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| Author | Hot Topic | Date | Replies |
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 Granville | Ultimate FPL (Beta) For anyone who has joined the Ultimate FPL Beta I've set up an FFS league. Code 1305-459 Might as well Hot Topic this now for people to chat. | 12 years, 2 months ago | 19 |
 Studley | FPL v UFPL point differentials Spreadsheet of all the UFPL vs FPL point differentials https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlYs-PEvwNFJdEJNT3I1d0xjanZkMUdXcy1Cd056dnc&usp=sharing Bent 😀 | 12 years, 2 months ago | 6 |
 J0E | What to do with Man City? Fantasy football scout daily hot topic What to do with Man City? On one hand Man City's run from gwk 27 -31 is superb. Great home games and a double in gwk 31. But a blank in gwk 28 plus a pos… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 22 |
J0E | Are you a Fantasy Football Jack of all trades? Fantasy Football Scout Hot Topic Multiple games One of my favourite competitions is the Iron Man league where a few of the community compete in three competitions across the FPL, Sky and Metro g… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 12 |
 BeachBadger | Transfer planning What with all the DGW speculation and such, I'm curious as to how people go about planning transfers into their side. I'm talking post FA cup, when you know for certain what will happen. Me perso… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 8 |
 Schürrle Class | The case for Adebayor -Why we should bring in Adebayor now? Guys this is just a quick post on why we should consider Adebayor as a good option over the next 2 GWs He has Norwich and Cardiff which is brilliant for all … | 12 years, 2 months ago | 35 |
 GENERATION X | Tempted by Paulinho? ade looked good last night but was anyone impressed by paulinho? serious differential and im thinking of ditching for mata till i see signs united are playing as a team again | 12 years, 2 months ago | 11 |
J0E | The Calm After The Storm Fantasy football scout daily hot topic The Calm After the Storm So how were your teams affected by yesterday's stormy weather and cancelled games? How many were in your team? Did it hammer your w… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 41 |
BeachBadger | Tempted by Norwich? Anyone tempted by Norwich? Look at them fixtures after the Tottenham game. nailed on game for the blank week too. | 12 years, 2 months ago | 16 |
J0E | Unlikely but great: Your transfer tales of success Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic So drafting in James Collins for Chester at 19:07 last night proved to be one of my favourite all time transfers. What have been your best transfers this s… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 60 |
J0E | Tube Strike Horror Line Ups Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Tube strike horror line ups So if the tube strike is on I'm looking at a 2-4-1 formation with Sturridge, Suarez, Chester, Hudson, Noone and Terry all out or… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 40 |
BeachBadger | Emergency postponement formations Just interested to know what peoples formations will be if the Liverpool game is off 3-5-2 for me | 12 years, 2 months ago | 32 |
J0E | Frontlines in flux Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Frontlines in flux With Sturridge outscoring Suarez regularly, ManC and ManU missing gameweek 28 and the gameweek 29 potential blanks to ponder is now the b… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 26 |
 RabMac | More Gwk 29 blanks advice Useful Information for GW29 ----------------------------------------- This is an FA cup weekend and there could be a few games called off. Here is some information that will hopefully help you plan… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 8 |
 BuK II | Gameweek 29 planning I guess I am not the only one on here with half an eye on potential GW29 blanks. Many games are likely to be cancelled however some games are more likely to be cancelled than others. Therefore I th… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 18 |
J0E | Will there ever be a new holy trinity? Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Will there ever be a new holy trinity? Hazard's hat trick yesterday took me right back to the glory days of the holy trinity- Lampard, Gerrard and Ronaldo… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 16 |
 President John F. Keninnsie | Quick Popular Q&A's An update on blanks and player-related questions that have been frequently asked recently: Teams definitely WITHOUT a game in GW 28: - WBA - MUN - MCI - SUN Teams definitely WITH a game in GW 29:… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 17 |
J0E | Gameweek 25 captain decisions Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Gwk 25 capt decisions Who are you captaining this week and why? | 12 years, 2 months ago | 32 |
 PlayON | PlayOn Q&A Session Killian here from PlayON, I'm happy to answer any questions you have about the article above or about PlayON in general - just add them as replies below and I'll answer them all. | 12 years, 2 months ago | 26 |
J0E | Gameweek 28 planning Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Gameweek 28 planning. It may seem a long way away but in four gameweeks ManC, ManU, Sun and WBA will all miss a fixture. How are you planning for this? Are… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 24 |
 | The Case Against (C)ing Suarez The case AGAINST doing Luis SUAREZ (C) this week. The teams Luis Suarez has scored against this season... Sunderland (14th in the table) 2 Crystal Palace (17th) West Brom (16th) 3 Fulham (20th) 2 … | 12 years, 2 months ago | 24 |
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 for our podcast pair here ahead of their recording this lunchtime. | 12 years, 2 months ago | 58 |
J0E | Gameweek 25 Captaincy: Team form Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Liverpool, ManC and ManU armband stats Our forthcoming Captain Sensible members article will have a wealth of stats around Gameweek 25 captaincy contenders… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 50 |
President John F. Keninnsie | Midfield Differentials Midfield differentials. I know these aren't template names around here but don't be so quick to write them off! Willian (7.5m) - Only 0.5% ownership - Definitely first choice now - Creates ALOT of… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 20 |
 d1sable | Best fantasy player from this point Best fantasy asset: Pick the best fantasy asset from each team from this point on. So it doesn't matter what position just the player you think rack up the most points in this period. Tougher than… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 7 |
