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Portsmouth Bubblejet
Home and Away Rotation Pairs

Here are the 38-game home & away rotating pairs for the 2020-21 season. Each club has one team with whom they always rotate home-and-away. Some pairs are allocated due to close geographical proxim…

5 years, 6 months ago22

Davido989
An early template?

Yes I know fixtures aren't out yet (even so, only blanks would affect my thought process) so feel free to ignore this if it's not your thing 🙂 4.5 | Nyland Trent | Virgil | Vinagre | 4.5 | 4.0 Sa…

5 years, 6 months ago48

The Mighty Hippo
Top Punts

Which players are you taking a punt on this year, either because you have a feeling they will break out and do well, or because they are a new addition to the league who's grabbed your attention? …

5 years, 6 months ago47

Geoff
FFS mini-leagues update

Mini-leagues update! With the new T&Cs regarding cash mini-leagues in FPL, we will be adjusting the requirements for our FFS leagues. The Fantasy Football Scout mini-league will still be availab…

5 years, 6 months ago0

Ze_Austin
The best defences

With full manpower and based on regularly seen performances over the last three seasons, the best fixture-proof defences in the league are Liverpool, Man City and Wolves. In FPL, that gives you TAA…

5 years, 6 months ago28

FPL ZB
Gameweek Deadline moved

Gameweek deadlines have now moved to 90 minutes before kick off of the first match of the gameweek. This should eliminate any advantages gained from ‘in the know’ accounts leaking team news. …

5 years, 6 months ago20

Gregor
Overpriced Assets

Firmino at the same price as last season is disappointing for me, anyone else you think is over priced and you will be avoiding?

5 years, 6 months ago26

RedLightning
Mini-leagues to enter

Mini-leagues to enter: The Opening Day League (2kyuez) is for teams that enter it in the first 24 hours after the FPL launch. It will be closed to new entries at about 10.40am on Sunday 16th Augus…

5 years, 6 months ago24

Rotation's Alter Ego
Day One Bargains

With the game now live, who is immediately jumping out as a bargain to you? Foden 6.5m catches my eye, Antonio as a 6.5m forward doesn't sound bad either!

5 years, 6 months ago24

Meltens
Allsvenskan GW16 - Captains and Scout Picks

Scout picks for GW16 here: https://www.allsvenskan.se/fantasy/fantasy-football-scout-gw16-scout-picks Another tough week for the captaincy, who are you going with? Berget and Vecchia both in form,…

5 years, 6 months ago10

Rotation's Alter Ego
Friday's Price Reveals

Friday 14th Price Reveals Lots of price reveals today, and whenever I thought they were done they've been adding more so this list will constantly update. Kevin De Bruyne - Midfielder - £11.5m M…

5 years, 6 months ago61

Rotation's Alter Ego
Premium midfield price teasers

5 years, 6 months ago37

Karan_G14
Premier League matchweek dates announced

Matchweek dates Announced: Matchweek 1: Saturday 12 September Matchweek 2: Saturday 19 September Matchweek 3: Saturday 26 September Matchweek 4: Saturday 3 October Matchweek 5: Saturday 17 Octobe…

5 years, 7 months ago21

Rotation's Alter Ego
Community Article Round-up

Afternoon everyone, amongst all the excitement that Mark is back, I thought I'd give some more appreciation to the Community articles we have had recently. There have been 12 in the last 7 days (wh…

5 years, 7 months ago1

MTPockets
Allsvenskan GW15 - Captains and Scout Picks

Scout/Melten picks: https://www.allsvenskan.se/fantasy/fantasy-football-scout-gw15-scout-picks

5 years, 7 months ago8

Rotation's Alter Ego
Surviving the first season

Following on from the article above, what should Leeds, West Brom and Fulham focus on if they want PL success? We've seen in the past that spending big isn't the easy answer, with Fulham finishing…

5 years, 7 months ago12

Meltens
Allsvenskan GW13 - Scout picks

Scout picks for GW13 can be found here: https://www.allsvenskan.se/fantasy/fantasy-football-scout-gw13-scout-picks What are you doing with Vecchia, holding or selling? Is it time to go heavy on Ma…

