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SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 15 GW12 results: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/21249081 More results coming throughout the day and will be posted on the first reply here. *****…

Festive period differentials! At a time when a lot of squads are similar - are there any players you own or are considering that you think will shake things up a bit? For me, Auba has finally com…

Gameweek 14 Rough with the Smooth How did your GW14 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…

A tough week for all involved but the Scouts once again emerged victorious with a strong 48-37 victory. Now though, it starts to get really tricky. With the gameweeks coming thick and fast, will ro…

Morning all! With 2 attacking returns each in GW14 the race is hotting up between Son and Alli for the best Spurs midfield option. After no shots in the box for Alli vs West Ham he racked up FIVE…

Live Scoutcast tonight (Monday) at 8pm Let us know your questions here as we look ahead to Gameweek 15 and beyond. Which player, team and talking point should we discuss?

Sheffield United sit top of the fixture ticker, followed by Palace and Southampton. Are you planning to bring in their assets? Should we ignore the Palace and Saints league positions? If you are p…

GW15 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds Liverpool (657DS) beat Brighton 2-1 at Anfield, Manchester City (408DS) drew 2-2 with Newcastle away at St. James' Park in the early kick-off and Chels…

Vardy captain again for me - all the usual reasons plus there’s a lot to be said for someone who would seem to be nailed on for 90 minutes at this time of year AND you can get to watch him on the…

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 14 GW11 results: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2019/11/29/who-are-the-best-fpl-captains-for-gameweek-14/?hc_page=4&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_2122…

It sounds as if Tammy Abraham will miss at least a couple of games, so I’m on the hunt for a replacement. It’s really tough to choose, so I’m using the Rate My Team tool. Here’s the forwar…

What we learnt in the runup to gameweek 14... Liverpool There was confirmation from Liverpool that Fabinho would miss out for up to 8 weeks with an ankle ligament injury but Klopp can’t be sure…

Frank has arrived and he starts by providing an update on Tammy Abraham's fitness. 'He won't be involved tomorrow and we'll know more by the end of the weekend.' He says he has full confidence in t…

Liverpool’s home game against Brighton tomorrow, is the first of 10 in just 30 days. After failing to beat Napoli, The Reds must now go to RB Salzburg in their final Group E match and get a poin…

As you'll all have seen, Emery is gone! - https://www.arsenal.com/news/unai-emery-leaves-club Some good fixtures in the short term, anyone taking a punt or perhaps changing their decision about se…

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…

New gameweek, new community champion! A strange week for the Scouts, with some calculated risks backfiring but two heroic performances from Vardy and Mane (c) saves their blushes. The Community Ch…

This article and my recent transfers got me thinking - how do you react to both good and bad decisions? Are you more likely to use a similar strategy if things go right, and ignore a strategy if i…

GW14 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds GW13 saw Arsenal (465DS) struggle against Southampton at home and somehow came from 2-0 down to draw late on 2-2. Liverpool (384DS) beat Crystal Palace…

Which Spurs players are you interested in? Do you agree with my assessment that Son and Aurier are the ones to buy? Or is it still a wait and see with other teams/players performing well?

Gameweek 13 Rough with the Smooth How did your GW13 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…

With the Crystal Palace fixtures awash with blue on the ticker until the beginning of 2020 is it time for us to invest in their assets? Their confidence will surely have been bolstered by the perf…

Scoutcast tomorrow (TUES) at 8pm. Feel free to leave your questions for us here. What teams, players and talking points do you think we should cover?