J0E | Best back line over the next four? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Best back line over the next four With Arsenal and Sunderland’s fixtures taking a tumble and Villa, Tottenham, Chelsea, Cardiff and Southampton’s fixtu… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 10 |
 King Kohli | Third striker options Picking the right third striker (replacing Adebayor) to go with Suarez and Sturridge is doing my head in! Best "third strikers" to own right now: 1) Dzeko: (8.5/10) + Plays for the most attackin… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 13 |
d1sable | The Case For Snodgrass Im thinking Robert Snodgrass @ 5.9 could be a decent low-mid price midfielder after the City game and up until GW 34 HIs underlying stats has been very good last two fixtures including touches an… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 7 |
J0E | Emerging differentials Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Emerging differentials This weekend saw a trio of emerging differentials to further shake up the template. The three that caught my eye were Zaha, Oxlade … | 12 years, 2 months ago | 11 |
 BigManBakar | CIty Strikers - keep away! LONG POST ALERT For those who like me are considering a striker, here is why you shouldn't bring in Dzeko or Negredo. Looking at the run of fixtures City have, Sat 08 February (A) Norwich City … | 12 years, 2 months ago | 23 |
 Phaze 1 | Is RVP worth it? I started to write out a case for RVP but realised it would be about 10k words long so I gave up. He's in that bracket where there will always be better value players who return more PPM but at wha… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 25 |
J0E | Gwk 25 armband options Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Gwk 25 captain options With Suarez coming up against the sturdy Arsenal defence there are arguably better captaincy options this week. Man city and man utd … | 12 years, 2 months ago | 27 |
 Captain Shirokov | Favourite FPL Pick This Season Right, want to provoke a bit of discussion around here because it's quite slow atm. Who has been your favourite FPL pick this season? Take into account flair, price, ownership levels and returns. … | 12 years, 2 months ago | 46 |
J0E | Breaking the template Fantasy football scout daily hot topic The breaking of the template Aguero has seen more than 250,000 transfers out this gwk and managers are turning to a variety of options from Dzeko to Girou… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 21 |
| Aguero Replacements Stat Attack The Aguero Replacement Options - The Stats: Edin DZEKO Plays for: Man City Price: £6.8m Owned by: 7.1% Last 5: 9 / 1 / 7 / 7 / 15 Next 5: CHE / nor / SUN / STO / blank Strengths: - Plays for City… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 11 |
J0E | Transfer window winners and losers Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Transfer window winners and losers With a flurry of new recruits already announced let's have a look to see who will be the winners and losers. I'll start … | 12 years, 2 months ago | 17 |
J0E | Aguero Replacement Options Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Aguero replacement options. If as feared Aguero is set to be sidelined with a hamstring strain what are his owners planning to do. Keep if he's only out for… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 21 |
 Christina. | The Kunundrum THE KUNUNDRUM So, Kun hobbled off last night. I'm no medical expert, so let's look at the upcoming City fixtures: 3 Feb: Chelsea(PL) 8 Feb: Norwich(PL) 12 Feb: Sunderland(PL) 15 Feb: Chelsea (… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 17 |
J0E | Scoutcast Questions for Mark and Granville Questions for Mark and Granville Our podcast pair will once again be looking to answer your questions this week. Feel free to leave your questions here and they'll have a rummage through tomorrow … | 12 years, 2 months ago | 43 |
 Guy Demel's SH | West Ham options assessed I wrote one of these earlier in the season and it was well received, so here's my second edition. I've seen a few posts appearing about West Ham players, so heres some analysis. The fixtures (last… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 14 |
J0E | Is RVP a viable option? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Is RVP now a viable option given his impressive return last night and some great fixtures for ManU? Can Robin Van Persie now challenge Suarez for the armban… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 31 |
PlayON | PlayON Q&A Killian here from www.playon.co.uk, A quick note to mention that we have a £1,000 Guaranteed Pot for the midweek matches - just pick your team and enter before 17.45 this evening. Also just to… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 9 |
J0E | Early line ups - where and when will you be? Fantasy Football School Daily Hot Topic It’s another early line ups Hot Topic. Given that the line ups come out at 6:45pm here and 5:45am in Sydney, Australia and 1:45pm in New York we are eithe… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 33 |
 Reckoner. | The Case For Winston Reid So with the news that Winston Reid should be back for the next GW I've had a look at his defensive prospects. I've looked at every game he has played over 60 minutes in since West Ham returned to … | 12 years, 2 months ago | 11 |
 Dino | Expensive defenders: Worth the hassle? Big defenders, fire and forget? Some defensive stats for those thinking of going three big defenders and two bench fodder defenders. Chelsea 6 clean sheets 2 have been at home and 4 away Man… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 17 |
J0E | New recruits and game changers Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic New recruits and game changers. Of the players that have come in or switched clubs during the transfer window which do you think will have the most impact. … | 12 years, 2 months ago | 13 |
 Courtois in the Rye | Expensive defenders - are they worth the extra cash? Expensive defenders - where is it worth the extra money? The obvious choices everyone is facing, particularly on the wild card are: Mert vs Kos/Sagna: for me it's worth saving the money and goin… | 12 years, 2 months ago | 16 |
 Ninjaa | The Six Wildcard Essentials? For the January wild card who are the 6 players that are must haves to have in your wc team? | 12 years, 2 months ago | 11 |
J0E | Dare you strip Suarez of the captaincy? Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Time for a different captain? With Suarez against the tight Everton defence this week is gwk 23 a good time to place the captaincy elsewhere? And if so o… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 28 |
J0E | Early line up tips Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Early line up tips This Gameweek offers fantasy managers a rare treat; we get to see a large number of team sheets before the deadline . From experience of… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 19 |