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 Rainer | Robertson update Andy Robertson update from Jurgen Klopp. Seems it will 2/3 games absence “I think we got lucky,” said Klopp. “It could have been much worse. It will not be too long. I’m not sure if it wil… | 4 years, 8 months ago | 19 |
 MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman | Potential Liverpool Targets Liverpool fpl review: Attackers: Salah should be in everyone's team regardless of a slow pre season. He had one last year and belted in a hat trick in gw 1. Talk of decline is grossly exaggerated … | 4 years, 8 months ago | 18 |
 Witty Pun: Not good at this… | Iheanacho warning PSA to anyone still holding on to Iheanacho: Rodgers seems to be happily returning to four at the back. This change unfortunately means Iheanacho is very unlikely to start much, at least to begin … | 4 years, 8 months ago | 10 |
 Az | Don’t miss Mark Sutherns’ (Members only) video If you're a Premium Member of FFS, don't forget to check out Mark Sutherns and Andy as they talk how real like transfers could impact on their sections and the sharing of their current drafts ahead… | 4 years, 8 months ago | 0 |
 Avery | Will you own Lukaku? Will you be fitting Lukaku into your team? | 4 years, 8 months ago | 14 |
 Meltens | Allsvenskan Fantasy GW14 - Scout Picks & Captains GW14 is just around the corner with a kickoff time of 15.30 CET! If we are lucky we might get some team news ahead of the deadline. A tricky week for captaincy, who are you placing the armband on? | 4 years, 8 months ago | 10 |
Az | FFS TRANSFER PLANNER Hey guys, Just dropping a note to say I am absolutely PSYCHED about the new FFS Transfer Planner. I've been working on it for the last few months with the brains behind the Championship Manager F… | 4 years, 8 months ago | 20 |
 G-Whizz | GW1 Fixture and clean sheet odds (updated) GW1 fixture odds can be found here: https://www.betbrain.com/football/england/premier-league/ GW1 clean sheet odds: CHE: 56% (+4) LEI: 44% (-1) LIV: 43% MCI: 39% BHA: 38% (+1) MNU: 36% (+1) ARS: … | 4 years, 8 months ago | 16 |
 Geoff | Fofana injury - budget defenders Following Fofana's injury, who is your pick for the best budget defender? Why? Looks to be a difficult choice now with no one standout option. Who is on your watchlist? | 4 years, 8 months ago | 24 |
 ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐ | Danny Ings to Aston Villa Ings to villa done | 4 years, 8 months ago | 14 |
 Rasping Drive | Are Community Shield line-ups a good guide for GW1? Are Community Shield lineups a reliable guide for GW1? A common assumption is that the lineups in the CS are a good guide as to which players will feature in GW1. I spent a bit of time to find out… | 4 years, 8 months ago | 9 |
 Ginkapo FPL | Impact of refereeing changes Hot Topic - What do we anticipate to be the impact of refereeing changes? Penalties: "Referees will look for contact and establish clear contact, then ask themselves the question: does that conta… | 4 years, 8 months ago | 33 |
Rasping Drive | Is Jota worth the risk? Is Diogo Jota worth the risk? Using last season as a guide we can see that: Jota was available for selection for 19 gameweeks over the whole season. Starts: 12 (63% of total) Featured as sub: 7 (3… | 4 years, 8 months ago | 17 |
 Athletic Nasherbo | Is double Liverpool defence justifiable? Surprised more of the FPL community have not mobilised to explain why Liverpool defensive assets aren’t as good as we might think! Negatives: - TAA + Robbo priced at 7.5 + 7.0 respectively. T… | 4 years, 8 months ago | 27 |
Meltens | Allsvenskan Fantasy - Scout Picks BGW13 https://allsvenskan.se/fantasy/scout-picks-gw13 Scout Picks for Blank GW13! Will you be able to fit a full 11 without taking a hit? Who are you looking to captain this tricky week with Hammarby … | 4 years, 8 months ago | 8 |
 Hairy Potter | Fans' return: The downsides I wonder if the return of fans with have a positive or negative impact on teams this season. Still not a lot of love in Newcastle for Bruce and some of the performances last season rank up there w… | 4 years, 8 months ago | 11 |
