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 Dino | WBA Review 2012/13 WBA overview Defence: WBA had 8 clean sheets last season. Of these clean sheets 3 came at home in the first 5 gw’s of the season. I would postulate that the reason for this good defence was a h… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 25 |
 In Tommy We Trust | A New Way To Assess Value With reference to Home Run Baker post regarding VORP - Value over replacement player. I'll quote his previous post; "However, what was missed in this very interesting post, was a similar concept r… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 44 |
 Sánchez | Is double coverage too many eggs in a basket Ok. Just read hot topic about coverage. My opinion incidently is it must be of importance, just, not as some make out. When speaking about coverage, we usually mean covering attackers from the top… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 17 |
 J0E | Is coverage overrated? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic How much does the phrase ‘coverage’ effect your team selection. How important is it to have a player from the teams with the best fixtures or top four st… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 34 |
 the cromulent one | How do you judge value? I think that the whole concept of points per million in price is a deeply flawed concept. I know that it is the standard FPL way to judge value, but it leaves a lot to be desired. First, mathema… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 24 |
J0E | Rate My Team (RMT) Etiquette Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic RMT Etiquette RMTs are coming in thick and fast and the community is here to help. But posting RMTs is a two way process. Please be kind and considerate to … | 12 years, 7 months ago | 20 |
 Absinthe 42 | Rotation and fixture difficulty analysis For my latest project, I’ve been working on working out what are the best defensive rotations based on fixture difficulty. I have calculated ratings for the bottom 14 teams, so excluding LIV, TO… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 32 |
 Piggs Boson | How much does Nolan rely on Carroll? How much does Carroll's presence in the team affect Nolan's output? | 12 years, 7 months ago | 10 |
 Granville | Is Michu this season's Siggurdsson? Is Michu going to be this season's Siggurdsson? Overpriced and overlooked. | 12 years, 7 months ago | 17 |
J0E | What will you do differently this year? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic What will you do differently in FPL this season? For some it might be a pledge to make less points hits. For others it's to invest more or less in defence? … | 12 years, 7 months ago | 34 |
 Kloppelganger | Attempt at gauging value From lurking around over the last week or so it seems we have two fairly tricky issues on our hands in our squad selection. To make it a bit easier for us they, thankfully, have something in common… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 9 |
In Tommy We Trust | club by club bonus point system analysis Below is a link to an interactive table that shows the effect the change in bonus point system would have had on the previous season bonus points. Workings: Calculated the total bonus points giv… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 39 |
 Lord Flashheart | Overpriced Players Was trying to make the all-overpriced team. This does not mean bad players (hell, even a certain Dutch striker is there) but just players that the game significantly over estimated their correct pr… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 10 |
 Twisted Saltergater | Budget players' starts analysis Judging by the RMTs, many are looking for midfielders in the 4.5-7.5m price range to enable big hitters elsewhere in a 3-4-3. I've taken a look at the leading PPG defenders and midfielders at each… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 14 |
 The Machine | A Fixed keeper over Rotation ? Clean sheets last season: Man City: 18 Liverpool: 16 Arsenal: 14 Chelsea: 14, expect more than that this season United: 13, expect a bit more this season Now these are some of the teams you will … | 12 years, 7 months ago | 5 |
J0E | Best attacking trio? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic So how is everyone's forward line in the FPL game shaping up? What trio are you going for? Have you managed to get Rvp in and if so who else do you have in … | 12 years, 7 months ago | 36 |
 Super-Hans | RMT advice The problem with RMT's is that we are turning every team into the exact same team. If someone have Mata we tell them to downgrade to Hazard. If someone has a semi cheap 5th mid we tell them to buy … | 12 years, 7 months ago | 20 |
 FORCA INTER | Baines v Mirallas Baines vs Mirallas -both cost same -Baines could get extra pts for possible CS -Baines it at all set pieces -under new system he could be even more dangerous so even if he cost 7.5 he could be re… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 32 |
 Scroobius Mac | Flexibility is key Building on Camzy's excellent post yesterday which I forgot to bookmark (help a brother out y'all) building a good opening squad is as much about flexibility as it is about picking the right player… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 14 |
 commonsns | The RMT Wordle Hope you're all having a good evening. Have a running interest wrt online communities' collective intelligence [am doing a PhD on this and disaster relief and recovery programmes] and just had a t… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 12 |
 Mílanista | Mignolet vs keeper rotation While I'm normally a fan of going with cheap rotating keepers you have to consider changing strategy when a bargain appears. That bargain being Mignolet with Reina on the way out. Rodgers has prov… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 28 |
 stilicho | How is your midfield shaping up? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Midfield Decisions How is your midfield shaping up? How many and which heavy hitters, mid price options and budget midfielders have you gone for? Anyone t… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 25 |
 Saniul | Bonus analysis The new BPS system has replaced the EA PPI system to make it more reasonable and reward certain players who are not rewarded rightly for their performances, i.e, the defenders and the deep-lying mi… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 11 |
 Demí | Mourinho comments on his defenders Mourinho comments on his defenders: Mourinho praised the “amazing, incredible potential” of David Luiz, adding he “has to play always." - http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/chelse… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 18 |
