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 J0E | Gameweek 9 Captain Decisions Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this week and why? | 11 years, 4 months ago | 34 |
 President John F. Keninnsie | New tactics for a new season Is anyone taking a different approach to this season than previous seasons? In the 2 years I've played FPL, I've made over 65 transfers both seasons. This season I'm taking a more conservative app… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 36 |
 Billy Gilmore | Dead team challenge update Dead Team Leaderboard GW8 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1raAyvT8NYalwe4_-1EqJZBOOcbwjmixKpFu18ySKGVQ/edit#gid=1608235918 The Casual and Dusan Citizen hit triple figures this week 😯 | 11 years, 4 months ago | 14 |
 @ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 9 ******** As a warning, gameweek 8 is NOT finished ******** It will be done tomorrow night but I'm currently away on business and I have not had enough time to up… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 46 |
 Dr Dream | FALLING STARS UPDATE Falling Stars GW 8 Not bad last week..Tough to match the Aguero four up and some of the 8-0 picks but some nice bright spots anyway… http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/10/21/scout-notes-… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 10 |
 Arvin-ation | Attacking Punts Gameweek 9 Didn't manage to submit my article in time this week - been pretty busy, so just going to post it here and it might get published as a proper article tomorrow. 🙂 The three differentials below ar… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 19 |
 Mark | Costa Situation - Post Presser Okay, what do we think then. Costa is back in "individual training". Mourinho rules out Remy and has "no idea" if Drogba starts. Chances of Costa figuring. I'd say 50:50 at worst, personally. | 11 years, 4 months ago | 41 |
J0E | Gameweek 9 Best Differentials Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Which player will be Gameweek 9's best differential/punt? | 11 years, 4 months ago | 49 |
 Dino | Ignore Arsenal's Defence At Your Peril I just wanted to get people's opinion on Arsenal's defensive capabilities. I decided I'd start the ball rolling with some stats just so everyone wouldn't jump on the populist theories that Arsenal'… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 37 |
J0E | North London Assets Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic North London assets Spurs and Arsenal are embarking on a kind run of fixtures. But where to invest. Is Eriksen worth the extra money over Chadli? Which Arse… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 24 |
 kesh | Arsenal RoundUp Some insights for fantasy managers on Arsenal's game against Anderlecht (from an Arsenal fan that sat through the game) 1) Arsenal had a fair bit of possession but lacked penetration. Arsenal pro… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 21 |
 teachmunna | RATE MY GRAV Just for shits n giggles I'm trying to start a "rate your gravatar" thread here. To enter just reply to this thread with the words "rate my grav". Let the community rate out of 10 whichever grav… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 145 |
J0E | What to do with Costa? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What to do with Costa? With Costa likely to be out this weekend according to Mourinho - but possibly back against QPR do you keep him or draft him out? If … | 11 years, 4 months ago | 45 |
 rickardinho | Costa to aguero for a hit? Here is my take on Costa>Aguero(-4) PRICE CHANGES: - Aguero has already risen 0.1 this GW, and according to fplstatistics he will rise tonight again, and could feasibly rise another 0.1 later this… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 30 |
Dr Dream | Falling Stars Update Falling stars update GW8 You know the drill…Falling stars is a fictitious squad/team made up of players who have all fallen in value from GW1 and have a combined value within the original 100 mi… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 10 |
J0E | Community Champion - £100 prize announced Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Congratulations to Saniul who has won the vote to be this week’s Community Champion in the Scout Picks. With more than a 100 point gap to bridge he has a … | 11 years, 4 months ago | 55 |
 Dušan Citizen | Is Aguero this season's Suarez? Repost 😛 Is Aguero this season's Suarez? 😀 | 11 years, 4 months ago | 27 |
 Jay_ | Highest ever gameweek score memories Just out of curiosity, what's the highest single gw score yous can remember ? And the highest in a double gw ? And was anyone on this site ever involved ? Seems to be quite a lot of phenomenal pla… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 28 |
J0E | Gameweek 9 Community Champion Vote Fantasy Football Scout Community Champion needed. As you may have noticed we’ve revamped our Scout Picks. Mark, myself, Paul and a community champion picked by you each week are up against each … | 11 years, 4 months ago | 120 |
 Costa Nostra | The Case For Coleman Repost from bottom of last page. Why not a love fest for Coleman? The guy is a fantasy point magnet. He's only played 4 games + a cameo 6 minute appearance to start the season. He had an unlucky … | 11 years, 4 months ago | 20 |
 Game of Stones | Is Tadic essential? Afraid of not owning Tadic... is he a "must" get? | 11 years, 4 months ago | 20 |
J0E | UFPL stick or twist Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL stick or twist Who are you bringing in , who are you planning to captain? Plus -anyone beat beta ufpl champion Alex's score of 138 so far? | 11 years, 4 months ago | 9 |
J0E | Gwk 8 Captain Decisions Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this week and why? And if Costa is your captain, who is your vice capt? | 11 years, 4 months ago | 30 |
@ocprodigy | Scout picks challenge Gw8 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 8 Prepared freshly on my iPad in an underground train in London as I make my way up to Manchester, ladies & gents it's time once again for the Scout Picks Challeng… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 63 |
J0E | Liverpool bib theory latest Any bib theorists about? Here's today's training pics from Liverpool. Gerrard, Sterling, Lambert and Lallana in orange bibs. Balotelli and most squad players in green. Make of those bibs what you w… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 27 |
Dr Dream | FALLING STARS - GAMEWEEK 8 Falling Stars… I published my first “falling stars” post of the season at the beginning of the international break with a caveat for change as the next GW drew closer…so here’s my caveat… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 11 |
 PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from PlayON, We have a £2,500 Guaranteed Game on offer the week and are running a special promotion: Enter One Team and Get a Second Entry Free You can enter now at www.playon.co… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 22 |
J0E | Is Baines really the best route into Everton's kind run? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is Baines really the best route into Everton's kind run? Do others like Lukaku or Naismith offer a either a greater chance of points or better value? And h… | 11 years, 4 months ago | 37 |
J0E | Best Arsenal assets Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Best Arsenal assets. With Walcott back in contention and Ramsey not far away suddenly the Arsenal squad looks to offer lots of choice for Fantasy managers. … | 11 years, 4 months ago | 16 |
Dr Dream | The case for Eriksen Tsk...Tadic....pfft Going to try a new tactic..i'm going to try shouting... ERIKSEN IS THE THIRD HIGHEST SCORING MID IN THE LAST FOUR GAMEWEEKS !! ADM 40 pts Diame 28pts Eriksen 26 pts...and fix… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 13 |
 Epic Fail | Are we right to never bench or captain Leighton Baines? Let's get to the bottom of this Baines: 'Never bench, never captain' malarkey. It's forever thrown about but rarely explained. Which camp are you in and why? It's possibly already obvious, but pe… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 21 |
 Just A Hat | Worst FPL Players Who have been your most pathetic FPL players so far this season? I'll start 1) Krul - no explanation needed reason and now I have no goalkeeper for this week as I have McCarthy on the bench for s… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 35 |
J0E | Time to strip Costa of the captaincy? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Time to strip Costa of the captaincy? Given Costa has scored in six games but only got bonus points in three of those is it time to turn our attention to ot… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 23 |
President John F. Keninnsie | Baseline bonus magnets in attack Hey lads, I've been intrigued as to why Costa has been getting very few bonus points even when he's consistently scoring goals. Even though he has scored in 6 different games, he's only received ba… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 12 |
President John F. Keninnsie | Baseline bonus magnets in defence Following on from Jonty's community article about Bonus Point Magnets in Defence, I've taken it a step further and removed the top 12 BPS magnets' clean sheet, goal and assist points to find out th… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 26 |
 JK - Cønt ⭐ | West Ham Potential At Both Ends Of The Pitch West Ham are funny one They seem to be more attacking this year and have only just registered their first CS of the season Yet they haven't conceded a lot of goals and their defensive stats are s… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 14 |
J0E | Gameweek 8's Community Scout Pick Champion Will Be... Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic We have a Scout Pick community champion. He may have been unlucky in Dr Who and the Genesis of the Daleks but in fantasy football votes he is a worthy win… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 20 |
 | A word to the wise on Walcott With the news of Walcott being back in full training, a timely re-post..... 😀 A lot of people talking about, and even planning, getting Walcott in. You might remember about this time last year, h… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 10 |
 Rupert The Horse | Is it worth getting a good player from a terrible team? @ Applebonkers, Jonty et al. Would a "what if" sticky be worth it? E.g. a great player with true ability and threat in an awful team, be worth it? Baines at QPR or Rooney at Burnley. Just spittin… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 48 |
J0E | Scout Picks Community Champion Needed - Apply and Vote Here Fantasy Football Scout Community Champion needed. As you may have noticed we’ve revamped our Scout Picks. Mark, myself, Paul and a community champion picked by you each week are up against each … | 11 years, 5 months ago | 43 |
President John F. Keninnsie | The Pros and Cons of selling Fabregas Since it's a popular dilemma at the moment and this place is super dead, I thought I'd share why I got rid of Fabregas this week. Firstly, I'll outline my transfers. Fabregas, Naylor and Bardsley … | 11 years, 5 months ago | 45 |
 facer | Danny Welbeck's Injury - our expert Facer delivers his verdict Danny Welbeck injury update The incident occurred as Danny Welbeck burst on to a through ball from Oxlade-Chamberlain. The defender makes a clean tackle but appears to clip Welbeck’s ankle in th… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 13 |
J0E | Take the fifth Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Take the Fifth Is it me or is this year particularly bad for cheap fifth midfielders. In previous years the likes of Sterling and Januzaj have emerged as v… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 19 |
 Defcons are for Kinnear | First come, first serve on players I read the article on "points make price rises" and it reminded me of a change that I wanted in FPL. The problem for me was that post-January the template was formed (this season, for whatever re… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 51 |
 Think Tank | Points Make Price Rises? Is it time for FPL Towera to shake up their game format? Why do player prices rise because of increased ownership, as opposed to good performance? it doesn't make sense. It rewards the template b… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 27 |
J0E | Gameweek 8 top differentials Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Who would your trio of punts be for Gameweek 8. Next week we'll see some great articles and posts from Puntmaster, Arvination and others looking at key dif… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 25 |
Dr Dream | Falling Stars Gameweek 8 Falling Stars… It’s been a while since I did one of these so a refresher course first…Falling stars is a fictitious squad/team made up of players who have fallen in value from their original… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 13 |
 Davido989 | What do you like most about this site? What do you like most about this site? Mine would be the help you get from the community on here when making transfers | 11 years, 5 months ago | 50 |
Defcons are for Kinnear | FFS pet peeves I hate it when my post is bottom of the page. # things you hate about FFS feel free to list yours below | 11 years, 5 months ago | 134 |
 Christina. | Fabregas exit routes Come on losers. Give me a Cesc replacement up to 7.8m And don't say Tadic. | 11 years, 5 months ago | 41 |