5 years, 7 months ago5

Rotation's Alter Ego
Who to sign and who to sell

Who do each PL team need to sign for next season? I'll start with Chelsea, as it's the team I support. The addition of Ziyech and Werner is absolutely huge and they both offer something sorely ne…

5 years, 7 months ago66

Meltens
Allsvenskan GW12, Scout Picks and captains

Scout picks for GW12 here: https://www.allsvenskan.se/fantasy/fantasy-football-scout-gw12-scout-picks How are you getting on ahead of an intense schedule? 7 Gameweeks in the space of a month might…

5 years, 7 months ago5

Rotation's Alter Ego
How should FPL handle position changes?

By my count, there could be 15 players having their positions changed according to FPL current definitions, with a number of high profile forwards (Aubameyang, Rashford etc) being moved to midfield…

5 years, 7 months ago88

My heart goes Salalalalah
How should City improve their team?

I think Akè is a great signing for City

5 years, 7 months ago45

HammersXI
Spying on Leeds Part 2

Spying on Leeds (Part 2) Just following up on my post 2 days ago regarding Leeds prospects next season. I've covered the defensive aspect, now I shall take a very quick look at the attacking optio…

5 years, 7 months ago56

Lateriser 12
FPL Captaincy

Did a really long captaincy thread. Have a read. https://twitter.com/lateriser12/status/1288374596358422528?s=20

5 years, 7 months ago33

HammersXI
Spying on Leeds

Hey everyone, I haven't seen any write-ups about Leeds atm so maybe I'll just potentially cover some options next season with some price predictions. There's still a lot of unknowns regarding our t…

5 years, 7 months ago87

FOO FIGHTER
Is Salah in decline?

Sterling since joining City points each season 96 149 229 234 204 and 204 And some on here suggest Salah is in decline LOL How many players have scored 32 EPL goals in thier debut season and ave…

5 years, 7 months ago125

Ragabolly
How to save your season history...

If you want to save some of your FPL data for this season, I made a tool on LiveFPL that loads your GW history and weekly squads and points into an excel file. www.livefpl.net/save, enter your FPL…

5 years, 7 months ago42

J0E
Live Scoutcast Tonight (Mon) 8pm - leave your questions here

Live Scoutcast 8pm tonight. Join Andy, Az and myself on Youtube to chat about this season's highs and lows and any lessons we have learned. In the meantime, feel free to ask us questions ahead o…

5 years, 7 months ago59

dorrian123
Sky Fantasy Football Winner!

I am the sky fantasy football champion for 19/20.

5 years, 7 months ago17

Davido989
Mistakes made and lessons learnt

What lessons have you learnt this season and what will you look to change going into next season? Which starts in less than 50 days by the way 🙂

5 years, 7 months ago97

Geoff
GW38+ Rough with the Smooth

How was your GW38+? Which of your players were benched? How did your transfers go? How did your bench perform? Did your captain return? Did playing a chip work for you? Tell us your tales of joy …

5 years, 7 months ago84

@ocprodigy
Scout Picks Challenge GW38+ (with prize)

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 38+ I'm really sorry for the delay on this... celebrating my birthday ended up with way too many drinks! 3 hours to enter... as a thank you for this site, and to a…

5 years, 7 months ago13

Geoff
Pre-deadline A or B questions

Let's do a little pre-deadline A or B thread here. What are your last minute decisions on captaincy/transfers/bench/anything else? Please post as an A or B question, and please answer a few other…

5 years, 7 months ago137

Geoff
Alllsvenskan: GW11 Captaincy and Transfers

Deadline fast approaching Who are you captaining in Allsvenskan? I'm strongly considering Lauritsen, though Haksa seems the sensible choice.. What are your final transfer calls?

