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 @ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE GW31 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 31 --- GAMEWEEK SPECIFIC RULES --- As occurs occasionally during blank gameweeks, its not possible to field a full 11. In order to facilitate the game, this gamew… | 7 years, 1 day ago | 16 |
 Gregor | Gameweek 31 Captaincy So it looks like the premium Liverpool midfielders will be attracting most of the armband action for this limited gameweek as the reds take on the usually obliging Fulham defence on Sunday, but for… | 7 years, 1 day ago | 35 |
 Rotation's Alter Ego | GW 31 News Roundup What we learnt in the runup to Gameweek 31… Liverpool Henderson has been confirmed out following his injury in the CL. Klopp will check to see if Keita is able to train later, but after the IB … | 7 years, 1 day ago | 6 |
 Geoff | Champions League draw The Premier League is clearly well represented in Europe, with 6 teams in European Cup Competitions. Champions League draw: Ajax v Juventus Liverpool v Porto Tottenham v Man City Man United v B… | 7 years, 1 day ago | 15 |
 Legomané | FREE-HIT GW31 RMT SURGERY Free-Hit chip wielding FPL managers - please share your RMT squads, queries and dilemmas here. Who is essential? Who are your differentials? Who are you avoiding? Where do you expect to make gains… | 7 years, 1 day ago | 26 |
 Skonto Rigga | Arnie quotes Hi folks. Just thought I'd wade in here regarding those Arnie quotes, not that I'm trying to persuade/dissuade anyone to get/not get him (I'm considering him myself). Having seen the press confere… | 7 years, 2 days ago | 17 |
Geoff | BGW31 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, who has a series of no attacking returns, or has very low o… | 7 years, 2 days ago | 30 |
Geoff | Want to be the Community Champion for BGW31? Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 31 Once again, one champion representing the community will take on the Scout Picks this week with a chance to win a prize at the end of the sea… | 7 years, 3 days ago | 0 |
Legomané | Hit-rithmetic OK...I'm just gonna say it... If the rule of thumb for taking a hit in a normal BGW is that it's just a... -4 + 2 (appearance pts) = "-2" Then (if playing FH32).. Taking a hit in BGW31 for a BGW3… | 7 years, 4 days ago | 62 |
Geoff | Allsvenskan Fantasy A bit of a niche one this, I know, but who is planning to play Allsvenskan Fantasy this season? After playing Eliteserien last year I'll take a crack on Allsvenskan this year. I'm wondering if the… | 7 years, 4 days ago | 31 |
 Davido989 | Zidane PL wish list speculation So it looks like Zidane has a chequebook to sign pretty much anyone. Rumours of upwards of £300m to spend. Who from the PL do you think they'll target? | 7 years, 4 days ago | 47 |
Geoff | Bournemouth assets BGW31 is quickly approaching and with only 5 games on, the pool of players we can pick from is much smaller than it normally is. Fraser returned a goal and an assist in GW30 for 13 points, and ha… | 7 years, 4 days ago | 20 |
 G-Whizz | GW31 DS stats, Fixture and clean sheet odds GW31 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds Last week Liverpool (661DS) beat Burnley 4-1 at Anfield with a Mané brace and a Sterling hat trick saw Manchester City (600DS) beat Watford 3-0 at the… | 7 years, 5 days ago | 23 |
 RedLightning | Shields and swords Last week's Scoutcast discussed the idea of swords and shields, but this is not an entirely new idea and there seems to be some confusion about exactly how it works. This is how I understand it: S… | 7 years, 5 days ago | 84 |
Geoff | Gameweek 30 Rough with the Smooth Some big scores this week, but also a big difference between the highs and the lows. Did you break 100? How did your GW go? Did your transfers pay off? Did a hit turn out badly? How did your bench… | 7 years, 5 days ago | 66 |
 Pras (FPL) | Free Hit rules Free Hit - Points to Note: 1) How to activate - once you select your transfers, this will show up in the screen before confirming the transfers 2) Transfer before - ANY transfers you make before… | 7 years, 5 days ago | 39 |
 J0E | Live Scoutcast Tuesday at 9:30pm - Leave your questions here Live Scoutcast 9:30pm Tuesday Which Gameweek 31 players, teams and issues should we discuss? Anderson perhaps? Best Liverpool or Chelsea assets? Let us know here. Subscribe here - https://www.yo… | 7 years, 5 days ago | 45 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Free Hit 31 Discussion Free Hit 31 and Free Hit 32 will be by far the most popular strategies deployed by FPL managers this year. The majority of the frequent FFS posters seem to be on FH 32, but there will still be many… | 7 years, 6 days ago | 30 |
