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 G-Whizz | GW19 ODR, Fixture and average clean sheet odds GW19 ODR, Fixtures and clean sheet odds Hope everyone's ready for Christmas! This week sees the introduction of a new rating which I hope will, like the DS stats would do, point the way to the ea… | 7 years, 2 months ago | 39 |
 RedLightning | Man United: time to jump onboard? Manchester United look a different team under their new manager. A great result for them today, and excellent fixtures coming up. Are you tempted to bring in one or two of their players, and if so… | 7 years, 2 months ago | 32 |
 TorresMagic™ | Last Man Standing Live Scoreboard! For those in Last Man Standing Thanks to Ragabolly for all his work on this. Live scoreboard for LMS including live top 20 and bottom 200 teams in the danger zone for elimination. https://www.li… | 7 years, 2 months ago | 14 |
 Gregor | Gameweek 18 Captaincy A whole plethora of players worthy of our captaincy consideration this week so it will be interesting to see who comes out on top come Sunday night. I think it may be folly to look beyond Manches… | 7 years, 2 months ago | 23 |
 @ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge - GW17 results SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 17 RESULTS I don't know if you've been naughty, I don't know if you've been nice... but I do know we are one gameweek from seeing who'll be top at Christmas! (And … | 7 years, 2 months ago | 0 |
 Geoff | GW18 breakout players Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Who do you think will find form and step up in GW18 to score big, and why? Do you think it will be an already-established name in many of our sides or someo… | 7 years, 2 months ago | 21 |
 Rotation's Alter Ego | GW 18 Rotation Roulette As we approach the climax of the festive period, we once again face the prospect of a week filled with rotation. Of course, this is the first gameweek of 4 that come on a space of 11 days, so could… | 7 years, 2 months ago | 23 |
@ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE GW 18 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 18 GW15 results: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/19501405 GW16 results: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/19511250 At some stage tomor… | 7 years, 2 months ago | 29 |
Geoff | What's your best FPL Christmas advice? With the GWs about to be significantly compressed, plans for strengthening benches and preparing for Christmas fixtures should now be coming together nicely. This year maybe more than most we've al… | 7 years, 2 months ago | 46 |
Geoff | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 18 Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 18 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, 2 months ago | 0 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge GW 15 Results SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 15 RESULTS Time for some major results catch-up today 😀 expect it all to come flooding in. (Translation: I'm off work until Christmas) GW15 entries: https://www.… | 7 years, 2 months ago | 0 |
 Do I Not Like Orange | Mour or less Man Utd assets now? Are we all looking to get United attackers in for the next few now, then? I'll wait and observe the Cardiff game first, but hope it gives me reason to get Martial or Rashford in for the following 2… | 7 years, 2 months ago | 29 |
 Arteta | Festive Rest Periods Rest days during the festive period In brackets you can see how many days is between their 1st and 2nd, 2nd and 3rd, 3rd and 4th game. I hope this helps you with your planning. Happy holidays and … | 7 years, 2 months ago | 21 |
 rainy | New players added New players added to the game 06/12 Rafael Camacho - Liverpool, Midfielder, £5.0 06/12 Josh Knight - Leicester, Defender, £4.0 10/12 Ben White - Brighton, Defender, £4.0 16/12 Timothy Eyoma - T… | 7 years, 2 months ago | 9 |
 Maximus Bonimus Pointimus | Talking about Alonso Guys - we need to talk about Marcos Alonso. There's been a tangible uptick in the Alonso-out sentiment recently, increasing as week each passes without a goal. Frequently cited justifications inc… | 7 years, 2 months ago | 96 |
Gregor | The Eye Test - GW17 The Eye Test - Did any players, preferably those that might be going under the radar, catch your eye during any games or highlights that you’ve seen over the last gameweek. For me, Gerard Deulo… | 7 years, 2 months ago | 32 |
Geoff | Gameweek 17 Rough with the Smooth Gameweek 17 Rough with the Smooth How did your GW17 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, 2 months ago | 44 |
G-Whizz | FPL Cup: Tales of Joy and Woe... I've never been one to really take any notice of the FPL Cup, for me it's just a nice little detour on the road to that Overall Rank at the end of the season. Way too much luck involved to ever be … | 7 years, 2 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 and why? Which team should we discuss and why? What should our tal… | 7 years, 2 months ago | 36 |
G-Whizz | GW18 Fixture and average clean sheet odds GW18 Fixture and clean sheet odds Best fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/lvsww1 (Provided by Betbrain) Once again, my eyes are drawn to the odds given for the Man United fixture.… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 4 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge GW17 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 17 GW13 and GW14 results up.. I owe 2 more.. ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, every evening prior to the start… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 24 |
 avfc82 | Is Leroy the most sane City option? Following on from yesterdays post by Irbox, 'Sane v Sterling For The Armband' (linked in Hot Topics, worth a read if you haven't already), I've run some analysis on City, specifically down the left… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 11 |
 The Rumour Mill | Can Everton keep City at bay if they’re without Gueye? News of Gueye potentially being out is important for the captaincy debate this week. He is the only reason everton's defence has been any use at all. Without him and facing a wounded City with pote… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 15 |
Gregor | Gameweek 17 Captaincy Nice and easy for me this week; Harry Kane, rested at Leicester last weekend takes on Burnley at Wembley looking to overtake Salah and Aubameyang as the Premier League’s top goalscorer. With Spur… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 33 |
 Jealous Viper | TAA Replacements With news that TAA is out for a few weeks(apparently), what are plans for his replacement? Going to pick Lowe this week and brave going without Pool assets entirely till after the City game Have a… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 31 |
