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 Lukakwho | Will Salah Struggle vs the Top 5? Ahead of some trickier fixtures for Liverpool from GW5, I thought it might be worth a bit of analysis of where Salah got his returns last year, to help with long-term planning & maybe saving two tr… | 7 years, 6 months ago | 29 |
 Kered | Why are left backs doing so well? So I saw Ginkapo's Hot Topic and thought I would chime in with my own opinion/realization on defenders (specifically left backs) So, why are left backs doing so well? In my opinion, I think it … | 7 years, 6 months ago | 35 |
 Ginkapo FPL | Hot Topics and the important questions Geoff posted a hot topic about heavy hitters at the back and got not one response with any insight: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2018/08/20/fpl-question-time-spending-big-in-defence-end-o… | 7 years, 6 months ago | 56 |
 J0E | New Video - Gameweek 3 Captaincy New Video David and I look at the best captaincy picks for GWK 3. Salah v Aguero Salah v Mane Best of the rest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7vT2U4HZfk | 7 years, 6 months ago | 11 |
 Geoff | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 3 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 3 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, 6 months ago | 0 |
Geoff | Gameweek 2 Rough with the Smooth Gameweek 2 Rough with the Smooth Feel free to post your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek 1 here | 7 years, 6 months ago | 88 |
Geoff | Heavy hitters in defence Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic With Mendy and Robertson looking great picks, and other heavy hitting defenders (Alonso, Trippier) showing form, how many are you looking to have? Are you p… | 7 years, 6 months ago | 96 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast tomorrow at 9pm Live Scoutcast tomorrow at 9pm Feel free to leave your questions here as we look ahead to GWK 3 and beyond. Joining me will be Disable, Az and David. Remember to subscribe to our Youtube chan… | 7 years, 6 months ago | 133 |
 Niemi | Eliteserien GW19 captaincy, transfers and news Håland ready for Red Bull Salzburg, but not going there before 1st of January! Which moves are you eyeing up this GW? Who are you captaining? The Norwegian teams impressed in EL midweek, with R… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 22 |
Geoff | RMT redirection Thanks to everyone for posting your RMT posts in the RMT articles in pre-season. We won't be redirecting RMT posts there now that the season has started, as the traffic isn't strong enough to kee… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 0 |
 @ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge - GW2 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 2 Welcome to the return of Scout Picks Challenge! Apologies for the delay, I'm out in USA at the moment working, so a bit of timezone difference. First of all, co… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 45 |
Niemi | Do you captain Aguero? As the topic has been constantly coming up over the last few hours, I think it's deserving it's own hot topic. An article in the Guardian written by Jamie Jackson is claiming that Pep Guardiola i… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 94 |
J0E | New Video - Gameweek 2 Press Conferences Round Up New Video Conference Call - Gameweek 2 SkontoRigga joins me to look over the latest line up and team sheet news ahead of Gameweek 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIS3XE6T4KU | 7 years, 7 months ago | 15 |
@ocprodigy | Scouts Pick Challenge 2017/18 Final Results SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - SEASON 2017/18 FINAL RESULTS Apologies guys - this is more than delayed! Been taking time off the site to travel etc lately and completely forgot about this. Fortunately I … | 7 years, 7 months ago | 4 |
Geoff | Site update: notification for a ban Ban updates This will (hopefully) affect very few of you, but there are a few tweaks coming out today for the way bans work. 1. Starting later today, instead of banning a user outright moderator… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 61 |
 Parm | Man City analysis So Pep made a few small tactical tweaks against Arsenal compared to last season that haven't been spoken about which sort of has quite a high fantasy impact. Last year Pep regularly played with h… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 75 |
 FPL ZB | FPL Worst Moments Following on from yesterday - which FPL goal has hurt you the most? May be due to contentious rulings, costing you your MLs, or just someone that you hated! | 7 years, 7 months ago | 57 |
