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 DeadStarComing | Clearer Assists and Get Rid of Captains I don't comment very often on here but just wanted to say how much I enjoyed listening to this weeks Scoutcast! A lot of funny talk about the two things that frustrate me the most about FPL - award… | 10 years, 7 days ago | 56 |
 J0E | Gameweek 16's Best Differential Will Be... Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will be this Gameweek's top differential and why? | 10 years, 7 days ago | 51 |
J0E | Has Giroud done enough to smash the frontline template? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Has Giroud done enough to smash the frontline template? With five goals (one an OG admittedly ) in the last two games has the Arsenal man done enough to sec… | 10 years, 8 days ago | 35 |
 Stoke me a Clipper | Another take on team form Hi Peeps. This got lost in the Team Form comments section, and I want some thoughts on the analysis because i might do it regularly if it works.... I do like the weekly article (http://www.fantasy… | 10 years, 9 days ago | 37 |
J0E | Playing the Percentages Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Playing the percentages We had a good discussion last night about playing the percentages - getting high ownership players in to help avoid a ratings slide … | 10 years, 9 days ago | 87 |
 Zasa | Manchester Teams Midweek Stats Recap & highlights with some stats of the Tuesday CL match between ManCity vs M.Gladbach. ManCity: On paper it was a 4231, though it played as a 433 with a fluid front three, Sterling in as false … | 10 years, 9 days ago | 13 |
 Demí | Christmas Cracker Name your best differential over the Xmas schedule? Theo Walcott. 1.5% ownership. | 10 years, 10 days ago | 46 |
 rhysybball | 12 Days of Scoutmas On the twelfth day of Scoutmas, my gameweek gave to me... Twelve Deeneys Diving Eleven Payets Probing Ten Lovrens Leaping Nine Busses Parking Eight Mané Minutes Seven Swans a-Winning Six Ö… | 10 years, 10 days ago | 36 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast (Tonight 9:30pm) - Leave Your Questions Here Scout Cast Tonight - join the team tonight at 9:30pm (after the Champs Lg matches) where we will be discussing your questions and looking ahead to Gwk 16. Feel free to leave your questions for th… | 10 years, 10 days ago | 125 |
J0E | The Rough with the Smooth – - Gwk 15 Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Rough with the Smooth Please leave your GWK 15 tales of woe and joy here. Remember to only mention what you did do (Eg captained Mahrez) and not what you di… | 10 years, 10 days ago | 79 |
 Enzo the Baker | Top 100K Christmas Challenge To remind ourselves that FPL is a marathon, not a sprint, I guess many of us try to set targets in terms of Overall Rank for stages in the season. In the last couple of years, the formula I've foll… | 10 years, 11 days ago | 26 |
J0E | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 16 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 16 This season we have revamped how we involve the community in our Scout Picks. Once again we are on the look out for a champion to represent th… | 10 years, 11 days ago | 2 |
 Twisted Saltergater | Manager classifications I posted this on Friday while the pages were moving quickly. It tickled me writing it, anyway 😛 I think we should all have a "manager classification" next to our username. This will give the per… | 10 years, 12 days ago | 19 |
 Bøwstring The Carp | Message to the Captain Hindsights To all the captain hindsights out there, I still believe KDB (2), Hazard (2), Kane (2) and Firmino (3) were decent options, even (C) options to go with prior to the deadline. Obviously many would … | 10 years, 12 days ago | 33 |
J0E | UFPL Discussion Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL discussion How has the week gone so far? Who comes in over the next two days? Who were your stars? And your flops? Also keen to hear for others who h… | 10 years, 12 days ago | 10 |
 Rödallegabomb á´¿á´® | Effective Ownership update - GW15 RP, bottomed 🙄 Last week I touched on the topic of 'effective ownership'. The original post can be found here: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/11965699 I thought it would be i… | 10 years, 13 days ago | 12 |
