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Happy New Year From Fantasy Football Scout

Drawing breath before Gameweek 22 rolls in – I wish you Happy New Year from myself and all at Fantasy Football Scout.

As usual, I want to extend a huge thanks to all of you for the support you have given myself, the team and the site over the past year.

I wish I could spend more time being active and be more hands-on with the community, but that is very much one of my resolutions for 2018.

It will be a major focus for myself and Fantasy Football Scout over the next twelve months. We will be focusing development effort and new resource on it to, hopefully, enhance your experience. As a result, I plan to be “in and around” you guys more often.

Next, I thank all those who contribute to helping me produce and run the site.

To Paul and the editorial team for all their tireless effort in writing our words on the site and for our partners. To Jonty and the moderators who volunteer their time to keep the community running – I look forward to helping them more in the year to come.

And to Granville, Andy, Az and Luke who have joined me in growing the popularity of the ScoutCast over the past year. Episode two hundred and forty-five is next, which just seems bizarre.

I would also like to thank Ed and our new recruit Mat – our technical team behind the scenes who have been so vital yet again in taking things forward and keeping us running. We have further development work in test, and it really excites me to be working with them on realising our plans for 2018.

Next, I want to thank my family and what is left of my friends outside of Fantasy Football. Particularly my fiancé, Pip, and my two children who still stick around while I shut myself off each weekend and night after night. I don’t know how much longer they will tolerate me, but I’m so glad that they do.

Thanks again for sharing my passion and for choosing our pages to feed it and voice your opinions.

Many thanks again and Happy New Year to you and your families.

See you in 2018.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

4,561 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Can we have a Shane Duffy goal tomorrow please. Long overdue.

    1. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Dunk

    2. Sgt Frank Drebin
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Yes we can!

  2. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Happy New Year Mark... love the site and also all of us as part of Kenyaya Community Watch team give a New Years shout out! We have enjoyed the team Jake (Lawro) bid on and we are enjoying advising, ribbing, and chatting with each other. Community Watch tourney organizing crew gets a big thumbs up!

    1. Jigger & Pony
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Thank you to the crew

  3. willl
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    If I set my team as TC active, can I deactivate if I change my mind before the deadline?

    1. Evil Greg
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      yes

    2. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Yup. You can deactivate TC and BB.

    3. Sánchez
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      I'm going for it

      Hat trick of hat tricks

    4. Alan The Llama
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Yeah, but the white captain sign makes it seem even more appealing.

    5. @fpl_phenom
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Yes

  4. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Andy Carroll (TC) anyone? Think he will be highly motivated this week because of what happened in 15/16 season. He has some unfinished DGW business.

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      LOL

    2. Fantasy Gold
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      😆

  5. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Salah now orange flag

    1. LǝgleSs e|even
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Let us know when it turns red !

    2. Hardly Athletic
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      He'll still only miss 1 game.

    3. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Weird that FPL listens to media outlets

      1. Alan The Llama
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        *cough

  6. LǝgleSs e|even
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    New Years to me, happens sometime on the 2nd week of August to me..

    But hey, if you are celebrating, Happy New Years!!

  7. goriuanx
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Kane triple captainers give me a o/

    1. willl
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Warming to it again.

    2. Evil Greg
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      gotta be!

    3. Hardly Athletic
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      \o/

    4. Kevtheotter
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      0/

    5. Kermit Special
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      o/

    6. Sánchez
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      o/

    7. LǝgleSs e|even
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Bruh?

    8. Bouncebackability
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Yep, thinking its the way.

    9. Tomcooper9
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Very tempted

  8. Mortal.Swinbat
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Alli and Masuaku

    Or

    Son and Cresswell

    Thanks 🙂

    1. Garth Marenghi
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      B

  9. yanky
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    adrian pope
    ogbonna alonso duffy schindler robertson
    salah coutinho hazard gray RLC
    morata kane DLC

    a) hazard RLC > son artie for free
    b) coutinho morata > artie aguero for free
    c) salah coutinho > alli erikson for free
    d) coutinho morata RLC > son artie firmino/vardy -4pts

    got salah in at 9.0 so not too tempted to sell....

