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AuthorHot TopicDateReplies

Lord Flashheart
How to build a wildcard team.

Reporting from yesterday, in case it helps more people: How to build your wc team: Step 1 - essentials After much consideration and deliberation I have reached the conclusion that there are only…

11 years, 3 months ago24

McNulty
Welbeck Position and Points Analysis

So a lot of the WC RMT’s seem to be taking a punt on Welbeck and with Giroud being out for 4 months he should start up front and at 6.9m that seems pretty good for an Arsenal forward. On paper W…

11 years, 3 months ago8

Lanley Staurel
The Template Has Vanished

There is NO template anymore. So many options up front, big established heavy hitters, cheap options aplenty, new big hitters coming in, cheap options playing for big teams like Welbeck and in mid…

11 years, 3 months ago17

J0E
Best transfer day move

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Transfer day moves Which player move for you is the most exciting in Fantasy Football terms. It could be their effect on the team or themselves in terms of …

11 years, 3 months ago42

gowithwhatwevegot
Will tadic be the mane man?

I didn't spot the transfer of Sadio Mane being discussed in the post above so I thought I'd share some thoughts on it. Well, its not thoughts on Mane per se, its more about how I think the transfer…

11 years, 3 months ago7

JWF
FPL Stats Calculator

Garg's post about the Gargatron reminded me of another Chrome extension that I like: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fpl-mini-league-stats-cal/ofjikfigpedfahjpninpbegobibogbda

11 years, 4 months ago6

Gargamel
Gargatron Updated

Hello, friends! Thought I'd inform you that I've updated and released the Gargatron, the FPL stats machine for the 2014/2015 season. Some of you will have used it last season and if that is the c…

11 years, 4 months ago37

@ocprodigy
Scout Picks Challenge- Gwk 3 results

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 3 FINAL RESULTS Again, sorry for the late results but it's been a busy weekend! Finally sorted, calculated and I have personally gone over the teams to ensure no i…

11 years, 4 months ago6

J0E
Why did we miss Nathan Dyer?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Why did we all miss Nathan Dyer? Nathan Dyer has been one of the stars of the campaign so far, but he's poorly owned and I've seen no RMTs with him over the…

11 years, 4 months ago32

Stupendous
FPL Site Security Issue

Important here lads... When I attempt to log into FPL, I get a major security warning saying that the sites security has expired or summat. Sounds like hackers are after me and us? Once before m…

11 years, 4 months ago16

Zep
Dead team challenge gw3 leaderboard

::::: Dead Team Challenge - GW3 Leaderboard Updated ::::: Congratulations to our current leaders, Kerrazy & Michudagawd who are on an impressive 198pts each, which equates to an Overall rank of 2k…

11 years, 4 months ago8

SPorting
Best 6m-ish midfielder.

The Black Hole that is "Decent Mids under 6.2m' Talk to me people.

11 years, 4 months ago20

Aurora
Aurora Ponderalis

20 people liked this post yesterday, so I thought I'd continue this for today's results. Enjoy! My new weekly ponder! 1) Ivanovic is getting hard to ignore. They said he wasn't nailed on when Lu…

11 years, 4 months ago13

mvtaylor
Prices still a mystery!

Following on from last night and what each site had predicted to rise and fall: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/08/30/the-scoreboard-gameweek-3-saturday/?hc_page=48#hc_comment_8145484 …

11 years, 4 months ago15

Arvin-ation
Time to ditch man utd's attackers?

The Case for Ditching Man United Attacking Assets You have to say, United's performances so far have been abysmal. Our defence is a shambles, and this season, our attack isn't making up for it. …

11 years, 4 months ago34

7shadesofsmoke
UFPL final transfer decisions

UFPL reaches it's final transfer week. After this we lock down for almost 20 GWs. With the likes of Benteke and Walcott yet to return, and players like Di Maria and Sanchez yet to settle, who a…

11 years, 4 months ago11

J0E
UFPL stick of twist

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL stick or twist What are your UFPL plans? Any captain switches? Lots coming in? Or did you have a stormer? For me I'm regretting removing costa for Agu…

11 years, 4 months ago19

d1sable
SkyFF Surgery

Wasn't around on Friday for SkyFF Surgery but ill run one now if fellow Sky players want to grab a quick huddle. Questions, ideas, captains etc fire away!

