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FPL Issue Apology

15 August 2011 1214 comments
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Evening all. The FPL have this afternoon issued an apology over the recent log-in debacle and look to have made changes on the back of the weekend’s problems.

The link to the full announcement is highlighted above, so I’ll leave you to check it out for yourselves if you haven’t done so already. The first point (below) means we are all allowed free transfers from now up until the Gameweek 2 deadline on Saturday morning- compensation for many of us who were unable to make those last-minute changes from Friday evening onwards..

1. Receive unlimited transfers
No points will be deducted for any transfers you make up to the Gameweek 2 deadline (11:30 BST on Saturday 20th August 2011). If you have already made transfers and had points deducted, these will be restored to your overall total by midnight on Tuesday 16th August 2011. If you have already opted to play your wildcard, this too will be restored at the same time.

From a Fantasy Football Scout perspective, then, just to assure you- we will be resetting any of our affiliated leagues- they will all now start from Gameweek 2 to ensure a level playing field for those involved.

We’ll have more on this later…
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  1. S9PKE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Did anyone take a punt on Formica this weekend... I was glad my gamble with him paid off and now thanks to FPL i can add all the other top performers/form players to his armoury... just made my hangover feel like a distant memory

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    1. User
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      I did. 😀 Just got him in for GW1 really as I'd play Sinclair for the next few matches and bring Taarabt in later if he played well.

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      1. dk21boy
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        hope aint spoof strange it on the original looking site,the memories when it worked

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        1. Manky Yanc
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          What ??

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    2. Lucas Leiva
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      yep 8)

      But now I guess his ownership will rise by 10x+

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      1. MeandYouSittingInATree
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Looking at the num. of trades in, he's still flying under the radar.

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        1. Lucas Leiva
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          Good 🙂

          I guess Goodwillie & Roberts could force him out, but I'm sticking with him.

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          1. S9PKE
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            14 years, 4 months ago

            I was gonna go with goodwillie but soon as they put formica on the site i was having him :)... Just added Saha, baines, cahill and suarez to the mix...

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    3. MeandYouSittingInATree
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      I would like to take a long-term investment on Formica, but people say he's not guaranteed?

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    4. QPR expects... glory!
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      I did. Got my £1 on him to score first at 10/1 🙂

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  2. Rasping Drive
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    There are a couple of people in my minileague (decent players), one who registered only an autoselect team, the other who didn't have the opportunity to do even that due

    I reckon they should be given the average score for the GW and go from there. Otherwise their seasons are ruined before they start.

    With this extra WC, are prices frozen until GW2?

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    1. Art Vandelay
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      We are assuming that price rises will be frozen but no harm having a go.

      The mini league issue can be sorted as it is possible to reset mini leagues to start in GW2. How this would be agreed, I cannot fathom.

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    2. MeandYouSittingInATree
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      I say, trade now and question later.

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      1. Art Vandelay
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Blue Horseshoe loves Anacott Steel.

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        1. MeandYouSittingInATree
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          Hahaha, just rewatched that a few days ago. Great movie.

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          1. Art Vandelay
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 4 months ago

            Indeed it is.

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  3. Yayo
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    14 years, 4 months ago

    When it says Suarez is protected what does this mean ?

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  4. Twelve years a slave
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Very fair decision i think.

    Pleased they keeping week 1 scores though , otherwise wouldnt enjoy watching captain play today , go silva go

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  5. baza
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    i've just tried to transfer and it seems to be taking points off me,will these be re imbursed or do i have to play a wildcard?

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    1. baza
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      just read it properly and see that all points will be added back on tueday.

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  6. goneill79
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    my heads battered with this...does it mean u can get city players in for tonight's game?

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    1. andy85wsm
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      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      no.....

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      1. goneill79
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        cheers 1st year doin this one,normally do telegraphs.

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    2. Bubbles
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      If only.

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  7. Gargamel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Hart, Richards, Kompany, Lescott, Clichy, De Jong, Barry, Yaya, Silva, Dzeko, Johnson - Subs: TBC

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    1. andy85wsm
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      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      No Balotelli, good for both Dzeko and SIlva owners.

