Brace yourselves – the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) game has swung open its doors for the new season.
While this site is not affiliated to any particular game, I’ve found it hard to recommend any other game over the FPL in recent seasons and this season it already looks unlikely it will be surpassed. The game is still free to play, the rules have remained the same, but now the game boasts an array of new features, including a head to head league.
This new feature will place teams registered before the first gameweek of the season into a public league with 20 other random teams. Your team is then paired off week by week against another team in the league with three points awarded to the team who gains the most fantasy points in that gameweek.
It will be interesting to see how this new dimension influences things. I’m already wondering if there will be a conflict of interests week by week, as you look to differentiate your team from your gameweek opponent in the head to head league, whilst managing your squad in your regular private league. Certainly it offers further incentive should you find yourself falling behind in your private league.
As for the player list, I’ll give this a good going over very soon and come back to you with some early thoughts on the any valuations that stand out. Straight away though, as some of you have already noticed, Ronaldo has come in at 14.0 while Ashley Young looks incredibly tempting at 8.5 with a new classification as a midfielder. Interestingly Kuyt, Babel and Kalou also get midfield classifications. Up front meanwhile, I already like the look of Alves up front for 7.5.
Much much more later.