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 TorresMagic™ | Fantasy Ashes For those interested in Fantasy Ashes. Code : 409872 http://cricketdreamteam.sportal.com.au A dozen of us in it atm. | 12 years, 3 months ago | 8 |
 J0E | Cheap bench options - stick or upgrade? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Cheap bench options - stick or upgrade? We have been pooling our brain cells up at FFS towers to come up with some more daily hot topics ideas. Today’s i… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 27 |
 Just A Hat | Will Mark Beat Granville This Season? Daily Hot Topic Who will be the dominant manager come the end of the Season? Gran "Injury Prone" Ville or Mark "Wrong decisions at every turn" Sutherns | 12 years, 3 months ago | 10 |
J0E | Rate My Team (RMT) Etiquette Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic RMT Etiquette Already this week we've had an influx of new users register with the site. This means there will be lots of first time RMT posters. Let's h… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 47 |
 Christina. | January wildcard strategy DOING THE JANUARY "WILDTHING" A couple of posters have asked when is the best time to use January Wild card. I'm looking at you David999… In short - there is no correct time. Injuries, pos… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 18 |
 applebonkers | Nasri v Spurs = goals there was a myth last week about rooney always doing well against arsenal. how about nasri v spurs: 12/13: home - not in the squad away - goal 11/12: home - goal away - 3 assists 10/11: home - … | 12 years, 3 months ago | 5 |
Christina. | Bottom of the Prem League barrel options Since Jonty is scraping the barrel with daily topics... TM, hulk this post... I have looked at three of the bottom 4 teams(I have ignored Crystal palace) and identified a attacker and defender … | 12 years, 3 months ago | 14 |
 GreenWindmill | Festive rotation risk analysed Apologies in advance for the length of this post but the pages are hardly flying by! Last week, to widespread indifference, I posted the fixture schedules including cup games for all teams between… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 31 |
J0E | Top heavy strike force? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Is having a top heavy strike force the recipe for success? Or does it undermine the rest of your squad? Having Suarez Ageuro and Rooney/RVP arguably covers … | 12 years, 3 months ago | 19 |
J0E | Teams you avoid Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Which teams are you avoiding this year when making transfers? Any teams where their players have let you down too many times ? Or any teams that you are a… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 29 |
J0E | Most memorable captain fail Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Most memorable captain fail We've all had 2pt captains, but some disastrous armband picks really stand out. For many one of the most memorable was the Mil… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 51 |
 Peggi | Post Xmas rotation options A bit of January WC prep for DZ I decided to look at the best clean sheet potential rotation between 2. I also put down what i think is the best 2 players to rotate from those teams. This is for G… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 7 |
 Mark | A Paddy Power FFS Cup Update Just to confirm, 55 looks to be the qualifying score for the FFS Cup. Entry is, of course, closed now. If you scored 55 you may or may not have qualified due to rank. A first round draw has been … | 12 years, 3 months ago | 14 |
J0E | Worst ever gameweek? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Sometimes the gods conspire against us and deliver an attrocious week even if our teams are great on paper. A 2pt captain, a sudden sickness bug affecting yo… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 41 |
 Dr Dream | RVP and Rooney Hokey Cokey Just a heads up for anybody who may not have noticed...RVP's avg position is moving further and futher backwards as Rooney's appears to be moving further forward...A quick check on the comparison t… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 13 |
 The Missing Link | Most spectacular Brunt post ever For all those that don't know what all the fuss has been. I'll give you the reason why the Chris Brunt bandwagon is the real deal. Actually I'll give you 10 reasons why Chris Brunt is essential: 1… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 14 |
 RocketMan | Best Midfield Mix The Ideal midfield... IMO... I believe having 2 high priced midfielders, 2 middle of the road guys and 1 Cheopo is the best option this year (Not that I have solved my midfield crisis just yet, nee… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 18 |
 Granville | Mourinho is killing Chelsea's season. Mourinho seems determined to kill Chelsea's season dead. How is Azpilicueta a better left back than Cashley? How is Ivanovic a better right back than Azpilicueta? How is Oscar a better no 10 th… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 33 |
J0E | Christmas Shopping Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Christmas Shopping Just take a look at the December schedule. Gameweek 13 starts Sat Nov 30 Gameweek 14 starts Tues Dec 4 Gameweek 15 starts Sat Dec 7 Ga… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 56 |
 MJ6987 | Transfer intent Here's a little discussion point. I always think that in FPL, you've gotta know when to "go for it" and when to consolidate. I am mainly talking about transfers here, although it also applies to ca… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 35 |
The Missing Link | Most Spectacular Post Fail Ever The Erik Lamela Conundrum Basically we all know Lamela isn’t getting the game time he deserves. People are saying the French league is completely different and can’t be compared to the premier… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 60 |
Mark | PP Cup Update We're waiting on Ed to roll the cup system live and process the results - I'm hoping to get this sorted today. | 12 years, 3 months ago | 0 |
J0E | Manchester United Options Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Manchester United's form in the past has often picked up over Christmas and the second part of the season. Trouble is they haven't been keeping clean sheets … | 12 years, 3 months ago | 30 |
 The3rdTurd | Price Risers and Fallers A bit of FPL trivia: Teams listed in order of how many player price rises they have had so far this season: Southampton.....39 Arsenal.............37 CIty..................36 Everton.............… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 23 |
 Ouch 8 point hit | Are You A Semi-Casual? Anyone else on here consider themselves to be a 'semi-casual'? I don't post on here often apart from the odd questions for advice on transfers or captain choice but the 'lurkers' thread from a few… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 51 |
