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What are your weaknesses as a FPL manager? I think mine are mainly to do with prejudice against certain clubs or players. For example I don't like Sturridge as a player at all having seen him pla…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Which Arsenal trio to go for? Or is it worth tripling up? Personally when a team has good form and fixtures I like to triple up. Its worked for me this seas…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Where have all the good bargain priced midfielders gone. By bargain priced I don't necessarily mean George Boyd, I'm talking about those excellent value mid…

Genuine question... Can a case really be made for having anyone apart from DDG and/or Jones from Man Utd in a FPL squad? ADM is world class but who knows what position he'll play in and LVG's ref…

For all wildcarders: Golden Rule of FPL. If you have to ask if a player's nailed on you shouldn't be looking at getting him in. Anyone else have any other 'golden rules' to follow when WC'ing?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic FA Cup Memories What are your best and worst FA Cup memories? Here's mine: Best - 1983 Cup Final Brighton v ManU..."and Smith must score." Worst - 1983 C…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Second half of the season stars Top five goal scorers last season from Gameweeks 23 to 38 were Sturridge Dzeko Suarez Bony Yaya Toure Of these Toure, S…

Whilst it is quiet, I thought I would look at the DGW possibilities as I am seeing regular comments about 'saving my original wildcard for a DGW' So far, every team has played 22 games, there has…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Top Tips For Climbing The Rankings Following Triggerlips recent article about climing up the rankings post January I thought I’d use this morning’s dai…

Hi Everyone, For those of you on your WC or are planning to next week, take a look at the below. I have compiled a list of cheap defensive rotations which rotate near perfectly until the end of t…

Is Kane going to regress? His stats aren't very impressive and he has an extremely high conversion record, will he be an anomaly like Yaya last year or is he just in a hot streak? Yes he offers g…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Latest wildcard defences The template wildcard defences seem to be a Chelsea and Southampton defender with either three cheap rotating options or an Arsenal…

Arsenal Defence Have been thinking about this as I've seen a lot of Koscielny and Bellerin's in WC teams. Here's what I think in terms of how nailed on they all are: RB Debuchy - Out for three m…

This may be of use to some wildcarders - the table I've been using to rank the league's best defences over the course of the season, updated after this weekend's matches. It's ordered by each side'…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Unsteady eddies Jason Puncheon proved great in Gameweek 22, but it could have been different. For much of the game he was ineffective until a change of form…

Just a little post regarding Puncheon and his prospects moving forward...... Pardew lined up Palace in a 442 away with Sanogo and Gayle up top and we got thoroughly battered in the beginning of th…

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 21 FINAL RESULTS Apologies for the delay in GW21 - I have had it calculated but limited access to my laptop has made it difficult for me to do the league calculati…

Top 5, top fixtures. City and Chelsea get out of the traps a little slow fixture wise over this coming period, simply as they face each other next game week. I realise this is treading on the toes…

What is currently grinding your fantasy gears? mine (1) Aguero's constant price rise before the Hull game (2) Dead teams with (C)osta causing me to fall to 700k OR despite a respectable 51 point…

Think that Bellerin is a great punt. He could be nailed seeing as Arsenal have kept the first two clean sheets in a long time with him and Kosh playing. I've taken out Hutton for him and even if he…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The 4th Midfielder revisited Earlier this month Kroos Kontrol wrote an excellent community article looking at the so called fourth midfielder. This is a pla…

Terry, Saints defender, Hazard, Sánchez, Costa, Aguero e Kane are must haves to WC??

I'm surprised to see Eljero Elia being put in so many wildcard teams. Yes, he scored two goals against Newcastle, but the full picture is a little different. Elia has really only had one and a hal…

Are the one without Costa still going without him or looking to bring him in in the near future? I have three Chelsea already, will take a huge effort to get him in. Got Terry, Hazard and Fab, sur…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL Stick or Twist Which players failed for you yesterday and which players do you have coming in? Any Costa captainers? Guessing you are sticking. What a…

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

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 22 **** spreadsheet new format delayed (haven't had enough time to play with it this gameweek **** Gameweek 20 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comm…

Which players do you think could emerge as good differentials for WC and onwards and why? Perfect for those of us that don't want to have a team that's too template. Here's a few of mine i think co…

Azpilicueta is up there with my worst buy of the season.

Acon Fantasy guys! 😎 http://en.fantasy.cafonline.com/ Official fantasy, nice for the next 15 days break after this weekend. Starts tomorow!

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is Aguero essential? Is he fixture prood and essential for this week? Or is it better to wait until fixtures improve. More than 100K have drafted him in al…

A lot of concern about the Southampton defence without. Let's look at the stats: Southampton have kept 10 clean sheets in 21 games (42% of the time) When wanyama has played: kept 9 clean sheets i…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gameweek 22's best differential/punt?

Pressers today - Newcastle 13:00 GMT West Brom 13:00 Aston Villa 13:30 Crystal Palace 14:00 Liverpool 14:00 Swansea 14:00 Leicester 14:30 Stoke 14:30 Burnley 16:00.

On the issue of 'form' - it's one of the most misused terms in sports. A player - in any sport - goes through a few games scoring well and pundits, journalists and fantasy aficionados are quick …

As a casual I get annoyed at people who comment on teams being to template. They are template for a reason – because they are good players and top managers own them. A common reply to this is t…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Your Wildcards update Who has already wildcarded- do you regret it, how did it perform at the weekend? Who is playing it this week - if so what key players…

Shameless repost as I think this needs some visibility As discussed on the previous thread there will be blanks in GW27 (weekend of March 1st) due to the Capital One Cup Final. While we will know…

To wildcarders: So who are you looking at getting as differentials if anyone? I've looked at the following as potentials but not set on anything yet. Stoke: Bojan, ShawX/Cameron, Crouch even? Pal…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Where Will The Differentials Be? By the time all the winter wildcards are played at the start of next month most credible teams are set to have a raft of si…

It seems that choosing the three best Chelsea players is the key wildcard decision; this is my extended take on it as things stand. After much deliberation, I've changed my mind, and decided that I…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic How To Shoehorn Aguero in. Aguero looks a must for Gameweek 22 and beyond now he’s back from injury. How are you planning to draft him in? Or are you igno…

I am amazed that people are still getting ADM. He proved his worth against Southampton. Stay well clear

Liverpool's "young" side. If Rodgers gets fired, whoever inherits the team is lucky, especially if it's Klopp. Hope Rodgers stays though. Sturridge Coutinho Sterling Markovic Rossiter Henderson Mo…

Time for some DZ talk with your host oz lotto.... What is your one biggest triumph and one biggest regret this FPL season? GO!

This week an example of the curse of this site. If there was no captain poll, Haz/Sanchez would have been a much closer split. But once the herd mentality sets in, everyone has Hazard captain on th…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic How is the template changing? From the usual suspects, who have helped many leap up the rankings in recent weeks, who will stay in the emerging wildcard tem…

if you look at Costa's total bps it's 417.. that's just 1 less than Aguero and a lot more than Austin. it's just that he's playing in such a good team for fpl that everyone else is performing ridic…

Ok, Costa vs. Austin people here's one for you! So, it's GW38 you've got a 3pt lead in your ML rival, now do you... A) Give the armband to Costa home to Sunderland B) Give the armband to Austin …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this week and why? Who do you hope will be your key differential?