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    2. AP
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      C'MON KOLOROV! Oh wait...

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    3. Twisted Saltergater
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Yaya playing in the hole...

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    4. Lucas Leiva
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Lescott, Kompany and no Kun...nice 8)

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      1. Feanor
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        De Jong and Barry at home to Swansea. Mancini is a small furry cat of a manager.

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  8. gazragit
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    So anyone who genuinely picked vidic,, gerviniho , vidic, etherington guy from qpr that got sent off is now laughing. Fair me thinks not...

    Plus everyone will now bring in all decent players that they missed, judged on this weeks performance.

    Finally people get the chance to bring in tottenham and everton players...May sound like a cynic but I just dont see how this resolves the situation.

    Basically if you picked a rubbish team (genuinely) you now have a golden ticket to rectify your original mistakes...

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    1. gazragit
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Ps meant Ferdinand not vidic twice!

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    2. Tin of Directors
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      100% agree with you mate.
      My rivals teams are crap.

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      1. gazragit
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        I'm in the same boat I was laughing at some of my rivals picks...who's laughing now...

        I was gonna make one change or none and save two transfers for next week. Now I'll probably change my whole team and make the biggest mistake ever...

        As duncan ballytine says "I'm out"

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        1. Tin of Directors
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          Laughing? I nearly wet myself - one of my rivals picked Govec and invested far too much money in defence leaving himself well short on attacking options.

          The advantage of having a tiny idea on BPs is going to have an effect too.

          Not happy tonight.

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      2. johnny sash
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        My rivals are mostly half soaked an all, I laughed at some of their teams! Now unfortunately they can look at players who showed form, or were indeed in the starting 11 (moses etc) and tranfer them in for nowt. Obviously i'll tweak my team now too, the thing thats doing my head in a bit is that I don't NEED to, and wouldn't of been making a transfer at all this week.
        Pfffffffft!!!

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    3. Bubbles
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Yes, but some people (including a guy in my league) had an auto-select team due to the server crash. That's not fair on him. Either way some people would've been winners and some would've been losers, but I think this way is probably fairer than leaving auto-select teams screwed over.

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      1. gazragit
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Understand that bubbles, but how many teams did this effect...1.8 million me think not

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      2. ManofKent
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        +1 no solution would be perfect

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  9. Kevtheotter
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    So how many people have made an extreme amount of changes and are kinda freaking out about this being messed up?

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  10. Joey Millions
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    has anyone made transfers yet? so damn hesitant!

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  11. greghammer95
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Repost for those who missed it....

    Yo peeps, for those who are not too familiar with the price rising system and how you can possibly profit or lose out this GW because of it, then check out the new article just posted on my site.

    http://footballorbust.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/the-third-fpl-wildcard/

    An article directed towards beginners to the FPL game, or perhaps less serious players so to some of you this may not be useful.

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    1. MeandYouSittingInATree
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      It's a good article mate. Pat on the back!

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    2. si
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      If Fabrice Muamba rises by £0.2m then I will run to Bolton in high heels and a spurs shirt.

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      1. Cheggers
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        let me get my camera

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  12. RD
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Hart, Richards, Kompany, Lescott, Clichy, De Jong, Barry, Yaya, Silva, Dzeko, Johnson

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  13. @FuzzyWarbles
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Al Habsi/Vorm

    Baines/Cahill/De Laet/Simpson/Orr

    Malouda/Young/Sessegnon/Sinclair/Moses

    Bent/Suarez/Odemwingie

    --Cahill in for price rise, switch to Bosingwa before deadline, 1.0 in bank to switch to Luiz when necessary
    Odemwingie in now and benched ready for GW3 run.

    What? Too soon?

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    1. @FuzzyWarbles
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      and yeah i played my WC. if FPL screws it up, to hell with it.

