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The Complete Guide to Scout’s tips and advice for FPL Gameweek 2

Welcome to the Fantasy Football Scout Guide to Gameweek 2, don’t forget the new normal deadline of 11:00 BST – half an hour earlier than last season.

Captain set? Transfers made?

Before delving into the nitty-gritty of the best advice for the next round of matches, we received a welcome reminder this week on how to enjoy FPL.

If you find yourself clicking a little too often on transfers page, Community Member and Mindfulness trainer DomWatts23 explained why:

We get a dopamine hit released in our brain every time we look at our team and remember that we might be rewarded in the future for those players doing well this weekend.

– Dom Watts

Which is of course exactly what we want but, realistically, doesn’t always happen.

Dom’s thoughtful article is full of tips that help put FPL in perspective, and could possibly improve your decision-making process. 

And remember, even the best can have a bad Gameweek, as three-time top-200 finisher Lateriser proved with a below-average 43 points. Well, he wouldn’t be called ‘Late Riser’ if he didn’t start slowly. Reflecting on his pre-season decisions, the Pro Pundit considered:

Being stubborn will not make you a good FPL player. You have to respond to what you see on that television screen.

– Lateriser

It’s an exciting Gameweek with both Manchester clubs returning to action following their opening blank, and let’s not forget Aston Villa and Burnley too. Man United-fan Lateriser is sensing an opportunity to give Anthony Martial (£9.0m) the armband.

Although writing in Captain Sensible, Jan Sienkiewicz identified a weakness on Crystal Palace’s right flank that could be exploited by Marcus Rashford (£9.5m).

Encouragingly for Man United backers, the latest clean sheets odds provided by G-Whizz reveal that the Eagles are the team most likely to concede in Gameweek 2.

However, double-points king Jan notes that the safe captain pick is the popular Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£12.0m):

We can trust Aubameyang, who has been in fantastic goalscoring form over recent months and does have the underlying statistics, as well as penalties, to back it up.

– Jan

Arsenal entertain West Ham this weekend and, reflecting on the Hammers’ home defeat to Newcastle, David struck an ominous tone in the Best Captain video:

It’s quite rare to see a team get – I don’t want to say played off the park – but Newcastle were in full control of that game and I can’t remember the last time I really saw Newcastle be in control of a game and be on the front foot.

– David

One person who no doubt enjoyed that win was Neale. This week, our resident Geordie cast his eye over the statistics from Gameweek 1 in his latest Big Numbers offering. Among the many pearls highlighted was the frailty of the newly-promoted defences:

2.83 expected goals conceded (xGC) by West Bromwich Albion in Gameweek 1, the worst total in the division. In fact, the three newly promoted clubs had the worst xGC tallies in the first round of 2020/21 matches, with Leeds United (2.76) and Fulham (1.97) not far behind.

– Neale

That could be good news for owners of Everton players, with the Baggies visiting Goodison Park in the early kickoff.

The Toffees topped Pro Pundit Andy’s Gameweek 1 take-aways: underestimated following a series of sub-par performances during Project Restart, Andy noted how the arrival of midfield trio Allan (£5.5m), Abdoulaye Doucouré (£5.5m) and James Rodríguez (£7.5m) transformed their attack. 

Calvert-Lewin will get the plaudits for the goal (and what a header it was), but Richarlison (£8.0m) was brilliant. He managed seven shots, with five of them in the box and his non-penalty expected goals (nPxG) was 0.74, not a bad start. He’ll be a hard sell because of the extra £1m he costs over Calvert-Lewin, but he could be a shrewd pick for the next three fixtures.

– Andy on Everton

Although investing heavily in Carlo Ancelotti’s troops might be tricky without a Wildcard, especially with the Manchester clubs back on the menu. Pro Pundit Zophar weighed up the Pros and Cons of making wholesale changes to your squad this early in the season. 

Depending on the make-up of your team, you may want to act fast to take advantage of low-owned players from Manchester City as well capitalising on the appealing fixtures for Everton and Manchester United. Although, typically cautious in nature, Zophar ultimately prefers to wait until he has a little more data to go on and the transfer window is closed.

