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3 October 2011 1159 comments
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Okay…you might have noticed – things have changed around here.

After months and months of time, money, sweat and tears – we thought we’d roll out the new layout just to see if things held together. It’s a gamble – it may disappear before your very eyes and revert back to the old Scout. Then again, it might be here to stay.

We hope that all goes smoothly – the that the new layout settles on our servers and will provide the basis for a new era for the site. Let’s see how we go.

There is more to do (we know the Watchlist is incomplete and the poll is old). More features to roll out – particularly within the comments code. For now, we’re taking baby steps – although this is a pretty big first stride.

So then, if you stayed with us long enough to reach this ungodly hour, you get to the see the new look on the live servers – a proper first.

We hope you like.

Ps: apologies for any lost comments from the last couple of hours – needs must I’m afraid.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

  1. Hungover 96
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    14 years, 5 months ago

    I'm not afraid of change, and I LOVE the new site design! Great job!

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    1. Mark
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      • 19 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Notice the show/hide replies button at the top of comments...

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      1. DarPaC
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        It had a tick in hide......I removed the tick and now the option has gone?

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  2. marrog
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    • 16 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    we fear change....

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  3. AP
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    Cool, looks great.

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  4. whoracle
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    Looks gr8 😮

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  5. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
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    14 years, 5 months ago

    Interesting ... 😀

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  6. RoysCallerAnne
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    Good timing choice...right at the start of the international break. People can get used to things while the "real" fantasy stuff is in limbo.

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    1. whoracle
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      +1

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    2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
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      +42! 🙂

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  7. DarPaC
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    14 years, 5 months ago

    Nice 🙂 although did take about 5 minutes to load lol

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  8. Fin
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    14 years, 5 months ago

    Pretty slick, kudos Mark and the team.

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  9. Le Bluff
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    14 years, 5 months ago

    Holy smokes. Looks great, will take a bit of getting used to! I refreshed the page and was like whaaat!

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    1. Nomar
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      14 years, 5 months ago

      Yeah, caught me completely by surprise too when I refreshed.

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  10. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
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    Bit clunky, so far - but it looks terrific, I must say! 🙂

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    1. Shipstontrev
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      Can I be the first to reply to you Michael? Andy Johnson says hi!

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  11. Damo.
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    14 years, 5 months ago

    Nice one. HD gravs are the tits

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  12. McDog
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    14 years, 5 months ago

    Woah I'm blinded by green !

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    1. GREENDREAMS11
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      14 years, 5 months ago

      sorry man, i didn't mean to dazzle you there . 😛

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      1. McDog
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        The Light it burns !!!

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  13. UnderstandablyDistraught
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    14 years, 5 months ago

    no "Links" tab anymore?

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    1. Mark
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      • 19 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Linked at the bottom...due an overhaul though and we might move it too.

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      1. UnderstandablyDistraught
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        Thanks. Site looks great!!!

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  14. Skor Hattricksson
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    I, for one, welcome our new FFS overlords!

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  15. 1966 was a great year for E…
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    Holy shit! The scout picks look menacing, love it.

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    1. Le Bluff
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      14 years, 5 months ago

      Haha +1. Looks like something out of Football Manager!

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    2. Mark
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      • 19 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Scout Picks, along with Team News (check out team news) and Watchlist and Injuries and Bans - all now data driven from our db and, as a result, sooo much easier to maintain and update.

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      1. 1966 was a great year for E…
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        Wow, reminds me of Speedball 2!

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  16. BONZ
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    Well done lads......it looks great.

    The good thing is - same login unlike that temporary fix last year!

    Keep up the great work.

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  17. Hotrod
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    Liking the new look, good stuff guys.

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  18. Hungover 96
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    So to derail from the new site, I'm strongly considering a wildcard... am I being too hasty? My team's not in bad shape, but I do have some changes I'd like to make. This is only my second season in FPL, and my first starting from the beginning, so a little nervous about overreacting.

    I'm thinking:

    Arteta > Anderson
    Tiote > Ramsey
    De Laet > Taylor
    Brown > Enrique

    Right now:

    Given / Vorm
    Bosingwa / Simpson / Brown / De Laet / Kompany
    Silva / Sinclair / Mata / Tiote / Arteta
    Rooney / Agbonlahor / Suarez

    After changes:

    Given / Vorm
    Bosingwa / Simpson / Enrique / Taylor / Kompany
    Silva / Sinclair / Mata / Ramsey / Anderson
    Rooney / Agbonlahor / Suarez

    Also considering switching Suarez to Adebayor since Spurs seem to have a better run of games over the next 6 games.

    What do you think? Crazy? Wait?

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    1. DV8R
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      • 14 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      No need for wildcard. Don't get Enrique until after United. After them, Liverpool have some tasty fixtures

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    2. BONZ
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      crazy...arteta could be picking up good points in next few weeks.