Vardy captain for me - rested, plays 90 minutes, penalties, player and team on fire and Brighton are not the sort of team to play deep this season so he should get chances. That said, I don’t h…

It's that time of year again, as the FFS Cups return! Get your teams in now! Public FFS Cup: https://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/cup/21/entry/ Members Cup: https://members.fantasyfootballs…

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 13 Apologies... I had a bereavement whilst in Thailand hence GW11 and 12 results are missing. I'll try to track back, it's just been a very difficult week and a bi…

GW13 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds In the last GW there wasn't a team that made the grade but Chelsea (316DS) did come out on top out of everyone and beat Crystal Palace 2-0 at home. Ma…

The international break provides an ideal time to reflect on the start of the Premier League season, and assess which players have impressed. Earlier this week, Alan Shearer revealed his Premier L…

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…

Evening! 🙂 Fancy a crack at being this week's Community Champion Vs the Scout Picks? 16 remains the score to beat, which should definitely be smashed soon! Speaking of 16 - it was a 16 point win…

Is the New Manager Bounce fact or fiction? Jose Mourinho is in the house. Spurs have some nice fixtures in December. New manager bounce due? There are loads of these norms and theories that exis…

My biggest dilemma ahead of Gameweek 13 is whether to bring in James Maddison or Youri Tielemans. Other than their £0.8 price difference, I find it tough to separate this pair. I’ve been crunch…

How do we reckon Mourinho will have them lined up at Spurs then? Known as a more defensive manager, have the likes of Paulo Gazzaniga (£4.5m) and Toby Alderweireld (£5.4m) become more attractiv…

I got something valuable listening to the scoutcast this morning. Joe came out with a plan to split the upcoming busy schedule into "2 seasons" After GW 18 fixtures, they do start to turn. When all…

Poch sacked https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50480860 Can't believe it. Time to keep / sell / acquire Spurs assets?

And another announcement today: we've just now launched the official FFS Instagram account www.instagram.com/ffscout_ Post or tag us on IG using #fantasyfootballscout, #ffscout, and #ffs I fully…

Is it risky to transfer in players carrying underlying injuries as we head into the busiest phase of the season? I really wanted to triple up on Liverpool by adding Salah or Robertson to go alongsi…

Live Scoutcast 8pm Tuesday night Guests include last week's Meet the Manager guest AVFC82 (five x top 1K finishes!) What players, teams and talking points do you want us to discuss? Leave your q…

With Kane scoring 3 last night for England it’s thrown me back in to the keep or lose Kane from my FPL team conundrum. How far does or should International form impact our thinking in terms of …

Which three teams do you think get relegated this season? Norwich are the bookies' favourite by a distance with 1/4 odds, but the other spots seem quite competitive this year. Odds for the other t…

Something I talked about in my recent Meet the Manager video was mid-price midfielders, and why I’m quite aggressive with transfers in this category, whilst sometimes experimenting with a differe…

Anyone having a good season? Or a particularly bad one? This is my 13th season and am currently ranked 2.5m. It’s not a temporary thing either. I’ve been down here for most of the season.

FFS Cup is open for another season! As promised to Deulofail last year (https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/19958920), I'll be putting up a fair few reminders for this cup as HTs to mak…

With the inexorable rise of John "Lord" Lundstram reaching 4.9 last night, I think it's worth questioning what you would actually pay for him. Non-owners surely still need to get him in ahead of …

The Pundits Playoff Community Tournament's very first transfer window is now open! For those of you reading about the Pundits Playoff for the first time, this is a season long tournament where team…

Weighing up the Mount to Pulisic move. Can see Lampard playing a 3 man mid with Kova Jorginho Kante versus them. Then it's Tammy + 2 of William Mount Pulisic. Lamps loves Mount but Pulisic has to …

Gameweek 12 Rough with the Smooth How did your GW12 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…

I know it has been discussed a milion times and there is no conclusion. Liverpool triple up - needs to happen to doubt about it. The config is the issue. A two defenders + mid This is kind of a …

Here we go again - what we learnt in the runup to Gameweek 12… Friday Deadline! Set those teams now, tinker later! Liverpool Just Matip and Shaqiri out for Liverpool. Henderson is over his ill…

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 12 Greetings from Thailand! Okay.. I do seldomly swear the GW10 results will be available in around 2 hours, followed quickly by GW11. I'm ****** WHAT IS IT? **…