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 J0E | Community Writer of the month vote – November Community Writer of the month vote – November 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@fantasyfootba… | 8 years, 3 months ago | 0 |
J0E | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery - GWK 16 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 16 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… | 8 years, 3 months ago | 0 |
J0E | Gameweek 15 Rough with the Smooth Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 15 Rough with the Smooth Let's hear your tales of woe and joy for the Gameweek here. Best will be read out on tomorrow's Scoutcast. | 8 years, 3 months ago | 120 |
 Bouncebackability | Coutinho v Ramsey Coutinho Vs Ramsey Coutinho would be more fun to own, but looking at the fixtures ahead, Ramsey is going to play every game (you'd think). Coutinho is definitely going to be rested, Klopp has said… | 8 years, 3 months ago | 27 |
 Spartac Mac | Comparing defenders, midfielders and forwards Just comparing how the top 10 defenders, midfielders and forwards have performed after 15 GW's. Top 10 defenders: Average price: 6.07m Average PPG: 4.58ppg Total number of double-digit hauls (10 … | 8 years, 3 months ago | 7 |
 TheCurseOfRaheem | Best use of a free hit chip ever? 117 after baps. Stuff of dreams, don’t think I’ll ever use the Free Hit as effectively again. | 8 years, 3 months ago | 77 |
 Dokdok666 | Jose gets creative with Lukaku RP: Found this comment about Lukakus new role, on Reddit: "Hi I've watched United for the past few games and it seems Jose has instructed him to play a different way. Usually Lukaku is the one fini… | 8 years, 3 months ago | 8 |
J0E | Gameweek 15 - Key Lessons So Far... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Lessons learned from Gameweek 15 so far The bargain hunting at Everton begins. Everton already look set to be a fine source of budget players with Big Sa… | 8 years, 3 months ago | 45 |
 Pep says | How would you spend Kane’s cash? Hypothetical question but if you were to sell Kane, how would you plan to set up afterwards? Go bench fodder and upgrade all across defence and 4th and 5th mid? Get Sanchez to leave an easy route … | 8 years, 3 months ago | 33 |
 @ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge - GW15 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 15 Good news... results have been coming in! Bad news is I still haven't caught up - but GW12 results are almost completed (subject to validation checks), just in … | 8 years, 3 months ago | 25 |
J0E | Gameweek 15 Captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? | 8 years, 3 months ago | 52 |
J0E | Gameweek 15's best differentials Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gameweek 15's best differential? | 8 years, 3 months ago | 64 |
 G-Whizz | GW15 DS Stats, Clean Sheet and Fixture Odds GW15 DS Stats, Clean Sheet and Fixture Odds. Another quick turn around these fixtures are coming thick and fast and somehow I managed 59 with Hazard(C). You can find GW14's data here: http://www.f… | 8 years, 3 months ago | 36 |
J0E | Club Loyalty v FPL Loyalty Club v FPL Loyalty Anyone got any examples where either their club loyalty has overridden their FPL loyalty or vice versa Eg not captained an obvious captain choice because he is against your sid… | 8 years, 3 months ago | 66 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tonight 9:15pm- Leave your questions here Live Scoutcast tonight at around 9:15pm Feel free to leave your questions for the team here. Looks like the line up will be Andy, Az and myself and we are hopeful Granville will be able to join … | 8 years, 3 months ago | 88 |
J0E | Gameweek 14 Rough with the Smooth Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 14 rough with the smooth A fair few benching frowns and grins this week I expect. Let's hear about your tales of woe adn joy here. | 8 years, 3 months ago | 108 |
 Fpl Richie | The Pardew and Allardyce effect So how do we think the following appointments (imminent by all accounts) will affect our FPL options? A. Pardew at West Brom B. Allardyce at Everton | 8 years, 4 months ago | 19 |
 Reiko | Spurs Latest Theory: Kane needs Toby A So I understand that Spurs do not perform too well when Aldy is injured. Since their reliance at the back is diminished, it seems to have a ripple effect on the attacking front, regardless of their… | 8 years, 4 months ago | 38 |
 Reckoner. | The six points a game captaincy candidates Seen a few people last night and this morning say if they could get 6 points every gameweek from their captain they would be happy while also saying they may get rid of Kane. Just to put the above… | 8 years, 4 months ago | 20 |
J0E | Budget Enablers Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Top budget options Ashley Young (4.9)’s brace last night highlighted the potential of budget options, which will be needed in the coming weeks to afford p… | 8 years, 4 months ago | 45 |
J0E | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery - GWK 15 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 15 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. Really… | 8 years, 4 months ago | 0 |
 FFPro | Big chance to overhaul bonus My main gripe with the bonus point system is that there is 3 bps awarded for a "big chance created". Distinguishing between a big chance created and a regular chance created is done entirely subjec… | 8 years, 4 months ago | 21 |
J0E | Gameweek 14 Captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? | 8 years, 4 months ago | 82 |
@ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 14 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 14 Bad news... I'm still behind on results. Good news is my schedule is (finally) clearing at work and I'll have some downtime. Apologies for the delays on results… | 8 years, 4 months ago | 40 |
 42towels | Spurs Latest Theory: Erik-Son So I looked into Eriksen & Spurs stats to try and make sense of the drop in form. First, I compared key stats from GW1-6 to GW 7-12. (xG, xa, SOT, chances created, touches, etc) Spurs numbers dr… | 8 years, 4 months ago | 41 |
