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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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

We're waiting on Ed to roll the cup system live and process the results - I'm hoping to get this sorted today.

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 …

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.............…

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…

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…

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…

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%…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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?

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…

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

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…

Warm topic Which much maligned player will be the next one to have a Ramsey-style breakout season?

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…

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…

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…

Hands up if you've still not got Ramsey of FPL... o/

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…

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…

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…

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…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic (apologies for the delay - had internet issues this morning) Time to refresh our budget options? With fixtures turning against Southampton's budget options,…

Fantasy football scout from 6 years ago 🙂 http://web.archive.org/web/20071013025758/http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/

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 …

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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 …