J0E | Gwk 15 Captaincy Decisions Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this Gameweek and why? | 10 years, 13 days ago | 69 |
 @ocprodigy | SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 15 GW14 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/12013109 ****** WHAT IS IT? ****** For those of you who haven't been around or aren't aware, every… | 10 years, 14 days ago | 76 |
 Hibbo | UFPL December prize mini league code Hi Andy I have set up a mini league for those playing for the UFPL December prize. 23519-3370 Tony | 10 years, 14 days ago | 0 |
 andy85wsm | How will injury hit Arsenal line up? To sum up the press conference: Walcott + Koscielny are a maybe for the weekend - being assessed tomorrow Sanchez + Cazorla - Doesn't know how long they're out for Ramsey - It's a possibility he c… | 10 years, 14 days ago | 38 |
 Hasselbaink Forever | Friday's Press Conferences Friday's Press Conferences - 08:45 Norwich 09:00 Arsenal & West Brom 12:00 Chelsea & Everton 12:15 Man Utd 12:45 City 13:45 Palace 14:00 Liverpool & Southampton 14:30 Stoke. | 10 years, 14 days ago | 12 |
 | Cherries Defence Looks Hazardous Here's my post from last week on Bournemouth, turning the focus to this week. After the talk of them tightening up, they went on to concede three. Very happy with my Everton points personally. ___… | 10 years, 15 days ago | 9 |
Zasa | GW15 Stat Attack GW15 Stat Attack: "An approximate answer to the right problem is worth a good deal more than an exact answer to an approximate problem." Team Stats: - Southampton have conceded six goals at home … | 10 years, 14 days ago | 16 |
 ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$ | DGWK Planning Update Repost as got stranded at the end of an article last night........ DGW update/musings C1C Final is GW27 Currently scheduled PL GW27 fixtures involving teams still in the C1C: Liverpool v Everto… | 10 years, 15 days ago | 20 |
J0E | Which Liverpool Player? Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What to do about Liverpool. Looking at their recent attacking form and kind fixture run investment looks key. But with Daniel Sturridge and Jordan Henderso… | 10 years, 15 days ago | 29 |
andy85wsm | Happy birthday Mark! A little birdy told me it's Mark's birthday today. Happy birthday Mark! 🙂 | 10 years, 15 days ago | 49 |
Zasa | Liv v Sou C1C Match Report Here's the recap from the Southampton vs Liverpool C1C match: Assists in parentheses. Liverpool: A variant on Klopp's 433, it played as a midfield diamond in a 442. -----Origi--------------------… | 10 years, 15 days ago | 11 |
 The Red Devil | Hazardous Hazard Weighing in on the hazard vs non hazard debate, I'd like to think its more about 2 factors 1- as many budget players have performed exceedingly well, so, we're left with lots of moolah, meaning we … | 10 years, 15 days ago | 24 |
 Jose's Magic Omelette | Community scout picks help COMMUNITY PICKS HELP Hi again everyone, I won the lottery so I'm Community Pick Champion for this week! I think I have a pretty good team worked out but I would really appreciate your help and adv… | 10 years, 16 days ago | 25 |
J0E | Best Community article for November Vote Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Best Community article for November Vote We are looking to hand out a £20 Amazon voucher to your choice of the best community article/or series of articles… | 10 years, 16 days ago | 16 |
andy85wsm | Aguero has previous with self diagnosis How well can Aguero diagnose himself? Myself and 1 other last night and Tim on the previous page have pointed out remembering that Aguero has self diagnosed on Twitter before to say he's fine only… | 10 years, 16 days ago | 14 |
J0E | Live Hall of Fame Update Live Hall of Fame updated. See where you are after GWK 14 here... http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/hall-of-fame/live/ | 10 years, 16 days ago | 1 |
 Kings of Lyon ★ | First DGW on the horizon... Following last nights C1C results we are a step closer to our first DGW 🙂 the teams which could miss their GW28 fixture (end of Feb) are Everton Manchester City (new) Liverpool / Southampton (C… | 10 years, 16 days ago | 7 |
 facer | Aguero Injury Latest Evening folks quick Aguero summary: The Sergio Aguero incident evolved when the Argentine over-leaps the trajectory of a cross and in an attempt to correct his alignment, leans back and consequen… | 10 years, 17 days ago | 34 |
ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$ | You Know You Are On FFS A Lot When... You know you are on FFS a lot when……… - Your toddler hands you a scribbled drawing and instead of suggesting it gets put on the fridge, you say “hulk this” - When you are asked by your … | 10 years, 17 days ago | 65 |
 Your Mum's Athletic | Triumph for FFS's Romance Experts Morning all, who was the lad asking whether he should go on a date or listen to the scoutcast? It reminded me of this: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2015/09/07/moving-target-glenn-murray/… | 10 years, 17 days ago | 65 |
 GreenWindmill | Is anyone safe from rotation at Christmas? I've done this before and I don't think it's ever been particularly useful but I'll be damned if I let that stop me. I've just run some top level numbers to gain a view on how much the current Pre… | 10 years, 17 days ago | 53 |
J0E | Live Scoutcast (Tonight 9pm ish) - Leave Your Questions Here Live Scoutcast tonight (9pm ish- may end up being a little later) Feel free to leave your questions here. | 10 years, 17 days ago | 100 |
J0E | The Rough with the Smooth – Gwk 14 Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Rough with the Smooth. Feel free to leave your tales of woe and joy from Gwk 14 here. Remember to mention what you did do not what you didn't - eg not to… | 10 years, 17 days ago | 114 |
facer | Sanchez Injury Evening chaps My take on the Sanchez injury: The injury occurred as Alexis Sanchez accelerates maximally towards a loose backpass, then, in an attempt to decelerate with force, his studs appear t… | 10 years, 18 days ago | 34 |
 Dr Dream | Happy Birthday Wakey Jr Gonna share something with you. Quite a few folk on here know I am the full time carer to my son who has Down Syndrome and Autism. Shortly after he was born it was discovered he had a major heart… | 10 years, 18 days ago | 65 |
 mad_beer ✅ | FFSers relief after Aguero tweets Sergio Kun Aguero @aguerosergiokun 29s29 seconds ago For everyone asking, I'm fine. It's just a harmless bump on the heel. Thanks, all of you, for the support! | 10 years, 18 days ago | 44 |
J0E | Sanchez Replacements Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Sanchez replacements If Sanchez is out for a number of weeks as expected - who are your top choices to replace him. Alot will do with who you already have… | 10 years, 18 days ago | 55 |
J0E | Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 15 Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 15 This season we have revamped how we involve the community in our Scout Picks. Once again we are on the look out for a champion to represent th… | 10 years, 18 days ago | 2 |
 MarkFLR | Another FFSer wins £1,000 in UFPL So unless there is a rule where you can't win after setting up halfway through a season, I think I've won the November prize for UFPL. Thanks Wild Rover, because I only signed up when I heard you … | 10 years, 19 days ago | 19 |
Rödallegabomb á´¿á´® | Effective Ownership Effective ownership is something which is rarely discussed on here, yet many will be quick to assume that because a certain player is owned/captained by so many, they will not benefit from their po… | 10 years, 19 days ago | 74 |
J0E | 3-4-3 or 3-5-2 for Christmas Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic 3-4-3 or 3-5-2 for Christmas Has a strong front three won the day when it comes to Christmas fixture pile up planning. Are the likes of Kane, Lukaku, Vardy,… | 10 years, 19 days ago | 36 |
J0E | Gameweek 14 Captaincy Decisions Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining this week and why? | 10 years, 20 days ago | 61 |
 Mark | Wenger Presser On Sanchez Not sure if this has been shared... For those concerned on Sanchez, Wenger's statement at 2.09 is interesting... "....spontaneously it may not be the best time to rest Sanchez" https://www.youtu… | 10 years, 20 days ago | 8 |
@ocprodigy | Scoutpicks challenge gw14 SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 14 Gameweek 13 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/11937370 Take advantage of the deadline! (Although it's VERY strictly enforced) ****** WHAT… | 10 years, 21 days ago | 53 |