Hot Topics

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	B
No Change	Pickford	EVE	B
No Change	Kinsky	TOT	B, Vs
No Change	Hornícek	NEW	C, Vs
Up	Tzolakis	HUL	A
No Change	Verbruggen	BHA	B
No Change	Martinez	CHE	C

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Calafiori	ARS	B
Down	Konsa Ngoyo	ARS	C, Inj
No Change	Gvardiol	MCI	A
Up	Lewis Hall	NEW	A, Vs
No Change	Tarkowski	EVE	A
No Change	De Cuyper	BHA	B, OoP
No Change	Muharemovic	LEE	B, VsX
No Change	Williams	NFO	B, Inj
No Change	Lacroix	CHE	C
Up	Affengruber	FUL	A, Vs
No Change	Khalaili	CRY	B
Up	Thomas	COV	B, Vs

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Palmer	CHE	B, Inj
No Change	Rogers	CHE	B
No Change	Saka	ARS	B, Vs
No Change	Gibbs-White	NFO	A
Up	Tavernier	BOU	B
No Change	Groß	BHA	A
No Change	Mbeumo	MUN	B
No Change	Semenyo	MCI	A, Inj
No Change	Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	C
No Change	Barnes	NEW	A, Vs
No Change	King	FUL	B, Vs
Up	Schade	BRE	A
Down	Szoboszlai	LIV	C, VsX
No Change	Le Fée	SUN	B

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	A, Inj
No Change	Wissa	NEW	C, Vs
No Change	Isak	LIV	A, Inj
No Change	Thiago	BRE	C
Up	Gonzalo García	FUL	C, Vs
Up	Barry	EVE	C
Down	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	B, VsX
Down	McBurnie	HUL	C