Granville | Submit your scoutcast questions here. Mark and myself are considering new ways to involve the community in the scoutcast whilst the Full Jonty is off air. So what we're looking for are a couple of fantasy football related questions wh… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 83 |
J0E | Time to switch funds to midfield? Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Is it time to shift funds to midfield? With Walcott returning soon and good fixtures for Chelsea and Liverpool's heavy hitting mids is it now time to switc… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 9 |
 The Sarjeant | Most attacking sides Goals Scored per Team by Position & The Highest Scoring Player in each Position: *Please note that the percentages have been rounded up/down. Man City - Total - 26 Goalkeepers: 0% Defenders: 3.8%… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 5 |
 ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS | Gameweek 12 Captain analysis As I like looking at the past, and I have nothing better to do with my life, I figured i'd do a little analysis of the next few fixtures (relating to potential captaincy choices), The following fi… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 10 |
Dr Dream | Falling Stars - Update Falling stars update Another BOOM for the patient pickers as the knee jerk Ramsey transfers continued unabated…For those who read the “falling stars” post for GW11(7/11), I based a team of f… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 3 |
J0E | Time To Give Our Defence Some TLC Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Well my defence is in tatters, upgrading to the likes of Suarez and Aguero up top has meant my backline needs some tender loving care. I'm sure many others … | 12 years, 3 months ago | 21 |
 Zep | The Value Of Free Transfers I was hoping to continue speaking to Isacki about this but he doesn't appear to be around anymore... I would appreciate it if you guys would have a read through this little thread we started a few… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 30 |
 FBA | Bandwagon failures Beware chasing bandwagons. Here are the top scoring players for each gameweek, followed by their score the next gameweek. Benteke 2 Campbell 2 Davies 1 Sigurdsson 3 Baines 0 Lukaku 6 Reid 1 … | 12 years, 3 months ago | 9 |
J0E | Gameweek 12's Differential Captains Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic With questionable fixtures in Gameweek 12 attacking wise for the main captain choices of Aguero and Suarez, a guilt edged opportunity to raise up the ranking… | 12 years, 3 months ago | 37 |
 Smarty Pants | Top 1k Stats GW 11 TOP1K STATS Full Stats: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvWn-PT-iYTHdG84Q280MjRGclRTR0dBWURZZ1pTRFE&usp=sharing HIGHLIGHTS GW11 transfers made 969 GW11 wildcards playe… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 30 |
 PlayON | Playon Q&A Killian here from PlayON, Just a quick note to say that you can keep changing your team and entering games on www.playon.co.uk up to 13.00 today. If you have any questions about PlayON just add th… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 3 |
 Evs | GW11: Hits & Transfers Many of us have been hurt by injuries this GW, especially to the likes Michu and more recently Silva (possibly Williams as well) who were pretty mainstream players for FFS. A lot of FFS users are … | 12 years, 4 months ago | 63 |
J0E | Your Gameweek 11 Captains Fantasy football scout daily hot topic. Gameweek 11 captains. So who do you have the armband on this week? And is there anyone who hasn't captained one of Suarez, sturridge or Aguero? | 12 years, 4 months ago | 19 |
 Qubit | Fantasy managers are getting better not more casual Ill post this here and see what response it gets: I dont think this is the year of the casual at all. I think we are beginning to see something ive suspected for quite some time. The plethora of… | 12 years, 4 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. If you add your questions as replies below I'll answer them all. Thanks | 12 years, 4 months ago | 18 |
J0E | The Michu Replacement Conundrum Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic The Michu replacement conundrum Michu’s injury has presented a revelation to his owners – there really isn’t a viable replacement for him apart from R… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 30 |
MJ6987 | Who will be the next Ramsey? Warm topic Which much maligned player will be the next one to have a Ramsey-style breakout season? | 12 years, 4 months ago | 26 |
Granville | Punters 5 Mark lamenting in the podcast about the surety of last seasons power 5. I thought I'd come up with a midfield this week who are getting interest that they would not normally receive if we had some… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 20 |
Dr Dream | Falling Stars Falling stars You know the format…Falling stars is a fictitious team/squad made up of players all of whom are cheaper than their opening GW values and collectively on, or less than, the original… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 15 |
J0E | Hazard - Stick or Twist Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic What to do about Hazard, who was punished by Mourinho and sent to the stands last night for missing a training session earlier in the week? Well I just he… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 22 |
 Liastro ⭐️ | Ramsey-less and proud Hands up if you've still not got Ramsey of FPL... o/ | 12 years, 4 months ago | 15 |
Evs | Fantasy Football: How much time do you spend on it? How much time does everyone spend every day, per week etc looking at your fantasy teams? How often do you... Check the prise rises? Plan & Work out your transfers? Debate your Captain? Keep updat… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 32 |
 Lateriser 12 | Season Form: Your Stats Shared Just want to judge everyone's form this season and history as well. Best previous rank : 189 Previous year rank : 189 GW2 overall rank: 1.45 million GW 5 overall rank: 648,828 GW8 overall rank: 33… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 69 |
 Anorak | Tightrope update: Cabaye now on 4 yellows In case you've missed it, we have another late addition to the Suspension Tightrope widget today, with Yohan Cabaye the new name to feature. Booked late on in the league cup defeat to Manchester C… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 5 |
J0E | Surgery to help out new members Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Bit of a joint hot topic members special idea from HeelsOverHead and us here. We are obviously biased when saying that the members area is great and has l… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 26 |