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| Author | Hot Topic | Date | Replies |
|---|---|---|---|
Geoff |
GW36 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, 4 months ago | 40 |
Geoff |
Gameweek 35 Rough with the Smooth
Gameweek 35 Rough with the Smooth How did your GW35 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, 4 months ago | 71 |
Tommyg |
'Must have' players
Who are the 'must have' players for the next three games? |
7 years, 4 months ago | 23 |
G-Whizz |
GW36 DS stats, Fixture and clean sheet odds
GW36 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds Last week of the teams which had a SGW Liverpool (615DS) saw off Carfiff 0-2 meanwhile Chelsea (520DS) and Bournemouth (416DS) both had surprising resu… |
7 years, 4 months ago | 10 |
HollywoodXI |
Get well soon Joe
Massive get well wishes to the legend that is Joe (formerly Jonty) who just posted this on his Twitter account: “Bleed on brain. Focusing all energy on getting better.” |
7 years, 4 months ago | 198 |
Tsssst |
Are you looking at Pogba?
anyone still got Pogba planning on getting rid of him? i know he's been pretty poor but his next 3 cant be ignored, can they? Chelsea love to concede as they have shown v Slavia and Burnley. then … |
7 years, 4 months ago | 16 |
HamezMace |
How is your GW so far?
So close to triple Brighton defence euphoria...that Eriksen goal was tough to take, but still pretty happy with them in general. Where is everyone at so far, and with how many left to play tonight… |
7 years, 4 months ago | 102 |
Legomané |
Time to collect your party bags?
Time to sell Vardy? Arguably one of the most in-form players right now with 8 goals in his last 8 PL matches, coinciding with the appointment of Brendan Rodgers GW28. With Arsenal(H), City(A) and… |
7 years, 4 months ago | 17 |
Legomané |
The last chip
The last chip - how will you spend yours? For me (and I imagine many others) it's the Triple-Captain chip. There are a few juicy options over the remaining 3 gameweeks. Link to a handy captaincy … |
7 years, 4 months ago | 23 |
Geoff |
Eliteserien: GW4 plans
Eliteserien deadline is fast approaching.. How is your team looking? Who will you captain and what are your transfers? |
7 years, 4 months ago | 22 |
Geoff |
Liverpool strategy
First, a reminder to everyone to upvote comments you think are useful and to flag comments you think should be Hot Topics! Second, Liverpool assets. With only HUD, new, WOL now to close the seas… |
7 years, 4 months ago | 34 |
Gregor |
Gameweek 35 Captaincy
It’s a tough call on the captaincy this week with another double gameweek on our hands but a lack of real standout players with the ideal scenario of a pair of attractive looking fixtures whilst … |
7 years, 4 months ago | 55 |
@ocprodigy |
Scout Picks Challenge - GW35
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 35 Work is a nightmare, I'm so sorry! Behind on GW32-34, but will produce the results this bank holiday weekend for certain! Frustrating me as much as it may be yo… |
7 years, 4 months ago | 13 |
Geoff |
GW35 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, 4 months ago | 43 |
G-Whizz |
DGW35 DS stats, Fixture and clean sheet odds
DGW35 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds Last week Spurs (608DS) beat Huddersfield 4-0. Manchester City (426DS) beat Crystal Palace 3-1 and Liverpool (418DS) beat Chelsea 2-0. Just under the … |
7 years, 4 months ago | 9 |
Geoff |
Gameweek 34 Rough with the Smooth
Gameweek 34 Rough with the Smooth How did your GW34 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, 4 months ago | 57 |
The Polymath |
Is DGW35 still the best week to Bench Boost?
Is DGW35 still the best week to Bench Boost? What are the Pros and Cons? |
7 years, 4 months ago | 39 |
Geoff |
Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 35
As usual, we're looking for a Community Champion this week! The Community Champion picks a team to go up against our Scout Picks, within a budget of 83.5m and in a playable FPL formation. If you'… |
7 years, 4 months ago | 0 |
Geoff |
Deeney transfer plans
For those who own Deeney, does his red and three match ban significantly change your post-wildcard plans? Who are the options you're looking at for replacing Deeney? What are the pros and cons of … |
7 years, 4 months ago | 37 |
Rupert The Horse |
Anfield report
Was at Anfield yesterday, thought I'd jot a few things down. - Liverpool set out playing a very high line and VVD marshalled the back line wonderfully. I have never seen such a dominant display fr… |
7 years, 4 months ago | 24 |
Geoff |
Wildcard regrets
For me, there are at least two important ways to judge FPL decisions: 1. Did my decision result in points? 2. Was my decision one that I can look back on happily, knowing that I decided to do it fo… |
7 years, 4 months ago | 98 |
J0E |
Live Scoutcast 9:30pm Tues - 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 poi… |
7 years, 4 months ago | 26 |
Geoff |
A or B final decisions
I don't usually do this kind of Hot Topic but, with one hour to the deadline and lots of us on our WC, let's hear your last minute dilemmas in 'A or B' format. Keep them simple, with the options c… |
7 years, 4 months ago | 161 |
Gregor |
Gameweek 34 Captaincy
Never captain a defender. Never captain a single gameweek player in a double gameweek. The unwritten rules of fantasy football look set to be shattered this week as Spurs’ Heung-min Son and B… |
7 years, 4 months ago | 55 |
Rotation's Alter Ego |
GW 34 News Roundup
What we learnt in the runup to gameweek 34… Liverpool Gomez will be needed according to Klopp, with some choices needing to be made over who makes a good fit for each game. Klopp will have to c… |
7 years, 4 months ago | 5 |
Geoff |
Eliteserien: GW3 plans
With GW3 set to kick off tonight (Friday deadline), how is your Eliteserien squad looking? What are your transfers for this week? Who are you looking to captain? |
7 years, 4 months ago | 13 |
Geoff |
Final WC decisions
For most of us, our WC teams will be coming together nicely; but up until the deadline we're likely to have a few spots that we can't decide on. What are those spots for you? Can you not decide on… |
7 years, 4 months ago | 34 |
Geoff |
GW34 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, 4 months ago | 27 |
@ocprodigy |
Scout Picks Challenge - GW34
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 34 Good evening from the big apple! Having been in Chicago, Kansas City and now New York this week I haven't had the time to complete GW32 and GW33 results unfortu… |
7 years, 4 months ago | 15 |
Geoff |
Allsvenskan - GW3 plans
Friday deadline in Allsvenskan this week! How is your team looking? Who are you looking to transfer in? Who will your captain be? |
7 years, 4 months ago | 15 |
Geoff |
Kane injured - what's your Spurs WC plan?
