Hot Topics

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	A
No Change	Lammens	MUN	C, Vs
No Change	Verbruggen	BHA	A
No Change	Pickford	EVE	A
No Change	Kinsky	TOT	C

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	B
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C
No Change	Calafiori	ARS	A
No Change	Maguire	MUN	C, Vs
No Change	Gvardiol	MCI	A
Up	Thiaw	NEW	C, Vs
No Change	Tarkowski	EVE	A
No Change	Canvot	CRY	C
No Change	Muharemovic	LEE	A
No Change	Williams	NFO	C
No Change	Ajer	BRE	A

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	C, Vs
No Change	Szoboszlai	LIV	A
No Change	Mbeumo	MUN	C, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	MCI	C
No Change	Palmer	CHE	A
Up	Saka	ARS	A
Down	Wirtz	LIV	C
No Change	Groß	BHA	C
No Change	Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	A
No Change	Gibbs-White	NFO	C
Up	Sangaré	BRE	A
No Change	Le Fée	SUN	C

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	C
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	A
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C
No Change	Isak	LIV	C
No Change	Thiago	BRE	C
Up	Wissa	NEW	B, Vs
No Change	McBurnie	HUL	B
Down	Brobbey	SUN	C
Down	Igor Jesus	NFO	C

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Author	Hot Topic	Date	Replies
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…	13 years, 14 days 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…	13 years, 14 days 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…	13 years, 14 days 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!	13 years, 14 days 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.	13 years, 15 days 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…	13 years, 15 days 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 …	13 years, 15 days 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…	13 years, 15 days ago	46
J0E	Your squads Fantasy football scout daily hot topic Ok, lets see your teams then. Anyone not captained Hazard?	13 years, 15 days ago	41
get_in	RMT Service! In aid of page decluttering community service - post your RMT here and I'll give you some feedback.	13 years, 16 days 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…	13 years, 16 days ago	13
Tmel	Fulham Analysis I've hardly been able to log on lately due to starting a new job and slightly more strict IT procedures! Anyway just thought I'd give a bit of an insight to Fulham and what to probably expect Fanta…	13 years, 16 days ago	12
J0E	RVP-less RMT special Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic - RVP-less RMT special. We've already asked for your RVP RMTs...now lets see what you can do when that 14m worth of Dutch striking power can be spread around…	13 years, 16 days ago	24
Brutus619	Aspas and Altidore YouTube Analysis Generating last minute love for Altidore 😉 : Having done a video analysis of Carrick (http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2013/07/30/friendlies-round-up-monday/?hc_page=2#hc_comment_5130830), Va…	13 years, 16 days ago	40
Evs	The 4.5m Midfielder Conundrum So who would be your 4.5m space savers, or bench fodder midfield maestro 🙂 ? Earlier on there wasnt a RMT without Jerome Thomas, but now he's injured for a few weeks there is same uncertainty on…	13 years, 16 days ago	49
Just One More Thing	Fixtures history I have cobbled together some historical (or hysterical) stats for the upcoming games; some may find it of interest (I couldn't resist sticking in the Torres information). LIVERPOOL V STOKE Liverp…	13 years, 17 days ago	14
Piggs Boson	Dzeko OR Lambert? Dzeko Vs Lambert is the choice that's bugging me at the moment. City's top scorer could easily become the next Tevez, and by which I mean a hugely under-priced City forward. We're all finding it h…	13 years, 17 days ago	13
Couti & the Below5th	Probable Starters Updated Evening folks, I've updated the Probable Starters spread sheet to reflect the latest changes to squads: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B03D_KnVF1fRcG9MQVpHbEh5Qm8/edit?usp=sharing Also included…	13 years, 17 days ago	18
