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 Lyonnais | Wildcard Formation Strategy With so many wildcards active I’m going to share some of my current thoughts with you… I guess a lot of you have to make some similar decisions. There have been a lot of managers who already s… | 8 years, 5 months ago | 79 |
 J0E | Budget Enablers Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Budget enablers This applies to those on a wildcard and those simply looking to downgrade a player to free up funds. Who are the best budget enablers out… | 8 years, 5 months ago | 62 |
 G-Whizz | GW8 DS Stats and Clean Sheet Odds GW8 DS Stats and Clean Sheet Odds Well what a rollercoaster week that was with all the various injury news! Last week the Doosra Stat highlighted the fixtures of Everton 458DS (0-1), Spurs 420DS … | 8 years, 5 months ago | 24 |
 Swinner | Wildcard Evaluation Wildcard evaluation? Have you missed the boat or did I sail too soon! With many playing there wildcard this international break. I'm interested to know what (if any) advantage you feel you have o… | 8 years, 5 months ago | 70 |
 Lord Bendtner, TGSTEL | Advice On Dumping Cash Cows How do you handle your assets that have raised in price? I, like many, I have quite a few assets in my team that have had a good price rise, but that I've probably could do without for the next fi… | 8 years, 5 months ago | 46 |
J0E | Best Chelsea 'Cover' Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Best Chelsea cover With Morata likely out for a few Gameweeks which players are you targeting for Chelsea's fine run after the international break. Is Bat… | 8 years, 5 months ago | 65 |
 greghammer95 | Community Watch entry - use it or lose it Tournament update! So after a bit of deliberation and pondering with a unanimous vote then following among the managers, we've decided that those not actively taking part in the tournament (player… | 8 years, 5 months ago | 18 |
 Kryten | Rate Your Season So out of 10 what are people rating there season so far? Ffs always rank low early on because of chips and what not probably say mine 7.5/10 | 8 years, 5 months ago | 71 |
 sbasty | Best Man City Mid Sane or Sterling or Silva is the question... As a City fan, here's my thoughts. Silva - played almost every minute. City have scored 22 goals and he has assisted 6 and not scored. That's not overw… | 8 years, 5 months ago | 27 |
 Simon Says... | The Risks Of Dumping Lukaku New article repost:New article: A lot of people seem to be planning to dump Lukaku. Looking at it, I think this is a huge risk, small reward move. Sure, his chances have dipped with Pogba injured … | 8 years, 5 months ago | 41 |
 Ludo | Fixture blocks and rotation Plenty of fantasy managers are playing their wildcards over the international break, and with it comes the opportunity to set our teams up for the long-term. A large part of that planning comes fro… | 8 years, 5 months ago | 40 |
J0E | Gameweek 7 Rough with the Smooth Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 7 Rough with the Smooth Tell us about your successful moves and biggest blunders. Remember it's what you did do, not what you didn't. | 8 years, 5 months ago | 111 |
 noquarternt | Joselu and the xG conundrum Glad to see Joselu scoring. Huge under achievement on his xG finally reverts! Non owner but xG lover. | 8 years, 5 months ago | 20 |
 Lanley Staurel | A wildcard should bring genuine change Seeing a lot of WC team drafts that dont seem to have an obvious advantage over a lot of peoples existing teams. Not seeing a lot of Sanchez, Hazard, Coutinho etc just the usual Kane, Lukaku et al. | 8 years, 5 months ago | 26 |
 FPLzebub | Don't expect double risers The 2nd international break is traditionally a big wildcard week. With the much vaunted fixture swing in the offing many managers will be looking to play their chip and make an early jump onto any … | 8 years, 5 months ago | 25 |
 diesel001 | Best Captains - Next Ten Gameweeks Who do we think are the best captaincy candidates for GW8 to GW18? My thinking in order of preference: GW8: Morata(cpl), Kane (BOU), Jesus(STO), Lacazette(wat), Mane(MUN), Lukaku(liv) GW9: Jesus(B… | 8 years, 6 months ago | 18 |
