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Shortest football books ever written. I'll start The Art of Tackling by Paul Scholes Monogamy by Ryan Giggs. Effective Public Speaking by Paul Merson

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL Stick or Twist You is coming in for your today. Anyone have yesterday's stars like Puncheon. For me I'm taking the armband off Downing and putting it …

Previous to my conversation with Demi on Spurs defenders I've decided to put it all together to make it a little easier for those considering; P. Pts. £. G. A. CS Ppg. B…

Gw27's Top 1000 template (highly owned players), according to FFFix Krul (37.1%) Clyne (48.0%) | Bellerín (37.4%)| Wollscheid (25.4%)| PvA (61.3%) Boyd (38.6%) | Cazorla (51.2%) | Di María (46.9…

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

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 27 I promise GW25 and 26 will be up by Monday evening! Had a lot to get done lately! ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't…

*LONG POST* As Tottenham's DGW is approaching I have had a look at how Eriksen and Tottenham have coped with two games within a few days. Hopefully some of you find this helpful. EUROPA LEAGUE: …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gwk 27's best differential/punt?

Pva owners Keeping, selling ?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Cheap defensive replacements Who are your defensive deadwood players and who do you plan to replace them with? Anyone fancy upgrading the likes of Wisdom t…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic We've got a good community article on luck coming up later today from andy85wsm. Ahead of that I thought I'd ask what has been your luckiest and unluckiest …

I know we should be concentrating on GW27 but I can't help but think about the double gameweek that’s about to come. I'd like to discuss captain options. For me there's only really 2 (3 if you a…

Thanks for those that joined in the live Scoutcast. That'll get edited and released in usual audio form later this week.

My views on GW28: Spurs: First things first - Tottenham have 4 matches in 9 days (away at Fiorentina, cup final against Chelsea, then the DGW games against Swansea and QPR). You'd expect the 'sta…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Among the issues discussed in last night's scout cast was Gameweek 27's potential for punting on a differential captain. With Aguero facing a tough Liverpo…

Double gameweek - how much do you really have to lose? A lot of people (maybe rightly so) aren't seeing much value from the double game week ahead. Spurs fixtures are congested and QPR aren't exac…

Fantasy Football Scout Live Scoutcast Should be live in ten minutes or so at this link (10:10pm ish) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIyMJLC03FU Feel free to leave comments via the youtube link …

We are going to attempt a live video Scoutcast tonight, where I'll be joining Mark and Granville. Hoping to get this underway at about 10pm. We'll provide a videolink and hot topic it nearer that t…

‘QPR are good at home’. Yet here are their last five results at Loftus Road: QPR 0-1 Southampton QPR 0-2 Manchester United QPR 0-3 Sheffield United QPR 1-1 Swansea QPR 0-0 Crystal Palace Char…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The imperfect ten. Is it worth taking a hit or even using both transfers if you have two, to field 11 players in Gameweek 27? Will a cheap defender really…

It's very easy to overlook that FPL points will actually be scored in GW 27. Most will have high value players benched, many will be struggling to put 11 worthwhile players out. The more I think …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL stick or twist What are your plans today? Switching captaincy? Who's coming in?

Noticed theres been a few times on here where people saying Austin not worth getting in DGW due to playing tough sides. 1. His home record is excellent 2. He has scored goals this season vs curren…

New post, so re-post 🙂 Last minute captain stat attack!! Minutes: Aguero - 1409 Kane - 1433 Sanchez - 1827 Hazard - 2206 Double figure hauls: Aguero - 4 Kane - 5 Sanchez - 6 Hazard - 6 Doubl…

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

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 26 It's that time of day (evening!), Scout Picks Challenge time! Gameweek 24 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/9744777 GW25 will be up tomor…

Our First ever contest where EVERYONE wins. A little thank you to the FFScout fans for supporting us so quickly and we've got some other special things lined up in the coming weeks. Exciting that…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Double gameweek memories With the dgwk fast approaching I thought I'd start a thread on favourite double gameweek memories. Here are two of mine to get the…

We've got some exciting news from Mondogoal for you - offering the chance to win a sizable cash prize. Mondogoal have lined up a £30,000 prize pot for the season climax – with the winner of the…

I'm afraid there's no ScoutCast coming tonight. The day job interfered with a morning meeting overrunning into our lunchtime studio time so, despite doing the prep, we've had to abandon it. It wa…

This week sees the reverse of the GW1 fixtures - how many of the same players (if any) do you have in your team? I've just got John Terry, with Clyne on the bench as he was on the opening weekend …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gameweek 26's best differential/punt? I'd take Costa here as an option as while well owned, he is not that well owned in the top 10K or among th…

The Captaincy debate. 1) Hazard + Penalties + Almost always a 90 minute man + Burnley have conceded 2+ in 9 of their last 10 away games - No goals in his last 4 home games - 6 attempts at goal in…

FANTASY SPORTS. With so many fantasy sports games going, I wondered what is everyone's favourite and how many do we get involved in every year? For me I play Football - FPL, ESPN Cricket Golf - yah…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Save or not to save Who is saving a transfer this week in anticipation of the blank and double over gwk 27-28? Who is throwing caution to the wind and is …

I thought I would take this DZ opportunity to ask you fine folk about STATS. Obviously as FPLers, we take a lot of stats into consideration, but how heavily do you weight them when casually discus…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The Cost of Costa Will Costa prove to be the key Gameweek 26 differential? Or will those that draft him in regret their decision, as he faces a blank and is…

Defoe owners, if he's out this week who's on your radar? Ings would be ok but fixtures are dreadful Ideye has form (which probably means a blank incoming) Cisse very tempting

That draw means the GW33 blanks and GW34 DGW teams are as follows: Arsenal and Sunderland or Chelsea and Man United Liverpool and Hull (or just 4 teams with blank/DGW if Liverpool lose) Palace and…

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 24 FINAL RESULTS I'm catching up promise...As I sit here in Glasgow enjoying a few casual drinks... GW24 results ladies & gents; 1st - FFS Scout (50pts) 2nd - Pun…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…