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The Community Round Up

The dust has barely settled on the season and already the community is looking ahead to the next campaign. Potential Fantasy Premier League (FPL) rule changes, Spurs’ temporary home and Manchester United’s transfer activity are among the forward-thinking topics under discussion.

However, there are still some outstanding issues following the final set of fixtures of 2016/17 to consider. Our community articles find out how Fantasy Premier League’s best managers fared this season, while our Members tables take stock of the season’s best forwards and attacking defenders.

We finish off with a look at those who scooped top honours across our community competitions.

The Community Articles

There were mixed fortunes for last season’s top five in the Career Hall of Fame, according to Top Marx’s round-up of their Gameweek 38 transfers and scores. This detailed series has become an excellent regular addition to our community articles over the season.

Don’t forget, if you’ve got some analysis, scout reports or features brewing, be sure to visit our community section to submit your article.

The Hottest Topics

Among issues for next season under consideration are potential changes to FPL with PKW calling for an ambitious overhaul of the bonus system, prizes and transfer market.

For FPL Virgin he wants to see a more modest revamp, involving greater rewards for clean sheets and, bizarrely, extra points for those players who miss out due to a team-mate’s hairline.

Another consideration for the season ahead is how Spurs will perform when their home games take place at Wembley, while they await construction of their new stadium. As Top Marx points out this is a venue that has not brought Mauricio Pochettino’s side positive results in recent cup competitions.

A price hike for Spurs talisman Harry Kane looks inevitable following a second successive Golden Boot, so we asked whether he will justify the extra outlay, especially as his team has to settle into a temporary home?

While Manchester United excelled in cup competitions, despite the best efforts of a psychic cow, their Premier League campaign was disappointing. With the Red Devils finishing in sixth, 24 points behind champions Chelsea, reinforcements will be needed next season. Among potential new recruits is Athletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann, with Andy85wsm launching a discussion on the Frenchman earlier in the week.

While there is uncertainty over Manchester United’s line-up next season, at least one key aspect of the 2017/18 campaign is written in stone, according to Parm – FPL will definitely launch during the week of July 10th.

That leaves plenty of time to take stock of 2016/17’s high lows and crucially, lessons learned.

Somethodox delivered his key 20 lessons he has taken from the season, while our Gameweek 38 rough with the smooth round-up gave the community a final chance before next season to brag about a stellar weekly score, or plead for sympathy after it all went array.

Those who sealed a top 1,000 finish should really have very few gripes. This week AA33 has started compiling a roll call of the very many community regulars who were part of this elite group at the season’s close.

The summer break also gives us an opportunity to look back on some of the best players of the season. With our polling starting this week on 2016/17’s best Fantasy assets we asked who were your favourite keepers and defenders.

There was further rearguard discussion via Samwise the brave, who issued a plea for tips on developing a high scoring defence. Investing in Chelsea’s backline could be key, according to Vibudh’s hot topic on the champion’s best players.

Finally, We’re All Obsessed has been surveying how many points the community has won or lost through FPL’s chips. Based on a sample size of almost 50 managers, this revealed that Bench Boost is by some distance the most lucrative source of extra points.

To view all our discussions please visit our Hot Topics page. We are also still keen to hear from you about how this can be further developed.

The Members Tables

Our Members Tables offer a wealth of information for those looking to assess the best players of 2016/17 as they prepare for next season. The most recent and most popular tables can be found via the Members home page, and we urge you to also create your own.

As an example of the range of information available my One Stat To Rule Them table offers an insight into the season’s sharpest shooters, while my Attacking Defenders table gives an indication of the players capable of earning points at both ends of the pitch.

If you’re a member and are yet to get to grips with the custom statistics tables, you can view this movie for an explanation of how they work. Also, remember to tag them so that people can find the tables with ease.

The Community Tournaments

Boris Bodega has won our 2016/17 Scout Picks Champion contest, where each week a community member aims to beat our selection by the biggest margin. His 33-point victory over the Scouts in Gameweek 15 proved impossible to beat, and he scoops a £100 Amazon voucher as well as a place in our Contributors and Moderators League next season.