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      1. Jack Frost
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Man, I posted the danger of doing a WC after the statement instead of multiple transfers. Good luck Fuzzy- love your givem' hell attitude.

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    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Need two price rises to make money of Cahill...

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      1. @FuzzyWarbles
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        well aware

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  14. Catastrophe
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Hi guys,

    Couple of questions please!

    - Can we start transferring players now to catch the rises with no reductions? I understand the article but on the transfers screen it says that i can only make one free transfer, i thought they may have amended that.

    - will other players in the league get to see these temporary transfers? Or will they just see the changes as of the deadline on saturday.

    thanks!

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  15. Davido989
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    HELP !!! ive made no transfers atm so how do i make several transfers without deduction ? is there a third wildcard ?

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    1. Azzy
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      keep making as many transfers as you like.. its going to give you your points back at midnight

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      1. Davido989
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        are u positive ?

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        1. Joey Millions
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          thats what the site said. and if they don't, they'll have a mutiny on their hands

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        2. Jack Frost
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          Guys, the way I read it- transfers and WC must have ALREADY been made at the time the statement was issued. Those already made will be restored tonight.

          Any new WC use is at your peril, you might lose it forever.

          But new transfers until Sat deadline will have their points restored, regardless of what the screen now warns. The statement overrides the screen.

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          1. King Eric, in America
            • 15 Years
            14 years, 4 months ago

            This largely makes no sense.

            "No points will be deducted for any transfers you make up to the Gameweek 2 deadline (11:30 BST on Saturday 20th August 2011)."

            This is the operative statement. The rest is answering the "What if I already ... " question.

            Trade away ...

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          2. Agbonlahor’s brillian…
            • 14 Years
            14 years, 4 months ago

            THIS.
            (not legally binding..)

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  16. Minty
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Guys,
    I have a question regarding the bonus points for tonights game.
    My understanding is that these won't be allocated until next Monday morning is that correct??

    If so what happens if you transfer out a City or Swansea player who collected BP's before this Saturdays GW starts (unlikely if they have a blinder but say its true for any Monday night game)

    Will you still accrue the BP's next week even tho that player is no longer in your team?

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    1. Tin of Directors
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Tonights bonuses will go on tomorrow morning.

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      1. Minty
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Ok thanks for that

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  17. Seanigula
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Still no message in my email from FPL...I even checked my Junk Mail.

    ...but apparently, Sexy Russian Women are looking for me...and I can grow my penis by 3 inches (why would I need a 15 inch penis???)

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  18. Johnny Unitas
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    How can you see rivals transfers, people are saying in Data view, but I see 0's for the players who haven't played, not newly transferred ones.

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    1. Hect.OR 98th
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Compare graphical and data views

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    2. Damo.
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      If someone's made a transfer compare their latest points team to the data view team any transfered player will be on there

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  19. Super-Hans
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    I guess this is a good thing...! But a small part of me is slightly annoyed now that everyone can buy the players that I have! For once it looks like I have planned well, and I wouldn't need to use my wc in week 3. I also picked a weaker team so that my three good subs would play in week 2....!
    But there is no way I will reset the leagues I administer, no way!

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    1. Andy
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      It's definitely not perfect, by any short measure - that would have been having a game that works 100% spot on day one (and those leading up to day one).

      However, I am surprised at some of the "anti" arguments as, to me, this is the fairest option available to remedy what went wrong.

      I wish they never had to do this in the first place, but I do think it's only right everyone has the option available to start on an even field. We just have 37 gameweek season instead of 38 gameweek one, and a sour taste from a very odd, frenetic, traumatic, frustrating (and so on) few days.

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      1. reply fail
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        I think the fairest option would be to give an extra wildcard instead of unlimited transfers for gw2. The people who planned their team for the long term could make 1-2 transfers and keep an extra wildcard.

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        1. Feanor
          • 16 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          Great idea. Too smart for the FPL, though.

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    2. Tin of Directors
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      "But there is no way I will reset the leagues I administer, no way!"

