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Srv210
January transfer wishes

So, not one of those RMT questions, Which team do you support and which signings you'll like to see there (realistic signings)???

7 years, 7 months ago 79

Geoff
Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 22

Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 22 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

G-Whizz
GW22 ODR, Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW22 ODR, Fixtures and clean sheet odds GW22 ODR ADR: Arsenal (1) Burnley, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham, and (2) Cardiff, Chelsea, Huddersfield, Leicester, W…

7 years, 7 months ago 17

Geoff
Ideal Midfield selections

What's your ideal midfield right now? Obviously there are many ways to do it: 4 or 5 man midfields are possible, very cheap 5th midfielders, cheap forwards enabling expensive midfielders, a few mi…

7 years, 7 months ago 80

@ocprodigy
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE GW20 RESULTS

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 20 RESULTS Greetings from Vegas, the one and only city of sin! Apologies for the delay in this one... been pre-occupied in counting how many sins I can build up! …

7 years, 7 months ago 0

onetowatch
Non-template second half gems

Who is a secret gem you think will do well from now till end of the season? Non template players Thinking Sanchez of Man Utd

7 years, 7 months ago 31

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(s) should we discuss and why? Which team(s) should we discuss and why? What should our …

7 years, 7 months ago 33

Rotation's Alter Ego
New Dawn for Sky Blues?

Following a couple of disappointing results for Pep’s Citizens, many of their players dropped out of our teams. However, following a well fought and important victory over Klopp’s Liverpool we …

7 years, 7 months ago 53

Camzy
Will Kane still shine with no Son?

Interesting thing Son leaving for Asian Cup. Kane's leanest spells have been when Son isn't starting. Look at his stretches of blanks and then correspond to when Son isn't playing. It's quite tem…

7 years, 7 months ago 28

DA Minnion (Former great)
What are your New Year's resolutions?

New year's resolutions fantasy wise. 1. less hits 2. Stop chasing points. 3. No Huddersfield defenders.(schindler I'm looking at you) Any more?

7 years, 7 months ago 18

Geoff
Gameweek 21 Rough with the Smooth

Gameweek 21 Rough with the Smooth How did your GW21 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 67

_Make
When to Wildcard?

Will you all be holding wildcards for the double gameweek season? Last year I dutifully wildcarded to a late DGW (35 I think) team which, collectively, with bench boost, mustered around 40 points…

7 years, 8 months ago 45

WesMantooth
Kola needs some appreciation

Kola needs some appreciation. With 3 cleans in 20 gwks Emery needs his team to work a lot on the defensive aspects of the game. Their defence is not elite (xgoal against is twice that of city and…

7 years, 8 months ago 27

Camzy
Are we overlooking City assets?

Are we all completely overlooking City assets? Everyone seems to have sold Sane, Aguero and Sterling when they were once essential. Their fixtures are really nice too. WOL hud new. All games they …

7 years, 8 months ago 42

Gregor
Gameweek 21 Captaincy

Happy New Year everyone, hope your hangovers aren’t too severe as we head straight back to business for the start of another gameweek! With league leaders Manchester City and Liverpool facing off…

7 years, 8 months ago 34

Rotation's Alter Ego
Picking the right Premiums

Assuming you can only fit 3 in, which 3 of these do you think we should be going with? Why? Kane, Salah, Hazard, Sterling, Aubameyang, Aguero Or do you go with 2 and load up from the large number…

7 years, 8 months ago 45

Geoff
GW21 breakout players

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic The last in a series of hectic GWs, we've arrived at GW21: who do you think will find form and step up to score big, and why? Do you think it will be an alr…

7 years, 8 months ago 20

Geoff
Golden Boot predictions

We're now past the halfway point of the season and can look forward to a tight race for the golden boot, many of our mini-leagues, and possibly the Premier League title. While there are debates ab…

7 years, 8 months ago 17

Geoff
Gameweek 20 Rough with the Smooth

Gameweek 20 Rough with the Smooth Another fast turnaround, and some big scores from big players could mean big roughs and big smooths. How did your GW20 go? Did your transfers pay off? Did a hit…

7 years, 8 months ago 52

G-Whizz
GW21 ODR, Fixture and average clean sheet odds

GW21 ODR, Fixtures and clean sheet odds GW21 ODR ADR: Arsenal and Tottenham (1) Chelsea, Everton, Manchester City and Manchester United (2) Bournemouth, Brighton, Crystal Palace, Leicester, Liver…

7 years, 8 months ago 7

Legomané
We need to talk about Mo..

