I’m delighted to announce that our first update to the members’ area, based on the initial work carried out by our new developer Mat aka “matzi11a”, is now live.
Those of you who have already signed up for the new season will now find the following features and fixes are now available:
New Home and Away Filters
We’ve now extended the number of filters available to allow users to filter statistics by the last two, four and six home and away matches.
The facility to filter Opta stats in this way is unique to Fantasy Football Scout and will enable Fantasy managers to improve their analysis of player performance.
As an example, we can now take a player like Eden Hazard and compare his last four or six home matches with his last four or six away trips to assess just how his performances differ.
We’ve also extended this to our maps on the player comparison tool so you can compare average position and plot key actions.
To achieve this, Mat has split matchdays from Gameweeks so, when a player has two fixtures in a single Gameweek, you can see the average position for both matches, not just one disc representing his average for the Gameweek.
Sky Sports Bonus Statistics
Our Sky Sports tables now include bonus points according to the two-tier system introduced by the game for 2016/17. We’ve also added the Shots on Target bonus points to the tables. We will obviously amend these to reflect any changes for the new season.
Time Played Modification
We’ve tweaked our Time Played statistic so that stoppage time is no longer recorded by default. This means that players who completed a full match are now capped at 90 minutes, while those introduced during the match are awarded minutes up to the 90th minute.
This brings us in line with other statistics sites – including Opta themselves – and therefore also brings our “minutes per…” data in line with Opta’s own numbers.
For those still wanting access to the raw Time Played minutes, including stoppage time, we will add a new “Exact Time Played” statistic and make it available in the Custom Stats Table listing so you can make your own tables with this data. We have added this task to Mat’s list for a future update.
Touches Modifications
To prepare for Touch maps and Touch heatmaps, we’ve carried out a full revision of our Touches data to bring this in line with Opta’s changes which included the introduction a new event – blocked pass – as a designated touch.
What’s next?
We’re now looking to start fixing and adding the statistics required to model the Fantasy Premier League Bonus Points System (BPS), so we can offer dedicated tables.
This will enable FPL managers to carry out more in-depth analysis of the BPS, including the facility to see baseline BPS (without goals, assists and clean sheets).
The first step is to add Fantasy Assists to our database which will replace the standard Opta assists in our tables.
We will then look to fix and add statistics such as Caught Offside, Big Chances Missed and Winning Goals.
As previously mentioned, we are looking to be transparent with our development process from this point on.
Not only will we release more “Development Squad” articles updating you on progress and updates, you can also look at our current roadmap and progress via this task board. You can see which task Mat is currently working on, what’s been done and in test for review and even vote for tasks on the board if you register a Trello account.
In addition, if you’ve any feature that you would like us to consider for the roadmap, please drop me a line at mark@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk
Your input will help ensure we’re embarking on the right additions and improvements and setting our priorities accordingly.
2017/18 Memberships Now Available
A reminder that memberships for the 2017/178 are now available for the pre-season price of £12.50 (RRP £15.00).
Last season’s memberships expired on June 1, but you can now renew to get access to the members area.
Existing registered users can upgrade via this link. New users, who are yet to get a registered account, can sign up via this link.
If you’re new to the benefits of Fantasy Football Scout membership, you can get full details, along with a series of movies previewing the content, via this page.
6 years, 10 months agoPaolo Maldini averaged one tackle every 2 games. He must've been shite.