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AuthorHot TopicDateReplies

Royal5
Time to say goodbye to Vardy?

Any other Vardy owners a bit fed up with him? For 8.6 I expect more and City next.. :/

8 years, 4 months ago44

J0E
Gameweek 11 Captaincy

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why?

8 years, 4 months ago48

@ocprodigy
Scout Picks Challenge - Gameweek 11

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 11 I know I'm two gameweeks behind, will catch up tomorrow! ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, every evening pri…

8 years, 4 months ago40

MyPrettyPony
Charity Football Tournament

Who fancies a real life Fantasy Football Scout football match or (depending on numbers) tournament for charity on behalf of Simon Humber (Absinthe)? Back in the day when the 606 message boards wer…

8 years, 4 months ago39

J0E
Why ignore Lukaku?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Why ignore Lukaku? With Newcastle and Brighton at home and Watford away Romelu Lukaku looks a fantastic player to own from Gameweek 12. Against minnows …

8 years, 4 months ago59

G-Whizz
What the Doosra stats say - Gwk 11

GW11 DS Stats and Clean Sheet Odds Last week the Doosra Stats highlighted Arsenal (460DS) and Liverpool (443DS) fixtures as the easiest of the week followed by Man City (304DS) and just under the …

8 years, 4 months ago42

Your Mum's Athletic
Help the Community Champ

Afternoon! Seems like I have been chosen for the FFS champion this week! 🙂 Bearing in mind the likely lads they are going to choose from the above, any differentials I should be looking at to hop…

8 years, 4 months ago24

J0E
Post international break dream team

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Post international break dream team With many considering wildcarding during the international break and others looking to refresh their team I thought I'd…

8 years, 4 months ago42

Mark
Ref Watch - Chelsea vs United

Early tease of a new addition for members. We're building Referee stat tables and profiles currently in order to bring back the Men In Black series. We have an early table in test and already the…

8 years, 4 months ago31

Phil Dagger â­
Double Seagulls Attack?

Case for Brighton Striker How ridiculous is Groß and Murray double up!? I saw that whenever the Brighton Strikers have played they have scored points generally. There good run started from GW …

8 years, 4 months ago16

J0E
GWK 11's Best Differential will be....

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic GWK 11's Best Differential will be.... Daniel Sturridge and Andre Gray were among the GWK 11 differentials discussed on last night's Scoutcast. Who do yo…

8 years, 4 months ago28

J0E
Community Writer of the Month Vote - October

Community Writer of the month vote – October 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@fantasyfootball…

8 years, 4 months ago1

J0E
Live Scoutcast Tonight 9:30pm- Leave your questions here

Live Scoutcast tonight. Join us for a Halloween special at 9:30pm via our Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKxYKQ8pgJ7V8wwh4hLsSXQ Leave your questions for the team here.

8 years, 4 months ago132

J0E
Gameweek 10 Rough with the Smooth

Gameweek 10 Rough with the Smooth Leave your tales of horror for Halloween here. Richarlison captainers welcome. As well as your tales of joy. Anyone able to beat smooth operator Red Lightning f…

8 years, 4 months ago143

Ludo
Burnley’s home comforts

In their last 38 Premier League home matches under Sean Dyche, Burnley have conceded 32 goals, and kept 14 clean sheets. For reference, 32 goals conceded in 38 games last season would have been t…

8 years, 5 months ago13

Ruth_NZ
Kane and Lukaku price change issue

PRICE MECHANISM Just wanted to make a couple of observations in the hope that Mark sees them and considers them worthy of consideration. Recent events with Kane and Lukaku where FPL appear to hav…

8 years, 5 months ago111

Enzo the Baker
The Power of the Bench

I know this probably goes without saying, but I feel that having a solid, dependable bench is critical this season (more so than any season in the recent past). Over the past 2 GWs, I've seen many …

8 years, 5 months ago20

Pranav Santhosh
Who's on your chopping block?

who is everyone looking to get in or get rid? im looking to get rid of cedric and mbemba looking to get in dunk silva kane

8 years, 5 months ago65

J0E
Key lesson learned this season

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Key lesson learned this season. Each week we look at lessons learned from the weekend's events - but are there any key lessons we can learn from the seaso…

8 years, 5 months ago36

J0E
Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 11

Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 11 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, 5 months ago0

J0E
Gameweek 10- Lessons Learned So Far

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Lessons learned from Gameweek 10 so far Here’s a few to get the discussion started Free Chip Hit comes at a cost. Those that played this chip in and i…

8 years, 5 months ago120

Ryan
Third Striker Options

We still don't have a viable 3rd striker option do we? Firmino, Vardy, someone cheaper? Any stand out prospects?

8 years, 5 months ago22

J0E
Gameweek 10 Captaincy

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why?

8 years, 5 months ago81

@ocprodigy
Scout Picks Challenge - Gameweek 10

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 10 GW8 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2017/10/25/the-scout-squad-gameweek-10-3/?hc_page=8#hc_comment_16811517 GW9 incoming, sorry for delays! ****…

8 years, 5 months ago35

Musicholic
Free Hit Rules - with example

For all those who are lazy and causing chaos relating to Free Chip: Managers who have already made their transfers or spent points on trades will be reimbursed after activating the Free Hit chip. …

8 years, 5 months ago28

andy85wsm
Kane injured - plans?

