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Our series of members’ articles, which review the numbers behind the 2015/16 season, continues this evening with an assessment of Everton.

To get underway, we cast an eye over the Toffees’ team data, comparing them to the rest of the top-flight, before analysing their first-team squad, key goal threats and creative sources in an attempt to gain insight on their prospects for the season ahead.


The Merseysiders will, of course, have a new man in charge after Ronald Koeman replaced Roberto Martinez in the hotseat. Everton finished in eleventh spot in each of the Spaniard’s final two campaigns at the helm, accruing 47 points on both occasions, though a drop in resilience saw them concede 55 times in 2015/16 – a defensive record only better than the bottom five.

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  1. George Sillett
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Time to take my leave this evening. Good night all and particularly your good self Mr Rogers for the insight and entertainment that you have provided tonight. I trust that you will be returning tomorrow when I rather suspect that you will have been forced to take on fake identity.

    1. markrogers1
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Goodnight my sweet prince.

  2. Mavric Marco
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Off topic: My Ace of Diamonds entry for this years Playing Arts contest is now live so feel free to like it on Facebook via the link below

  3. S.Kuqi
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    3-4 weeks time to plan my fpl team and still I probably end up having gw1 rank +1M. Like always

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Last season was a complete shock 🙁

    2. Zombie
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      All you need is a good GW8

      1. S.Kuqi
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Gw8 has been game changer in last two seasons.

        1. Rolls-Royce
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          Who has aguero got in GW 8 this season.?

          1. Zombie
            • 13 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            Irrelevant

            But not just him. Southampton too

            1. Slam
              • 11 Years
              10 years, 5 days ago

              Southampton have BUR(H) 😉

    3. Mavric Marco
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Standard 😀

      Walcott (c) for me GW1 last season 🙁
      Going to play safe with my 1st cap I think

      1. S.Kuqi
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Had him aswell. 2 point from captain. What a start it was

        1. Mavric Marco
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          Ha! Yea, can laugh now 🙂

      2. Jimmers
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Only looking back now does Walcott (c) seem a bad choice. At the time it looked a good option - he had finished the previous season pretty well.

        1. Zizoulicious
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          Same with the horrible Walcott choice. Ritchie was in my gw1 team as well

        2. Mavric Marco
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          Yea, all that promise of playing OOP as the loan fwd! Then the donkey goes and plays 🙄

  4. Slam
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Do most on here usually have a good start GW1? Was last year just a one-off?

    1. S.Kuqi
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      No. Have played fpl for 8 years and can't remember having better than 500K gw1 rank.

      1. Slam
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Really?
        Do you usually have a team similar to the FFS template?

        1. S.Kuqi
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          FFS template never do well in gw1 but in a long run it is different

          1. Slam
            • 11 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            Alright, cheers

    2. Cheeseoid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Yes every single year I have a good GW1.

      Well at least I probably hit more god GW1's than bad.

      I have a patented system

      1. Slam
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        That's good to hear Cheese, did you start off well last season?

        1. Cheeseoid
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          Better than most. But you only really know a couple of weeks down the line

      2. Sjaugen
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Which ones RMT are you ripping off?

        1. Cheeseoid
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          😉

    3. Jimmers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      I wish GW1 was the only problem last season. Most of us struggled for quite a while

      1. Slam
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        I did too, believe me. Just wanted to know if it was always like that.
        Struggling at the beginning and picking it up at the end

        1. Jimmers
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          It was actually GW8 before I recovered last season (Aguero's 5 goals against Newcastle) but even then it was a late push that allowed me to finish respectable

      • 12 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      If you're getting hooked on a single gameweek's score you're thinking too micro unless its gw38. I've barely had better than average scores (rank 1.5m) in gw1 but early doors consistent scoring has seen me rank around 10k in q1 for the last two seasons.

      1. Cheeseoid
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Yup a good first quarter last season did not stop me being crap for the middle 2 quarters

          • 12 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          Haha preach it Cheese, I peaked at 11k in gw8 and then didn't get that high again until the first big double gameweek.

    • 12 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    The greatest trick Suarez ever pulled was convincing the world Rodgers was any good.

    1. Cheeseoid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      So true.

    2. Mavric Marco
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      😀

    3. Zizoulicious
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Keizer Sozay

    4. markrogers1
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      I am not just good, I'm great.

