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 J0E | How Long Before Your Knees Jerk? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic How long do you give a player before you consider ditching? For me it depends on the opposition but if a striker can't score against easy opposition - I'd c… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 25 |
 applebonkers | Aguero: home and away inspired by discovering man city have 6 away games in their next 9 i had a look deep inside aguero. so deep that i found his first pet's name, his mother's maiden name and that his prostate is just… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 9 |
 Qubit | Scout pick voting discussion Dear Scouts, I dont suppose there's any way we can try and make the Scout Picks Champion selection process less of a popularity contest? Just think that would be fairer. It really puts me… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 69 |
 7shadesofsmoke | Is aguero fool's gold? LONG POST ALERT 😀 I'm sitting on Balotelli with enough in the coffers to bring in Agüero ahead of Manchester City's amazing run of blue on the Season Ticker... but having dug a little deeper, th… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 38 |
J0E | The Gameweek 6 Scout Picks Champion Will Be... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic We have a winner in our search for a Gameweek 6 Community Scout Picks Champion. This week Giggs Boson has emerged victorious, beating off late charges from … | 11 years, 5 months ago | 12 |
 GetYerYayasOut | Common misconceptions Hello I work as a data scientist, and I have noticed some common misconceptions on this site. 1. Being Due There is no such thing. Scoring goals can be viewed as a random process, scoring a goal… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 62 |
 Ryan | Why bother with ManU attack? Is United attack even necessary? The goals are likely to be spread around numerous premium priced assets. Falcao 11m RVP 12.4m Rooney 10.4m ADM 9.8m Mata 8.8m Herrera 7.3m Of these 6 players I d… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 32 |
 Zep | Dead team challenge ::::: Dead Team Challenge - GW5 Leaderboard Updated ::::: Before I begin, just to let you know that a mistake was made last week which has since been corrected, so apologies to The Casual for that… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 14 |
 Parm | The Ramsey Exit Conundrum I've currently got Ramsey(with Sterling & Di María as my other big hitters). Usually i'd be looking to jump ship after just one assist in his last three league games(and a half hearted game in the… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 37 |
 Lucy. | Saintly Centre Mid Stars Southampton's central midfielders: a word of caution At the beginning of the season, I wrote Schneiderlin, Cork and Wanyama off as picks. Davis and JWP seemed the much better picks, with natural … | 11 years, 5 months ago | 32 |
 Az | Early bird cup update Early Bird Cup Update: The dust has no settled on GW5, and another exciting round of the Early Bird Cup has ended - leaving just 4 survivors to compete in the semi finals. View all the action by … | 11 years, 5 months ago | 6 |
 @ocprodigy | Scout picks challenge gw5 results. SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 5 FINAL RESULTS Well, after what was definitely a "different" week with all but one of last season's top 7 winning a game, I present to you this week's SPC results… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 2 |
J0E | Gameweek 6 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 | 51 |
Lucy. | Best goalkeeper combo If you were going to WC now, what would your GK picks be? | 11 years, 5 months ago | 17 |
J0E | Ufpl stick or twist Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL stick or twist Are you sticking with your captain? Who's in, who's out? | 11 years, 5 months ago | 9 |
 WorldCupDanB | Pre-season predictions gone awry What did you predict at the start of the season would happen that you were completely wrong about. For me I thought West Ham would be in a mess and would concede loads and score few with Sam tryin… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 16 |
J0E | Gameweek 5 Armband and Late Transfers Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining and why? And is there anyone yet to make a transfer this week? Who are you considering this morning and for who? | 11 years, 5 months ago | 38 |
@ocprodigy | Scout picks Challenge SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 5 Good evening everyone. Later than normal (I say this every week...) but here we go, it's that time again! Scout Picks Challenge! ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For … | 11 years, 5 months ago | 54 |
 | To you, to me: Chelsea passing analysis Jonty’s hot topic regarding Match of the Day suggesting Fabregas ‘looks for’ Costa was interesting… but I’m always sceptical about MotD analysis. You can make any point with the right cli… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 26 |
 PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from PlayON, This week we have a Free Entry £250 Guaranteed Pot on offer, as well as our usual £1,000 Guaranteed Pot - you can enter the games now at www.playon.co There are also … | 11 years, 5 months ago | 12 |
 Kalix | Fantasy Eggs & Baskets Ineresting topic I just thought of with team selection: Do you hedge your bets? or play for maximum points? two scenarios come to mind 1) Play a goalie/defender from the same club? or bench the d… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 8 |
J0E | Four new community articles now live We have a quartet of great community articles for you this morning. Here’s Puntmaster with his latest trio of differentials http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/09/18/gameweek-5-best-punt… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 2 |
J0E | Are We Wrong To Never Captain Baines? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Are we wrong to never captain Baines? History has told us that Baines is a good player to own but handing him the armband is risky. A Palace goal this weeken… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 27 |
 Piggs Boson | Best year yet for Baines? Baines hasn't been this cheap since 2009/10, 5 years ago!! But is he worth it? These are his PPG (Points per Game) values from the previous 4 seasons. . Season........PPG ..13/14 ........ 5.28 .… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 18 |
Zep | Dead team challenge gw4 leaderboard ::::: Dead Team Challenge - GW4 Leaderboard Updated ::::: Congratulations to our current leader, The Casual who is on an impressive 272pts, which equates to an amazing Overall Rank of 1.3k... :sho… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 18 |
