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| Author | Hot Topic | Date | Replies |
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 Al Pacino | Never Take a Hit For a Defender - Myth or Reality? Never take a hit for a defender. Heard that around here, I reckon it's sound advice. | 12 years, 8 months ago | 20 |
 J0E | Best Defence and GK line up? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic What is your ideal defensive and goalkeeper combination, given that centre backs and only the most attacking full backs are prospering under the new Bonus Po… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 31 |
 @ImpressiveTackl | Captaincy Options (Non-RVP) Captaincy Options (Non-RVP) First, apologies for the blurb of text, if you're not into fixtures move along. This is from a purely fixtures point of view and of course form will guide us too soon e… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 29 |
 King Nemanja | Rooney and RVP - Last season's stats Long post alert! Decided to see how RVP compared to Rooney last season, when both were on the pitch together. Below is a list of each gameweek and how each player performed while the other was on … | 12 years, 8 months ago | 24 |
J0E | RVP Options Fantasy Football Scout Does RVP's blank in gameweek 2, Rooney's likely decision to stay at Manchester United and a wealth of attacking options from other teams, mean that RVP is no longer essentia… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 20 |
 GreenWindmill | Six reasons to dump Hazard No question there's a mass movement to get rid of Hazard this week, I wasn't planning on being part of it just yet so I'm keen to understand the motivations and see if it changes my mind. What are… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 31 |
 - DC - | Hazard replacements Most people seem to be doing the Hazard out, Silva in transfer for GW3. I'm just not as convinced. Its the obvious transfer, but does anyone on here think there is a better option? I've got up to … | 12 years, 8 months ago | 17 |
J0E | Chelsea and Villa players. Who goes? Who stays? Fantasy football scout daily hot topic What are you doing with your Chelsea and Aston Villa players? Any you want to keep? Which players are you looking to replace them with? | 12 years, 8 months ago | 15 |
 Mark | Scout Surgery Open at FPL Morning all...if anyone wants me to take a look at their team (a dubious honour), we're taking appointments at the Scout surgery over on the FPL from this morning... http://t.co/OziG8y7hml | 12 years, 8 months ago | 19 |
 isacki: full casual | FAQ on price changes PRICE CHANGES Thanks to my inability to sleep at a decent hour I've been following the price changes for a couple of seasons now. As you've probably noticed, price changes are occurring less frequ… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 44 |
 jamsiep | Defender form analysis Just done a quick bit of analysis on whether we can read into the apparent defender bias in the new bonus system. I've ignored the "top 6" teams - those with the most expensive defenders, United, C… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 13 |
J0E | Is the age of the premium midfielder over? Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Is the age of the premium midfielder over? Out of the top 11 players this season in terms of FPL pts so far just one is a midfielder (Nolan). Four of thos… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 28 |
 Scab | Forwards v Midfielders I was tinkering around with my team and came to the conclusion that even if I had almost unlimited resources to spend on my front 3, I would still have trouble choosing them. Why? because midfield … | 12 years, 8 months ago | 11 |
 Del Monte | Bonus Points BAPS: Ful vs Ars Podolski 3 Giroud 2 Bent 1 Eve vs Wba Jagielka/Baines/Foster/Jones 3 Hul vs Nor Brady 3 McGregor 2 Chester/Davies 1 New vs Whu Colocinni/Santon 3 Collins 1 Sot vs Sun Fon… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 14 |
J0E | Best budget player of gwk 2? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Last week Barkley emerged as the budget priced hero of the Gameweek. Who will be the budget hero of Gameweek 2? | 12 years, 8 months ago | 33 |
 thetinkerman | Who To Captain And Why? (c) Soldado or Wally? Both will have a European hangover, but at least Spurs opponents will too. Wally got more minutes, and has less recovery time, but is fitter than Soldado, who is still getti… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 42 |
 In Tommy We Trust | Members table: Explosion Imminent is back. Tweaked the Explosion imminent table to get it up and running for the season, rather than waiting for 4 gameweeks. http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/public-stats-tables/view/266/ Who will… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 4 |
 PlayON | PlayON Feedback & Tips GW2 Killian here from PlayON. If you have any questions about the article above our about PlayON in general, just add them as replies here and I’ll answer them all | 12 years, 8 months ago | 14 |
 Bridge | Well balanced RVP RMT of the day. Thoughts/Suggestions/Insults appreciated! Boruc (Davis) Zabaleta, Toure, Collins (Chester, Ward) Walcott, Silva, Mirallas, Nolan (Barkley) Van Persie, Sturridge, Dzeko GK is obviously the weak li… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 57 |
J0E | Golden Boot predictions Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Who do you think will be the Premier League's top three goalscorers this season? | 12 years, 8 months ago | 30 |
 Axle11 | Is Toure the man to tame benteke? i have both Mignolet and Benteke, and i can't decide because hardly to predict what Aston Villa vs Liverpool will be this week. so i did a research and finally found this: http://www.bettingexpert… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 30 |
 Arsenal Deli | RVP v Benteke armband analysis With decisions to be made this GW on who is the best option to captain, and Man U with a tough game against Chelsea, I did some research on RVP's performance last season against the Top 5 teams las… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 8 |
 Spencer | GW1 Key Lesson Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic What key lesson have you learnt from Gameweek 1? | 12 years, 8 months ago | 29 |
 Absinthe 42 | Where is the strangest place you've made a transfer? I just made my FT while laying prone on an acupuncturist's table, with assorted needles stuck in me and some bloody machine giving me electric shots. IF THAT DOESN'T GET RESULTS THEN I DON'T KNOW … | 12 years, 8 months ago | 22 |