    5. TheHungryMøn ⭐
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Keyser Suareze!! 😀

        • 12 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        😀

  5. Mavric Marco
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Lee Casciaro 🙂 sounds like he sells knock off watches down Peckham market!

    1. FAITHNOMORENO
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      creme de la menthe!

  6. King_Kunta
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    hey guys in which season we got a 2nd GW WC for free? hope we get something similar.

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Not sure on the season. The deadline was a mess with people struggling to lock in teams etc.

    2. S.Kuqi
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      two seasons ago.

      1. S.Kuqi
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        13/14

        1. FAITHNOMORENO
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          wasn't it 2011?

  7. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Big Sam close to England?

    shelves plans for Mannone/Pickford

    Moyes in I wonder?

    1. Cheeseoid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Big Sam.

      Where is the ambition?

        • 12 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        What are our options? Offer Fergie £20m to come out of retirement? A lot of the other names bandied about are definitely a step down from Big Sam.

        1. Cheeseoid
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          I would investigate Pellegrini

            • 12 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            That's not a bad idea tbh, expensive mind, but I'd take him over Sam.

            1. Cheeseoid
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              10 years, 5 days ago

              Oh yes he would cost a lot more. But he is not in a job so no compensation. He is an experienced manager who has actually won things.

              Might appreciate an international managers job at his age as well. He knows the league, the way he handled himself in leaving man city shows him in a really dignified light as well. The FA would like that you would think.

              Apart from not being English he seems the perfect fit to me

        2. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
          • 15 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          Doubt feeguson would manage England. Hiddink?

    2. John t penguin
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Crouch to be England top scorer

    3. A.T
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Bielsa is available

      1. Sauzée
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        He could work with Vardy, Wilshere, Milner and Henderson, not sure about the rest though!

  8. markrogers1
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Right, I am signing off for the evening. I can feel the hate. Don't want to get any of you fine people in trouble.

    See you all tomorrow morning for the launch 🙂

    #Zlatan12m

    1. Cheeseoid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Do you have a specific time?

    2. S.Kuqi
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Not a chance Zlat being 12.0

    3. Slam
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      That's it? Just Zlatan's price?
      Oh I forgot... and that FPL opening is imminent.

      Thanks a ton mate 🙂

    4. FAITHNOMORENO
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      is that you ramsay bolton?

  9. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Which club do you think would be the best fit for Higuain?

    1. Syd.
      • 17 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Accrington Stanley

      1. Cheeseoid
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Maybe that is what they need to make that final push for promotion

      2. andymck
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Who are they? 😉

        1. Cheeseoid
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          Exactly

  10. Cheeseoid
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Anyone got a link to the video which goes with the ticker?

      1. Cheeseoid
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Thanks for that

        1. Norman Conquest
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          your welcome i have it bookmarked its my first year with a m/ship i didnt have a clue how it worked

          1. Cheeseoid
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            I just saved it as well.

            It is quite different to previous seasons

  11. FAITHNOMORENO
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    evening.
    thanks to Moti ‏@BoasCFC, these are launch dates for the past 10 seasons compared to epl ko dates

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnJIPzDXYAA3TG1.jpg

    1. djpete
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Thanks

  12. John t penguin
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Ok I have come to the conclusion that I am going to win this fpl gig this year.
    You can all come to my winning party at Battersea

    1. Cheeseoid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      You may be able to win your minileague

      If you are the only one in it

      1. John t penguin
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        *tells bouncers to prevent any cheese getting into party

        1. John t penguin
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          Hang on what happened to oid

          1. Cheeseoid
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            You know I was kidding!

    2. Ayew Serious
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Can't wait

    3. A.T
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Woof

      1. John t penguin
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        You had me at woof

  13. Dr Dream
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Mmmmm.

    Anybody else on IPad?.....The FPL page will no longer let me refresh.

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Just tried and it works.
      Good thing there isn't a F5 button on it.

      1. Dr Dream
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Just cleared my history and cache thing and still it won't....it will on my desktop though.

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 17 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          Restart the iPad perhaps?

          1. Dr Dream
            • 13 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            Just done. It wants to refresh but it won't.....Refresh is fine on this page,

            1. TorresMagic™
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 17 Years
              10 years, 5 days ago

              Working fine on mine. Perhaps try another browser.

              1. Dr Dream
                • 13 Years
                10 years, 5 days ago

                It's gone now. One of my lads has taken it.