The final Scout Picks champion of the season, Rossendale Rover, beat the Scouts 82-67.

Kings of Lyon has won Gnu’s Wigan to me H2H contest, beating second placed Royscalleranne, who missed out again in HVT’s Irish Contingent league. After leading this for a number of Gameweeks he was overtaken by Godot by just two points. Both finished in the top 1,000, and Potatoace came third.

In Red Lightning’s January to May league Mike Gallagher finished top with a Gameweek 38 score of 104, closely followed by Niklas Zanden. Long time leader RuthNZ dipped down to fifth with a score of 77 in the season finale.

Jon Vetle Vamraak retained his lead to be crowned champion of Red Lightning’s Top 10K Any Season league.

Mark scooped top spot at the end of the FFScout Moderators and Contributors league campaign, with a 13-point lead over second placed TorresMagic.

In my Millionaires Club, for those with a rank the wrong side of one million at the Gameweek 12 mark, long time leader Gilles Wanlin finished on top with a commanding 38 point lead over Tim Baildam.

If you are running a community tournament over the summer or heading into next season and would like the latest scores included in future Community Round-ups, please email me a brief summary of the current leaders and a link to your league, spreadsheet or head to head competition, at jonty@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk

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1,370 Comments Post a Comment
  1. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Pedro should be scoring

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      You may know this...how many users are registered on this site ?

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        More lurkers than people with accounts.

        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 12 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          3

  2. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Has Ozil bleached his hair?

    I think it's made him a better player.

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      He lost a bet with Xhaka so had to copy his hairstyle

  3. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    The prodigal son returns

  4. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Fabregas on.

    Arsenal legend, leader, transfer request

  5. Je suis le chat
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Does Bell-end fancy himself as the new Robert Pirez?

  6. CloudSky
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Mertesacker on course for MotM. Never thought Id say those words.

    1. Je suis le chat
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      He's a great asset, organises the team well. I prefer him to Kos.

  7. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Bellerin close

  8. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Get Le Donk on to finish Arsenal off.

  9. fedolefan
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Bellerin come on man!!

  10. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    You'd think that with modern Smart TV technology you could switch off commentators but leave the crowd noise 😐

  11. Pierce34
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Wow Moses off.

    1. Pierce34
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Great call actually. Thought the ref was a bit kind to Arsenal initially.

  12. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Moses 2nd yellow

  13. Jigger & Pony
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Moses red card

  14. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Brave call

    1. sminkypinky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Also the right one.

  15. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Moses Red Sea

    1. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      *RC

  16. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    The shame

  17. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Well done ref

  18. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Can anyone else play that wing back position?

    1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      I could give it a shot .

    2. CloudSky
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Pedro.

    3. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Ake or Pedro

    4. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Cech
      Holding Mustafi Kosc
      Bellerin Xhaka Ramsay Monreal
      Ozil Sanchez
      (Lukaku)

  19. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Get out Victor

  20. fedolefan
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Very well done ref.

  21. Godot - Fashanu Zealand
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Good stuff Anthony Taylor

  22. Les Bleus
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Poor Moses. Bad end to a great season.

  23. Jigger & Pony
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Right decision...

  24. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Moses, with 'IS' on his back, dives and hopefully loses the cup final for the Chavs

    1. Les Bleus
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      With what on his back?

      1. Paul Psychic Octopus
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        A very squiggly 15

        1. Les Bleus
          • 12 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          Oh

  25. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Theo vs tired legs coming up

  26. UnitedFan
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Proper order. Good to see

  27. Stats Don\'t Lie
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Wouldn't say that was a yellow, wasn't exactly protesting for it to be a pen...

    1. Sims
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Lack of protest for the yellow says otherwise

    2. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Simulation

  28. Sims
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Ref ruins another final

    1. Sims
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      😉

    2. Chenku╰☆╮
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      No you ruin it. It was a great call.

  29. The Enlightener
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Moses should have been yanked for Willian well before that dive.

  30. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Gibbs close

    1. Pierce34
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Who?