 Nate(U)dog(ie) | Would Grealish be nailed at City? I have Grealish and Foden in my current draft and have been pondering who I'd prefer to keep (if either) if Grealish goes to City. Was thinking for the price he'd end up being you'd imagine Grealis… | 4 years, 8 months ago | 13 |
 Greyhead | Calling all Community Captains The Community Tournament has been supersized this year - some questions answered in the latest article. We have already doubled the number of captains from last year but want to triple up (mainly b… | 4 years, 8 months ago | 1 |
 Baps Hunter | How to fit in 3 heavy hitters No matter what I do, having 3 very big hitters is overkill if Kane goes to Manchester. One strategy might be trying to play fixtures with them and have 2/3 of them all the time. If starting with Sa… | 4 years, 9 months ago | 14 |
Az | guinea pigs needed Am looking for a few FFS users to try out a new tool that's in the works. If you're interested, can you email me at az@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk Cheers! | 4 years, 9 months ago | 8 |
Avery | Everton friendly report Half time It’s a good run out for the Everton players. Temperatures are roasting there.They are definitely playing like it’s an exhibition match. - Digne took a high boot to the face at 43mi… | 4 years, 9 months ago | 12 |
 Ruth_NZ | Toney reservations Seems like there's a fair old bandwagon about Ivan Toney [Brentford, 6.5m] with many talking as if he's a good thing. So thought I'd take a look at his prospects. First things first: you can't equ… | 4 years, 9 months ago | 60 |
Meltens | Allsvenskan GW12 - Scout Picks Scout picks GW12: https://allsvenskan.se/fantasy/scout-picks-gw12 How are you dealing with a tricky captain week with some potential rotation on the cards for the clubs involved in European qualif… | 4 years, 9 months ago | 5 |
 Kloppage Time | Fitting Kane in Not sure I wanted Kane to go to Man City as I will have to rip my team apart now to fit in him, just cannot see going without him now. | 4 years, 9 months ago | 25 |
 mixology | Early or late WC? How many fixtures are you looking at when selecting your GW1 team? I always get off to a slow start by selecting mostly players who I want to keep long term, combined with the fact I'm a rubbish F… | 4 years, 9 months ago | 17 |
 Boris Bodega | New FPL Community Tournament for 21/22 Managers required for the best Fantasy Football Community tournament there is! https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2021/07/20/community-tournament-2021-22-strikers-keepers-losers-weepers/ | 4 years, 9 months ago | 0 |
Athletic Nasherbo | Leicester players overlooked? Are we sleeping on Leicester assets? 20/21 after 7 games - 2nd place (1 point off Liverpool) 19/20 after 7 games - 3rd place (7 points off top - Liverpool had won all) 21/22 - Leicester have … | 4 years, 9 months ago | 47 |
G-Whizz | GW1 Fixtures and clean sheet odds GW1 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/1btpvg4 (Provided by Betbrain) GW1 clean sheet odds: CHE: 52% LEI: 45% LIV: 41% MCI: 39% BHA: 37% EVE: 35% MNU: 35% WHU: 33% ARS: 32% … | 4 years, 9 months ago | 13 |
 Rotation's Alter Ego | Would old-fashioned pricing be more fun? A couple weeks ago, I spent a bit of time looking through how FPL have changed their pricing strategy over the years. One year that caught the eye was 04/05. As a general summary: Premiums were… | 4 years, 9 months ago | 17 |
 HurriKane | The Case for Buendia Case for Emi Buendia !! Villa record signing at 38m is going straight into my team and here's why. - Buendia scored 15 goals and registered 16 assists claiming Sky Bet Championship Player of the … | 4 years, 9 months ago | 14 |
 DAZZ | Too much Raphinha love? Why all the Raph love? 3/4 tough opening fixtures. GW5 on yes, great option. | 4 years, 9 months ago | 32 |
 Camzy | Mane and Salah in GW1? Thoughts on starting with Mane + Salah? They have gotten really long summer breaks. VvD will also be back. I think Pool could be the strongest starters of the new season. Going Salah + Mane + TAA … | 4 years, 9 months ago | 34 |
 RedLightning | Light touch VAR? The officials at the Euros showed a much lighter touch as regards VAR, with the result that far fewer decisions were reversed after VAR reviews. None of the dodgy penalties and red cards for compar… | 4 years, 9 months ago | 10 |