  14. FAITHNOMORENO
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    "Meanwhile, Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho’s hopes of a swift return after being cleared of doping allegations have been scuppered by an Achilles injury.

    Sakho will miss the start of the season having sought to resolve a long-standing problem during his recent absence.

    Rather than make his first appearance of the campaign in a pre-season friendly against Fleetwood on Wednesday, Sakho will be continuing his rehabilitation.

    “Mama is injured. He had a little issue with his Achilles when he was playing, one day on, one off, this kind of thing. When he had his little ‘break’ he used the time to have a little bit of treatment and that now means another three or four weeks before he can train again,” explained Klopp."

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/07/12/liverpool-manager-jurgen-klopp-confirms-mario-balotelli-will-not/

    so lovren and matip it is,at least at the beginning of the season.

  15. Evasivo
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    What number entry would you be content with? Sub 10K?

    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      69

    2. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      123456

      1. ducksfly2gether
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Yo, has anyone contacted you about prizes for Euro yet? Why do I get the feeling that we are going to have to chase them down. If the process is anything like their website, it's going to be a nightmare.

        1. Mílanista
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          You're mixing me up with another poster - Milanista10

          Congrats by the way.

          1. Ayew Serious
            • 11 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            You should have played along

          2. ducksfly2gether
            • 10 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            Ah, my bad. Thanks.

        2. rivercityransom
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          i was first in the world after the group stage, and i still haven't heard anything from them. i was tied with two other people though, so maybe there were some tiebreakers in play, but still, a response would have been nice.

          i think they announced the winners at the end of the competition last time (after the 2014 world cup), so... i guess we wait for that?

          1. ducksfly2gether
            • 10 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            Hmm, I've screen shot everything just in case. I'll sue! 🙂

            1. rivercityransom
              • 10 Years
              10 years, 5 days ago

              i don't think they can just ignore you, you're the overall winner! in my case, they can probably dig out some silly tiebreakers and forget about it. either way, they certainly don't seem happy about giving out those smartphones.

              do post here if they contact you, i'd like to know where things stand!

    3. andy85wsm
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      I had 352 last year - a formation at least

      1. Evasivo
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Ha! Can't remember what I had, think around the 1100 mark.

    4. A.T
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      3 digits

    5. Ayew Serious
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Something extremely small or easy to remember

    6. BigManBakar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Two figures.

      1. Evasivo
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Prepare for disappointment :p

        1. BigManBakar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          I can try. 🙁

    7. Cheeseoid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      3.5 million

  16. tets mcgee (Ha La Land)
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    a post a few up made me question my tactics... last year i had mahrez and a few other under the radar ppl who started well (ighalo) etc in my gw1 team which meant i had a reasonable gw1 but it also meant i kept my wc. however i soon found that because i didnt take the early wc when every 1 else did my transfer value soon fell way behind as every1 else had all the other early door stars. its put me in the mindset to literally just plan a team for gw1 and then wc cos i struggled not having the funds of others..any views? any1 else always wc gw2? if there is a natural turn in the fixtures after Gw2 or 3 i might be persuaded to hold it 1 or 2 more weeks but to me it seems like a must spend it early approach is better than not needing to just because of the tv.

    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Depends on the rules/chips. No harm in using a WC early if you have to use it first half of the season anyway.

      1. tets mcgee (Ha La Land)
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        but even if u dont need to? ill be changing players who i have backed and may well be doing ok just to get on the bandwagons that may have had their 1 good game early just to make a few .1s. just looking for assurance that im not being an idiot really.

    2. Slam
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      This is the thing.
      The fixtures this season are more balanced, not many teams necessarily have an easy start or a poor start.
      Therefore, I don't think you should hold your WC for these fixture swings (mostly because there are none really atm)

      I plan to use it GW3 or 4. Very hard picking the right players from the off

      1. tets mcgee (Ha La Land)
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        im normally quite good at picking a reasonable scoring gw1. my tip is go with tried and tested.. none of the new signings.. wait and see how they settle no matter how tempting mikh or zlat might seem. ill get em on my wc if they hit the ground running

    3. djpete
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      There's an international break between gameweeks 3 and 4 I believe.

      Also I saw teams last season who repeatedly profited in both points and pounds by taking the odd early season hit.

      Always try and keep it, just don't miss out on the value with your transfers.

  17. ducksfly2gether
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Who from here has won FPL?

    1. Sauzée
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      I won 16/17

    2. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Me. Only a couple of times though.

