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Author Hot Topic Date Replies

Geoff
Gameweek 32 Rough with the Smooth

Gameweek 32 Rough with the Smooth How did your GW32 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, 5 months ago 60

Geoff
The value of a pre-WC one week punt

Looking past DGW32 to BGW33, many of us have a looming GW34 WC in our minds when looking at our transfer for this coming GW. 14 of my 15 players have a fixture for example, with only Patricio hav…

7 years, 5 months ago 42

J0E
Live Scoutcast 9:30pm Thurs - leave your questions here

Live Scoutcast Thursday 9:30pm Leave your questions for @FFScout_Joe @LetsTalk_FPL @ffscout_az @ffscout_luke here. Which player(s) should we discuss and why? Which team(s) should we discuss and…

7 years, 5 months ago 31

Differential C (Mark)
Saints assets

Just a bit of my thoughts on the Saints assets. Last week, Hasenhuttl unleashed his Leipzig 4-2-2-2 for the first time since moving to the South Coast. Looked promising, but still many things to …

7 years, 5 months ago 17

MINUS FOUR
Open your mind

Massive hindsight alert, but here goes anyway. One of the big advantages to opening your mind up to all transfer possibilities (e.g. what can I do if I'm bold enough to not include an underperformi…

7 years, 5 months ago 44

Geoff
Title and Top 4 races - FPL implications?

With Liverpool again top of the table with a 2 point lead on City, but having played 32 to City's 31, the title race is fully on. As for the top 4 race, the Spurs loss and the Chelsea win mean tha…

7 years, 5 months ago 18

Meltens
Allsvenskan GW1 Plans

Deadline for GW1 in Fantasy Allsvenskan at 13.00 CET so roughly one more hour before lockdown! How’s your team shaping up? Who are you captaining and why? Link to the English signup-page is here…

7 years, 5 months ago 12

Captain Kakaroto (I blame R…
Gameweek 32 Captaincy

No HOT TOPIC on this one so: Who will be your captain and why?

7 years, 5 months ago 25

@ocprodigy
Scout Picks Challenge - GW33

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 33 GW30 results: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/20105904 I know I'm behind majorly, again, but working on catching up. Hoping for at least GW30 to…

7 years, 5 months ago 19

rainy
What's your FH team?

Show us what you've been working on all week! Let's have a list of everyone's best FH XI — done or nearly done 😉 And good luck!

7 years, 5 months ago 62

Richd
Unlimited funds FH

Here’s a cool excercise I like to do If you had unlimited funds. The “rich uncle chip” as it was. What would be your XI? It’s a great way to realise where you team stands in line with y…

7 years, 5 months ago 16

ViperStripes
Who will be a DGW flop?

Who is going to be the biggest FH Flop? I'll nominate Dilva (with Bilva to achieve his highest score of the season.)

7 years, 5 months ago 15

Niemi
RMTs for Eliteserien

Let's do a RMT hot topic. Post your team below, and me or someone else on here will help out with their thoughts!

7 years, 5 months ago 56

Rotation's Alter Ego
GW 32 News Roundup

What we learnt in the runup to Gameweek 32…. Liverpool All international players returned ok for Liverpool. Gomez is back in normal training, but will have to adapt after a long time out. TAA h…

7 years, 5 months ago 17

Geoff
DGW32 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, 5 months ago 32

IRBOX ⚽
Triple City - are you looking at Sane?

Sane must be the highest risk/reward option this GW on FH. The German has played 60+ mins on 15 occasions this season for an average of 7.93 points per match. In form for his country over the int…

7 years, 5 months ago 28

Geoff
Eliteserien Fantasy plans: GW1, DGW2, and chip plans

How is your Eliteserien draft looking? What formation are you going with, and what's your chip strategy for DGW2? What are the problem positions for your side, and which players are you still unsu…

7 years, 5 months ago 15

MINUS FOUR
Time to Put the Bourgeois Backline to the Sword?

