FPL is finally listening to me.

I called for more routes to points the season before last...

https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2023/06/09/how-can-fpl-adapt-its-points-system-to-an-increasing-popularity

More points, sounds good to me!

How do you manage to be so irritating even when you're the only person in the room?

Just calculated that had this rule been in play last season I'd have finished in the top 3m OR, rather than top 4m - spewing...

Just got back from the Wrexham vs Wellington Phoenix game. Was great to be there and even better that the Phoenix won 1 nil.

Sunday's change is being drafted. Quadruple points if your player scores on their birthday

Am I right to assume that a comment here has a green vertical border line while a reply to a comment has none and its shifted to the right?

The new assist rules are almost as wholesome as watching my robot mow the lawn.

Without giving too much away, I will be bench boosting in GW1.

I'm sure this will benefit your rivals while you keep missing out on assists every week.

Just to clarify for this FPL thicko.
Is there a scenario where the last pass played to the goal scorer wouldn't get an assist now?
Reading this makes me think that any teammate who touched the ball before the goal scorer gets an assist.

Some great changes to FPL, this season. One other announcement I would love to see, scrapping the Vice Captain option (it's too easy to be lazy and get lucky and takes away so much drama around last minute rumours etc etc, keeps you on your toes and doesn't reward casuals..feel it would be a nice balance to these 8 chips).

I wonder how many points next seasons winner will have. With double chips, this and maybe CBs getting more bonus.

Are FPL going to tell us which players would have got the 41 additional fantasy assists last season?

Really liking the new changes, the game has partly left behind other games but these changes is bringing the game back to life. Make FPL great again

Bring back desktop view!

The top three defenders left in FPL are centre backs and they may be due more points this season. Something to consider seeing as we always bang on about attacking fullbacks.

The good thing is I didn't really understand the fantasy assist rules before the change, and still probably won't understand them now, so I'm not affected:)

I wrote this three weeks ago in a hot topic about possible rule changes. I'm glad the FPL took notice of my comment...

"I'd like to see an end to inadvertent assists. You know, the one's where a player gets three points because the ball ricochets off his @rse from a hoofed clearance right into the path of the centre forward who knocks it into an empty net. Also, handball assists for penalties should be banned."

🙄

Everyone should link to their posts that didn’t come true

I do like the amendments for defensive errors and forced handball.

However, if the old rules were not fit for purpose, why do the new rules revert to the old rules in a certain case? That makes it more complicated and confusing for people. I don't see the need for an in-the-box/out-the-box distinction. In some fantasy games, goals from outside the box are rewarded with more points, but in FPL, an assister can have their assist wiped because the chance they created fell to someone outside the box. Why does their specific intended target matter in the box but not outside it? Perhaps I could get behind the distinction in theory if someone convinces me, but probably not behind extra rules and reverting to the old subjectivity.

Further confusion, for me, from the PL article:

- It's not clear if 'two defensive touches' would disqualify the assist if they come from the same player.
- Who's to judge if a defensive intervention is a pass or not, especially if it's the first touch of a chaotic defensive situation (since two touches would seemingly already disqualify the assist)? The example they give is 'a loose pass' but that is only one example, so do they mean 'a loose pass' only? Where are the lines between a block, an intentional deflection into a safe area, a loose clearance and a pass?
- So then, why is an assist disqualified when the defender is deemed to have attempted a pass but not a clearance?

These questions might have simple answers, and I would be happy to learn what they are 🙂

https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4362187

Conservatives win Tasmanian election.

Defensive mids now a viable option ️✅
More points for defensive CBs ️✅
Simpler Assists rule ️✅
AssMan cast back into the fiery chasm from whence It came.✅
Double Chips rather than having to save mostly for dgw late in the season ✅
Previous OR Leagues ✅
Nothing gimmicky so far ✅

All good, just hoping official FPL get the relative pricing right, and provide us with the new defensive data CBIT/CBIRT applied to last season when the site updates.

Bruno & Cunha starting in the 10 v Leeds:
Bayindir; Mazraoui, De Ligt, Shaw; Amad, Casemiro, Collyer, Leon; Bruno, Cunha; Obi

Apparently Bruno would have won quite a few extra points from defensive contributions last season, so he could be an interesting option this year.

It seems like Im in the minority in thinking the new relaxed assist rule is somewhat nonsensical and not consistent with actual footballing principles.

FPL is supposed to be a realistic reflection of the game as much as possible.

In footballing terms, I don't see how a player aiming a pass at someone only for it to take a huge deflection and land at a different player who then scores warrants an assist being rewarded.

Opta would not credit an assist for that so FPL shouldn't either if they want this to be a realistic game.

Another good change.Last thing is getting the prices right (personally hoping for more expensive premiums)

Is rolling 5fts still a thing? I hate it but I know most people liked it

I'm hearing apparently they are introducing extra transfers during AFCON.... LOL

More changes - Extra transfers for AFCON

https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4362102

A win for ‘the casuals’ there!!