J0E | Gameweek 7 - Lessons Learned So Far Gameweek 7 - Lessons learned so far What are the key lessons you’ve learned so far in Gameweek 7. Here’s a few I’ve noted to get the discussion started Four at the back looking a strong … | 8 years, 6 months ago | 42 |
 Maximus Bonimus Pointimus | Lukaku and Kane - both essential Kane is an absolutely class FPL player, as close to essential as they some. However, he is on 42 points... Lukaku is on 50 points, yet Lukaku is being vilified & Kane is the one being lauded. Surel… | 8 years, 6 months ago | 39 |
J0E | Gameweek 7 Captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? | 8 years, 6 months ago | 63 |
 Mark | Matchday Roles at FFS Matchday Roles at FFS Fantasy Football Scout have one or more part-time positions available to help us with the services we provide on matchday. We’re looking for candidates who are keen Fanta… | 8 years, 6 months ago | 34 |
J0E | Aguero Absence - Your Plans Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Aguero Absence – Your Plans Although at the time of writing Manchester City were yet to confirm details but it is looking increasingly likely that Sergio… | 8 years, 6 months ago | 88 |
 TorresMagic™ | Aguero Car Accident Reported Reported Aguero Accident http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11679/11058527/sergio-aguero-involved-in-car-crash-in-amsterdam-say-reports | 8 years, 6 months ago | 18 |
Ludo | Best Chelsea Defender Like many on here, I'm looking at bringing in a Chelsea defender for GW8 - they're one of the best defences in the league, and they have a good long run of fixtures. As I see it, there are three v… | 8 years, 6 months ago | 39 |
J0E | GWK 7 Captaincy: Kane v Lukaku Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Kane versus Lukaku for the GWK 7 captaincy Many own both, the others probably wished they owned both. But which is the better armband option? Kane with th… | 8 years, 6 months ago | 59 |
J0E | Gameweek 7 One Week Punt Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 7 one week punt Who is the best one week punt for Gameweek 7 - a week before many wildcard, but also where differentials will be sought by many in… | 8 years, 6 months ago | 78 |
 Knowledgeable meerkat | What if you didn't change a thing? Apologies if this has been posted recently but it's a good laugh... Have you ever wondered how many points you’d have so far this season if you had never made a transfer or changed your captain?… | 8 years, 6 months ago | 119 |
J0E | GWK 6 Rough with the Smooth Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 6 - Rough with the Smooth Leave your tales of woe and joy here. Remember its what you did do, not what you didn't do - eg 'I almost captained … | 8 years, 6 months ago | 122 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tonight 9:30pm- Leave your questions here Live Scoutcast tonight - 9:30pm Leave your questions for the team here | 8 years, 6 months ago | 154 |
 DAN DARE | To Wildcard or not to Wildcard? Some thoughts re use of the wildcard. Seen a lot of people on here contemplating using it and being told to wait because their team looks 'fine'. At this stage, and with every gw that passes, havin… | 8 years, 6 months ago | 16 |
G-Whizz | GW7 Captaincy and Clean Sheet Odds GW7 Captaincy and Clean Sheet Odds With the curtain having closed on GW6 with Arsenal's victory over WBA we start to draw our attentions to the armband for GW7. Last week the DS highlighted the … | 8 years, 6 months ago | 26 |
 Jimmzzz | Best Burnley defender BEST BURNLEY DEFENDER? Mee Lowton Ward Tarkowski Please don't automatically say Mee because he has traditionally been the strongest for CBI stats. Which one would you get in? | 8 years, 6 months ago | 26 |
 Twisted Saltergater | GWK 7 Free Hit Chip Morning all 🙂 I think GW7 offers the first strategic opportunity to use the Free Hit chip. I know this chip has been earmarked for the blank gameweeks, and I'd maintain this is still where it of… | 8 years, 6 months ago | 54 |
J0E | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 7 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 7 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, 6 months ago | 0 |
