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J0E |
Gameweek 17 Rough with the Smooth
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 17 Rough with the Smooth Let's hear your tales of woe and joy here. Best ones will be read out on tonight's Scoutcast. |
8 years, 8 months ago | 94 |
J0E |
Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 18
Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 18 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, 8 months ago | 0 |
J0E |
Who is on your treatment table?
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who is on your team's treatment table and what are you going to do with your crocked players? Given Xmas rotation is it worth cashing in some of those play… |
8 years, 8 months ago | 84 |
@ocprodigy |
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 17
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 17 GW14 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/17173621 ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, every… |
8 years, 8 months ago | 37 |
J0E |
Gameweek 17 captaincy
Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? |
8 years, 8 months ago | 65 |
J0E |
Where next for Morata owners?
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Where next for Morata owners? Are his owners keeping and hoping he starts the following gwk? Or are you ditching? And if so who for? Is this a chance to … |
8 years, 8 months ago | 107 |
G-Whizz |
GW17 DS Stats, Clean Sheet and Fixture Odds
GW17 DS Stats, Clean Sheet and Fixture Odds. Last week Spurs(486DS) comfortably saw their way past Stoke 5-1. Chelsea (429DS) somehow lost 1-0 to West Ham and Liverpool (370DS) saw their rotation … |
8 years, 8 months ago | 21 |
liiusions |
Morata Out of GW17
Morata out of the game tomorrow https://twitter.com/ojharbord/status/940347967914905600 |
8 years, 8 months ago | 19 |
fitzy |
Your FPL Cup opponent is not random
Not seen this posted on here yet so apologies if it has been. https://www.reddit.com/r/FantasyPL/comments/7j2965/your_cup_opponent_is_not_random/ Sounds like FPL changed how the cup works. |
8 years, 8 months ago | 72 |
J0E |
Gameweek 16 Rough with the Smooth
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 16 Rough with the Smooth Let's hear your tales of woe and joy here. Any lucky Begovic owners? Miffed Milivojevic owners? Or those that got caugh… |
8 years, 8 months ago | 132 |
J0E |
Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery - GWK 17
Scout Picks Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 17 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 yo… |
8 years, 8 months ago | 0 |
J0E |
Is it Hammers time?
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is it Hammer time? With three easy fixtures gwk 18-20... and a double Gwk 22 is it wise to get in a West Ham player after they play midweek? They are sti… |
8 years, 8 months ago | 38 |
French Gooner |
Watford defenders warning
Everyone looking at Watford defenders with their great fixtures coming up. Most people tend to forget they only kept 4CS in the past 16 GWs. With Silva's offensive approach are Watford defenders r… |
8 years, 8 months ago | 39 |
J0E |
Gameweek 16 Captaincy
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? |
8 years, 8 months ago | 52 |
@ocprodigy |
Scout Picks Challenge - Gameweek 16
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 16 Catching up... GW12 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/17116005 GW13 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/17124458 *****… |
8 years, 8 months ago | 35 |
J0E |
Gameweek 16's Best Differentials
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gameweek 16's top differential and why? |
8 years, 8 months ago | 41 |
Twisted Saltergater |
Femenia v Zeegelaar
For anyone interested, I've decided to sign Femenia over Zeegelaar (but will wait until after the press conferences tomorrow before shipping Moreno). Zeegelaar has struggled to nail down a first t… |
8 years, 8 months ago | 36 |
FPL ZB |
Should cup qualification rules be changed?
Never agreed with how these cups are drawn. Should be overall number of points, not one gameweeks result |
8 years, 8 months ago | 81 |
applebonkers |
West Ham's History of Failure At Home to Top Sides
west ham's record vs the top sides in their new stadium, with how all the opposition big guns did in those games. 16/17: watford 2-4. arsenal 1-5 (sanchez hattrick and assist, ozil goal and assist… |
8 years, 8 months ago | 20 |
J0E |
Liverpool Attack - Time to Double, Even Treble Up?
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Has the source of points in FPL now switched from City to Liverpool. Assuming Salah is in most active teams, is a Liverpool attacking double, even treble … |
8 years, 8 months ago | 49 |
G-Whizz |
GW16 DS Stats, Clean Sheet and Fixture Odds
GW16 DS Stats, Clean Sheet and Fixture Odds. Last week Man City (512DS) scraped through against West Ham 2-1. Chelsea (432DS) saw off Newcastle 3-1 with Everton (349DS) and Tottenham (341DS) 2-0 a… |
8 years, 8 months ago | 22 |
Deano |
Will Hazard be rested and if so when?
So, with Hazard playing last night and on the weekend we can be assured he misses one game in the next two with Conte’s rotation policy. Which will it be? A. whu B. hud |
8 years, 8 months ago | 21 |
J0E |
Captaining Kane Gameweek 16 - early thoughts
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Early thoughts on captaining Kane Gameweek 16. Home to a travel sick Stoke side and with strong underlying stats surely makes captaining Kane a no-brainer.… |
8 years, 8 months ago | 75 |
Pep says |
The Kane exit and midfield switcheroo strategy
Enjoyed the Scoutcast tonight. Surprised about the thoughts on Harry Kane and what to do with him. One thing the scouts didn't mention about the City, Burnley and Southampton fixtures is the faith … |
8 years, 8 months ago | 78 |
J0E |
Live Hall of Fame updated
Live Hall of Fame Update The latest standings after Gameweek 15 can be viewed by Members here http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/hall-of-fame/live/ Jay marches on at the top and looks unb… |
8 years, 9 months ago | 10 |
J0E |
Live Scoutcast Tonight 9:30pm- Leave your questions here
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Live Scoutcast tonight - 9:30pm. Fuller line up this time around. Feel free to leave your questions for the team here |
8 years, 9 months ago | 147 |
Ludo |
Triple Captain Harry in DGW22?
Harry Kane in DGW22 ticks a lot of boxes for the triple captain chip. What I think most of us want is: - Big hitter (key attacking player for a top six side) - DGW - Two good fixtures - Nailed on … |
8 years, 9 months ago | 42 |
J0E |
Pukka Geoff joins the Scouts
The Scout has made a new signing to its moderators and contributors team with Pukka Geoff joining as a moderator. Geoff has been posting for the last five years on site and has been a regular of … |
8 years, 9 months ago | 23 |
_Make |
Champions League - what teams are playing for this week.
You probably all already know this, but this is what the English CL teams require this week (to help you with any early transfer decisions). City and Spurs are the obvious candidates for resting ke… |
8 years, 9 months ago | 10 |
Badger Badger Mushroom Mush… |
First double gameweek confirmed - GW22!
“Listen up Tottenham and West Ham fans... your New Year's Eve fixture at Wembley has been rescheduled for a 20:00 GMT kick-off on Thursday, 4 January” Wonder how this will affect the GW. |
8 years, 9 months ago | 32 |
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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 months ago | 25 |
J0E |
Gameweek 15 Captaincy
Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? |
8 years, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 months ago | 45 |
