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 J0E | Which basket are you placing your eggs in? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Which basket are you placing your eggs? Who is looking to focus their budget on one part of the team, either in defence, midfield or forward? Is there now … | 11 years, 5 months ago | 32 |
 applebonkers | Hazard or Sandler Quiz the aim of this game is to simply say whether you see eden hazard or adam sandler added to a famous sporting image. if you don't get 10/10 then i'm afriad my observation that hazard looks like earl… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 31 |
applebonkers | Costa (the one from Blue) or Cazorla Quiz costa or cazorla? (antony costa from blue, not diego) 1) https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwxCGjyIcAAGPCb.png:small 2) https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwyPNNhCAAAXxZA.png:small 3) https://pbs.twimg.com/med… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 20 |
J0E | What to do with Arsenal? What to do about Arsenal? Arsenal have great fixtures but are arguably a team in flux. Welbeck's chief provider Ozil is out for at least 10 weeks. The brilliant Sanchez often finds himself benched… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 23 |
J0E | What's Wrong With Bandwagon Jumping? What’s wrong with jumping on bandwagons? Behind the scenes we’ve been having an interesting discussion about ownership and how it effects transfer decisions. For me ownership is key to trans… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 51 |
 RoysCallerAnne | Don't read too much into stats I'm sorry, but all these stats tables that get posted on these boards drive me crazy. Top of the pile for shots from defenders doesn't mean a fook if you can't shoot properly, as most defenders ca… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 95 |
 Granville | Perils of the very early transfer Hot topic: With the players on an international break and many of them scheduled to play twice, an early transfer comes with substantial risk. This season, the upside if the early transfer is slig… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 34 |
 Az | Early Bird Cup - Final Results Early Bird Cup Update: THE FINAL: Massive, Massive congratulations to Dušan Citizen, who has won the Early Bird Cup, defeating DT42 in the final by a score of 67 - 59. 32 people entered, now D… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 10 |
 BeachBadger | Scoutcast Improvements Bit late to the party but I only just got good internet access again and want to bring up the Scoutcast. I think it could do with a bit of a revamp. No offence to Mark, Granville and co but I think… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 33 |
 Kerz | Best ever goal What's your favourite goal in the history of football? Mine has to be this Zlatan goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgqsaDnsEq8 | 11 years, 5 months ago | 28 |
RoysCallerAnne | Your Luckiest FPL moment is... What is your jammiest slice of luck ever in FPL, preferably with an outrageously unpopular player! Remember that Boxing day when Fergie "rested" Wazza because he had a few sherry's with Colleen on… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 61 |
 thepuntmaster | Guide to Punting Since my articles have been quite successful I'm beginning to think that the way in which I choose my punts isn't just fluke 😉 I thought I'd write a bit on how to choose a punt (I didn't think the… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 13 |
J0E | Gameweek 7 Scout Picks Results Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Just an update on the community scout picks. I'll be launching the vote for Gameweek 8's champion next Monday at 10am. In the mean time here's the results o… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 27 |
 Evs | Are Keepers harshly treated with Point allocation ? I'm not one to moan about the baps system (really, I'm not) but... Something needs to be done to give a boost to the keeper bps. I mean what did Dai De Gea have to do?! (Yes, I do own him) Surel… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 32 |
 Honeybadger | International break fixture list Some of the most important international games - schedule during the break that concerns FPL (based on teams with players picked by a relatively high amount of managers) 8 Oct: Ecuador – Colombi… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 3 |
J0E | UFPL Stick or Twist UFPL stick or twist Who is sticking with their captain? Who is twisting? How many players are you bringing in? Who stays on the bench? For me I'm ditching around 20 pts by shifting capt from ste… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 18 |
 rickardinho | Is Aguero worth it? Is Aguero worth his 12.2 price tag over 7.3 Welbeck? Let's consider some numbers: Welbeck costs 7.2, Aguero 12.2, which is about 70% more of Welbeck's price, but lets use 50% to allow for captain… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 66 |
 Miami Monkey | Silva Falls Victim To Bonus Rules I’d like to start this post by saying that it is needless and will not change anything, but I hope it will be cathartic for me and those who read in agreement. Anybody watching today's encounter… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 18 |
 Twelve years a slave | How chasing bandwagons can end in tears The budget striker shuffle, highlights the dangers of buying differentials on the grounds of a few good weeks. Ulloa had scored 26 points in the previous 3 , while Naismaith had scored 24 in his pr… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 50 |
J0E | Gameweek 7 Captain Decisions Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining and why? | 11 years, 5 months ago | 42 |
 @ocprodigy | SCOUTPICKS CHALLENGE SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 7 This is a momentous occasion ladies & gentlement. The Scout Picks Challenge entries are opening dead on time. (Even delayed the cinema with the girlfriend to en… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 67 |
 Ludo | The case for Jack Wilshere With Arteta and Ramsey out for a few weeks, it seems likely that Jack Wilshere will come back into the side this weekend, partnering Mathieu Flamini. I've had a look at how Arsenal have got on prev… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 12 |
J0E | Three New Community Articles Now Live New community articles just published Arvin-ation with a trio of attacking punts...some good ones here. http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/10/03/gameweek-7-attacking-punts/ A new FFS UEFA… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 1 |
 PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from PlayON, We have a £1,000 Guaranteed Pot on offer this week, where you can enter up to 3x different teams before the 10.45 deadline. You can also take on the Fantasy Football … | 11 years, 5 months ago | 2 |
