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FPL Issue Apology

15 August 2011 1214 comments
Paul Paul
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Evening all. The FPL have this afternoon issued an apology over the recent log-in debacle and look to have made changes on the back of the weekend’s problems.

The link to the full announcement is highlighted above, so I’ll leave you to check it out for yourselves if you haven’t done so already. The first point (below) means we are all allowed free transfers from now up until the Gameweek 2 deadline on Saturday morning- compensation for many of us who were unable to make those last-minute changes from Friday evening onwards..

1. Receive unlimited transfers
No points will be deducted for any transfers you make up to the Gameweek 2 deadline (11:30 BST on Saturday 20th August 2011). If you have already made transfers and had points deducted, these will be restored to your overall total by midnight on Tuesday 16th August 2011. If you have already opted to play your wildcard, this too will be restored at the same time.

From a Fantasy Football Scout perspective, then, just to assure you- we will be resetting any of our affiliated leagues- they will all now start from Gameweek 2 to ensure a level playing field for those involved.

We’ll have more on this later…
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  1. RevsFC
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    I tried to make transfers but FPL was still taking away points. I had to login in so i don't think that's the reason why

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    1. cj_88
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      same here, not sure whether to confirm just yet...

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  2. Champ
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    That was some round table meeting at FPL towers where the decision was made. Some one grew a pair of cojones

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    1. Bouncebackability
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      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Unfortunately they grew them on their head.

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  3. Attila the Bum
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    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Alcaraz, Malouda and Holt to Brown, Mikel and Torres.
    Not bad I suppose.

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    1. njfsdkffslkf
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Dont konw if Torres is worth it yet with other options around

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      1. Attila the Bum
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah? Like who? Really nice pair of fixtures (oo-err missus) coming up

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        1. njfsdkffslkf
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          Suarez, Rooney,Bent, Saha,

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          1. Attila the Bum
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 4 months ago

            Rooney - Have
            Suarez - Have Carroll
            Bent - Already have three Villa players and Bent didn't impress me
            Saha - As Annie Lennox said "feels like I'm a walking on broken glass"
            I should try and squeeze a bit of Everton in my side though.

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            1. pieces
              • 15 Years
              14 years, 4 months ago

              Squeezing a bit of Everton in your side is a bit like passing a turd the size of your arm - it hurts and makes your eyes water 😀

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    2. Long ago I drew a walrus
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      yes Attila been looking for you. Where was Marveaux the other day? no sight of him anywere?

      also Mikel? defensive mid, bad for FPL at best of times, and now he has family issues bugging him.

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      1. Attila the Bum
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Didn't know about the family issues. I chose Mikel as there are precious few options around the 5.0 mark, he looked reasonable from what I saw yesterday and with the new (and slightly baffling) bonus system he might do alright.

        As for Marveaux, I dunno to be honest. He is back from a lengthy injury so maybe not fully fit yet. Obertan (same price) looks worth a punt as he was very impressive when he came on against Arsenal. Can see him getting some pitch time.

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        1. Long ago I drew a walrus
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          cheers. Mikel 's dad has gone missing, so it would be perfectly understandable if his game takes a nosedive, or if he doesnt play at all for that matter. But think about it, If chelsea do well then the goalscorers are more likely to get BP than Mikel, if Chelsea dont do well they wont get the BPs at all, either way theres not much in store for Mikel. if i remember correctly however he started last season with 6,6,4 and got a price rise of 0.1 (WOW!), but faded from then on, so maybe take a punt if things really are desperate.

          just thought that Marveaux at 5mil was quite cheap, thought he was a starter but hey.

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  4. The Real Big Vern
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    they need to freeze price changes otherwise every f**ker will just be transferring to those players that are gonna rise this week then transfer them out before gw2 deadline and make a profit!

    Any comment on this?

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    1. Dave Bauer
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Most people won't know about it or think to do that - it's a very nerdy FFS thing to do.

      Which is great!

      🙂

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      1. Bouncebackability
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        🙂

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    2. Eversio88
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      just incase iv got my profit team on until friday lol

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  5. dogtanion
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Shocking decision by FPL. Farce.

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    1. applebonkers
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      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      agree. it wont help the people who were left with auto select teams at all as everyone they're cahsing has a free chance to tweak their team too and it makes a month of planning absolutely pointless, oh and finally it makes those already wildcarding not look like planks

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      1. dogtanion
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        +1 ^^^^^^^^^^ THIS.

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        1. Bouncebackability
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          I know itwould be a bit of an effort but surely they know which teams auto-selected if that was the main issue they wanted to address.

