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 Rotation's Alter Ego | GW 1 News Roundup What we learnt from the pressers before gameweek 1… Arsenal Lacazette, Pepe and Elmeny will face late tests to see if they can play. Bellerin, Holding and Mavropanos are out. Tierney will be ou… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 18 |
 Geoff | GW1 Breakout Players With the first GW of the season starting tonight, who do you think will hit the ground running stepping up to score big and why? Maybe someone who is under the radar, who has no history of big sco… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 41 |
Geoff | Liverpool defence Who is the best Liverpool defender to own? Who is second? Who is third? How many will you own? | 6 years, 7 months ago | 16 |
 FPL ZB | 4.5 defenders - who has got your vote? For those not trusting the 4.0s, or not going with solely big hitters, who are your 4.5 defs? Dunk and Montoya, Balbuena and Diop, and the newly promoted sides all stand out here. Who have you … | 6 years, 7 months ago | 40 |
Geoff | 4.0m defenders - who are you getting? In less than 12 hours, we'll have FPL scores! With that in mind, the first of a few questions about how your team is shaping up. Who are your 4.0m defenders? | 6 years, 7 months ago | 38 |
 Gregor | Gameweek 1 Captaincy So with the start of the Premier League season finally upon us it’s time to decide where our all important armbands are going to go. In truth though this looks like one of the easier decisions … | 6 years, 7 months ago | 19 |
Geoff | RMT and Projections updated RMT and Projections have had an update! There will be another tomorrow pre-deadline to reflect transfers and the pressers tomorrow 🙂 Do any of the numbers look suspect? I can take a look if there… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 20 |
 BigManBakar | 10 things you might have missed but need to know 10 things you might have missed and need to know before FPL starts: With the FPL deadline just hours away, I’ll lay down some key pointers which might help you in your selection while picking yo… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 66 |
 Meltens | Allsvenskan - GW19 plans With the blank gameweek behind us things are starting to look interesting with Djurgården as the new leaders ahead of the run-in. With AIK, Norrköping and Malmö still in Europe (possible rotatio… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 9 |
 DavidMunday815 | Member's Area Down time... To get ready for the FPL deadline tomorrow, our Members Area will be down for roughly an hour this afternoon from 1:30pm. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. | 6 years, 7 months ago | 2 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 1 New season, new gameweek but as usual we're looking for a Community Champion for the week! The Community Champion picks a team to go up against our Scout Picks, within a budget of 83m and in a pla… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 0 |
 G-Whizz | GW1 DS stats, Fixture and clean sheet odds GW1 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds ARS: 99 AVL: -388 BOU: 47 BHA: -194 BUR: 80 CHE: -56 CRY: -85 EVE: 85 LEI: 54 LIV: 583 MCI: 370 MUN: 56 NEW: -99 NOR: -583 SHU: -47 SOU: -80 TOT: 388 WA… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 27 |
BigManBakar | Members Only - Which Liverpool defender? Who is the Liverpool defender to own? The case of the Liverpool defence part 2: Having written an article about the impact of Milner on Trent’s FPL potential earlier, I will now move on to the c… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 43 |
 Luke Chadwicks Left Peg | Shaw and Martial - overlooked? TL;DR - Shaw & Martial are United's best fantasy assets, Pogba playing deeper in new system Can United's new tactics offer any value for fantasy managers? From a tactical perspective, United most… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 41 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | 7.5m / 8m Midfielder Assessment 7.5m / 8.0m Midfielders - Safe to say there’s a few options! Richarlison: PROS - Everton have great fixtures. He typically scores excellently at the start of the season, which goes with his imp… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 48 |
 J0E | Live Scoutcast 9:30pm Tues - leave your questions here Live Scoutcast Tuesday from 9:30pm Special guest. Last minute team sheet wobbles Feel free to leave your questions for us here. | 6 years, 7 months ago | 94 |
