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FSA Think Tank - New Bonus Points System
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After the success of last weeks BPS recap I decided I'd do another one as many will Wildcard this week and want to know who's performing.
Man City vs Hull
3BPs: Zabaleta and Toure on 11 get 3 bonus points each due to an assist and goal respectively along with Zabaleta's defensive output
1BP: Negredo got 9 in the BPS due to his goal.
Observations: Lescott and Nastasic lose out with 8 in the BPS showing that defenders won't always score BPs while keeping a clean sheet, however if Zab didn't provide the assist there's a good chance all 3 would have received 1. Livermore stood out for Hull on 5.
Cardiff vs Everton
3BPs: Distin stands alone on 10 with a clean sheet and obviously out-muscled his teammates for the cause, but only just.
2BPs: Baines on 9 with 2 BPs
1BP: Both Coleman and Jagielka on 8 bringing up the rear in the Everton back 4.
Observations: Both sides kept cleansheets yet the highest scoring Cardiff defender was Caulker on 7 with Turner and Taylor on 6. Elsewhere outside of the backline/keepers we have DM Medel on 5. Martinez having Everton defenders scoring well is not something we could have predicted in pre-season.
Newcastle vs Fulham
3BPs: Collocini with the 3 on a score of 11 out-doing the rest of his defenders and the match-winner Ben Arfa
2BPs: Here we have Ben Arfa and Yanga-Mbiwa both on a score of 10. Ben Arfa with the goal and Mbiwa just behind Collo
Observations: Riether was on a clean sheet being subbed just before the goal but was only on 8 along with Santon. Stockdale on 6 having made 8 saves. Hughes and Hangeland on 5 even after conceding.
Norwich vs Southampton
3BPs: Nathan Redmond claims all 3 with a strong score of 10. He scored the only goal of the game having finally lived up to the good performances of previous weeks
2BPs: Bassong and Fer both on 8 claim 2 BPs. Fer with the assist and a few crucial tackles in midfield.
Observations: Having actually watched this game I have more of an understanding of logic behind some of this. Fer was on 7 until 90 minutes when he made a fantastic tackle which brought him up to 8 BPS which left Turner and the rest of Norwich's backline stranded on 7 and all unlucky to miss out 1 BP. Ward-Prowse the highest scorer for the Saints on 5.
West Ham vs Stoke
3BPs: Wilson picked up 9 on the BPS playing out of position as a DM.
2BPs: Pennant on as a sub with the only goal of the game on 8
1BP: Begovic and Shawcross on 7 each doing well keeping a cleansheet. Also Nzonzi got 7
Observations: Nzonzi picking up 7 is the most peculiar thing here. How a midfielder without any attacking returns picks up 7 is interesting. Huth and Pieters were both on 6 with Cameron on 5 after picking up a yellow.
Crystal Palace vs Sunderland
3BPs: Gayle with the winning goal tops the charts here with a score of 10 in the BPS
2BPs: On 9 we have Fletcher with Sunderland's goal
1BP: Colback and Gabbidon assist and goal.
Observations: On 60 minutes Ward was second to Gabbidon in the BPS however after a glut of goals Ward finished on 6 once again illustrating his capabilities for picking them up in the right circumstances. Diakite also scored 6 while O'Keefe picked up 7 with a goal and 8 minutes of play.
Final Observations:
- Defenders picking up the majority of the BP's in the new BPS was once again the order of the day. With Zabaleta, Collocini, Distin and Wilson all picking up maximum returns. Midfielders Redmond and Toure also scored maximum BPs today each with a goal.
- It was interesting that Redmond got all 3 Bonus Points when other solitary goal scorers Ben Arfa and Pennant both only scored 2 BPs (although Pennant was only a sub).
- Also Gabbidon missing out on a BP after scoring shows that attacking returns are not as important to defenders under the BPS as Colback snuck ahead of him with just an assist. Both ended up on 8 with a BP each
- Lovren did well the past 2 weeks claiming 4 Bonus Points between them however only scored 3 in the BPS 5 behind Bassong on 8 and 4 behind the rest of Norwich's defense.
- If a forward scorers in a game with a few goals and he's the only forward to score he will most likely pick up a BP or too as seen with subs Negredo and Fletcher both getting only 45 minutes in the the only games with 2 or more goals in them.
That's this weeks analysis hopefully it will be of some help
Edit: Gabbidon and Colback got 1 BP each obviously under the review after the game.0 -
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I've completely changed my approach this year based on the first 3 GW's and the new BPS.
Fair enough, I had lost a lot of interest in FF over the last few years, but I would never have dreamed of picking the team and formations I am doing and plan to do now. I think 5-3-2 is coming slightly ahead as my preferred.
My back six are currently made up of
2 Pool, 1 City, 1 Utd, 1 Everton, 1 W'Ham.
I will be changing that to 1 Chelsea and 0 W'Ham in a few GW's.
I will also be watching Everton closely, I'm prepared to let Seamie go for a "big 4 or 5" defender if needs be as I think they'll start to leak a few goals under his style (and if Baines/Fellaini go)
If last years clean sheets are anything to go by, then I fancy having the option of a solid 6 to choose from with a 40% or so chance of a clean sheet.
