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Was genuinely wondering against who did Lukaku score his goals against so I've looked into it. Does he have a better strike rate against the bigger sides? 13/14 season at Everton whm NEW (x2) m…

Hi All, Just thought I'd try contributing to the site that I've followed and gotten a lot from for the past year. I've been doing some research on Fabregas specifically to see whether the parting…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic There is bundles of value in defenders this season. It's a fair assumption that Mourinho's second campaign could bring an increase in clean sheets for Chelse…

Who's your differentials?

Howdy DZ, I've compiled a few 'FFS FAQs' with my answers... I hope this puts an end to some of these questions! I need a nailed on 4.5m defender...help! Barring new signings, the nailed on 4.5m d…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Which Flavour With the wide variety of fantasy football games available, which are you planning on playing and why? I was planning on sticking with just FP…

Premium mids, which 2/3 are people getting?

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Today's hot topic is brought to you by Mark. Unknown Quantities How many unknown quantities are you willing to trust in your starting lineup? Sure, the li…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic 7% or Less Ownership Differential Template Team After looking at Home Run Bakers' Consensus RMT http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/7669021 I dec…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Formation Rotation With the wealth of budget and mid priced defenders, midfielders and forwards, is having a rotating formation (3-4-3, 3-5-2, or even 4-5-1…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Today's hot topic is brought to you by Mark. The defensive template Ron Vlaar and Dejan Lovren both look to be on the move and offer value. Debuchy is alr…

Matt Targett: A Genuine 4.0 Prospect? As enthusiasm for Andre Wisdom had dwindled, amongst rumours that WBA will make a bid for another RB, some have begun to turn to the prospect of 18 year old …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Top 4 team The search for this year’s great differential is arguably like searching for a needle in a haystack. There are draft FPL teams with players lik…

One of the many things I've picked up from this site over the past year, is that promoted strikers don't do any good. So I decided to do a little research into that... 13/14 Palace: Gayle - 7 Goa…

Anyone got any leagues they want to promote in the next community round up? Leave them here in this hot topic if you have.

It does look as though the gradual slide towards template squads has begun once more, with anyone suggesting players outside a core of 30 being advised to standardise to the accepted norm. Bearing…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic In six years of playing FPL I have never once hit the jackpot with getting the right team at the start. I've had a few good players and the right cheap playe…

Just worked this out. I don't know if it helps anyone out, because it hasn't exactly helped me out lol. QPR - 17 clean sheets, 10 at home (58.82%). Burnley - 19 clean sheets, 11 at home (57.89%)…

The hardest question when reading FFS is 'where is the consensus wrong'? If you followed the consensus on here you would have a pretty good season, you'd make plenty of mistakes but overall follo…

Points Per Million: Okay, so a quick calculation using my points total last year, and my finishing team value, came out as my average 'points per million' being: 21.3454545455 So for ease, lets …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Wildcard planning Every year I say I'll save my wildcard, every year I use it by gwk 8 at the latest. Using a wildcard early, especially during an internati…

Not that you should read too much into pre-season friendlies, but North Ferriby vs Hull.... Snodgrass had a shocker. Played on the left wing, gave the ball away too much, dispossessed a few times…

10.5 is too much for Sanchez imo. He's never played in the prem before. I'd rather have Ramsey and 1.5mil to spend.

Filipe Luis basically nailed on?

Someone make a case for why a striker over 8.5 is necessary? Thinking of starting with just Giroud and Dzeko up front (Wickham or someone on the bench) in order to loosen up funds for the rest of …

I've seen a few people saying that a Chelsea defender is essential and then others saying it's better to start with an uber defence as the big teams tighten up later on. I had a quick look through …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Dealing with friendlies. Friendlies can be something of a poisoned chalice, with players shining during pre-season only to falter when the season starts. Ye…

SPEND OR SAVE - THE RESULTS! Earlier today I pitted seven popular FPL options against their cheaper alternatives and asked whether or not the more expensive option is worth the premium. To put it …

SPEND OR SAVE Thought this might be a fun topic, is each of these "expensive" players worth the premium over their cheaper alternative? Answer YES (worth the extra money) or NO (not worth the ext…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The 4m gems Starting 4m players look in short supply this year. Wisdom's move to WBA looks promising for those in search of a bargain. Which other 4m defe…

Some interesting ownerships so far: Sanchez (35%) Remy (20%) Shaw (28%) Rafael (2%) Sturridge (35%) Mertesacker (20%) Debuchy (24%) Vlaar (26%) Gerrard (5%) Aguero (11%) De Jong (10%) These lead …

Chelsea Vs Palace defence. We know both of these teams are good defensively, and there's 1.5 price difference between their most popular defenders. So I thought I'd work out the clean sheets per …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic FPL formation Given the FPL player prices and what we know about bonus points what is your favoured formation? Is it 4-4-2 to exploit defensive points? Is …

Swansea FPL guide. I haven't written anything like this before so take it or leave it, hopefully it'll be helpful to someone. Background. Michael Laudrup was sacked and Garry Monk was appointed ma…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic With the FPL game now launched what are your key dilemmas regarding player selection. Is it the wealth of choice in Arsenal midfield to consider? Perhaps i…

Seeing a lot of new people starting to litter the site with RMTs... If you want us to rate your team here's what you should do: 1) Firstly, get a grav. It takes two minutes and will get you more …

Posted this already but I'm pretty proud to be asked to do it by Sky, I know you FPL hardcore's don't care but maybe it will help someone. http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9383878/sky-…

UFPL Whilst picking your initial squad it's important to have a spread of players that play on Saturday, Sunday and Monday when possible to allow you to sub out low scores. I've comprised a list …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Setting up a league or H2H for FPL, UFPL, Sky or another game and looking for people to join? Feel free to email me the details or leave them in this hot t…

Brave souls are more than welcome to post us a pic of their initial fpl teams. We are at @ffscout Use the #ffscomm #fpl hashtags if you do I've gone first - apologies for the ropey first effor…

ID Round-Up? 855 here

I think most are forgetting Odemwingie outperformed Arnie. As a mid, he's the clear favourite for me

Thoughts on best Arsenal mid FPL wise

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I have a feeling we'll be packing our teams with new players at new clubs. So much uncertainty even with the likes of top players like Fabregas, Costa, Sanchez, Lallana etc..

Received an email from Daniel on 6 tips for a low ID….. 1) Only Amateurs post on FFS when the game updates 2) Have ample food and water to sustain you for the journey ahead 3) Turn off all devic…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What is the rotation pair you are most keen on exploiting this season? We have seen a number of rotation pair articles submitted by the community and our wr…

Time for a green post regarding formations Clearly 343 has been the default option for most on this site l and has generally worked fairly well. However last season a few cracks appeared in tried …

Mods/God(not Fowler), last year Coutiandbelow5th did an incredible table of preseason appearances for each premieleague team which resulted in a few hottopics and he is apparently taking it up a no…

tl;dr I don't have a particularly nice way to present it but I've been having a quick look into how well Premier League players start the season after reaching the late stages of the last couple o…