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AuthorHot TopicDateReplies

Geoff
Gameweek 33 Rough with the Smooth

How was your Gameweek?

 Were any of your players benched? Did your transfers pay off? How did your bench perform? Did your captain return?

 Share your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek…

4 years, 10 months ago31

J0E
Live Scoutcast Tues 8pm - leave your questions here

Live Scoutcast Tuesday evening at 8pm Feel free to leave your questions here on GWK 34 and beyond. Joining Seb and I is Flapjack from FPL Surgery. 🙂

4 years, 10 months ago10

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/anything else? Please post as an A or B question, and please answer a few other people af…

4 years, 10 months ago77

RedLightning
FFS Mini-Leagues & Community Competitions, Gameweek 32

Welcome to the Fantasy Football Scout mini-leagues and community competitions round-up after Double Gameweek 32, when the ESL dragon was slain and most of the biggest scores were obtained by manage…

4 years, 10 months ago2

Geoff
GW33 Breakout Players

Who do you think will find form this GW, stepping up with a big score, and why?

 Maybe someone who hasn’t scored well lately, has very low ownership, or is being broadly overlooked in the c…

4 years, 10 months ago9

Legomané
Friday press conference times

Friday Press conference times Smith - 9:30am Bruce - 9:30am Bielsa - 9.30am Nuno - 1pm Dyche - 1pm Moyes - 1.30pm Tuchel - 1.30pm Klopp - 1.30pm Solskjaer - 1.30pm https://twitter.com/ffscout/sta…

4 years, 10 months ago6

Geoff
Gameweek 32 Rough with the Smooth

How was your Gameweek?

 Were any of your players benched? Did your transfers pay off? How did your bench perform? Did your captain return?

 Share your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek…

4 years, 10 months ago15

BigManBakar
The Review: GW 32

The Review: GW 32 Greetings everyone, welcome to my latest article where I discuss the upcoming gameweek and the gameweek gone by at length: (Data taken from FFScout with consent) Q: In this sec…

4 years, 10 months ago4

G-Whizz
GW33 Fixtures and clean sheet odds

GW33 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/11vej7w (Provided by Betbrain) GW32 clean sheet results: MNU: 51% ❌ WOL: 50% ✅ LEI: 49% ✅ MCI: 47% ❌ CHE: 46% ✅ ARS: 44% ❌ WHU: …

4 years, 10 months ago4

Sam FPLFamily
Submit Q&A questions for Adam

Tomorrow we are running another Live Q&A over on the FFS_Community Twitter account. This week Adam from the FPL Experiment Podcast and Official FPLShow guest will be answering your questions. Y…

4 years, 10 months ago6

Az
Take part in the FFS Survey

Hi all, Keen to ensure that this isn't lost. The survey will be up and running for the next two weeks or so and want to make sure all site users have the opportunity to fill it in. I've set this u…

4 years, 10 months ago6

andy85wsm
SCOUT PICKS CHAMPION LOTTERY - GAMEWEEK 33

We're looking for a new Community Champion for Gameweek 33. Think you have the eye to pick the differentials and form a winning team vs the Scout Picks? We need a Community Champion to represent u…

4 years, 10 months ago0

Eze Really?
ESL: more support outside the UK?

Hi Huys, I would love to know the viewpoint of those who live outside the UK and support the big 6, if they would want the ESL to arrive?

4 years, 10 months ago59

Ragabolly
Price Changes

Risers: None Fallers: Ødegaard (5.8) Doucouré (5.1)

4 years, 10 months ago2

Captain Vantastic™
Mourinho sacked: what are the impacts?

Jose gone

4 years, 10 months ago14

Geoff
ESL: yes or no?

So as pointed out by a few we didn't yet have a Hot Topic yet on the Super League. Remember, if you see something that's HT-worthy please flag it to the mod team! Ideally something that provokes co…

4 years, 10 months ago47

Party time
Will Super League affect FPL?