However, rumour has it that his fellow member of the FPL Wire, BigManBakar, has pushed the button ahead of Gameweek 2. Does this mean he’s sold Salah? His latest Gameweek review suggests he might have:

I would be more tempted to sell Salah however, if I was on a wildcard because that would have meant that I could have upgraded elsewhere easily. And I think that might be a smart strategy, because this is where the concept of VORP (value over replacement player) comes into play and if you are unlikely to captain Salah in the next four (che ARS avl eve) that ploy might be fruitful.

– BigManBakar

If you are looking for further encouragement to play the early Wildcard, Pro Pundit Tom Freeman was on hand with a selection of enticing differentials. Raheem Sterling led the way with nine goals during Project Restart:

Five of his nine double-digit hauls arrived following the resumption, which ensured he outscored teammate Kevin De Bruyne (£11.5m) by 86 FPL points to 73.

– Tom on Raheem Sterling

And a trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers is not necessarily such a bad fixture for the Englishman, argues Tom:

Sterling also thrived on his travels – 70% of his league goals arrived during away games, while his 26 big chances in such matches was comfortably more than any other player.

– Tom on Raheem Sterling

The Aston Villa fan also ran the rule over the Villans’ new striker Ollie Watkins (£6.0m):

Amazingly, every single one of [his] 26 goals came from open play and, when you exclude penalties, Watkins scored more league goals than any other player in English football last season.

– Tom on Ollie Watkins

A partnership with Jack Grealish could bear fruit, and Tom suggests the time to invest might be Gameweek 6 when the fixture ticker turns blue for Dean Smith’s men.

This week’s Scoutcast featured former FPL winner and Pro Pundit Simon March. Despite concerns about their defence, one player who caught the eye of the Chelsea fan was Reece James (£5.0):

We saw the goal last night, I watched that back without the crowd noise and just the sound it makes when it leaves his boot – it was like a sonic boom! Just an absolute pile driver of a shot.

– Simon on Reece James

With new signings like Timo Werner (£9.5m) and Kai Havertz (£8.5m) to get on the end of his deliveries, Simon feels that £5.0m could be a steal. And, excluding his goal, Neale pointed out that the 20-year-old could benefit from the bonus points system:

20 baseline bonus points (BBPS) registered by Reece James on Monday night, the joint-highest total in Gameweek 1. Baseline BPS is simply a player’s BPS score with all the appearances, goals, assists and clean sheets stripped away.

– Neale on Reece James

Another defender who posed a goal-threat on the opening weekend was Matt Doherty (£6.0m). Spurs were rightly criticised for their defeat to Everton but the former Wolves player made a couple of encouraging “underlapping” runs into the box: the best resulting in a glorious chance from six yards out that Jordan Pickford (£5.0m) blocked with his legs.

Final Checks

Before making any final decisions ahead of Gameweek 2 be sure to check up on the latest team news and the predicted line-ups.

Pep Guardiola has revealed that Sergio Aguero and Aymeric Laporte will miss out this weekend:

Meanwhile Frank Lampard has confirmed that Timo Werner is fit to face the reigning Champions.

Community Competitions

The Head-to-Head leagues are back! The Gameweek 1 results and tables are currently showing on the main Head-to-Head page.

The fixtures for Gameweek 2 are below:

This is your last opportunity to join The Great and The Good mini-league, the entry code is jxisbl.

And Greyhead is also recruiting for a Community Team to take on the established glitterati. Put your name forward in this Hot Topic if you are interested in taking part.

For an update on all featured FFS Mini-Leagues and Community Competitions, please click here to read the latest round-up.

Finally, Pro Pundit Sam brought us the latest on the Scout Network, a new initiative this season, highlighting both new and established voices in the FPL Community.

Enjoy Gameweek 2 and may your arrows be green!

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  1. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    The game was locked for me at 11:00, then unlocked again. More likely a bug than a monkey with a button, I'd have thought.

    1. nerd_is_the_werd
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      No bug, captain locked in. 🙂

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Wondering myself

  2. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Erm why am I on -8 I should of had 2ft’s?

