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 Absinthe 42 | The case for the defence The case for cheap points. Nearly every RMT shows an abundance of cash spent on the midfield and strikers, with the goal being to be as cheap as you dare in defence. I find this to be a bad ide… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 39 |
 Your Mum's Athletic | Team name ideas Some good team names: Absolutely Fabregas Baines on Toast Crouch Potato David Hasslehoffenheim Expected Toulouse Fernando Atheltico Game of throw-ins Ham-Eggs Rodriguez Ivory Toast John Stones Pai… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 22 |
 Tom Fenley | Tom F's Community Scout Picks As mentioned here: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/08/13/the-scout-picks-revolution/ I will be choosing the Scout Picks on behalf of the community this week. If anyone has suggestions on… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 30 |
 Sting | Saving Money at the back Need to save 0.5 in defence...here's how Terry/Cahill > Luis I think in the smaller games at least Luis will start. Azpi offers nothing going forwards from LB. Against teams that come to Stamford… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 17 |
 PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from PlayON, As per the article above, we have lots of new features going live. I'm happy to answer any questions you have about the new features or about PlayON in general - if yo… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 16 |
 Az | Early Doors Cup Thinking of setting up an 'Early Doors' cup - similar to one I ran last year for FFS non-qualifiers. Would be in a CL format, 32 places up for grabs, group stages then knockouts. Will all be on a … | 11 years, 7 months ago | 15 |
 Piggs Boson | More Watchlist Discussion I respectfully disagree with some of the defenders watchlist. Ivanovic - A sure starter? Davies - Why not Chester for 4.5m? Shawcross - 5.5m for defender from a team that got 9 CSs last year? Less… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 33 |
 J0E | Who is top of your watchlist? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Which players are top of your watchlist in the gk, def, mid and forward roles and why? | 11 years, 7 months ago | 20 |
 Granville | How concerned should I be? Since you cannot possibly have every big hitter. Which one are you most afraid of not owning? Currently I don't have Costa. | 11 years, 7 months ago | 66 |
 A.T | 4.0 defensive options Who do you think are the best long and short term 4.0m defender options, in order of preference? | 11 years, 7 months ago | 25 |
 Irish Madridista ⭐ | Madridista's Midfield Analysis How I see the midfield situation personally. I think Ramsey is quick becoming the most owned mid, which is saying something about how he's rated as he doesn't have the best fixtures but you can't … | 11 years, 7 months ago | 19 |
J0E | Midfield Issues Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Yesterday we asked about your benches. Today let's take a look at your midfield. Are you going for 5 or 4 regular starters? Who are your premium picks? How… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 43 |
 BigManBakar | Is Rooney, Costa and Sturridge Too Much? So has anyone else given in to go the Sturridge Costa Rooney team wagon - Join the club. | 11 years, 7 months ago | 64 |
 7shadesofsmoke | The One in Four Team THE ONE IN FOUR TEAM Howard (26.3%) Lovren (29.2%) Shaw (26.0%) Vlaar (21.9%) Ramsey (30.7%) Barkley (28.4%) Sterling (27.7%) Sanchez (23.1%) Rooney (43.1%) Sturridge (29.4%) Diego Costa (27.2%) … | 11 years, 7 months ago | 45 |
PlayON | PlayON Q&A Killian here from www.playon.co We're happy to be back for the new season and as per the article above, we have a £10,000 pot on offer just in Gameweek 1. We have also been working on a lot of … | 11 years, 7 months ago | 12 |
 dsanchez78 | Is Bojan the new Boselli? Been a long time viewer/contributor to this site... so thought it was only fitting to find out who this seasons Mauro Boselli is going to be???? I remember the wrap some of the guys on this site g… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 26 |
J0E | Is Your Bench Dench Or A Stench? How are your benches looking? Anyone going for the maximum cheap bench strategy of 4m gk, two 4m defenders and one 4.5m midfielder? Or is it wiser to build a bench that can deal with rotation? W… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 35 |
BigManBakar | How to make a balanced side with Rooney, Sturridge and Costa Project 'Make a balanced team with Rooney Costa Sturridge' is complete! | 11 years, 7 months ago | 71 |
 Elniñorules | Avoiding Eden Could Be Hazardous He's handsome...He's stylish....He's DANGEROUS.... Looking back at last season, one of the main reasons for Hazard’s dip in form was how defences began to adapt the way they played him. At times… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 24 |
J0E | Gwk 1 captain decisions. Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gwk 1 captain This morning we will be putting up our first captain poll of the season. Who will be your gkw 1 captain and why? | 11 years, 7 months ago | 32 |
 zin | Spurs: Pre-season break down I've been looking at Spurs friendlies and added up the appearances and minutes played for everyone, one thing that we certainly don't know is who the preferred left back is for Pochettino and I sus… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 26 |
J0E | Good investments and money pits Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Good investments and money pits Who will be among this season's biggest prise risers and fallers? Who looks underpriced and likely to rise in price? Who … | 11 years, 7 months ago | 38 |
 Walsh | Potential Palace Picks. Seen some very helpful posts from fans of clubs giving short summaries of the state of the clubs they support so I thought I'd give a crack at the club I support, Crystal Palace. GK: Much as been… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 27 |
 aflickering | The Man Utd Defensive Bible Thoughts on the Utd defense, from a Utd fan: The Liverpool game was the first time we got to see this new look Utd team really being pressed relentlessly, as they often will be in the Premier Leag… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 41 |
 QPR expects... glory! | QPR reporting in. Having just returned from Loftus Road here's an update for those eyeing QPR fantasy assets. Played 3-5-2 which at times morphed into a 3-4-3 GK Green is nailed on. Made a couple of decent saves.… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 18 |
