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 Yankee Toffee | Everton Post Deadline Day Thoughts on Everton: Valencia enters the team with more fantasy points than all of our strikers combined (a whopping 8 points). Sad, that. Lukaku can't buy a goal at this point. Frustrated, no co… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 59 |
 KingNidge | Pickford is safe Despite the best endeavours of both clubs, a deal has not been completed for the transfer of Mika Domingues from Boavista to Sunderland AFC. | 9 years, 4 months ago | 13 |
 J0E | Transfer Deadline Day's Impact on Fantasy Football Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What was the impact of the final transfer window deals on Fantasy Football? I thought I’d list a few of the key deals this week and assess how they may af… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 54 |
 In Like Flynn. | Big money for average players Am I alone in thinking that some very large sums of money are being paid for seriously average players? | 9 years, 4 months ago | 11 |
 RoysCallerAnne | Costa the anti-bonus striker Why doesn't Costa get BPs? Genuinely interested as I don't delve into all that stuff. I (think I) know yellow cards/ dispossession/ missed passes/ shots off target etc. come into it. I watched hi… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 20 |
Yankee Toffee | Chelsea's new defence I think Conte might play 3 at the back with Luiz, Cahill, Terry giving the wingbacks some freedom to raid. Could be gold for Azpi, Alonso/Ivano if he does. On the other hand the Matic/ Kante holdi… | 9 years, 3 months ago | 25 |
 andy85wsm | Bony v Benteke Bony (7.3m) - Next 5 fixtures = Spurs (h), Palace (a), West Brom (h), Man United (a), Sunderland (h) Benteke (7.4m) - Next 5 fixtures = Boro (a), Stoke (h), Sunderland (a), Everton (a), West Ham (… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 31 |
J0E | Who is Throwing Their Wildcard At Bans and Changing Fixtures? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic I asked whether people were wildcarding last week, back in the days when Aguero wasn't set to miss two games, Andre Gray's old tweets were still secret and A… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 38 |
 Twelve years a slave | When to Bring Aguero Back In Question for those wildcarding and bringing back Aguero in round Six What are you doing about Liverpool? They are home to Hull in GW 6 and if you have to use your free transfer to bring in Aguero … | 9 years, 4 months ago | 54 |
 sinik | Price Change Thresholds For those thinking of keeping Aguero: Remember that casuals (for lack of a better word to describe the majority of the FPL population) drive price changes. It's very early in the season so many of… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 57 |
 Diva | Rank Only Tells Part Of The Story I've just seen that post a couple of pages back recommending people link their team in their profile so they know whether to accept their advice. I don't link my team and if you can accept my thoug… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 23 |
J0E | Outstanding Transfer Deadline Day Issues Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Has all the Fantasy relevant transfer business been done? Or are there still some unresolved issues that may alter our transfer/wildcard plans. Bony to Wes… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 32 |
 Jay_ | West Ham Options Ahead of West Hams great fixtures, just my thoughts on the state of the team at the moment. ---------------------------------------Adrian/Randolph---------------------------------- Byram/Antonio… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 10 |
J0E | Aguero Possible Ban Options Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic If Aguero does received a three match ban (two in the PL) how do you plan to react and why? a) bench for two matches. You'll want him back anyway. b) ditch … | 9 years, 4 months ago | 57 |
J0E | Shoehorning Arsenal in. Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Are you planning to shoehorn an Arsenal attacker into your squad, that is likely to already include Aguero,Zlatan and possibly Hazard? If so who comes in … | 9 years, 4 months ago | 43 |
J0E | Gwk 3 captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? | 9 years, 4 months ago | 36 |
 @ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 3 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 3 New week, new gameweek! Gameweek 2&3 results will be presented together late next week as I'm still in Miami. ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who ha… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 72 |
 Optimus. | Happy birthday Optimus It was my birthday yesterday btw, thanks again for the all cards and well wishes, I've been inundated with them | 9 years, 4 months ago | 20 |
J0E | Top Differential Tip for GWK 3 Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic With a template forming thanks to the goals of Aguero, Zlatan and the 6.5 forwards the search for a differential is now more than important than ever. Who … | 9 years, 4 months ago | 66 |
 Mark | FFS & Premier League Hi Sess I'm obviously super busy as it's Friday etc. However, I will come back on this again. From my situation, I'm fully aware that with the Premier League communicating the content we provide… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 0 |
J0E | International Break Wildcarding Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic International Break wildcards Anyone wildcarding over the break? If so who are the players that top your shopping list? And what advice do you have for othe… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 36 |
J0E | Biggest regret this season so far Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What has been your biggest regret so far this season? This was asked on last night's scoutcast but thought it would be good to find out your regrets over th… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 61 |
 pundit of punts | Can Pogba Be Fantasy Gold? Re Pogba on the last page. I agree that he is a good player in real life but can't see him being a FPL pick in any way at 8.5m. | 9 years, 4 months ago | 27 |
J0E | GWK 2 Rough with the Smooth Rough With the Smooth Feel free to leave your tales of woe and joy here from GWK 2 Remember its what you did do not what you didn't. | 9 years, 4 months ago | 73 |
J0E | Scout Cast 9.45 pm Tonight - Leave Your Questions For The Team Here Scoutcast Tonight - feel free to leave your questions for the team here. Looking to get underway at 9:45pm. | 9 years, 4 months ago | 97 |
 Kings of Lyon ★ | The snodgrass is always greener Srsly why the avoid Snodgrass? http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/public-stats-tables/view/15942/ http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/public-stats-tables/view/1373/ Compare Snodgra… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 18 |
 ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$ | Count Down With Jarvish If anyone is interested, I (real name Martin Hurst) am appearing as a contestant on the TV quiz show Countdown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countdown_(game_show) on Thursday this week – 3:10pm o… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 24 |
 uptheboro | evaluating the middlesbrough assets Here's my latest view on Boro's attacking options: Strikers Negredo - Nailed, no more to be said on that front. BUY/HOLD Stuani - A favourite of Karanka's. Always plays wide right and before chri… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 28 |
J0E | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 3 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 3 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, 4 months ago | 2 |
J0E | Is Patience a Virtue? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic How patient are you? Do you have a set time or criteria for a player that is underperforming to be shown the exit? I ask this as many of those with a stro… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 44 |
 1 | ICT scores - Top 10's - GW2 ICT - Top 10s - GW2 Threat Lallana*** - 109 Aguero*** - 77 Antonio - 61 Janssen - 57 S Cook - 55 Barry - 54 Januzaj - 53 Llorente*** - 52 A Hernandez - 52 Lens - 52 Nolito -52 McCauley - 52 Cr… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 10 |
J0E | Best 5 Man Midfield Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who is in your optimal five man midfield? And given the cost of Aguero and Ibra is this a good season to cut down on midfield premium options? | 9 years, 4 months ago | 54 |
 Ruth_NZ | Friday night transfer trends This week's knee-jerks... Vardy to Ibra is the big forward move. Ibra has 37k transfers in so far (in less than a day) and Vardy 13k transfers out. Kane is also being switched out for Ibra. The… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 43 |
 Lateriser 12 | Zlatan and Jose - A Match Made In Fantasy Football Heaven Good time to repost this. Its a beautiful Ibra Land. Mourinho Main Men FC Porto 2003/2004 - Benni McCarthy (Top Goalscorer - 20 goals in 23 games. Won the Golden Boot.) Chelsea 2004/2005 - Fran… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 5 |
J0E | Managing the Zlatan and Sergio Show. Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is this season already shaping up to being the Aguero and Ibrahimovic show, with both in most teams? If so how do we manage that? Select captaincy between t… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 22 |
J0E | GWK 2 Captaincy Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining and why? | 9 years, 4 months ago | 44 |
@ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 2 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 2 Return of the Mack (Come on)... Return of the Mack (Oh my God)... You know that I'll be back (Here I am) Ladies and gentlemen, we are back with Scouts Picks Chal… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 78 |
 FFFrog | FROGGY FIVE PREDICTION COMPETITION FROGGY FIVE PREDICTION COMPETITION Welcome to the Froggy Five Competition! I'm doing this on my own so if you ever see a mistake, or just want to suggest an improvement, please drop me an email or… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 86 |
 Agger | Beware the turf moor fortress For those worried about not having Liverpool coverage vs Burnley in GW2. So, i've had a look at Burnley's home record last time out in the premier league (2014/15) vs the Top 7 of that season - vs … | 9 years, 4 months ago | 16 |
J0E | Is it too early to label a fixture good or bad? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is there such a thing as a good or bad fixture at this stage of the season? Last season Leicester was seen as an easy fixture at this stage - turns out faci… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 34 |
 THE REAL RON ⚽ | 4.0 Defender Watch 4.0 Defender Watch... JORDI AMAT - Still in pole position for the 4.0s. Nothing to suggest he'll lose his place until Swansea sign a new CB. Verdit: Safe for now STEPHEN KINGSLEY - http://goo.gl/… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 12 |
Mark | RMT Update A heads up, we've just made a major update to Rate My Team and Projections. Apologies for the issues with the Build my Team facility - we're now up and running and tonight we added the new probab… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 9 |
 ★Kuntheman★ | Picking apart Pep's players Breakdown of Pep's Man City setup: Like everyone else, I've been intrigued by Manchester City's setup under Pep Guardiola. It's a system that seems to produce amazing attacking plays and catastrop… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 50 |
 applebonkers | Coutinh-yes? would like to talk coutinho. so he seems to have 2 main reputations that work against him. 1) he loves a long-shot! as soon as he sees that semi-circle on the edge of the area it's like his right f… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 10 |
J0E | How Much Do Price Changes Influence Your Transfers? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic How much do price changes effect your transfer moves. With Coutinho rising and non players like Yaya Toure falling already we are seeing the value of jump… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 31 |
Kings of Lyon ★ | Aguero v zlatan. Ding ding round 2 Aguero vs Ibrahimovic captaincy musings I had planned on roatating Ibrahimovic and Aguero home and away for captaincy this season but this week I think im going to go for Aguero. - Southampton a… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 22 |
 makaveli123 | Fantasy horrors What is your worst memory from playing Fantasy Football? I remember getting Walters off the bench in the two-own-goals-and-a-missed-penalty performance for Stoke against Chelsea. | 9 years, 4 months ago | 37 |
J0E | Scout Cast 10pm Tonight - Leave Your Questions For The Team Here Scoutcast tonight! Feel free to leave your questions for the team here ahead of tonight's 10pm Scoutcast via our Youtube channel. | 9 years, 4 months ago | 109 |
J0E | GWK 1 Rough with the Smooth Gameweek 1 Rough with the Smooth Feel free to leave your tales of woe and joy here. If you can put your Gameweek score and one particular player that either let you down or saved your gameweek tha… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 102 |
1 | GWK 1 ICT Scores ICT - Over 50 ICT Threat Rondon - 89 Aguero - 81 Rooney - 79 Llorente - 78 Mane - 65 Redmond - 58 Lallana 57 Tadic 54 E Valencia - 53 Mata - 50 ICT Creativity Tadic - 94.5 Gardner - 74.8 Routl… | 9 years, 4 months ago | 20 |