Fantasy Premier League (2024/25)

[South-Cheshire-Toon]

 

I take it that he's suspended until midnight on the 15th - hence missing the games on the 4th and 15th - sorry for the dumb questions - don't see why they can say he suspended until the 16th - then it would be clear.

[joeyt]

1 hour ago, South-Cheshire-Toon said:

 

I take it that he's suspended until midnight on the 15th - hence missing the games on the 4th and 15th - sorry for the dumb questions - don't see why they can say he suspended until the 16th - then it would be clear.

 

He's only banned for their next 2 games which are one Prem game and one FA Cup game so he's available again for our game on the 15th

[South-Cheshire-Toon]

26 minutes ago, joeyt said:

 

He's only banned for their next 2 games which are one Prem game and one FA Cup game so he's available again for our game on the 15th

 

OK, i think I get it bloody confusing knowing what games are covered by these bans. But reading it - it's the opposite of what I said - so a person's banned until 00:01 on the date reported.

[South-Cheshire-Toon]

ok, first stupid question of the year - no doubt many more to come - so can someone explain this to me please.

 

In the rules it states - 

 

Prioritising Your Bench For Automatic Substitutions
Your substitutes provide cover for unforeseen events like injuries and postponements by automatically replacing starting players who don't play in a Gameweek.

Playing in a Gameweek means playing at least 1 minute or receiving a yellow / red card.

Based on the priorities you assign, automatic substitutions are processed at the end of the Gameweek as follows:

If your Goalkeeper doesn't play in the Gameweek, he will be substituted by your replacement Goalkeeper, if he played in the Gameweek.
If any of your outfield players don't play in the Gameweek, they will be substituted by the highest priority outfield substitute who played in the Gameweek and doesn't break the formation rules (eg. If your starting team has 3 defenders, a defender can only be replaced by another defender).

 

So my team was - defense-wise - before play - murillo - timber - TAA - Kerkez   # Hall was my 5th defender.

 

Murillo didn't play - so I would have assumed that Hall would have replaced Murillo ? so I'm confused that DCL was Murillo's replacement - as reading the above text it should have been Hall ? - Yes / No ?

 

Here's the GW final scores - 

 

 

[BoSelecta]

Your starting team had 4 defenders so DCL replaced Murillo leaving you with 3 defenders.

[South-Cheshire-Toon]

7 minutes ago, BoSelecta said:

Your starting team had 4 defenders so DCL replaced Murillo leaving you with 3 defenders.

@BoSelecta

 

So the wording for the rules should have stated something like - the default starting formation is 3-4-3. If any player in that formation doesn't play then he'll be transferred out to another player of the same position - eg def for def etc.

Otherwise the next highest ranking player - in order for, mid, def - will be swapped in their place.

 

 

[BoSelecta]

The ‘formation rules’ as I understand them are you cannot field less than 3 defenders, 2 midfielders or 1 forward. 
 

Auto sub will field in order of your chosen priority without breaking the above (if the above will be broken the next sub will be fielded and so on).

[South-Cheshire-Toon]

1 hour ago, BoSelecta said:

The ‘formation rules’ as I understand them are you cannot field less than 3 defenders, 2 midfielders or 1 forward. 
 

Auto sub will field in order of your chosen priority without breaking the above (if the above will be broken the next sub will be fielded and so on).

 

@BoSelecta

 

Yeah something's not quite right here - it must be to do with player positioning in the team - as you can 'move' your players around 'on the bench' so from left to right is the order in which they are 'swapped'

 

Also seen in another team - Havertz didn't play - yet Anderson was 'swapped'. 

 

 

 

[South-Cheshire-Toon]

@BoSelecta

 

OK, I've been onto FPL support, and this is the conversation I've had with them - so sent this -

 

Hi, we’ve been discussing this on a forum – so we think we have it right, and thus my points are correct – but could you clarify the below is right –

So two games are played, one on a Sat, the other on a Sun, in the Sat game Newcastle vs Ipswich say – both Murphy and Isak don’t play, then on the Sunday Salah doesn’t play. (see diagram below).