J0E | Community article of the month winner Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Community article of the month winner Thanks to everyone who voted for their favourite community article of the month. I'm delighted to announce that Puntm… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 9 |
Az | AZ Early Bird Cup Update Early Bird Cup Update - The Semi Finals! In an exciting semi final which featured Dusan Citizen easily dispatch Costa - the chosen one and DT42 beat myself thanks to a stoke clean sheet, there is … | 11 years, 5 months ago | 4 |
J0E | Investing in Arsenal and Everton. Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Everton and Arsenal's fixtures take a serious up turn after the international break from Gameweek 8. Which of their players do you have, which do you want t… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 28 |
Twelve years a slave | Don't Drop Sigurdsson I see many are starting to question Siggi. He is playing just as well as he was at thestart of the season,points will arrive as long as he plays in the hole.There are four times when he should be s… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 48 |
 Anorak | UEFA Champs Lg game problems - How Can The Developers Get It Right? After all the UCL game issues again last night, I've had some more discussions with the UEFA team publicising the game and they are keen to get more details of the problems people are seeing. The g… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 32 |
J0E | Vote for your favourite community article in Sept here Another day, another vote. This time for your favourite Community article for September. The winner of your vote gets a £20 Amazon voucher. To vote simply add the name of the author and his/her… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 36 |
 ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐ | Finding the right Forward Balance people falling into the trap of cheap forwards again. Happens every season. People consistently argue that cheaper options offer more value which they do for a period of time. Up until the premium… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 26 |
 AAAAA | Stewart Downing Love In Any Downing owner/buyer care to explain to me the Downing love around here? | 11 years, 5 months ago | 22 |
J0E | The Gameweek 7 Scout Picks Champion Will Be... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The Community Champion for Gameweek 7 will be...... a machine. Greenwindmill using the RMT computer's selection within budget will be the community's repres… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 21 |
J0E | Gameweek 7 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, 5 months ago | 115 |
 Costa Nostra | Why not take a hit for a defender? Trying to figure out the thinking on this forum. I always read "don't ever take a hit for a defender". Now, I can kinda understand that since even if you get a clean sheet it's a 6 (or less if no… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 39 |
 The Sarjeant | Tadic or Mane? Mane or Tadic? Tadic's stats were a lot better at the weekend than Mane's. | 11 years, 5 months ago | 10 |
 Defcons are for Kinnear | Rooney and Ramsey exit strategy Can we just have a separate article/hot topic of what to do with Rooney and Ramsey? Bear in mind some people have cash in the bank too | 11 years, 5 months ago | 30 |
J0E | UFPL stick or twist ? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL stick or twist Anyone think they can better yesterday's captain (Costa for most). Anyone got any decent players coming in? | 11 years, 5 months ago | 11 |
J0E | Who Dares Not Captain Costa? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who dares not captain Costa? And given most will, which player is your key differential (note this is a player in your team, not who you think is a good dif… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 49 |
 The Fantastic Mr Fox | Diego Costa Analysis Costa - Explosive Captain or Consistent teammember? I've been trying to look at Costa's numbers from the last few seasons to see how he scores his goals, in clumps or evenly. This was mainly to se… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 12 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 6 ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, every evening prior to the start of the gameweek FFS releases their picks of… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 62 |
 d1sable | SkyFF Surgery SkyFF Surgery: let us know your teams/concerns/plans etc for a little group hug and advice. | 11 years, 5 months ago | 17 |
 saata | Clean sheet odds for the weekend I see a lot of questions around which defender to start. Here is a list of CS odds according to PaddyPower ordered by possibility: Southamption N/A Chelsea 4/6 ManCity 11/10 ManUtd 7/5 Stoke 7/5 W… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 28 |
PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from PlayON, We have a £1,000 GUARANTEED POT on offer this weekend - you can enter up to 3x different teams into the game before the 10.45 deadline on Sat morning. We also have 3x… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 10 |
J0E | Gameweek 6's top differential will be... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who is your top differential for Gameweek 6? Mine is .....fanfare....Peter Crouch...as unfashionable as a pick can be, but against Newcastle his knock downs… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 54 |
 Obi Wan Elokobi | Get your ranks out Going of GB's post last page what's the highest you've ever finished overall in the season? Would be interesting to see how well the regular poster on here does. | 11 years, 5 months ago | 58 |
J0E | ManU Defence Becoming Endangered Species So Man U back four could be..... Rafael - Rojo - one of Blind/McNair/Thorpe - Shaw Thorpe and McNair have yet to be added to the game as of yet. | 11 years, 5 months ago | 50 |
J0E | Holding back your wildcard Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Holding back your wildcard Every year I've used my wildcard by gwk 9. This year feels different though. Price changes aren't such a factor and cheap options… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 35 |
 Dr Dream | Wakatronics latest: Crouch watchlisted Final post from my newly constructed "Wakatronic stats generator" looking at likely goalscorers from open play, and this time it's the turn of the forwards...The numbers have been processed through… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 15 |
Ludo | Minnows Beware - Sturridge Is Near A Return There's been some talk about Daniel Sturridge's return on this site, but not very much. Although he might not feature in the Merseyside derby on Saturday, these are Liverpool's next ten fixtures: … | 11 years, 5 months ago | 17 |