5 years, 7 months ago12

Gregor
Gameweek 38+ Captaincy

The end of the Premier League and FPL season is finally upon us then and with only one fixture to consider and free hits aplenty going around, lots of managers will be in a position to give full co…

5 years, 7 months ago10

Geoff
GW38+ Breakout Players

Who do you think will find form and step up to score big this GW, and why? Maybe someone who is a bit under the radar, has very few transfers in, or has low ownership. Have you seen something in …

5 years, 7 months ago23

avfc82
GW38+ Q&A

Pages are moving fast, but I’ll be on here for the next 30 mins, and can answer any questions you have on captaincy, transfers, team selection, differentials etc. … at least to the best of my…

5 years, 7 months ago174

TorresMagic™
Price Changes

Price Changes - 26th July 2020 Rises : Kane 11, Ederson 6.1 Falls : Mané 12.1, Saint-Maximin 5.2, Saïss 4.7, Sharp 5.2, Fernandes 9 Good luck to all on the final day. 🙂

5 years, 7 months ago24

BigManBakar
The Review: GW 37+

The Review: GW 37+ Hi everyone, welcome to The Review. Chasing a mini league lead or looking to gain ground on your rival? I present to you the final review of the season with a particular focus…

5 years, 7 months ago19

beric
End of season goals

What's your goal for this last gameweek? Ive won my ML and am about 68k. Hoping to break 50k

5 years, 7 months ago127

HollyShand
Survival of the fittest

Survival of the Fittest I keep seeing a lot of Free Hit squads opting for players from Arsenal, Everton and West Ham. However, all three of those sides have nothing to play for, with their opponen…

5 years, 7 months ago41

Camzy
KDB & David Silva

Consolidating all the stuff from last post for linking purposes. KdB and David Silva starting stats up until GW37 just for this season: David Silva started: 1,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,13,14,15,16,22,23,26,…

5 years, 7 months ago23

Rotation's Alter Ego
Scout Picks Community Champion - Gameweek 38+

For the final time of the season, we need our Community Champion! As a reminder, each week our Scout picks tournament pits a different community champion against the Scout Picks team. The Communi…

5 years, 7 months ago0

G-Whizz
GW38+ Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW38+ fixtures and clean sheet odds GW38+ fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/tndwla (Provided by Betbrain) GW37+ clean sheets WOL: 54% ✅ MUN: 48% ❌ MCY: 44% ✅ BRI: 39% ✅ S…

5 years, 7 months ago30

Wheato182
Can the flagging Fernandes now be flogged?

Amount of people taking Fernandes out after one blank is staggering,especially for hits. Yes it was an unusually jaded performance last night but has one final massive game game on Sunday which i…

5 years, 7 months ago24

TorresMagic™
Eduardo Cruz wins the Last Man Standing Competition

Last Man Standing Final Standings https://prnt.sc/tn8xgp https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/2988991/history Eduardo Cruz - https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/profiles/eduardo-cruz/ beca…

5 years, 7 months ago19

Geoff
GW37+ Rough with the Smooth

How was your GW37+? 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 37+, here:

5 years, 7 months ago45

RedLightning
World Top Ten.

World top ten after GW37+: 1. Chris McGowan (Queens of the South Age, top of our FFS mini-league): 2491 points, 104.9m TV, Triple Captain left. 2. Joshua Bull: 2489 points, 108.5m TV, Wildcard lef…

5 years, 7 months ago13

J0E
Live Scoutcast Thursday 8pm - leave your questions here

Scoutcast Thursday at 8pm! - GWK 38 FPL planning Az and I will be joined by scoutcast newbie Alexdander aka @TooGoodFPL ...who just happens to be no.3 in the whole world as I type! https://fantas…

5 years, 7 months ago31

Legomané
Final spin of the Pep Roulette

With a number of individual narratives at play for Manchester City’s final Premier League match of the season vs Norwich — which assets are you considering for inclusion in your Gameweek 38 squ…

5 years, 7 months ago19

Meltens
Allsvenskan Scout Picks

This weeks Scout Picks: https://www.allsvenskan.se/fantasy/fantasy-football-scout-gw10-scout-picks Who’s looking to pull the trigger on a chip this week?

5 years, 7 months ago9