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30 March 2016 1569 comments
Mark Mark
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You’re looking at the new Fantasy Football Scout.

After around 18-months of design, re-design, wireframing, coding and testing we are very proud to reveal the fresh new look.

I’d like to extend a huge thanks to Will for his initial design and Dougal and Ed for building the new site, plus PureOlivia for his new version of the Season Ticker.

In addition, I’d like to thank for the following (in no particular order) for their help testing the site over the last few weeks:

Jonty, TorresMagic, Spencer, D1sable, Andy, Evs, Beavis, Doolittle, Kavali, Bowstring the Trout, Green Windmill, Balders, Sarjaent, Ryan, Kings of Lyon, Rakkhi.

You won’t be surprised to know that the new site is now fully compatible with mobile and tablet – it’s a fully responsive design that will adapt to your screen resolution accordingly.

If you’re accessing on mobile or tablet in portrait mode you will see a different version to desktop, allowing you to read articles and join discussions far more easily and effectively.

The mobile and tablet versions have viewing options which are available via a series of buttons under the top featured story on the homepage.

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Use these buttons to view Recent Comments, the Twitter feed and the regular sidebar elements – including a new version of the Season Ticker. We’ve tried to ensure that mobile and tablet users have the same tools available as those on desktop – have a play and get acquainted.

If you view the site on table in landscape mode, you will shift to the small desktop version – if this is not the case, try updating your device.

Myself, Jonty and the moderation team are going to be about today to answer as many of your queries and issues. I’ve added a short FAQ below to hopefully address any immediate questions.

Why have we made this change?

We had to move FFS to be more friendly on mobile devices. Just over a year ago Google started penalising sites in search results should they fail to be mobile compatible. While we chose not to rush out a quick fix to address this, we knew we had to accelerate work on a new site to overcome this issue. Hopefully we’ve now made the site far more accessible for those using mobile and tablet devices, in addition to improving the site for desktop users – we hope.

How can I report a bug or issue?

We’ve done some pretty extensive testing of the new site but, inevitably, there will be bugs we’ve missed across some devices and browsers. If you think you’ve found an issue, please report this in the comments or, ideally, via email.

Mail us at support@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk .

Please include as much detail as possible, including your device, your browser and your browser version. A screenshot would also be useful if you’re sending us your issue via email.

Can I give feedback on the new site?

Of course. Please use the support@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk address to mail us with any feedback or ideas or the comment threads to offer your views.

We’re aware that such a big change can be jarring and that we will all need time to get used to the new site.

Please be patient with us while we iron out any creases and fix any issues that remain.

Why hasn’t the members area changed?

We’ve decided to apply the new look to just the main site for now. Over the summer we will consider applying the design to the members area to also make this more friendly on mobile and tablet.

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

  1. Aarono23
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Bottomed

    Pick 2 out of Sakho, Janmaat and Gabriel to stay through to end of season. 

    Have Migs in goal and Bells, Fuchs & Smalling as other 3 defenders

    1. The Wise Owl
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Mix it up a bit, keep Janmaat and Sakho.

    2. Mingles
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Sakho and Janmaat.

    3. Aarono23
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Thanks both.

  2. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Liking that I have found a way to have Kos and Smalling in the DGW team

    Much more secure of minutes. Kos rarely gets benched, Smalling plays 90 minutes every time if he is fit.

    Just don't ask about the rest of the team 😆

    1. FFFrog
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      I can do it but only at the expense of any city coverage.....

      1. Aarono23
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Dumping Aguero then?

      2. JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        I have Kun as well.

    2. Jafooli
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      You might want to find yourself a different site if you want to talk fantasy football, JK 😛

      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        *searches Fantasy Foot in Google*

        😯

    3. Aarono23
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      I feel the same albeit with Bellerin instead of Kos. Two solid defences to invest in.

  3. Hawk Eye
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Hi Mark, the site looks great in desktop & mobile (Samsung S5)
    I see the season ticker is down to 5 games and not 6, better for the members 😉

    1. Mark
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 18 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Thanks Hawkeye - glad you're enjoying it.

      If you hover over the ticker, you should see a big arrow appear to the left - hit that and it will extend the ticker.

    2. andy85wsm
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      If you click the big arrow it should expand 🙂

    3. Murder on Zidane's Flo…
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Nah, not the case apparently. Hover and expand.

      That would be the FFS equivalent of Walker's reissuing their 28g bags of crisps as 25g

      *shakes head in disgust*

  4. Annie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    what's with the sort by rotation thing?

    1. Mark
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 18 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      If you select a team, it's sorts the other teams for suitability for rotation for that selected team based on the filter you have applied.

