After weeks of development and testing, we’re delighted to announce that “Phase Two” of the Members Area has been rolled out as a Beta today so Members can get access over the Christmas period.

This new phase is still “Beta” as there may well be a few bugs and data errors lurking that we will look to iron out before we official go “live”.

Basically, the existing Members area is still accessible the normal way, but Members can now also log in to a Beta site to get the new content. A link has been added to the menu bar at the top of this site and there is a new item in the Members Area linking to the Beta.

So what’s new you may ask? Lots of good stuff…

Gameweek OPTA Stats
Members can now view OPTA statistics for Players and Teams by individual Gameweeks or by a range of Gameweeks. This means you can now view just how players have performed in any given Gameweek and get a view of performance over a range of Gameweeks of your choice. This can be applied to Player and Team data.

This means you can get an immediate view on the top performers in a given Gameweek so you can check things like “show me how many crosses Baines put in this week” or indeed how many he’s put in over the last four Gameweeks or for any range of Gameweeks – how your filter the data is up to you. This allows for a new level of analysis for Fantasy Managers on our vast range of statisical data.

View Data By Averages Per Appearance
You can now view all OPTA player data using per appearance averages rather than absolute data. By using average data you can get a fairer view on player performance with those who have played less matches ranked on equal terms. This can be applied to “All Gameweeks” or individual or Gameweek ranges using the Advanced Filters area in the top menu bar.

Improved Player Profiles
We’ve improved our Individual player profiles to include more statistics and updated players with profile information from Freebase.com. We’re aware that some of the profile descriptions are not complete and there are some errors here – we will be working to replace any descriptions that have problems before going live.

Data in the Beta site will be updated with the Data in the Live Members site, so you will be able to view data on Gameweek matches soon after completion.

Obviously this content is only available to Members and is being run as an unsupported Beta. That means we can’t be responsible for any bugs or errors in the data right now, but will work to squash these before the Members live site is replaced.

If you spot a a bug or error in the Beta please notify us via this email address – beta@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk

We will hope to come out of Beta in the New Year. In the meantime, have fun with the new toys.

Of course, if you’re yet to sign up as a Member and want to know more, you can view details here.