 Skonto Rigga | Scout Notes Poll Trying to gauge opinion on the normal Scout Notes (not the pre-season variety) so set up a poll on the sidebar. Feedback seems to be mixed; some like the lengthier write-ups, some others find it a … | 4 years, 9 months ago | 5 |
 ritzyd | Is Toney all that? Is Toney all that? He was one of the first names of my draft one but i have since taken him out. Why? I watched the highlights on youtube of all his goals and assist from last season and looked at… | 4 years, 9 months ago | 33 |
RedLightning | FPL Editorial Content Suggestions Nine dormant article strands from the past are described in the article and survey above, but if there are any others that we’ve unfairly overlooked then please mention them here. And also pleas… | 4 years, 9 months ago | 34 |
 FPL Virgin | Picking settled/proven players in GW1 For me, I like certainty in my gameweek 1 side. I like players who have a good track record in the premier league. Not only that ... but they need a settled manager in charge of team. So I don't… | 4 years, 9 months ago | 19 |
 Steve The Spud | FPL Forward Line Plans What’s everyone’s front 2/3 atm I’m on Watkins dcl Toney atm but subject to change depending on transfers and Pre season form Feel like with the these 3 you play the stats and also get 3 … | 4 years, 9 months ago | 27 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Nuno New Numero Uno Manager merry-go-round in full swing now, Nuno to Spurs confirmed. https://twitter.com/SpursOfficial/status/1410316079105122304?s=19 Any interest here for FPL? My first thoughts are obviously Do… | 4 years, 9 months ago | 9 |
 Elfozzie 42 | Benitez to Everton - Does that change your picks? Benitez became the blues 5th manager in 5 seasons when he was unveiled at Goodison Park today https://twitter.com/Everton/status/1410240527988051968 It's fair to say the fan reaction has been 'mixe… | 4 years, 9 months ago | 9 |
 Holmes | Bench Boosting in Gameweek 1 Am I alone in BB1 camp? | 4 years, 10 months ago | 39 |
Skonto Rigga | New FFS editor and deputy Afternoon all, I'm chuffed to bits to be stepping up as Editor and humbled to be asked to do so. I'm even more delighted to welcome aboard Tom, a bona fide FPL great and a manager whose season hi… | 4 years, 10 months ago | 39 |
 schlupptheweek | Wolves bargains under Lage I know the season is a long way a way but Wolves could provide a few bargains given Bruno Lage's trust in youth and attacking 4-4-2 formation. We will very likely buy a striker but given we're unli… | 4 years, 10 months ago | 10 |
RedLightning | FPL Mini-leagues to enter The Opening Day League (league code 4bfkn8) 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 12.15pm on Wednesday 23rd Jun… | 4 years, 10 months ago | 18 |
 Maximus Bonimus Pointimus | Is a strong template forming? With those prices & fixtures - is anyone *not* starting with Watkins, Raphinia, Salah, Bruno, Sanchez and a Liverpool defender? That’s two thirds of most teams sorted already 😆 | 4 years, 10 months ago | 32 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | FPL Pricing First Impressions Lots of FPL price releases today - who are you liking the look of and who has been overpriced? Full list of the prices revealed so far (bar Liverpool, Norwich and West Ham, only included a select … | 4 years, 10 months ago | 34 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Could Palace offer value? Next on the list is Palace Zaha - MID - 7m Guaita - GK - 4.5m Mitchell - DEF - 4.5m Benteke - FWD - 6.5m https://twitter.com/CPFC/status/1406572536586964992?s=20 | 4 years, 10 months ago | 15 |
 SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE | Sanchez at 4.5m - easy pick? Sanchez (4.5m) that’s the GK sorted | 4 years, 10 months ago | 7 |
Skonto Rigga | FPL player price reaction Any stand-out players from these early prices? Smith-Rowe generous at £5.5m? The Pepe of GW35-38 would be a steal at £7.5m but... Arteta. | 4 years, 10 months ago | 11 |
Az | FIXTURE LIST 21/22 - EARLY THOUGHTS VIDEO Don't forget to check out my video with David on the new fixture list for the 21/22 season! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4aA3J60yDQ | 4 years, 10 months ago | 0 |