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Looks promising https://twitter.com/EM10Buendia/status/1425938696814186503

Early doors, there seems to be many potential whipping boys. By this, I mean teams that could potentially concede multiple times a game on a pretty regular basis. In no particular order: - Norwic…

Lukaku!!!!! £11.5m - yay or nay for your FPL team?

GW1 Fixture and clean sheet odds (updated) https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/23925066

7 reasons why an early BB could work out well for the non-expert FPL manager: 1. It gets it out of the way and allows you to focus your transfers on your first XI after your first WC and for the m…

A huge talking point and one the more popular decisions people seem to be making, is Jota v Greenwood. Both the same price. Who are you going with if any, and why?

The more I think about it, the more I lean towards Tsimikas not being worth it. While I appreciate that over the course of GW1 and GW2 Tsimikas + Raphina + Ings likely score more points than Ayling…

28 New Players added to FPL: Cutrone FOR Wolves £5.0m Coventry MID West Ham £4.5m Alves DEF West Ham £4.0m Scarlett FOR Spurs £4.5m Long FOR Southampton £5.5m Broja FOR Southampton £5.0…

It's a new season and after AA33 stormed to the title last year, Scout Picks Community Champion is back for another year.

 For the uninitiated among you, each week the Scouts pick a team of pl…

One 4.0 to rule them all... My internal debate around Tsimikas is reaching Council of Elrond proportions: "It is a gift. Why not use this 4.0?" "You cannot field him. None of us can. Not without l…

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…

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 …

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 …

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…

Will you be fitting Lukaku into your team?

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?

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…

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: …

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?

Ings to villa done

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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!

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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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/

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 …

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% …

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…

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 …

Why all the Raph love? 3/4 tough opening fixtures. GW5 on yes, great option.

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 …

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…