      1. Annie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Brilliant! I like.

  5. Jet5605
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    2 FT and 0.5 ITB.

    Can someone suggest a combo to get Fabregas in this week? Maybe sell Siggie or Alli and downgrade Forster or Toby? Planning to WC next week so can use 2 FT this week.

    Forster - McCarthy
    Toby - Azpi - Wolly - Nyom - Huth
    Ozil - Mahrez - Payet - Alli - Siggie
    Kane - Kun - Vardy

  6. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Anyone found the new chips yet?

  7. Jafooli
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Any chance of a little more indent on replies? Or perhaps slightly darker grey side bar?

    Initial post to first reply fine, but then further replies become a little more difficult to differentiate

    1. andy85wsm
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      I think this is to compensate on mobile - otherwise it starts to get a bit messy.

      1. Jafooli
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Ah right cheers Andy....

  8. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Wow. Just finished work to find a whole new site.
    Take some getting used to but it's nice and zoomed in on the phone. Much easier.

    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      But your comment is gone

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        How do you mean? Bottomed?

        1. JK - Cønt ⭐
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          the comment that was at the bottom of the screen

          It's gone

          1. Rupert The Horse
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 8 months ago

            Oh. I can see it

  9. The Generalator
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Hi Mark

    Looks good so far!
    Will there ever be functionality to insert images ?

    Thanks

    1. Mark
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 18 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      On comments? Not sure that would be a goer given the volume we can get on some days.

      1. The Generalator
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Ok fair enough

    2. Slartibartfast
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      But typing out your team manually makes you work a bit for the advice 😉

      1. The Generalator
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        This is true

    3. Pure Olivia
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      I think it would get very NSFW, very fast.

  10. Cradders
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    How does this look for a GW33 WC team??

    Robles, Schmeichel
    Smalling, Monreal, Ake, Reid, Sakho
    Ozil, Payet, Mahrez, Coutinho, Lanzini
    Lukaku, Aguero, Welbz

  11. Link
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    For the 33WC...

    A. Martial + Robles (would bench Martial in 33)
    B. Mitrovic + DDG

    1. Cradders
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      A if they are the only 2 options

  12. A.T
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    When viewing on a mobile how do you get on the homepage?

    1. andy85wsm
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Just click the FFS bar at the top

    2. GreenWindmill
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      How do you mean Timbo? I just click the FFS banner.

      1. GreenWindmill
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Not sure I needed to bother logging on to help troubleshoot - Andy is in beast mode 🙂

    3. Jafooli
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      You'll need the Uber app....

    4. A.T
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Thanks 😳

  13. _Gunner
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Which is better for GW32 only?

    A- Sanchez + Ogbonna/Reid.
    B- Ozil + Cresswell.

    1. Hawk Eye
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      I have B. so... B

    2. Beavis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      B

  14. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Like what I've seen so far as I only use my mobile but struggling to see any of the other buttons other than the microphone button on the homepage

    1. GreenWindmill
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Hmm, you should see 4 buttons as per the screenshot in the article above. Can you post a screenshot along with your device/OS/browser combo?

    2. andy85wsm
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Do you still see the bar but only 1 icon? Could you email support@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk with device / browser etc and a screenshot?

      1. GreenWindmill
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Ah, missed the memo regarding emailing screenshots.

      2. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Appears that when I'm logged out they are there but when I'm logged in they are not. Using iPhone 5c only see 1 bar. I've emailed support

  15. Jafooli
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Still 30 posts a page?

    1. Mark
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 18 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      For now, yeah.

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Jafooli top of every page.

    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Didn't think you could count. 🙂

      1. Jafooli
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        This....

    3. andy85wsm
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Keep on countin' 🙂

    4. Sjaugen
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      This still works
      userscripts.oi/u/ffs_page_sniper

  16. Irish Madridista ⭐
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Mark did you say there was a way to sort by rotation in the ticker?

    1. GreenWindmill
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Click on a team first, an additional option should then appear below the ticker to sort by rotation 🙂

      1. Irish Madridista ⭐
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        That is a beautiful feature. Nice one.

        I find myself using the site with 75% zoom in my minimized "hidden" window 😛 still looks good! 😀

        1. GreenWindmill
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          Haha, work lurk mode 🙂

    2. Mark
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 18 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Select a team then, with that team highlighted, hit the sort by rotation button.

    3. Irish Madridista ⭐
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Thanks lads 🙂

  17. Mytteristen
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Looks good on mobile! Will certainly use the site more on my phone now. I do miss the timestamp on comments though.