      With you totally on this one!
      The advantage that my rivals now have and effectively duplicate my team and/or go for players like Eagles etc. to heal the wounds created this GW, they can forget about starting even on GW2 that is for fuc*ing sure!

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      1. ManofKent
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        I can't help thinking your over-stating the brilliance of your initial team selection... There are 37 weeks to go anyway.

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    3. Djerbil
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      The best thing is that I had Ethrengton injured,Vidic doubtful and now also I can bring in the Spurs and Everton boys..I think it makes the field level for those who sufferd the GKwk 1..

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  20. MCM
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Gael Clichy starts at left-back for Man City along with Adam Johnson, David Silva and Edin Dzeko.

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    1. Minty
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      4 left backs?? Who have Swansea got on the right 🙂

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      1. fatherted
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        Quality comment, although I was secretly hoping clichy wouldn't start as Simpson 1st sub

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  21. Twelve years a slave
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Dont think my team will change much
    Taabaat to sessegon
    Caroll to Suarez
    a few tweeks to defence.

    Caroll Suarez will probably backfire badly , just have that feeling

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    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah true! Carroll's probably the better option against Arsenal but you can't not afford to have Suarez.

      My team is similarly sound so probably won't make many changes but fun knowing how the PPI's are going to work and tweak according to that!

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      1. si
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        I have a feeling Carrol will miss out against Arse and Kuty will come into the midfield. Can't see them playing 2 strikers unless Suarez moves wide I guess.

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  22. RevsFC
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    I've been reading a lot about the housing bubble that caused the crash and how oil specultion is keeping prices artificially high and screwing over people. Now I'm sitting on seven transfers schemes to make a quick buck and then transfer them all back.

    Guess I learned nothing.

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    1. Art Vandelay
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      I would imagine they will freeze the prices. I think that would be the right thing to do, but if they don't, I hope to make a few bucks.

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      1. RevsFC
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        they probably will, but if we can make unlimited unpenalized transfers, going after the bandwagons and dropping likely price fallers is pretty much the FPL equivalent of a call option, but ill admit i don't know finance all that well.

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  23. Epic Fail
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    This means we can make transfers now and try to take advantage of any price rises? 😀

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  24. trisonetwo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    did not expect this but i guess its okay - hell, all the people moaning about it, are you going to keep the same team as GW1 - i doubt it!

    Slightly disappointed with the BPs - I used to like the fact that Adam/Modric,etc could dominate a game, be MOTM and be rewarded at the end. Now this seems to take the fun out of picking creative players.

    Ashley Cole are you kidding me - he turned off at one point and nearly let a goal in and yet i highly doubt that will show up in the stats. Alex/Torres/Bowsinga/Woodgate stood out for me, mega lols.

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    1. si
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      I agree on this. I don't like the randomness. True or not!

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  25. RD
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    will the rival seeing ur trasnfers be sorted out????

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  26. RevsFC
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    I'd bet a thousand bucks that Lulz Security is messing with us.

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  27. Jonah
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    If you do no transfers will you still get a free the following week?

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    1. MeandYouSittingInATree
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      0.00000000000000000000001% chance of that occuring.

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      1. si
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        14 years, 4 months ago

        "so you're saying there is a chance then"

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        1. Joey Millions
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 4 months ago

          nice.

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    2. Eversio88
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      no

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  28. MCM
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Man City: Hart; Richards, Clichy, Lescott, Kompany; de Jong, Barry, Yaya Toure; Johnson, Silva, Dzeko. Sergio Aguero on the bench.

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    1. Drip Doctor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      Dzeko!

      Damn, i would love to have in my team Johnson if i knew he was a starter.

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  29. Heisenberg
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    Sweet as a nut, can get in a few everton players in preparation for the forthcoming double and rid myself of a few dubious decisions!

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  30. Out4GoodBehavior
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 4 months ago

    I dont trust the EPL , is it really safe to go ahead now and remake my team?

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    1. Eversio88
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      yes

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    2. si
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 4 months ago

      I am guessing they are risking WW3 by lying so you are quite safe.

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