    1. samy888
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      A

    2. Ghost Gooner
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      B

  10. Sánchez
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    My posts on here must be at the bottom of the screen more often than those hot girls in my area adverts on other sites I frequent

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Those girls are always stalking me. Always the same ones in my area regardless of where I find myself. I guess they can't resist me.

      1. Sgt Frank Drebin
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Lol 😀

      2. Sánchez
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        I live in a small village of only about 100 people and apparently they're within 1 mile of me. Odd thing is, I know everyone in the village but never seen any of these girls in the local shop or anything once

        1. LǝgleSs e|even
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 6 months ago

          You from Corby mate?

          1. Sánchez
            • 11 Years
            6 years, 6 months ago

            Is that you Dave?

  11. AFC49
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Adrian
    Otamendi, Dunk, Masuaku
    Salah, Sterling, Arnie, RLC, Hazard
    Kane, Morata

    Pope, Kenny, DCL, Christensen

    1FT, 0 ITB

    Hazard > Eriksen
    Morata > Aguero? (-4)

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Tempting

  12. The Royal Robin
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    GTG?

    Lloris
    Otamendi Ogbonna Kenny Alonso
    Salah Alli (VC) Sterling Arnie
    Kane (TC) Firmino

    Pope DCL Carroll Kabasele

  13. FPL Virgin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Mark = 2 transfers (1 hit)

    Jonty = 3 transfers (1 hit)

    Andy = 2 transfers (1 hit)

    TM = 4 TRANSFERS!!!! 😯 Has he sold Salah?

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      More Skype conferences with team news I reckon. Disgusting.

      1. Arctic monkeys
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        😀

    2. Arctic monkeys
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Jay ? Still playing ?

    3. Sánchez
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      And FPL Virgins transfers?

      1. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Highly confidential.

        Although I suspect Jonty has copied me.

        1. Sánchez
          • 11 Years
          6 years, 6 months ago

          How can he if he doesn't know what you done?

          I'll guess you've sold Salah to Dier and gave Dier the armband?

          1. FPL Virgin
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            6 years, 6 months ago

            Busted! 😆

            I've done Coutinho, Salah and Richarlison to Alli, Eriksen and Arnie.

    4. Evil Greg
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Morata/Salah/Coutinho > Kane/Son/Eriksen, maybe Arnie in too?

      1. Evil Greg
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        or maybe niasse/haz/coutinho/salah> Kane/Arnie/Son/Eriksen

    5. LǝgleSs e|even
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      TM had a lousy gw, and yes, he usually accumulates 2 FT overgameweeks and does 2-4 transfers.

  14. Fresh_From_Desh
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Happy new year guys and girls!

    Adrian
    Holgate, Long, ogbonna
    Son, Sterling, Arnie, lingard
    Firminho, Kun, kane

    Speroni, Kabasele, Edwards, Salah.

    Anything changes you would make?

    Thanks!

  15. AC Tomasso
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Will there be 2 more DGW's later in the season?

    1. Kevtheotter
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Yes likely

    2. SADIO SANÉ
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      yeah, very likely

      1. AC Tomasso
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Cheers, may hold onto the TC then..

        1. SADIO SANÉ
          • 9 Years
          6 years, 6 months ago

          yeah it's a hard decision, known vs unknown - the others might not be as good, who knows

    3. Bees4Lyf
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Yup

  16. Red Dagger ✪
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Haz, Firms and KDB to Kane Ali and Son for -4..?

    Yup
    Nope

    My advice please..? Thanks WWKY as always just saw yours....