    1. R.C
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      2 FTs in Gw1?

      1. FPL Blow-In
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        No I made the transfers after 11:00 for gw3

        1. Catastrophe
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          why on earth would you need to make transfers within 10 minutes of the new GW!? Just curious

          1. FPL Blow-In
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            I didn’t I was only taking the piss. Just making the point that someone people may have and that fpl are after opening themselves up to so many complaints.

            1. Catastrophe
              • 13 Years
              3 years, 6 months ago

              oh

    2. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      The person in charge of the FT buttons had a breakdown

    3. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      ???

    4. nelluckram
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Oh.

    5. Catastrophe
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      2...?

    6. FPL Blow-In
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Nah I didn’t, I saved my ft but this may have happened to someone. Sloppy from fpl.

      1. Grounderz
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        You do know there is an update going on for at least half an hour?

    7. ivantys
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      You shouldn't have made straight away since it's bugged now.

    8. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      How do you see your score while game is updating? 😉

      1. FPL Blow-In
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        😉

      2. nelluckram
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Excellent question

      3. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        This you can’t

    9. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      *should've

  3. Every Dog Has Its Day
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    wow I made transfers just now thinking it was for gw3

    sold aubameyang...

    1. Party time
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Lol

      • Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Not your day, is it dawg?

      • Catastrophe
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        why are people doing this is it some kind of new craze!? What if Aubameyang scores 7 goals tonight?

        1. Wild Rover
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Cat bites dog

        2. Piggs Boson
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          No one did. They're trying to make a bad point.

          1. Catastrophe
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            I see. I fell for it then 😉

        3. Andy_Social
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          There should be a special Darwin Awards category for FPL.

        4. Epic Fail
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          I sold Salah after his hattrick.

      • Thomas Shelby from Birmingh…
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Anyways he got injured in WHU game

        1. Thomas Shelby from Birmingh…
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          After scoring a Brace

      • nelluckram
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        "WWWHHHYYYYY?" - Kenan Rockmore

      • Bury94
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Course you did

    2. CONNERS
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Anyone considering a GW3 WC?

      Going to see how things go this week and decide after Monday's games. Triple Wolves looking likely if Podence is a nailed starter.

      1. Epic Fail
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Loads will WC for GW3

      2. yousunkmybattleship
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Yes

      3. LSK
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Could do. Team not looking great, but we’ll see how they do in GWK 2

      4. COLLIN QUANER
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Probably not, however I can see why so many people are doing it

    3. The Red Devil
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Can't wait to do a mini WC with 2 FT as soon as app is updated
      PS- hope Alli plays or CP keep a CS

      1. BERGKOP
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Don't want to wait for today's games to give you some more info before you make the trades?

      2. Pukki Blinders
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        What's the rush mate

    4. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Anyone else playing Mitchell? 😛

      1. Ze_Austin
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Just Zaha here

        1. BERGKOP
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Good pick

      2. ivantys
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Decent chance of palace getting clean sheet as long as they don't give away penalties.

      3. CONNERS
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        After the rush to get United players, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Palace manage to grind out an ugly 0-0 draw.

        1. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          4-0 Man U..........just backed them at -2 @3/1

      4. Pukki Blinders
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Enjoy 1 point max

    5.  ⓖⓐⓩⓩⓐ™
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      So.. how are they going to rectify this say if you used wildcard this week but give you another 1bthis week then thats not fair for everyone else who had saved their wildcards

      1. Zimo
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Life isn't fair

        1. nelluckram
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          BOOM

      2. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        They won't do anything

      3. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Most likely scenario if at all will be 1 extra free transfer next week

        1. Andy_Social
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Most likely scenario is they'd quite rightly point out that hitting the transfer/WC button before a single game has begun is idiocy of the highest order.

          1. tokara
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            Lol ...

      4. L'Aeroplanino
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        What would you expect from them when they wont even ban multis

      5. One Man
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Are they giving a WC to people who made several transfers by mistake, thinking they were still in Wc ?

    6. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      scenes - the game is being updated for me 🙁

      1. Fred54
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Welcome to 10 minutes ago.

    7. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Just logged in.
      Seems like I got lucky avoiding deadline 🙂

    8. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Obvious all the income from the betting sites is not going into the infrastructure - can @ FPL Towers explain what’s just happened please?