 samaael | To WC or not to WC Just thoguht I'd share from my new blog: To WC or not to WC? ( may as well keep with the Shakespeare theme) This is a short article on my philosophies concerning the elusive, or not-so-elusive … | 12 years, 8 months ago | 8 |
- DC - | Benteke the Essential Answer to RvP? IS BENTEKE ESSENTIAL? I believe he is starting to be and was getting close at points last season. Home or away he can be deadly, I remember when we got beat 3-1 at Anfield, he was instrumental. Th… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 38 |
Mark | The FPL Scout Surgery Our first Scout Surgery piece went up on FPL site today. Fill out the form if you want some dubious advice from Paul and myself.... http://t.co/OziG8y7hml | 12 years, 8 months ago | 17 |
GreenWindmill | Life Without RVP? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic One for the RVP-less people here. Are you now basing your transfers on getting RVP in within the next three gameweeks? Or are you resigned to going RVP-le… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 68 |
 Ninjaa | Is Dzeko overhyped? morning guys, is anyone else not sold on the dzeko-wagon? I mean he had a good all round game but he fluffed a lot of good chances that could have been critical in a game that was close and could h… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 46 |
 Demel | Is Coverage A Myth? Is coverage a myth? Not the word itself, I understand the principle but why is it essential to have players to 'cover' teams or not have too many players from a team? Defensive cover - if a goal … | 12 years, 8 months ago | 24 |
J0E | Best Man City Options Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Which Man City player looks the best to get? Does Silva or Toure offer security? Anyone going to attempt to navigate the Man City striker maze? | 12 years, 8 months ago | 35 |
 Twelve years a slave | Lukaku -> Dzeko yay or nay Dzeko yay or nay Havr to remove Lukaku , and thinking long and hard about bringing in Dzeko Positives 1) Looks very sharp 2) Will get lots of chances 3 Easy fixtures 4) He an easy swap due t… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 43 |
 DHWizzo | Lukaku exit strategies Lukaku Replacement Strategies Posting this early this morning and wasn't many people around to fuel the debate. I am guessing that is where we will see the most transfer-out's with 27K (tops alrea… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 10 |
J0E | New bonus points system opinion Fantasy football scout daily hot topic What do you think of the new bonus system? Better than the old one? How will it influence your transfer decisions? | 12 years, 8 months ago | 31 |
 Sigga -Cardiff City- | Cardiff match ratings Match Ratings for Cardiff http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rate-cardiff-city-players-v-5746155 Now i believe this to be massively inflated. here's mine Marshall, 5, had t… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 8 |
 Valar(Keith) | Impact of Osvaldo signing for Southampton Great day for Southampton fans.. Capturing italy's number 9 with the world cup coming up, Brilliant. Heard he's a bit like suarez as far as temper goes but he should be a class signing. Reckon JRod… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 21 |
 Andy | Early BPS Beneficiaries After the first weekend of Premier League action I've just taken a very quick look at how the BPS system is awarding points for players outside of the "obvious" scoring. Not worth fleshing out into… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 4 |
J0E | Your jerky knees Fantasy football scout daily hot topic How are those jerky knees doing? Anyone made a transfer yet? Anyone wildcarded? If not what key transfer are you planning for gwk 2? | 12 years, 8 months ago | 27 |
 Monk | Old v new bonus system As requested I've reposted this to keep it off the bottom. Evening deadzone. I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the differences in what bonus point scores would have been on the … | 12 years, 8 months ago | 6 |
 Granville | Provisional bonus points Provisional baps Liverpool v Stoke Mignolet 3, Johnson 2, Aspas 2 Arsenal v Villa Benteke 3, Giroud 2, Szczesny 1 Norwich v Everton Coleman 3, Barkley 3, Whittaker 1 Sunderland v Fulham Hangela… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 20 |
 Corrigan | Chin up post of the day To not quote Frank Sinatra: regrets? I've had a few, but not my GW1... I think as long as you're not even contemplating whipping out the WC, I consider GW1 a success. Coleman's disappointing, but… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 14 |
thetinkerman | Van Persie's price to rocket? At least non-RVP owners don't have to worry about RVPs price rocketing as much as it might if he was cheaper. 43% ownership surely means there isn't that much room for an increase in ownership. A… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 7 |
 Clintymints | Early bandwagons Is there going to be a massive trannyfest for Migs? He's not gonna save a peno every week and toure is better value at .5 less I believe! | 12 years, 8 months ago | 17 |
 r0nh | Live BPS scores viewable on FPL site The bonus points are updated in real time, I think. Look at the 'detailed stats', the column called 'BPS', it appears to be updating during the game. | 12 years, 8 months ago | 18 |
 Jairzinho | Elite class of 2012/13 's teams Not sure how this will format. If anyone is interested in seeing how some Elite players have picked, details below (top 50 any season) Name Team Name Best Season Last Season URL RVP? Chelsea Vill… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 12 |
Jairzinho | Prem league stars' fpl leagues So last night Cameron Jerome tweeted, asking for any fantasy football leagues to join. I found his team here: http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1444141/history/ He is in a league with loads … | 12 years, 8 months ago | 41 |
Mark | An Apology Hi...needless to say that was a horrible morning for me. I'm so sorry that we could not cope with the pre 11.30 crush. We had lots of servers to deal with it but the issue was, we think, down to an… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 46 |
J0E | Your squads Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Ok, lets see your teams then. Anyone not captained Hazard? | 12 years, 8 months ago | 41 |
 get_in | RMT Service! In aid of page decluttering community service - post your RMT here and I'll give you some feedback. | 12 years, 8 months ago | 86 |
 Agbonlahorse | hilarious Agbonlahor line So for those wondering about Aston Villa's likely line-up, as a season ticket holder (and watcher of their pre-seasons on AVTV) I hope to give a bit of insight. Almost certainly we will line up as… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 13 |