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 J0E | What further new tools would you like to see? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic New features After the recent launch of our team profiles and team comparison functions I thought it would be good to ask for your views on what further to… | 11 years, 27 days ago | 121 |
J0E | Battling the blanks Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Yesterday's hot topic looked at dgwk 28 differentials. But what about the Gwk 27 blanks? Who is going into those fixtures happy to field less than 11? Which… | 11 years, 28 days ago | 11 |
J0E | Dgwk 28 differentials Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Dgwk 28 differentials Assuming the Dgwk 28 is just qpr and Spurs how many of their players do you plan to own that week? Given most will either already hav… | 11 years, 29 days ago | 37 |
 Hasselbaink Forever | This season's biggest FPL let-down? Who's been the biggest let down FPL wise this season? I'll start the ball rolling with Falcao, thought he'd have a great season | 11 years, 1 month ago | 70 |
 Rhinos | 5 Golden Rules to Keeping the Fantasy Faith Just read through the great hot topics started by HVT and RoysCallerAnne on FPL disillusionment. I see myslf as someone who has taken this game pretty seriously for at least 5 or 6 seasons yet have… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 46 |
J0E | Post Wildcard Trends Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Post Wildcard Key Trends Thought it would be good to highlight some of the key trends to emerge post winter wildcard. Hopefully this should help address any… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 40 |
 RoysCallerAnne | FPL disillusionment part 2 I enjoyed that hot topic thread from HVT about becoming disillusioned with FPL. I'm not enjoying it at all at the moment and I'm glad there's a break for FA cup. Red arrows definitely = bad mood an… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 72 |
 Perchinho | Future blanks and dgw's Unless there are any fixtures postponed because of bad weather, the blanks and DGWs for the rest of the season are: Blanks GW 27: Tottenham, QPR, Chelsea & Leicester GW 33: Fixtures involving team… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 10 |
 Baby Cuties | Your Highest Ever Gameweek Rank What's your highest ever Gameweek rank? I track mine back to GW36 of 2012-13 with a GW rank of 411 That was an epic bumper double gameweek with Chelsea, Man C and Spurs amongst others having two … | 11 years, 1 month ago | 54 |
J0E | If 2013/14 was the season of the casual, who is benefiting this season? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic If last season was the season of the casual, with popular players like Toure and Suarez maintaining form throughout the season, who is benefiting from this s… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 23 |
 Jafooli | Strugglers surgery is now open Anyone else struggling this season? Every move I make seems to be wrong. | 11 years, 1 month ago | 43 |
 HVT | Becoming disillusioned with FPL I can see why Evs is calling it a day, It crossed my mind last night too, Anyone else? Do we really classify this as fun? | 11 years, 1 month ago | 93 |
 FPLSuarridge | Has Sanchez Lost His Essential Status? Sanchez not essential anymore. Comment. | 11 years, 1 month ago | 35 |
 CABAYE4 | Making the most of the remaining double gameweeks I thought I'd summarize my conclusions to what I've wasted the last 2 hours doing. In an attempt to move on from Alexis(C) and Defoe in for a hit, and trying to add some meaning to FA cup games thi… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 15 |
 Black Knights | Romantic meal ruined by Sanchez (c) I had to go out to a restaurant last night during the football. I tried not to check the scores but couldn't resist. When I saw Defoe and San(c)hez captain (-4) had blanked, I let it ruin the rest … | 11 years, 1 month ago | 47 |
J0E | UFPL Stick or Twist? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL Stick or Twist What are your plans for today's matches? How many are you bringing in? Anyone get the captaincy right yesterday? And also special menti… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 28 |
 Zasa | Gwk 25 Top 1000 Template Team Top 1000 template after the apocalypse, Pantilimon(43.2%) Clyne(42.6%) | Terry(50.2% | PvA(72.0%) Cazorla(51.0%) | Hazard(98.0%) | Silva(44.3%) | Sánchez(73.3%) Agüero(95.0%) | Defoe(34.7%) | K… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 17 |
Zasa | Liverpool's Battle For the Centre Ground Pool, have a 6-3-1 record since the middle of December and not a single loss since the holidays. When did this resurgence start for Pool? Well, the turning point was a 3-0 defeat to ManUnited, when… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 17 |
 Davido989 | Is Kane Really That Able? Harry Kane has done very well but still hasn't convinced me fully. More to do with form and confidence than ability, imo. Has scored some crackers though. | 11 years, 1 month ago | 19 |
 Siva Mohan | Key Fixtures Coming Up SOME IMPORTANT DATES FA Cup - 14/15 Feb [Fifth Round] UEFA CL - 17/18 Feb [Round of 16] UEFA EL - 19 Feb [Round of 32] Premier League - 21/22 Feb [GW26] UEFA CL - 24/25 Feb [Round of 16] UEFA EL -… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 11 |
 sinik | Is It Time For FPL To Ditch Captains? reposting FPL really should remove captaincy as a feature and simply add more scoring metrics, especially for defenders. Not all the way like UFPL have done but a nice middle ground. Simple is goo… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 21 |
J0E | Gameweek 25 captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? | 11 years, 1 month ago | 74 |
 @ocprodigy | Scout picks challenge gw25 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 25 Phew, with two exams tomorrow I'm impressed I've remembered this! Ladies and gentlemen... It's Scout Picks Challenge time! Gameweek 23 results: http://www.fant… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 40 |
 JK - Cønt ⭐ | Post-Wildcard Reflection Right now the wc window has closed, what do you consider to be your best successes and your biggest blunders. For me my biggest successes lie with Sunderland, getting Panti and Defoe in has worked… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 39 |