      1. Catastrophe
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        This. Still seems bizarre the 'updates' take half an hour and is intrusive. Must be a more elegant way to do it if they invest a little in infrastructure/architecture. Free though, I guess.

        1. nelluckram
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          The game will update faster if they invest in architecture....?

          1. tokara
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            And charge u a fee for playing

            1. nelluckram
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 6 months ago

              What is going on?

              1. tokara
                • 9 Years
                3 years, 6 months ago

                This game is free so live with whatever they got

                1. g40steve
                  • 6 Years
                  3 years, 6 months ago

                  A large %age of us pay a price so deserve an explanation??

          2. Catastrophe
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            IT architecture not buildings and stuff 😉

            1. nelluckram
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 6 months ago

              Ahhh, OK. Didn't know that was a thing. That makes a lot more sense!

              1. Catastrophe
                • 13 Years
                3 years, 6 months ago

                No worries people who don't work in IT in general are much cooler and have a lot better quality of life 😀

                1. nelluckram
                  • 8 Years
                  3 years, 6 months ago

                  Ha. I work in sales so my soul is absolutely destroyed. The IT lads have it easy

                  *Apologies for swearing on the previous post. I do it casually and don't even notice*

                  1. Catastrophe
                    • 13 Years
                    3 years, 6 months ago

                    😀

    9. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Sane looked immense last night. Why on earth did City sell him?!

      1. COLLIN QUANER
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        I was wondering the same thing Bubz

      2. Zimo
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        He wanted to leave

      3. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        He didn't want to be there any more because of Pep rotation.

        1. BENOIT
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Too much rough and rumble for him

        2. Forza
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          He says it wasn't due to rotation:

          “Of course I want to play, but I don’t demand to start every match. No player in the world can play every match and reach his highest level. I have my goals, but I’m zero-point-zero percent against rotation. It helps the team get some good freshness, give new impulses.” - https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leroy-sane-man-city-bayern-18639380

      4. Forza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        They wanted to keep him and offered him a contract, but he wanted to go.

      5. BenDavies
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        He wanted to leave. City didn't want to let him go

        1. Bubz
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Shouldve tried harder

      6. CONNERS
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        I always thought he looked like one of their best players. Can only assume he was happy there or perhaps some other sort of personal matter.

      7. CONNERS
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        *wasn't happy

      8. ivantys
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        He's playing in an easy league

        1. Bubz
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          I don't think it's that much easier tbh

          1. ivantys
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            Only one team could compete and title's already decided before season even started. Used to be 2 teams until lewandoski got sold.

            1. Bubz
              • 10 Years
              3 years, 6 months ago

              Liverpool won our league at a canter last season. Leipzig and Dortmund would probably do pretty in the Prem. We have dross teams like West Ham and Fulham and West Brom etc. Not a huge amount in it really

              1. ivantys
                • 3 Years
                3 years, 6 months ago

                You can't deny liverpool had some luck with referee decisions at the start of the season and luck with injuries as well. And nah the intensity of the epl can't be compared to the bundesliga. You have to run so much more here which makes you less fit for the ucl games. Moreover you can't really rest players before the ucl games while bayern could just field reserves and still win their league games that's the difference.

        2. El Presidente
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          So easy that their teams have beaten every single English club in CL this season...

          1. ivantys
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            Did they fight liverpool and man city? They finally won ucl after so many years without fighting any of the strong teams. If they are really good, they would have come close every year. Easy league when the title's already decided before season even starts.

        3. nelluckram
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Ah here

      9. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        He wanted to play football and not sit on the bench every other week. Can’t blame him.

        1. Bubz
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          He'd be first choice this season for sure. His injury didn't help

      10. El Presidente
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        He didn't want to be under Pep anymore

      11. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Didn't he fall out with Pep over who did the surgery on his injury last season?

      12. MagicMessi
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Any decent player would want to play full 90 mins

        1. Bubz
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Are Aguero and KDB not decent?

          1. nelluckram
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            KDB plays all the minutes though

            1. Bubz
              • 10 Years
              3 years, 6 months ago

              Lol no he doesn’t

              1. nelluckram
                • 8 Years
                3 years, 6 months ago

                What? He played 82% of City's football last season. Is that not enough?

