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 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 |
 Onz | Eliteserien summer break - transfers, rumours and U19 Euros Can we have a hot topic or sticky for the transfer window? Under 19's tournament, Transfer rumours, fact and banter comments all welcome. 🙂 | 7 years, 8 months ago | 15 |
 G-Whizz | 3rd Place & Final fixture & clean sheet odds 3rd Place & Final fixture & clean sheet odds Fixture odds: http://prntscr.com/k5r08l Belgium 27% England 20% France 53% Croatia 29% | 7 years, 8 months ago | 8 |
Geoff | Members Only - RMT player additions and tweaks RMT thoughts I'm updating RMT with the new players today. Are there players you think are skewed too far one way or another that I should look at? Anything glaring that needs to be reviewed? It … | 7 years, 8 months ago | 26 |
 Snevitz | FPL points predictions Time for some player predictions for the forthcoming season.. FPL Points by the end of the season: Top 3 Keepers 1. 2. 3. Top 3 Defenders 1. 2. 3. Top 3 Midfielders 1. 2. 3. Top 3 Strikers 1… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 36 |
 Eden Wizard | Will Aguero and Jesus play together? The case for Jesus & Aguero game time. I studied all of Man City's games where Mendy was available for 1) Jesus & Kun trends and 2) Mendy &/or Sane trends (see bottom article those who aren't fami… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 40 |
 CloudSky | Fixture Runs Just finished with my ticker. Here are some results: Best short term fixtures (1-3): Liverpool, Everton, Watford, Burnley, Bournemouth, Cardiff Worst short term fixtures: Brighton, Huddersfield, N… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 9 |
Legomané | FWC : CAPTAINCY CHOICES AND SUBS (SF/2) : WED 11 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, what substit… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 8 |
 Ohhh Shola Ameobi | When World Cup semifinal players returned to Premier League in 2014 I got thinking yesterday about how much the World Cup can have an effect on line ups in Gameweek 1. I did a bit of digging, and focused mainly on the Premier League players involved in the last two… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 12 |
 Norman Conquest | Latest FPL additions Latest FPL additions Goalkeepers Ben Foster (WAT) £4.5m Jason Steele (BHA) £4.0m Defenders Bernardo (BHA) £4.5m Jaroslaw Jach (CRY) £4.0m Pape Souare (CRY) £4.5m Joel Ward (CRY) £4.5m Midfi… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 12 |
 Holding Matip | Value according to position Further to my comment on "value in defence" https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2018/07/09/how-to-rate-your-fpl-team-using-our-points-projection-tool/?hc_page=2#hc_comment_18345127 I'm back (un… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 19 |
 Siva Mohan | World Cup - Semis & Third Place Squad Rotation World Cup - Semis & Third Place Squad Rotation WC 2014 --------- Brazil Semi Final: Julio Cesar, David Luiz, Oscar, L Gustavo, Maicon, Dante, Bernard, Hulk, Fred, Fernandinho, Marcelo Brazil Third… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 9 |
 Prøfeßör … | More Wolves insight An in depth Wolves pre-season guide from a Wolves fan. Rui Patrico? Is Ryan Bennett a viable 4.0? Is Douglas worth it? Jota v Cavaleiro v Costa? What about the strikers? https://amp.reddit.com/r… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 18 |
Holding Matip | Can Five at the Back Be the Way Forward? I did some number crunching in excel with last season’s points and this seasons prices. I got the following results: Set up: Max Team Value £83m (£100m – bench fodder: £4.0, £4.0, £4.5, £… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 62 |
Geoff | Members Only - What's the best RMT 6 week team? The RMT tool is now open. What’s the best team you can put together according to the RMT using a budget of 100m and a 6 week projection? Some of the projections (Fulham, for example) are likel… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 19 |
 HamezMace | When do you plan to Wildcard in FPL? Are people planning their teams based on anticipating using an early wildcard? I'm thinking with the uncertainty of players coming back from the world cup our teams for the first 2-3 weeks of the … | 7 years, 8 months ago | 45 |
 Piggs Boson | Is Daniels a good option? 1 goal & 3 assists from Daniels is no where near enough attacking output to overlook the 6 CSs. Do we expect him to improve his attacking returns, or for Bournemouth to improve their defence? | 7 years, 8 months ago | 17 |
Geoff | World Cup captains and transfers Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic What are your World Cup Fantasy plans? What transfers are you making? Who are your captains? Are you using chips? With Brazil going out, many of us might n… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 22 |
Piggs Boson | Goalkeeper rotation - is it worth it? How many pts is goalkeeper rotation worth? Has there been a hot topic/article on this before? Is it better to have a (4.5 - 4.0) OR (4.5 - 4.5) combo? Does the rotation bring an extra 0.5m worth… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 30 |
 Maximus Bonimus Pointimus | GW1 squad - player or structure based? Is your approach to GW1 more player-based or structure-based? In 10 seasons I have ALWAYS been player orientated, starting with this player & that player that I definitely want & then filling in th… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 57 |
 FFFrog | Frogball quarter-finals FROGBALL QUARTER FINALS And then there were 4! Another unpredictable week of World Cup football has produced more unpredictable results, with last weeks highest scorers Iran being unceremoniously … | 7 years, 8 months ago | 3 |
 Rich2086 | Wolves Assets A brief rundown on Wolves for people that havnt seen much of them by someone who has seen a lot of them. Nuno went 3 center backs, 2 wing backs, 2 deeper center mids, 2 wider forwards and a lone c… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 0 |
