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 Geoff | GW3 Breakout Players Who do you think will find form and step up to score big this GW, and why? Maybe someone who hasn't had a double digit score in a while, has a series of no attacking returns, or has very low owner… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 43 |
 Az | FPL BlackBox | Episode Four Hey all, Mark, Luke (a.k.a. d1sable) and I recorded FPL Black Box Episode 4 last night and there's lots of ways you can watch / listen if you missed it last night. The idea of FPL BlackBox is to … | 5 years, 5 months ago | 12 |
 BigManBakar | GW2 Review The Review: GW 2 Hi everyone, welcome to the latest edition of The Review where I look back on the key numbers of GW 2 with a look ahead to GW 3: (Data taken from FFScout with permission) 1) Wh… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 20 |
 RedLightning | Mini-leagues Update after game-week 2 Mini-leagues Update, GW2: FFS Head-to-Head leagues (https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/head-to-head-leagues/): Over eight thousand FPL managers have now been allocated to appropriate twenty-te… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 1 |
 Lateriser 12 | The FPL Wire - Episode 4 The FPL Wire Episode 4 - The Boys Played Well (its a good one) Youtube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=gnMb9tKU8Fo&t=3014s Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5c9qKwPsPUjAxZ9WTT5nUM Apple: https:… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 9 |
Az | Bale and Reguilón added Bale (£9.5m) and Reguilón (£5.5m) both added. Both prices as expected IMO, although was some hope that Bale would be priced identically to Son (£9.0m). I'm really tempted by Bale. I know he … | 5 years, 5 months ago | 35 |
 J0E | Live Scoutcast Tonight (Tues) 8pm - leave your questions here Scoutcast tonight at 8pm. Az and I will be joined by Karam. Feel free to leave your questions here. | 5 years, 5 months ago | 26 |
Geoff | GW2 Rough with the Smooth How was your GW2? Were any of your players benched? Did you get any injuries? How did your bench perform? Did your captain return? Tell us your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek 2, here: | 5 years, 5 months ago | 59 |
Geoff | Wanted: Mods for Arabic content Anyone out there interested in being an mod for Arabic content? Looking for a few, so please email me if you're interested! Geoff@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk | 5 years, 5 months ago | 0 |
 DantheManinaPan | To wildcard or not to wildcard, that is the question. I was so so tempted to wildcard today, and very nearly hit the trigger, but I decided that before I would, I’d write down a list of reasons why it might not be worth it to see if I could convince… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 29 |
 Gregor | Gameweek 2 Captaincy All aboard for Aubameyang? No arguing with the poll from me this week as the in form Arsenal man takes on a West Ham side that lost comfortably at home to Newcastle last week at the Emirates in t… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 28 |
Geoff | GW2 Breakout Players Who do you think will find form and step up to score big this GW, and why? Maybe someone who had a poor GW1 (or didn't have a fixture), or has very low ownership. Have you seen something in someo… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 46 |
 G-Whizz | GW2 Fixture and clean sheet odds GW2 Fixtures and clean sheet odds GW2 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/uj1sku (Provided by Betbrain) GW1 clean sheet results LIV: 47% ❌ ARS: 40% ✅ WOL: 39% ✅ CHE: 38% ❌ … | 5 years, 5 months ago | 12 |
BigManBakar | GW1 Review The Review: GW 1 Hi everyone, welcome to the latest edition of The Review. Presented below is my analysis of the Premier League action in GW 1 with a look ahead to GW 2: (Data taken from FFScout… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 14 |
 Meltens | Allsvenskan DGW21 - Scout picks and chips Double Gameweek time in Fantasy Allsvenskan! Scout picks are here, be sure to check them out: https://www.allsvenskan.se/fantasy/fantasy-football-scout-dgw21-scout-picks Will you use this opportun… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 7 |
 andy85wsm | SCOUT PICKS CHAMPION LOTTERY - GAMEWEEK 2 We're looking for a new Community Champion for Gameweek 2. 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 us… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 0 |
