in Gameweek 33, plus key players for Gameweek 34 already in place on t… | 11 years, 4 days ago | 37 |
beric | Doosra status update +42 Hi Everyone As you all know, our beloved Doosra has been very ill for some time now. Mrs. Doosra has been in touch with me the whole time and has today asked me to relay information from her to yo… | 11 years, 5 days ago | 104 |
 andy85wsm | The perfect Double Gameweek 34 Side Is Just A Hit Away Am I right in thinking that without wildcard it's possible to have 10 DGW players in GW34 whilst still fielding 11 in GW33 and only taking a 4 point hit? All depends which players you already own … | 11 years, 5 days ago | 25 |
J0E | Fourth Midfielder Options Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic This was something that was brought up on last night's live Scoutcast in which we revisited fourth midfield options. these are players that are not heavy hit… | 11 years, 5 days ago | 27 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast link Scoutcast Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3Me44nwOG8 About 10 mins away. Feel free to leave comments here or via our Youtube channel. | 11 years, 6 days ago | 9 |
 Ginkapo FPL | Lawr fa cup of tea https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DVJcmtHHCFC46gE-EJkTJNa5KwWNWlt6OzLOsgrRVf8/edit#gid=0 Christina and SABG continue to march towards loves true final match up. The peoples champion, Mull,… | 11 years, 6 days ago | 10 |
 Sess! | Is Ivanovic worth the outlay? Simple question. Is Ivan worth £7.5m? | 11 years, 6 days ago | 74 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tonight 10pm - Leave Your Questions Here Scoutcast questions We plan to have another live scoutcast tonight - about 10pm. We'll put a direct link up nearer the time. In the meantime our Fantasy Football Scout Youtube channel gives an ind… | 11 years, 6 days ago | 57 |
J0E | Aguero's Away Form Aguero captainers during the double have one consolation - at least they don't have to move the armband for Gameweek 29. Aguero points in his last six away starts - 56 (Just over 9ppg average) Ag… | 11 years, 6 days ago | 32 |
J0E | When is a DGWK not a DGWK? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic When is a DGWK not a DGWK? If, as expected, a large number of teams, miss Gameweek 33 and then gain a double Gameweek 34, is it really a double gameweek for… | 11 years, 6 days ago | 39 |
 Ryan | Kun you drop aguero? Should we start to consider the possibility of selling Aguero. He seems to be less effective with another striker in the team and even Silva is outperforming him. I have Giroud but he isn't giving … | 11 years, 7 days ago | 40 |
J0E | Single Gwk Fool's Gold During A Double Gwk. Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Why captain a single gameweek player in a double gameweek? In seven years of playing Fpl I've never once captained a single gameweek player during a double … | 11 years, 7 days ago | 44 |
President John F. Keninnsie | Current rank milestones Current rank milestones: Rank | Points 1 = 1813 50 = 1741 100 = 1732 500 = 1699 1k = 1681 5k = 1635 10k =1612 25k = 1578 50k =1549 100k = 1516 200k = 1479 | 11 years, 8 days ago | 17 |
J0E | Fantasy Football dirty tricks Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Fantasy Football mini-league dirty tricks What is the dirtiest trick you've pulled in Fantasy Football? Who has told a blatant lie to a rival manager about… | 11 years, 8 days ago | 52 |
 Lanley Staurel | Anyone for Schlupp? Jeffrey Schlupp + defender playing OOP as an attacking winger + DGW up coming + owned by 0.5% + Costs £4.5 + seems nailed on - plays for Leicester | 11 years, 9 days ago | 24 |
J0E | Best 3rd Chelsea DGWK Player - Should Costa Be Banned. Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Best Third Chelsea Player - who isn't Costa. Ordinarily Diego Costa looks a shoo-in for the Chelsea DGWK to slot alongside a Chelsea defender and most likel… | 11 years, 9 days ago | 41 |
 Epic Fail | Will you ever give up FPL? Do you think you'll ever give up playing fantasy football? I can't see it myself, considering I've been playing for pretty much 20+ years straight. | 11 years, 10 days ago | 51 |
J0E | Is Sanchez back or was his midweek goal just a blip? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is Sanchez back or was yesterday a blip? There has been mounting evidence that the Arsenal man was no longer worth his hefty price tag. Ozil was looking the… | 11 years, 10 days ago | 44 |
 Kings of Lyon ★ | Add 42 To Your Name In Support Of Doosra Following on from Numbs idea i have added a 42 to the end of my username it will remain there as a sign of support for Doosra and it will not be removed until the legend returns #WeAreAllDoosra | 11 years, 11 days ago | 68 |
J0E | Where is the most unusual place you've made a transfer? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Where is the most unusual place you've made a transfer? This was discussed on the Scoutcast this week in which the team recounted how previous FPL winner Sp… | 11 years, 11 days ago | 143 |
J0E | Reminder to vote for your favourite February community article Here's a reminder to vote for your favourite community article in February Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Vote now for your favourite community article of February. Each month we honour … | 11 years, 11 days ago | 10 |
 Zasa | Current 1k & 10k template teams Gw28's Top 1k template XI (most highly owned players per position) Foster (44.5%) Clyne (46.0%) Bellerín (43.7%) Terry (35.4%) Eriksen (83.6%) | Hazard (91.1%) | Silva (70.9%) | Sánchez (56.6%)… | 11 years, 12 days ago | 24 |
 PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from PlayON, Rather than promoting any aspects of the site today, I would really welcome any feedback or issues people are having with the site at present. We are working very hard o… | 11 years, 12 days ago | 9 |
 Granville | Get well soon Doosra I just received a reply from Doosra's workplace. He's very unwell unfortunately. I replied wishing him a speedy recovery from all the community. | 11 years, 12 days ago | 226 |
J0E | How Many DGWKers Will You Own? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic How many DGWK players will you own this week and which ones? Are there any going for a full house of six? Apart from Kane, Eriksen and Austin who else do y… | 11 years, 12 days ago | 31 |
 Puyol Pants Up | Giroud to Austin for a hit, is it worth it? About to pull the trigger on Giroud to Austin (-4) First hit since GW 7! 😆 | 11 years, 12 days ago | 74 |
@ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 28 Kept my promise, onwards and upwards with more results and hoping to have GW27 up and running tomorrow night for you guys! GW25 results - http://www.fantasyfoo… | 11 years, 13 days ago | 37 |