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AuthorHot TopicDateReplies

Rotation's Alter Ego
Chelsea Norwich pencilled in for DGW28

Chelsea Norwich will double in 28 if either win their FA Cup Game this midweek https://twitter.com/NorwichCityFC/status/1497904347576950784?t=mWq8Exm7aV7BRsCoSBaJjw&s=19

4 years, 7 days ago12

Rotation's Alter Ego
Reaction to Bielsa sacking

Leeds have now officially "parted company" with Bielsa They also confirmed that they "will aim to make an announcement on a new appointment tomorrow" with Marsch being the current heavy favourite.…

4 years, 7 days ago8

Skonto Rigga
RMT Surgery with Tom

RMTs/questions for Tom go here!

4 years, 9 days ago60

RedLightning
GW26 Rough with the Smooth

Rough with the Smooth, Gameweek 26. How did your Gameweek go? You can share your tales of joy and woe here.

4 years, 9 days ago35

G-Whizz
GW27 Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW27 fixture odds can be found here: https://prnt.sc/mTjm08KbyLSO (Provided by Betbrain.com) GW26 clean sheets: LIV: 60% ❌ & 50% ✅ ARS: 52% ❌ & 52% ❌ MCI: 52% ❌ BHA: 49% ❌ AVL: 46% ❌…

4 years, 9 days ago8

Skonto Rigga
Friday's Press Conference Times

Morning all, here are today's pressers: Bielsa - 9am Howe - 9am Gerrard - 9am Rangnick - 12.45pm Vieira - 1pm Hodgson - 1.30pm Moyes - 1.30pm Conte - 1.30pm Frank - 1.30pm Guardiola - 1.30pm Lamp…

4 years, 9 days ago4

Az
premium members video: Gameweek 27 preview w/ Simon March

Hey all, A new Premium Members Video is up in the Members Area. I chatted to former winner of FPL & Pro Pundit Simon March about how he got on in GW26 and how he's set up for GW27 and beyond. Che…

4 years, 10 days ago8

Skonto Rigga
Thursday's Press Conference Times

Morning all, just a handful of pressers today, including Burnley's: Smith - 9am Dyche - 1.15pm Potter - 1.30pm Hasenhuttl - 1.30pm Lage - post-match tonight

4 years, 10 days ago1

Rupert The Horse
DGW27 Best Picks

With FHs being wielded by quite a few in the FFS crowd, who are you looking at or should FFS managers be looking at? It does seem a bit of a template is emerging, which is inevitable, and which sh…

4 years, 12 days ago45

Geoff
Chip strategy for GW27

I'm curious about chip strategy.. I Wildcarded last week with the plan to FH for GW27. I'll still be doing that (triple Arsenal and triple Liverpool). What chip are you playing and why? And has y…

4 years, 13 days ago32

G-Whizz
DGW26 Fixture and clean sheet odds

DGW26 fixture odds can be found here: Part i http://prntscr.com/5ISpu9fGsWRj Part ii http://prntscr.com/S4Df8BZttn9C (Provided by Betbrain.com) GW25 clean sheets: MCI: 60% ✅ WHU: 43% ❌ MNU: 42…

4 years, 16 days ago5

Az
mark & gianni members video live stream - 8 p.m. tonight!

Mark and Gianni will be on hand for the Members video at 8 p.m. tonight to discuss their plans for GW26 and their reactions to the DGW news!! Members can find the link here: https://www.fantasyfoo…

4 years, 16 days ago2

Rotation's Alter Ego
DGW 28 and 29 announced

Bunch of doubles announced! https://www.premierleague.com/news/2489359?sf253653656=1 Thursday 10 March 19:30 Southampton v Newcastle 19:30 Wolves v Watford 19:45 Leeds v Aston Villa (Amazon Prime…

4 years, 16 days ago3

Atimis
Best Liverpool Triple?

So are you getting third Pool player - one of Diaz, Mane, Firmino or Robo? I say that most of you say that none of these is actually a good option so are we pushing it because of DGW? What are yo…

4 years, 16 days ago20

Skonto Rigga
Friday's Press Conference Times

Morning, all! A bumper day of press conferences today, all eyes and ears on Klopp at lunch: Bielsa - 9am Howe - 9am Smith - 9am Klopp - 12.15pm Vieira - 1pm Hodgson - 1pm Lage - 1pm Tuchel - 1pm …

4 years, 16 days ago2

TopMarx
Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery - GW26 & GW27

Fancy taking on the Scout Picks? I’m after two Community champions one for GW26 and one for GW27. How it works: a member of the Community will be selected to go head-to-head against the Scout P…

4 years, 17 days ago0

Atimis
What defenders are you targeting?

