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Community Tournament Strikers Keepers, Losers Weepers Player Applications are Open

Even with 20 more days to go, the Premier League Transfer Window has been pretty exciting, and it does sound like some more big deals are around the corner that could greatly affect the outcome of the biggest football league on the planet. 

Will the early acquisition of Grealish by Manchester City FC be enough to secure them their fourth Premier League title under his reign? Will Arsenal gazump PSG and sign Messi, capitalise on their lack of European football, and pull off a ‘Leicester’? Or can Klopp’s Liverpool get one over their title rivals and win a second Premier League title in three seasons. Ok, you can stop laughing about the Arsenal bit now…

APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN 

The second most thrilling transfer window in the footballing world is yet to commence of course – Player Applications to sign up to the FFS Community Tournament are now open, all you have to do is fill in the online form below. 

What are you potentially signing up for? In case you missed it, our previous article covers many of the questions you may have.

TRANSFER WINDOW

In the next article, we will be releasing the names of the 24 Team Managers, who will all be looking to fill their teams with FPL players like you, as they plot their paths to glory in the FFS Community Tournament. 

Each team will be made up of 16 players: the team manager, a Most Valuable Player (MVP) and 14 other players. How can you get signed? Well, hold on to your souvenir split scarf as I take you through it all.

PLAYER VALUE – MID PRICED GEM OR CHEAP ENABLER?

Every single player, including MVPs, will be allocated a Player Value between £5m-100m, based on their final Overall Rank finishes in the last three seasons in Fantasy Premier League (FPL). 

The lower your average rank, the higher your value. On the 25th August we will release the official Player List that shows all available players and their Player Values. 

Player Values are not static until the closing date of applications (8th September) and will change as more players sign up for the game, so don’t be surprised to see your value change slightly as we go through the signing window.

PRE-DRAFT SIGNINGS – TAPPING UP SOME TALENT 

Pre-Draft signings are where the Team Managers can sign players directly from the Player List before the Player Drafts take place. The pre-draft period will last from 25th August to 15th September so mark it in your diaries.

Team Managers can recruit on the FFS comments section, Twitter or any other forum, but a formal agreement should be reached before the manager signs a player. And there are some other restrictions to keep things fair:-

  • MVPs are not available to be signed pre-draft, and so a maximum of 14 Pre-Draft Signings are allowed.
  • Each Team Manager must stick to a £700m budget for their pre-draft signings that cannot be exceeded. This does not include the Team Manager’s value, or the value of their future MVP. Once they hit the £700m ceiling they must complete the rest of their team via the Player Drafts.
  • There must be a formal agreement between the Team Manager and the Player, so Team Managers cannot just go through the Player List and cherry-pick the cream of the crop.
  • Once a Pre-Draft Signing is made, the player will be contacted and can veto the signing if they wish, at any point before the Pre-Draft window closes.

The Player List will show any signings that have been made, and a comprehensive list of all squads as they start taking shape.

MVP DRAFT – ENTER THE HEAVY HITTERS 

We will be using a snake draft (if you haven’t come across this before, visit this page). When the draft takes place the players will be drafted in order of player value, most expensive first.

Once the Pre-Draft window closes on the 15th September, Team Managers will have four days to plan and submit their Draft choices by 19th September.

Managers will prepare a list in advance of players they want to draft in the order of most desirable first. In the MVP Draft, each Team Manager can sign up to two players including the MVPs and the highest valued players yet to be signed. 

A list of the MVPs will be available to everyone on the Player List released on the 25th August. The time of day the draft takes place is TBC nearer the date.

Team Managers will have to compete with each other in one of the early Gameweeks to get the first pick: the manager with the highest cumulative FPL score (minus hits taken) will get to pick first and so on.

Any player who does not get placed due to a lack of bids will be included in the following draft.

REMAINING DRAFTS – SQUAD DEPTH

Depending on the number of Pre-Draft Signings, we will have as many as three more snake drafts to fill the remaining spots in the teams. These will run on Weds 22nd Sep, Sun 26th Sep and Weds 2nd Oct.

Team Managers with the lowest number of signings get to pick first, and where teams have the same number of signings, the lowest team value gets priority. As with the MVP draft, Team Managers will have to submit their list of choices before each draft. 