J0E | Gameweek 1 Captaincy First captaincy video and podcast of the season! David and I discuss the best armband options for Gameweek 1. Who are you captaining? https://soundcloud.com/fantasyfootballscout/fpl-gameweek-1-b… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 24 |
 jayzico | Who is the best 5.5m mid and why? BEST 5.5 mid and why. Those names Robinson; Mcginn sound so uncool. Worth punting on Jorge or Noble who plays every week. Really strengthens my team elsewhere. | 6 years, 7 months ago | 29 |
 IRBOX âš½ | Thoughts on Everton Some thoughts re: Everton pre-season. Defensively have looked quite good with 3 clean sheets in 5 friendlies. Yerry Mina has slotted in really well with a lot of crucial interceptions and strong a… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 24 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Budget Forward Contenders With most teams having at least one, who do you think are the best picks from the 6m / 6.5m forward bracket? King, Barnes, Wood, Deulofeu, Jota, Wesley, Murray and Adams have all been mentioned a … | 6 years, 7 months ago | 55 |
 BobB | Maguire - Is he in your plans now? If Harry Maguire signs for United is he worth considering? | 6 years, 7 months ago | 16 |
 slove | Aims for the season What is everyone's aim for the new season ? I personally feel I'm at a crossroads where I probably can't keep up my form from last season so a top 25K finish is my target! How about you? Season Pt… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 40 |
Meltens | Allsvenskan - GW18 plans Blank Gameweek 18 in Fantasy Allsvenskan approaching swiftly - how are you holding up? Any hits required for you to field 11? Who will be your captain? I’m going Kacaniklic most likely for the ca… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 6 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | July Community Writer of the Month Hello everyone, With a very busy July coming to a close, it’s the time where we ask you to vote for the Community writer that you believe has made the biggest/most important contribution in this… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 2 |
 Eat my goal! | New season's breakout players Who do you think are this years up and coming FPL stars? | 6 years, 7 months ago | 27 |
Geoff | Mini-League codes We did one of these earlier in the pre-season but let's go again. Do you have a mini-league that you want more entries for? What's the idea behind your mini-league and what's the league code? I'… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 32 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | FPL Managers and Lady Luck Thank you for this FPLV! It's a problem a lot of managers have faced in recent seasons - luck can really play a major part in deciding how your season goes, especially with the sheer number of man… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 23 |
 Legomané | Double Defence Dilemma There is plenty of clamour for doubling or even tripling up on Liverpool's backline heading into GW1. Boasting 21 clean sheets last term, it's hardly surprising - but what really sets these premium… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 34 |
 thug | Potentially underpriced gems I noticed that players that look overpriced this season end up being viable as the alternatives are not great... Fab, AWB.... But who is the most underpriced? | 6 years, 7 months ago | 33 |
Geoff | Who are your expensive picks? Where are you spending your money? Who are your more expensive players? Let's do this by position. GK - 5.5m or higher DEF - 5.5m or higher MID - 8.0m or higher FOR - 8.0m or higher | 6 years, 7 months ago | 56 |
 CFC1990 | What's your Keeper strategy? Who is everyone's choice of keeper then? I am looking at a 4.5m. I think the Burnley keeper is the best option but who will start? Similar problem with the Bournemouth keeper. I think Henderson … | 6 years, 7 months ago | 26 |
 Twisted Saltergater | Chelsea vs Reading Match Report Was at the Reading v Chelsea match today. It was a cracking game that ended 4-3 to Chelsea. Here's a ̶q̶u̶i̶c̶k̶ long write-up for anyone considering Chelsea players. 🙂 First Half (4231) … | 6 years, 7 months ago | 46 |
 nisag17 | Performances against top 4, next 8 and bottom 8. Player wise analysis part 3 (PPS - points per start where start is >55 mins played) I looked at the player performances vs. Top 4, Next 8 and Bottom 8. I have filtered the data for at least 4 appe… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 23 |