So there would be some auto transfers done, which would be mean – on my ‘bench’ they would be transferred in from left to right ?

If the above is the case then, sorry, but you FAQ and other info doesn’t, to me, make this clear as otherwise I’d have put Hall in pole position – but you live and learn.

 

 

And here is their reply - 

 

Thank you for getting in touch.

If you manage your team via our site, your substitute with the number '1' above them is your highest priority substitute, followed by '2' and then '3'.

If you manage your team via the app, your substitute on the left is your highest priority, followed by the middle, then the one on the right (excluding the goalkeeper sub).

It is not the case that a player in a certain position is automatically replaced by one in the same position, or the one on the bench who has scored the most points.

It is possible for a substitution to change your on-field formation.

Your highest priority substitute (Your highest priority outfield substitute is the leftmost outfield substitute on your bench, with the number '1' above them on the site) who played will be substituted into your team for a starting player who has played 0 minutes in the Gameweek, regardless of the player's points (Even if they have scored minus points) and position, unless this breaks the formation rules.

Formation rules state that your team must have 1 goalkeeper, a minimum of 3 defenders, 2 midfielders, and 1 forward.

 

 

This seems a standard response, but the website doesn't state the above clearly for me - but now I know so all is now happy in SCT world - and I can now move on.... up the league.

 

 

[Guybrush]

Triple captained Salah 

[Ben]

Hard choice of captain this weekend Salah (Man Utd at home) or Haaland (West Ham at home)

[black_n_white]

1 hour ago, Ben said:

Hard choice of captain this weekend Salah (Man Utd at home) or Haaland (West Ham at home)

Salah will run riot 

[wiseman]

4 hours ago, Guybrush said:

Triple captained Salah 

I'm torn between this weekend or when they have their double game week

[Guybrush]

14 minutes ago, wiseman said:

I'm torn between this weekend or when they have their double game week

I always mess up a double game week 

[simonsays]

4 hours ago, Ben said:

Hard choice of captain this weekend Salah (Man Utd at home) or Haaland (West Ham at home)

Salah every week unless you need to make up some ground in the league

[Erikse]

9 minutes ago, simonsays said:

Salah every week unless you need to make up some ground in the league

 

Indeed. I've ended up regretting capping someone else each time I've done so based on fixture. Salah can easily haul against anyone. Not that Man Utd at home is all that difficult anyways.

 

 

Edited Friday at 00:09 by Erikse

[South-Cheshire-Toon]

16 hours ago, Ben said:

Hard choice of captain this weekend Salah (Man Utd at home) or Haaland (West Ham at home)

Whilst I don't have him - Haaland still isn't up to his best - I'm thinking teams are now having the better of him - just place one big defender on him and, well, sometimes it looks like he's playing with his slippers on.

 

So it would be Salah for me - who I have.

[South-Cheshire-Toon]

11 hours ago, simonsays said:

Salah every week unless you need to make up some ground in the league

 

Well as I'm bottom the only way is up - but looking at Haaland - from GW28 - City have an 'easy' run in - so am trying to decide as to whether to keep with Palmer - who's gone off the boil - and cash in - and get Haaland - but it will take some wheeler dealing to get him.

 

I think I'll see how Palmer does this weekend and then take it from there.

 

 

Edited Friday at 11:59 by South-Cheshire-Toon

[Ben]

This weather forecast for Sunday looks horrendous so I'm not even sure the game will go ahead so I might risk Haaland 

[South-Cheshire-Toon]

3 minutes ago, Ben said:

This weather forecast for Sunday looks horrendous so I'm not even sure the game will go ahead so I might risk Haaland 

 

Not sure it will be off as the ground is close to the coast - BBC weather are showing for Sunday - so would expect the game to be on.