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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 (…

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…

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). …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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, …

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

Gameweek 6 Rough with the Smooth Feel free to post your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek 6 here:

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Thanks for this! Nice overview. What is your team looking like so far? Who is a lock for your team?