Useful FPL Websites?

Bleating Lamb

All the best to everyone for the Season ahead,
I lost interest last year after having a horrendous run of injuries,Captain fails etc from November to Christmas after a decent start.
Intend on giving FPL a bit more time this Season.

With that in mind what sites would those who use them recommend joining/paying subscription to for useful tips and info during the Season ahead?
Fantasy Football Fix is only site I ever used in the past and discussing things on the forum here,
Thanks again for any thoughts from non casuals

Irishphotodesk

If you are serious there are plenty of pay sites for advice.

Personally, I cross reference bookies odds with my own opinion, my logic being that the bookies have already done the research on who is likely to get booked, who is likely to score and what the result should be.

I aim to be in the top 1million so my expectations are low, I found a few years ago that the dedication needed to get the result wasn't worth the impact it had on my life(I was obsessed with fantasy football ...but it didn't make me a better player.... Guesswork and logic are your best tools)

Feel free to sign up to one or more of the pay sites for advice/information/stats.

Bleating Lamb

Irishphotodesk wrote: »

If you are serious there are plenty of pay sites for advice.

Personally, I cross reference bookies odds with my own opinion, my logic being that the bookies have already done the research on who is likely to get booked, who is likely to score and what the result should be.

I aim to be in the top 1million so my expectations are low, I found a few years ago that the dedication needed to get the result wasn't worth the impact it had on my life(I was obsessed with fantasy football ...but it didn't make me a better player.... Guesswork and logic are your best tools)

Feel free to sign up to one or more of the pay sites for advice/information/stats.

Thanks for reply,no more than yourself I don’t have loads of time to spend on FF either:)

Was just wondering which site if any regular users find best if you were to pick one pay site to subscribe to.
Intend on only giving FF time on a Friday evening to decide tactics for weekend games and a while the evening before midweek fixtures.
I do habitually watch out for bandwagons and double risers in first month of the Season to build team value but don’t pass too much heed of gaining team value after that.
Really appreciate any mentions of sites that are easy to use and generally helpful from regulars who have used them in the past.
Thanks,
Bleating Lamb

Lucas Hood

Not strictly fpl but i find these sites useful for stats and the likes.

https://understat.com/ good for expected goals etc.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/soccer-predictions/premier-league/ for probability of teams winning games.

Irishphotodesk

Fantasy football scout is apparently decent information.... Not sure if it's worth paying but someone who has paid may see value .

Fiso.co.uk is good for price rise predictions but usually takes a few weeks to get the algorithms working.

There might be some old threads with links from previous years
Edit: found this
https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057769218/1/#post104222966

Scorpion Sting

Irishphotodesk wrote: »

Fantasy football scout is apparently decent information.... Not sure if it's worth paying but someone who has paid may see value .

Fiso.co.uk is good for price rise predictions but usually takes a few weeks to get the algorithms working.

There might be some old threads with links from previous years
Edit: found this
https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057769218/1/#post104222966

Actually Fiso hasn’t been good for price rise predictions since 2014. FPL Statistics is the best site for price checking.

eagle eye

I think it's good to have a good think about things yourself and then go read all the sites. If you are getting some decent feedback as regards your own thoughts from these sites then go with it but if you are not getting good feedback drop your idea.

Bleating Lamb

eagle eye wrote: »

I think it's good to have a good think about things yourself and then go read all the sites. If you are getting some decent feedback as regards your own thoughts from these sites then go with it but if you are not getting good feedback drop your idea.

Apologies for only replying now, which sites are decent and free to read?

Also quick question to all......if you join likes of Fantasy Scout are you automatically entered into their league or can you decline entry to league?

Wouldn’t be joining till GW2 so everyone else would have a big headstart!:)

jimmii

Bleating Lamb wrote: »

Apologies for only replying now, which sites are decent and free to read?

Also quick question to all......if you join likes of Fantasy Scout are you automatically entered into their league or can you decline entry to league?

Wouldn’t be joining till GW2 so everyone else would have a big headstart!:)

You dont have to join the leagues. It's worth joining the cups as there are prizes!

jimmii

Irishphotodesk wrote: »

Fantasy football scout is apparently decent information.... Not sure if it's worth paying but someone who has paid may see value .

Fiso.co.uk is good for price rise predictions but usually takes a few weeks to get the algorithms working.