What is your def setup going forward ? Recon Chelsea def will be needed since GW27/28 so are you gonna play 4 at the back ? Or just scarifying one of Robo/Laporte to go TAA/Cancelo/James ?

4 years, 17 days ago18

Skonto Rigga
Thursday's Press Conference Times

All your Weghorst questions answered (with a "touch and go") this lunchtime: Hasenhuttl - 1pm Dyche - 1.15pm Lampard - 1.15pm Potter - 1.30pm Rodgers - post-match tonight (the GW26 bit likely emba…

4 years, 17 days ago6

RedLightning
GW25 Rough with the Smooth

Rough with the Smooth, Gameweek 25. How did your Gameweek go? You can share your tales of joy and woe here.

4 years, 18 days ago21

Az
more ways to filter by FPL points in the Members Area

Just wanted to draw people's attentions to some new tweaks to the Members area. One of the most requested features since I joined full time has been a more comprehensive way of filtering by FPL po…

4 years, 20 days ago2

G-Whizz
GW25 Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW25 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/26tx71b (Provided by Betbrain.com) DGW24 clean sheets: MCI: 60% ✅ WHU: 43% ✅ MNU: 42% ❌ LIV: 41% ✅ TOT: 40% ❌ ARS: 38% ✅ CRY: 36…

4 years, 23 days ago5

Skonto Rigga
RMT Surgery with Tom

RMTs etc for Tom go here!

4 years, 23 days ago67

Skonto Rigga
Friday's Press Conference Times

Better late than never, the presser list has just arrived. Already done this morning: Bielsa, Smith, Howe, Klopp Vieira - 12.30pm Gerrard - 1pm Rangnick - 1pm Dyche - 1.15pm Lampard - 1.30pm Pep …

4 years, 23 days ago1

RedLightning
GW24 Rough with the Smooth

Rough with the Smooth, Gameweek 24. How did your Gameweek go? You can share your tales of joy and woe here.

4 years, 24 days ago32

banskt
Which path to Salah?

I want to see the results of a poll for the "path to Salah" for those managers who don't have Salah yet. A. Player X -> Bruno (GW25) -> Salah (GW26) B. Player X -> Salah (GW25) Is it possible to …

4 years, 24 days ago32

Rotation's Alter Ego
Burnley to double in GW 27

https://www.premierleague.com/news/2478871 Burnley given a DGW 27 as expected, Leicester just a SGW (no longer blank)

4 years, 24 days ago6

Skonto Rigga
Thursday's Press Conference Times

Very little on the press conference front today, folks: Potter - 1.30pm Hodgson - 2pm Lage - post-match tonight Rodgers - post-match tonight

4 years, 24 days ago3

G-Whizz
GW24 Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW24 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/26qwuuo (Provided by Betbrain.com) DGW23 clean sheets: ARS: 49% ✅ MCI: 46% ❌ CHE: 41% ✅ LIV: 39% ❌ WOL: 36% ❌ BRE: 33% ❌ WAT: 33…

4 years, 26 days ago0

Skonto Rigga
RMT Surgery with Tom

Submit your RMTs, your As v Bs, your 'is Dennis availables' of this world to Tom here!

4 years, 26 days ago123

Skonto Rigga
Tuesday's Press Conference Times

Hi folks! As suspected, just the seven pressers today - Klopp, Rodgers, Lage and Arteta are set to do theirs after the deadline (ie Wednesday). Smith - 9am Hasenhuttl - 11am Gerrard - 1pm Vieira -…

4 years, 26 days ago0

Skonto Rigga
Monday's Press Conference Times

Morning all! Today's pressers are already underway with Bielsa: Bielsa - 9am Howe - 10am Hodgson - 12pm Rangnick - 1.30pm Lampard - 1.30pm Moyes - 1.30pm Dyche - 3.30pm

4 years, 27 days ago3

Rotation's Alter Ego
DGW 26 Announced

They were getting rumoured this morning, but a bunch of doubles now confirmed for 26! Burnley v Spurs Watford v Crystal Palace Liverpool v Leeds Arsenal v Wolves So I think our doubles are: ARS…

4 years, 1 month ago20

Ragabolly
VirtualFPL starting soon!