                1. nelluckram
                  • 8 Years
                  3 years, 6 months ago

                  The most nailed and best player in the premier league barring injury or unforeseen events

          2. MagicMessi
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            They are decent and they are nailed when fit ... Unlike Sane when he's in form Pep bench him it's frustrating as a footballer specially with quality like Sane ...
            Same with Yaya You're when Pep decided that he can't fit in his system

      13. nelluckram
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        I think it was just a case of him and Pep clashing. Some people just don't gel with each other

      14. Party time
          3 years, 6 months ago

          He does not like Pep!

        • MrZ
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          He wanted to leave, city didn't want let him go but he's got only 1 year left on his contract.

      15. Punter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        To all complaining about pulling wildcard or making an extra gw2 transfer, what we're you thinking? The game updates after deadline for like 30 minutes and you can't make any transfers or activate any chips/wildcards. In what circumstance can you ever make those moves immediately post deadline? FPL don't owe you anything

        1. @persecuted_by_mods
            3 years, 6 months ago

            They're just trolling, it clearly said gw2

          • tokara
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            Aye granny

          • Hotdogs for Tea
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            deadline hasn’t passed yet ?

          • Burger
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            Fpl messed up, simple as. If the game is available after the deadline, there is no reason not to believe its ready to ticker with. I'm unaffected btw, but it's still an fpl towers mess up whatever way you look at it.

            1. @persecuted_by_mods
                3 years, 6 months ago

                Other than it clearly saying gw2 with all gw2 fixtures?

                1. Burger
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 8 Years
                  3 years, 6 months ago

                  Deadline had passed and the game had not switched to updated. Still can't expect someone to notice that.

                  1. Punter
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 8 Years
                    3 years, 6 months ago

                    I disagree. Was obviously still gw2

                    1. Burger
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 8 Years
                      3 years, 6 months ago

                      Was not obvious, sorry. I'm one who tends to hit the WC button the moment I can when I know I'm going to, so could quite have easily hit it without paying top much attention to anything else around. Sloppy yes but fact, the game had switched over as far as a lot will be concerned. You can't push the error from fpl on to the players, that's hardly fair. The rules are quite explicit on the deadline, this didn't happen. You can disagree all you like but these are the saliant facts.

                      I'll reiterate, I'm unaffected so no skin in this argument other than I can sympthasie and understand those that were.

                      1. @persecuted_by_mods
                          3 years, 6 months ago

                          It was obvious, what you're saying is people don't pay attention

                          1. Burger
                            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                            • 8 Years
                            3 years, 6 months ago

                            You are saying that if the game is open after the deadline you should check its actually the game you think it should be. This is not something we have got accustomed to validating over the many years we have been playing as this is an edge case error. You are putting too much onus on the player and absolving fpl of their responsibility in this game. I'm not sure why you think that should be the case, it was not the players error, it's was fpls

                            1. @persecuted_by_mods
                                3 years, 6 months ago

                                It's fpls fault, and anyone who made a mistake didn't pay attention it was clearly gw2 and the game never gets updated that fast if you want to bring up what we're accustomed to

                                1. Burger
                                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                  • 8 Years
                                  3 years, 6 months ago

                                  What about those who 'missed' the deadline, but still managed to get their tranfers in. Unfair advantage I say.

                                  1. @persecuted_by_mods
                                      3 years, 6 months ago

                                      Meh what advantage do they get from the extra minutes really?

                                    • Burger
                                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                      • 8 Years
                                      3 years, 6 months ago

                                      They missed the deadline, they shouldn't be allowed to make a transfer. Simples.

                                    • @persecuted_by_mods
                                        3 years, 6 months ago

                                        Don't really care about that personally, I play this because of football knowledge not random deadlines that anyone can easily miss

                                      • Burger
                                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                        • 8 Years
                                        3 years, 6 months ago

                                        This is where you are wrong, they aren't random deadlines they are prescribed within the rules of the game. This is the issue. Doesn't matter if you care or not, rules are rules and fpl messed their own rules up.