What to do with Harry Kane? In my opinion there wasn't a huge score coming his way anyway this week and he may be back for Palace. If that's the case do we hold or are our benches not strong enoug…

8 years, 5 months ago77

Oven Glover
Free Hit Rules Reminder

Re: Free Hit Chip from FPL as a lot of questions being asked about it. Hi TFF, None of the players you sign during your Free Hit Gameweek (before or after you activate the Free Hit chip) will re…

8 years, 5 months ago21

J0E
Gameweek 10's top differential will be...

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gameweek 10's best differential and why?

8 years, 5 months ago68

G-Whizz
GW10 DS Stats and Clean Sheet Odds

GW10 DS Stats and Clean Sheet Odds Last week the Doosra Stats highlighted the Chelsea (618DS) and Man City (518DS) fixtures. Chelsea eventually came out 4-2 winners over Watford and Man City beat …

8 years, 5 months ago23

J0E
Gameweek 10 - best week yet for a captaincy risk

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 10 - the best week yet to take a risk on the captaincy With Kane and Lukaku set to face a fleet of buses at Anfield and with City players' minutes …

8 years, 5 months ago75

Ludo
Pep doesn't care about your FPL team

There’s a lot of nonsense being talked about Pep on here, and I think most predictions of City’s team for GW10 are being based on a fundamental misunderstanding of how Pep thinks and approaches…

8 years, 5 months ago63

ktk_interista
Is there method to Pep's teamsheet madness?

Are we oversimplifying Pep's rotation pattern (if there is any) by only looking at minutes played for players? Surely an intelligent manager like Pep picks his sides not based on minutes played in …

8 years, 5 months ago10

J0E
Is Richarlison the real deal?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is Richarlison the real deal? On last night’s Scoutcast and elsewhere in comments here the love affair with Richarlison has reached fever pitch. He’s …

8 years, 5 months ago57

J0E
Live Hall of Fame updated

Live Hall of Fame updated Some big changes among the top places, as a familiar name aims for a strong Finnish. Members can see where they are here post GWK 9 http://members.fantasyfootballscou…

8 years, 5 months ago12

VIRATKOHLI18
The ideal midfield

Whats your ideal midfield? Choupu, Richarlson, Sanchez, Eriksen, Salah for me!

8 years, 5 months ago41

J0E
Live Scoutcast Tonight 9:30pm- Leave your questions here

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Live Scoutcast tonight - 9:30pm Please leave your questions for the team here.

8 years, 5 months ago152

J0E
Gameweek 9 - a victory for underlying stats?

Was Gameweek 9 a victory for underlying statistics? Kane’s haul at home to Liverpool came on the back of impressive shots data from the Spurs striker at Wembley, where he had so far failed to sc…

8 years, 5 months ago21

Geoff
Competition hots up in midfield

It's starting to look difficult in midfield. What are you looking to do, with so many good options on offer? Eriksen, Salah, Eriksen, Hazard, Sanchez, Sterling, Silva, KDB even, plus Richarlison…

8 years, 5 months ago76

Eden ACCOUNT CLOSED
Mourinho Preps His Bus For Spurs Clash

GW10: Reason to play Spurs & United defenders but, worry for Kane and 'Trollkaku'? Spurs travel to Old Trafford where, United are yet to concede which, in isolation suggests the Kane train could c…

8 years, 5 months ago34

J0E
Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 10

Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 10 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, 5 months ago2

J0E
Gameweek 9 Rough with the Smooth

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 9 Rough with the Smooth Feel free to leave your tales of woe and joy here.

8 years, 5 months ago162

TheTwelfthMan
Lukaku - why worry?

Still fail to see reason in the Lukaku is a worry rhetoric. He is still the top scorer in the league. He still only has 2 blanks all season. He still has 4 goals and 1 assist in his last 6. …

8 years, 5 months ago43

J0E
All in a spin with Pep

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Tackling Pep’s rotation. Everyone is a winner with Pep…and a loser too. Pick three Manchester City players and over the course of a three Gameweek peri…

8 years, 5 months ago40

J0E
Tackling GWK 10's fixture swing

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Dealing with Gameweek 10’s mini fixture swing Manchester United and Spurs encounter at Old Trafford makes it tricky to put faith in their assets for the …

8 years, 5 months ago69

Granville
maxed out on Man City

Hands up those who have all eggs in the Man City attackers basket. (Defenders don't count.) Sterling(c), Kun, Jesus.

8 years, 5 months ago65

Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
West Ham’s Costly Summer

I'll just say this once now, because I said it at the beginning of the Season. Our transfers were not only fool's gold, but in the case of Hart, poisonous as well. Bilic needed to play both Noble…

8 years, 5 months ago23

Ten Season Wonder
Free Hit Chip - gwk 10 or blanks?

Anyone thinking of using their 'Free Hit' chip next week (GW10)? I have triple spurs, double United and Tammy, not to mention 4 awful players i won't mention. I could replace them for a week and …

8 years, 5 months ago19

J0E
Gameweek 9 Captaincy

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 9 Captaincy Who are you captaining in Gameweek 9 and why?

8 years, 5 months ago120

Arteta
Friday's Press Conferences

Today's press conferences 8:30 - Stoke 9:00 - Bournemouth, West Brom 12:30 - Everton 13:00 - Liverpool, Spurs, Huddersfield 13:15 - Chelsea 13:30 - Man City, Man Utd, Newcastle

8 years, 5 months ago16

@ocprodigy
Scout Picks Challenge - Gameweek 9

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 9 GW8 results tomorrow morning - stupid Friday night fixtures...! ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, every eveni…

8 years, 5 months ago47