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 Crouch Potato! | Time to Bale out on RVP? I have read so many posts with the view that RVP becomes essential should Bale depart. Fail to see any logic behind this, in fact the departure of Bale has the opposite effect imo. In simplistic te… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 26 |
 Mark | A Friendly Nudge The Saturday FFS Hot Topic... The pre-season has already put forward a series of names who are clearly showing some form – Dzeko, Michu, Coutinho, Giroud, Benteke. How much of an influence is th… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 17 |
 thepuntmaster | Promoted Players' FPL Points REPOST I have updated the spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6W3Px_oyV6-bXprWTJWMXlHYnc/edit?usp=sharing It is now in a ppt file so it is easier to upload and view. What is new is exx… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 7 |
 J0E | All aboard the Bony Express? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Fixtures Schmixtures - who is tempted to get Bony or Michu from Gameweek 1 and hope form really does trump fixtures? | 12 years, 8 months ago | 24 |
 Evs | Kim - A Cheeky Punt at 5m ? Few people have asked me about Kim, so here's the lowdown (being speaking to few Cardiff Season ticket holders in work today) * He's nailed on in Cardiffs team. * Started a little deeper earlier … | 12 years, 8 months ago | 24 |
 Brutus619 | Rooney and Soldado Video Analysis Following on from my series of video player analysis, so far including Carrick (http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2013/07/30/friendlies-round-up-monday/?hc_page=2#hc_comment_5130830), Van Ginke… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 36 |
 Piggs Boson | Underpriced players Which players do you think have been under-priced this year? | 12 years, 8 months ago | 13 |
J0E | Bargain basement search Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic The search is on for bargains. There is a alot of talk of Chester at Hull being the best bet in the 4m defender category. But are there others we are overloo… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 21 |
 The3rdTurd | Bonus point epic analysis Warning: long and stat-filled post below about the new bonus system. If either of those things bother you, here’s the short version: • I’ve recalculated how the actual FPL baps would have be… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 101 |
 Golden Oldies | Di Canio's attacking full back strategy Interesting quotes here from Di Canio about the roles of fullbacks this season for Sunderland... "... And the Sunderland head coach says that playing at full-back will involve a far more attacking… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 3 |
 Kings of Lyon ★ | Cheap fifth midfielder options I reckon it'll be post at the bottom of the last page - Who is everyone going for for their 5th mid? Im looking at - 6m Morrison Adam De Guz Fer 5.5m Jarvis Bellamy Schneiderlin Cole Boyd 5.0… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 16 |
 mathmo | Introducing Soldado Looks like Soldado is off to White Hart Lane. Watched a lot of his games at Valencia, and a few for Spain. He is an excellent finisher and has the ability to turn, accelerate and get away from a d… | 12 years, 8 months ago | 16 |
J0E | Formation options Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic What formation do you plan to predominantly use in the FPL game next season? 3-5-2 or 3-4-3 look to be the most common. Do you alternate between them or pre… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 33 |
 SW6 | Home Angels and Away Devils Thought I'd do a little research on Home and Away, and how much we should consider it when choosing who to play each week. Firstly, Teams. Home Fortress - These are teams that are getting the vas… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 6 |
Brutus619 | Video analysis of Van Ginkel and Bony Following on from my Youtube player analysis of Carrick (http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2013/07/30/friendlies-round-up-monday/?hc_page=2#hc_comment_5130830) this morning, I thought I would t… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 12 |
 Gimli son of Gloin | Alternative Captain Choices Seen a lot of people saying Bale and RVP are the two main captaincy options and it's difficult to argue. RVP's consistency is absolutely staggering really, and I would feel confident captaining hi… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 19 |
 Beavis | Lukaku - a bandwagon out of control? The Lukaku Conundrum Is Lukaku really a viable option as the 3rd Chelsea player (the other 2 being a DF and Hazard)? The reality is that Lukaku could be a great option for Chelsea if he was to sta… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 24 |
 Camzy | Key FPL questions so far FPL Pre-Season F.A.Q. DZ Repost/Amended 1. RVP or Bale? This question is the biggest one when making a team this year. Some people are convinced one way or the other but there's really no right … | 12 years, 9 months ago | 27 |
J0E | If Bale leaves does RVP become a shoo-in? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Bale's rumoured move to Real Madrid once again dominates the sports pages today. If the Welsh midfielder did move out of the Premier League does this automat… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 36 |
 Twelve years a slave | How many DGW players is too many? Coming to the conclusion that Benteke not worth it for the DGW Having four DGW players will just lead to point hits and problems down the line . Even if he scores and gets eight points over the … | 12 years, 9 months ago | 27 |
 speardrops | Fantasy football's golden rules After reading countless RMTs it's difficult to not just say here's your weak points here's who needs to go in there (but I will help where possible). Simple questions I would give for you to use w… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 6 |
 Lord Flashheart | 15 Steps to FPL Heaven 15 things you need to know about FPL (just some random thoughts that might help mostly new players): 1 - taking hits is like drugs - it's fun in moderation, but when you get addicted there is no w… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 17 |
Mark | Coutinho - Nearing Essential Status? Today's FFS Hot Topic.... Coutinho's form in pre-season has been nothing short of electric so far. Given Liverpool's decent run of opening fixtures and with Suarez banned and Sturridge perhaps sti… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 24 |
Mark | City Investment. Where To Start? For today's FFS Hot Topic, let's focus on City and their potential early doors... They have the fixtures and a vast array of talent to offer Fantasy managers points over the opening Gameweeks. How… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 34 |
Mark | Maximum Spend Up Front Today's FFS Hot Topic... Benteke’s pre-season hat-trick is a timely reminder of the quality available under 10.0 million. Is Benteke/Sturridge and a couple of mid-price in a 3-4-3 the way to go,… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 17 |