                                      • @persecuted_by_mods
                                          3 years, 6 months ago

                                          You're overreacting, it was like 10 mins late there's 0 advantage to anyone there was no leaked news or anything like that

                                        • Burger
                                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                          • 8 Years
                                          3 years, 6 months ago

                                          There a a simple fix, fpl should cancel all transfers made after the genuine deadline. Easy peasy.

                      2. Bury94
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 6 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        Don't understand why anyone would make a transfer immediately after the deadline anyway

                        1. nelluckram
                          • 8 Years
                          3 years, 6 months ago

                          Exactly. Matches haven't even been played

                      3. Brosstan
                        • 9 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        Blub blub

                      4. CONNERS
                        • 5 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        But it's always someone else's fault. That's how things work these days.

                      5. Fitzy.
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 12 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        You think those posts were serious?

                        1. Punter
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 8 Years
                          3 years, 6 months ago

                          Seems like some were... See @Burger above. Baffles me

                      6. Fred54
                        • 9 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        Hitting the WC button in a phase of the game that YOU KNOW should have been closed is your own stupidity.

                      7. Pacer.
                        • 9 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        It's a deadline game. And tbf, that basically means they only have one job. And it looks like they messed it up

                    2. It’s gonna Ben Mee
                      • 10 Years
                      3 years, 6 months ago

                      The ”we demand an extra wildcard”-mob getting their pitchforks and torches

                      1. BENOIT
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 8 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        hahahaha

                      2. MagicMessi
                        • 11 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        What is going on !?

                    3. Weak Become Heros
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 5 Years
                      3 years, 6 months ago

                      Where is the preamble then?

                      1. BENOIT
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 8 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        This!! First thing I checked for upon waking up this morning...

                        Sad, I know.

                      2. The Mighty Hippo
                        • 7 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        Mark is delaying it by 10 mins in solidarity with Fpl.

                    4. R.C
                      • 6 Years
                      3 years, 6 months ago

                      Damn that Lewa assist *_*

                      1. Bubz
                        • 10 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        He doesn't get enough plaudits. Best striker in the world by a distance

                        1. R.C
                          • 6 Years
                          3 years, 6 months ago

                          This year's Ballon d'OR

                          1. nelluckram
                            • 8 Years
                            3 years, 6 months ago

                            #robbed

                    5. Big boy Bowen
                      • 7 Years
                      3 years, 6 months ago

                      Pressed activate WC at 11 on the dot, wonder if it went through!

                      1. toerag
                        • 13 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        looked like it went off @ 11:06 by my PC

                        1. Big boy Bowen
                          • 7 Years
                          3 years, 6 months ago

                          So any moves before that still applicable for GW2?

                          1. tokara
                            • 9 Years
                            3 years, 6 months ago

                            Good luck

                            1. Big boy Bowen
                              • 7 Years
                              3 years, 6 months ago

                              I’m actually in 2 minds whether I wanted them to be or not, just hope it doesn’t give me a minus 24 instead of activating WC!

                    6. Brosstan
                      • 9 Years
                      3 years, 6 months ago

                      Guaranteed some twitter morons will try to brew up a storm about this non issue

                      1. Piggs Boson
                        • 12 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        Any chance to moan 😆

                      2. CONNERS
                        • 5 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        Then stay off Tw@tter. Works for me.

                        1. Brosstan
                          • 9 Years
                          3 years, 6 months ago

                          I'm not on there I just know what they are like

                    7. BenDavies
                      • 11 Years
                      3 years, 6 months ago

                      wtf...I just made my three transfers 0.5 miliseconds after the 11:00 deadline as I normally do without seeing any of the games and now I'm on -8???? someone pls help

                      1. Big boy Bowen
                        • 7 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        Has it updated? The site went down momentarily didn’t it

                        1. BenDavies
                          • 11 Years
                          3 years, 6 months ago

                          No it was up, it just didn't update. You could still change your team for GW2

                          1. Big boy Bowen
                            • 7 Years
                            3 years, 6 months ago

                            I was trying to make moves at 10:58 and it weren’t loading, I’m wondering if we got an extra 2 minutes because of that

                            1. BenDavies
                              • 11 Years
                              3 years, 6 months ago

                              Oh I see, could be!

