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 Valar(Keith) | Winter Fixture Pile Up = Rotation Cant remember what december is like in fpl.. A huge fixture pileup everywhere. For eg City have 1st December SWA 4th December wba 7th December sot 26th December LIV 28th December CPL 1st January … | 12 years, 4 months ago | 11 |
 You Must Be Jokin Ere | Gwk 10: 6/10 bonus points went to def or gk 75 Baps awarded Gameweek 10: Defenders (39) & Goalkeepers (6) picked up 60% of the haul, greatly helped by 3 defender goals, 1 goalkeeper goal and 10 clean sheets from 10 games. Midfielders agai… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 14 |
 J0E | Lucky Casuals or Shrewd Managers? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Is it about time we stopped using ‘casual’ as an excuse for our envy at other fantasy managers doing well and stubbornness for not drafting in good playe… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 44 |
 tm245 | Tips for catching up Has anyone ever employed a specific catch-up strategy before that is beyond the slow but steady of ignoring differentials and simply trying to pick the highest scoring players? Trying to figure … | 12 years, 4 months ago | 16 |
 Spin | Who is the most 'due'? Who's the player you reckon is most overdue a goal and/or most worth a punt for the next 4-5 wks? Based on performance I mean... I'm considering Henderson, Ramires and Cabaye because of fixtures a… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 11 |
 Mark | The Walcott Factor Okay...lots of Ramsey talk this morning. Let's switch the focus to the subject of Walcott for the daily hot topic. This is a player who notched 14 goals and 13 assists last term, playing for a plac… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 27 |
 Ryan | The Ramsey Scenario Ramsey has just created the most extraordinary scenario which strikes the achilles heel of the experienced FPL manager. The casual gets in the player that gets the most points, taking into account … | 12 years, 4 months ago | 52 |
 Smarty Pants | Top 1k stats GW10 TOP1K STATS 🙂 Full stats: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvWn-PT-iYTHdE83M29WT2c1NHlfMC0xVW11OWp5b1E&usp=sharing HIGHLIGHTS: Total number of transfers made: 1102 % of … | 12 years, 4 months ago | 15 |
J0E | Aguero the gamechanger Fantasy football scout daily hot topic How much of a gamechanger in our mini leagues will the aguero captaincy be? Are those without him scared or quietly confident? | 12 years, 4 months ago | 27 |
 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 questions as replies below I'll answer them all. Thanks | 12 years, 4 months ago | 23 |
 La vida FPL | Unlimited budget best 3 strikers Who would people have as their front 3 if they had the luxury of unlimited funds for GW10? Would anyone have Torres in there? | 12 years, 4 months ago | 21 |
J0E | Favourite Fantasy Football Moment Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Sessegnon provided one of the truly great moments in FPL history on 11 December 2012. It was a double gameweek and many of the FFS community had the armband… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 66 |
 isacki: full casual | Keep it simple Before I sleep just a thought on keeping fantasy thinking simple. I often see people making their mind up to get a player largely because they're a differential. I see people captaining players ba… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 13 |
J0E | Fixture shift - are you taking advantage? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Fixture shift - are you taking advantage? Who is taking advantage in the fixture shift in favour of the likes of Manchester City, Swansea and Aston Villa … | 12 years, 4 months ago | 35 |
 Dr Dream | Falling Stars Falling stars Happy Halloween to everyone !!..Back in the groove with my weekly look at the red side of Total FPL and all those players we’ve been too scared, or too smart, to buy, .. Bargains … | 12 years, 4 months ago | 8 |
 TorresMagic™ | Uber Defence - A Thing of the Past? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What became of the ubers? Last season was all about having an uber cheap defence to free up funds for the likes of Bale and RVP. With cheaper, credible opt… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 16 |
 Reckoner. | Strikers' Goals and Assists per Game I have been in two minds for a while now in whether Rooney is worth keeping or not. The reason being is I don't think he is as explosive as he used to be (and as explosive as some other current st… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 21 |
TorresMagic™ | Bad Player, Great Game Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Bad player, great game. When Fabio Borini slammed home the winner in the Newcastle v Sunderland game at the weekend he cemented a small place in the Tyne… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 47 |
Mark | FPL Site Login Issues I think they updated the Premier League site last night with a new scrolling panel for forthcoming matches. For some reason, the devs have clearly left some form of authentication on the site. I wo… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 0 |
 The Kolarov Mane âš” | FPL - Skill v Luck I would like to know something... In your opinion, what percentage of FPL is down to luck? 80% Skill 20% Luck 50% Skill 50% Luck 20% Skill 80% Luck Etc Etc... Are some people just luckier than … | 12 years, 4 months ago | 29 |
 FortunesAlwaysHiding | Comeback Kings Comeback Kings... Which of these players if any might you be looking to pick up after their returns from injury? Some are closer than others admittedly... Carroll, Walcott, Podolski.... Can you … | 12 years, 4 months ago | 15 |
 Twelve years a slave | Is Team Value Less Of A Factor? Is team value of much importance this season? Most weeks this season have had over 3m in the bank , The new bonus system means the cheaper mids are better value than the expensive ones and there … | 12 years, 4 months ago | 11 |
J0E | Transfer blunders Fantasy football scout daily hot topic A lot of people are transferring out top players like Giroud and Sturridge. When have you transferred out a player only to watch from the sidelines the foll… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 17 |
 Agbonlahorse | Aguero v Norwich?? Will Segio Aguero start next week days before a Champions League Game? Following from Kromowidjojo's point- Under Pelegrini (2013): Saturday 14th Septmeber - Aguero Plays 27 mins V Stoke Tuesday… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 4 |
