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Author Hot Topic Date Replies

OldBenKenobi
Can you afford to buy back the players you sell?

Personally I think the hardest thing about nagivating the blanks and doubles is the potential value you will lose but selling and buying back players like Jimenez, Pogba etc etc and having sub par …

7 years, 6 months ago 23

Geoff
Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 27

Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 27 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, 6 months ago 0

Pras (FPL)
Ideal GW31 picks

What is the ideal GW31 team in your view? Relevant for those looking to Free Hit and also those looking to build up to a team. For me: Fabianski; 4.0 Luiz; Robbo; Periera (or or other LEI defend…

7 years, 6 months ago 74

G-Whizz
GW27 DS stats, Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW27 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds GW26 saw only a couple of fixtures of note with Liverpool (568DS) beating Bournemouth 3-0 and Manchester City (383DS) spanked Chelsea 6-0 at The Ethiad…

7 years, 6 months ago 16

Vobinho
Leicester options

Leicester - Form v Fixtures So, Leicester have one of the best fixture runs over the next 9. That's very long term and could prove fruitful if their assets prosper. There have been articles regar…

7 years, 6 months ago 19

Geoff
Chip Strategy discussion

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic There is obviously loads to talk about now as we have some more clarity on the DGW/BGW situation, so we'll start today with the strategies outlined in the ab…

7 years, 6 months ago 66

DavidMunday815
Live Scoutcast Tuesday at 9:30pm - Leave your questions here

The Scoutcast is back tonight at 9:30pm so we need your questions to shape the content. Which player should we discuss & why? Which team should we discuss & why? What should our talking point be & …

7 years, 6 months ago 32

FPL Forward Thinker
Blankety Blank Scenario

GAMEWEEK 31 Saturday 16 Mar Bournemouth 15:00 Newcastle Burnley 15:00 Leicester West Ham 15:00 Huddersfield Sunday 17 Mar Fulham 14:15 Liverpool Everton 16:30 Chelsea GAMEWEEK 33 06 -07 April…

7 years, 6 months ago 22

Optimus.
Flashback - Bruno Ganz captioned

I see Bruno Ganz passed away, the old FFS brigade will appreciate this lol.. https://www.captiongenerator.com/4518/Unreal-reacts-to-GW38

7 years, 6 months ago 11

Richd
Could FH 31 be the best option?

Surely FH 31 is the best option ?? I can’t see how making your team awful until 31 is a positive. Even if your 32 team won’t be optimised if you FH before. So tough

7 years, 6 months ago 87

Geoff
GW27 planning

GW27 Planning 1. Are you planning to field a full 11 for GW27? 2. Are you planning on taking any hits? 3. Have you already made your transfers? What are your thoughts about the reduced GW27 fixtu…

7 years, 6 months ago 75

@ocprodigy
Scout Picks Challenge GW24 Results

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 24 RESULTS I am horrendous at keeping promises, but I am catching up with the GWs! GW24 entries: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/19783649 ***** G…

7 years, 6 months ago 2

Geoff
Newcastle assets

Really nice summary of the Newcastle assets above by Pep Pig. After reading the Community Article, are you considering Newcastle assets more then before, or reconsidering them? Who are your Newc…

7 years, 6 months ago 9

Zladan
UCL Fantasy Matchday 7 - Overhaul Thoughts?

UCL Fantasy Matchday 7 - Overhaul. The overhaul (unlimited transfers) is currently active and we have hours left until the deadline. Which teams will you be loading up on? Who are the best enab…

7 years, 6 months ago 54

Geoff
Gameweek 26 Rough with the Smooth

Gameweek 26 Rough with the Smooth How did your GW26 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, 6 months ago 65

Legomané
Nae-gueroooo!!‬ Mini-League

‪Nae-gueroooo!!‬ ‪Has Sergio Aguero wreaked unimaginable havoc on your FPL season?‬ 🙁 ‪Be at peace with your irrecoverable OR and join the Nae-gueroooo!! mini-league for fellow-fated …

7 years, 6 months ago 18

Geoff
Mid-priced midfielders: who are the best picks?