How has the Kane injury affected your WC plans? Which Spurs assets are you looking at now? What is your heavy hitter strategy? |
7 years, 4 months ago | 25 |
G-Whizz |
GW34 DS stats, Fixture and clean sheet odds (some DGW35 included)
GW34 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds Last week saw Liverpool (457DS) beat Southampton 1-3 and Chelsea (420DS) eased past West Ham 2-0. ARS: 38 BOU: -144 BHA: 144 & 183 BUR: 155 CAR: -155 … |
7 years, 4 months ago | 20 |
Geoff |
WC planning: which teams are you tripling on?
Thanks again for submitting the above Community Article! For those on their Wildcard, which teams will you have 3 players from? My current draft has tripled on City, Spurs, Brighton, Wolves, and … |
7 years, 4 months ago | 21 |
Rotation's Alter Ego |
Get your Arsenal in gear
One second they’re all the rage, now they’re out in the cold – but that’s not a surprise when they concede 23 shots against Everton to their 7. The question remains - which Arsenal players … |
7 years, 4 months ago | 23 |
Jedi_Reed |
Salah for GW36 - what is your plan?
How are players planning on bringing Salah back in GW36? It seems to be the main question of my WC team. It means downgrading the likes of Lloris and JWP, so I can make sure I can upgrade Eriksen… |
7 years, 4 months ago | 45 |
Geoff |
Gameweek 33 Rough with the Smooth
Gameweek 33 Rough with the Smooth How did your GW33 go? Did your transfers pay off? Did a hit turn out badly? How did your bench perform? Did your FH work? Feel free to post your tales of joy an… |
7 years, 4 months ago | 42 |
J0E |
Live Scoutcast 9:30pm Tues - 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 point b… |
7 years, 4 months ago | 54 |
Legomané |
Which Goalie Combo for the run in?
With squad re-shuffling a high pitch, which GK pairings are you considering? Link to fixtures matrix below, also broken down into some combinations which may assist. Any thoughts on further pairin… |
7 years, 4 months ago | 20 |
ZeBestee |
Brighton defensive options
I know many are getting on the Brighton's defenders and the keeper, but how many CS's are expected from their 2 games? I would say 1 at best, 0 very much possible. Ok they had a good game against … |
7 years, 4 months ago | 29 |
Geoff |
Eliteserien: GW2 plans
How is your Eliteserien GW2 shaping up? Are you using RU? If so, what's your team? If not, which chip are you using? Have you made any transfers? Who will you be captaining this GW? |
7 years, 4 months ago | 30 |
ktk_interista |
How important are City assets?
How important are City attacking assets going forward? Only 2 home games remaining against Spurs and Leicester. So I don't think there are many big scores remaining. The schedule is hectic and ther… |
7 years, 4 months ago | 19 |
Geoff |
Allsvenskan - GW2 plans
This is the first of our Review/Preview articles, which we'll try to get out every week. I'll look to get a Hot Topic up pre-deadline every week as well. Use the Community tab on the sidebar to f… |
7 years, 4 months ago | 24 |
Rotation's Alter Ego |
GW 33 News Roundup
What we learnt in the runup to Gameweek 33…. Remember – it’s a Friday deadline! Liverpool No new injury concerns for Liverpool, with Van Dijk looking ready to play after a minor issue. Gom… |
7 years, 4 months ago | 10 |
Geoff |
GW33 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, 4 months ago | 13 |
Gregor |
Gameweek 33 Captaincy
Who are we entrusting with our armbands this week then? Eden Hazard, Mohammed Salah and Sadio Mané lead the charge on the Captains Poll with Liverpool away at Southampton tonight and Chelsea fac… |
7 years, 4 months ago | 47 |
@ocprodigy |
Scout Picks Challenge GW33
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 33 Almost forgot about tonight's game... which meant I also forgot about this! Was hoping to do GW32 before releasing this but ah well... GW30 results: https://ww… |
7 years, 4 months ago | 16 |
G-Whizz |
GW33 DS stats, Fixture and clean sheet odds
GW33 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds Last week Manchester City (567 & 857DS) beat Fulham 2-0 away and Cardiff at the Ethiad. Chelsea (297 & 450DS) beat Cardiff 1-2 and Brighton 3-0. The be… |
7 years, 4 months ago | 16 |
Davido989 |
Early thoughts on GW34 WC plans
What's your 34 WC looking like? |
7 years, 4 months ago | 31 |
Geoff |
Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 33
We're again looking for a Community Champion, this time for GW33. The team has to be within a 83.5m budget and needs to be in a proper FPL formation. If you're interested, email your team ID and … |
7 years, 4 months ago | 0 |
FPL Xylophone |
What is the best week for TC?
Which is the best game to TC from the remaining gws (let's remove dgw35 as most likely most will bb)? Anyone thinking bgw33? |
7 years, 5 months ago | 30 |
