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DeadStarComing
Latest FPL Update

https://www.premierleague.com/news/1665216

5 years, 7 months ago12

J0E
Live Scoutcast - top tips from Meet the Manager interviews

Live Scoutcast getting underway shortly Top tips from the Meet the Manager interviews. We round up their key advice so far Join us at 1pm! Link here - https://youtu.be/HnunkZ1-y5A

5 years, 7 months ago1

Team Cruel
Eliteserien starts June 16th

June 16 is the date Eliteserien will start! Plan is to have a full season finishing within the calendar year, that means 30 rounds in 6.5 months. Going to be a wild ride! Guessing they've started …

5 years, 7 months ago4

J0E
Scoutcast 1pm Tues - mental health tops the bill. Leave your views here.

Scoutcast Live Steam Tues 1pm On this show we chat about Fantasy Football & mentalhealth The challenges we sometimes face & how the #FPLcommunity and the game can help our emotional wellbeing.…

5 years, 7 months ago7

J0E
Live Scoutcast 1pm Tues - FPL 19/20 successes and failures

SCOUTCAST 1pm TUES! This latest episode will focus on this season's biggest successes....and failures What have been your biggest brags and blunders? Will post a Youtube stream link later. Joi…

5 years, 8 months ago9

J0E
Live Scoutcast Tues - leave your questions/views here

The Scoutcast gets in its Time Machine this Tuesday and travels back to #GW1 19/20 How was your first gameweek? What lessons did you learn? Who were your key players? How important is a good start…

5 years, 8 months ago16

FPL Virgin
Rotation a risk?

If the premier league is going to be finished in 40 days (see https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52326617), are we going to see rotation on an unprecedented scale? Yes all the players are well re…

5 years, 8 months ago16

Ragabolly
Virtual FPL Mini-leagues added

I added mini-leagues to Virtual FPL, www.livefpl.net/vleagues You can create a league, share the code so that others can join it. Every league is assigned a league id and the league standings will…

5 years, 8 months ago2

Meltens
First Allsvenskan Fantasy drafts

First draft for Fantasy Allsvenskan, tear it to shreds! ๐Ÿ˜‰ Krogh Gerson - Käck - Otieno Kaฤanikliฤ‡ - Rieks - Nalic - Levi Kujovic - Jóhannsson - Moro (Nilsson/4.0, Berg, Gojani, Eriksson Ibrag…

5 years, 8 months ago11

Ragabolly
Virtual FPL Update

Hi all, I went to sleep for a few hours and woke up to Virtual FPL messing up people's ids and teams. Apologies for this, I really don't know what caused the issue especially that the game has bee…

5 years, 8 months ago6

andy85wsm
Scoutcast - Next Tuesday - Leave your questions here

The Scoutcast is back next week - Tuesday, 14th April - 1pm! You're in charge of the topics so feel free to leave any questions in this hot topic and we'll get through everything we can - FPL or o…

5 years, 8 months ago32

andy85wsm
Favourite FPL memories

Morning all! Wondering what everyone's favourite FPL memories are? They don't have to be massive hauls from big name players necessarily, could just be one week wonders over the years. I'll neve…

5 years, 9 months ago66

Ragabolly
New Virtual FPL game

Dear FPL friends, I have been developing "Virtual FPL": a simulation-based fantasy game, very similar to FPL but with games being simulated. The simulator has been built to take into account actua…

5 years, 9 months ago50

Rotation's Alter Ego
Football related Community Competitions for the break

As it's all a bit quiet right now, what other football related community tournaments / competitions are you involved in / heard of outside of our FPL season during this break? Perhaps there's a FP…

5 years, 9 months ago6

wslnpt
All time best Fantasy XI

Who would you have in an all time best 11 for fantasy?

