Below are the Hot Topics currently being discussed, with access to all past discussions.
To create a Hot Topic you have to post and interact with the community in the comments section under articles. Moderators read these comments and will and promote some important comments to Hot Topics as the conversations develop.
You should use the flag option to alert mods to posts and discussions that you feel should be promoted to Hot Topic status. Write ‘Potential Hot Topic?’ in the box that pops up after ticking the flag.
And don’t forget to use your voting powers: upvote posts that positively contribute to important discussions. These posts are seen more often by the moderating team!
| Author | Hot Topic | Date | Replies |
|---|---|---|---|
 Tmel | Fulham Analysis I've hardly been able to log on lately due to starting a new job and slightly more strict IT procedures! Anyway just thought I'd give a bit of an insight to Fulham and what to probably expect Fanta… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 12 |
 J0E | RVP-less RMT special Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic - RVP-less RMT special. We've already asked for your RVP RMTs...now lets see what you can do when that 14m worth of Dutch striking power can be spread around… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 24 |
 Brutus619 | Aspas and Altidore YouTube Analysis Generating last minute love for Altidore 😉 : Having done a video analysis of Carrick (http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2013/07/30/friendlies-round-up-monday/?hc_page=2#hc_comment_5130830), Va… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 40 |
 Evs | The 4.5m Midfielder Conundrum So who would be your 4.5m space savers, or bench fodder midfield maestro 🙂 ? Earlier on there wasnt a RMT without Jerome Thomas, but now he's injured for a few weeks there is same uncertainty on… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 49 |
 Just One More Thing | Fixtures history I have cobbled together some historical (or hysterical) stats for the upcoming games; some may find it of interest (I couldn't resist sticking in the Torres information). LIVERPOOL V STOKE Liverp… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 14 |
 Piggs Boson | Dzeko OR Lambert? Dzeko Vs Lambert is the choice that's bugging me at the moment. City's top scorer could easily become the next Tevez, and by which I mean a hugely under-priced City forward. We're all finding it h… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 13 |
 Couti & the Below5th | Probable Starters Updated Evening folks, I've updated the Probable Starters spread sheet to reflect the latest changes to squads: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B03D_KnVF1fRcG9MQVpHbEh5Qm8/edit?usp=sharing Also included… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 18 |
 thetinkerman | Fulham's New Recruits How do people see Berba's appeal being affected by Kacaniklic being an injury doubt for GW1 and the new signings at Fulham? We want him playing as the furthers forward with Ruiz in the hole behind… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 15 |
 JUSTBLAZE | Who are the essentials? Which players would everyone put down as 'Essentials' in each category ranging from GK to FWD? I know this is very subjective in the term but think as Essential as it can get. Ronaldo and Messi are… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 5 |
 teddy. | SKY- 28 captains in 13 gameweeks Right... Sky have clarified the captaincy rules https://fantasyfootball.skysports.com/help/ And it means that you can CHANGE CAPTAIN by moving the armband once per gameweek (gameweek goes from 0… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 4 |
J0E | RVP RMT Special Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic - RVP RMT special. Alot of fantasy manager have already decided to go without RVP for the first few games at least. A key factor is that teams just look so m… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 53 |
J0E | Chelsea players' international round up Chelsea's website have produced this handy round up of their player's international exploits, minutes played etc. http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3348951/title/internationals-victor… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 10 |
J0E | Sky Captain Strategy Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Turning our attention to Sky for a moment. Looks like the captain rule changes fall right into the hands of the FFS community. For the savvy manager it's pos… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 8 |
 DietCoke | Is Anelka worth it? This season, Anelka has provided fantasy managers with a dirt cheap attacking option that seems to promise some point returns. 17.3% of managers have selected the Frenchman, but is Anelka a good pi… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 27 |
