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 Irish Madridista ⭐ | Would you bench Hazard over a doubler in Gameweek 31? Are people planning on benching Hazard for the DGW? I'm currently planning on having a cheap 5th mid like Livermore with 2 fixtures and not sure if I'd play Hazard.. | 12 years, 1 month ago | 52 |
 J0E | Gameweek 29 line ups Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 29 line ups Let's see your line ups then for Gameweek 29 as it stands - will you take any hits, or are you happy to go in to the week with less tha… | 12 years, 1 month ago | 35 |
 Colonel Shoe 肝池 | The Double Gameweek Captain dgw captain is goin to be interesting, could make or break it | 12 years, 1 month ago | 27 |
 Demí | Mirallas - Keep or Kick? Everton fans are saying Mirallas and Lukaku were on the bench as Martinez plans to start them vs Arsenal so thought yesterday would be an opportune game to rotate and play the likes of Deulofeu an… | 12 years, 1 month ago | 9 |
 The Machine | The DGW 'Big' Five (but there are 6...) Can't really imagine many having the "BIG FIVE" for the DGW How many of the following do you plan and NOT having for the DGW: Hazard Yaya Aguero Suarez Sturridge Mata (Nowhere near the big five, … | 12 years, 1 month ago | 26 |
 Mark | Ultimate FPL - GW28 - Story So Far Quick check around the community... Points after today's changes, today's players in action and current Captain. I'm on 69 having made my changes for today. I've Vorm, Williams, Vlaar, Snodgrass,… | 12 years, 1 month ago | 41 |
J0E | Sturridge or Suarez for the captaincy? Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Suarez or Sturridge If you own/owned Suarez and Sturridge which do you captain from now on? This has been suggested by Mark by the way. | 12 years, 1 month ago | 15 |
J0E | Gwk 28 captain and transfer? Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Gameweek 28 capt and transfer Who are you captaining and why? What was your transfer and why that player(s)? | 12 years, 1 month ago | 19 |
 President John F. Keninnsie | Deadzone Foursome It's time for Round 2 of Innsie's Weekly DZ Draft! Pick 4 players for the upcoming GW only, with a total combined price of 23m (or less). Current FPL prices will be used. The weekly winner is the … | 12 years, 1 month ago | 133 |
 Probniii | Rest = goals. In the previous article I made a post arguing that forwards with more regular rest between matches (ie. times when they are required to peak) are more likely to score more points that those that ar… | 12 years, 1 month ago | 8 |
 @ocprodigy | Scout Pick Challenge SCOUT PICK CHALLENGE Welcome to GW28 Scout Pick Challenge! Good luck, sorry I'm around 45 mins later than planned but plenty of time to put your picks in! INSTRUCTIONS: One simple rule - you can … | 12 years, 1 month ago | 81 |
 PlayON | PlayON Q&A Killian here from PlayON, I'm happy to answer any questions you have about the article above or about the game in general. This week we have two special offers: 1) Facebook competition where yo… | 12 years, 1 month ago | 12 |
J0E | Line ups for gwk 29 and 31? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Fielding 11 and dealing with the blanks Quick questions relating to transfers over the next few weeks as many will be looking at making a transfer today. H… | 12 years, 1 month ago | 38 |
 Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius… | Members Table: Doosra's Cute Crossers http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/402/ Not just a great goalscorer, or a pretty face ... | 12 years, 1 month ago | 0 |
J0E | Scoutcast Questions for Mark and Granville Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Scoutcast questions for Mark and Granville Feel free to leave your questions here for Mark and Granville to answer when they record their podcast this lunch… | 12 years, 1 month ago | 66 |
 Will - Fantasy Football Hub | Best players gwks 30-38 GW30 and Beyond - time for a team revamp? Number of games left: 12 - Man City, Sunderland 11 - Everton 10 - Palace, Arsenal, Villa, Hull, Liverpool, Man Utd, New, Swansea, West Brom, West Ham … | 12 years, 1 month ago | 8 |
 Az | Cup competition for FFS cup non-qualifiers Would those that didn't manage to qualify for the FFS cups be interested if I set up another FFS cup for just those that failed to qualify? Same format as the regular cup, knockouts etc. if I can g… | 12 years, 1 month ago | 12 |
 elkunaguero | Selling Hazard is Hazardous Hot Topic Lots of talks here since yesterday on potentially selling Hazard for GW31... I think this is rubbish... as he now costs 11.0 and most serious players will have a selling price in the low… | 12 years, 1 month ago | 11 |