 Deulofail | Twenty million comments If you weren't aware, the site has now reached 20,000,000 comments since the first with this comment system 8 years and 5 months ago: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/1 This great m… | 7 years, 7 days ago | 19 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge GW27 results SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 27 RESULTS Lets do some back-to-back results real quick... GW27 entries: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/19907462 ***** GAMEWEEK RESULTS ***** Her… | 7 years, 8 days ago | 0 |
@ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE GW30 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 30 One more GW to complete! GW27 results: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/19996893 GW28 results: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/199… | 7 years, 8 days ago | 22 |
Gregor | Gameweek 30 Captaincy Who are we entrusting with our armbands this weekend then folks? I think most of us will be looking towards the title challengers and it’s between Salah and Sterling for me. I’m edging toward… | 7 years, 8 days ago | 29 |
 joeydelucchi | Fraser v Brooks i'm really surprised to see the lack of love for Fraser on this site. Hes having a great season, his lack of form has coincided with their best goalscorer being out (amongst 2-3 others , Lewis Coo… | 7 years, 8 days ago | 37 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | GW 30 News Roundup What we learnt in the runup to Gameweek 30… Manchester City KDB is not fit and Stones is also not ready. Laporte is training, but still rated a doubt. Fernandinho is out. https://twitter.com/ja… | 7 years, 8 days ago | 10 |
Geoff | GW30 breakout players Who do you think will find form and step up to score big this GW, and why? Do you think it will be an already-established name in many of our sides or someone who is a major differential? Have y… | 7 years, 8 days ago | 38 |
 MINUS FOUR | How can we capitalize on Team Value? For anyone still worrying about losing team value etc, there are 9 gameweeks to go and now more than ever it's time to prioritise immediate points. Yes, it will cost you more if you want buy the li… | 7 years, 9 days ago | 85 |
 Yellin' in my Ear | Fantasy Eliteserien The Norwegian Fantasy Eliteserien is now open at, https://en.fantasy.eliteserien.no. We had a good community on here last season, and be great to have something similar this year. The game is great… | 7 years, 11 days ago | 66 |
G-Whizz | GW30 DS stats, Fixture and clean sheet odds GW30 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds Last week only one fixture came to our attention as Manchester (445DS) beat Southampton 3-2 with Pogba missing a last minute penalty. Just under the ra… | 7 years, 12 days ago | 9 |
 Celt Abroad | Will you (Gloria Gaynor) survive? First there was Digne, when he was benched that night. Then came on to get a red card for my struggling side. Then sane with the armband, for a one point cameo. While my rivals in my mini league… | 7 years, 12 days ago | 22 |
G-Whizz | BGW31 Forwards? What forwards will you have or looking at having for GW31? I'm currently looking at a couple of options. I could go with a 5-3-2 with my forwards as King and Barnes and my bench consisting of Stee… | 7 years, 12 days ago | 78 |
 _Make | Are we overthinking our captains? Good day all. A simple question for us all today. Are we overthinking our captains? You spend loads of time reading the captaincy articles and comments, you scour the members' area for big chanc… | 7 years, 12 days ago | 178 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Cherry Picking Bournemouth Assets Form vs Fixtures rears its head once again. Despite putting 4 past Chelsea at the Vitality, Bournemouth have only scored 2 in their last 5 and conceded 12. However, after facing 3 of the top 6 in t… | 7 years, 12 days ago | 15 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tuesday at 9:30pm - Leave your questions here Live Scoutcast 9:30pm Tuesday Each week we look at the key player, team and talking point Which player should we discuss & why? Which team should we discuss & why? What should our talking poin… | 7 years, 12 days ago | 39 |