                              1. Big boy Bowen
                                • 7 Years
                                3 years, 6 months ago

                                Although seems unlikely, strange

                      2. Punter
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 8 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        Hahaha

                      3. tokara
                        • 9 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        Good luck, maybe blessing in disguise

                    8. toerag
                      • 13 Years
                      3 years, 6 months ago

                      im glad it all went Pete Tong in a way, was not at all happy with my WC team.
                      hopefully get another go next week 🙂

                      started a bit like this last season too heh heh heh

                      still won my league by a mile

                    9. CheesyZoot
                      • 4 Years
                      3 years, 6 months ago

                      Is it worth doing Auba > KDB ASAP if it was always the plan?

                      Not sure when price changes might happen?

                      1. tokara
                        • 9 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        Watch city first

                      2. Duffy Dunk
                        • 7 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        No

                      3. Pukki Blinders
                        • 4 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        I'll be doing it before tonight as a 0.1 rise will destroy my plans for a gw4 transfer... It's not very smart but would rather be safe than sorry

                        1. Mambino
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 10 Years
                          3 years, 6 months ago

                          Ditto

                        2. CheesyZoot
                          • 4 Years
                          3 years, 6 months ago

                          Yeh this is my thinking.

                          I am out tonight celebrating my birthday so won't be sat here making changes....

                          1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
                            • 7 Years
                            3 years, 6 months ago

                            Happy Birthday Mate!

                    10. Zimo
                      • 5 Years
                      3 years, 6 months ago

                      Wish fpl was clearer about the price lock thing for GW1 blankers. It shouldnt be part of the game to guess whether they're locked or not

                      1. TheBrazilianRonaldo
                        • 5 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        To be fair fpl doesn’t give info about price roses and falls. Other people create tools fo guess. So not sure they need to do jack

                        1. Zimo
                          • 5 Years
                          3 years, 6 months ago

                          That's not the same though. We still know they'll fall and rise. This is basic information. I'm not asking them to tell us who will change in price and which day it'll happen.

                          1. TheBrazilianRonaldo
                            • 5 Years
                            3 years, 6 months ago

                            Yeah fair enough. They could just say players prices are locked when x or y clearer. Point taken Zimo

                        2. Piggs Boson
                          • 12 Years
                          3 years, 6 months ago

                          You may want to play the "Guess What Towers Are Thinking" game, but I'm here to play FPL.

                          When they change the rules and freeze prices, it would be a nice addition to be notified. Zim0 never said they 'needed' to do anything, it was just a recommendation.

                      2. Piggs Boson
                        • 12 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        That would be a welcome addition.

                        Until then, we just have to cope as best we can.

                        1. Zimo
                          • 5 Years
                          3 years, 6 months ago

                          I suppose

                      3. Pukki Blinders
                        • 4 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        Tbf they never disclose anything about rises/falls until they happen. They do what they want and love to cater for the casuals

                    11. All Hail K
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 14 Years
                      3 years, 6 months ago

                      I was in quarantine all week coming up with ways to use my wild card.

                      Living the dream!!! 🙂

                      1. toerag
                        • 13 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        😆

                      2. Gooner Kebab
                        • 11 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        WC will keep you busy!

                    12. Hotdogs for Tea
                      • 8 Years
                      3 years, 6 months ago

                      thought it was 11.30
                      deadline ... oops 🙂

                      1. Fred54
                        • 9 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        That you FPL Towers?

                    13. ElliotJHP
                      • 11 Years
                      3 years, 6 months ago

                      Woken up with Rash captain, here we go then I guess.

                      1. BENOIT
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 8 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        Few shandys last night?

                      2. Fred54
                        • 9 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        STI clinic booked?

                      3. toerag
                        • 13 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        A Rash captain would be Aguero

                      4. FPL Virgin
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 7 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        Brilliant captain choice if you've read about Ward theory.

                    14. CONNERS
                      • 5 Years
                      3 years, 6 months ago

                      Hoping West Brom can nick a surprise win today. What will all the knee-jerkers do then?

