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Hello everyone. Since I’m a SL Benfica fan and, as you can deduce by my nickname, I am also Portuguese, I decided to leave here my views on the new Swansea boy, Renato Sanches. History and Stati…

Does it look like Chelsea will sign another LWB? If not Alonso is literally essential imo.

So many expensive transfer moves taking place or rumoured to be taking place - none appear to be good FPL assets though, despite their real life price tags. Lemar 14 goals in 64 matches looks an …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Following on from the wildcard discussions one key theme emerged with those wildcarding saying that many issues regarding team sheets and form look to be al…

What are the deadline day transfer deals you want to see?

So, with Firmino looking great and at a really attractive price, should we: A) going for a big front three of Lukaku Kane Firmino (Kaku and Kane could also be Morata Jesus Laca or Aguero) B) keep…

I read few posts and articles about WC and prices. First thing about playing WC is do you really need it? As we can see price changes are very slow and one of the reason is, if I'm correct, that W…

The amount of price rises this season has been a bit pathetic. Richarlison has been over 100 going into the 2am "deadline" for about a week now only for it change its parameters and go back down to…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Defence in a mess - what to do. From a number of Rate My Teams I've seen over the last few days it is clear that some of our defences are in a bit of a mes…

For those of you stats lovers you need to look at the quality of shots too. It is noticeable that Kane has had 2.3 headed goal attempts per match this season compared to 0..4 last season. It is …

Looking for a budget midfielder. Considering Knockaert or Ritchie

So, after much deliberation, the Wildcard is active. It was far from essential – nothing major was broken but, in the end, I decided to press the button. Here’s why… I played it prior to …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Gameweek 3 Rough with the Smooth Let's hear your tales of woe and joy here. Remember its what you did - not what you didn't do.

This is a bit late to the party, but I've just seen the highlights from Sunday and Kane's performance was quite concerning for his fantasy potential. From a pure eye test, although he had a lot o…

KDB on his new role as a DM: "I haven't scored yet, but I'm playing as a defending midfielder. My role changed, but my games are good. I know what I bring to the team and what my role is. No one kn…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic International break - who's in, who's out Which players from your side are on borrowed time and are set for the exit? And who are your top targets? Are …

This Kane situation is what differs the seasoned veterans from the casuals. The casuals looking at 1,1,2 and selling like mad men. The vets looking at 25 shots and keeping. Explosion is immine…

Falling stars Obviously everyone is rushing to the risers right now, but feels like there are maybe a few who have lost / losing value who could prove good value in the future or help make up for …

I posted this in a thread earlier. Comparing the top 3 xG leaders so far: Lukaku, Kane, Salah. Kane: Goal: 0 (0 shots) Post: 0.53 xG (2 shots) Saved: 1.04 xG (6 shots) Blocked: 0.64 xG (11 shots)…

FFS Daily Hot Topic The template front line for the top Five in our Hall of Fame is Kane, Lukaku and Jesus, but their performances so far have failed to live up to expectations. Is it time to dit…

As much as I want to get rid of KDB before the price drop tonight I think it is more reasonable to wait. It is easy to get stuck on the feeling of having to get rid rather than thoughtfully bringin…

Confirmation that price changes have changed. So far at least. At this stage over the last 3 seasons there had been 25-30% more rises and 30-35% more drops. Cumulative Totals after GW2&3 RISE…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining in Gameweek 3 and why?

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 3 Dum dum dummmmmmmmmm! Gameweek 3 is up and running. We had a record entries of 77 non-illegal entries last gameweek, lets keep it up! The more people, the more p…

I decided to take a look on the transfers out page earlier today and was shocked to see that more than 120,000 mangers have decided to transfer out Harry Kane ahead of Gameweek 3. After failing to…

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be Gameweek 3's best differential and why?

Today's press conferences 8.30am - Mark Hughes 9am - Eddie Howe, Tony Pulis 11am - Sean Dyche 11.30am - Frank De Boer 12pm - Jurgen Klopp 1.30pm - Antonio Conte, Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, Ron…

The First international break does not create more risers than other early season weeks, this may seem counter intuitive, but because much of the activity is wildcard related which does not count t…

GW2 Ball In Play Stats Following on from a recent BBC Sport article, I have decided to have a dig around the concept of 'ball in play', as I'm going to call it. The article in question highlighted…

Price change system punishes early adopters. Would prefer prices to be tied to form rather than ownership, personally.

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic With Sanchez looking like staying and ready for action in GWK 3 who is considering getting him in? This weekend may be too soon for a start, but GWK 4 look…

Thursday pressers. 8:45am Arsenal 12:30pm Huddersfield 1pm Leicester 1:30pm Watford 1:45 Brighton

I don't know if this is a stupid question but I am a seagull after all. I could be way off, but does the whole point of the 'False 9' formation and strategy revolve around the concept that a midf…

4.5m Midfield Rotation Something which I've been pondering for a while, and decided to now opt for, is a pair of rotating 4.5m midfielders. Simply put, the money saved by spending a megre 9.0m on …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Steady Eddies v Flash Harrys On last night's Scoutcast we discussed how Pogba could be an Alli like player this season - prone to exciting goals, while Mkh…

Are early points hits for team value worth it? There seems to be lots of conjecture about this, but as with anything in fantasy football any ounce of quantifiable rationale can help to make decisi…

What are people doing with Daniels? If getting rid who are you thinking of bringing in? Took a look at some options: Suttner - (already own him - just play him and keep Daniels?) - wat, WBA, bou,…

Hot topic! What will Liverpool's teamsheet tonight tell us about who plays against Arsenal on Sunday. If Firmino, Mane and Salah ... A) Play the full 90. B) Taken off as a sub C) Brought on as …

I've noticed there seems to be a consensus that Kane and Lukaku are the best captaincy options and that we just slap the armband on one of them each week and it'll be fine - and I agree; they are t…

Can see a lot of people playing their wildcards or planning to do so for the 1st International Break. Some of the reason why I think wildcarding during 2nd IT break between GW7-8 is better: 1. W…

Posted this elsewhere but may get missed so making an HT of it. Would like feedback on the change of format for this article. I wanted to give Peter a bit more freedom rather than use the same …

I think we need to remember how little competitive football we've seen premier league sides play this season. FPL demand will always revolve around recent form but to ignore the quality of certain…

A question about the goals imminent table. Is the ranking: a.) simply a prediction of expected next game scoring performance based on recent performance or is it b.) inflated by the fact that a pl…

Live Scoutcast Tonight - leave your questions for the team here. Disable will be joining Mark, Andy and I on tonight's show - 9:30pm kick off via our Youtube channel.

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic GWK 2 Rough with the Smooth Let's hear your tales or woe and joy here. Best will be read out on tonight's scoutcast. Remember its not what you didn't do -…

If you somehow see yourself scrambling to try and fit Alonso into your teams then wait just for a second. I was unfortunate enough to get rid of Alonso to fund my Zaha to Mkhi move and yet I wasn't…

Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 3 For the second time this season we are on the look out for a champion to represent the community to take on the Scout Picks and win the chance …

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Can Kane be trusted with the armband? If you own him are you captaining him? If you don't who are you captaining? Could Eriksen be a better option - 100% …

Yesterday i transferred out Alonso in order to get in Pogba. I would have liked to have waited until after todays games to make the transfers but had to them yesterday to avoid the price changes. …

What's going on with our price movement system? Clearly there has been a fundamental shift in the algorithm. That players such as Xhaka and Hegazi have been transferred in my 408k and 350k of pla…