 The Missing Link | Sturridge with or without bite? Sturridge – Is it worth jumping ship? Basically Sturridge has played 23 premier league games for Liverpool since he signed for them. 14 of them he has played with Suarez and 9 of them without Su… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 16 |
J0E | Is Suarez now essential? Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Is Suarez now essential? And if so what are Sturridge owners doing? | 12 years, 4 months ago | 28 |
 Parm | Line-ups Full Team News ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aston Villa: Guzan, Bacuna, Vlaar, Baker, Westwood, Weiman… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 4 |
Smarty Pants | Top 1000 stats GW9 STATS for the TOP1000 🙂 FULL STATS: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvWn-PT-iYTHdGM5SlNlZ1hMM1BaV0dRMDRqNXh0Q2c&usp=sharing HIGHLIGHTS - 1028 transfers made - 6.4% players took… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 16 |
J0E | Gwk 9 Captain Decisions Fantasy football scout daily hot topic So who are you captaining today? Does the plum fixture of Giroud and Ozil tempt you? Or will SAS and Liverpool beat their West Brom hoodoo? How about man Ut… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 19 |
 get_in | Debunking the early kickoff curse The 12.45 kickoff curse - is there any basis to it? Here are the results from the early KO games so far. GW1 LIV 1 0 STK GS: Sturridge Assist: Aspas GW2 FUL 1 3 ARS GS: Podolski x2, Giroud Assis… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 15 |
PlayON | The PlayON Q&A 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 any questions as replies below I'll answer them all. Thanks | 12 years, 4 months ago | 21 |
The Missing Link | Bursting the Townsend Bubble? Andros Townsend History Townsend has been the ‘form’ player this week and many people have bought him in this week. I had a look at some of his stats and compared them to similar players in hi… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 6 |
 Gigging Order | Name FPL's current 3 most important players In your opinion, who are three most important players to own right now? | 12 years, 4 months ago | 14 |
The Missing Link | Southampton Stat Attack Southampton stats under Adkins and Pochettino defensive stats Southampton under Adkins 2012/2013 season (22 games) - 30 goals scored - 40 goals conceded - Average possession 51% - Yellow cards 20… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 10 |
J0E | Spurs rotation? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Yesterday we looked at Arsenal rotation (see hot topic column) but what about Spurs, who also have a plum fixture? Will Eriksen get a start? Was he dropped … | 12 years, 4 months ago | 15 |
 GreenWindmill | Bogey Team Hoodoo Stats For those struggling to pick a captain and who believe in bogey teams, etc. here are the popular captain choices with some key stats of their previous performances against this week's opposition. … | 12 years, 4 months ago | 22 |
J0E | Arsenal Rotation Risk? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Arsenal have the plummiest fixture of them all this week as they take on managerless Crystal Palace. But with Chelsea in the League Cup a few days later and … | 12 years, 4 months ago | 34 |
 #CaptainVitoMannone | Europa League Game Preview With Europe’s B League on show tonight, I thought I’d take a look at some fixtures and players which are likely to produce returns. For those that are interested…. UEL Matchday 3 Summary Fio… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 18 |
Smarty Pants | FPL's Top 25K Stat Attack Good evening, gentlemen. Please welcome FPL stats for the top1K, top10K, and top25K (as they are after GW8) 🙂 Some stats and facts about the top25K: - Average score last week was 65.8. - Over 80… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 12 |
J0E | Oscar v Hazard Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic This is one of the talked about decisions of the week as we look to beef up our midfield. Which is the better prospect Oscar or Hazard? | 12 years, 4 months ago | 21 |
You Must Be Jokin Ere | Bap allocation by position After 8 Gameweeks, the following is the Bonus Points Breakdown: Games Played : 80 Bonus Points awarded: 578 (av 7.2 per game) Goalkeepers: 33 (5.7%) Defenders: 228 (39.4%) Midfielders: 184 (3… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 12 |
#CaptainVitoMannone | UCL key games and captaincy options I have attempted to highlight a few games which will offer good returns for matchday 3, excuse the poor formatting. UCL Matchday One Fixtures Arsenal vs. Borussia Dortmund FC Porto vs. Zenit St Pe… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 22 |
J0E | Who will win the FFS UEFA Beach Soccer World Cup? Fantasy Football Scout Daily (Beach Soccer) Hot Topic So after a round of friendlies we are starting to get the measure of the teams involved in the FFS UEFA Beach Soccer World Cup tournament. T… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 19 |
J0E | Mark RMT/Full Jonty Special Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Mark’s Full Jonty/RMT special Let’s help Mark sort his team out. With another red arrow beckoning, a Gameweek 8 score of 42 and a rank edging towards t… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 108 |
Mark | New Beach Soccer Tournament Article New article started...we hit the threshold for comment pages. | 12 years, 4 months ago | 1 |
 floydy_floyd | Is Suarez the Prem League's best player? Best player in the prem right now ? For me Suarez. | 12 years, 4 months ago | 26 |
Parm | Season Keepers? How many players in your team do you see as "season keepers"? Ozil, Suarez, Mignolet etc? | 12 years, 4 months ago | 18 |
 AllessandroSwissToni | Dear Roberto... An open Letter to Roberto Soldado: Dear Roberto Great game buddy, congratulations on your first goal in open play and a nifty assist to boot. I've stuck with you from the start of the season and … | 12 years, 4 months ago | 8 |
J0E | Aguero v Silva Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Man city are suddenly full of options. Which of Aguero or Silva take your fancy? And what of Yaya Toure? Has his ship now sailed? | 12 years, 4 months ago | 22 |
J0E | Gwk 8 Captain options Fantasy football scout daily hot topic This looks to be the toughest week yet to choose a captain, with Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, Swansea and Arsenal having great fixtures and armband… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 41 |