J0E | Searching for the new Lineker and Beardsley Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Best Partnerships This is inspired from a comment JK made yesterday about whether to ditch Hazard. http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/09/17/say-w… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 43 |
 The Sarjeant | The form gauge The Form Gauge. I've decided to do a new weekly thing called The Form Gauge. With this I'll be looking into teams form in the Premier League over a three week and six week period. We have a watch … | 11 years, 5 months ago | 22 |
 Twelve years a slave | Is Di Maria essential? People without Di Maria have a real dilemma, his price is rocketing very fast, and he will soon be out of reach for mny. Those looking at the stats for comfort are kidding themselves. He may of… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 70 |
J0E | Top tips for climbing your mini-leagues Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Top tips for climbing your mini-leagues It's only four weeks into the season and already some managers are panicking over their mini-league position. It is … | 11 years, 5 months ago | 22 |
Az | Early Bird Cup GWK 4 Results Evening all! The 'Early Bird' Cup has claimed another batch of distinguished scalps. We now move into the Quarter finals, the last 8, which will of course become 4 after GW 5's doors have slammed … | 11 years, 5 months ago | 7 |
 MJ6987 | Season keepers Season Keepers At the start of the season, I (like many) thought that Ramsey and Hazard looked like the main season keepers. Ramsey has not done anything to contradict this yet. Hazard has been un… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 25 |
J0E | The Gameweek 5 Scout Picks Champion Will Be... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 5's Community Champion will be .....Doosra He won this week's vote and now goes head to head with Mark, Paul and myself to reclaim some pride for t… | 11 years, 5 months ago | 8 |
Piggs Boson | Cheap defensive options The Saints host CSs against WBA and NEW and suddenly their defence is essential? Burnley, Swansea, Spurs and United also have 2 CSs. And you can grab their defenders for 4.0m, 4.5m, 5.0m & 5.3m res… | 11 years, 6 months ago | 15 |
 davies | Leicester fan here to help. Just want to say, I'm willing to answer any questions regarding Leicester (expected line up etc.), should you require information. Sort of what Lucy does with Saints, I'll be available. Repost. | 11 years, 6 months ago | 37 |
 roscola | Everton Cleansheet Credentials I've been banging a drum since the start of the season about Everton's clean sheet prospects. It was fuelled by this piece over at statsbomb: http://www.statsbomb.com/2014/08/epl-2014-15-season-pre… | 11 years, 6 months ago | 63 |
 Ludo | Will Fabregas leave Mourinho's bus door open? Can Mourinho still shut up shop as effectively with Fabregas in the side? Chelsea's away trips to the league's best attacking sides all resulted in clean sheets last season. These are their midfiel… | 11 years, 6 months ago | 25 |
J0E | Gameweek 5 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, 6 months ago | 84 |
applebonkers | Is Di Maria a genuine FPL prospect? was di maria that 'omg stop what you're doing and get this man in at all costs' today? i'm not going to play the QPR card as great fixtures exist, that's what happens over a season. it's more the i… | 11 years, 6 months ago | 20 |
 tm245 | Dead Zone Champs League Picks Competition Evening. This summer, TorresMagic helped me run a World Cup Picks Competition in the Deadzone. I would be happy to do the same for the Champions League. If you are interested, please post your pic… | 11 years, 6 months ago | 39 |
J0E | Ufpl stick or twist? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL stick or twist. What are your ufpl plans today? Who didn't captain costa and is looking for a new captain? With most games played yesterday benches m… | 11 years, 6 months ago | 6 |
 Defcons are for Kinnear | Bandwagon extraordinaire Can people please pay attention to this. The FPL we love is under threat Sterling 47.8 Fábregas 42.6 Ramsey 42.4 Sigurdsson 38.7 Hazard 15.9 Diego Costa 49.2 Rooney 35.5 Naismith 33.8 Stur… | 11 years, 6 months ago | 65 |
 Pepin - RIP Absinthe | The consequence of captain costa I remember a few watershed captaincy weeks last year. I think it was Suarez away at Spurs in his second game back or something? Huge haul, most didn't captain, and captainers got a huge jump. Co… | 11 years, 6 months ago | 8 |
PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from PlayON, There's less than 1 hour left to pick your teams for the £1,000 GUARANTEED POT this week - entries close at 10.45. There's also £1,000 in GUARANTEED pots available in… | 11 years, 6 months ago | 5 |
J0E | Gameweek 4 Captain Decisions Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining/ vice captaining this week and why? I've added vc as I think we may need them this week. | 11 years, 6 months ago | 52 |
 facer | Facer's verdict on Ramsey's injury Evening Gents Had a look at the Ramsey footage and thought I'd post a few notes In a nutshell, he turns sharply, slips and inverts the right ankle unexpectedly. The movement is not at an extreme … | 11 years, 6 months ago | 16 |
@ocprodigy | Scout picks challenge gw4 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 4 Premier League is back babyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!! And with that, we have this gameweek's Scout Picks Challenge! ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven'… | 11 years, 6 months ago | 49 |
 Dr Dream | attacking stats Attacking stats for last week.....Top one may be problematic for some if his manager decides that a player who gets in a position to have that many chances is worth another pick...possibly....Secon… | 11 years, 6 months ago | 5 |
Dr Dream | Bombing forward Can't help with clean sheets but I can show those defenders who are bombing forward and making a nuisance of themselves up front...Flagged the top one last week before he notched...Not sure what's … | 11 years, 6 months ago | 14 |
PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from PlayON, I'm happy to answer any questions you have about PlayON - if you add them as replies below I'll answer them all. I'd also welcome any suggestions anyone has for how we… | 11 years, 6 months ago | 3 |
J0E | Will Gameweek 4 be the puntiest on record? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is Gameweek 4 shaping up to being one of the puntiest weeks ever. With heavy hitters like Ramsey, Costa, Hazard and Sturridge nursing injuries and players re… | 11 years, 6 months ago | 26 |