Geoff | GW17 Rotation? We saw loads of rotation the last few GWs partly because of the compressed PL schedule, but also because many squads are looking strong. We are now back to weekend games for this GW, before it gets… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 24 |
 IRBOX âš½ | Sane v Sterling for the armband Thoughts on City: would never feel comfortable captaining Sterling or any of them for that matter. Rotation always imminent with Pep and for those arguing ‘Sterling plays 90 or 0’, this has onl… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 50 |
Geoff | GW17 breakout players Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Who do you think will find form and step up in GW17 to score big, and why? Do you think it will be an already-established name in many of our sides or someo… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 54 |
Maximus Bonimus Pointimus | City Captaincy Conundrum Man City's fixture run: I'd be struggling to guess which games Sterling starts vs. which he's benched, and also wouldn't want to rely on Pep not subbing him on in the games he's benched... Any f… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 46 |
Maximus Bonimus Pointimus | AubameKane captaincy rotation So I was looking at Kane & Auba's fixtures trying to see when the captaincy rotation ends/need to look for another big hitter to complement them... Their fixture run is just astounding, literally… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 51 |
Geoff | West Ham: Fixtures and Form With West Ham firing and their fixtures looking good are you looking seriously at a double up? In attack or defence? For me, West Ham have been a little disappointing defensively and I hoped for m… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 27 |
Geoff | Man City: midfield options City's midfield assets The above article describes many of our City options. Why have you gone with the group of City players you have? Defend your choices. How does Silva out affect the others? … | 7 years, 3 months ago | 25 |
 Funkyav | PS4 FFScout FC Team members wanted Hi there, this is for anyone who plays Fifa19 on the PS4. A couple of season's ago we set up FFScout FC which is a pro clubs Fifa team specifically for the Fantasy Football Scout community. We ha… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 5 |
Geoff | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 17 Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 17 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 months ago | 0 |
Geoff | Gameweek 16 Rough with the Smooth Should be quite a few of these this week.. Gameweek 16 Rough with the Smooth Feel free to post your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek 16 here: | 7 years, 3 months ago | 81 |
G-Whizz | GW17 Fixture and average clean sheet odds GW17 Fixture and clean sheet odds Best fixture odds can be found here: http://prntscr.com/lt6q9p (Provided by Betbrain) Can't say I fully understand the odds being banded about for Manchester Uni… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 29 |
@ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE GW 14 RESULTS SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 14 RESULTS Catch up catch up catch up... GW14 entries: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/19336448 ***** GAMEWEEK RESULTS ***** Here are the gameweek… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 0 |
 Drip Doctor | Sterling & the media: Is it as plain as black and white? Is it racism regarding Sterling and the media or is it that he's one of the best players? I thought it was racism at first, enough big players who are black have had bad headlines about them, Sterl… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 69 |
Gregor | The Eye Test - GW’s 14-16 A couple of players who caught my eye this week; Javier Hernandez impressed with a brace at Newcastle in GW14 and some were quick to make the trade from Marko Arnautovic following his injury in m… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 34 |
Geoff | How will you deal with rotation? With so many big names starting on the bench in the past 2 GWs, are you re-assessing how you will go into the rest of December? Are you looking to spread your budget across your front 8, or will … | 7 years, 3 months ago | 25 |
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 and why? Which team should we discuss and why? What should our talkin… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 68 |
G-Whizz | Mo Salah or No Salah? Keep, sell or... For many this was Salah's last chance before selling. Wonder what owners will do now? Surely too hard to let go, but still not showing his value at £13m? What would you do or are you doing, kee… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 54 |
 Ginkapo FPL | Band Aid Christmas Footballers Song. For those who want light relief: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AxKgUKUpFc This is amazing | 7 years, 3 months ago | 6 |
Gregor | Gameweek 16 Captaincy Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang arrives into the gameweek on the back of a staggering five price rises in six days and now sits in around 1 in every 3 FPL teams. With Arsenal at home to Huddersfield this… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 29 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge - GW16 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 16 I owe a lot of results... they'll be coming ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, every evening prior to the sta… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 27 |
 Deulofail | Will Kola's Fizz Leave Owners Flat? Emery has given us every sign that his team is adaptable to the oponent and even to the ever-changing situation in-match. His management is dynamic and pragmactic, and he is not afraid to make chan… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 27 |
 asquishypotato | Sparks to fly in der Hasenhuttl? So I was doing abut of research on the new Southampton managers style, and thought that I would share some of the things that I’ve come across. Red Bull played mainly 4-2-2-2, counter attacking/… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 13 |
Geoff | Arnie replacements revisited The above article nicely sums up the arguments for many of the picks. Is there anything you disagree with? Which point is most compelling? Who have you gone for, or are you still undecided? What h… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 35 |
Geoff | GW16 breakout players Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Who do you think will find form and step up in GW16 to score big, and why? Do you think it will be an already-established name in many of our sides or someo… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 47 |
 Cigars | What should we do with Hazard? Who is keeping Hazard and who is ditching him? A fairly decent run after the City game, but do we think he is not delivering? | 7 years, 3 months ago | 56 |