thetinkerman	Fulham's New Recruits How do people see Berba's appeal being affected by Kacaniklic being an injury doubt for GW1 and the new signings at Fulham? We want him playing as the furthers forward with Ruiz in the hole behind…	13 years, 17 days ago	15
JUSTBLAZE	Who are the essentials? Which players would everyone put down as 'Essentials' in each category ranging from GK to FWD? I know this is very subjective in the term but think as Essential as it can get. Ronaldo and Messi are…	13 years, 17 days ago	5
teddy.	SKY- 28 captains in 13 gameweeks Right... Sky have clarified the captaincy rules https://fantasyfootball.skysports.com/help/ And it means that you can CHANGE CAPTAIN by moving the armband once per gameweek (gameweek goes from 0…	13 years, 17 days ago	4
J0E	RVP RMT Special Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic - RVP RMT special. Alot of fantasy manager have already decided to go without RVP for the first few games at least. A key factor is that teams just look so m…	13 years, 17 days ago	53
J0E	Chelsea players' international round up Chelsea's website have produced this handy round up of their player's international exploits, minutes played etc. http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3348951/title/internationals-victor…	13 years, 17 days ago	10
J0E	Sky Captain Strategy Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Turning our attention to Sky for a moment. Looks like the captain rule changes fall right into the hands of the FFS community. For the savvy manager it's pos…	13 years, 18 days ago	8
DietCoke	Is Anelka worth it? This season, Anelka has provided fantasy managers with a dirt cheap attacking option that seems to promise some point returns. 17.3% of managers have selected the Frenchman, but is Anelka a good pi…	13 years, 18 days ago	27
Alberto Tomba	Pre Season Budget Player Round Up Pre-Season budget round up Looking at Coutiandbelow5th’s amazing pre-season appearance table (link at bottom) there appears to be plenty of bargains and players not mentioned much in these parts.…	13 years, 19 days ago	43
J0E	Man City's Teamsheet Rollercoaster Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Man City have a great set of fixtures and a new attack minded manager. But its so tough to predict who will start. Anyone got any Man City players in your l…	13 years, 19 days ago	21
isacki: full casual	Isacki's RMT Service! DEAR RMTERS, REPLY HERE WITH YOUR RMTS. I will take one for the team for 15 minutes.	13 years, 19 days ago	102
Twelve years a slave	DGW coverage: Too few or too many Double gameweek too few or too many dgwS Remember last season , all those 100 plus scores on the double gameweeks. Its better to go in with too many , than too few. If you go in with 4dgw playe…	13 years, 19 days ago	17
KJ-	Three Template Teams Forming Prepare yourself, Dead Zone. Wall of text incoming. So, we have two camps forming: RVP and No RVP. In all honesty, I'm in the No RVP camp at the moment. Yes, I was one of those who did state that…	13 years, 19 days ago	23
Demí	The Belgian Bun Fight! Welcome to Fantasy Football Scout's Afternoon Hot Topic discussion: The debate this afternoon revolves around the two Belgian brutes, Benteke and Lukaku. Are you currently going with: A) Benteke…	13 years, 20 days ago	49
J0E	Best 3 Chelsea Players For the Double? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Which are the best three Chelsea options for the double? Hazard appears to be a shoo-in. But which defender to get? And will Lukaku be a super sub or a supe…	13 years, 20 days ago	32
Porkmeat	Pre season stats I've put together some preseason stats with the help of Berbatov. Stats include, Mins, Mins/Assist, Mins/Goal, and Total Goal Involvement while the player is on the field. Hope you find it useful…	13 years, 20 days ago	6
Couti & the Below5th	Probable starters Morning guys! I've updated my Probable Starters spread sheet for anyone who's interested: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B03D_KnVF1fRcVBoZU5PbGdSQzA/edit?usp=sharing With 3 points for a start a…	13 years, 20 days ago	14
