I listen to all the regulars and mods, no one in particular

I'm going to ammend this to remove the section on posters to avoid...we don't want to turn this into a thread that abuses other posters.

Happy to focus on the most influential posters though.

I don't avoid anybody, there are one or two who I tend to go to more than others, but at the end of the day its you who picks the team and even the 'regulars' advice is not necessarily going to be better / more correct than anyone else.
this is a great site - i'll need it next few days as i'm away on holiday and may not know too much in the way of news.
you have to make your own mind up though

I always home in on those posts that are well researched, where a good case is made for a particular player or view point. There are so many of these every day but I do want to say that all our regular community writers' posts tend to be among those I look at. These guys know their stuff.

Balders has been a 'top-top poster' this season. He's up there with that tennis girl who's not wearing any knickers

For hardwork and dedication to this site more than anything it has to be Balders.

I tend to look at peoples rank and previous season ranking to determine how well they know their stuff.

Balders though this year sticks out for guiding us the DGW hell!

Balders comments always seem to have proper reasoning and logic which I have enjoyed reading.

Knowing who to listen to and not is half of the battle and comes through experience - some give reasoned arguments/opinions, but some just push their own agenda because it suits them. A prime example is those who were effectively forced into a GW33 WC due to their team set up (which is fair enough), but then wouldn't even entertain the fact a GW36 WC could turn out better, even though it was blatantly obvious that it could (not would) turn out better.

I think Jonty, Doosra and Balders have all been hugely helpful this year. Jony & Doosra through stats and tables, and Balders of course through his legendary double gameweek articles

Balders for me has been awesome, and in particular those spreadsheets he created for the 5-a-side world cup were amazing, I would like a lesson in how he did some of the stuff on those.

Balders for everything. Cheeseoid and Diva for great input. Irish Madrista for great punts. Jafa, Evs, Moin, HOH, Scored, Super Zlatan, Epic Fail, Tommy Tour and Acqua for bringing great advice to the table always. Jazzi for the best constructive advice posts. Fitzy and Ziro for always mocking me and bringing me back to Earth. Rupert and Bowstring for general banterment.

And Christina, Pasq and Doos for being my favorites.

I'm sure i've forgotten a zillion others.

I'm influenced by jonty in particular, can relate to his dullard style, his strategies & tactics have been helpful, particularly as I like the dullard style with few punts
No offence to anyone

Apart from that, balders for his DGW strategies, helped out maximize the chips as much as he could

Balders, Jonty and Doosra are my favourites. They have different styles so it helps a lot to see different perspectives from experienced managers

Whoever it was, he's got a lot to answer for after this disaster of a season.

I can name the one whose advice I feel I should have taken but didn't, and that's TFF.

Can't single out the 'most' influential, but I like to read through well-reasoned thoughts. IM with his crazy punts always has a backing reason. Pasqualinho can nit-pick into the nucleus of a careless comment. Balders with his irritatingly accurate logical points. LateRiser with his stylish posts. Doosra's positivity with all his differential thinking every week.
Evs is so well-regarded as a manager but I find him hard to follow, always seems to have a change of heart on deadline day, burned me a few times when I had found my choices same as his during the week making me feel content. Only to realize during the matches that he did something different. 😀

Triggerlips. I read his website every Saturday morning because his captaincy tables are normally good as it shows the top of the captain polls from each site.

Rakkhi and Balders

Bolivian Seaman's "What the Fans are Saying" has been a game changer for me this season.

Look forward to this article every Friday, hope it continues on into next season.

Forza is the best.

I've reported everyone who didn't mention him.

Christina and S.kuki deserve a mention for me. More often that not accurate and always helpful. Otherwise I always read to what Jonty, Doos, IM,Ryan and Andy85 have to say.

There are loads of posters whose opinions I look out for, too many to mention, but to name the best I'd go with, Triggerlips, Evs, GreenWindmill, Torres Magic, Lateriser, Christina and Epic Fail. Most influential of all though has to go to Mark and Jonty and so I'm blaming you two planks more than anyone else for my terrible season 😉 😀

The who's cool Hot Topic

I know who to go to for advice, good bad and indifferent but win lose or draw I know they meant it.
Balder's has been a breath of fresh air but I'd like to mention a few others too,
Prophet, Hooky, Christina, Diva, Irish Mad (literally),Jaffa,Numb,Epic Fail,Zombie,Royscallerane, plenty of others too so apologies in advance - but a big thank you to all.
🙂

balders has been this season's dele alli, without the gw35 punch

Portsmouth bubblejet and Teddy the most.

I'm not really influenced by anyone but I do love reading peoples opinions. There can be a problem reading who is being serious or not, especially on a Saturday morning. A lot of rubbish gets posted in the build up to deadline. Overall though, this is a great site because it has so many great posters. I love you all.

Anyone who presents stats/logic to their argument.

And myself...potentially number 1 member... 🙂

Not sure really.

When I first started posting (about 6years ago) I used to trust posters with good ranks and history - and of course my old Mentor TorresMagic 😉

Now I tend to keep faith with some of the regulars who have been round the block a bit e.g.

Champ, TM, Christina, Gnu, LR, La Roja etc

As well as words of wisdom from fellow scouts, well... I only trust Jonty really 😉

Although his style was a bit abrasive and upset some, Ruth_NZ came up with many interesting and original ideas in 2014-15. Shame he wasn't around so much this season.

We don't appear to have many female posters at present. Lucy was one who could be relied on for useful info about Southampton players.

Balders all round contribution this year second to none.

Lateriser is the Maverick i'd love to be but am too dullard at heart and is always worth a listen.

Torres magic keeps the advice comings throughout the long dark deadzone.

Cheesoid is good for a laugh and has contributed a lot this year.

Plenty of others but they stand out for me.

Whilst I have enjoyed engaging with plenty of regular posters I must mention NickOfOz was one of the first to scout and convince me to go with Mahrez in GW1 as fourth mid over Ritchie.

Jafooli and Epicfail....#legends

I love you all.

I like people who give me reasoned stats. Because I am rubbish at that kind of thing.

But also stats are not everything sometimes you just need to go for it based upon your instinct and I admire those of you who do it with little to back it up especially when you get it right.

I have worked a lot with the FIFFSA team this season especially those who were also part of The Seychelles side and there advice is always worth listening to.

Balders, Diva, Jaffa & Blue Lion are great people to bang ideas off of. I also have a lot of time for Slamdog Mignolet who I entered the Wimbledon Doubles with although our entry didn't last long.

I also think Doosra is great. I like his technique of only giving you half of an answer he then throws a stat table at you and let's you draw your own conclusion from it.

But I don't listen to anyone in particular. What this site is great for is you can throw an idea at the screen and someone else can throw something glaringly obvious back at you so you realise you are a wrong.

Or for helping you decide between 2 courses of action when you are conflicted and there are far to many of you who are great at it to mention