The imminent launch of the Fantasy Premier League game ensured that domestic issues took centre stage this week. Our community writers examine the top tips for success while our hot topic posters considered the new management at Manchester United and Everton, as well as Friday night kick offs. We also look back on some key advice for our newest Members on the best gadgets and tools to master, and find out who is doing well in the Euro 2016 official Uefa game before this weekend’s final.
The Community Articles
Ahead of the Fantasy Premier League launch, Bowstring the Carp has compiled his top tips for success. Limiting risk, keeping an eye on prices and having a rudimentary understanding of psychology are among his key nuggets of wisdom.
The Sky Sports game has already launched, with some big changes to its bonus point system. My latest community article takes a look at those players who are set to benefit.
Don’t forget, if you’ve got some analysis, scout reports or features brewing, be sure to visit our community section to submit your article.
The Hottest Topics
News of Manchester United’s latest recruits and how the existing squad will be used by new manager Jose Mourinho dominated domestic Fantasy Football chat this week. Bowstring the Carp offered a warning about speedy investment in the Red Devils’ new striker, the veteran Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Meanwhile, our hot topic on whether club captain Wayne Rooney should be listed in FPL as a midfielder had to be hastily rewritten after Jose Mourinho confirmed he will only field the England captain in an advanced role.
As a handful of teams start their pre-season schedule this weekend, the busy Bowstring the Carp was also on hand to run the rule over the friendly fixture list. This week also saw the launch of our Pre-Season Guide, which will detail all the results, key points of interest and collect our team-by-team articles.
In addition, there are changes to the 2016/17 fixture list worth pondering, with Friday night kick-offs set to be a regular feature. With Gameweek 2 set to supply us with the first of these early deadlines, we asked how you will cope with this change.
Among those teams that could be set for a significant upturn in fortunes is Everton, which is under the new management of Ronald Koeman. Disable considered how the former Southampton boss may improve the Fantasy potential of Toffees’ players, in particular defenders.
With Germany’s 2-0 exit to France in yesterday’s Euro 2016 semi-final, Saniul questioned whether Manuel Neuer deserves world class keeper status. Sticking with international football, the community also mulled over the key tactics and players that they hope will bring them mini-league glory as the official Uefa game comes to a close on Sunday.
The Members Tables
With the Euros ending this weekend, Bluebloodedgorkhali has taken a look back at the defensive stats of those teams taking part in the tournament.
There was further discussion about key tables and other tools on offer in the Members area when new Member Super Mario asked the community’s advice on how to best utilise its wealth of information.
If you’re a member and are yet to get to grips with the custom statistics tables, you can view this movie for an explanation of how they work. Also, remember to tag them so that people can find the tables with ease.
The Community Tournaments
Going into the Euro 2016 final Wieczny tops the FFScout official Uefa Euro 2016 game, closely followed by Milanista. Meanwhile, in the FFScout moderators and contributors league, Andy85wsm has a seven-point lead at the summit over second-placed Greenwindmill.
If you are running a community tournament and would like the latest scores included in future Community Round Ups please email me a brief summary of the current leaders and a link to your league, spread sheet or head to head competition, at jonty@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk.
7 years, 11 months agoNot long until FPL opens.