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Lawrø
Manager Melee - Mods & Cons Team

Hello everyone, I am excited to announce that there will be a mods and cons team participating in the Manager Melee this season! 😀 AZ Mark Joe Andy Luke David Geoff ZoumasBloomers RedLightning G…

7 years, 9 months ago 4

Ragabolly
Top 10k EO and captains

Players with the biggest EO in the top 10k Player EO Salah 121.76% Hazard 92.98% Agüero 87.82% Alonso 83.31% Arnautovic 70.10% Robertson 70.04% Mané 69.32% Wilson 62.44% Mendy 56.14% Ri…

7 years, 9 months ago 18

@ocprodigy
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE GW 12

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 12 For the first time in a very long time, I have a weekend free this weekend! Expect GW9,10 and 11 this weekend without fail. ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For thos…

7 years, 9 months ago 35

Defcons are for Kinnear
Maddison - what are your plans?

Can we have a Hot Topic on James Maddison. Posts about him will appear on every page. Are you keeping him or shipping him? If shipping him then for whom?

7 years, 9 months ago 74

Geoff
GW12 breakout players

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Who do you think will step up in GW12 and be a popular transfer in for GW13, and why? Do you think it will be an already-established name in many of our sid…

7 years, 9 months ago 37

d1sable
Sky FF Transfer Stats

Sky Fantasy Football Average remaining transfers Top 10 - 14 Top 100 - 19.1 Top 1000 - 21 Top 5000 - 22.1

7 years, 9 months ago 10

G-Whizz
GW12 DS, Fixture and average clean sheet odds

GW12 DS, Fixture and clean sheet odds Last week saw Manchester City (734DS) trounce Southampton 6-1 and Chelsea (323DS) beat Crystal Palace 3-1. GW11 DS accuracy was around: 72% Last week's stats…

7 years, 9 months ago 23

rnrd
Salah or Mané - or both?

Salah VS Mané I have been an FPL Salah supporter since the very beginning last year and always have backed him. FPL is very much a game where you have to weight the stats, your eye-test result, a…

7 years, 9 months ago 47

Bat Man
How to judge Liverpool

Liverpool has scored 19 goals so far this season, only 2 more than Man Utd, and less than City, Chelsea and Arsenal. That being said, they have also played City, Chelsea and Spurs so far. Do we t…

7 years, 9 months ago 24

Lawrø
Community Tournament Deadline Reminder

Hello everyone, If you haven't already, do check out the new FFS Manager Melee competition! 🙂 https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2018/10/29/announcing-the-ffs-manager-melee/ Here is an exam…

7 years, 9 months ago 10

Geoff
Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 11

Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 12 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, 9 months ago 0

Geoff
Gameweek 11 Rough with the Smooth

Gameweek 11 Rough with the Smooth Feel free to post your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek 11 here:

7 years, 9 months ago 84

Gregor
The Eye Test - GW11

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 weekend? I think those managers wit…

7 years, 9 months ago 46

Rotation's Alter Ego
Time to invest in Sterling?

Sterling's 2 goals and 2 assists gave him 21 points this week, taking his season totals to 6 goals and 5 assists from 9 starts in 11 gameweeks. Only 2 players have scored more points so far this se…

7 years, 9 months ago 42

Geoff
Which expensive players do you want in your side?

A formation shift in our FPL teams has been talked about the past few weeks and the results this weekend seem to continue the discussion. A strong midfield is looking like it could be a good way to…

7 years, 9 months ago 37

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, 9 months ago 81

Gregor
Gameweek 11 Captaincy

With the news that Eden Hazard may only be fit for ‘40 to 45 minutes’ this week and Sergio Aguero fully rested on Thursday night and now up against a struggling Southampton side at the Etihad, …

7 years, 10 months ago 45

@ocprodigy
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GW 11

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 11 GW7 results: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/19192277 GW9&10 on the way - need to stop saying I'll do it and just find the time for it! Exhauste…

7 years, 10 months ago 21

Geoff
Members Only - RMT and Projections are updated

RMT and Projections should be updating within a few minutes! Let me know if anything looks wrong, although it shouldn't. Who looks good and who looks bad? I find RMT is sometimes is a nice way t…

7 years, 10 months ago 16

Gregor
The Hazard Headache

Maurizio Sarri has reported that he does not know whether Eden Hazard is fit to play for 90 minutes on Sunday; “He trained for a large part of the session yesterday. He can probably play for 40 t…

7 years, 10 months ago 62

MyPrettyPony
Fantasy Football Scout Charity Cup

Late additions will still be welcome, but I am hoping to sort out provisional squads for the second (real-life) FFS Charity Cup on Saturday 17th November after this weekend. Anyone who has already…

7 years, 10 months ago 2

Geoff
GW11 breakout players

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Who do you think will step up in GW11 and be a popular transfer in for GW12, and why? Do you think it will be an already-established name in many of our sid…

7 years, 10 months ago 48

Rotation's Alter Ego
Time to change formation?

Following the “Mid-Priced mids” HT on Monday, I noticed a few people with plans to switch formation. So far, a 3-4-3 has been the template formation, especially recently. However, is it time to…

7 years, 10 months ago 29

G-Whizz
GW11 DS, Fixture and average clean sheet odds

GW11 DS, Fixture and average clean sheet odds Last week there was only two real fixtures of note. Liverpool (521DS) beat Cardiff 4-1 at Anfield and Manchester United (392DS) won 2-1 against Everto…

7 years, 10 months ago 26

Mikeharbrw
Batterings Revisited

Batterings revisited The premier league is now 10 games old. As we move onto Gameweek 11 I thought it would be pertinent to revisit a favourite topic of mine from the summer- Batterings. A remind…

7 years, 10 months ago 17

Geoff
Are you looking to get a strong bench?

