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 Az | new YouTube graphics: quick survey Hey all! If you've been watching the videos on the YouTube channel this week, you'll notice we have some new graphics! I'd really appreciate it if you could give me some feedback on them, there's… | 3 years, 9 months ago | 1 |
 RedLightning | FPL Mini-Leagues to enter The Opening Day League (league code 947lmo) is for teams that enter it within 24 hours of FPL going live for the new season. It will be closed to new entrants at about 4.20pm on Wednesday 6th July … | 3 years, 9 months ago | 32 |
 FPLShakenBake | Bargain hunting Who's everybody's bargain then? For me it has to be Jesus at £8.0m. 0.5 XGI per appearance last season. He's now the main man at Arsenal, so less rotation likely | 3 years, 9 months ago | 32 |
 J0E | Third Wildcard! Third Wildcard! Unlimited free transfers can also be made between Sat 12 Nov 13:30 and Mon 26 Dec 13:30 when the Premier League season has been adjusted to accommodate the FIFA World Cup Qatar 202… | 3 years, 9 months ago | 7 |
Az | Should Son have been classified as a FWD? So Son is a midfielder again, and a pricey one at that (£12.0m). I'd have liked to have seen him as a forward, given that his heat map is very similar to the likes of Jota - and he was often the … | 3 years, 9 months ago | 29 |
 Andy_Social | Is Salah still a must-have at £13.0m? That Salah price is very naughty. All the others are reasonable or lower than expected. Is Salah really value at 13m? I'm starting to wonder. | 3 years, 9 months ago | 14 |
RedLightning | New price reveals What are our reactions to today's price reveals? | 3 years, 9 months ago | 25 |
 Skonto Rigga | Conte and five subs: How he handled Perisic in 2020/21 A nice tie-in with the article above and a great bit of research from Wilko on Conte and his wing-backs at Inter in 2020/21, when five subs were allowed: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/202… | 3 years, 10 months ago | 0 |
 FPLGOOD | FPL Value - part two There have been many good points here lately about how the best value is in defence and midfiled - or even in the goalkeeper position. However one thing that has been overlooked (or just missed b… | 3 years, 10 months ago | 21 |
 Chilli Heatwave | FPL Value - part one Some sums that may be of interest. Using LiveFPL pricing, if we take the top 6 players from each position classification and divide their scores by the prices individually, then take the average ac… | 3 years, 10 months ago | 25 |
 Portsmouth Bubblejet | Home/away fixture rotation pairs Each club has one team with whom they always rotate home-and-away. Some pairs are allocated due to close geographical proximity, created by the need to spread police resourcing. Other pairs exist p… | 3 years, 10 months ago | 8 |
Skonto Rigga | Season Ticker live for 2022/23 The updated Season Ticker for 2022/23 is now live on the sidebar! | 3 years, 10 months ago | 5 |
 G-Whizz | Who's the first name on your team sheet for this season??? In the past seasons this has usually been an easy question to answer and I've normally started with Salah and worked my way from there, but this year he won't be the first name on my team sheet... … | 3 years, 10 months ago | 55 |
 Babit1967 | Is one premium mid or forward enough? Early doors here but anyone tempted by one premium & filling the rest of the team with a decent first 11 ie good mid priced options like TAA, Dias, Kulu, Maddison etc. | 3 years, 10 months ago | 39 |
 rainy | Arsen-sible throw-in rule change? It’s been reported that a pet project of Arsene Wenger’s, the kick-in, was tabled as a potential replacement to the throw-in at the Ifab general meeting yesterday. BBC reporting no plans as yet… | 3 years, 10 months ago | 27 |
 Camzy | FPL Price Prediction Sheet My FPL price prediction sheet has been updated with new signings. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tOXOHLkK5PaJPke_a7o4uQT707lDpKWAlr5y6VmcXU4/edit?usp=sharing Not long now until we get fi… | 3 years, 10 months ago | 49 |
