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 The Mighty I | Do we need a premium striker? Quite like the thought of going without a premium striker as Mark alluded to last night on the scoutcast. Undoubtedly the £11m options could haul and the point is muted but certainly a case to be … | 7 years, 7 months ago | 94 |
 J0E | New video - Az triples up on City and Liverpool...but at a cost. New Video now live In the latest in our Rate My Team series Scoutcast regular Az talks to me about his GWK 1 FPL side. Triple Man City 🙂 Triple Liverpool 🙂 Awful bench 🙁 https://www.you… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 24 |
 Geoff | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 1 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 1 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 | 3 |
Geoff | Which defenders are you going with? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Defenders How are you looking to rotate, or are you going big? What's your strategy here? 1. Who are you picking? 2. How much are you spending? 3. How many… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 61 |
Geoff | Community Writer vote: July It’s time to vote for the best Community Article of July! Send your vote to the Community Inbox with the name of the author you think had the best contributions: community@fantasyfootballscout.c… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 0 |
 sergeblanco | Discount Diamonds in Defence? 4.0 defence options - a thorough summary. They’re usually fools’ folly and the first few here are only for those looking to be different. As we move through all viable options, however, I thin… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 60 |
J0E | New video published...plus Scoutcast news New video published In the first of a series of RMT videos this week David Munday reveals his GWK 1 FPL team .... and explains why Crystal Palace is the best place for bargain hunters. https:/… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 34 |
Geoff | Which goalkeepers are you going with? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Goalkeepers What are you looking to do? Are you rotating 4.5m keepers or getting someone you don't have to think about? 1. Who are you picking? 2. How muc… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 83 |
 Blablablabla | Which 4.5m mid is the best pick? Who is the best 4.5 mid??????? | 7 years, 7 months ago | 49 |
 TorresMagic™ | How many players have you changed today? How many players have you changed today? | 7 years, 7 months ago | 50 |
Geoff | Problem areas in your FPL side Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic With GW1 now less than a week away, what are the problem spots in your team? Are you undecided on whether to go big or rotate with your GKs? Have you not d… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 87 |
 Rhinos | No Salah Options I'm not having that Salah is essential, if you get Mane instead that means a 6.5 mid could be upgraded to Eriksen, none of the mids that were priced around 6.5 last season got within 60pts of the D… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 19 |
 DavidMunday815 | Panel Questions Hi everybody, sorry for the technical difficulties. I think there are some people who can’t see the Google Form - apologies for that! If that’s the case for you and you want to submit a questio… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 33 |
Geoff | What formation will you play? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic With the season now a week away, have you settled on a formation? I generally go with 343 but am considering something more flexible this year, going slight… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 102 |
 Niemi | Eliteserien Gameweek 17 transfers and captaincy Finally a new gameweek in Fantasy Eliteserien, starting with Ranheim - Rosenborg tomorrow. Which transfers are you thinking about doing this week? Who are you captaining? I'll also give you some… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 19 |
 stat | Are you considering Josh King? Josh King's record by position since he started playing in the PL: Center Forward: 13 goals, 1 assists in 33 apps Second Striker: 12 goals, 6 assists in 47 apps Left Winger: 3 goals in 7 apps Righ… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 37 |
 Brosstan | 6.5m forwards: who is best? Bottomed, reposting. Can we have a discussion about 6.5 forwards without involving the 7.0s? King - Seems fairly nailed in an attacking side. But mostly plays number 10 instead of up top. Great f… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 41 |
Geoff | Where to post an RMT and what the badges represent RMTs belong in the new RMT Community Article! Please post there and they will be responded to. Respond to some others while you're there 🙂 Also, the new badges refer to how long you've been on s… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 0 |
 Eden Wizard | Midfielders returns stats I’ve quickly assessed last season midfielders output: Firstly minutes per return (consistency – lower is better) and Secondly, returns versus new cost (projected value – higher is better). St… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 36 |
Geoff | Site updates Following the last releases, which among other things included Members Only Hot Topics, the ability to undo a vote, a fix for the double members login, and the removal of the reply button on frozen… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 125 |
 MANGE TOUT RODNEY | FPL keeps me sane ***SERIOUS POST ALERT*** I have been meaning to write this post for a while and now finally getting around to it (while it’s quiet at work). Take a break from all the RMTs for a second. In the … | 7 years, 7 months ago | 44 |
 Your Mum's Athletic | is man united defensive coverage essential? Would love to get a discussion going on goalkeepers: For those without DDG, are you getting one of their defenders in? Last season and pretty much every season since I can remember, if you don't h… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 53 |
 Mikeharbrw | Are we overlooking David Silva? Are we overlooking David Silva? Currently found in just 6.2% of FPL teams is a player that many Man City fans regard as one of the greatest, if not the greatest , to ever put on the sky blue shirt… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 56 |
Geoff | 'Ever-presents' in your FPL side Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic With less than two weeks to go before the season starts, our FPL teams are starting to take shape. Significant tinkering will still happen but many of our sq… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 52 |