 In Tommy We Trust | Further Rotation and fixture difficulty analysis Afternoon all, Firstly thanks to Absinthe who has integrated all his rotation findings into my season ticker. This has allowed me to create a score based on my season ticker calculations and prese… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 21 |
Mark | What Do Points Make? Prizes? Today's Hot Topic enquires on your motivation behind playing Fantasy Football. Do you play for prizes or simply pride and kudos? Are you tempted to try new games based on the prizes available and… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 28 |
 Demí | 2nd Season Syndrome What are people's thoughts about second season syndrome(SSS) for players? Is it a myth.. or are there strong cases of players being affected by it. Lots of players fail to live up to their debut … | 12 years, 9 months ago | 16 |
 Lateriser 12 | How to get Bale/RVP and 3 Chelsea players. For those of you who want Bale and RVP and a little flexibility and 3 Che, let me walk you through a draft. And you want to leave the option of not using your wildcard as well, then give this a tho… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 46 |
J0E | What's your CHE/AVL Dgwk strategy? How many and which Chelsea and Villa double gameweek players are you getting? Which are the best three options from each side? Anyone planning to stock up then wildcard in gwk 2-3? | 12 years, 9 months ago | 43 |
 Squeakybumtime | £6m midfield options I have been looking at who I think are the viable options in midfield for 6m only (nothing more nothing less), seems to be a range caught in limbo. Duff (Ful) First 6 games: sun ARS new WBA che C… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 9 |
J0E | Best Budget Buys Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Top choice budget players in each position. So which budget players are currently occupying your cheap rotating defender, fifth midfielder and third strike… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 28 |
 Vote Joke | Assessing the promoted teams Of the promoted teams, who do you think will do well? I'm not sure, but my thinking is currently thus (please correct me): Holloway likes to play in a hung-ho fashion. I can see Palace perhaps sco… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 12 |
 Dino | WBA Review 2012/13 WBA overview Defence: WBA had 8 clean sheets last season. Of these clean sheets 3 came at home in the first 5 gw’s of the season. I would postulate that the reason for this good defence was a h… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 25 |
In Tommy We Trust | A New Way To Assess Value With reference to Home Run Baker post regarding VORP - Value over replacement player. I'll quote his previous post; "However, what was missed in this very interesting post, was a similar concept r… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 44 |
 Sánchez | Is double coverage too many eggs in a basket Ok. Just read hot topic about coverage. My opinion incidently is it must be of importance, just, not as some make out. When speaking about coverage, we usually mean covering attackers from the top… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 17 |
J0E | Is coverage overrated? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic How much does the phrase ‘coverage’ effect your team selection. How important is it to have a player from the teams with the best fixtures or top four st… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 34 |
 the cromulent one | How do you judge value? I think that the whole concept of points per million in price is a deeply flawed concept. I know that it is the standard FPL way to judge value, but it leaves a lot to be desired. First, mathema… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 24 |
J0E | Rate My Team (RMT) Etiquette Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic RMT Etiquette RMTs are coming in thick and fast and the community is here to help. But posting RMTs is a two way process. Please be kind and considerate to … | 12 years, 9 months ago | 20 |
 Absinthe 42 | Rotation and fixture difficulty analysis For my latest project, I’ve been working on working out what are the best defensive rotations based on fixture difficulty. I have calculated ratings for the bottom 14 teams, so excluding LIV, TO… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 32 |
Piggs Boson | How much does Nolan rely on Carroll? How much does Carroll's presence in the team affect Nolan's output? | 12 years, 9 months ago | 10 |
 Granville | Is Michu this season's Siggurdsson? Is Michu going to be this season's Siggurdsson? Overpriced and overlooked. | 12 years, 9 months ago | 17 |
J0E | What will you do differently this year? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic What will you do differently in FPL this season? For some it might be a pledge to make less points hits. For others it's to invest more or less in defence? … | 12 years, 9 months ago | 34 |
 Kloppelganger | Attempt at gauging value From lurking around over the last week or so it seems we have two fairly tricky issues on our hands in our squad selection. To make it a bit easier for us they, thankfully, have something in common… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 9 |
In Tommy We Trust | club by club bonus point system analysis Below is a link to an interactive table that shows the effect the change in bonus point system would have had on the previous season bonus points. Workings: Calculated the total bonus points giv… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 39 |
Lord Flashheart | Overpriced Players Was trying to make the all-overpriced team. This does not mean bad players (hell, even a certain Dutch striker is there) but just players that the game significantly over estimated their correct pr… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 10 |
 Twisted Saltergater | Budget players' starts analysis Judging by the RMTs, many are looking for midfielders in the 4.5-7.5m price range to enable big hitters elsewhere in a 3-4-3. I've taken a look at the leading PPG defenders and midfielders at each… | 12 years, 9 months ago | 14 |
 The Machine | A Fixed keeper over Rotation ? Clean sheets last season: Man City: 18 Liverpool: 16 Arsenal: 14 Chelsea: 14, expect more than that this season United: 13, expect a bit more this season Now these are some of the teams you will … | 12 years, 9 months ago | 5 |
J0E | Best attacking trio? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic So how is everyone's forward line in the FPL game shaping up? What trio are you going for? Have you managed to get Rvp in and if so who else do you have in … | 12 years, 9 months ago | 36 |
 Super-Hans | RMT advice The problem with RMT's is that we are turning every team into the exact same team. If someone have Mata we tell them to downgrade to Hazard. If someone has a semi cheap 5th mid we tell them to buy … | 12 years, 9 months ago | 20 |