 FPL Virgin | The involvement hypothesis There's so much noise and stats flying around and it is so hard to pick your gameweek 1 team. The solution? KISS - Keep it simple stupid! Here are the teams with the best fixtures in the opening 6… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 82 |
 RomeluStormzy | Who's your punt? Who's your biggest 'punt' you are going with? Mine's Martial. God help me... | 6 years, 7 months ago | 76 |
nisag17 | Home and Away analysis continued Following on from my Home away analysis yesterday, I will give a short analysis on fpl performance of players vs. Top six (TS) and Rest of Table (ROT) . List has been filtered for at least 5 games … | 6 years, 7 months ago | 17 |
Meltens | Allsvenskan - GW17 plans Hot off the press and already there are new developments regarding AIK's lineup, and a certain Jordan Larsson for Norrköping! https://www.aikfotboll.se/nyheter/aik-fotboll-varvar-felix-michel http… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 3 |
 Krul Intentions | Time to reassess Everton defence? Idrissa Gueye made more tackles per game (4.3) than anyone else in the Premier League last season. He's also made the most tackles in Europe's top 5 leagues since August 2016 (395 in total). Does a… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 28 |
nisag17 | Home and Away Analysis Hey guys, I got hold of the game by game data for every player last smeason and have done some analysis. I will quickly share the Home away analysis and other analysis I will share later. Maybe wri… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 29 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | City Midfielder Conundrum Latest news out of Man City has been that KDB is training at deep-lying midfielder and (according to the Mirror) Sterling will start upfront as Aguero and Jesus return late after international duty… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 43 |
 SADIO SANÉ | Worth investing in Chelsea Forwards? What's the general feeling about the Chelsea forward prices on here? Twitter people claiming they're too expensive and I just don't get it? Same people that were creaming over Haller not too long a… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 18 |
J0E | Tough 50/50 calls New Video and Podcast - Player Comparisons - some tough 50/50 calls ahead. What's your toughest pre season 50/50 call? David and I look at: Kane v Sterling Tielemans v Perez Coleman v Digne King… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 23 |
 Hedge | Members Only - RMT Ranks Formations Following part 1 (https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2019/07/08/player-value-and-the-most-efficient-use-of-the-fpl-budget/) and part 2 (https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2019/07/19/player-… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 38 |
Twisted Saltergater | 4m Defender Watch 4m defender watch Gibson (BUR) - behind Tarkowski and Mee in the pecking order Rico (BOU) - Competing with Lloyd Kelly for the LB spot Kelly (CPL) - likely to start at CB with Sakho and Tomkins ou… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 14 |
FPL ZB | A new Lys of life? With the transfer of Lys Mousset to SUFC for £10m, does this give some thought to a 5.0 striker/4.5 defender rotation? Will you be getting him in? | 6 years, 7 months ago | 21 |
 Lateriser 12 | Keeper rotation or Fixture strength - a myth? Keeper Rotation/ Fixture Strength - A Myth A lot were talking about poor fixtures for keepers. So i decided to look into it. My case study includes Fabianski, Dave, Ryan, Schmeichel and Pickford a… | 6 years, 7 months ago | 26 |
 The Big Fella | 5 at the back: A fine strategy or suspected fallacy? I don't understand why people are going 5 at the back this year so much. This has happened in a few previous seasons (last one too actually) and it never works out. I have noticed it is typically t… | 6 years, 8 months ago | 88 |
 Grand Thibauto | Will Haller Hit The Heights with The Hammers? Haller Last season 39 Appearances (32 Starts) 20 Goals 12 Assists Tall strong striker with good eye for a pass. Possibly the penalty taker as well. Thoughts? | 6 years, 8 months ago | 10 |
 NUFCAndrew | Factors creating uncertainty for GW1 I can’t help tinkering with my team, but I feel there’s not much point in trying to create a serious draft at the moment because there’s a lot of things so up in the air. The following topics… | 6 years, 8 months ago | 13 |
 RMT's Professor | RMT updates Some of you may have noticed a slight change to the Rate My Team (RMT) tool. Now when you hover over a number, you will see 2 additional numbers. The 1st is 'adjusted points' (adjP) and the 2nd is… | 6 years, 8 months ago | 25 |