J0E | 4-3-3 v 3-4-3 Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic 4-3-3 v 3-4-3 Given another stellar showing from premium strikers a strong frontline is looking a must. But - in light of many wildcards starting to flu… | 8 years, 6 months ago | 73 |
 RedLightning | Best forward line? FFS Daily Hot Topic: Aguero, Morata, Lukaku, Vardy, Kane, Jesus, Firmino - we can't have them all, but which are the best three? If we choose Vardy or Firmino instead of a more expensive option, … | 8 years, 6 months ago | 67 |
 The Fantastic Mr Fox | Expected Goals A word about xG. I've recently seen some people discuss xG numbers of players and whether that means those players are over-performing or under-performing. It is not that straight-forward. Althoug… | 8 years, 6 months ago | 17 |
 Puyol Pants Up | Pre-Gwk 8 wildcard one week punt For those who are planning to WC over the international break are you going to bring in a one GW punt? I’m thinking of doing Mooy (TOT) —> Fellani (CRY) could be a very cheeky punt.. | 8 years, 6 months ago | 30 |
J0E | Gwk 6 captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? | 8 years, 6 months ago | 61 |
 Bedknobs and Boomsticks | Attacking ratings for defs and mids. I’ve been struggling to decide between Mendy + Mkhy or Jones + Erikson on my WC. I’d like to have Erikson, but clearly Mendy has much more attacking threat than Jones, but what does that equate… | 8 years, 6 months ago | 24 |
J0E | Live Hall of Fame Has A New Leader Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Big changes at the top of our Live Hall of Fame. Jay Egersdorff snatches top spot from Peter Kouwenberg (My Pretty Pony), who moves to second. Peter, Jay … | 8 years, 6 months ago | 28 |
G-Whizz | GWK 6 Captaincy and Clean Sheet Odds GW6 Captaincy and Clean Sheet odds: Following on from last week: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/16479418 hopefully this will help show which teams your choice for the captaincy armb… | 8 years, 6 months ago | 7 |
Ludo | Possession harms Kane Possession % in Harry Kane's matches so far this season: Newcastle 27-73 Tottenham (Kane blank) Tottenham 68-32 Chelsea (Kane blank) Tottenham 67-33 Burnley (Kane blank) Everton 51-49 Tottenham (K… | 8 years, 6 months ago | 24 |
J0E | Don't Forget Chelsea Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Don’t Forget Chelsea This hot topic is thinking a little ahead but is an issue I think we need to keep in mind. With Aguero dominating the discussion – … | 8 years, 6 months ago | 33 |
 BigManBakar | Kane v Aguero I've seen people on here with Kane and Lukaku absolutely butchering their teams just to fit Aguero... As a captain this week, Kane (whu) could easily outscore Aguero (CPL) - Kane is likely to get m… | 8 years, 6 months ago | 42 |
 The Bandit | Free Hit Chip This is the last time I'm posting this as everyone seems to ignore it anyway 🙄 From the horses mouth, a direct email from FPL in reply to my question. You can always email them yourself if yo… | 8 years, 6 months ago | 34 |
 Freddo | The case for selling Lukaku The case for selling Lukaku. Aguero destroying Watford has made us question our front lines and I just wanted to explore the possibility of losing Lukaku. The scoutcast triggered this where they … | 8 years, 6 months ago | 107 |
 Eden ACCOUNT CLOSED | Is Hazard Worth Considering? Is Hazard worth the investment? Yes he is my names-sake but, what do the stats say? Chelsea mids have largely been overlooked since Willian and Pedro haven't delivered thus far. He has shown form … | 8 years, 6 months ago | 32 |
J0E | Time to ignore premium midfielders? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is 2017/18 the year to ignore premium priced midfielders? With so much attention on the excellent points scoring record of expensive defenders and strikers … | 8 years, 6 months ago | 51 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast Tonight 9:30pm- Leave your questions here Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Live Scoutcast tonight at 9:30pm Leave your questions for the team here. | 8 years, 6 months ago | 116 |
 MTPockets | Best Captains GWK 6-20 Interesting. My Kane -> Aguero reasoning centres on captaincy vs using funds elsewhere. Only 2 weeks - GW11/16 - where Kane definitely trumps Lukaku/Aguero (or Jesus). Could be worth switching back… | 8 years, 6 months ago | 30 |