My take on this Free Hit, if you're trying to make a big surge up the rankings, is that the best overall sword/differential strategy is to largely ignore the defences of the big three teams with th…

7 years, 5 months ago 52

★Kuntheman★
GW32 : players on the edge of the template

I think generally there is a template for the FH teams. Everyone has Aguero, Hazard, Sterling, Ederson/Kepa, Pogba, Laporte/David Luiz, cheap CPL defender, Lindelof. Let's consider the other ones.…

7 years, 5 months ago 34

J0E
Live Scoutcast 9:30pm Tues - leave your questions here

Live Scoutcast 9:30pm Tuesday Feel free to leave your questions here. On this week's show we will be focusing on Double Gameweek 32 strategy and players. Let us know which goalkeepers, defende…

7 years, 5 months ago 84

G-Whizz
DGW32 DS stats, Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW32 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds Last week Liverpool (519DS) beat Fulham 2-1 at Craven Cottage and West Ham (359DS) squeezed past Huddersfield 4-3 after being 2-0 down. ARS: 500 BOU:…

7 years, 5 months ago 43

Geoff
England players and the summer transfer window

I thought Hudson-Odoi looked lively for England last night, Sancho played well, and of course Sterling played very well. Kane was ponderous and his weak penalty covered up an average game and I was…

7 years, 5 months ago 15

Twisted Saltergater
FH Twisted Thoughts...

My thoughts for those putting a FH team together. Saves me replying to every post. Brighton - SOT, che, mci (FAC) Brighton only really appeal to me defensively. Ryan is quality, and Dunk and Duffy…

7 years, 5 months ago 14

Geoff
Site update and RMT Article for Free Hitters

And suddenly, FFS is in colour 🙂 I've also got our first FH RMT Community Article out, courtesy of G-Whizz. It would be great if everyone could post their RMTs there, to try to get some RMT traff…

7 years, 5 months ago 16

Geoff
What is your FH team?

Please feel free to post your FH team here. Also, comment on other people's teams! We are trying to get some of the traffic away from the main articles for FH RMT content - that will only work if …

7 years, 5 months ago 31

Geoff
Members Only - RMT scores

We had an early post that looked at RMT scores but I thought I'd start a new one, now that Laporte has been fixed. His score was way off, and looks better now. What's your RMT score? Are there pl…

7 years, 5 months ago 37

Positive vibes
Kane on FH - yes or no, and why?

Kane or no Kane?

7 years, 5 months ago 31

Sting in the Tail
How will VAR impact the PL and FPL?

As a change from all these RMT. Do you think VAR will change the players everyone selects in FPL next year? I think there are going to be a lot more penalties awarded and central defenders will get…

7 years, 5 months ago 30

rainy
Alternative Free Hit Chip plans

If you haven't played your Free Hit chip yet, and won't use it this week, when will you? Is 33 the magic number? Has Deulofail's community article* convinced you to wait till week 38? How have you …

7 years, 5 months ago 22

Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
European Motivation for Hornets and Wolves?

Would you agree Watford and Wolves are very unlikely to play anything but their strongest teams in the DGW? Apparently the FA Cup runners up don't get a European place, so 7th in the league this y…

7 years, 5 months ago 68

Geoff
Gameweek 31 Rough with the Smooth

Gameweek 31 Rough with the Smooth How did your GW31 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, 5 months ago 94

Geoff
Spurs DGW32

With Spurs now doubling in GW32, playing at Liverpool March 31 and and hosting Palace April 3, are you looking to bring anyone in? Who are their best options and why? With 3 goals in 4, Kane is …

7 years, 5 months ago 40

gaurava1216
FH 32 Guide

Thought i would take a little time on my Sunday to put down some thoughts for you fine people for those FH and on the potential DGW 32 and also mention what we already know and what could be... 4…

7 years, 5 months ago 26

G-Whizz
Early FH32 thoughts?

So what's your early thoughts on your FH32 team? What teams are you targeting to triple up on? Who are your top 3 "must haves" that you won't be going without? Are there any SGW players making t…

7 years, 5 months ago 66

Legomané
GW32 Warning for FH'ers!

GW32 Warning for FH'ers I will not be ACTIVATING my FH chip until FA Cup ties are complete and DGW fixtures are announced. If City were to lose to Swansea for example this might make WC32 + FH33 …

7 years, 5 months ago 28

G-Whizz
Latest Mané News

"Despite missing training on Friday, Sadio Mané has been named in the travelling squad..." https://twitter.com/lfcfanscorner/status/1106970704145199105?s=21

7 years, 5 months ago 15

Rogue Todd
Top 10k Prediction Game

***Top 10k prediction game*** Predict to the nearest whole percent in the top 10k: A) FH chips used this week B) Salah's EO C) Average hits in points You start with 100 points and lose a point f…

7 years, 5 months ago 67

@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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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 months ago 23