Fixture Tracker – Fantasy Premier League 2014-15
We’ve all seen a few different ways of viewing upcoming fixtures, and the one that has become increasingly popular over the last couple of years is the colour-coded one. With this, you can instantly see each team’s approaching fixtures with an accompanying colour that corresponds to the difficulty of each match. This is very useful for both identifying teams that are potentially about to have a great run due to a kind set of fixtures, and also identifying weaker teams that can rotate well, i.e. when one team has a bad fixture the other will have a decent one, so you swap between the two players. For more info on rotation, check out Mito’s somewhat exceptional article on it 😉 Rotation Analysis Home and Away and Favourable fixtures
Many of these colour-coded tickers only show a few weeks in advance, which is very helpful for short-term plans, but not if you’re planning transfers for the long-term. It is understandable that these tickers are short-term, as teams’ form tends to fluctuate as the season progresses, so if you made a season-long ticker now, it may well not be a good reflection of how difficult a match is come Christmas or Easter. Who knows, maybe Villa will get off to a blinder and win 10 out of 15 (hahaha!), in which case a game against them would no longer be considered easy. Also, sometimes we may even disagree with the colour a certain match has been assigned by the fantasy football gurus that make the tickers! The ticker I have made is designed with both of these points in mind, and can be updated throughout the season as and when you see fit.
Customisable Tracker
Some of you may already have seen my earlier prototype after I posted it on the boards last week (much to init’s dismay :p ) – I have since added all 38 GWs to the tracker, modified the colours used and added a new custom search for individual teams, so even if you had the original please do use this updated version instead.
And it works like this: I have split up all 20 teams into four groups of similar ability, and then given every possible combination (of which there are 32) a difficulty rating of between A and E (5 difficulties as opposed to 3 for greater accuracy). Both of these factors are the variables that you can change, and doing so will automatically update the colours in your fixtures tab. Simply click on the ‘Variables’ tab as shown in fig.1, change any of the values in the cyan-coloured columns shown in fig. 2,
and you will be able to view your very own customised 38 GW fixture tracker as shown in the main image above. This is all explained in more detail in the ‘How It Works’ tab. Finally, I have made a ‘Compare Fixtures’ tab as well – this allows you to select only the teams you wish in order to see just how well they compare and/or rotate, without having the distraction of all 20 teams’ colours present. If you wish to use this tool then select the ‘Compare Fixtures’ tab and then click on the ‘Add Team’ drop-down menu as shown in fig. 3 and choose the team you want. You can do this with as many or as few teams as you wish. Though it seems rather simple, I found this last feature very tricky and would not have been able to make it work as well as it does without the help of Dreamers, so a huge thanks to him!
I have made the link read-only, so as to preserve the template in its original format for everyone in case the formulas stop working. Just save your own version of the file, and you will be able to customise it entirely as you see fit. Please bear in mind that this was made with Google Sheets and is intended to be used in that format so it can be saved in favourites for easy access; if you download it with Excel then the margins and borders will probably be off so will need adjusting. I am always open to suggestions for ways to improve it, so feel free to send me a message or post a comment below to that effect if you have any ideas. And finally, I have double- and triple-checked the fixtures, but there are a lot of them and after a point they all tend to blur together, so if you spot any mistakes please let me know as soon as possible!
Click the link below for the file. Hope it helps a few of you, happy customising.
Fixture Tracker – Fantasy Premier League 2014-15
First RMT of this season. Feel free to rip it apart
Just have, done your keeper in on page 5. :big-lol:
Lol cheers. Point taken about keeper. Don’t you think ospiña could rival ches for the no 1 spot though?
What do you think about the rest of the team?
Its nearly upon you all?
Yes in 5 days time the Site will crash as its……..
The First…….”Pottys Prediction’s Competition ” of the Season
Its bigger and better this time around with a New Format and New Ideas.
Pottys been busy for sure.
Potty
Oi Potty, i’m still waiting for last seasons prizes off that lazy chicken + your starting this seasons comps, oh well. 😮
Prizes nowt to do with me Elle, if you’re on about the FF247 mug which was a favour thing then you need to speak to Floydeth. Good luck with finding him though!
Cheers! 😉
Ahh! Thats what it looks like, i’m just stuck with this one :-
Yea, good luck tracking me down
I have a couple left and will give them out once the season starts…. I am still undecided on how to choose the lucky recipients – Ideas are welcome :thumbup:
Floyd, just get 1 in the post to me, cheers. Potty, go on call me a cheeky scouser.
A package arrived to my mothers yesterday, I think it might finally be my Potty Prize
(I had to give my ma’s address coz I’m not supposed to be living where I am now ha)
Where are you living?!
Meath (Ireland)
Aston Villa confirm signing of Aly Cissokho on a four-year deal.
Jeet, full back yes? Straight in the team?
Yeah Maybe what price do you guys think he’ll be ?
4.5 or 5 for sure
Rooster, but not fantasy teams, especially ours. :thumbup:
Well hes crap.
How do we rate Swansea’s CS potential this season? I’m really having doubts about my Begovic + Fabianski rotation. Stoke are great defensively at home but sucks away, so it’s necessary to rotate. Any better suggestions?
Tekno – Fairly good i reckon. I think they’re the strongest pair of GK’s who rotate but they do cost a bit. 10m is a lot but i reckon it’s worth it. Villa, Burnley, WBA, Leicester, Southampton, Newcastle, Newcastle, Swansea, Leicester, WHU all at home in the first 10 gwk’s due to the perfect rotation. Seriously strong fixtures.
Thanks NIN. Guess I’ll stick with them then.
No problem mate. I’ve just gone through all the gwk’s, it’s actually almost every single gwk is a decent or great home game! Better than i first thought. I think my mind has just been made up. My team is set. Let’s do this!
Hello lads, I haven’t been on for a while now, but just had to say this is top top stuff Calvin Clyne and team! Being a financial analyst I can understand the amount of work and logic that went into it, and it’s just brilliant, can’t wait to get my hands dirty!
Keep up the great work 
Alright Dhev, all well i hope ?
MLS tonight chaps, who you all captaining? Got it on Keane myself right now but not studied it yet properly.
I’m capping LegenD (get it?)
Don’t matter who you cappo, its shite + our season starts on saturday, so its goodbye to all that crap across the pond.
Howdy init. Think i’m going with Keane too, although, i’m tempted by Zusi, Le Toux and Neagle.
I am going with Rodney Marsh
Potty