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Fantasy Premier League - Your Season Review - 2016/2017
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21-05-2017 9:00am#1
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Let's start by quoting my last 2 "What Have You Learned from this Season:" with respective final rankings of 9,152 & 69,776 (:mad:).What Have You Learned from this Season (2014/15): There's no right or wrong strategies, at times playing it safe will work, at other times taking hits e.g. to rearrange your team will pay too. But always keep a cool head and never forget this is a marathon not a sprint.What Have You Learned from this Season (2015/16):I'm afraid the new chips are going to ruin the game. And it's not just down to my own bitterness about my disastrous season. My missus did pretty well (a second top 10k finish in a row) and I can say I'm largely responsible for it. I think we kinda played the chips the same way too. So if I compare-analyse both our season I could say the chips had/have little influence. They did not make the difference in our season anyway. But, as useless as they could be, I don't like what they bring to the game, that is an added element of luck.
Final Overall Ranking: 13,998
Final Team Value (Value + Money In The Bank): £105.7m (£104.2m + £1.5m)
Total Transfers: 58
Chips - 1) when did you play them (incl. wildcards) and 2) how did they go?:
Let's start by again specifying how I see those chips. Apart from the TC one, I don't see them as 1-GW-chips. We all plan for them. And this planning implies that BB & AOA influence our choices/transfers/hits for several GWs (pre, during and post chips).
WC1: GW6. Success. Fixed a disastrous non-GW3 WC. Helped me starting a good (but short) run from 445k to 91k.
AOA: GW7. Fail. My GW6 WC was an overall success. So since I played it with AOA in mind, I should consider my AOA a success too, considering my approach. But. reality is the players I brought in for the AOA as part of a strong front 8 rotation all failed to deliver for me in the mid-term plan I had designed for them.
WC2: GW21. Huge success. 101 pts. From 301k to 127k. Put my season back on tracks.
BB: GW22. Useless. Again, was part of my GW21 WC. In isolation my BB did not bring me much (11 pts). Overall, it started well. WC GW was a huge success, BB GW was a decent success. But in the following 2/3/4 GWs, most of my BB choices failed and did not delivered when I needed them. So mixed feelings about it. I'd say, it overall had no real influence on my season, which in itself is a failure since we're supposed to and hope for getting a boost from it.
TC: DGW37. Huge success! 81 pts from Sanchez. Only Kane would have been better (8 pts) but I never really considered him. So victorious use beyond all expectations here. And when you're coming from Lukaku 2x2x3 pointers last year
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Your Best Transfer(s):
King. I got him in very very late (GW35). But when a player is good, in form and returning, it's never too late. Some here remember Ramsey and Yaya Touré from a couple of seasons ago
. He netted me 25 pts in 3 GWs and through the great km79 informed me/us that he was not going to be available for the last GW, which triggered myself to get in his team-mate Stanislas who returned a 9 pointer (it almost feels like King sent me a private e-mail telling me "look, iroced, I'm sorry I won't make GW38 but get in Stan he won't disappoint" ). This guy could not have a more suitable name!
Your Worst Transfer(s):
Coutinho my personal "bête noire", never doing anything for me, always performing great while out of my teams.
Valencia the wrong United horse to back up.
And of course useless Gabbiadini.
Highlight of the Season:
My season start (first 3 GWs). Was travelling Central Europe to reach a good friend's wedding in Eastern Slovakia. It became a little game in itself to try and find the accessible wi-fi and/or 3G/4G spots from one country to another to try and get as much info from here as I could gather in a limited amount of time. And it worked great with my first 3 OR being 63k, 72k, 38k.
Then. 101 pts GW21 WC. 180 pts DGW37 81 pts Kane TC. This last GW where 6 of my front 7 returned at least 9 pts.
And this 13,998 finish, my 3rd best
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Lowlight of the Season:
GW4. Was back from my FPL-successful European trip, had time and thought my 38k OR was a promise to a great season where I could challenge my personal best and try and reach a 3 digits finish. Well. made a mess of it, got a 3.666 million GW rank and dropped to 420k. Took me up to GW26 to really recover from it and find some momentum to reach top 50k, stay there and try pushing for better.
What Have You Learned from this Season:
I still don't like the new chips. Admittedly, they add some fun. But they add too much luck for my liking. What I lke the most in this game is all the mid-term planning and anticipation we discuss in here. These chips, if they're not a full one, are too much of a lottery.
