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 RedLightning | Top players’ chip strategy All 8 of the strategies listed in Ragabolly's survey involved TC 37 or 38, BB 34 or 38, FH 31 or 35 and WC 32, 33, 34, 35 or 36. But although these were the most popular, some top players had more … | 7 years, 10 months ago | 7 |
 Twelve years a slave | Was Triple Captain Chip really a flop? Not sure you can draw conclusions on triple captain use just because they failed this season. Would have to analyse triple captains from multiple seasons to determine their best use. One factor i… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 10 |
 Piggs Boson | England WC squad: what is your best starting 11? GK: Butland, Pickford, Pope CB: Cahill, Jones, Maguire, Stones, Walker WB: Alexander-Arnold, Tripper, Rose, Young CM: Dele, Delph, Dier, Henderson, Lingard, Loftus-Cheek FWD: Kane, Rashford, Sterli… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 52 |
 Geoff | Welcome Niemi and ZoumasBloomers I'm happy to announce two new signings to the moderators and contributors team with Niemi and Zoumasbloomers joining as moderators. Both are site regulars with a strong comment history and come hi… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 38 |
 J0E | How much is too much? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic How much is too much? On last night's Scoutcast we speculated that Salah's inevitable price rise could prove prohibitive for some managers. How much is t… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 81 |
 Niemi | Essential Eliteserien Picks for newcomers For newcomers, here's a list of players I feel like are essential or at least very good picks. Rosenborg and Brann have the best defences, so I would say getting at least one at the back from each… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 16 |
 Swinner | How do you assess your success and failure in FPL? After a volatile climax to the season especially at the top of 2018’s FPL, it’s time to look back and assess the good, the bad and the trollingly ugly aspects of the season with a view to takin… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 25 |
J0E | Scoutcast wins podcasting awards Scoutcast now award winning. Thanks to all who voted. And great to see WGTA get lots of awards too. FPL Podcast Awards FFScout - best pod WGTA_FPL - best new pod FFScout - best FPL advice … | 7 years, 10 months ago | 25 |
 Davido989 | Where do Manchester United need to improve? How can Manchester United close the gap to Manchester City? This is probably their best XI and bench on paper. de Gea Valencia - Bailly - Jones - Young Lingard - Matic - Pogba Sanchez - Lukaku - … | 7 years, 10 months ago | 23 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tonight 9:30pm- Leave your questions here Live Scoutcast tonight Feel free to leave your questions for the team here | 7 years, 10 months ago | 103 |
Geoff | Community Feedback I’ve been on the FFS team for about a week now and I’m beginning to look forward to the summer and next season. I received ideas from some of you already so I think it’s time to put something… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 186 |
 Fantasy Gold | Keep an eye on Sessegnon Ryan Sessegnon. What position does he play? You reckon he’ll be a decent option if Fulham get promoted? | 7 years, 10 months ago | 15 |
Fantasy Gold | Can Man City Dominate For Years? Do you think this Man City team will dominate the league for years now or do you think they’ll be seriously challenged next season? If so, by who? | 7 years, 10 months ago | 25 |
 Az | FPL changes wishlist - assists, bonus and chips Question asked every year, but what would you like to see implemented/tweaked in FPL next year? I'd like: The 'assists' to be a bit clearer, just go with OPTA? BPS to be tweaked so you don't get … | 7 years, 10 months ago | 151 |
Niemi | FPL withdrawal league - Eliteserien GW10-GW30 Suffering from Fantasy Premier League withdrawal? I'm setting up a new league for Fantasy Eliteserien (Norwegian league) to shorten the waiting time until the next FPL season. The code for the FPL … | 7 years, 10 months ago | 17 |
Piggs Boson | Where do Spurs need to improve? In what area of their team do Tottenham need to improve in? GK: Lloris, Vorm CB: Vertonghen, Sanchez, Alderweireld, Dier WB: Tripper, Aurier, Rose, Davies, Walker-Peters CM: Dier, Dembele, Sissoko… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 52 |
J0E | Gameweek 38 - Rough with the Smooth Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 38 rough with the smooth Let's hear your tales of woe and joy here. | 7 years, 10 months ago | 105 |
 grooveymatt65 | Next season’s potential bargains What players do people think will get the biggest price drops next season? I reckon Sanchez and Hazard will be up there, Morata as well. | 7 years, 10 months ago | 27 |
 stat | Rank milestone comparison A comparison of how much an achievement each milestone rank was this season compared to last: Last season: Total players by GW 38 = 4,503,345 Top 100 = 0.0022% Top 1K = 0.022% Top 10K = 0.222% To… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 22 |
J0E | Gameweek 38 Captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic For the final time this season - who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? | 7 years, 10 months ago | 48 |
 @ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge - GW37 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 38 The final gameweek! GW37 results will be out tomorrow prior to games being played (guaranteed). Hopefully GW38 results will also be tomorrow, if not definitely … | 7 years, 10 months ago | 20 |
 G-Whizz | GWK 38 fixture and clean sheet stats GW38 DS Stats, Clean Sheet and Fixture Odds. Last week saw Manchester City (943DS) only draw Huddersfield 0-0 and then with a DS of 851 go on to beat Brighton 3-1. Tottenham with 518DS and 429DS r… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 39 |
J0E | Most important moment of your season Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What has been the most important moment of your season? This can be important in a positive or negative way? It could be a particular transfer that saw yo… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 88 |
Geoff | Eliteserien GW9 captaincy and transfers Captaincy looks wide open this week in FES. Who are you going for? Are you convinced by the performances of defenders enough to captain one this week? What transfers are you looking at? | 7 years, 10 months ago | 25 |
J0E | Gameweek 37 - Rough with the Smooth Gameweek 37 Rough with the Smooth Let's hear your tales of woe and joy here. | 7 years, 10 months ago | 73 |
