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| Author | Hot Topic | Date | Replies |
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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 |
