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
Lol: Chelsea plays a 45-min match against Fenerbache, then 15 min later they start a new 45-min match against Besiktas.
Backline against Besiktas:
Cech
Ivan – Terry – Cahill – Luis
Tekno – explain that one to me?
Essentially it’s structured like a normal match with a 45 min 1st half, 15 min break, and a 45 min 2nd half, but the 1st and 2nd half are actually 2 different short matches against 2 different teams.
Help best 5m MF player
Barton or Davis. Rodwell an option too, but I don’t think he’s match fit.
Opinions on this team?
Switch Ramsey with Albrighton and O’Shea with Wisdom.
Hi blackillusion, concensus seems to be that Zamoro will not be a starter so I think that’s your main priority here to find someone who is.
Thanks.
Ok that’s me told
haha I wasn’t sure about Zomoro as well. I did make a couple of changes mentioned in my comment below.
I was only joking but yeah they’re sound moves below. Bojan plays so much better balance and options now :thumbup:
If only, I could fit in Hazard into the team as well.
Cameron isnt nailed. Dont know who Long is
I replaced Long with Ward and I think Cameron will start. Either ways, I think I got it covered with Cahill, Ward and O’Shea now. Thanks for replying.
Wow, 32m on three players sure will decimate any rotation options so you’re going to have to starters in the first eleven, Cameron I think will have to be replaced to another 4.5? million defender, possibly a team that will rotate with Burnley (Can’t think of one off the top of my head) and Zamora will need to be upgraded which means that either Mata/Eriksen/Ramsey/Yaya will have to go, I’d possibly go either
Eriksen -> Siggurdsson or
Yaya -> Silva
To create extra funds for Zamora’s upgrade.
Thanks for the response. If I do Eriksen -> Siggurdsson I can choose between Long (Hull) or Bojan. Any opinion on that? I’m reluctant to let Yaya go as of now.
I’ve actually gone for Austin from QPR, but for these prices for a forward I think were splitting hairs and we could argue all night, if you’ve got any change left (possibly .5) put it into Wisdom or Long for another guaranteed starter.
Not sure about Austin until Remy leaves to be honest. I went for Bojan at front for now and replaced long with Ward.
Calvin – nice work on the tracker – looks very well too
Yo Elle sorry but cant find my other post has anyone seen stmct?:(:(
Not me mate, is he on hols maybe ? I’ve been looking for you aswell, get your team in the doubles, wasn’t in last time i looked.
Send the email to me now ill enter
Sorry Elle but actually cant do it now will do it on Tuesday as am on hols in Donegal
Inittowinit
After Stones signed that 5 year contract for you is he a defo starter now?
Potty
Potty I’m honestly not sure. It may be that he’s planning 3 at the back to finally release Coleman and Baines in which case yes he is. If it’s still a flat back 4 then I couldn’t say as Jags and Distin both still merit their places.
I think many teams will go 3 at the back so he does have a chance.
I like the kid.
Maybe after tomorrow’s friendly we will have a better idea.
Potty