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Is Michu going to be this season's Siggurdsson? Overpriced and overlooked.

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? …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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 …

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 …

Baines vs Mirallas -both cost same -Baines could get extra pts for possible CS -Baines it at all set pieces -under new system he could be even more dangerous so even if he cost 7.5 he could be re…

Building on Camzy's excellent post yesterday which I forgot to bookmark (help a brother out y'all) building a good opening squad is as much about flexibility as it is about picking the right player…

Hope you're all having a good evening. Have a running interest wrt online communities' collective intelligence [am doing a PhD on this and disaster relief and recovery programmes] and just had a t…

While I'm normally a fan of going with cheap rotating keepers you have to consider changing strategy when a bargain appears. That bargain being Mignolet with Reina on the way out. Rodgers has prov…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Midfield Decisions How is your midfield shaping up? How many and which heavy hitters, mid price options and budget midfielders have you gone for? Anyone t…

The new BPS system has replaced the EA PPI system to make it more reasonable and reward certain players who are not rewarded rightly for their performances, i.e, the defenders and the deep-lying mi…

Mourinho comments on his defenders: Mourinho praised the “amazing, ­incredible potential” of David Luiz, adding he “has to play always." - http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/chelse…

So Negredo's coming to City, I watched a lot of him the in Spain, including the last few seasons. Things to watch out for He's strong, and a good finisher - but he does not engage in link up play…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Manchester City - with a new manager, almost certain new arrivals in attack (Negredo and Jovetic), and an already congested midfield, which if any Man city o…

J Rod Vs Lambert Have just been having a playaround with the comparison tool. Wanted to see how Lamberts stats compared , before and after Mauricio Pochettino took charge I compared gameweeks 1-22…

Don't know if there are too many people around who would be looking at the concept of rotating two budget midfield options, but those who are, this post is for you. Brady/Thomas (Hull/Palace) 9.5 …

The myth of Seamus coleman We know last season he was classed as a midfielder, so now is an oop defender, and is being hyped as such. However despite playing in midfield last season his only atta…

Bale, RVP, or both? Ok since RVP and Bale come at such a premium this year, I have seen multiple ways of integrating them into a team, but three main ways. I have seen hardly any teams not featuri…

So a page or so back I posted about Mirallas and his difference in points when classed as a forward compare to what they would have been when classed as a midfielder. I've tried to take it a bit f…

Taking my discussion Re Bale + RVP vs. the rest here http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2013/07/18/midweek-friendly-round-up/?hc_page=6#hc_comment_5058810 further, i decided to dig deep. So wha…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Newspaper rumours - If Bale moves to Man Utd who is still tempted to get him? Or does that make RVP more appealing? If Rooney moves to Chelsea will he go s…

Morning all, Following on from Jontys' Devils and Angels, I have tried to create some stat tables to highlight potential players that should benefit from the new bonus system. I believe these are…

PICKING YOUR INITIAL SQUAD AND PRICE CHANGES Protecting your bank is key in this game Prices fluctuate wildly in the first few weeks of the season , and if you have a poor first gameweek you coul…

So what do we think about the idea of a planned early wildcard? You might think it’s a bit early to start talking about wildcards, but the Planned Early Wildcard (PEW) is relevant now, as it aff…

There's already been lots of analysis of the new bonus pts system in FPL. Here's another to add to the mix for members. I've created a couple of members tables looking at those who are likely to b…

Funny team names please. I'll start with Teenage Mutant Martin Skrtel

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic With so many good 4.5-5.5 defensive options in the FPL game and a new bonus point system that is more likely to reward centre backs in that price range is th…

I've been looking at the Bonus Point System (BPS) a bit today to try and get an average BPS score per match for a range of players excluding things like goals and assists. I've taken the BPS score…

I think the hardest position to choose this year is the 3 forwards. Last year it was easy, RVP and Suarez and one mid-priced forward with good fixtures or form. This year there isn't many big hitte…

I think people are overestimating the new bonus system a little bit. Unlike some of the other games, you don't actually get rewarded for making passes, tackles, creating chances - no direct points…

so manny people talking about ,, balanced team'' for me there is no point in having balanced team why somone would spent money at big defenders or overpriced forward if you can get better players…

List of pickable 5.0 or cheaper mids. Added some comments based on DEMI's set play analysis http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2013/06/22/fixture-analysis-rotation-pairs-west-ham-and-southampto…

The FPL price difference between Bale and Paulinho is so huge, 5.0m, that I'm struggling to justify Bale... In Sky it's not so great, and I've got Bale, RVP, Aguero and Coutinho in. But in FPL th…

RMT (Rate my Thoughts) 🙂 Gold Dust Defenders seem to be priced lower than previous seasons. Am not sure yet if the change to the bonus point system is to count for this or the introduction of U…

Is Man City cover essential in your opinion?

Who's your gw1 (c), assuming there's no dgw?

Who is the most ideal 4.0 Defender?

Who is the best 4.5 million midfielder do we think?

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic So has anyone got a credible FPL team together that includes both Bale and RVP?

Rotation or value ??? Example For Rotation WBA Southampton Norwich Newcastle Hull are considered by many to be the best cheap five player rotation which ensures three have good fixture for …

Hey All, Dont post very often, but big time lurker, hopefully some may find this useful., may make a change from RMT's https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bz4LcHY0obgXWEhVOVJlRmM5N3c/edit?usp=sharing…

Top 20 players last season on the new BPS; Van Persie, Vertonghen, Cazorla, A. Williams, Gerrard, Agger, Mata, Mertesacker, Baines, Jagielka, Evra, Hangeland, Lambert, Arteta, Schneiderlin, Ivanov…

Took a look at the points differences between the new bonus system and the old PPI system in last year's data. Just looked at the points spread of the top 10 GK/DEF/MID/FWDs in both systems. First…

Just renewed the FFS league. code if you're not already in. 1580-1106

14m for RVP is a huge blow, but there are some bargains to be had: Coleman 5.0 Kaboul 5.0 Anelka 5.5 Shaw/Clyne/Saylor/Turner Chester 4.0 Mirallas 7.5 Kagawa 8.0 Lampard 8.0 Apzilcueta 6.0

I've seen a few names bandied about recently as being 'fixture proof' which I wasn't convinced by so I've done a little digging... I reviewed the 2012/13 FPL stats to look at the top players and h…