Hi all! If you like a little virtual fun while FPL is on a break, come participate with us in the new Virtual FPL tournament, for free www.livefpl.net/play. Winner gets a customized FPL shirt 🙂 …

4 years, 1 month ago11

Camzy
FanTeam/FPL strategy for BGW27

FanTeam season long game is very interesting compared to FPL. It might even be changing my thinking a bit in FPL. There are no FHs and just the one WC available. How would you navigate 27 if you h…

4 years, 1 month ago17

Black Knights
DGW25 for Man Utd/Brighton

https://www.premierleague.com/news/2463015//?sf253084049=1 Man United v Brighton confirmed for DGW25, but nothing else.

4 years, 1 month ago9

_Make
Value in defence

@Camzy, please consider this in many ways a reply to your HT - I just put in a lot of work so wanted to give this a shot of generating its own discussion points XD Regarding the conversation aroun…

4 years, 1 month ago30

Camzy
Downsides to Robertson/'Big at the Back'

Why I don't like Robertson and big at the back setups. I've been quite vocal about my dislike of heavy defenses like: TAA, Robertson, Cancelo, Digne, Dalot. Without full reasoning, it doesn't seem…

4 years, 1 month ago28

Az
ffs users: mid season survey!

Hey guys! I've put together a mid-season survey for anyone and everyone that uses Fantasy Football Scout. You might remember the end of season survey that we carried out before the start of the s…

4 years, 1 month ago16

Camzy
Chip strategy thoughts

Chip/strategy thoughts for the end of the season Assuming you have all chips remaining, the most logical chip usage for the run-in imo is: FH27, FH30, WC35, BB36 It uses each of the chips most op…

4 years, 1 month ago29

TubThumper
Is Salah essential from GW24?

Is there anyone here considering the potential benefits of not going like a lemming off a cliff to get Mo back in? If he come back flat....or scores 5's-8's.....and you back the right horses again…

4 years, 1 month ago50

NABIL - FPL otai
GW28 Wildcard

Lots of WC talk since the last post. Be wary that there'll be fixture swings in GW28 for teams like Arsenal, Chelsea, Southampton, Wolves (all good), United and Brighton (bad). I'm contemplating …

4 years, 1 month ago24

Az
any GW24 Wildcards?

If anyone has or is pulling the trigger on their wildcard, could they drop their teams below? Interested to see what people are building!

4 years, 1 month ago24

Ajax Hamsterdam
Sanchez owners: Plans for GW24?

Sanchez/steele owners playing with 10 men this gw? I would need to take a hit for a replacement as I need to buy Salah as well.

4 years, 1 month ago12

Rains of Castamere
Man Utd v West Ham notes

Just a few musings from being sat near the halfway line at Old Trafford on Saturday: MAN UTD - Ronaldo - personally don't think he's worth the outlay. Feels like two premiums in midfield will be …

4 years, 1 month ago4

Ragabolly
Price Changes

Risers: Digne (5.1) Fallers: Caballero (4.3)

4 years, 1 month ago5

RedLightning
GW23 Early Rough with the Smooth

Early Rough with the Smooth, Gameweek 23. How's your Gameweek going? There's still one match to go, but not till the weekend after next, so here's your chance to share your tales of joy and woe n…

4 years, 1 month ago30

Rotation's Alter Ego
FPL Security Reminder

As many of you will unfortunately be aware, there’s been quite a few reports of FPL teams being hacked in recent days / weeks / months. Whilst it’s only a very, very small percentage of teams b…

4 years, 1 month ago4

Tinfoil Deathstar
What to do with United assets

The potential DGW25 for Man Utd has me in a bit of a bind. I own Bruno and Ronaldo. Have the funds to move Bruno straight to Salah next week with the FT but him potentially having 3 fixtures vs 2 f…

4 years, 1 month ago12

G-Whizz
Pre-Deadline A or B questions!

Time for the pre-deadline A or B thread! What are your last minute questions on captaincy, transfers, bench or even anything else? Please post as an A or B question, and please answer a few other…

4 years, 1 month ago71

FPLShakenBake
DGW 23 Captaincy discussion

With the DGW confirmed for Watford and Burnley, Dennis and King must be the favourites to take the captains armband this week. Watford even have nice enough looking fixtures to potentially risk the…

4 years, 1 month ago9