11 years, 4 months ago8

PlayON
PlayOn Q&A Session

Killian here from PlayON, There's only 45 minutes left to enter the £1,000 Guaranteed Pot for this weekend - entries close at 10.45. We also a £500 Guaranteed Pot for the Daily Game today, where…

11 years, 4 months ago0

J0E
Gameweek 3 captain

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who will you captain this week? Please give reasons as well. Can Rooney overcome the might of Burnley? Will Aguero get enough minutes? And will Ramsey sco…

11 years, 4 months ago52

@ocprodigy
SCOUTPICKS CHALLENGE

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 3 Apologies for the late delay (an hour 20 mins so far) but without further ado, this week's Scout Picks Challenge! ** Please note, due to a formula error, a few …

11 years, 4 months ago55

The case for costa

I think the main reason I'm keeping Costa is the lack of alternatives, and a real desire to have 2 FTs next week. Limitations of the alternatives: Jovetic - great this week, but two tough fixtures…

11 years, 4 months ago16

Torreslove
Stick with Begovic

I see a lot of people asking what to do with begovic. I am on the same boat and I hope to start some type of discussion that will help people (including myself). Posted on last article. Posting her…

11 years, 4 months ago8

PlayON
PlayOn Q&A Session

Killian here from www.playon.co Today we launched PlayON Daily Games so in addition to our weekly game, you can now pick teams from players playing each day, with the team picking deadline at 2 ho…

11 years, 4 months ago12

J0E
Veteran Legend Recruits

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Cambiasso to Leicester stirs up some memories of other greats of the game who travelled to the Premier League at or near the twilight of their careers. Whic…

11 years, 4 months ago48

Jairzinho
What next for Hull?

Now then. Match report from tonight's match. - Hull came out wearing what I can only assume is their 'European Home Kit'. Amber shorts, black and amber striped shirt with a large amber patch on …

11 years, 4 months ago16

GoonerByron
Ufpl stuff

Not sure it will help anyone, or if anybody's already done it but I've just gone through and added up who's got the most games on Matchday 2 and Matchday 3 for Ultimate FPL from the scheduled fixtu…

11 years, 4 months ago4

J0E
Costa exit strategy

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Costa exit strategy. If his injury is confirmed who will you replce Costa with. Long term Sturridge looks good, but a hit may be needed. For those with …

11 years, 4 months ago33

harrysponge
best and worst tinkering moment prior to GW1

Best moves and worst moves before GW1 that you are most proud of?? Best: Sanchez to Ramsey Worst: Not including Siggy 🙁

11 years, 4 months ago60

MJ6987
Members Table - Shots in the box

Members - a table showing strikers' shots inside the box this season so far, and a few other key indicators for goals. http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/6244/

11 years, 4 months ago29

Zep
Dead team challenge leaderboard

::::: Dead Team Challenge - GW2 Leaderboard Updated ::::: Congratulations to our current leader Medo_Je who is on an impressive 142pts, which equates to a rank of 2k... 😯 not bad for a dead …

11 years, 4 months ago33

J0E
The Gameweek 3 Scout Picks Champion Will Be...