J0E | The demise of ManU as a fantasy football force Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The demise of Man United as a fantasy football force Last night was full of some excellent posts about the decline of Manchester United as a footballing for… | 12 years, 1 month ago | 62 |
 speardrops | Adam v Snodgrass The big question for most: Adam v Snodgrass Adam: +More explosive. +More dangerous from pens, corners (assists) and long range. +Higher chance of assists. -Plays away at Norwich soon. -Plays at A… | 12 years, 1 month ago | 17 |
 Fratboy | Rescheduling Scenarios UNASSIGNED GAMES: Arsenal vs Swansea Man City vs Aston Villa Newcastle vs Everton Liverpool vs Sunderland Man City vs Sunderland Sunderland vs West Brom Now, with Champions/Europa League taking u… | 12 years, 1 month ago | 33 |
J0E | Please Someone Save Me From Snodgrass Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Please Someone Save Me From Snodgrass With Hull and West Ham becoming the latest two teams to miss out on a fixture in Gameweek 29 options in midfield that … | 12 years, 1 month ago | 33 |
 Granville | Wildcard tactics for the wild fixtures What to do with your wildcard if you're still fortunate enough to have one. If I had a wildcard now I'd be considering getting 11 players out for GW 29 and then slapping out the wildcard for GW30.… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 13 |
J0E | Rage quitting Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Rage quitting For the first time in seven years of fantasy footballing I contemplated rage quitting a game at the weekend. After carefully substituting the … | 12 years, 2 months ago | 15 |
 marco_atk85 | Eriksen exit strategy Eriksen exit strategy Following yesterday Eriksen's non-used sub situation, I think everyone convinced that Eriksen is out of favor right now. As I already set my team for GW29 with 11 player who … | 12 years, 2 months ago | 10 |
 Ryan | Fear and bravery Fellow SAS owners. Is it time to finally captain Sturridge regularly over Suarez? I've been backing Sturridge for a few weeks now and have always vouched for him in the picks. However despite my gu… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 38 |
 Jackson123 | Yaya: keep or ditch? Yaya owners keeping through the double blank? | 12 years, 2 months ago | 22 |
 Phil_fox85 | Will 2013/14 see the highest ever FPL score? So, if I continue to score at the same rate that I have so far this season I'll end up with 2,293 points. That will be highest ever total score and in previous seasons it would have secured me a pl… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 18 |
 Red Viper | Armband for Adebayor? Are people seriously considering captaining Adebayor next week? Teams that get thrased badly one week tend to be a lot harder to beat the following game. | 12 years, 2 months ago | 19 |
J0E | UFPL stick or twist ? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL stick or twist? Are you sticking or twisting with your captaincy? For those who captained the likes of Yaya this is a real dilemma. For those like me… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 36 |
J0E | Gameweek 27 captain Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Gameweek 27 captain Who are you captaining this week and why? Particularly keen on hearing from SaS owners. | 12 years, 2 months ago | 29 |
President John F. Keninnsie | The Deadzone Challenge After seeing the Scout Picks Challenge (see hot topics), it reminded me of a 'draft' that happened towards the end of last season in the DZ. I remember it being quite popular so I'm starting someth… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 54 |
@ocprodigy | Scout pick challenge CHALLENGE ME SCOUT PICKS Welcome to a new game I'm trying to kick start just for a bit of extra fun and banter. All entries to reply to this post - this will be posted the day before each gameweek… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 111 |
PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from PlayON, I'm happy to answer any questions you have about PlayON in general or about the article above. One topic we would like to get the views of the FFS Community on today a… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 7 |
J0E | Gwk 29 options: the most uninspiring bunch ever? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 29 options: the most uninspiring bunch ever? Looking ahead to Gameweek 29 we are all looking at definite starters that week for our next transfers.… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 47 |