 Pukki Party | Man City lineup predictions How do you think Manchester City will line up this weekend? Would a 352 look something like this? Emerson Stones Otamendi Laporte Walker Fernandinho Bernardo Mahrez Mendy Sterling Aguero | 7 years, 7 months ago | 56 |
 DJDave1979 | Are premium defenders season keepers? Just finished watching the Scoutcast. Quite enjoyed the Kante discussion. I'm with Joe FWIW. One argument I really couldn't follow the logic of was Az saying he'd end up with 3 cheap defenders. Af… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 54 |
 G-Whizz | GW2 DS, Fixture and clean sheet odds GW2 DS, Fixture and clean sheet odds GW2 Doosra stats ARS: -272 BOU: -31 BHA: -330 BUR: 201 CDF: 91 CHE: 272 CRY: -199 EVE: 287 FUL: -456 HUD: -863 LEI: 69 LIV: 199 MCY: 863 MUN: 330 NEW: -91 SO… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 37 |
 Jules Rimet | GW1 Players chosen by 15 leading Hall of Famers Had some time over and put together what 15 Hall of famers opened up GW1 with. Ive included the likes of Rönkä, Egersdorff, TorresMagic, Kouwenberg, Rattiner, Jonty, Mark and many other great pla… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 26 |
Geoff | KDB injury: FPL implications If KDB is out for some GWs, it will certainly affect our FPL plans Would it make Bernardo Silva a better option? How does it impact Mahrez? Is this what will force Pep to go 3-5-2 more often? I… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 56 |
FPL ZB | Favourite FPL Goal Question - What is your favourite ever FPL goal? Mine is DCL tapping in from a Fabianski pen save and Rooney miss last year. Gave me about a 14 point swing on a rival | 7 years, 7 months ago | 70 |
Geoff | Reminder about RMT Community Articles We're going to keep asking everyone to post their RMTs in the RMT articles. Same goes for GTGs (good to go). It should be really easy to go through and respond to people's GTGs, so do a bunch when… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 16 |
Geoff | Members Only - RMT and Projections update A bit of a delay this week on RMT and projections updates, generally this will be a first thing Monday morning thing. The update is going through now though and should be live in about 10 minutes … | 7 years, 7 months ago | 42 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Wed 9pm - Leave your questions here Live Scoutcast tomorrow (Wed 9pm) Feel free to leave your questions for us here. Joining me will be Andy, Az and Neale (Skonta Rigga) Also remember to subscribe to our Youtube Channel to get up… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 209 |
Geoff | Early transfer or waiting? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Are you making an early transfer this week to jump on players you want or waiting until closer to the deadline? Who are you looking at bringing in? Do you h… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 40 |
J0E | New Video - Gameweek 2 Captaincy New Video Gameweek 2 Captaincy David and I take a look at the key options and also consider some differential picks for the armband Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvHLvgHqamw And r… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 22 |
Geoff | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 2 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 2 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, 7 months ago | 0 |
Geoff | Gameweek 1 Rough with the Smooth Gameweek 1 Rough with the Smooth Feel free to post your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek 1, here | 7 years, 7 months ago | 155 |
Geoff | GW1 - What have we learned? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic What are your biggest takeaways from GW1? Wingbacks had really big scores, With Mendy and Robertson showing why they have premium price tags. Who do you exp… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 71 |
 facer | Richarlison Physio Update RICHARLISON PHYSIO UPDATE 2-3 minutes prior to Richarlisons substitution, we are able to witness the Brazilian sprinting at full pace as he marauds towards the Wolves goal. He is then tackled, but… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 38 |
Parm | Fulham vs Palace Match Report Some honest takes from the Fulham-Palace 3pm game which I watched on a crisp and legal 240p stream(assuming most people watched Newcastle-Spurs & Wolves-Everton today so no need for that). Fulham… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 8 |