    1. Red Dagger ✪
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      *More...

    2. liiusions
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Easily

      1. Red Dagger ✪
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        cheers

  17. GE
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Would you change bench order here? 🙂

    RLC, Mee, Quaner

    1. Bouncebackability
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Nope.

      1. GE
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Suggestions? 😉

  18. The Royal Robin
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Are the price rises happening?

    1. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Son rose

      1. The Royal Robin
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Is that it?

    2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      already happened

    3. Kevtheotter
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Already happened

    4. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Yep, in about 23 hours and 30 minutes...

  19. liiusions
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Coutinho->Arnie for -4 crazy? My bench is awful for this week and one of them is going to have to play instead of Salah anyway

    1. The Royal Robin
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Yes.

    2. 1314
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      not crazy if Cout sit out for this week..3 matches vs 1 match against City..

  20. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    have a feeling dcl won't start

    even with a -4 I am in trouble 🙁

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Get Obiang in.

      1. 32chickens
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Always the wise choice

      2. Team Cruel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Sorry I read RLC. Getting late 😆

    2. FPL Virgin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      DCL subbed early. Should start.

  21. @fpl_phenom
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    DDG
    Otamendi Jones OGBONNA
    SON Lingard Sterling Salah ARNAUTOVIC
    KANE Morata
    --------------------------------------------------
    Elliot Christensen RLC Holgate

    Should I take a hit on removing Salah?

    1. @fpl_phenom
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      RLC is DCL sorry

    2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      depends on price you got him

      6 mids?

      1. @fpl_phenom
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Got him @9.0 from the very start... il lose 0.6M!!

        Think I’m priced in to hold onto him... Christensen v Arsenal ain’t that bad anyway... Arsenal might struggle to break Chelsea down hopefully

      2. Sánchez
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        4-5-false 9 formation

    3. Stevie B
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      I would hold. I think that his price will not drop so fast.

  22. Stevie B
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Good to go?

    de Gea (Speroni)
    Otamendi, Ogbonna, Robertson, Kenny (Christensen)
    Eriksen, Arnautovic, Sterling, Loftus-Cheek (Salah)
    Kane, Firmino (Calvert-Lewin)

    Feel a little wrong to bench Christensen.

    Thank you!

  23. Kermit Special
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    I think Mark and the team secretly know the team news. Won't be surprised if I see a few Kane TC. We have all been deceived 😀

  24. machickenz
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Anywhere worth a hit? Have so many flagged* which worries me

    Adrian
    Jones Alonso Otamendi
    Arnautovic Son Salah* Sterling
    Kane* Firmino DCL

    Bench: Courtois Mbemba RLC* Naughton**

    1. GoonSquad
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Salah to Ericksen. Even if Salah comes back it's against MC.

      Unless you bought him under 9.5.

      1. Stupendous
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        And he will score against us

        Poor advice imo but still advice

  25. ooooo
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    DDG
    Jones Christ Ota
    Sala Sterling Son Rich
    Kane Firmino DCL

    A) Rich to Alli
    B) Firmino to Aguero

  26. Rash
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    No salah and coutinho likely to miss out and already on -8 kind of forces my hand in playing the free hit.. going off the price changes I'd guess I'm not the only one playing it this week!

  27. GoonSquad
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Tired of looking at my team....and tinkering....

    All good?

    DDG
    Schindler, Mee, Christensen, Jones
    Arnie, Sterling, Ericksen, Lingard
    Aguero, Kane (C)

    Monreal, DCL, Carroll0

    1. Stupendous
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Gtg

  28. Roys Peak
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    wildcard team, out of 10?
    courtois/elliot
    alonso jones mee/long mbemba
    sterling arnie son eriksen son RLC
    aguero kane/quaner
    cheers

    1. GoonSquad
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Too many mids

  29. Kermit Special
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Morata to Aguero -4? its so tempting..

    1. stamboy
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Ha ha. I did Austin to Aguero

  30. FPL Virgin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    What does Mark find more addictive?

    Pringles or hits? 😀

    1. Tomcooper9
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Pringles