J0E | Tackling Tuesday's Transfer Trauma Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Tackling Tuesday’s Transfer Trauma This Tuesday marks one of those rare moments in Fantasy Premier League where some team sheets are revealed before the t… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 74 |
J0E | UFPL Stick or Twist? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL stick or twist I imagine like me there will be a lot of UFPL players with Aguero as their captain yesterday. Personally I'm sticking, but with only Wis… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 15 |
 Simon March | Dufflinks Makes World Number 1 Gentlemen, it happened: Number 1 in the world (!). How about we all just end the season now, huh? 🙂 | 11 years, 1 month ago | 36 |
 Granville | Prayer Room I'm reserving this space for non-Aguero captainers. (not me). Like one of those prayer rooms at the airport. | 11 years, 1 month ago | 22 |
J0E | Gwk 24's best differential will be... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gwk 24's best differential / punt? | 11 years, 1 month ago | 25 |
 Portsmouth Bubblejet | The Wisdom of Pulis at WBA A few words of caution as regards the West Brom full-back situation. West Brom journalists and supporters are united in being amazed (and annoyed) that André Wisdom has been first choice right-bac… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 11 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 24 *** New spreadsheet will be coming...I promise...soon...I hope. It'll make my life 10x easier if I get time to do so! *** Gameweek 22 results: http://www.fanta… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 32 |
 PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from PlayON, If you have any questions about PlayON I'm happy to answer them - just paste them in as replies below and I'll answer them all | 11 years, 1 month ago | 9 |
J0E | Wildcarding Top Tips And Pitfalls Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Wildcard Top Tips and Pitfalls Those of you who are regular Scoutcast listeners will know that my winter wildcard team has come under discussion from Mark … | 11 years, 1 month ago | 41 |
 Jönny | Today's Press Conferences Just seen on BBC, presser times for today... Hull 08:30 GMT, Arsenal 09:00, West Ham 09:30, QPR 09:45. West Brom 11:30 GMT (new signing Darren Fletcher) 13:00 (Tony Pulis); Man City 12:45 Newc… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 3 |
J0E | Player Prices - who is set for dramatic change next season? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be the biggest victims of 2014/15 inflation/deflation when the FPL announces its 2015/16 prices during the summer? Wayne Rooney for example simply … | 11 years, 1 month ago | 42 |
J0E | Is triple Arsenal attack feasible? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is triple Arsenal attack feasible. Is anyone considering tripling up on Arsenal's attacking assets with Ozil, Walcott, Cazorla, Sanchez and Giroud all looki… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 24 |
J0E | Transfer window prospects Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic From a Fantasy Football point of view which of any of the winter transfer window moves is the most interesting. Lennon to Everton looks like a potentially g… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 19 |
 Nickofoz | Arsenal Defender BPM With Arsenal defenders being the talk of the town at the moment I though I'd calculate the baseline BPM for each (even the not-so-nailed-on ones) Mertesacker: 0.180 Kosc: 0.171 Bellerin: 0.172 (s… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 17 |
@ocprodigy | Scout picks challenge gw 22 results SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 22 FINAL RESULTS I keep apologising but I'm managing to keep up for the most part! GW23 results will be up tomorrow night as I try to make sure I'm back, but for n… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 3 |
 Lucy. | Southampton's Midfield Selection Headache For those who were asking last night about Saints' selection policy in midfield (now players are coming back from injury and international duty), I think it goes as follows: Wanyama is having a gr… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 18 |
J0E | Community article of the month vote - January. Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic January Community Article of the month Each month we honour the endevours of our community writers by offering a £20 Amazon voucher to the community’s fa… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 21 |
 Rupert The Horse | GWK 25 Team Sheet Reveal Reminder Don't forget GW 25 we get to see 4 crucial game line ups before the deadline. | 11 years, 1 month ago | 17 |
 Ruth_NZ | Sanchez Is No Longer The Top Gunner I just don't get the assumption that Sanchez is a given. 1. He's not fit. A Grade 1 Hamstring Strain is generally 1-3 weeks. With other options now available, Wenger may well be cautious with … | 11 years, 1 month ago | 26 |
J0E | Ufpl stick or twist? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Ufpl stick or twist How did yesterday go for you? Who are you bringing in? Also how will you be using your last transfers ahead of next Gameweek? | 11 years, 1 month ago | 10 |
 ViperStripes | More Goalkeeper Rotation Thoughts I thought I would combine the Goalkeeper rotation article by Mouldmaster, and the 2 way and 3 way rotation articles by Jaffalicious and Dynamic respectively to see if there was a combination that m… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 4 |
 Drop Dead Tsimikas | Is this Gwk 23's highest scoring bench? This is so stupid, it bears repeating: BEST BENCH EVAR. Krul, Kane (because I let myself be convinced that Puncheon was a better idea), Wasilewski. At least Baird produced nothing, yippee. | 11 years, 1 month ago | 21 |
J0E | Gwk 23 Captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? | 11 years, 1 month ago | 31 |
@ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 23 **** spreadsheet new format delayed (haven't had enough time to play with it this gameweek **** Gameweek 21 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comm… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 29 |
 Demí | Last minute wildcard advice Repost: What one piece of advice would you give to people wildcarding tonight? | 11 years, 1 month ago | 29 |
J0E | Hall of Fame updated The live version of the Hall of Fame has been updated to take into account Gameweek 22's games. Members can see the risers and fallers here. http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/hall-of-fame/l… | 11 years, 1 month ago | 20 |