FFS Paddy Power Cup X – First Round Draw

Great question, I'd love to know what people respond to this with!

Comparison tool, tables, and the little grey guy next to my name.

I'll throw in an easter egg and a signed Mario Balotelli Shirt

1. To support the site
2. To support the site
3. To support the site

(season ticker is pretty good as well)

Season ticker, comparison tool, sense of superiority.

Season ticker
Support the site
Defensive stats

season ticker with all the sort options

comparison tool, which gets better and more handy as season progresses

most important, i view it as "tipping the bartender" for this site i enjoy so much for what still is very little money relative to the time spent enjoying being here

i do also like the rate my team feature, though that too becomes better later in the season, and its imperfect for using as a short-term tool (as i think some detractors do)

You dont realise how many member articles you read and appreciate till they're gone!
Grey badge signifying my superior status
The data in the members area.

comparison tool and stats tables. Buying membership last december helped me to reach best OR rank ever.

My tables. 😉

The people on it.

Paul.

The Preamble.

1) Support the site
2) Season ticker
3) Player stats & tables
3b) Makes me a better man

Just to support the site.

I don't use any tools at all.

Maybe the ticker, but you can you that as a non-member.

The members cup . I love the cup competitions 🙂

I forgot to at the start. Either going for the half season membership or waiting till next season (hopefully half season though.)

Personally I think the whole site should be members only.

I like you dont use half the things that are provided, but regularly use the comments section and that is about it.

1. To support the site (this is how it started out and the main reason I do it)
2. Big Numbers!!!
3. Generally just other stats, season ticker, comparison tool, etc.

It's mostly number 1, though I've found myself using stats more often.

Comparison tool
RMT
To help maintain a fantastic site

No bother lads , Look i'm not a scrooge I understand everyone saying support the site as I agree the Site is great but I have to say I find the tools non helpful at all. When 3 o'clock on a saturday comes anything can happen it's why we love the game... I found that chatting with you lot is better than using the tools. I'm doing ok compared to other years this year but I haven't used the tools as much as I thought I would.

Just curious to see what you allthink.. The Majority are saying the same but is that the sheep following the shepherd????

The table feature is brilliant, I use it for general football analysis more than I do for FPL analysis.

The season ticker is also very useful.

The KPI index is also a useful tool that I want to use more. A few weeks ago I suspected that Downing played better (from a FPL pov) away from home and when I looked at this tool it completely backed up my hunch, giving me the confidence to play him away from home rather than rotate.

The members articles.

Supporting the site.

Last year was my first as a member and I had an awful season, this year I'm still a member and am having a great season. It takes a while to get used to the plethora of information in the members section and to work out how to best use the tools to suit your style of play.

1. The stats tables. Being able to make your own customised tables is great
2. Comparison Tool
3. The articles

1) Supporting the site
2) All the tools
3) The way that little grey bloke can make you out to be a liar....

🙂

Support the site.
Members Cup
Player Stats and RMT.

Easy!

Opta stats - love it, but I am a stats nerd

Season ticker, flexible

Access to all articles posted, mostly the more interesting ones

1. To say thank you.
There's a lot of time and effort put into this site, not just from Mark, but from all the contributors, mods... The £10 fee boils down to less that 20p per week, and that's worth it even just to say thanks.

2. The community.
Where else on this planet can you have a massive discussion about whether Azpi or Cahill are better for BAPS? There's a lot of similar minded football fans here, and if you're really into fantasy football, nobody else in the 'real world' can be bothered listening to you moaning that Lukaku got an assist...

3. The STATS and members articles.
The available stats really are very good, and useful. Season ticker and comparison tool get used most often by me. I played FPL for two years before this site: 100K and 500K. Then i started going on here most days, and achieved ranks of 10K and 1K(so far).

It's only this year I started using the tools though not that much. I have started using RMT to see if it makes any difference. Don't base my whole planningo n it but want to see if it helps with difficult moments.
The members cup is fun also.
Supporting the site may seem easy to say but pretty sure this costs a fair bit to run and pay for all the development and maintenance fees for certain elements. Mark being a millionaire already doesn't bother me.

28% of membership goes to dog charities
Plus the members lap dancing club is fun, even though I ain't a lap dog

The tools are extremely useful. I'm quite quantitatively inclined so I love being able to see the stats. If you know how to use them, they are a real god send.

Amazed how many here are members but don't use the tools. I'd have a much lower rank if not for them.

All my decisions are pretty much are based upon the comparison tool. Makes a decision a lot more easy when its backed by statistical analysis.

Doos tables are gold too!

I'm very analytical which is what appealed to me about joining. So I love the rate my team features and the comparison tool. That said, I have become massively disillusioned by the fact every time I use the "system" to pick players or plan my team it all goes to pot

At this stage, I doubt I'll renew. That's not a slur on the site, which is superb. But most of it is till available for free anyway and I think I make better decisions trusting my own judgement. I'm aware that this is mainly based on me having my worst ever season though!

I know that you're question is serious, but heck man, it is only 15quid.

My answer:
I simply don't want Mark to ever go away.

I give my money to Mark because I want him to earn money from this site and always keep it going.

I get hours and hours of enjoyment from reading these posts and from using this info to dominate my league.

End of story. Mark and all of his associates (Andy, Paul, Jonty, all of them!) deserve this support.

Do it.

I don't begrudge paying a few quid for:

- access to opta stats
- rate my team
- ffscout calculated goal threat!
- scoutcast

I can get my fix on other sites for free, but c'mon - it's like £12?

For me there is only 1 reason: Access to the stats which I can then use in my own calculations.

I'll go in order of most frequently utilised:

1. Season Ticker
Invaluable when choosing your defenders, because if we plan for the long term in our back line then we're able to focus our transfers up front.

2. Comparison Tool
Football is so much more than statics but, FPL a stats driven game. You cannot know the true worth of a player until you understand what kind of underlying statistics he's producing.

3. Paul's Member's Articles
The weekly Big Numbers & Tactical articles give us context in which to better understand the crush of numbers that we deal with here.

This is the first season I have been a member and I'll pay every season from now. The extended season ticker, rate my team tool, comparison tool are all fantastic. Since I got my team sorted out from a not so great start I've have green arrow after green arrow even in bad weeks. I put that squarely down to better choices made through what I read on here. It's also made a difference in other games, I have some telegraph teams doing very well. Not just me though, I know others who've joined this season and its transformed their season so far.

Like most on here I'm more than a bit obsessed by ff so I get hours of enjoyment out of this site, 15 quid is not much to pay a year for that.

1. Members stats tables
2. Big Numbers - favourite article of the week
3. Members Cup - might even qualify this time

Most of all to support the site. If there were no members then the site would either look a lot different or not exist at all.

1) comparison tool
2) season ticker
3) team and player stats

Well worth every penny! especially considering I'm on here everyday, they deserve it for making a great site!

Having coded my own version in the past...the season ticker alone is worth it to me.
The time I save having someone else code and update it worth more than 15 quid!

After that, the opta stats tables and the comparison tool.

Comparison tool is UNREAL.
Did that striker score 2 goals from 2 shots? (unsustainable)
or
2 goals from 10 shots with 6 on target (very sustainable)

That kind of info can be the difference between buying Di Maria or Sanchez.
(Hint: you should buy Sanchez)

Similar to what others are saying, purely to support the site. I never use the tables or anything in the background, but the number of free articles they churn out and the community that they've created means they deserve my support.

They've got real costs (servers, development) and opportunity costs (Mark could be doing other stuff with his time). While it's a labour of love for him most likely, it ties in with a passion of mine, and is well worth supporting. Buying a membership is the best way to do it.