 Alberto Tomba | Pre Season Budget Player Round Up Pre-Season budget round up Looking at Coutiandbelow5th’s amazing pre-season appearance table (link at bottom) there appears to be plenty of bargains and players not mentioned much in these parts.… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 43 |
J0E | Man City's Teamsheet Rollercoaster Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Man City have a great set of fixtures and a new attack minded manager. But its so tough to predict who will start. Anyone got any Man City players in your l… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 21 |
 isacki: full casual | Isacki's RMT Service! DEAR RMTERS, REPLY HERE WITH YOUR RMTS. I will take one for the team for 15 minutes. | 12 years, 4 months ago | 102 |
 Twelve years a slave | DGW coverage: Too few or too many Double gameweek too few or too many dgwS Remember last season , all those 100 plus scores on the double gameweeks. Its better to go in with too many , than too few. If you go in with 4dgw playe… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 17 |
 KJ- | Three Template Teams Forming Prepare yourself, Dead Zone. Wall of text incoming. So, we have two camps forming: RVP and No RVP. In all honesty, I'm in the No RVP camp at the moment. Yes, I was one of those who did state that… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 23 |
 Demí | The Belgian Bun Fight! Welcome to Fantasy Football Scout's Afternoon Hot Topic discussion: The debate this afternoon revolves around the two Belgian brutes, Benteke and Lukaku. Are you currently going with: A) Benteke… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 49 |
J0E | Best 3 Chelsea Players For the Double? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Which are the best three Chelsea options for the double? Hazard appears to be a shoo-in. But which defender to get? And will Lukaku be a super sub or a supe… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 32 |
 Porkmeat | Pre season stats I've put together some preseason stats with the help of Berbatov. Stats include, Mins, Mins/Assist, Mins/Goal, and Total Goal Involvement while the player is on the field. Hope you find it useful… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 6 |
Couti & the Below5th | Probable starters Morning guys! I've updated my Probable Starters spread sheet for anyone who's interested: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B03D_KnVF1fRcVBoZU5PbGdSQzA/edit?usp=sharing With 3 points for a start a… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 14 |
 thepuntmaster | 5th mid spreadsheet REPOST Hello everyone! Here is the new update of my spreadsheet! There have been new changes for you - 1. Players added including Soldado and Lugano. 2. New 'VS' are added between the likes … | 12 years, 4 months ago | 4 |
 Djerbil | Community shield bonus pts I have used the stats from: http://www.whoscored.com/Matches/713513/LiveStatistics/England-Community-Shield-2012-2013-Manchester-United-Wigan and calculated the BAPS distribution for Man Utd vs Wi… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 5 |
J0E | RVP and Community Shield Fantasy football scout daily hot topic If RVP scores a brace or more in the Community Shield will that tempt you to get him for your GWK 1 squad? Or is he already in your squad, and would a blank… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 31 |
 Mark | The Taarabt Effect Today's FFS Hot Topic... We'll be tweaking RMT and the Projections after the arrival of Taarabt at the Cottage. We envisage a dent in Berbatov's returns as a result - a shame, given he was ranking… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 13 |
 jimski | Home Advantage: 3 out of 4 ain't bad ! I did post this once before, but a couple of weeks ago, at a very different time of day. Thought it might be of interest to the DeadZone: One thing that is always worth looking out for is spells w… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 19 |
 Acquafresca | RVP yay or nay The RVP factor. It's like playing with fire... It's simple. There's 2 camps to start the season: The 'RVP Camp' and the 'Anti-RVP Camp' The RVP Camp is hoping the Dutchman gets off to a flying st… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 29 |
 Spectre | Chelsea's backline for the DGW We all want our Chelsea defender to start twice, but who will? Chelseas defence across the friendlies: 1 Wallace (Ivanovic ht), Kalas (Cahill ht), Terry (Chalobah ht), Cole (Bertrand ht) 2 Ivano… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 16 |
 Squeakybumtime | Defender Differentials Following on from yesterdays post on forwards, here’s my take on the defender differentials. Tried to concentrate on those who offer attacking threat, as that is where you gain an edge (Ranked by… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 20 |
 Reckoner. | Van Persie vs The Moneyball Tactic Is Van Persie worth his 14m price? I have taken the strikers from the top 6 teams (Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Man United & Tottenham) to look at their stats for last season. I have ta… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 32 |