The Gameweek 3 Scout Picks community champion will be......Innsie. Innsie gained a whopping 45 votes and will be representing the community this week. Worth mentioning that there was a valiant fig…

11 years, 4 months ago24

J0E
Burnley v ManU - a battle of form v fixtures

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Is Burnley v Man U set to be a crunch match in the battle of form over fixtures? On paper it couldn't be easier, but ManU's form is woeful. Who will win - t…

11 years, 4 months ago22

Az
Early bird cup update

Hi guys, Early Bird Cup spreadsheet has just been updated with new league standings, GW3 fixtures and results from last week. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AjjtGjCCBpZvdHpodVVxWWFs…

11 years, 4 months ago3

Dr Funk
How the new pricing system May affect the game

Price rises mean the template team is a certainty. Players are dropping in value as they did last year but hardly anyone is rising in price, even when their ownership goes up 5 fold. Look at any …

11 years, 4 months ago39

J0E
Scout Picks Community Champion Needed - Apply and Vote Here

Fantasy Football Scout Community Champion needed. As you may have noticed we’ve revamped our Scout Picks. Mark, myself, Paul and a community champion picked by you each week are up against each …

11 years, 4 months ago44

johnbarnes
John Barnes's Jovetic Pledge

If Jovetic scores a brace today, I will keep him until the end of the season and captain him every week. Please score.

11 years, 4 months ago9

applebonkers
Scouting Southampton

some notes from the southampton game. forster - looks an asset, his 2 main saves were flying off his line to charge down the west brom player, something boruc looked incapable of given his questio…

11 years, 4 months ago17

Lallana_
2014/15 - The Season of Choice

Picking players is a lot harder this year. More options and higher point spread. Chelsea last year: Hazard Chelsea this year: Costa, Fabregas, Hazard Liverpool last year: Suarez, Sturridge Liverp…

11 years, 4 months ago15

J0E
Lessons learned - spurs, ManU and Ivanovic

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic What key lesson have you learned this week? This week I've learned that Ivanovic really is worth the extra money. ManU v Swansea really wasn't a blip. I'v…

11 years, 4 months ago41

Bøwstring The Carp
Drop Mata and Rooney at your peril

As a Rooney and Mata owner, my stance hasn't changed on them one bit. They've both scored in two games in what is a piss-poor United team in all aspects. Mata has scored 7 goals in his last 8 lea…

11 years, 4 months ago26

The Bandit
Price Change Site Issues

TotalFPL report that 'The Price Change section is temporarily affected by a change at FPL's end. We will wait to determine if this is a temporary or permanent issue.' Could this mean we lose the pr…

11 years, 4 months ago19

J0E
UFPL stick or twist?

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic UFPL stick or twist What are your ufpl plans today. Do you have a cut off for switching out? How many heavy hitters are you are leaving benched?

11 years, 4 months ago21

SW6
Year of the budget forwards?

The question we should all be asking, is can the budget forwards keep it up? The top 7 forwards are all 5.5 or lower apart from Costa

11 years, 4 months ago17

PlayON
PlayOn Q&A Session

Killian here from www.playon.co There's only 60 minutes left to enter the £3,000 Guaranteed Pot this week - entries close at 10.45 We are giving away free entry into the game - worth £5.50 - to…

11 years, 4 months ago23

J0E
Gameweek 2 Captain Decisions

Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic Who are you captaining in Gameweek 2 and why?

11 years, 4 months ago26

@ocprodigy
Scout picks challenge

SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GAMEWEEK 2 After last week's failed attempt at restarting SPC due to extremely high volume and the removal of hot topics - I reintroduce to you the Scout Picks Challenge! …

11 years, 4 months ago109

d1sable
Sky FF - Surgery

Will aim to run a little Sky Sports surgery on fridays alongside the article, feel free to post any Sky FF issues / ideas/ your team plans etc. Let us know how your GW1 started!

11 years, 4 months ago34

Scoutcast Suggestions

If you'd like Mark & Granville to do the ice bucket challenge live on next week's Scoutcast, maybe you should show your agreement for this post somehow!!! 😀 😀 😀 This is not a request from me. …

11 years, 4 months ago43

PlayON
PlayOn Q&A Session

Killian here from www.playon.co, As mentioned in the article above, we have a £3,000 Guaranteed Pot on offer this week at PlayON - you can enter 3x different teams into the game before the entry …

11 years, 4 months ago14