Geoff | Gameweek 29 Rough with the Smooth Gameweek 29 Rough with the Smooth How did your GW28 go? Did your transfers pay off? Did a hit turn out badly? How did your bench perform? Feel free to post your tales of joy and woe from Gamewee… | 7 years, 13 days ago | 66 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Gameweek 29 Captaincy As we hurtle towards deadline, it's time to lock in those captaincy choices. It's tight at the top of the captaincy poll, with Pogba, Aguero, Sterling and Salah all having their merits. For me, i… | 7 years, 14 days ago | 40 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge GW29 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 29 I will catch up... promise... ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, every evening prior to the start of the game… | 7 years, 15 days ago | 23 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | GW 29 News Roundup What we learnt in the runup to gameweek 29… Liverpool Firmino has been outside running, which is a positive step, but Klopp will wait to see how he reacts. https://twitter.com/JamesPearceEcho/s… | 7 years, 15 days ago | 17 |
Geoff | GW29 breakout players Who do you think will find form and step up to score big this GW, and why? Do you think it will be an already-established name in many of our sides or someone who is a major differential? Have y… | 7 years, 15 days ago | 37 |
G-Whizz | GW29 DS stats, Fixture and clean sheet odds GW29 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds Last week the DS leaders Manchester City (668DS) could only muster a 1-0 victory over West Ham. Arsenal (492DS) thrashed Bournemouth 5-1 and Liverpool … | 7 years, 16 days ago | 12 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge GW26 results SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 26 RESULTS Catching up catching up...! GW26 entries: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/19862389 ***** GAMEWEEK RESULTS ***** Here are the gameweek'… | 7 years, 16 days ago | 0 |
Geoff | Gameweek 28 Rough with the Smooth Gameweek 28 Rough with the Smooth How did your GW28 go? Did your transfers pay off? Did a hit turn out badly? How did your bench perform? Feel free to post your tales of joy and woe from Gamewee… | 7 years, 17 days ago | 51 |
MINUS FOUR | Why are so many top managers struggling? Anyone got any theories about why big name managers like Ville Ronka and Jay Egersdorff are having such shocking seasons? Is there something markedly different happening in the game this season com… | 7 years, 17 days ago | 151 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tonight at 9:30pm - Leave your questions here Live Scoutcast 9:30pm Tonight (Wed) Each week we look at the week's key player, team & talking point Which player should we discuss & why? Which team should we discuss & why? What should our tal… | 7 years, 17 days ago | 26 |
 FPL ZB | Behind the Sofa Now that pens are down, who is it that is scaring you this game week? Who's name popping up on goal alerts would send shivers down your spine? | 7 years, 18 days ago | 30 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | GW 28 News Roundup What we learnt in the runup to Gameweek 28… Liverpool Firmino’s injury is not as serious as feared. He will be close to being able to play tomorrow, but if he doesn’t return then he has a b… | 7 years, 18 days ago | 23 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge GW25 results SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 25 RESULTS I just found out I can pick up historic data sources as opposed to rebuilding them each time I fall behind so expect the previous GW26 and GW27 to come … | 7 years, 18 days ago | 1 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge GW28 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 28 I found historical FPL data so the next two results will be easy for me to compile. Expect them very shortly (if not tonight!) ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For t… | 7 years, 18 days ago | 14 |
Geoff | GW28 breakout players Who do you think will find form and step up to score big this GW, and why? Do you think it will be an already-established name in many of our sides or someone who is a major differential? Have y… | 7 years, 18 days ago | 31 |
G-Whizz | GW28 DS stats, Fixture and clean sheet odds GW28 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds Last week saw Arsenal (517DS) ease past Southampton 2-0 while Spurs (405DS) lost 1-2 at Burnley and as hinted on, West Ham (269DS) beat Fulham 3-1 at t… | 7 years, 19 days ago | 9 |
 There's Always One! | Chips and Changes Sorry it bottomed and I'm interested to see what you all think. Does Anyone else think the chips have ruined the game? Ever since they came about I've enjoyed it less every year. I feel they have… | 7 years, 19 days ago | 91 |