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AuthorHot TopicDateReplies

FPLShakenBake
MUN v BRE in doubt

Sky Sports are reporting that Man U are in talks with the PL to get their game vs Brentford postponed. What to do with Ronaldo? Do i go back to Kane with my tail between my legs? OR keep him and …

4 years, 2 months ago12

RedLightning
GW16 Mini-League Leaders

GW16 Mini-League Leaders: This reports on the leaders of various Fantasy Football Scout FPL mini-leagues and community competitions after Gameweek 16, and also on the latest update to the FFS Live…

4 years, 2 months ago0

Skonto Rigga
Monday's Press Conference Times

We go again - today's press conference times: Frank - 9am Smith - 10.30am Bielsa - 12.30pm Dyche - 12.45pm Potter - 1.30pm Gerrard - 1.30pm Guardiola - 1.30pm Hasenhuttl - 2pm

4 years, 2 months ago8

G-Whizz
GW17 Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW17 fixture odds can be found here: https://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/premier-league (Provided by Oddschecker) GW16 clean sheets: MCI: 62% ✅ CHE: 51% ❌ LIV: 48% ✅ MNU: 44% ✅ AR…

4 years, 2 months ago8

RedLightning
GW16 Rough with the Smooth

Rough with the Smooth, Gameweek 16. How did your Gameweek go? You can share your tales of joy and woe here.

4 years, 2 months ago28

Ze_Austin
Do underlying stats give the whole picture?

Stats are getting a bad rep Goals, assists, shot conversion, average position and xGoT are statistics too It's very easy to simplify the complex chaotic system of factors in the football ecosyste…

4 years, 3 months ago21

Az
Gameweek 16 Q&A

Morning guys! Sam and I are live on YouTube at 1130 a.m. fielding any questions you might have ahead of tonights deadline https://youtu.be/BfWf14UozNw I'll then be on the board immediately after…

4 years, 3 months ago5

FPLShakenBake
Is anyone considering Free Hit?

Free Hit or Points Hit? With the Spurs Brighton game postponed, the rumours of Jota being injured, Toney still out and a few other highly owned assets flagged. Is anyone considering a free hit th…

4 years, 3 months ago13

Skonto Rigga
Friday's Press Conference Times

Morning, folks. Here are today's presser times: Howe - 9am Gerrard - 9am Smith - 9am Rangnick - 12pm Klopp - 12.30pm Vieira - 1pm Lage - 1pm Rodgers - 1pm Dyche - 1.15pm Tuchel - 1.30pm Benitez -…

4 years, 3 months ago6

The Philosopher
Jota reportedly absent from training

Jota not seen in training today. This GW is shaping up to be a perfect GW from hell already, and it's not even deadline day yet.

4 years, 3 months ago6

Az
Gameweek 16 Members Video

Fantasy Football Scout Premium Members can watch the latest Members Video on the standing page https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/members-only-videos/ I was joined by Lateriser and Zophar to …

4 years, 3 months ago3

TopMarx
Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery - GW16 & GW17

A rare victory for the Community over the Scout Picks panel of Neale, Tom, Sam and Az in Gameweek 15 - congratulations to Husky! Although his 14-point winning margin was not quite enough to overta…

4 years, 3 months ago0

Football Chatbox
What are your plans with Salah?

With AFCON confirmed to start on the 9th of Jan and Liverpool looking to try and keep Salah a bit longer so that he misses only 2GW's in 22 and 23 against Brentford and Palace, what are your plans …

4 years, 3 months ago33

Skonto Rigga
What to do with Spurs/Brighton players

Spurs expecting an announcement from the Premier League on Brighton (a) today, while their training ground is shut until "early next week at least" - so Leicester v Spurs in GW17 (a week today), es…

4 years, 3 months ago21

Ze_Austin
Team Style of Play Updated

Styles of play update, based on my observation and opinion: Everton is feeding their striker. Now that their engine room is fit, Benitez has them playing how they started the season: everything go…

4 years, 3 months ago3

Skonto Rigga
Thursday's Press Conference Times

Morning, folks Hope we're all good. The sour quince log of press conference days (I suppose Bielsa's will be interesting at least): Ranieri - 12pm Bielsa - 1pm Hasenhuttl - 1pm

4 years, 3 months ago0

Nate(U)dog(ie)
Leicester report Covid cases

Rodgers: “There are some players and staff who are not here. We have had some positive cases and some people who are not well. Youri (Tielemans) is available, and Ryan (Bertrand) has been out for…

4 years, 3 months ago3

Legomané
GW16: Brighton v Spurs, possible postponement

Reports and rumours are accelerating online, that Spurs have requested a postponement to this weekend’s fixture with Brighton. How would this impact your FPL plans ahead of GW16?