 Bruce Lee | Bournemouth vs Cardiff Match Report After watching the Bournemouth vs Cardiff game I feel like there are some key takeaways from my perspective. - The game was largely was we expected. Cardiff sat back while Bournemouth attacked in… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 23 |
 maltasi | Watford Match Report Back from watching my team Watford win today. Pereyra has been involved in our last 6 goals, scoring 5 and assisting the other. Class player and if he can stay fit, a real FF asset at only 6.0. I… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 7 |
 Chenku╰☆╮ | Mark's thoughts on the Sànchez assist @mark what are your thoughts on the Sanchez assist? | 7 years, 7 months ago | 35 |
 The Rumour Mill | Preamble goes to video/stream Will Mark be penning his preamble most weeks again this season? Always enjoy reading them on a Saturday morning 🙂 | 7 years, 7 months ago | 14 |
Geoff | The big questions all in one place With pages flying, let's try to answer some of the big questions here! 1. maverick pick / differential(s) in your team 2. captain 3. vice captain 4. player you don't own that you're afraid of 5. p… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 46 |
Geoff | Which forwards are you going with? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Forwards Are you looking at three cheap forwards, like Mark? Or are you going the opposite with Aguero Auba Arnie? 1. Who are you picking? 2. Who are you w… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 62 |
FPL ZB | Rate My Team reminder Please remember that if you want to post a RMT, then please post it in the RMT article: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2018/08/09/rmt-collection-legomane/ It's going to be a very busy day… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 0 |
J0E | New Video - Mark discusses his Gameweek 1 side New Video Mark takes his turn in the RMT hot seat to discuss his Gameweek 1 side in details Rotating goalkeepers Going Dutch in defence Premium priced midfield Budget frontline https://www.yout… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 23 |
 Witty Pun: Not good at this… | Rate your team's transfer window How do you rate your team's transfer window? Any positions you felt needed boosting? Are you content? Do you feel positive about it? Please, share your opinions! As a Leicester fan, I'd give our … | 7 years, 7 months ago | 41 |
 Individual | Market Forces - ownership Hey all Seeing "...but he's highly owned so might drop in price" as a reason to not own a player (e.g. Obi-Wan Bissaka, Chris Kamara, Richarlison, Dale "Who?" Stephens). From our year of doing Ma… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 30 |
Geoff | RMT tool FFS league Chris Atkinson, builder and refiner of the Rate My Team tool in the Members Area, has started an FFS league for users who use our RMT tool. League Code: 125-810224 | 7 years, 7 months ago | 0 |
Geoff | Which midfielders are you going with? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Midfielders Are you going to be playing 4 or 5 most weeks? Which spots in your midfield are you unsure about? 1. Who are you picking? 2. Do you have a 4.5m… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 35 |
 JAC THE CAT | In search of a nailed on 4.5 mid Does a nailed on 4.5 midfielder exsist? I’ve gone back to 3-4-3 so need one and they all look garbage. | 7 years, 7 months ago | 54 |
G-Whizz | GW1 Clean sheet and fixture odds GW1 Clean sheet and Fixture Odds Found this interesting article where the author has gathered 4 seasons of data relating to fixture odds and their impact on teams or players. FPL analysis: the im… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 43 |
J0E | New video - Disable dares to go Salah-less Dare you go without Salah? Scoutcast regular Luke is doing just that. In our latest Rate My Team video he talks about his maverick decision and how it has improved his overall team. https://ww… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 31 |
 Mikeharbrw | Bournemouth: Slow starters? Are Bournemouth slow starters? With many around these parts considering Josh King and Bournemouth defenders in their drafts I thought I would take a quick look at how Bournemouth have done in the … | 7 years, 7 months ago | 15 |
Geoff | Fantasy Eliteserien GW18 - transfers and captains What are your transfer plans and captains this week? I'm looking at Bendtner as captain. 2FTs but I'm not sure what I'll - I may downgrade Hovland as one. My big decision might be to play Attack… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 9 |