      1. Numb
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        That's rubbish

    3. BigManBakar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Came close in 2014/15. Finished fourth. 🙁

    4. Bøwstring The Carp
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Not sure, but I know who won the Fantasy Euros though 😉

    5. Ayew Serious
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      No one who posts regularly these days

    6. Syd.
      • 17 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Only losers on here

    7. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Lurkers only. Winners only start posting after they win 😉

      1. ducksfly2gether
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Haha, oddly enough winning Euro has put me on the fence about even playing FPL

  18. Bøwstring The Carp
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Isn't it amazing how these things can come about?

    Like let's face it, getting a low ID will do absolutely nothing for our rank or our season yet we all hang around trying to get the lowest one possible.

    😆

    1. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      That's a very loose definition of "all" 😀

    2. AK ⭐
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      If I have a torrid season, at least I can take pride in looking at my ID.

      😎

    3. DeadStarComing
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      To be fair i'm not fussed by my ID. I'm more interested to see what rule changes they make and of course player prices

  19. Davido989
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Sakho injured, sake. Can't go into the season with Lovren-Matip. Hope we can sign the German CB Klopp wants. 🙁

    1. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Lovren is horrid and Matip is seen as a the long term squad player who can play CB and DM

    2. Ayew Serious
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Who's that 😉

      1. Davido989
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Jonathan Tah

        1. Ayew Serious
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          Have to pay big for him. Very young isn't he

          1. Davido989
            • 15 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            We can pay up. Wages in our bracket

    3. AK ⭐
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Such a difficult start to the season as well. What are you personally expecting this season? Top 6 or Top 4?

      1. Davido989
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Will wait until the transfer window closes before that. If we land Tah + CM, I'd be happy enough with top 4.

        1. AK ⭐
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          Heavily linked with him? Haven't been following a lot of Liverpool speculations tbh.

          I don't watch BuLi a lot, but I do know a bit about it. Isn't Tah very young for a CB and one of the best defenders in BuLi last season?

          1. Davido989
            • 15 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            Monstrous defender. Only 20

    4. FAITHNOMORENO
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      there's gomez too.he had a fine start last year.
      believe matip can be a solid cb for us in years to come.

    5. FAITHNOMORENO
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      also think there's no point in having 5 CBs.
      mama,matip,lovren and gomez are more than enough coverage for the season without europe.

      1. Davido989
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Yes, Liverpool want to shift players before buying. Only Matip Gomez Sakho are safe in the CB area

        1. FAITHNOMORENO
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          why not lovren?
          he's been very good under klopp.

          1. Davido989
            • 15 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            Available at the right price. Probably stays a season in my opinion

  20. DeadStarComing
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    If you got offered £25K to not play any fantasy footy this year would you take it?

    1. Numb
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Erm, obviously.

    2. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Yes. Be silly not to

    3. Cheeseoid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Yes in heartbeat.

    4. Sauzée
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      I would take £25 at this point.

    5. Ayew Serious
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Obviously...

    6. A.T
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      No 25k is small change to me.

    7. DeadStarComing
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      And here I was thinking this was a site of die hards 🙂 . Me too. Anything less than £5K I wouldn't though

      1. Slam
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Would you pay 1k from your own pocket to play Fantasy premier league?
        I don't think so, so why give up 4k for example?

        1. DeadStarComing
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          I wouldn't see it as me paying anything but i'd rather play FPL than be given £5K not to. I enjoy it too much 🙂

      2. Ayew Serious
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        WHAT!?

        I'd do it for 50 quid or more

    8. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      There is not a lot I wouldn't do for £25k

    9. Syd.
      • 17 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      I would do it for a £5

  21. Numb
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    When do you all think it will open up then?

    I'll guess at a week today - 2pm

    1. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Tomorrow

      1. Numb
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        It's not normally this early is it? Also with the new design there might be a lot to test and sort out.

        1. Mílanista
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          It's usually around a month before. And trusty Mark Rogers has been promising it!

    2. Cheeseoid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      0400

    3. DeadStarComing
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Well if the rumours are true it's between last Friday and next week.

    4. Norman Conquest
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      11 am tomorrow

  22. AK ⭐
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    My best rank came when I first joined this site (4289 OR) 4 years ago. Went downhill from there with finishes of 177k (Toure/Ramsey season), 30k (Chelsea winning season) and 100k last season.