 15th Time Lucky | What will be the impact of the five subs rule? 5 subs rule, what impact do we think it will have? I think it will mostly influence the following: 1 - wing backs. This is a high intensity role, I can imagine them being rested once a game is … | 3 years, 10 months ago | 12 |
RedLightning | Optimal Zombie Team Can anyone find a better set and forget zombie team than Andrew Gower's one quoted in the article? 2682 pts, ranked 1873 and costing 99m doesn't sound that impressive - the Optimal Dead Team Squad … | 3 years, 10 months ago | 6 |
Camzy | How can forwards be made better options? We all know that forwards have been the biggest disappointment of the 21/22 season. If you were FPL towers and could make a change to the current system what would you do? A) Make forwards have 5 … | 3 years, 10 months ago | 48 |
J0E | SCOUTCAST questions - season review and lessons learned Season review Scoutcast - lessons learned. Tues 8pm. Join Andy and I as we look back on the campaign and consider ways to approach the game differently next time around. We are featuring lots of… | 3 years, 11 months ago | 19 |
Camzy | Can any lessons really be learned from 2021/22? I'm seeing a lot of season review and learnings type of posts, which are nice, but I genuinely don't think you can take 'broad learnings' from this past FPL seas. It's just been such a strange and… | 3 years, 11 months ago | 34 |
Skonto Rigga | Fulham/Bournemouth fans - we need you Any Fulham or Bournemouth fans out there in the FFS ether? Myself and Tom will be writing The Promoted series soon and while we do plan on watching the 2021/22 Championship boxset to brush on your … | 3 years, 11 months ago | 10 |
RedLightning | GW38 Rough with the Smooth Rough with the Smooth, Gameweek 38. How did your Gameweek go? You can share your tales of joy and woe here. | 3 years, 11 months ago | 26 |
 Ragabolly | Price Changes Risers: Toney (6.9) James (6.5) Joelinton (5.9) Matip (5.3) Raya (4.4) Sessegnon (4.4) Fallers: Weghorst (6.2) Willock (5.3) Schär (4.1) | 3 years, 11 months ago | 20 |
G-Whizz | GW38 Fixture and clean sheet odds GW38 fixture odds can be found here: https://prnt.sc/nRGjHnF2dwEB (Provided by Betfair.com) DGW37 clean sheets: CHE: 54% ❌ WOL: 50% ❌ TOT: 48% ✅ MNC: 44% ❌ LIV: 40% ❌ ARS: 36% ❌ AST: 3… | 3 years, 11 months ago | 16 |
Skonto Rigga | RMT Surgery with Tom Questions for Tom in here... | 3 years, 11 months ago | 57 |
Skonto Rigga | Friday's Press Conference Times Morning, all! Here are today's presser times: Smith - 9am Howe - 10am Klopp - 10am Potter - 1pm Hasenhuttl - 1pm Marsch - 1pm Hodgson - 1pm Lage - 1pm Arteta - 1pm Rangnick - 1.15pm Pep - 1.30pm M… | 3 years, 11 months ago | 6 |
RedLightning | GW37 Rough with the Smooth Rough with the Smooth, Gameweek 37. How did your Gameweek go? You can share your tales of joy and woe here. | 3 years, 11 months ago | 38 |
 TorresMagic™ | G00LI0 wins Last Man Standing! Last Man Standing Final Results Congratulations to David Dawson or G00LI0 - https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/profiles/g00li0/ has become the 9th winner of the Last Man Standing competition. … | 3 years, 11 months ago | 5 |
Skonto Rigga | Thursday's Press Conference Times Morning! Not much happening on the press conference front today. Three managers will hold the 'GW38' section of their pressers after their matches tonight, with the usual embargo in place for Frida… | 3 years, 11 months ago | 4 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast questions LIVE SCAST 8pm TUES Feel free to leave your questions here as we prepare for the final gameweek of the season. | 3 years, 11 months ago | 8 |
 RAFA THE GAFFA | What's your goal for GW38? The last week! 🙂 And how so much can change during it! What’s your main goals to end the season guys? | 3 years, 11 months ago | 48 |
G-Whizz | Salah and VVD out for who? Salah and VVD doubts for the Southampton game... https://twitter.com/FFScout/status/1525573043891863552?t=KYY5HaOQk6N-lOF-SkJJ1Q&s=19 | 3 years, 11 months ago | 7 |
Az | Members only video with Andy N and Mark Sutherns - tonight (Friday) 1930 Just a reminder that Mark and Andy are live in 30 mins for your weekly members video Enjoy! https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/members-only-videos/ | 3 years, 11 months ago | 1 |