    Slightly confusing structure of the articles on the front page. Should at least be able to swipe between the articles in the slideshows and not just tap the arrows. But I kind of prefer the good old scrolling down instead.

  18. Iceball
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Schmeichel not yellow anymore, so Kompany to Ivan I think, or better idea for a 1 week punt?

    1. Sjaugen
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Great one week punt

    2. Flynny
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Exactly what I am doing mate

  19. Beavis
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Anyone think Milner will outscore Mahrez from GWs 33-38?

    1. Sjaugen
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      F no. Maybe that troll Barkley, or Lennon

      1. Beavis
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Do you not think it's possible? Mahrez has 2 fewer fixtures and also 2 difficult fixtures in mun & che.

        Milner has 2 more fixtures and no stand-out difficult fixture between those GWs.

    2. super zlatan
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      No from me

      1. Beavis
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Cheers SZ.

    3. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      That's a really tough one to call

      Mahrez has vastly superior stats but if you assume a GW33 wc then Milner has 2 extra fixtures over Mahrez. Right now I have Mahrez and Moreno so I can't get Milner, if I swapped Milner in for Mahrez I'd need another defender for up to 4.8 who plays in 35, but isn't Janmaat

      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        should have included that Milner has added pens

  20. COW
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Are comments getting reviewed right now? Just tried to post but said it had to be reviewed first?

    1. andy85wsm
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Not as far as I know. Did you say something naughty? 🙂

      1. Ha.
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        boobies

    2. The Wise Owl
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Did you say a bad word?

      1. COW
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Nope. Just said +1 on one. And the other was a well done to you boys for the new site.

        1. andy85wsm
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          Try it again now

          1. COW
            • 13 Years
            9 years, 8 months ago

            Your comment has been marked for review. It'll be published shortly. is what it says.

            But seems okay now when posting. I'm not a bad Cow. Friendly one if anything.

            1. andy85wsm
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 15 Years
              9 years, 8 months ago

              The others you made should be showing now.

              1. COW
                • 13 Years
                9 years, 8 months ago

                Cheers~

  21. Energetics
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Wildcarding next week so what's the best option?
    A. Butland to Courtois
    Or bench Butland, Play Hennessey and
    B. Siggy to Ozil
    C. Siggy to Sanchez
    D. Siggy to Oscar

  22. Mavric Marco
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    A) Hennessy & Ward

    or

    B) Robles & Souare

    Ideally it’ll be Robles & Ward but i’m 0.1 off

    1. Big Sum
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      B) Robles & Souare

  23. Irish Madridista ⭐
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    I like it a lot more than I did 10 minutes ago.

  24. Back on the horse
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    New ticker by position is good. Or was that there before? I don't use the ticker

  25. Murder on Zidane's Flo…
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    This is possibly a very trivial point. But then, I suppose it's the finer details that separate different online opportunities, and really enhance enjoyment. So I'll go ahead and ask...

    Has any thought been given to what emojis (dirty word but the right one I suppose?) are available to us guys?

    I'd love a simple 'thumbs up'.

    1. Irish Madridista ⭐
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      (Y)

    2. andy85wsm
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Someone might know better than me but I think it's all relative to wordpress. All depends on what they allow/have now what FFS decides

      1. Murder on Zidane's Flo…
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Ok cool. Just wondering, as I would definitely use that. You know...to underline gratitude or acknowledge someone that has been particularly helpful. A smilie doesn't really connote that, and sometimes a detailed reply will be lost when pages fly.

        A very minor point. Definitely at the top of the hierarchy of needs!

  26. Ziegler1988
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    A. Monreal and Delaney
    B. Gabriel and Dann

    A blocks use of FT in DGW34 to a ManU defender not named Smalling

  27. Hooky
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Site still looks rubbish on my HTC Hero 😆

    1. COW
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Everything looks rubbish on a HTC Hero.

  28. trinzoo
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    If you could have this team without hits for GW34 would you keep wc for 36?

    Cech*
    Rojo* / Gabriel* / Reid*
    Sanchez* / Payet* / Lingard* / Mahrez
    Kun* / Lukaku* / Kane

    Henn | Alli / Toby / Fuchs

    Got 11 playing in 35 with no hits as well.

  29. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Valencia sack Gary Neville

    Villa next then 😛

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Oh wow.

  30. The Wise Owl
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    I'm having problems accessing the site on a BBC Micro. Any tips?

    1. FantaCity
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Yes, trade in for a ZX Spectrum