 TopMarx | The Great And The Good Community Team Great to have these articles again this season and what a good opportunity for the community to get involved. For those who would like to put themselves forward for selection, as mentioned by the… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 9 |
 Camzy | Are Man United's fixtures overrated? I think a lot of people are blinded by Manchester United right now because of this Palace fixture (which btw, isn't even that good considering Palace's decent GW1 showing against Southampton). Thei… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 39 |
Lateriser 12 | The FPL Wire - Episode 3 New Episode Alert "Why did you have to ask me first?" - The FPL Wire Ep 3 Zophar, BigManBakar & I discuss GW1 Observations, Spurs Assets, Early Wildcards, Mo, Everton, Chelsea, Liverpool, Budget … | 5 years, 5 months ago | 13 |
Geoff | Gameweek 1 Rough with the Smooth How was your GW1? Were any of your players benched? Did you get any injuries? How did your bench perform? Did your captain return? Tell us your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek 1, here: | 5 years, 5 months ago | 42 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tonight (Tues) 8pm - leave your questions here Live Scoutcast tonight -8pm Az and I will be joined by Simon March! Feel free to leave your questions here. | 5 years, 5 months ago | 37 |
 DavidMunday815 | Fulham vs Arsenal Match Data Live Hi everyone, Just to let you know that the match data from Fulham v Arsenal has updated in the Premium Members Area. Make sure you head over there now to view average positions of every player, to… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 9 |
Meltens | Allsvenskan GW20 - Scout Picks Scout picks gameweek 20 here https://twitter.com/allsvfantasy/status/1304710556604039169?s=21 Anyone else caught up in the Tankovic hype or do you think it was just a flash in the pan last week? A… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 8 |
Gregor | GW1 Captaincy Auba - Ownership: 48.5%, Poll: 53.31% Salah - Ownership: 32.3%, Poll: 25.65% Mané - Ownership: 14%, Poll: 3.89% Werner - Ownership: 49.4%, Poll: 3.53% Those percentages for Salah are quite su… | 5 years, 5 months ago | 23 |
BigManBakar | GW1 Preview The Preview: GW 1 Hi everyone! Having a tough time deciding on your FPL team? Here I address the most common dilemmas in the FPL community right now, hours before we head into GW1: (Data taken … | 5 years, 6 months ago | 16 |
BigManBakar | Promoted Teams FPL Assets Which FPL assets to pick from promoted teams? Hi everyone, I hope you have been keeping well over the break. Presented below is an overview of this season’s promoted teams as we head closer to … | 5 years, 6 months ago | 20 |
andy85wsm | Not the eye test vs stats debate again... Enjoyed this, and I think it's always important to have a good eye for both stats and general play, I think even the most hardened "stats people" would agree. Everyone loves a good eye test v stat… | 5 years, 6 months ago | 10 |
andy85wsm | SCOUT PICKS CHAMPION LOTTERY - GAMEWEEK 1 We're back with a new season of Community Champions, ahead of FPL 2020/21. Think you have the eye to pick the differentials and form a winning team vs the Scout Picks? We need a Community Champion… | 5 years, 6 months ago | 0 |
Meltens | Allsvenskan BGW19 - Scout Picks and captains Scout picks for blank gameweek 19 here: https://www.allsvenskan.se/fantasy/fantasy-football-scout-gw19-scout-picks Honestly, it's a tough gameweek with most teams struggling to field more than 7-8… | 5 years, 6 months ago | 28 |
TopMarx | Is there value in going big at the back? Thank you for the article kierenbwfc. It's an interesting debate and it's good to see Pro Pundit Darren Wiles also favouring a big-at-the-back approach, as I am too. FPL is a limited-budget game, … | 5 years, 6 months ago | 38 |
Lateriser 12 | The FPL Wire, Episode 2 The FPL Wire Episode 2 is now live. This week, Zophar, Bakar & I discuss Wildcards, Going without Mo, Kai, New, Eve, Lei, Captainces & our teams. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQOPL3C1… | 5 years, 6 months ago | 9 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tonight (Tues) 8pm - leave your questions here Live Scoutcast tonight! Starts at 8pm. Feel free to leave your questions here. | 5 years, 6 months ago | 45 |
 pundit of punts | Reasons to wildcard in GW4 10 reasons to WC in GW 4 - 🙂 1. Chelsea mid of choice to emerge after the first few gws 2. Getting the likes of Vardy, Aguero, Jimenez etc as their fixtures turn gold after a few gws 3. Mid pri… | 5 years, 6 months ago | 50 |
