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 BNMC | Lundstram for captain? Lundstram at home against teams in the bottom 10 right now: 14 vs CRY 2 vs SOU 6 vs ARS 21 vs BUR 11 vs AVL Maybe I'll give him a go for the armband. | 6 years, 2 months ago | 15 |
 Geoff | GW19 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 | 32 |
 andy85wsm | Pogba - Christmas miracle or disaster? What are people's thoughts about Pogba? NEW (H) BUR (A) ARS (A) NOR (H) He made a big difference when he came on vs Watford and he's exactly the type of player Man United need when they can't pla… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 24 |
 ice-cold aubameyang | Is Deli Alli a Fuss About Nothing? Alli is overrated imo, this is his xG for the last 5 weeks. 0.00, 0.16, 0.06, 0.029, 1.55 Besides the 2 goals against Bournemouth (1.55), it's not been great. With Son out and Spurs still findin… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 18 |
 G-Whizz | GW19 DS stats, Fixture and clean sheet odds GW19 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds GW18 saw Manchester City (278DS) beat Leicester 3-1. https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/21352997 CHE: 432 TOT: 378 MCY: 250 SHU: 248 MUN:… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 19 |
andy85wsm | SCOUT PICKS COMMUNITY CHAMPION LOTTERY – GAMEWEEK 19 Another week, another Scout win - this time 49 v 39. Not a massively high scoring week but a win is a win as they say. It's a quick turnaround this week with potential rotation to be concerned abo… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 0 |
 Az | Jingsle Bells Anyone who bought Danny Ings in for Abraham in GW 14 must be ecstatic with his returns since then. However, the fixtures are about to turn nasty. Chelsea (a) Crystal Palace (H) Tottenham (H) Leic… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 52 |
 J0E | Live Scoutcast 3pm Monday - leave your questions here Live Scoutcast 3pm today David, Andy and I will look ahead to Gameweek 19. What players, talking point and team should we discuss? | 6 years, 2 months ago | 50 |
Geoff | GW18 Rough with the Smooth Gameweek 18 Rough with the Smooth How did your GW18 go? Were any of your players benched? Did you get any injuries? How did your bench perform? Did your captain return? Feel free to post your tal… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 57 |
 TorresMagic™ | Who is your Son Replacement? Son Replacements With Son suspended until GW22, he needs to go. Upgrades in price: Salah, Mane, Sterling and De Bruyne Downgrades : Many options Going by GW transfers in : Grealish, Cantwell, … | 6 years, 2 months ago | 54 |
 Gregor | Anyone for Toffee under Carlo Ancelotti? So what do we reckon to Ancelotti’s appointment at Everton then? A massive name with a huge pedigree, Ancelotti is more used to competing for titles and winning European Cups than fighting agai… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 22 |
Gregor | Gameweek 18 Captaincy Where are you aiming your armbands this week then, folks? Marcus Rashford leads the Captains Poll though Watford put in a decent performance at Anfield last week whilst Jack Grealish and Raúl Ji… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 44 |
 @ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge - GW18 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 18 Data quality issues are delaying GW16 and GW17 but my promise is we’re caught up by Christmas - so we will know whose top by Tuesday. Apologies. GW16 will arr… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 25 |
 HollyShand | The Weight of History As an FPL manager, is there room for nostalgia? I’m finding myself lured into an Alli captain this weekend, with his excellent record against Chelsea being a contributing factor for this. Is thi… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 18 |
 Rotation's Alter Ego | GW 18 News Roundup What we learnt in the runup to Gameweek 18... Happy Friday! No roundup next week in all likelihood - I don't know if pressers are on / when the pressers are so not going to make any promises I cou… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 2 |
 avfc82 | Attacking double ups A common strategy employed by many FPL managers, is to double up on attacking assets from one club when they have a good run of form / fixtures. I’ve done it this season with Sterling + David Si… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 64 |