5 years, 9 months ago58

Rotation's Alter Ego
PL postponed and Fantasy Football Scout Head to Head / Cup impacts

As I'm sure you have already heard, all Premier league games up until May have been postponed in the latest attempt to limit the spread of Covid-19. https://www.premierleague.com/news/1646728 Whi…

5 years, 9 months ago2

Geoff
Favourite FPL asset this season

Who has your favourite player been in FPL so far this season? I think mine has to be Mane - I got him in GW3 on WC and have held him ever since, and he's been great as a captain over Salah and as …

5 years, 9 months ago49

Rotation's Alter Ego
Premier League Season suspended until 4th April

Officially confirmed - The Premier League season has been suspended until the 4th April. https://www.premierleague.com/news/1645173

5 years, 9 months ago0

DavidMunday815
Brighton vs Arsenal Postponed

Hi everybody - just a quick one to say that the article has now been updated to include the official announcement from Brighton that their Gameweek 30 meeting with Arsenal has now been POSTPONED fo…

5 years, 9 months ago7

frfotballben
Eliteserien postponed

*** BREAKING NEWS *** The Eliteserien has been postponed for a month due to COVID-19. - No training matches from 13th March until 15th April - All football activity in Norway halted until 15th A…

5 years, 9 months ago1

G-Whizz
GW30 Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW30 fixtures and clean sheet odds GW30 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/rf12na (Provided by Betbrain) GW29 clean sheets LIV: 47% โŒ SHU: 44% โœ… WOL: 44% โœ… LEI: 41% โœ… SOT:…

5 years, 9 months ago7

BigManBakar
The Review - GW29

The Review - GW 29 Greetings everyone! With GW 29 coming to a premature end due to the postponement of Man City vs Arsenal, I look back at the key events of the weekend gone by in this week’s re…

5 years, 9 months ago6

Pep Pig
We will survive!

At first I was afraid, I was petrified I decided I was going all in, with DGW players in my side But then I spent so many nights thinking what could possibly go wrong Until Pep spoke KDB shouldn’…

5 years, 9 months ago17

Kroos Kontrol
Man City vs Arsenal Postponed!

Man City vs Arsenal postponed! https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/man-city-arsenal-postponed-63719481

5 years, 9 months ago32

andy85wsm
SCOUT PICKS CHAMPION LOTTERY - GAMEWEEK 30

We're on the look out for another Scout Picks Champion to try and beat the Scouts. Think you have the eye to pick the differentials and form a winning team vs the Scout Picks? We need a Community …

5 years, 9 months ago0

Geoff
GW29 Rough with the Smooth

How has your GW gone so far? Which of your players were 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 29…

5 years, 9 months ago86

frfotballben
Eliteserien - RMTs and questions

Thanks for having a read guys (if you have got down this far!) I'll be here to answer any questions you may have about Eliteserien Fantasy or just the Eliteserien in general, all day today & at oth…

5 years, 9 months ago17

Sam FPLFamily
Navigating Blank GW31

With the focus of most FPL managers now firmly on blank GW31 how are you planning to manage it? With only 4 games and 8 teams (Liverpool, Wolves, Spurs, West Ham, Palace, Burnley, Watford, Bournemo…

5 years, 9 months ago54

J0E
Live Scoutcast 8pm Tues - leave your questions here

LIVE SCOUTCAST TUESDAY 8pm Let us know any questions about the players, teams and talking points you'd like us to cover.

5 years, 9 months ago30

Gregor
Gameweek 29 Captaincy

All aboard for Aubameyang then? With a plum fixture at home to West Ham and then a game against a Laporte-less Manchester City to come, the Arsenal man, with form on his side and penalties in his…

5 years, 9 months ago27

@ocprodigy
Scout Picks Challenge GW29

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 29 Greetings from Vietnam! For those concerned it’s actually a lot safer than the U.K. for Coronavirus at present.. I’m actually more worried about returning h…

5 years, 9 months ago22

HollyShand
Time to drop double Liverpool defence?