As mentioned by Greyhead in the above article, and many others on site, our benches are playing more of a role so far this season than expected. How are you addressing this, or are you? Will you b…

7 years, 10 months ago 41

Geoff
Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 11

Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 11 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, 10 months ago 0

Rotation's Alter Ego
Scoutcast timestamps - EP 273

Technical difficulties in the build up to the Scoutcast meant that Luke had to drop out, but his team is still covered during the stream. Scoutcast Timestamps: EP 273 1:52 Gameweek 10 review - Da…

7 years, 10 months ago 2

Obi-1 Kenobi-0
Is selling Wilson a bad idea?

I surely can't be the only one who think it's utter madness that people are considering selling Wilson? He is the top scoring striker in the game. He is the joint 4th-highest scoring play in the e…

7 years, 10 months ago 54

IRBOX ⚽
City defensive options

With 6 consecutive clean sheets and 7/10 in the league this season I think it is pertinent to look at City's seemingly impenetrable defensive fortitude. Keeping a clean sheet away to Spurs has got …

7 years, 10 months ago 18

Geoff
Gameweek 10 Rough with the Smooth

Gameweek 10 Rough with the Smooth Feel free to post your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek 10 here:

7 years, 10 months ago 84

Gregor
The Eye Test - GW10

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 weekend? For me, I thought Fabián …

7 years, 10 months ago 32

Rotation's Alter Ego
Mid-priced Mids

FPL always likes to keep us on our toes, and this 3rd / 4th slot in most of our midfields is certainly doing just that. To me at least, we've fallen into a period where there's no stand out option,…

7 years, 10 months ago 33

Lawrø
new ffs community team tournament

Hello everyone! 😀 I'm delighted to announce that applications are now underway to become a manager in a brand new FFS community team tournament! Check out the article for further details: https…

7 years, 10 months ago 3

Typo
Despite bad fixtures, is Wilson a great option?

unbelievable numbers from Wilson this season. Has only blanked 3 times. Why is he not in my team!!? Considering Mitro to Wilson this week.

7 years, 10 months ago 28

Smurf
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha

The confirmation of the Leicester disaster is truly awful. The chairman was great for Leicester football club and football in general. Their triumph to the league title will never be forgotten and …

7 years, 10 months ago 14

Geoff
Surprise benchings, formations, and tactical tweaks

Now, with just over 1/4 of the season gone, we're starting to see some significant changes to formation and players playing new positions. GW10 has also seen some big players missing out on the sta…

7 years, 10 months ago 37

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 talking …

7 years, 10 months ago 62

Gregor
Gameweek 10 Captaincy

Salah’s at home to Cardiff, probably playing up front and maybe on pens, if you’ve got him, you surely have to captain him. If you haven’t, I would give some serious thought towards trying to…

7 years, 10 months ago 25

@ocprodigy
Scout Picks Challenge - GW 10

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 10 Just in from a night out and I'm knackered but remembered this! GW7&9 today too, sorry about the delay. Exhausted... ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of yo…

7 years, 10 months ago 28

Geoff
GW10 breakout players

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Who do you think will step up in GW10 and be a popular transfer in for GW11, and why? Do you think it will be an already-established name in many of our sid…

7 years, 10 months ago 46

Demel
How important is attacking potential for defenders?

Defenders - How important is attacking potential? On the previous page I had a discussion with Ibrox where we disagreed on the importance of attacking potential when selecting defenders. What do yo…

7 years, 10 months ago 45

Geoff
Site Updates

Updates There's a new 'FPL Price Updates' widget on the main page under the Suspension Tightrope widget Right now it's sorted by Date, before number of GW transfers, and then ownership; this sho…

7 years, 10 months ago 34

Geoff
How heavy should we go in defence?

Great stuff thanks for this! It's an interesting one.. I'm not happy with Fraser after this GW and I'm considering looking at someone cheap to help fund defence. Unfortunately, to do it correctly…

7 years, 10 months ago 37

Geoff
Champions League FPL implications

What are your biggest takeaways from the Champions League games? Is Salah seemingly confirming he is Liverpool's number 2 penalty taker significant? Are you more convinced now that Spurs should be…

7 years, 10 months ago 29

Limited & Mediocre Mana…
How is your season going?

Roughly 1/4 of the way into the season, how happy are you with your start? Have your goals changed since the beginning? What is your aim now, either in terms of OR, mini-leagues or anything else?

7 years, 10 months ago 71

Legomané
Wildcards...what are you waiting for?!

Fellow wildcard hoarders..what are you waiting for?! Is it the upcoming fixture swing for Spurs and Arsenal post GW15? Is it the insane Christmas congestion period? Is it to try and catch a templa…

7 years, 10 months ago 39

The Cherry Picker
BPS for attacking returns

Morning all, I thought I would put together some information I have recently compiled for how the BPS works. BPS for attacking returns: Playing 1-59 minutes = 3 Playing 60 and over = 6 Fwd scori…

7 years, 10 months ago 34

G-Whizz
GW10 DS, Fixture and clean sheet odds

GW10 DS, Fixture and clean sheet odds Last week saw Manchester City (538DS) put five past Burnley without reply and Liverpool (382DS) beat Huddersfield by a 1-0 scoreline. Last but not least Arsen…

7 years, 10 months ago 27

Rotation's Alter Ego
Scoutcast timestamps - EP 272

Scoutcast Ep 272 Timestamps This week's team of Joe, David, Az and Luke are accompanied by some lovely graphics throughout. Top Scoutcast as always 🙂 2:29 Gameweek 9 Review - Luke 3:57 Gameweek …

7 years, 10 months ago 4