There might be some old threads with links from previous years
Edit: found this
https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057769218/1/#post104222966

I have been a paid up member on ffs since they started offering it. If you are time short then it's very handy using the player comparison tool and it's nice having the stats presented the way theyve done it. The RMT is useful if you have to make very late decisions and are happy to basically just go with what the computer thinks. For the ~£1.50/month I get a lot of usage out of it.

KevIRL

jimmii wrote: »

I have been a paid up member on ffs since they started offering it. If you are time short then it's very handy using the player comparison tool and it's nice having the stats presented the way theyve done it. The RMT is useful if you have to make very late decisions and are happy to basically just go with what the computer thinks. For the ~£1.50/month I get a lot of usage out of it.

Me too. Signed up straight away. I use some of the members features and find them v useful but the main reason I'm a paid member is to support what is an excellent site

Copper_pipe

https://www.livefpl.net/rank

Beaulieu

The net is awash with FPL websites, twitter a/cs , podcasts etc but..

I subscribe to Football Fantasy Scout -deffo worth it as it captures all that you need -
Differential picks
Team news and expected lineups
Who's in form and value for money
Player comparison tools & heat maps.

I know it sounds a lot but it's all managable in about an hour.

Ive come across https://fplgeneral.com/ this year -what I like about this especially is that a season ticket holder for each team writes an article on that week's game. Gives a nice insight if you need it into a player's form.

Can't beat https://www.livefpl.net if you want to see your realtime position & points plus it also can give your leagues realtime scoring if you want it. Brilliant stuff.

Lucas Hood

Beaulieu wrote: »

Ive come across https://fplgeneral.com/ this year -what I like about this especially is that a season ticket holder for each team writes an article on that week's game. Gives a nice insight if you need it into a player's form.

I saw that on twitter but haven't read it any yet. . I hope people were vetted before signing up. Just because someone is a fan of a particular club doesn't mean they have a clue about football.

Iused2likebusts

The match reports on fplgeneral.com have been very good so far.

FHFC

As many of you know, the 'General' is a good lad. Donegal man and formerly of this parish too.

tomwaits48

FHFC wrote: »

As many of you know, the 'General' is a good lad. Donegal man and formerly of this parish too.

his podcasts are soooooooo boring. he could do with some voice training or something.

iroced

Copper_pipe wrote: »

https://www.livefpl.net/rank

Beaulieu wrote: »

Can't beat https://www.livefpl.net if you want to see your realtime position & points plus it also can give your leagues realtime scoring if you want it. Brilliant stuff.

Is their top 10k section the new FPLdiscovery? Their top 10k stats were more interesting and useful than the global average FPL gives.

KevIRL

FHFC wrote: »

As many of you know, the 'General' is a good lad. Donegal man and formerly of this parish too.

Didnt know he posted on here

ElTel

https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co....mment_20382906


I hope this is of use to the guys looking for viable cheap defenders. Hopefully this link works. Scroll down the page to find comments by Diesel001 who looks at rotation pairs that avoid the "big 6" for Q1 (first 9 fixtures) and Q2

POKERKING

Fpl renegades on twitter, they do a podcast on spotify too. Irish lads.

Fantasy football scout is good even if not a paid member. Likely teams
Is free, scout picks and captain poll, really all a casual player needs.

alchemist33

Not a site per se, but I found this very useful fixture tracker on reddit. It ranks teams by fixture difficulty and you can play around with it a bit more

https://public.tableau.com/profile/timbayer#!/vizhome/PremierLeagueFixtures1920/PLFixtures

FHFC

KevIRL wrote: »

Didnt know he posted on here

Yeah he had a great season while posting here, I remember him talking about an idea of getting going on twitter and making something of the FPL stuff, and he certainly has.

mcgettigan16 or something like that on here.

Green&Red

Lots of good podcasts out there
FPL FML
FFS
The generals
FPL surgery
Always cheating

KevIRL

FHFC wrote: »

Yeah he had a great season while posting here, I remember him talking about an idea of getting going on twitter and making something of the FPL stuff, and he certainly has.

mcgettigan16 or something like that on here.

Ah yes, I remember the name now alright.

We got dumped like a hot snot then :(

KevIRL

Green&Red wrote: »

Lots of good podcasts out there
FPL FML
FFS
The generals
FPL surgery
Always cheating

Rank your favs

FMLFPL for me then prob Always Cheating, WGTA close too, LetsTalkFPL on Youtube good too . Enjoy the FFS one as well.