          Citeh 5 Swansea 0

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  6. Eversio88
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    One of these gonna be loving it =D

    Begovic Given
    Riise Bosingwa Lescott Enrique Simpson
    Bale Nani Walcott Sessegnon Moses
    Saha Zamora Suarez

    or

    Begovic Given
    Senderos Bosingwa Kompany Enrique Simpson
    VDV Nani Downing Sessegnon Moses
    Saha Zamora Bent

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  7. sambyy
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    I was thinking about saving my free transfer for the next gw, was happy with my team 🙁

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  8. Captain Berbarossa - arrrrr…
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    I've had a really mediocre week so am not too miffed with a reset, not unless Silva my (C) tonight and Kompany go points crazy tonight 😉

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  9. ⭐ ABHISHEK - THE CURIOUS …
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    🙂
    Great work guys especially FFS Forum
    guys…..
    Rise the team value.

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  10. Seanigula
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Well, I still can't log in....and you haven't responded to my emails....so F$CK YOU and your apology FPL.

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    1. Gargamel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      I guess this doesn't help you?

      ∙ If you have problems logging in, please try resetting your password by entering your email address on this page: https://users.premierleague.com/PremierUser/login/reset_password.html. You'll be emailed a new password to use that you can change to something more memorable once you've logged in by visiting 'My Account'. If you are not receiving the password reminder, please check your Junk folder in your email inbox and add noreply@send.premierleague.com to your Mailing List to ensure that the email arrives in your inbox.

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      1. Seanigula
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        I've tried everything, but thanks.

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    2. Dave Bauer
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Seriously, you still can't log in?

      That's incredible.

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  11. Raconteur
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Hey Everyone. Madness about the free wildcard. Although I think it was the only possible option, still throws up questions about price rises, as people have been saying.

    Out of interest, why is everyone picking Moses ahead of Watson? Granted, Moses is 0.5 cheaper, but Watson is on all set pieces by the looks of it and did well in the PPI bonus.

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    1. dribbler
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      prediction: you didn't read this site all summer?

      he's the new N'Zogbia (apparently)

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      1. Raconteur
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        I read it a bit, and i know Moses is still a good pick, but Set Pieces rules the day!

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    2. Namtab Nomolos
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Pre-season form/goals.

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  12. dribbler
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Don't get too excited by the prospect of price rises...

    (a) obviously you'd be daft not to play the market
    (b) obviously they might freeze the prices
    (c) but even if they don't freeze things, because of the huge transfer activity the rise threshold will increase massively...it's possible that the actual number of price rises will be pretty much the same as normal

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    1. dogtanion
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      My god, can't believe everyone is celebrating this....

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  13. AP
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Ashley Young anyone? Rooney and him seemed BFFs at West Brom. Valencia isn't even in the reserves tonight, so rotation a few weeks off yet.

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    1. njfsdkffslkf
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Nice combo. Dont know if he will have it as easy as Steven Reid oop at rb as yesterday every week.

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    2. Dave Bauer
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      It's a good shout.

      I also like Smalling at his price with him seemingly SAF's first choice (fit) right back. Plus he's got to be nailed on with Vidic and Ferdinand crocked.

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    3. Spoiler
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      yep considering it. its either him or rooney mite go with young and rvp

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    4. Attila the Bum
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Nah, Rooney is enough for me at the moment. 22m is too much to be investing in United given their fixtures.
      I'll probably be proven wrong now. Bah.

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      1. AP
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Enrique, Kompany, Bosingwa,
        Young, Malouda, Moses, Sessegnon
        Holt Rooney Suarez

        Eeeeeee ba gum.

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        1. njfsdkffslkf
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          Malouda could easily be benched.

          Anelka and Drogba from start over Kalou, Malouda (both taken off is a possibility.

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          1. AP
            • 16 Years
            14 years, 4 months ago

            This does worry me, not gunna lie. But have to hedge bets on him starting and doing well at home. *fingers crossed*

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        2. Attila the Bum
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          Not bad.

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    5. Gargamel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Rooney or sticking with Nani for me, fixtures might put me off for a few gameweeks more though...

      Think it's a bit knee jerky for us to sell Nani after yesterday's game, he wasn't good but still had 2 good goal scoring chances and when those go in he will get bonus too I guess.

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    6. Duckbill
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      No thanks. I,m thinking of getting rid of him.

      He cant even get a single bonus pt for creating 2 assists, motm and possibly delivering most balls into the box then anyone else.

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      1. AP
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        I see what you did there. You used the comma in I'm. I'm still not buying it though, you aren't the legend that was Buggu.

        Plus, everything was going through Young attack wise. 2 assists is better than 3 BP.

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  14. Fran
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Excellent we got an apology and unlimited transfers but how does the latter help when people can clearly see what new players we are putting in our teams. This has been highlighted all day! But at least they contacted us again.