 TorresMagic™ | Jam0sh wins Last Man Standing Last Man Standing Grand Final Results https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/leagues/standings/13340/classic Jam0sh 87 Bruno Grilo 84 Kenneth Tang 74 Ben Goodwin 57 Jam0sh - https://fantasy.premier… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 21 |
 Mark | My Double Gameweek Hit Horror Every single one of my transfers out scored or assisted. Every single one of my transfers in blanked. Can I get a rewind? | 7 years, 10 months ago | 51 |
J0E | This season's most disappointing players Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Which player has been the biggest let down this season for you? Has it been one of the magnificant 7m priced players, who promised so much in pre season bu… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 88 |
 MTPockets | Time to replace FPL's 3-2-1 bonus awards? FPL proposition: Replace 3-2-1 bonuses with broader in-game bonuses. Still [opta] stats based but something that may lead to more variety in picks, bring defensive mids and no-flair defs into the … | 7 years, 10 months ago | 21 |
J0E | Nail biting conclusion to GWK 37's Scout Picks Community Challenge Red Arrows is within a whisker of overturning Gregor's incredible 33 point margin of victory over the Scout Picks in the Community Picks Challenge. He is currently 35 points ahead of the Scout pi… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 6 |
 Granville | Bowled over by gwk 37 top scorer Has anyone seen the top ranked score this week? Stuart Broad, the Stuart Broad. https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/team/1387552/event/37 | 7 years, 10 months ago | 24 |
 BIGREDDOG | Your Hit Count How many hits have you guys taken this season? I'm on 58 and it has cost me | 7 years, 10 months ago | 68 |
 Rupert The Horse | Donations requested for Ugandan school and orphanage Hey guys. I’m just going to leave this here. If any of you have a little bit of cash to spare, I’m going to Uganda in two weeks to set up a school and orphanage and any donations would be seri… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 19 |
Mark | Austin's assist explained Just on the Austin assist. I wasn't on the match last night so not involved but I agree it's an assist. Rule says... If an opponent makes a significant touch after the first initial block and be… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 47 |
J0E | Your budget gem of the season is... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Your budget gem of the season is... Last night Cedric brought his GWK 37 tally to 11, much to the delight of his 4.1% ownership. Who has been your low own… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 63 |
 JØ | GW38 transfer plans - Can we trust Palace? Can we trust Palace? Or most importantly, is it fair to assume (WBA) is actually an easy fixture? West Brom are now officially relegated, but they have been practically relegated for a long time no… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 17 |
 FPL ZB | Most boring FPL season yet? Has this been the most boring season of FPL yet? With few options up top over the season due to various injuries (Kane, Aguero, Morata at certain times), and a distinct lack of budget options lea… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 73 |
 Arteta | Tuesday Pressers 8:45 - Wenger 12:30 - Pochettino 13:00 - Wagner 13:15 - Conte 13:30 - Guardiola & Benitez | 7 years, 10 months ago | 0 |
J0E | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 38 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 38 Once again we are on the look out for a champion to represent the community to take on the Scout Picks and win the chance of a prize. If you… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 0 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tonight 9:30pm- Leave your questions here Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Live Scoutcast tonight - 9:30pm. Feel free to leave your questions here. | 7 years, 10 months ago | 49 |
 DaveBensonPhilips | 2017/18 - What went right....and what went wrong **Wall of Text Alert** With the season drawing to a close, I think it’s time for a little reflection. How do you feel about your fantasy performance this season? Are you happy with your overall … | 7 years, 10 months ago | 20 |
Niemi | Eliteserien underlying stat attack If anyone missed these, @kroneball at Twitter posted some interesting charts. This is from GW1-GW7. xG https://twitter.com/KroneBall/status/992128316218970113 xA https://twitter.com/KroneBall/sta… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 5 |
 Numb | Next season's potential strong picks Which players do you think might emerge as popular (I.e. Much more so than this year) in FPL? I think maybe Lindelof | 7 years, 10 months ago | 91 |
RedLightning | An inspired captain choice. Only one player in the overall top hundred captained Aubameyang. That player is Faisal Idris, and it lifts him from 12th in the world up to 2nd. Faisal is also now 2nd in our main FFS league, as we… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 25 |
J0E | Gameweek 38 moves Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 38 moves For many Gameweek 37 has been a set of fixtures to forget so far. I thought it may be good to dwell no longer and instead look ahead to … | 7 years, 10 months ago | 57 |
J0E | Lessons learned from 2017/18 so far STARTS Lessons learned from 2017/18 so far… With just one and a half Gameweeks left I thought it would be good to find out what lessons you’ve learned from the season so far. Every campaig… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 118 |
J0E | Best and Worst Premier League boss for Fantasy managers Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Favourite Premier League manager From a Fantasy manager’s perspective who do you think is this season’s Premier League manager of the year. And who g… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 60 |
J0E | DGWK 37 Captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? And with mini leagues finely poised at the end of the season are you now making moves such as the captaincy b… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 94 |
@ocprodigy | Scout picks challenge - GWK 37 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 37 Playing major catch up on results but promise they will come! GW33 tomorrow, 34 and 35 Sat, 36 Sun is the plan! ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you w… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 23 |
J0E | Community Writer of the month vote – April Community Writer of the month vote – April It’s that time again to vote for your favourite community writer of the past month. All you have to do is email us here community@fantasyfootballs… | 7 years, 10 months ago | 3 |