 Rödallegabomb ᴿᴮ | Is Chambers worthwhile? Who else is on the Chamber wagon? 😉 | 11 years, 7 months ago | 24 |
J0E | UFPL Catch Up Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL Time to catch up with those playing UFPL. How are your teams coming along? How are you approaching the early transfers and which big hitters do you a… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 10 |
 RocketMan | Big Teams, Big Hitters My Reasons for picks from the big team. CITY - SILVA OK he probably won't score the most points, but my biggest concern is who will? Yaya probably not on penalties anymore, Dzeko… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 11 |
J0E | Late Comers Set To Spoil The Party Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The World Cup latecomers. With many of the Premier League's German, Brazilian, Dutch and Argentinian players set to miss the first game of the new season an… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 13 |
J0E | Today's Rate My Team Discussion Now Live We have a new RMT article for Thursday now live. Today's features Athletico Timbo's RMT to kick off the discussion. http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/08/06/rmt/ | 11 years, 7 months ago | 8 |
 Vote Joke | Budget Player Round Up Some players in the budget range who may be of consideration: 4.0 defenders Hutton - been getting gametime and possible wing back, hence more attacking points. Minus - this is Villa. Wisdom - get… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 32 |
 Couti & the Below5th | Probably Starters List Updated Probable Starters 14/15: Update https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B03D_KnVF1fRNDd6M1h1cnkzbUE/edit?usp=sharing 5 - looks like he played the whole match 4 - most of the match 3 - played a half 2 - … | 11 years, 7 months ago | 6 |
J0E | What are the pros and cons of 3-5-2? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What are the pros and cons of 3-5-2? I've been seeing a lot of 3-5-2 line ups on the Rate My Team thread but I'm still not convinced its a viable option. Wi… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 74 |
 Demí | Double defence- danger or delight? Interested to hear if anyone's definitely doubling up in defence for a particular team at the start. If so, who? | 11 years, 7 months ago | 40 |
 sinik | Best GK Combo what's the best 4.5/4.5 gk rotation? I thought it was Foster/Krul and while it does rotate, neither team really bodes confidence for cleansheets on their own anyhow | 11 years, 7 months ago | 25 |
 asquishypotato | Stoke: the little team that could Since the resident Stoke fan (there is only one around on this website apparently) is a hard creature to find, I have taken it upon myself to search through Stoke’s forums and recent games to see… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 37 |
Irish Madridista ⭐ | Will Owning 'Siggy' Prove Costly? The way I see it, Siggy is looking odds on for a price drop. Think about it, he's a punt by most, he's easily replaceable at that price (Young, Henderson, Puncheon, Matic, Ince, Snoddy, New Bandwa… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 41 |
J0E | Today's RMT discussion now live Today's RMT discussion article is now live.....today's manager who is kicking off the discussion is Demi. Feel free to help him with his team and then leave your own RMTs there. Remember though t… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 2 |
J0E | Scoutcast team ideas Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Next week sees the first podcast of the season. Mark and Granville are now looking for ideas for how to choose their Scoutcast team each week. Last year's te… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 68 |
BigManBakar | Backing for 4m Bartley Has anyone seen this? http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11731/9407895/transfer-news-chico-flores-set-to-leave-swansea-for-lekhwiya-move Could possibly give us a gem @4.0 in Bartley, who has… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 33 |
 MJ6987 | Whats your Burning FFS Question ? BURNING QUESTIONS ARTICLE REQUESTS (unofficial) | 11 years, 7 months ago | 72 |
 SimplyTheLeonBest | The return of the forgotten men. Are there any other forgotten men out there this season? Lamela is showing signs of stepping up to the plate, as is Ashley Young. Could Charles N'Zogbia also come into the frame? | 11 years, 7 months ago | 19 |
J0E | Introducing the daily RMT Discussion Got a RMT? We now have a dedicated daily RMT article for RMTs. We are hoping this will become the best place for people to share and get advice on their RMTs...feel free to direct people to the la… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 16 |
J0E | Community Article of the Month Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic It’s time again to launch our search for the best community article of the month. The writer of the article that gets the most mentions in this thread will… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 20 |
 Chris_White | Which Chelsea defender? Okay I see a lot of discussion and opinions on the Chelsea defense and I'd like to have my take on this dilemma... GARY CAHILL - As I see it, Cahill is the most nailed-on in the back four as thin… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 19 |
J0E | Player comparison hokey-cokey Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Inspired by The Puntmaster's latest community article - see link above or in the right hand column - I thought I'd ask which are your key player comparison … | 11 years, 7 months ago | 27 |
J0E | This season's Ramsey will be... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be the next Ramsey? Last season Ramsey emerged as a cut price gem, putting in heavy hitter scores at a low price. Which low priced player will do… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 47 |
 Zep | DEAD TEAM CHALLENGE Evening guys, I've got an idea for a fun competition... It's called the Dead Team Challenge... The rules will be simple, pick your team, pick a captain and a vice captain... and that's it... 😀 … | 11 years, 7 months ago | 168 |
BigManBakar | Fixture round up PL friendlies roundup ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nottingham Fores… | 11 years, 7 months ago | 44 |
 thegaffer82 | Template and proud The most annoying word used on this site is definitely 'template' when used in response to somebodies RMT. If someone was to describe my team as template then I'd take it as a massive compliment. … | 11 years, 7 months ago | 27 |