J0E | Your mini-leagues Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Your mini-leagues With 12 more gameweeks to go your mini-leagues are taking shape. The likely winners - hopefully yourselves- are at or near the top. But th… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 46 |
 TorresMagic™ | UFPL Strategy Fantasy football scout daily hot topic UFPL rate my team So how are our ufpl teams shaping up. Who are you playing on Saturday? Who is benched ready to come on? What good cheap players have y… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 24 |
J0E | Your Gameweek 29 Player Tally Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Your Gameweek 29 teams As it stands the following are the only fixtures definitely taking place in Gameweek 29 Cardiff v Fulham Chelsea v Tottenham Cryst… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 44 |
President John F. Keninnsie | Best Gameweek 29 players: team by team analysis This took a lot longer than I thought but here's my view on GW29 and potential players from the teams with a confirmed fixture. ____________________________________________________________________… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 18 |
 Piggs Boson | Time to offload Luis Suarez? Is anyone else considering shipping out Suarez over the next few weeks? It is clear that his force as a fantasy asset has diminished since the return of Sturridge, who appears to have taken up the… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 43 |
 d1sable | Decent players for GW28/29 and beyond Here are some 'filler' players i'm considering for GW 28,29 and possibly further down the line whilst we try to scramble for City/United assets for the double. Charlie Adam 5.8 : ARS(28), nor(29… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 5 |
J0E | Gameweek 29 captaincy and other key assets Fantasy Football Scout Hot Topic Gameweek 29 Captain choices. With ManC v Villa, Arsenal vs Swansea, Liv v Sun, New v Everton looking like they are off in gameweek 29 I thought I’d have a look… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 25 |
 Siva Mohan | Potential Dgwks and other key dates FIXTURE DATES ---------------------------- FA Cup Fifth Round - 15/16 February 2014 CL Round of 16 - 18/19 February 2014 PL GW 27 - 22/23 February 2014 CL Round of 16 - 25/26 February 2014 PL GW… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 12 |
 BeachBadger | How to survive the blanks Let's try and break this down to see who should you bring in to steady the ship over these blanks. Chelsea: The only top 4 team with a game GW29. Decent fixtures around it too. Playing Tottenham b… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 13 |
 | Gwk 29 - update from Sunday's games This Week’s Big Questions Taking one for the team guys, in an effort to stop the endless questions! 😉 Personally, I will be waiting to make my transfers. But if you are forced into it or obses… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 23 |
J0E | UFPL (Beta) Strategy Fantasy football scout daily hot topic UFPL ( beta) strategy For those playing the ufpl game what is your strategy and what key tips would you offer? Choosing a good captain for each day looks … | 12 years, 2 months ago | 8 |
 The Bandit | Why ditch Eriksen? Why am I am seeing so many posts about getting rid of Eriksen, some even for a hit? I realise he is not nailed on but he's a lot more likely to play than those with no games gw28 and gw29! Surely y… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 26 |
 Scoredelario | Gameweek 29: the case against hits. Am I the only person who thinks taking a hit to field players in gw29 isn't worth it unless you're shifting dead weight? These players have a game in hand.. Man city players even have 2.. This me… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 7 |
 Blue Lion | Gwk 29 blanks...update from Saturday's games GW 29 UPDATE SAFE FROM POSTPONEMENT Norwich vs Stoke West Brom vs Man United Cardiff vs Fulham Chelsea vs Tottenham Crystal Palace vs Southampton POSTPONED* Liverpool vs Sunderland Man City vs… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 2 |
 The3rdTurd | UFPL v FPL points comparison infographic I've run some analysis on the difference between players' scores in the ultimate game compared to the normal FPL game. It's similar to Studley's spreadsheet in the hot topics, but shown in graphica… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 2 |