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 HollyShand | Long-term Plan-Ings I’ve ignored Ings for the past three months, because I didn’t expect his scoring run to continue. I had the opportunity to bring him in before Christmas, but the fixtures had turned. However, n… | 6 years, 1 month ago | 27 |
 Rotation's Alter Ego | GW 23 News Roundup What we learnt in the run up to Gameweek 23… Liverpool Matip and Fabinho are both available and both will likely make it to the matchday squad. Lovren will be in full training from Monday but i… | 6 years, 1 month ago | 5 |
 avfc82 | Teams to look out for Often, I add a team to my Watchlist, rather than a specific player. A good example is Watford, who I decided I wanted to invest in having watched their 2-0 win over Manchester United in Gameweek 1… | 6 years, 1 month ago | 21 |
 King H | OGS lines on Rashford - are you keeping? Ole on Rashford .... I can't tell you now,” Ole replied when asked about our no.10’s chances of featuring, during his pre-match press conference. “As I said with Harry [Maguire] a few weeks… | 6 years, 1 month ago | 8 |
 Maximus Bonimus Pointimus | TAA for GW24 (Triple) Captain? Last 31 Premier League starts - Mane: 30 returns (21G 9A) - Salah: 24 returns (16G 8A) - TAA: 34 returns (2G 19A + 13CS) Obviously Salah's injury period is in there... and the mids also got about … | 6 years, 1 month ago | 29 |
 Geoff | GW23 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… | 6 years, 1 month ago | 25 |
 G-Whizz | GW23 DS stats, Fixture and clean sheet odds GW23 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds Last week Manchester City (443DS) thrashed Aston Villa 6-1 and Chelsea (386DS) beat Burnley 3-0 at Stamford Bridge. Just under the radar we saw Manche… | 6 years, 1 month ago | 13 |
 andy85wsm | SCOUT PICKS CHAMPION LOTTERY - GAMEWEEK 23 It's Scout Champion time! 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 vs the Scout Picks for Gameweek … | 6 years, 1 month ago | 0 |
 Lateriser 12 | How do you choose your captain? We've seen a lot of variance in terms of how people arrive at their captaincy decision. And i don't think there is ever a fixed rule in terms of how you arrive at the captaincy decision. For me g… | 6 years, 1 month ago | 56 |
Geoff | Transfer window needs and likely moves It's transfer season and rumours are flying, and the Bruno Fernandes rumours are picking up pace. He looks like he could be a player who comes in and has a big impact on Manchester United's fortune… | 6 years, 1 month ago | 16 |
Geoff | Rough with the smooth Gameweek 22 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? Feel free to post your tal… | 6 years, 1 month ago | 71 |
 Sam FPLFamily | Is Firmino the answer? Is it time to consider Bobby Firmino? He is currently in only 9.5% of teams and his ownership is significantly lower than the other two parts of the Liverpool attack - Salah and Mane. All of Firmin… | 6 years, 1 month ago | 26 |
 J0E | Live Scoutcast 8pm Tues - leave your questions here Live Scoutcast Tues 8pm on Youtube Feel free to leave your questions on players, teams and talking points here | 6 years, 1 month ago | 20 |
 Gregor | Gameweek 22 Captaincy Loads of good captaincy options again this week but with a few caveats around some of the popular choices - Jamie Vardy is the runaway leader in the poll with a home game for Leicester against Sout… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 30 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | GW 22 News Roundup What we learnt in the runup to Gameweek 22… Friday deadline folks, get those team set… Liverpool Milner and Keita are not available as they have muscle injuries and won’t be available next… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 6 |
avfc82 | Tottenham without Kane Tottenham Hotspur have this evening confirmed Harry Kane will be sidelined until April and will undergo surgery to repair a ruptured tendon in his left hamstring. Spurs do not have an out and out … | 6 years, 2 months ago | 29 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | GW 22 Predictions So Pep Pig (a big thank you to him for taking the time to write this!) has given us his thoughts on the weekend's games and what he predicts the scores will be. To summarise: Sheffield United 1 - … | 6 years, 2 months ago | 17 |
HollyShand | Midfield plans The New Midfield Template The highest owned midfielders in the game right now are De Bruyne, Mane, Maddison, Salah and Cantwell. It’s a midfield I’ve been on board with for the past three gam… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 34 |
Geoff | GW22 Breakout Players Friday night deadline this GW.. 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 attacki… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 30 |
Lateriser 12 | What is your management style and how has it evolved? So in the chat with Joe here, i've spoken a lot about general style of playing. Though there is no fixed style of playing since it is such a dynamic game, there are always certain practices that FP… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 58 |
G-Whizz | GW22 DS stats, Fixture and clean sheet odds GW22 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds Last week Manchester City (480DS) beat Everton 2-1 while Liverpool (464DS) beat Sheffield United 2-0 at Anfield. https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.u… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 7 |
andy85wsm | SCOUT PICKS CHAMPION LOTTERY - GAMEWEEK 22 We're back to a little bit of normality this week as the Christmas and New Year period has ended and we have a bit of time to get our Scout Champion picked. Think you have the eye to pick the diff… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 0 |
 Az | GOALKEEPER DILEMMAS In all my seasons of playing FPL, I think I've only used a free transfer to make an unforced Goalkeeper transfer once. Ironically, that was when I took the overperforming Pope out a few seasons ago… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 38 |
Geoff | Cheap Forward Picks - Members Only Cheap Forward options Like many people I think, I'm looking at a cheap forward asset for my side. For me, it's to help fund a third Liverpool player. I'll keep Vardy, have a mid priced option, and… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 31 |
Sam FPLFamily | FA Cup Replays - FPL Impact? The FA Cup draws this weekend throw a whole new dimension in to FPL planning. With a replay to play in a couple of weeks does this impact your FPL thoughts? Do you worry more about picking Man Unit… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 9 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast 8pm Tues - leave your questions here Live Scoutcast Tuesday 8pm. Feel free to leave your questions here about the key players, teams and talking points you want us to discuss. | 6 years, 2 months ago | 38 |