Lucas Hood

Always found fpl podcasts very amateurish. Havent listened in awhile though.

CSF

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Always found fpl podcasts very amateurish. Havent listened in awhile though.

Yeah, I’m not a fan of these social media pseudonyms masquerading as experts in an attempt to achieve celebrity status while only offering anything insightful to those completely devoid of FPL critical thinking (the kinds of people spending money on Patreon accounts and the likes). And they seem to be multiplying with all kinds of crazy FPL Octopus, FPL Wizard, FPL Gimpmask tags doing the rounds.

If I’m donating FPL social media time to anyone, it’d be someone like James Egersdorff, who is able to discuss the game normally and expressively without everything having to be in some kind of diluted click-friendly format like ‘differential of the week’ ‘banker of the week’ etc.

Lucas Hood

Few twitter posters i like

https://twitter.com/BigManBakar

https://twitter.com/roneildinho

Markx

CSF wrote: »

Yeah, I’m not a fan of these social media pseudonyms masquerading as experts in an attempt to achieve celebrity status while only offering anything insightful to those completely devoid of FPL critical thinking (the kinds of people spending money on Patreon accounts and the likes). And they seem to be multiplying with all kinds of crazy FPL Octopus, FPL Wizard, FPL Gimpmask tags doing the rounds.

If I’m donating FPL social media time to anyone, it’d be someone like James Egersdorff, who is able to discuss the game normally and expressively without everything having to be in some kind of diluted click-friendly format like ‘differential of the week’ ‘banker of the week’ etc.

Wow - it's like I wrote this myself. Couldn't agree more.

I think we have reached a point where there is so much advice from lads who know no better than anybody else, that it's like having no information again. I really liked Eggers Youtubes.

CSF

Markx wrote: »

Wow - it's like I wrote this myself. Couldn't agree more.

I think we have reached a point where there is so much advice from lads who know no better than anybody else, that it's like having no information again. I really liked Eggers Youtubes.

Imagine my shock when 2 of those made up FPL names mentioned were actual ones haha. FPL Gimpmask is still available though for me to launch my budding career.

Green&Red

KevIRL wrote: »

Rank your favs

FMLFPL for me then prob Always Cheating, WGTA close too, LetsTalkFPL on Youtube good too . Enjoy the FFS one as well.

Always like FML FPL, funny lads and a kinda different view to everywhere else which is great

Depends who is on the FFS, love Andy and Az, David is actually growing on me, he talks too much but he does have some good points. Luke is decent just sounds boring. Joe gives me the pain.

Az and Luke have a good podcast but intermittent episodes, would trump FFS.

FPL General I find is only ok, basically whoever did well that week is going on his watch list. His delivery is zzz

Green&Red

I also find listening to the guardian podcast very helpful, not FPL related, try and get a more balanced view on matches before deciding who is good for a particular game if that makes sense

A bit like the FPL general getting club fans to talk about matches

crushproof

Green&Red wrote: »

I also find listening to the guardian podcast very helpful, not FPL related, try and get a more balanced view on matches before deciding who is good for a particular game if that makes sense

A bit like the FPL general getting club fans to talk about matches

Likewise the Totally Football podcast, good breakdown of the fixtures ahead with plenty of stats thrown into the mix.

alchemist33

alchemist33 wrote: »

Not a site per se, but I found this very useful fixture tracker on reddit. It ranks teams by fixture difficulty and you can play around with it a bit more

https://public.tableau.com/profile/timbayer#!/vizhome/PremierLeagueFixtures1920/PLFixtures

Thank you so much for posting this.

I’ve been asking for the last 2 seasons if anyone had a link to one of these.

I actually paid 20 quid to access one this year and it’s not even as good as the one you posted.

This will improve my planning 100%.

Thanks again.

FHFC

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Few twitter posters i like

https://twitter.com/BigManBakar

https://twitter.com/roneildinho

Both excellent. @BigManBakar has been posting some excellent observations this season. Was in a WhatsApp group he ran a couple of years back, very good guy.

nullObjects

Green&Red wrote: »

Always like FML FPL, funny lads and a kinda different view to everywhere else which is great

They do a write up explaining their thoughts too:

https://fmlfpl.com/post/187064469175/lambs081619/

tomwaits48

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Always found fpl podcasts very amateurish. Havent listened in awhile though.

