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FPL Ramblings
FPL Ramblings It has been a while since I wrote one of these and I didn’t have any plans to do so this season, but I was sitting around with nothing to do in the afternoon and thought why not write about some random fpl thoughts. Years ago I read an article in fantasy NFL that I really liked called Love/Hate. I liked it so much that in the past I have included a mini love/hate section myself although that has been a while. I use to do it to talk about transfers. I would see who managers were buying and selling and state whether I loved or hated the transfer, when I was on the fence I just say I was lukewarm. It is in article that I have thought about doing this season occasionally. That is sort of what this is in many ways as I am going to be loving and hating on the ownership of pla...[Read More]
FPL Fixtures Gameweek 1
FPL Fixtures Gameweek 1 And so the countdown begins. Whether you’ve been countlessly drafting and tinkering over the past few weeks or have had the discipline to hold off for now, it’s time to get serious and start planning the start of the campaign. Rather than writing the traditional Fixtures article format of ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’, I have instead written a small piece on every team with a look at their early fixtures and the players to watch from each team as we start the season. Obviously the latter is not an exhaustive list, that’s the job of the Tips article author. Good luck for the season ahead. FPL FIXTURE TRACKER But first up that all important Fixture Tracker itself… FIXTURE TRACKER LINK FIXTURE TRACKER 2021/22 Arsenal Following an open day trip to newly promoted Brentford, The...[Read More]
Harry and Lloyd’s Fantasy Predictions GW1
Harry and Lloyd’s Fantasy Predictions GW1 Welcome to Harry and Lloyd’s GW1. I was shocked when I realised that this is now the fifth season of our weekly predictions competition. The last few seasons have flown by and that’s largely down to all of you keeping this article alive. We thank you! What you see is what you get here at the H&L offices, consistency is (usually) the name of the game here, your weekly solace from the stress and strain of what can often be a long and arduous season of FPL. That’s why things have not changed a great deal (read not at all) around here this season. We will still be offering t-shirts for the winners and nothing for the losers (none of that ‘everyone’s a winner’ rubbish from us). We will still have the 38 game week...[Read More]
Fantasy Premier League £1k Regulars League 2021/22
Fantasy Premier League £1k Regulars League 2021/22 Hello everyone and welcome back to the FF247 Regulars League 2021/22. Top Heavy Top heavy to the tune of £500 for the winner! This is once again thanks to our friends and sponsors FanTeam. It’s not quite death or glory but we are certainly weighting this season’s prizes towards the top end, and deliberately so. Why? Because it’s just something different and mixes things up a bit, in all honesty. Aside from the prize info the other main purpose of this article is so that the Regulars League has a permanent home for reference points throughout the season, such as cup draws. It is also permanently linked to our Hot Topics just above the latest comments. FF247 Public League League Code: kgvnpe As per usual we will have the FF...[Read More]
Promoted Teams Analysis FPL 2021/22 – Norwich
Promoted Teams Analysis FPL 2021/22 – Norwich We continue our countdown of newly promoted teams with the first team to get promoted last season. Norwich were the eventual champions of the Sky Bet Championship with 97 points seeing them return to the top-flight after just one season. This was the highest points total in the league since Wolves in 2018, which is encouraging and suggest an improvement. This improvement has happened at the back as their defence shipped 36 goals compared to the 57 goals following their 2018/19 season. We all know Norwich and how they are the ultimate yo-yo team. This up and down status hasn’t got any help from the suits in the Premier League offices as Norwich’s start to the season cannot be any tougher. Over the first three games, they play Liverpool (H)...[Read More]
Grab, Avoid or Bore Off! – Fantasy Premier League 2021-22
Grab, Avoid or Bore Off! – Fantasy Premier League 2021-22 The first edition of Gabo for this new season. With FPL getting closer and closer to starting it is of course time for Bore Off to also kickoff. I have gathered three of my esteemed colleagues: GP of Scottish fantasy fame, Rosco of FPL fame and Smash of Devil’s Advocate fame. I asked for the site members to provide any questions they wanted answering, and did they ever! Some really great stuff was asked and hopefully this edition of Bore Off can provide you with some good answers (doubtful) to said questions. I want to send a special thanks to all who volunteered questions that were not sexually explicit. Well, without further ado, let us see what the boys had to say. Thanks for reading Grab, Avoid or Bore Off!. This article w...[Read More]