Sam FPLFamily | Hammer Time? West Ham showed real new manager bounce against Bournemouth in Gameweek 21. As a result I’ll be watching their game in the FA Cup game against Gillingham this weekend with interest to see whether… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 32 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | December Community Writer of the Month After closing off the year and the decade we now look back to the month of December and the absolute mass of superb Community articles we received! Every month we ask you to vote for the Community… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 0 |
avfc82 | Watford's resurgence After a poor start to the season, things are looking up for Watford. Nigel Pearson, who has simplified their approach, has now recorded three victories in his opening five matches. Critical to th… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 42 |
Geoff | Gameweek 21 Rough with the Smooth Gameweek 21 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? Maybe your captain was a h… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 72 |
andy85wsm | Changing Opinions I mentioned on the Scoutcast that this season has definitely been a season of having to change my opinion on certain players and not holding grudges/biases. Around GW5 last year I went for Jimenez… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 29 |
Gregor | Gameweek 21 Captaincy Where do our armband affections lie this week then, folks? Jamie Vardy leads the Captains Poll with over 1 in 3 managers favouring the Leicester talisman and it’s easy to see why - ‘Mr Reliab… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 24 |
 ktk_interista | FPL Team of the Decade A question for the old timers like myself. With the decade closing and team of the decade picks flying around everywhere whether for clubs or leagues, it is time for an FPL team of the decade. Who … | 6 years, 2 months ago | 40 |
 @ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge - GW21 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 21 GW19 results: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2019/12/30/the-latest-ffs-cup-fixtures-and-results-18/?hc_page=4&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_2144622… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 19 |
Geoff | GW21 Breakout Players Another gameweek is fast approaching.. 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 … | 6 years, 2 months ago | 25 |
G-Whizz | GW21 DS stats, Fixture and clean sheet odds GW21 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds GW20 saw Manchester City (412DS) beat Sheffield United 2-0 and Liverpool (393DS) squeezed past Wolves 1-0 at Anfield. https://www.fantasyfootballscou… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 20 |
 Boris Bodega | The Pundits Playoff transfer window is now open. The Pundits Playoff transfer window is open, new players can register here https://forms.gle/rmx3gPUMty7CiSm47 Existing players can now be released from their current teams by either themselves or … | 6 years, 2 months ago | 0 |
andy85wsm | Liverpool - double defence or attack? GW24 isn't very far away now and as we all know Liverpool have a double gameweek (West Ham too...) Three players seems a must, or is it? If going for three the big question on everyone's mind is … | 6 years, 2 months ago | 73 |
Geoff | GW20 Rough with the Smooth Gameweek 20 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? Maybe your captain was a h… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 41 |
G-Whizz | He's not Pellegrinning any more... With the news of Pellegrini being sacked after West Ham's latest defeat at home to Leicester which leaves them a point above the relegation zone, does that put any West Ham assets into your thinkin… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 21 |
 TopMarx | FFS league is #1 (and other mini-league news)! Ahead of Gameweek 20, the Fantasy Football Scout mini-league was sitting proudly atop the Best Leagues in FPL! The leader of our mini-league, Theodor Eek-Bakke, has risen to fifth overall and has … | 6 years, 2 months ago | 3 |
G-Whizz | GW20 DS stats, Fixture and clean sheet odds GW20 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds GW19 saw a disappointing Chelsea (432DS) lose to Southampton 2-0 at home. Tottenham (378DS) beat Brighton 2-1 after falling behind. https://www.fantas… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 0 |
Geoff | GW20 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… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 22 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge GW20 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 20 Given GW19 is yet to finalise, of course those results will have to wait. In the meantime lets get GW20 open! ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who h… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 23 |
HollyShand | Vardy captaincy fears Is it safe to captain Jamie Vardy in Gameweek 20? Brendan Rodgers stated in the press only last week that he would need some rest over Christmas and add into the mix, Rebekah Vardy is heavily pregn… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 29 |
andy85wsm | TAA - Straight back in? Does Trent Alexander-Arnold need to come straight back into our teams? GW19 was brutal for lots of people without Trent, especially those of us who have sold for hits in recent weeks. We knew he … | 6 years, 2 months ago | 43 |
Geoff | GW19 Rough with the Smooth Gameweek 19 Rough with the Smooth How did your GW go so far? Which of your players were benched? Did you get any injuries? How did your bench perform? Did your captain return? Feel free to post y… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 52 |
andy85wsm | SCOUT PICKS COMMUNITY CHAMPION LOTTERY – GAMEWEEK 20 With the super fast turnaround in fixtures this week we're getting the Scout Pick Champion sorted before GW19 has barely even begun. We need a Champion to take on the Scouts once again. Do you thi… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 0 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge - GW19 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 19 Congratulations COYS96 for being top at Christmas! Massive achievements. Onwards and upwards. GW16 results: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/2139… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 23 |
Lateriser 12 | Gameweek 19 Captaincy Merry Christmas everyone! Thought it would be interesting to talk about captaincy. Who are you captaining and what's your thinking? I mentioned a few stats and spoke about it from a rest point of … | 6 years, 2 months ago | 69 |