    Let's get back into the top 10k this season!

    1. Cheeseoid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Yeah. Target your best score and do it!

      1. AK ⭐
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        I still can't stop laughing at how you trolled us at Hax. FPL is Open! 😆 😆

        1. Cheeseoid
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          Glad you enjoyed it. I t just seemed such an obvious joke but everyone in the game just stopped dead

          1. AK ⭐
            • 13 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            Ikr! And then BOOM! Goal!

            How FPL has taken over our lives.. 😆

            1. Cheeseoid
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              10 years, 5 days ago

              Shame I wasn't actually playing at the time

          2. Mílanista
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            Haha, nice one.

        2. Bøwstring The Carp
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          😀 😆 😆 😀

    2. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Same, 2k my first season on here, then two ok-bad seasons followed by two top 10k finishes.

      1. AK ⭐
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Basically, 3 top 10k finishes in 5 seasons? That's amazing you know!

        1. Mílanista
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          Cheers, it seems like some on here do it every season.

          1. AK ⭐
            • 13 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            Yeah. Evs and Champ come to mind immediately. They have it all figured out, haven't they?

            1. Mílanista
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 15 Years
              10 years, 5 days ago

              Yeah, though Evs did have a bad one a couple of seasons back.

      1. Numb
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Second link - I disagree with his very first point.

        "It goes without saying, in order to be a successful fantasy football manager, you have to watch as much PremierLeague football as possible"

        1. Bøwstring The Carp
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          I think it helps but I don't think it's essential

          Someone who watches 2/3 full matches a week won't be that much behind someone who watches them all. Depends on what matches you watch rather than how many.

          1. Numb
            • 11 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            I reckon I could finish top 10k without watching a single Premier League minute.

            I won't of course.

            1. Bøwstring The Carp
              • 14 Years
              10 years, 5 days ago

              Stats can be misleading very often, I think watching highlights at least is a fair indicator of how accurate their representing a player

              A player might have lots of shots in the box, but unless you watch real-time footage you won't be able to gauge if they were weak attempts from the edge or poached chances from deep inside the area

              1. AK ⭐
                • 13 Years
                10 years, 5 days ago

                Very much this.

                I like to mix it up a bit. MOTD for matches that I haven't watched or the ones that would make me sleep inside 10 minutes. And if I like what I see of a player, I'd hit up the statistics to see what the numbers suggest about him.

        2. Numb
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          Oh, is that your article? Anyway, I still disagree with it. I agree with most of it though.

          1. Bøwstring The Carp
            • 14 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            2nd one isn't mine, 1st one is.

            But I do mention it in my own one, but never call it essential.... invaluable more so

        3. Cheeseoid
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          I watch very few. That may explain a lot

      2. AK ⭐
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Bookmarked! 😉

        That second link, is that your piece as well?

        1. Bøwstring The Carp
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          Nah, he beat me to €1,000 in the Finn Harps ML last season. He's very good. I ended up 3rd but happy enough that I was in the money

          1. Hibbo
            • 13 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            He's no Mick Dineen.

  23. Bøwstring The Carp
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Lovren and Matip to start.

    If I thought Sanchez was locked in before, he is now 😉

    1. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      I'd be surprised if that's the pairing. Klopp wanted a CB before Sakho injury, to partner him.

    2. FAITHNOMORENO
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      think it will not be that easy as it sounds

  24. AK ⭐
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Am I seeing this right? Liverpool have 4 away fixtures in opening 5 games of the season? 😯

    1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Don't worry it's their year 😉

    2. A.T
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Correct. Was it the Burnley one that got switched due to anfield not being ready.

    3. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Yep. Tough start

    4. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Yeah, first home game was meant to be GW2 but got switched to Burnley as some scousers knicked part of Anfield and they can't put it back together in time.

      Or something like that.

      1. Cheeseoid
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        I think they stole the wheels and left it on bricks

    5. DeadStarComing
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Don't worry. West Ham are playing every game away next season

    6. AK ⭐
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Thanks all.

      I had Mane/Firmino pencilled in. Guess I'll just wait and see first.

      1. Davido989
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Don't think scoring goals will be a problem

        1. AK ⭐
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          Thanks for the heads up, I'll keep an eye on the Friendlies too.

          Who would your preference be in attack for FPL?