G-Whizz | GW14 DS Stats, Clean Sheet and Fixture Odds GW14 DS Stats, Clean Sheet and Fixture Odds. With the quick turn around for this week sorry will have to keep it short and sweet but you can find GW13's data here http://www.fantasyfootballscout.… | 8 years, 4 months ago | 29 |
 gunner 2727 | Subs and vice captain penalties Just throwing this out there. FPL needs to change vice captain and bench points imo. I know things can happen late, injured in warm up etc... but that's so rare compared to people getting 6-15 poin… | 8 years, 4 months ago | 20 |
J0E | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery - GWK 14 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 14 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. Really… | 8 years, 4 months ago | 8 |
J0E | Gameweek 13 Rough with the Smooth Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 13 Rough with the Smooth Feel free to let us know about your tales of woe and joy during GWK 13. | 8 years, 4 months ago | 128 |
 Deulofail | Time to ditch Richarlison? Is no-one else here selling Richarlison with his upcoming poor fixtures? (MUN, TOT, bur) Thinking of downgrading to RLC, myself, to upgrade Silva to Hazard. Keeping Zaha, and maybe selling him for… | 8 years, 4 months ago | 86 |
J0E | Gameweek 13 - lessons learned so far Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Lessons learned from Gameweek 13 so far… The value midfielders march on. With Loftus Cheek, Richarlison and Gross all returning points, the case for a … | 8 years, 4 months ago | 62 |
 ★Kuntheman★ | Man City rotation power rankings Guardiola on Aguero+Jesus partnership: "I can say I think they are going to play together again, even with or without Mendy. Until now I decide to play in that way and I decide one or the other one… | 8 years, 4 months ago | 22 |
J0E | Chelsea v the world Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Chelsea v the world Ok, not quite the world, but Chelsea’s priciest players are certainly going to have to prove they are worth their valuation ahead of … | 8 years, 4 months ago | 79 |
@ocprodigy | Scout Picks Challenge - Gameweek 13 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 13 Results are coming I promise.. this weekend is catch up. ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, every evening pri… | 8 years, 4 months ago | 44 |
J0E | Gameweek 13 captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? | 8 years, 4 months ago | 86 |
G-Whizz | GW13 DS Stats and Clean Sheet Odds GW13 DS Stats, Clean Sheet and Fixture Odds. In the previous GW the Doosra Stats didn't really highlight a standout fixture as such as for me there was nothing over 350DS. However, the top fixture… | 8 years, 4 months ago | 13 |
 @chapellefpl OR 577TH | GWK 13 Captaincy: Kane v Lukaku Kane Vs Lukaku captaincy. Kane + West Brom shambles just now + Boy is a beast. Best striker in pl + Leading poll + Scores in braces + On pens - Nursing injury - Wembley woes - Probably won't pla… | 8 years, 4 months ago | 48 |
J0E | Keeping up with the Jones' replacements Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What are Jones owners doing? Who are the best replacements - among budget, similarly priced and premium options? And for everyone - are you looking to put… | 8 years, 4 months ago | 52 |
 We Will Klopp you | Gwk 13 Captaincy - Sane v Kane Can we just remove captains from the game? Could do without the headache every week. Kane v Sane this time. Urgh | 8 years, 4 months ago | 37 |
 Football Rambler | The cost of avoiding Salah & Sane I feel like holding off too late on Salah and Sane has basically killed my season. My rivals got them cheap and seem to have an extraneous couple of £m more than me to play with. Going to make it … | 8 years, 4 months ago | 33 |
J0E | Tackling rotation - next three Gameweeks Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Best players for the upcoming rotation minefield. With three set of fixtures over the next week rotation is inevitable. How are you looking to deal with… | 8 years, 4 months ago | 62 |
 Duffy Dunk | Can Christensen or Courtois Cover Chelsea Clean Sheets? Would you get one of Christensen or Courtois for that Chelsea defensive spot, or is it worth downgrading elsewhere to get one of Azpi or Alonso? | 8 years, 4 months ago | 27 |
 Yozzer | Azpilicueta v Alonso Azpi or Alonso?? | 8 years, 4 months ago | 48 |
J0E | Gameweek 12 - Rough with the Smooth Gameweek 12 Rough with the Smooth Let's hear about your tales of woe and joy here. Remember it is what you did do not what you didn't. | 8 years, 4 months ago | 158 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tonight 9:30pm- Leave your questions here Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Live Scoutcast tonight at 9:30pm - feel free to leave your questions for the team here | 8 years, 4 months ago | 109 |
J0E | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery - GWK 13 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 13 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… | 8 years, 4 months ago | 0 |
 HurriKane | Could Coutinho be a cut price Hazard? I think Coutinho could be a cheaper alternative to Hazard. Agree? Coutinho 3 goals and 2 assists in 6 starts. Hazard got same returns in same amount of starts this season. Coutinho is 1.8m cheap… | 8 years, 4 months ago | 28 |
★Kuntheman★ | Deciphering Pep's latest rotation clues So this changes the City dilemma: Pep was asked why he is not playing Jesus and Aguero together and he said, "Because in that moment we had Mendy, when you have Mendy, he can play wide and the win… | 8 years, 4 months ago | 31 |
J0E | Is Kane playing for his FPL future this weekend? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is Kane playing for his future in your team this weekend when West Brom visit Wembley. With blanks at home to Crystal Palace, Bournemouth, Swansea City and… | 8 years, 4 months ago | 71 |
 Twisted Saltergater | Fixture Congestion Hey. There's been quite a few mentions of fixture congestion, and perhaps many will think this relates to the Christmas "week" only, but GW 13 is the start of 10 GW's in just 5 calendar weeks. Fo… | 8 years, 4 months ago | 21 |