So I partly rest my case about my last year comment. Partly 'cause they don't ruin the game, that's a step too far in the wording. But I persist they do make a much bigger difference than what the general consensus think they do. And I realise I expressed myself pretty confusingly on that matter last year. Again, as I already stated in this post, the fact we're planning for at least one (BB) if not 2 (AOA) of them, implies they influence a lot more than the single GW you're using them!
What I really learned this year though is, a bit like Mr. P being more patient (wiser?), a different strategy I used in the second part of the season (after my second WC in GW21). Like I said 2 years ago, there are many ways of playing this game right, we jjust need to adapt as best as we can to the situation. But, I used to overly focused on price changes and it influenced my transfers, maybe too much. So this year, I tried to play it/them differently. I actually did not even follow the price changes thread for the last 2/3 months (was just checking from time to time to get a laugh at the pictures 
). And if I lost a significant team value, I feel I made cleverer moves and it paid off greatly in the end. There was the risk of being short to be able to afford several premium players if they'd become essential but as I anticipated from the previous seasons, there's always one to drop in form/get injured or a cheapie to burst out and shine (e.g. King). Same applies at the back with e.g. Stephens, Holding, Holgate etc...
As a result, I never got burnt by an early transfer and benefitted several times from my patience for a late adjustment (best example King in this last GW, but also Kane earlier when he got injured and burnt many who jumped early on him).
Aims and Expectations for 2017/2018:
As always. Top 10k the aim. And if things turn right, to beat my best ever finish. But it's getting a lot tougher with the increased popularity and amount of "real" players in the game.
One thing in FPL that you would change for next season (an improvement etc):
It ain't going to happen but more transparency about the Price changes system. It's ridiculous the way it is now. Like we don't know but we kinda know anyway thanks to the price changes predictions sites.
Then. I'm not a fan of these new chips but since they're not going to be removed, maybe make some adjustments to them. e.g. Using the 2 WCs whenever we want (e.g. 2 GWs in a row). I know it's part of the BB but since there's the AOA why not a double GK chip. It'll end up as useless as the AOA but at least it'll spare the uselessness between attack and defense :pac:.0 -
Final Overall Ranking: 10,630 A personal best for me so that’s fantastic. Would have been stupendous to finish inside the 10k but was 49k in GW 35 so need to be more grateful.
Final Team Value (Value + Money In The Bank): 109.5 It was one of the better ones around and gave me great options from GW 30 onwards. Funnily enough, having too much money can often bite you in the a$$ just as much as not having enough. Point in case Bavies. I had Vertonghen for most of the tail end of the season and he returned really well but I should have gone for the player with the higher potential points ceiling and not necessarily the larger price tag. Can someone tell me if Vertonghen has scored yet ?
Total Transfers: 78 – A LOT. I’m not someone who is afraid to take points hits and I tend to take a lot early in the season to build RV. I posted a thread at the start of this season to chart how it went for different people, along with a synopsis of how I managed the juggling act last season : http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057638498 My verdict now after 38 GW’s ? I think I misjudged it slightly as opposed to a lot last year.
Chips - 1) when did you play them (incl. wildcards) and 2) how did they go?:
Wildcard 1 - GW6 : Pretty good, not too early, not too late. Helped with OR and RV.
All Out Attack - GW21: Pretty good use of the chip as it was a pure clusterf&*k of a week for my defense. I had Browning, Amat, Ake all not playing. Brunt played but got me 0 in the 4-0 loss to Spurs. My other defender Baines got a decent 6 for Evertons 4-0 thrashing of City
Triple Captain - GW27 : Like a lot went for Aguero. I don’t regret it as the thinking/theory was sound. It’s a pity the execution wasn’t !
Wildcard 2 - GW36 : I was hanging at this stage and had to be quite disciplined with myself. It was a good one for me and drove me up the OR rankings extremely well. All in all I have to count both of my WC’s as very successful.
Bench Boost - GW37 : Like a lot of people around here I was not happy with Puel after the first of the 2 games in GW 37. But … it all turned out well. I had 33 on the bench or 21 if you swapped Sane’s 12 points for City with Gabbiadini’s great return of 0 points for Saints.
Your Best Transfer(s) : I had a few. I had a sneaky feeling about Capoue in pre-season so had him from the off. Sounds good ? I had him benched for each of his big returns .:pac: Alonso was great for me. So was Vertonghen for periods. I was lucky to get on Lukaku and Kane for their big returns and I had Alli for some of his big ones. Heaton was set and forget a total legend.
