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 CFC1990 | Which big-hitter misses out? Which big hitter misses out for you guys if you were wildcarding now?: Salah Hazard Aguero Kane For me, i would not captain Kane until GW15 against SOT, except for next GW. I am worried about Ag… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 22 |
 Geoff | What to do with Salah Salah getting subbed on 66 minutes means he finishes with 2 points. He now has a goal in every home game but hasn't yet scored away. 2 of the next 3 are at home but next up is Manchester City. I… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 49 |
 Gregor | Gameweek 7 Captaincy Okay, I know Aguero is a shoo-in for a lot of us this week and it’s always hard to look beyond the Argentinian in an attractive home fixture on the back of a week off. However, with his minute… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 43 |
 @ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge GW7 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 7 Greetings from Paris! Admittedly I had no idea it’s the Ryder Cup when I booked to come here to see friends (not a golf fan!). Would explain why my flights cos… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 34 |
 stat | How teams performed v Top 6 and Bottom 14 Did some research on how teams performed against the Top 6 vs the Bottom 14 sides last season. You can find the results here: https://twitter.com/StatOnScout/status/1045738766382628865 Something … | 7 years, 3 months ago | 11 |
Gregor | Is it time to make do without Mendy? As we still have no timeline on a return for Benjamin Mendy and with Guardiola seemingly unimpressed with his general discipline and time keeping of late, what do those still holding him now plan t… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 43 |
 J0E | New Video - Gameweek 7 press conference round up New video Press conference round up - Gameweek 7 Neale and I discuss Mendy's timekeeping Liverpool's defence Spurs' creativity West Ham's attack ...and more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 6 |
 Lone Wolf FPL | Friday Press conferences Todays pressers 09:00 - Bou, Cardiff 11:00 - Liv 12:00 - Hudd 12:30 - WHU 13:00 - Wolves, Arsenal 13:15 - Bur 13:30 - Chel, CP, Eve, City, MU, New 17:00 - Watford | 7 years, 3 months ago | 9 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge GW6 Results SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 6 RESULTS Ta-da! Caught up with the gameweeks now. ***** GAMEWEEK RESULTS ***** 1st - Woo (64pts) [3pts] Top 4% - Camara (60pts), FFS Scout, Dr mantis Toboggan (… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 0 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge GW5 Results SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 5 RESULTS Catching up before I get off to Paris tomorrow... GW6 results incoming too shortly. Onside 9 - I will get in touch I promise! Just busy with work lately… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 2 |
 IRBOX ⚽ | FPL manager psychology Psychology and behaviour of the best and also average FPL managers has been something on my mind of late and I have broken it down into theee separate categories. 1) Herd mentality (group think). … | 7 years, 3 months ago | 74 |
Geoff | GW7 breakout players Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Who do you think will step up in GW7 and be a popular transfer in for GW8, and why? Do you think it will be an already-established name in our sides or some… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 45 |
 G-Whizz | GW7 DS, Fixture and clean sheet odds GW7 DS, Fixture and clean sheet odds Last week Liverpool (580DS) came through 3-0 against Southampton while Manchester City (457DS) cruised past Cardiff 0-5. Arsenal (443DS) continued their winnin… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 36 |
 NOMONEY | Abbreviation update needed. What do you want to see included? mods, time for an update on the common abreviations? just randomly looked at the section on glossary of terms and common abreviations (if anyone ever knew it existed..) COMMON ABBREVIATIONS: CTC… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 70 |
 Rotation's Alter Ego | Are you not enter-Kane'd? Should we be looking at Kane? We have a lot changing this week, and one player on the rise is a certain Harry Kane, who is suddenly coming back onto people's radars after his absence post World Cup… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 70 |
Geoff | Managers in danger After yesterday's loss against Lampard's Derby in the cup, Jose Mourinho is topping the odds to be the next Premier League manager to leave their club. Do you think the loss to Derby, after the dra… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 26 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Scoutcast timestamps - EP 269 Weekly Scoutcast timestamps - Episode 269 1:43 Joe's gameweek review 2:43 David's gameweek review 4:40 Az's gameweek review 6:49 Andy's gameweek review 8:14 Rough with the Smooth 10:30 Community Q… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 8 |
Geoff | How many heavy hitting defenders do you want? AZ has answered above, but what are your thoughts to this question: With some decent budget defensive options emerging, would it be wise to move away from three premiums and pick two or even one, … | 7 years, 3 months ago | 48 |
 Legomané | Is Captaincy losing its lustre? With high ownership levels and the average FPL player more 'knowledgeable' than in season's past (i.e. generally making more 'sensible' choices, en masse), is captaincy becoming too automatic? GW6… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 74 |
Geoff | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 7 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 7 Once again this year, we will have a champion representing the community to take on the Scout Picks every week with a chance to win a prize at … | 7 years, 3 months ago | 0 |
J0E | New Video - Gameweek 7 Captaincy New video Gameweek 7 Captaincy David and I chat about the best armband options for Gwk 7 Is Aguero the best option? What of Kane? Can Lukaku prevail again against West Ham? And could Richarlis… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 12 |
Geoff | Forward options Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic With Lacazette (4.7%), Lukaku (10.9%), and Kane (25.1%) now all on 31 points and leading the pack chasing Aguero (43 points) and Mitrovic (39 points) in the… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 78 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tuesday 9pm - community questions Live Scoutcast 9pm Tuesday. Each week on the Scoutcast 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? W… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 50 |
Geoff | Gameweek 6 Rough with the Smooth Gameweek 6 Rough with the Smooth Feel free to post your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek 6 here: | 7 years, 3 months ago | 82 |
