Wednesday 31 July 2013

FPL Preseason Preparation Part 1: Prices

With FPL about to open I conveniently have a 2-day holiday for Aidilfitri (implying having a 4 day weekend and I'm quite tempted to take 3 days leave to have the week free haha) I have been working on a spreadsheet that finds rotations that work for the first 19 weeks (without mathematical formulas, maths formulas have their own flaws and I prefer using the analytic eye).

With Rate My Teams all over the place, I'd figure I'd add fuel to the fire here by firstly selecting some criterion to stick to and then going through some rotations that I've looked through. Sorry for not finishing the last series.


Monday 8 July 2013

FPL 12/13, the Hindsight Approach, Part 2

Continuing from Part 1, this is the continued part of the series that will sum up the FPL season in general for 2012/13, and I'll add any observations/trends that I have spotted over different parts of the season.

In terms of latest developments, the cumulative points spreadsheet a couple of guys have presented on FFS is a brilliant tool for analysis, and I will attempt to use this as well to aid my analysis. Note that this portion of the series will be significantly larger than the last, as I will be comparing trends in this second period to the first 7 games, as well as going to town a little on possible tactical changes and I'll include a bit of stats to back it up (no tables I promise).

The stats/lineups/tactical quotations that I use in these series of posts will be based on data from Whoscored, Football-Lineups, Transfermarkt, the aforementioned spreadsheet for FPL data, and if I need heat maps, Squawka. There is a "Long Story Short" Version at the end of the article. The "End" button on your keyboard is useful here.

I'll focus a bit on the midtable teams to relegation candidates first, so do take a look at those while I finish up the rest. Updated 16 July (Finished Liverpool)

Tuesday 2 July 2013

FPL 12/13, The Hindsight Approach - Part 1

While I was contented to make a summary of what happened to MY season, I found that it was also as important to note things that have happened to other teams in general which contributes to FPL. So before that season's data gets wiped, I'll try and sum up everything that happened in that season so that I at least have notes to refer to for next season.

This data will be useful to the people that (A) Believe that certain things will carry over from season to season and (B) don't mind using hindsight as a decent indicator/lesson to use for the coming season.