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Author	Hot Topic	Date	Replies
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, 12 months ago	43
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, 12 months ago	40
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, 12 months ago	69
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, 12 months ago	65
Doosra - ☭BowenOfRice☭	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, 12 months ago	23
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, 12 months ago	19
J0E	Gameweek 9 Captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 9 Captaincy Who are you captaining in Gameweek 9 and why?	8 years, 12 months ago	120
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, 12 months ago	16
@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, 12 months ago	47
That Was Easy!	Gwk 9 free hit chip strategy Some have played their free hit chip with success so far; it seems like there's been several weeks where it looks like a strong option. For example, this week is a wonderful single week to have 3 U…	8 years, 12 months ago	53
French Gooner	Best Strike Force - Next Four REPOST - Best strike force for the next 4 GWs List of EPL fixtures - Home games are marked in caps Jesus (10.7): BUR - wba - ARS - lei Morata (10.2): WAT - bou - MUN - wba Kane (12.8): LIV - mun -…	8 years, 12 months ago	17
Cok3y5murf	Alonso v Creative Mids In response to Eden Wizard's argument of comparing Alonso's attacking threat with the likes of Mkhi and KDB, and to add more on the hot topic from before. He talked about penalty area touches and …	8 years, 12 months ago	30
Goonermeister	Biggest mistake of the season Biggest mistake/regret so far this season?	8 years, 12 months ago	92
J0E	The Chelsea Blues Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic The Chelsea Blues A defeat by Crystal Palace then letting a lead against Roma slip does not bode well for Chelsea's prospects. This is annoying as it com…	8 years, 12 months ago	43
Bald Eagle	Thursday's Press Conferences Press Conferences 9.00 Brighton 13.00 Leicester, Crystal Palace, Swansea 13.15 Burnley 13.30 Watford, West Ham 14.00 Southampton	8 years, 12 months ago	4
FPLzebub	Match Report: Tottenham v Real Madrid Apologies for repost - bottomed in last article. Real Madrid vs Spurs from a fantasy football perspective. I thought i'd write a short report for the benefit of those who didn't watch the game. F…	9 years, 17 hours ago	14
Ludo	Analysing Expected Goal Data With the release of expected goals (xG) into the Members Area, I thought I’d try and make a case for its usefulness, by looking at a previous situation where xG data would have come in handy for …	9 years, 18 hours ago	37
J0E	Balance and Flexibility Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Balance and flexibility We didn’t have time on last night’s Scoutcst to answer Rossonero’s question about the importance of balance and flexibility …	9 years, 20 hours ago	38
G-Whizz	GW9 DS Stats and Clean Sheet Odds GW9 DS Stats and Clean Sheet Odds Last week the Doosra Stats highlighted three fixtures week with Tottenham 620DS (1-0), Man City 481DS (7-2) and Chelsea 474DS (lost 2-1). http://www.fantasyfootb…	9 years, 1 day ago	16
Cok3y5murf	Alonso is not a 7m midfielder So I guess all those kids who said that Alonso was a '7m midfielder' in the early weeks have been put to rest now. 😎 Hope you learnt the difference between a mid and a wingback.	9 years, 1 day ago	66
Awesom-o	Is Kane Ditchable Over Next Four? Think Kane has to go for the next 4 games, Liverpool H Man Utd A Crystal Palace H Arsenal A To be honest West Brom at Wembley after that doesn't look great either, Pulis and his rugby team are mo…	9 years, 1 day ago	29
kysersosa	Time to play 4 or 5 midfielders? This week saw the Midfielders come back in force. Anyone thinking of resorting to a 4/5 man midfield?	9 years, 1 day ago	30
J0E	Live Scoutcast Tonight 9:30pm- Leave your questions here Live Scoutcast tonight - 9:30pm Leave your questions for the team here	9 years, 1 day ago	125
J0E	Gameweek 8 Rough with the Smooth Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Rough with the Smooth - Gameweek 8 Let's hear your tales of woe and joy here.	9 years, 1 day ago	100
J0E	Expected Goals and Assists Tables Expected Goal and Assists Tables - just set up a couple of these with the new data now live. Players - http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/public-stats-tables/view/21741/ Teams - http://me…	9 years, 2 days ago	60
J0E	Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 9 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 9 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 …	9 years, 2 days ago	1
J0E	GWK 9 Captaincy - early thoughts Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Early captaincy thoughts This looks like being one of the trickiest weeks for the captaincy. Those with Lukaku face an on paper easy choice - but are they …	9 years, 2 days ago	42
J0E	GWK 8 Lessons Learned So Far... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Lessons learned from Gameweek 8 so far Here’s three to get the discussion started The Kane Wembley Hoo-Doo Looks Real. There is debate about the reason…	9 years, 3 days ago	55
Team Cruel	Lukaku v Big Six Goals vs Premier League ‘big six’ since start of 2014/15 season. Aguero: 20 goals, 28 apps Vardy: 19 goals, 37 apps Kane: 14 goals, 27 apps Lukaku: 5 goals, 36 apps (Credit: James Sharpe on t…	9 years, 4 days ago	37
Ode	Spurs can’t beat the bus Bottomed I see quite a few people getting rid of Kane now. I believe Kane could easily haul next week. I don't think the problem is just Wembley, it's who Spurs have faced at Wembley. All the tea…	9 years, 4 days ago	15
Syd.	Is Kane's home form poor enough to get rid? Harry Kane The grand total of 8 points from 4 home games (3 of those games were against Burnely, Swansea & Bournemouth) This Wembley thing really is a worry, can't see me captaining him for a whi…	9 years, 4 days ago	37
J0E	Gameweek 8 Captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why?	9 years, 4 days ago	52
TorresMagic™	Your Gwk 8 Formation What formation are you playing this weekend and are you using a wildcard?	9 years, 5 days ago	43
@ocprodigy	Scout Picks Challenge - Gameweek 8 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 8 Apologies for the past two gameweeks being missed, but we're back now! GW5 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/16700450 **** WHAT IS IT? …	9 years, 5 days ago	48
J0E	Gameweek 8's top differential will be... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gameweek 8's best differential (either by ownership or just being overlooked) and why ?	9 years, 5 days ago	94
Arteta	Friday's Press Conferences Today's press conferences 8:30 - Stoke 9:00 - Bournemouth 11:30 - Crystal Palace 12:30 - Tottenham 13:00 - Liverpool, Everton, Brighton 13:15 - Chelsea 13:30 - Man City, Man Utd, Newcastle, So…	9 years, 5 days ago	19
Cheeseoid	Man Utd Defence- Form v Fixtures Man Utd have terrible fixtures coming liv hud TOT che Even the easier match is away from home I suspect many of us have UTD defensive assets. Are you keeping or selling?	9 years, 6 days ago	26
Spartac Mac	Comparing Jesus Been on the fence with how to use my transfers this week, so just been having a look at the City players. Is Jesus at 10.5m too expensive for a player you won't captain? Comparing Jesus's stats w…	9 years, 6 days ago	15
ktk_interista	Jesus dented by Aguero recovery? Sergio Aguero "I still do not know if I am going to play on Saturday. Today I trained normally, but without the group. Tomorrow I will get into the group to see how I feel, but at training it's no…	9 years, 6 days ago	41
J0E	Forward Line Up Strategy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Forward line ups What is your strategy regarding forwards - given doubts on a return date for two big guns - Morata and Aguero? Is three heavyweight strik…	9 years, 6 days ago	84
Arteta	Thursday's Press Conferences Today's press conferences 8:45 - Arsenal 9:00 - West Brom 13:00 - Leicester, Huddersfield, Swansea 13:15 - Burnley 13:30 - Watford 14:00 - West Ham	9 years, 6 days ago	13
Four Letter Wirtz	Beat the kneejerkers update Beat the KneeJerkers XI, results for GW7 and squad for GW8 GW7 continued with the theme of the season: “The curse of the most-tranferred-in player”. This time, it was Morata’s turn to ‘re…	9 years, 7 days ago	5
kysersosa	Hazard’s Away Day Blues Those thinking about Bringing Hazard in, I'm just going to chuck these stats out there for you... Hazard Away Form 2016/2017:Minutes played - 1430, Assists 2, Goals 4: Goal or assist every 238 m…	9 years, 7 days ago	28
Ludo	Baseline BPS is not significant for forwards I've been trying to find out just how significant Baseline BPS is for Forwards picking up bonus points when they score or assist, and the short answer is - not very! For example, Marcus Rashford h…	9 years, 7 days ago	17
J0E	Hazardous to go without Eden? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Eden Hazard Eden Hazard is looking back to his best. He faces the Premier League's worst team this weekend, ahead of an excellent run for Chelsea. On penal…	9 years, 7 days ago	66
skooldaze	FPL Origins Anyone remember the old skool FPL. I've been playing this game since 2002 and just reminded me of some of the golden moments Rules https://web.archive.org/web/20030605054704/http://fantasy.premi…	9 years, 8 days ago	16
sully29	Wildcards - big decisions remaining For those on wildcard, what big decisions are you still trying to figure out?	9 years, 8 days ago	40
J0E	Live Scoutcast Tonight 9:30pm- Leave your questions here Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Live Scoutcast tonight - 9:30pm Leave your questions for the team here	9 years, 8 days ago	155
J0E	Community Writer of the Month Vote - September Community writer of the month – September Its time again to vote for your favourite community writer of the month. To vote all you have to do is email the name of your favourite writer of Sept…	9 years, 9 days ago	1
J0E	Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 8 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 8 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 …	9 years, 9 days ago	0

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