Your Worst Transfer(s): I had more than a few. Gabbiadini was the most recent so the one that burns the worst. That was my fault though for getting sucked in and not calling a halt to the madness. I brought in Phillips from West Brom for his great 9 points in GW 20 and kept the little stinker till GW 29 when I finally managed to get the stale stench of his bench farts off my team. I went with Stones at the beginning of the season and we all know how wonderful that was. But far and away the worst transfer I made of the season was the one I didn’t make. I brought in Lanzini in GW 28 instead of King and it was a coin toss. It was a coin toss that cost me very dearly as I got thick afterwards and refused to bring the player on even though he was a pure hero for the vast majority.
Highlight of the Season: Best OR finish ever. Lukaku for his big Captained points Haul in GW 28 (when one person on the team does all the work) Sanchez for his multiple captaincy wins and Kane for his multiple captaincy wins.
Lowlight of the Season: Not getting King instead of Lanzini in GW 28, a real season definer. Getting rid of Alonso in GW 21 and missing his great 21 points. I was like a demon for the weekend even though I’d gotten a respectable 84 points.
What Have You Learned from this Season: Trust your gut. I stopped checking who everyone else was captaining for the second half of the season and was far, far more successful. It’s a game. Don’t let it define your weekend or diminish your happiness when things go poorly.
Aims and Expectations for 2017/2018: I will aim for the top 10k yet again. If I don’t manage to squeak out of the FSA Qualifying league with 11th place this season then I will try and squeak out again next season. I'm pretty sure I won’t trail-blaze my way out Like El Tel did in 15-16 or Jay0109 did this season.
One thing in FPL that you would change for next season (an improvement etc): I like the suggestions others have made about a double classification of midfielders into Defensive and Offensive.0 -
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Final Overall Ranking: 19,854 - score 2,273 pts
Final Team Value (Value + Money In The Bank): £105.10
Total Transfers: 57
Chips - 1) when did you play them (incl. wildcards) and 2) how did they go?:
WC1 - I used this week 2
. Even for someone as impetuous as me I am still shocked. In fairness I moved from 400K to 100K by Wk 4 before the wheels came off. Incredibly I got rid of Ibra (I find it hard to have Utd or Jose players is the only excuse). I also got rid of Mkhitaryn and Mahrez and I brought in Costa and Hazard so I must have been applying some logic somewhere.
WC2. I did the GW 36 & BB 37. The fact that the season was over bar the CL placings rightly screwed this up but I still got 147 points so Iwill stick with this for next year and hope there are no Gabbiadini's about.
AOA: I was keeping this for defensive emergencies which never arose so I threw it in Wk 34 when McAuley had no game. My other two benched defenders scored 8 & 6. My 3rd worst GW rank all season. Never again unless I need it.
BB: Wk 37 22 points. Not bad.
TC: Like everyone else Aguero 9 pts in WK27. Two great fixtures, I would definitely do it again. Removes one element of required planning and GW 37 turned out to be way too risky for rotation / rest even if lots of players did score well.
Your Best Transfer(s): Not a transfer but I had Heaton from GW1. I also got on the Josh King bandwagon early.
Your Worst Transfer(s): Out: See Ibra above. In: had Gabbiadini at the end.
Highlight of the Season: Kane in the last two weeks. Kane & Alli assisting each other at various times. I'm a Spurs fan and I had these two whenever Kane was fit. No better feeling watching your favourite team and getting 11 FF pts as well when I captained Kane.:D
Lowlight of the Season: I had Sanchez for all bar 5 weeks. He scored over 70 points in those weeks. I hate him and his sour puss woe is me attitude.
What Have You Learned from this Season: Don't panic after a bad start!
Aims and Expectations for 2017/2018: Top 10K next year. Need a run of luck with captains.
One thing in FPL that you would change for next season (an improvement etc):[/QUOTE] I think it is pretty much nailed down at this stage. There is always luck but I generally like the extra chips as you can plan. maybe the second WC makes planning a bit too easy and makes the last few weeks a bit of a lottery? Also possibly a revision of the BP system away from being completely biased towards goal scorers. FFS Rooney got a bonus point against Spurs the other week for a scuffed shot when most people would have given him the hook for his overall performance.0 -
Final Overall Ranking: 53k. 2216 points, won 2 private leagues.
Final Team Value (Value + Money In The Bank): 107.1 + 0.2
Total Transfers: 58
Chips - 1) when did you play them (incl. wildcards) and 2) how did they go?:
Wildcard: GW4: Can't remember anything good or disastrous from it.