          1. Davido989
            • 15 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            Firmino has been outdoing Mane if you want to go by history

            https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fXoK3AdrqxRMjyCQgsHgp5x2a6gNGUBgEF6pTaOFzZY/htmlview

            1. AK ⭐
              • 13 Years
              10 years, 5 days ago

              How about Coutinho and Sturridge?

              I am particularly looking at Sturridge. Love a fit Sturridge for FPL.

              1. Davido989
                • 15 Years
                10 years, 5 days ago

                Both their numbers are there. Sturridge is >>>>

            2. BigManBakar
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              10 years, 5 days ago

              Do you think Firmino's numbers are skewed because he was playing false 9?

              1. Davido989
                • 15 Years
                10 years, 5 days ago

                Nope. Had similar numbers in Germany playing deeper. Even had 0.83 goals in 13/14 from playing #10

                1. BigManBakar
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 13 Years
                  10 years, 5 days ago

                  Cheers. Quality player.

  25. UnitedFan
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Any news on FPL? Tomorrow likely?

    1. Numb
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Next week I reckon

    2. Play Pal
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      😆 please, if it opens tomorrow I'll eat my hat.

      1. UnitedFan
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Why not, its exactly a calender month before the season starts. Am I missing something?

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 17 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          It shouldn't take a month to make a side 🙂

          1. Cheeseoid
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            I can knock one out in fifteen minutes

            1. Bøwstring The Carp
              • 14 Years
              10 years, 5 days ago

              Usually a few seconds and I have the vinegar strokes

              1. Cheeseoid
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 13 Years
                10 years, 5 days ago

                chortle

          2. Bøwstring The Carp
            • 14 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            Speak for yourself 😛

          3. UnitedFan
            • 11 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            A month, a day, it doesn't matter. 7 digit GW1 rank is imminent. 🙂

        2. Play Pal
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          New features are coming to the game, it is understandable for it to take longer.

          1. UnitedFan
            • 11 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            I see. Thanks.

        3. Ayew Serious
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          No. Maybe tomorrow! before Friday imo

    3. UnitedFan
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Thanks all.

  26. Däzzy
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    Good evening all please have a read of this. Thanks a lot.
    https://fpldazzyblog.wordpress.com/

    1. Cheeseoid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Looks good Dazzy

      1. Däzzy
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Thanks cheese 😉

    2. Däzzy
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Written by myself btw

    3. Ayew Serious
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      I will also be creating a free to play FPL tournament like no other which I will write an article about in due course, so keep updated with the blog to find out more.

      I'm intrigued

      1. Däzzy
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        I'll try not to do a Rodgers on it 😉

    4. Dr Dream
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Brill.

      When you say you are a "massive Manchester United fan" does it mean you are 26 stone or 6'10"...or both?

      1. Ayew Serious
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        *Massaive 😉

      2. Däzzy
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Cheers.
        Nah I'm actually just 5ft 9 and 9 stone 😀 😀 😀 , but I am a "massaive Man.utd fan" 😉

        1. Hibbo
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          9 stone?

          You need a bowl of stews and a pint of stout wee man.

          1. Däzzy
            • 10 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            Don't drink either 😉

    5. AK ⭐
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Good luck Dazzy. Looking good. 🙂

      1. Däzzy
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Cheers AK 😉

    6. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Definitely not a fan of the team you support.

      Good luck with the blog, keep at it.

      1. Dr Dream
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Looking good for this season though...well better anyway.

        1. Davido989
          • 15 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          ££ in overdrive

      2. Däzzy
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Tks

    7. TorresMagic™
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Correct email address?

      1. Däzzy
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        fpldazzy@email.com yep

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 17 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          Wow, never seen @email.com before.

    8. BigManBakar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Very nice. Good luck. 🙂

      1. Däzzy
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Thanks

    9. COTTEE_AND_FRANK
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Liking it, will stay tuned for more mate.

      1. Däzzy
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Thanks, appreciated

  27. Cheeseoid
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    I had an idea for a tournament. Do you think this is overly complicated?

    Everyone enters as individuals. You get partnered with someone randomly you then have to play 2 solo matches followed by a tag team tournament as a decider the following gameweek. If you win overall you go through to the next round.

    The next round is a Royal Rumble and takes place the next gameweek it is every man for themselves and the top half go through to the next round.

    You are then allocated a partner based upon the rankings from the Royal Rumble top plays with bottom etc

    Then you repeat these 2 stages until we have a winning team of 2 players who then have to fight each other in a grudge match to decide who is the ultimate warrior.