4 years, 3 months ago17

The Mandalorian
Strong FPL Squad through December?

Given the Covid outbreak I'm going to use my Kane money to build a strong squad. Last Xmas covid infections in football were the highest of the season. Anyone else doing the same?

4 years, 3 months ago21

G-Whizz
GW16 Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW16 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/226quyi (Provided by Betbrain) GW15 clean sheets: MCI: 55% ❌ TOT: 49% ✅ LIV: 47% ✅ CHE: 44% ❌ MNU: 42% ✅ LEE: 36% ❌ ARS: 35% ❌…

4 years, 3 months ago1

RedLightning
GW15 Mini-League Leaders

GW15 Mini-League Leaders: This is a report on the leaders of various Fantasy Football Scout FPL mini-leagues and community competitions after Gameweek 15. ** FFS OPEN MINI-LEAGUE Srecko Kurtovic…

4 years, 3 months ago0

RedLightning
GW15 Rough with the Smooth

Rough with the Smooth, Gameweek 15. How did your Gameweek go? You can share your tales of joy and woe here.

4 years, 3 months ago39

J0E
Live Scoutcast Tues 8pm - leave your questions here

**SCOUTCAST 8pm TUES - WILDCARD SPECIAL** While @FplMode and I can only dream of using a wildcard, Seb has pushed the button....all will be revealed on the show! Leave your questions for us here …

4 years, 3 months ago12

JohnnyCroat
Gravatar password breach

There's been a Gravatar breach reported, so users might want to review their passwords if they match FFS (which might be the case since chances are this is the only site y'all use Gravatar for).

4 years, 3 months ago4

Meltens
Allsvenskan Fantasy - Scout Picks GW30

Scout picks for the final GW! Filled to the brim with potential differentials for one final push: https://allsvenskan.se/fantasy/scout-picks-gw30 Sorry for not being able to contribute more than t…

4 years, 3 months ago12

G-Whizz
GW15 Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW15 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/21l1u5h (Provided by Betbrain) GW14 clean sheets: CHE: 50% ❌ MCI: 46% ❌ LIV: 43% ❌ TOT: 42% ✅ WOL: 42% ✅ WHU: 37% ❌ NEW: 35% ❌…

4 years, 3 months ago4

RedLightning
GW14 Mini-League Leaders

GW14 Mini-League Leaders: This is a report on the leaders of various Fantasy Football Scout FPL mini-leagues and community competitions after Gameweek 14. ** FFS OPEN MINI-LEAGUE Srecko Kurtovic…

4 years, 3 months ago3

Skonto Rigga
Friday's Press Conference Times

Morning all, here are the 16 press conferences scheduled for today: Bielsa - 8.15am Howe - 9am Smith - 9am Rangnick - 9am Hasenhuttl - 10.30am Klopp - 12.30pm Vieira - 1pm Gerrard - 1pm Lage - 1pm…

4 years, 3 months ago14

RedLightning
GW14 Rough with the Smooth

Rough with the Smooth, Gameweek 14. How did your Gameweek go? You can share your tales of joy and woe here.

4 years, 3 months ago35

Az
GAMEWEEK 15 Q&A

Sam and I will be live for the Gameweek 15 Q&A tomorrow (Friday) at 9.30 a.m. Head on over if you want to ask us a question: https://youtu.be/l2AZ9Ml2M2Q The last Q&A was great, really enjoyed it…

4 years, 3 months ago2

Skonto Rigga
Thursday's Press Conference Times

Afternoon, folks - what a press conference line-up we have today: Ranieri - 12.45pm Dyche - 12.45pm Potter - 3.30pm Arteta - post-match tonight

4 years, 3 months ago0

J0E
Live Scoutcast Thurs 5:30pm - leave your questions here

LIVE SCOUTCAST - Thurs 5:30pm (UK time) Joining me and @SebWassell to look ahead to #gw15 is @FPL_Sonaldo Leave your questions for us here

4 years, 3 months ago19

Az
GW 14 Q&A

Sam and I are live on YouTube at 1p.m., ahead of the GW14 deadline. Come join in and we'll be answering your questions live on the stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcDBPLDZbC4

4 years, 3 months ago5

Skonto Rigga
Tuesday's Press Conference Times

Morning folks, better late than never - nine pressers today, meaning that we'll not hear from Arteta, Conte or Carrick/Rangnick ahead of the deadline: Klopp - 12.30pm Ranieri - 12.45pm Lage - 1pm …