Triple Captain: GW27: Aguero:9 points x3, happy with this. Again as someone else said anything is better than Lukaky (4x3) last season
All Out Attack: GW29: 68 points. I see this as a needless chip. But better than last year s at lest all my attackers played
Wildcard: GW36: Success
Following 11k GW ranking in GW 35, I was reluctant to make a lot of changes. But I did and got another GW ranking of 11k in GW36
Bench Boost: GW37: 178 points (-8) Took hits to block rivals a bit. GW rank: 28k. Very happy considering I had Costa captain with a huge 2 points.
Your Best Transfer(s):
Chris Brunt
Alonso
King
Pieters
Oxlade-Chamberlain for his 10 pointer v. Man Utd.
Aguero (as he was a differential in my main league)
Having Lukaku and Kane at the right times. Same with Alli/Son.
Mane
Jakupovic
Your Worst Transfer(s):
Shaqiri/Allen
Gundogan
Coutinho, bought and captained against Sunderland, went off injured in 1st half.
Austin-instantly injured
Highlight of the Season:
GW35-36-GW37:
Ending with 178 points with only 2 points from my captain in GW37
Lowlight of the Season:
3 rivals owning James Collins forthe run in gettig 35 points between GW32-36.
Trying out cheap 3rd strikers: Austin, Iheanacho, Negredo, Carroll
Not making correct captain decisions. VC often outscoring C.
My grudge against Lukaku cost me a lot of points by not captaining him
Not typing the price drop of Dann and Dier as Dann-E.Dier with a photo of Danny Dyer. That haunts me.
What Have You Learned from this Season:
Don't hold grudges against Lukaku
Stick to 3 premium strikers and 2/3 premium MFs, no need to be a hero.
Aims and Expectations for 2017/2018:
2000 points as a minimum target as early as possible. Win my main private leagues. Not concerned with Overall Rank.
One thing in FPL that you would change for next season (an improvement etc):
No VC, it'd make me less upset with my incorrect captain decisions.
Would like to see subs coming in get half points, don't like seeing people being rewarded for picking the wrong starting XI.0 -
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Final Overall Ranking:
75,758
Final Team Value (Value + Money In The Bank):
100.2. 2.9 in bank
Total Transfers:
42
Chips - 1) when did you play them (incl. wildcards) and 2) how did they go?:
WC1 GW4. Fell near 400k places
AOA GW19. Fell another 100k places
WC2 GW30. Up 100k places, with continued rises for rest of season (2 red arrows out of 9).
TC GW36. Up 50k places
BB GW37. 167 pts, up near another 20k places.
Your Best Transfer(s):
KING!!
Your Worst Transfer(s):
Pick any in the first several GWs.
Highlight of the Season:
GW36 and 37. Breaking into the top Mil in GW21.
Lowlight of the Season:
4 weeks outside the top 2 mil in the first 10 GWs.
What Have You Learned from this Season:
Read this forum more. Don't let girls distract you.
Aims and Expectations for 2017/2018:
Another top 100k finish, promotion to FSA League 2.0 -
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What Have You Learned from this Season:
Read this forum more. Don't let girls distract you.
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Final Overall Ranking: 4558
Final Team Value (Value + Money In The Bank): ?106.2 & 0.4 ITB
Total Transfers: 53
Chips - 1) when did you play them (incl. wildcards) and 2) how did they go?:
WC1- GW6, it took me from 45k OR to 5k OR, a success.
WC2- GW36, to prepare for BB in 37
BB- GW37, GR of 20k and inside the top 5k for the first time all year.
AOA- Used in 38, but King was subbed out for Yoshida. Same happened last year, ineffective chip
TC- 27 on Kun. Still think it was the right choice at the time. Getting that right could have got me top 1k.
Your Best Transfer(s): Josh King, he clawed back serious gaps in my money leagues for me.
Your Worst Transfer(s): Alonso. I held him for 8 weeks when he did nothing. He scored as soon as I got rid, timing was off with him.
Highlight of the Season: first ever top 10k & 5k finish.
Lowlight of the Season: Missing out on the cup with a GW17 rank of 3.7M!!!
What Have You Learned from this Season: Go with your gut, and have fun
Aims and Expectations for 2017/2018: Top 1k finish. I didn't feel I had an exceptional season as far as luck was concerned, but I got most of my key decisions correct as far as long term planning was concerned. I was quick to act when things weren't working and I feel it worked. Always want to improve, so a top 1k finish is my aim, but I'll always be happy with a top 10k finish.
One thing in FPL that you would change for next season (an improvement etc): Consistency regarding assists and goals. Apart from that I feel the game is fine 0 -
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