 Legomané | Death of the 3rd striker? Any thoughts on the death of the 3rd striker, as widely reported in FPL circles? I completely take on board the factual basis for 'value' applied to the position, but I am convinced that this sea… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 20 |
 _Make | FFS FPL terminology We're still a week and a half away from the start of the season and there are too many variables around FPL teams at the moment for me to even consider starting my team. So I'm going all Christmas … | 7 years, 7 months ago | 122 |
 Deulofail | Arsenal review: who might be nailed? Which Arsenal players have a chance to become nailed? Which should we avoid due to the uncertainty of having a new manager? Emery has played 4-2-3-1 in the last 2 International Champions Cup games… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 50 |
Geoff | Reminders: Get a grav, and RMTs A few reminders as we approach the beginning of the new season: 1. Make sure you have a grav! (The picture beside your screen name.) It's a good way to help you get replies for your comments as it… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 38 |
 Twisted Saltergater | Tips from TS Afternoon peeps Here's some tips. Read them, ignore them (as I do every season :D); up to you. - Decent, nailed on 4.5m GK + a cheapie 4m who may have a chance of starting. Do not rotate keeper… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 42 |
Mikeharbrw | The Whipping Boys Hunting the whipping boys By popular demand, following on from my ‘Battered’ studies I am now going to look at who received the most batterings last season. As GRAVLESS ARE FOR KINNEAR pointe… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 21 |
Mikeharbrw | More batterings ‘Battered’ part 2 Following on from my previous post where I looked at which teams in the top 6 are capable of dishing out the most ‘batterings’ I am now going to extend my roving eye to th… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 11 |
Geoff | Who are your Everton picks? Plenty of Everton talk but lets collect our choices in one place: 1. How many Everton players are in your side? 2. Are you considering Richarlison? 3. Baines or Coleman? 4. Are you considering any… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 63 |
Mikeharbrw | Aguero or Aguer-no? Sergio and Gabriel A lot of people seem to be picking Agüero on here in their initial selections so I thought I would look at the danger Gabriel Jesus poses to his start. Here’s the data from l… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 61 |
Geoff | When do you expect to Wildcard? An early wildcard has often been a good way to sort team problems, jump on bandwagons, and catch price rises. However, with the early transfer window deadline teams might be more settled than they … | 7 years, 7 months ago | 30 |
 Sanchit | Mo Salah or No Salah? RT Mo Salah OR No Salah How does having him(or not having him) affect your team in a good and a way. Want to know the pros and cons from both sets of players | 7 years, 7 months ago | 61 |
 Weak Become Heros | Form vs. Fixtures - Should we go with Arnautovic? Arnie good value at 7m in that awkward price bracket. I think he’ll deliver even against the big teams. Agree? | 7 years, 7 months ago | 33 |
 Sterling is £11Mill..… | Are you considering Hazard? Not seen anyone talking up Hazard, pretty sure I want him in my team this season my gut says anyway | 7 years, 7 months ago | 32 |
 Davido989 | The case for Alisson Becker The case for Alisson Becker. Now, this wasn’t an option for me as I originally had de Gea + 3 other Liverpool players but I think it’s an avenue worth exploring. The Clean Sheet Potential L… | 7 years, 7 months ago | 40 |
Deulofail | GW1-2 Captaincy: Alternatives to Salah and Sanchez Just wondering who you think are the best captaincy options for each of the first 2 weeks - excluding Salah and Sanchez! - Firmino (WHU, cpl) not guaranteed to start GW1 imo, but could be an optio… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 53 |
 Olivier Bernards watch | Value - PPM divided by new price Some numbers that might be on interest to y'all: the figures below represent the players' points per match from last season divided by their new price. This is just the obvious way of representing … | 7 years, 8 months ago | 51 |
Mikeharbrw | Battering ‘Battered’ What I think about when I’m picking my team (particularly my attacking players) is ‘are the team this player plays for capable of battering teams?’ Battering is a pretty subj… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 15 |
Geoff | Manchester United options Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic How are you approaching Manchester United assets? Given Mourinho's tendency to play defensively, is a defender a must? Is Luke Shaw looking like a good opti… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 35 |
 TheDonald | Community Shield - opening round relevance How much do Community Shield lineups indicate opening day Premier League lineups? Hearing a lot of "we'll know the lineup once the Community Shield comes along 😉 " posts. I thought I'd investiga… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 16 |
 Norman Conquest | Will Championship heroes be FPL zeros? taken from twitter and dan FPL_LOCOLORD BEWARE, The Championship is not the Premier League!!!! Interested to know how the promoted Championship team top scorers perform in the PL after promotion?… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 35 |
 AK ⭐ | Chelsea under Sarri Hello lads. Long post incoming. So as a Chelsea fan, it was frustrating to see the Sarri saga go for months, but it feels really good to finally have him as our manager. In that duration, I had re… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 19 |
 Maddi Son | How seriously do you take pre-season form? For those who have played FPL for many years, how seriously do you take pre-season? I mean, do you believe it's a good way to gauge form? I've only taken FPL seriously since last year. and I vague… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 34 |
Legomané | FWC : CAPTAINCY CHOICES AND SUBS (THE FINAL) : SUN 15 JULY Somewhere to chat captaincy stick or twist: How has your captain done so far this Round? Are you unsure whether to stick or twist? What are your options? With only two days of play in the final … | 7 years, 8 months ago | 14 |
 FPL ZB | Premier League Newbies Which players are you most excited to watch in the premier league for the first time this season? Fan or FPL viewpoint! | 7 years, 8 months ago | 27 |
Geoff | Login fix and Watchlist update The problems we've been having with users needing to sign in for every new session should now be fixed. If it continues happening, please email me: geoff@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk. Another updat… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 19 |
 Heytch | Value Hunting | 7 years, 8 months ago | 27 |