Clean Sheets 12/13
City 43%
Pool 42%
Chelsea 37% (this should increase under Jose I think)
Arsenal 37%
United 34% (feeling this will increase under Moyes....purely because he will be more cautious)
Everton 29%
38 games with an average of 15-16 clean sheets that, with the right high scoring BPS defender averaging of 7 points.
16*7= 112 Points
22 remaining games with no clean sheet @ 2 points = 44 points
That's 156 points without any of them chipping in with a goal or an assist all season or any bonus points for in a game that the concede (which is no longer a long shot).
I think we'll see a few 200+ defenders this year.
You have more chances of playing them, and at a fraction of the cost per point you'll get further up the field.
I may be guilty of matching of making my argument suit my position
Any thoughts on the above strategy?0 -
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ajcurry123 wrote: »I've completely changed my approach this year based on the first 3 GW's and the new BPS.
Fair enough, I had lost a lot of interest in FF over the last few years, but I would never have dreamed of picking the team and formations I am doing and plan to do now. I think 5-3-2 is coming slightly ahead as my preferred.
My back six are currently made up of
2 Pool, 1 City, 1 Utd, 1 Everton, 1 W'Ham.
I will be changing that to 1 Chelsea and 0 W'Ham in a few GW's.
I will also be watching Everton closely, I'm prepared to let Seamie go for a "big 4 or 5" defender if needs be as I think they'll start to leak a few goals under his style (and if Baines/Fellaini go)
If last years clean sheets are anything to go by, then I fancy having the option of a solid 6 to choose from with a 40% or so chance of a clean sheet.
Clean Sheets 12/13
City 43%
Pool 42%
Chelsea 37% (this should increase under Jose I think)
Arsenal 37%
United 34% (feeling this will increase under Moyes....purely because he will be more cautious)
Everton 29%
38 games with an average of 15-16 clean sheets that, with the right high scoring BPS defender averaging of 7 points.
16*7= 112 Points
22 remaining games with no clean sheet @ 2 points = 44 points
That's 156 points without any of them chipping in with a goal or an assist all season or any bonus points for in a game that the concede (which is no longer a long shot).
I think we'll see a few 200+ defenders this year.
You have more chances of playing them, and at a fraction of the cost per point you'll get further up the field.
I may be guilty of matching of making my argument suit my position
Any thoughts on the above strategy?
Think your right, started off probably the same as most on here with what looked a really good (and expensive) midfield, not expecting the new bps to have such an impact so yeah, think it's time rethink, and go from 3 4 3 formation to either 4 3 3 or 5 2 3 with some decent defenders.0 -
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ajcurry123 wrote: »I've completely changed my approach this year based on the first 3 GW's and the new BPS.
Fair enough, I had lost a lot of interest in FF over the last few years, but I would never have dreamed of picking the team and formations I am doing and plan to do now. I think 5-3-2 is coming slightly ahead as my preferred.
My back six are currently made up of
2 Pool, 1 City, 1 Utd, 1 Everton, 1 W'Ham.
I will be changing that to 1 Chelsea and 0 W'Ham in a few GW's.
I will also be watching Everton closely, I'm prepared to let Seamie go for a "big 4 or 5" defender if needs be as I think they'll start to leak a few goals under his style (and if Baines/Fellaini go)
If last years clean sheets are anything to go by, then I fancy having the option of a solid 6 to choose from with a 40% or so chance of a clean sheet.
Clean Sheets 12/13
City 43%
Pool 42%
Chelsea 37% (this should increase under Jose I think)
Arsenal 37%
United 34% (feeling this will increase under Moyes....purely because he will be more cautious)
Everton 29%
38 games with an average of 15-16 clean sheets that, with the right high scoring BPS defender averaging of 7 points.
16*7= 112 Points
22 remaining games with no clean sheet @ 2 points = 44 points
That's 156 points without any of them chipping in with a goal or an assist all season or any bonus points for in a game that the concede (which is no longer a long shot).
I think we'll see a few 200+ defenders this year.
You have more chances of playing them, and at a fraction of the cost per point you'll get further up the field.
I may be guilty of matching of making my argument suit my position
Any thoughts on the above strategy?
Great post well done. Im definetely changing my strategy away from a 3 4 3. Im not quite ready to go to 5 at the back but will be setting up as 4 3 3 I reckon. My back 6 will be something like Mig,Cole,vidic,kosceilny, dawson, collins. It gives me the potential to go 5 at the back if needed. The big departure here is Im not going with any 4.0 defenders. Midfield I'll have walcott and 1 other big hitter with probably 3 mids under 5.5 that I rotate. Up front 3 big hitters that are guaranteed to play every week. ( rvp, rooney, sturridge, soldado, benteke, giroud in some sort of combination).
The Bps have made a big difference but its been a strange start to the season with a severe lack of goals hardly any of the big hitting midfielders have scored and thats obviously going to change. Once things settle down I'd imagine the average number of goals per game will increase a fair bit.0 -
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