European super league will surely affect fpl next season. As if Champions league wasn’t enough

4 years, 10 months ago15

J0E
Live Scoutcast Tues 8pm - leave your questions here

***Scoutcast Tuesday 8pm!*** Joining @SebWassell and I is @TheFPLPrince Everton, Leeds and Brighton all represented....the Big three! Feel free to let us know your questions here

4 years, 10 months ago3

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/anything else? Please post as an A or B question, and please answer a few other people af…

4 years, 10 months ago98

Geoff
GW32 Breakout Players

Who do you think will find form this GW, stepping up with a big score, and why?

 Maybe someone who hasn’t scored well lately, has very low ownership, or is being broadly overlooked in the c…

4 years, 10 months ago21

BigManBakar
GW31 Review

The Review: GW 31 Greetings everyone, welcome to my latest article where I discuss the upcoming double gameweek with particular focus on triple captaincy: (Data taken from FFScout with consent) …

4 years, 10 months ago13

andy85wsm
SCOUT PICKS CHAMPION LOTTERY - GAMEWEEK 32

We're looking for a new Community Champion for Gameweek 32. Think you have the eye to pick the differentials and form a winning team vs the Scout Picks? We need a Community Champion to represent u…

4 years, 10 months ago0

G-Whizz
GW32 Fixtures and clean sheet odds

GW32 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/11aubf9 (Provided by Betbrain) GW31 clean sheet results: CHE: 49% ❌ ARS: 47% ✅ MCI: 46% ❌ LIV: 40% ❌ BUR: 38% ❌ FUL: 38% ❌ BHA: …

4 years, 10 months ago17

J0E
Live Scoutcast Tues 8pm - leave your questions here

Scoutcast Feel free to leave your questions for us here. Plus one of the topics we will discuss is "unfairly unfashionable players"...players FPL managers may be unfairly dismissing despite prom…

4 years, 11 months ago10

Geoff
Allsvenskan Fantasy GW1 deadline

Allsvenskan Fantasy GW1 deadline is at 13:00! How's your team looking? Any last minute decisions still to make?

4 years, 11 months ago7

Geoff
GW31 Breakout Players

Who do you think will find form this GW, stepping up with a big score, and why?

 Maybe someone who hasn’t scored well lately, has very low ownership, or is being broadly overlooked in the c…

4 years, 11 months ago14

BigManBakar
GW30 Review

The Review: GW 30 Greetings everyone, welcome to my latest piece where I discuss the happenings in the FPL stratosphere with particular focus on wildcards: (Data taken from FFScout with consent) …

4 years, 11 months ago6

Geoff
Premium vs Budget dilemmas

It seems quite a few are looking at some premium vs budget dilemmas right now, similar to Az (above article) when considering Liverpool and Leicester. Salah v Jota Vardy v Iheanacho TAA v Phillips…

4 years, 11 months ago9

Moxon
Best GK to finish the season

Who is your GK for the rest of the season and why?

4 years, 11 months ago17

Sam FPLFamily
Submit Q&A questions for Seb

FFS_Community Twitter Q&A Tomorrow at 6:30 GMT we will be running another Q&A over on our community Twitter account. This week Pro Pundit Seb Wassell will be answering your Gameweek 31 #FPL ques…

4 years, 11 months ago10

andy85wsm
SCOUT PICKS CHAMPION LOTTERY - GAMEWEEK 31

We're looking for a new Community Champion for Gameweek 31. Think you have the eye to pick the differentials and form a winning team vs the Scout Picks? We need a Community Champion to represent u…

4 years, 11 months ago0

G-Whizz
GW31 Fixtures and clean sheet odds

GW31 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/115uz3q (Provided by Betbrain) GW30 clean sheet results: CHE: 58% ❌ EVE: 45% ❌ LEE: 45% ❌ MCI: 43% ✅ MNU: 41% ❌ TOT: 41% ❌ SOU: …

4 years, 11 months ago4

Geoff
Gameweek 30 Rough with the Smooth

How was your Gameweek?

 Were any of your players benched? Did your transfers pay off? How did your bench perform? Did your captain return?