G-Whizz | GW1 Fixture and clean sheet odds GW1 Fixtures and clean sheet odds GW1 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/ud63id (Provided by Betbrain) GW1 clean sheet odds LIV: 47% ARS: 40% WOL: 39% CHE: 38% TOT: 38% LEI: 34% W… | 5 years, 6 months ago | 31 |
Gregor | Favoured Fodder With just over a week now to get our tinkering done, I think I’m happy with the bulk of my squad and the biggest question marks probably hang over the ‘fodder’ players that I will be largely … | 5 years, 6 months ago | 35 |
 mir | Head-to-Head Leagues Entry Just a reminder the FFScout Head -to-Head leagues close at the GW1 deadline. Details on how to enter are in the link below. https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2020/08/28/2020-21-ffscout-head-t… | 5 years, 6 months ago | 2 |
Lateriser 12 | The FPL Wire, Episode 1 *New Pod Alert* "It was an emotional time" - The FPL Wire Ep 1 (Now Live) Zophar666, BigManBakar and I are really excited to share this with you. We hope enjoy, RT & Subscribe. A Big Thank You t… | 5 years, 6 months ago | 23 |
 Rotation's Alter Ego | August Community Writer of the Month After a fantastic August that saw 30 CAs published in the runup to the new season, it's now that time where we ask you to show your thanks to the writers. Every month we ask you to vote for the Com… | 5 years, 6 months ago | 0 |
 FPL ZB | Penny pinching forwards Where are you looking for your budget forwards? (6.0 and below) Mitrovic, Adams and Rodrigo seem the current picks, but the likes of Batshuayi could get a transfer and become viable. Or will yo… | 5 years, 6 months ago | 28 |
Geoff | Best 'season keeper' picks Who is your top 'season keeper' this season? *Obviously no one is essential *Obviously no one is actually a must have *Obviously BGWs and DGWs mean most players won't be in our team for 38 GWs. S… | 5 years, 6 months ago | 50 |
Camzy | Too Soon for Timo Time? Getting more and more settled without Werner in the draft to start the season. To be clear, I don't think he's a bad pick. I think he'll be very good in fact and may be bringing him in as early as… | 5 years, 6 months ago | 23 |
 sully29 | Dissecting Doherty Regarding Doherty and whether he's a better/worse pick at Spurs..... The issue isn't whether he will be attacking, it's whether he'll be able to attack in the same way he does at Wolves. Because i… | 5 years, 6 months ago | 70 |
Meltens | Allsvenskan GW18 - Scout picks and captains https://www.allsvenskan.se/fantasy/fantasy-football-scout-gw18-scout-picks Who are you captaining this week? Malmö and Hammarby had midweek fixtures, does that play into it for you? Final GW befo… | 5 years, 6 months ago | 5 |
 Piggs Boson | Liverpool 19/20 attacking shape compared with Man City 17/18. If anyone's interested, here's a comparison of the Liverpool 19/20 attacking shape with the Man City 17/18 attacking shape. Arguably two of the best ever Premier League sides (99pts & 100pts 😯 ):… | 5 years, 6 months ago | 22 |
 Davido989 | The Worst FPL Terms FPL Terms you don't like I'll go first: Price points | 5 years, 6 months ago | 170 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Mid-priced forwards to lead the line Really good roundup of the mid-priced forwards here, thank you Mentor! Speaking of which, who is the best 2nd forward? Assuming most people are using a 352 (or a 343, despite it's fall in popular… | 5 years, 6 months ago | 19 |
 AK ⭐ | The Potential New Look Chelsea With all the news (and there's so much of it) on Chelsea business in this transfer window, I thought I'd share my thoughts and educated guess and predictions with you lot on how Frank Lampard would… | 5 years, 6 months ago | 48 |
TopMarx | Spurs Scout Notes My thoughts on Spurs and notes from the first pre-season friendly yesterday: Ostensibly a 4-4-2 line-up but changes in attack, Gedson was playing the advanced right-back role. Son up top with All… | 5 years, 6 months ago | 41 |
Geoff | GW1: Picks, Chips, and Captains With the fixtures now out, who is a lock for your GW1 team? Alongside that, how are you planning to get around the BGW? Early WC? Chip? Strong bench? Do you have a GW1 captain lined up? | 5 years, 6 months ago | 47 |
mir | H2H league entry is LIVE Just a quick note to advise that the FFScout Head-to-Head 2020 / 2021 entry league is now open. I've renewed last seasons league so if you remained in that league until the end of the seson you'll … | 5 years, 6 months ago | 7 |