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The Great and The Good GW8 '343 remains the preferred weapon of choice for the majority of The Great and The Good and this has now been utilised 54% of the time.' Is 343, for you, the best format…

I'd appreciate a bit of input about my strategy this year please! It was clear from a couple of reactions in earlier posts that some managers feel differently about. I want to get a more input to …

REPOST: Lost on last article. Saw a post earlier on how many Dream team players people had so thought I would review the current Dream team. Ederson (43) Alonso (60) | Doherty (49) | Robertson (4…

Live Scoutcast Tues Oct 16 - 9:30pm 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…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic What are your thoughts on the captaincy this week? Are you looking somewhere other than Aguero, Salah, and Hazard? Is this a good week for a differential? I…

Salah returning to Liverpool Mohamed Salah has returned to Liverpool for treatment after he limped off with an injury late in Egypt’s 4-1 win over Swaziland on Friday, after he earlier scored a …

The IB is gloomy enough, so I'd like to Get some positive vibes going by going in the opposite direction of Jealus Viper. Lets all talk about our best desicions this season. I'll start the bragging…

I decided to take up Deulofail's suggestion 😛 https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2018/10/11/fpl-injury-monitor-the-latest-news-and-quotes/?hc_page=2&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_1907049…

Beat my team: Goals - 27 Assists - 20 Clean Sheets - 21 For quick calculation, use https://www.anewpla.net/fpl/report/

Which player has been your worst pick so far this season and your one biggest regret? For me Lowton has been my worst pick. Was expecting Burnley to be the usual but they have been so trash. Bigges…

New Meet the Manager Video In what proved to be excellent timing I caught up with Matthew Jones (Numb)) in the week he reached the summit of our Live Hall of Fame. Why patience is a virtue Four s…

Do we actually think TAA is first choice? Lovren back now and kept a CS against city, and Gomez has obviously played much better than TAA so far this year Who is the best to pair up with Robertson…

It's time now to vote for your favourite community writer for September! Please email us (community@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk) with the name of the author you think was the most impressive throug…

Sign up now for the second FFScout Charity Cup on Saturday 17th November 2018 We already have around 20 players signed up for the second Fantasy Football Scout Charity Cup but want around double t…

Hello everyone, Speedy, FC Lackless and I are starting a new FFS community team tournament similar to Community Watch but shorter and with far better organisation. There will probably be a draft p…

The Eye Test - Which players caught your eye during any games or highlights that you saw during the last gameweek? For me, as mentioned in the article above, Bernard looked great during the highl…

NEW Meet the Manager video I chat to Richard Clarke (aka Ricardo355), who is vying for top spot in FFS's Hall of Fame. -7 top 10,000 finishes, -2 top 500 finishes -Lowest ever finish in 12 sea…

Should we consider going without a premium striker this season? Aguero is pick of the bunch IMO, and the template looks to be one big hitter up front with two under 7.0, or at least it was. Agu…

Those who are Wildcarding before GW9 will likely have already pushed the button, but those who have 1 FT or 2 FTs have a harder decision. Are you planning on making your transfers early, or will y…

Gameweek 8 Rough with the Smooth Feel free to post your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek 8 here:

Thanks to those that tuned into GWK 8 Breakfast Club. Don't worry if you missed it, you can watch back here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr8OUv7Xg94 Special appearance from my sofa too for t…

The Large sofa prayer for us Kane non-owners. Our Kane who art in Tottenham, Harry be thy name. Thy blank come. Thy will be done, in Cardiff as it is in football. Give us this day our daily re…

New Video Make sure you watch our press conference round up ahead of tonight's GWK 8 #FPL deadline Neale joins me to discuss: Man City surprise returns Spurs long injury list Illness at Arsena…

Far more deliberating going on with the captaincy this week, if you have Kane then you will surely hand him the armband, but what about those without? Given Spurs slogged out a tough game on Wedn…

I'm watching the MTM video, and it's always great to watch, not because I feel closer to FPL geniuses, but because it's always fun to add faces, voices and arguments to FPL managers. It makes the g…

New video Meet the Manager I chat to Will Thomas about his 5 top 10K OR, including 82nd and 753rd in #FPL His success in Sky. Playing multiple formats Strategies for success Why bargain hun…

What are people's plans for Lpool assets after the Int break. Massive fixture swing for one of the form teams in the league. I'm currently on Salah Mane Robertson but am worried about rotation for…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Who do you think will step up in GW8 and be a popular transfer in for GW9, and why? Do you think it will be an already-established name in our sides or some…

GW8 DS, Fixture and clean sheet odds Last week saw Manchester City (752DS) win 2-0, Arsenal (437DS) beat Watford by the same score as did Spurs (415DS) away to Huddersfield. Manchester United (295…

If you could give out a single piece of completely generalised FPL advice right now (i.e not aimed at an individuals team), what would it be? Mine would be: Don't panic, roll your transfer and go…

Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic 'Alli, Eriksen, Aurier, Vertonghen and Dembélé have all been ruled out of the Barcelona match and #GW8 too. They "will not be available before the internat…

Are Wolves this year's Burnley, and is Rui Patricio the new Nick Pope? I think we can all agree that last year Burnley were exceptional value given that they kept 12 clean sheets (the most of a no…

Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 8 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 …

New Video Best Captaincy Options for GWK 8 David and I discuss the best armband candidates for the Gameweek ahead Kane gets a mention, but there are plenty of other strong candidates this week…

Best 3 big hitters We have Aguero, Sterling, Kane, Salah and Hazard but if we want a balaced team only 3 can find a way to our squads. As I want to get your opinion about this I'll write how I se…

Gameweek 7 Rough with the Smooth Feel free to post your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek 7 here:

Why haven't you put a link to your team on your Profile page? A) Don't know how to do it (nothing to be ashamed of) B) Too embarassed to show my team. C) My team is my business, I aint sharing i…

Thanks to Bemba for creating the question, hopefully here’s the answer! Has Alonso become less attacking? I've plotted Penalty area touches : Goal attempts : Final third touches to give an indi…

Have been seeing the Kane vs Kun question a lot and these are my thoughts. Pros for Kun Still the highest scoring forward so far Plays for a City team that creates a boatload of chances and as we …

Live Scoutcast 9pm Tuesday. Each week on the Scoutcast 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 shou…

Was having a look at medium-long term fixtures and came up with some observations. - While Liverpool have a very good run of fixtures after City, only downside is that only 3 of those next 8 are …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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

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 (…