Top Forwards to Consider for the Opening Weekend of the Premier League 2021/22
Top Forwards to Consider for the Opening Weekend of the Premier League 2021/22 In most seasons past, when looking to select the regular point scoring option for one of the forward positions, either the striker of the reigning champions or Harry Kane would be the initial picks. Coming into the 2021/22 campaign, Manchester City have a distinctly Agüero-sized hole in the team, with there still being question marks around Gabriel Jesus. Then, there’s Harry Kane, who not only might be moving club but will also miss the start of the season, according to Manchester Evening News. On the bright side, this situation does mean that Fantasy Premier League players won’t feel strong-armed into paying 12.5 for one player straight off of the bat. That said, it can leave some wondering which forwards would...[Read More]
First place wins £200,000 CASH in Fanteam’s £1,000,000 season-long cash game
First place wins £200,000 CASH in Fanteam’s £1,000,000 season-long cash game Most of us love a private cash league with our friends, families and work colleagues when it comes to Fantasy Premier League. We all like doing battle for a few hundred pounds each season, so what do you say to the thought of winning your share of £1,000,000? Intrigued? We thought you might be, as we were when we first heard about it. There’s £1,000,000 in cash up for grabs just by playing fantasy football this season.The best thing about it? It’s almost exactly like our beloved FPL game we love to spend so much time obsessing over. There’s a new kid on the block when it comes to fantasy football – they’re called FanTeam and this season, they’re running a season-long fantasy football game where you can win some se...[Read More]
Promoted Teams Analysis FPL 2021/22 – Watford
Promoted Teams Analysis FPL 2021/22 – Watford Guess who’s back? Back again. Matt’s back, tell a friend! That is right I must have done a brilliant job on the Brentford article to be writing again so soon. Or it just means I’m the biggest idiot who answered when the boss man called! Well, I’m on my three-month summer holidays and I’ve got very little else to be doing so why not feed my fantasy obsession! We started these new team articles with the team who came up through the playoffs, Brentford, and will now take a look at the team who got promoted in second place, Watford. This team is more known to us than the Bees as it was only two seasons ago when we were all using Kabasele, Kiko Femenia and Troy Deeney in our FPL sides. This means I won’t have to give you a complete rundown of ...[Read More]
FPL Devil’s Advocate
FPL Devil’s Advocate Season 3, Episode 1 Welcome to Devil’s advocate. I have convinced my trusty punching bag to comeback for another article where he puts his cards on the table fpl wise and I “pretend” he has no idea what he is talking about. Last couple of editions he has sent me the screenshot of his team and we start from there. This season though he went rogue. He sent me his team and an explanation for almost every single player on his team before I got to even have a go at them. I think Smash just watched the movie 8 Mile before sending me his team where in the last rap battle Eminem says “this guy ain’t no motherf…ing MC, I know everything he’s bout to say against me” what he didn’t count on though is that unlike Papa Doc...[Read More]
FF247 Pre-season Hub 2021/22
FF247 Pre-season Hub 2021/22 The Pre-season Hub 2021/22 As you have become accustomed to in recent years, we start the new season off with your one-stop shop for all things pre-season with our club-by-club guide to their goings-on this summer. Monday 5th July is the date when the first batch of Premier League Clubs return for their pre-season testing and initial work. Although, with international competition still ongoing – Euro 2020, Copa America and with the Gold Cup and Olympics still to start – then it won’t be a case of ‘all present and correct’ at the likes of Carrington, Finch Farm, Colney, Darsley Park etc. This will be a pre-season like no other. When you add in the current travel restrictions that are in place, then this further clouds clubs’ usual pre-season jaunts and some club...[Read More]
Promoted Teams Analysis FPL 2021/22 – Brentford
Promoted Teams Analysis FPL 2021/22 – Brentford Here we go! Another season and another article about a new team. I really like doing these articles to be perfectly honest, I find it helps me get into the fantasy mood and also gives me the chance to learn about new players coming into the league. Brentford are an unknown quantity to many of us, so I thought I’d give you some history and background. Brentford are yet another London side in the Prem which now makes the tally seven London clubs. They were founded in 1889, nicknamed The Bees and have recently relocated to Brentford Community Stadium which they share with rugby union side, London Irish. They have spent decades floating around the third and fourth tiers of English football, so you’d be forgiven if you don’t know them. Howev...[Read More]