+1 most of them are terrible. that FPL General one...totally chronic. the FFS one has improved but still is mainly rubbish. The one i listen to regularly is who got the assist, which is decent. no banter, no talking about their own lives, no upselling to patreon, just hard cold facts.

KevIRL

tomwaits48 wrote: »

+1 most of them are terrible. that FPL General one...totally chronic. the FFS one has improved but still is mainly rubbish. The one i listen to regularly is who got the assist, which is decent. no banter, no talking about their own lives, no upselling to patreon, just hard cold facts.

n

Always Cheating is one I like but now in addition to patreon upselling they have a fair amount of ads and very random too. Wierd hearing FPL pod hosts advertising stuff like erectile dysfunction products and shaving kits in the middle of the pod. I wouldnt begrude them earning a few quid but still.

nullObjects

This possibly falls under interesting more than useful:
https://fplreview.com/team-planner/

You give it your team id and it suggests a couple of transfers based on the expected points of the next X game weeks

CSF

nullObjects wrote: »

This possibly falls under interesting more than useful:
https://fplreview.com/team-planner/

You give it your team id and it suggests a couple of transfers based on the expected points of the next X game weeks

That is pretty cool as an idea, but it kept suggesting Zinchenko to me in every single transfer combination. I guess they really fancy City as a defensive prospect

Beaulieu

CSF wrote: »

That is pretty cool as an idea, but it kept suggesting Zinchenko to me in every single transfer combination. I guess they really fancy City as a defensive prospect

Ditto!

fplreview

CSF wrote: »

That is pretty cool as an idea, but it kept suggesting Zinchenko to me in every single transfer combination. I guess they really fancy City as a defensive prospect

Just a tip, this tool is really designed for the users to edit the xMins (expected play-time) based on their own beliefs & latest news. Right now it provides a decent first estimation though humans are better interpreters of managers thinking. Test it out doing that and see what happens- if you really don;t like Zinny set him to 0- though I do think he's a good pick.

The tool is actually Irish made so I might try to be a little more active here.

CSF

fplreview wrote: »

CSF wrote: »

That is pretty cool as an idea, but it kept suggesting Zinchenko to me in every single transfer combination. I guess they really fancy City as a defensive prospect

Just a tip, this tool is really designed for the users to edit the xMins (expected play-time) based on their own beliefs & latest news. Right now it provides a decent first estimation though humans are better interpreters of managers thinking. Test it out doing that and see what happens- if you really don;t like Zinny set him to 0- though I do think he's a good pick.

The tool is actually Irish made so I might try to be a little more active here.

Will keep that in mind, thanks for letting me know.

Iused2likebusts

fplreview wrote: »

Just a tip, this tool is really designed for the users to edit the xMins (expected play-time) based on their own beliefs & latest news. Right now it provides a decent first estimation though humans are better interpreters of managers thinking. Test it out doing that and see what happens- if you really don;t like Zinny set him to 0- though I do think he's a good pick.

The tool is actually Irish made so I might try to be a little more active here.

I love that website have found it very useful. Keep up the good work. The luck rating helped me get through the pain of last year.

Benimar

A bit of fun..want to know your all time rank?

https://www.premierfantasytools.com/whats-my-all-time-rank/

Just put in your current team ID.

KevIRL

Benimar wrote: »

A bit of fun..want to know your all time rank?

https://www.premierfantasytools.com/whats-my-all-time-rank/

Just put in your current team ID.

1412. Seems okay.

jimmii

Interesting to see how it differs to ffs HOF. 1st on ffs is 78th on pft and 1st on pft is 4th on ffs so still pretty high. Mark Sutherns is 2nd on ffs but all the way down in 358th on this list!

KevIRL

Roryc formerly of this parish in 36th

Scorpion Sting

jimmii wrote: »

Interesting to see how it differs to ffs HOF. 1st on ffs is 78th on pft and 1st on pft is 4th on ffs so still pretty high. Mark Sutherns is 2nd on ffs but all the way down in 358th on this list!

How is Mark that low down in the rankings? He’s one of the best fantasy managers in the world.

Maybe it has to do with that one poor season he had.

jimmii

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

How is Mark that low down in the rankings? He’s one of the best fantasy managers in the world.

Maybe it has to do with that one poor season he had.

Yeah surprising alright. Didnt look at the formula but guess it's more weighted to recent seasons than the ffs one.