Geoff | GW18 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 | 29 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 18 Another week in the books and another win for the Scouts - they're on a good run now! A final score of 68 vs The Champion's 55 was impressive, but they have it all to do this week in a tough, tough… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 0 |
G-Whizz | GW18 DS stats, Fixture and clean sheet odds GW18 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds GW17 saw Liverpool (640DS) beat Watford 2-0, Chelsea (444DS) suprisingly lost 1-0 to an injury wrecked Bournemouth side at Stamford Bridge. Leicester (… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 14 |
Geoff | GW17 Rough with the Smooth Gameweek 17 Rough with the Smooth How did your GW17 go? Were any of your players benched? Did you get any injuries? How did your bench perform? Did your captain return? Feel free to post your tal… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 48 |
 d1sable | Ho Ho Hotamendi Xmas differential anyone? Ill start... Nicolas Otamendi Price: 5m! Ownership: 2.3%! Fixtures: LEI, wol, SHU, EVE, avl, CRY, shu Pros: 1. Good for bonus when City keep a CS 2. Big goal thr… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 28 |
andy85wsm | Is it time to move off Liverpool players? We're finally at the blank Gameweek we've been talking about for ages. Liverpool and West Ham with no game this week. What are you doing with your Liverpool players? A lack of clean sheets for L… | 6 years, 2 months ago | 35 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast 8pm Tues - leave your questions here LIVE SCOUTCAST 8pm Tomorrow (Tues) What players, teams and talking points do you want us to discuss? | 6 years, 2 months ago | 27 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge GW17 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 17 GW13 results: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/21317694 GW14 results: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/21317753 GW15 in the morning… | 6 years, 3 months ago | 22 |
HollyShand | Distributing defensive funds (Members) How best to distribute funds in defence? Liverpool have only kept 3 clean sheets, have tough games ahead and a blank. Lundstram hasn’t delivered recently either. Should we be ditching Liverpool … | 6 years, 3 months ago | 17 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | GW 17 News Roundup What we learnt in the runup to Gameweek 17… Liverpool Lovren is out with a “more serious than last time” injury. “Virgil [Van Dijk], Joe [Gomez] and Sadio [Mane], they are all available a… | 6 years, 3 months ago | 14 |
avfc82 | GW17 IN SEARCH OF CLEAN SHEETS In what’s been an unpredictable season to date, Leicester City have the best defensive record in the Premier League, with ten goals conceded. Over the last five Gameweeks, only The Foxes, Burnle… | 6 years, 3 months ago | 38 |
Geoff | GW17 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, 3 months ago | 52 |
 Pep Pig | GW17 preview Following on from last week’s preview, here are my thoughts and predictions for GW 17:- Liverpool v Watford The last 2 fixtures at Anfield between the 2 times have both finished 5-0. I’m not… | 6 years, 3 months ago | 47 |
Az | THE TRIPLE CAPTAIN CHIP Having a number of interesting debates on Twitter about the Triple Captain chip and thought I'd bring the fun over here. Essentially, I am considering the triple captain on Vardy this week, but th… | 6 years, 3 months ago | 94 |
G-Whizz | GW17 DS stats, Fixture and clean sheet odds GW17 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds Manchester City (397DS) lost 2-1 to Manchester United, Liverpool (366DS) beat Bournemouth 3-0 and Tottenham (332DS) trounced Burnley 5-0. https://www.… | 6 years, 3 months ago | 22 |
 BigManBakar | GW16 Review The Review : GW 16 Greetings everyone, welcome to the latest edition of The Review. With the hectic festive schedule almost upon us, I hope that this summary of important takeaways is helpful for … | 6 years, 3 months ago | 26 |
 Greyhead | Time to change the template teams? The Great and The Good ownership of City players has decreased dramatically, is it wise to sell? Is it time to move on Liverpool assets with their busy and blank GW18 schedule? Are the previous sea… | 6 years, 3 months ago | 24 |
