Scout Notes – Gameweek 36 – Sunday

A midfield of Sanchez - Hazard - Silva doesn´t come cheap.

I have ok tv but always seem to be short of £

I disagree my rival has a great TV wcd a few weeks ago and has went from 47k to 6k in 3 weeks. I cannot afford the team which he has put together

A high transfer value has hindered me. How I long for a cheap Leicester defender instead of Ivanovic. And Hazard too looks like he can be easily replaced by a cheaper midfielder over the run in.

Completely. The rise of the cheap fifth mid, the uber defenders and the likes of Kane, Austin and Vardy upfront, have made tv irrelevant.

Its clear from the start tt value is not that important since its very slow.

I think Giroud and Benteke are pretty useful. A good TV has enabled me to have Silva, Coutinho, Haz, Sanchez, Gru, Aguero. Along with the likes of Terry, Berty and Migs.

I don't think so, I'm sure many of us are still relying on cheap goalies and defenders to try to fit the forwards and mids we want. Unless we have £200m there are always decisions to be made. People who focused on TV early on will have been able to fit all the big hitters like Aguero, Sanchez, Hazard, Ivanovic as well as the Leicester players. Teams with lower TV might have the same Leicester players but Ozil instead of Sanchez etc. so they do have to make compromises.

Not an unreasonable assessment. Lots of over achieving budget players - Kane, Austin, Bellerin, WBA/Leicester defenders etc. Leaves loads of room for the big hitters.

Definitely - got my TV up to over £110m by week 29, played WC in week 34 and still had £4.5 ITB, currently have £3.4 ITB and nowhere to spend it. Ranked in top 1000, so not as if I was missing out on buying the right players.

I'm glad that the prices and team value haven't had as much of an affect this year!

In terms of this season yes. But next season could be a completely differently story, especially if they tinker with the price algo again.

Also don't remember that many band wagons this year. Kane only went up 0.2 and 0.3 once each on his way to a peak of 6.5 from his 5.0 start price. It was easy for everyone to get him in and a far cry from the band wagons seen in previous seasons.

I dont think its made it irrelevant at all, the system needing changing as it hadn't been tweaked since more players started playing the game and using sites like this and price monitoring sites etc- which meant the transfers system had deviated from what was probably originally intended, and placed an over reliance on the accumulation of team value.

The other thing to consider is there is no way of knowing what each season will produce in terms of bargains, this year undoubtedly gave us an abundance of cheap strikers -next year is likely to be very different and may benefit those who chase TV.

As always though - the golden rule for me is to remain adaptable to the changing face of FPL. (and dont ever assume you have it figured out, because thats when it can bite you hard!)

A big TV allows you to get the quality players who will get you reliable points all season. Because of my high TV I've managed to steer clear of the inconsistent options and have Benteke as the cheapest of the front 7

Prices still matter. You can't buy the best 15 players in the game. You can't even buy the best 11 plus four cheap subs. But I understand what people are saying - they are less binding than in other years and have forced fewer tough decisions.

It has maybe become less of an issue but it isn't an irrelevance. If player value was no object I'd be able to do Boyd > Sanchez. As it is I need to sacrifice Couthinho or Hazard.

Changes to FPL's price-change algorithm have slowed down price rises this season, but I think high TVs are over-rated anyway.

The top ten players in the world often do not have particularly high TVs. Many of the players with higher TVs may have obtained them by taking more hits, by making early transfers to beat price changes, and by jumping on too many bandwagons that are based on temporary form and hype. This tends to result in higher TVs at the expense of fewer points, and to template teams that get them so far but not to the very top.

Of course, the ideal would be to select all the players who are going to score the most points before they score them, and your TV should then increase rapidly as a side-effect - but that takes real skill (and/or luck).

Yep with Kane @ 5m when I bought him and Costa/Sturridge injurys my 110.4 TV team doesn't look that different to my nearest rival with 103.5

They has always been a good cheap mid or striker to fit beside Aguero or Hazard and Sanchez

FPL doesn't guarantee one anything, so I guess we all should stop complaining. I'm enjoying the season with all the uncertainties rather than having a one where you know RVP or a Bale would blast you off if you can't afford either one of them

TV is and has always been overated since the days of Ronaldo, Gerrard and Lampard being must haves (along with players like Fabregas who also cost quite a lot). I don't think many of the top managers look at growing their TV that seriously, of course they will husband their resources but not at the sacrifice of points imo

Ake is a CB I'm pretty sure, Brown I think is a forward.

Brown will play in the three behind the striker, most likely as a RW. Ake is a central player and will probably replace Loftus-Cheek in the line-up.

I notice they're 4.3 a piece. A tidy enabler on a free double transfer this week?

I've never seen em pl

I've never seen em play. checked the chelsea site
Brown - A versatile player with a lotof pace, he can operate anywhere across the front three positions as well as in the ‘No.10’ role
Ake - Versatile, he is primarily a defender who can play either in the middle or on the left, but is also comfortable in the centre of midfield

Ah, there's a HT.

Ake is a DM (#6)
Can play LB too. Definitely won't play CB.

Brown is an Attacking Mid
Plays on either wing mostly, but can play #10 too.