Non-owners, will you stubbornly hold off acquisition? Have you a plan in mind to bring Mo in? Squad surgery will be required for most I imagine - how do you plan to manoeuvre adequate funds into …

7 years, 8 months ago 86

Gregor
Gameweek 20 Captaincy

So the poll points to Kane and the stats suggest Salah, but where will your armband be going this gameweek? I have both Kane and Salah in my team and I’ve got it on the Egyptian. Two attacking …

7 years, 8 months ago 61

Legomané
Last Wan Standing..

Aaron Wan-Bissaka is the only player from my original GW1 fifteen, to have survived the whole of the first half of the season in my squad. Who are yours?

7 years, 8 months ago 61

@ocprodigy
Scout Picks Challenge - GW 20

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 20 Sorry for the late posting, hopefully all have time to enter. GW19 results tomorrow 🙂 ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or a…

7 years, 8 months ago 35

Geoff
GW20 breakout players

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic GW20 is already almost upon us: who do you think will find form and step up in GW20 to score big, and why? Do you think it will be an already-established na…

7 years, 8 months ago 43

G-Whizz
GW20 ODR, Fixture and average clean sheet odds

GW20 ODR, Fixtures and clean sheet odds GW20 ODR ADR: Brighton, Huddersfield and Liverpool (2) Bournemouth, Burnley, Chelsea, Fulham, Leicester, Manchester City, Manchester United and West Ham (3…

7 years, 8 months ago 18

Geoff
Gameweek 19 Rough with the Smooth

Gameweek 19 Rough with the Smooth Quick turnarounds this GW mean we can put the bad behind us. How did your GW19 go? Did your transfers pay off? Did a hit turn out badly? How did your bench per…

7 years, 8 months ago 65

Rotation's Alter Ego
Rotation Roulette - GW 19-20

Another week of jam-packed games brings a close to the festive period and welcomes in the new year for FPL managers. Last gameweek was another high scoring boxing day with minimum rotation - Richa…

7 years, 8 months ago 28

Ginkapo FPL
How should we assess the 'template team'?

Is there a myth surrounding the "template" thats going unnoticed? Early in the season the template serves to act as a good guide as to what the majority are doing and is helpful in allowing a man…

7 years, 8 months ago 28

FPL ZB
Christmas Clean Sheets

With City and Chelsea conceding for fun, and Liverpool’s fixtures turning, what are you doing with your defenders over the festive period? Goals galore yesterday, with tired legs aplenty. Worth …

7 years, 8 months ago 21

FPL ZB
Midfield Minefield

A few poor City performances, with many people doubling up on Sane and Sterling. What’s your current thinking? Spurs have good fixtures but a congested list. Eriksen with great form, Sonny smashi…

7 years, 8 months ago 13

Geoff
Members Area disruption

I recognize that the Members Area was down before the deadline for a brief period today - apologies to anyone who was affected. It looks to have been unforeseen volume that came in right at the de…

7 years, 8 months ago 0

@ocprodigy
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE GW 19

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 19 A massive congratulations to A Manager Has No Name for topping the league at Christmas. GW19 is now open! Prepare for tomorrow's festive games! ****** WHAT IS…

7 years, 8 months ago 26

Geoff
GW19 breakout players

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic GW19 is already almost upon us: who do you think will find form and step up in GW19 to score big, and why? Do you think it will be an already-established na…

7 years, 8 months ago 32

Geoff
Gameweek 18 Rough with the Smooth

Gameweek 18 Rough with the Smooth  How did your GW18 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 Gamewe…

7 years, 8 months ago 96

Legomané
Sonny side up?

With Son heading off to the Asian Games after GW22, can non-owners justify a short term acquisition? GW19 : Bournemouth (H) GW20 : Wolves (H) GW21 : Cardiff (A) GW22 : Manchester Utd (H)

7 years, 8 months ago 33

Geoff
Man City: time to look elsewhere?

While United had a very strong GW18, scoring 5 and looking fluid, City struggled mightily against Palace. It is, of course, only one game, but City have looked a little bit less like City lately an…

7 years, 8 months ago 28

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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 months ago 21