andy85wsm | SCOUT PICKS CHAMPION LOTTERY - GAMEWEEK 17 The Gameweeks might slow down for a couple of weeks but we're still in need of a new Community Champion. The Scouts have picked up another win in Gameweek 16 with a score of 84-64 thanks to a shre… | 6 years, 3 months ago | 0 |
andy85wsm | Is Jimenez out a Rash decision? Is Jimenez out the right choice? He's dropped from £7.7m to £7.5m. There are plenty of great forward options so maybe it's just too difficult to fit him in, especially with Rashford in such gre… | 6 years, 3 months ago | 14 |
Pep Pig | Man City IN for Arsenal? After watching the West Ham v Arsenal game last night, I'm tempted to bring in Man City attacking assets. The first half was absolutely woeful. Stale is an understatement. The sloppy defending al… | 6 years, 3 months ago | 17 |
Geoff | GW16 Rough with the Smooth Gameweek 16 Rough with the Smooth How did your GW16 go? Were any of your players benched? Did you get any injuries? How did your bench perform? Did your captain return? Feel free to post your tal… | 6 years, 3 months ago | 34 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast 8pm Tues - leave your questions here Live Scoutcast TUES 8PM Feel free to leave your questions here about the players, teams and talking points you'd like us to discuss. | 6 years, 3 months ago | 67 |
 Sam FPLFamily | Chelsea feeling blue Chelsea assets are definitely testing the patience of FPL managers. Abraham’s injury in 14, return with a goal in 15, injury worries again in the build up to 16 (which were proved unfounded) bu… | 6 years, 3 months ago | 20 |
andy85wsm | Rashford - too good to ignore? Morning all! What's everyone's thoughts on Rashford? Going to keep this up, or will he and United struggle against teams who sit back a bit more? On paper the fixtures look nice over Christmas, … | 6 years, 3 months ago | 47 |
 Hotdogs for Tea | Should we lose our lethargic Liverpool assets? Liverpool would have played 17 games in two months by the end of GW24. Watford home GW17, Wolves home GW20 & Sheffield Utd home GW21 all have rotation written all over them for Salah & Mane etc. … | 6 years, 3 months ago | 30 |
Gregor | Gameweek 16 Captaincy It was about this time last year that Mo Salah scored a hat trick at Bournemouth and I had what was probably my best gameweek of the season as I captained the Egyptian whilst others were moving him… | 6 years, 3 months ago | 41 |
HollyShand | Midfield Minefield What do you think will be the next midfield template? I feel like I'm at a crossroads with my midfield. I have Sadio Mane, Kevin De Bruyne and James Maddison, who are going nowhere. I'm still roll… | 6 years, 3 months ago | 37 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge GW16 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 16 Really, really overdue.. sorry. GW13,14,15 due very soon. ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, every evening pr… | 6 years, 3 months ago | 31 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | GW 16 News Roundup What we learnt in the runup to Gameweek 16… You might notice a few teams are missing. This is mainly because I can’t find a press conference from their boss or because there was nothing that I… | 6 years, 3 months ago | 15 |
Pep Pig | GW16 forecasts & suggestions Bournemouth v Liverpool I expect a big response from Salah. One of the most selfish players in the premier league. He will be fresh and should be raring to go after seeing how Origi and Shaq step… | 6 years, 3 months ago | 42 |
avfc82 | January transfer window The January transfer window is fast approaching, with clubs looking at how they can improve their squads. The window in England starts on New Year’s Day, and closes at 11pm on January 31. But w… | 6 years, 3 months ago | 60 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Time for a strong festive bench? Fantastically quick turnaround on this Community Article Greyhead, thank you very much for doing this! Interesting you talk about bench players - it's always a topic that comes up around this time… | 6 years, 3 months ago | 4 |
Geoff | GW16 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, 3 months ago | 13 |
 zøphar | Silva Sacking Implications Marco Silva's departure ahead of gameweek 16 has seen Duncan Ferguson appointed as caretaker manager for their game against Chelsea. Many of us are scrambling to bring in Abraham ahead of this fi… | 6 years, 3 months ago | 19 |