With lots of transfers, changes to formation, and blanks and doubles upcoming the mid-priced midfielders are now getting some attention. A downgrade from an expensive mid (eg. Sane, Hazard) to a …

7 years, 6 months ago 48

Gregor
Gameweek 26 Captaincy

With two blanks in his last two games, there was ground to be made for those backing against Mohamed Salah with their armbands with the likes of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in GW24 and in particular …

7 years, 6 months ago 23

@ocprodigy
Scout Picks Challenge - GW 26

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 26 GW24&25 tomorrow! 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 gamewee…

7 years, 6 months ago 20

Rotation's Alter Ego
GW 26 News Roundup

In case you missed it, here’s what we learnt in the runup to gameweek 26: Mendy will not be available for City against Chelsea. During the presser, Pep also learnt that Mendy was in Hong Kong - …

7 years, 6 months ago 26

G-Whizz
GW26 DS stats, Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW26 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds Last week saw Chelsea (490DS) beat Huddersfield 5-0 Manchester City (458DS) beat Arsenal 3-1 with Spurs (373DS) sneaking past Newcastle 1-0. Liverpool …

7 years, 6 months ago 14

d1sable
Sky Sports Ownership

Head on over here for a breakdown of the top 1000 managers player ownership in the Sky Game. Overhaul fast approaching! https://twitter.com/ffscout_luke/status/1093546248202792960?s=19

7 years, 6 months ago 12

Geoff
GW26 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, 6 months ago 31

Geoff
Sane replacements and midfield options

Many had planned Sterling or Sane out for GW26 anyway but Sane's disappointing GW25 score looks to have made many even more sure of that plan. He already has nearly 170,000 transfers out ahead of G…

7 years, 6 months ago 50

Geoff
Gameweek 25 Rough with the Smooth

Gameweek 25 Rough with the Smooth I'm expecting some huge Smooths, with Aguero TCs floating around, and some huge Roughs, with Sane TCs out there as well. How did your GW25 go? Did your transfer…

7 years, 6 months ago 69

rainy
Price Changes

Price Changes - 7th February 2019 🔻  Gueye (4.7), Sané (9.7), Shaqiri (7.0)

7 years, 6 months ago 8

Geoff
City Lineup Speculation Guessing Game

Normally I try to stay away from purely speculative Hot Topics but I can't deny that one of the 'hot topics' on the site right now is people trying to guess at what the City lineup will be tonight.…

7 years, 6 months ago 43

SuperMane Returns
FPL, addiction and mental health

Hi folks, being a recovering gambling addict, and nearly 6.5 years now gambling free now, i highly commend the Scoutcast tonight and all the issues it confronted in relation to Mental Health. It di…

7 years, 6 months ago 79

Geoff
Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 26

Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 26 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, 6 months ago 0

Vobinho
Relegation Candidates: Best FPL options

Who out of the relegation candidates will make a big jump and hit form? There's always one team that performs well towards the end of the season. Anyone from Huddersfield, Fulham, Cardiff, Burnley…

7 years, 6 months ago 18

Geoff
Reminder: Vote for good content

Take this as my quarterly reminder to upvote posts that you think are valuable! The reason upvoting is important is hugely increased for people who use Sort by: Rating like I do. This is an option…

7 years, 6 months ago 27

Geoff
Early transfers ahead of GW26

With West Ham, Liverpool, Everton, and Man City still to play this GW, is it risky to make an early transfer? Son already has 125,000+ transfers in and Jimenez is nearing 75,000. Will you be look…

7 years, 6 months ago 55

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 p…

7 years, 6 months ago 40

FPL ZB
Behind the Sofa

Who are the assets you’re absolutely fearing this week? Who could be your big red arrow?

