Heres my summary of the 4th format were following here at www.fantasy footballgeek.co.uk. Its facebook fantasy football although the app is known as facebook fantasy premier league.
I did pretty well in this facebook fantasy football format last year with pretty minimal effort. I was around 700 out of 500k people who played facebook fantasy football. I originally thought it was 1m but in retrospect i dont think it was.
There are some quite radical rule changes and the pricing is totally stingy meaning the tactics are different than all the other leagues. Weve also opened a fantasyfootballgeek league although no prize money this time.
Rules of facebook fantasy football
So heres a summary of the rules again using a base line of comparison with Barclays fantasy premier league
applicable games
Premier league games only
transfers
2 transfers per week no wildcard – bizzare rollover transfer rule as described by the site
Each week fantasy clubs earn 2 rollover transfers with which they can add and drop players. New for this season, unused transfers “roll over” to the following game week. If a club uses 1 transfer in game week 2, they will have 3 available transfers in game week 3. If this club uses no transfers in week 3, they will have 5 transfers in game week 4. Im assuming this continues on and on but not completely clear
captain
Double points captain no vice captain
wildcard
No wildcard
Substitutes
3 subs plus a GK
Player values
Player values change rapidly in facebook fantasy football. part of the strategy is to find players that increase in value. however you have to hold them for a period in order to get the full benefit of the value increase. See site details here
The vesting period is increasing from 2 weeks to 4 weeks. You will need to hold a player for 28 days to earn the full difference in value from the price at purchase to the market price at time of transfer.
Player values fluctuate based on ownership. If you have players whom other owners add to their roster, their value will increase and be reflected in your cap number. If other owners drop players you have, your cap number will decrease.
Scoring
scoring is unusual. Heres the detail of it in facebook fantasy football.
Satistic plus Abbreviation FWD MID DEF GK
Start XI 2 2 2 2
Substitute S 1 1 1 1
Goals G 4 5 6 6
Shots on Target SOT 1 1 1 1
Assists A 2 2 2 2
Fouls Won FW .5 .5 .5 .5
Fouls CommittedFC -0.5 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5
Penalties Missed PM -5 -5 -5 -5
Clean Sheets (60+ minutes) CS 0 2 5 4
Clean Sheets (under 60 minutes) 0 1 3 2
Saves SV 0 0 0 .5
Penalty Saves PS 0 0 0 7
Goals Conceded GC 0 0 0 -0.5
Yellow Card Y -2 -2 -2 -2
Red Card -5 -5 -5 -5 -5
Here are some of the unusual features
shots on target will get you points
fouls won get you points
fouls committed get you a deduction
assists are very low value -helpful guidance below?
- Assists are often credited differently among stat providers. Citizen Sports only credits assists based on our stat provider’s decisions.
defenders don’t lose points if they concede goals
Formations
3-4-3 included in a wide variety of formations
Team limits
Only 3 players from 1 team
other points to note
No Man of the match or bonus points
GW2 is the game week where Chelsea and reading play twice
No prizes
I think 500k people play
Initial Views
Wow this is some game with some unusual rules. Its also made very difficult by the stingy pricing meaning you can virtually only afford a few quality players and the rest is picking bargains. Initial thoughts then
Picking bargains will be key
May need transfers early in the week which goes against all my rules
Spotting double game weeks will be key with the transfer hoarding
Shots on target plus fouls against will put an emphasis on forwards and goal scoring midfielders.