 mathmo | Negredo - an old fashioned striker So Negredo's coming to City, I watched a lot of him the in Spain, including the last few seasons. Things to watch out for He's strong, and a good finisher - but he does not engage in link up play… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 10 |
J0E | Manchester City Rotation Nightmare Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Manchester City - with a new manager, almost certain new arrivals in attack (Negredo and Jovetic), and an already congested midfield, which if any Man city o… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 30 |
 Twelve years a slave | J Rod vs Lambert J Rod Vs Lambert Have just been having a playaround with the comparison tool. Wanted to see how Lamberts stats compared , before and after Mauricio Pochettino took charge I compared gameweeks 1-22… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 15 |
 AK ⭐ | Rotating Budget Midfielders Don't know if there are too many people around who would be looking at the concept of rotating two budget midfield options, but those who are, this post is for you. Brady/Thomas (Hull/Palace) 9.5 … | 12 years, 7 months ago | 14 |
Twelve years a slave | Seamus Coleman Debunked The myth of Seamus coleman We know last season he was classed as a midfielder, so now is an oop defender, and is being hyped as such. However despite playing in midfield last season his only atta… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 35 |
 Matt | Bale and RVP options - with pictures. Bale, RVP, or both? Ok since RVP and Bale come at such a premium this year, I have seen multiple ways of integrating them into a team, but three main ways. I have seen hardly any teams not featuri… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 9 |
 Reckoner. | Player classification analysis So a page or so back I posted about Mirallas and his difference in points when classed as a forward compare to what they would have been when classed as a midfielder. I've tried to take it a bit f… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 14 |
 Lateriser 12 | Statistical reasoning for RVP and Bale. Can you ignore them? Taking my discussion Re Bale + RVP vs. the rest here http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2013/07/18/midweek-friendly-round-up/?hc_page=6#hc_comment_5058810 further, i decided to dig deep. So wha… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 25 |
J0E | Rooney and Bale transfer rumours Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic Newspaper rumours - If Bale moves to Man Utd who is still tempted to get him? Or does that make RVP more appealing? If Rooney moves to Chelsea will he go s… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 9 |
In Tommy We Trust | Who Will Benefit Most From The New BPS? Morning all, Following on from Jontys' Devils and Angels, I have tried to create some stat tables to highlight potential players that should benefit from the new bonus system. I believe these are… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 26 |
Twelve years a slave | PICKING YOUR INITIAL SQUAD AND PRICE CHANGES PICKING YOUR INITIAL SQUAD AND PRICE CHANGES Protecting your bank is key in this game Prices fluctuate wildly in the first few weeks of the season , and if you have a poor first gameweek you coul… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 26 |
 Gamoriola of the Galaxy (Eu… | Wild Card Strategies So what do we think about the idea of a planned early wildcard? You might think it’s a bit early to start talking about wildcards, but the Planned Early Wildcard (PEW) is relevant now, as it aff… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 22 |
J0E | Members Tables: Bonus Point Angels and Devils There's already been lots of analysis of the new bonus pts system in FPL. Here's another to add to the mix for members. I've created a couple of members tables looking at those who are likely to b… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 15 |
 Andrew | Comedy Team Names Funny team names please. I'll start with Teenage Mutant Martin Skrtel | 12 years, 7 months ago | 33 |
J0E | Is there a future for uber strategy under the new bonus system? Fantasy Football Scout Daily Hot Topic With so many good 4.5-5.5 defensive options in the FPL game and a new bonus point system that is more likely to reward centre backs in that price range is th… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 26 |
 Bedknobs and Boomsticks | More bonus analysis I've been looking at the Bonus Point System (BPS) a bit today to try and get an average BPS score per match for a range of players excluding things like goals and assists. I've taken the BPS score… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 10 |
 Keane There Dunne That | Striker prospects I think the hardest position to choose this year is the 3 forwards. Last year it was easy, RVP and Suarez and one mid-priced forward with good fixtures or form. This year there isn't many big hitte… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 13 |
Saniul | Overestimating BAPS I think people are overestimating the new bonus system a little bit. Unlike some of the other games, you don't actually get rewarded for making passes, tackles, creating chances - no direct points… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 5 |
FORCA INTER | Is team balance necessary? so manny people talking about ,, balanced team'' for me there is no point in having balanced team why somone would spent money at big defenders or overpriced forward if you can get better players… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 7 |
 Muniains Tears | Cheap midfielder analysis List of pickable 5.0 or cheaper mids. Added some comments based on DEMI's set play analysis http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2013/06/22/fixture-analysis-rotation-pairs-west-ham-and-southampto… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 15 |
 shirtless | Is Paulinho a credible alternative to Bale? The FPL price difference between Bale and Paulinho is so huge, 5.0m, that I'm struggling to justify Bale... In Sky it's not so great, and I've got Bale, RVP, Aguero and Coutinho in. But in FPL th… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 2 |
In Tommy We Trust | FPL - Gold Dust and Fool's Gold RMT (Rate my Thoughts) 🙂 Gold Dust Defenders seem to be priced lower than previous seasons. Am not sure yet if the change to the bonus point system is to count for this or the introduction of U… | 12 years, 7 months ago | 21 |
 Bullet Tooth Bony | Is Man City Cover Essential From Gwk 1? Is Man City cover essential in your opinion? | 12 years, 7 months ago | 6 |
 / | Gameweek 1 captain choices Who's your gw1 (c), assuming there's no dgw? | 12 years, 7 months ago | 18 |
 Milky | 4m Defender Options Who is the most ideal 4.0 Defender? | 12 years, 7 months ago | 5 |
 Acer | Who is the best 4.5m midfielder? Who is the best 4.5 million midfielder do we think? | 12 years, 7 months ago | 3 |