7 years, 7 months ago 42

Legomané
Sterling v Sané and their DGW "form" this season

Sterling v Sané... DGW "form" this season https://twitter.com/legomane_fpl/status/1091518146585026560?s=21 Imagine if every consecutive pair of Gameweeks had formed a Double Gameweek so far this…

7 years, 7 months ago 9

@ocprodigy
Scout Picks Challenge GW25

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 25 We're here! Ta-da. GW24 results tomorrow. ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, every evening prior to the start…

7 years, 7 months ago 18

Gregor
Gameweek 25 Captaincy

GW25 brings us the first double gameweek of the season with Manchester City and Everton playing home games at the weekend and then facing each other at Goodison Park on Wednesday night. Now for me,…

7 years, 7 months ago 59

Rotation's Alter Ego
GW 25 News Roundup

What we learnt in the buildup to gameweek 25: Pogba is expected to be fit for the Leicester game, as is Martial. https://twitter.com/samuelluckhurst/status/1091256127512289280?s=19 Eddie Howe con…

7 years, 7 months ago 26

FredtheRed
How many DGW players do you have?

Go on then. Tell us how many players you are going into this DGW with? I have 4: Ederson | Digne | Sane | Richarlison. I don't know what to do about Digne as he will play this week in one of the …

7 years, 7 months ago 56

Geoff
GW25 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, 7 months ago 28

rainy
Friday's Press Conferences

Solskjaer - "I don't think there's anything with Paul" Howe - "Callum Wilson is definitely out" Warnock - 10:45am Pochettino - 12:30pm Pellegrini - 12:30pm Emery - 1pm Sarri - 1pm Nuno - 1pm Hodgso…

7 years, 7 months ago 3

rainy
New Players Added

New players added to the game Peter Crouch (BUR) FOR £4.5m Leandro Bacuna (CAR) DEF £4.5m Karlan Grant (HUD) FOR £5.0m Youri Tielemans (LEI) MID £6.0m Miguel Almiron (NEW) MID £6.0m Antonio B…

7 years, 7 months ago 15

G-Whizz
GW25 DS stats, Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW25 DS stats, fixtures and clean sheet odds Last week saw Arsenal (503DS) beat Cardiff 2-1 at the Emirates, Manchester City (481DS) lost to Newcastle 2-1 away and Liverpool (455DS) could only man…

7 years, 7 months ago 15

MINUS FOUR
Chip Strategy

Chip Strategy: for those of you planning to Free Hit in DGW32, have you actually looked closely at the potential blanks in GW31 and how far away your current team is to a decent team for that GW? Y…

7 years, 7 months ago 62

Pep Pig
What is the case for a City DGW25 Triple Captain?

I think there could be a case for TC this double GW. I believe City will bounce back against Arsenal and if they win, I think the Pep roulette could calm down for the Wednesday night game against…

7 years, 7 months ago 43

Hutch_James
FFScout Fantasy Six Nations league on Superbru

Here are details of the FFScout Fantasy Six Nations league on Superbru, for those that are interested in the oval ball: https://www.superbru.com/sixnationsfantasy/pool.php?p=11969012 Just follow …

7 years, 7 months ago 2

Geoff
Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 25

Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 25 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, 7 months ago 0

Geoff
Gameweek 24 Rough with the Smooth

Gameweek 24 Rough with the Smooth How did your GW24 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, 7 months ago 59

Legomané
The Sarri-Bawl Effect..

After yesterday's Alonso benching, 4-0 defeat to Bournemouth, and reported post-match 45-minute dressing room - dressing down...what next for your Chelsea assets?

7 years, 7 months ago 22

Jealous Viper
What's going on with Man City?

Fantasy aside, what do we think is the reason behind City's fall from grace. Astonishing that a team being hailed as being the best ever and on course to go unbeaten look so fragile now

7 years, 7 months ago 31