Is it time to jump off Double Liverpool defence now that Alisson is injured? Ten of the twelve clean sheets kept this season have been in games Alisson has played, conceding 12 goals in 19 games. …

5 years, 9 months ago21

G-Whizz
GW29 Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW29 fixtures and clean sheet odds GW29 fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/rcnue0 (Provided by Betbrain) GW28 clean sheets LIV: 43% โŒ BHA: 39% โŒ CHE: 37% โŒ LEI: 34% โŒ TOT:…

5 years, 9 months ago2

Rotation's Alter Ego
GW 29 News Roundup

What we learnt in the run-up to Gameweek 29… Liverpool Alisson has suffered a muscular problem which will rule him out of the Bournemouth game. Henderson is out but could return for Atletico. h…

5 years, 9 months ago5

avfc82
DGW29 discussion

โ€‹How many DGW players are you going into GW29 with, and will you captain one of them over the likes of Salah and Mane? ... and for those like me, who are still undecided, who are you considering…

5 years, 9 months ago76

Geoff
GW29 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, 9 months ago22

Geoff
Man City DGW29 plans

How many Manchester City players are you going into DGW29 with? Are you keeping KDB if we hear nothing conclusive from Pep's presser? Who are you bringing in or are you happy to avoid? Are you con…

5 years, 9 months ago47

NOMONEY
Chip strategies for everyone

That's it.... I think I have worked out a chip strategy for everybody.... This may help those who are overthinking or having a panic over how to use your chips during the blanks and doubles. (1) T…

5 years, 9 months ago53

BigManBakar
The Review - Gameweek 28

The Review - GW 28 Greetings all! Having a tough time deciding what transfers to make? The Review is back as I discuss FPL events, past and future, with a particular eye on the double gameweek: (…

5 years, 9 months ago14

Lateriser 12
Chip strategy discussion

Lots of discussion on chip strategies last night on the Scoutcast. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=she21xkHei4&t=1748s Where are you at currently with Chip Strategy and how…

5 years, 9 months ago48

Rotation's Alter Ego
February Writer of the Month vote

As February flew by, our eyes began turning to the Blank and Double period and this was echoed in our Community articles! A smaller crowd to pick from for this month, each of whom wrote multiple to…

5 years, 9 months ago3

DavidMunday815
Captaincy poll reset

Hi guys, with this DGW29 announcement, we have now reset the results of the GW29 captaincy poll, allowing you all to recast your vote with the latest information to hand. I've screenshotted the res…

5 years, 9 months ago9

Rotation's Alter Ego
City and Arsenal Double Dilemma

As expected then, GW 29 is confirmed as a double gameweek. Who will you be buying from City and Arsenal then? Is it worth risking the rotation or should we keep it simple with 1 or 2 nailed player…

5 years, 9 months ago37

Sam FPLFamily
Form vs Fixtures

With just 10 gameweeks left what takes priority in your FPL transfer plans. Is it players who are in a great run of form - the likes of Calvert-Lewin or Fernandes, or do you prioritise those with t…

5 years, 10 months ago29

Geoff
GW28 Rough with the Smooth

How did your GW go? Which of your players were 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 28, here:

5 years, 10 months ago62

J0E
Live Scoutcast 8pm Tues - leave your questions here

Live Scoutcast 8pm Tuesday Lateriser already confirmed. Just waiting on the third scoutcaster, will know later today. Feel free to leave your questions for us here.

5 years, 10 months ago31

Gregor
A Sarr is Born?

Ismaïla Sarr then - After a slow start to life at Watford he came alive under the stewardship of Nigel Pearson, an injury then stunted his progress for a bit but now he’s back with a bang with a…

5 years, 10 months ago28

d1sable
Transfer paralysis?

Anyone else feeling a little paralysed transfer wise with so much still left unknown. Has all this Blank and DGW stuff got to you? Anyone burying their heads in the sand and playing for the mome…

5 years, 10 months ago34

Rotation's Alter Ego
GW 28 News Roundup

What we learnt in the runup to Gameweek 28… Liverpool Henderson and Milner are running again but they won’t be ready to make a return - though Milner is close. https://twitter.com/LynchStanda…

5 years, 10 months ago8

@ocprodigy
Scout Picks Challenge - GW28

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 28 GW25, 26, 27 overdue. Sorry....! My weekend of nothing turned into a weekend of work. In better news, now in Vietnam! So I'll try to get GW25 done shortly befo…

5 years, 10 months ago29