                      1. Duffy Dunk
                        • 7 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        It's almost impossible not to have surprises.
                        For maximum chaos, WHU & WBA winning while keeping sheets clean would be "fun".

                      2. Salarrivederci
                        • 7 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        I will probably knee-jerk since I used my WC to bring in Digne, Rodríguez and Richarlison.

                      3. TheBrazilianRonaldo
                        • 5 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        Anyone with 3 of a non top 4 team is a bit daft. Still can’t see West Brom winning.

                        West Brom
                        Fulham
                        West Ham

                        All to do down

                      4. It’s gonna Ben Mee
                        • 10 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        I will get Robinson, Livermore and Gibbs for a -8

                    15. FPL_Crisis
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 13 Years
                      3 years, 6 months ago

                      Just caught up on what happened.
                      Have to say, what benefit is there activating the WC as soon as the next gameweek opens when there’s more than 12 hours to price changes.

                      1. Duffy Dunk
                        • 7 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        This

                      2. Salarrivederci
                        • 7 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        12 more hours of 'fun'.

                      3. Pacer.
                        • 9 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter how idiotic anything believes anyone else to be. The deadline should occur when it is announced to do so and nobody holds any blame whatsoever except fpl IF managers have been screwed by the error

                    16. Sim Simma
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 13 Years
                      3 years, 6 months ago

                      ⚽ Team News 📰
                      EVE: Pickford, Keane, Coleman, Mina, Digne, André Gomes, Doucouré, Allan, Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin, Rodríguez
                      Subs: Virgínia, Kenny, Sigurdsson, Iwobi, Davies, Bernard, Kean

                      WBA: Johnstone, Ajayi, O'Shea, Furlong, Bartley, Gibbs, Pereira, Diangana, Sawyers, Livermore, Callum Robinson
                      Subs: Button, Cédric Kipré, Harper, Field, Phillips, Edwards, Robson-Kanu

                      1. FOO FIGHTER
                        • 4 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        Go Digne!

                        1. R.C
                          • 6 Years
                          3 years, 6 months ago

                          His 3rd game in less than a week rip

                      2. Jafooli
                        • 12 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        Walcott dropped....

                      3. NABIL - FPL otai
                        • 11 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        No Gordon 🙁

                      4. FPL Daniel
                        • 14 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        Mina might finally deliver from a set piece

                      5. Salarrivederci
                        • 7 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        Digne, Rodríguez and Richarlison.
                        Let's make some points this GW!

                      6. FPL Daniel
                        • 14 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        That WBA team looks like destined for relegation

                      7. Pacer.
                        • 9 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        Austin doesn't even make the bench. Jeez. Where are there goals coming from in the PL

                        1. Party time
                            3 years, 6 months ago

                            Semi Ajayi

                        2. Scots Gooner
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 7 Years
                          3 years, 6 months ago

                          Hames and Digne

                      8. Hotdogs for Tea
                        • 8 Years
                        3 years, 6 months ago

                        so when actually is the deadline now ... asking for a friend 🙂

                        1. Bury94
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 6 Years
                          3 years, 6 months ago

                          1 hour and 22 minutes before the first game of the gameweek

                        2. FPL Daniel
                          • 14 Years
                          3 years, 6 months ago

                          The game is being updated.
                          Please try again later when the updated...

                      9. Party time
                          3 years, 6 months ago

                          West brom gonna score here

                          1. FOO FIGHTER
                            • 4 Years
                            3 years, 6 months ago

                            Ban lol

                            1. Party time
                                3 years, 6 months ago

                                Hehe

                          2. Bartowski
                            • 13 Years
                            3 years, 6 months ago

                            Bunch of Karen's on here...

                            1. FPL Daniel
                              • 14 Years
                              3 years, 6 months ago

                              ???

                            2. FOO FIGHTER
                              • 4 Years
                              3 years, 6 months ago

                              And Shirley's 😀

                              1. Sim Simma
                                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                • 13 Years
                                3 years, 6 months ago

                                Don't call me Shirley

                                1. toerag
                                  • 13 Years
                                  3 years, 6 months ago

                                  the old ones are the best

                                2. nelluckram
                                  • 8 Years
                                  3 years, 6 months ago

                                  Allow me to be Frank