G-Whizz | DGW37 Fixture and clean sheet odds DGW37 fixture odds can be found here: Part i: https://prnt.sc/K_kOsGcvU9A- Part ii: https://prnt.sc/Gtzn_3DW8djU (Provided by Betfair.com) DGW36 clean sheets: MNC: 58% ✅ & 55% ❌ CHE: 56% ❌ &… | 3 years, 11 months ago | 9 |
Skonto Rigga | RMT Surgery with Tom Your questions for Tom, ladies and gents! | 3 years, 11 months ago | 57 |
Skonto Rigga | Friday's Press Conference Times Morning all, here are today's press conference times. Howe was the only one yesterday, while Hasenhuttl won't have one before the deadline as Saints aren't playing till Tuesday and United don't hav… | 3 years, 11 months ago | 7 |
RedLightning | GW36 Rough with the Smooth Rough with the Smooth, Gameweek 36. How did your Gameweek go? Did you captain KDB or Salah? Did your chip produce a mega-score, or was it a complete disaster like mine? You can share your tale… | 3 years, 11 months ago | 35 |
 Yer Dad | Maisie's #1 GW rank My daughter spends hours on Tik Tok and and You Tube watching funny dogs and cats and I watch articles on FPL. We then sit down to discuss transfers I ponder and she just hits button. She then doe… | 3 years, 11 months ago | 19 |
 Nate(U)dog(ie) | What have you learned from Greyhead's excellent interview with Fábio Borges? Good article, to think someone saying taking 9 hits over a whole season is their highest ever is eye-opening. I've had a lot of weeks where if I decided to just hold firm and not make a move that I… | 3 years, 11 months ago | 11 |
 TopMarx | Scout Picks Community Champion - GW37 Good evening all, There's a spot that's opened up to represent the Community and take on the Scout Picks - a Community champion is needed for Gameweek 37. So far this season we've had 11 winners… | 3 years, 11 months ago | 2 |
RedLightning | How were your chips? Are you happy with how you played your chips this season? My First Wildcard in GW7 ruined my squad, and I was forced to play my Second Wildcard early (GW21) to get it back on track. If I had been … | 3 years, 11 months ago | 55 |
Nate(U)dog(ie) | Will Haaland be an immediate must-have if he joins City? A lot of talk about Haaland with a deal looking close, but what's the general thinking in FPL terms of Haaland joining City? This is a long off-the-cuff post with my thoughts that I just wanted to … | 3 years, 11 months ago | 30 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast questions SCOUTCAST 8pm Tuesday Join Andy and I to chat about Double Gameweek 37 and more. We'll look at ideal FH teams in 37 and 38, discuss the potential impact of Haaland on our 2022/23 planning and An… | 3 years, 11 months ago | 2 |
Camzy | Is Son indispensable? Gonna preface this with... I don't think Son is overrated. In fact, I think he's been one of the best and most reliable assets in the game and is well worth 11m... over the season. However, I thin… | 3 years, 11 months ago | 15 |
G-Whizz | DGW36 Fixture and clean sheet odds DGW36 fixture odds can be found here: Part i: https://prnt.sc/SZEQjQwfyD57 Part ii: https://prnt.sc/5OAm2SULSaA4 (Provided by Betfair.com) GW35 clean sheets: MNC: 50% ✅ AST: 49% ✅ LIV: 48% ✅… | 3 years, 11 months ago | 12 |
Skonto Rigga | RMT Surgery with Tom Questions for Tom go here... | 3 years, 11 months ago | 97 |
Skonto Rigga | Friday's Press Conference Times Morning, folks - a total of 15 pressers on their way today: Smith - 9am Howe - 10am Gerrard - 10am Vieira - 12.30pm Rangnick - 12.30pm Klopp - 1pm Lage - 1pm Arteta - 1pm Marsch - 1pm Lampard - 1.… | 3 years, 11 months ago | 2 |
Az | gameweek 36 members only video - tonight (thursday) at 9 p.m. Mark and Andy N are live tonight (Thursday) at 9 p.m. with a Members Only video. Enjoy! https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/members-only-videos/ | 3 years, 11 months ago | 1 |
RedLightning | Team of the Season. What is your Team of the Season so far? Mine would be something like: Ramsdale; Alexander-Arnold, Cancelo, Robertson; Salah, Son, KDB, Bowen, Saka; Kane, Ronaldo. KDB, Kane and Ronaldo have only p… | 3 years, 11 months ago | 16 |