thepuntmaster	5th mid spreadsheet REPOST Hello everyone! Here is the new update of my spreadsheet! There have been new changes for you - 1. Players added including Soldado and Lugano. 2. New 'VS' are added between the likes …	13 years, 20 days ago	4
Djerbil	Community shield bonus pts I have used the stats from: http://www.whoscored.com/Matches/713513/LiveStatistics/England-Community-Shield-2012-2013-Manchester-United-Wigan and calculated the BAPS distribution for Man Utd vs Wi…	13 years, 21 days ago	5
J0E	RVP and Community Shield Fantasy football scout daily hot topic If RVP scores a brace or more in the Community Shield will that tempt you to get him for your GWK 1 squad? Or is he already in your squad, and would a blank…	13 years, 21 days ago	31
Mark	The Taarabt Effect Today's FFS Hot Topic... We'll be tweaking RMT and the Projections after the arrival of Taarabt at the Cottage. We envisage a dent in Berbatov's returns as a result - a shame, given he was ranking…	13 years, 22 days ago	13
jimski	Home Advantage: 3 out of 4 ain't bad ! I did post this once before, but a couple of weeks ago, at a very different time of day. Thought it might be of interest to the DeadZone: One thing that is always worth looking out for is spells w…	13 years, 22 days ago	19
Acquafresca	RVP yay or nay The RVP factor. It's like playing with fire... It's simple. There's 2 camps to start the season: The 'RVP Camp' and the 'Anti-RVP Camp' The RVP Camp is hoping the Dutchman gets off to a flying st…	13 years, 22 days ago	29
Spectre	Chelsea's backline for the DGW We all want our Chelsea defender to start twice, but who will? Chelseas defence across the friendlies: 1 Wallace (Ivanovic ht), Kalas (Cahill ht), Terry (Chalobah ht), Cole (Bertrand ht) 2 Ivano…	13 years, 22 days ago	16
Squeakybumtime	Defender Differentials Following on from yesterdays post on forwards, here’s my take on the defender differentials. Tried to concentrate on those who offer attacking threat, as that is where you gain an edge (Ranked by…	13 years, 23 days ago	20
Reckoner.	Van Persie vs The Moneyball Tactic Is Van Persie worth his 14m price? I have taken the strikers from the top 6 teams (Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Man United & Tottenham) to look at their stats for last season. I have ta…	13 years, 23 days ago	32
KJ-	Budget Midfield Options I decided to take the time and write up the pros and cons of a few of the more popular (and a few of the unmentioned) budget midfielders at 5.0 and under. The majority of the time we all know that …	13 years, 24 days ago	28
TexanRed	Lambert vs J-Rod Rumbles On I posted this earlier today I stand by it: JROD vs LAMBERT - A huge number of RMT's are including JRod this season but I just wanted to give my two cents on the issue. I think that Jrod has been …	13 years, 23 days ago	14
Squeakybumtime	Potential differentials: forwards Following on from yesterdays post on midfielders, here’s my take on the forward differentials. (Ranked by % owned, and less than 5%) 1. Soldado (TOT), £9.5m, 4.8% (has risen 1.5% since yesterda…	13 years, 24 days ago	8
Dino	Putting a Value On Transfers The value of transfers There was an earlier post where people were discussing having the Chelsea goalkeeper a defender a midfielder and a villa striker. The idea was you can transfer out the goalk…	13 years, 25 days ago	24
Lord Flashheart	Goalkeeper Options The goalkeepres options: There are mainly four options to goalkeepers IMO and I would like to review them all since I did some thinking and my conclusions might help someone: Option one - the big…	13 years, 26 days ago	40
Twelve years a slave	Triggers' Spending Template Template revisited A few weeks ago i posted my template for expenditure on each position , thought it was time for a revisit. It seems to me that people are concentrating too much on who they p…	13 years, 26 days ago	20
Camzy	The do's and don'ts of FPL I started writing this post a couple hours ago then got sidetracked by work. Yeah, work is a distraction 😀 But anyhow, here it is. What works in FPL from experience (some which might not be app…	13 years, 26 days ago	32

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