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  19. AP
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    14 years, 5 months ago

    In the account info stats. Replys... is that replys to me or replys i have made?

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    1. AP
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      *replies* 😳

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    2. Hungover 96
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Well, I'll reply to you right here, and you can check it out and let us know. 🙂

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      1. Hungover 96
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        Doh, replies are not indented - that's going to make it hard to follow discussions. In fact, they're not showing up as "replies" at all.

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        1. Hungover 96
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 5 months ago

          Well, THAT one worked... but the other didn't....

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        2. Andy
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          first reply starts change of background colour (white to grey), second reply will then indent.

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          1. Hungover 96
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            Ah, you're right... on this monitor at work it's barely noticeable at all, but you're absolutely right.

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    3. Andy
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      It's replies you've made.

      Comments is "thread starters" and replies is ...replies.

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      1. AP
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        Ok. ta.

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    4. Mark
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      • 19 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      We're turning that tab off for now...it needs tidying up.

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    5. Gargamel
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      • 16 Years
      14 years, 5 months ago

      Before Mark turns it off, what are you at AP? I'm at a staggering 7562 total replies

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      1. Gargamel
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        • 16 Years
        14 years, 5 months ago

        Feel free to post your total reply number here guys, I'm pretty interested in seeing how much you guys post!

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        1. AP
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          14k! I need to get out more.

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          1. Gargamel
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            Wow! Here I was thinking I'd posted much.

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        2. applebonkers
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          3397
          15984 😯

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          1. Gargamel
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            14 years, 5 months ago

            Ladies and gentlemen - we have a new leader. Very impressive numbers

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            1. AP
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              14 years, 5 months ago

              Jamsiep will obviously be pushing 30k

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  20. Mighty
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    14 years, 5 months ago

    Good stuff Mark and Co!!

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  21. don parcheesi
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    14 years, 5 months ago

    Snazzy stuff gentlemen. What stadium is in the background?

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  22. DV8R
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    • 14 Years
    14 years, 5 months ago

    Hopefully now our comments will be posted at the correct time, not 5 minutes into the future!

    Loving the new design!

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  23. Shipstontrev
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    14 years, 5 months ago

    Wow! Very nice 😆 I hope it will improve everyone's scores!

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  24. Starscream
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    14 years, 5 months ago

    I'm liking this alot, looks great :-)!
    But who do people like the look of for my team? VDV or Mata?
    My team:

    Vorm (Krul)
    Bosingwa Kompant Enrique (Simpson, Briggs)
    Taarabt, Brunt, Nani, Silva (N.Dyer)
    Drogba Aguero Adebayor

    Thinking Drogba->Sturridge for funds and price rise
    Then either Taarabt or Brunt-> Mata or VDV

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  25. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
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    Working better now - I must say, I like! Good to be on when it happened! 😀

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    1. Starscream
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      14 years, 5 months ago

      Yes great to be on it when it channged over, perhaps it's a sign!We are the Fantasy chosen lol 🙂

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      1. Shipstontrev
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        😆

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  26. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
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    Recent Comments seem to be working better, too ...

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  27. GREENDREAMS11
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    looks great guys, good work. i'm off folks, thanks for stopping the big hit i was contemplating, no doubt i'll get the shakes again tomorrow

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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
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      Take care, big man! 🙂

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  28. Beamer
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    I Like it!!

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  29. don parcheesi
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    14 years, 5 months ago

    My unsolicited feedback of the night:

    That's a pretty short page turnover. I liked that I could pull up a full page of comments and read for 5-10 minutes straight without loading a new page.

    Not that you asked. Thanks for all the hard work.

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    1. Hungover 96
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      14 years, 5 months ago

      I tend to agree, but I think this'll be better for the server load.

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    2. DarPaC
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      I agree.......this season it's been really hard to keep up when busy (especially Friday PM and Saturday AM). shorter pages will make it impossible I think.

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      1. Mark
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        • 19 Years
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        I've set it to mirror the old layout now - 30 comments per page.

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        1. Andy
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          • 16 Years
          14 years, 5 months ago

          Ignore my comment then... I obviously had just checked after Mark had reverted!

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        2. don parcheesi
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          wow. thanks. now that's professionalism right there.

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      2. don parcheesi
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        My comment above has found its way back on to a now-longer first page. Either the initial page-turnover was a glitch and has corrected, or we've got the most responsive site admins on the web

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    3. Andy
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      It's set to the number of "threaded comments" per page and it's actually the same it was before, just most comments right now are unresponded one-liners - and such like.

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      1. Hungover 96
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        Looks like they increased it slightly, or deleted some comments just now, since we're up to page #1. 🙂

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        1. Mark
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          Yep, I moved it from 25 to 30 comments per page.

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    4. 1966 was a great year for E…
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      It's the same, 30 comments (excluding replies) per page.

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  30. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
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    I'm off, too - but this is very exciting! 🙂

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