4 years, 3 months ago12

G-Whizz
GW14 Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW14 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/20zut69 (Provided by Betbrain) GW13 clean sheets: MCI: 45% ❌ CHE: 42% ❌ LIV: 42% ✅ ARS: 41% ✅ WOL: 38% ✅ LEI: 37% ❌ BRE: 36% ✅…

4 years, 3 months ago6

RedLightning
GW13 Mini-League Leaders

GW13 Mini-League Leaders: This is a report on the leaders of various Fantasy Football Scout FPL mini-leagues and community competitions after Gameweek 13. ** FFS OPEN MINI-LEAGUE Srecko Kurtovic…

4 years, 3 months ago0

Ze_Austin
Chelsea BGW 24/25

https://twitter.com/FFScout/status/1465264411178897408?s=20 BLANK GAMEWEEKS CONFIRMED Chelsea will blank in Gameweeks 24 and 25 after FIFA announced the dates for the rearranged Club World Cup th…

4 years, 3 months ago8

Skonto Rigga
Monday's Press Conference Times

Straight back into it today - eight pressers coming up/already started: Bielsa - 8am Howe - 9am Smith - 9am Vieira - 12.30pm Hasenhuttl - 1pm Dyche - 1.15pm Potter - 1.30pm Rodgers - 1.30pm

4 years, 3 months ago1

TopMarx
SCOUT PICKS COMMUNITY CHAMPION LOTTERY - GW14 & GW15

Quick turnaround between Gameweeks but still hoping to find a Community champion to take on the Scout Picks. The current leader is Holmes, who set a 25-point winning margin in Gameweek 7. Althoug…

4 years, 3 months ago2

RedLightning
GW13 Rough with the Smooth

Rough with the Smooth, Gameweek 13. How did your Gameweek go? You can share your tales of joy and woe here.

4 years, 3 months ago34

Mullered in Maenam
Allsvenskan Fantasy GW29 scout picks

Thanks for the GW 29 Scout Picks Petter: https://allsvenskan.se/fantasy/scout-picks-gw29 Armband on Walemark (C) and VC on Sylisufaj of IKS who I was sorely tempted to captain. For a 4.5m forward…

4 years, 3 months ago16

Skonto Rigga
FFS Open Cup 1st Round Draw

The first round of the FFS Cup has been drawn following qualifying in GW12. A score of 62 or above (after hits) would have seen you through, while those scoring 61 points and ranked 724,950th or be…

4 years, 3 months ago9

Skonto Rigga
Friday's Press Conference Times

Morning all - 13 pressers on the list today (suspect there'll be some stuff from Rodgers and Conte embargoed from last night, too): Frank - 8am Tindall - 9am Gerrard - 9am Smith - 9am Klopp - 12.…

4 years, 3 months ago2

Az
Gameweek 13 Q&A

Sam and I are live over on YouTube tomorrow morning at 9.30 for the weekly Q&A. Any questions for us? We'll also be taking questions from the chat live, so drop in and join us! https://youtu.be/z…

4 years, 3 months ago11

Skonto Rigga
Thursday's Press Conference Times

Morning folks, here are today's pressers - including one already underway: Arteta - 8.15am Hasenhuttl - 1pm Bielsa - 1pm Potter - 1pm Benitez - 2.30pm Rodgers - post-Europa League

4 years, 3 months ago3

Rainer
Chilwell update...

UPDATE: Ben Chilwell set to miss at least the rest of the year with suspected ACL damage. Chelsea prepared to delay a final decision on whether he can play again this season until the New Year. Sto…

4 years, 3 months ago17

G-Whizz
GW13 Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW13 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/20oi35f (Provided by Betbrain) GW12 clean sheets: MCI: 54% ✅ MNU: 40% ❌ CHE: 39% ✅ LIV: 36% ✅ TOT: 36% ❌ SOU: 35% ❌ AVL: 33% ✅…

4 years, 3 months ago7

Camzy
Are three strong subs necessary?

Interesting to go back and check how often you actually need your bench. This season, I have only had 3 players come off the bench for me. And always only the first sub. 9/12 weeks my entire XI ha…

4 years, 3 months ago17

RedLightning
GW12 Mini-League Leaders

GW12 Mini-League Leaders: This is a report on the leaders of various Fantasy Football Scout FPL mini-leagues and community competitions after Gameweek 12, together with news of the FFS Cups and th…

4 years, 3 months ago1

J0E
Busting the myths of FPL - leave your questions for the scoutcast here

***LIVE SCOUTCAST TUES 8pm #GW13 *** BUSTING THE MYTHS OF FPL! What #fpl myths would you like to see tackled, carded and sent off? Let us know here

4 years, 3 months ago26