Hot Topics

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	B
No Change	Pickford	EVE	B
No Change	Kinsky	TOT	B, Vs
No Change	Hornícek	NEW	C, Vs
Up	Tzolakis	HUL	A
No Change	Verbruggen	BHA	B
No Change	Martinez	CHE	C

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Calafiori	ARS	B
Down	Konsa Ngoyo	ARS	C, Inj
No Change	Gvardiol	MCI	A
Up	Lewis Hall	NEW	A, Vs
No Change	Tarkowski	EVE	A
No Change	De Cuyper	BHA	B, OoP
No Change	Muharemovic	LEE	B, VsX
No Change	Williams	NFO	B, Inj
No Change	Lacroix	CHE	C
Up	Affengruber	FUL	A, Vs
No Change	Khalaili	CRY	B
Up	Thomas	COV	B, Vs

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Palmer	CHE	B, Inj
No Change	Rogers	CHE	B
No Change	Saka	ARS	B, Vs
No Change	Gibbs-White	NFO	A
Up	Tavernier	BOU	B
No Change	Groß	BHA	A
No Change	Mbeumo	MUN	B
No Change	Semenyo	MCI	A, Inj
No Change	Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	C
No Change	Barnes	NEW	A, Vs
No Change	King	FUL	B, Vs
Up	Schade	BRE	A
Down	Szoboszlai	LIV	C, VsX
No Change	Le Fée	SUN	B

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	A, Inj
No Change	Wissa	NEW	C, Vs
No Change	Isak	LIV	A, Inj
No Change	Thiago	BRE	C
Up	Gonzalo García	FUL	C, Vs
Up	Barry	EVE	C
Down	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	B, VsX
Down	McBurnie	HUL	C

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Author	Hot Topic	Date	Replies
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 …	12 years, 18 days 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…	12 years, 18 days ago	39
The Sarjeant	Tadic or Mane? Mane or Tadic? Tadic's stats were a lot better at the weekend than Mane's.	12 years, 18 days 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	12 years, 19 days 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?	12 years, 19 days 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…	12 years, 20 days 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…	12 years, 20 days 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…	12 years, 20 days ago	62
d1sable	SkyFF Surgery SkyFF Surgery: let us know your teams/concerns/plans etc for a little group hug and advice.	12 years, 20 days 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…	12 years, 20 days 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…	12 years, 21 days 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…	12 years, 21 days 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.	12 years, 21 days 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.	12 years, 21 days 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…	12 years, 22 days 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…	12 years, 23 days 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: …	12 years, 22 days ago	17
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…	12 years, 23 days 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…	12 years, 23 days 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…	12 years, 24 days 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…	12 years, 24 days 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 …	12 years, 24 days 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…	12 years, 24 days 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…	12 years, 24 days 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…	12 years, 24 days 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…	12 years, 24 days 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 …	12 years, 24 days 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 …	12 years, 25 days 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…	12 years, 25 days 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 …	12 years, 25 days ago	51
Lucy.	Best goalkeeper combo If you were going to WC now, what would your GK picks be?	12 years, 25 days 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?	12 years, 26 days 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…	12 years, 26 days 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?	12 years, 27 days 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 …	12 years, 27 days 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…	12 years, 27 days 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 …	12 years, 28 days 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…	12 years, 28 days 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…	12 years, 28 days 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…	12 years, 28 days 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 .…	12 years, 28 days 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…	12 years, 29 days 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…	12 years, 29 days 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 …	12 years, 29 days 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…	12 years, 1 month 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 …	12 years, 1 month 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 …	12 years, 1 month 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…	12 years, 1 month 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…	12 years, 1 month 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…	12 years, 1 month ago	15

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