The players available in each draft will depend on their player value. For example, Draft #2 might be for all available players valued between £50m and £100m. Draft #3 might be for all available players valued between £30m and £100m, and so on. 

As with the MVP Draft, the players will be drafted in value order, those with the highest value first and so on, and any player who does not get placed due to a lack of bids will be included in the following Draft.

Once the drafts are completed, any teams still missing players will be allocated a player using the Random Wheel of Misfortune. 

A list of final teams will be announced on Wednesday 6th October and the competition kicks off in Gameweek 8, 16th October.

FINAL THOUGHTS 

Lots and lots of excitement to come with Captains to be announced next week, pre-draft scouting and drafts galore including the MVP picks.

So what are you waiting for?! Sign up below.

Boris Bodega Business Analyst and Spreadsheet Nerd. This kinda sums up my FPL life http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2015/11/05/sky-sports-focus-gameweek-15-3/?hc_page=1#hc_comment_11763056 Follow them on Twitter

28 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Rotation's Alter Ego
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Cheers Boris!

    1. Boris Bodega
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Legend! Thanks RAE 🙂

  2. BrendanBone
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Looking forward to this, was great fun last time!

  3. St Pauli Walnuts
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Thanks for organising!

  4. Spatburgunder
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Cheers Boris, quick question how are the captains chosen? A few of us from BIOR in your last tournament are keen to go again

    1. Majestic Chanka
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Narcos will be the same, I can’t even remember if we were Owens or Thor Wagnerok last time out.

      1. Boris Bodega
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Narcos is signed up.

    2. Boris Bodega
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I think your team manager was Geevious, I don't think he's applied yet. If he is keen get him to sign up here https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2021/07/30/the-community-tournament-strikers-keepers-losers-weepers-your-questions-answered/

  5. Hasselbaink Forever - Defoe…
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Thanks Boris, really missed the community tournament last season

  6. FPL Jogger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Looking forward to this, thank

  7. SUNFLOWER
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    First time entering this, looking forward to it. Thanks for organising!

    1. Chandler Bing
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Hi SUNFLOWER,

      I hope you're doing well. I'm one of the captains in this tournament. Are you available to join a team at the moment?

      1. SUNFLOWER
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Hi there, thanks for the message. I'm available and looking for a team to join so that would be great!

        1. Chandler Bing
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          That's great to hear. Could you provide me with your mail address/Twitter handle so we can talk personally?

          1. SUNFLOWER
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            No problem, I’m @jaro61 on Twitter.

  8. VIRATKOHLI18
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Looking forwarded! Registered 🙂

    1. VIRATKOHLI18
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      forward* 😛

  9. Costa in Wengerland
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Very excited for this tourny!
    Cheers Boris!

  10. fclackless [Brazil Nuts]
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Great organisation as always Boris .... don't know how you do it!

    Heard a rumour that the MVP's are so full of themselves they won't participate/join in the teams WhatsApp group if bought though.

    I'm sure this isn't true but some clarification would be great.

    1. Boris Bodega
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Keep your eyes peeled for the Player List - it has all the details on that you need.

  11. SomewhatPleasing
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Registered.
    Should be good fun.
    Thanks for taking the time to organise.

    1. KIRA
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Cheers SomeWhatPleasing , if you would like , you can join our Musketeer's at this year's tournament ( it is our second already ) ; surely we will need a new blade .... just hit me up if you are tempted

      thanks in advance

  12. TheTinman
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    I played in this a while ago. Maybe 4 or 5 years ago and i don't remember it being as well organised as this.

    1. TheTinman
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Looking forward to this season, I hope I get picked in the draft

    2. TheTinman
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Also, will the draft be streamed live or will we just be emailed if chosen?

  13. elfortu
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    This sounds like a fun tournament. Ive never taken part in this before but would like to enter if there are still spots available for an experienced FPL player.

    thanks

    1. KIRA
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Cheers Elfortu , if you would like , you can join our Musketeer's at this year's tournament ( it is our second already ) ; surely we will need a new blade .... just hit me up if you are tempted

      thanks in advance

      1. elfortu
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Hey Kira. Thanks for replying. Happy to join 🙂