 rainy | World Cup Card Count Anticlimax TL;DR Meunier will be suspended on Tuesday Belgium's Thomas Meunier collected his second yellow of the campaign on Friday versus Brazil and is suspended for Tuesday's match against France. Franc… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 3 |
G-Whizz | World Cup Semi-Finals Clean sheet and fixture odds Tuesday 10th July 19:00 France 35% Belgium 30% Wednesday 11th July 19:00 Croatia 33% England 40% Fixture Odds: http://prntscr.com/k3v14v | 7 years, 8 months ago | 4 |
 Rainer | PL Players Still Involved in World Cup PL players who will be involved with their national team until the 14/15th of July, meaning a reduced rest period as well as a shortened pre-season, with a few likely to be late back. 9: - Spurs:… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 26 |
Legomané | FWC : CAPTAINCY CHOICES AND SUBS (QF/2) : SAT 07 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, what substit… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 24 |
Geoff | Fantasy Eliteserien GW16 - one more GW before a month off With Would Cup Fantasy getting close to the end and FPL launching yesterday, it's easy to forget about Fantasy Eliteserien. But after the deadline today, there is a four week break before the next … | 7 years, 8 months ago | 6 |
 Ludo | Re-Classified Players The start of a new FPL season brings us fresh position changes. Although there was nothing as dramatic as Salah becoming a Forward, I’ve had a look at how the newly re-classified players would ha… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 11 |
 stat | Weekly prize rule changes This is a welcome addition: c) In order to be eligible to win the Weekly Prize, a Player must have Registered for the Game before the start of the season or a minimum of two clear weeks before th… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 8 |
 Revival | Who are this year's Bargain Buys? Had a quick look and the following look bargains at their prices! Leno ( 5.0) Fabianski (4.5), Lingard (7.0), Mkhitaryan (7.0) Neves (5.0) Bonatini (5.0) Arnie (7.0) Burnley Defence ( all 5.0 ) | 7 years, 8 months ago | 33 |
 panda07 | The first RMT - please collect RMTs here RMT please! Karius Fabianski Robertson Mendy Shaw Douglas S. Ward Salah Ramsey Gross Jota Hojbjerg Auba Tosun Wood | 7 years, 8 months ago | 32 |
 RedLightning | Mini-Leagues to enter The Opening Day League (1637-752) is for teams that enter it within 24 hours of the FPL launch. It will be closed to new entries at about 3.50pm tomorrow UK time (Friday 6th July). The Top 10k Any… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 12 |
Eden Wizard | What is your FPL ID? BOOM #27 | 7 years, 8 months ago | 20 |
 Hasselbaink Forever | FPL is live! It's Live | 7 years, 8 months ago | 3 |
Geoff | Are hits worth it for bench substitutions? With many struggling to get out XI, hits seem likely. In FPL, many take hits without worrying, if they can only get 9 or 10 out. But in World Cup Fantasy, what if you can get 11 out but only 11? W… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 20 |
Geoff | Voting reminder and request, and double sign-in fix Following this week’s Hot Topic announcing the Undo Upvote feature and Members Only Hot Topics, I’m happy to announce another small tweak and give a reminder about voting. Double Sign-in First… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 22 |
FFFrog | FFFrøgball Last 16 Results FROGBALL LAST 16 RESULTS This week's scores have seen all 4 previously unbeaten sides knocked out at the first time of asking. An incredible 186 points from the 3 Iran players was the standout per… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 12 |
G-Whizz | World Cup Quarter Finals Clean Sheet odds World Cup Quarter Finals Clean sheet odds Friday 6th July Uruguay 29% France 48% Brazil 36% Belgium 25% Saturday 7th July Sweden 28% England 50% Russia 31% Croatia 45% *Provided by Betfair.c… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 8 |
stat | Players one yellow away from a ban Players a yellow away from a one game ban: France: Giroud, Pavard, Tolisso, Pogba Uruguay: Bentancur Brazil: Coutinho, Neymar, Filipe Luis Belgium: Meunier, Vertonghen, Tielemans, de Bruyne, Dend… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 18 |
Geoff | Members Only - Set Pieces and Penalties data First Members Only Comment! What do you take from this data, if anything? Looking to bring in penalty takers? Anything stand out from the set pieces conceded/attempted? | 7 years, 8 months ago | 32 |
 420king | Expected price changes If they use the same numbers as last two rounds these will be the price changes (note: not 100%) Players rising in price: T.Silva, Miranda, Fagner, F.Luis, Mbappe, Cavani, Olsen, Lindelof, Granqvi… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 11 |
Geoff | Site updates Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic About a month ago I made a Hot Topic asking for user suggestions about ways to improve the Community and the site. In addition to responses on site I receive… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 42 |
 _Make | National team or FPL glory? England fans, if a genie gave you one wish with two options what would you choose? - England winning the World Cup - You winning World Cup Fantasy Football Would it make a difference if the secon… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 16 |
 Dr Dream | The best World Cup in Living Memory? I think I'm ready to call it. I've watched every World Cup almost in full since 1970. ...the good the bad and the ugly..so that's a lot of footy. Despite my reservations about VAR and Russia as ho… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 54 |
FFFrog | FFFrog's WC Knockout Competition FROGBALL KNOCKOUTS Sorry for this being my first update on this page but life has been busier than expected. After a highly competitive group stage, we have the 16 teams that progress through to t… | 7 years, 8 months ago | 9 |