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  15. Aranboy
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    If you have already made transfers and had points deducted, these will be restored to your overall total by midnight on Tuesday 16th August 2011.

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  16. Smarty Pants
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    That's ridiculous and I'm furious. I had planned my team so that I sacrificed GW1 in favour of GW2, now it doesn't give me any advantage at all.
    How is this wildcard supposed to help those who couldn't log on / register? It just gives another advantage to those who never experienced any problems. If they admit they screwed up, why not to start from the GW2 the whole game, so that everyone is in the same place???
    When you think it can't get any worse, it does...

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    1. Baines on Toast...
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      "How is this supposed to help those who couldn't log on"

      Because they weren't able to change their team and now they can...

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      1. dogtanion
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        so can everyone else..all those tools who didn't buy Rooney now get him for free... etc etc.

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      2. Smarty Pants
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Yes, as everyone else.

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    2. Champ
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      I agree. The decision to restart the league but NOT the mini leagues is fundamentally flawed. Level playing pitch it aint. Suddenly league administrators have a lot of power....

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  17. RevsFC
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    I knew Given would get hurt. I knew it!

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    1. Dave Bauer
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Don't worry, it's free to transfer him out...

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  18. Dr.Oftaw
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    suarez over 1500 transferred in in last 20 mins

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    1. TravelingNorth
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Predictable.

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    2. Dr.Oftaw
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      and rising fast 2000+

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  19. Pack The Ripper
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    So if i make changes now at a deduction of 8 points, i will get those points back right?

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    1. Vladimir Stishenok
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Right according to the statement.

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  20. Champ
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Big point - neither when you logon to FPL or go to the transfer screen does it mention the changed situation. Surely this needs to be in lights?

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    1. Baines on Toast...
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      I know man. On another forum I posted it up and people are already saying "not telling my friends" 😀

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      1. Dr.Oftaw
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        should think we will all get an email

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  21. greghammer95
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Gervinho is going to be some Bargain in a few weeks.

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  22. Mull
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    ******* hell why have they done this, I’ve got this 50 points already with Kompany and Silva to play.
    Although the generic team might blow up in everyones faces again. 🙂

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  23. Spoiler
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    so guys downgrade hughes to senderos to free up some $$$?

    also do we just make transfers? it comes up minus points

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    1. Captain Berbarossa - arrrrr…
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Read the FPL statement. Any points deductions and transfers/Wildcards will be reset at midnight tonight.

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  24. strongbad
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    After having a few mins to consider this, and get over the initial excitement of having another week to tinker with my team, realise this is a TERRIBLE idea.

    Yes some, like my main rival (also good friend and so annoyed for him) couldnt log in and finish team, have been caught out.

    But most people (ie, not people who use or know about FFS) couldnt enter a team, and so not only do they miss gw1 scores, but now are up against the majority who had a team (even it was just autocomplete) with points from gw1, and a free wildcard to make any necessary changes. This is even more unfair on them.

    Bad move FPL.

    P.S - going to love changing my team however this week!

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    1. Champ
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Here here. All scores should have been reset. No brainer.

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  25. exammy
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    if everyone gets in the price rise players today noone will get them for 2nd rise 🙂

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  26. Gargamel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    What's the verdict on Grant Holt? I never really believed in him but got him anyway and regretted it immediately.

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    1. FPL SWOT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      I think he'll be great. Norwich will be decent at Carrow Road and they play a nice open brand of football, meaning he'll bag a few this year.

      For £5.5m, there's not a better option IMO.

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  27. si
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    All of that careful planning and risk taking a waste of time then. Great. Do they not realise how much time I spent setting up my team to be able to bring in either Drog or Torres in GW2! On the plus side, another week of RMTs then...

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    1. gaspar
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      erm... plus side? 😉

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    2. Johnny Unitas
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      I had left 2m in the bank to do this too, but then I couldn't access the site on Friday/Saturday, so I am in favour of this unlimited transfers move, can understand why people are pissed, but, I think where many people didn't have the team they wanted at the start of the season because of login errors, it is fair to start afresh.

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      1. Stat virgin
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        It's not starting afresh though, starting afresh would be voiding week 1

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  28. OQ81
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    This fails to address the issue about mini-league head-to-head fixtures. Has anyone had their head-to-head fixtures set yet? If so, am I doing something wrong as league administrator? Please comment to reassure me that I haven't cocked this up.

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  29. Champ
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    This site is set for a record amount of comments on a monday night methinks...

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  30. User
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Just as I thought we wouldn't be seeing any more RMTs for a while... It's good in a way though, can build up some team value and get rid of Drogba, Kenny, Formica, Nani...

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