KJ- | Budget Midfield Options I decided to take the time and write up the pros and cons of a few of the more popular (and a few of the unmentioned) budget midfielders at 5.0 and under. The majority of the time we all know that … | 12 years, 4 months ago | 28 |
 TexanRed | Lambert vs J-Rod Rumbles On I posted this earlier today I stand by it: JROD vs LAMBERT - A huge number of RMT's are including JRod this season but I just wanted to give my two cents on the issue. I think that Jrod has been … | 12 years, 4 months ago | 14 |
Squeakybumtime | Potential differentials: forwards Following on from yesterdays post on midfielders, here’s my take on the forward differentials. (Ranked by % owned, and less than 5%) 1. Soldado (TOT), £9.5m, 4.8% (has risen 1.5% since yesterda… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 8 |
 Dino | Putting a Value On Transfers The value of transfers There was an earlier post where people were discussing having the Chelsea goalkeeper a defender a midfielder and a villa striker. The idea was you can transfer out the goalk… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 24 |
 Lord Flashheart | Goalkeeper Options The goalkeepres options: There are mainly four options to goalkeepers IMO and I would like to review them all since I did some thinking and my conclusions might help someone: Option one - the big… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 40 |
Twelve years a slave | Triggers' Spending Template Template revisited A few weeks ago i posted my template for expenditure on each position , thought it was time for a revisit. It seems to me that people are concentrating too much on who they p… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 20 |
 Camzy | The do's and don'ts of FPL I started writing this post a couple hours ago then got sidetracked by work. Yeah, work is a distraction 😀 But anyhow, here it is. What works in FPL from experience (some which might not be app… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 32 |
 Sangfroid | Is Coutinho really worth it? The curious case of Phillipe Coutinho So, the FPL prices were released and one of the most hotly anticipated prices was that of Phillipe Coutinho, Liverpool's 21 year old creative midfielder. Afte… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 34 |
 Jairzinho | The Petr Cech Option THE PETR CECH OPTION Is Cech a viable option for anyone? + Cech and Toure is £0.5m cheaper than the Mignolet and Cole/Ivan/Luiz partnership. + More flexibility for Week 3. You don't have to tran… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 34 |
 Rödallegabomb á´¿á´® | Template - It's not a bad thing to be among the crowd ~The Template Team~ Every year in FPL and on FFS, there is a template team. For those of you who do not know what a 'template' team is, it simple means a team consisting of players who most people… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 43 |
 Jafalad | Who's this years Hidden Gem ? Most of us are struggling to fill our teams with players from the top clubs. Every season though, there are a small group of budget players that find a way into our squads that manage to average a… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 59 |
 In Tommy We Trust | Silva anyone? Silva Chat City scored 66 and 93 goals in the previous two seasons. Those goals tallies highlight something that is interesting. In 2011/12 Silva stats included 6 goals and 17 assists. He was invo… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 38 |
 The Finnisher | City's Attacking Options Discussed Who's avoiding City attackers? | 12 years, 4 months ago | 42 |
 Mavric Marco | Son > Father Can anyone name a son who has surpassed his fathers achievements as a player or a manager? For example: Sir Alex & Darren Ferguson Brian Clough & Nigel Clough Johan Cruyff & Jordi Cruyff In ea… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 25 |
Piggs Boson | Template Breaking I'm doing my best to break up the template. How does this look? Boruc - 4.5 Cole - Toure - Collins - Brayford - Ward Hazard - Mirallas - Nolan - Snodgrass - Kim RVP - Giroud - Sturridge | 12 years, 4 months ago | 10 |
 Big Fudge | Team by Team Striker Analysis The Great Front Line Debate This has been the part of my team where I have chopped and changed constantly, never really being happy with the final product. Thought I would help out others who, lik… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 23 |
 Crouch Potato! | Time to Bale out on RVP? I have read so many posts with the view that RVP becomes essential should Bale depart. Fail to see any logic behind this, in fact the departure of Bale has the opposite effect imo. In simplistic te… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 26 |
Mark | A Friendly Nudge The Saturday FFS Hot Topic... The pre-season has already put forward a series of names who are clearly showing some form – Dzeko, Michu, Coutinho, Giroud, Benteke. How much of an influence is th… | 12 years, 4 months ago | 17 |