    Just a thought I had which seemed a little different from

    1. Ayew Serious
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      I'm only in if we get to be wwe characters

      1. Sauzée
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Shelton Benjamin locked in.

      2. Cheeseoid
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        I thought you could give yourselves wrestling names and would encourage trash talk prior to the fights

        1. Ayew Serious
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          I'm definitely in. Can you promise me Jeff Hardy

          1. Cheeseoid
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            It is only a concept right now. I thought it sounded fun but it would need a little more exploring before implementation

            1. Ayew Serious
              • 11 Years
              10 years, 5 days ago

              Sounds great anyway. If you need any help don't hesitate to ask

              1. Cheeseoid
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 13 Years
                10 years, 5 days ago

                Thanks. I may do that

                Dazzy reminded me of it. I came up with the basic idea last season but some aspects of it came to me a couple of days ago. Do you think people would decide upon their own teams rather than being placed with a partner? It would be ok in round 1 but after the royal rumble stage it would be trickier

                1. Ayew Serious
                  • 11 Years
                  10 years, 5 days ago

                  I guess people could decide upon their own teams and you could pair some people together if they are looking for partners.

                  After the Royal rumble it might be tough to get in contact with your partner especially if they don't post frequent.

                  1. Cheeseoid
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 13 Years
                    10 years, 5 days ago

                    I wouldn't offer a dating service this time. With FIFFSA it was painful to organise tbh.

                    It would have to be random allocation or decide your pairing before you apply

                    1. Ayew Serious
                      • 11 Years
                      10 years, 5 days ago

                      I think deciding your pairing is better. Getting paired with someone and not being able to find them could be frustrating

    2. Däzzy
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Count me in. I'll try figure it out when the season starts 😀

      1. Cheeseoid
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        I will bare it in mind

        1. Däzzy
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          😉

  28. Norman Conquest
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    united in for fabregas(again) lol

    1. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Doesn't he like hate Mourinho?

      1. Norman Conquest
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        yea thats what i thought but money can make hate go away

        1. AK ⭐
          • 13 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          He is already on ridiculously high wages. 156k pounds per week.

  29. BigManBakar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 5 days ago

    15 participants of the group confirmed. Just a few more to go. 🙂

    1. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Who's in?

      1. Long Juan Silva
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        And how will you know who's who? It's not like people are going to change their WhatsApp name to their FFS one

        1. Davido989
          • 15 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          You can save their number as their FFS name.

          1. BigManBakar
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            This.

          2. Long Juan Silva
            • 12 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            That's true when they write into the chat, but it'll still come up with their real names for notifications which could get a bit confusing to start with at least.

            1. Davido989
              • 15 Years
              10 years, 5 days ago

              My whatsapp notifications come up as the names I've saved them as.

              1. Davido989
                • 15 Years
                10 years, 5 days ago

                Maybe it's to do with the device. Android here.

                1. Long Juan Silva
                  • 12 Years
                  10 years, 5 days ago

                  Possibly, I've an iPhone.

                  I just noticed it because some of the lads use just their first name when I have everyone saved as full names and some of them didn't use capitals for their names.

                  Anyway I have no idea why I'm knit-picking this 😆

      2. BigManBakar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        JK,IM,Adam,EH to name a few...

        1. Davido989
          • 15 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          Cheers.

    2. Ayew Serious
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      What's this?

      1. Cheeseoid
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        A Daisychain

        1. Ayew Serious
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          Oh ye. Should have known

    3. TJ_777
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 5 days ago

      Dunno who's in but count me in if you can please

      1. BigManBakar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 5 days ago

        Email me your details at 'bigmanbakar@gmail.com' if you're interested.

        1. TJ_777
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 5 days ago

          I was actually asking about the competition you set up 1/2? Days ago. Mayb I misunderstood that post but I don't have whatsapp so I won't be doing the group chat

          1. BigManBakar
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            10 years, 5 days ago

            That was LR, not me!

            1. TJ_777
              • 11 Years
              10 years, 5 days ago

              Ah apologies, but LR? What is his full name

              1. BigManBakar
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 13 Years
                10 years, 5 days ago

                LateRiser

                1. TJ_777
                  • 11 Years
                  10 years, 5 days ago

                  Thank you !

                  1. BigManBakar
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 13 Years
                    10 years, 5 days ago

                    No problem. 🙂