 Share your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek…

4 years, 11 months ago14

J0E
Live Scoutcast Tues 8pm - leave your questions here

**Scoutcast Tues 8pm ** Joining me to discuss #gw31 #fpl is @SebWassell and @KaramTayser Will be discussing #wildcards and more! Feel free to leave your questions here

4 years, 11 months ago9

G-Whizz
Pre-GW30 Deadline A or B questions

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

4 years, 11 months ago58

Geoff
GW30 Breakout Players

Who do you think will find form this GW, stepping up with a big score, and why?

 Maybe someone who hasn’t scored well lately, has very low ownership, or is being broadly overlooked in the c…

4 years, 11 months ago35

BigManBakar
GW29 Review

The Review: GW 29 Hi everyone, welcome to “The Review” where I look back on some recent numbers with a look ahead to the football to be played after the international break: (Data taken from …

4 years, 11 months ago18

Sam FPLFamily
SUBMIT QUESTIONS TED TALKS FPL Q&A

Twitter Q&A with Ted Talks FPL Over on the FFS_Community twitter account at 6:00pm tonight we will be running a Q&A with Ted Talks FPL. Post your questions for Ted in a reply to this Hot Topic, …

4 years, 11 months ago3

Rotation's Alter Ego
Double Gameweek 32 Confirmed

April TV times dropped today and with them it looks like a double Gameweek announcement? Tottenham vs Southampton is now in 32 Along with: Aston Villa vs Man City Chelsea vs Brighton Leicester v…

4 years, 11 months ago7

J0E
Live Scoutcast Tues 8pm - leave your questions here

LIVE SCOUTCAST TUES 8pm Feel free to leave your questions for us here!

4 years, 11 months ago11

Deulofail
How valid is the 'something to play for' hypothesis in practice?

Has anyone ever demonstrated the 'something to play for' hypothesis or is it just a widely accepted assumption at this point?

4 years, 11 months ago26

Sam FPLFamily
Submit questions for Current World Number 1

At 5pm over on the new @FFS_Community Twitter account we will be doing a LIVE Q&A with the current FPL world number 1. If you have any questions you'd like answered on strategy, players, teams etc…

4 years, 11 months ago7

FPL Froggies
City cameos

City cameos Hi all, While, generally at this time of the year, the FPL manager with his second Wildcard still available struggles to find the budget to squeeze all the premium in for the run-in, …

4 years, 11 months ago9

TheDragon
Differential captains

Twitter appears to be filled with talk of the need for ‘differential’ captain picks and that you are ‘never going to win’ and are ‘dull’ if you go with highly favoured high EO captain p…

4 years, 11 months ago27

Andy_Social
Is the Bonus Point System fair?

Sorry, I really don't like the baps system as it is. What I dislike is the way players are rewarded or penalised twice over for the same thing. You win points for goals and assists, penalty saves a…

4 years, 11 months ago26

Camzy
Best midfielders for the run-in

Anyone want to discuss run-in midfielders? I'd like to start narrowing down who I want on WC in 31. Must-have: Gundogan, Fernandes -- I'm pretty sure I'm not gonna go without these 2. Elite tier:…

4 years, 11 months ago56

Rotation's Alter Ego
Make or Break Punts

Big thanks to Greyhead for writing the Community Article above, excellent as always. Reading through it, he makes an interesting point in it - is it now time to be brave? As we come into the final…

4 years, 11 months ago22

G-Whizz
GW30 Fixtures and clean sheet odds

GW30fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/10rwhvp (Provided by Betbrain) BGW29 clean sheet results: BHA: 48% ✅ ARS: 30% ❌ FUL: 30% ❌ TOT: 30% ✅ LEE: 27% ❌ WHU: 27% ❌ AVL: …

4 years, 11 months ago9

Hazz
Team Preview tool - Chrome extension...

Hey, my friend has built a Chrome Extension for FPL that allows you to preview your team for future GWs, inside the 'My Team' page on the FPL website. Full credit to him; I've only helped test it…

4 years, 11 months ago7

Legomané
PRE-BGW29 DEADLINE A OR B QUESTIONS

Time for a Pre-Blank-Gameweek deadline A or B thread! What are your last minute questions on your Free Hit chip deployment/ captaincy/ transfers/ hits/ anything else? Please post as an A or B que…

4 years, 11 months ago62