Gregor | GW6 Captain choice and why? Who is your FPL captain choice this week and why? I’m currently on Aguero. He has the form and the fixture, he’s on penalties and he’s likely to get bonus if he does score. Cardiff look ter… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 88 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge GW6 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 6 Dumm dumm dummmmm! GW5 results incoming soon. ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, every evening prior to the st… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 30 |
@ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 4 RESULTS SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 4 RESULTS GW5 results before the end of GW6, I promise..! Onside 9 - Emailed is still saved I will get back to you! ***** GAMEWEEK RESULTS ***** 1st - Minges (5… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 3 |
J0E | New Video - Gameweek 6 press conference round up New Video Press Conferences Round Up Neale joins me to discuss Mendy's injury Salah's 'defensive form' Chelsea's flight problems and more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzSULV_rdt0 | 7 years, 3 months ago | 5 |
Geoff | Mendy injury As many have reported Mendy is out, as confirmed by Pep. What are you doing with Mendy? Are you keeping him or transferring him out? If on WC, is your decision different? Who are you looking to b… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 126 |
Geoff | Eliteserien GW23 With only 8 Gameweeks left in Fantasy Eliteserien, what are your goals? What is your rank now and where would you like to end up? Will you play aggressively or play it safe? How will you achieve t… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 16 |
Geoff | Champions League lessons Part 2 Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic What did you learn from the second set of Champions League games? With Aguero rested at the start against Lyon, does he now look a better captaincy option … | 7 years, 3 months ago | 3 |
Geoff | GW6 breakout players Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Who do you think will step up in GW6 and be a popular transfer in for GW7, and why? Do you think it will be an already-established name in our sides or some… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 54 |
J0E | Meet the Manager Call out Meet the Manager Call Out Thanks for all the comments about yesterday's first Meet the Manager video with Triggerlips. Aiming to make this a regular series throughout the season. If you think you… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 100 |
Geoff | Champions League lessons Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic What did you learn from the first set of Champions League games? Are you more or less confident holding Liverpool assets? What is wrong with Tottenham, and… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 19 |
G-Whizz | GW6 DS, Fixture and clean sheet odds GW6 DS, Fixture and clean sheet odds Manchester City (664DS) duly came through last week 3-0 with their home fixture against Fulham and Chelsea (339DS) came from 1-0 down to run out 4-1 winners at… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 30 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Scoutcast Ep 268 Timestamps Last week, it was mentioned that there is a portion of the community that want to watch the scoutcast but can only watch parts due to time contraints. Therefore, here are some timestamps for Scout… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 21 |
 Sideways Backwards | Points per rank Whilst everyone is busy watching Champs league, here are the latest points-per-rank, enjoy 😉 1: 434 10: 420 100: 405 1,000: 388 2,000: 382 3,000: 378 4,000: 375 5,000: 373 15,000: 362 10,000: 366… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 18 |
Geoff | Champions League Fantasy picks Thanks for this! Nice overview. What is your team looking like so far? Who is a lock for your team? | 7 years, 3 months ago | 5 |
stat | How should FPL stop multi-accounts? I'd like to know what everyone thinks about how FPL can stop multi-accounters. Here are some methods they can potentially use: 1. CAPTCHA at the registration screen - This would at least make… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 114 |
Geoff | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 6 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 6 Once again this year, we will have a champion representing the community to take on the Scout Picks every week with a chance to win a prize at … | 7 years, 3 months ago | 1 |
 FatmanAndRobin | Biggest FPL disappointment Who has been the biggest disappointment so far in this years FPL for you... Has to be Mkhi for me. | 7 years, 3 months ago | 68 |
J0E | New Video - Gameweek 6 Captaincy New Video Gameweek 6 Captaincy Options David and I discuss the best armband candidates for Gameweek 6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I26Rr2d-Bo Little bit longer than usual this week as lo… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 9 |
Geoff | Forwards: 7.0m and below Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Who is the best forward at 7.0m or less, and why? Do you fancy King or Wilson? Which do you prefer? What are your thoughts on Mitrovic, Arnautovic, and Zaha… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 66 |
Geoff | Champions League Fantasy Champions League Fantasy Are you playing Champions League Fantasy? Have you played in the past? What is your strategy? What formation do you go with? How do you balance big hitters? For those w… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 28 |
Geoff | Gameweek 5 Rough with the Smooth Gameweek 5 Rough with the Smooth Feel free to post your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek 5 here: | 7 years, 3 months ago | 81 |
J0E | Scoutcast community questions Scoutcast community questions Live Scoutcast 9pm Tuesday. Each week on the Scoutcast we look at the key player, team and talking point. Which player (s) should we discuss and why? Which team … | 7 years, 3 months ago | 106 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | Latest Injury News Latest injury news: Aguero - https://twitter.com/10JoseAlvarez/status/1041308443913670656?s=19 Man City ITK suggests Aguero's injury is not severe, but will have to be monitored for midweek. Gue… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 22 |
Rotation's Alter Ego | All eyes on Eden Let's be having you. What's your Hazard situation looking like? Are you going to bring him in? Who goes for him? Is it worth losing a Liverpool mid perhaps, despite their plum home fixture? Suspec… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 73 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge GW5 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 5 GW4 results later next week, apologies! Wedding in Poland. ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, every evening pr… | 7 years, 3 months ago | 37 |
J0E | New Video - Gameweek 5 press conference round up New Video Press Conference Round Up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJqNwsyRJF4&t=1s SkontoRigga joins me to look at the key team news ahead of Gameweek 5 | 7 years, 3 months ago | 13 |